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'''Yugi Muto'''({{Ruby|武藤|むとう}}{{Ruby|遊戯|ゆうぎ}}, known ''Mutō Yūgi''), also romanized as '''Yugi Mutou''' in the manga, is the main character and protagonist of the original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' seriesanime, along with the spirit of [[Yami Yugi]]. Yugi is kind-hearted and child-like. He is good at games, riddles, and puzzles, especially ''[[Duel Monsters]]''. It was stated once that Yugi is the modern day version of [[Pharaoh Atem]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|222|ref}}</ref><!--- Please do not add the sentence base on "reincarnation" - Atem is absolute NOT a reincarnation of Yugi Muto in any form. --->

Yugi possesses the three thousand-year-old (five thousand in the dub) mystical [[Millennium Puzzle]], which allows his body to bear host to the spirit/soul of the Puzzle, [[Yami Yugi]]. Yugi was initially unaware of his existence and control of Yugi's body, and would involuntarily shift to Yami Yugi at trying times in the English dub.

He lives with his paternal grandfather, [[Solomon Muto]], and his [[Mrs. Muto|mother]]. In the manga, Yugi's father (Solomon's son) is living away from his family on business.

Yugi is part of a close-knit group of best friends: [[Joey Wheeler]], [[Tristan Taylor]], and [[Téa Gardner]] as well as and [[Ryo Bakura|Ryou Bakura]]. [[Miho Nosaka]] is also one of Yugi's friends in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei anime)|first series anime]]. Yugi's friends often cheer him on from the sidelines, and Joey has dueled Dueled at his side. Yugi has been friends with Téa since childhood and has a romantic crush on her. Téa has been shown to have romantic feelings for both Yugi and Yami Yugi.

[[File:Yugi Linework.jpg|180px|thumb|left|Yugi's design incorporates multiple layers of clothing and a wide range of expressions. Depicted here is the character in the full Domino School boyboys's regalia from front, side, and rear views and alongside views of his head from different angles.]]

Yugi's character design was overseen by [[Kazuki Takahashi]]. His normal outfit consists of the standard male Domino Junior/Senior High uniform complete with a closed buckled collar. His extremely extravagant spiky hair features multiple layers including long blond crooked, pointy locks for his fringe; the rest features a set of five large spikes and two smaller spikes colored black with a magenta sheen along the edges. So far, he is the only character in the franchise to have his hair divided into three colors. He wears the [[Millennium Puzzle]] on a lace around his neck. In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! manga|manga]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|second series anime]], the The lace is later replaced with a chain. In the manga (post Volume 7) and in the second series anime, he He often wears a [[Duel Disk 2|KaibaCorp Duel Disk]] on his left arm.

<br style="clear:left" /> ===Voice===

In the first series animeJapanese version, Yugihas considerably more confidence than in his previous appearance, but is still very polite. It's harder to distinguish between his voice is positively timid, rarely showing any strength and almost always being polite in his speechDark Yugi's, using honorifics and "boku" as his personal pronoun. but Dark Yugi's voice tone is much rougher, uses "ore" considerably sterner and has the same pattern of speech as his personal pronoun and rarely ever uses honorificsprevious appearance. He This series also has a catchphrase, "Saa, geimu established Yugi calling Dark Yugi ''mou hitori no jikan da!," which means "Come, itboku's game time!" or "Come, it's time (the other me) and Dark Yugi referring to play a game!"Yugi as ''aibou'' (partner).

In the Japanese dub, Yugi's voice is high-pitched and sometimes strained in more emotional moments, and generally has a friendly tone towards everyone. Yami Yugi's voice, in comparison, is fierce and commanding. Yugi's last name is pronounced "Mohtoh" in this version of , although it is still spelled "Muto." In the Singaporean dub, Yugi and Yami Yugi are voiced by [[Yu-Gi-Oh! second series animewikipedia:Chuck Powers|second series animeChuck Powers]]. In this dub, Yugi has considerably more confidence than in his previous appearance, but is still very polite. It's harder to distinguish between his voice is soft and Dark Yugi'sslightly high-pitched, but Dark while Yami Yugi's tone voice is considerably sterner and has near the same pattern of speech as his previous appearancetotal opposite. This series also established In the Singaporean dub, both Yugi calling Dark and Yami Yugi ''mou hitori no boku'' (speak with a slight drawl. In the first season, Yugi calls Yami Yugi "Spirit," then in other me) and Dark seasons Yugi referring started to call him "Pharaoh." Sometimes, he also calls him Yami. Yami Yugi always called Yugi as ''aibou'' (partner)by his name.

In the dub of the second series anime, Yugi's voice is high pitched and sometimes strained in more emotional moments, and generally has a friendly tone towards everyone. Yami Yugi's voice, in comparisonYu-Gi-Oh! GX'', is fierce and commanding. Yugi's last name is pronounced "Mohtoh" in this version, although it is still spelled "Muto." In the Singaporean dub of the second series anime, Yugi a young adult and Yami Yugi are voiced by [[wikipedia:Chuck Powers|Chuck Powers]]. In this dub, Yugi's his voice is soft and slightly high-pitcheddeeper, while Yami Yugiyet still distinct enough to be separate from Atem's voice is near the total opposite. In the Singaporean dub, both Yugi and Yami Yugi speak with a slight drawl. In the first season, Yugi calls Yami Yugi "Spirit," then in other seasons Yugi started to call him "Pharaoh." Sometimes, he also calls him Yami. Yami Yugi always called Yugi by his name.

In GXthe Yu-Gi-Oh!: Dark Side of Dimensions movie, Yugi is a young adult and his 's voice is slightly deeper, yet still distinct enough to be separate from Atem'sthan it was in the English dub.

Yugi's given name literally translates from Japanese to "Game"in Japanese, symbolizing how Yugi loves to play games. In the English dub, his surname is pronounced as "Moto"; in Japanese, the word "moto" can mean "foundation" or "basis", which may be a reference to how Yugi served as a host for Yami Yugi. Occasionally, his English surname has been misspelled "Moto"<ref>https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=8389</ref>.

