Tea Gardner

'''Téa Gardner, known as Anzu Mazaki in the Japanese versions, is one of [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Yugi_Muto Yugi Muto]'s best friends. Téa does not usually play games with Yugi and his friends, but in the beginning of the anime, she could beat [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Joey_Wheeler Joey Wheeler] in [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Duel_Monsters Duel Monsters]and was later shown to be more than competent against others. Téa is also very good at dancing and wants to be a professional dancer when she grows up.'''

Appearance
Téa's character design was overseen by [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Kazuki_Takahashi Kazuki Takahashi].

'''In the manga, Anzu originally had a conventional, short hairstyle. Her first color image, seen in [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_-_Duel_001 Duel 1], featured dark brown hair and amber eyes. As Takahashi continued drawing the manga, Anzu gained more feminine and cute facial features. Her hair style became longer and less conventional. Color images from Volume 3 and onward portray her hair as a lighter brown color. Sometimes her eyes are blue and sometimes they are reddish brown. By the final volume of the manga, Anzu's hair touches her shoulders. Anzu's usual outfit is the standard female Domino High School uniform, consising of a pink coat, a white oxford shirt, a blue tie, and a blue pleated skirt, though she does not stick to any usual casual outfit and wears several throughout the series.'''

'''In the first series anime, her hair and eyes are of a reddish brown color. Her school uniform color differs; her coat is orange and her tie and skirt are green. In the amusement park episode, she wore a light-green bikini.'''

'''In the second series anime, she has brown hair and blue eyes. On occasions she wore the school uniform colored in the same manner as in the manga. Her brown shoulder-length hair is sectioned into two layers, consisting of a darker shade of brown inner layer, with the outer layer of a lighter shade.'''

'''During the first season of the anime, her usual outfit is comprised of a yellow shirt, which flows like a skirt at her thighs, with a pink waistcoat over it, and a blue miniskirt. A pair of brown knee-high boots completed her ensemble.'''

'''In the second and third season, her clothes consists of a light green sleeveless buttoned shirt with yellow collar, pink and blue bracelets, navy shorts with a light blue belt, white thigh-high socks, and blue platform sandals. She also wears a yellow tank-top with the word "SPIRIT" on it (which was removed from the dub) and a red skirt on occasion in the second season.'''

'''She also wears another outfit: a yellow tube-top, red choker, light pink shorts, black thigh-high socks, red platform sandals, and a pink jacket. In the fourth and fifth season she wears a black sleeveless shirt that reveals her belly button, a red skirt and a pair of white high-heeled boots. During the trip to [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Industrial_Illusions Industrial Illusions], she wears a white jacket over a red tank top, a pleated yellow skirt, and tan boots and she also wears the same outfit at the KC Grand Championship.'''

'''In the 4th season, she wears a yellow jacket, blue shirt and short shorts. In the 4th episode of said season, she wears a black tank top which slightly covers her belly button, navy short shorts with a gray belt, and yellow wristbands.'''

'In [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_Capsule_Monsters Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters], her clothes consists of a dark pink jacket, light green shirt, with a beige and neck tie, an emerald-green skirt and brown boots.'

Personality
'''At the beginning of the manga, Anzu has a spunky, tomboyish personality and was able to scare away Joey (Jonouchi) and Tristan (Honda) after they bully Yugi. She's very kind-hearted, strong-willed and supportive.'''

'''In the second series anime, she is usually shown to be cheering her friends and standing up for what she believes in; it is also shown that she will do anything to help her friends. She plays the role of the strong, down-to-earth, caring, compassionate voice of reason of the group.'''

'''She is also shown to feel more affection towards Yugi than the Pharaoh in this series (hinted at during the final Duel, and during the Waking the Dragons arc). She is also shown to get easily jealous, such as when Mai (initially), Rebecca and Vivian flirt with Yugi — sometimes to the point where she has an explosive outburst.'''

'''Despite her strong bond of friendship, Téa is not above keeping the others, mainly Joey and Tristan, in line when they get out of control or act foolishly. She often says "I need more female friends", yet she loves them deeply. Because of this, Téa serves as something of a sister-figure to her friends.'''

Etymology
Her Japanese name "Anzu" means "apricot" while her surname "Mazaki" means "Cape of truth".

'''Her English dub name "Téa" is a shortened form of "Dorothea" or "Theodora" means "gift of god" while her surname "Gardner" could be a corruption of the word "guard" or "the one who guards", reflecting her role as Yugi's "guardian" to some degree. It's also possible that her name is a joke on Tea and Gardening.'''

