The WORST episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Every episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters!
Follows the adventures of high school student Yugi, who has a magical secret that comes to life when he plays his favorite card game: 'Duel Monsters.
#1 - The Master Of Magicians (Part 3 of 3)
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/3/2001
As the duel between Arkana and Yugi continues, both sides struggle to beat the other, pitting Dark Magician against Dark Magician. However, Yugi has a secret weapon in Dark Magician Girl. Meanwhile, Joey and the other's continue the search for the secret duelling arena.
#2 - The Ties of Friendship (Part 2 of 2)
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 2/13/2001
As Rebecca summons the Shadow Ghoul, it seems like there is no way for Yugi to win. However as Yugi and his friends wonder how he can defeat the mysterious duellist, Yugi's grandpa already knows how the duel is going to end, having played the exact same match himself many years before.
#3 - Legendary Heroes (Part 1 of 3)
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 2/20/2001
The traitorous board of directors of Kaiba Corporation trap Seto Kaiba inside his own virtual reality game. Mokuba recruits Yugi and Joey to free him from this ultimate game, where the cost of losing is death.
#4 - The Dark One Cometh (3)
Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 8/11/2004
The Pharaoh summons the Three Egyptian Gods to combat Zorc. Meanwhile, at the tabletop, Bakura claims that he'll return to his original form and both leave the table and join with their 3000-year old counterparts. Zorc defeats the Gods by covering the sun, wiping their strength out.
#5 - Spiritual Awakening
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/14/2004
Dark Bakura kidnaps Mokuba and forces Kaiba to duel him. Planning to claim the power of the Blue-Eyes as his own, Bakura attacks using a new deck of Egyptian-themed cards, including his spirit beast, Diabound. Diabound is able to absorb some of the power of the Blue-Eyes, and Bakura abandons the duel. However, he leaves a parting gift for Kaiba - the Millennium Eye.
#6 - Everything's Relative (Part 1 of 3)
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/6/2000
If Yugi is eliminated from the tournament, Kaiba Corporation's crooked Board of Directors will transfer control of the company from Kaiba to Pegasus. Kaiba's younger brother, Mokuba, challenges Yugi to a duel not only to protect his brother's company but to regain their honor. Is Pegasus successfully manipulating possible allies against each other?.
#7 - Into The Hornet's Nest (Part 1 of 2)
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/9/2000
As the Duelist Kingdom tournament begins, Maximillion Pegasus explains that only those who can win a total of ten Star Chips will be qualified to enter the finals. Determined to take his revenge on Weevil for throwing his Exodia cards overboard, Yugi is lured into the forest where a duelling arena appears. Once the duel begins, Weevil quickly begins to exploit the advantages of Pegasus's new rules system in an attempt to gain an early lead, but Yugi is no novice and won't be as easy to defeat as Weevil hopes.
#8 - Journey to the Duelist Kingdom
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/2/2000
With his grandfather's soul taken by Maximillion Pegasus, Yugi has little choice but accept his offer to take part in the Duelist Kingdom tournament. Determined not to let his friend go it alone, Joey offers to come too, hoping that he may be able to win the tournament himself in order to raise the money for his sister Serenity's eye operation. As the two set off for Duelist Kingdom they do not realise that Tea and Tristan have also stowed away on board, not wanting to miss out on the fun. However things turn sour when Weevil Underwood, the Regional Champion, uses dirty tactics to prevent Yugi from ever summoning Exodia again.
#9 - Legendary Heroes (Part 2 of 3)
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 2/27/2001
The quest for Kaiba continues with a little help from Mai. But can Yugi and his friends adapt to a virtual world where the rules and strategies keep changing every step of the way.
#10 - The Gauntlet is Thrown
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/25/2000
After watching Yugi's skill in his duel against Seto Kaiba, Joey becomes determined that he will also make it as a duellist and asks Yugi's grandpa to train him. As the rigorous training regime begins to pay off, Joey learns a lot about strategy when he sees how Weevil Underwood crushed his opponent Rex Raptor's more powerful monsters with the help of a few Magic and Trap cards. However the real tactics begin when Yugi is forced into a timed duel against the mysterious Maximillion Pegasus who seems able to predict his every move before he has even made it.
#11 - Arena of Lost Souls (Part 2 of 2)
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/22/2000
Joey falters under the onslaught of the seemingly unstoppable zombie monsters unleashed by Bonz, and, in an act of desperation, summons Time Wizard. But has his luck finally run out ?.
#12 - Dungeon Dice Monsters (Part 4 of 4)
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 4/3/2001
After Duke's all-powerful Orgoth The Relentless dices Yugi's entire cadre of monsters into shreds, Yugi only has one turn left before he loses all his heart points. Yugi's last hope rests in one final dice roll in the thrilling conclusion to Dungeon Dice Monsters.
