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{{Infobox character
| image = Strings.png
| en_manga_name = Doll| en_anime_name en_name = Strings
| ja_name = パントマイマー
| romaji_name = Pantomaimā
| ja_trans_name = Pantomimer
| other_names = * Doll* Quiet One| = Steve the Mime
| ar_name = الصامت
| anime_debut = {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|65|ref}}
| video_game_debut = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel]]''
| appears_in_manga appears_in_anime = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist]]''| appears_in_anime = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' (second series)]]
| appears_in_gba =
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel]]''
}}
'''Strings''', also known as the '''Quiet One''', and known in the Japanese version as '''Doll''' ({{Ruby|人形|にんぎょう}}, ''Ningyō'') in the manga and Japanese version and also as the '''Quiet One''' in the dub and the or '''Pantomimer''' (パントマイマ, ''Pantomimer'') in the Japanese version , is one of [[Marik Ishtar]]'s [[Rare HunterHunters]]s during the [[Battle City]] arc.
==Design==
==Biography==
At first, he appears to be a stationary mime in the park and is a curiosity for many of the people there, but when Marik takes control of him, he goes to confront Yugi and duel him.
Yami is just about to give up until Kaiba arrives and encourages him to fight on. The two manage to figure out the weakness of this combo and turn it against Marik. Yami attacks "[[Revival Jam]]" with "[[Buster Blader]]", and then uses "[[Brain Control]]" to take control of "[[Revival Jam]]" as it regenerates so it regenerates under his control, forcing "Slifer" to attack it with its second mouth. Then "Revival Jam" is destroyed and regenerates, forcing Strings to draw three more cards due to "[[Card of Safe Return]]". Then "Slifer" must attack "[[Revival Jam]]" again, since it reformed under Yami's control, destroying it and allowing it to regenerate again, and forcing Strings to continue drawing due to "Card of Safe Return". This continues in a never-ending loop until Strings' Deck is empty, and thus he loses the Duel through a [[Deck Out]]. Yami gets "[[Slifer the Sky Dragon (original)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]]" for his victory.
[[File:Pantomimer.png|thumb|left|Marik's memory of Strings is erased.]]
Strings' only additional appearance was during [[Yami Marik]]'s Duel with [[Mai Valentine]] at the Battle City Finals. After Marik's [[Makyura the Destructor]] was destroyed during their Shadow Game, Marik's memory of Strings was erased; to which Marik responded that no one in his mind was worth remembering anyway.
Strings himself is entirely devoid of personality, and is merely a shell for Marik's will. This worked to Marik's advantage: since the Egyptian Gods normally do not obey one without a [[Millennium Items|Millennium Item]], Strings' empty mind allowed Marik to bypass this restriction: "Slifer" obeyed Marik's will, though Marik didn't have to be there in person. However, Strings' lack of mental awareness also served another end: he had no conscience and could feel no pain, so would hold nothing back. After Strings' loss to Yugi, Marik decided to talk through Strings one last time then released control of him and he collapsed.
==Other Appearancesappearances==
The Doll appears under Marik's control, as in Battle City in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters IV: Battle of Great Duelist]], in which the player will have to fight against Slifer the Sky Dragon. Strings also appears as a duelist in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Dawn of Destiny]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour]] (lacking Slifer in his decks). When not under Marik's control, Strings is only capable of communicating basic sentences (sometimes not speaking at all).
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Strings manga portal.png | [[Doll (manga)]]
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==Deck==
{{Main|Strings' Decks}}
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