Flip Turner Flip Turner , known as Tokunosuke Hyori ( " Hyōri Tokunosuke " ) in the manga and known as Tokunosuke Omoteura ( " Omoteura Tokunosuke " ) in the Japanese version of the anime , is one of the main supporting characters appearing in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " . He is a friend of Yuma Tsukumo . Design . Etymology . Flip ' s last name in the Japanese version is made up of the words " omote " and " ura , " which can respectively mean " outer " and " inner , " referencing his belief that there is a hidden or opposite side to everything . His English name is a reference to Flip Effect Monster s , which his Deck revolves around . Personality . When Astral looks at Flip , he appears to have a dark aura around him , similar to Reginald Kastle and Mr . Kay when they were possessed by " Number s " , even though he is not seen to have one . This is shown to represent his dark nature , being a very deceitful and spiteful person . Flip is a crafty person who has similar mannerisms to Weevil Underwood . They both appear quite similar and are viewed as creepy by the female characters . They both trick their opponents into taking their cards and take advantage of it . Flip is a skilled Duelist who uses any under - handed tactic in the book to make his opponents fall into his trap , even to the extent of giving Yuma the " Baby Tiragon " card in order for him to steal Yuma ' s " " . Wherever Flip goes , there is mischief , from causing a candy store owner to go out of business by saying his candies were overpriced ( in the dub he said that the candies were past their expiration date even though they never had one ) , to confusing a litterbot by tipping it upside down . He has a habit of saying " Ura " in each sentence in the Japanese version . Flip seems to have a similar characteristic with his Flip Effect Monster s as his appearance is deceiving until his true intention is revealed , just like flipping a face . He has a Duel Gazer built for his glasses and a Standard Blue D - Pad . In the dub , Flip believes that there ' s a " flip - side " to everything , and that things can be defined by their opposites . Something that seems harmless can actually be quite lethal . This philosophy is embodied by his fondness for Flip Effect Monster s , along with the physically weak " Baby Tiragon " . As a small child , he often received the same treatment from older children who took advantage of his ignorance towards Dueling to cheat him out of his cards through Ante Duel s , saying they would accelerate his improvement when the stakes were higher . He eventually found out , running home in tears and vowing revenge . Since then , he had learned to trick people for his own gain , even defeating his former bullies who quickly became his lackeys . After his Duel with Yuma Tsukumo , the two eventually put aside their differences and become good friends . His personality completely changes afterwards , as shown when he helps Yuma , Tori and Bronk get into the studio to find Nelson Andrews at the expense of being prevented from going in himself . However , he later seems to return to his old ways when he tried to reach the finals by using fake heart pieces , using Yuma and his friends to take the identity of Count Crazy Fang , and saying that Yuma and his friends are only good as tools , although he seemed to have learned his lesson after that . During the Festival at Heartland Middle School , he was again up to his old tricks , trading fake tickets for a show for rare cards . Flip is shown to be envious of Yuma and the gang owning " Number " cards so much , he was willing to foolishly take a " " and as a result was absorbed into the Barian World . However , he committed this act because he wanted help Yuma . Voice / Mannerisms . In the Japanese version , Flip has a habit of saying " ura " after most of his sentences . " Ura " means " opposite " / " reverse " or " inner " . In the " OCG " a face - down card is called an " uragawa " card - which can reflect Flip ' s use of Flip Effect Monster s , which have to be Set in order to activate their effects . Biography . History . As a child , Flip enjoyed Dueling . He would often go to the park to find people to Duel . Unfortunately , his opponents were usually a group of older children who would convince him to Ante Duel them on the promise of improving his skills through the extra pressure ( in reality , all they wanted were his cards ) . He eventually found out after overhearing a conversation between them . He ran home in tears , vowing he would learn to manipulate the other side of things to defeat them , just as they had used it against him . After studying deception and building a new Deck , he won matches with the children who quickly became his lackeys . Tori and Bronk also mentioned knowing him in grade school where they learned of his deceitful nature . Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL . Pre - World Duel Carnival . In Junior High , Flip was the same as before , his first appearance being putting a candy shopkeeper out of business by calling his sweets over priced ( in the dub , the man put them on sale , and Flip said that reason for this is because they are past their expiration dates ) , then Dueling the enraged man and beating him with his own card . One morning , he found Yuma Tsukumo , congratulating him on his defeat of Shark , attempting to give him the " Baby Tiragon " card as a reward , only for Yuma to be pulled away . He attempted this several more times , only for the same thing to happen . He later doctored photographs of Yuma , placing him in many incriminating situations of mischief and emailing the pictures to their classmates , causing everyone but Bronk and Tori to shun him ( even going as far as convincing another student to skip class to support the ruse , but in reality , had promised that student a rare Xyz Monster if he could create a domino pattern by the next morning ) . He later dressed as a female admirer to give a video message to Yuma , along with the " Baby Tiragon " card . Depressed at having no one to Duel with , Yuma went to the mall , with Flip just happening to be there . He pat Yuma on the back , saying he believed he was innocent ( while placing a note on him ) . He challenged Yuma to a Duel , to which he accepted . Flip ' s decietful nature showed through after he set Yuma up to Summon " Baby Tiragon " , activating his " Ultra C " card to Summon Yuma ' s " " to his side of the field . He then revealed the note he placed on Yuma ' s back was a letter written in Yuma ' s voice , stating that this was an Ante Duel and the winner was allowed to take a card of their choice from the loser . Flip told him that his whole plan , from the photos to the Duel , was to steal " Utopia " . Even after managing to steal Yuma ' s " " as well , Flip was defeated by his own " Baby Tiragon " . Even then , Yuma offered it back to him on the condition he didn ' t use it for any underhanded tricks again , prompting Flip to ask what his hidden motive was , only for Yuma to reply he didn ' t have one , and that it was his card to begin with as well as thinking he was a very strong Duelist . This caused Flip to burst into tears , saying he never had someone call him powerful before . ( In the dub , Yuma instead complimented him on his glasses , saying that they were " cool " ; just as in the Japanese version , Flip burst into tears , as this was the nicest thing anyone has ever said to him . Flip then realized that his philosophy - that there is a " flip - side " to everything - may not always be correct , and that some things should be taken at face value . ) He then gave the card back , saying Yuma should keep it as a sign of friendship , to which Yuma rejoiced , as he had really wanted the card all along . The two left the Duel as friends . He later appeared before Yuma , Tori , and Bronk as they were trying to think of a way to sneak back stage for The Sparrow show . Flip attempted to act natural and walk right past the guard , only for it to fail . He then shouted that the others should run while they can , letting them go through as he distracted the guard . He appeared again when Bronk , Tori and Caswell were discussing forming a Super Secret Number Card Investigation Club coming down from a tree and asking to join . They let Flip join due to the fact that he used " Number " cards before , but he claimed he doesn ' t remember what happened back then . After they all split up to look for information on the Numbers and finding nothing he brought them to Fortuno ' s mansion hoping that as a fortune teller , Fortuno would help them . As Fortuno effortlessly predicted the details of their quest , Bronk asked him if this was the hidden side to fortune telling , to which he replied there was no hidden side to it . He , along with the others there , fell through the floor ( excluding Cathy ) and were left stranded in a pit of lava on a small pedestal of rock . He cheered Yuma on throughout the Duel after he arrived to rescue his friends , watching through a portal in the room . He witnessed Astral appear as the duo obtained the power of Chaos Xyz Evolution . Once Yuma won the Duel , the Augmented Reality disappeared , revealing they had all been standing on a table in a normal room all along . Flip and the rest came to congratulate Astral and Yuma ( more so the former ) and thanked them for saving the group . World Duel Carnival Preliminaries . Later , Flip entered the World Duel Carnival , but separated from Yuma and the others . He hid in a tree to try and analyze the other Duelists , but accidentally slept through the whole first day of the preliminaries . After realizing that it was the second day already and most of the Duelists left are strong , he then decided to get Heart Piece s using his " tricky ideas " . He tricked others into trading their Heart Pieces for sweets that looked like Heart Pieces that quickly melted , one of his victims being Spencer . He decided to use one of his sweets to complete a perfect Heart , but it was later discovered by Dextra and Nistro , who forced him to lick the Heart Piece until it melted and were about to disqualify him from the tournament , when Yuma appeared to defend him , Dueling in his place . When Yuma eventually won the Duel , he was overjoyed and he started to cry until his victims found him and demanded their Heart Pieces back . Flip then ran away , but the angry people caught up to him and they took their Heart Pieces back . After that , Flip lost his last Heart Piece , which disqualified him from the tournament . World Duel Carnival Finals . He then watched the tournament continue from the stands . After Faker ' s defeat , he alongside the rest of his friends watched the Duel between Yuma and Kite . Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL II . Barian Invasion . Caswell , Bronk , Cathy and Flip were Dueling at the school when Fender interrupted them . Fender beat the four of them off - screen . Flip cheered for Yuma during his Duel with Fender . Later at school , Shark was asked by Bronk to Duel him , who trying to gain his blessings to date Rio , but Shark declined since he was no match for him . He also added that Bronk wasn ' t even at Yuma ' s level , causing Bronk to jump to the conclusion that Rio was with Yuma . Flip and Caswell overheard this and spread a rumor around the school . Oblivious to the rumor , an angry Rio challenged Shark to a Duel . During the Duel , Shark was able to counter every strategy Rio played and voiced little faith in Rio ' s confidence as a Duelist . While Shark was proud that Rio was able to gain courage , he proclaimed that she still has a long way to go if she wanted to beat him and defeated Rio with his " Shark Caesar " . Afterwards , Shark learned the rumor from Rio and cleared up the misunderstanding , clarifying that he wasn ' t the one spreading the rumor . Caswell and Flip are then chased down by Rio . During the Heartland Academy Festival , Flip is once more seen scamming other students , selling false tickets to a Scarlett Starling concert . Carlyle Chesterton caught him , as Flip ' s booth was not registered . Mythyrian Numbers War . Some time after Yuma left for the Astral World , Flip obtained a off - screen . He kept quiet about it in front of his friends until Quattro asked him and the Number Club if they picked up any odd - looking " Numbers " . After Flip showed the card to the others , Quattro and Bronk berated him for having it ; he responded that he obtained the card so that he could help Yuma . Mr . Heartland appeared before them and revealed that those with strong emotions , amplified by the fake " Numbers " scattered around the world by Don Thousand , will be sacrificed to the Barian World . At this point , a Barian Emblem appeared on Flip ' s forehead and Flip was sacrificed to the Barian World , like many people before him . Barian Emperor Onslaught . Flip was revived after Nash was defeated by Yuma , appearing behind Tori after she and Yuma returned to Earth . Deck . Past . In the past , its unknown what type of Deck Flip played , but three cards were shown , all of which caused hand s to be reveal ed , reflecting the trusting nature he had at the time . Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL . Flip uses an Anti - Xyz Deck featuring Zombie - Type Flip Effect Monster s . He takes advantage of the opponent ' s monsters by taking control of them , often handing out " Baby Tiragon " cards to opponents before Duels in order to aide in this .