"Everything's Relative", known as "The Stolen Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in the Japanese version, is the eighth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! second series anime. It first aired in Japan on June 6, 2000 and in the United States on November 17, 2001.
When Yugi hears of a Duelist who has been kicked out of the tournament when his Deck and Star Chips were stolen, he tracks down the thief, who turns out to be none other than Mokuba Kaiba, the younger brother of Seto Kaiba, come to avenge his brother's loss.
Summary[]
On the island, in Pegasus's castle, a young boy makes his escape from his room by throwing out a few bed sheets and attempts to scale down the wall. His rope isn't long enough, however, and when he becomes nervous from the height he's in, the bed sheets untangle, causing the boy to fall straight down into the bushes. Back in the castle, a servant walks into the room to give him his dinner, only to see the prisoner escaped. In his dinner room, Pegasus is reading a comic book while drinking red fruit juice and eating a plate of cheese (showing a child-like side to him). The servant intrudes on his time to inform him that the prisoner escaped. He has his army members searching for the boy, who Pegasus knows is trying to find Yugi.
Using a remote, Pegasus lowers a monitor that tells him of every duelist that has been eliminated and is being sent home by boat. As for Yugi, he has currently gained 5 star chips. Pegasus knows that Yugi is planning on entering his castle. The prisoner's escape is actually a part of Pegasus' plan for Yugi. The group are walking through the island, congratulating Yugi on his amount of star chips. Joey wishes that he could gain some star chips too. Yugi is confident he will be able to help his sister soon, since she is counting on him. They soon hear a cry for help, and notice that a boy is being held hostage by Kemo.
Tristen throws a punch and successfully throws Kemo, but he gets back up and kicks him down. He grabs the boy again and tells the group that he lost his star chips and without them, he will have to be eliminated from the island. The boy explains that his chips, and his duel cards were actually stolen from him. At the dock, Kemo takes the victim and throws him in the boat near Weevil, who yells at him. The group arrives and Yugi asks the boy what the thief looked like. The boy couldn't get a look on the thief's face, but he had a bandana. After challenging him to a duel, he stole the boy's cards and star chips after they were set down. They promise the boy that they will get his belongings back from the thief, but the boat leaves in 30 minutes, so they must hurry.
When the group locates two stadiums, to think of a plan, the boy emerges from the bushes and threatens them. He challenges Yugi to a duel. Joey doesn't see the point of this duel, when they can simply take the star chips back easily. The boy bets 5 of the stolen stars, and Yugi thinks he knows why. The boys hopes to get revenge on Yugi for what he did to Seto, his brother. A flashback happens with the boy, Mokuba, trying to get Seto to prepare for the Duelist Kingdom. Seto has no interest in going to the kingdom, since his loss to Yugi, nothing seems right and he has no idea what to think of himself. He hands his brother his favorite duel card, and leaves for a while.
Blaming this problem on Yugi, Mokuba starts the duel by summoning the Man-Eating Plant, while Yugi summons the Winged Dragon. Having no experience with this stolen deck, Mokuba quickly loses the monster with the dragon's fireball attack. Yugi tries to explain if a deck you play doesn't belong to you, it won't help you win. The boy says that cards don't have hearts, they're all about power and nothing more. Sensing a connection with "power", Yugi realizes that the boy is Kaiba's brother. Mokuba reveals his identity and tells Yugi that Seto is gone because of him, Pegasus also wants to take over his company, surprising Yugi. Mokuba explains further that with Seto gone, Pegasus was invited by employees of KaibaCorp to merge with his own company to take it over, which Mokuba overhears. Only a Kaiba family member is legally able to take over the company, so one employee decides to kidnap Mokuba. Pegasus decides to stage an accident for Seto and will hold Mokuba captive until the takeover. They also believe that Yugi has ruined the image of KaibaCorp after he defeated Seto in their duel. Kemo takes Mokuba hostage, and Pegasus plans to duel Yugi.
