History Fridge / YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries

** Also, the OmnicidalManiac Melvin is eerily willing to kill Marik off on a whim, despite admitting that there's a good chance this will mean his own end too. He describes himself as "[[JustForPun Die-Curious]]''. That's right, he decides to gamble with his own life even before he gets the chance to kill his main targets just because. (Contrast this with his canon self, for whom this was never a danger and who always defaulted to self-preservation.)

* Why does Yami keep saying what a nice Pharaoh he was, despite all terrible stuff he did? The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt weren't judged according to how nice or kind they were, but rather their ability to maintain the order and stability of the kingdom. Yami can joke about all the horrible stuff he did, while still calling himself a good ruler unironically, because he ''was'' a good ruler by his society's standards.

** Plus he not only has an insect theme that would clash with Egyptian ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, but [[AwesomeButImpractical the cards are hard to use in a regular deck with you needing all five at once to instantly win]] and Weevil's deck probably couldn't be modified properly to use them well.

* Florence claims to be a SerialKiller in Marik's Let's Plays. Maybe he can dodge the law now, but if/when he leaves at the end of the series, normal Bakura will be stuck with the crime.

* Why does Yami keep saying what a nice Pharaoh he was, despite all terrible stuff he did? The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt weren't judged according to nice or kind they were, but rather their ability to maintain the order and stability of the kingdom. Yami can joke about all the horrible stuff he did, while still calling himself a good ruler unironically, because he ''was'' a good ruler by his society's standards.

* Yami can be kind of a dick, and is noted to have not been the nicest guy during his time as Pharaoh. However, in ancient Egypt, the Pharaohs were not judged by how "good" they were morally, but rather their ability to maintain the order and stability of the kingdom. The reason Yami can joke about all the horrible stuff he did, while calling himself a good ruler despite it, is because he probably was by his society's standards.

* It may seem pretty stupid of Melvin to never take the chance to just straight up murder someone while the main characters are off the blimp in Season 3 or when he literally has a knife ready to stab Odion before he's about to duel Mai. Until you realize that he's ''[[StupidEvil Marik's]] [[NotSoDifferent evil half]]'', of course he'd make such a mistake!

* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', during the 4th Council of Doom, Dartz demands Mai Valentine's dick, but that makes sense only when Marik said in the 1st Council of Doom, "There are no women in Yu-Gi-Oh! There are only extremely girly men!" On second thought, that might be FridgeHorror.
** In fact, that would also explain why Mai and Serenity have male voices (or in Mai's case, ''had'' a male voice)...... Again, that might be Fridge Horror.
** But Dartz wanted her (card) DECK, it was his pronunciation issues that made it sound like he said the other word so your point is moot.

** Why does Celtic Guardian seem to hate the Blue Eyes White Dragon so much? Remember when Yugi and Kaiba last dueled? Blue Eyes destroyed Celtic Guardian and defeated Yugi. He still has a grudge.

** Season 3 and onward began using footage from the original Japanese anime rather than the English dub. Considering that the majority of the Virtual World arc took place inside the base of 4Kids and that it ended with the base getting destroyed while the gang managed to escape, it all makes sense. No 4Kids means ''no censorship''.

* Marik's more recent appearances (noticeably in newer "Marik Plays" and "Counseling Evil") play up his HarmlessVillain traits to a point where it almost seems out of character for him. He's been know to outright threaten to maim and assault people in the past (even if that wasn't his main goal as a villain), but he now seems opposed to physically harming anyone at all. What stops this from being CharacterDerailment is that he is only characterized this way in videos that came out after the episode "Winged Dragon of Rawr". Even if he's falling short of a full HeelFaceTurn, it's not surprising that he's acting noticaebly kinder now that he's gotten rid of Melvin, made up with both of his siblings, and is on at least somewhat better terms with Yugi and the pharaoh.

** A recent livestream of Marik Plays Overwatch included a casual comment from Marik that even as obsessed as Bakura is with revenge, he's still certain that Bakura would never think that defeating the pharaoh would be something worth dying over, and that he himself wouldn't get any joy out of the Pharaoh's defeat unless Bakura was alive to celebrate the victory with him. [[ForegoneConclusion Oh no]].

