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Fearsome Four of the Dark Dueling World

Names

Japanese

闇デュエル界四悪人

Rōmaji

Yami Dyueru-kai Shi Akunin

English (Asia)

Fearsome Four of the Dark Dueling World

Appearances

Anime debut

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 112: "Memory Thief, Part 1"

Appears in

Anime	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

Loyalty

Affiliation

Barian World

Members
Mr. Heartland (Leader) Erazor Chironex Scritch

The Fearsome Four of the Dark Dueling World are a group of Barians led by Mr. Heartland under Vector and Don Thousand in order to steal the Number cards from Yuma Tsukumo, Shark, and Kite Tenjo.^[1]

Story

The "Fearsome Four" were originally a gang of underworld Dueling criminals working under Mr. Heartland. All of them except for Mr. Heartland were recruited as Barians by Vector to aid the former. Mr. Heartland eventually joined them after falling through a portal and ending up in the Barian Sea.

Later in the series, Heartland was eventually revived by Vector using the power of Don Thousand, though his form was that of a fly. Later on, Vector restored Heartland into his normal human form and summoned the other members of the Fearsome Four to accompany him in his journey to take the "Numbers" from Yuma Tsukumo, Reginald Kastle and Kite Tenjo.

Abilities

Being Barians, the Fearsome Four have superhuman abilities such as teleporting and taking into alternative forms that give them unique abilities, such as Erazor being capable of stealing memories, Chironex capable of becoming living water and poisoning others and Scritch being able to turn into a mosquito at will. They have also shown the ability to alter a Duel by using a Crest akin to that of Don Thousand's Emblem to halve the opponent's Life Points and add it to their own at the very beginning of the Duel, effectively cheating.

Fearsome Four

Each member has an alternate form based on different invertebrates. These are all often considered pests by humans, with the reasons for this ranging from being plain annoying to carrying deadly diseases.

Each member also carries a "Number" ranging from 1 to 4 given to them by Vector. These were, however, fake "Numbers", ultimately self-destructing along with Mr. Heartland when all of the Fearsome Four were defeated. The numbering of these fake "Numbers" carried several obvious puns with them, such as "Number 4: Stealth Kragen" being used by Chironix against Quattro, which the latter pointed out when it was summoned.

Identity	Number	Form(s)		Current Status
Identity	Number	Human	Barian	Current Status
Mr. Heartland	Number 1: Infection Buzz King			Defeated ("Numbers" "2", "3" and "4" taken from Kite Tenjo, Trey and Quattro; defeated by Yuma and Astral)
Scritch	Number 2: Ninja Shadow Mosquito			Defeated ("Number 2" taken by Kite Tenjo)
Erazor	Number 3: Cicada King			Defeated ("Number 3" taken by Trey)
Chironex	Number 4: Stealth Kragen			Defeated ("Number 4" taken by Quattro)

Trivia

Chironex is the only member whose alternate form is not an insect.^[2]
- is also the only member who used the Barian Emblem against his opponents by asking first and having them agree to it instead of cheating against their will.

They are the only Barian-related characters who do not use any form of Rank-Up.

References

↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 112: "Memory Thief, Part 1"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 114: "Tentacles of Terror, Part 1"

[e112-1] Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 112: "Memory Thief, Part 1"

[e114-2] Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 114: "Tentacles of Terror, Part 1"

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[2]

