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"'''HERO''' " ({{Ruby|ＨＥＲＯ|ヒーロー}} ''Hīrō'') is a group of six [[archetype]]s introduced in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''. HERO cards are denoted by 「{{Ruby|ＨＥＲＯ|ヒーロー}}」 in the card's Japanese name. In the anime, [[Jaden Yuki|Jaden]] uses "[[Elemental HERO]]" and "[[Neo-Spacian]]" monsters (a sub-archetype of the "Elemental HERO" archetype), [[Aster Phoenix|Aster]] uses "Elemental HERO" and "[[Destiny HERO]]" monsters, and Jaden as [[The Supreme King]] uses "Elemental HERO" and "[[Evil HERO]]" monsters. In the manga, Jaden uses "Elemental HERO" and "[[Masked HERO]]" monsters while Aster uses "[[Vision HERO]]" monsters.
At first they were divided into "Elemental HERO", "Evil HERO" and "Destiny HERO", "Masked HERO" and "Vision HERO", but later they shifted towards unification of the five archetypes. The rest of the world has them now too.
Cards whose text specifically reference this unification include "[[Elemental HERO Stratos]]", "[[Elemental HERO Ocean]]", "[[Elemental HERO Divine Neos]]", "[[Evil HERO Infernal Prodigy]]", "[[Elemental HERO Absolute Zero]]", and "[[HERO's Bond]]", where the effects are based on cards present on the field whose names contain "HERO", allowing them to be used with "Elemental HERO", "Evil HERO", "Destiny HERO", "Masked HERO", and "Vision HERO" monsters.
The Japanese cards use 「<ruby><rb>{{Ruby|Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>|エレメンタルヒーロー</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>}}」, 「<ruby><rb>{{Ruby|Ｅ－ＨＥＲＯ</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>|イービルヒーロー</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>}}」, 「<ruby><rb>{{Ruby|Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯ</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>|デステニーヒーロー</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>}}」, 「<ruby><rb>{{Ruby|Ｍ・ＨＥＲＯ</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>|マスクドヒーロー</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>}}」 and 「<ruby><rb>{{Ruby|Ｖ・ＨＥＲＯ</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>|ヴィジョンヒーロー</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>}}」 at the start of their names so only those five would work with 「<ruby><rb>{{Ruby|ＨＥＲＯ</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>|ヒーロー</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>}}」. Note that "Elemental HERO" and "Evil HERO" use 「Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ」 and 「Ｅ－ＨＥＲＯ」, and their furigana is different: "Elemental HERO" monsters have 「エレメンタルヒーロー」 and "Evil HERO" monsters have 「イービルヒーロー」.
The Korean cards use "히어로" to indicate "HERO". "Elemental HERO" and "Evil HERO" monsters are denoted by "엘리멘틀 히어로", and "Destiny HERO" monsters are denoted by "데스티니 히어로". How ever, "엘리멘틀" doesn't mean "Elemental", it is translated to a transliteration that is pronounced "Elrimenteul". The real translation would be "엘리멘탈". And further, the only card that shows "Evil HERO" translated into Korean proper is "[[Evil HERO Inferno Wing]]" and only in the [[Card Gallery:Evil HERO Inferno Wing|Ultra Rare version]] of this card. So the proper translation of "Evil HERO" is "이블 히어로".
In English and other languages they have changed the text to allow only "Destiny HERO" and "Elemental HERO" monsters to work with these related card effects. Most cards still need to be updated with the release of the "Evil HERO" to include them. "[[Elemental HERO Stratos]]" and "[[Elemental HERO Ocean]]" have been errata'd to support each type of "HERO". They were originally spelled in lower case, but as of the "[[Generation Force]]" booster pack, they were changed to have "HERO" in all capital letters to distinguish them from cards such as "[[Oscillo Hero]]" and "[[Hero of the East]]", who had "Hero" in their names but are not part of this archetype.
"HERO" monsters are often based off of comic, cartoon, or movie style heroes.
{{HeroHERO}} [[Category:Archetypes]][[Category:Deck Type]]