#13 - Dungeon Dice Monsters (Part 1 of 4)
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 3/13/2001
A new student, Duke Devlin, defeats Joey in a game of Duel Monsters, forcing Joey to become his servant. Duke orders Joey to wear a dog costume and humiliates him in public, leading Yugi to challenge Duke to a duel. However, this will not be a Duel Monsters match but a new game of his creation - Dungeon Dice Monsters.
#14 - Shining Friendship
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/10/2000
After losing his duel to Kaiba, Yugi only has five star chips left and refuses to duel again, afraid he may not be able to control the spirit of the puzzle. Mai finally arrives at the castle, with the eight star chips she promised Yugi. However, Yugi will not take them. Tea has other idea's and challenges Mai in Yugi's place.
#15 - The Wrath of Rebecca (Part 1 of 2)
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 2/6/2001
When eight year-old Rebecca arrives in town to reclaim her Blue-Eyes White Dragon back from Yugi's grandpa, she and Yugi end up fighting each other in a duel for the card. But as Rebecca begins to bust out some familiar moves, Yugi's grandpa begins to suspect that Rebecca is related to a close friend of his. However as his grandpa watches from the sidelines, Yugi must find a way to defeat a mysterious duellist with a childish personality but some very serious duelling tactics.
#16 - Attack From the Deep
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/30/2000
Mako Tsunami, the master of the Sea Deck, lures Yugi into a duel on his own Sea playing field where all his monsters gain a field advantage. Can Yugi adapt to these new settings to turn the tide of battle?.
#17 - The Scars of Defeat
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/8/2000
Pegasus has a meeting with the KaibaCorp executives to plan their takeover, and to discuss Mokuba. Meanwhile, Kaiba himself returns to Duelist Kingdom looking for Mokuba. He lands at Yugi's campsite in the middle of the night, which results in a fight between him and Joey. Kaiba then challenges Joey to a duel using his new duel disk technology so he can test it for his duel against Pegasus.
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#18 - The Dueling Monkey (Part 1 of 2)
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/27/2000
Baited by Mai, Joey accepts a challenge to duel Rex Raptor without any aid from his friend's. But as Rex destroys Joey's best monsters, will the card given to him by Tristan remind him that with his friends he is never alone in battle.
#19 - Dungeon Dice Monsters (Part 2 of 4)
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 3/20/2001
In exchange for Joey's freedom, Yugi agrees to give up Duel Monsters forever if he loses. Unfamiliar with the rules, Yugi gets off to a rough start. His chances do not improve as Duke reveals that he designed Dungeon Dice Monsters with Pegasus's aid. Can Yugi learn the new complex rules, much less form a strategy, before he is defeated.
#20 - Arena of Lost Souls (Part 1 of 2)
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/15/2000
Joey is haunted by nightmares of Kaiba and his Blue Eyes White Dragon , but the nightmares soon become real as he is kidnapped by Bandit Keith's gang and taken to a sinister secret cave with a graveyard playing field. As Yugi and his friends search for him, Joey is forced into a duel with Bonz, unaware of what Bandit Keith has in store for him.
#21 - The Night Before
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 10/31/2000
Night falls on Duelist Kingdom and as Yugi and Mai prepare for the following day, Tristan leads an exploration party to uncover Pegasus's secrets. Meanwhile, Joey drifts into pleasant dream's, unaware of Bandit Keith's plan to eliminate him from the contest.
#22 - First Duel
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/23/2000
Joey's search for a dueling opponent lead's him to accept a challenge from veteran duelist, Mai Valentine. But when Mai begins to demonstrate an unnerving psychic-like ability, Joey becomes totally flustered, leaving him no choice but to figure out Mai's secret strategy before falling victim to it!
#23 - Keith's Machinations (Part 1 of 2)
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/21/2000
Joey frantically searches for the card that permits him to enter the final battle, not realizing Bandit Keith had stolen it from him the night before. Just as he is about to give in to despair, Joey receives help from a new, and unexpected, friend.
#24 - Face Off (Part 1 of 3)
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/19/2000
Using the magic of the Millennium Eye, Pegasus traps Mokuba's soul inside a card right before Kaiba's eyes. In order to earn the right to challenge Pegasus, Kaiba must first beat Yugi and take his star chips. The rematch between Yugi and Kaiba is about to begin.
#25 - The Ultimate Great Moth (Part 2 of 2)
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/16/2000
Yugi's first Duelist Kingdom duel continues, but despite turning the tables on Weevil things are far from over. Attempting to foil Weevil's plans, Yugi finds himself worse off than ever as his opponent summons the seemingly impenetrable Cocoon of Evolution. Is nothing in Yugi's deck strong enough to defeat this creature before the Ultimate Great Moth is summoned to the field?