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{{Redirect|Joey|other versions of this character|Joey (disambiguation)}}{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Charactercharacter| headers = true | image name = JoeyWheeler3Joey wheeler.jpgpng | english manga name = Katsuya Jonouchi | english anime name en_name = Joey Wheeler | japanese name = 城之内 克也 | romaji name = Jōnouchi Katsuya | asian english name ja_trans_name = Katsuya Jonouchi | alternate name other_names =
* Katsuya Jyonouchi
* Katsuya Jounouchi
* Joey Katsuya
* [[Serenity Wheeler]] (younger sister)
* [[Mrs. Wheeler]] (Joey's mother)* [[Mr. Wheeler|Mother]] (father)* [[Jesse Wheeler]] (alleged cousin; [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]] English dub only) | deck = [[Warrior]]/[[Beast-Warrior]]/Luck | ntrdeck =* Dice Power Deck* Power of Luck* Warrior Max* Super Warrior |wc07deck = |wc08deck = Display of Courage |deck master = [[Flame Swordsman]] | japanese voice = {{voice actors|ja|[[wikipedia:Toshiyuki Morikawa|Toshiyuki Morikawa]]|[[wikipedia:Hiroki Takahashi|Hiroki Takahashi]]|e1=<br />(1st series)|e2occupation =<br />(2nd series)}}Student | english voice school = {{voice actors|en|[[Wayne GraysonDomino High School]]|[[wikipedia:Dwayne Tan|Dwayne Tan]]|e1=<br />(America)|e2=<br />(Singapore)}} | related pages = {{Joey Wheeler pages}}}}
| en_voice ={{voice actors|en|Wayne Grayson|Dwayne Tan|e1=Personality(America)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joey Wheeler Character Profile |url=https://yugioh.com/characters/joey-wheeler |website=Official Yu-Gi-Oh! Site |access-date=15 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>|e2=(Singapore)}}Joey started out as a bully, but becoming friends with | ja_voice = {{voice actors|ja|Hiroki Takahashi|Mariko Nagahama|e1=<ref name="YGODM cast">[http://www.hi-net.zaq.ne.jp/aki_rhythm/seiyuu/seiyuu-y.html hi-net.zaq.ne.jp] ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' cast</ref>|e2=(childhood)<ref name="YGODM cast" />}}| de_voice = {{voice actors|de|Robin Kahnmeyer}}| it_voice = {{voice actors|it|Simone D'Andrea}}| es_voice = {{voice actors|es|Carlos Íñigo|e1=(Americas)|José Gilberto Vilchis|e2=(Americas; some episodes)|Alfonso Obregón|e3=(Americas; ''[[Yugi MutoYu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light|Pyramid of Light]] changes this. Though occasionally portrayed as comic relief''|Pablo Tribaldos|e4=(Spain)}}| ar_voice = {{voice actors|ar|Badih Abou Chakra|Fouad Shamas|Hicham Abou Sleiman|e1=(Duelist Kingdom, Middle and late Battle City)|e2=(Early Battle City, Virtual World and Battle City Finals)|e3=(Doma, KC Grand Prix, he is essential to the plot Capsule Monsters and the series' overall themeMillennium World)}}| pt_voice = {{Voice actors|pt|Rodrigo Andreatto|e1=(Brazil)}}| ko_voice = {{voice actors|ko|Kang Sujin}}<ref>http://movie.naver. He is an enthusiastic duelist, who claims dueling is about fighting to help people you lovecom/movie/bi/mi/detail.nhn?code=150117</ref>| tl_voice = Eric Galvez}}
==Design==
===Appearance===
[[File:Jonouchi Linework.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Linework of Joey in his [[Duelist Kingdom]] attire.]]
Joey's character design was overseen by [[Kazuki Takahashi]].
In the first seven volumes of the original [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] manga, Joey's hairstyle changes drastically. Originally featuring two large fringes in front of his ears, the hairstyle changes to a sporadically arranged taper-like and unrealistic hairstyle. Joey's first color appearance depicts him with medium brown hair and black eyes. Subsequent appearances lighten the hair color to dirty blond and blond. His eyes are portrayed as brown or hazel.
In the first series Toei anime, Joey's hairstyle does not change, and the sporadic hairstyle colored in a bright blond style is used. His eyes are brown. <div style="float:right;">[[File:Joey.png|thumb|left|120px|Full body shot of Joey wearing his [[Duel Disk#Duel Disk (version 2)|KaibaCorp Duel Disk]]]]</div>In the second series anime, he has dirty blond hair in the sporadic hairstyle and dark brown eyes. His usual outfit from the second series anime consists of a long green open jacket with a raised collar, a white T-shirt underneath and blue jeans. Later in the series, his green jacket is replaced with a blue denim one. He often carries a [[Duel Disk#Duel Disk (version 2)|KaibaCorp Duel Disk]] on his left arm.
