Editing Solomon Muto

{{For|other versions of this character|Solomon Muto (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox character
| headers                = true
| image                  = Solomon Muto.png
| en_manga_name          = Sugoroku Mutou
| ja_name                = 武藤双六
| romaji_name            = Mutō Sugoroku
| other_names            =
* Grandpa
* Mask the Rock (original)/Apdnarg Otum (dub)
| ar_name                = سولومون موتو
| de_name                = Retavßorg Otum ([[Grand Championship]])
| anime_debut            = {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|1|ref}}
| appears_in_manga       = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie Ani-Manga]]''
| appears_in_anime       =
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time]]''
| birthdate              = October 4<ref name="GoT P">''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guidebook: The Gospel of Truth]]'': Sugoroku Mutou's profile {{icon|Japanese}}</ref><ref name="yugioh characters">{{citeweb|url=http://www.yugioh.com/characters/solomon-muto|title=Character|publisher=4K Media Inc.|date=July 7, 2015}}</ref>
| age                    = 71 (at debut)<br>72 (at series' end)</br>
| height                 = 151 cm<ref name="GoT P"/>
| weight                 = 62 kg<ref name="GoT P"/>
| gender                 = Male
| blood_type             = O<ref name="GoT P"/>
| relatives              =
* [[Mrs. Muto]] (daughter-in-law)
* [[Yugi Muto]] (grandson)
| favorite_food          = 
* Tamagoyaki<ref name="GoT P"/>
* Japanese style omeletes<ref name="yugioh characters"/>
| occupation             = Owner of the [[Kame Game Store]]
| tournament1            = [[Grand Championship]]
| result1                = Did not place
| deck                   =
* Strategy (given to Yugi)
* Ancient
| ja_voice               = {{voice actors|ja|Tadashi Miyazawa}}
| en_voice               = {{voice actors|en|Maddie Blaustein|Wayne Grayson|Chuck Powers|Marc Diraison|e2= (in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]'')|e3=(Singapore)|e4=(in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 199|episode 199]])}}
| de_voice               = {{voice actors|de|Peter Groeger|Stefan Staudinger|Andre Beyer|e1=(Duel Monsters, Pyramid of Light, GX)|e2=(ep. 199)|e3=(The Dark Side of Dimensions, Bonds Beyond Time)}}
| es_voice               = Jorge Roig (1st voice, [[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light|Pyramid of Light]]) (LATAM)<br />Juan Alfonso Carralero (2nd voice, [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters|Capsule Monsters]]) (LATAM)<br> Julio Núñez (Spain)</br>
| ar_voice               = {{voice actors|ar|Hasan Hamdan}}
}}

'''Solomon Muto''', known as '''Sugoroku Mutou''' in the Japanese version, is a character in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' anime. He is the grandfather of [[Yugi Muto]]. Solomon gave Yugi the [[Millennium Puzzle]] as a present. He owns the [[Kame Game Store]], where Yugi and his friends get several of the games they play. Solomon is the present day counterpart of [[Shimon Muran]]. 

His Japanese name, [[wikipedia:Sugoroku|Sugoroku]], is a Japanese board game.

==Biography==
===History===
====Valley of the Kings expedition====
[[File:Vlcsnap-2011-05-26-10h40m37s63.png|thumb|left|175px|Solomon Muto, while traveling Egypt]]
Solomon visited the Valley of the Kings in hopes of finding [[Pharaoh Atem|the Pharaoh]]'s tomb. He hired two guides, [[Ahmet]] and [[Mushara]] to help him locate and navigate the tomb. The tomb was riddled with traps, which Solomon was able to discover. In one such trap, you had to walk with your left foot forward, as a sign of respect to the statues of the Pharaoh. Mushara failed to do so, and was attacked by the statues, and fell to his death. In the final room, Ahmet fell victim to a trap and was devoured by a monster. Solomon nearly fell victim as well, but was saved by the spirit of [[Pharaoh Atem]]. It was at the end of this room that he discovered the [[Millennium Puzzle]].

