Dark Yugi (Toei)

This article decribes Dark Yugi as he appeared in Toei Animation's Yu-Gi-Oh! series. The anime was only ever oficially released in Japanaese, so this page uses Japanese version names.

The first series anime is based on volumes 1 to 7 of the manga. Dark Yugi existance is unknown to Yugi and his friends for most of the series. Dark Yugi often helps them by playing dangereous games with people who trespassed on their souls. These games often resulted in harsh Penalty Games for the loser.

Biography
The Shadow Game with Ushio was completly changed. A deck of cards, which Dark Yugi pretended was the money, was placed on top of a dome and both players hung freely from a rope over around the spike at the top of the dome. How they advanced to the top was dictated by what card they turned over. Ushio attempted to cheat, earning him a Penalty Game, where he imagined he fell into a pit of monsters.

At Burger World, the convict cheated by removing the lighter and is left subject to a Penalty Game, where he is made think he is on fire.

Shotaro Akaboshi stole a watch Honda had bought for Miho. Dark Yugi met up with him later and played a Shadow Game, where each player tried to grab a watch from a cuckoo watch at a time as close to 0:00 as possible on a countdown. Shotaro lost and was made victim to a Penalty Game, where he imagined he was made up of clockwork parts.

During the Digital Pet Duel after Haiyama attacked Yugi and his friends and tried turning Honda into his pet, Dark Yugi connected Yugi's Digital Pet, U2 with Haiyama's. The game became a Shadow Game and the pets appeared as real beings. Using data it incorporated from a connection with Jonouchi's pet, U2 upgraded form like Dark Yugi and was able to defeat Haiyama's pet. Haiyama started whipping his pet, telling it to get up. For Haiyama's Penalty Game, he imagined the pet turning on him and eating him.

Mayumi had left the puzzle love letter for Jonouchi, rather than Honda leaving it for Miho, this results in Ms. Chono setting Anzu up to face expulsion. For her cruel intentions, Dark Yugi plays a Shadow Game with Ms. Chono, where they assemble smashed mirrors while blindfolded. Ms. Chono cheats and Dark Yugi inflicts the same Penalty Game as in the manga.

Warashibe, who was obsessed with Miho, forced her into a game of Capsule Monster Chess. After realizing Warashibe cheated by using a rigged dispenser, Yugi and Miho try to leave, but Warashibe traps them by dropping a portcullis, which breaks and falls and Yugi and Miho. Dark Yugi emerges and finishes the CapMon game. The game is identical to Yugi's first game with Mokuba in the manga.. Warashibe recieves the same Penalty Game as Mokuba; he imagines himself being trapped inside a giant CapMon capsule.