Still angered with Yugi, Mokuba then summons Krocodilus, who quickly gets taken out by another fireball attack. Yugi tells him that Seto won't come back if he duels Yugi, and he also wants to stop Pegasus. The friends explain that they're trying to get Yugi's Grandpa back from Pegasus, but Mokuba says that Pegasus will have to defeat Yugi himself to fully take over KaibaCorp. Piecing the info together, Tea realizes that if Mokuba defeats Yugi, Pegasus won't be able to duel Yugi, and won't take over the company. Mokuba decides to, again, steal some of Yugi's star chips to disqualify him, despite this method not being the right way to save his company. Yugi tells Mokuba that after defeating Seto, he removed all of his dark thoughts and personality from him, causing him to try to search for his true self. Having a change of heart, Mokuba teams up with the group, and promises to return the star chips to the victim.
At his house, Kaiba is doing some research, but can't figure out how Yugi was able to beat him. He builds some some devices, while also thinking Yugi was right about cards having a heart. Just then, two bad guys show up and try to take Kaiba to see Pegasus. Kaiba kick his chair at the men, then jumps out of the window. Knowing that he couldn't have survived the fall, the men find his Blue-Eyes White Dragon card. Back with the group, they're on their way to the dock, but they see the boat leaving (with Weevil still stubbornly refusing to help them row). Unfairly, it hasn't been 30 minutes yet. Mokuba tries to return to star chips, but Kemo, refusing to call the boat back, snatches the chip and tosses them into the ocean. He then chokeholds Mokuba, stating he has been invited to a special dinner, courtesy of Pegasus. Having 3 star chips left, Yugi challenges Kemo to a duel; if he wins, Kemo sets Mokuba free. Accepting the challenge, Kemo tells the group to meet him at arena 6 in four hours.
When they arrive at the area, they meet Kemo and Mokuba, but Kemo won't be the opponent. He points to Yugi's real opponent, a person who they think is Seto Kaiba!
Featured Duel: Yami Yugi vs. Mokuba Kaiba[]
Turn 1: Mokuba
Mokuba Normal Summons "Man-Eating Plant" (800/600) in Attack Position.
Turn 2: Yami Yugi
Yami Yugi Normal Summons "Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress" (1400/1200) in Attack Position. "Winged Dragon" attacks and destroys "Man-Eating Plant" (Mokuba: 2000 → 1400 LP).
Turn 3: Mokuba
Mokuba draws. He then Normal Summons "Krokodilus" (1100/1200) in Attack Position. "Krokodilus" attacks "Winged Dragon". "Winged Dragon" destroys "Krokodilus" (Mokuba: 1400 → 1100 LP).
The Duel is then prematurely ended at this point as Mokuba steals some of Yugi's Star Chips and runs off in an attempt to get Yugi disqualified.
Differences in adaptations[]
- The title on Pegasus' book "FUNNY RABBIT" is blacked out in the dub.
- The whole sequence of Yami Yugi coming out of the Millennium Puzzle is added to the dub and a glowing eye is added to Yugi's forehead.
- The scenes where Yugi and his friends rush to the dock and where Kaiba works on his Duel Disk are switched around.
- Sounds and a visual effect of knocking is added to Kaiba's door in the dub; also, the scene where the goons burst in is cut.
- The guns on Pegasus's henchmen are erased from the dub. Also scenes of them trying to shoot Kaiba are cut out.
- A shot of waves crashing on the rocks is added to the US version.
- In the 4Kids' dub version, Pegasus says that he's drinking fruit juice rather than wine.
- "Man-Eating Plant" is zoomed-in on so its stats aren't seen; also, the dub makes Mokuba think that his monster will defeat Yugi's.
- The original Japanese version ends with a zoom-in on fake Kaiba; this doesn't happen in the dub.
Trivia[]
- Next to the picture of Cecelia, Pegasus has a picture of Shadi.
- First appearance of the Big Five, although they won't be properly introduced until the Virtual World arc (A Virtual Nightmare).
- In the dub, Pegasus plans for Kaiba to "have an accident", another dub death mention in season 1, as Pegasus is secretly intending Kaiba's death and Kaiba literally says die.
Error[]
- When speaking to the Duelist whose Star Chips had been stolen by Mokuba, the Duelist states he never got a chance to Duel, thus he would have had 2 Star Chips still; however, Mokuba somehow has 5 Star Chips when wagering them against Yugi; this suggests that Mokuba had also stolen Star Chips from other Duelists too.
Featured cards[]
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
- Griffore
- Unknown Monster