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-* [[Kurage]]
+* [[Mr. Heartland]] (Leader)
-* [[Kaninja]]
+* [[Erazor]]
-* [[Mr. Heartland]]
+* [[Chironex]]
-* [[Semimaru]]
+* [[Scritch]]
 }}
 }}
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 ==Story==
-The "Fearsome Four" were originally a gang of underworld Dueling criminals working under [[Mr. Heartland]]. All of them except for [[Mr. Heartland]] died tragically and were eventually reincarnated as [[Barian]]s. Later on, Mr. Heartland joined them after falling through a portal and ended up in [[Sea of Ill Intent]].
+The "Fearsome Four" were originally a gang of underworld Dueling criminals working under [[Mr. Heartland]]. All of them except for Mr. Heartland were recruited as [[Barian]]s by [[Vector]] to aid the former. Mr. Heartland eventually joined them after falling through a portal and ending up in the [[Barian Sea]].
-During the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL II]] arc, Heartland was eventually revived by [[Vector]] using the power of [[Don Thousand]], though his form was that of a fly. Later on, Vector restored Heartland into his normal human form and summoned the other members of the Fearsome Four to accompany him in his journey to take the "Numbers" from [[Yuma Tsukumo]], [[Reginald Kastle]] and [[Kite Tenjo]].
+Later in the series, Heartland was eventually revived by [[Vector]] using the power of [[Don Thousand]], though his form was that of a fly. Later on, Vector restored Heartland into his normal human form and summoned the other members of the Fearsome Four to accompany him in his journey to take the "Numbers" from [[Yuma Tsukumo]], [[Reginald Kastle]] and [[Kite Tenjo]].
 ===Abilities===
-Being Barians, the Fearsome Four have superhuman abilities such as teleporting and taking into alternative forms that give them unique abilities, such as [[Semimaru]] being capable of stealing memories and [[Kurage]] capable of becoming invisible and poisoning others. They have also shown the ability to alter a Duel by using a [[Crest]] akin to that of [[Don Thousand's Emblem]] to halve the opponent's Life Points and add it to their own at the very beginning of the Duel, effectively cheating.
+Being Barians, the Fearsome Four have superhuman abilities such as teleporting and taking into alternative forms that give them unique abilities, such as [[Erazor]] being capable of stealing memories, [[Chironex]] capable of becoming living water and poisoning others and [[Scritch]] being able to turn into a mosquito at will. They have also shown the ability to alter a Duel by using a [[Crest]] akin to that of [[Don Thousand's Emblem]] to halve the opponent's Life Points and add it to their own at the very beginning of the Duel, effectively cheating.
 ===Fearsome Four===
-Each member has an alternate form based on different invertebrates.
+Each member has an alternate form based on different invertebrates. These are all often considered pests by humans, with the reasons for this ranging from being plain annoying to carrying deadly diseases.
+Each member also carries a "Number" ranging from 1 to 4 given to them by Vector. These were, however, [[Barian Number|fake]] "Numbers", ultimately self-destructing along with Mr. Heartland when all of the Fearsome Four were defeated. The numbering of these fake "Numbers" carried several obvious puns with them, such as "Number 4: Stealth Kragen" being used by Chironix against [[Quattro]], which the latter pointed out when it was summoned.
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! rowspan="2" | Identity
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 |-
 ! [[Mr. Heartland]]
-| [[Number 1: Infection Baal Zebul]]
+| [[Number 1: Infection Buzz King]]
 | [[File:Mr Heartland Reborn.png|center|100px]]
 | [[File:Mr. Heartland's Barian Form.png|center|100px]]
 | Defeated ("Numbers" "2", "3" and "4" taken from Kite Tenjo, Trey and Quattro; defeated by Yuma and Astral)
 |-
-! [[Kaninja]]
+! [[Scritch]]
-| [[Number 2: Shadow Mosquito Ninja]]
+| [[Number 2: Ninja Shadow Mosquito]]
 | [[File:Kaninja.png|center|100px]]
 | [[File:Mosquitobarian.png|center|100px]]
 | Defeated ("Number 2" taken by [[Kite Tenjo]])
 |-
-! [[Semimaru]]
+! [[Erazor]]
-| [[Number 3: Hell Cicada King - Locust King]]
+| [[Number 3: Cicada King (anime)|Number 3: Cicada King]]
-| [[File:Semimaru.png|center|100px]]
+| [[File:Erazor.png|center|100px]]
-| [[File:Semimaruform.png|center|100px]]
+| [[File:Erazor form.png|center|100px]]
-| Defeated ("Number 3" taken by [[Yuma Tsukumo|Yuma]] and [[Trey]])
+| Defeated ("Number 3" taken by [[Trey]])
 |-
-! [[Kurage]]
+! [[Chironex]]
 | [[Number 4: Stealth Kragen]]
-| [[File:Kurage.jpg|center|100px]]
+| [[File:Chironex.jpg|center|100px]]
-| [[File:Kuragetrueform.jpg|center|100px]]
+| [[File:Chironextrueform.jpg|center|100px]]
 | Defeated ("Number 4" taken by [[Quattro]])
 |}
 ==Trivia==
-* [[Kurage]] and [[Mr. Heartland]] are the only members whose alternate form is not an insect.<ref name="e114">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|114|ref}}</ref><ref name="e123">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|123|ref}}</ref>
+* [[Chironex]] is the only member whose alternate form is not an insect.<ref name="e114">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|114|ref}}</ref>
+** is also the only member who used the Barian Emblem against his opponents by asking first and having them agree to it instead of cheating against their will.
-** Although Mr. Heartland did have another form where he appeared as a fly with a very small human head.
-* All members had their past lives.
+* They are the only Barian-related characters who do not use any form of [[Rank-Up]].
-*There has been a pattern of the rows each one of them would have in their respective duels:
-**[[Semimaru]], who appeared first, took the first turn in his [[Duel]];
-**Kurage, the second member of the group that has appeared, took the second turn in his [[Duel]];
-**[[Kaninja]], the third member of the group that has appeared, took the third (and last) turn in his [[Duel]].
 ==References==