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Michael Pecoriello |
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Elik Alvarez, Joel Douek, Freddy Sheinfeld, John Angier, Wayne Sharpe, Gil Talmi, Blaze |
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Warner Bros., Studio Gallop |
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4kids Entertainment |
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13 August 2004 (USA), 16 March 2005 (Japan, DVD Premiere) |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! the Movie: The Pyramid of Light, known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Pyramid of Light is an anime film based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. The film's director was Hatsuki Tsuji. This movie is considered non-canon and takes place after the Battle City arc. It is a seemingly "alternate explanation" of how Yugi Muto solved the Millennium Puzzle and features the inclusion of Anubis (who has not been mentioned outside of the film).
The characters and naming are the same as the English version of the Yu-Gi-Oh!, or Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters television show.
The musical score and the sound effects are all completely brand new and American-made, and there is no original Japanese music or sound effects in the English dub of the movie. It has also been turned into an ani-manga.
On February 1, 2018, it was announced by Fathom Events and 4K Media that the film would be getting a remastered re-release in 800 American theaters through March 11 to 12.
Synopsis[]
The events of Battle City have just concluded, and Yugi now owns all three Egyptian God cards. As a result of his this and his past victory in the Duelist Kingdom, Yugi has become famous around the world for his masterful strategies and possession of the God cards. Seto Kaiba longs to finally defeat him, but finds every attempt by his research team to formulate a strategy to defeat the Gods fails and overloads their computers. At' wits end, Kaiba decides that since Maximillion Pegasus created the Egyptian God cards, he would have also created a way to beat them, just in case something ever went wrong.
At the same time, Pegasus has a horrible nightmare about the Egyptian God cards becoming trapped in a blue replica of the Millenium Puzzle; despite no longer having a Millenium Item, Pegasus senses something horrible will soon happen.
Kaiba heads off to Pegasus's castle and challenges him to a duel. The stakes are the following: if Pegasus wins, he gets Kaiba's three "Blue-Eyes White Dragons"; if Kaiba wins, Pegasus hands over the card that can beat the Egyptian Gods. They face off in a Duel Arena, which Kaiba mocks Pegasus for still using. Pegasus manages to back Kaiba into a corner with his Toons, but Kaiba turns the tables by calling out his XYZ-Dragon Cannon and destroying Toon World to rid the field of monsters. Kaiba searches a deck Pegasus laid aside, finding two cards. However, Pegasus is confused; he only created one card to beat the Egyptian Gods, not two...
The Pyramid of Light (right) and its Stone Tablet on display at the Domino City museum. Note the three Egyptian Gods Slifer, Ra, and Obelisk engraved on the Tablet
Meanwhile, Yugi Muto and Téa Gardner, seeking refuge from a mob of duelists wanting to face Yugi for the Egyptian Gods, stumble into Domino Museum, where they discover a new attraction on display called the Pyramid of Light, which looks a little like the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi's grandpa, Solomon Muto (who also happens to be visiting the museum), reads an inscription on the side of a sarcophagus (The eye that sees what's yet to come, its vision shall be fulfilled, unless blinded by events predetermined, thus light & shadows both be killed), triggering a strange vision in Yugi's mind concerning his Millennium Puzzle, the Pyramid of Light, Anubis, and Kaiba. After he wakes up, he finds the pyramid stolen, the sarcophagus now empty, and Mokuba standing outside. Mokuba says that Kaiba wants Yugi to bring his duel disk to the KaibaCorp Duel Dome immediately.
Yugi does so, transforming into Yami Yugi on the way, and finds Kaiba ready to duel. Seto asks Mokuba to seal all the exits, forcing Yami Yugi to duel him, but not before Joey Wheeler and Tristan Taylor find their way in to watch.
The duel goes on for what seems like an eternity, and Yami Yugi is starting to suspect that there are dark forces at work - especially when Kaiba activates a Trap Card called the "Pyramid of Light", which not only bears a striking resemblance to its namesake in the museum, but also prevents Yami Yugi from using any of the Egyptian Gods! Before long, Kaiba has his "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" on the field, but to Yami Yugi's surprise, he sacrifices it to summon a monster known as the "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon", which is even stronger!
The Pyramid of Light also pulls the souls of Yugi, Joey, and Tristan into Yugi's Millenium Puzzle, where they are chased by a group of mummies controlled by an unknown force...
The power of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" brings Yami Yugi to the verge of defeat, but Kaiba decides to humiliate his rival with the most "perfect" victory possible: wiping him out with his own Egyptian Gods! Having used "Pyramid of Light" to remove the gods from play, he intends to use "Return from the Different Dimension" to get them under his control - but first, he needs to destroy "Pyramid of Light", otherwise it would just destroy the gods again! Kaiba commands his "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to use its "Shining Nova" effect, which allows it to sacrifice itself to destroy anything on the field - and he aims it at the "Pyramid of Light". Suddenly, a ghostly voice calls out, "This I cannot allow!", and the Pyramid stays exactly where it is. Then, a man rises up from behind Kaiba, throws him aside, and takes over the duel himself.
It's Anubis, the Egyptian Lord of the Dead, whom the Pharaoh destroyed 5000 years ago. But now he's back with the Pyramid of Light around his neck and two of his most powerful monsters - "Andro Sphinx" and "Sphinx Teleia"! On top of this, Téa, Joey, Tristan and Yugi are all trapped inside the Millennium Puzzle, leaving the Pharaoh to duel all alone. Putting all his faith into the cards, Yami Yugi draws the "Double Spell" card, which allows him to discard his other spell card to activate "Monster Reborn" from Seto's Graveyard. He uses it to revive "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon", who then destroys the "Pyramid of Light" (after it was weakened by Yugi from inside the Millennium Puzzle), along with "Andro Sphinx" and "Sphinx Teleia". But Anubis isn't finished yet. With the Pyramid gone, he combines his fallen Sphinxes into a new, even stronger monster - "Theinen the Great Sphinx"! Yami Yugi, however, activates "Reverse of Reverse" to activate Kaiba's "Return from the Different Dimension". The God Monsters return and destroy the Great Sphinx, seemingly taking Anubis with it. But a giant jackal - the ancient Egyptian representation of Anubis, the Lord of the Dead - rises from the remains of the Pyramid!
Kaiba and Yugi join forces, putting all their strength into the "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" card, and using Shining Nova to destroy Anubis once and for all. On top of it all, Pegasus, who had earlier arrived via helicopter to help them, gets them out of the explosion in time.
Quotes[]
"Looks like you had TWO cards up your sleeve."
"What do you mean, two cards? Kaiba, there was only one."
"Nice try you snake."— Kaiba doesn't believe Pegasus
This was all arranged by an evil lord, who, five millennia ago, tried to destroy the world. And now it looks like he's back to finish the job.
