History Recap / YugiohTheAbridgedSeriesS4E18RocksFallEveryoneDuels

* BadBadActing: Kaiba and Yami pretend they are having difficulty teaming up and totally didn't practice their moves together beforehand. Téa sees through it.

(the ledge collapses and Rafael falls to the ground screaming)\\

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Dartz spent all his previous appearances being portrayed as comical, ridiculous villain who nobody took seriously, but when dueling Yugi and Kaiba, he proves every bit as powerful and vicious as he was in canon. Not only that, but he also manages to put Yugi in an HeroicBSOD.

* ExactWords: Kaiba promises Yami the attack he is about to use won’t destroy a single one of his friends. He’s telling the truth… because the attack is reflected back to his monster, who then absorbs it and uses it as a ''second'' attack, which ''does'' eliminate ''all'' of Yami’s friends on the field.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: After spending the entire season driving the conflict with increasingly contrived Orichalcos bullshit, Dartz’s downfall is brought about by the Pharaoh beating him at his own game and doing whatever gamebreaking nonsense he wants with the Thiefshipping card.

* TakeThat: The US military is the butt of many insults this episode.

* BadBadActing: Kaiba and Yami pretend that are having difficulty working together and totally didn't practice their moves together beforehand. Téa sees through it.

* BadBadActing: Kaiba and Yami pretend that were having difficulty working together and didn't practice their moves. Téa sees through it.

* TheWorfEffect: Kaiba and Yami use their combo moves to summon Master of Dragon Soldier on their first turn, and it fails to end the game.

* BreakingSpeech: Dartz hits Yami with a brutal one. Yami attempts a ShutUpHannibal with Dartz telling him that he was an evil pharaoh, to which Dartz points out that he doesn't even need to bring up the past by sighting what JerkAss Yami has been since coming back to life. Yami suffers from a HeroicBSOD and nearly surrenders.

* TheCameo: [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Bastion Misawa]] pops up out of nowhere to lampshade that the Pharaoh’s MoreThanInfinite combo should be [[InsufferableGenius mathematically impossible]]. Yami wonders who let the [[WebVideo/LittleKuribohWatchesYGOGX posh sh＊thead]] in.

* GroinAttack: The turbulence afflicting the helicopter on their way to Dartz’s lair causes Mokuba to faceplant into Tristan’s crotch while he’s saying his “sun will ride” catchphrase. Kaiba is disappointed that no one was filming him getting hit “right in the rising sun.”

* ExactWords: Kaiba promises Yami the attack he is about to use won’t destroy a single one of his friends. He’s telling the truth… because the attack is reflected back to his monster, who then absorbs it and uses it as a ''second'' attack, which ''does'' eliminate Yami’s friends on the field.

* BreakingSpeech: Dartz his Yami with a brutal one. Yami attempts a ShutUpHannibal with Dartz telling him that he was an evil pharaoh, to which Dartz points out that he doesn't even need to bring up the past by sighting what JerkAss Yami has been since coming back to life. Yami suffers from a HeroicBSOD and nearly surrenders.

* TheCameo: [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Bastion Misawa]] pops up out of nowhere to lampshade that the Pharaoh’s MoreThanInfinite combo should be mathematically impossible. Yami wonders who let the [[InsufferableGenius posh sh＊thead]] in.

* SkewedPriorities: Kaiba sees the snake statues in Dartz's hideout and assumes that Dartz's goal was to buy out Kaiba Corp and replace its dragon mascot with a snake, something no one but him and Tristan is concerned about.

* TakeThat: The US Military is the butt of many jokes this episode.

-->'''Rafiel''': Hey, wanna see my Gandalf impression?\\

* AmericaSavesTheDay: Hilariously subverted; the US Armies prove completely useless to the entire episode, something Kaiba gleefully mocks. Their only contribution is to bring the protagonists to Dartz's hideout, which they already knew where to find anyway. Worst, they are unable to go through a storm that even Rafael was easily able to defy. On a ''motorcycle''.
* BadBadActing: Kaiba and Yami pretend that were having difficulty working together and didn't practice their moves. Tea sees through it.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dartz delivers a ''spectacular'' one to Yami, pointing out his NominalHero status and how he has been nothing but a JerkAss to his friends, always taking their friendship for granted and never even appreciating it.
* SkewedPriorities: Kaiba sees the snake statues in Dartz's hideout and assumes that Dartz's goal was to buy out Kaiba Corp and replace its dragon mascot with a snake.
* VillainHasAPoint: Dartz chews out Yami for what a jerk had been to all of his friends. Yami doesn't deny it.

-->'''Yami''': Remember in ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]'' when you realized that maybe what Thanos was doing [[WellIntentionedExtremist kinda made sense]]? Yeah, this is the '''exact opposite''' of that.

* VoodooShark: Played for laughs. When asked by Kaiba how he got to Dartz's hideout, Rafael explains he rode his bike across the ocean. Even more hilarious, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint the only thing about this statement Yami finds weird is that he got pass the storm]].

* VoodooShark: Played for laughs. When asked by Kaiba how he got to Dartz's hideout, Rafael explains he rode his bike across the ocean. Even more hilarious, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint the only thing about this statement Yami finds weird is that he got pass the storm]].

* AesopAmnesia: Rafael declares that he has finally figured out Dartz is evil and won't let him influence him anymore. Dartz only needs to tell him one line before he starts listening to his bullcrap again.

* DisappointedByTheMotive: Upon hearing Dartz's backstory, Yami is... more confused than impressed.

* ExactWords: Kaiba promises Yami the attack he is about to use won't destroy a single of his friends. He's telling the truth... because the attack is reflected back to his monster, who then absorbs it and uses it as a ''second'' attack, which ''does'' eliminate Yami's friends on the field.

* VillainousBreakdown: Dartz's composure starts to completely shatters when Yami gets a HeroicSecondWind and starts "out-bullshitting" him at every turn.
* VoodooShark: Played for laught. When asked by Kaiba how he got to Dartz's hideout, Rafael explains he rode his bike across the ocean. Even more hilarious, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint the only thing about this statement Yami finds weird is that he got pass the storm]].

* AmericaSavesTheDay: Hilariously subverted; the US Armies prove completely useless to the entire episode, something Kaiba gleefully mocks. Their only contribution is to bring the protagonists to Dartz's hideout, which they already knew where to find anyway. Worst, they are unable to go through a storm that even Rafael was easily able to defie. On a ''motorcycle''.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dartz delivers a ''spectacular'' one to Yami, pointing out his NominalHero status and how he has been nothing but a JerkAss to his friends, always taking their friendship for granted and never even appreciating it.