====Later life====
At some point in time, he lost a game and, as he promised himself, traded in his suit for overalls and began collecting games for years. Eventually, he opened up a game shop (the [[Kame Game Store]]) instead of continuing with his gambling days.
{{-|left}}
===Yu-Gi-Oh!===
<div style="float:right;">[[File:Solomon Muto DM.png|thumb|right|180px|Solomon in the game shop]]</div>
====Duelist Kingdom====
Kaiba wants the "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" and decides to challenge Grandpa to a Duel. Grandpa loses, and his card is torn, because Kaiba has the other three "Blue-Eyes White Dragons" and unable to have a fourth copy, in his Deck, the card could only be used against him. Grandpa is sent to the hospital as Yugi Duels Kaiba.  His soul is later sealed inside a card by Pegasus and freed after Yugi defeats Pegasus. Grandpa, Yugi, Tea, Joey, and Tristan later come across [[Rebecca Hawkins]], who accuses Solomon of stealing her grandfather's Blue Eyes White Dragon card. Grandpa denies it, but Rebecca pays no attention. She challenges him to a Duel but ends up faces Yugi instead. Grandpa tries to convince her about what he said and tells her the tale of how he met Arthur Hawkins. She calls Solomon a liar, much to his frustration. When the Duel ended, Arthur reunites with Solomon. Rebecca finally believes Solomon's story and apologizes to Yugi, and he decides to face Arthur in a Duel.

====Domino City Battles====
During the [[Domino City Battles]] arc, Grandpa is seen watching Yami Yugi play against Duke Devlin in a game of [[Dungeon Dice Monsters]], on a screen in front of the building in which the two are playing. He frequently gets distracted by Duke's cheerleaders, who sometimes appear on the screen.

====Battle City====
When the Battle City tournament started, Solomon was eager to see the event. He was present for [[Joey Wheeler]]'s three Duels against [[Espa Roba]], [[Weevil Underwood]], and [[Mako Tsunami]], along with [[Téa Gardner]] and [[Tristan Taylor]], offering support and advice for Joey. When [[Bakura Ryou|Bakura]] was found injured, Solomon took him to the hospital. Grandpa got knocked out by [[Yami Bakura]] later on when he was checking on Bakura.

==== Virtual World ====
Grandpa briefly appears in a flashback where he meets with Téa on a bench.

====Grand Championship====
[[File:MasktheRock.png|thumb|left|Solomon as "Apdnarg Otum" (Mask the Rock)]]
Grandpa competes in Kaiba's [[Grand Championship|KaibaCorp Grand Prix]] tournament under the alias '''Apdnarg Otum''', known as '''Mask the Rock''' in Japanese. He uses an [[Ancient (DM series)|Ancient]]-themed Deck, which mostly consists of [[Rock]] monsters. He is defeated by Joey.

His alias's English name is "Grandpa Muto" backwards; its Japanese name is a pun of "''Mask the Roku''" (Roku is six in Japanese, and "Sugoroku" means "double-six").

====Dawn of the Duel====
The season begins with Solomon telling Yugi how he found the Millennium Puzzle. During this time in his youth, he was a gambler searching for even greater trials in order to test his luck.

However, he did decide to have a penalty for losing even a single game: he would turn in his gambling suit and wearing overalls instead with the intention of collecting years instead of chips. He found the Millennium Puzzle in Atem's tomb and was spared from the traps, thanks to his analytical skills helping him overcome the man-made traps and his pure heart sparing him from being eaten by ka.

He later was picked up from the airport in Egypt and was present for the Ceremonial Battle between Yugi and Yami Yugi.

Solomon and the others later escape from the collapsing building where Yugi and the Pharaoh Dueled.