— Pegasus reveals he figured out Anubis's plan
That's all folks.
— Kaiba mocks Pegasus's Toon deck after winning
Relation to canon[]
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light creates some mild continuity problems within the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga/anime series by inserting the character of Anubis into the show's history. Though designed by Kazuki Takahashi himself, the character is mentioned nowhere else in canon; despite his supposed prominence in the Pharaoh's past, he does not appear during the "Dawn of the Duel" arc, though their encounter could easily take place prior to the events shown in that storyline.
The scene at the start of the movie showing Yugi's completion of the Millennium Puzzle differs slightly from that seen in the original manga, but the Duel Monsters anime had, at that point, never shown the puzzle's completion, meaning this scene did not contradict anything yet established in the anime's continuity. A flashback in episode 180 would later show the puzzle's completion, matching what was seen in the movie.
If taken as canonical, the movie can be considered to take place between Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes 144 and 145 (between the third and fourth seasons, following the conclusion of the Battle City Finals but before "Waking the Dragons") The news report that follows the movie's title sequence makes clear that the Battle City Finals have only recently concluded, and Yugi has all three Egyptian God cards, which will be stolen from him at the start of the "Waking the Dragons" arc. Further proof of this is when Mai showed a look of disdain upon seeing Yugi on the news, foreshadowing her story in the following arc. The dubbed series had Tristan make reference to the movie's events a few episodes later in episode 148, and Joey will do so again in episode 202.
Errors[]
There were several errors in the English version of the movie. However, most of them were fixed or pointed out when it aired in Japan and remastered verison.
- While all evidence points to this movie taking place right after the end of the Battle City tournament, a contradiction to this is that during the news reports, one of the screens showed a scene of the Pharaoh and the 3 God Cards above the clouds from episode 183 during his final fight with Dartz and The Great Leviathan.
- When the duel between Seto and Pegasus begins, the latter is shown with 4 cards in his hand.
- When Joey challenges a group of duelists wanting to have a go at Yugi and his Egyptian God cards, the first challenger Summons "Injection Fairy Lily" on the first turn. The entire card itself was either vertically reversed or placed upside-down while horizontally reversed.
- Furthermore, players are not permitted to attack on the first turn anyway.
- When Kaiba has his computer run a simulation of a duel between him and Yugi, Yugi is listed as using "Paladin of White Dragon".
- When Kaiba has his computer run a simulation of the duel between him and Yugi, Yugi is misspelled as "Yuugi".
- However, due to Yugi having the circumflex romanization (Yūgi), the spelling of Yuugi is not much of a typo and is another way to write the name in rōmaji (to pertain to the furigana).
- When "Familiar Knight" is attacked, the card underneath is reversed.
- When "Peten the Dark Clown" is destroyed by battle, Kaiba activates "Deck Destruction Virus", which can only be activated when a Fiend-Type Monster with 500 ATK or less is destroyed by battle. "Peten the Dark Clown" is a Spellcaster-Type monster.
- Seto Kaiba's plan for a 'perfect victory' by Summoning all 3 of Yami Yugi's Egyptian God cards would not normally work, as "Return from the Different Dimension" only affects cards removed from play that you possess. Since they were Yami Yugi's cards, Kaiba would be unable to Summon them. It is possible that Kaiba probably had another strategy to make "Return from the Different Dimension" work with Yami Yugi's monsters.
- When Yami Yugi Summons "King's Knight", the text on "Queen's Knight" is displayed backwards.
- When Kaiba summons "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon", he explained that it gains 300 ATK points for every Dragon-Type monster he has in his Graveyard, and stated that he had five, being "Rare Metal Dragon", 3 "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", and "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon". However, this is an error as "Paladin of White Dragon" is also a Dragon-Type monster, and therefore should mean that Kaiba has six Dragon-Type monsters in his Graveyard, and thus the ATK of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" should have been 4800, not 4500.
- This would also mean that when "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" attacked and destroyed "Sorcerer of Dark Magic", Yami Yugi's Life Points would have dropped to 0, losing the Duel.
The 2 copies of "The Winged Dragon of Ra".
- When Kaiba uses the 'Shining Nova' effect of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to destroy "Pyramid of Light", although the attack failed, "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" disappears, and later Yami Yugi activates "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon it from the Graveyard. However, "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" is shown to appear next to Anubis for a short time, after it had already been destroyed following the activation of its 'Shining Nova' effect.
- In the Japanese version of the movie, when Yami Yugi Summons "Magician's Valkyria" and attacks "Peten the Dark Clown", he's briefly shown to have "Magician's Valkyria" with "Premature Burial", "Mage Power" and 2 face-down cards. However, that's the field he has 1 turn later, when he revives "Magician's Valkyria" to face "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
- In the 4Kids version of the movie, during Yami Yugi's final turn after his Draw Phase, "Exchange" and "Diffusion Wave-Motion" are visible in his hand. In the Japanese version of the movie, it was fixed to show "Exchange" and "Double Spell".
- When Anubis activates "Inferno Tempest" and "Fallout" to make Yugi and Seto Kaiba drop all of their cards, 2 copies of "The Winged Dragon of Ra" and "King's Knight" are shown flying out of Yugi's Duel Disk. There should only be one of each Egyptian God card in existence.
- When Kaiba and Anubis argue over how to defeat Yami Yugi, they both mention they could win the duel there and then, but with the way the field was, there's no way Kaiba could have won on that very same turn.
- When Yugi uses Kaiba's "Return from the Different Dimension", he mentions how Kaiba wanted 'a perfect victory', but Kaiba never said that - he only thought it.
- Several cards shown in the movie do not have the proper font for their card names when their cards are played.
- When "Peten the Dark Clown" attacks the Pharaoh, he stabs him through the back; however, Kaiba calls the attack "Bloodlust slash"; this is incorrect as a slash leads to a cut, not a puncture.
Featured duels[]
Simulated: Seto Kaiba VS. Yami Yugi[]
(Duel already in progress; this Duel is not real but the result of a simulation by KaibaCorp's computer)
Seto Kaiba has 1300 Life Points, controls 1 "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", no face-down cards and three cards in his hand. Yami Yugi has 2200 Life Points, controls "Obelisk the Tormentor", "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" and has no other cards on his field or in his hand.
"Obelisk the Tormentor" Tributes "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" to activate its effect.
Simulated: Seto Kaiba VS. Yami Yugi
Kaiba's Turn
Kaiba draws "Polymerization" and subsequently activates it to fuse "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on the field with two copies of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in his hand in order to Fusion Summon "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500/3800) in Attack Position. Kaiba then activates "Megamorph" and equips it to "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon". Since Seto's Life Points are lower than Yami Yugi's, the ATK of "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" is doubled ("Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon": 4500 → 9000 ATK).
