Tristan Taylor Tristan Taylor , known as Hiroto Honda ( 本田 ヒロト " Honda Hiroto " ) in the Japanese version , is in class 1 - B at Domino High School and a friend of Yugi Muto , Joey Wheeler , Téa Gardner and Bakura Ryou . Design . Appearance . Tristan ' s character design was overseen by Kazuki Takahashi . His usual outfit from the second series anime consists of a long brown coat with a raised collar , a white buttoned shirt underneath and black jeans . His brown hair is arranged such that a large portion spikes out from the front of his head . Personality . In the Japanese version , Honda tends to omit honorifics just like his friend Jonouchi does . Honda plays a few of the games that Yugi plays , and does not play Duel Monsters that often . He along with Anzu are often supportive of their friends . In middle - school , Tristan began a strong friendship with Jounouchi . In the manga , Honda is a sharpshooter . He said that when he was a kid , he could shoot a 100 - yen piece with a BB gun from 50 feet . Naming . In all of the Japanese versions and in the English - language versions of the original " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga by Kazuki Takahashi , Tristan is known as Hiroto Honda . In the English - language second series anime , the English - language video games , the English - language " " , and the English - language " ani - manga " of that movie , he is known as Tristan Taylor . In translated versions of the manga in Spanish , Indonesian , French , German , Italian , Dutch , Swedish , Danish , and Norwegian manga , he is known as Hiroto Honda . In the Brazilian Portuguese version of the manga he is known as Tristan Taylor . In the Spanish dubbed anime he is known as Tristán Taylor . In the dubbed anime of all of the other Indo - European languages he is known as Tristan Taylor . In the dubbed anime of the Arabic language , he is also known as Tristan Taylor ( تريستن تَيلر ) . In the dubbed anime of the Greek Language , he is known as Tristan Taylor ( Τρίσταν Τάυλορ ) . Biography . History . At some point in the past , Tristan heard Joey was getting into a fight with some gang members while standing up for a kid and rushed to his aid . Though they defeated them , Joey thought Tristan did it because he saw Joey as a child who can ' t stand up for himself . Years later , Joey realized Tristan only did what he did because he was a true friend who would never abandon Joey . Duelist Kingdom . Tristan and Téa sneak onto the boat to the Duelist Kingdom . They save Yugi and Joey from drowning , by throwing them a rope ladder , after Joey attempted to recover Yugi ' s " Exodia " cards that Weevil Underwood had thrown overboard . During the preliminaries , he cheers Yugi and Joey on from the sidelines of their Duels . Tristan attacks Kemo , after seeing him grab a young boy . Kemo avoids being injured and recaptures the boy , explaining that he was to be evicted for losing his Star Chips . During an argument between him and Joey , Tristan accidentally reveals that he has been making several attempts to construct a Deck of his own , with one of his cards being " Lava Battleguard " . In the dub , Joey reveals that Tristan ' s monster and his " Swamp Battleguard " could be related . Tristan lends Joey the card , before Mai Valentine forces Joey into a Duel with Rex Raptor for revenge . The greatly helps Joey in the Duel . Joey compares how the Battleguards work together , to himself and Tristan . After the gang meet - up with Bakura . Yami Bakura traps Yugi , Téa , Tristan , Joey , and Bakura ' s souls in Duel Monster cards and Duels Yami Yugi . Tristan is Summoned after Yami Yugi plays " Cyber Commander " . He is destroyed by Bakura ' s " White Magical Hat " in the first attack and sent to the Graveyard . He is returned to the field when Yami Yugi plays " Monster Reborn " . When Yugi is Summoned as the " Dark Magician " , Tristan learns there are two Yugis . After Yami Yugi ends the Shadow Game , everyone apart from Yugi and Bakura believed the game was just a dream . As Yugi and Joey are about to enter the Duelist Kingdom finals , Kemo refuses Tristan , Téa and Bakura entry as they aren ' t finalists . Mai flirts with Kemo , distracting him long enough for the others to run inside . Tristan suspected Pegasus of cheating against Kaiba . The night before the finals , he , Téa and Bakura inspected the area where Pegasus and Kaiba dueled . They noticed a beam of light was entering the room through a hole in the wall . After peering through the hole , they found there was a tower that could have been used to spy on Kaiba ' s hand with the aid of a telescope . The group infiltrated the tower and found the portrait of Cecelia Pegasus . Pegasus confronted the intruders and , using his Millennium Eye , transported