History YMMV / YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries

* EvilIsSexy: [[Recap/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeriesEp10TheBeautifulTeachersSecretMask Ms. Chono]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Season 0 is infamous for the meme of Kaiba having green hair (and screwing the money!!!).......... Jump onto the second adaptation of the manga that Duel Monsters in a filler arc where a Kaiba lookalike Noah is the main villain! Made all the more hilarious in that its later revealed within the Duel Monsters continuity that the reason why Gozaburo adopted Kaiba was precisely because Kaiba resembles his actual dead biological son and he intended for Kaiba to be a vessel for a digital backup copy of the dead child who the BigBad of this filler arc was actually revealed to be! Best part? Noah's motive for the whole filler arc's crises was precisely to get revenge at Kaiba!!!!!!

* WidgetSeries: Even by ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' standards this series can get bizarre at times, including episodes about an English count who collects dolls, can change his voice, and can control life-size puppets, a trio of witch sisters who play Duel Monsters and wield whips, and a supermodel with hypnotic powers and a pet tiger.

%%* CompleteMonster:

* [[Characters/YuGiOhYamiYugi Dark Yugi]], the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle inhabiting [[NiceGuy Yugi Muto]], proves once again to be a smart and manipulative gamer. Challenging bullies and other threats to Shadow Games, Dark Yugi exposes their true character before using his Penalty Games to MindRape them into submission. Dark Yugi also shows a sense of mercy sparing opponents that he felt were worthy or kind enough after their defeats. In spite of constant challenges from opponents such as Seto Kaiba and his various henchmen, Dark Yugi prevails through their games, eventually resulting in him Mind Crushing Kaiba to free him of his darkness.
* [[WickedWitch Risa Kageyama]] sets her sights on Yugi Moto when he obtains the Violet Hecate card. Giving him love letters and other tokens of affection, she acts too charming for him to turn her down, and gets her sisters to foil Anzu Mazaki's attempts to help Yugi when he has a cold. When Yugi refuses to give her the card, Risa steals it and the Millennium Puzzle with a whip, challenging him to a duel to get it back. Yugi is losing the duel when Seto Kaiba takes over, and when he draws a Blue-Eyes White Dragon the Kageyama Sisters counter with the powerful Gorgon, only losing when he draws another. Manipulative and able to act completely innocent, Risa's pretty face hides a scheming mind.
* [[LadyOfWar Aileen Rao]] is Kaiba's third Game Master who has never lost a game before, has hypnotic powers, and excels in trickery and reading her opponents. Gleaning that Anzu is important to Yugi, she takes her hostage and endangers her life to prevent Yugi from learning the rules of raijinhai, nearly defeating him twice in a row. Upon her defeat, she accepts her loss gracefully and frees Anzu, telling Kaiba that Yugi is stronger than he is. At Death-T's fighting game she defeats Jonouchi in combat before the power of friendship gives him a second wind, also complimenting his strength. Yugi himself compliments Aileen's strength and strategic mind, acknowledging her as a WorthyOpponent.
* Movie: [[Characters/YuGiOhSetoKaiba Seto Kaiba]] proves himself to be Yugi's greatest opponent, setting up a Duel Monsters gaming center to attract duelists and their rare cards. Upon learning of Shougo Aoyama's Red Eyes Black Dragon, Kaiba sets up a mandatory tournament in order to claim the card for himself. Sending his goons to first kidnap Shougo and then to steal the Red Eyes, Kaiba takes Yugi's Millennium Puzzle as a hostage in order to lure his rival into confrontation. Unveiling his new virtual reality system, Kaiba almost defeats Yugi through his brilliant strategies, and upon losing, [[GracefulLoser accepts his defeat]].

* MagnificentBitch:
** [[WickedWitch Risa Kageyama]] sets her sights on Yugi Moto when he obtains the Violet Hecate card. Giving him love letters and other tokens of affection, she acts too charming for him to turn her down, and gets her sisters to foil Anzu Mazaki's attempts to help Yugi when he has a cold. When Yugi refuses to give her the card, Risa steals it and the Millennium Puzzle with a whip, challenging him to a duel to get it back. Yugi is losing the duel when Seto Kaiba takes over, and when he draws a Blue-Eyes White Dragon the Kageyama Sisters counter with the powerful Gorgon, only losing when he draws another. Manipulative and able to act completely innocent, Risa's pretty face hides a scheming mind.
** [[LadyOfWar Aileen Rao]] is Kaiba's third Game Master who has never lost a game before, has hypnotic powers, and excels in trickery and reading her opponents. Gleaning that Anzu is important to Yugi, she takes her hostage and endangers her life to prevent Yugi from learning the rules of raijinhai, nearly defeating him twice in a row. Upon her defeat, she accepts her loss gracefully and frees Anzu, telling Kaiba that Yugi is stronger than he is. At Death-T's fighting game she defeats Jonouchi in combat before the power of friendship gives him a second wind, also complimenting his strength. Yugi himself compliments Aileen's strength and strategic mind, acknowledging her as a WorthyOpponent.

* EvilIsSexy: [[Recap/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeriesEp10The BeautifulTeachersSecretMask Ms. Chono]].

* CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/YuGiOh here]].

* CantUnhearIt: One of the things this series is praised for is Creator/MegumiOgata's performance as Yugi and especially Yami, to the point where some even consider her to be superior to Shunsuke Kazama.

* {{Moe}}: Miho Nosaka can be considered this due to her [[GirlyGirl girly appearance and personality]].

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Given the sheer amount of times someone has pretended to be nice only to backstab Yugi, from original episodes to manga-adapted episodes where it didn't happen originally, an accidental message is "people who are jerks from the start are just jerks, but people who are nice are ''worse'' jerks."

* EarWorm:
** The opening theme is incredibly catchy, especially the last few bars, which ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' uses for almost every episode.
** Dark Yugi's theme is equally catchy, especially in the previews for the next episodes.