===Voice===
In the Japanese version, Joey does not use honorifics, which means he has a "rude" speech pattern. When talking to people he doesn't like, Joey uses the word "teme" (a rude form of "you" in Japanese, often translated as "you bastard") instead of his normal "omae" (a form of "you" that in context is used between friends, but can imply that the person being spoken to has a lower status than the speaker does if used incorrectly), especially to [[Seto Kaiba]], who does not think highly of Joey. The speech pattern translates into the American English animedub, in which it is represented by Joey (voiced by Wayne Grayson) speaking with a Brooklyn accent. He refers to himself as "The Godfather of Games" in the movie. His contempt for Kaiba in the dub is symbolized by calling him "rich boy." In the Southeast Asian English dub, Joey (voiced by Dwayne Tan in this dub) noticeably lacks the Brooklyn accent he has in the American dub. In the European Spanish dubbing, he (voiced by Pablo Tribaldos) lacks the Brooklyn accent, he keeps calling Kaiba "ricachón" ("very rich guy"), he also tends to call people who doesn't like "cerdos" ("pigs") and tends to say "''machaca a ese cerdo, Yugi''" ("''crush that pig, Yugi''") while cheering Yugi in duels, he called the Big Five "''ejecutivillos''" ("''businessman-erinos''" in a Ned Flanders-esque style).
==Manga biography=Etymology===:He is known as '''Joseph "Joey" Wheeler''' in the 4Kids dub and video games as well as the Brazilian and Portuguese version of the manga, and called '''Joseph "Joey" Katsuya''' in the Funimation Uncut dub. In the Swedish dub of the anime his name is '''See: [[Katsuya Jonouchi ''', like in the original Japanese, but to fit 4Kids' edited script, he was given the nickname '''Jono'''. His name is sometimes spelled '''Katsuya Jyonouchi''' in the Japanese anime. His dub name could be based on the character of Wheeler from [[Wikipedia:Captain Planet|Captain Planet]] who also has a Brooklyn accent (and a voice actor named Joey). In the mangawhen [[Ryo Bakura (manga)|Ryo Bakura]]invited the protagonists to play the ''Monster World'' RPG, Jonouchi's character was named "Joey". [[Keith Howard (manga)|Bandit Keith]] also nicknamed Jonouchi "Joey" as an insult.
==First series anime biographyBiography==:''See: ===History===Joey and his sister, [[Katsuya Jonouchi in the first series animeSerenity Wheeler]]'', were separated when their parents divorced when he was 10. Serenity was brought up by her mother while Joey lived with his father. Joey never said a word to his mother after that.
Joey and [[Tristan Taylor]] used to bully [[Yugi Muto]] at school. At one point Joey took a piece of Yugi's [[Millennium Puzzle]] and threw it into a canalswimming pool from a window outside of their classroom. However when [[Tetsu Ushio|Ushio]] started beating up Joey and Tristan, Yugi stood up for them, saying they were his friends. Joey was inspired by how Yugi had tried to help him and came to care for Yugi. He retrieved the piece of the puzzle in the canal pool and gave it to Yugi. [[Solomon Muto|Yami Yugi's grandfather]], to give to Yugithen punished Ushio with a [[Penalty Game]].
Joey became friends with [[Téa Gardner]] through Yugi.
===Yu-Gi-Oh!===
====Duelist Kingdom====
After [[Seto Kaiba]] wins against [[Solomon Muto]], Yugi's grandfather, and then rips up his "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" card, Joey spurs a bitter hatred of Kaiba. After taking up Duel Monsters, it becomes clear that Joey isn't very good at the game initially(as his Deck was full of Monster Cards and no Spells or Traps), so Yugi suggests that Joey take lessons from [[Solomon Muto]], Yugi's grandfather. The training proves rigorous, yet Joey copes perseveres and becomes a stronger duelistDuelist. He In the Japanese Version, he makes the top eight in the regionals. After [[Seto Kaiba]] kidnaps Solomon and then rips up local tournament preliminaries, a feat that his "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" cardfriends have to remind him isn't terribly impressive, Joey spurs a bitter hatred of Kaibathough this plot point was dropped completely in the English Dub.
Joey accompanies Yugi in the [[Duelist Kingdom]] tournament, to help Yugi rescue Solomon and so he can use the prize money, to pay for Serenity's eye operation. Yugi gives Joey one of his [[Star Chips]] allowing Joey to also enter the tournament. On the boat journey to the Duelist Kingdom, Yugi gives Joey a "[[Time Wizard (anime)|Time Wizard]]" saying it can be useful in a tight situation. Here Joey meets [[Mai Valentine]] for the first time. At this point she claims he is not worth her time. After Weevil tosses Yugi's "[[Exodia]]" cards overboard, Joey dives in to the water to rescue them, he manages to retrieve two of the cards, before Yugi dives in to rescue Joey. Both of them are saved by Téa and Tristan, who managed to sneak onto the boat. Once safely back on board, Joey tells his friends of his sister and her condition.