them to another chamber , where some occult activity took place . As Pegasus attempted to use his Millennium Eye on them , Yami Bakura countered with the Millennium Ring . Yami Bakura then transported Tristan , Téa and Bakura back to their rooms , causing them to forget the events of this night . Tristan cheered for Yugi and Joey from the sidelines during the final rounds . When Yugi dueled Pegasus , Tristan took time to search Pegasus castle to find Mokuba ' s body . He hides inside a suit of armor , while sneaking around the dungeons . He accidentally opened a secret passageway after tripping and grabbing a gargoyle to prevent himself falling over completely . Tristan takes out the man guarding Mokuba ' s cell , by shoving a helmet from another suit of armor on his head . He takes the guard ' s key and unlocks Mokuba ' s cell , which sets off a security alarm . Tristan removed the armor and carried Mokuba on his back . On his way out , Tristan is confronted by two of Pegasus ' goons . Yami Bakura appears and uses " Chain Energy " to create real chains of energy , which tie up the goons . Tristan and Bakura make their escape before the chains dissipate . Tristan is unaware of Yami Bakura ' s existence and thinks this is the regular Bakura . He asks Bakura how he did that , but Bakura insists they focus on escaping right now . The two boys get cornered by guards , but Bakura fends them off by Summoning " Duel Monsters " from his cards . Tristan realizes this isn ' t the same Bakura he knows , and recognizes him as the evil spirit that trapped them in a Shadow Game . Yami Bakura reveals that he ' s searching for a new host , since regular Bakura has betrayed him in the past . He demands Tristan to hand over Mokuba ' s soulless body , threatening to set more monsters on Tristan if he doesn ' t . Yami Bakura advises Tristan to do as he says , as he will get what he wants either way . Tristan pretends to go along with this , but chucks Mokuba ' s body at Bakura and then attacks him , knocking him out . Tristan takes back Mokuba and looks at the Millennium Ring . Understanding this to be the source of Bakura ' s evil half , he picks it up and tosses it out of the castle , far into the forest below them . Tristan returns to Yugi and Pegasus ' duel with Mokuba and Bakura ' s bodies . He sees that Yugi and Pegasus are now playing a Shadow Game and explains what happened with Yami Bakura to Joey and Téa . Joey , Téa and Tristan are unable to see the duel , as it ' s surrounded by a strange dark matter , but they have a feeling something bad has happened to Yugi . Tristan tries running into the darkness , but immediately comes out the other side . After Bakura wakes up , Tristan explains how the Ring was making him act weird , so he threw it away . After the tournament , Tristan and his friends are taken home by Seto Kaiba , as all the boats had left . Legendary Heroes . Tristan and his friends agree to help Mokuba rescue Kaiba after Kaiba got trapped into a virtual world by the Big Five . There are 3 remaining pods into the virtual world . Mokuba and Yugi take two , while Joey and Tristan argue over who gets the other one . Tristan eventually stays behind with Téa to work the controls . To pass the time , he tries talking about his first crush and his essay about his dream of being a pilot . In the dub , he tries showing Téa his facial hair . Téa shows no interest in any of those . After hearing people outside , they barricade the door . They manage to hold off the guards , until Mokuba , Yugi and Joey return with Kaiba . Battle City . After Yugi ' s Duel with Bandit Keith , who was possessed by Marik Ishtar , Joey and Tristan break down the door into the burning building . Keith rushes out and Joey and Tristan go inside to rescue Yugi . Yugi refuses to leave without his Millennium Puzzle , which is stuck to a wall , by a needle - like beam jammed into its chain . Tristan grabs Yugi ' s deck from the duel arena . He then returns to help Joey free the Puzzle . He and Joey push a pipe through the hole on the beam and use it as a lever to remove the beam . After Joey goes missing , shortly before his sister , Serenity ' s eye operation , Tristan scanned the streets on his motorbike searching for him . ( cut from the dub ) Honda ( Tristan ) found Jonouchi on the beach . Jonouchi was moping about losing his card " Red - Eyes Black Dragon " to a Ghoul and feels unworthy to face Shizuka ( Serenity ) . Honda punches Jonouchi and reminds him how Shizuka needs him . After talking sense into Jonouchi , he takes him to the hospital to see Shizuka . Tristan developed a crush on Serenity . Shortly before the Battle City tournament , he visited her in the hospital and impressed her by lying that he is the one who taught Joey what he knows