Transcript:
Panik Attack
(abridged episode)

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Original Air Date: February 2, 2002

NO TEASER OR PREVIOUSLY

(Opening)

ACT 1 <1:00>

(A quiet night at Duelist Kingdom. The sea visible at the edge of a nearby cliff is peaceful, and the breeze is still. In a clearing, Tristan, Téa, and Joey are waking up groggily.)
Tristan: Whoa! What a nightmare. I just dreamt Bakura went totally mental.
Joey: Same here; last time *I* snooze with duelin' cards under my pillow!
Bakura: Sleep well, guys?
(Bakura stands over them, the picture of innocent goodwill)
Tristan and Joey: Bakura!!
Téa: I dreamt, we were dressed as duel monsters... and there were two Yugi's!
(Yugi and Bakura laugh nervously. Just then, they hear a scream! Everyone turns in the direction of a part of the foret nearby where black birds are scattering from the treetops in panic.)
Yugi: Huh?
Joey: That voice...! Sounded like Mai. Come on!

Panik: Hahahahahaha, bye bye, birdies!
(One by one, the three Harpie sisters shatter. Mai's lifepoints fall from 800 to zero. The field is shrouded in darkness.)
Mai: My Harpies! They're gone...!
(Mai's opponent is hidden in the dark, and we only see his eyes glint in the shadows. Then the fog begins to clear; he's huge, thick-necked, broad-shouldered, and small-eyed, in a long black coat, with a duel glove on each hand, each one carrying a big drum of star chip slots; Panik can carry maybe forty or fifty stars at a time.)
Panik: Eheheheheheh, I think you mean *eliminated*. Heheheheh, just like you! Now hand over all your star chips-- you loser!
(Mai tries to glare back defiantly, but loses her nerve and looks aside, trying to hold herself together. Every single star chip pops out of her dueling glove, scattering all over the dueling console and the floor of the platform.)
Mai: Ugh! Oh...
Panik: Heheheheheheheh...
(As Mai steps down from the dueling platform, Panik comes up behind her. Just then, Yugi and company run into the clearing)
Yugi: Mai! Are you okay?
Mai: You're too late!
(They stop, about ten feet from Panik and Mai)
Téa: Too late for what? <2:00>
Joey: This sideshow freak givin' you a hard time?!
Panik: That's right, just like Pegasus pays me to do-- root out all the dueling *filth* on this island and dispose of it!
Tristan: Doesn't that make you a *garbage man*?
Mai: This is no joke! Panik's one of the island's *Eliminators,* and if you don't get outta here he's gonna do to you what he did to me!
Yugi: Eliminator? What's that, Mai?
(Panik roughly grabs Mai's right arm, wrenching her shoulder, and holds up her glove)
Panik: Look! This is what she means right here! Check out her duelist's glove-- not a star chip left!
Téa: ...But that would mean she's been disqualified.
Yugi: You're *out*, Mai?
Mai (sadly): I am. It all happened so fast! The way Panik duels, I just... lost it.
Téa: This *isn't right*.
Panik: Hah! She was one of my easiest victims yet! Hahahahahahahahah!
(He lowers Mai's arm and uses it to push her toward them; she cries out and staggers a few feet across the clearing.)
Joey: You creep!
(Joey tries to run at Panik and Bakura and Tristan restrain him)
Joey: Move it! There's no excuse for pushin' a girl!!
Bakura: Calm down, Joey, I know how you feel but that guy's more than twice your size!
Joey: I can take 'im!
(Yugi steps forward, head bowed.)
Yugi: No, Joey, fists aren't the answer.
(The boys stop fighting)
Yugi: I've dealt with a lot of bullies in my life, and I'm afraid there's only one way to deal with them. <3:00>
(Yugi walks up to Panik.)
Yugi: You have to stand up to them!
(The Millennium Puzzle begins to glow, and shakes and sways on its own. Whether aloud or in his head, we'll never know, Yugi cries out--)
Yugi: Yu-Gi-Oh...!!
(As the word is spoken, the voice speaking it grows deeper. From a grey void appears swirling lines, strange symbols, rushing wind, and a column of blue-white light, in which there appears a figure. He's like Yugi, but isn't. The more confident Yugi looks at Panik with a surety in his eyes that assures us that Panik is in for trouble.)
Mai: But *Yugi*--
Yugi (Yami): Now-- let's see you try your intimidation tactics against *me*, Panik. I don't scare easy, especially when I'm standing up for my friends! It's time to duel!