==Manga biography==:''See: [[Yugi Mutou in the manga]]'' ==First series anime biography==:''See: [[Yugi Mutou in the first series anime]]''Yugi was a very shy, boy that would always stay in the classroom during lunch time playing games. One day his grandpa gave Yugi the mystical millenium puzzle. It said that the one who solves the puzzle will be granted a wish. He tried to solve the puzzle for 8 years but eventually on day he was on the track to solve the puzzle. It almost was like the puzzle built itself. ==Second series anime biographyBiography==

On the ship, Yugi met [[Weevil Underwood]], who acted friendly towards him and told Yugi that he knew of secret new rules to be introduced in the tournament. Shortly after Weevil left, Yugi gave Joey the "[[Time Wizard (anime)|Time Wizard]]" card, telling him how it can be helpful in a tight spot. Yugi met Weevil again later and showed him his "Exodia" cards, which Weevil tossed overboard, to hinder Yugi's Deck. Joey jumped into the water to recover them, but after getting two of them was hit by the current and Yugi dove in to save him. Both of them were then rescued by the stowaways; , Téa and Tristan, who threw them a rope ladder.<ref name="ep 3" />

While searching for food, Yugi and his friends, found fish [[Mako Tsunami]] had prepared. Unbeknownst to them, Mako had set it as bait to lure opponents, to where his monsters greatly benefit from the field. Mako then appeared, angered over them stealing his food. After Yugi introduced himself, Mako was happy to meet the DuelistsDuelist, who defeated Kaiba , and shared the food with themhim and his friends. Yugi got up to leave, but Mako stopped him by throwing a harpoon in front of him and demanded a Duel. Yugi switched to Yami and defeated Mako, winning two more Star Chips.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|7|ref}}</ref>

Yugi and his friends saw [[Star Chip-theft victim|a contestant]], being forced to leave the island as he was out of Star Chips. The boy claimed they had been stolen, along with his Deck. He described the thief and where he met him. Yugi promised to get his Star Chips back, before the boat left the island. Back at At the scene of the crime, they met the thief, who whose face was [[Mokuba Kaiba]] with his face disguised. He Dueled Yugi , with five stolen Star Chips on the line , and Yami Yugi soon realized that he the thief was Kaiba's brother, [[MokubaKaiba|Mokuba]]. Mokuba explained how Yugi humiliated [[Seto 's humiliation of Kaiba|, resulted in his brother]], causing him to leavedeparture, giving Pegasus an opportunity to take over [[KaibaCorp]]. Mokuba sought revenge on Yugi for this. Unable to win the Duel, he made a grab for Yugi's Star Chips, but Yami discouraged Mokuba and promised to help him and SetoKaiba.<ref name="ep 8">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|8|ref}}</ref>

The group made their way back to the bay, but the boat had already left. Mokuba showed [[Kemo]] that Yugi won back the Star Chips, but Kemo slapped them into the water, including some of Yugi's. Kemo grabbed Mokuba to take him back to Pegasus, but Yugi challenged Kemo to a Duel for Mokuba's freedom. Since Kemo wasn't was not a Duelist, he told Yugi to come back in an hour (4 hours in the dub) and he'll would have an opponent arranged for him.<ref name="ep 8" />

Yugi returned to the spot and faced the [[Ghost KaibaImpersonator of Death]], who pretended to be the actual Seto Kaiba and used his Deck. With the help of the real Kaiba, who weakened Ghost Kaibathe impersonator's "Blue-Eyes White Dragons", via a virus, Yami Yugi won. Yugi retrieved Kaiba's Deck, but Kemo had already disappeared with Mokuba.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|9|ref}}</ref><ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|10|ref}}</ref>

[[Ryo Bakura|Ryou Bakura]] appeared at their campsite, shortly after Mai left for a walk. While the group talked about cards they own, that they an and identify with, Yugi encouraged Téa to pick one for herself. Yugi and picked the "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]" as hisown. After everyone had exchanged, which cards they recognize with, Bakura suggested that they play a friendly Duel, where Yugi includes the cards Joey, Tristan and Téa chooseidentified with; "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]", "[[Cyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]]" and "[[Magician of Faith (anime)|Magician of Faith]]" , in his Deck and he can show them how his card, "[[Change of Heart (anime)|Change of Heart]]" works. Bakura changed to [[Yami Bakura]], who trapped the group's souls in the cards they selected. He proceeded to take Yugi's [[Millennium Puzzle]], but Yami Yugi emerged. Yami and faced Yami Bakura, in a Shadow Game, staking the Millennium Puzzle, in order to return his friends, but staking his Millennium Puzzle.<ref name="ep 12" />

[[File:Dark Magician Yugi.png|thumb|right|Yugi as the "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]", shortly before he discloses what he knows about Yami to his friends.]]Yugi's friends appeared in place of the monsters they selected as Yami Yugi Summoned them. When the "Dark Magician", Yugi was Summoned, the two Yugis met. In the Japanese version, Yugi was aware of Yami's existence and the two of them agreed now is not the time to keep secrets. In the dub, Yugi was unaware of Yami's existence until that time, though he said he often heard a powerful voice coming from the Millenium Millennium Puzzle when he Dueled. Yugi told his friends of Yami's existence, that he is the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle and apologized for not telling them before. In the dub, Yugi admitted to having felt Yami's presence while he Dueled and felt they could trust him. Yami managed to win the Duel, with the help of Ryou Bakura betraying Yami Bakura, returning everyone to normal, although Téa, Tristan and Joey believed the Duel to have been a dream. Yugi didn't take time to explain as they heard Mai scream at that point.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|13|ref}}</ref>

The next day, Mai left a letter explaining she had left and owes Yugi for winning back her Star Chips. Joey later got separated from his friends, who searched a cave after finding his wallet outside.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|17|ref}}</ref> After running from many traps, they found Joey in a Duel with [[Bonz]]. Joey won, but [[Keith Howard|Bandit Keith]]'s]] gang trapped Yugi and his friends in the cave, by sealing the entrance with a boulder.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|18|ref}}</ref>

At the top of the stairs, Kaiba blocked the way and talked Yugi into a Duel. Yami took control and faced Kaiba, using his [[Duel Disk]] technology.<ref name="ep 22" /> As Yami was about to win, Kaiba stood up on the edge of the castle, such that the shockwaves from Yugi's attack may cause him to fall to his death. (In the English anime, Yugi spoke to Yami, telling him not to do it.) Yami contemplated, but in the end decided to attack. Téa ran to Yugi insisting that this is not like him and calls for the ordinary Yugi to come out. Yugi took control in time to cancel the move. He fell to his knees, shocked by what he'd had almost done. Kaiba took his turn and won the Duel, claiming five of Yugi's Star Chips.<ref name="ep 24">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|24|ref}}</ref>

[[File:DMx025 Scars of defeat.jpg|thumb|left|Yugi doubts himself and starts begins to fear the his other Yugi, self after losing to his Duel with Kaiba.]]Now fully aware of the other Yugi's existence, Yugi admitted it to his friends, telling them that he is doubt afraid of him and consequently afraid to the Duel. Kaiba called Yugi weak, but Téa protested arguing that Yugi saved him and Kaiba is the real loser.<ref name="ep 24" /> After Kaiba left, Yugi continued to mope. Joey offered Yugi to take his Star Chips, so he may enter the finals, but Yugi ignored him. Frustrated, Joey grabbed Yugi by the shirt, asking him if he cares about his grandfather.<ref name="ep 25">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|25|ref}}</ref>

[[Mai Valentine|Mai]] appeared and was briefed in on what just happened. She offered Yugi her excessive Star Chips, as per her promise from earlier, but Yugi did not even acknowledge Mai's appearance. Annoyed , Mai told him to grow up and hang on to the Star Chips. She accused him of being afraid to Duel again and challenged him. Téa instead accepted the Duel, to win back Yugi's Star Chips.<ref name="ep 25" />