about dueling . Joey made a phone call to the hospital and was enraged to hear that Tristan is with Serenity and the lies he told her . Tristan visited Serenity again after the tournament starts . He brought a laptop , so he could keep her updated on how Joey ' s doing in the tournament . He forgets how to turn on the laptop and has a nurse set it up . Although Joey was losing , Tristan couldn ' t break it to Serenity and lied about Joey ' s performance . When the nurse returned to take Serenity ' s temperature , Tristan stepped out of the room and made a call to Téa . He got her to pass a message on to Joey , that Serenity believes in him and he ' s not to give up . When Tristan returned to Serenity ' s room , she reveals that the nurse told her that Joey is losing and makes Tristan promise to keep her truthfully informed on Joey ' s duel , so she can support him when needed . The two of them celebrate after Joey wins . Before Tristan left , Serenity asked him to take her to the tournament the day her bandages are removed from her eyes , so the first thing she can see is her brother dueling . Tristan agrees . Tristan met up with Téa , Grandpa and Mokuba . They explained that Yugi has been missing and they ' ve managed to track his location . They manage to catch Yugi , just after he defeats Arkana . Téa and Tristan agreed to meet up with Yugi the next day . However , Tristan takes time to flirt with Serenity on the phone , causing them to be late and miss Yugi . Grandpa decides to help them find Yugi . While searching for Yugi , they spotted Joey chasing a kid who stole his Duel Disk . Tristan leapt in front of the boy and grabbed him , ensuring Joey got the Duel Disk back . The boy lied that he had stolen it because Weevil Underwood stole his own deck , but had actually taken it to sneak " Parasite Paracide " into Joey ' s deck . The boy takes them to where he saw Weevil . Shortly afterwards Weevil shows up and Tristan prepares to beat him up for taking the boy ' s cards . However , Joey insists that he duel Weevil . Tristan advises Joey to be cautious and cheers for Joey from the sideline of the duel . Hasty to have Joey qualify for the finals , Tristan tried talking Joey into dueling a participant he could easily beat , but Joey ' s pride was too strong to get into the finals the easy way . Tristan , Téa and Grandpa accompany Joey to the aquarium , where Joey faces Mako Tsunami . After Joey defeats Mako and qualifies for the finals , he needs someone to collect Serenity . Much to Joey ' s distress , Tristan eagerly volunteers and takes off before Joey can stop him . Tristan takes Serenity to the tournament by train . On the way they talk about Joey , and Tristan tells her some of the rules of " Duel Monsters " . At the same time he is also trying to flirt with her . But when Serenity said that she thinks Tristan was an awesome " friend " , he gets frustrated at this because he thought that she should have thought more highly of him . He also buys her lunch . After they arrive in Domino City , Tristan calls Téa to find out where Joey is , but gets no answer , as she has been captured by the Rare Hunters . As they walked down the street , a group of Rare Hunters surrounded them . Tristan gets Serenity to climb on his back and runs from the hunters . The Rare Hunters manage to surround them again , so Tristan lets Serenity down so he can fight them . He manages to take care of two of the Hunters , but the third grabs Serenity . As Tristan goes to save her , one of the two he just attacked punches him onto the ground . The two of them are saved by Duke Devlin , who fires dice at the Rare Hunters . The three of them continue to look for Joey . Thinking he might be in the finals , they decide to ask duelists who may have qualified for the finals , where the finals are on . Unsuccessful , Tristan returns to Duke and Serenity , disgusted to find Duke used the time to flirt with Serenity . The Rare Hunters reappear , so the group split into two ; Duke takes Serenity to safety , while Tristan takes care of the Hunters . Tristan beats up the three of them and demands to know the location of his fiends . he learns they ' re at Domino Pier , before Mai ' s car pulls up , with herself , Duke and Serenity inside . Tristan gets inside and has Mai take them to the pier . The group arrive at the pier , where they find Joey , possessed by Marik , is dueling Yugi . Tristan pulls Yugi out of the water after the duel . After the duel , while Joey is feeling ashamed of himself , Tristan reminds him how he has fought hard for Serenity . Mai takes the group by car to the location of the finals . Tristan and the other non - finalists are initially refused entry on the blimp , where the quarter - finals are to take place , but Mokuba allows