Death Note Abridged (Tio H and Dargonakis)

"Soichiro: We caught Kira!

NPA Investigation Team: GASP!

Soichiro: Oh, my mistake. What I meant to say was, we haven't caught Kira."

An early abridged series pre-dating even Team Dattebayo. Sadly, it was not only cancelled, but the videos were removed. The link above actually goes to the first of a two-video compilation a fan put together of what they perceive to be the best scenes. (In addition the full first two episodes can be watched here).

The concept of this series was mainly the same as the original manga and anime...except that Light was notably...less intelligent, although considering that everybody else was also dumbed down, that really didn't increase his chances of getting caught.

This work provides examples of:
"Chief Yagami: We're splitting into teams of two to get to L
 * Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny -- Ryuk
 * Audience Murmurs
 * Bad Liar -- Light to the point where he blurts out the fact that he's Kira to his father. His father being the way he is promptly forgets about it.
 * Big Brother Attraction -- Sayu, who isn't particularly subtle about it.
 * Big No
 * Blah Blah Blah
 * But Wait There's More
 * Catch Phrase - When life gives you Death Note, make justice!
 * Cloudcuckoolander -- Chief Yagami

Matsuda: Why?

Chief Yagami: Because...it only takes two...to tango."

"Light: Yes! It's corpse time!"
 * Creepy Teen -- The reason why the dropped Death Note grabbed Light's attention is that he initially mistook it for a dead bird and hoped that he would have a corpse to... do something with.

"Light: Makes about as much sense as playing tennis with your eternal rival."
 * Cross Dressing Voices
 * Crying Wolf
 * Disproportionate Retribution -- Light mainly wants to kill Raye because he doesn't like his theme music.
 * Emo Kid - "CRRRAAAWWWWWWLLLIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGG INNNNNNN MYYYYY SKIIIIIIIINNNNN!!!
 * Foreshadowing

"Ryuk: Errr... The key is still in it.
 * Subverted due to this series ending before getting to the tennis scene.
 * Genki Shinigami
 * Hidden Depths -- Turns out that novel Ryuk caught Light reading when they first met was written by.
 * Inspector Javert -- Aizawa. He won't rest until he's caught the Masked baron!
 * Jerkass -- L
 * Keep Circulating the Tapes
 * Know Nothing Know It All
 * Loud of War - "Hey Light, did you know this song has a dance mix?"
 * "You know what would cheer you up, me telling you everything that I like!"
 * Married to The Job - "Soc-ia-l life?"
 * Men Don't Cry
 * Most Definitely Not a Villain
 * My God What Have I Done -- Light after he kills
 * The Not Secret
 * Not So Different -- Light and Raye
 * Pokémon Speak -- "Mogi Mogi Mogi Mogi Mogi Mogi Mogi Mogi Mogi Mogi"
 * Shipper On Deck -- Ryuk thinks that Light and Sayu would make a good couple.
 * Shout Out -- Believe It!
 * The first encounter between L and Light is a shout out to Incredible Hulk ("KIRA ANGRY! KIRA KILL! KIRA WRITE!")
 * One of the police / extras is Vincent Valentine.
 * KIRADOKEN!!!
 * Skewed Priorities -- Forget about Kira! Some sicko suggested that everyone in the Interpol meeting all have pumpkin pie for desert!
 * Take That -- to The Police
 * Ted Baxter -- Light
 * Just for clairification sake, Light's plan to hide the death note consists of He's especially proud of his trap because he had to go all the way to Home Depot just to get the parts (it's a huge store; he got lost) and then had to put it together via manual labor.

Light: That's the genius of it, Ryuk!

Ryuk: ...

Light: I know, I know. I'm good."


 * Took a Level In Dumbass - everyone!
 * Took a Level In Jerkass -- Raye toward Naomi. Basically, the writers took his Stay in The Kitchen attitude from the original and ran with it.