Journey to the Duelist Kingdom

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Episode Information

Episode Number	3
First Aired	October 13, 2001

Rating

Average Rating:	7
Number of Votes Cast:	16
Episode Rank:	122

Synopsis

Joey gets a tape from his sister, Serenity, who he knew only for a short time as a kid. She has an eye disorder, but their dad can't pay for surgery to fix it. Joey vows to help her by winning the Duel Monsters tournament. When he talks to Yugi about Dueling, he hides the fact about why. Yugi decides not to help. But then, when he tries to sneak onto the ship bound for the Duelist Kingdom (the island where the tournament is held), Yugi gives him one of his two starting Dueling Stars, which show how many wins each Duelist has had. Each one starts with two, but they can give one out if they want to. If you lose all of your stars, you are eliminated. The first two to get ten stars compete in the final round. Tristan and Taya sneak on board, by hiding in a box of cargo. While on board, they think they see a kid from their school, but aren't sure. Meanwhile, Rex (the loser to Weevil from last week's tournament) is challenged by Mai, a Duelist who seems to have the ability to predict what card she will draw from her deck. The winner keeps Rex's fancy room, which he got for making it to the final round last week. Mai wins, and Rex gets booted out. Meanwhile, Joey and Yugi are trading with other Duelists to strengthan their decks. Weevil shows up, and throws Yugi's Exodia cards oberboard. Joey, who thinks that if Yugi wins, he will help pay for his sister's surgery, dives overboard and begins retrieving the cards. Yugi dives in after him. When Tristan and Taya pull them up, Joey only got two of the Exodia cards. He then explains about his sister, and Yugi says he's sorry. He remembered how he and Joey became friends. At first, Joey picked on Yugi, along with Tristan, but then Yugi helped Joey settle some other issues, and they became friends. Almost to the Duelist Kingdom, the two begin to discuss strategy.

Notes

Quotes

Rex: You either smash the competition, or get smashed yourself!

Weevil:"Say good-bye to Exodia!"

Mai (to Yugi about Joey): Crush the loser!
Joey: Oh please, crush me!

Yugi: "Joey has a star chip, didn't he tell you?"
Joey: "I do?"

(Joey trying to sneak to the back of the ship)

Guard: hey, what do you think u are doing?

Joey: I am a duelist

Guard: No u are not

Joey: How do u know I am not a duelist?

Guard: Becuase duelist aren't trying to sneak into the ship.

It is actually
(Joey sneaking into the ship)
Guard: Hey you, what are you doing?? Get out of there! Only official contestants are allow onboard.
Joey: How do you know I am not official?
Guard: Because offcial duelists aren't trying to sneak into the ship through the lower hatches.

Tea: It is cold out here!
Tristan: Hey Tea, in a few hours, the sun will come up!
Tea: That's not funny Tristan!!!!

(When Mai was talking to Yugi)
Joey: Hey, I am best friends with the famous Yugi.
Mai: LOOK!!!!! You are either a champion or a chump, first things first, ditch this guy(meaning Joey), he is fashion challenged!

Joey: HEY!! I am on a luxury cruise and there aren't any decent rooms around here?
Guard: You again? We let you slip away last time and you are causing trouble again. Do you WANT to get thrown out of here?

Joey: Yugi, I want to apologize. I've really been acting like a jerk.
Yugi: Oh! Were you acting?

Goofs and Nitpicks

When Yugi and Joey were remembering about that big bully, yugi hadn't finished the Puzzle. (Joey threw the eye piece into a pool.) And yet, right before the commercial break, when it showed Yugi's face and torso up close, you could see the brown string that was attached to it. What's up with that?

When Yugi flashback to how he got the pieces of the Millennium Puzzle in a box, we can see that Tea was there. However, in Face Off1, when Tea and Yugi flashback, Joey was Yugi's friend and they didn't know Tea that well. So how could Tea be next to Yugi when he got the pieces of the Millennium Puzzle when he didn't even know Tea that well?

they were showing scenes from the Manga version of Yu-Gi-Oh! which starts way before the first episode of the Anime. Get it now? no? Check out Shonen Jump. I recomend it.

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