Card Appearances:Red-Eyes B. Dragon

Duelist Kingdom/Pre Duelist Kingdom Arc

 * It first appeared briefly during the Duelist Kingdom arc in Seto Kaiba's briefcase.
 * It was the central card of Toei's Yu-Gi-Oh! movie. It was owned by Shougo Aoyama, who believed he was stronger than anyone when he obtained the card, although in truth he was just afraid to duel with it and lose anyway.  Yugi used this card and fused it with Meteor Dragon to create the Meteor Black Dragon to defeat Seto Kaiba in a duel.
 * Originally, this card was used by Rex Raptor as his signature card. During his duel with Joey, this card destroyed both Swamp Battleguard and Lava Battleguard after Rex powered it up with "Dragon Nails", but Joey destroyed it with the special effect of Time Wizard, and as per the stakes of the duel, Joey won this card from Rex.
 * Joey used it for the first time against Kaiba in episode 16. It destroyed Kaiba's Rabid Horseman, but it proved to be no match for the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and was destoyed, causing Joey to lose the duel.
 * It was next used against Bonz in episode 18. It managed to destroy Pumpking the King of Ghosts, but was destroyed by Bonz's powered-up Dragon Zombie.
 * During the tag-team duel against the Paradox Brothers, Joey summoned this card, which was immediately fused by Yugi with his own Summoned Skull to summon Black Skull Dragon.
 * Joey summoned this card in his duel against Bandit Keith in the Duelist Kingdom finals. He immediately used Copycat to duplicate Keith's Metalmorph onto it the moment that Keith attacked with Barrel Dragon, turning it into the Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon.
 * During the last match of the Duelist Kingdom finals, Joey summoned this card against Yugi, and immediately used Polymerization to fuse it with Summoned Skull (stolen from Yugi's Graveyard with Graverobber) to create the Black Skull Dragon.

Battle City/Virtual World Arcs

 * When Joey entered the Battle City tournament, this card was listed as his rarest. The Rare Hunter in charge of registration was going to deny his entry due to his skill level being too low, but decided to let him enter so that the Rare Hunters could acquire the card.
 * Later, during the night, Joey was forced to duel against the Rare Hunters, and summoned this card near the end of his duel against Seeker by sacrificing Panther Warrior and Alligator's Sword. It destroyed Seeker's Death Hand, but was destroyed when Seeker successfully summoned Exodia. As per the Battle City rules, Seeker and the Rare Hunters then took this card from Joey.
 * Yugi won this card back from Seeker the next day, but Joey let Yugi keep it for the remainder of the tournament, until he became a good enough duelist to challenge him.
 * When Marik Ishtar controlled Joey into dueling Yugi, Yugi included this card into his deck in hopes that it would break through the Millennium Rod's control. Yugi activated Exchange in the middle of the duel, showing Joey the Red-Eyes, which did indeed temporarily return him to his normal self. Yugi then summoned this card by sacrificing Big Shield Gardna and Kuriboh, and it destroyed Joey's Alligator's Sword. Joey then activated Attrition and combined it with Rocket Warrior's effect to reduce the Red Eyes' ATK to 400. Once Joey ended his turn, the effect of "Rocket Warrior" expired, increasing this card's attack to 900. After Yugi lost the duel due to not wanting Joey to die, Joey used Meteor of Destruction's side effect to force the Red Eyes into attacking him directly, resulting in his Life Points dropping to 0 and ending the duel in a Draw.
 * This card was briefly seen when Seto Kaiba was building his Virtual World deck before his duel with Lector, though he did not select it.
 * In the Battle City finals, Yugi summoned this card during his duel with Kaiba by using The Flute of Summoning Dragon's side effect. Kaiba attempted to destroy it with one of his Blue-Eyes White Dragons, but Yugi activated Spellbinding Circle, weakening the Blue-Eyes, which then allowed the Red-Eyes to destroy it instead. Yugi then attempted to switch this card to Defense Position, but Kaiba forced it to stay in Attack Position with "Final Attack Orders". This card then contributed in giving "Dark Paladin" a power up from its own effect along with Kaiba's "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (later split back into three "Blue-Eyes White Dragons" due to Yugi's "De-Fusion").
 * In Yugi and Joey's post-Battle City duel, Joey is assumed to have won this card back, as he has it in the next season.

