Marcel Bonaparte, known in Japan as Martin Kanou, is a new student entering Ra Yellow in the third season. Through Yubel's possession he acts as the main antagonist for the second arc of the season.
Biography[]
Dimensional World Arc[]
Marcel is Vice-Chancellor Jean-Louis Bonaparte's son, raised by the man's ex-wife, Joséphine. He grew depressed by the sight of his parents bickering and later his father leaving their home in Paris at a young age. He is first seen during the third season, a Ra Yellow student who is friends with Blair Flannigan. He is shown with her during the party Adrian Gecko threw at the Obelisk Blue dorm and Duels her though they both get injured afterword's. After being transported an alternate Sand Dimension, Marcel is targeted as a host and subsequently possessed by Yubel, the mysterious demon that Thelonious Viper was helping, due to the strong darkness in his heart in part from his parents split when he was younger. Under Yubel's control, he turns many students and faculty members into Duel Ghouls such as Syrus Truesdale, Chazz Princeton, Vellian Crowler, and Ishiki Erishi and Fonda Fontaine. He also plans to unleash the Sacred Beasts before declaring himself king of his newly-instituted empire. He sends Titan, the Rock Spirit to deal with Jaden's traveling group and also turns three students into the Three Masked Knights. When Adrian confronts him over getting the scared beasts, they duel each other to see who will get the cards. The duel ends with no result due to the scared beasts awakening. Adrian tries to make Marcel continue the Duel, but Marcel reveals that he already had the four limbs of Exodia in his hand, and had "Break the Seal" resolved, he would have added the head and won. Marcel then summons House of Sand as a battlefield for his Duel with Jaden.
During the Duel with Jaden Yuki and Jesse Anderson, Marcel is set free from the creature's influence when Yubel regains physical form. After Duel Academy is restored to its proper place, Marcel recuperates but not before being checked on by Blair while Bonaparte apologizes for making him depressed in the first place, but Marcel forgives his father telling him he was glad Yubel made them spend more time together. Marcel is seen again prior to when the Duel Academy students go to see if everybody made it back from the alternate dimension.
He leaves the academy in the beginning of the fourth season, to spend more time with his father.
Voice/Mannerisms[]
Marcel speaks in a French accent in the English dub, except for when he is possessed by Yubel. When he speaks without his accent, it is actually Yubel speaking through him. This incarnate of her is akin to a split personality for Marcel, as it refers to itself as "your best friend" when consoling Marcel when he thought he had no friends. In the original version, Yubel used her own voice when she possessed Marcel more often.
Decks[]
Anime[]
Marcel plays two Decks while possessed by Yubel. The first is an Exodia Deck. By using cards such as "Mad Reloader" and "Break the Seal", he is able to quickly gather the individual pieces of Exodia and declare an automatic victory. The second Deck is a Sacred Beast Deck. He boosts the Summoning speed of the "Sacred Beasts": and also supports the Summoning of their combined form, "Chaos Phantasm Armityle". He was never seen dueling on-screen without being possessed so his real deck is unknown.
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- Normal Monsters
- Left Arm of the Forbidden One
- Left Leg of the Forbidden One
- Right Arm of the Forbidden One
- Right Leg of the Forbidden One
- Effect Monsters
- Exodia the Forbidden One
- Mad Reloader
- Spells
- Pot of Avarice
- Reload
- Traps
- Break the Seal x2
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- Effect Monsters
- Chaos Core
- Dark Summoning Beast
- Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder
- Phantom of Chaos
- Raviel, Lord of Phantasms
- Uria, Lord of Searing Flames
- Fusion Monsters
- Chaos Phantasm Armityle
- Spells
- Dimension Fusion Destruction
- Traps
- Chaos Burst
- Chaos Form
- Dark Shrine Bribery
- Immortal Class
It's unknown which of the Decks each of these cards belong to, but he never played them in a Duel.
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- Effect Monsters
- The Rock Spirit x2
- Spells
- House of Sand
- Polymerization
World Championship 2008[]
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- Normal Monsters
- Left Arm of the Forbidden One
- Left Leg of the Forbidden One
- Right Arm of the Forbidden One
- Right Leg of the Forbidden One
- Effect Monsters
- Exodia the Forbidden One
- Magical Merchant x3
- Nimble Momonga x3
- Sangan
- Thunder Dragon x3
- Spells
- Dark Factory of Mass Production x2
- Foolish Burial x2
- Gold Sarcophagus
- Hand Collapse x2
- Lightning Vortex x2
- Monster Reincarnation x2
- Scapegoat
- Swords of Revealing Light
- Toon Table of Contents x3
- Upstart Goblin x3
- Traps
- Backup Soldier x2
- Dark Bribe
- Legacy of Yata-Garasu
- Mirror Force
- Torrential Tribute
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- Effect Monsters
- Giant Germ x3
- Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder
- Kuriboh x3
- Raviel, Lord of Phantasms
- Sangan
- Uria, Lord of Searing Flames
- Fusion Monsters
- Armityle the Chaos Phantom x3
- Spells
- Brain Control
- Card Trader x2
- Fissure
- Gold Sarcophagus
- Level Limit - Area B
- Multiply x2
- Mystical Space Typhoon
- Smashing Ground
- Swords of Revealing Light
- The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh x3
- Wave-Motion Cannon x2
- Traps
- Chaos Burst
- Dark Bribe x3
- DNA Surgery x2
- Embodiment of Apophis x2
- Metal Reflect Slime x2
- Mirror Force
- Radiant Mirror Force
- Skull Zoma x2