Damon Lopez Damon Lopez ( デイモン ・ ロペス , " Deimon Ropesu " ) is a character who appears in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " anime . He is a friend of Crow Hogan and Shinji Weber . Biography . History . Damon witnessed Yugo and Zuzu Boyle attempting to convince people of the dangers from the Different Dimensions that could be coming to his world . Friendship Cup . Damon was captured by Sector Security and thrown into the Facility . There , he reunited with Crow and Shinji , who had recently been sent there as well . Upon meeting Yuya Sakaki , he mistook him for Yugo and questioned when he had been arrested and why and where Zuzu had ended up . Damon conspired with Crow and Shinji to escape from the Facility . They had Chojiro Tokumatsu set up a tournament , with the opening match being between Yuya , Sylvio and Tokamatsu himself . Knowing this would provide a distraction , they made their move during the tournament . Damon removed a ceiling vent and the ventilation fan within it . When a guard came by and questioned what they were doing , they claimed they were fixing the fan and that Damon was an expert in such things . The guard believed them and suggested they hurry so as not to miss the Duel , though . The distraction was successful and the three managed to escape . After their successful jailbreak , they met up with Yuya , Tokamatsu and the rest of the captured Lancers , who had managed to escape themselves after them when Tokamatsu ' s henchman kept the remaining prisoners and guards busy with Tokamatsu ' s stash of rare cards . They attempted to swim across the bay , having been signaled that it was safe . However , their friend , Tony Zomboni , who was to signal them , had been captured by Jean - Michel Roget and Sector Security , who arrested them again . The High Council intervened and entered the entire group in the Friendship Cup . Damon ' s first round match was against Sergey Volkov , an infamous criminal known as the " Duelist Crusher " . His opponent played defensively at first , with Damon destroy ing his monsters with " Alien Shocktrooper " . As a result Damon taunted him , quipping that Sergey ' s fangs had been clipped after being captured by Sector Security . In the end , Sergey counterattacked and brutally defeated Damon , sending him flying from his Duel Runner and resulting in him being carried away on a stretcher . Friendship Cup Finals . When Shay , Gong , Sylvio , and Moon Shadow caused a riot , Shinji , Damon , and Tony decided to take advantage of the situation and encourage the other inmates to rebel as well . When the Stomptroopers arrived to stop everyone , Shinji activated the conveyer belt , making them drop their weapons and was told by Damon that it worked . After escaping from underground , Damon and others started to gather allies for the takeover of New Domino City . Damon followed Shinji as he led the Commons into New Domino City for revolution against the Topsiders , but they stopped during their when Jack was scheduled to face Sergey Volkov . They soon began rioting again after the Duel ended , and they were confronted by Sector Security after Roget placed New Domino City under martial law . Damon was driven back , but they were saved by Crow using " Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower " . Crow tried to stop Shinji ' s rioting and convince him that Duel Academy were the true enemy , but Shinji refused , claiming that he hated the Topsiders more than Duel Academy and he , Damon and Tony activated their Duel Disks against Crow , who proceeded to do the same . Before they could Duel , Yuya appeared on the screen ; proclaiming that Dueling was about bringing smiles to people and not a tool to be used in conflict , and he then challenged Jack to a Duel . While Crow and Shinji were surprised by Yuya ' s mention of them in his short speech before the Duel , it did not end the confrontation between the four of them until Shay arrived and presumably ended the situation . Damon , Crow Shinji , and Tony raced to join Yuya ' s Duel with Jack and voiced out his encouragement and support . They simultaneously announced the effect of " Odd - Eyes Pendulum Dragon " with Yuya and watched Yuya deal the final blow . Damon was present to hear from Sora ' s broadcast about Roget ' s latest actions as well as Zuzu ' s status . He later witnessed Sector Security Headquarters being obscured by green light . Duel Academy . After Zarc ' s defeat , Damon is seen watching Yuya ' s Duel against Jack with Shinji , Tony , Amanda , Frank , Tarren , Sam , Chojiro , and his lackeys . He applauded when Yuya won and watched Yuya and Declan ' s Action Duel . He was happy when Yuya won the Duel and witnessed Zuzu ' s revival . Deck . The only known card in Damon ' s Deck is " Alien Shocktrooper " .