Duelist Kingdom
Téa defeats [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Joey_Wheeler Joey] in [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Duel_Monsters Duel Monsters] five times at school, with four of the Duels being offscreen.

Téa draws symbols on her, Yugi, Joey and [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Tristan_Taylor Tristan's] hands to symbolize their friendship before Yugi faces Kaiba, after Kaiba tears up [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Solomon_Muto Solomon Muto]'s "[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Blue-Eyes_White_Dragon_(anime) Blue-Eyes White Dragon]".

'''Téa and [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Tristan_Taylor Tristan] sneak onto the boat to [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Duelist_Kingdom Duelist Kingdom] to support Yugi and [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Joey_Wheeler Joey] in the tournament. Téa mostly stands on the sidelines giving the boys encouraging speeches.'''

'Yugi and his friends faced [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Yami_Bakura Yami Bakura] in a Shadow Game of Duel Monsters, where the players are trapped in cards similar to their Monster World'' pieces. Téa becomes the card "[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Magician_of_Faith_(anime) Magician of Faith]" in the Duel. As she is upset over Joey's sacrifice, she uses her effect to return "[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Monster_Reborn_(anime) Monster Reborn]" to Yami Yugi's hand, which allows him to revive Joey.'''

'''As they approached [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Pegasus_Castle Pegasus Castle], Tea wonders if there really are two Yugi's. She thinks back to when she first meets Yugi and Joey at [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Burgerpalooza Burgerpalooza]. She then wonders what they are doing there and thinks they could get her in trouble since she had to be 18 to work at the restaurant and if they let it slip she is still in school, she'll get fired and won't have enough money to pay for her dance lessons. As she serves Joey and Yugi their food she gives a sinister glare and pours ketchup all over their food. She reveals she wants to study dance in New York'''

'''but instead of laughing, Yugi and Joey support Téa. The next day Tea gets a letter from Yugi saying they found a warehouse in Spring St. for Téa to use as a dance studio. When she arrives a mugger holds her hostage and Yami Yugi saves her when she blacked out.'''

'''Kaiba defeats Yugi in the tournament by standing on the edge of the castle, so Yugi's last attack would knock him off. Yugi relinquishes the Duel to Kaiba. Téa then argues with Kaiba over his strategy. Kaiba explains how [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Duelist Duelists] are given one chip and must use it in whatever way allows them to win. Téa argues back that Kaiba only won because he couldn't live without the chip and insists that Yugi won the Duel.'''

'''After losing to Kaiba, Yugi no longer has enough [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Chips Star Chips] to enter the tournament finals. [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Mai_Valentine Mai] offers Yugi her excessive Star Chips. Yugi initially refuses, feeling unworthy. Téa Duels Mai for the Star Chips. Using a combination of [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Spell_Card Magic Cards], Téa makes her "[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Shining_Friendship_(anime) Shining Friendship]" card defeat Mai's "[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Harpie_Lady_(anime) Harpie Lady]". Although Mai is able to turn the Duel around, using "[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Harpie's_Feather_Duster_(anime) Harpie's Feather Duster]", she is impressed by Téa's performance and wants to give Yugi the Chips, so she surrenders saying "Harpie Lady" was her best monster and Téa defeated it.'''

[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Kemo Kemo] doesn't allow Téa, Tristan or [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Bakura_Ryou Bakura] to enter the castle, where the finals are held, as they are not finalists, but Mai distracts him long enough for them to sneak in.

'''Inside they witness Kaiba and Pegasus Dueling. Pegasus was able to predict Kaiba's moves and easily win. Tristan suspects that Pegasus cheated, so that night he talks with Téa and Bakura on the subject. The three inspect the Duel arena and find a hole that shines moonlight directly at the Duel arena. Tristan spots a tower and the three head towards it. In the tower, they are confronted by Pegasus, who uses his Millennium Eye to transport them to another dimension. They wake up and enter a room, where a [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Shadow_Game Shadow Game] between two robed men is taking place while others are chanting. The winning man, Pegasus confronts the three and tries to take Bakura's [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Millennium_Ring Millennium Ring]. Yami Bakura takes over Bakura's body and sends Téa and Tristan back to their rooms and erases their memories.'''

'''During the final rounds, Téa cheers on Yugi and Joey in their Duels. She is unable to watch the end of Yugi's Duel with Pegasus, as Pegasus takes the Duel to the Shadow Realm. Despite this Yugi feels his friends are with him in spirit and manages to defeat Pegasus.'''

