The Plot Thinnens is the eighth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series.

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Joey finally gets an episode to prove his worth... and fails miserably...

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Yugi Muto and his friends are expressing regret about how they were so gullible to have Mokuba Kaiba get kidnapped again. Joey Wheeler then notices some trading cards on the ground, where a newly-voiced Tristan Taylor says those are his. Everyone gets shocked by Tristan's new voice, where he tries to persuade everyone he has always sounded like this.

Soon, Joey is confronted by Mai Valentine again, who has orchestrated a duel with Joey facing against Rex Raptor. Joey drives Tristan away because of his unacceptable voice, and he leaves. Yugi goes to find Tristan, where he persuades him to go back to support Joey. Joey then uses his "Time Wizard" to turn Rex's "Red Eyes Black Dragon" into stone, winning him the Duel.

At night, Mai gets attacked by Panik. The group soon meet Ryo Bakura, where they then discuss their favorite cards. Joey's is the "Flame Swordsman", Tristan's is the "Cyber Commander", Téa Gardner's is the "Magician of Faith", and Yugi's is the "Dark Magician". Bakura accidentally pulls out a card of Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII, but then changes it to "Change of Heart". Suddenly, Bakura transforms into Yami Bakura and uses his Millennium Ring to seal everyone's souls into their favorite cards. Just as Yami Bakura was about to take the Millennium Puzzle, Yugi transforms into Yami Yugi and challenges the evil Bakura to a duel for the fate of the puzzle.

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Cultural referencesEdit

• Teá's favorite card is Sailor Moon.
• Yugi's favorite card is the black mage from Final Fantasy (but judging by his fingers being in a gun shape, it may be from Nuklear Power's 8-Bit Theatre).
• Bakura's accidental favorite card is Sephiroth, the main villain of Final Fantasy VII.
• Tristan's favorite card is the Man of Arms from He-Man.
• Joey's favorite card is Star Wars Kid.
• The music playing during Bakura's first appearance to all the main characters and Tristan is Ave Satani from The Omen
• The music played during the scene where the characters are talking about Tristan's voice dying is from the soundtrack of Bubba Ho-Tep.

• The music played during the scene where the characters are talking about Tristan's voice dying is from the soundtrack of Bubba Ho-Tep.
• Yami's line "Get your hands of my puzzle you limey fruit cake" is similar to the famous line "Get your stinking paw off me you damn dirty ape" that appeared in the original Planet of the Apes film.