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You've activated my trap card!
— Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters · 2000
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the duellist's "gotcha": the moment the opponent's attack walks into a face-down card. In a show where every duel hinges on a reveal, the phrase became a catch-all shout for a plan snapping shut, and fans still use it, half in jest, whenever someone blunders into an obvious setup. The dub's English wording is the form that stuck.
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In context
Spoilers for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel MonstersShow the scene
In the English dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! (4Kids), the line is a stock duel taunt rather than one scene, and one of its clearest uses comes in the Battle City arc's "Mime Control" three-parter. Yami Yugi is duelling the silent mime Strings, who is controlled through Marik's Millennium Rod, and Strings' Slifer the Sky Dragon is growing stronger with every card in his hand. As Slifer attacks, Yami Yugi springs his face-down trap, Lightforce Sword, and says it. The card banishes a card from Strings' hand for the turn, shrinking Slifer's attack points. The wording is the English dub's.
Sources (3)
- Wikiquote: Yu-Gi-Oh! (season 2), "Mime Control" transcriptMime Control [2.16-18], Part 2Reference checked
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki: Episode 066, "Mime Control, Part 2"episode summaryReference checked
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki: StringsinfoboxReference checked
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