Still an amateur, Joey manages to beat Mai Valentine with Yugi's help and support from Téa and Tristan. He later beats [[Rex Raptor]] in a duelDuel, where he is not allowed to accept help from Yugi. Here he wins Rex's "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon(anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" card by betting "Time Wizard", as well as his "[[Time WizardDragon Nails (anime)|Dragon Nails]]".
[[File:Flame Swordsman Joey.jpgpng|thumb|right|Joey as the "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]".]]
When the group meet [[Ryo BakuraRyou|Bakura]], they end-up trapped inside Duel Monsters cards, by [[Yami Bakura]]. Using his friends as cards, Yami Yugi duels Duels Yami Bakura. Joey is trapped in the "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]" card, but appears on the field, when Yami Yugi Summons him. Joey offers to sacrifice himself for Yugi's "[[Horn of Heaven (anime)|Horn of Heaven]]" to so they can stop Yami Bakura's "[[Man-Eater Bug (anime)|Man-Eater Bug]]". Téa, who has taken the form of the "[[Magician of Faith (anime)|Magician of Faith]]", cries over Joey's sacrifice, activating her effect, returning "[[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]" to Yami Yugi's hand. Yami then uses it to revive Joey. Yami Yugi defeats Yami Bakura, after using his [[Millennium RingPuzzle]] to switch his Yami Bakura's place with the regular Bakura. Afterwards Joey believes the events of the Duel to have been a dream.
[[File:Joey-54643.jpg|thumb|left|215px|Joey at [[Pegasus Castle]]]]In attempt to get revenge, he has a Duel outside of the tournament, against Seto Kaiba, where he is brutally defeated. Joey loses confidence after this defeat and briefly leaves his friends before being forced into a duel Duel against [[Bonz]]. He manages to beat [[Bonz]] and later the [[Paradox Brothers]] in a tag duel Duel with Yugi. Joey then qualified to the semi-finals. Pegasus then mentioned that each duelist Duelist must hold one of two entry cards or face disqualification. In order to keep Joey in the competition, Yugi gave him one of his entry cards. Although [[Keith Howard|Bandit Keith]] steals Joey's card, Joey proceeds to defeat Keith in the semi-finals, because Mai gave Joey one of her entry cards after she loses to Yugi. In the final round Joey uses everything he learned from Yugi, throughout the tournament. Despite their friendship, neither of them hold back and Yugi wins after a close duelDuel. Joey remains on the sideline cheering for Yugi in the final. After Yugi defeats Pegasus, he gives Joey the prize money for Serenity's operation.{{-}}
====Legendary Heroes====
[[File:Joey-Legendary Heroes outfitNewlegend.jpg|thumb|left200px|200pxright|Joey's outfit for in the Legendary Heroes game.]]Shortly after Duelist Kingdom, [[Mokuba Kaiba]] comes to Solomon's shop, Kame Game, to inform Yugi and his friends that [[Seto Kaiba]] had been kidnapped and trapped in a Virtual World. The gang went to [[KaibaCorp]] to help Seto. Joey, Yugi and Mokuba entered the [[Wikipedia:Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG]] -like Virtual World, where they completed tasks and met up with Mai Valentine. Mai reluctantly admitted it was her trying to avoid them thinking she was their friend. While Joey is helpful in saving Kaiba, Kaiba says he wouldn't ever consider Joey a teammate. {{-}}
====Dungeon Dice Monsters====
After [[Duke Devlin]] transfers to Domino High, Joey becomes jealous of his popularity and challenges him to a duelDuel, where if Joey wins, Duke must shut down the game shop he'd just opened, since Solomon had been complaining about the loss of business his own game shop was getting as a result(in the original however, Joey would win over Duke's adoring fans and make them his own groupies). Duke sets the stakes so that if he wins Joey must do as he says. Despite Yugi's objection, Joey and Duke duel Duel using whatever cards they acquire in a bunch of booster packsBooster Packs. Duke wins, with Joey bitterly reflecting that the motivation to help his sister might have pushed him beyond what were otherwise his limits in Duelist Kingdom. Holding his end of the bargain Joey does as Duke tells him and wears a dog costume. He was later released of this embarrassment, after Yugi defeated Duke in [[Dungeon Dice Monsters]], freeing Joey. Despite their conflicts, Duke becomes friends with Joey.
====Battle City====
When Seto Kaiba hosted the [[Battle City]] tournament, he allowed duelists Duelists to enter based on a rating he'd given them. At the enrollment, Yugi was allowed to enter based on the 5 star rating he was given, but Joey was given the minimum rating of 1 star. While Joey was ranting about Kaiba, the tournament official, notices "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon(anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" listed as Joey's rarest card, so he changes Joey's rating to 4 stars saying there had been a mistake. After Joey and his friends have left, the official phones a [[Rare Hunters|Rare Hunter]], to inform him about the "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" card.
