Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series

''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series is a gag dub and a parody of the well known Shonen Jump anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' created by YouTuber LittleKuriboh (Martin Billany).

Why It's Funny

 * 1) It's a gag dub that parodies the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime with great humor that pokes fun at the show's writing and story.
 * 2) Since it's a gag dub, all the characters have had their personalities altered to fit the show's parody humor, and they are just very hilarious. Especially Yami Yugi, Tristan Taylor, and Seto Kaiba.
 * 3) Really great voice acting by LittleKuriboh as most of the cast.
 * 4) The show not only pokes fun at the anime, but also the English dub's occasional silly dialogue, the English dub's censorship, and the Singapore dub.
 * 5) It's not only the first anime abridged series, but also the abridged series that inspired other YouTubers to create anime abridged series like TeamFourStar.
 * 6) Very hilarious arcs like the Virtual World arc and the Waking the Dragons arc.
 * 7) Very memorable quotes like Seto Kaiba's most famous quote "Screw the rules, I have money!".
 * 8) The movies Yu-Gi-Oh! Pyramid of Light and Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time have been abridged as well, and the latter also features a crossover with ShadyVox and The AzureCrow as Jaden Yuki and Yusei Fudo from the abridged Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and abridged Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.

Qualities that aren't funny

 * 1) The first nine episodes of the series were rather poor due to slow voice acting, poor audio quality, and very weak jokes.
 * 2) Jaden being the hyperactive one who thinks he's black and loves to spontaneously rap absolutely makes no sense. What's worse with his character depicted in this series, he became an excitable, harmless, and dimwitted guy that everyone in-universe hates and makes fun of him.
 * 3) *While his appearance outside of this abridged series is fine, however, the positive reception for ShadyVox's various performances as Jaden has helped make the character very popular in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged community.