Changes: Card Trivia:Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo

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This is the strongest 'non-Chaos' "Gimmick Puppet" monster in terms of ATK, being surpassed only by "Number C40: Gimmick Puppet of Dark Strings" and its own "Number C" counterpart.

This is the only "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monster that cannot inflict effect damage.
The number 88 written as a date (8/8) is august 8. Someone born on August 8 would be a Leo.
This card reflects Quattro's personality:
- Lions are known to have a calm, majestic appearance while at rest, but can be ruthless and bloodthirsty when hunting. Similarly, Quattro disguises himself as a well-mannered man who interacts with people with a noble and polite demeanor when not Dueling, but becomes sadistic and cold when he is, especially against anyone who stands in his way.
- This card's effect and appearance are somewhat the opposite of "Giant Grinder" and "Gimmick Puppet of Strings". While most "Gimmick Puppets" have somewhat disturbing and grotesque appearances, this card looks more righteous and benevolent. Also, unlike "Giant Grinder" and "Gimmick Puppet of Strings", this card does not involve destroying monsters or inflicting damage to the opponent. Instead, this card involves winning through a peaceful method. This could reflect Quattro's true kind and noble personality beneath his sadism.
- This card's alternate victory condition and how it was attempted against Shark may reference Quattro and Shark's first Duel, where Quattro won against Shark by alternate means by getting him disqualified.

This card shares many similarities with "King Landia the Goldfang":
- Both are Rank 8 Xyz Monsters that require 3 Level 8 monsters to Xyz Summon.
- Both are based off a lion and a king.
- "Landia" is a Match winner, while "Leo" is a Duel winner.

The appearance of this card of being a lion sitting on a throne may allude to it being the "king" of the "Gimmick Puppets", just as the lion is said to be the "king of the jungle".

In the anime, when this card detaches an Overlay Unit, it absorbs it in the gem on its sword.

