History Characters / YuGiOhCardGameGToI

* GlassCannon: Most of their top tier Xyz monsters have super powerful destruction abilities and very high ATK but often suffer from low DEF and lack of protection effects. Both [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Number_40:_Gimmick_Puppet_of_Strings Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings]] and its beefed up [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Number_C40:_Gimmick_Puppet_of_Dark_Strings counterpart]] in particular boast wickedly impressive offensive power and monster removal skills but only have 2000 DEF each to withstand possible retaliation. As a result they can easily be taken out if forced into defense mode by any half decent level 5 or 6 tribute monster or even an upper tier level 4 monster. They did eventually get cards like Bisque Doll (which only lasts until the end of your turn, and as such is primarily for ensuring your monsters land a good hit rather than protecting them from retaliation) and Condolence Puppet to help keep their boss monsters around a bit longer, though.
* GoodCounterpart: "Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo"'s ability and appearance are also the opposite of "Gimmick Puppet: Giant Grinder" and "Heaven's String". While most "Gimmick Puppets" have somewhat disturbing and grotesque appearances, this card looks more righteous and benevolent. Also, unlike "Giant Grinder" and "Gimmick Puppet of Strings", this card does not involve destroying monsters or inflicts damage at the opponent. Instead this card involves winning through a peaceful method.
* {{Homage}}: Gimmick Puppet Nightmare resembles a low corpse count Legion, from the Konami series Castlevania.

* KingOfBeasts: Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo being a lion sitting on a throne could mean it is the "king" of the "Gimmick Puppets", just like the lion is said to be the king of the jungle.

* WeakButSkilled: "Gimmick Puppet" monsters don't have high ATK (the strongest being the level four "Gimmick Puppet Egg Head"), but have effects ranging from stalling, swarming and even Summoning monsters to the opponent's side of the field for effect manipulation. Their main strategy seems to be taking advantage of the opponent's monsters with high ATK to deal Effect Damage with their ace monsters, "Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings" and "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder". "Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo" offers an alternate victory strategy with its effect.
** Having said that, if you can prevent them from XYZ summoning, there's not a lot else they can do unless the player's trap/spell lineup has an answer for it.

[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5276.jpg]]

[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aitsu_madu_en_vg_artwork.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:How does he stay on that thing?]]

[[folder:I:P Masquerena]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ipmasquerena_lod2_jp_vg_artwork.png]]

'''[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/I:P_Masquerena I:P Masquerena]]''' is a DARK Cyberse Link 2 Link Monster released in ''Chaos Impact''. She has the unique ability to perform a Link Summon in the opponent's main phase using herself and other link materials.\\\

She is lore-wise related to the S-Force archetype and the general S-Force setting. Her official lore is briefly described in ''Master Guide 6'', which described her as a courier that steals and delivers illegal data.

* AssistCharacter: Masquerena has no effects herself save for her link summoning effect, but this ability allows her to be used as a stepping stone to summon link monsters with effects triggered on summon, allowing them to disrupt the opponent's plays on their turn. Or, she can be used to put down specific link boss monsters to counter the board the opponent is setting up.
* CoolMask: She wears a DominoMask-like headdress, presumably as a reference to her name, ''Masque''rena. However, she doesn't put it on her face in any of her artworks.
* {{Emoticon}}: The tongue sticking out expression she makes in her artwork is a reference to the ":P" part of her name. EM:P Gremeowde, a gadget presumably made by her, even sports the same expression as her in the card artwork.
* {{EMP}}: Weaponized with EM:P Gremeowde, a EMP grenade tossed by I:P Masquerena, as seen in its card artwork. Both of its effects support I:P Masquerena, a Link-2 Monster.
* MeaningfulName: Her name is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation IP masquerading]], a technique that hides an IP address. The quote for her alternate icon mentions this about her: "Ever mercurial, she shifts her style to match the situation and her mood." Basically, she masquerades (changes her outfit on a whim) to avoid getting caught.
* MsFanservice: She definitely qualifies, with her first artwork showing off her toned stomach and her second artwork has her wearing a SpyCatsuit.
* PhantomThief: I:P Masquerena is a data thief who masks and changes her own appearance to hide her identity from others.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: The artwork of Little Opposition shows a mysterious figure who may or not be Rappa Chiyomaru saving I:P Masquerena from Nightchaser.
* TheRival: She acts as a rival for Rappa Chiyomaru as the latter is chasing her with Dog Tag's assistance in the artwork for S-Force Chase.
* RollerbladeGood: She wears rollerblades as a part of her default outfit.
* StatusBuff: She gives the Link Monsters she summons immunity to card effect destruction.