Yugi cheered for Joey in his Duel against [[Keith Howard|Bandit Keith]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|31|ref}}</ref>

Yugi advanced to Duel Pegasus. At the start of the Duel, Yugi requested that the Kaiba brothers' souls be released as well as his grandfather's, if he wins. Pegasus accepted but indicated that he plans on taking Yugi's soul if he wins.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|35|ref}}</ref> Pegasus used his [[Millennium Eye]] to read Yami Yugi's mind during the Duel, but Yugi had an idea about countering Pegasus's powers by the risky strategy of having him and Yami switch minds each time they played a face-down card, thus preventing Pegasus from reading their strategy while running the risk that one of them would attempt something that would hinder the other's plans. After the Yugis destroyed Pegasus' "[[Toon World (anime)|Toon World]]" card, Pegasus transported them all into the [[Shadow Realm]]. In the Shadow Realm, Yugi lost his life energy while doing the mind shuffle strategy, lacking the spiritual strength to play on that level, and Pegasus continued successfully reading Yami's mind , until Joey, Téa, and Tristan blocked his Millenium Millennium Eye. Yami defeats defeated Pegasus, returning them both back from the Shadow Realm.<ref name="ep 39">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|39|ref}}</ref>

After the group found [[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]] was back to normal, [[Croquet]] handed Yugi the other prizes on behalf of Pegasus, who had been taken to hospital. Yugi received the card "[[The Ties of Friendship]]", was crowned the King of Games and also received the 3 million dollar check, which he gave to Joey for [[Serenity Wheeler|Serenity's]] eye operation.<ref name="ep 41">[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 041]]|41|ref}}</ref>

The trio spotted the fairy [[IruEaru]], who guided them to a town. Here they heard that a prisoner, who may be Kaiba, had been taken to the [[Cave of DeathOwess Temple]]. They were unable to travel there due to the sandstorm and a townsman informed them that they would need a "[[Niwatori (anime)|Niwatori]]" in order to cross that desert. Upon searching the town, they found a battle competition with "Niwatori" as a prize.<ref name="ep 43" />

Once they crossed the desert, they reached the template at the Cave of DeathOwess Temple. Inside they found themselves in a maze and were chased by "[[Labyrinth Tank]]". Yugi used "[[Magical Hats]]" to hide them and transport them to another part of the maze, where they met [[Iru]] Earu and [[Princess EdinaAdena|EdinaAdena]]. Iru Earu guided the group to the exit, but it was guarded by "[[Gate Guardian (anime)|Gate Guardian]]". Yugi and Joey together Summoned "[[Black Skull Dragon (anime)|Black Skull Dragon]]" and [[equip]]ped it with "[[Dragon Nails (anime)|Dragon Nails]]", making it strong enough to defeat "Gate Guardian". Outside the maze, a rescue party arrived and took Yugi and his friends to the [[EdinaAdena's palace|palace]] as a reward for saving EdinaAdena.<ref name="ep 44" />

At the palace Yugi and his friends learned that Edina Adena was the queen of the land. (In the dub, she was a princess.) Edina Adena informed them of Mythic Dragon ritual where they must offer sacrifices to the [[Five-Headed Dragon (character)|Mythic Dragon]]. They learn that Edina Adena is to be this kingdom's sacrifice and Kaiba is to be another kingdom's. Edina Adena tells them of a legendary [[flying machine]] which can access [[Castle of Dark Illusions (location)|the castle]] where Kaiba is and how she believed that Yugi and his friends are prophesized heroes who will destroy the Mythic Dragon. Yugi, Joey, Mai and Mokuba agreed to help and were given hero costumes to wear.<ref name="ep 44" />

On one of the battlements, they were attacked by monsters who were after the sacrifice. Yugi, Joey and Mai unsuccessfully tried fighting them off. However Mokuba, who had previously swapped clothes with EdinaAdena, was kidnapped instead. While trying to find a way to save Mokuba, Yugi noticed a recent storm had revealed the outlines of the flying machine on the floor below them. Yugi asked Edina Adena how long ago the legend involving the flying machine took place. With the unlikelihood of the machine still working and not enough time to dig it up, Yugi hinted to Joey that they needed to restore it to the condition it was 1000 years ago, prompting Joey to use "[[Time Wizard (anime)|Time Wizard]]" to take the machine back 1000 years.<ref name="ep 44" />

Yugi, Joey and Mai flew the airship up to the castle. On the way they were attacked by monsters, which they countered by Summoning their own monsters. Yugi was attacked while his "Dark Magician" was too far away to save him. However IruEaru, blocked the attack, sacrificing itself. Yugi then played "[[Swords of Revealing Light (anime)|Swords of Revealing Light]]" to block attacks. Angry over IruEaru's death, Yugi switched to Yami Yugi, who led the group to the castle.<ref name="ep 45">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|45|ref}}</ref>

As Yami, he managed to regroup with the Kaiba brothers and defeat [[The Big Five]]'s "Mythic Dragon" in the final stage by Summoning "[[Dragon Master Knight (anime)|Dragon Master Knight]]". Shortly after Edina Adena thanked them and revived Mai, Joey, Mokuba and IruEaru, the group returned to the real world.<ref name="ep 45" />

====''Dungeon Dice Monsters''====

On the way to school, Yugi bumped into [[Keith Howard|Bandit Keith]], who was possessed by [[Marik Ishtar]] and disguised as a fortune-teller. Falling for the disguise, Yugi reluctantly let him hold the Millennium Puzzle in order to read his future. Keith knocked over the table at Yugi and Téa and ran off with the Puzzle. Yugi and Téa split-up to find him. In his search, Yugi followed a series of arrows, although he knew it was a trap, he felt that he had no other choice. Yugi caught-up with Keith, who had the Puzzle bolted to a wall. According to ancient rules, Marik had to win the Puzzle in a Duel, so he challenged Yugi to a Duel through Keith. Yugi was unable to switch to Yami during the Duel and quickly realized that Bandit Keith was his opponent after seeing he used a [[Machine]] Deck.<ref name="ep 50" />

[[File:DMx076 Yugi v Joey.jpg|thumb|left|Yugi facing Joey, who is possessed by [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]], at [[Domino Pier]].]]