'''Pegasus disappears after the Duel. The gang proceed to a tower, where they find Pegasus' diary, which Téa reads. She learns that Pegasus had a wife [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Cecelia_Pegasus Cecelia], who died and Pegasus was trying to revive her using the [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Millennium_Items Millennium Items] and [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Kaiba_Corporation Kaiba Corporation] technology.'''

Téa and her friends are taken home by [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Seto_Kaiba Seto Kaiba] in his helicopter.

Battle City
'''Yugi asks Téa to go out with Yami. After visiting many shops and attractions, they enter an arcade. Inside Téa beats [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Johnny_Steps Johnny Steps] in a dance game. Not taking his loss too well, Johnny later catches up with Yami and Téa, and challenges Téa to another game with a condition: if she loses, she must become his girlfriend. Yami instead challenges Johnny to a game of Duel Monsters. If he wins, Johnny must leave Téa alone. If Johnny wins, Téa must go on a date with him. Yami reveals himself to be Yugi Muto, towards the end of the Duel Johnny recognizes Yugi Muto as the one who beat Pegasus, causing Johnny to surrender and run. Téa stops him to tell him how quitting isn't going to get him far, and he must keep trying to achieve his goals.'''

'''Afterwards Téa and Yami go to an Ancient Egyptian exhibition to find clues to Yami's past. Here they meet [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Ishizu_Ishtar Ishizu Ishtar], who shows Yami some information about his past as a pharaoh and tells him he must enter the [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_City Battle City] tournament to learn more.'''

'''During the preliminary rounds, Téa encourages Joey along the side lines for his Duels, before being captured by the [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Rare_Hunters Rare Hunters] along with Joey. Téa is possessed by Marik, who turns her into one of his mind slaves to lure the Pharaoh into a Duel with Joey, who is also possessed by [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Marik_Ishtar Marik Ishtar]. The Duel is set up, so the loser would drown. Téa is made to sit on a chair under a large crate hanging from a crane. A push of a button will release the crate and crush her, should Yugi refuse to Duel Joey or anyone else interfere. Téa is then released from Marik's control after she explains the provisions to the Duel and helplessly tries to help Joey break free of Marik's control several times while also doing her best to remain brave and cheer Yugi on, despite the fact that her own life was in danger. Mokuba frees her after Joey and Yugi end the Duel in a Draw.'''

'''Téa, along with Tristan, [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Serenity_Wheeler Serenity] and [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Duke_Devlin Duke Devlin] proceed to the [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/KaibaCorp KaibaCorp] blimp to cheer for Yugi, Joey and Mai in the finals. [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Roland Roland] initially refuses to let them board, as they aren't finalists, but Mokuba talks him into letting them on. Despite Joey's objections, all of them take residence in Joey's room for the finals.'''

'''Téa cheers for Yugi and Joey, during their quarter-final Duels. When Joey tells Mai, she wasn't in his dream, which his friends appeared in and jokes about it, Téa seizes him after Mai leaves and tells him off.'''

During this time, Marik's spirit inhabits Téa's body and occasionally possesses her, since Yami Marik took over his body, using her to try to talk to Yami Marik and Ishizu.

Virtual World
'''As the blimp traveled to the Duel Tower, it was sucked into an underground lair, by [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Noah_Kaiba Noah Kaiba]. Téa along with Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Duke Devlin, Serenity, Mokuba and Seto Kaiba emerge from the blimp to investigate. Here they are sucked into the [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Virtual_World_(arc) Virtual World]. '''

'''The gang encounter Noah and [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/The_Big_Five the Big Five], all of whom seek revenge on Seto Kaiba and require a body to return to the real world. In order to do this, they intend on defeating the protagonists in individual duels before downloading their consciousnesses into their bodies in the real world. The Big Five then separate them all, sending them to different environments in the virtual world. Téa ends up being separated from all the others and finds herself transported to a large canyon in the middle of a desert. As she wanders deeper into the canyon, hoping to find her friends, she ends up being stalked and later attacked by a gang of four [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Hitotsu-Me_Giant_(anime) Hitotsu-Me Giants], who believe her to be game for hunting. After spotting one the [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Hitotsu-Me_Giant_(character) Hitotsu-Me Giants] watching her from the side of a nearby cliff, the giants reveal themselves and surround Téa. She attempts to walk back slowly without agitating the cyclops-giants, but ends up stepping on a loose rock, the noise of which arouses them into attacking her.'''

