Marik Ishtar (LittleKuriboh)

"Bee-doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-dee CHALA! FRIG CHALA! This show's about people playing card games! And lots of very sexy men! SPARKING!" Marik Ishtar is a recurring antagonist in YuGiOh!: The Abridged Series by Little Kuriboh.

Biography
Unlike his mainstream counterpart, who was a criminal mastermind, this version of Marik is petty and dim-witted. In the Evil Council miniseries he's shown to have poor management skills and his plans of villainy are little more than committing minor inconveniences for Yugi and the other characters. His alter-ego Melvin isn't quite sure how he could have spawned from his mind.

A running gag is that Marik is gay, but won't admit it. This is in contrast to Dark Bakura, who is also gay but comfortable with it.

Marik's Millenium Rod gives him the power to mind-control people, but only if they have the name "Steve". To get around this obstacle, Marik often has his victims sign a waiver that legally changes their names to Steve. It's been shown to work on Joey, Teá and Bandit Keith.