Yugi, Joey, Mai, Téa, Tristan, Duke and Serenity arrived at the KaibaCorp Stadium for the finals. Yugi was suspicious of the finalist Marik, who is under the guise "Namu", and Ryo Bakura, who should be in the hospital. Téa cleared any suspicion of Namu, by informing Yugi of how he saved her, Joey and Bakura earlier. Shortly after [[Odion Ishtar]], pretending to be Marik arrived, everyone boarded the blimp, where the finals took place.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|81|ref}}</ref>

Yami Yugi faced Bakura in the first of the quarter-finals on the [[Stratos Dueling Arena]]. Yugi's suspicions were confirmed as they faced [[Yami Bakura]].<ref name="ep 82" /> When Bakura was one turn away from winning with "[[Destiny Board (anime)|Destiny Board]]", the two Yugis agreed that they had to use "Slifer the Sky Dragon" to defeat him. Yami Yugi Summoned "Slifer", but Marik switched control of Bakura's body from Yami Bakura to RyoBakura, who was too weak to withstand the attack. However Yami Bakura disagreed with Marik's plan and took control of RyoBakura's body. He invited Yugi to attack him, refusing to let his host die. Yugi won the Duel, knocking Bakura unconscious and in leaving him need of medical attention.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|84|ref}}</ref>

The Yugis entered a hallway afterwards. Although they were aware there were traps behind some doors, Yugi ran through one, after hearing Téa scream, but was thrown back by an attack. Yami drew the [[Level]] Star of the door to Yugi's attention, so Yugi Summoned a monster of a higher Level, "[[Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress 1 (anime)|Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress]]" and has it launch an attack into the doorway. They entered the doorway and wound up repeating the same process<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|102|ref}}</ref> Realizing it was because they keep choosing the Level 1 door, they started attacking different Levels. The final door had the 2000 [[ATK]], Level 4 monster, "[[Flash Assailant]]", backed up with a series of [[face-down]] [[Spell Card|Magic]] or [[Trap Card]]s. Yugi used "[[Heavy Storm (anime)|Heavy Storm]]" to clear the face-downs and the effect of "[[4-Starred Ladybug of Doom (anime)|4-Starred Ladybug of Doom]]" to destroy "[[Flash Assailant (anime)|Flash Assailant]]".<ref name="ep 103" />

Inside the tunnel Yugi and Téa got separated from Kaiba, and found themselves in a simulation of Kaiba's mansion back when Seto Kaiba got adopted. Yugi found a picture of Kaiba's father, [[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]], with Noah, shortly before meeting up with Kaiba again. Noah then showed the three of them a projection of the past, where Gozaburo showed Noah a picture of Seto, who whom Noah had to be able to compete with in order to run KaibaCorp.<ref name="ep 110" />

The KaibaCorp blimp took the finalists to the [[KaibaCorp Island Duel Tower|Del Tower]] for the [[Battle City]] finals. Yugi switched to Yami Yugi for the Battle Royal to determine match-ups<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|122|ref}}</ref> and wound up with Kaiba as his opponent.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|124|ref}}</ref>

Before facing Marik, Kaiba gave Yugi the card, "[[Fiend's Sanctuary (anime)|Fiend's Sanctuary]]", which Kaiba intended to use against Marik himself. Yami Marik and Yami Yugi's final Duel was a Shadow Game, where the regular Yugi and Marik were drawn from their bodies and floated next to them in spirit form. Yugi and Marik were bound by their wrists and ankles in darkness and parts of their bodies disappeared as their "Yami" selves lost Life Points. (In the dub4kids version, they were disappearing gradually being swallowed into the [[Shadow Realm]].) If Yami Yugi lost, Yugi would vanish, and Yami the Pharaoh would cease to existas he required the physical body of a host to maintain himself.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|138|ref}}</ref>

Yugi was certain that Yami Marik was going to fuse with "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra (anime)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]" a second time in the Duel and reminded Yami Yugi that if he does that again, he will become a [[Monster Card|monster]] and have the weakness of a Monster Card. With that in mind, Yami Yugi managed to use "[[Ragnarok]]", which would destroy "Ra". As Yugi wondered if this would cause the good Marik to disappear, [[Odion Ishtar|Odion]] appeared.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|141|ref}}</ref> Since Odion had been keeping Yami Marik away, his return allowed the regular Marik to regain some control of his body and urged Yami to attack. The Yugis continued to use the effect of "Ragnarok", which destroyed Ra and caused Marik and Yami Marik to switch places. With only 1 Life Point left, only Yami Marik's eye remained. Marik then surrendered causing Yami Marik to disappear and Yugi to win the Duel.<ref name="ep 142">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|142|ref}}</ref>

[[File:DMx142 Yugi and Yami receive Ra.jpg|thumb|left|Yugi and Yami Yugi receive the last and strongest of the Egyptian Gods, "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra (anime)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]".]]

====Waking the DragonsDoma====

[[File:DMx147 Timaeus awakened.jpg|thumb|right|Yugi and Yami free release [[Timaeus]].and gain his strength]]

Yugi woke-up in his bed shortly afterwards. He saw a strange light phenomenon trapping monsters outside. He ran to the plaza to see what it was and met his friends there. The monsters were absorbed into a crystal, which shattered, revealing an eye, which shot a twister at Yugi. However Yugi's Duel Disk began to glow as the card, "[[The Eye of Timaeus (anime)|The Eye of Timaeus]]" appeared in it. Using it, Yugi Summoned Timaues to attack and destroy the eye. The Dark Magician Girl then appeared next to Yugi and informed him that the battle is just beginning.<ref name="ep 147" />

[[File:DMx150 Timaeus glows.jpg|thumb|left|Timaeus lights up as [[Critias]] is freedreleased by Kaiba.]]The group took the plane to San Francisco, where a limousine was provided to take them to the Industrial Illusions headquarters.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|149|ref}}</ref> Inside the limousine, Yugi noticed "The Eye of Timaeus" lighting up as Kaiba freed reelased [[Critias]] elsewhere. However the limousine took the group to a desert and the driver abandoned them at a gas station.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|150|ref}}</ref> At the station, they were approached by another motorcyclist gang looking for trouble, but [[Mai Valentine]] appeared on a motorbike and fought off the bikers, causing a fire. Tristan drove Yugi, Joey and Téa in the limousine away from the station before the gasoline pump caused an explosion. Mai also escaped on her motorbike and drove away. The limousine broke down, while still in the desert, leaving Yugi and his friends stranded. Using Téa's femininity while the boys hid, they were able to hitch a ride from a [[truck driver]] to Industrial Illusions.<ref name="ep 151">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|150|ref}}</ref>

When the group finally at the Industrial Illusions headquarters, they were locked in by Mai, who revealed that she was with Doma and had captured Pegasus' soul in a "The Seal of Orichalcos" card, before challenging Joey to a Duel.<ref name="ep 151" /> During the Duel, Yugi's "The Eye of Timaeus" card once again lit-up as Joey was sent to the Spirit World to free [[Hermos]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|153|ref}}</ref> Fearing Mai would lose, [[Valon]] broke-up the Duel and the members of Doma fled.<ref name="ep 154">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|154|ref}}</ref>

Yugi and his friends were then joined by Duke, Rex, Weevil and Kaiba. Using the card "[[Illusion's Key]]", Yugi was able to open a secret room, where they encountered a holographic recording of Pegasus. Pegasus told them about Doma's involvement in historical events and told Yugi where to find an exclusive card, he would need later. They found the card, "[[Legend of Heart (anime)|Legend of Heart]]", albeit blank at the time, within the room. Although, Kaiba decided not to stick with Yugi and his friends, they correctly guessed that he had the other [[Legendary Dragons|Legendary Dragon]], "[[The Fang of Critias (anime)|The Fang of Critias]]".<ref name="ep 154" />

