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Can be found [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=442F9290791E856D here].
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* [[The Abridged Series]]: Obviously.
** The author, as well as doing [[Gantz Abridged]] has made some gag teasers for fake Abridged series, such as "[[Batman:
** Not to mention that the God Hand were all voiced by other Abridged creators. ([[Lanipator]] of [[Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged]], Frolegend of Saiyuki Reload Abridged, and the duo of MasakoX & Vegeta3986 of [[Naruto the Abridged Series]])
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: hbi2k clearly loves the hell out of this series. That doesn't stop him from making fun of it in every way possible.
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* [[Bi the Way]]: Griffith, eventually, so the author can make all the [[Ho Yay]] jokes but not have to work around him getting tortured for sleeping with the princess.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't steal jokes from LK's Abridged series or Guts gets very angry.
* [[Bland
* [[Blood Knight]]: IT'S MURDERIN' TIME!
{{quote| '''Guts''': (singsong voice) "I love hurtin' people, I looove beatin' people uuup..."}}
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** But the relationship ended when she "[[Squick|reverted to troll intestines during an intimate moment]]".
*** "Plus it was like throwing hot dogs down a hallway anyway."
* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: "Note to self. When there's an echo in my voice, it means I'm thinking. Otherwise, I'm talking."
** The same joke is inverted with the Governor, who says the same thing that Griffith had about Guts ("I must have him!") in regards to Griffith. When General Boscono asks if he means in his army, the Governor snaps, "No, I must have him naked and chained to the foot of my bed! Do I have to draw you a freaking picture?"
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: In the first episode Guts calls the Baron a "filler freak," even though he was actually in the anime. hbi2k has acknowledged this mistake.
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'''Patron''': "It's his penis right?" }}
* [[Downer Ending]]: Defied by the narrator. {{spoiler|He eventually ends up in a fight with one of the cast who disapproves of the new direction.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Where Are They Now? Epilogue|"Well there's only one way to find out: a "where are they now"-style end credits montage!"]]}}
** According to Word Of God it actually happened.
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: Episode 13. The Mooks do not take rape jokes lightly.
* [[DVD Commentary]]: Completed. Sans DVD, but still played straight.
* [[Editing Works]]
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** More disturbing than that: '''[[Horny Devils|Slan]]''' thinks his dirty thoughts are disgusting. Yeah. [[Fridge Horror|Think about that for a moment.]]
* [[Even Nerds Have Standards]]: Final Fantasy cosplayer Guts finds the nobles [[Naruto|Akatsuki]] LARP a little too nerdy even for him. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Rickert.
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* [[Evil Plan]]: The "Diet Pill Pyramid Scheme".
{{quote| '''Demon spirits''': Hey meester, how about some diet pills? Yes, buy our diet pills! Why exercise and diet to lose weight, when cheap effective weight loss solutions can be yours?}}
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** [[Word of God|hbi2k has said]] that he wrote the ending for his own amusement and that the real ending to the anime still happened, because he couldn't find a way to make any of it funny.
* [[Gag Dub]]: One episode even features various dubs of a line spoken by Judeau; the Media Blasters dub, the manga's English translation, a scanlation, Spanglish, German, and [[Speaking Simlish|Simlish]].
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Zodd's line after the series ended, as follows: {{spoiler|"but it's like the only time in the history of anime that the demons win. Every other show ends with the [[Big Damn Heroes|Ancient Hero of Bullshit]] showing up at the last minute, wielding the legendary [[Sword of Plot Advancement|Sword]] of [[Deus Ex Machina]] and slicing the hell out of us. Well not this time! This time, WE WIN! Griffith turns evil. Everyone gets raped or eaten or killed. Fuck you. THE END!"}}<ref>Although what he's saying is technically incorrect. Devilman, a manga that inspired Miura, ends pretty much the same way, only with more [[White
* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: After {{spoiler|making love}} Casca remarks on how someone in the series has ''finally'' had positive sexual experience.... [[Double Subversion|until Guts]] fills her in about his, er, [[Erotic Asphyxiation|choking fetish]].
* [[Grievous Harm With a Body]]: Zodd using his severed arm to beat the crap out of Guts and Griffith, which Guts thinks is ''hardcore''.
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* [[Network Decay]]: Pointed out in-universe in Episode 12.5 (DTV Pitch) when Zodd mentioned specialty cable networks being good at the start, then going downhill quickly when they lose their focus, using G4 as an example.
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Interesting in that, as the commentary points out, there's actually two levels of fourth wall breakage: human characters think that they're in a [[Gorn|gorny]] [[Seinen]] show, while demons know that they're actually in an abridged series of a [[Gorn|gorny]] [[Seinen]] show.
* [[Oh God, Did She Just Hear That?]]: "Oh God, they can hear my thoughts! Don't think about sex! Don't think about sex! * sings the Meow Mix song in his head* "
* [[Oh God, With the Verbing!]]
* [[Paper
* [[Pastel
* [[Politically
* [[Rage Against the Author]]: Zodd versus BA's creator. Zodd usually ''wins''.
** Guts is implied to have beaten up his own character designer (and creator), Kentaro Miura.
* [[Raging Stiffie]]: Guts had one just before he realized Casca was a girl. [[Sweet On Polly Oliver|It was a huge relief to him.]]
* [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]: The Tudor soldiers who corner Casca during Guts's battle against a hundred of them show no opposition to killing her... but are absolutely appalled at the idea of raping her. An interesting change in world where [[All Men Are Perverts]].
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Zodd directly compares Guts and Griffith to [[Naruto]] and Sasuke respectively, though Griffith thinks it's more the other way around.
* [[Royally Screwed Up]]: Inbreeding is blamed for Midland's problems with monarchy. Did I say that? I meant to say that it's lauded for its nobles having their regal bearing, like a cow looking at an oncoming train.
** And it's what makes their brains so smart! With thinking!
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* [[What Would X Do]]: It's time for another exciting episode of What Would [[Lupin the Third]] Have Done?
* [[Word of God]]: By name no less in the final commentary, hbi2k says that the [[Downer Ending]] happened, and that the other, happier ending was partly for his own amusement and partly due to the fact he couldn't find a way to parody the actual ending [[Squick|without feeling EXTREMELY uncomfortable]].
** To paraphrase: he couldn't find a way to show {{spoiler|[[Rape As Drama|Casca being raped]]}} [[Dude, Not Funny|and make it funny]].
** A wise move on his part. From what he said in the (non-commentary) opening of the 24th episode, a lot of fans emailed him telling him that he shouldn't parody the ending, and he added that in a way, he agreed with them, since it's a hugely emotional moment. The Downer-est [[Downer Ending]] of all time. No fan of the show would want the end of that parodied, and hbi2k is on that list. And he did what any fan would've done; the Mega Happy Ending. And then follows up with an amv montage of all the bad things that happen jammed into a couple minutes when Zodd rebels. Literally the only way that he could have left the majority of the abridged show's fanbase feeling happy.
** This would be considered [[Double Standard]] since he showed a rather graphic scene from the manga, of {{spoiler|Guts' rape}}, in rather vivid detail and without apparent ill effects.
* [[Yaoi Fangirl|Yaoi Fanboy]]: The Governor, who uses his boy harem to act out his [[Vision of Escaflowne]] Fanfiction and is obsessed with Griffith for his [[White
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[[Category:The Abridged Series]]
[[Category:Berserk Abridged]]
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