===Yu-Gi-Oh! GX===
[[File:Solomon in GX.jpg|thumb|180px|In ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'']]
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', he appeared at the end of Season 1. When [[Kagemaru]] Summoned all three of the [[Sacred Beast]]s, and they were shown draining energy from cards around the world, two children were shown crying in his [[Kame Game Store|card shop]] as the monster card images were drained away. He was shown walking up to see the cause of the commotion. At that time his face was not shown, only his overall.<ref name="gx49">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|49|ref}}</ref>

Later, in Season 2, [[Duel Academy]] students went on a field trip to Domino City. He was visited by [[Jaden Yuki]] and his friends who wanted to see Yugi. He answered them [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] had been upset, and that card pictures had been faded away recently, referring to the Sacred Beast accident. When [[Tyranno Hassleberry|Hassleberry]] told him that Jaden sort out that mess, he decided to guide them through the city in return. As they left him behind, he was kidnapped by [[Thunder (character)|Thunder]] and [[Frost]]. Jaden and his friends spread out in order to find him. While Hassleberry and [[Syrus Truesdale|Syrus]] were lured and ended up Dueling his kidnappers,<ref name="gx75">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|75|ref}}</ref> Jaden found him unconscious into a blind alley. Alongside [[Aster Phoenix|Aster]], they went to the place where the Duel was held, but came too late.<ref name="gx76">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|76|ref}}</ref> Later in the night, Solomon gave Jaden, [[Atticus Rhodes]], and the [[Slifer Red|Slifers]] hamburgers in the bag for one of each. He also watched Jaden's Duel with [[T-Bone]].<ref name="gx77">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|77|ref}}</ref> Then he led Jaden and his remaining companions to [[Kaiba Land]], where the latter Dueled [[Sarina]] with Aster.<ref name="gx78">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|78|ref}}</ref> After the Duel, he promised Jaden to speak with [[Seto Kaiba]] in order to restore Sarina's consciousness, who left stuck in the virtual reality.<ref name="gx79">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|79|ref}}</ref> Solomon's hair is now pointy on the top similar to the way it was shown in the ''[[Capsule Monsters]]''. In the English dub, he is portrayed as senile.

===Altered timelines===
====Yu-Gi-Oh! GX====
Although he wasn't shown when Jaden traveled back through time to Duel the younger Yugi, Yugi said goodbye to Solomon while heading to school.<ref name="gx179">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|179|ref}}</ref>

====Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time====
[[File:Solomon and Yugi.jpg|thumb|175px|Solomon and [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]]]]

In this movie, during [[Paradox]]'s plot to kill Pegasus, Solomon gets in the way and is killed along with Pegasus and some other citizens leaving Yugi as the sole survivor. Yugi then finds his bandana and cries over his death. The Crimson Dragon however takes Yugi back 30 minutes before Paradox's attack. Thanks to [[Yami Yugi]], [[Jaden Yuki]], and [[Yusei Fudo]] defeating Paradox, Solomon's death had been prevented (therefore, he hadn't died at all).
{{-}}
==Non-canon appearances==
=== Capsule Monsters ===
[[File:Solomon and Alex Brisbane.jpg|thumb|200px|Solomon and [[Alex Brisbane]]]]
Solomon goes with [[Alex Brisbane]] to find the pyramid of [[Alexander the Great]]. However, when they split up, Solomon finds [[Shadi]]'s Capsule Monster game board and accidentally gets sucked into it. During his time there, Solomon found a Summoned Skull and used it as his primary monster. Upon the arrival of Yugi and his friends, Solomon helped them through the five trials to test if the Pharaoh was a true king by translating the messages they received on how to accomplish them. However, he lost Summoned Skull during the trial preliminaries, but soon received Alexander the Great's Curse of Dragon as a replacement monster. After being victorious in the trials, Solomon allowed the good half of Alexander to use him as a vessel to return to the real world. However, Alexander's dark half had possessed Brisbane and trapped everyone in the room where the power to rule the world was held. However, after a final battle to decide which ruler deserved the power, Solomon was returned to the real world once again and fled the pyramid with everyone else when it collapsed after its purpose had been fulfilled. He then talked the pilots of Joey's vacation plane into taking him and Brisbane back to Domino.
{{-}}
==Other appearances==
{{Character other appearances}}