[[File:DMx158 Let the Seal take me.jpg|thumb|left|Not wanting anything to happen to the Pharaoh, Yugi lets "[[The saves him by allowing the Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]" the Oricalchos to take his soul spirit instead of Yami's.]]Yugi was unable to contact Yami for the rest of the Duel, as he was trapped behind a sealthe Seal. He unsuccessfully tried pleading with him to not [[tribute|sacrifice]] his monsters, including "[[Dark Magician Girl (anime)|Dark Magician Girl]]", whom they made a promise with. Yami went on to lose the Duel and was about to lose his soul to "The Seal of Orichalcos". Using the power of the [[Millennium Puzzle]], Yugi broke the seal that was holding him back and appeared next to Yami again. Since "The Seal of Orichalcos" only takes one soul, Yugi pushed Yami aside and let the seal take him instead.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|158|ref}}</ref>

Yami traveled to the [[Stone Wilderness]], where spirits are both good and evil roam, in the hopes of contacting Yugi. He managed to find Yugi and apologized for what happened. Without Yugi, Yami said the darkness inside him is starting to grow. He was afraid that Rafael might be right that he is evil and feared getting his memories (This maybe false because, he was manipulated easily by Rafael's words to be a lie from Dartz only to get his soul or being influenced by the Orichalcos itself). Yugi reminded Yami that he has been locked away. Yami tried apologizing again, but Yugi said that he didn't want his pity. Yugi asked if Yami only came here to demoralize himself. (In the dub, he said if Yami truly is evil, there's only one thing to do.) A Duel Disk appeared on Yugi's arm and he challenged Yami to a Duel. Yugi knew that he would have to Duel Yami sooner or later and if Yami's heart has become dark or engulfed in the darkest abyss, Yami shall lose. (In the dub, Yugi said that Yami doesn't deserve to be a part of this world and must pay for what he has done.) Yami reluctantly accepted the Duel.<ref name="ep 163">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|163|ref}}</ref>

[[File:DMx163 Orichalcos Yugi.png|thumb|right|Yugi after playing "The Seal of Orichalcos" in his Duel against Yami.]]

Yugi's was soul was trapped in a bubble being sucked into [[The Great Leviathan]]. The souls of people, who were recently taken by "The Seal of Orichalcos", floated in bubbles near him.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|181|ref}}</ref> After Yami defeated Dartz, the [[Legendary Dragons]], now in their Legendary Knight forms, released the souls of the chosen Duelists; Yugi, Kaiba and Joey. Yami informed Yugi that the knights had freed him and Dartz had disappeared into a vortex after the Duel.<ref name="ep 182">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|182|ref}}</ref>

[[File:DMx184 Spirits thank the Yugis.jpg|thumb|right|Dark Magician Girl and the Legendary Knights thank the YugisYami and Yugi.]]

Yami faced [[Leon von Schroeder]], who assumed the alias Leon Wilson, in the finals. Leon acted differently during the Title Bout and Yugi discovered that Leon only wanted to Duel and defeat him to earn the respect of his family that [[Zigfried von Schroeder|Zigfried]] couldn't earn in his youth. Leon played an illegal card, "[[Golden Castle of Stromberg (anime)|Golden Castle of Stromberg]]", that forced Yugi to discard half the cards in his Deck with every passing turn that Leon took and also infected a virus into the KaibaCorp computer system. Yami figures out a weakness in the card; He couldn't discard half the Cards in his Deck, having only 1 card left. He was able to destroy it and nullify the virus. With "Golden Castle of Stromberg" defeated, Yugi continued the Duel and played several Magic and Trap Cards before striking the final blow using "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]", "[[Necromancy]]", and "[[Diffusion Wave-Motion (anime)|Diffusion Wave-Motion]]" to win.<ref name="ep 198">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|198|ref}}</ref> ====''Capsule Monsters''===={{ambox|type=notice|small=left|text=The following events from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters]]'' are of disputed canon.}}[[File:Seven-Armed Fiend in Yugi's dream.png|thumb|right|Yugi's nightmare]]Yugi suffered nightmares, including one where he found himself in a template and spotted [[Yami Yugi]] wearing [[Duel Armor]]. In the dream, Yami was attacked and picked up by [[Seven-Armed Fiend (character)|Seven-Armed Fiend]]. Yugi demanded that Seven-Armed Fiend let his friend go and asked who he was. Seven-Armed Fiend replied that he would learn in good time, as soon as he joins "the game". Yugi then woke up, as he fell out of the bed and noticed the [[Millennium Puzzle]] glowing strangely.<ref name="cm 1">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters|1|ref}}</ref> One morning, Yugi noticed his grandfather, [[Solomon Muto|Solomon]], had not returned from an expedition despite being due home the previous night. At school that day, he played ''[[Capsule Monsters]]'' with [[Téa Gardner|Téa]] and was invited on a six-day holiday to India by [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]], who had just won four tickets.<ref name="cm 1" /> Yugi, Joey, Téa and [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]] were flown to India in a personal plane. However the plane suffered engine difficulties while flying over a forest and crash landed. Everyone on board survived and the pilot sent a distress signal. Intent on not spending the holiday waiting for a rescue, Joey began to explore and was joined by Yugi, Téa and Tristan. They happened upon [[Alex Brisbane]] lying unconscious. After waking him up and giving him water, Yugi noticed Alex had Solomon's bandanna. Alex asked if Yugi was Solomon's grandson and said that he was a colleague of Solomon, who disappeared on their latest exhibition. As Alex led Yugi and his friends to where he last saw Solomon, Yami warned Yugi of his suspicions. He found it highly improbable for the events leading to them finding the last person who saw Solomon to have happened by chance.<ref name="cm 1" /> Alex brought Yugi and his friends to the [[Pyramid of Alexander]], unorthodoxly located outside of Egypt. He navigated them past the pyramid's traps to where he last saw Solomon. A giant map was located on the floor near where Alex found Solomon's bandanna. Despite Yugi's warnings, Joey began to quickly search the room for Solomon and disappeared after stepping on the map. As Yugi observed the map, he noticed how it spanned various land types and thought something seemed familiar about that. Alex said that his research indicated the pyramid housed an ancient game, which Yugi realized would have been the source of his grandfather's interest. Yugi decided that he must follow Joey to try and rescue him and Solomon. He futilely tried to talk Téa and Tristan out of coming too, blaming himself for getting into trouble too often.<ref name="cm 1" /> Stepping on the map caused Yugi, Téa and Tristan to appear in a forest, with [[Capsule Shooter]]s attached to their arms. Yugi noticed some capsules scattered throughout the area and wondered if there was something inside. Before he could examine one, he and his friends were chased by a trio of [[Gokibore (characters)|Gokibore]], which Yugi recognized as monsters from the ''[[Capsule Monsters]]'' board game. While running, he got separated from his friends after they encountered [[Kamakiriman (character)|Kamakiriman]]. Yugi escaped by jumping into a body of water However Kamakiriman approached him again later and Yugi switched to [[Yami Yugi]], who inadvertently released [[Celtic Guardian (character)|Celtic Guardian]] from a capsule. Celtic Guardian defeated Kamakiriman in battle and the Yugis noticed the similarities between the battle and the ''Capsule Monsters'' board game and concluded that had entered the [[World of Capsule Monsters]].<ref name="cm 1" /> Yami Yugi wound up in battle with a [[Trent (characters)|Trent]], calling Celtic Guardian to his defense. Yugi was surprised by how ineffective a direct attack from Celtic Guardian proved on Trent. He noted that in ''[[Duel Monsters]]'', the "[[Celtic Guardian (anime)|Celtic Guardian]]" card had more [[ATK]] than the "[[Trent (anime)|Trent]]" card and said that it was as if Trent had some sort of super power. He and Yami then deduced that Trent's [[Forest (Alignment)|Wood]] element was allowing it to be strengthened, while in the forest, like in the ''Capsule Monsters'' board game. The Yugis and Celtic Guardian then became surrounded as more trees in the area revealed themselves to be more Trents. While Yami and Celtic Guardian were pinned to the ground, Yugi spotted another capsule. Yami was unable to reach it, but Yugi suggested Celtic Guardian could help. Celtic Guardian threw his sword, cutting the branch that Trent was using to hold Yami. Yami released Hinotama Soul from the capsule, whose [[Fire (Alignment)|Fire]] element allowed it to easily defeat the Trents.<ref name="cm 2">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters|2|ref}}</ref>

