![]() ![]() Artifact of Doom: Carries the Millenium Rod, which can control the minds of his victims.Arc Villain: Of the first half of Battle City, when he causes trouble in the Battle City tournament to kill Yugi.As a result, he comes across as considerably less sympathetic and engaging in Disproportionate Retribution in the English dub, compared to the horribly misguided, but still sympathetic antagonist in the manga and Japanese anime. Adaptational Jerkass: The English dub Bowdlerised the more horrific aspects of his childhood and the tombkeepers' duties.Buzzsaws that chop off the loser's legs after they lose? Check! A bomb that's set to explode, destroying the floor and sending the loser falling down over ten stories? Check! Brainwashing Yugi's best friend and placing both of them in a duel where either one or both of them get dragged into the sea by an anchor? Check! Absurdly High-Stakes Game: Every battle he sets up between Yugi and one of his minions ends up being Death Games/Shadow Games.He wields the Millennium Rod, which brainwashes and controls any victim that touches it. He later betrayed his order, set up an underground organization within the gaming world's black market ("the Ghouls"), and sought to defeat the King of Games, the reasons for which which vary between adaptations and dub or original - in the 4Kids dub, Marik wants to claim the Millennium Puzzle and become the new Pharaoh, in the original Japanese anime and manga, he wants to kill the Pharaoh because he thinks the Pharaoh was responsible for his father's death. This became his Superpowered Evil Side, Dark Marik. As a little boy, an ancient ritual which involved carving the ancient writings onto his back using a hot dagger traumatized him so much that he created an alternate personality to cope with the pain. The initial Arc Villain of the Battle City arc, he's a former tombkeeper charged with protecting the Pharaoh's Millennium Items and carvings, until his return. I will kill him a second time and take revenge! but not by welcoming the king we have waited for. ![]()
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