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-* This is the third "[[Gimmick Puppet]]" "[[Number]]". The first is "[[Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder]]", and second is "[[Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings]]".
+* This is the strongest 'non-[[Number C|Chaos]]' "[[Gimmick Puppet]]" monster in terms of [[ATK]], being surpassed only by "[[Number C40: Gimmick Puppet of Dark Strings]]" and [[Number C88: Gimmick Puppet Disaster Leo|its own "Number C" counterpart]].
-** This is also the strongest "[[Gimmick Puppet]]" monster in terms of [[ATK]].
+* This is the only "Gimmick Puppet" [[Xyz Monster]] that cannot inflict [[effect damage]].
-* This card, especially while sitting on a throne, resembles "[[Gravekeeper's Visionary]]", as a high ranking monster sitting on a throne and a head that resembles an animal (lion and jackal). Also, they are both shown holding a sword.
+* The number 88 written as a date (8/8) is august 8. Someone born on August 8 would be a Leo.
-** This card resembles "[[Grandmaster of the Six Samurai]]", coming to the position.
+* This card reflects [[Quattro]]'s personality:
+** Lions are known to have a calm, majestic appearance while at rest, but can be ruthless and bloodthirsty when hunting. Similarly, Quattro disguises himself as a well-mannered man who interacts with people with a noble and polite demeanor when not Dueling, but becomes sadistic and cold when he is, especially against anyone who stands in his way.
+** This card's effect and appearance are somewhat the opposite of "Giant Grinder" and "Gimmick Puppet of Strings". While most "Gimmick Puppets" have somewhat disturbing and grotesque appearances, this card looks more righteous and benevolent. Also, unlike "Giant Grinder" and "Gimmick Puppet of Strings", this card does not involve destroying monsters or inflicting damage to the opponent. Instead, this card involves winning through a peaceful method. This could reflect Quattro's true kind and noble personality beneath his sadism.
+** This card's alternate [[victory condition]] and how it was attempted against [[Shark]] may reference Quattro and Shark's first [[Duel]], where Quattro won against Shark by alternate means by getting him disqualified.
+* This card shares many similarities with "[[King Landia the Goldfang]]":
-* This is the 8th card that can cause an Instant Win.
+** Both are [[Rank]] 8 Xyz Monsters that require 3 [[Level]] 8 monsters to [[Xyz Summon]].
-* This is the first "[[Number]]" and "[[Gimmick Puppet]]" ever to have a Win condition effect.
-* This is the second strongest "Number" in the game in terms of ATK, right behind "[[Number 22: Zombiestein]]".
-* This card's number may be interpreted in the following ways:
-** It can refer to it being the '''8'''th [[Rank]] '''8''' monster.
-** 88 is twice as much as the number 44, which, if the numbers are read separately in Japanese, could be read as "shi shi". The Japanese word for lion can also be read as "shishi".
-*** More simply, 8 is twice as much as 4; this could reflect on its initial owner, [[Quattro]]; his name comes from the Italian word for the number 4.
-** Another explanation to this card's number could be the fact that the Zodiac sign "Leo" covers the biggest part of August, which is the month 8.
-* The number "88" can be seen on this card's right shoulder plate.
-* This card is most likely Quattro's true [[Number]], as the creature portrayed in the card accurately reflects his personality.
-** Lions are known to have a calm, majestic appearance while at rest, but can be ruthless and bloodthirsty when hunting for their prey. Similarly, [[Quattro]] disguises himself to be a well-mannered man who interacts with people in a noble and polite demeanor when not dueling, but is sadistic and cold when he is, especially against anyone who stands in his way.
-** This card also seems to reflect Quattro's true nature of being kind and caring. He showed guilt for hurting Shark's younger sister unintentionally but saved her despite getting his scar in the process, and wanted to save his [[Vetrix|father]] by defeating [[Dr. Faker]] on his own.
-** This card's ability and appearance are also the opposite of "Gimmick Puppet: Giant Grinder" and "Heavens String". While most "Gimmick Puppets" have somewhat disturbing and grotesque appearances, this card looks more righteous and benevolent. Also, unlike "Giant Grinder" and "Gimmick Puppet of Strings", this card does not involve destroying monsters or inflicts damage at the opponent. Instead this card involves winning through a peaceful method.
-* This card shares many similarities to "[[King Landia the Goldfang]]".
-** Both require 3 Level 8 monsters.
 ** Both are based off a lion and a king.
-** Landia's effect involves winning the [[Match]], Destiny Leo's effect involves winning the [[Duel]].
+** "Landia" is a [[Match winner]], while "Leo" is a [[Duel winner]].
-* The fact of this card being a lion sitting on a throne could mean it is the "king" of the "[[Gimmick Puppet]]s", just like the lion is said to be the king of the  jungle.
-* This is one of the three anime "Numbers" to not have a sealed form, the others being "[[Number 33: Chronomaly Machu Mech]]" and "[[Number 69: Heraldry Crest]]", all three of which were used by members of the [[Vetrix Family]].
-* In the anime, when this card detaches an Overlay Unit, it absorbs it with the gem on its sword.
-* This card bears a resemblance to a fellow Number, [[Number 39: Utopia|Utopia]].
-** They have the same color scheme. (eg. White and Yellow)
-** They both hold a large sword.
-** They are both "kings".
-** Destiny Leo's number is depicted on its right shoulder plate while Utopia's is on the left.
-* As of episode 58, this card, "[[Number 6: Chronomaly Atlandis]]", "[[Number 32: Shark Drake]]", "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder" and "Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings" are the only known Number monsters obtained by the Vetrix family that do not have a purple number, excluding those taken from [[Kite Tenjo]].
-* This card's second effect is very similar to "[[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]", in the fact that both monsters can have special counters placed on them by performing a certain action ([[Hyper Venom Counter]]s for "Venominaga", and [[Destiny Counter]]s for "Leo". Once 3 of the certain kind of counters are on each card, their controllers win the Duel.
-* This is the second "Gimmick Puppet" monster to use counters (Destiny Counters in this case), the first being "Gimmick Puppet of Strings" (specifically, String Counters).
-** They are both Rank 8, [[DARK]] [[Machine]]-[[Type]] monsters with similar [[ATK]] and [[DEF]] points.
-*** They are also the very first Xyz Monsters to use counters.
+* The appearance of this card of being a lion sitting on a throne may allude to it being the "king" of the "Gimmick Puppets", just as the lion is said to be the "king of the jungle".
-* This is the 7th Number card to belong to an archetype, Gimmick Puppets.
-** The others are, in order: "[[Number 6: Chronomaly Atlandis]]", "[[Number 8: Heraldic King Genom-Heritage]]", "[[Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja]]", "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder", "[[Number 33: Chronomaly Machu Mech]]", and "Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings".
-*** Strangely enough, all but Number 12 were used by members of the Vetrix family.
+* In the anime, when this card [[detach]]es an [[Overlay Unit]], it absorbs it in the gem on its sword.
-* This is the 8th non-anime card thats causes an [[Win Condition|Instant Win]].
-** This is also the second anime card with a Instant Win Condition to have its Win condition changed during its change from the anime into a real card. The first is "[[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]". Interestingly, both were changed in a similar way.