Yami Yuugi

Yami Yuugi, also known as Atem, Dark Yuugi, Pharaoh, Nameless Pharaoh, Yami No Yuugi, The Other Me and The Other Yuugi, is one of the main characters from the Yu☆Gi☆Oh! series.
== Charactah Account ==
The soul of sixteen years old Pharaoh Atem and an expert at games - who resided in Yuugi's body after the boy completed the Millennium Puzzle. In the beginning, he appears every so often to help his other half whenever trouble arises by possessing him - usually with high-stakes gaming. Using the powers of a Millennium Item wielder, he would challenge bullies, criminals, and sometimes just terrible human beings to occult judgment games called "Shadow Games" and inflict "Penalty Games" which dealt poetic justice upon the losers. Eventually the two Yuugis form a type of partnership and brotherly bond, and seek to uncover Dark Yuugi's memories which he lost so long ago.
In the early manga, Yami Yuugi starts out as an merciless vigilante. He emerges to deal justice to people who trespass the souls of Yuugi and his friends. Although his acts are righteous, he lives up to his namesake of Dark; his Penalty Game punishments are usually very brutal. Later, while living inside Yuugi's body, he seems to become more of a caring, nice and friendly disposition, even though he always had that in him, and the friendship of Yuugi's friends had helped it be revealed to others. Yami is a strong, powerful and skilled Pharaoh. He attempts to balance darkness and evil in his use of the Shadow Magic from his Millennium Item. Unlike Yami Bakura and Yami Marik, he never uses it for personal gain, instead preferring to help others in need, and to inflict punishment only on people who have severely wronged innocents.
Yami Yuugi is slightly reserved, as he doesn't reveal his existence to Yuugi or his friends. At first Yuugi feared Yami Yuugi, but after Yuugi admits to thinking "another Yuugi" exists inside him, his friends become aware of his existence and accepted him as a friend. Even before, Yami is extremely protective of Yuugi. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh!
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! (Movie)
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters GX
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters: Battle City Special
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Movie: Bonds Beyond Time
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions Special: Eternal Rivals - Yuugi and Kaiba!
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh!: Pyramid of Light
=== Light Novels ===
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh!: Pyramid of Light
=== Manga ===
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh!
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters: Pyramid of Light
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! R
=== Video Games ===
* Jump Force
* Jump Super Stars
* Jump Ultimate Stars
* Jumputi Heroes
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! 5D's World Championship 2009: Stardust Accelerator
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! 5D's World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadi
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! 7 Trials to Glory: World Championship Tournament 2005
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! BAM
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Arena
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Generation
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Links
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Terminal
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Forbidden Memories
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Millennium Duels
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Nightmare Troubadour
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! The Duelists of the Roses
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! World Championship 2007
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! World Championship 2008
* Yu☆Gi☆Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004
== Trivia ==
* Kazuki Takahashi was a fan of Tim Burton's 1990 movie Edward Scissorhands and decided that his main characters Yami Yuugi and Yuugi respectively should also have a leather bondage-theme clothing beneath his usual school uniform similar to that worn by the Burton's protagonist.
** In addition, this clothing theme also inspired the design for Magician of Black Chaos.
* Yami Yuugi and Yami Bakura have many similarities. They were both ancient spirits sealed in a Millennium Item for over 3,000 years. Also, both their past selves (in Yami Bakura's case it's Thief King Bakura, whereas in Yami's case it's Pharaoh Atem) are their modern-day hosts' ancient Egyptian past incarnates. Not only that, but in the final season of the anime, they both entered the bodies of their ancient selves. Also, both of their modern-day hosts are shy, meek game-loving high-school freshmen.
* Yuugi Mutou, Seto Kaiba and Rafael are the only Duelists to defeat Yami Yuugi in a Duel. However the defeats by Kaiba and Rafael were caused by Yami Yuugi being mentally unstable (Yuugi and Yami Yuugi couldn't agree on an approach to win the Duel with Kaiba since he threatened to jump/slip off a building if he lost his match, while during the Duel with Rafael, Yami Yuugi was under the influence of "The Seal of Orichalcos").
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Yami Yugi at Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki
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