History Anime / YuGiOhTheMoviePyramidOfLight

** The first part of the OpeningNarration is the "Long ago, when the pyramids were still young" speech from the early episodes of the anime.

* YouCantKilLWhatsAlreadyDead: Joey and Tristan run into this problem when they kick and punch mummies' heads and arms off and they still keep coming.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When Anubis assumes his OneWingedAngel form at the climax, this allows Duel Monster cards to become real, which means that Yugi and Yami can use the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's "Shining Nova" ability to destroy Anubis for good.

-->'''Kaiba:''' For all the times you humiliated me in a duel, when CLEARLY '''''I''''' should have been Champion! For all the times I had to listen to you ''preach'' about the '''''HEART''''' ''OF THE'' '''''CARDS!!!'''''

* HeroInsurance: Lampshaded. After Anubis' defeat, Kaiba leaves in a huff, and Grandpa says, "I'm glad he didn't bring up all the damage you all did to his Duel Dome, because I ''really'' don't think his insurance is gonna cover this!"

* HeroInsurance: Lampshaded. After Anubis' defeat, Kaiba leaves in a huff, and Grandpa says, "I'm glad he didn't bring up the damage you all did to his Duel Dome, because I ''really'' don't think his insurance is gonna pay for it!"

* AndThisIsFor: Kaiba has a moment of this after he attacks Yugi with Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.

** The first part of the OpeningNarration is lifted almost word-for-word from the first episode.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Anubis pulls this on Kaiba, knocking him out and taking his place in the duel against Yugi.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Anubis, the Egyptian God of the dead.

* ParentalBonus: Pegasus, waking up in the middle of the night from a nightmare, simply mutters, "No more white wine spritzers before bed..."

* AndThisIsFor: Kaiba has a moment of this when he's about to attack Yugi with his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
-->'''Kaiba:''' For all the times you defeated me in a duel, when CLEARLY '''''I''''' should have been Champion! For all the times I had to listen to you ''preach'' about the '''''HEART''''' ''OF THE'' '''''CARDS!!!'''''

-->'''Kaiba:''' For all the times you defeated me in a duel, when CLEARLY '''I''' should have been Champion! For all the times I had to listen to you ''preach'' about the '''''HEART''''' OF THE '''''CARDS'''''!!!

** In the manga, the original explanation for how Yugi's grandpa go the Puzzle was it found by a team of British archaeologists who all died mysteriously. In Pyramid of Light these archaeologists find a mysterious artifact and also die, but not before passing it to the museum.

* ArtifactOfDoom: Anubis's Pyramid of Light, which he uses to call a Shadow Game, summon cards into reality, and orchestrate his revival. In the past he apparently used it to destroy the world, and in the finale [[spoiler:he uses it to turn into a monster]]. The Pyramid of Light card can also count, as it banishes the Gods and Anubis planted it for Kaiba to find.

* ArtifactOfDoom: Anubis's Pyramid of Light, which he uses to call a Shadow Game, summon cards into reality, and orchestrate his revival. In the past he apparently used it to destroy the world, and in the finale [[spoiler:he uses it to turn into a monster]]. The Pyramid of Light card can also count, as it banishes the Gods.

** Yami Yugi apparently duels and defeats Kaiba again early on, only for it to be revealed as a simulation.

* CallBack: Tea reminds her friends of the smiley face she drew on their hands in the first episode, which inspires them to fight Anubis.

* EverybodyHatesHades: Anubis is not, by any means, a malevolent god in Egyptian mythology. Here, Yami's mere mention that he is the Egyptian god of the dead seems to be concrete proof that he's up to no good. Since the movie mainly refers to him as a sorcerer, it's implied Anubis isn't the ''actual'' Anubis but was named after him, or deluded into thinking he was.

* EvilPlan: Anubis' plan was to manipulate Kaiba into killing the Pharaoh, using his life energy to restore his body and begin his conquest of the world.

Yami Yugi and Kaiba engage in a duel, which soon turns dangerous when Anubis manipulates Kaiba into using the Pyramid of Light card, which covers the field in a huge replica of the actual pyramid and destroys the God Cards. Worse, a Shadow Game has taken effect, meaning when players lose life points they lose their life energy, and Yugi and his friends are trapped inside the Millennium Puzzle, where Anubis awaits his rebirth. It's up to Yugi to save Kaiba and rid the world of the evil Anubis.

* ArtifactOfDoom: Anubis's Pyramid of Light, which he uses to call a Shadow Game, summon cards into reality, and orchestrate his revival. In the past he apparently used it to destroy the world, and in the finale [[spoiler:he uses it to turn into a monster]]. The Pyramid of Light card can also count.

* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse, Kaiba is too blinded by his yearn for revenge to even ''try'' to find information on the Pyramid of Light. Seeing as Pegasus ''does'' find it and uses the knowledge to pull a BigDamnHeroes, Kaiba has no excuse.