Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ光のピラミッドYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Pyramid of Light
Genre	Adventure, Gaming
Movies: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light
Produced by	Michael Pecerlello
Music by	Elik Alvarez, Joel Douek, Freddy Sheinfeld
Studio	Warner Bros., Studio Gallop
licensor	4kids Entertainment
Release date	13 August 2004 (USA), 16 March 2005 (Japan, DVD Premiere)
Runtime	101 mins 86 mins 90 mins 86 mins

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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 was originally a non-canon who alternate explains how Yugi Muto solves the Millennium Puzzle and Anubis was never reappeared in the show, but it was then made to be canon to the TV series.

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 are no original Japanese music and sound effects in the English dub of the movie.

Synopsis

MOV-Pyramid-of-Light-and-Tablet-Montage — 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

The events of Battle City have just concluded, and Yugi now owns all three Egyptian God cards. Seto Kaiba longs to finally defeat him, and he has a plan. He suspects 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.

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. Kaiba wins, and Pegasus must fulfill his wager: he picks up two cards from Pegasus's decks. However, Pegasus only created one card to beat the Egyptian Gods, so where did the other card come from?

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 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 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 Yugi from using any of the Egyptian Gods! Before long, Kaiba has his "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" on the field, but to 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...

Kaiba could win the duel there and then, but he wants to humiliate Yugi by wiping him out with his own Egyptian Gods! His "Pyramid of Light" removed the gods from play, and he wants to play "Return from the Different Dimension" to get them under his control. Of course, to do that, he needs to destroy his Pyramid of Light first, 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 "Spinx 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, 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's not done yet. With the Pyramid gone, he summons his last trick up his sleeve - "Theinen the Great Sphinx"! Yugi, however, activates "Reverse of Reverse" to activate Kaiba's "Return from the Different Dimension". The God Monsters return, destroy the Great Sphinx and Anubis is seemingly defeated. 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.

Relation to canon

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light creates some continuity problems within the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga/anime series. However, if it were canonical it would take place after the events of Episode 144 of Yu-Gi-Oh!, due to the fact that Yugi has all 3 Egyptian God cards after winning the duel against Yami Marik in Episode 142. It also most likely takes place before Episode 145 of Yu-Gi-Oh!, due to the fact that the Egyptian God cards are stolen and used against Yugi in said episode.

In the movie, it is explained that Anubis (アヌビス Anubisu) was killed by Pharaoh Atem 3000 years ago (5000 in the English anime) and then resurrected when Yugi completed his Millennium Puzzle. In the Japanese version of the movie, the duel between Seto Kaiba and Yami Yugi is a ploy masterminded by Anubis, with the objective to have the King of Light (Seto Kaiba) defeat the King of Darkness (Dark Yugi). Anubis seeks revenge against the Pharaoh and wants to be resurrected as the "King of Destruction", using Kaiba to become the new king and rule the world.

In the manga and first series anime, however, Yugi's completion of the Millenium Puzzle follows a different storyline: Yugi was beaten up by Ushio, who had also beaten up Jonouchi and Honda, and he completed the puzzle while beaten up to become Dark Yugi. In addition, during the Dawn of the Duel arc, Anubis never made an appearance and was never shown to be killed by Pharaoh Atem (the battle must either have been off-screen, before the events involving Thief King Bakura, or never taken place at all).

Despite being designed by Kazuki Takahashi himself, and because Anubis never made any appearances in the anime or manga (outside of this movie), he is considered a "non-canon" (but, revealed as canon) character by most fans.

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.

Right after the opening title, many people are watching a television screen showing Yami Yugi dueling Seto Kaiba in the first episode, which shows him drawing Exodia's head, but the card is in Japanese.

When the duel between Seto and Pegasus begins, the latter is shown with 4 cards in his hand.

Pegasus activates "Ultimate Offering" when dueling against Kaiba, so that he can Summon more Toon Monsters in one turn at the cost of 500 Life Points per monster. However, Toons are Special Summoned, not Normal Summoned, making "Ultimate Offering" completely unnecessary (this was not changed when it aired in Japan).