them on . Much to Joey ' s annoyance , Tristan , Téa and Duke crash in Joey ' s room on the blimp . Tristan planned to impress Serenity with the romantic view from the window , but was beaten to it by Duke . Tristan apologizes to Joey for ruining his chance for quality time with his sister , but said he had to take this room , as he didn ' t want to disturb Yugi , who would be preparing for the finals . Joey reminds Tristan that he ' s a finalist too , but thanks him for taking Serenity to the tournament . Tristan watches Yugi ’ s Duel with Yami Bakura , and he was suprised when he saw that Bakura had somehow gotten the Millennium Ring back , after he had thrown it away during Duelist Kingdom . Tristan tells Duke off for doubting Yugi during thedDuel . When Yugi is forced to either attack Bakura Ryou , who is in weak form , or be disqualified , Tristan and Joey try entering the field to help . However , Joey gets threatened with disqualification , so Tristan and Duke end up having to restrain Joey . Yami Bakura took control of Bakura once again and let Yugi attack him . Bakura still ended up injured , so Tristan carried his body back to his room and tried to talk Kaiba into landing the blimp later . Afterwards , he notices Bakura ' s Ring is gone again . Tristan was disgusted by Duke flattering Serenity about her speech to Kaiba to make an emergency stop for Bakura . He dragged Duke away from her in order to search for the Millennium Ring . They searched the top of the blimp where the Duel was held , but started fighting over Serenity . As a result they end up hanging over the edge of the blimp . Tristan held Duke with one hand , the blimp with the other and called for help . Shadi appears and helps them both up . After taking a moment of relief , Tristan looked up to thank their rescuer , only to find he had disappeared . Tristan cheers for Joey during his duel with Odion Ishtar , whom they initially believe to be Marik . After both duelists are rendered unconscious after being struck by lightning , Tristan tries to run to Joey ' s assistance , but Roland doesn ' t allow it . Tristan runs to congratulate Joey after he is declared the winner ( as he stood up first ) . Joey later tells Tristan and his other friends that he had a dream involving them that helped him stand up during the Duel . Tristan cheers for Mai during her Duel with Marik . He witnesses her lose and suffer a Penalty Game . Virtual World . The Battle City blimp gets rerouted into a mechanical fortress in the sea by Noah Kaiba . Yugi , Joey , Tristan , Téa , Serenity , Duke , Kaiba , Mokuba and two of Kaiba ' s guards emerge from the blimp . Noah instructs them to go straight ahead , but points his weapons at Kaiba ' s guards ordering them to stay back as they aren ' t Duelists . Duke points out that Tristan doesn ' t Duel either , but Tristan hushes him . Joey advises Serenity to turn back , but Tristan supports Serenity ' s argument to come with them , reminding Joey that Marik is still on the blimp . They are greeted by a projection of the Big Five , who explain that they were trapped in cyberspace after they failed to trap Kaiba there during the Legendary Heroes game . For that they sought revenge on Kaiba and Yugi for helping him . Having Kaiba as a common enemy , Noah had uploaded their minds into his computer system . Using an altered form of " Duel Monsters " , they plan to face the gang in order to claim possession of their bodies , so that they may exist in the real world . The group are then transported to a virtual jungle , where they are given a demonstration of the Deck Master rules . The Big Five then separate the gang , by making holes appear under them . After Serenity falls through a hole , Duke and Tristan run to help her , but fall through a hole together . Duke and Tristan end up in a long hallway . After spending a while running down it , looking for Serenity , they conclude that the hall must loop infinitely . Since there ' s no exit , Tristan grabs an axe from a suit of armor and belts the wall hoping to create an exit . Duke gets another axe and assists him . Together they cut through the wall and end up on a balcony , high above the ground . Tristan hears Serenity scream below and leaps down to tackle the Mad Sword Beast that ' s chasing her . He covers the dinosaur ' s eyes and causes it to charge into a lake . Tristan catches a cold from the lake and gets in a fight with Duke , who accuses him of spreading germs . The trio take a while to analyze the situation . Serenity says she ' s not afraid , since they ' ve got Tristan , who she believes taught Joey everything he knows about " Duel Monsters " . Tristan covers Duke ' s mouth to stop him telling her otherwise . The group reach a door standing alone in the meadow . After