* Fridge TearJerker: So much of Marik and Florence's WillTheyOrWontThey is PlayedForLaughs. It becomes less funny once you take a closer look and/or read ''Marik and Bakura Go To [CENSORED] Town''. Marik is miles deep in his TransparentCloset and ImplausibleDeniability. Florence, meanwhile, is a DoggedNiceGuy Type 2 who genuinely cares for Marik, but simply cannot read Marik's feelings since the latter is the MasterOfTheMixedMessage. All this is [[{{Gayngst}} painfully familiar]] to many who've been on the wrong side of IncompatibleOrientation; doubly so if their crush [[AmbiguouslyGay actually MIGHT]] [[AmbiguouslyBi be interested]]. But how would Little Kuriboh know about that, let alone care enough to work it into the plot? [[BiTheWay oh... wait]].

* Although (possibly?) unintentional, Shadi's hatred of the Jews does make sense... [[spoiler: After all, he was around when they disobeyed his Pharaoh and brought down all those plagues...]]

* Why is Florence such a CardCarryingVillain? [[spoiler: Well, he '''is''' the mind of Zorc, Yugioh's GodOfEvil.]]

*** Yami Bakura is not British--he's [[spoiler:ancient Egyptian]]. (And gay.) That's FridgeBrilliance in and of itself!

* Joey's duel with Yami at the end of Season 3 [[spoiler: ended with Joey winning in a way that Yami couldn't fathom. Knowing that Joey just plays his cards without checking their effects first would explain a lot: he cheated.]]
** If so, that would also explain why Joey easily lost to Kaiba whereas Kaiba easily lost to Yugi: [[spoiler:Kaiba is MUCH better at [[MemeticMutation screwing the rules]] than Joey ever was, helped by the fact he's played the game longer, thus robbing Joey of one of his few advantages.]]

* At first, it doesn't make sense that Zorc is such a ManChild since he's Yu-Gi-Oh's GodOfEvil. [[spoiler: But anyone who's completed the series knows that the CardCarryingVillain Florence is essentially Zorc's mind. So Zorc's kindness is understandable: He's naturally kind and simple without his mind.]]

* Even if the story may not be true, Kaiba [[spoiler:being a robot built by Freeza]] could explain some of the stuff he's capable of in the series. He got his finger cut off by a helicopter blade yet was able to reattach it back to his hand, survived an exploding motorcycle without a scratch, and was able to throw a card hard enough to hurt somebody's hand via VideoGame/{{Fallout}}-style interface. A lot of these things no ordinary human can do.

* Marik's more recent appearances (noticeably in newer "Marik Plays" and "Counseling Evil") play up his HarmlessVillain traits to a point where it almost seems out of character for him. He's been know to outright threaten to maim and assault people in the past (even if that wasn't his main goal as a villain), but he now seems opposed to physically harming anyone at all. What stops this from being CharacterDerailment is that he is only characterized this way in videos that came out after the episode "Winged Dragon of Rawr". Even if he's falling short of a full HeelFaceTurn, it's not surprising that he's acting noticaebly kinder now that [[spoiler:he's gotten rid of Melvin, made up with both of his siblings, and is on at least somewhat better terms with Yugi and the pharaoh]].

* Yami didn't pick up on Pegasus's CampGay [[spoiler:actually CampStraight]] mannerisms and refers to him as super manly, because he's from ancient Egypt. The standards for what's considered manly changed a lot over the centuries.

* Thanks to ForegoneConclusion, [[spoiler:Zorc and Yami Bakura will both die inevitably at the end of the series. Without Bakura around, Marik will lose the closest friend he ever had in his life. And this is right after the hell Marik went through during the Battle City because of his evil half. And keep in mind, Zorc is much nicer here than he is in canon, which will probably mean he'll be less deserving of Atem killing him.]]
** A recent livestream of Marik Plays Overwatch included a casual comment from Marik that even as obsessed as Bakura is with revenge, he's still certain that [[spoiler: Bakura would never think that defeating the pharaoh would be something worth dying over, and that he himself wouldn't get any joy out of the Pharaoh's defeat unless Bakura was alive to celebrate the victory with him]]. [[ForegoneConclusion Oh no]].

-->'''Pharaoh:''' So Kaiba, are you ready to enter a world of pain?
-->'''Kaiba:''' Sounds delightful.