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. Also, the card's name is misspelled as "Iinjjection Fairy Lily".
- 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".

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.

MOV Winged Dragon of Ra Error — 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".

When "Sphinx Teleia" destroys "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian", "Sphinx Teleia's" effect wasn't activated, which would have decreased Yami Yugi's Life Points to 0. However, when "Andro Sphinx" destroyed "Watapon", its effect was activated (this was not changed when it aired in Japan, though Yami Yugi did mention it). In addition, "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian" should not have been destroyed thanks to its effect; the ATK "Sphinx Teleia" was higher than 1900.

In the English 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 Yami 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 Yami Yugi's Duel Disk. There should only be one of each Egyptian God card in existence, and Yami Yugi is never shown to own more than 1 "King's Knight" in the anime.

When Kaiba stated that the ATK of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" increased by 300 for each Dragon-type monster in his Graveyard, he forgot about "Paladin of White Dragon", which is Dragon-Type as well. So the ATK of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" should have increased to 4800, which would have been more than enough to destroy "Sorcerer of Dark Magic", causing Yami Yugi to lose the Duel.

According to the novelization of this movie, Yami Yugi also possessed a "Gemini Elf", 2 "Skilled Dark Magicians" and an extra "Magician's Valkyria". However, even after having most of his Deck sent to the Graveyard by "Deck Destruction Virus", "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" only had used 3 Spellcasters to weaken Seto Kaiba's monsters.

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 Seto and Pegasus draw due to "Card of Sanctity", "Dark Magician Girl" can be see in Pegasus' hand instead of "Toon Dark Magician Girl".

When Peten the Dark Clown attacks the Pharoah, he stabs him through the back; however, Kaiba calls the attack "Bloodlust slash"; this incorrect as a slash leads to a cut, not a puncture.

Featured duels

Simulated: Seto Kaiba VS. Yugi Muto

(Duel already in progress; this Duel is not real and the result of a simulation by KaibaCorp's computer)

Seto Kaiba 1300 Life Points "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" no face-down cards three cards in his hand
Yami Yugi 2200 Life Points "Obelisk the Tormentor", "Slifer the Sky Dragon", "The Winged Dragon of Ra" no face-down cards no cards in his hand

ObeliskUsesTitanFirestorm — "Obelisk the Tormentor" Tributes "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" to activate its effect.

MOV-Seto-vs-Yugi-Duel1-Simulated — Simulated: **Seto Kaiba VS. Yami Yugi**

Kaiba's Turn

Draws and Activates "Polymerization": Seto fuses "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on the field with 2 Blue-Eyes White Dragons" in his hand to form "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500 ATK / 3800 DEF) in Attack Position.

Equips "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" with "Megamorph": Since Seto's Life Points are lower than Yami Yugi's, his monster's ATK is doubled ("Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon": 4500 > 9000 ATK / 3800 DEF).
Yami Yugi activates "Obelisk the Tormentor's" effect: He combines "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" to "Obelisk the Tormentor", therefore "Obelisk the Tormentor" gains infinite ATK points ("Obelisk the Tormentor": 4000 > ∞ ATK / ∞ DEF)."Obelisk the Tormentor" then attacks and destroys "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon". (Seto: 1300 > 0 Life Points).

NOTE: The in-game "Obelisk the Tormentor" allows you to Tribute 2 monsters you control to destroy all monsters your opponent controls and "Obelisk the Tormentor" cannot attack for this turn.

Yami Yugi wins.

Seto Kaiba VS. Maximillion Pegasus

MOV-Seto-vs-Pegasus-Duel2 — **Seto Kaiba VS. Maximillion Pegasus**

Turn 1: Pegasus

Draws "Toon World".

Pays 1000 Life Points (Pegasus: 4000 > 3000 Life Points) to activate "Toon World".

Summons "Toon Gemini Elf" (1900 ATK / 900 DEF) in Attack Position.