'''During the attack, one of the giants furiously throws a large stone axe at Téa. It misses her but kicks up a barrage of small sharp rocks through the air, with one hitting Téa and giving her a small but bleeding cut under her left eye, despite that everything is supposed to be a virtual illusion. Though the terrified and reeling from the cut on her face, Téa attempts to flee from the encroaching Hitotsu-Me Giants, the monsters quickly give chase after her. One of them manages to intercept the fleeing Téa, taking her by surprise and cornering her, before knocking her out with a swipe from its claws.'''

'''Immediately afterward, one of the Hitotsu-Me Giants drapes Téa over its shoulder and, with others following behind, proceeds to carry the insensate girl far across the barren landscape until they reach their cave-lair where they intend on having her for dinner. Once inside, the Hitotsu-Me Giant carrying Téa drops her onto the rock surface of the cave’s floor, causing her to moan and her body to squirm as the giants amusingly watch her struggle in pain.'''

'''Eventually, Téa regains consciousness but finds herself trapped on a large stone-shelf while her cyclops captors lurk below. After realizing that they intend to eat her, Téa manages to escape with the aid of a mysterious penguin, who drops down a loose vine so that she may climb out of the pit. The giants however, notice her escape and once again give chase, driving her towards a rickety old rope-bridge above a river with a powerful current. Téa is initially too frightened too cross, but through the memory of her friends she gains the courage to cross over. The Hitotsu-Me Giants end up chasing on the bridge as well, but it soon gives out under their comined weight. The giants fall to their deaths and drown in the river, but Téa survives by holding onto a surviving portion of the bridge and climbs to the top but she passes out soon afterword.'''

'''While she's unconscious, Téa has a dream where she and Yugi went to see a show about [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Magician_Girl_(character) Dark Magician Girl], where she is chosen as a member of the audience and gets dressed up in Dark Magician Girl's outfit. She is woken up by the penguin that helped her escape from the giants’ lair, which leads her across the Virtual World to a temple maid of ice. Inside she meets [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Crump Crump] of the Big Five, who has taken the form of the duel monster [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Nightmare_Penguin_(anime) Nightmare Penguin]. there Crump reveals his intention to defeat Téa in a Duel so that he may return to the real world using her body.'''

'''Téa attempts to flee, but Crump imposes a Duel and takes her to an icy region, where both players stand on opposite icebergs in freezing water. Téa is made to assemble a Deck, by selecting from a monitor of cards appearing before her. Though she has played in very few duels, she uses her experiences from her friends’ duels to help her pick the right cards to select. After she assembles her deck, Téa must decide on which of the monster cards she selected to be her Deck Master. Remembering her dream, she chooses "[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Magician_Girl_(anime) Dark Magician Girl]" as her own Deck Master, while "[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Nightmare_Penguin_(anime) Nightmare Penguin]" is Crump's. '''

'''During the [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/T%C3%A9a_Gardner_and_Adrian_Crump's_Duel Duel], as Téa's [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/LP Life Points] lower, she becomes engulfed in ice, starting with her feet upon loosing her first set of Life Points. Her deck-master Dark Magician Girl, whose deck-master ability allows her to telepathically communicate with her dullest, helps Téa during the Duel by offering advice, strategy, and emotional support. In much of the duel, Téa manages to hold her own against Crump despite her lack of experience in actually playing the game. Towards the end however, Crump manages to gain the upper hand, causing Téa to loose almost all of her Life Points. By the near-end of the duel, Téa’s body becomes almost completely engulfed in ice, with only her head and arms uncovered. When all hope seems lost, Dark Magician Girl steps and shows her how to win. Using her Deck Master's effect and the "[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Sage's_Stone_(anime) Sage's Stone]" [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Spell_Card Magic Card] to Special Summon "[./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Magician_(anime) Dark Magician]" from Yugi's Deck, Téa is able to defeat Crump as she attacks him with both Magicians. '''

'''After the Duel, Téa is released from the ice and passes out from exhaustion. Yugi, who had witnessed the last few moments of the Duel, helps her to regain consciousness. Upon awakening as she is being held in Yugi’s arms, Téa tearfully hugs him out of relief, with the young-man clearly flustered by her gesture. The two begin walking through the ice-covered landscape, where Yugi offers her his coat to keep her warm. The two proceed to the courtroom, where Joey is Dueling [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Johnson Johnson]. '''

'''Afterwards, everyone meets up with each other, while Tristan is trapped as a robot monkey because he lost a Duel. A few Duels happens between Kaiba and Lector, Yugi (Yami) and Joey between all the Big 5 members, Kaiba and Noah which changes to Yugi (Yami) and Noah. After this Duel Gozaburo shows up. Then, they all try to escape with Noah's help but he tricks them eventually taking over Mokuba's body and getting out into the real world, first wanting to trap their minds in the virtual world. However he then had a change of heart and realized he was wrong and helped them out instead. When they were all out, they got back to Battle City.'''

