Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 043

Legendary Heroes - Part 1 was 43rd episode in the second series of Yu-Gi-Oh!, airing on February 20, 2001 in Japan and October 19, 2002 in the United States. It centered around The Big Five, who despite the defeat of Maximillion Pegasus, are still trying to take over KaibaCorp by trapping Seto in his virtual simulation.

Plot Summary
On a rainy morning, inside KaibaCorp headquarters, the Kaiba brothers confront The Big Five for making an alliance with Maximillion Pegasus and trying to take over his company. However, the men manipulate Seto into trying his new virtual game, Duel Monsters Quest. It isn't long before The Big Five reveal their true plan, to trap Seto in the game and with Mokuba as their prisoner, they can once again take over KaibaCorp. However, Mokuba grabs Seto's deck and runs off before guards can capture him. He arrives at the card ship, where Yugi and his friends are. He explains the whole story to them and they decide they will go into the virtual game and rescue Seto. They arrive at the test room where three prototype pods are. Mokuba, Yugi, and Joey enter the game while Tristan and Tea stand guard. The Big Five notices them and sends their guards to unplug those pods, which will trap the three boys as well. Tristan and Tea try to hold them off. In the game, Yugi, Mokuba, and Joey arrive in a Graveyard, where they are confronted by three zombie monsters. Remembering that they have 0 DEF, Yugi and Joey manage to defeat them with Shield & Sword and Dark Magician, earning them five points. They arrive at a village and discover that someone took a stranger through a desert to a temple. They try to cross it, but a tornado knocks them back. An old man tells them in order to cross the desert, they would need the Niwatori card, and the only way to get one is by winning it through a duel against the village's champion. In the coliseum, Joey takes the offer, despite having lower Life Points than Yugi and Mokuba from the battle with the zombies. He dresses up in a pig outfit and at the ring, discovers the champion is a woman.