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* [[The Abridged Series]]: As a birthday present, the YouTube user 1KidsEntertainment made [[Little Kuriboh]] an episode of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9ANlJENgtY Yu-Gi-Oh! the Abridged Series the Abridged Series].

** There is also Episode 35.

* [[Accidental Pervert]]:

'''Kaiba''': Don'tlookathispenisdon'tlookathispenisdon'tlookathispenis--agh! I looked. }}

* [[Actor Allusion]]:

** In [[Recap Episode|episode 35]] when Kaiba's darkside claims to be a ghost, Yami says "Oh yeah? Well, I'm [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Knuckles the Echidna]]." That's because [[Dan Green|Yami]] IS [[Sonic X|Knuckles]]<ref>[[The Other Darrin|at the time]]</ref>.

** Happens elsewhere when Yami claims that Kaiba sounds like Brock from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''.

** Another Pokemon allusion: When Mokuba gets "Japanese Puberty", the first thing he says is "Bulbasaur!" That's because Tara Jayne did the first voice for Mokuba and Bulbasaur.

** Yet another is made in episode 31. The little boy who thinks he's Ash from Pokemon is a reference to the fact [[Veronica Taylor]] voiced the same character...and didn't even bother changing the inflection she used for Ash whatsoever.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]:

** Almost everyone, though Spice Girls fan Pegasus is the worst. When some of the characters find out he's actually straight, ''he tries to kill them''. [[Word of God]] has admitted in his reuploading of episode 17 that Pegasus is indeed straight (the gaydar was aiming at Croquet, his raspy voiced servant/butler), so he probably just has questionable, effeminate tastes ("Let's celebrate by watching the Spice Girls Movie!") Of course, he gets to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] this a good bit. Furthermore, Pegasus was married to Cecelia before she ''exploded'' at the altar (she's even thought to be his wife by Bakura). In fact he appears to be the only character in the series with an actual spouse, ironically.

** In fact, for the brief time Bakura is regularly accompanying the main characters, his Millennium Ring is said to have had ''Gaydar'' installed in it; this serves as a [[Magnetic Plot Device]] as it leads the group to [[Ambiguously Gay]] villains.

** Bakura is not gay (his father installed his gaydar to protect him from gays) but Florence is.

** I thought Bakura had the gaydar because he's "secretly very lonely."

'''Florence:''' I'm not British, I'm just gay. }}

** '''Marik:''' "And we're not gay, by the way. Least, I don't think I am." Marik has ascended from ambiguity to the [[Transparent Closet]] even though he sometimes forgets he is there himself. What, just because a guy likes to dress effeminately, and hang around with another extremely attractive man, and read yaoi, and flaunt his gorgeous abs, and stroke a phallic symbol suggestively in every other scene, that automatically makes him gay?

'''Zorc:''' Yeah, kinda. }}

*** Given Marik and Florence's moving duet of "Stand By Me" just before Melvin defeats them both, we can probably consider him just out in general.

'''Young Ishizu''': Marik, please don't flaunt your yaoi in public! }}

*** From the same episode as the above, young!Marik lists one of the things he wants to do on the surface as 'maybe fall in love with a handsome prince?' Apparently he hadn't yet gotten the memo that he was supposed to be straight?

*** In ''[[Marik Plays Bloodlines]]'' episode 6, {{spoiler|Marik finally admitted he was gay, though he tried to take it back immediately after.}} Just in case there was previously any doubt that he is in a [[Transparent Closet]]...

** And Bakura's gaydar points to Yami's (fabulous) puzzle. However, Yami has implied at various points in the series either Homosexuality or Bi-sexuality and seems to be driven toward the latter as the series goes on.

*** Or one of his transformation sequences:

*** Yet later on:

*** And in the Bonds Beyond Time Abridged Movie (after a long [[Running Gag]] about the [[Double Entendre]] filled exchanges between Yusei and Yami).

'''Yami''': ALL OF THE HOMO! }}

** Ishizu is also possibly gay, going by what happened with Bakura's gaydar before its batteries ran out. It was her or the Giant Rock that truly understood her. Hey, maybe that's why it lied to her.