(Yugi takes the dueling platform)
Joey: Alright, Yugi, no problem! Show Panik here how we *deal* with thugs like him!
Panik: *Yugi*, huh? Must be my lucky day! Pegasus has promised a generous bounty to the Eliminator who defeats you! I wonder-- think he'd throw in some extra cash for inflicting bodily harm?
Mai: Be careful, Yugi! Panik's *ruthless*, he had me *totally* *terrified*!
Yugi (Yami): *I* see how you work, Panik; <4:00> sneaking up on unsuspecting duelists because you haven't the courage to challenge them face-to-face!
Panik: Watch your mouth, you insolent cur!!
Yugi (Yami): *True duelists* fight with honor and respect, not the underhanded tactics of a *poacher*!
Panik: Rrrgh...!
Yugi (Yami): And to prove it, I wager all the star chips I have to win back Mai's!
Panik: It's a deal! If you win, I'll give you all eight of her star chips! The bet makes no difference to *me*!
Yugi (Yami): What do you mean?
Panik: What I *mean*, *little Yugi*, is that when you duel against Panik, you're putting much more than just your measly star chips on the line! Much more!
(As he speaks, he presses a button on his arena console and leg shackles slide out of panels hidden in Yugi's arena platform and fasten around his ankles. Yugi looks down, surprised, and tries to struggle. Next, two rotating gun barrels appear out of the corners of Yugi's side of the arena, and start shooting fire at his head. Yugi dodges first one, then the other, shielding his face from the fire.)
Panik: Wahahahah, hahahahahah, mwahahaha, hohaha, hwahahahahah!
Téa: Yugi!
Yugi (Yami): Rrrgh!

ACT 2 <4:43>

Téa: Yugi!
Joey: We gotta get 'im outta there!

Yugi (Yami): Rrrgh!
Panik: Hahahahahahahaha! What's the matter, Yugi? Hmm? Can't take the heat? Well get used to it, because you're strapped in for the long haul!

Joey: Turn it *off*, Panik!

(The flamethrowers shut off. <5:00> Yugi looks around and stands up straight again, glaring at Panik)
Panik: I can see the fear growing in your eyes, Yugi! I do believe, you're beginning to *panic*! Huhuhuhuhuhuh!

Téa: Get a life, you psycho!
Joey: Forget this guy, Yuge!
Tristan: Yeah, no joke! Come on! Let's getcha down from there, Yugi, whaddaya say?

Yugi (Yami): Are you finished blowing smoke, Panik?

(The spectators gasp)
Téa: *Yugi*...!
Joey: What's he think he's *doin'*?

Yugi (Yami): It will take much more than cheap pyrotechnics to make me lose *my* cool.
Panik: Hahahahahaha! The last time someone had the nerve to talk to me like that, I broke them in half! Now let's duel!
(Each start with 2000 lp)

(Yugi's friends and Mai watch anxiously)
Mai (think): Yugi's good, but he's never faced an *Eliminator* before. Once Panik gets inside his head, it's all over!

Panik: Seeing how the blaze of my fire didn't faze you, let's turn *down* the lights. My Castle of Dark Illusions will turn this duel into your darkest hour, Yugi! Its magic shrouds the field with a veil of shadows; and the Castle itself is extra-fortified, thanks to the field power bonus I get for playing it at night!
[Castle of Dark Illusions 920/1930/L4/dark]
(Castle's improved stats are 1196/2509//) <6:00>
Yugi (Yami): I'm not afraid of the *dark*, Panik!
(As Panik speaks, Panik's side of the field is cloaked in darkness. Yugi is standing alone against a sea of blackness)
Panik: Heheheheh! You would be if you only knew, the fearsome nightmares within its shade! Hahaha!

