Transcript:
Winning Through Intimidation

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Original Air Date: January 13, 2007**

NO PREVIOUSLY OR TEASER

(Opening)

ACT 1 <1:00>
(In a forest clearing late at night, somewhere in Duelist Kingdom's wilderness, a duel is in progress at arena #11. Joey, Bakura, Tristan, Téa, and Mai watch from the ground as Yugi, with 1606 lifepoints, along with his Curse of Dragon in defense mode, faces off against a cloud of dark shadows.)
Joey: Whoa, smooth move! Yugi caught one a' Panik's most powerful monsters, and now he's got two magic cards on the table to boot!

(Yugi also has three facedown cards on his console. Through the shadows, his opponent, Panik, is partially visible.)
Panik: So what? You captured my Reaper, but he's only *one* of my most powerful monsters!
(Despite his tough talk, Panik is tense. Yugi smiles, effortlessly confident.)
Yugi (Yami): Getting nervous, Panik?
Panik: Rrgh!
Yugi (Yami): I may have yet to launch an effective attack against you and your *night creatures*, but that will all change very soon.
Panik: Ridiculous; what are you talking about?
Yugi (Yami): You *know* what I'm talking about! I made you a promise that in five turns I would teach you a lesson that you would *never* forget, and I intend to make good.
(As Yugi speaks, he holds up four fingers.)
Yugi (Yami): You only have four turns left, Panik; four more turns, before I drag you from your *shadows* and show you up for the bully that you truly are!
Panik: You dolt-- have you forgotten whom you face here?!
(Panik pounds a button on his console and jets of flame shoot into the air on either side of Yugi.)
Panik: I am *Panik*-- the Eliminator!!
(The light of the fire casts menacing shadows on Yugi's face as he replies fearlessly--)
Yugi (Yami): Is that supposed to scare me, or are *you* running scared? <2:00>
(Panik's eye twitches in fury.)
Panik: Rrrgh...

Téa: Yugi's playing with fire; I sure hope he knows what he's doing!
Joey: Yeah-- this Panik nut-job is playin' for *keeps*.
Mai: Oh, yeah. Panik *enjoys* breaking people down. Making them sweat, watching them *squirm*, for him... dueling is just an excuse to practice his cruelty!

Yugi (Yami): You can't stall forever. Sooner or later you'll have to make your move.
(Panik is shaking with fury as he draws; he doesn't even know how to deal with being talked back to like this.)
Panik: Si-i-le-n-n-ce...!
(Panik looks at his card, and likes what he drew.)
Panik: Hunh... hmm!
Yugi (Yami): Huh?
Panik: Hahahahahahahahahahaha!! This beast will win the entire *match* for me! King of Yamimakai!
[King of Yamimakai 2000/1530/L5/dark]
Panik: But don't take *my* word for it...
(Panik's new monster appears, visible briefly before being cloaked in darkness.)
Panik: Powered up with the field power bonus that all my monsters get from the night, my King of Yamimakai is far more powerful than your pitiful creature!

Joey: Oh no...!

Panik: King of Yamimakai, destroy his Curse of Dragon!!
(King of Yamimakai prepares to attack, black lightning zapping between its claws...)

ACT 2 <3:00>

(King of Yamimakai prepares to attack, black lightning zapping between its claws...)
Panik: Now, my King of Yamimakai...
(Panik doesn't notice that Yugi is smiling!)
Yugi (Yami): Hm!
Panik: Electroshock attack!
(King of Yamimakai launches a sparking ball of darkness, and it zooms toward the brightest point on the field...)
Panik: What?! It's veering away!!
(Which is the Spellbinding Circle around Panik's own Reaper of the Cards!)
Panik: Instead of destroying Yugi's Curse of Dragon, it's attacking my Reaper of the Cards!!
(Reaper of the Cards is destroyed.)
Yugi (Yami): Hmm! Your Reaper of the Cards is vanquished!

Joey: All right!
Téa: Panik messed up!

Panik: No-o-o! My lifepoints!! Curse you, and your Spellbinding Circle! Its light drew in my energy blast, and destroyed my precious monster!
Yugi (Yami): They don't do well, when they dare step out of the darkness! 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. <4:00> 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.)
Yugi (Yami): Your monsters are revealed!!

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

(The screen on Yugi's console that shows his opponent's side of the field is no longer covered with darkness.)
Téa: Even Panik's *cards* are revealed now!
Yugi (Yami): No more hiding, Panik! Your darkness will shield you no longer. Three turns left, and then you're *finished*.
Panik: Rrrgh...
Yugi (Yami): I didn't use the Swords just to illuminate your monsters. It also causes all of 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 (think): Does this *upstart* think he can *panic* *me*?!
(As Panik thinks, we visualize the field. Yugi has only Curse of Dragon on the field, with stats of 2000/1500. Panik's monsters' stats are, respectively, 1794/1989; 2093/1989; and 2600/1989.)
Panik (think): He may be planning an attack on his next turn, but the only monster he has on the field is Curse of Dragon, while I still have three mighty monsters of my own-- <5:00> Barox, Dark Chimera, and King of Yamimakai! Despite Yugi's Swords of Revealing Light, my monsters *still* get a power bonus from the night! And after three turns, they'll be free once more, and Yugi will beg me to end this duel!
Yugi (Yami): You're stalling, Panik. Afraid to draw your next card?
Panik (think): He continues to goad me. Usually my opponents are sobbing and broken by now, but he is not like the others. I will relish crushing his spirit. (aloud) Huh? Heheheheheheh... and this is the card to do it! Yugi-- you can forget your foolish delusion of defeating me in just three turns! I've drawn a 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! <6:00>