Sets a card.

Turn 2: 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".

Normal Summons "X-Head Cannon" (1800 ATK / 1500 DEF) in Defense Position.

Sets 2 cards.

Turn 3: Pegasus

Draws and Activates "Card of Sanctity" to make him and Seto draw until they both have 6 cards in their hand (NOTE: In the real game, "Card of Sanctity" removes every monster from your hand and on your field and you draw until you have 2 cards in your hand).

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".

Activates "Cost Down": Pegasus discards "Toon Table of Contents" to lower the Level of every monster in his hand by 2.

Summons "Toon Dark Magician Girl" (2000 ATK / 1700 DEF) in Attack Position.
- Thanks to "Cost Down", "Toon Dark Magician Girl" is now a Level 4 monster.

Thanks to its Toon special ability, Pegasus uses "Toon Gemini Elf" to attack Seto directly (Seto: 4000 > 2100 Life Points).

"Toon Gemini Elf's second effect activates: Because it inflicted Battle Damage, Seto must discard a card randomly. He discards "Monster Reborn".

Thanks to its Toon special ability, Pegasus uses "Toon Dark Magician Girl" to attack Seto directly.

Seto activates "Attack Guidance Armor": "Toon Dark Magician Girl's" attack is redirected to "Toon Gemini Elf". "Toon Gemini Elf" is destroyed (Pegasus: 3000 > 2900 Life Points).

Pegasus activates "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Toon Gemini Elf" (1900 ATK / 900 DEF) back from his Graveyard in Attack Position.

Activates "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.

Thanks to "Ultimate Offering", Pegasus pays 500 Life Points (Pegasus: 2900 > 2400 Life Points) to summon another monster: He tributes "Toon Gemini Elf" to summon "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF)" in Attack Position.
- Thanks to "Cost Down", "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon" is now a Level 6 monster.

Thanks to "Ultimate Offering", Pegasus pays another 500 Life Points (Pegasus: 2400 > 1900 Life Points) to summon another monster: He summons "Toon Summoned Skull" (2500 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Attack Position.
- Thanks to "Cost Down", "Toon Summoned Skull" is now a Level 4 monster.

(NOTE: In the real game, since Toon Monsters are Special Summoned instead of Normal Summoned, using "Ultimate Offering" would be unnecessary in both cases).

Turn 4: Kaiba

Draws and Activates "Dark Core": Seto discards "Y-Dragon Head" to remove "X-Head Cannon" from play.

Activates "Soul Release": Seto removes "Y-Dragon Head" in his Graveyard from play.

Normal Summons "Z-Metal Tank" (1500 ATK / 1300 DEF) in Attack Position.

Activates "Return from the Different Dimension": Seto pays half his Life Points (Seto: 2100 > 1050 Life Points) to Special Summon "X-Head Cannon" (1800 ATK / 1500 DEF) and "Y-Dragon Head" (1500 ATK / 1600 DEF) in Attack Position.

Activates "XYZ-Dragon Cannon's" effect, removing "X-Head Cannon", "Y-Dragon Head" and "Z-Metal Tank" from play to Special Summon "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" (2800 ATK / 2600 DEF) in Attack Position.

Activates "XYZ-Dragon Cannon's" second effect: Seto discards 1 card to 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.

Uses "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" to attack Pegasus directly (Pegasus: 1900 > 0 Life Points).

Seto wins.

Joey Wheeler VS. Unidentified Man

MOV-Joey-vs-Man-Duel3 — **Joey Wheeler VS. Unidentified Man**

Unidentified Man's Turn

Draws and Normal Summons "Injection Fairy Lily" (400 ATK / 1500 DEF) and attacks Joey directly.

(NOTE: This would be illegal in the real game, since an attack cannot be declared on the first turn; in the Japanese Version, the man activates "Injection Fairy Lily's" effect, paying 2000 Life Points to increase "Injection Fairy Lily's" ATK to 3400, so it could be an anime-exclusive effect of "Injection Fairy Lily" to be able to attack like this and while Joey does question the legality of this move in the Japanese Version, it is most likely done for comedic effect).