Mai: Don't listen, Yugi!! This is exactly how he threw me off *my* game!

Yugi (think): Time to find out what I'm up against. (aloud, Yami) Celtic Guardian, defense mode!
[Celtic Guardian 1400/1200/L4/earth]
Panik: Not a very bright idea!
(He places a card on the console; we can't see it)
Yugi (think): I *can't see what monster he played!*
Panik: Huhuhuhuh, attack! Dark Grasp of Fury!
(A pair of red eyes looms toward Celtic Guardian, and Panik's monster, surrounded by a cloud of shadows, lunges out of the darkness, tackles Celtic Guardian, and, as Yugi watches with some horror, the thing in the shadows drags Celtic Guardian into the dark, until he disappears, struggling, from view. We hear Celtic Guardian get destroyed.)
Panik: Our first victim of the night!
Yugi (Yami): Rgh... Tough talk, Panik, coming from someone who makes all their attacks while hiding in the safety of shadows!
Panik: You uppity little cretin! You're *afraid*, Yugi; you're lost and alone in the dark, and I'm the *big bad bogeyman*!
Yugi (Yami, smiles): Hmhmhm.
Panik: Huh?! If you could see what I have in store for you, you wouldn't be laughing! <7:00>
Yugi (Yami): But that's *why* I'm laughing. Because I *can* see. Right through you.
Panik: What?! What are you talking about, you little runt!
Yugi (Yami): You *are* the bogeyman, Panik, scaring *children* into being afraid of the dark; until they realize the dark is nothing to be afraid of. Like you.
Panik: Huh?
Yugi (Yami): Once a person conjures up the confidence not to be fearful of the unknown, they've disarmed the only weapon the dark has!

(Montage. <7:27> This song is usually known simply as "Panik Attack", after this episode. All lines spoken during the song are in rhythm with the music. Through the first verse Yugi faces down Panik and his Castle of Dark Illusions, his opponent's eyes visible only as gleaming points in the overwhelming dark.)

I'm not gonna panic! (panic!)

Here in the shadows, phantom of the night,
Attack without warning, a single strong light,
I'll brave the darkness, make my stand right here--
No matter how you come at me I'll show no fear!

(Then Yugi boldly presses on, and shows his next card:
[Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1 1400/1200/L4/wind]
It takes the field as we go into the chorus of the song.)

I won't give up!
I won't break down!
I'm not gonna panic!

Yugi (Yami): Fireball attack!

I will not run!
I'll stand and fight!

(At Yugi's command, Winged Dragon flaps its wings, rises into the air, and breathes two blasts of fire, momentarily illuminating Panik's monsters in the dark. Panik fumes.)

What you done wrong I will set right,
No matter what you try tonight!
I'm not gonna panic!

Panik: Hahahaha, attack!

(Through the next verse, Yugi's Winged Dragon is consumed by something in the dark, and his lifepoints decrease to 1606. )

Fill my heart with terror, do the worst you can do, <8:00>
Shivers up my spine, I'm not afraid of you
The dark can be scary, until you find
Things you thought were fright'ning are only in your mind!

(At the end of the verse, Panik summons his most fearsome creature:
[King of Yamimakai ////]
Yugi refuses to show fear, and plays a defense monster as we go into the chorus.)

I won't give up!

Yugi (Yami): Curse of Dragon!
[Curse of Dragon 2000/1500//]

I won't break down!

Panik: Reaper of the Cards!
[Reaper of the Cards 1380/1930/L5/dark]

I'm not gonna panic! (I'm not gonna panic!)

(Panik's Reaper of the Cards attacks!)

I will not run!
I'll make my play!

Yugi (Yami): The "Spellbinding Circle", a trap card!
(The "Spellbinding Circle" encircles Reaper, trapping it in place.)

I won't give up!
I won't break down!