Back to Battle City
'''Battle City continues right after the Virtual World. They arrive at [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/KaibaCorp KaibaCorp] Island where the Battle City finals begin at Duel Tower. Téa supports Yugi and Joey in the battle royal to determine who faces who in the semi-finals.'''

Téa cheers for Joey in his semi-final against Marik and rushes to his aid after he collapses.

'''As Yugi prepares to face Kaiba, Téa informs Yami that she would rather he didn't Duel, as she is afraid of what might happen to him, but Yami tells her he need to Duel Kaiba to Duel Marik so he can save the world and she understands and lets him go. She stays back with everyone to try and help Joey but is still cheering Yugi on.'''

'''Near the end of Yugi and Kaiba's Duel Joey wakes up and at first doesn't remember anything but slowly does. Then he asks Téa if Yugi started the Duel yet.She tells him he did and Joey wants to go immediately. Just then the doctors show up,but Joey demands to go and Téa tells him not to because so many people got hurt and he was just in critical condition. Joey says he made a promise to Yugi and he has to be there for him which reminds her of what Yami told her before his Duel. Then Joey, Téa, Duke and Tristan go to the Duel Tower just in time to see the ending of Yugi's Duel.'''

'''Since Yugi won he moves onto the finals to Duel Yami Marik but first Joey challenges Kaiba to a Duel to see who gets third place. Before the Duel starts Marik takes over Téa's body so he can go talk to Ishizu. He then tells Ishizu that he needs to confront Yami Marik and runs off to the Duel Tower to do so. Yami Marik is already up there trying to figure out what happened during Yugi and Kaiba's Duel then he gets annoyed and throws the rod, which lands near Téa. She picks it up and is holding it up at Yami Marik while Marik is talking to him. Yami Marik ends up getting the rod back, and he tries to get rid of Marik with the rod. Then Ishizu comes up just in time to stop him. Marik then tells Ishizu to forget about him and stops taking control of Téa. She is knocked out for a while, and Yami comes up to find out what happened to Téa and starts talking to Yami Marik, and he eventually leaves. Yami then talks to Ishizu about what was going on, and Téa wakes up, not knowing what happened. Yugi decides not to tell her about how Marik was taking control of her. They go back down to see how Joey's Duel was going, and they tell her that he lost, so they get ready for Yugi's Duel with Marik.'''

'''Yami's Duel with Yami Marik begins, and everyone is worried about how this Duel will turn out. Téa is cheering Yugi on the whole time but is worried because Yami Marik was able to stop Slifer the Sky Dragon and make a copy of Obelisk the Tormentor. Also, every time Yami loses life points Yugi is slowly being sent to the Shadow Realm and the same with the good Marik every time Yami Marik loses life points. During the Duel, Marik took over Téa again, this time to encourage Yami to in the duel even though victory would cost Marik his life, but he eventually went back into his own body, leaving Téa confused about what just happened, although she quickly got over that and focused on the Duel. Then Odion shows up, which gives Marik the strength to take over Yami Marik for a little while so Yami could win the Duel. Even though the Duel was finally over, Kaiba said they should get off the island because he was going to blow it up. Everyone went on the blimp, Mai was awake and they found Bakura but they noticed Kaiba and Mokuba weren't there so they went to go look for them but couldn't find them. So all of them went on the helicopter to go, and they all see Kaiba and Mokuba leave on a jet of their own.'''

'''They got back to Domino City and said goodbye to Marik, Ishizu, Odion, Duke, and Mai. The following day Téa was showing Serenity around town and remembering everything that happened during Battle City. Serenity eventually has to leave. Téa is sad at first, but Serenity tells her that it's ok and that they will always be friends. After Serenity leaves Téa is thinking about how she's not ready to say goodbye to Yugi and realizes that she should just enjoy the time she has left with him. Then she catches up with Yami.'''

Waking the Dragons
'''Téa is on the roof of the school wondering why Yugi left early. Joey and Tristan come up; they're wondering the same thing. They end up finding Yugi at the museum. Later they find out that someone stole the Egyptian God Cards. Yugi has a Duel with Gurimo, which is where they learn about the Seal of Orichalcos.'''