Yami Yugi activates the effect of "Obelisk the Tormentor" to Tribute "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" in order to destroy all monsters Kaiba controls and inflict 4000 damage to Kaiba (Seto Kaiba: 1300 → 0 LP).
Joey Wheeler VS. Unidentified Man[]
Joey Wheeler VS. Unidentified Man
Unidentified Man's Turn
The man draws "Injection Fairy Lily" and subsequently Normal Summons it (400/1500) in Attack Position. "Injection Fairy Lily" attacks directly.
- (NOTE: This would be illegal in the real game, since an attack cannot be declared on the first turn; in the Japanese version, Joey even questions the legality of this move. In the Japanese version, the man activates the effect of "Injection Fairy Lily", paying 2000 Life Points to increase its ATK to 3400, so it could be an anime-exclusive effect of "Injection Fairy Lily" to be able to attack like this.)
(The rest of the duel and perhaps another are not shown; it can be assumed that Joey beat his opponent(s))
Joey Wheeler VS. Boy[]
Duel already in progress, Joey Wheeler has unknown Life Points, controls "Gearfried the Iron Knight", "Little-Winguard", "Rocket Warrior" and "Baby Dragon". No face-down cards and no hand. Boy has unknown Life Points, controls "Fenrir" and "Inpachi", no face-down cards and one card in his hand.
Joey Wheeler VS. Boy
Boy's Turn
The boy Tributes "Fenrir" and "Inpachi" in order to Tribute Summon "Maju Garzett" (?/0) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Maju Garzett", its ATK becomes equal to the combined ATK of the monsters Tributed to summon it ("Maju Garzett": ? → 3000 ATK). "Maju Garzett" attacks & destroys "Gearfried the Iron Knight".
- (NOTE: It is unclear whether "Gearfried the Iron Knight" was in Attack or Defense Position; Joey's Life Point counter isn't shown to change, but before it's destroyed, "Gearfried the Iron Knight" is not in its usual "kneeling down" Defense Position pose).
Joey's Turn
Joey draws "Gilford the Lightning". He then Tributes "Baby Dragon", "Little-Winguard" and "Rocket Warrior" in order to Tribute Summon "Gilford the Lightning" (2800/1400) in Attack Position. The effect of "Gilford the Lightning" then activates, destroying "Maju Garzett". "Gilford the Lightning" attacks directly (Boy: 2800 Life Points or less → 0 LP).
Seto Kaiba VS. Maximillion Pegasus[]
Seto Kaiba VS. Maximillion Pegasus
Turn 1: Pegasus
Pegasus draws "Toon World" and subsequently activates it by paying 1000 Life Points (Pegasus: 4000 → 3000 LP). Pegasus Normal Summons "Toon-Gemini Elf" (1900/900) in Attack Position and Sets a card.
Turn 2: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Attack Guidance Armor". Aside from "Attack Guidance Armor", Kaiba's hand is shown to contain "Return from the Different Dimension", "Soul Release", "Z-Metal Tank", "Y-Dragon Head", and "X-Head Cannon". Kaiba Normal Summons "X-Head Cannon" (1800/1500) in Defense Position and Sets two cards.
Turn 3: Pegasus
Pegasus draws "Card of Sanctity" and subsequently activates it to make him and Seto draw until they both have six cards in their hand (Pegasus and Kaiba both draw 3 cards each). Pegasus' hand is shown to contain "Toon Table of Contents", "Toon Summoned Skull", "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon", "Monster Reborn", "Cost Down", and "Toon Dark Magician Girl". Kaiba's hand has "Soul Release", "Z-Metal Tank", "Y-Dragon Head", "Ring of Destruction", "Monster Reborn", and "Polymerization".
Pegasus then activates "Cost Down", discarding "Toon Table of Contents" to lower the Level of every monster in his hand by two. Pegasus then Normal Summons "Toon Dark Magician Girl" (
6 → 4/2000/1700) in Attack Position. "Toon-Gemini Elf" attacks directly via its own effect as Kaiba controls no Toon monsters (Seto Kaiba: 4000 → 2100 LP). Since "Toon-Gemini Elf" inflicted Battle Damage, its second effect activates, forcing Seto to discard "Monster Reborn".
"Toon Dark Magician Girl" attacks directly via its own effect, but Seto activates his face-down "Attack Guidance Armor" to redirect the attack to "Toon-Gemini Elf" instead, destroying it (Pegasus: 3000 → 2900 LP). Pegasus activates "Monster Reborn" to revive "Toon-Gemini Elf" ( 4 → 2/1900/900) in Attack Position. Pegasus then activates his face-down "Ultimate Offering", which allows him to Normal Summon more than one monster during his Main Phases and Kaiba's Battle Phases at the cost of 500 Life Points for each extra monster summoned.
Pegasus then Tributes "Toon-Gemini Elf" in order to Tribute Summon "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon" ( 8 → 6/3000/2500) in Attack Position (Pegasus: 2900 → 2400 LP). Pegasus then Normal Summons "Toon Summoned Skull" ( 6 → 4/2500/1200) in Attack Position (Pegasus 2400 → 1900). On Pegasus' End Phase, the effect of "Cost Down" expires ("Toon Dark Magician Girl" and "Toon Summoned Skull": 4 → 6; "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon": 6 → 8).
Turn 4: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Dark Core" and subsequently activates it to discard "Y-Dragon Head" and banish "X-Head Cannon". Kaiba then activates "Soul Release" banish "Y-Dragon Head" from his Graveyard. Kaiba then Normal Summons "Z-Metal Tank" (1500/1300) in Attack Position.
Kaiba then activates his face-down "Return from the Different Dimension" to pay half his Life Points (Seto Kaiba: 2100 → 1050 LP) and Special Summon "X-Head Cannon" (1800/1500) and "Y-Dragon Head" (1500/1600) from the Banished Zone in Attack Position. Kaiba then banishes "X-Head Cannon", "Y-Dragon Head" and "Z-Metal Tank" to Special Summon "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" (2800/2600) in Attack Position.
Kaiba then activates the effect of "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" to discard one card and destroy "Toon World". Because "Toon World" is no longer in play, "Toon Dark Magician Girl", "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon" and "Toon Summoned Skull" are all destroyed. "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" attacks directly (Pegasus: 1900 → 0 LP).
Yami Yugi VS. Seto Kaiba/Anubis[]
Yami Yugi VS. Seto Kaiba
Turn 1: Kaiba
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 41 → 36)
Kaiba draws "Deck Destruction Virus". Kaiba's hand is shown to contain "Mystical Space Typhoon", "Familiar Knight", "Rare Metal Dragon", "Des Feral Imp" and "Peten the Dark Clown" and "Deck Destruction Virus". Kaiba then Normal Summons "Familiar Knight" (1200/1400) in Defense Position.