==Naming==
* In the English manga, Sugoroku's family name is usually spelled Mutou but is sometimes rendered as Mutoh.
** The Spanish, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Italian versions of the manga use Sugoroku Muto.
** The German version of the manga uses Sugoroku Mutô.
** The Brazilian Portuguese version of the manga uses Solomon Muto.
* In the English anime his name is Solomon Muto.
** In the uncut English dub DVDs, his family name is rendered Mutou.
** All of the versions of the dubbed anime of Indo-European languages use Solomon Muto.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie Ani-Manga]]'', he is called Sugoroku Muto.
* In several video games, he is known as '''Trusdale'''. This name is used in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004]]'', and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler]]''.
* In several video games, he is known as '''Grandpa'''. This name is used in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters (video game)|Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters]]''.

== Personality ==
Solomon Muto is Yugi's grandfather and with his father's absence, he is Yugi's ultimate provider. He  is smart, kind-hearted, funny, silly, loving, resourceful, gentle, and, of course, grandfatherly. He is, however, attracted to beautiful women, such as [[Vivian Wong]], which did get him in some trouble with the gang when he agreed to help her after she fixed his back. He is the one who taught [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] and [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] how to Duel. He is a strong believer of the Heart of the Cards, having taught both Yugi and Joey that concept, which both follow proudly. When he taught Joey he was strict, giving all sorts of lessons and usually being tough on him, but still encouraging him on how much he has grown, and is proud of him. Chances are he was the same way with Yugi when he taught him. Solomon loves games of all sorts, which may be because of his former gambling nature, and is even willing to go to dangerous places, such as during the non-canon Capsule Monsters adventure, to see and experience new games first-hand.

In the English dub of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', Solomon acts partially senile; while still competent at running his shop, he seems to have problems with his short-term memory.

==Deck==
===Duelist Kingdom===
{{Main|Yugi Muto's Decks#Duelist Kingdom}}
<!-- Do not list Yugi's Duelist Kingdom Deck here. The link is enough.-->
In flashback shown during [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] and [[Rebecca Hawkins|Rebecca]]'s Duel, Solomon is seen Dueling with [[Arthur Hawkins]], although not much of the Duel is shown. Solomon commented that their Duel was almost card-for-card the same as Yugi and Rebecca's. He appears to be using the same Deck as he gave Yugi. While none of his cards were seen, it was implied that he had "[[Swords of Revealing Light (anime)|Swords of Revealing Light]]" and "[[Soul Release (anime)|Soul Release]]" in his Deck.

Solomon used this Deck in his Duel with Seto Kaiba. After defeating Solomon, Seto Kaiba took Solomon's "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" and tore it in half. Solomon gave his Deck to Yugi, who used it to defeat Kaiba. Yugi then used this Deck at the [[Duelist Kingdom]] tournament.

===Grand Championship===
During the [[Grand Championship]], Solomon uses an '''"[[Ancient (DM series)|Ancient]]" Deck''' based around the "[[Ancient Dragon (DM anime)|Ancient Dragon]]", which can be revived whenever it is destroyed as long as he has "[[Ancient City]]" in play. However, the card is very difficult to play, requiring a set of six other cards and several turns to set up. According to [[Arthur Hawkins]], the Grand Championship was the first time Solomon was able to call the "Ancient Dragon", and in the dub is implied to be the only person Arthur knows to have ever done it. Besides his "Ancient" cards, Solomon tests [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]]'s reliance on luck with "[[The Legendary Gambler]]" and "[[Ordeal of a Traveler (anime)|Ordeal of a Traveler]]".