* [[Anal Probing]]: This bit of dialogue between [[Cloudcuckoolander|Tristan]] and [[Anything That Moves|Duke]]:

'''Duke''': [[Fetish Fuel|...maybe]]. }}

* [[And Then What?]]: Yami, to Anubis in the Abridged Movie. Anubis doesn't seem to have an answer. At least, [[Just Between You and Me|one he's willing to share]].

* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: Well, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPDQgDs7Mww Anguished Declaration of Hate]

* [[Anything That Moves]]: A dialog with Tristan in episode 48 pretty much establishes Duke as straight, but not for lack of exploring his options. His response to Mecha Nesbitt confirms that even robots interest him. Heck, even [[Dragon Ball|Piccolo]] is just fine.

'''Duke''': ...Maybe. }}

* [[Appeal to Obscurity]]: Episode 6

'''Kaiba''': Precisely. }}

* [[Aren't You Forgetting Someone?]]: When Téa describes her card "Shining Friendship" as having qualities from all her friends, she leaves Bakura out, and he tries to point this out to her, unsuccessfully. The really funny part of that is Little Kuriboh didn't make up her forgetting. ''She doesn't mention him in the actual episode''.

* [[Art Shift]]:

** One flashback to the first episode is done in the style of Toei's ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh First Anime Series]]'' anime, in which (among other things) Kaiba had green hair.

'''Modern Day Kaiba:''' "Huh. Now that was just weird. I should probably cut down on the drugs." }}

** And another is done as a black and white silent film, with Kaiba having a twirly mustache and the dialogue [[Antiquated Linguistics|much more formal and flowery]] than before.

** Episode 46 has two different scenes done as original Flash-style animations. One is a lightsaber duel between Florence and Melvin (done by trainerBAM), and the other is a parody of [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]], co-starring Zorc (done by Kirbopher, who voices Noah).

** Episode 49 has the ''Boobometer'', to measure the boobs on screen. One would think it would be for an episode about Mai. No, it revolves around Tea, whose boobs got an upgrade.

** Concrete Giraffes is also done as original Flash animation, courtesy of Rocketgal.

** And who can forget this memorable exchange:

'''Tristan:''' (in gangsta tone) Don't you be hatin' on my black-face, playa! }}

* [[Ascended Meme]]:

* [[Ass Pull]]: As Melvin aptly points out "Mega Ultra Chicken's Secret ability which I just this second made up."

* [[Ass Shove]]: Referenced.

* [[Attention Whore]]:

** The filming of Marik's "magnum opus" is gatecrashed by a strange man [[The Slender Man Mythos|with no face]] who just demands to be in every shot.

** Dude shows up again in the third Christmas special.

* [[Author Filibuster]]: In the ''Bonds Beyond Time'' movie, when Paradox turns Stardust Dragon into "[[Exact Words|a cwappy thwee-dee effect]]", the movie pauses for a moment and a voiceover [[Breathless Non-Sequitur|quickly]] states "We at ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged'' would like to apologise for the lack of 3D content in this movie. However, we'd like to think this is totally justified since 3D is bulls[[Sound Effect Bleep|**]]t and adds absolutely nothing to the cinema experience. So please, enjoy your 2D movie. [[Take That|Because it's cheaper and much less obnoxious]]."

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Mentioned in Episode 44 when Joey and Tristan talk about how they didn't think Kaiba's coat could get any more badass than it already was.

* [[Badass Creed]]: In Episode 47, the Big Five parody the infamous [[Pokémon (anime)|Team Rocket]] motto, complete with the BGM.

Team [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] blast off at the speed of light!<br />

Surrender now or prepare to fight!<br />

* [[Because Destiny Says So]]:

** This:

'''Kaiba''': "Best. Destiny. Ever." }}

** She tries this a second time but it fails spectacularly.

* [[Bedsheet Ladder]]: subverted - "I sure am glad I'm a cartoon!"

* [[Berserk Button]]:

* [[Big Bad]]: Believe it or not, {{spoiler|Mokuba}} is this for Season Zero.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Averted in episode 46.

* [[Big No]]:

** Joey: "I just realized--now that the tournament's over, we have to go back to school." Tristan: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO--" *cut to credits*

* [[Bizarro Universe]]: Season Zero, according to [[Word of God]]. As if the obviously different characterizations for Yami, Seto and Mokuba, and the warping of just about every catchphrase in the regular abridgement, weren't enough of a giveaway.