Turn 2: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 36 → 35)
Yami Yugi draws "Mirror Force". Yami Yugi's hand contains "King's Knight", "Magician's Valkyria", "Premature Burial", "Sage's Stone", "Queen's Knight", and "Mirror Force". Yami Yugi then Normal Summons "Queen's Knight" (1500/1600) in Attack Position.
"Queen's Knight" attacks and destroys "Familiar Knight". The effect of "Familiar Knight" then activates, letting both players Special Summon a Level 4 monster from their hand. Seto Special Summons "Rare Metal Dragon" (2400/1200) in Attack Position while Yami Yugi Special Summons "King's Knight" (1600/1400) in Attack Position.
The effect of "King's Knight" then activates, letting Yami Yugi Special Summon "Jack's Knight" (1900/1000) from his Deck in Attack Position (Yami Yugi's Deck: 35 → 34). Yami Yugi Sets Mirror Force.
Turn 3: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Pyramid of Light" and subsequently Sets it.
Turn 4: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 34 → 33)
Yami Yugi draws "Slifer the Sky Dragon". He then Tributes "Queen's Knight", "King's Knight" and "Jack's Knight" in order to Tribute Summon "Slifer the Sky Dragon" (X000/X000) in Attack Position.
Due to the effect of "Slifer", its ATK and DEF become equal the number of cards in Yami Yugi's hand times 1000. Yami Yugi currently has three ("Slifer the Sky Dragon": X000 → 3000/X000 → 3000).
"Slifer" attacks and destroys "Rare Metal Dragon" (Seto Kaiba: 4000 → 3400 LP).
Turn 5: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Obligatory Summon" and subsequently activates it to force Yami Yugi to Special Summon all monsters from his Deck with the same Attribute as the monster he controls. Yami Yugi Special Summons "Obelisk the Tormentor" (4000/4000) and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" (? → 0/? → 0) in Attack Position. (Yami Yugi's Deck: 33 → 31)
Kaiba then activates his face-down "Pyramid of Light" to remove the Egyptian Gods from play. At this point, "Pyramid of Light" envelops the playing field, which prevents both Yami Yugi and Seto from exiting until the Duel is over. Whenever Yami Yugi or Seto lose Life Points, their actual life energy is drained from them and used to feed Anubis.
A Dark Red Eye appears on the side of the pyramid, absorbing the souls of Joey and Tristan. They are transported to Yugi's Millennium Puzzle. Yugi's own soul is absorbed within his Millennium Puzzle, leaving Yami Yugi to Duel against Seto by himself. The stadium where Yami Yugi and Seto are dueling begins to collapse, but the "Pyramid of Light" protects them from the debris.
Seto activates "Mystical Space Typhoon" to destroy Yami Yugi's Mirror Force. He then Normal Summons "Peten the Dark Clown" (500/1200) in Attack Position. "Peten the Dark Clown" attacks directly (Yami Yugi: 4000 → 3500 LP). Kaiba Sets a card.
Turn 6: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 31 → 30)
Yami Yugi draws. He then Normal Summons "Magician's Valkyria" (1600/1800) in Attack Position. "Magician's Valkyria" then attacks and destroys "Peten the Dark Clown" (Seto Kaiba: 3400 → 2300 LP).
Kaiba then activates his face-down "Deck Destruction Virus". Now whenever a DARK Fiend-Type monster with at most 500 ATK is destroyed by battle, this card will force Yami Yugi to send ten random cards in his Deck to the Graveyard. The effect of "Deck Destruction Virus" activates (Yami Yugi's Deck: 30 → 20).
Since "Peten the Dark Clown" was sent to the Graveyard, Kaiba banishes it in order to Special Summon another "Peten the Dark Clown" (500/1200) from his Deck in Defense Position.
Turn 7: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Card of Demise". He then Normal Summons "Des Feral Imp" (1600/1800) in Defense Position. Kaiba then activates "Card of Demise" to draw until he has five cards in his hand (his hand is empty so he draws five cards). Five turns after the activation of "Card of Demise", Seto must discard his entire hand during his Standby Phase. Kaiba's hand now contains "Polymerization", "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", "Attack Guidance Armor", "Paladin of White Dragon", and "White Dragon Ritual".
Kaiba activates "White Dragon Ritual" to Tribute "Des Feral Imp" and Ritual Summon "Paladin of White Dragon" (1900/1200) from his hand in Attack Position. "Paladin of White Dragon" attacks and destroys "Magician's Valkyria" (Yami Yugi: 3500 → 3200 LP).
Kaiba then activates the second effect of "Paladin of White Dragon" to Tribute itself and Special Summon "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" (3000/2500) from his Deck in Attack Position. Kaiba then Sets a card.
Turn 8: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 20 → 19)
Yami Yugi draws. He then activates "Premature Burial" to Special Summon "Magician's Valkyria" (1600/1800) from his Graveyard in Attack Position and equip it with "Premature Burial" by paying 800 Life Points (Yami Yugi: 3200 → 2400 LP).
Yami Yugi then activates "Mage Power" and equips it to "Magician's Valkyria". Now as long as "Magician's Valkyria" is equipped with "Mage Power", it will gain 500 ATK and DEF for every Spell and Trap Card on Yami Yugi's side of the field ("Magician's Valkyria": 1600 → 2600/1800 → 2800). Yami Yugi then Sets two cards ("Magician's Valkyria": 2600 → 3600/2800 → 3800).
"Magician's Valkyria" attacks "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", but Seto activates his face-down "Attack Guidance Armor" to redirect the attack to "Peten the Dark Clown". "Magician's Valkyria" then destroys "Peten the Dark Clown". The effect of "Deck Destruction Virus" activates (Yami Yugi's Deck: 19 → 9) (Noted that one of the destroyed cards was Dark Magician Girl).
Kaiba then banishes "Peten the Dark Clown" in order to Special Summon another "Peten the Dark Clown" (500/1200) from his Deck in Defense Position.
Turn 9: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Seto activates "Polymerization" to fuse the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on his field with the two copies in his hand in order to Fusion Summon "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500/3800) in Attack Position. "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" attacks & destroys "Magician's Valkyria" (Yami Yugi: 2400 → 1500 LP).
Turn 10: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 9 → 8)
Yami Yugi draws. He then activates his face-down "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Dark Magician Girl" (2000/1700) from his Graveyard in Attack Position. Yami Yugi then activates face-down "Sage's Stone" to Special Summon "Dark Magician" (2500/2100) from his Deck in Attack Position (Yami Yugi's Deck: 8 → 7). Yami Yugi then Tributes "Dark Magician Girl" and "Dark Magician" in order to Special Summon "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" (3200/2800) from his hand in Attack Position.
