Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters/Season One

Season One
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Season Premiere	April 10, 2000
Season Finale	April 3, 2001
Episode Count	49
Previous N/A	Next Season Two

Season One of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters premiered on April 10, 2000.

The majority of this season is based on the first part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist manga. Episodes 1-40 are known as the Duelist Kingdom arc. After Yugi Muto defeats the Duel Monsters world champion Seto Kaiba in a duel, Duel Monsters creator Maximillion Pegasus steals the soul of Yugi's grandfather, Solomon Muto, using his Millenium Eye. He is holding a Duel Monsters tournament in which the winner recieves a prize of their choice. Yugi enters to win back his grandfather's soul. Yugi's best friend, Joey Wheeler, also enters to earn prize money to prevent his sister, Serenity Wheeler, from going blind.

Pegasus also plans to take over KaibaCorp so he can bring back his deceased wife, Cecelia Pegasus.

The remaining nine episodes of this season are known as the "Post-Duelist Kingdom/Pre-Battle City Game Arc", comprised of three mini-arcs, "The Wrath of Rebecca" (episodes 41-42), "Legendary Heroes" (episodes 43-45), and "Dungeon Dice Monsters" (46-49). Out of these three, only the Dungeon Dice Monsters arc appears in the manga.

Episodes

#	#	Title			Original Japanese Airdate	US Airdate
1	1	The Heart of the Cards			April 18, 2000	September 29, 2001
2	2	The Gauntlet is Thrown			April 25, 2000	October 6, 2001
3	3	Journey to the Duelist Kingdom			May 2, 2000	October 13, 2001
4	4	Into the Hornet's Nest			May 9, 2000	October 20, 2001
5	5	The Ultimate Great Moth			May 16, 2000	October 20, 2001
6	6	First Duel!			May 23, 2000	November 3, 2001
7	7	Attack from the Deep			May 30, 2000	November 10, 2001
8	8	Everything's Relative			June 6, 2000	November 17, 2001
9	9	Duel with a Ghoul			June 13, 2000	November 24, 2001
10	10	Give Up the Ghost			June 20, 2000	December 1, 2001
11	11	The Dueling Monkey			June 27, 2000	December 15, 2001
12	12	Trial by Red Eyes			July 4, 2000	January 19, 2002
13	13	Evil Spirit of the Ring			July 11, 2000	January 26, 2002
14	14	The Light at the End of the Tunnel			July 25, 2000	February 2, 2002
15	15	Winning Through Intimidation			August 1, 2000	February 2, 2002
16	16	The Scars of Defeat			August 8, 2000	February 9, 2002
17	17	Arena of Lost Souls (1)			August 15, 2000	February 16, 2002
18	18	Arena of Lost Souls (2)			August 22, 2000	February 23, 2002
19	19	Double Trouble Duel (1)			August 29, 2000	March 16, 2002
20	20	Double Trouble Duel (2)			September 5, 2000	March 23, 2002
21	21	Double Trouble Duel (3)			September 12, 2000	March 30, 2002
22	22	Face Off (1)			September 19, 2000	April 6, 2002
23	23	Face Off (2)			September 26, 2000	April 13, 2002
24	24	Face Off (3)			October 3, 2000	April 20, 2002
25	25	Shining Friendship			October 10, 2000	April 27, 2002
26	26	Champion vs. Creator (1)			October 17, 2000	May 18, 2002
27	27	Champion vs. Creator (2)			October 24, 2000	May 25, 2002
28	28	The Night Before			October 31, 2000	August 17, 2002
29	29	Duel Identity (1)			November 7, 2000	August 24, 2002
30	30	Duel Identity (2)			November 14, 2000	August 31, 2002
31	31	Keith's Machinations (1)			November 21, 2000	September 7, 2002
32	32	Keith's Machinations (2)			November 28, 2000	September 7, 2002
33	33	Best of Friends, Best of Duelists (1)			December 5, 2000	September 14, 2002
34	34	Best of Friends, Best of Duelists (2)			December 12, 2000	September 14, 2002
35	35	Yugi vs. Pegasus: Match of the Millennium (1)			December 19, 2000	September 21, 2002
36	36	Yugi vs. Pegasus: Match of the Millennium (2)			December 26, 2000	September 21, 2002
37	37	Yugi vs. Pegasus: Match of the Millennium (3)			January 9, 2001	September 28, 2002
38	38	Yugi vs. Pegasus: Match of the Millennium (4)			January 16, 2001	September 28, 2002
39	39	Yugi vs. Pegasus: Match of the Millennium (5)			January 23, 2001	October 5, 2002
40	40	Aftermath			January 30, 2001	October 5, 2002
41	41	The Wrath of Rebecca			February 6, 2001	October 12, 2002
42	42	The Ties of Friendship			February 13, 2001	October 12, 2002
43	43	Legendary Heroes (1)			February 20, 2001	October 19, 2002
44	44	Legendary Heroes (2)			February 27, 2001	October 19, 2002
45	45	Legendary Heroes (3)			March 6, 2001	October 26, 2002
46	46	Dungeon Dice Monsters (1)			March 13, 2001	November 2, 2002
47	47	Dungeon Dice Monsters (2)			March 20, 2001	November 2, 2002
48	48	Dungeon Dice Monsters (3)			March 27, 2001	November 9, 2002
49	49	Dungeon Dice Monsters (4)			April 3, 2001	November 9, 2002