Abridged Series (2006)

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a·bridge
a·bridged, a·bridg·ing, a·bridg·es
1. To reduce the length of (a written text); condense.
2. To cut short; curtail. See Synonyms at shorten.

Origin

On July 14th, 2006, Martin Billany,(screen named LittleKuriboh) released a condensed spoof the well-known Anime Yu-Gi-Oh™ entitled Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series

The Pilot

Uploaded again by littlekuriboh’s new account = CardGamesFTW

The series consisted of parodying the absurdity of the plot of Yu-Gi-Oh™ while using outside references. It’s dubbed brilliance gave great lulz from the weaboos to people who were basically unfamiliar with the show itself.

Even with the actual derivatives of other YouTube users attributing towards the show by making their own abridged spoof of an anime, the show has catchphrases of it’s own.

…In America!
Screw The Rules; I Have Money!
My Voice Gives Me Super Strength!
Attention Duelists! My hair…
Brooklyn Rage!
Nyeh!

Interest & Information

As of January 29th, 2010, CardGamesFTW is the 1# subscribed Youtuber in Japan; thus beating Magibon

Notable Derivatives

The derivatives are what make this meme, a meme. People will also condense and make their abridged spoofs of an anime / videogame / show. Basically, just like Yugioh Abridged, they’re dubbed condensed parodies of the shows.

Anime

Naruto Abridged
Bleach Abridged
Death Note

Video Games

Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask


Devil May Cry


Super Paper Mario


Other

Lost Untangled

Lost Untangled is an odd example as it is official, and not only a parody but also a recap. It also uses very little footage from the show.

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24 Comments

Biotic Zombie
Dec 26, 2009 at 07:55AM UTC , Biotic Zombie wrote:

Update 1:56 AM

I messed up on some HTML information and it refuses to update even after I persistently save it; fixing the errors.

Will +1 Photos and Work in a bit; just wanted to check the outcome so far.

Jostin Asuncion
Dec 26, 2009 at 08:10AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

There already is an article for “Abridged Series” right here meaning that this article should be Deadpool’d.

BUT I like your article better in the sense that you talk about the other anime series IRL that have been given their own abridged versions (the other article only talked about the Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged Series). So with that, I say that we should keep yours and DP the other article instead (sorry @Tenkage).

So, first of all, let me start with congratulating you on knowing how to code properly (… kinda… i.e., you have to add a space after the “h2.” to properly make the titles headers).

Let’s talk about content now… Très magnifique! Excellent job so far. Your article just needs to be cleaned up by an admin to look and sound more professional and serious. Other than that, I don’t really know what’s missing.

Two thumbs up to you, @Zombie!

Chi The Cat
Dec 26, 2009 at 09:58AM UTC , Chi The Cat wrote:

Agreed, this one is much better. The focus isn’t zeroed in as much.

+1 awesome
+1 confirm
-1 sniper focus

Tomberry
Dec 26, 2009 at 03:35PM UTC , Tomberry wrote:

Jostin pretty much summed up everything that could be said on that article.
I also like this one, compared to the “Abridged Series” entry.
Let’s see what they admins have to say about it.
But, ahem, why did you write a “know your meme” curve in your Google insights ?

Pterodactyl
Dec 26, 2009 at 05:14PM UTC , Pterodactyl wrote:

Didn’t we already Deappool this?
I swear we already have this article…

Pterodactyl
Dec 26, 2009 at 05:15PM UTC , Pterodactyl wrote:

Did some body for get to < / i > ?

I swear we already had this article and deadpool’d it. I do love YGO:TAS, so, +1 work.

Steven R.
Dec 26, 2009 at 07:46PM UTC , Steven R. wrote:

+1 deadpool. Already submitted.

Rihk
Dec 27, 2009 at 09:07PM UTC , Rihk wrote:

Pterodactyl and Real Genius, did you even read this article and the comments above you? This is more in-depth, with variations. Not saying I think it is a meme necessarily, but it sure does merit a second thought.

Watcher
Dec 27, 2009 at 09:12PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

This article is better written than the old one.

Pterodactyl
Dec 27, 2009 at 10:06PM UTC , Pterodactyl wrote:

Derrr, sorry for double post, first comment didn’t turn up.

@ Rihk, okay you just stated yourself this wasn’t a meme… Okay, even though it’s well written, this is Know Your Meme
Remember the infamous sub categories? I’ll give it a second thought when we can correctly give this a place.

Watcher
Dec 31, 2009 at 11:17PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

This phenomenon is not just limited to Anime. There are Video Game abridged, too.

CriticalHit
Jan 02, 2010 at 07:03PM UTC , CriticalHit wrote:

There’s also Gantz Abridged, but it’s not very well known, most because of the fact Gantz IS pretty unknown.

Watcher
Jan 02, 2010 at 07:11PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

I think the proper name for this genre would be “Abridged Series”.

koobaxion
Jan 07, 2010 at 06:05PM UTC , koobaxion wrote:

Or “X the abridged series”

Watcher
Jan 07, 2010 at 06:07PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

BTW, most recent episode was yesterday. No longer the 9th.

variety927
Jan 18, 2010 at 05:25AM UTC , variety927 wrote:

YES.

+1!!11

Bitemyshiny
Jan 22, 2010 at 09:12AM UTC , Bitemyshiny wrote:

+1 confirm. There’s also Dragon Ball Z, Berserk, and Avatar: The Last Airbender Abridged. The last one has over 2 million views on the first episode.

Watcher
Jan 31, 2010 at 09:05PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

Also, he just beat out Magibon as Japan’s most subscribed. Ironic how the two most subscribed channels in Japan are not Japanese.

Dan Green
Feb 02, 2010 at 02:56PM UTC , Dan Green wrote:

I believe this one should be confirmed, every episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh has well over 5,000 + and LittleKurriboh has about 10,000 subscribers on youtube and i believe that is quite notable.

Watcher
Feb 04, 2010 at 08:16PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

Does this need anything else?

maspanda555
Feb 18, 2010 at 09:57PM UTC , maspanda555 wrote:

I’ll see if I can’t get more pictures around the webs (some of my forum friends are real YGO, DN, and Bleach fans, it can’t be that hard)

Watcher
Feb 20, 2010 at 05:28AM UTC , Watcher wrote:

Abridged series would be a better name, Zombie.

Watcher
Feb 21, 2010 at 11:58PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

I think this entry may be done.

Biotic Zombie
Mar 10, 2010 at 07:21AM UTC , Biotic Zombie wrote:

On the contrary Watcher,

This entry is far from over.

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