When the real Seto Kaiba woke from his coma, a "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" played by the ventriloquist destroyed itself. This caused the ventriloquist to drop the puppet in surprise. From that point on, he continued the Duel without using the puppet. After Dark Yugi won the Duel, he inflicted a Penalty Game on the ventriloquist, where the ventriloquist believed the Kaiba puppet transformed into a living puppet of himself and began to torment him.