Joey Wheeler in non - canon This article describes the appearance of Joey Wheeler in storylines that are not part of the main continuity in the Yu - Gi - Oh ! manga , first series anime or second series anime . Manga . Yu - Gi - Oh ! R . In Yu - Gi - Oh ! R , Jonouchi , as usual , lends Yugi a hand when Anzu is kidnapped by Yako Tenma and KaibaCorp is taken over . Jonouchi provides his usual comic foil for the first few chapters , though he does get the key out of Tilla Mook . His first major role comes when he picks up a " Booby Trap " card that turns out to be a literal booby trap . Jonouchi ( and Honda , who went in after him ) is dumped down into KaibaCorp ' s basement where he has to face the third Card Professor , Klamath Osler , who he defeats by using " Roulette Spider " to make Klamath ' s own " Antlion " attack him . Jonouchi later encounters a laboratory run by the fifth Professor , Pete Coppermine . Impressed that Jonouchi beat Osler , Coppermine bets Jonouchi 10 , 000 Yen that Jonouchi could not defeat him . Through clever use of Trap Cards , Jonouchi allows his " Divine Knight Ishzark " to attack twice , depleting Coppermine ' s Life Points with one move . Jonouchi ' s next opponent before returning to the group is the seventh Professor , Mendo Cino . This duel is longer and more taxing to Jonouchi than the others , and even with the help of " Jinzo " he is not able to win easily . His victory comes when he uses " Stop Defense " to force Cino ' s " Guard Mantis " into Attack Position , and then striking it while it is weak . Cino , who had belittled Jonouchi throughout the duel over the fact that Jonouchi ' s tactics were inferior to his own , was impressed by his win and gracious in defeat . Jonouchi ' s next Duel is against Reiko Kitamori , the tenth Professor . He has to intimidate her into dueling , but once he gets her angry , she proves to be his strongest opponent yet . He finally defeats her by using " Relentless Attacks " to allow his " Gilti - Gearfried the Magical Steel Knight " to attack twice . After this Duel , he is picked up by Mokuba and taken to the place where Yakou is by him . Later , he has a rematch with Bandit Keith who has The Wicked Eraser and is able to beat him by using Keith ' s Time Machine which Jonouchi stole after beating Keith the first time in Duelist Kingdom arc . This is Jonochi ' s final Duel in Yu - Gi - Oh ! R . Anime . Yu - Gi - Oh ! the Movie : Pyramid of Light . In , which takes place after the Battle City tournament , Joey and Tristan hold back a crowd of people who want to duel Yugi for his Egyptian God Cards . Joey begins dueling them to hold them back . He and Tristan later dash to Kaiba ' s duel dome to watch Yugi ' s duel against Kaiba and Anubis . Capsule Monsters . Yu - Gi - Oh ! Capsule Monsters shows Joey win a trip for four to India . He invites Yugi , Tristan and Téa . Just when the plane approached its final destination , the engines cut out and the aircraft crash lands in a mysterious forest . After Joey and his friends evacuate from the aircraft , they find a man who says his name is Dr . Alex Brisbane . When Yugi lets slip to Brisbane that he is Solomon Muto ' s grandson , Brisbane tells him that he ' s a colleague of Solomon , and on their latest expedition together he disappeared . Brisbane takes them to what he believes it to be the legendary pyramid of Alexander the Great . Inside the pyramid , the four friends step on map , causing them to enter a strange world . Here Joey unlocks a living Baby Dragon , together they find a treasure chest , containing a clue to a trial . Joey later meets up with his friends . Together they had to complete a series of trials to leave . The gang meet up with Alexander the Great on occasions , where he helps them out . They also find Yugi ' s grandfather . Joey later separates from the gang . Next time they met him he was possessed and wearing Red - Eyes B . Dragon fashioned armor and he stops the party from acquiring the sword needed to complete the present trial . After Yugi brings Joey to his senses , Joey gets separated from the armor , which turns into Red - Eyes B . Dragon . Joey then removes the real sword from Red - Eyes , which had possessed both of them . Together the friends complete the tasks and Shadi offers Yugi power as a reward . Yugi claims he doesn ' t want it . They are then confronted by Alexander the Great , who wants to take the power . Alexander and his followers have a face - off against the friends , who all summon monsters they acquired throughout the trials . Yugi , Joey , Téa , Tristan and Solomon are then returned to the Pyramid .