While heading to the hospital for Serenity's operation, Joey encounters a group of Rare Hunters. One of them, [[Seeker]], duels Duels Joey and defeats him using "[[Exodia]]". The hunters beat-up Joey and take the Red-Eyes card. This makes him feel unworthy to be present at Serenity's operation. But Serenity refuses to take the operation until Joey arrives. Tristan manages to find Joey and talk him into coming to the hospital. Serenity is still angry at Joey for being late, but Joey manages to talk her into taking the operation. But while this on top of his loss to Duke Devlin, a capable but unranked duelistDuelist, would effectively seem to be Joey's fall from grace, a comeback was in the near future for him.
Joey finds Seeker on the first day of the tournament in an attempt to get a rematch, but is denied, so Yugi duels Duels and defeats Seeker instead. He wins back the "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" card and offers it to Joey, but Joey insists that Yugi keep it. Despite losing the card, Joey goes on to defeat [[Espa Roba]], who had just defeated the card's original owner , [[Rex Raptor]]. He then defeats Yugi's old rivals [[Weevil Underwood]] and [[Mako Tsunami]], qualifying for the quarter-finals and gaining new cards that boost his deck Deck considerably. He decided that early on, he only wanted to defeat strong duelists Duelists to qualify, rather than do things the easy way. This led him to go as far as challenging Seto Kaiba. Kaiba declined after he is informed of Yugi's location while hunting for the Egyptian God Cards. Although he is relieved about not facing Kaiba, he still acts tough and calls Kaiba a coward.
[[File:Joey possessed by Marik.png|thumb|right|200px|Joey possessed by Marik.]]After his Duel with Mako, [[Marik Ishtar]], the leader of the Rare Hunters, uses his [[Millennium Rod]] to possess Joey and force him to duel Duel Yugi, with both their lives on the line. They were both chained to an anchor which would drop after a time limit or when a players Life Points hit zero. Also once a player's Life Points hit 0, the opponent would be able to get a key, that could unlock him from the chains. Marik boosts Joey's deck Deck with powerful spell cards that have Yugi and Kaiba amazed. Yugi, to show Marik how strong his friendship with Joey is, summons Summons Red-Eyes and gives Joey his Millennium Puzzle. Yugi deliberately loses, but Eventually Joey snaps breaks out of Marik's control . Yugi then uses "[[Mystical Refpanel (anime)|Mystical Refpanel]]" to trap Marik's "[[Meteor of Destruction (anime)|Meteor of Destruction]]", which would allow him to redirect it back at Joey. However, Yugi uses this moment to say he loves Joey, and instead uses "Meteor of Destruction" on himself, causing his Life Points to hit 0. Joey sees this and manages uses Yugi's Red-Eyes to take out his own Life Points and force the Duel in into a draw[[DRAW]]. He grabs the key to unlock Yugi's chain and dives into the water to rescue him. He is unable to the unlock his own chains with Yugi's key. Serenity arrives in time to take the bandages off her eyes and take Joey's key and dive in to rescue him.
Joey along with his friends proceed on to the Kaiba's blimp, where the quarter-finals are held. He is paired against [[Odion Ishtar]] in the quarter-finals. At the time Odion was pretending to be Marik, while the real Marik pretended to be a boy called Namu, who earned their trust by pretending to have helped [[Ryo BakuraRyou|Bakura]]. After Odion obtains a clear advantage in their duel Duel Serenity begins to leave, saying she cannot bear to watch, but Joey calls her back, saying that she is his inspiration and he needs her to win. Despite a comeback, Odion attempts to claim victory, but Joey accused him of not being Marik. He claimed Odion was fighting fairly and proving honorable and didn't think he was the same guy who was controlling him earlier. Odion withdraws his winning move and tries to summon Summon "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra (originalanime)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]" to prove he was Marik. Since the Ra card was a counterfeit that Marik had put in Odion's Deck, the real Ra was angered and struck down both players. When this occurred, Odion's fake Millennium Rod shattered giving Marik away. Seto Kaiba announced that the first player to stand up within a time limit would be declared the winner, otherwise both players would be disqualified. While unconscious, Joey has a dream about his friends helping him to stand up and he ends up standing up for real, claiming victory. Odion then asks for Joey's forgiveness, and tells him that it had been an honor dueling Dueling him, before falling into a coma, and watching as [[Yami Marik]] emerges.
Joey later thanks his friends, telling him they were there with him in the dream helping him stand up. Mai asked Joey if she was in his dream. Joey lies and says that she wasn't, which infuriates Mai. She stormed off claiming she didn't need friends, while Téa pulled Joey aside to tell him off.
