The Gauntlet is Thrown

 

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Episode Information
Episode Number2
First AiredOctober 6, 2001
 
Rating

Average Rating:8.13
Number of Votes Cast:23 
Episode Rank:102 
Synopsis
Celebrating Yugi's victory over Kaiba, Yugi, Taya, Joey, Tristan, and Yugi's grandfather are at The Game Shop, discussing it, and talking about the game. Yugi has recently beaten Joey again, whose weakness is trusting in power over skill. After going home, Yugi and his friends watch the final round of this week's Duel Monsters tournament on TV. The duel is between Weevil, a small nerdy kid who uses bug cards, and Rex, who uses dinosaur cards. Eventually, Weevil ends up winning, and gets an award from Maximillian Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters. Later, Yugi gets a box with a video and a glove inside. On the video is Maximillian Pegasus, who can somehow talk to Yugi. He explains that because he beat Kaiba, the only champion who made it through the official tournament without losing a match, he wants Yugi to compete in the next tournament. The glove is an official Dueling Glove, for competeing in an official tournament. Pegasus then shows Yugi the Millenium Eye, which he wears, and says that he will give to Yugi if he wins the tournament. This is how he is communicating over a video. Its power is tempting, so Yugi agrees, and again becomes Yu-Gi-Oh. To prove his worth, Yu-Gi-Oh challenges Pegasus to a match. It goes down to the wire, but in the end, Pegasus wins. Because Yu-Gi-Oh lost, Pegasus uses the powerful Millenium Eye to capture Yugi's grandfather's soul. Pegasus will give Yugi both his grandfather's soul and the Millenium Eye to Yugi if he comes and wins the tournament.
Notes
Quotes
Joey: (about the Regional Championship finals) Dueling dinosaurs versus itsy-bitsy bugs? Rex has got this one in da bag!

Grandpa: Alright, can you named the strongest duel monster?
Joey: No
Grandpa: Well, can you name the weakest?
Joey: No
Grandpa: OK, what is a trap card?
Joey: It's one of those...... pass.

Tristan:You see, it's true what they say- you snoze, you lose!

Goofs and Nitpicks
  • The announcer claims that Rex's strongest card is his Two-Headed King Rex, however his strongest card is really the Red-Eyes Black Dragon. (Although it is possible that he won this card in the short time between the Regionals and Duelist Kingdom)
  • Rex seemingly lost the duel in one round which is highly unlikely. He presumably started with 2000 Life Points so Weevil's monster needed an ATK of 3600 or more to defeat it and even Weevil's strategy didn't give his insect that big an ATK increase.
  • The Celtic Gaurdian is referred to using its Japanese name, the Elf Swordsman
  • When Yugi plays Celtic Guardian, Witch of the Black Forest can be seen beside it on his duel mat however he had never played that card.
  • When Koumori Dragon destroyed Silver Fang, Yugi lost 700 Life Points, however the difference between the two monsters' ATK is only 300.
  • Yugi said the Dark Magician is one of the best Magic cards, however he meant that it was one of the best Spellcasters
  • When Tea and Joey were playing duel monsters at the beginning of the episode, Joey called his monster Rock Guy instead of Rock Ogre Grotto #1, and Tea called her magic card Breath Of Life instead of Breath Of Light.
  • Analysis

    Foreshadowing?
      During this episode there are two scenes which point to duels which don't take place until the Duelist Kingdom finals. The first is from the scene when Yugi and Joey visit the Game Shop, where Yugi's Grandpa is putting up a poster showing the Black Luster Soldier and Harpy's Pet Dragon. Although we didn't know it at the time, those two monsters were going to be the main monsters used by Yugi and Mai during their semi-final match. The second such scene was from when Yugi is duelling Pegasus. During the duel, Pegasus refers to the Shadow Game that the pharoah fought in order to seal up the dark magic of the Shadow Realm however the "flashback" image that is imposed over the scene is actually a scene taken from the end of the final duel of Duelist Kingdom, the rematch between Yugi and Pegasus.
    Cultural References
     

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