(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 Life Points unknown "Gearfried the Iron Knight", "Little-Winguard", "Rocket Warrior", "Baby Dragon" no face-down cards no cards in his hand
Boy Life Points unknown " Fenrir", "Inpachi" no face-down cards one card in his hand

MOV-Joey-vs-Boy-Duel4 — **Joey Wheeler VS. Boy**

Boy's Turn

Tributes "Fenrir" and "Inpachi" to summon "Maju Garzett". The latter's effect makes its ATK equal to the combined ATK of the monsters Tributed to summon it (? > 3000 ATK / 0 DEF).

Uses "Maju Garzett" to attack & destroy "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

Draws "Gilford the Lightning".

Tributes "Baby Dragon", "Little-Winguard" and "Rocket Warrior" to summon "Gilford the Lightning" (2800 ATK / 1400 DEF): Thanks to its effect, it destroys all monsters on Boy's side of the field(in this case, his "Maju Garzett").

Uses "Gilford the Lightning" to attack Boy directly (Boy: (2800 Life Points or less) > 0 Life Points).

Joey wins.

Yami Yugi VS. Seto Kaiba/Anubis

MOV-Yugi-vs-Seto-Duel5 — **Yami Yugi VS. Seto Kaiba**

Turn 1: Kaiba
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 36)

Draws "Deck Destruction Virus".

Kaiba's hand contains "Mystical Space Typhoon", "Familiar Knight", "Rare Metal Dragon", "Des Feral Imp", "Peten the Dark Clown", and "Deck Destruction Virus".

Normal Summons "Familiar Knight" (1200 ATK / 1400 DEF) in Defense Position.

Turn 2: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 35)

Draws "Mirror Force".

Yugi's hand contains "King's Knight", "Magician's Valkyria", "Premature Burial", "Sage's Stone", "Queen's Knight", and "Mirror Force".

Normal Summons "Queen's Knight" (1500 ATK / 1600 DEF) in Attack Position.

Uses "Queen's Knight" to attack and destroy "Familiar Knight".

Upon its destruction, "Familiar Knight's" effect activates: Each player can Special Summon a Level 4 monster from their hand.

Seto Special Summons "Rare Metal Dragon" (2400 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Attack Position; Yami Yugi Special Summons "King's Knight" (1600 ATK / 1400 DEF) in Attack Position.

Thanks to "King's Knight's" effect, Yami Yugi can Special Summon "Jack's Knight" (1900 ATK / 1000 DEF) from his Deck in Attack Position. (Yami Yugi's Deck: 34)

Sets a card ("Mirror Force").

Turn 3: Kaiba

Draws "Pyramid of Light".

Waiting for Yami Yugi to Summon his Egyptian God cards, chooses not to attack.

Sets a card.

Turn 4: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 33)

Draws "Slifer the Sky Dragon"

Tributes "Queen's Knight", "King's Knight" and "Jack's Knight" to summon "Slifer the Sky Dragon" (X000 ATK / X000 DEF) in Attack Position.

"Slifer the Sky Dragon's" ATK/DEF is equal to the number of cards in Yami Yugi's hand × 1000. Since he holds 3, its ATK/DEF is 3 × 1000 = 3000 ("Slifer the Sky Dragon": X000 > 3000 ATK / X000 > 3000 DEF).

Uses "Slifer the Sky Dragon" to attack and destroy "Rare Metal Dragon" (Seto: 4000 > 3400 Life Points).

Turn 5: Kaiba

Draws and Activates "Obligatory Summon": It forces Yami Yugi to Special Summon all cards from his Deck with the same Attribute as the monster he controls.

Since "Slifer the Sky Dragon's" Attribute is Divine, Yami Yugi must summon his other 2 Egyptian God cards: "Obelisk the Tormentor" (4000 ATK / 4000 DEF) and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" (? > 0 ATK / ? > 0 DEF). (Yami Yugi's Deck: 31)

Activates "Pyramid of Light": "Obelisk the Tormentor", "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" are removed from play.