====Dawn of the DuelPharaoh's Memories====

Yugi was woken-up as he heard [[Rex Raptor|Rex]] and [[Weevil Underwood|Weevil]] breaking in to steal the Egyptian God cards. They took a bag, not knowing it also contained the [[Millennium Items]], and Yugi ran after them. By the time Yugi caught up, they had been knocked unconscious by [[Yami Bakura]], who had taken back the [[Millennium Ring]]. <ref name="ep 199" /> Bakura returned the Items and God cards to Yugi, but insisted on keeping the Ring for himself. He tried to assure Yugi that they had the same goal; to bring the seven Millennium Items to the [[Millennium Stone]]. Taking control of Yugi's body, Yami ordered Bakura to stop poisoning Yugi's mind. Before parting, Bakura said that in order to solve the riddle of the pharaoh's memory, they will play [[Shadow Dark RPG|the ultimate Shadow Game]].<ref name="ep 200">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|200|ref}}</ref>

[[File:DMx201 Separated.jpg|thumb|left|Yami 's spirit leaves Yugi's body.to enter the [[World of Memories]]]]At the airport in Egypt, Yugi and is friends were greeted by [[Ishizu Ishtar|Ishizu]], [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]] and [[Odion Ishtar]], who brought them to an underground cavern in the desert, where the stone tablets from the museum had been relocated. As Yami held the Egyptian God cards up to the tablet, his spirit was sucked out of Yugi's body and into the Memory World. The portion of Yami Bakura's soul that had secretly [[Parasite Mind (ability)|been sealed]] in the Millennium Puzzle was also sucked into the Memory World, taking the rest of Yami Bakura's spirit , from [[Ryo Bakura Ryou|Bakura]] , with it. Yugi reported that Yami was no longer present in his heart or the Puzzle.<ref name="ep 201">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|201|ref}}</ref>

Yugi, Joey, Téa and Tristan entered the Ancient Egyptian Memory World, where Yugi no longer had the Millennium Puzzle. Despite looking out of place, no one took any notice of them. They quickly learned that other people could not see them, and that trying to touch solid matter resulted in their phasing through it.<ref name="ep 205">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|205|ref}}</ref> Unbeknownst to them, they had entered [[Shadow Dark RPG|an RPG]] played by Yami Bakura and Yami Yugi, where they acted as non-playable characters.<ref name="ep 211">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|211|ref}}</ref>

The group found [[Bobasa]], who like them could't be seen by most other people, but unlike them was able to touch objects. Chasing Bobasa led them to find [[Priest Seto]] saving [[Kisara]]. Recognizing him as the guy who looked like Kaiba from the tablet, they knew he worked for the pharaoh and followed him to the [[Pharaoh's palace|palace]]. Unlike other objects, they found that they couldn't phase through the palace gates. Bobasa reappeared and offered to help them.<ref name="ep 205" />

Ra initially defeated Diabound, but Yami Bakura, playing [[Shadow Dark RPG|the RPG]], used one of his [[Hourglass Token]]s to turn back time to a few minutes previous.<ref name="ep 211" /> This time following Slifer's defeat, Diabound's attack smashed the ground below the pharaoh, causing him to fall into a chasm before Yugi and his friends could get to him. Yugi's friends briefly encountered Thief Bakura before being called by Bobasa to hide. Téa worried that the pharaoh may have lost his soul, since he just lost a Shadow Game, but Yugi reminded everyone that the world is built on the pharaoh's memories and since it still existed, he had to be okay.<ref name="ep 207" />

[[File:DMx217 Yugi vs Yami Bakura.jpg|thumb|left|Yugi Dueling Yami Bakura who is possessing Tristan.]]

[[File:DMx218 Flying.jpg|thumb|right|Yugi, Joey, Téa and Tristan fly are given the ability of flight to find reunite with the pharaohPharaoh.]]

[[File:DMx219 Téa's idea.png|thumb|left|Joey, Téa, Tristan and Yugi prepare to help the pharaoh Pharaoh learn his secret true name.]]With the Monster Spirits battling Zorc and the soldiers, Yugi and his friends gathered around the pharaoh. They told him that they had seen his name and remember what it looked like, but were unable to read it. However after seeing the pharaoh's [[cartouche]], Anzu Téa suggested that they concentrate on making the hieroglyphics appear on it. They all held their hands over the cartouche and tried this. Zorc tried to stop them by throwing another fireball in their direction, but Seto Kaiba appeared and used "[[Ring of Defense (anime)|Ring of Defense]]" to block the attack. Zorc launched another attack destroying the ring. Yugi and company managed to survive with the name engraved on the cartouche. The pharaoh declared that his name was Atem. Knowing this he was able to revive the Egyptian Gods and combine them into [[The Creator God of Light, Horakhty]], who attacked and destroyed Zorc.<ref name="ep 219" />

Yugi and Atem both found it weird having different names at first, having shared an identity since Yugi solved the Puzzle. Yugi said he felt a bit lonely, but it was okay. Even if their names are different, he said that they will still be a team. After saying goodbye to Priest Seto, Atem reached the end of his memories he could no longer exist in the Memory World, so he joined Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan and Kaiba to leave through an opening in the sky.<ref name="ep 219" />

