Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series

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{{quote|'''Yami Yugi:''' Wait a minute! Did you just summon a bunch of monsters in one turn?<br />
'''Seto Kaiba:''' Yeah. So?<br />
'''Yami:''' That's against the rules, isn't it?<br />
'''Kaiba:''' [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|Screw the rules]], [[Trope Namer|I have money!]]|'''[http://www.yugiohabridged.com/page-ep01 Episode 1]'''}}

''Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series'' ({{spoiler|''[[New Season, New Name|The Cancelled Series]]''}} for the Virtual World arc) is a [[Gag Dub]] and [[Affectionate Parody]] of the second anime series of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' (the one most commonly known around the world), done by a guy known as [[Little Kuriboh]] (real name Martin Billany). Each episode of this series compresses several clips of YGO episodes into four- to eleven-minute clips, which [[Lampshade Hanging|point out and make fun]] of some of the [[Fridge Logic|really absurd plot points]] of the series (just how ''does'' Kaiba manage to climb that cliff with a briefcase in his hand?) and a lot of the changes made in the [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] dub ("Don't move a muscle, or we'll shoot you with our [[Family-Friendly Firearms|invisible guns!]]" "It is heavily implied that you are beating the ever-loving crap out of me!"), as well as lampooning [[Executive Meddling|the policies of the television networks]] that aired the show in North America. 

[[The Abridged Series]] spawned a [[Follow the Leader|handful of imitators]], but has since become [[From Clones to Genre|an entire genre]] of internet videos and thanks to its expressive [[Post Modernism]], quotes from the series are repeatedly used on this very wiki. [[Ascended Meme|As well as by a few of the actual voice actors]]. Martin and his show are now part of Channel Awesome, the home of [[That Guy With The Glasses]]!

After some time Little Kuriboh eventually went to doing the same process with "Season 0" (the [[Short Runner]] based more closely on the original manga), giving special attention to the [[Adaptation Displacement]] and animation quirks of the earlier series.

Videos of each episode can be found at the [http://www.yugiohabridged.com/ official website] or [http://www.dailymotion.com/littlekuriboh Daily Motion]. Transcripts of the episodes can be found [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Abridged_Transcripts here]. The [http://www.youtube.com/user/CardGamesFTW YouTube account] has been terminated and reinstated '''[[Overly Long Gag|eight times]]'''. By NAS/TV Tokyo bots, no less.

There are so many [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] in this series that [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series/Shout Out|it got its own page]].
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=== This work is the [[Trope Maker]] and [[Trope Codifier]] for: ===
* [[The Abridged Series]]
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=== This work has [[Trope Namer|named numerous tropes]]: ===
* [[Brooklyn Rage]]
* [[Just Like Making Love]]
* [[Most Definitely Not a Villain]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]
** [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]
*** And the snowclone titles in [[Screw This Index, I Have Tropes]]
* [[Serious Business]] (Because that's what children's card games are.)
* [[Sexier Alter Ego]]
* [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head]]
** In America!

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* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series/Tropes A To H|Tropes A To H]]
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series/Tropes I To Z|Tropes I To Z]]

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...''[[Verbal Tic|In America!]]''

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