(NOTE: In the real game, "Pyramid of Light" has a completely different effect).

At this point, "Pyramid of Light" envelops the playing field.

It 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 sucked out of them and used to feed Anubis inside the Pyramid.

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 Set card.

Normal Summons "Peten the Dark Clown" (500 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Attack Position.

Uses "Peten the Dark Clown" to attack Yami Yugi directly (Yami: 4000 > 3500 Life Points).

Sets a card.

Turn 6: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 30)

Normal Summons "Magician's Valkyria" (1600 ATK / 1800 DEF) and uses it to attack and destroy "Peten the Dark Clown" (Seto: 3400 > 2300 Life Points).

Since a DARK Fiend-Type monster with 500 or less ATK was destroyed by battle, Seto can activate "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. Since this just happened, "Deck Destruction Virus" sends 10 random cards from Yami Yugi's Deck to his Graveyard. (Yami Yugi's Deck: 20)

(NOTE: Here and in the real game, "Peten the Dark Clown" is a Spellcaster-Type Monster) but the card's text lists needing a DARK Fiend-Type monster to be destroyed in battle.)

Thanks to "Peten the Dark Clown's" effect, Seto removes it from play to Special Summon another "Peten the Dark Clown" (500 ATK / 1200 DEF) from his Deck in Defense Position.

Turn 7: Kaiba

Draws "Card of Demise".

Normal Summons "Des Feral Imp" (1600 ATK / 1800 DEF) in Defense Position.

Activates "Card of Demise", drawing until he has 5 cards in his hand. 5 turns after "Card of Demise's" activation, Seto must discard his entire hand.

Kaiba's hand now contains "Polymerization", "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", "Attack Guidance Armor", "Paladin of White Dragon", and "White Dragon Ritual".

Activates "White Dragon Ritual", Tributing "Des Feral Imp" to Ritual Summon "Paladin of White Dragon" (1900 ATK / 1200 DEF) from his hand in Attack Position.

Uses "Paladin of White Dragon" to attack and destroy "Magician's Valkyria" (Yami: 3500 > 3200 Life Points).

Activates "Paladin of White Dragon's" effect, tributing it to Special Summon "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF) from his Deck in Attack Position.

Sets a card.

Turn 8: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 19)

Activates "Premature Burial": Yami Yugi pays 800 Life Points (Yami: 3200 > 2400 Life Points) to Special Summon "Magician's Valkyria" (1600 ATK / 1800 DEF) back from his Graveyard in Attack Position and equip it with "Premature Burial".

Equips "Magician's Valkyria" with "Mage Power". 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.

Since Yami Yugi has 2 ("Premature Burial" and "Mage Power"), "Magician's Valkyria" gains + 1000 ATK/DEF ("Magician's Valkyria": 1600 > 2600 ATK / 1800 > 2800 DEF).

Sets 2 cards.

Thanks to "Mage Power", "Magician's Valkyria" gets a further + 1000 ATK/DEF boost ("Magician's Valkyria": 2600 > 3600 ATK / 2800 > 3800 DEF).

Uses "Magician's Valkyria" to attack "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

Seto activates "Attack Guidance Armor" to redirect "Magician's Valkyria's" attack to "Peten the Dark Clown". "Peten the Dark Clown" is destroyed.

Since a DARK Fiend-Type monster with 500 or less ATK was destroyed by battle, Seto can activate "Deck Destruction Virus'" effect: It sends 10 random cards from Yami Yugi's Deck to his Graveyard, including "Dark Magician Girl". (Yami Yugi's Deck: 9)

Thanks to "Peten the Dark Clown's" effect, Seto removes it from play to Special Summon another "Peten the Dark Clown" (500 ATK / 1200 DEF) from his Deck in Defense Position.

Turn 9: Kaiba

1 turn has passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: In 4 turns, Seto must discard his entire hand.

