Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Season 1

Jaden Yuki is on his way to the Duel Academy entrance exams when he bumps into Yugi Muto, who gives him a special card, the Winged Kuriboh. Jaden hurries off to the exams, but arrives late. He is given one last chance to get into the Academy, but must first beat Professor Crowler in a duel. Crowler plays his best monster, the powerful Ancient Gear Golem, but Jaden is able to prevail using his new partner, Winged Kuriboh, and the power of his Elemental Hero deck.

Jaden arrives at Duel Academy and is placed in the Slifer Red dorm, where the drop-outs, slackers and poor duelists are sent. He stays in a dorm room with his new friends Syrus Truesdale and Chumley Huffington. It doesn't take long for Jaden to get into trouble - he is challenged to a duel by an Obelisk Blue student, Chazz Princeton, who wants to know if Jaden defeated Crowler through real skill or dumb luck.

Crowler is determined to get revenge on Jaden and expel him from the school. He leaves a fake love letter, claiming to be from Alexis, so he can catch Jaden out of his dorm after hours and thus have a reason to get rid of him. Syrus finds the letter instead, and Jaden ends up having to rescue his friend from the Obelisk Blue girls by dueling the queen of the Blue dorm, Alexis Rhodes.

Jaden oversleeps and is late for an exam. Chazz still doesn't believe that such a slacker was able to beat Crowler. Chazz and Jaden face off in a duel again, but this time Chazz has a whole arsenal of new rare and powerful cards, thanks to Crowler. But Jaden has a new card too - Transcendent Wings, with the power to transform his Winged Kuriboh into the powerful Winged Kuriboh Level 10 and win! Jaden is able to promote to Ra Yellow, but refuses and decides to stay in Slifer Red, much to Syrus' h

At night, Jaden and his friends are taking turns telling ghost stories. Professor Banner joins them and tells a story about the Shadow Games and an abandoned fourth dorm at the Academy. Jaden, Syrus and Chumley go to see if his story is true or not, and they meet up with Alexis. She is looking for her brother who disappeared in that area. The four of them enter the abandoned dorm, and Alexis is captured by a man named Titan who clams to be a Shadow duelist and was hired by Crowler to get rid of

Winged Kuriboh is able to shatter Titan's illusion and dispel his fake Shadow Game when it looks like it's over for Jaden. Jaden and Titan are then pulled into a real Shadow Game and Titan becomes possessed by the spirits of the dorm to continue the duel, but Jaden is able to win with the help of Winged Kuriboh. He is able to rescue Alexis and they escape together with Syrus and Chumley but Titan is left in the Shadow Realm. Jaden also promises to help Alexis find her missing brother, who disapp

Jaden and Syrus are in trouble again, for leaving their room after hours and entering the forbidden dorm. They will be expelled from the Academy unless they are able to win a tag team duel as arranged by the school committee. Syrus and Jaden go to practice against each other before their big duel. On the last move of their practice duel, Syrus draws Power Bond, but refuses to play it because his brother had told him he was not a strong enough duelist, and not worthy of its power.

Syrus is planning to leave the school because of what his brother said. Jaden feels sorry for him and goes to duel against Syrus' brother, Zane Truesdale - an Obelisk Blue and the best duelist in the school. However, Zane's powerful Cyber Dragon deck proves too much for Jaden to handle, and he loses the duel. Despite losing, Jaden maintains a positive outlook and says he had fun dueling, and this makes Syrus feel better too.

Chumley's father believes he is a poor duelist because of his grades and wants him to leave Duel Academy and help run the family business. Jaden and Syrus don't want their friend to leave, so Chumley's father makes a deal with him - if Chumley can beat him in a duel, he can stay at the Academy. Chumley loses, but his father has seen his great spirit and allows him to stay anyway in pride.

The day of Jaden and Syrus' tag duel has arrived. They are to duel against professional tag duelists, the Paradox Brothers. The duel begins. Syrus is losing his confidence and is afraid that he will cause Jaden to lose the duel. He becomes increasingly worried as the Paradox Brothers summon their strongest monster, the Gate Guardian. Jaden, however, is having a great time as usual and tells Syrus to cheer up. But it doesn't look good for them.