Doma/KC Grand Prix Arcs

 * In Joey's rematch duel with a Seal of Orichalcos-possessing Rex Raptor, he summoned this card using Star Blaster and equipped it with Metalmorph. It destroyed Rex's Horned Saurus, but was destroyed by Rex's Tyrant Dragon. Rex then revived it with Chain of the Underworld which also reduced this card's ATK by 700 and allowed Joey to draw a card. Rex then sent Tyrant Dragon to destroy this card again due to "Tyrant Dragon"'s effect, but Joey used Celebration of Creation to end Rex's turn. Joey later fused it with The Claw of Hermos in order to create the Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword.
 * During Joey's duel with Valon, he played Red-Eyes Transmigration, offering this card from his hand alongside a Player Token created from Aura Armor as a tribute to Ritual Summon Lord of the Red. Valon later used Extinction Fist to return this card to the field. Later Joey tributed this card to activate "Big Bang Dragon Blow"'s effect.
 * Immediately afterwards, in his rematch duel with Mai, Joey summoned this card by using Knight of Dark Dragons' effect, then immediately fused it with The Claw of Hermos to create the Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword.
 * During the battle against The Great Leviathan, Red-Eyes Black Dragon was the third monster Joey summoned.
 * This card's only appearance in the KC Grand Prix was against Zigfried von Schroeder, where Joey summoned it by using Star Blaster. It destroyed Zigfried's Valkyrie Erste, but was later removed from play by Zigfried's Enchanted Sword Nothung.

Millennium World/Ceremonial Battle Arcs

 * This card's only appearance in the Millennium World arc was towards the end, when Zorc Necrophades was freed. Joey summoned this card alongside Tristan's Super Roboyarou and Téa's Fire Sorcerer, but all were destroyed by Zorc.

Capsule Monsters

 * Joey merged with this monster, which briefly became his armor, but his mind became controlled by a sword's evil curse that was also controlling Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Yugi was able to reverse the curse by removing the sword lodged within, and Red-Eyes Black Dragon soon became Joey's partner in this arc.
 * Joey would later send this monster to battle Five-Headed Dragon, but Five-Headed Dragon could not even be harmed by it, because Red-Eyes Black Dragon was not a LIGHT monster.
 * He'd also used this monster in the final episode of this arc, in the battle against Alexander the Great and his subjects.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

 * During the brainwashed Atticus' Duel against Jaden Yuki, he Summoned this card by offering two "Troop Dragons" as a tribute. He initially used it in order to activate "Inferno Fire Blast". It was later destroyed by Jaden's "Elemental Hero Thunder Giant" in a Double KO. Nightshroud/Atticus later Summoned a second one by using the effect of "Red-Eyes Black Chick", and offered it as a tribute for "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon".
 * "Normal" Atticus later used this card in his Duel against Zane Truesdale (in his form of "Hell Kaiser"). Like before, he Summoned it by using "Red-Eyes Black Chick", and used it to activate "Inferno Fire Blast". It was later offered as a tribute to Summon "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon".
 * During Nightshroud's "rematch" against Jaden, he Summoned this card by using the effect of "Red-Eyes Black Chick" and once again used it to activate "Inferno Fire Blast". He later offered it as a tribute to Summon "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon", and it was later removed from play by Jaden's "Hero's Rule 1: Five Freedoms".
 * When Atticus Dueled against Yusuke Fujiwara, he Summoned this card toward the end of the duel using "Red-Eyes Black Chick", and used it to activate "Inferno Fire Blast". He was then put through an illusion to make him believe that he had activated "Red-Eyes Burn", ending the Duel in a draw. In reality, however, Yusuke had attacked the card with "Clear Vice Dragon", and while Atticus attempted to end the Duel in a draw with "Burst Breath", Yusuke negated it with "Attribute Mastery", destroying this card and winning the Duel.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

 * This monster's statue appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 015.

Video games

 * Ida uses this in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2009: Stardust Accelerator.

Naming

 * In the Spanish dub of the Anime, this card was known as "Dragón Negro de Ojos Rojos".

Miscellaneous

 * In Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time, Paradox sent this card from his deck to the Graveyard to summon Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
 * This monster's attack was called Kokuuendan (Dark Mega Flare) in the Japanese anime and "Inferno Fire Blast" in the English dub.
 * In the manga, the "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" has been referred to as relative to or "in league" with "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".