"Sorcerer of Dark Magic" then attacks "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon". The second effect of "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" then activates, decreasing the ATK of "Blue-Eye Ultimate Dragon" by 500 for each Spellcaster-Type monster in Yami Yugi's Graveyard that was sent there from the field. There are currently three: "Dark Magician Girl", "Dark Magician", and "Magician's Valkyria" ("Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon": 4500 → 3000 ATK). "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" destroys "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (Seto Kaiba: 2300 → 2100 LP).
Turn 11: Kaiba
Kaiba draws. Kaiba then passes.
Turn 12: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 7 → 6)
Yami Yugi draws. "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" attacks and destroys Seto's "Peten the Dark Clown". The effect of "Deck Destruction Virus" activates, but the first effect of "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" negates the effect of "Deck Destruction Virus" and destroys it.
Turn 13: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon". Kaiba then activates "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500/3800) from his Graveyard in Attack Position. Seto then Tributes "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" in order to "Special Summon" "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. Due to the first effect of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon", it gains 300 ATK for each Dragon in Kaiba's Graveyard. There are currently five ("Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon": 3000 → 4500 ATK).
"Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" attacks Yugi's "Sorcerer of Dark Magic". The second effect of "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" would activate at this point, but Kaiba activates the second effect of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to negate the effect of "Sorcerer of Dark Magic". "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" then destroys "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" (Yami Yugi: 1500 → 200 LP).
Turn 14: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 6 → 5)
Yami Yugi draws "Big Shield Gardna" and subsequently Normal Summons it (100/2600) in Defense Position.
Turn 15: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Return from the Different Dimension" and subsequently sets it. "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" attacks & destroys Yugi's "Big Shield Gardna".
Turn 16: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 5 → 4)
Yami Yugi draws "Pot of Greed" and subsequently activates it to draw two cards (Yami Yugi's Deck: 4 → 2). Since Yami Yugi added "Watapon" from his Deck to his hand by a card effect, he Special Summons it (200/300) in Defense Position. Yami Yugi then Normal Summons "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian" (1400/1200) in Defense Position.
Turn 17: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Spear Dragon". On Kaiba's Standby Phase, the second effect of "Card of Demise" activates, forcing Kaiba to discard his entire hand ("Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon": 4500 → 4800 ATK).
Kaiba activates the third effect of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to Tribute itself and destroy "Pyramid of Light" (Kaiba intends to use his set card to use Yugi's own Egyptian God cards against him so he can have a perfect victory). However, Anubis uses his power to prevent the "Pyramid of Light" from being destroyed. Anubis then appears and tosses Kaiba aside in order to take his place in the Duel (Life Points included).
Yami Yugi vs. Anubis
Turn 17: Anubis (Kaiba's Turn continued)
Anubis Special Summons "Andro Sphinx" (3000/2500) and "Sphinx Teleia" (2500/3000) from his Deck in Attack Position as "Pyramid of Light" is present on the field.
Turn 18: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 2 → 1)
Yami Yugi draws "Reverse of Reverse". He then Sets a card.
Turn 19: Anubis
Anubis Sets a card. "Sphinx Teleia" attacks & destroys Yugi's "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian" (as it can negate the effects of monsters it battles). "Andro Sphinx" attacks & destroys Yugi's "Watapon". The third effect of "Andro Sphinx" activates, inflicting damage to Yami Yugi equal to half the ATK of his destroyed monster (Yami Yugi: 200 → 100 LP).
Turn 20: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 1 → 0)
Yami Yugi draws "Double Spell". (Mistakenly draws and displays as "Diffusion Wave-Motion".) At this point, Yugi Muto uses the "Dagger of Fate" to destroy the Eye within Anubis' Pyramid of Light. This action exposes a weakness in the "Pyramid of Light" card, which Yami Yugi senses. Yami Yugi then activates "Double Spell" to activate "Monster Reborn" from Seto's Graveyard and Special Summon "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" (3000/2500) from Kaiba's Graveyard to his side of the field in Attack Position by discarding "Exchange".
Yami Yugi then activates the third effect of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to Tribute itself and destroy Seto/Anubis's "Pyramid of Light". This time, "Pyramid of Light" is destroyed. With "Pyramid of Light" removed from the field, the souls of Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Téa are returned to their bodies and Anubis' "Andro Sphinx" and "Sphinx Teleia" are destroyed.
Since "Andro Sphinx" and "Sphinx Teleia" were destroyed at the same time, Anubis activates the effect of his face-down "Theinen the Great Sphinx" and Special Summons it (3500/3000) in Attack Position by paying 1000 Life Points (Anubis: 2100 → 1100 LP). Anubis then activates the second effect of "Theinen" in order to increase its ATK by the ATK of all monsters in his Graveyard ("Theinen the Great Sphinx": 3500 → 35000 ATK) by paying 1000 Life Points (Anubis: 1100 → 100 LP). (In the dub, Anubis activates the Pyramid of Light around his neck to release the dead souls trapped within the Pyramid of Light and the Millennium Puzzle and infuse their power into "Theinen".)
Yami Yugi activates face-down "Reverse of Reverse" to activate Seto's face-down "Return from the Different Dimension" as his card, allowing Yami Yugi to Special Summon "Obelisk the Tormentor" (4000/4000), Slifer the Sky Dragon" (X000 → 0/X000 → 0), and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" (? → 0/? → 0) from the Banished Zone in Attack Position by paying half his Life Points (Yami Yugi: 100 → 50 LP).
Yami Yugi then Tributes "Slifer" and "Ra" to activate the effect of "Obelisk" (4000 → ∞ ATK), destroy all monsters Anubis controls, and inflict 4000 damage to Anubis (Anubis: 100 → 0 LP).
Featured cards[]
The following cards were used in the film. Italics are used to denote cards whose first appearance was in the film.
Cast[]
- Dan Green as Yugi Muto, Yami Yugi
- Greg Abbey as Tristan Taylor
- Wayne Grayson as Joey Wheeler
- Tara Jayne as Mokuba Kaiba
- Amy Birnbaum as Tea Gardner
- Eric Stuart as Seto Kaiba
- Scottie Ray as Anubis
- Charles Rocket as Narrator
Music[]
The ending theme for the Japanese version of the film is Fire, which is sung & composed by Blaze.
Posters[]
Differences in adaptations[]
- The opening shot of the stone tablet lingers on the Pharaoh's face for a second longer in the Japanese version
- Shot of Kuriboh peaking at Yugi from behind the bed
- Shot of mummy in sarcophagus: Before Yugi reaches in the box for last piece in the English version, after in the Japanese. English version cuts out a shot of the puzzle box at the beginning of Yugi's scene here.
- Shot of Pyramid of Light flashing when Yugi puts in the last piece in the Japanese version
- Shot of Yugi saying "I did it! It's all finished!" Camera from outside his room through the window. Shot of storm outside.
- Shot of storm brewing in Egypt
- Shot of Yugi putting the Puzzle around his neck and reacting to a large lightning bolt. A shot of the bolt with the city in the foreground. Power appears to go out in the city.