The duel between Jaden, Syrus and the Paradox Brothers continues. Alexis and Chumley are worried that their friends may not be able to win. Chazz, on the other hand, is looking forward to seeing Jaden get crushed. Jaden and Syrus are getting badly beaten, but Jaden hasn't given up hope yet. Seeing this, Syrus is motivated and is able to destroy Gate Guardian, and eventually win the duel using Power Bond - proving to his brother that he is a strong duelist. By winning the duel, the boys are able

Chazz is being berated by Crowler for losing to Jaden. If Chazz wants to keep his position in Obelisk Blue, he must defeat Ra's best student, Bastion Misawa, in a duel. Despite his cocky attitude, Chazz is defeated. Bastion passes up the chance to join the Blue Dorm, because he believes he will not be truly the best until he beats Jaden.

Syrus spots Chazz taking his luggage and leaving the school after being defeated by Bastion. Jaden and Syrus sneak out of class to try to stop him, but are caught by Alexis and her friends, Jasmine and Mindy. Instead of sending Jaden and Syrus back to class, Alexis decides to join them in finding Chazz. They are interrupted by an experimental monkey named Wheeler wearing a Duel Disk who kidnaps Jasmine. Jaden duels against the monkey to rescue her, but while they are distracted, Chazz leaves the

Only a few students are left on the island over the winter break, Jaden and his friends included. They are enjoying their time off in the Slifer dorm cafeteria, when an Obelisk student rushes in, and explains that he and some of his Obelisk Blue friends were attempting to revive the spirit of Jinzo, the Psycho Shocker, but not really believing it would work. However, it was successful and now Jinzo has taken his friends' souls. The group heads out into the forest and finds Jinzo. Jaden defeats h

Jaden and Syrus are playing tennis, and Jaden complains that it has nothing to do with dueling. While he is distracted, he accidentally hits the ball towards Alexis. Another student named Herrington Rosewood deflects the ball away, but it ends up hitting Professor Crowler. Alexis thanks the other student for saving her, and he reveals that he has a crush on her. He decides to challenge Jaden to a duel in which the winner will become Alexis' fiancé. Jaden, not realizing exactly what he means, acc

Several Obelisk students have been attacked and forced to duel using the ante rule, ending up having their rare cards taken. Meanwhile, Jaden is busy with lots of homework, but Professor Crowler promises to pass him if he finds out who has been defeating the Obelisk students (but realizes this could the opportunity for him to expel Jaden once and for all). Jaden, Syrus and Chumley head out in the middle of the night to face the so-called "Duel Giant", who is revealed to actually be two people, b

Jaden, Syrus, Chumley and Alexis hear about a student with an amazing ability to always draw the card he wants. They go out into the forest to find this mystery duelist, and discover that he has been living out in the wild for a long time perfecting his drawing technique. He wishes to duel against Jaden to show them his drawing skills. Jaden wins the duel, saying that he should learn to enjoy dueling more and not take everything so seriously.

Yugi Muto's famous deck is going to be displayed at the Academy's Duel Museum. Syrus duels against a Ra student named Dimitri (a student who copies off the decks of others) to win Jaden tickets for the exhibition. Dimitri is dismayed that he was beaten by a Slifer. Bastion comforts him, but he is still determined to become a much better duelist. That night, he steals Yugi's deck, thinking it will help him win. Bastion, Jaden, Syrus and Chumley go out to look for him, and Jaden ends up in a duel

Jaden is having a hard time defeating Yugi's powerful monsters, even when they are wielded by an amateur Ra Yellow. Jaden is finally able to win using E-Hero Flame Wingman. Dimitri is depressed and believes now that he has no talent at all, if he couldn't win with such powerful cards. Zane and Alexis show up as the duel ends. Jaden is surprised and wonders how they found him. Zane says that it was not just them, many other students were watching too. Jaden looks around and only now notices all t

A new transfer student, Blair Flannigan, joins the Slifer dorm. Jaden notes that the new boy looks a bit like a girl, and seems very interested in Zane. Jaden confronts Blair directly about this, and accidentally pulls his hat off, revealing his long hair and the fact that he is actually a she. Jaden duels with her, wishing to understand her better. Blair begins to take over Jaden's Monsters using her cards. He is able to win and Blair is afraid that he will tell people she is actually a girl. J

