The Yu-Gi-Oh! series features an extensive cast of characters created by Kazuki Takahashi. The series takes place in a fictional city in Japan called Domino City, in which most of the characters that appear in the series originate. Many plot elements are also influenced by Egypt and Egyptian mythology, and as such, Egyptian characters also appear within the story.
The original manga of Yu-Gi-Oh! tells the tale of Yugi Mutou, a timid young boy who loves all sorts of games, but is often bullied around. One day, he solves an ancient artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle, causing his body to play host to a mysterious spirit with the personality of a gambler. From that moment onwards, whenever Yugi or one of his friends is threatened by those with darkness in their hearts, this "Dark Yugi" shows himself and challenges them to dangerous "Shadow Games" which reveal the true nature of someone's heart, the losers of these contests often being subjected to a dark punishment called a "Penalty Game". As the series progresses, Yugi and his friends (Jonouchi Katsuya, Anzu Mazaki, Hiroto Honda, Miho Nosaka (in the 1998 series), and later Ryo Bakura) learn that this other Yugi inside of his puzzle is actually the spirit of a nameless Pharaoh from Egyptian times who had lost his memories. As Yugi and his companions attempt to help the Pharaoh regain his memories, they find themselves going through many trials as they wager their lives facing off against others that wield the mysterious Millennium Items and the dark power of the Shadow Games.
[Judge Dread]: "Coo, what a nice day. I think I'll have a lay down in the sand, terrific! Might as well get me rock out. Don't leave it in the sun to long though, it'll get all sticky. Here, is that a band I hear playing? Oh, the're playing my tune!"
When I go down the seaside
I'm feeling rather rude
The girls in their bikinis
Are showing all their boobs
And when they see my stick of rock
They all shout out with glee
If all you give it all away
Please save a lick for me
Oh ho ho ho oh what a big one
I've never seen one as big as that before
Oh ho ho ho oh what a big one
It must be fourteen inches long or more!
I took a stroll along the beach
My rock was in my hand
I saw a girl buried
Up to her neck in sand
She said some boys did this to me *
So please help get me out
Before I could assist her
My rock shot in her mouth
And she cried-
Oh ho ho ho oh what a big one
I've never seen one as big as that before
Oh ho ho ho oh what a big one
It must be fourteen inches long or more!
I'm always in the discos
As soon as the sun goes down
I chat up all the nice galls
With bodies nice and brown
I take them back to me chalet
And they always get a shock
When I turn the lights on
And they see the size of me rock
They all cry-
Oh ho ho ho oh what a big one
I've never seen one as big as that before
Oh ho ho ho oh what a big one
It must be fourteen inches long or more!
When me holidays are over
Me rock goes home with me
Athough it's not as big as it was
It's big enough for me
If you want to know who my girlfriend is
Take a look around the place
She's the one in the corner
With a smile upon her face
And she loves that it's a big one
She's never seen one as big as that before
And she loves that it's a big one
It must be fourteen inches long or more!
[Judge Dread]: "Well darling, I bet you've never seen one as big as this have you?"
[Girlfriend]: "Oh yes I have. The milkman's got one, and he showed it to me while you were on holiday"
[Judge Dread]: "Coo, that must be what they mean by 'are you getting enough'. I'll tell you what, you're not getting any more of mine!"
[Girlfriend]: "Oh come on"
Oh ho ho ho oh what a big one
I've never seen one as big as that before
Oh ho ho ho oh what a big one