Draws "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

Activates "Polymerization": Seto fuses "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on the field with 2 Blue-Eyes White Dragons" in his hand to form "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500 ATK / 3800 DEF) in Attack Position.

Uses "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" to attack & destroy "Magician's Valkyria" (Yugi: 2400 > 1500 Life Points).

Turn 10: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 8)

Activates his face-down "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Dark Magician Girl" (2000 ATK / 1700 DEF) in Attack Position.

(NOTE: It was one of the cards sent to the Graveyard by "Deck Destruction Virus").

Activates his face-down "Sage's Stone": Since he controls "Dark Magician Girl", he can Special Summon "Dark Magician" (2500 ATK / 2100 DEF) from his Deck in Attack Position. (Yami Yugi's Deck: 7)

Tributes "Dark Magician Girl" and "Dark Magician" to Special Summon "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" (3200 ATK / 2800 DEF) from his hand in Attack Position.

Uses "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" to attack "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon"

Thanks to Sorcerer of Dark Magic's" effect, Seto's monsters lose ATK equal to the number of Spellcaster-Type monsters in Yami Yugi's Graveyard × 500.

With 3 monsters ("Magician's Valkyria", "Dark Magician Girl" and "Dark Magician"), Seto's monsters lose 3 × 500 = 1500 ATK ("Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon": 4500 > 3000 ATK).

(NOTE: In the real game, "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" does not have this effect).

"Sorcerer of Dark Magic" destroys "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (Seto: 2300 > 2100 Life Points).

Turn 11: Kaiba

2 turns have passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: in three turns Seto must discard his entire hand.
Passes.

Turn 12: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 6)

Uses "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" to attack Seto's "Peten the Dark Clown".
- Thanks to Sorcerer of Dark Magic's" effect, Seto's monsters lose ATK equal to the number of Spellcaster-Type monsters in Yami Yugi's Graveyard × 500.
  - With 3 monsters ("Magician's Valkyria", "Dark Magician Girl" and "Dark Magician"), Seto's monsters lose 3 × 500 = 1500 ATK ("Peten the Dark Clown": 500 > 0 ATK).

Since a DARK Fiend-Type monster with 500 or less ATK was destroyed by battle, Seto tries to activate "Deck Destruction Virus's" effect (NOTE: in the real game, "Peten the Dark Clown" is a Spellcaster-Type).
- Thanks to Yami's "Sorcerer of Dark Magic's" other special ability, "Deck Destruction Virus" is negated and destroyed (NOTE: in the real game, this ability is slighty different).

Turn 13: Kaiba

Three turns have passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: in two turns Seto must discard his entire hand.
Draws "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon".
Activates Spell Card "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500 ATK / 3800 DEF) back from his Graveyard in Attack Position.
Seto Tributes "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" to "Special Summon" "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF) in Attack Position.
- With five Dragon-Type monsters in his Graveyard, "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's" ATK increases by 5 × 300 = 1500 ("Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon": 3000 → 4500 ATK / 2500 DEF). (NOTE: There should be 6 Dragons in Seto's Graveyard, as Paladin of White Dragon is in fact a dragon. Unless "Paladin of White Dragon" was not a Dragon in the anime, then Seto would have won the Duel at this point).
Uses "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to attack Yugi's "Sorcerer of Dark Magic".
- Thanks to Yugi's "Sorcerer of Dark Magic's" special ability, Seto's monsters should lose ATK and DEF equal to the number of Spellcaster-Type monsters in Yugi's Graveyard × 500. With 3 such monsters ("Magician's Valkyria", "Dark Magician Girl", and "Dark Magician"), Seto's monsters should lose 3 × 500 = 1500 ATK and DEF (NOTE: in the real game, "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" does not have this special ability).
  - The second special ability of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" negates the effect of Sorcerer of Dark Magic (NOTE: in the real game, "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" can only negate the effects that target it). "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" is destroyed (Yami: 1500 > 200 Life Points)

Turn 14: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 5)

Draws and Summons "Big Shield Gardna" (100 ATK / 2600 DEF) in Defense Position.