It has been announced that an interschool duel-off will be taking place, with a student from central Duel Academy facing a student from North Academy. Crowler, Chancellor Sheppard and the other teachers argue over who the school's representative should be - Jaden or Bastion. They decide to have a match between the two and the winner will duel North Academy's representative. Bastion immediately gets to work creating a deck to beat Jaden's Elemental Heroes. The next day, the duel begins. Bastion's

Jaden is having a tough time defeating Bastion's Water Dragon and Syrus is afraid he will lose. Despite being unable to use his fusion E-Heroes, Jaden pulls through and summons Wildheart, winning the duel. Zane and Bastion are greatly impressed by his dueling ability. Bastion tells Jaden he will make a new deck and duel him again, and that he looks forward to that day. Jaden is now the Academy's representative for the interschool duel.

Crowler is still determined to get rid of Jaden. He recruits Belowski to help him out. Jaden, meanwhile, is building his deck for his upcoming match. He is getting irritated with everyone interrupting him and goes up to the Academy roof for some peace and quiet. On the roof, he meets Belowski, who is able to see the spirit of Winged Kuriboh. Jaden is surprised by this. Belowski asks Jaden to duel against him, as he has never before dueled against anyone who can speak with monster spirits. Jaden'

Chazz, still irritated by his losses to Bastion and Jaden, arrives at North Academy. In the sewers of the academy, the headmaster (disguised as a stranger) gives Chazz an Ojama Yellow card and is revealed it can speak to him, like Jaden can with Winged Kuriboh. This Academy has different rules to the one he knows. He must duel fifty students and then the school's champion if he hopes to prove himself and make it into North Academy. Chazz has no trouble defeating all his challengers, and finally

The day of the interschool duel arrives. Jaden tells his E-Heroes to do their best in the upcoming battle. When his opponent arrives from North Academy, he is shocked to discover that it is none other than Chazz, who has returned with a new deck, outfit, and nickname, "The Chazz" ("Manjoume Thunder" in the Japanese version). Chazz's brothers arrive to watch the duel, putting even more pressure on him. The battle begins, with Chazz summoning Armed Dragon LV3 and eventually upgrading it into the p

"The Chazz" is decimating Jaden's monsters with his Armed Dragon LV7. Jaden eventually prevails using a combination of Flame Wingman and Hero Kid and wins the duel. Chazz is dismayed that he lost again and his brothers are furious with him. When the boat leaves to head back to North Academy, Chazz decides to stay at Central Academy because he still has things he wants to do there. However, due to his three-month absence, he is not permitted back into the Obelisk dorm and instead must join the Sl

Professor Banner, Jaden, Syrus, Chumley and Alexis are on a field trip up on the volcano, looking at ancient ruins. Banner's cat, Pharaoh, is looking around and finds a glowing object on the ground. Three suns appear in the sky and the light shines over the group. Jaden loses consciousness and wakes up to find himself and Winged Kuriboh standing in front of a giant pyramid. A mysterious girl approaches him and explains that this is a sacred tomb and he should not be intruding here. The guards of

The Gravekeeper's magic card Necrovalley is causing huge problems for Jaden, as he is unable to tribute monsters due to having his monsters sent to the graveyard. He uses the ability of Elemental Hero Necroshade to summon Blade-Edge without tributing, thus winning the duel. The Gravekeeper, accepting defeat, give Jaden half of a mysterious amulet. The spirits of Winged Kuriboh and Des Koala guide Jaden and his friends back to their own world.

Jaden, Chazz, Bastion, Zane, Alexis, Banner and Crowler are all summoned to Chancellor Sheppard's office. The Chancellor explains to them about three legendary powerful cards, the "Sacred Beasts", that were sealed away underneath Duel Academy. He says that an evil group called the Seven Shadow Riders are planning to unseal them and use their power. He gives everyone one of the seven "Spirit Keys", which have the power to unlock the seal, and tells them to protect them from the Shadow Riders, as

Jaden is slowly being beaten by Nightshroud and his Red-Eyes deck. But with his friends and the whole world in danger, Jaden can't afford to give up. By combining Wildheart, Blade-Edge and Skyscraper, he is able to win the duel. Nightshroud's evil soul is sealed into a card and when his mask is taken off, his true identity is revealed - Alexis' lost brother, Atticus Rhodes, who disappeared in the abandoned dorm and had been possessed by the evil spirit Nightshroud.