Panik: No-o-o!
(And Reaper is soon destroyed, in a blast of light.)

I'm not gonna panic! (I'm not gonna panic!)

Panik: My lifepoints!
(Panik's lifepoints drop to 494. End of song.)

Yugi (Yami): What's the matter, Panik? Has bullying lost its thrill? Now let's bring all of your monsters into the light!
Panik: Hunh...?
Yugi (Yami): I dispel all your darkness, with the "Swords of Revealing Light"!!
(The projector at each corner of the field shoots a beam of light to the center, creating a blinding flash above the field. Bakura shields his eyes. Slowly the shadowy mist created by Panik's Castle of Dark Illusions evaporates...)
Panik: Stop! Stop it! I can't stand the light!!
(The beams of light solidify into glowing swords, floating in the air, trapping Panik's monsters as effectively as prison bars, in full view. <9:00>)
Yugi (Yami): Your monsters are revealed!!

Tristan: Hah! No one keeps Yugi in the dark!

Yugi (Yami): And my "Swords of Revealing Light" do more than simply *illuminate your monsters*, Panik! They also cause all your monsters on the field to be frozen for three turns, starting *right now*. That means, you can't make any attack while I implement my strategy.
Panik: Yugi-- Swords or no Swords, you can forget your foolish delusions of victory! I've just drawn the Chaos Shield card!
(The card with this graphic is known standardly as "Yellow Luster Shield".)
Yugi (Yami): Oh, no; that effects all the monsters on the field. It puts them all in defense mode and raises their defense points!
Panik: You're thinking too *small*, you fool! Or don't you realize that I can combine my Chaos Shield with my Castle of Dark Illusions!

Mai: This is bad!

Panik: With this combination, I can project a defensive shield over my entire area!
(A shimmering barrier descends from the Castle of Dark Illusions like a translucent curtain.)
Mai: Now Yugi can't get anywhere *near* his monsters!

Joey: Whoa... <10:00>
Téa: What's that mean?
Mai: Panik's untouchable while Yugi's a sitting duck!

ACT 3 <10:07>

Panik: Huh! As long as the Chaos Shield is in place, your monsters can't touch me! Admit defeat now! You can see how the Shield raises the defense points of my monsters!
(Castle's defense points now stand at 3200, and all three other monsters' at 2600 apiece.)
Yugi (think): He's right. That shield protects against any possible attacks, even from my *strongest* monsters.

Mai: Mmm... I hate to say it... but Yugi really doesn't stand a chance. Breaking duelists is what Panik does for a living.

Panik: Give up! Admit defeat! I'm going to crack you like an egg!
(Yugi only chuckles.)
Yugi (Yami): You'd *like* me to crack, *wouldn't* you, Panik; because it's worked for you before. Winning through intimidation, *not* through skill.
Panik: You mock my *skill*?! My skill is what's defeating you!!
Yugi (Yami): You *think* you're winning, that your tactics are taking me by surprise. But I saw your strategy the minute I saw what kind of man you are. <11:00>
Panik: You're talking nonsense!
Yugi (Yami): I knew you would use Chaos Shield. Cowardly bullies like you always try to hide behind *something*.
Panik: Shut up!
Yugi (Yami): The truth hurts, doesn't it, Panik?
Panik: I will burn you to a cinder!
Yugi (Yami): That would *prove* you're a coward! If you're not afraid, then you should stop hiding and play this game with honor-- Or I will rip your pathetic *fearsome* facade away!
Panik: You bluff!
Yugi (Yami): There's only one way you'll know for sure; play out this game.
Panik: Rrrgggghhh...
Yugi (Yami): After all, we'll know-- in two turns.
(He puts up two fingers.)
Yugi (Yami): Can you *last*? Just two turns! Do you have the *courage*?
Panik: *Do I have the courage*!! Rrrghhh, Panik fears no duelist! I will crush your spirit, and wipe out your lifepoints!

(Joey pantomimes wiping sweat off his forehead.)
Mai: Boy, Yugi really shook Panik up. Psychology is half the game.

