Yu - Gi - Oh ! Capsule Monsters - Episode 008 " Fruits of Evolution " is the eighth episode of the miniseries " Yu - Gi - Oh ! Capsule Monsters " . Summary . The episode begins with Tea exclaiming how incredible the new area is : a gigantic tropical forest full of fruit - bearing trees . Solomon has also spotted something incredible : Joey eating twice his weight in tropical fruit . Yugi remarks that Joey is a self - proclaimed food freak , and Tristan notes that as long as he ' s eating he can ' t talk , but Joey protests that even though he ' s eating he can still hear . As he bites into another banana , however , it transforms into the next riddle : " Choose the apple that gives you a raise , and offer it up in the secret maze " The group begins their search , but there are countless apples , and Tea asks how they ' re supposed to find the right one . Yugi simply replies that they ' ll know it when they see it . After replying that it could take ages to find the apple in question and that the forest seemed to go on forever , Joey promptly stops as his head vanishes into thin air through an invisible wall . Yugi asks if he sees anything , and he replies negatively . The rest of the group closes in to find out what he means firsthand , only to find that there ' s nothing but an endless abyss . Solomon states that it must be the end of their map , and that the world doesn ' t exist past that point . The group promptly does an about - face . As they search around , there are more invisible barriers than they thought , and closer by . Solomon looks at it positively and says that the jungle is smaller than it appears , so finding the apple is easier than they thought . As they catch up with Tristan , they find him standing in awe over what appears to be a gigantic melon . Without any fear of hurting his pride , he speaks of how it has always been his dream to eat a humongous canalope , and that he was the president of the national melon lover ' s fan club for four years . He attempts to pull the gigantic fruit out of the ground , but Joey and Tea protest that there ' s not time for that , and they should get back to their previous endeavors . Tristan conveniently pulls out a marker ( where he got it from is a mystery ) and draws his face on the melon , which promptly sinks into the ground . He then leaps in after it , and the group follows an underground passageway . The group finds a large chamber at the end of the passage , complete with a set of stairs and three enormous pillars . When Joey inquires where the melon is supposed to be , Tea looks upward , spotting three golden apples on top of each of the three pillars . The problem is , there are three , and they only need one . Another problem standing is that the apples are high up in the air . Joey suggests that another clue may be up the stairs ahead , but before anyone can move forward , Yugi tells them to wait , as he ' s spotted something familiar . Tristan picks up quickly , claiming it ' s his fruit , but Tea tells him not to be so sure ; it ' s not a melon . The " melon " squirms forward , revealing itself to be a large caterpillar ( most likely the " Petit Moth " ) . Eager to punish the oversized larvae for impersonating fruit , Tristan calls out his Thunder Kid , only to have the entire room begin rumbling . Within moments , it begins to shift and change , and everyone is separated from each other as a Labyrinth Wall rises around them and traps them within an enormous maze . Yugi quickly comes to the conclusion that this was the maze mentioned in the riddle , and before they attempt to solve it , he and Solomon attempt to find their friends . Tea is still finding her way around the maze , and runs into countless dead ends . After sulking and nearly giving up , she resolves that since her friends would never throw in the towel , neither will she . Joey , however , " is " throwing in the towel , and has sketched a map out on a scrap piece of paper ( once again , the paper and marker mysteriously appear ) , and with his depression overtaking him , he decides to have his last meal . Pulling a spare banana from his pocket , he takes a bite out of it , only to find that it ' s boosting his energy . . . that , or he ' s going bananas . Tristan has about had it with the maze as well , and decides to draw his face on the wall to mark his spot ( courtesy of his favorite magic marker ) . Unfortunately , after countless rounds , he still ends up at the very same wall . Thunder Kid finally pulls him out of his stupor and points to a capsule nearby . Tristan activates it , hoping that whatever ' s in it is friendly . Tea is still wandering through the maze , completely unaware that she ' s being followed by a Jirai Gumo spider . Upon hearing it hiss at her , she whips out her Dark Witch capsule , only to have it snatched away from her via spiderweb . She flees quickly , having no offensive monsters , but she quickly finds herself at a dead end . Spotting a capsule , she races for it , but Jirai Gumo lashes out and binds her leg with another shot of spider web . Calling Happy Lover to help , the monster pushes over the capsule that she barely manages to touch with her fingertips and activate . Before she ' s even sure what the monster is , she orders an attack , and Seiyaryu gives her one , eliminating the spider and returning her Dark Witch Capsule . Joey , meanwhile , has also recieved a brainpower boost from the fruit he ' s eating . He ' s almost got the maze completely figured out , but in the middle of a few calculations he ' s interrupted by a Battle Ox . Joey immediately calls Red - Eyes Black Dragon for assistance , only to find that not only is the dragon a bit too big for the corridor , but Battle Ox is quickly disposed of by a rampaging Shovel Crusher , courtesy of Tristan . While Tristan and Joey are riding on the beast ( and smashing through the Labyrinth wall along the way ) , Joey begins to reprimand Tristan for not practicing some driving safety , but his friend only replies that Shovel Crusher doesn ' t seem to have any understanding of what a traffic violation is . Tea flies around the maze on Seiyaryu and comes upon another dead end when Shovel Crusher smashes past her . On the other side of the wall is none other than Solomon and Yugi , Solomon asking if Yugi saw a licence plate on Shovel Crusher . The five are reunited and they begin to ride on Tristan ' s Shovel Crusher through the maze . Joey begins to suspect that they may be cheating , but Solomon shakes his head , saying that the riddle never mentioned how to get out of the maze , and for all they know , the Shovel Crusher might have been the only solution to it . The group finally makes it back to the main room , but there are two significant differences . The first one Yugi notices is that one of the apples in the room is missing . Tristan and Solomon are also missing ; Shovel Crusher apparently wanted to barrel through a few more walls . A sound catches everyone ' s attention , and all heads turn toward a large cocoon , which promptly hatches into a Great Moth , which immediately begins an offensive . Yugi relinquishes control to Yami , whom orders his friends to load their capsules . Seiyaryu and Red - Eyes Black Dragon are called forth , while Yami activates his Duel Armor to merge with Dark Magician . The three attack simultaneously , and the moth seems to be defeated , but it reemerges as the Ultimate Great Moth . Tea and Joey attempt to attack again , but the moth repels their attack right back at them , and they ' re hit . The moth attacks again , this time striking Yami . Yami tells Yugi that the moth is powerful enough to destroy all of their monsters , and they need to find a solution quickly . Yugi takes a long shot and points out the missing apple , which gives Yami an idea . Avoiding the moth , he leaps atop one of the pedestals and eats one of the apples , activating Dark Evolution , transforming the Dark Magician into the Magician of Black Chaos . He re - fuses with the magician and takes down the moth with Chaos Sceptre Blast . Yami comes down from the pedestals just as Tristan and Solomon reappear . He quickly begins to explain the riddle of the golden apples : each of the three apples had its own purpose . One was consumed by the caterpillar , causing it to evolve into a Great Moth . He knew if he took the second one , his strength would also grow , and that would leave a single apple left . Now all they had to do was offer up the remaining apple . After the explanation , Tea asks where Tristan ' s monster is , and he replies with a retort that it ' s resting after careening around like a lunatic . The group goes up the stairs ( Yami defuses his armor and Yugi takes control between these two points ) and Yugi places the apple on a golden altar , where a bright light shines temporarily and the staircase to the final challenge appears . With renewed vigor , the group heads forward .