Mai was paired against Marik in her quarter-final. Joey attempted to encourage her from the sideline, but she was still disgusted by what he had said earlier and claimed she didn't want or need his help. Marik set the Duel such that each time a player destroyed one of their opponent's monsters, the opponent would forget everything about someone they knew. This forced her to forget about Téa first, then Joey. Marik was about to win the duel Duel by attacking with "The Winged Dragon of Ra", while Mai was strapped to a wall by Marik's monsters, so Joey climbed into the arena and tried to unstrap Mai to save her from Ra's blast. He was unable to but [[Yugi Muto|Yami Yugi]] jumped in protecting both from the blast. Yugi and Joey survived, though Marik was able to send Mai to the [[Shadow Realm]]. He feels somewhat responsible for Mai’s Mai's loss. This further fueled Joey's hatred for Marik, making him want to face Marik in the next round.{{-}}
====Virtual World====
[[File:DMx104 Joey with Flame Swordsman.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Joey with his Deck Master, "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]"]]After the quarter-finals, the blimp was sucked into a hidden area where Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan, Duke, Serenity, Seto and Mokuba were linked into a Virtual World apparently hosted by Kaiba's stepbrother [[Noah Kaiba]]. The party was split up and to defeat members of [[the Big Five]], who would take their bodies to escape from the virtual world and live inside that body in the real world. Joey was able to construct his deck Deck using lists of given cards. He also included a few "[[Harpies|Harpie]] " cards, remembering how Mai used to use them. He faced [[Johnson]], who rigged Joey's lucked luck-based cards to work in his favor. Noah threatens to disqualify Johnson, but Joey asks that the duel Duel continue, and he defeats Johnson. He later pairs up with Yugi as they duel Duel the Big Five combined. Working together they defeat the Big Five. After Yugi defeats Noah, the party are is returned to the real world.{{-}}
====Battle City finals====
On entering the Duel Tower Island, where the Battle City finals are taking place, Kaiba continues to mock Joey and asked how he managed to enter the tournament, saying somebody must have messed up on the computer systems. Despite his hatred for Kaiba, Joey hated Marik more and used the Battle Royale Duel, which would determine who faced who in the next round in his favor to pair him against Marik.
[[File:Joey attacked by Ra.png|200px|thumb|right|Joey being attacked by Ra]]When Joey duels Duels Marik in the semi-finals, Marik links all monsters summoned Summoned by a player to the player themselves, so that any pain the monster feels, the controller would also feel. Joey duels Duels surprisingly well against Marik, but when Marik summons Summons "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra (originalanime)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]", he uses its effect to destroy Joey's monsters causing Joey immense pain. It appeared that Joey would not survive the blast. This even resulted in Yami begging Kaiba to call off the duelDuel, but Kaiba refuses, and insisted he had to witness Ra's special ability with his own eyes. But when Ra had finished, Joey was still standing. He struggled to draw his next card, "[[Gearfried the Iron Knight (anime)|Gearfried the Iron Knight]]". He summoned Summoned it and tried to attack Marik's [[Life Points]] directly for the win, but collapsed before the attack went through, leaving Marik the winner. After seeing Joey stand up after Ra's blast, Kaiba actually admits to himself that he was impressed by Joey's performancewas actually quite impressive, and finally realizes that Joey ''isn't '' the third-rate amateur that he Kaiba thought he was.
Joey remains in a coma for a while (In the English versiondub, a few screen shots were cut that showed that in fact he was dead for a few minutes, and also dialogues were rearranged to show him simply as unconscious), leaving his friends worrying that he may have been sent to the Shadow Realm. However, he is not in the Shadow Realm and only in a coma because of his strong friendship bond with both Yugi and Yami Yugi protecting him. He is taken care of by KaibaCorp doctors on the Kaiba's blimp, until Yugi's duel Duel with Kaiba in the semi-finals, when Tristan drags him to the window to see Yugi's duel Duel claiming Yugi needs him(and Joey starts regaining consciousness after Yugi summoned his "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" against Kaiba). Joey slowly regained consciousness and afterwords dashes up the Duel Tower, catching the end of Yugi's duelDuel. After Kaiba gives Yugi "[[Obelisk the Tormentor (originalanime)|Obelisk the Tormentor]]", because of the [[Ante Duel|ante rule]], Joey challenges Kaiba to a play off to determine 3rd and 4th place. Though Joey plays rather well, managing for a short time to use Kaiba's own "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" against him, Kaiba wins and says that dueling Dueling Joey was just a waste of time. However, Mokuba, who was one of the few spectators, is impressed by how Joey dueled Dueled his brother.
Joey cheers on Yugi in the finals against Yami Marik and returns to Mai's bed to see if defeating Yami Marik had woken her up. He cries over her body, until he hears Mai and Serenity snickering, as they pranked him into admitting he would do anything to have Mai wake up, Mai having woken up before he even reached her room.
After the gang flew back to Domino City, they said their goodbyes and parted. Later on, Joey met up with Yugi for a duel Duel they promised each other. Joey claimed he was going to win back his "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon(anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]". The Duel's result of the Duel was never not shown, though but Joey has his "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" did use that card in his Deck in future episodeslater arcs, which means he may have won it back.