[[folder:Ice]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ice_5.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300: Ice Master. [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 The cold never bothered her anyway.]]]]
'''[[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Ice Ice]]''' monsters, known as '''Snow''' in the OCG, are a series of Aqua-Type Monsters that distribute Ice Counters to enemy monsters, with effects that weaken or destroy them for having such counters on them. They're used in the manga by Asuka Tenjouin/[[DubNameChange Alexis Rhodes]], and should not be confused with the White Night monsters she used while in the Society of Light in the anime, which have a similar aesthetic of ice-themed monsters but do not use Ice Counters, and most have not been released in real life.
----

* ContinuityCameo: Ice Master bears a resemblence to Alexis Rhodes whilst under the control of Sartorius when she was in the Society of Light due to the white clothing and blond hair. Alexis also temporarily used a deck based around ice cards while she was being controlled and her manga deck includes this card.
* HarmlessFreezing: Snowdust Dragon's effect, which indicates that it freezes its foes in blocks of ice.
* KillItWithIce: Ice Master's effect, which destroys every monster on the field with Ice Counters at the cost of dying in the process. This means this spell is so powerful, her life force is spent trying to cast it.
* LizardFolk: Snowdust Giant appears to be a humanoid/hybrid version of Snowdust Dragon.
[[/folder]]

* {{Emoticon}}: The tongue sticking out expression she makes in her artwork is a reference to the ":P" part of her name.

* {{EMP}}: Weaponized with EM:P Gremeowde, a EMP grenade tossed by I:P Masquerena, as seen its card artwork. Both of its effects support I:P Masquerena, a Link-2 Monster.

'''[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Horus_the_Black_Flame_Dragon Horus the Black Flame Dragon]]''' is an archetype of FIRE Dragon-Type LV monsters whose effects revolve around negating opposing Spell Cards. Included alongside them is Horus' Servant, a Beast-Warrior-Type monster who provides extra protection from card effects. In 2023, the archetype was expanded into the general "Horus" archetype with the introduction of a new wave of support based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_sons_of_Horus four sons of Horus]] -- Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef -- a group of Level 8 monsters that can Special Summon themselves from the Graveyard if the user controls the Continuous Spell Card [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Pharaonic_Sarcophagus Pharaonic Sarcophagus]] and have effects that trigger when the user's cards are removed from the field by an opponent's card effect.

* PerversePuppet: This is their main [[IncrediblyLamePun gimmick.]] Each of their members looks like a demonic entity fused itself with a child's toy to become the stuff of nightmares.

* MeaningfulName: Her name is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation IP masquerading]], a technique that hides an IP address.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: As stated above, the Goyo monsters (barring Goyo Defender) have an effect that allows their user to take control of monsters they destroy in battle. However, this ability is depicted in the anime as holding the defeated monster captive. Goyo King takes it further by being able to choose to take control of either the opposing monsters he destroys or ones still on the field. Goyo Emperor goes even further than that by being able to take control of monsters the opponent Special Summons by tributing an EARTH Warrior Synchro Monster and allows captured opposing monsters to take control of monsters ''they'' destroy, but has the rather risky drawback of returning all captured monsters to their owner when he leaves the field.

** For each other EARTH Warrior-Type Synchro Monster on the field, Goyo Chaser's ATK is increased by 300.
** If he's targeted for an attack, Goyo Defender gains 1000 ATK for each other EARTH Warrior-Type Synchro Monster you control.

* WeakButSkilled: Goyo Defender may only be a Level 3 Synchro Monster with 1000 ATK and DEF and can't take control of destroyed monsters like the others can, but his effects are quite useful since he can summon other copies of himself from the Extra Deck and increase his ATK in case he is attacked.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: As stated above, the Goyo monsters (barring Goyo Defender) have an effect that allows their user to take control of monsters they destroy in battle. However, this ability is depicted in the anime as holding the defeated monster captive. Goyo King takes it a step further by being able to choose to take control of another opposing monster on the field that wasn't his attack target. Goyo Emperor goes even further than that by allowing captured monsters to take control of monsters they destroy and can immediately take control of Special Summoned monsters by tributing an EARTH Warrior-Type Synchro Monster you control, but has the rather risky drawback of returning all captured monsters to their owner when he leaves the field.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Goyo Guardian can only be Synchro Summoned with a Tuner that is EARTH attribute, yet Ushio was able to summon him in his third duel against Yusei using Torapart, a Tuner that is DARK attribute. Zig-zagged in that Guardian initially was able to be summoned using a Tuner of any Attribute, until his GameBreaker of an Effect (which put him on the banlist in the early ''5D's'' era and only got off after much PowerCreep) [[{{Nerf}} led to him being errata'd in the OCG and TCG respectively to specifically require one that was EARTH]].

