Jaden reflects on last year's adventures as he prepares for the third year at Duel Academy.
Jaden meets North Academy's top student Jesse Anderson, a duelist who can speak to monster spirits just as Jaden does.
Jaden's duel against Jesse carries on, as we discover the origins of Jesse's "Crystal Beast" cards.
Syrus is kidnapped by Axel Brodie, and only Jaden can save him.
Jaden's duel against Axel continues.
Electromagnetic waves stir up Hassleberry's animal instincts.
Chazz challenges billionaire Adrian Gecko to a duel.
With his powerful deck of cloud monsters, Adrian Gecko defeats Chazz.
While looking for Viper, Jaden encounters one of his former teachers.
Jaden and Professor Stein's duel continues, as Jaden tries to stay awake to learn one last lesson.
Jesse's duel against Trapper continues as Jesse fights to free his Crystal Beasts from his traps.
Professor Viper raises the stakes by forcing Jaden to duel on a tower where the only way down involves a 20-story drop.
Jaden continues his duel with Viper, but when trapped in a swamp full of serpents and snakes, victory seems far from certain.
Jaden desperately struggles to defeat Viper and his snakes before they swallow up his life points for good.
Jaden and his friends find themselves in a different dimension where duel monsters really exist, a sea of sand comprises the ocean, and school remains in session.
After one of their classmates becomes ill, the gang ventures off to find a deserted submarine in the desert, but they find someone else also seeks to claim the same prize.
As an army of Duel Ghouls slowly takes over Duel Academy, Jaden and his friends seek to find a way to duel the ghouls.
Jaden battles with the Duel Ghouls as he tries to get Blair the medicine she needs; Blair holds on for first aid, but the Duel Ghouls have a different kind of treatment in mind.
When three rogue students go looking for food, they end up biting off more than they can chew; as Jaden receives a challenge, he faces a battle.
Jesse, Jim, and Axel face off against three masked duelists, with the winners receiving their just desserts and the losers just going hungry.
Jaden finally confronts the student formally known as Marcel, but before Jaden can figure out the situation, a rumble erupts.
As Jaden tries to stop the Three Sacred Beasts' release, a battle for the beasts begins as Adrian Gecko makes a move for the cards himself.
Zane and Jesse face off in a duel between two dimensions in a pitched battle to get back home.
As Jesse sets his sights on recovering the legendary Rainbow Dragon, Jaden finds himself dueling an unfamiliar friend set on revenge.
Jesse and Jaden team up against an enemy from Jaden's past, and with their opponent's deck threatening to dash any hopes of returning home, they must place their faith in Jesse's Rainbow Dragon to lead them to victory.
While many students have returned from the alternate universe, some are left behind.
Having agreed to search for Jesse, Jaden and the gang find themselves journeying through a strange, dark world where losing a duel risks more than just life points.
The search for Jesse continues as Jaden battles a soldier of the dark army, a fiend named Scarr.
After hearing that Jesse may be imprisoned in a camp nearby, Jaden decides to risk everything trying to free his friend.
With the fate of his friends on the line, Jaden looks to dethrone the Mad King of Dark World before his pals perish.
The battle rages on as Jaden looks to free his friends from the Mad King's clutches and end the reign of his opponent before the King ends up giving him the royal treatment.
After witnessing his closest friends sent to space, Syrus finds himself questioning Jaden's actions.
Axel and Jim set off to confront the Supreme King, and after challenging him to a duel, they soon discover that the mysterious ruler wears a familiar face.
After discovering that the Supreme King and Jaden are one and the same, Jim looks to stare down the darkness controlling his friend and defeat it with a gift given to him long ago.
With the help of the Eye of Orichalcum, Jim tries to pierce through the evil spell controlling his friend Jaden.
After witnessing the dark powers of the Supreme King, Axel finds himself afraid for the first time in his life, and needs to either face his fears or let the guilt of fleeing force him to give up dueling for good.
