Enemy Controller
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About
The Enemy Controller (Japanese: エネミーコントローラー), sometimes called “Ene-Con” (エネコン) for short, is a magic card from the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game pictured as a generic game controller.
On Nico Nico Douga (NND) and YouTube, it is a MAD video fad centered around a scene from the 3rd season of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime where Seto Kaiba uses the card to control one Yugi’s monsters. This scene has been parodied multiple times.
Origin
The scene originates from “Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 3 Episode 129: Clash in the Coliseum, Part 1 (The Sky Coliseum: Yugi vs Kaiba).[1] Kaiba uses his face down magic card, Enemy Controller, to control one of Yugi’s monsters so he can summon his god monster, Obelisk the Tormentor. But at the last moment Yugi uses his face down trap card, Lightforce Sword, which prevents Obelisk from being summoned for three turns.
While using Enemy Controller Kaiba shouts out “Reverse Card Open” and the button sequence “Left Right A B” in order to control the monster. The slight ridiculousness provoked some mild lulz, but it took a video remix years later to start the internet meme.
Spread
While the scene would have been forgettable, a NND user posted a Marisa Stole the Precious Thing parody on May 15, 2007, titled “Kaiba Entered the Horrible Command”.[2]
More parodies followed, including MADs and AMVs.[3] Several western users on Youtube created their own YouTube Poop Music Videos (YTPMVs). Most of the YTPMVs use the Japanese source video, while less commonly the English version is used.
As of March 2013, though they have been sometimes deleted due to copyright claims. the amount of videos in this series on NND is over 400[4], and many of them are uploaded to YouTube.[5]
Official “Enemy Controller” Game
On January 2010, KONAMI released Duel Terminal – Pulse of the Trishula, the eighth installment of KONAMI Yu-gi-oh arcade Duel Terminal series.[6] Surprisingly, it includes a mini game of Seto Kaiba’s Enemy Controller. In this game, players inputs commands along with Kaiba’s order which quite resembled to MAD videos. Moreover, several of his remarks are exactly popular phrases in the Enemy Controller series.
Notable Examples
Left: Clash on the Big Bridge[7] | Right: Night of Nights[8]
Left: Usatei[9] | Right: U.N. Owen Was Her?[10]
Left: Sparta Remix | Right: RED_ZONE
Search Interest
External References
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[1]Yu-Jyo – Episode guide
[2]Nico Nico Douga – 遊戯王 海馬は大変なコマンド入力をしていきました(修正版) / 05-17-2007
[3]Nico Nico Pedia – エネミーコントローラー (Japanese)
[4]Nico Nico Douga – Search results for エネミーコントローラー
[5]YouTube – Search results for エネミーコントローラー OR エネコン OR "Enemy Controller"
[6]Wikipedia – Duel Terminal
[7]Nico Nico Douga – FF5 ビッグブリッヂの死闘でエネミーコントローラー(Full) 【遊戯王MAD】 / Posted on 5-23-2008 (defunct)
[8]Nico Nico Douga – 【遊戯王MAD】ナイト・オブ・コマンド / Posted on 08-16-2008
[9]Nico Nico Douga – 遊戯王 エネコン(コマンド入力×ウサテイ) / Posted on 10-09-2007
[10]Nico Nico Douga – E.C.コマンドは入力できるのか?最終鬼畜社長海馬･S【動画版】 / Posted on 02-02-2008
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NaruKami1313
Feb 20, 2012 at 10:56PM EST+4
They should have used the Konami code….
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