* [[Blah Blah Blah]]:

'''Pegasus''': ''Blaaaaaaaaaah.'' }}

** In episode 55

'''Joey''': ''Blah blah blah I am not!'' }}

* [[BLAM Episode]]: Yugi is the only one who wonders why Episode 38 (Or as he put it, a "redundant sh** fest of an episode") ever happened.

* [[Blasphemous Boast]]: Kaiba on learning that the baby Jesus doesn't have a jet shaped like a Blue-Eyes.

* [[Blood Sport]]: According to Steve Luna, card games on the moon. The losers die of asphyxilation, the winners also die.

* [[Borrowed Catchphrase]]: The effect of Joey using the Copycat card.

** When Tristan and Duke are hanging from the blimp, one of Tristan's imaginary shoulder Zack/Cody heads falls off the blimp and the other is unsure which it was. After watching ''The Suite Life of Zorc and Cody'' in episode 46, it can be inferred that it was Zack who fell to his death.

*** Shortly after that scene we get a callback all the way back to around episode three:

'''Tristan:''' [distraught] I don't know, but it's true! }}

** One [[Brick Joke]] turned into a [[Running Gag]]: In episode 19, Yugi responds to the sight of Kaiba smiling at Mokuba with "Every time Kaiba smiles, a puppy dies." The next time he smiles (in episode 30), a caption of "+ 1 Dead Puppies" appears. The number would upgrade every time Kaiba smiled again.

** Episode 48 opens with Yugi remarking on [[Little Kuriboh]]'s British accent slipping in during Episode 6, then cuts to a flashback of said episode with the British slang and accent taken [[Up to Eleven]]. Later still, Everyone Loves Mako does the same.

** Episode 47 makes a reference all the way back to episode 8, referencing when Tristan (temporarily) got a new voice.

'''Tristan:''' Your voices changed!? That's impossible! }}

** In episode 48, Duke tells Tristan that he has a disease where if he doesn't "have half naked girls applied to his body at regular intervals", he'll die. In episode 49, he grabs Serenity's hand and asks her is she doesn't mind him taking her top off for a moment. Moments later Serenity is heard telling Duke, "I'm glad I could help cure you."

** In the Deleted Scenes episode, Yugi warns Tristan that quoting any abridged series not made by Little Kuriboh will get his legs broken by a wrench. Near the end of the episode, Tristan changes Duke's theme song to Ghost Nappa's theme song, resulting in Yugi breaking his kneecaps

** In the episode when Tea dueled Mai one of her cards was the penguin from happy feet, and now in episode 49 she asked a penguin to meet him.

** "Besides, no one can hear you in outer space."

** Joey and Tristan

** Bakura as well.

'''Joey:''' You're gonna have to be way more specific, Tea. }}

** Jaden Yuki, especially from Yami Yugi and surprisingly Yusei (and sometimes Jack Atlas).

** Yugi's Grandpa.

** [Insert Adjective Here] Celtic Guardian.

"I'm not sure what I believe in!" }}

** Robot Monkey Tristian.

* [[Cadre of Foreign Bodyguards]]: Kaiba hires [[Those Wacky Nazis|a pair of Nazis]] to work as security guards.

* [[Cake Eater]]: in reference to Joey and Mai:

'''Joey''': Actually, this is the closest the series has to a normal relationship. }}

* [[Call Back]]:

** "I spy with my little eye something that begins with 'Gay clown'."

** Another example:

Computer: Affirmative. So? }}

** "It's funny because 'wang' means 'penis.'"

* [[Captain Obvious]]:

** Yugi in Episode 42:

'''Subtitle''': [[Not Making This Up Disclaimer|Actual 4Kids dialogue.]]<br />

'''Téa''': [[Sarcasm Mode|Great advice, Pharaoh.]]<br />

** "What's that Dark Magician Girl? You want to make out?"

** "It's only a matter of time before Yugi plays his god card. Until that time, I'll just stand here and pretend I don't have a boner."