Yugi and the others awoke in the cavern they had entered the world of the pharaoh's memories from. Yugi found that Atem still residing in his body and received the [[Millennium Eye]] from Kaiba, who said he'd be needing it. Before they can question Kaiba on how he got it, they were interrupted by the appearance of Ryo Bakura, who was no longer possessed by Yami Bakura. As they left the Yugis took the [[Millennium Ring]] from Bakura and found the [[Millennium Scales]] and [[Millennium Key|Key]], left behind by Shadi.<ref name="ep 220">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|220|ref}}</ref>

====Ceremonial BattleRitual====The Ishtars guided Yugi and his friends to the [[Shrine of the Millennium Stone]]; The pharaoh's final resting place. They went on to a boat, where Yugi met up with Duke, Grandpa and Mokuba. On the boat, Marik told Yugi that Atem would have to lose in a [[Ceremonial BattleRitual]] in order to move on. Joey and Kaiba both offered to Duel Atem, but Yugi declined their offers in favor of Dueling Atem himself. He believed that this was something both he and Atem needed. Angrily, Kaiba showed Yugi a briefcase of cards and said that if he's Dueling he might as well use a real Deck, but Yugi declined again, wanting to use his and Atem's cards.<ref name="ep 220" />

[[File:Yamiandyugifinal.jpg|thumb|right|Atem and Yugi face each other in the [[Ceremonial BattleRitual]].]]

Atem choose not to hold back and quickly Summoned the three [[Egyptian Gods]].<ref name="ep 221" /> Using "[[Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (anime)|Valkyrion the Magna Warrior]]" in combination with "[[Magnet Force (anime)|Magnet Force]]" and predicting Atem's moves, Yugi was able to redirect the blasts from "[[Slifer the Sky Dragon (anime)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]]" back at the Gods, lowering their ATK and eventually destroying them.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|222|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep 223">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|223|ref}}</ref> Yugi and Atem continued to battle using cards that both of them had used before together.<ref name="ep 223" /> When Atem Summoned "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]" and "[[Dark Magician Girl (anime)|Dark Magician Girl]]", Yugi fought them using cards like he used against Yami Bakura and played "[[Gold Sarcophagus (anime)|Gold Sacrophagus]]", predicting Atem would use "[[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]". Once the magicians were defeated, Atem attempted to revive "Slifer the Sky Dragon" using "Monster Reborn", but Yugi revealed that he had selected that card with "Gold Sarcophagus" and negated its effect. Yugi reluctantly attacked Atem [[Direct attack|directly]] with "[[Silent Magician LV0|Silent Magician]]", winning the Duel.<ref name="ep 224">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|224|ref}}</ref>

[[File:GXx001 Yugi meets Jaden.jpg|thumb|right|Yugi meets Jaden, as he gives him "[[Winged Kuriboh (anime)|Winged Kuriboh]]".]]

[[Jaden Yuki]] bumps into him on the way to the Duel Academy sign ups. Yugi gives Jaden the card "[[Winged Kuriboh (anime)|Winged Kuriboh]]". In the Japanese version he says the card is lucky. In the English dub, he says that he feels the card belongs with Jaden.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|1|ref}}</ref>

When Jaden's Duels [[Frantz]], who stole a copy of "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra (anime)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]", [[Maximillion Pegasus|Pegasus]] compares Jaden to Yugi.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|85|ref}}</ref>

[[File:Yugi.jpg|thumb|left|Yugi, before he sends Jaden back in time.]]

[[File:Yugi 3.jpg|thumb|rightleft|Close-up of Yugi's face.]]

====''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX''====[[File:FlyerGX179.jpg|thumb|left|An article on Yugi winning the second [[Battle City.]]]]Yugi won [[Battle City V2]] at some point and had a dream where [[Kuriboh (character)|Kuriboh]] told him he would meet someone and have to Duel him. Shortly after this, Yugi bumped into [[Jaden Yuki]], who had been sent back in time by Yugi's future self. Jaden showed Yugi a "[[Winged Kuriboh (anime)|Winged Kuriboh]]" card, which he said Yugi had given to him and it helped him come here. Yugi saw that Jaden's "Winged Kuriboh" looked like his own "[[Kuriboh (anime)|Kuriboh]]", but had no knowledge of ever meeting Jaden or giving him a card. He told Jaden about his dream and asked if Jaden was there to Duel him.<ref name="gx ep 179">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|179|ref}}</ref>

[[File:GXx179 Ready to Duel.jpg|thumb|rightleft|Yugi prepares to Duel the [[Jaden Yuki]] from the future.]]

====Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D ''Bonds Beyond Time''====[[File:MOV2 Grandpa dead.jpg|thumb|left|Yugi weeps over his grandfather's death, before time is re-altered.]]

[[File:MOV2 Face-off.jpg|thumb|rightleft|[[Jaden Yuki|Jaden]], [[Yusei Fudo|Yusei]] and Yugi confront [[Paradox]].]]

In this version, Yugi appears considerably taller, though he has not aged. When shown in scenes beside Yusei or Jaden, he (including his hair) is generally the same height as them, only being shorter by a very small length, though he technically should be much shorter than them.  {{clear}}

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[[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] initially bullied Yugi along with [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]], but after he saw how Yugi stood up to Ushio, they became best friends. When he was possessed by [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]], Yugi took Yami's place to get his friend back to his senses. After Joey's first Duel with Marik, Yugi took it hard, cried, blamed himself (sent to the [[Shadow Realm]] in the dub), and was in grief. Joey, likewise, was upset when Yugi's soul was taken by the "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]". Joey is fiercely loyal to Yugi and is often quick to give his support to him. Joey is the most precious person to Yugi, They love each other like brothers and would do anything for each other. During the Ceremonial Battle he was the first to declare his support for Yugi over Yami.

After putting the [[Millennium Puzzle]] together, a "walk-in" spirit entered his mind and bonded with him. Yugi was initially unaware of [[Yami Yugi|Yami]]'s existence and control of Yugi's body would involuntarily shift when Yugi or his friends are wronged. After finding out about the spirit, he was afraid of him, but eventually grew to accept this revelation as well as Yami himself. Not only did the two become best friends but also developed a bond similar to that of brothers or a father and son. As Yugi began to grow, becoming stronger he still remained in Yami's shadow. After winning the [[Ceremonial BattleRitual]], Yugi was upset to see him go, claiming that he was weak and wasn't ready. Yami, proud of him, tells him otherwise, and as he steps through the door to the afterlife, Yugi gives him a thumbs up, now ready to go on his own.

[[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]] initially bullied Yugi along with [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]], but after he saw how Yugi stood up to Ushio, he became a friend to him. While his friendship with Tristan is not as strong as Joey or Yami/Atem, Tristan is still a good friend of Yugi who , just like Joey , looks out for Yugi and the gang. Tristan has on occasion lent his cards to Yugi to help in a Duel such as Cyber Commander in his first Duel with [[Yami Bakura]]. When Tristan was possessed by Bakura, he almost killed TeaTéa, Joey, and Yugi (sent to the Shadow Realm in the dub). But when he meet met up with them again the others were hostile towards him but Yugi knew Tristan better than to attack the three.