* RecurringExtra: Whenever there's a new summoning mechanic introduced, there's going to be a Gaia monster for it..

** Riryoku Guardian is a faithful recreation of the manga version of Riryoku, stealing half your opponent's LP, then adding it to the ATK of one of your monsters.

* AchillesHeel: The Field Spell is the engine which the entire Generaider engine runs on; without the Field Spell, the Generaiders lose their ability to be instantly Special Summoned from the deck and all the Generaider Tokens to be used as tribute fodder.

** Ghostrick Datenshi/Spoiled Angel was potentially going to experience this, with her originally going to be changed to the incredibly lame "Dorklord". Fortunately, Konami apparently caught on to how terrible the proposed name was going to be, and instead named her "Ghostrick Angel of Mischief".

* LongGame: Ghostrick psychology in a nutshell. They're evasive, defensive, and tricky, often referred to as a bit of a trolling deck to the unprepared. However, it takes time to build up those moves and time to execute some of their more complicated plots. It's not a deck that wins duels quickly.

* {{Nerf}}:
** Any battle damage inflicted by the monster Special Summoned with Goyo Predator's effect is halved during the turn it was summoned. This restriction wasn't present in the anime.
** The first effect of Goyo Emperor does not work on Pendulum Monsters since they are not sent to the graveyard when destroyed. This was not the case in the anime, due to the effect being slightly different.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Japanese artwork for all the Harpies has straps over their breasts, which are rather large, and nothing else covering their torsos. The English art covers them up entirely. Oddly enough, the initial releases of the original Harpie Lady and Harpie Girl cards didn't cover them up at all; the edits were only introduced in later releases.

* NonIndicativeName: A few. Penciplume is clearly a fountain pen with a plume, not a pencil. And Candoll is a candle and its flame, with no doll in the art.

* MookMaker: Their Field Spell, Generaider Boss Stage, lets you fill as much of your field as possible with Generaider Tokens, but they're destroyed when then turn ends. Their main purpose is to serve as tribute fodder for the effects of the Generaider Bosses.

* SenpaiKohai: Gagaga Girl calls Gagaga Magician "(Gagaga) Senpai" in the original Japanese dub.

* PeekABangs: Mary's right eye is covered by her hair.

* FourElementEnsemble: Aitsu, Koitsu, Soitsu, and Doitsu are FIRE, WATER, WIND, and EARTH attribute monsters respectively.

* OffModel: The original art for the Harpie Lady card had her wings coming from behind her hair, implying that they were placed on her back, while all other depictions of the monster show them being part of her arms.

[[folder:Horus the Black Flame Dragon / Horus]]

'''[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Horus_the_Black_Flame_Dragon Horus the Black Flame Dragon]]''' is an archetype of FIRE Dragon-Type LV monsters whose effects revolve around negating opposing Spell Cards. Included alongside them is Horus' Servant, a Beast-Warrior-Type monster who provides extra protection from card effects. In 2023, the archetype was expanded into the general "Horus" archetype with the introduction of a new wave of support based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_sons_of_Horus Four sons of Horus]] -- Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef -- a group of Level 8 monsters that can Special Summon themselves from the Graveyard if the user controls the Continuous Spell Card [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Pharaonic_Sarcophagus Pharaonic Sarcophagus]] and have effects that trigger when the user's cards are removed from the field by an opponent's card effect.

[[folder:Horus the Black Flame Dragon]]

'''[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Horus_the_Black_Flame_Dragon Horus the Black Flame Dragon]]''' is an archetype of FIRE Dragon-Type LV monsters whose effects revolve around negating opposing Spell Cards. Included alongside them is Horus' Servant, a Beast-Warrior-Type monster who provides extra protection from card effects.

* BladeOnAStick: Gaia's weapon changes appearances and sometimes he wields one or two, but he's always charging into battle with a lance.

* BackFromTheDead: Each Ghoti Tuner has an effect that Special Summons themselves after they were banished, with [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Paces,_Light_of_the_Ghoti Paces]] and [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Shif,_Fairy_of_the_Ghoti Shif]] coming back on each Standby-Phase and [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Zep,_Ruby_of_the_Ghoti Zep]] Special Summoning itself if it was banished on the opponent's turn.

** The Gate Guardian fusions are able to use their effects a number of times per turn reflecting their number of components, referencing how Gate Guardian was able to attack and defend its pieces individually, even if it was missing one. They can also summon one of their components when destroyed (or, in the case of Gate Guardians Combined, summon a lower-leveled Gate Guardian), similar to how the anime Gate Guardian had to be taken out one piece at a time.