Looking to conquer his fears and face them head-on, Axel teams up with Aster and Zane in a last-ditch effort to save their friend Jaden.
With the Supreme King strengthening his grip over Jaden, Axel unleashes an all-out assault in the hopes of finally freeing his friend from the depths of darkness.
In his quest for ultimate power, Adrian Gecko finds himself asking a dear friend to pay the ultimate price.
With the last of Echo's duel energy at stake, Aster Phoenix looks to change her fate with his deck of Destiny Heroes.
Hoping to teach his friend a valuable lesson, Zane challenges Jaden to a heart-pounding duel.
Disguised as Jesse, Yubel faces off against Zane in a confrontation with dramatic consequences.
Zane tries to make one last push to free Jesse from Yubel's mind-control before his conscience forces him to surrender.
Jaden crosses the gate with Syrus and Crowler; with the power of Exodia by his side, Adrian Gecko takes on Yubel in a duel.
The clash between Adrian and Yubel continues as Adrian attempts to unleash the Ultimate Forbidden One.
Jaden duels Jesse to try to break Yubel's control over him, but worries about the consequences a victory would cause for Jesse's safety.
With the help of his Elemental Heroes, Jaden tries to free Jesse's spirit from Yubel's control.
With Jesse safe and sound, Jaden agrees to settle the score with Yubel, once and for all.
Jaden tries to deal the final blow to Yubel and save his friends using cards from Jesse's deck and the Supreme King.
In order to free his friends, Jaden must first figure out a way to destroy Yubel's nightmare of a final form that threatens to put all dreams of a rescue to rest.
As the Duel Academy starts a brand new year, an unknown freshman challenges Jaden to a duel.
In the first official duel of the school year, Chazz faces the school's top freshman for the chance to return to Obelisk Blue.
When a bully begins to steal duel disks from other students, Jaden steps up and challenges him to a duel.
Syrus squares off against Missy, the insect duelist, for a chance to advance to Ra Yellow.
Zane, now a professional duelist, faces off against top-ranking pro Aster Phoenix, as reports of a mysterious demon cause a local scare.
Aster Phoenix arrives at Duel Academy intent on challenging Jaden after publicly accusing him of copying his play style.
The duel between Aster and Jaden continues; Aster's secret past is revealed.
Crowler attempts to create a pop star dueling duo out of Alexis and Atticus; Jaden no longer recognizes his cards after he loses to Aster.
The sinister and creepy Sartorius arrives on Academy Island and sets his sights on Chazz Princeton.
Unable to duel, Jaden sets off in search of answers and ends up in a strange world inhabited by talking dolphin-men.
A bizarre chef duels against Hassleberry for a taste of his Pot Roast Surprise.
After fighting for weeks over who claims the status of Jaden's true best friend, Syrus and Hassleberry decide to settle the argument with a duel.
After hitting rock bottom, Zane encounters the sinister Mr. Shroud, who convinces him to join a dangerous underground dueling league.
Jaden starts hallucinating after roaming Academy Island for days.
In his dramatic return to Duel Academy, Jaden faces Aster Phoenix in a battle to save his dorm.
Jaden shows his inexperience with his new deck as Aster's Destiny Heroes continue to devastate him.
Crowler tries to protect the Slifer Red dorm from destruction.
Chazz, under the influence of the evil Master Sartorius, tries to convince Alexis to join the Society of Light.
Jaden must face three-time video game champ Lorenzo to protect his dorm.
Jaden faces the sleazy attorney X, whose strategy aims to exhaust his opponents' decks.
Sartorius heads to Hassleberry; Dino duelist has a secret.
Jaden faces Princess Rose and her Frog Princes.
Sartorius sends his team of duelists to take down Jaden's best friends.
Syrus and Hassleberry are in for nasty weather; Frost and Thunder continue their fierce attack.
The last surviving member of the Light Brigade battles Jaden.
Jaden and Aster battle Sarina and her dueling partner.
The duel continues between Aster; Jaden and Sarina.