opening it , they wind up in a hanger , similar to the place where the blimp landed . They are confronted by Nezbitt , who has taken the form of " Robotic Knight " . Nezbitt plans to Duel them one by one , starting with Serenity , but after much debate ends up facing the three of them at once . Each of them construct a Deck and pick a Deck Master . Tristan selects " Super Roboyarou " as his Deck Master . Duke and Tristan spend the first two turns , trying to correct Serenity ' s mistakes . Tristan Summons weak monsters in Attack Mode to draw Nezbitt ' s attacks to him rather than Serenity . After pumping his new Deck Master , " Perfect Machine King " to high ATK , Nezbitt attacks one of Serenity ' s monsters , but Tristan uses his Deck Master , " Super Roboyarou " , to take the attack and prevent her from losing . He also uses its Deck Master effect to Set 1 card , raising its ATK to 2200 . " Perfect Machine King " destroys " Super Roboyarou " , defeating Tristan . Tristan confesses to Serenity that he lied about teaching Joey how to play and that he isn ' t a great Duelist himself , before he is dropped through a trap door . His mind gets digitized , while his body is placed in a holding area . Duke talks Serenity into continuing the Duel . Serenity manages to Summon " St . Joan " , which is powered by Tristan ' s remaining monster , " Command Angel " . Duke uses his " Strike Ninja ' s " Deck Master effect to activate Tristan ' s face - down card , " Rare Metal Soul " , which raises " St . Joan ' s " ATK high enough to defeat Nezbitt ' s Deck Master , winning them the Duel . Despite losing , Nezbitt still takes Tristan ' s body , while Tristan wakes up in a warehouse in the body of a 2 - foot - tall robotic monkey ( bearing some resemblance to " Acrobat Monkey " ) . Tristan is horrified after seeing his robot monkey body in a mirror . He leaves the warehouse and spots Nezbitt , who is using his real body and attacking Kaiba with a . Tristan leaps on Nezbitt ' s face , saving Kaiba . The imposter kidnaps Mokuba and takes off on a motorbike , followed by Kaiba . Tristan is unable to speak in his new body so he cannot tell his friends who he is . Serenity however , convinces the group that the monkey can be trusted , since it saved Kaiba . Tristan , much to his pleasure , spends most of his time being carried by Serenity . While speaking fondly of her , Tristan accidentally hits a switch on his body , allowing him to speak properly and let everyone hear what he was saying . Although he behaves like Tristan , the group is still unsure it really is him , suspecting he may have been sent by Noah . Tristan , Joey , Serenity and Duke are encountered by the four remaining members of the Big Five , who attempt to steal more bodies . The gang try make their escape in a truck , driven by Joey . However the truck overturns and the four close in on them . While they argue over who gets which body , Noah appears and tells the four off for acting so dishonorably behind his back . Since Nezbitt didn ' t rightfully win Tristan ' s body , Noah tells the Big Five to share Tristan ' s body and if they defeat Yugi they will be allowed to escape to the real world . Tristan watches Yugi and Joey Duel the Big Five together to win his body back . During the Duel Téa wonders why Tristan is starting to actually behave like a monkey , leading Tristan to think he is going insane . Although Yugi and Joey win the Duel , the Big Five make another attempt to forcefully steal the gang ' s bodies . Noah appears once more to stop them and sends them away with Tristan ' s body . The real Tristan is devastated as he now believes he will never get his body back . Since Noah designed Tristan ' s monkey body , Duke suggest they search it for clues . After pushing buttons and activating a few unwanted functions , one of them opens a virtual door to KaibaLand . As the group enter the park , Tristan involuntarily turns on them and a set of guns emerge from his hands . He warns them not to enter , but Yugi and Joey knock him aside , returning him to normal . The gang enter a subway . Tristan finds a handcar on the track and the gang ride on it . After the car spins out of control , the group end up in a lava arena , where Kaiba is Dueling Noah . Noah defeats Kaiba by manipulating him with Mokuba . Yugi continues to Duel Noah in place of Kaiba and Noah introduces a rule where each turn , he turns one of Yugi ' s friends to statues . Eventually , monkey Tristan becomes such a victim . After all his friends have been turned to stone , Yugi imagines they are at his side and each of them gives him a card drawn from " Card of Sanctity ' s " effect . After Yugi wins , the group are unpetrified . After Noah finds out that Gozaburo Kaiba had been using him and now wants to