Turn 15: Kaiba

Four turns have passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: next turn Seto must discard his entire hand.
Draws "Return from the Different Dimension".
Sets a card.
Uses "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to attack & destroy Yugi's "Big Shield Gardna".

Turn 16: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 4)

Draws and Activates Spell Card "Pot of Greed" to draw 2 cards. Yami draws "Watapon", which allows him to Special Summon it immediately to the field (200 ATK / 300 DEF) in Defense Position. (Yami Yugi's Deck: 2)
Summons "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian" (1400 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Defense Position.

Turn 17: Kaiba

Draws "Spear Dragon".
Five turns have passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: Seto must discard his entire hand (he only has "Spear Dragon").
- With another Dragon-Type monster in his Graveyard, Seto's "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" gains a further 300 ATK ("Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon": 4500 → 4800 ATK / 2500 DEF).
Activates "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's" third special ability: Seto can Tribute it to destroy any card on the field. He intends to destroy his "Pyramid of Light", with the intent of releasing and using Yugi's own Egyptian God cards to defeat him. (NOTE: In the real game, "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" does not have this effect).
However, Anubis appears and uses his power to prevent the Pyramid's destruction. He then knocks Kaiba unconscious and takes his place in the Duel (Life Points included).

MOV-Yugi-vs-Anubis-Duel5 — **Yami Yugi vs. Anubis**

Turn 17: Anubis (Kaiba's Turn continued)

Special Summons "Andro Sphinx" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF) and "Sphinx Teleia" (2500 ATK / 3000 DEF) from his Deck in Attack Position using the effect of Pyramid of Light.

Turn 18: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 1)

Draws "Reverse of Reverse".
Sets a card.

Turn 19: Anubis

Sets a card.
Uses "Sphinx Teleia" to attack & destroy Yugi's "Obnoxious Celtic Guard" (NOTE: for some unexplained reason, "Obnoxious Celtic Guard's" special ability is not activated and does not prevent its own destruction; also, "Sphinx Teleia's" second special ability is not activated, which would have otherwise caused Yugi to lose the Duel. Yugi does mention "Obnoxious Celtic Guard"'s effect in the Japanese version of the film, and is shocked when it doesn't activate, but there is no explanation as to why it didn't work; it is assumed that "Sphinx Teleia" has an anime-exclusive ability to counter Effect Monsters' abilities that would prevent their destruction as long as Battle Damage is negated).
Uses "Andro Sphinx" to attack & destroy Yugi's "Watapon".
- Thanks to "Andro Sphinx's" second special ability, Yugi is inflicted damage equal to half the ATK of his destroyed monster i.e 200 / 2 = 100 damage (Yami: 200 → 100 Life Points).

Turn 20: Yami Yugi
(Yami Yugi's Deck: 0)