'''Kaiba (offscreen)''': Finally, jeez! }}

** "Oh Black Luster Soldier. No-one must ever know of our forbidden love."

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]:

** Yami does this in episode 25:

** Marik in "Marik's Council of Doom" often slips into multiple F Bombs while berating his associates, using his own [[Sound Effect Bleep]]. One particularly hilarious moment was when he received a prank call during the 2nd council meeting:

'''[[Filler Villain|Dartz]]''': "Hello! Is your refrigerator running?"<br />

'''Marik''': "I don't have a '''''(EFF)'''''ing refrigerator! I'm an evil mastermind who lives underground in '''''(EFF)'''''ing Egypt, for '''''(EFF)''''''s sake! Why would I need a refrigerator?"<br />

'''Marik''': "What? What the '''''(EFF)''''' does that mean?" }}

** When subverted by Marik:

** Britishly subverted by Florence:

* [[Cock Fight]]: Tristan Taylor vs Duke Devlin. FIGHT!

* [[Comedy Through Superior Firepower]]:

** The whole series, but the clip show of episode 35 is the best example.

** Perhaps an even better example is the remastered first episode. Even after incorporating the theme song and stinger that all current episodes feature, it's still ''shorter'' than the original.

* [[Compelling Voice]]: Marik, though it only works on people called "Steve". Melvin claims to be able to do it to anyone, but it doesn't seem to work.

'''Yugi:''' [[You're Insane!|...You're a]] [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|loony]].<br />

'''Melvin:''' [[Catch Phrase|Binky-boy.]] }}

* [[Compensating for Something]]: Kaiba.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: Like Tristan and Marik before him, Kaiba also sings a theme-song while riding his motorcycle.

* [[Conveniently Empty Building|Conveniently Empty City]]: Jaden points this out as he is being attacked by the main villain of the ''Bonds Beyond Time Abridged'' movie.

* [[Cooking Duel]]: In Episode 51, Duke and Nesbitt have a Theme Music Battle.

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: In Episode 46, the members of the 4Kids board all have different ideas about what to do with the cast now that {{spoiler|the show has been canceled}}. Death by drowning! Death by robots! Death by justice! Death by bad publicity! ''Death by penguins!'' Also [[Fridge Brilliance]]/[[Foreshadowing]] if you remember what Deck Masters the five use in the Virtual World arc. Yes, one of them uses a penguin monster.

* [[Curse Cut Short]]: Several examples.

** This:

'''Yugi''': "Hey, what's that?" }}

** Of course, the Paradox brothers get these by the truckload

** See also [[Last-Second Word Swap]], below.

** Averted (kind of) in one episode after Ishizu effectively cripples Kaiba's deck in one turn.

'''Kaiba''': "-uuuuck!" }}

 

** And episode 37 revolves entirely around Bakura. "It's the, Bakura Show. He is, EVIL." So it was his [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Day In The Limeylight]]?

** Very much [[Lampshaded]] in episode five.

'''Tea''': Do the words "robot monkey" mean anything to you? }}

* [[Dead Little Sister]]: This is the motivation behind Joey's laughably ineffectual run at the Duelist Kingdom jackpot, though Serenity isn't actually dead, just blind... or something.

* [[Department of Redundancy]] Department: From Season Zero Abridged Episode 2: "Nyeh, this creepy Kaiba creep gives me the creeps"

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: "What would Yugi do?" gives us this dialogue:

'''Yami''': At least I'm not deprived. Of sex. Like you will be if you don't pipe down, little man! }}

* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Melvin and Florence for sure, possibly Marik too.

* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]:

** Bakura's introduction.

** Marik completely screws this one up but Yugi and his friends are so oblivious they don't even notice it.

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]], combined with [[Most Definitely Not a Villain]]:

'''Marik''': "Oh, '''''[[Sound Effect Bleep|(EFF)]]''''' it. Minions! ''(three Steves appear)'' Beat their collective asses!" }}

* [[Did Not Do the Bloody Research]]: Subverted. Florence uses words like "bloody" quite a bit (including one [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster Bloody Bomb]] in a later episode), but his writer, [[Little Kuriboh]], is himself British. Hence the ridiculous amount of British slang used.

* [[Do I Really Sound Like That?]]:

** Sort of. In Kaiba's ([[Filk Song|sung]]) opinion, his voice sounds "just like Solid Snake from ''[[Metal Gear]]''." In Yami's opinion, well...