digitize the entire world , he tricks everyone into thinking they are entering an exit into the real world . In reality he is trapping them within their own memories . Duke , Serenity and Tristan return to the moment where they are being chased by the Rare Hunters . After a flash , they return to present day with the others and realise they were tricked by Noah . Tristan believes they shouldn ' t have trusted Noah . The gang tries to come up with a plan , but Gozaburo sets monsters on them . Noah steals Mokuba ' s body to escape to the real world , where he organizes a missile attack to destroy the fortress , including the servers for the virtual world to foil his father ' s plans . After having a change of heart , he contacts the group and explains that they must get out out quickly before the virtual world is destroyed . Noah tells them to go the arcade where the real exits are located . Téa , Serenity and Tristan get to the arcade first , while Yugi , Duke and Joey fight off more of Gozaburo ' s monsters . Noah directs them to the stage , which transports their consciousnesses back to the real world . They wake up in their pods back in the real world , where Tristan finally returns to his real body ( much to his relief ) . Shortly afterwards , they ' re followed by Joey and Duke . The five of them go to Noah , who is still using Mokuba ' s body to help Yugi , Kaiba and Mokuba escape . They leave things in his hands and return the Battle City blimp . Yugi , Kaiba and Mokuba and Duke , Joey and Tristan help them get onto the departing blimp , as they leave Noah ' s fortress , before it gets destroyed . Battle City finals . The Battle City blimp lands on the " Alcatraz " island . Tristan , along with Téa and Duke watch the battle royal to determine who faces who in the finals , where they offer support to Yugi and Joey . After it ' s decided that Joey will be Dueling Marik next , Tristan quickly volunteers to tell Serenity , but Mokuba phones the blimp instead . Tristan joins Yugi , Téa and Duke to support Joey in his Duel . After Joey is rendered unconscious due to the pain he took from blast of " The Winged Dragon of Ra " , he is declared the loser . The group then rush to his assistance . Tristan seizes Joey by the shoulders and starts shaking him , ordering him to wake up . When Joey is taken by KaibaCorp ' s doctors , Tristan drops to his knees and cries , begging the doctor to save Joey . He freaks out and grabs the doctor by the shirt , after the doctor says there ' s nothing he can do . After calming down , Tristan says he knows Joey is doing whatever it takes to wake up . Tristan stays on the blimp with Joey , while Yugi faces Kaiba in the semi - finals . He tries to help Mokuba arrange an emergency helicopter for Joey . He returns to Joey ' s bedside to inform Téa , Serenity and Duke about the helicopter . The group are able to see Yugi and Kaiba ' s God cards battle through the window of the blimp . Tristan lifts up Joey and takes him over to the window , telling Joey that Yugi ' s in trouble and needs his help . Joey manages to wake up . Tristan weeps and tells him off for making them worry . Tristan and the others go up the tower to watch the rest of Yugi and Kaiba ' s Duel . After that he supports Joey , during a third place play off , between him and Kaiba . Following Joey ' s defeat they proceed to watch Yugi face Marik in the final . After Yugi wins , Kaiba announces that he ' s going to blow - up the tower in 1 hour . Tristan accuses him of being a sore loser for " trashing the place " after losing . The group proceeds to the blimp , to leave the island , where they find Mai and Bakura have woken up . After realizing the Kaiba brothers aren ' t there , Tristan joins the party to search for them . Unable to find the Kaibas they return to the blimp , whose engines are failing . Instead they take the emergency helicopter that had came for Joey . They escape the island , as it explodes and see the Kaibas escaping in the Blue - Eyes jet . Back at Domino City , Tristan , Joey , Yugi , Téa , Serenity and Bakura say goodbye as they part ways with the Ishtars , Mai and Duke . Tristan gets mad after Duke gives Serenity his phone number and later slips Serenity his too . Waking the Dragons . Yugi , Téa , Joey and Tristan go the museum in order to recover Yami Yugi ' s memories . As Yugi holds the Egyptian God cards , something holds him back . The group hear a scream and dash outside , finding a large number of living " Duel Monsters " in the city . After Yugi ' s God cards get stolen by Dartz henchmen , Tristan watches Yugi Duel and defeat Gurimo , who is using the soul sealing card " The Seal of Orichalcos " . Afterwards they meet Rebecca Hawkins , who takes them to her grandfather Arthur . Tristan is initially