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The Man Who Would Be Steve is the thirty-sixth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series and the fourteenth episode of Season 2.

Description

Friendship is like an ointment, when you've been stung by fifty bees! Wherever you rub it, it always feels better, because it's a topical analgesic! Oh, and uh, Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged. There.

Video

Transcript

Cultural references

The episode title is a pun on the book The Man Who Would Be King.
The passing cards in the opening include Jeff Goldblum (in an image from the movie Jurassic Park), a Cylon (from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV show), Tinky Winky (from the Teletubbies TV show), the G-Man (from the Half Life game franchise), and Purple Tentacle (from the Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle game).
Kaiba blames rap music for Joey's brainwashing; which was a common blame for teenage delinquent behaviour in America during the 1990s.
Joey says "There is no Joey; there is only Steve," similar to the line "There is no Dana; there is only Zuul," from the movie Ghostbusters.
Yami asking what happened to his jacket references how in the actual episode, Yugi is hit by a fireball which makes his cape fly off; this scene was cut from the English version.
Tea sings "Total Eclipse of the Heart", a song written by Jim Steinman. The well-known Bonnie Tyler version is played later in the episode.
Devlin states that "You're making me sexy. You won't like me when I'm sexy," a reference to the Hulk's catchphrase "You're making me angry. You won't like me when I'm angry."
Tristan asks "English motherf*****, do you speak it?" which is a famous line from the movie Pulp Fiction.
The way in which Kaiba aims the separate parts of the Steve's body refers to the VATS system in Fallout 3.
Yugi, Joey and Tristan recite the lyrics of "No Matter What", a song by Mike Pasternack.
The cut-away line refers to "a Jonas brother."
The description is made up of the lyrics to a song from "The Brak Show"
The stinger is a quote said by former pro-wrestler the Iron Sheik.

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 ==Cultural references==
+* The episode title is a pun on the book [[wikipedia:The Man Who Would Be King|The Man Who Would Be King]].
-* Yami asking what happened to his cape references how in the actual episode, Yugi gets hit by a fireball which makes his cape fly off; this scene was cut from the English version.
+* The passing cards in the opening include [[wikipedia:Jeff Goldblum|Jeff Goldblum]] (in an image from the movie [[wikipedia:Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]), a [[wikipedia:Cylon|Cylon]] (from the [[wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|re-imagined Battlestar Galactica]] TV show), [[wikipedia:Tinky Winky|Tinky Winky]] (from the [[wikipedia:Teletubbies|Teletubbies]] TV show), the [[wikipedia:G-Man (Half-Life)|G-Man]] (from the [[wikipedia:Half-Life (video game)|Half Life]] game franchise), and Purple Tentacle (from the [[wikipedia:Maniac_Mansion:_Day_of_the_Tentacle|Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle]] game).
-* The episode title is a pun on the book, and the film adaptation of, [[wikipedia:The Man Who Would Be King|The Man Who Would Be King]].
+* Kaiba blames [[wikipedia:rap music|rap music]] for Joey's brainwashing; which was a common blame for teenage delinquent behaviour in America during the 1990s.
-* The passing cards in the opening include [[wikipedia:Jeff Goldblum|Jeff Goldblum]] (an American actor; the image shown of him is taken from the movie [[wikipedia:Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]), a [[wikipedia:Cylon|Cylon]] (from the [[wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|re-imagined Battlestar Galactica]] TV show), [[wikipedia:Tinky Winky|Tinky Winky]] (from the [[wikipedia:Teletubbies|Teletubbies]] TV show), the [[wikipedia:G-Man (Half-Life)|G-Man]] (from the [[wikipedia:Half-Life (video game)|Half Life]] game franchise), and Purple Tentacle (from the [[wikipedia:Maniac_Mansion:_Day_of_the_Tentacle|Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle]] game).
+* Joey says "There is no Joey; there is only Steve," similar to the line "There is no Dana; there is only Zuul," from the movie [[wikipedia:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]].
-* Kaiba blames [[wikipedia:rap music|rap music]] for Joey's unusual behaviour; which was a common blame for teenage delinquent behaviour in America during the 1990s.
+* Yami asking what happened to his jacket references how in the actual episode, Yugi is hit by a fireball which makes his cape fly off; this scene was cut from the English version.
-* Joey states "there is no Joey, there is only Steve," similar to the line "there is no Dana, there is only Zuul," from the movie [[wikipedia:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]]. It could also be a possible reference to Eddy Brock's "There is No Brock, There is only Venom [[Wikipedia:SpiderMan]]
-* Tea sings [[wikipedia:Total Eclipse of the Heart|Total Eclipse of the Heart]], a song by [[wikipedia:Bonnie Tyler|Bonnie Tyler]]. The actual song is played later in the episode when Yugi falls to the floor.
+* Tea sings "[[wikipedia:Total Eclipse of the Heart|Total Eclipse of the Heart]]", a song written by [[wikipedia:Jim Steinman|Jim Steinman]]. The well-known [[wikipedia:Bonnie Tyler|Bonnie Tyler]] version is played later in the episode.
+* Devlin states that "You're making me sexy. You won't like me when I'm sexy," a reference to [[wikipedia:Hulk (comics)|the Hulk]]'s catchphrase "You're making me angry. You won't like me when I'm angry."
-* Upon Devlin's arrival, the song [[wikipedia:SexyBack|SexyBack]] by [[wikipedia:Justin Timberlake|Justin Timberlake]] begins to play, and continues to loop during Devlin's other appearances in the episode.
+* Tristan asks "English motherf*****, do you speak it?" which is a famous line from the movie [[wikipedia:Pulp Fiction|Pulp Fiction]].
-* Devlin states that "you're making me sexy. You won't like me when I'm sexy," similar to the catchphrase "you're making me angry. You won't like me when I'm angry," which belongs to [[wikipedia:Hulk (comics)|the Hulk]].
-* When Tristan is fighting the thugs, he asks "English motherf*****, do you speak it?" which is a famous line from the movie [[wikipedia:Pulp Fiction|Pulp Fiction]].
+* The way in which Kaiba aims the separate parts of the Steve's body refers to the VATS system in [[wikipedia:Fallout 3|Fallout 3]].
-* The way in which Kaiba aims the separate parts of the thugs body refers to the VATS system in [[wikipedia:Fallout 3|Fallout 3]].
+* Yugi, Joey and Tristan recite the lyrics of "[[wikipedia:No Matter What|No Matter What]]", a song by [[wikipedia: Mike Pasternack|Mike Pasternack]].
-* Yugi, Joey and Tristan recite the lyrics of [[wikipedia:No Matter What|No Matter What]], a song by [[wikipedia: Mike Pasternack|Mike Pasternack]].
 * The cut-away line refers to "a [[wikipedia:Jonas Brothers|Jonas brother]]."
 * The description is made up of the lyrics to a song from "The Brak Show"
-* The stinger is a quote said by former pro-wrestler the [[wikipedia: Iron Sheik|Iron Sheik]]
+* The stinger is a quote said by former pro-wrestler the [[wikipedia: Iron Sheik|Iron Sheik]].
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