Jaden is challenged to a duel by a mysterious young girl with a shocking secret.
Game show fanatic Bob Banter challenges Jaden to a duel in order to impress Alexis.
Desperate for attention, Bastion breaks into the White Dorm and demands admittance as a member.
Sheppard challenges Zane to a duel at the top of a mountain, but Zane has his own goal to defeat his former master.
Chancellor Sheppard comes back to announce the start of the GX Tournament.
The Winged Dragon of Ra has been stolen and it is being used to cause mayhem and destruction.
Pro duelist and Broadway actor Orlando faces Jaden in a battle that's a real showstopper!
Jaden fights Chazz in an effort to break Sartorius's hold over him.
Jaden, with the aid of the OJAMAS, tries to knock some sense to Chazz.
Atticus's doppleganger Night Shroud returns to confront Zane in a Shadow Game!
In an attempt to salvage their careers, Crowler and Bonaparte recruit two old friends Damon and the Little Belowski!
A duelist from North Academy is using the power of the Grim Reaper to win battles in one blow!
Jaden battles Alexis in an attempt to win back her friendship.
Jaden tries to wake Alexis up from her brainwashed state.
Syrus faces his brother Zane in a powerful duel.
Physicist Eisenstein faces Jaden to show that science is more powerful than luck.
The D defends his title for the first time in 10 years against The Collector.
Aster faces off against The D.
Prince Ojin challenges Jaden to a duel in with the winner getting the key to a destructive satellite.
Aster and his former manager, Sartorius, have a confrontation about the events that happened around the same time as his father's disappearance.
The battle between Aster and Sartorius rages on and the planet's destiny is in jeopardy. f.
An evil alien possesses Sartorius; Jaden tries to defeat him in order to save the people of Earth from becoming mindless zombies.
Jaden is shown a disturbing vision of the planet's fate should he lose to the Light of Destruction.
The future looks bleak as the Light of Destruction continues to overwhelm Jaden; a brainwashing satellite pointing towards Earth activates.
When Jaden arrives late to his entrance exam for Duel Academy, he needs to go above and beyond expectations to prove that he deserves to make the cut.
The incoming class receives a welcome to Duel Academy, but Jaden finds a less-than-warm reception from freshman hotshot Chazz as he faces a duel challenge.
When Sho stumbles into the girls' dorm, he puts himself and Judai in danger of being expelled, forcing Judai to win a duel to win their freedom.
On test day at Duel Academia, Instructor Cronos steals a new card shipment so that he can stack the deck against Judai and embarrass him in front of the entire school.
Jaden must duel a mysterious duelist to free a captive Alexis.
Jaden continues his duel with the mysterious Shadow Duelist.
Crowler is frustrated that Jaden has won again and tells him and Syrus that they will have to fight a tag duel; Syrus loses and Jaden sees that he could have played a card called Power Bond, but the card is sealed by something in Syrus's past.
Jaden duels Syrus's older brother Zane in order to give Syrus's confidence a boost.
Chumley's dad has had enough of Chumley's low grades at school and goes to the academy to duel with him; if Chumley wins, he can stay with Jaden and Syrus, but if he loses, he has to drop out and go into the family business.
The day of the big Tag Team Duel has come, but Crowler has assigned Jaden and Syrus the best team out there, the Paradox Brothers; Syrus must help Jaden win or they could both be expelled from the academy.
Syrus must overcome his issues with his brother in order win the match against the Paradox Brothers.
Dr. Crowler taps dueling whiz kid Bastion Misawa as his new protege.
Jaden and the crew go looking for a missing Chaz, but instead find a dueling monkey that takes one of Alexis' friends hostage.
A group of students accidentally summons a duel monster into the real world, and Jaden has to defeat it to win the students' souls back.
Jaden finds himself in an outrageous duel against a sports fanatic bent on winning Alexis' heart and belittling him.
