History Fridge / YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries

* In Episode 69, Duke says that he knows the back of Yugi's cards like he knows [[DoubleEntendre the back of the last girl he was with]]. Wasn't that ''Serenity''?

* Yami's {{Jerkass}} tendencies. Let's be real here, how ''often'' do you hear about rulers in the past being described as a nice person?
* Yami Yugi complained how in his time as Pharaoh, nobody makes a fuss about him dying. Considering how he treated them and his general attitude as king, it's no surprise.

* 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.

* 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 Fallout style aiming system. A lot of these things no ordinary human can do.

* Yami's {{Jerkass}} tendencies. Let's be real here, how ''often'' do you hear about rulers in the past being described as a nice guy?

* 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 stupid 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 a second thought, that might be FridgeHorror.

* Yugi and Yami both dislike fangirls, which is why neither of them return Tea's feelings when she flirts with them, despite Yugi being apparently attracted to her.

* 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 censoreship''.

* At first, Season Zero Abridged Episode 2 looks like it provides a straight up continuity error when Tristan angrily shouts at Yugi that his parents are dead. Then you remember the rest of the seasons are the [[MoralGuardians 4Kids Censored Versions.]] In other words, they were were able to be alive during Episode 41 because NeverSayDie was in effect.
** I'm to believe Season Zero is an Alternate Universe, so it doesn't make a difference.

** In fact, that would also explain why Mai and Serenity have male voices...... Again, that might be Fridge Horror.

* In episode 66 Kaiba finds out that somebody has been buying a majority of [=KaibaCorp's=] shares. His first guess is Yugi, then Yugi again, then Pegasus. That's not Kaiba's obsession clouding his reason, there's two Yugis after all.

* At first, it doesn't make sense that Zorc is such a ManChild since he's Yugioh's GodOfEvil. [[spoiler: But anyone whose completed teh 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.]]

* At first, it doesn't mqake sense that Zorc is such a ManChild since he's Yugioh's GodOfEvil. [[spoiler: But anyone whose completed teh 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.]]

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

* At first, it doesn't mqake sense that Zorc is such a ManChild since he's Yugioh's GodOfEvil. [[spoiler: But anyone whose completed teh series knows that the CardCarryingVillian Florence is essentially Zorc's mind. So Zorc's kindness is understandable: He's naturally kind and simple without his mind.]]

** Having Yugi duel Joey to the death also ties into this. As someone obsessed with Yaoi and fan-fiction, Marik sees that they're [[WaxingLyrical closer than brothers]] and wants to act it out vicariously, which to him means trying to kill one or both of them.

* In episode 55 Seto calls Noa “Munchkin”, it could be a jab at his height, it can also be because munchkin is a term used to describe players so dead set on wining that resort to creative in their interpretations of rules or outright cheating if they think they won’t get caught. Which is easy if you literally control the world.

* Noah's {{Leitmotif}} towards the end of the series is ''Mad World''--specifically, the remix used in ''DonnieDarko'' (the song, FYI, was originally by ''Music/TearsForFears''). A viewer might dismiss it as [[StandardSnippet just a stock "sad song"]]... until they remember the lyrics. The song's bemused narrator reflects on how he can't connect with other people or find meaning in the world around himself, and mentions that his favorite dreams are the ones in which he dies. ''Noah is trapped in a fake world full of fake things and people because he's an AI. Nothing he can do here makes any difference.'' These things gave rise to his LackOfEmpathy. His story ends with a [[DeconstructedTrope debatably]] HeroicSacrifice. ...[[TearJerker ouch]].

* Téa is upset when she finds out the spoiler for the last Harry Potter book (she ships Harry/Hedwig), this is a good year before the book came out. Book comes out and Hedwig dies one chapter in. No wonder she was so upset...
** Téa, a self-described shipper, is the one shown giving Marik's Millennium Item to Florence.

* Episode 52. Gozaburo chooses to use all his money for weapons of mass-destruction, Kaiba of all people responded with "That's insane!", this is the guy who blackmailed a company into giving him money.
* In Season Zero 2 Kaiba comes across as an overly cheerful StepfordSmiler with hints of EmptyShell in there. It's hilarious until we see that in this continuity MOKUBA [[EnfanteTerrible is the bad guy]]. What do you think "[[BigBad Emperor]]" [[SmugSnake Mokuba]] [[BigBrotherBully might have done to him]] to turn him into...''[[StepfordSmiler that]]''?

* In "Pharaoh's Throne", the Pharaoh asks if Lady Gaga is an Egyptian god. He may have been referring to Hapi, who is deciphered as a hermaphodite in ancient Egypt! Intentional, it's awesome that LK is researching, unintentional? Awesome!

* In episode 55 Seto calls Noa “Munchkin”, it could be a jab at his height, it can also be because munchkin is a term used to describe players so dead set on wining that resort to creative in their interpretations of rules or outright cheating if they thing they won’t get caught. Which it’s easy if you literally control the world.