- Yugi makes a wish on the puzzle for a friend. Grandpa peeks in. Comments to himself about how Yugi completed the puzzle and how the completer becomes the Ruler of Darkness, and worries about the heavy fate he may have put on Yugi's shoulders.
- The remaining Egypt scene happens before Yami banishes the monsters in the English version, and after in the Japanese version.
- Title cards are different. The 4Kids version is 21 seconds long, Japanese verion is 16 seconds long.
- A shot of someone scrolling on a computer reading information about Yugi (weirdly, one of the images on the computer screen is that of Joey, Téa, and Tristan while they were inside Yugi's mind blocking Pegasus from trying to read Yugi's mind)
- A shot of the television screen turning on, showing Slifer from Yugi's duel with Strings
- A shot of someone placing a neewspaper on a table, the newspaper showing a picture of Kaiba Corp Island from the Battle City Finals
- A shot of the television screen turning on, this time to an image of Kaiba Corp Island and Yugi & Co. looking up at the tower
- A shot of Yugi on a bunch of screens, the screen footage being from Yugi's Battle City duel with Kaiba. This shot is at the end of this whole scene in the English version, but in the Japanese version occurs right before the shot of Mai
- A shot of Obelisk using Soul Energy Max from Yugi's duel with Marik is cut.
- A shot of a computer screen showing the final four duelists of Battle City, followed by a shot of the blond rival telling two other kids that *Yugi beat Kaiba and Marik to become "Duel King"
- A "rush" effect segue before and after that scene that don't exist in the English version
- Another rearranged scene is the scene of Kaiba and Yugi's virtual duel opens in the Japanese version with the shots of energy bolts by their faces, and then the shots of Yugi with the Egyptian Gods and Kaiba with Blue-Eyes. This is flipped in the English version.
- A shot of the virtual room from outside the booth
- A shot of Kaiba walking out of the booth.
- The scene of Grandpa reading the newspaper happens before the jet scene in the English version. It happens right after the Kaiba/Pegasus duel in the Japanese version.
- The camera lingers on a shot of a log in the water by Pegasus' castle a second longer in the Japanese version.
- The scene of the crowd around Domino High and Joey's duels against the rivals happens before the Kaiba/Pegasus duel in the English version. In the Japanese version it's after the duel and after the scene of Grandpa reading the newspaper
- When Pegasus is about to activate Toon World, there's a fade-cut mixed with a zoom-out before his LP box appears in the Japanese version. In the English version, is is a split second shorter by just having a straight cut from the close up of his face to the shot of his LP box appearing on the screen.
- Some shots before Pegasus plays Card of Sanctity
- Slightly longer shot of Pegasus before Toon Dark Magician Girl is summoned
- A shot of Toon Gemini Elf faking an attack on X-Head Cannon
- A shot from Kaiba's POV looking at Pegaus's field while he thinks about how the Toons can attack directly
- A shot of Kaiba before Toon Gemini Elf take a card from his hand.
- More shots and dialogue in the Japanese version before Kaiba draws Dark Care.
- A close-up shot of Pegasus's face as he explains what Dark Core does.
- A zoom-in shot of Kaiba before the pan-up shot.
- Kaiba's LP going down in the Japanese version when he uses Return from the Different Dimension. This split second is cut in the English version.
- A shot of Yugi & the gang wondering about the commotion at the school
- Another weird flip: An overview shot of the crowd forming around Yugi and then an up-close shot of Yugi is flipped in the English version
- Extra shots added in the English version of the big rival and blond rival talking when in the Japanese version it's just a longer shot of the dark-haired rival talking
- Wide shot of Joey/Big Rival duel and a shot of Injection Fairy Lily's needle growing
- A shot of Joey as he explains what Gilford the Lightning does
- A shot of Gilford attacking the blond rival directly
- The shot of the crowd running towards Joey and Tristan is slightly longer in the Japanese version
- Because of the rearrangement of scenes, a dissolve from a shot of Téa to a shot of the museum is instead a fade to black in the English version (
- Also because of the rearrangement of scenes, a wide shot of the museum is repeated in the English version to reestablish it
- Two shots of Yugi, Téa, and Grandpa looking at the Pyramid of Light are slightly longer in the Japanese version
- A close-up shot of the hieratic text on the sarcophagus is repeated in the English version
- Longer zoom-out shot of the jackal shadow behind Yugi in the Japanese version
- The shot of glass breaking happens before Yugi's vision in the English version but after in the Japanese version. The vision cuts to black in the English version.
- A shot of the museum followed by a shot of a mummy's hand grabbing the Pyramid of Light
- An extra shot of the Kaiba Land dome while Yugi is in the limo
- Shots of Kaiba and Yami before they activate their Duel Disks
- The computer screen says "BATTLE" before showing Queen's Knight and Familiar Knight's stats in the Japanese version
- A shot of Yami and a shot of Kaiba with Rare Metal Dragon in the foreground
- A shot of Yami thinking before he sets a card
- A shot of Kaiba that fades to Yami and then fades back to Kaiba
- Shots of Yami, Tristan, and Joey wondering why Kaiba wants Yami to bring out all 3 Egyptian God cards and Kaiba telling Yami to do it.
- A shot of the triangular tablet from the museum and Yami wondering if it alluded to the duel. This shot is partially moved to right after Kaiba activates Pyramid of Light in the English version, with the shot of the tablet replaced with a shot of the pyramid.
- A shot of Yami splitting in 3 is cut.
- A split-screen shot of Kaiba and Yami observing the Pyramid of Light card activating.
- A shot of Yami tearing up while holding the puzzle.
- A shot of Yami running before opening doors.
- A longer shot of Yami reacting to Peten the Dark Clown's attack.
- A longer shot of Yami reacting to Paladin of White Dragon's attack.
- A close-up shot in the labyrinth of Yami walking.
- A dissolve from the shot of mummies to the shot of Joey and Tristan looking for Yugi
- A shot of Téa being able to see Yami through the Pyramid.
- The tablet in the Japanese version is replaced with the Pyramid of Light in the English version while Grandpa talks
- A shot of Téa and a shot of Mokuba laughing.
- A shot of Kaiba and Yami talking and Yami thinking before Kaiba draws his next Blue-Eyes.
- A scene of Grandpa, Téa, and Mokuba talking about how Kaiba and Yami are playing a Shadow Game.is cut.
- Yugi's vision from before is repeated in the Japanese version when Yugi is explaining things to Joey and Tristan.
- A shot of Tristan after Yugi's vision.
- A flashback of Grandpa reading the prophecy is added to the English version.
- A shot of energy feeding into Anubis's mummy after the shot of Valkyria getting destroyed is moved to after Yugi, Joey, and Tristan decide to head back to the tomb in the English version
- Several shots of flashbacks before Yami's next turn.