After a menacing Duel Giant appears on campus, Dr. Crowler convinces Jaden to track him down, and Jaden needs to defeat the titan in a duel or else become its next victim.
Jaden and the crew stake out the Card Shack to catch a thief, but when they find to culprit as former student who lives in the jungle, a wild duel ensues.
A copycat duelist steals Yugi Muto's deck and mannerisms, and Jaden must duel him and win it back.
Jaden continues his duel against the copycat duelist, trying his best to defeat the legendary and powerful deck that was used by the King of Games.
When a love-struck girl sneaks into the boys' dorms, Jaden challenges her to a duel to find out exactly why she's there and what she wants.
Jaden and Bastion duel to see who will represent Duel Academy in the School Duel.
Jaden and Bastion continue their duel to see who will win the honor of representing Duel Academy at the School Duel.
Not being able to stomach the thought of Jaden representing Duel Academy at the School Duel, Doctor Crowler arranges a duel that if Jaden loses, he'll end up in a lazy daze forever.
Chazz's brothers order him to win the School Duel, or else.
With freedom on the line, Jaden and Chazz continue their duel out of school and personal pride.
When Jaden and the gang get trapped in an ancient world, Jaden must win a duel or be buried alive with the rest of his friends.
Jaden continues to battle in the duel of his life to save his friends and the chance to make it back to his world.
When the Shadow Riders descend upon Duel Academy to unleash the three Sacred Beast Cards, Jaden's up first to defend the school.
Jaden continues his duel against Nightshroud.
A vampiress named Camula is the second Shadow Rider to arrive at Duel Academy, but she's not there to suck blood, she's there to suck up souls.
Camula continues to wreak havoc at Duel Academy and sets her sights on Zane.
Jaden steps up to confront Camula with the souls of Dr. Crowler and Zane at stake.
Jaden and the gang get sucked into a strange vortex where a duelist who bears a striking resemblance to Kaiba forces Jaden to face his worst fears.
Chazz's brothers return Duel Academy for revenge, forcing Chazz to face them in a duel with the deed to Duel Academy on the line.
The third Shadow Rider arrives and uses all her feminine wiles and charms to distract Bastion.
Jaden must duel Tania to snap Bastion out of a lovestruck stupor.
A pirate challenges Jaden to a duel where if he loses, he'll be forced to become the first mate of a new Duel Academy at the bottom of the ocean.
A unit of Shadow Riders called the Dark Scorpions steal the last Spirit Keys; in the end, they have to face Chazz to unlock their powers.
The fifth Shadow Rider is unleashed upon Duel Academy and with an undefeated dueling record and a legendary reputation, he's assumed to be the most powerful one yet.
Titan, the Shadow Duelist persuades Alexis to duel him in return for her brother's memory if she wins.
During the Duel Monsters Spirit Day at the Academy, Syrus falls head over heels for someone who looks remarkably like Dark Magician Girl during the annual Costume Duel.
A gambler shows up at Duel Academy, and he wants to duel Alexis to prove his skills and his love.
Professor Banner disappears and everyone's worried that he has been defeated by the Shadow Riders; Jaden and his friends go looking for him in the black forest.
Jaden must face Amnael, the seventh Shadow Rider.
Jaden learns the identity of the seventh Shadow Rider.
Chazz arranges a duel with Alexis so that he can prove his love for her, but Alexis has other ideas.
Kagemaru, the leader of the Shadow Riders, descends on Duel Academy and demands a duel with Jaden so that he can raise the Sacred Beasts and win the power to rule the world.
Kagemaru and Jaden duel each other with nothing held back as the fate of the world and the Duel Monster Duelists' spirit hangs in the balance.
Chumley is accepted into Industrial Illusions's card design program; he faces Dr. Crowler in a duel to win his consent.
Zane picks Jaden as his opponent at the prestigious Graduation Match, giving Jaden the chance to avenge his earlier loss.
Zane and Jaden battle it out in the last duel of the school year, settling once and for all who truly is the Academy's best duelist.