Yugi (Yami): And now, it's my turn... (draw) And my card is Gaia, the Fierce Knight! <12:00>
[Gaia the Fierce Knight 2300/2100/L7/earth]
Panik: Idiot! Do you really think a monster with attack power that weak can break through my Chaos Shield?!
Yugi (Yami): Maybe not by himself, but I also have a magic card.
Panik: Hunh...?
Yugi (Yami): Read it and weep!
(Yugi flips his facedown.)
Panik: A "Polymerization" card!!
Yugi (Yami): And with *this* card... I combine them to create, Gaia the Dragon Champion!
[Gaia the Dragon Champion 2600/2100//]
Yugi (Yami): Now, my combo creature's attack power is raised to twenty-six-hundred!
Panik: The Dragon Champion...?!
Yugi (Yami): My turn's over; but *you're* finished as well.
Panik (think): Finished! What's he mean by that?! He knows that even with an attack power of twenty-six-hundred, the Dragon Champion's still not strong enough to break through the Chaos Shield! There's got to be *more* to his plan than that. <13:00>(aloud) Hm! Ah, perfect!
Yugi (Yami): Mm?
Panik: Metal Guardian in defense mode!
[Metal Guardian 1150/2150/L5/dark]
Panik: He will further shield my creatures, and the field power bonus raises his defense power to twenty-seven ninety-five!
Yugi (Yami): Hmph. It figures; you're *cowering* again.
Panik: Insolent dog!
Yugi (Yami): Your *strategy* is nothing but putting up defenses. You're showing how *weak* you are!
Panik: Silence! In the next turn the Swords of Light will be extinguished! Then I'll hit you with everything at once!
Yugi (Yami): It'll be too late. I've already led you deep into my trap.
Panik: What?!
Yugi (Yami): The stronger you make your defenses, the more you lock yourself into defeat.
Panik: That's a joke! You're nothing but talk!
Yugi (Yami): The time for talk is over. (holds up one finger) *That* was your last turn. Uuaagh! The end is now!
(He reveals a card from his hand-- Catapult Turtle.)
Yugi (Yami): Catapult Turtle!
[Catapult Turtle 1000/2000/L5/water]
(Gaia the Dragon Champion flies out of the way and lets Catapult Turtle take the field. It's a massive metal turtle with a launching rail mounted on its back.)
Yugi (Yami): Slow and steady wins the *duel*, Panik, <14:00> for I can use the Turtle's catapult to launch Gaia the Dragon Champion, and shatter your defenses!
Panik: Aaagh...!
Yugi (Yami): Catapult launch raises Gaia, the Dragon Champion's attack power all the way up-- to thirty-two hundred! You weren't expecting *that*, were you.
(Gaia has settled onto the launching rail, and the catapult aims upward.)
Panik: My monsters' defense power is still much too strong for you. Ha! Protected as they are by the Chaos Shield, you still can't touch them! You can only watch helplessly as they prepare to assault you next turn! Hahahahah!
Yugi (Yami): Who said *anything* about attacking your *monsters*? What I'm attacking is-- the Castle!

(Mai gasps)

Panik: You fool! My Castle is *still* unassailable!
(The reckless look on Yugi's face as he sets his sights on the Castle, clearly plans to test that assumption.)
Yugi (Yami): We'll see about that! Turtle, catapult-launch my Dragon Champion!
(Gaia the Dragon Champion is pushed along the rail, picking up speed. It flies off the end of the rail, straight for the Castle. Curse of Dragon shrieks, and Gaia raises one of his twin lances and aims straight for the tower; they seem to become a meteor with their speed-- and collide head-on with the center of the Castle with an explosion. <15:00> Double-take. Triple-take. The spectators shield their eyes, groaning; the point of impact is shining like the sun.)
Panik: Uuuggghhhhh...
(Yugi watches silently, awaiting the outcome of his play. When the light fades, his lifepoints abruptly drop to 300.)
Tristan: Whoa, Yugi flushed a lotta points with that maneuver!