- A shot of Yami thinking that he needs to stop the Virus combo and Ultimate Dragon, and Kaiba telling Yami he won't let him surrender.
- A shot of Kaiba in the middle of Yugi's draw.
- Shots that make Yugi's draw more dramatic.
- Shots of Dark Magician after he's summoned.
- Shot of battlefield while Yami explains Sorcerer of Dark Magic's effect.
- Shot of Kaiba thinking that Deck Destruction Virus will devour Yami's deck if Yami attacks Peten.
- Shots of Kaiba declaring Deck Desturction Virus are longer in the Japanese version.
- Shot of Yami thinking that Kaiba has a stronger monster than Ultimate Dragon.
- Shots of Kaiba calling Shining Dragon a final evolution and Yami declaring that Sorcerer is stronger.
- Scene of Yugi feeling weak happens after the scene of Yami collapsing in the English version. In the Japanese version this scene happens after Pegasus rescues Grandpa, Téa, and Mokuba.
- A shot of Grandpa, Téa, and Mokuba reacting to the destruction after the overhead booth falls.
- Shot of the cracking ground coming towards Grandpa, Téa, and Mokuba cuts away a split-second earlier in the English version.
- A transition before the shot of the ladder coming down
- A shot of Téa looking at the Pyramid and seeing Yugi, Joey, and Tristan running.
- A shot of the labyrinth and the stream moving in a direction.
- Flashback to Yugi finishing the Puzzle is added to the English version.
- Shots of Yugi, Joey, and Tristan viewing Anubis's vision and listening to him.
- A shot of Yugi turning his head to Tristan, followed by a shot flashing back to when they were by the giant Eye and a shot of Yami in the Eye
- Téa takes a split-second longer to stand up on the helicopter in the Japanese version
- Téa visibly falls in the Pyramid's eye with a "splash" effect in the Japanese version. A shot of Téa's soulless body on the helicopter, followed by a shot of the Pyramid is cut from the 4Kids vesion
- A shot of Yugi reacting to something after Téa yells is cut.
- A scene of Téa emerging over Kaiba and Yami telling them that they're playing a Shadow Game. Yami, still on the ground from Shining Dragon's attack, reacts to this is cut from the 4Kids version.
- A shot of Yugi talking while they have their hands together in a circle is slightly longer in the Japanese version
- A lightning bolt effect, followed by a shot of Téa in the red vortex, followed by a continutation of the scene with Téa telling Yami that Pegasus didn't create the Pyramid card.
- A shot of Yugi saying they need to deal with the Pyramid eye on the altar, followed by a four-way splitscreen of the gang. This shot gets moved to after Anubis has taken over for Kaiba in the English version, right before a shot of Joey kicking a mummy's head in the air.
- A shot of Yami visually the gang's fight with the mummies.
- An extra shot of Yami standing up.
- A shot of Kaiba reacting to the card he drew, saying that it's the card that will allow him to become the champion.
- Shots of Kaiba and Yami talking after Shining Dragon destroys Big Shield Gardna
- Shots of Yami talking to Kaiba after he summons Watapon and Obnoxious Celtic Guardian. We're able to see through the Pyramid to outside. A shot of Anubis talking to Kaiba. Some of these shots were placed after Kaiba's Spear Dragon was sent to the graveyard
- Added to the English version is a static shot of Kaiba commenting on Yugi's summons, followed by a zoom-in shot of Yugi with his monsters
- A shot of Spear Dragon actually going to the graveyard is cut.
- A shot of Kaiba pondering the dark forces by the Pyramid is cut.
- A shot of Kaiba looking down at his reverse card is slightly longer in Japanese.
- A shot in Kaiba's head where he hears Anubis's voice is slightly longer in Japanese. A shot of Kaiba talking out loud.
- An extra shot of Anubis holding the two floating cards before summoning them
- Yugi has Double Spell in his hand in the Japanese version instead of Diffusion Wave-Motion
- The earlier shot of Yugi thinkig about taking out the altar's eye includes a flashback to Yugi's vision in the English version.
- A shot of Yugi examining the sarcophagus, followed by a shot of Yugi looking up at the eye thinking that he could possibly break it.
- An extra shot of Yugi as he looks on at the dagger in the air
- A wide shot of Pegasus & co. looking over the balcony
- A shot of Mokuba reacting to Joey, Tristan, and Téa waking up as the camera pans right and fades to black
- An overhead shot of the Pyramid (creating a continuity error; the eye is surrounding by red, despite the red fading away in the last scene)
- Two shots of the Pyramid cracking are cut
- There's a slightly longer shot of Anubis before he summons Theinen
- A split-screen shot of Yami and Anubis before the overhead shot of Anubis with Theinen
- In the Japaneser version, there's a shot behind Yugi and Yami looking on at Anubis, followed by a shot of Yugi disappearing to the right leaving only Yami on screen. This is flipped in the English version with a fade transitioning the shots.
- An extra shot of the Egyptian Gods about to attack
- A shot of Mokuba and Pegasus before the Pyramid eye starts glowing is cut.
- Shots of everyone reacting to the eye glowing.
- A shot of the people on the balcony reacting to the Anubis monster.
- Anubis reacts quicker to destroy Gilford and Gearfried in the English version.
- Anubis's axe horn a split-second longer to start growing in the Japanese version.
- A shot from behind Anubis after his axe horn grows.
- A longer shot of Shining Nova deflecting Anubis's attack.
- End credits are different. Japanese version is 4 minutes, 45 seconds. English version is 3 minutes, 30 seconds.
Trivia[]
- The movie was released in theaters in North America, Europe, and Australia, but not in Japan. The movie was shown on special screenings in Japan on November 3rd, 2004. The movie then aired on TV Tokyo on January 2, 2005.
- The English version of the movie was completely edited when it first appeared in theaters in the US, but the Japanese language version (released in special screenings on November 3rd, 2004 and later aired on TV Tokyo in January 2nd, 2005) differs in content, uncut, and is complete with cards in Japanese. The Japanese version is in 101 minutes and the English version runs originally for 90 minutes. Many scenes in the English version were omitted, switched, and some were altered.
- This movie was screened in theaters in North America before the Battle City finals episodes aired, somewhat spoiling the ending for those who saw the movie.
- Some of the dialogue in the 4Kids version for the movie contained references to other TV shows or movies.
- Joey Wheeler saying "I coulda been a contender" after being trampled by a mob is a reference to the iconic line from On the Waterfront.
- He also refers to himself as "The Godfather of Games", adding "Capiche" to the end of his sentence, referencing the movie The Godfather.
- After defeating Pegasus, Kaiba said, "That's all, folks," which is said at the end of Looney Tunes episodes.
- When Joey and Tristan ended up in the dimension labyrinth, Joey said, "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore," which was from The Wizard of Oz.