{{Decklist|Grand Championship Deck
|effect monsters =
* [[Ancient Dragon (DM anime)|Ancient Dragon]]
* [[Ancient Giant]]
* [[Sinister Serpent (anime)|Sinister Serpent]]
* [[Stone Giant]] x2
* [[Wandering Mummy (anime)|Wandering Mummy]]
|magic =
* [[Ancient City]]
* [[Ancient Gate]]
* [[Ancient Key]]
* [[Ancient Tome]]
* [[Emergency Provisions (anime)|Emergency Provisions]]
* [[Mirage of Nightmare (anime)|Mirage of Nightmare]]
|traps =
* [[Non Aggression Area (anime)|Non Aggression Area]]
* [[Ordeal of a Traveler (anime)|Ordeal of a Traveler]]
* [[The Legendary Gambler]]
}}

===Capsule Monsters===
In Capsule Monsters he uses some of the capsules that were cards in his old Deck he gave to [[Yugi]].
{{Decklist|Capsule Monsters
|monsters =
* [[Curse of Dragon]]
* [[Summoned Skull]]
}}

===Video games===
====Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel====
{{Decklist|Deck (Incomplete)
|normal monsters =
* [[Left Arm of the Forbidden One]]
* [[Left Leg of the Forbidden One]]
* [[Prisman]]
* [[Right Arm of the Forbidden One]]
* [[Right Leg of the Forbidden One]]
|effect monsters =
* [[Cyber Jar]]
* [[Exodia the Forbidden One]]
* [[Man-Eater Bug]]
* [[Morphing Jar 2|Morphing Jar #2]]
* [[Sinister Serpent]]
|spells =
* [[Change of Heart]]
* [[Dark Hole]]
* [[Monster Reborn]]
* [[Premature Burial]] x2
* [[Raigeki]]
* [[Snatch Steal]]
* [[Swords of Revealing Light]] x2
|traps =
* [[Magic Jammer]]
* [[Trap Hole]] x3
}}

==Duels==
{| class="wikitable card-list"
|-
! Opponent(s) || Episode(s) || Outcome(s)
|-
| [[Arthur Hawkins]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 041|41]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 042|42]] || Lose (flashback)
|-
| [[Seto Kaiba]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 001|1]] || Lose (off-screen)
|-
| [[Joey Wheeler]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 187|187]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 188|188]] || Lose
|}

==Trivia==
* The man displayed on Solomon's Trap Card "[[The Legendary Gambler]]" is himself as a young man, meaning that Solomon is playing a card that refers to himself as a legendary gambler.
* In the English dub of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', Solomon has a "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in his shop despite the fact that Seto Kaiba ripped his only "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in the first episode of the second series anime. Following Yugi's Duel with [[Rebecca Hawkins|Rebecca]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 042|episode 42]], it was shown that Solomon had taped the card back together, and at the end of the episode it was seen restored.
* A running gag in the series' dub is Solomon muttering "not again" when he is attacked before he faints. He mutters this line when attacked by [[Yami Bakura]], and in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' when he is attacked by [[Thunder (character)|Thunder]].
* Solomon Muto's original English dub voice actor, Maddie Blaustein, died in December 2008. As a result, Wayne Grayson voiced Solomon in his appearances in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''.
* One of the guides who led him to the Pharaoh's Tomb referred to him as "Dr. Muto" at one point, indicating that Solomon has a doctorate.
* Solomon is the last Duelist to be defeated by [[Joey Wheeler]] in a Duel.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]'', it is revealed Solomon has a pacemaker ("This thing's putting out energy waves that are making my pacemaker go haywire!")

==References==
<references />

{{Solomon Muto pages}}
{{Characters/ssa}}
{{Characters/GX/Anime}}
{{Characters/10}}

[[Category:Yu-Gi-Oh! characters]]