Bakura: I hope this works.
Joey: It *has* to work!

(The field is still obscured with dust.)
Téa: I can't see a thing... wait...
(The dust begins to clear... and a ring of turrets that was around the Castle cracks off; the rest is still there.)
Panik: Uggh...!

Téa: No! It's still floating!
Panik: Hahahaha!
Téa: The castle survived!
Panik: Fool! For all your threats, my Castle is unharmed! Your worthless attack simply knocked its flotation ring off! And now that your attack has failed, I'll eliminate you once and for all!

ACT 4 <15:47>

Panik: I'm *still standing*, Yugi! My monsters are still contained and protected within the Chaos Shield. When this turn is over, the paralyzing effects of your Swords of Revealing Light will vanish! <16:00> Then on my turn I'll attack you will all of my monsters, and wipe you out forever!
Yugi (Yami): Mmm. There *is* no 'next turn' for you. This duel has already ended.
Panik: It's not over!
Yugi (Yami): Doesn't it seem *strange* to you that a castle that's lost its flotation ring is somehow *still floating*?
Panik: Huh...?
Yugi (Yami): What if the Swords of Revealing Light had locked in place *not only* your monsters, but your castle as well! Then, what would happen *next*?
(The Swords flicker in place, ominously hinting at what would happen.)
Panik: It... *can't* be...!
Yugi (Yami): Right now the only thing holding up your castle are the Swords of Revealing Light, and when this turn ends, each and every Sword will vanish.
Panik: Wha...! That means...!
Yugi (Yami): It's over! And now your world's about to come tumbling down!
Panik: Waaaah! No!! No one defeats Panik!
(Yugi raises a thumb, then turns it downward.)
Yugi (Yami): My turn... is over.
(The Swords of Revealing Light vanish; and the Castle begins to fall-- straight downward.)
Panik: Run, monsters! Get out of the way!!
Yugi (Yami): It's no good; the Chaos Shield is keeping them from running anywhere. You've trapped them all inside. <17:00>
Panik: Whaaa!
(Panik's doomed monsters claw against the Chaos Shield, as the rock spikes on the underside of the Castle slowly descend, crushing them.)
Panik: Rrgh...!
(As the Castle crashes to the ground, it shrouds the whole field in dust. Yugi's lifepoints remain at 300; Panik's fall straight to zero.)
Panik: Uuuggggghh...!

Téa: He won!
Joey: An' Panik's not takin' it well!
Tristan: *I'll* say-- Panik's having a *panic attack!*

Panik: Nobody-- beats Panik--! *Nobody!!*
(Panik looks over at Yugi, standing tall.)
Panik (think): Look at him-- that smug little worm! Still he mocks me!
(Panik raises his fist and shouts; at this point he's losing it entirely.)
Panik: I may not have defeated you, Yugi!! But I can still eliminate you!!!!
(He brings down the fist and smashes the flamethrower control.)

Tristan: Yugi!!
Joey: Ah!
(Both of the side flamethrowers go nuts, and in addition there's a whole line of them behind Yugi's podium, completely surrounding him. And Yugi's feet are still shackled to the podium.)
Joey: He's trapped by the fire, and he can't escape!!

Panik: We'll see who's the coward now!!
(Two more flamethrowers appear on the front of Panik's podium, to shoot fire straight at Yugi.)
Panik: Fire! <18:00>
(Then the Millennium Puzzle begins to glow, as brightly as the flames, and a small, glittering eye appears on Yugi's forehead. Yugi hasn't so much as flinched, hasn't so much as blinked; he faces down the firestorm utterly without fear.)
Téa: Yugi's going to be fried to a crisp!
(For a split second it can be seen that the fire seems to smash against an invisible wall about a foot from Yugi.)
Téa: Yugi!
Bakura: Jump out of the way!!
(Then more flamethrowers kick in, forcing Téa and Bakura to jump back or be scorched, hiding Yugi from view. The entire arena has become a towering cyclone of fire.)