skeptical of Arthur ' s talk of a separate dimension , where real " Duel Monsters " exist ( despite remembering all the adventures and experiences they had previously ) , and calls Arthur a " nutty Professor " . This earns him a kick in the shins by Rebecca . While at Yugi ' s house , with Téa and Joey , Yugi receives a tape from Industrial Illusions . Tristan suggests they chuck it out , as this is how Pegasus stole Yugi ' s Grandpa ' s soul . Since Pegasus no longer has the Millennium Eye , they agree to watch it . In the tape Pegasus invites Yugi to come to California , where he will explain the " Duel Monsters " phenomenon . Téa , Tristan and Joey insist on coming with Yugi . The next morning , they take a plane sent by Pegasus . After arriving in America they take Pegasus ' limousine through the city . The limo stops at an abandoned gas station , where the driver deserts them . A group of bikers approach the limo . Although Tristan tries telling them they don ' t want trouble and advises them to move on , the bikers don ' t leave . They are saved by Mai Valentine , who arrives on her own motorbike and assaults the bikers , before taking off herself . Tristan drives the limousine from there , escaping before the gas station explodes . The limousine overheats , stranding the group in the desert . They manage to thumb a lift in the back of a truck from there . By the time they reach Industrial Illusions , Pegasus has been defeated by Mai , who along with Dartz other henchmen have taken over the building . The group get trapped inside while Joey is forced to Duel Mai , who is using " The Seal of Orichalcos " . With the Duel prematurely ended , the gang meet up with Kaiba and Duke . Dartz ' s henchmen leave and the group go upstairs where they are greeted by a hologram of Pegasus , who tells them about Dartz ' motives . Duke gives the group a lift in his car to Arthur Hawkins ' house . After learning Yugi went off on his own during the night , Tristan , Joey and Duke go after him . They find him Dueling Rafael . Yugi loses , causing the three guys to think he ' s lost his soul . They try to wake him up and find that Yugi ' s soul has been taken , while Yami Yugi ' s remains . After Kaiba refused them a lift , Yami , Joey , Tristan and Téa take a train to Florida to face Dartz henchmen . After a while , Tristan notices all the other passengers have disappeared . While they investigate , the train splits in two , separating Tristan and Joey from Yami and Téa . After , Tristan and Joey ' s fraction of the train slows down and stops , they leave it and find Rex Raptor . Tristan watches Joey Duel and defeat Rex , who was using " The Seal of Orichalcos " . After carrying Rex ' s body through the desert , they see Kaiba ' s plane crash land , aided by the Legendary Dragons and meet - up with their friends at the scene . Kaiba gives everyone a lift to Florida , where the group split up . Tristan and Téa go to alert the police . The police turn out to be possessed by the Orichalcos and set an Orichalcos Soldier on them . While running from the soldier , Joey passes them . Tristan advises Téa to go warn the others , while he stops Joey from running into the possessed folk . Joey ignores Tristan ' s advice and the two get split up when Joey takes a motorbike to chase after Valon . Shortly afterwards , Tristan is confronted by Mai , demanding to know where Joey is . Tristan tells her that he went after Valon and blames her . With Mai now after Joey , Tristan admits defeat and is attacked by an Orichalcos Soldier . Tristan prepares to fight him , but is saved by Yami Yugi in the nick of time . Rebecca hacks into KaibaCorp ' s satellite , allowing her to find Joey ' s exact location using the signal from his Duel Disk . By the time Tristan , Téa and Yami Yugi find Joey , he has already lost to Mai and find his soulless body lying with Valon ' s . Tristan and Téa fall behind Yami Yugi on the way to Paradius ' building , as they carry Joey , but meet with up with the Kaiba brothers . Once inside the building , they find Mai has lost her soul and Yami has started another Duel with Rafael . Dawn of the Duel . Tristan goes with his friends to the World of Memories . During their battle witht Thief King Bakura , Tristan ' s mind was taken over by Yami Bakura , but returned after Yugi defeats Bakura . He later watches Yugi and Atem ' s Duel along with his friends cheering them both on . He expressed sadness at Atem showing up to change everybody ' s lives and then just leave . Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX . Tristan is seen when Jaden is taken to the past to Duel against the younger Yugi , he picks up a flyer that has a picture of Yugi , Téa , Tristan , Joey and Kaiba . Deck . In the anime only , Tristan duels once .