====Waking the Dragons====
[[File:Joey acquires Hermos.png|thumb|rightleft|200px|Joey acquires obtaining Hermos.]]In the [[Waking the Dragons]] arc, Joey accompanies Yugi in saving the world from [[Dartz]] and his organization, Paradius. When Arthur Hawkins tells of an alternate world where real Duel Monsters exist, Joey, remembering all the experiences he and his friends have had previously, tells Arthur that he believes him. He later finds out Mai is working for Paradius and is set on using "[[The Seal of Orichalcos]]" to strip Joey of his soul. Joey refuses to accept Mai joined under her own free will and accused Paradius of brainwashing her. Mai duels Joey in an attempt to take his soul. Joey, holding back at first for fear of losing Mai, struggles to avoid losing the duel, until his mind is taken to another world, where he pulls a sword from a large dragon sealed in crystal. Back in reality that dragon, "[[The Claw of Hermos]]" is added to his Deck. He uses to card to gain an advantage in the Duel. When it becomes apparent that Joey is about to win, [[Valon]] interrupts, using a fragment of the Orichalcos stone to remove "The Seal of Orichalcos" in order to save Mai.
Joey and Tristan get separated from Téa and manages to catch the last glimpse of Yami Yugi when the train they were riding split in two's Duel with [[Rafael]]. Outside the train, Joey and Tristan meet Rex, who He is now working with Paradius and looking astonished to duel Joey. Joey refuses to duel, knowing one see the symbol of them would lose their soul if the Seal of Orichalcos was on Yami's forehead, since this must have meant Yami played. But Raptor begins to duel anyway, playing the Seal on the first turn and leaving Joey no choice but to duel back. Throughout the duel, Rex reveals his motive for targeting Joeyown. He and Weevil had been humiliated after their defeats This is nothing to Joey his shock when he witnesses Yami lose the Duel and Yugi in Duelist Kingdomwatches a soul be taken. They both suffered a mass loss Rafael began to make his escape in popularity and were now regarded as losers and a jokehelicopter, taking Yugi's body with him. He blamed When Joey for all thispursues and demands that Rafael give him back, including going on Rafael flings the body down. After Yugi begins to say show signs of life, Joey stole, not fairly won, becomes excited thinking Yugi had found a way to avoid losing his Red-Eyessoul. Joey proceeds to win the duel, causing Rex to lose But Yami Yugi revealed that only he had survived while "regular" Yugi let his own soulbe taken. He Joey punches Yami for moping around and losing hope, and Tristan are left carrying Rex's body through the desert after thistells him to focus on saving Yugi.
Joey's Hermos card begins to glow, and he sees Tristan get separated from Téa and Yami Yugi when the three [[Legendary Dragons]] appear and guide an airplane to land safely nearbytrain they were riding split in two. Outside the train, Joey and Tristan rush to the plane, where they meet up with Yami and TéaRex, who had also seen the Dragons guide the plane. Kaiba emerges from the plane, and he explains how is now working with Paradius had hacked into KaibaCorp and began taking overlooking to Duel Joey. Kaiba gives them all a lift Joey refuses to Domino CityDuel, leaving Rex in knowing one of them would lose their soul if the care Seal of his remaining faithful staff. The City has become overrun with Orichalcos Soldierswas played. After being chased by oneBut Raptor begins to Duel anyway, Joey meets [[Valon]], who takes off playing the Seal on a motorcycle. the first turn and leaving Joey grabs a motorcycle that an Orichalcos Soldier had caused someone no choice but to fall off of and chases ValonDuel back. After catching upThroughout the Duel, they duel, and Valon explains Rex reveals his reason motive for targeting Joey; from hearing Mai constantly rant about him, he felt eliminating . He and Weevil had been humiliated after their defeats to Joey would be and Yugi in Duelist Kingdom. They both suffered a mass loss in popularity and were now regarded as losers and a favor to herjoke. However, Valon becomes impressed by He blamed Joey's dueling skills and speech about how he felt dueling was about fighting for people you love. He soon comes all this, including going on to respect say Joey and see why Mai is so interested in himstole, not fairly won, his "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (later anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]". Mai appears midway through the duel, telling Valon off for dueling Joey because she wanted proceeds to be win the one Duel, causing Rex to defeat himlose his soul. Joey wins, He and just before Valon lost his soul, he asked Joey to save MaiTristan are left carrying Rex's body through the desert after this.
Unable to convince Mai that she has been brainwashed, Joey says the only way he could get through to Mai was to Duel her. But though he tries his best, he is again handicapped by the strain his battle with Valon put on his stamina. Through the course of the Duel, Mai comes to remember why she had once cared for Joey. She holds back from attacking him when she is able to declare victory, but Joey collapses from exhaustion from his Duel with Valon and the Seal of Orichalcos begins to take his soul. Mai rushes and hugs him to stop him from falling, telling him she was sorry and that he was "the closest friend she ever had". Shortly after, Joey pushes her safely out of the Seal while his soul gets taken. An image of him standing, fists at his sides, appears on a tablet in Dartz's temple to show his soul's capture. (It is noteworthy that he and Valon are the only two characters whose soul-carvings do not depict them panicking at their imprisonment.) Mai weeps over Joey, denouncing everything she did. Once she calms down, she takes the Hermos card and rests his body next to Valon's before dashing to Duel Dartz for Valon and Joey. Yami, Téa and Tristan arrive and take care of Joey's body. Joey's soul returns to his body after Yami's duel Duel with Dartz. Yugi returns Hermos to Joey, and he helps summon Summon monsters to defeat [[The Great Leviathan]]. After the defeat of the Leviathan, he watches as the Legendary Knights and [[Dark Magician Girl (character)|Dark Magician Girl]] return to their world. The Hermos card fades away as he does so.