'''The next day they run into [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Rebecca_Hawkins Rebecca], and she calls Yugi her boyfriend, which Téa doesn't like. She takes them to see [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur_Hawkins Professor Hawkins],who starts talking about how the monsters coming to life could have something to do with Atlantis. After that, everyone heads home.'''

'''Later they're all at Yugi's house. Yugi gets a package from Pegasus with a video. Pegasus asks Yugi to come and see him right away. The next day they go on a private jet then in a limo. The limo breaks down so they have to walk for a while, Téa is able to get a driver to stop and give them a ride to Industrial Illusions.'''

'''Later on, they are on a train to Florida, but the train splits apart, separating Téa and Yami from Joey and Tristan. Most of the time Téa is trying to help Pharaoh from being upset about Yugi while she herself is also upset. After a while they just focus on finding Joey and Tristan. They are reunited later when Kaiba's plane crashes and then they are all taken back by Kaiba's helicopter to try and stop Dartz.'''

'''Kaiba's company was taken over by Dartz. Joey runs off to Duel Valon and Mai. While Joey Duels, Tristan, Téa, and the Pharaoh go to look for him, but when they find him he already lost his soul.'''

'''After Pharaoh's Duel with Rafael the gang goes to Dartz in Kaiba's helicopter. Kaiba and the Pharaoh Duel Dartz; after Kaiba loses the Duel the Pharaoh continues while Téa, Tristan, and Mokuba are unconscious.'''

'''The Duel is won by the Pharaoh. Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey come back and Mokuba, Tristan, and Téa wake up. Seeing Yugi back they have a group hug. Then they're off to finish off Dartz. Téa wishes Yugi good luck as he, along with Joey and Kaiba, have their final battle with Dartz.'''

Grand Championship
Téa does not have a prominent role in the [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Grand_Championship Grand Championship] arc, but as always, she is Yugi and Joey's cheerleader throughout their Duels.

'''Téa also meets and despises [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Vivian_Wong Vivian], because of her feelings for Yugi. She also develops a habit of saying the line "I need some female friends" whenever the others start getting on her nerves.'''

Dawn of the Duel
'''Téa, Tristan and Joey accompanied Yugi to Egypt so they could help the Pharaoh figured out his memories. She also had noticeably had a change in clothing, and was now wearing white heels, a red skirt and a black sleeveless top. The Pharaoh presented the Egyptian God cards to the Tablet of Lost Memories, and was pulled into the Shadow RPG, where he would find out his memories. However, after discovering that Yami Bakura followed him, the gang went after Yami.'''

'''Later, Téa figured out that the key to stopping Bakura was to tell the Pharaoh his real name, as it was also the key to unlocking his memory. The gang was betrayed by Tristan, who was possessed by Bakura and almost killed, but jumped to a cliff and saved themselves. Téa pulled Yugi up, who was hanging onto Joey and then both her and Yugi saved Joey. When they found Tristan, he revealed that he had been possessed by Bakura and Dueled Yugi.'''

'''Téa noted that Yugi had to Duel without Yami. Yugi still won, though. When they found Yami, they gave him his name by thinking of the symbols and putting them on a necklace-like item. Yami then remembered who he was and revealed that his true name was Atem. Atem was then able to Summon [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/The_Creator_of_Light The Creator of Light] to destroy [./https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Zorc_Necrophades Zorc Necrophades]. The gang then returned to the real world.'''

Ceremonial Battle
'''Téa is mostly seen torn with the idea of Atem passing on the spirit world. As she believes that, though he deserves to reunite with those in his past and finally achieve peace, she also doesn't want him to leave because of the feelings she has for him. Thus, she usually appears having this mental debate within herself, with the outcome ending in her crying. However, whilst dealing with this emotional turmoil, she displays a happy facade to the rest of the group, especially around Yugi and Atem.'''

'''During the beginning of the Duel, she outwardly supports Yugi to win but inwardly wishes Atem to be victorious so that he can't leave. However as the Duel progresses she increasingly cheers on Yugi to the point where she shocks herself on how she changed sides of who she wanted to win.'''

'''However though Yugi won the Duel in the end, her feelings for Atem had not weakened and she is saddened to such an extent of the possibility of him leaving, that just as the spirit of the Pharaoh is about to pass through the gates of the afterlife, she tries to run after him however her attempt is stopped by Joey. All witnesses of said last match then look up at the sky in Egypt ending the anime once the last words are spoken.'''