After [[Seto Kaiba]] lost to Yugi in their first Duel he becomes determined to defeat Yugi and becomes his rival. Their differing personalities often causes them to come into conflict with each other such as their initial meeting with Kaiba's belief in cards being meant for power over Yugi/Yami's belief that cards have a heart. Despite their differences , Yugi bears no animosity towards Kaiba, which cannot be said the same for the other way as Kaiba held a grudge against Yugi for quite some time (which is even more so in the manga). He even cheered Kaiba on when the latter played a match against Pegasus even though Kaiba had taken Yugi's star chips by threatening to jump off the edge of the castle unless Yugi stopped an attack that would have won him the Duel, something that made Yugi suffer a loss in confidence due to nearly killing Kaiba and that Kaiba truly loathed Yugi. When Kaiba ultimately lost to Pegasus he had his soul taken away. Yugi became outraged at Pegasus for playing games with their lives. He and Yami made it their mission to free Kaiba along with [[Mokuba Kaiba]] and [[Solomon Muto|Yugi's grandfather]]. Kaiba helped Yugi find his friends when they were abducted by Marik. Usually circumstances force Kaiba to work with or aid Yugi such as common foes like [[Marik]] and his Rare Hunters, the Big Five, or [[Dartz]]. Yugi respects Kaiba as a Duelist, a sentiment that Kaiba seems to share. When Kaiba discovers that Yugi and Yami Yugi are two different people he focuses his rivalry on the latter for past defeats. However, he still respects Yugi as a Duelist in his own right. This is shown at the start of the Ceremonial Battle Ritual when Kaiba described the Duel (to himself) as the ultimate Duel for the title of Duel King, acknowledging Yugi as Yami's equal. When Yugi defeats all three God cards Kaiba openly states he believes Yugi can win. Yugi considers Kaiba to be a friend. Before they traveled to Egypt Yugi and Yami reflect on their journey until that point, Yugi muses on all the friends he made because of Yami and Kaiba appears along with his other friends.

Yugi's Decks are most famous for his "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]". Yugi's Deck probably has the most variety and balance of any other character's Deck in the series, and is sometimes referred to as a Strategy Deck. His original Deck mostly composed of low [[Level]] [[EARTH]] and [[DARK]] [[Monster Card|monsters]], which he suppliments supplements with Magic Cards to perform effective combos. The Deck also had [[Exodia]] in it, which he used in the first episode to defeat Kaiba, but [[Weevil Underwood]] threw them overboard on the ship to Duelist Kingdom, and [[Joey Wheeler]] was only able to recover two of them, so Yugi abandoned Exodia.

During the [[Battle City]] arc, he keeps the theme of having EARTH and DARK monsters and adds more control cards to the deck which allow him to manipulate an opponent's cards, such as "[[Brain Control (anime)|Brain Control]]", "[[Lightforce Sword (anime)|Lightforce Sword]]" and "[[Mystical Refpanel (anime)|Mystical Refpanel]]". During this time Yugi debuted his Magnet Warriors, [[Three Musketeers of Face Cards|Royal Knights]], and "[[Dark Magician Girl (anime)|Dark Magician Girl]]", which would become mainstays in his deck Deck for the rest of the series, and included more [[Effect Monsters]]. He also includes more support for the "Dark Magician", such as "[[Magical Dimension (anime)|Magical Dimension]]" and "[[Diffusion Wave-Motion (anime)|Diffusion Wave-Motion]]". Yugi's deck Deck contains Joey's "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" after he wins it from the [[Seeker|Rare Hunter]], but he eventually returns it to Joey. Aside from the Red-Eyes and the Egyptian God Cards he acquires during the tournament, Yugi's rarest card is "Dark Magician". Yugi's deck Deck mostly focuses on Warrior and Spellcaster-type Type monsters, contrasting Seto Kaiba who uses Fiend and Dragon-type Type monsters, or cards with a technological theme to them.

As the series progressed Yugi's deck Deck would continue to evolve to have greater focus on the "Dark Magician" and its related cards, adding "[[Dark Renewal (anime)|Dark Renewal]]", "[[Sage's Stone (anime)|Sage's Stone]]" and "[[Dark Magic Curtain (later anime)|Dark Magic Curtain]]" to the deckDeck.

During the [[Dawn of the Duel]] arc, Yugi uses a Deck separate from Yami Yugi's, which is based around cards with a Toy theme like "[[Blockman (anime)|Blockman]]" and the "[[Gadget]]s", and Level monsters that grow stronger over time, such as "[[Silent Swordsman (archetype)|Silent Swordsman]]" and "[[Silent Magician (archetype)|Silent Magician]]". This Deck represents the strength Yugi has without the help of Yami Yugi as well as his playful side. As a result he does not use the Dark Magician and [[Dark Magician (archetype)|its related cards]], leaving them to Yami Yugi when they build separate decks Decks for the final ceremonial duel[[Battle Ritual]].

When Yugi's Deck goes on tour at [[Duel Academy]], the Copycat duelist Duelist [[Dimitri]] steals it and copies Yugi's voice, mannerisms and dueling Dueling style. While Dimitri copies Yugi's moves very well, he loses because he lacks the bond with the cards that Yugi has. This Deck is based around the "Dark Magician" and retrained "[[Chaos]]" variants of Yugi's [[Ritual Monster]]s.

{{Dice Pool|Anime

* [[Dark Magician (anime DDM)|Dark Magician]]* [[Knight of Twin Swords (anime)|Knight of Twin Swords]]* [[Mighty Mage (anime)|Mighty Mage]]* [[Strike Ninja (anime DDM)|Strike Ninja]]* [[Thunder Ball (anime)|Thunder Ball]]* [[Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress 1 (anime DDM)|Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress]]

* [[Warp Vortex]]}} {{Dice Pool|Video game|monsters =* [[Kuriboh (DDM)|Kuriboh]]* [[Sangan (DDM)|Sangan]]* [[Mystical Elf (DDM)|Mystical Elf]]* [[Fiend's Mirror (DDM)|Fiend's Mirror]]* [[Knight of Twin Swords]]* [[Celtic Guardian (DDM)|Celtic Guardian]]* [[Shadow Specter (DDManime)|Shadow Specter]]* [[Thunder Ball]]* [[Strike Ninja (DDM)|Strike Ninja]]* [[Summoned Skull (DDM)|Summoned Skull]]* [[Dark Magician (DDM)|Dark Magician]]* [[Gaia the Dragon Champion (DDM)|Gaia the Dragon Champion]]* [[Metalzoa (DDM)|Metalzoa]]* [[Mighty Mage]]* [[Petit Dragon (DDM)|Petit Dragon]]* [[Giant Soldier of Stone (DDM)|Giant Soldier of Stone]]|items =* [[Medical Aid Kit]]* [[Warp Vortex]]

 ==Trivia==* Yugi is the only protagonist to not have a Duel against the [[Blue-Eyes White DragonTéa Gardner|heroine]] (temporary)of his series. He does, however, play Capsule Monsters with Téa in which the former was winning.