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...
Téa: What's that mean?
Mai: Panik's untouchable while Yugi's a sitting duck!

ACT 3 <6:19>

Panik: Huh! As long as the Chaos Shield is in place, your monsters can't touch me! Do you still think you can defeat me in three turns, you impudent shrimp! Admit defeat now! You can see how the Chaos 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.
Panik: Ahahahahahahahahaha!

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 is brutal, ruthless, everything the ultimate duelist *needs to be*. <7:00>
Bakura: Mai, you've become so cynical about Duel Monsters. And you don't understand Yugi at all, really. There's much more to him than meets the eye.
Tristan: Joey, Yugi *can* win this, right?
Joey: Ugh. Man, I wish I could tell ya! But after the way Panik beat Mai, I got *no idea* what Yugi's chances are.

Panik: Uuugh, 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): Don't be so sure.
Panik: Whaddayou mean by that?
Yugi (Yami): Hmph! 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.
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! I'm in no way a coward and I never try to hide behind anything!! <8:00>
Yugi (Yami): Your whole strategy is nothing *but* hiding and cowering.
Panik: Uuuuuuugggghhhhh...
(Panik opens a control panel on his console and dials the flamethrowers up to maximum.)
Panik: You dare to call me a coward?!
(The flamethrower on Yugi's left aims at him...)
Panik: You insignificant little worm!
(As does the right-side flamethrower. Panik raises his fist, ready to slam it down.)
Panik: No one talks to me that way!! I am Panik, the Eliminator!!!
(Panik slams his fist on the button and each flamethrower looses a jet of flame. The spectators gasp. Yugi leans back slightly, never even turning his head, and the flames shoot right past him. Panik is leaning over his console, winded from his outburst. Yugi's tone is one of impatience at Panik's tantrum; despite the danger, he continues to goad and provoke Panik. Embers are floating past his face on the breeze.)
Yugi (Yami): Are you *finished*?! Or are you going to continue to hide behind your bluster and battlements, like a big coward?
(Panik is about ready to explode.)
Panik: Rrrrrrrgggggghhhh....!!
Yugi (Yami): The truth hurts, doesn't it, Panik? Facing up to your true self is usually more than bullies like you can bear, so you hide in the shadows.
Panik: You will taunt me no longer!

Téa: Yugi, he's dangerous! You've just gotta stop stirring him up!
Mai: Don't interfere.
Téa: Huh?
Mai: Yugi's just using Panik's own tactics against him. It's psyche-out warfare. <9:00>
(Tristan and Bakura look at Joey, who nods agreement.)

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!
[Gaia the Fierce Knight 2300/2100/L7/earth] <10:00>
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. 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. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so *confident.* Rrrgh.. I can't risk attacking! (he goes to draw) <11:00> But if I just wait one more turn, the paralyzing effects of Yugi's "Swords of Revealing Light" will wear off. Then I'll deactivate my Chaos Shield and my monsters will be free to attack him all at once! Winning it all!! Heheheheheheheh...
(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! With him on guard, any attack against my monsters is totally impossible!
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! <12:00>
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, for I can use the Turtle's catapult to launch my 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! <13:00> Its walls are still invincible to *any* of your attacks! So I won't take any damage at all!
(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. 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!

Joey: Ahh! He sacrificed his Dragon Champion!
Bakura: That's an awfully big loss, both in monsters *and* lifepoints.
Joey: Right! And if this attack doesn't bring down that Castle, then next turn Panik will wipe out the *rest* a' Yugi's lifepoints!
Bakura: I hope this works.
(Mai is watching tensely)
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. <14:00>)
Panik: Uggh...!

Téa: No! It's still floating!
Panik: Hahahaha!
Téa: The castle survived!
Panik: Fool! For all your threats, my Castle is still 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 <14:24>

Panik: Hahahahahahah! It's been five turns and 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! 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*? <15:00>
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...!

Mai: *Can* it...?

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 preventing them from running anywhere. You've trapped them all inside.
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...! <16:00>
(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: Uuuuuggggghhhhhh...!

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!
(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.) <17:00>

(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.
(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*. <18:00> 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?
(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! <19:00>
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 <19:33>

** This episode was originally shown as part of the abbreviated episode "Panik Attack" on February 2, 2002, but was not aired as transcribed until 2007. Credit goes to Wikipedia for this information.
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