(In the center of the cyclone, Yugi still stands across from Panik, atop opposite podia.)
Panik: You... survived...! How can this be?! It's impossible!
Yugi (Yami): My Millennium Puzzle protects me from your cowardly assault.
(Panik starts to back up, and hits the safety bar at the back of the podium.)
Yugi (Yami): But nothing will protect you from... *OBLIVION!*
(Yugi extends a hand, and exerts some sort of power. Panik seems to shatter as though made of two-dimensional glass. He shouts once in agony...)

(The flames around the field have dissipated. The night is once again peaceful and quiet. Yugi's dueling podium lowers him to the ground, and he walks over to the spectators. The arena shows only a few scorch marks.)
Téa: Yugi, you were *incredible*!
Tristan: Your Millennium Puzzle has more power than we thought.
Joey: Not only did it protect Yugi, but it also saved all of *us* from the flames too!
(Yugi walks past them-- Téa and Joey stand aside for him-- and approaches Mai, who has stayed back.)
Mai: Yugi... I don't know what to say...
Yugi (Yami): Here. These star chips are yours. <18:00>
(He offers her a handful of star chips; the full eight she lost to Panik. She looks down at them, uneasy.)
Mai: Uh...
Yugi (Yami): They're yours. *Take* them.
Téa: Go on.
Mai: I'm sorry, but I can't accept them. I fight my own battles!
Téa: Mai, Yugi battled for *you*. He risked his life in this duel for you.
Mai: I-I know, but...
(Joey laughs and walks over to Mai and Yugi.)
Joey: There's no point in arguin'; she's *way* too thickheaded. Heh...!
(Joey grabs the star chips out of Yugi's hand)
Yugi (Yami): Huh?
Joey: But, if she'd rather be booted off the island-- *I'll* take 'em!
(He grins and laughs in Mai's face. *That* gets her.)
Mai: Rrrrgh, you think me losing all my star chips is *funny*, Joey Wheeler?!
(Yugi is standing in the middle while Mai yells at Joey, looking completely confused.)
Joey: Heheh, I thought ya didn't *want* 'em, Mai.
(Mai reaches for them and Joey, slightly taller than she is, tauntingly holds them out of reach, laughing.)
Mai: Ugh!! Give 'em *back*!!
(Joey slaps the star chips into the hand she raised to grab them away from him, in a sort of high-five.)
Joey: Of *course* you can have 'em. They're *yours*.
(Mai looks at the star chips in her hand, completely mystified.)
Mai: Uh... *really*, Joey...?
Joey: Didn't you *learn* anything from this duel? You can't always keep your defenses up, 'cause they'll just get between *you*, an' the other people who're tryin' to be your friends. So can't ya let your *shield* down? Just this... *one* time? <19:00>
(Yugi nods agreement.)
Yugi (Yami): Mm?
(Mai regards them; she's thinking it over...)
Mai: Mmmm...
(Then Joey gets goofy again and the serious mood is broken.)
Joey: Ha! I'm such a *sensiti-i-i-i-i-ve* guy!
(Tristan smiles and turns to leave.)
Tristan: Haha, *yeah*-- when you're not being a pain.
Téa: Which *is* most of the time...
(Tristan, Bakura, Téa, and Yugi laugh)
Joey: Ah, my adorin' fans!
Mai: Yugi, wait!
(Yugi and Téa are the last in the group. When Mai calls out, both of them turn.)
Mai: I'll repay you for what you did today. You're the one who won these, so far as I'm concerned I still owe you. More... than I've ever owed anyone. And when we finally *do* face each other in a duel, it'll be an honorable one!
Téa: Sounds good.
Yugi (Yami): Yes; an honorable one.
(Yugi answers solemnly, but when he turns away and keeps walking, he smiles proudly.)
Yugi (Yami): That's a duel I'd look forward to, Mai.
(Tableau. Yugi and his friends leave the side of Arena 11; Mai watches them go, almost eager with hope.)

END <19:48>

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Last Updated: October 19, 2010

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