Maximillion Pegasus

Maximillion J. Pegasus, known as Pegasus J. Crawford (ペガサス・J・クロフォード) in the original Japanese anime and manga, is a fictional character in the manga and anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!. In the English Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses video game, and in the instruction booklet for Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories, his original name, Pegasus Crawford is used, while in the other games his English anime and manga name is used. Pegasus is unusual in that his English name is used in the English manga while most Yu-Gi-Oh! human characters keep their Japanese names in the English manga. In the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom, the character representing Pegasus within the virtual world of the game is named Pegasus J. Kroitzel.

Pegasus, an antagonist, is the CEO of Industrial Illusions (I²) and the creator of the game of Duel Monsters (Magic and Wizards in the Japanese manga). Pegasus, an American, possesses the Millennium Eye (throughout the Duelist Kingdom saga), and is to trying take over the Kaiba Corporation for its Solid Vision technology so he can use it to see his deceased love, Cynthia (Cecelia Pegasus in the English anime, who is his wife in the English anime). A possible reason on why the name was changed is because "Cynthia Crawford" resembles "Cindy Crawford". Pegasus plans to use that technology in conjunction with the seven Millennium Items. Using Seto Kaiba's technology with the items' magic is said to be able to give the power of Life over Death and would bring Cindy back to life.

Pegasus first met Cynthia at a party thrown by his businessman father in Las Vegas 14 years ago. He says she died when he was 17. It was unclear whether or not they married in the original Japanese.

After her death, Pegasus searched the world looking for anything that could possibly revive the dead. His quest led him to Egypt where their beliefs of an afterlife intrigued him. There he met Shadi, the ghost of a guardian of the Millenium Items, who gave him the Millenium Eye after Pegasus passed its test.

Pegasus soon learned of the ancient Shadow Games that were played in ancient Egypt and began to obsess with their powers. He created a new game in the United States basing a card game on the duels used in the ancient version. Combining the magic of the Millennium Items with these cards had the same effect as using them with the stone slabs originally used. One notable problem he had was with the Egyptian God Cards, whose magical powers were too great for him to manage. Fearing for his life, he returned to Egypt, and had Ishizu Ishtar, a current guardian, busy them in the Pharaoh's tomb.

Pegasus has a habit of calling Yugi Mutou (Yugi Moto in the English anime) "Yugi-boy" and Seto Kaiba "Kaiba-boy" in the English anime and manga.

In the manga, after his Millennium Eye is torn out, he disappears without a trace and is presumed dead.

In the Japanese second series anime, Pegasus is the inspiration for Dungeon Dice Monsters, a game that Ryuji Otogi (Duke Devlin) created. Pegasus' defeat at the hands of Yugi is the reason that Otogi challenges Yugi in both second series anime versions.

In Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Pegasus' kōhai (protégé), Yakou Tenma, takes over Industrial Illusions after Pegasus is defeated.

In the game Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 8: Reshef of Destruction in Japan), Pegasus takes an alias. In the Japanese version, he takes the name Taiyo Tenma (天馬太陽 Tenma Taiyō). In the English version, he takes the name Sol Chevalsky.

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Notable Dueling Cards

Pegasus is best known for his Toon World card. Other cards in his deck are:

• Toon Blue Eyes White Dragon or Blue Eyes Toon Dragon
• Toon Mermaid
• Toon Summoned Skull
• Manga Ryu-Ran
• Thousand-Eyes Restrict
• Relinquished
• Illusionist the Faceless Mage