** The joke being, of course, that [[Vocal Evolution|they're both right]] - Kaiba and Brock are both voiced by Eric Stuart, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8ZnAqUdgU LK's take on at least ''one'' Snake] sounds a lot like his current rendition of Kaiba.

** Bakura asks this when Melvin [[Large Ham|hams up them both playing a Shadow Game]], saying he must have sounded like a total wanker. Marik agrees.

* [[The Dog Shot First]]: Mentioned in the stinger at the end of the first episode redub.

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]:

** Episode 16.

** Episode 30.

** The [[Running Gag]] of "It is funny because 'wang' means penis!"

* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]

'''Kaiba:''' Well stop doing that! I hate it. }}

* [[Double Entendre]]: "Leather Pants" has plenty of these. Especially when [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-leX2XGODc sung by a woman].

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]:

** In episode 37:

'''Marik:''' ''WHAT!?'' It's ''me'', you fool! Do I ''look'' like a '''''[[Sound Effect Bleep|(EFF)]]'''''ing fangirl?<br />

'''Florence:''' You ''really'' don't want me to answer that. }}

** Florence himself qualifies.

** Episode 53 has this:

** Episode 54 has this:

'''Yami''': That's crazy! }}

* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]]:

** Duke Devlin on the comatose Mai:

''[Everyone stares at Duke]''<br />

'''Duke''': What? Oh ya, like ''I'm'' the only one thinking it! }}

** A non-sexual variant comes up when Yami and Joey are dueling the Big Five possessed Tristan.

'''Joey''': [[Dude, Not Funny|Yug, she's in a coma!]]<br />

'''Yami''': Am I right?<br />

** Dartz and his gang of Evil Motorcycle Riding Henchmen.

* [[Ear Worm]]: In-Universe. Marik is shown clutching his forehead in pain as Melvin takes over... all while the theme to ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua'' plays in his skull.

* [[Effeminate Misogynistic Guy]]: Marik loudly proclaims himself the most effeminate guy around, and generally disdains women. Of course, given the women's characterization...

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Toon Summoned Skull

* [[Elmuh Fudd Syndwome]]: Paradox, villain from ''Bonds Beyond Time'', on top of being a [[Dexter's Laboratory|Mandark]] expy.

* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Marik varies from calling Yami Bakura "Florence," "Fluffy," and one time even "Kitty." Technically "Florence" isn't a nickname, as it was [[Retcon|retconned]] to being Yami Bakura's actual name, but before the retcon it would've been this.

* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Threatened almost every second episode, usually by either Shadi, Ishizu, or Marik.

* [[Enemy Mime]]: When facing a duelist who is being mind-controlled by the villain:

'''Yugi''': [[Acceptable Targets|Oh. In that case, yeah, I'll kick his ass]]! }}

* [[Esoteric Happy Ending]]: In-universe. Yami's story, "How the Thief King Stole Slavemas," ends with the Pharaoh making every day into Slavemas.

'''Yami''': What's your point? }}

* [[Especially Zoidberg]]:

** This:

'''Melvin''': Especially Tristan's. }}

** And two episodes before:

(Cut to clip of Chad from accounting [[Destination Defenestration|being thrown out a window]])<br />

'''Croquet''':''Especially'' Chad from accounting. }}

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Duke comments on Mai...

* [["Everybody Laughs" Ending]]: Episode 7, even after Yami killed a gay clown.

* [[Everyone Is Bi]]: ...They are.

* [[Evil vs. Evil]]: Kaiba vs. Pegasus in season 1; Florence and Marik vs Melvin and Team Four Kids in seasons 2 & 3

* [[Exact Words]]: In Episode 55:

'''Kaiba:''' And that's why it's so funny. }}

 

== F ==

* [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner]]: Marik, at the end of the 3rd Anniversary video:

'''Marik''': Ooo! New [[Drinking Game]]! Every time we all explode and die, we take a--<br />

'''''(BOOOOOOOOOM!!!)''''' }}

* [[Family-Friendly Firearms]]:

** "Don't move a muscle or we'll shoot you with our invisible guns!"

'''Agent 1:''' Larry, stop it. }}

** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in episode 47. When Noah tells the cast to start walking and threatens them with rows of automated guns, they don't believe them:

''[Guns spray the area with very real bullets]'' }}

* [[Fan Boy]]: One appears in Episode 31 and {{spoiler|runs off with Joey's duel disk,}} though he gives it back. He did {{spoiler|sneak a card into his deck}} in the end, as well as being revealed to {{spoiler|work for Weevil.}}

** Rafael's perfectly understandable reaction to Dartz, aka Rainbow Head's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpTONlSiI5U newest idea] for defeating Yu-gay Mo-toe. {{spoiler|They're gonna take his deck.}}

** A [[Running Gag|staple]] of most segments containing [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|Jack and Yusei]].

'''Jack''': Oh. }}

** And from the ''Bonds Beyond Time'' movie we have...

'''Jack''': Okay, now [[That Came Out Wrong|whip out your junk and wave it at him]]!<br />

'''Yusei''': ''What!?''<br />

** The far-too-many-to-list Abridged Series that cropped up after this. For a while, only about two of them came anywhere close to quality. [[From Clones to Genre|That's changed a bit.]]

** Ishizu Ishtar Lampshades this:

** Also, he tributes [[Clip Show|Episode 35]] to all the other abridged creators.

** The released Abridged Trailer of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time|Tenth Anniversary Movie]] includes this Gem from Paradox:

* [[Forced Meme]]:

** ''KROOOOOOZE.'' Though this is outside of the actual episodes, being in unrelated videos.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Ej7M3xWjY CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!!!]

** Another example, "[[Brooklyn Rage]]", is a [[Double Subversion]]. In episode 28, Joey introduced the phrase and tried to make it a meme in-universe. Yami shot it down hard, and it was rarely mentioned again afterwards in the main series. Out-of-universe, however, it rapidly attained [[Memetic Mutation]]. (It's been suggested that this happened ''because'' LittleKuriboh didn't try to force it as a meme; people don't like [[Forced Meme|Forced Memes]] very much.) Not to mention that the few times he did mention it, it was always a variation. YMMV, but this makes it even funnier, because it's unexpected.

'''Joey''': "You know, it's enough to make a guy angry. So angry that you might call it rage. Rage that is specifically located in the westernmost county of Long Island, New York. Also known as BROOKLYN!" }}

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Though you probably didn't take it seriously since it fits in perfectly with the humor of the show. The later episodes of Season 2 include talk of a "prophecy" that 4Kids will try and destroy the show and Bakura, Ishizu and Marik have to stop them, Ishizu and Shadi warning the destruction of the "fourth wall" will be a disaster, and scenes of the Big Five are redubbed as 4Kids operatives watching the cast and waiting for the right moment to enact an [[Evil Plan]].

* [[Forgot Flanders Could Do That]]: Tristan is such a [[The Ditz]] in this series it's jarring when he acts like the badass he really sort of is on the real show.

* [[For Massive Damage]]: following the phrase "giant enemy dragon."

* [[4Kids! Entertainment]]: Mercilessly mocked at every available opportunity; interestingly, the 4Kids crew are apparently fond of the series and weren't responsible for its removal from [[YouTube]]. [[Filler Villain|Filler Villains]] the Big Five are in the employ of 4Kids as of Episode 37. {{spoiler|As is Melvin.}}

* [[Freud Was Right]]: The duel between Yugi and Weevil is loaded with phallic imagery.

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]

* [[Fun with Subtitles]]: See [[Gag Sub]] below.

 

* [[Gag Sub]]: Three times so far: episode 9 has the official Spanish dub for the beginning portion (with completely inaccurate/irreverent subtitles), while in episode 10 it suddenly gains an opening theme (to the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|NGE]] opening music, with the subtitles twisted into ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' references). Neither of those, however, can match "The Other Abridged Movie" subtitling - both the opening and ending theme songs are a long string of [[Mondegreen|Mondegreens]].

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Florence, who is a guy.

* [[Genre Popularizer]] / [[From Clones to Genre]]: There are enough [[Abridged Series]] that it's just a genre now. You can tell because people are ripping off jokes from lesser known series, not just the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' and ''Naruto'' ones.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Virtually ''every'' character in this series. Both Yugis and Marik should be noted and Florence was revealed to be [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]].

* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: A demonic one.

* [[Glamour Failure]]: Lampshaded in episode 32.

'''Yami''': "I never should have let you read ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''!" }}

* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: ''WHY AM I SPEAKING FRENCH?!''

** Also, Marik calls Florence "aibō" at one point, and when Florence presses him on it, Marik [[Lampshade Hanging|explains]] [[Ho Yay|that he thinks it means "gay"]]. It actually means "partner", but not necessarily in a sexual way, so he wasn't far off the mark. The real humor is in the fact Yami (in the original Japanese and [[Gratuitous Japanese|far too many fanfics]]) refers to Yugi as this.

* [[Groin Attack]]: Mokuba suggests this to Kaiba when Ishisu turns his strategy against him.

'''Kaiba''': ''"She doesn't have those things!"'' }}

* [[Guttural Growler]]: Croquet -- Pegasus's second-in-command/manservant.

 

 

* [[Hammerspace]]: "And now to use the Millennium Rod, which I keep clenched between my buttocks."

* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: From episode 53 ("Mokuba, Where Art Thou?"):

'''Mokuba''': He remembers my name! }}

* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Played for laughs and combined with [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]. Yami feels perfectly justified in his disdain for women, what with those Marik and Bakura chicks always trying to kill him.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Losing a children's card game has caused both Yugi and Kaiba (in separate instances) to have an existential crises.

* [[Het Is Ew]]: Parodied in episode 36.

'''Marik''': ''WHAT?!'' No way, that's insane! What kind of messed-up fanfics have ''you'' been reading?! }}

* [[Hiroshima as a Unit of Measure]]:

* [[Homage]]:

** Too many to count, but let's try. ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', ''[[24]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'', ''[[Castlevania]]'', ''[[Zork]]'', ''[[Kill Bill]]'', ''Titanic'', ''[[Guitar Hero]] II'', ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'', ''[[Battle Royale]]''... One merits special mention as it's [[Lampshade Hanging|stated directly by a character]]:

** "By the way, this is a ''2001'' parody."

** Subverted lampshading in episode 15, which featured, among other things, Pegasus' castle as a wretched hive of scum and villainy, Kemo not needing to see the characters' identification, and Kaiba once being the learner, but now the master...

** "Because, in case you hadn't noticed, this episode is a parody of the ''Saw'' franchise!"

** He featured footage taken from the famous [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] episode "Best of Both Worlds." When the Enterprise fired at the Borg ship, it featured the subtitle "Ancient Egyptian Phaser Beams."

*** [[Schmuck Bait|What?]]

** And Bakura's classic moment in episode 37, about why he's become evil.

** The scene in episode 41 with Pegasus in the convoy in the desert is a homage to Iron Man, complete with "Back in Black" playing in the background.

** In episode 23, Joey remarks, "That game was [[Take That|more disappointing than]] [[Fable]]."

** Episode 50 "Joey Wheeler: Ace Attourney" almost averts this. There is a Phoenix Wright joke in the form of an original animated segment but it comes in after the regular episode is over.

** Episode 52 is named after [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]].

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: The Kaiba Corp executive Lector - the head of localization at 4Kids - uses Jinzo as his Deck Master. In the Abridged Universe, Jinzo has the power of destroying internet meme-related cards, which puts Kaiba at a disadvantage. So how does Kaiba beat him? {{spoiler|He distracts Lector long enough to create an internet meme based on localizing Japanese cartoons. This causes Lector to ''become'' a meme, thus causing his own Deck Master power to affect and destroy him.}}

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]:

** Everyone involving Malik. Yugi, upon meeting him and noting that his story seems a little off, still accepts him and calls himself a "gullible idiot-in-training".

'''Marik''': "[[Evil Laugh|Wahahaha!]] Destroy you all!"<br />

'''Joey, thinking''': "Man, if I could only put my finger on it..." }}

** In Evil Council 5, Steve Luna and Steve Umbris claim references to be the laziest form of comedy...despite both being walking references to the [[Aqua Teen Hunger Force|Mooninites]]. And in a previous Evil Council video, they kept spouting references to ''[[Lost]]''.

*** And then there's this bit from [[The Stinger]]:

 

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