====Grand Championship====
Joey was invited to Seto Kaiba's Grand Championship tournament. He served as mainly a comic relief character in this arc. After Yugi said the card "[[Heart of the Underdog (anime)|Heart of the Underdog]]" reminded him of a friend, calling Joey an underdog became a running gag that day. In the first round, he defeated Yugi's grandfather, [[Solomon Muto]], who entered under the identity [[Grand Championship Contestants|Apdnarg Otum]], to test how well he had trained Joey. Only Joey was fooled by his disguise. After putting up a good fight , he was defeated by [[Zigfried von Schroeder]] in the next round.When Yugi's grandpa was missing, Joey joined Yugi and the gang on a search to find Yugi's grandpa. They found him being bribed by Vivian who challenged Yugi to a Duel, which Yugi accepted and won. ====''Capsule Monsters''===={{ambox|type=notice|small=left|style=width: 100%;|text=The following events from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters]]'' are of disputed canon.}} [[File:Wheel of Spin.png|thumb|right|Joey playing the [[Wheel of Spin]]]]On the way to school, Joey noticed a [[Wheel of Spin]] game with a prize of a six-day trip for four to India. He paid to take part and managed to win the trip. He could barely contain his excitement as he told [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]], [[Téa Gardner|Téa]] and [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]] that he had won tickets for the four of them.<ref name="cm 1">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters|1|ref}}</ref> At the airport, Joey was teased by his friends for over-packing and was happy to learn that they got a private plane for the journey. However the plane suffered engine difficulties while flying over a forest and crash landed on the edge of a river. Everyone on board survived and Joey lost his excess luggage in the crash. The pilot sent a distress signal, but Joey was not keen on spending his free trip waiting for the rescue team, so he began to explore the area was joined by Yugi, Téa and Tristan. Téa expressed concern in wandering around a forest with potentially dangerous animals, but Joey said that the animals would be more afraid of them.<ref name="cm 1" /> [[File:Pyramid of Alexander - Spikes.png|thumb|left|Joey triggers the spike trap.]]Joey and his friends happened upon [[Alex Brisbane]] lying unconscious. They learned that he was a colleague of Yugi's grandfather, [[Solomon Muto]] and that Solomon had disappeared during their latest exhibition. Alex then led the group to where he got separated from Solomon; the [[Pyramid of Alexander]], unorthodoxly located outside of Egypt. As they went though the pyramid, Joey triggered a trap, which caused spikes to suddenly stick out of the ground, narrowly missing him. Alex navigated the group safely past more 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.<ref name="cm 1" /> [[File:Chased by Kurama.png|thumb|right|Joey and [[Baby Dragon (character)|Baby Dragon]], chased by a flock of [[Kurama (Capsule Monsters)|Kurama]]]]Joey was transported to the mountain region in the [[World of Capsule Monsters]] and given a [[Capsule Shooter]]. Soon after he thought he could hear Yugi's voice and tried calling him. This attracted the attention of a [[Kurama (Capsule Monsters)|Kurama]] flying overhead. The Kurama picked up Joey and dropped him in a nest sticking out of a mountain. Joey tried to act friendly towards the three infant Kurama in the nest, but one of them bit him in the hand as he tried to pet it. The infant Kurama then lunged at Joey, causing him to fall from the nest and land in another one with more infant Kurama. As the Kurama from the first nest followed Joey, he jumped from the second nest, landing in a third one. After jumping again, he discovered that there were no more ledges and a big drop. He caught onto a branch to save himself. The branch tilted under Joey's weight, causing a capsule on it to roll towards him and knock him off. Joey clung onto the capsule in desperation, causing the [[Baby Dragon (character)|Baby Dragon]] inside to be released.<ref name="cm 2">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters|2|ref}}</ref> As Joey flew away on Baby Dragon's back, a flock of Kurama chased after him. He turned back to fight them, but discovered he was too greatly outnumbered and fled. He and Baby Dragon flew through thin gaps between mountains, causing the Kurama to dwindled in numbers as some of them crashed into obstacles. When Baby Dragon flew through a thin hole, too many Kurama tried going through at once causing them to get stuck and block others from getting through.<ref name="cm 2" /> Joey and Baby Dragon stopped in a cliff behind a waterfall. Still believing himself to be in India, he looked through his guidebook, thinking it was useless and the holiday was turning out to be a pain. However he then spotted a chest and was optimistic that it contained treasure. On opening, it [[Yamatano Dragon Scroll (character)|Yamatano Dragon Scroll]] emerged and wrapped him up. Joey asked for help from Baby Dragon, but changed his mind after seeing it was about to use a fire attack. Baby Dragon incinerated the scroll, burning Joey in the process. Joey ran to the waterfall to cool down and afterwards collected the map of the World of Capsule Monsters, which Yamatano Dragon Scroll left behind.<ref name="cm 2" />