- When chased by mummies, Tristan shouted, "Zoinks!" which is Shaggy's catchphrase in Scooby-Doo! (which at the time was airing alongside Yu-Gi-Oh! on Kids' WB! and Cartoon Network).
- The movie was shown special screenings and on TV Tokyo in Japan after the Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters ended there. Thus, Yami Yugi already returned to the Spirit World, the Millennium Items were sealed away forever, and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX already began broadcasting in Japan.
- VIZ Media released an "ani-manga" comic book version of the movie with the Egyptian God card "Slifer the Sky Dragon" as part of their Shonen Jump lineup. This is one of only two Yu-Gi-Oh! manga to garner an "A for All-Ages" rating; the second being Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga).
- This movie is not to be confused with the 30 minute Yu-Gi-Oh! the Movie that was released in Japan and produced by Toei Animation.
- The original Japanese story calls for the Pharaoh's past to take place "3000 years ago", but the English translators misread this as "3000 B.C.". The English version thus puts the story 5000 years ago, but some believe this was intentional: nothing is known about Ancient Egypt 5000 years ago, and therefore the existence of Pharaoh Atem cannot be disproved (or proven).
- In the United States, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Darkside of Dimensions are the only animated media of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise to have the text on the cards included as their real world counterparts are. Unlike the Japanese original version, the 4Kids Entertainment version of the TV anime series completely edited the text out of the cards due to FCC regulations, expanding the art on them to fill the gap. The cards in the movie also retained the visual rarity that their real-world card game counterparts have, with the rarer cards having gold lettering on them to match those of an Ultra Rare card. In addition, the Life Point counters used in this Duel are the same used in the original Japanese series. However, there are portions throughout the film in which the cards are displayed with the picture and text mirrored backwards.
- Due to cards being displayed this way, you can see that it says [Spell Card] under each Spell Card's name. In Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters, and the movie itself, Spell Cards are still called Magic Cards.
- In the beginning of the movie, it is said that Yugi defeated Seto Kaiba to win the finals of the Battle City Duel Monsters tournament. However, Yugi's true opponent for the final of the tournament was against Marik Ishtar / Dark Marik as all scenes that follow the headline show Yugi receiving The Winged Dragon of Ra from Marik.
- Much like the early Pokémon theatrical releases, the movie released limited-edition promotional cards in the Movie Pack alongside the tickets bought for the movie. To further stretch the card game tie-in, the Exclusive Pack was released in card shops to help garner interest in the movie. The DVD versions stated that there were 4 promo cards included in the DVD; however, most versions instead came with a "Pyramid of Light" card and a fee was required to be sent to 4Kids Entertainment to be able to receive those cards.
- Much unlike the North American dub of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light also featured an unusual amount of violence compared to the 4Kids version:
- Contrary to the usual concept of Shadow Realm, the words "Kill" and "Die" are used for the very first time. "Die" is used by Anubis, "Killed" is used by Solomon Muto's reading of the prophecy.
- Violent comments like "Soon worms will feast your flesh, just as they did on mine".
- Pegasus also used the word "violent" in one of his lines of dialogue, saying, "Cartoons are so violent these days, aren't they?"
- No censorship is applied on mummies being dismembered or Yami Yugi's silhouette being "stabbed" by "Peten the Dark Clown".
- The cards are displayed in their TCG form, but "Dark Magician Girl" displays a pentagram (as per the original card) instead of her usual censored "ruby".
- "Injection Fairy Lily" also rides a syringe, as opposed to the rocket she rides in the dubbed anime. However, "Monster Reborn" still uses the edited version.
- Pegasus makes a direct reference to "wine spritzers", where alcoholic beverages are usually changed to something else in the 4Kids version (usually fruit juice).
- Near the end, Kaiba says the word "bull" (short for the swear word). This is as close as the 4Kids version dub got to a swear word, unless the word "crap" is considered in the same category.
- Although the musical score (background instrumentals) was released for the Japanese version of the movie, the score for the English version was never officially released.
- Joel Douek, one of the series' composers for the dub, unofficially released these tracks on his YouTube account and FTP.
- A few times during the movie, Seto Kaiba's hair glowed green, which could be an homage to the first series.
- Near the beginning of the movie, when Solomon is reading the newspaper, we can see that the picture was taken by Norman Grossfeld - the writer and executive producer of the English anime at the time and the movie.
- In the beginning of the movie, a group of archaeologists discovered Anubis' tomb. Their appearance is similar to the archaeologists who discovered the Dark Puzzle in the first episode of the first series.
- Though elements of the Dawn of the Duel story arc from season 5 of the show are used, the plot of this film greatly mirrors that of the Waking the Dragons story arc from season 4. An ancient enemy arises and uses the Pharaoh's power against him in some way, they possess a powerful artifact and use its card counterpart to surround the field and prevent any interference, Yugi is prevented from using the God Cards until the end, after the enemy loses the final duel from a combined attack of 3 Legendary Monsters they take the form of or combine with a great beast to attack Yugi and his friends (Joey even uses some of the same monsters to fight both), the enemy uses Pegasus to manipulate Kaiba when he seeks him out for answers, Pegasus later shows up to provide background information and other answers for Yugi and/or his friends, and Yugi and the Pharaoh are separated for a sizable portion of the story and are only reunited once the enemy suffers some form of defeat and loses what was originally going to be the source of power for their attack on the world.
- The "Dagger of Fate" was a plot device added to the English version to give meaning to Yugi throwing it at the eye inside of the Millennium Puzzle. In the Japanese version, the dagger was never mentioned at all before that scene and Yugi just needed to find a hard object to throw at the eye and break it.
- In the 4Kids version, Anubis is heard speaking in Ancient Egyptian on several accounts, whereas in the Japanese version, he seldom spoke the language.
- However some of the words may have been fantasized since the correct pronunciation of most Ancient Egyptian words is still somewhat unknown.
- Despite the movie debuting in 2004 for the US, the cards still have the lore from when they were first printed in the US.
- Some cards like "Magician's Valkyria" have the incorrect typeface for things like the name possibly due to the fact that the card didn't yet exist in English, though this also occurred for Toon Summoned Skull, which was released before the movie.
- An image of "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon" appears on the label of Pegasus's red wine bottle.
- This is the only Yu-Gi-Oh! movie where any version of "Red-Eyes" monster does not appear.
- When the movie was released in theaters in the US, it was largely panned by critics. It received a 5% from all critics, and a 0% from all top critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
- When Seto and Pegasus draw due to "Card of Sanctity", "Dark Magician Girl" can be see in Pegasus' hand instead of "Toon Dark Magician Girl".
- This is the only Yu-Gi-Oh! media released in Russia.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ This card can be seen in Pegasus hand during his Duel with Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light. It was changed to its Toon version sometime after.
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