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{{quote|''"First [[Little Kuriboh|one guy]] makes [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|a bridge]]. And everybody uses it, they're like, "Ooh, look, a bridge. That's new." So, like, these other two guys make [[Naruto the Abridged Series|another bridge.]] And it's [[Follow the Leader|kinda like the first one]], but people use it anyway because the first guy is like "Oh, their bridge is pretty cool too, check it out." And then these three other guys are like, "Oh, we're going to make the [[Dragon Ball Abridged|best bridge ever]], we're going to combine our talents and be like, 'Oh, look at our bridge, it's totally amazing, ooh.'" and it's like, it turns out really good, and it's the best out of all the other bridges... Everybody crosses it. Because [[Metaphorgotten|it's a bridge. Yeah.]] And before you know it [[Genre Popularizer|everybody and their mother]] is making a bridge! So there's a bridge. Everywhere... [[Self-Deprecation|The first guy is like, "I'm going to go to conventions to promote my bridge!" It's like, it's just a bridge. It's not a big deal. Get over it.]]"''|'''Joekage''', ''[[Naruto the Abridged Comedy Spoof Series Show]]''}}
A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Gag Dub]], that deals specifically with shortening works of fiction, and [[Affectionate Parody|making fun of it]]. The first of these was ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' (albeit the idea of abridging works for fun started [[Older Than You Think|way earlier]]). This started out as [[Follow the Leader]], but has become so common now, it's [[From Clones to Genre|a genre in itself]]. Most recently, a sort-of "[[Code
The key to making a good Abridged Series is to take something [[So Bad It's Good]], or something that takes itself ''way'' too seriously, and add copious amounts of professionally created bad peppered with deep fandom understanding, which makes everything better. In a pinch, something either horribly bad or actually good may be substituted.
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