====Dawn of the Duel====
[[File:JoyeJoey7xq.png|thumb|left|180px|Joey Wheeler's appearance during the ''Dawn of the Duel '' arc.]]The During the ''[[Dawn of the Duel]] storyline saw '' arc, Joey, Yugi, Téa and Tristan go to Cairo, Egypt to so that they might help Yami Yugi fulfil fulfill his destiny as Pharaoh. They were greeted at the airport by the Ishtars. After Yami Yugi entered the [[World of Memories|Memory World]], his friends were shocked to see that he had left the Millennium Puzzle. So , so [[Shadi]] used the [[Millennium Key]] to open the way to the Maze maze of Yugi's heart so that he might try to try and find the door to the Memory World. Once there, the four of them met up with [[Bobasa]], who promised to help them. They were able to phase through other buildings and people unnoticed and remained invisible to the majority of people, but they could not pass through the palace gates. Joey, Téa, Tristan and Yugi manage to find Yami's real name, but are unable to read the hieroglyphics. When they meet up with Yami later, they are unable to tell him his real name. Together they summon Summon monsters to fight [[Zorc Necrophades]], after . After Zorc defeats their monsters, they try concentrating, on their memory memories of the hieroglyphics, and are able to make them appear on a [[Wikipedia:Cartouche|cartouche]]. Yami read his name , Atem, from the cartouche allowing him to summon Summon [[The Creator God of Light, Horakhty]] to destroy , destroying [[Zorc Necrophades]]. After returning to the real world, Joey offers to Duel Atem in the [[Battle Ritual]]. This is declined so that Yugi can Duel Atem himself. During the Duel, he explains Yugi's feelings to his friends. After the Duel, Joey and his friends fly back home to Domino City. He is last seen walking into the distance with Yugi, Téa and Tristan as the series ends.{{-}}
==Non-canon appearances==
==Deck=Tristan Taylor===Joey and Tristan are close friends. While Tristan pokes fun at Joey<ref name="ep160" /> and Joey is annoyed with Tristan's behavior towards Serenity,<ref name="ep224" /> their deep friendship can be seen in Tristan's horrified reaction both times Joey lost shadow games.<ref name="ep128" /><ref name="ep173">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|173|ref}}</ref> ===Mai Valentine===When Joey and Mai first meet, Mai cares only about winning and is rude to Joey.<ref name="ep003" /> However, Joey and the rest of his friends soon become friends with Mai.<ref name="ep015">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|015|ref}}</ref> After this, Joey and Mai grow continually closer, with Mai giving Joey the pass he needs to get into the Duelist Kingdom finals,<ref name="ep031">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|031|ref}}</ref> and Joey breaking Yami Marik's hold over Mai and shielding her from Ra's attack.<ref name="ep092">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|092|ref}}</ref> When Mai joins Doma, Joey makes it his goal to bring her back to her senses. <ref name="ep173">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|173|ref}}</ref> Over the course of the series they come to care deeply for each other's well-being. ===Seto Kaiba===At the series start, Joey and Seto dislike each other, neither showing any respect for the other. In particular, Joey dislikes Seto's arrogant behavior, and Seto considers Joey a weak Duelist.<ref name="ep016">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|016|ref}}</ref> However, over the course of the series, each individual shows concern, empathy, and/or respect for the other several times. When Marik is controlling Joey into Dueling Yugi with the Duelists' lives on the line, Seto is worried that for the Duelists' safety; he works hard to call off the Duel.<ref name="ep078" /> Later, when Noah offers Yami Yugi the opportunity to save all of Yugi's friends - including Serenity - if Yami Yugi lets Noah keep Seto trapped in the Virtual World, Joey insists that Yami Yugi keep fighting in order to save the Kaiba brothers and maintain the bond the Kaiba brothers share.<ref name="ep118">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|118|ref}}</ref> Later, Seto considers respecting Joey as a Duelist after Joey withstands Ra's attack,<ref name="ep128" /> although he is still rude both to him and when talking about him in the tournament, both when fighting for 3rd place and in his match with Yami Yugi, respectively. In [[Waking the Dragons]] arc, he was considerate enough to prevent Joey's soulless body from falling off of Tristan's back. Joey in turn gains enough respect for Seto to actively root for him in Seto's match against Zigfried.<ref name="ep194">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|194|ref}}</ref> ==Decks==
{{Main|Joey Wheeler's Decks}}
==References==
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