(03:52) Bakura is crushed by a 'Thwomp' from Super Mario Bros.

(02:55) Waldo of 'Where's Waldo' fame is briefly seen while Roba is pretending to use his psychic abilities.

(02:20) The music playing during Tristan's AMV is 'I Swear' by All-4-One.

(02:19) Windows Movie Maker is an amateur video editing program that is packaged with many Windows operating systems.

Like the fake DuelTube, YouTube has many illegally uploaded movies, as well as self-made music videos.

(02:04) is a play on, with a similar logo.

(01:47) Miss Cleo is a self-proclaimed psychic and shaman who achieved fame as a spokeswoman in television ads.

Espa Roba is wearing a shirt similar to Charlie Brown's, although Charlie's is yellow with a black stripe.

(01:16) Charlie Brown is a character from the comic strip/cartoon, Peanuts.

(01:10) 'Eeeeeh (munches) what's up Doc?' is the catchphrase of Bugs Bunny from The Looney Toons.

(00:00) This is an example of the Don't Try This at Home trope.

(Title) The episode title is a reference to the 'Super Mario Bros.' franchise.

However, after Mokuba thwarts the Roba siblings' attempts to cheat, Joey is able to defeat Espa and take his rarest card, Jinzo. Joey has a difficult time at first, because Espa's younger siblings are helping him to cheat. This episode has Joey duelling the faux-psychic Espa Roba.

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