* AchillesHeel: The archetype is reliant on controlling Crystal Heart in order to reach its full potential, so the opponent removing it from the board or negating its effects will deal a huge blow to the deck.

* RecurringExtra: Whenever there's a new summoning mechanic introduced, there's going to be a Gaia monster for it.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** In his earliest form, Gaia was a monster with 2300 attack points that required two tributes to summon, making it an extremely inefficient card to play. Even in that state though, by fusing Gaia with the Curse of Dragon, you could get Gaia the Dragon Champion. Pretty much every copy of the card released since (Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight, Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth, Gaia Drake, the Universal Force, etc.) has had him take more levels each time and either made it easier for him to be summoned or granted additional abilities to compensate for his attack values, with some even doing both. He also [[TookALevelInBadass took another level]] as [[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Gaia_Dragon,_the_Thunder_Charger Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger]], who is the third Xyz Monster able to use Xyz Change.

* DoWellButNotPerfect: Zig-zagged. Gigarays's effect changes depending on how many Gandora monsters with different names are in your graveyard. At 3 or more, Gigarays banishes all cards in the graveyards as well as all other cards on the field. Without any Gandora cards in the graveyard, Gigarays can no longer use its field wipe ability. But on the other hand, banishing all cards in the graveyards can boost its ATK enough to take out the now-defenseless opponent's life points.

* TookALevelInBadass: Gearfried the Iron Knight is a somewhat unremarkable monster, but its later cards would gain better effects and ATK/DEF stats.

* CripplingOverspecialization: They're pretty good at churning out Rank 8 Xyz Monsters... and that's about it. Their Main Deck monsters are universally garbage on their own, they lack good ways to make other Ranks (barring a handful of Level 4 monsters), and they have no cards to facilitate other types of Summons, so if you can lock down their Xyz Summoning they're pretty much screwed.

* TookALevelInBadass:
** "Gravekeeper's Oracle" is most likely "Gravekeeper's Descendant" once he has taken over for "Gravekeeper's Visionary", since "Saniwa" and "Visionary" have the same ATK. "Oracle" is also sitting in the same chair as Visionary and is wearing similar clothing.
** "Gravekeeper's Shaman" is the older version of "Gravekeeper's Priestess".
** "Gravekeeper's Supernaturalist" is a fusion monster version of "Gravekeeper's Heretic"

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: "Barrel Dragon's" artwork is one of the more extreme edits that isn't just a complete redrawing. His three revolvers have been edited to look more like laser guns, effectively equipping him with a "laser discharge system". Special effects have been added to emphasize this point, resulting in the edit looking much brighter than the original. In the anime, the edit has probably been done to make it more suitable for children and this is the reason why the "russian roulette" process is completely omitted in episode 32.

* TheOneGuy: Sort of. Sky Scout was once called "Harpie's Brother", making him the only male of the group, and he looks like a Harpie too. However his Japanese name has always been "Birdman", so he isn't an official part of the series. This is why until his named was errata'd that English cards of the theme specified they effect "Harpie" monsters ''except'' Harpie's Brother. Closer examples would be Swift Birdman Joe, Storm Shooter, and Sonic Shooter, which more closely resemble male versions of the Harpies (with wings on their arms rather than their backs and some similarly-designed armor; Joe even has pointed ears and a similar card background to Harpie Lady 1, 2, and 3).

* TookALevelInBadass:
** The original Harpie Lady was a fairly unremarkable normal monster. Three "retrained" versions give her handy effects, and Cyber Harpie boosts her ATK.
** Even though Harpie's Pet Phantasmal Dragon loses the powerup effect of the original, it gains the ability to protect Harpies on the player's side of the field and directly attack the opponent.

* TookALevelInBadass:
** Metaphys Horus is this to Horus [=LV6=], with it having three different effects that trigger depending on the kind of monsters used for its Synchro Summon.
** Dark Horus is this to Horus [=LV8=], with it being able to Special Summon a Level 4 DARK monster from your Graveyard after a Spell Card that was activated during your opponent's Main Phase is resolved.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Gunkan_Suship_Chef%27s_Choice "Gunkan Suship Chef's Choice"]] plays into the process of ordering sushi, with the player as the "chef" and the opponent the "customer". You reveal your Gunkan Xyz Monster as a "recommendation" in its main effect, but the opponent's choice of Gunkan monster that goes to your hand doesn't have to be on the Xyz Monster you recommended. Opponents who are unfamiliar with the archetype would generally go with the recommendation, but those who know the full menu have free reign of the search. And you force the opponent to pay up for each order made (from their LP) if they destroy the spell.