Draws his last card in his deck and Activates Spell Card "Double Spell" (NOTE: due to a mistake in the English version of the movie, the card Yami is holding is actually "Diffusion Wave-Motion", yet he declares he is activating "Double Spell"): Yami discards "Exchange" to get and activate "Monster Reborn" from Seto's Graveyard, and Special Summons "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF) in Attack Position (NOTE: in the real game, this would not be possible since "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" cannot be Special Summoned except by Tributing "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon").
Activates "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's" third special ability: Yami Tributes it to destroy Seto/Anubis's "Pyramid of Light". Since in the meantime from within the Millenium Puzzle, Yugi managed to use the "Dagger of Fate" to destroy the Eye of the Pyramid, this time "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's" Shining Nova effect works (NOTE: In the real game, "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" does not have a Shining Nova effect).
- The souls of Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Téa are returned to their bodies.
- Since "Pyramid of Light" is no longer on the field, Anubis's "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's" and Special Summons it (3500 ATK / 3000 DEF) to the field. (NOTE: "Theinen the Great Sphinx" cannot be placed face-down like this in the real game; it is unknown if Anubis was playing it in Defense Mode or in the Magic or Trap Zone; regardless, this is illegal and unnecessary since "Theinen the Great Sphinx"'s level is too high to be placed on the field like that, it cannot be summoned unless "Andro Sphinx" and "Sphinx Teleia" are destroyed, and monsters cannot be placed in the Magic and Trap Zone; Anubis could have Special Summoned "Theinen the Great Sphinx" from his hand after the destruction of the other two monsters.)
    - Anubis activates the Pyramid of Light around his neck, releasing the dead souls trapped within and infusing their power into "Theinen the Great Sphinx". Its ATK rises ten-fold to 35000 ("Theinen the Great Sphinx": 3500 → 35000 ATK / 3000 DEF) (NOTE: In the real game, "Theinen the Great Sphinx" increases its ATK by paying 500 Life Points and it is only by 3000 points).
Yami activates "Reverse of Reverse": he is able to activate Seto's face-down "Return from the Different Dimension", paying half his Life Points (Yami: 100 → 50 Life Points) to Special Summon his three Egyptian God cards: "Obelisk the Tormentor" (4000 ATK / 4000 DEF), Slifer the Sky Dragon" (X000 > 0 ATK / X000 > 0 DEF), and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" (? > 0 ATK / ? > 0 DEF).
Combines "Obelisk the Tormentor's", "Slifer the Sky Dragon", and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" to destroy all of opponent's monsters and inflinct infinite points of direct damage using a special attack, Titan Firestorm. "Theinen the Great Sphinx" is destroyed (Anubis: 2100 → 0 Life Points). Yami wins.

Cards used in the movie

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

External links

Página Oficial Yu-Gi-Oh! La Película

Trivia

The movie aired in theaters in North America, Europe, 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 Japanese version is known to run 11 minutes longer.
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 is originally in 90 minutes. Many scenes in the English version were omitted, switched, and some were altered.
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light hit theaters in North America before the Battle City Finals episodes aired, somewhat spoiling the ending for those who saw the movie.
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light hit Special Screenings and on TV Tokyo in Japan after Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime) 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.
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light 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 BC"! 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 non-existence of Pharaoh Atem cannot be proven (or disproved).
In the United States, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light is the only part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe to have the text on the cards included. Unlike the Japanese original version, the English Dub 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! second series anime, 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. This is not true, for the final of the tournament was against Marik Ishtar / Dark Marik (scenes of Yugi receiving the final Egyptian God card from Marik are however correctly included).
Much like the early Pokémon theatrical releases, the movie released limited-edition promotional cards alongside the tickets bought for the movie. To further stretch the card game tie-in, an exclusive movie 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. This was not true for many versions, as it required a large payment to be sent to 4Kids Entertainment to be able to receive those cards.
- The cards were "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon", "Sorcerer of Dark Magic", "Watapon", and "Pyramid of Light".
The movie character, Anubis, does not exist within the anime or manga (outside of this movie).
Much against Yu-Gi-Oh! North-American habits, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light also featured an unusual amount of violence compared to the anime series:
- 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 Grandpa Muto's reading of the prophecy.
- Violent comments like "Soon worms will feast your flesh, just as they did on mine" and "You will be destroyed" are used by Anubis.
- No censorship is applied on mummies being dismembered or Yugi's silhouette getting "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'.
- Pegasus makes a direct reference to "wine spritzers", where alcoholic beverages are usually changed to something else in the dub. (Usually fruit juice.)
- Near the end, Kaiba says the word "bull" (short for the swear word). This is as close as the English anime got to a full-on swear word, unless you count "crap" 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.
The movie was parodied by LittleKuriboh and released online as Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Movie on June 18, 2007.
A few times during the movie, Seto Kaiba's hair glowed green, which could be a 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 movie.
In the beginning of the movie, a group of archaeologists discovered Anubis's tomb. Their appearance is similar to the archaeologists who discovered the Dark Puzzle in the first episode of the first series.