History TakeThat / YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries

-->'''Téa:''' It's like [[Franchise/HarryPotter The Wizarding World]] if it were created by a [[Creator/JKRowling cold, heartless human being]]. In other words, it's just like the Wizarding World.

-->'''Téa:''' It's like [[Literature/HarryPotter The Wizarding World]] if it were created by a cold, heartless human being. In other words, it's just like the Wizarding World.

* The series frequently makes fun of general internet fandom ("I'm going to go complain about it on my Website/LiveJournal!") and the various [=LittleKuriboh=] impostors who try to fool people into thinking a new episode is out. [=LittleKuriboh=] also isn't above making potshots aimed at his own fanbase, particularly the more impatient members ("Where's the new episode?!").

-->'''Kaiba:''' Thanks for fixing my hand, doc. I'm not sure how you did it, but my finger feels good as new.
-->'''Doctor:''' It's not really that complicated, we just replaced your finger with a synthetic replica. Did you ever see ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''?
-->'''Kaiba:''' No-I don't watch crap.

---> '''Bully:''' "Hey, punk! This card isn't Graceful Charity! It's Graceful Dice!"
---> '''Victim (with an apparent British accent):''' "Really? Well, I guess I got them confused. But you can't really blame me, they're very similar."
---> '''Bully''': "Like hell they are! Graceful Dice has a dice on it! Whereas Graceful Charity does not have a dice! You, sir, are a fool!"[[note]]In the prior episode, one of Espa Roba's brothers mentions Joey is holding the Graceful Charity card in his hand, when the card is actually Graceful Dice. Obviously, people took notice.[[/note]]

---> '''Arkana:''' Soon your Dark Magician will belong to me!
---> '''Yami:''' That's about as likely as ''[[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Battlestar Galactica]]'' having a satisfying conclusion.

---> '''Yugi:''' Why do you keep using innocent bystanders as pawns of your deadly game?
---> '''Marik:''' ''[through Strings]'' ''Innocent?'' Are you kidding me? Have you ''seen'' this guy? He's got piercings all over his body. You've got to be pretty '''''(EFF)'''''ed up to agree to something like that.
---> '''Yugi:''' He's still a human being!
---> '''Marik:''' He's also a mime.
---> '''Yugi:''' Oh... In that case, yeah, I'll kick his ass.

---> '''Florence:''' In the meantime, why don't you go buy yourself some more spary-on tan?
---> '''Marik:''' HEY, '''''(EFF)''''' YOU!! This tan is one hundred-percent genuine!
---> '''Florence:''' Yeah, genuinely awful. You look like that woman from the [[Film/{{Transformers}} Transformers]] movies.
---> '''Marik:''' You mean Shia Labeouf?
---> '''Florence:''' That's the one.

--> '''Jean-Claude:''' If won't marry me, I'm going to kidnap you instead! Since that appears to be the default response to anything on this show.
--> '''Yugi:''' [[SarcasmMode A deceitful scientologist? Who would've thought?]]

-->'''Bakura''': Now the duel will take place in a twisted and horror-filled environment where only the bravest souls dare to venture.
-->'''Yami''': An anime convention?
-->'''Bakura''': Close, but no cigar. Here the spirits of the damned roam freely and every second is like living in a wide-awake nightmare!
-->'''Yami''': ...still sounds like an anime convention.

--> '''Kaiba''': What kind of George Lucas bullsh#t is this?! What, was I conceived by midi-chlorians or something?!
--> '''[[spoiler:Cybernetic Ghost]]''': No, Kaiba. Nothing as lame as that.

--> '''Yugi''': Have you ever arrested someone who was innocent?
--> '''Gray of the Police Department''': Oh, all the time! It’s crazy how many people we arrest that didn’t do anything. I mean, we probably arrest more innocent people than we do criminals. It’s crazy.

--> '''Yugi:''' I've always thought of you as my other me.
--> '''Yami:''' "Other me?" What am I, some sort of ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' [[VideoGame/MetroidOtherM spin-off game nobody wanted?]]

-->'''Téa:''' "It's like [[Literature/HarryPotter The Wizarding World]] if it were created by a cold, heartless human being. In other words, it's just like the Wizarding World."

** When Yugi is giving his speech to Kaiba about [[ThePowerOfFriendship The power of friendship.]]

* The ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series has so far taken hits on two separate occasions.

--->'''Yami:''' "According to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, we don't exist!"

--> '''Yami:''' "Other me?" What am I, some sort of ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' [[VideoGame/MetroidOtherM spin-off game nobody wanted?]]

---> '''Yami:''' That's about as likely as ''[[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Battlestar Galactica]]'' having a satisfying conclusion.

* The series frequently makes fun of general internet fandom ("I'm going to go complain about it on my Website/LiveJournal account!") and the various [=LittleKuriboh=] impostors who try to fool people into thinking a new episode is out. [=LittleKuriboh=] also isn't above making potshots aimed at the more impatient members of his fanbase ("Where's the new episode?!").

* Creator/LittleKuriboh also frequently takes aim at the other AbridgedSeries, especially ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'' (the creators of which actually appears once as guest stars [[SelfDeprecation to make fun of themselves]]). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnczksTB4us He raps about it, too.]]

--> '''Joey:''' '''''[after getting [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} Rickrolled]] by the clerk selling Duel disks]''''' That bastard Kaiba Rickrolled me! I haven't been this mad since they made [=HeavyDDR=] a sub-mod! [[note]]referring to a moderator on the series' official website, who was infamous for rude behavior towards fans. He was controversially made a sub-mod in 2007 until his banishment from the site a year later when he was caught lying about being a victim of Hurricane Ike.[[/note]]

* Episode 35 makes another jab at the Nintendo Wii. This time for the various gaming ports that had a tendency to be of questionable quality:

* In "Cr@psule Monsters 2", they make an all-out assault on the annoying and vocal parts of his fanbase.
* Creator/FourKidsEntertainment is mercilessly mocked at every available opportunity; interestingly, the [=4Kids=] crew are apparently fond of the series and weren't responsible for its removal from Website/YouTube. {{Filler Villain}}s the Big Five are in the employ of [=4Kids=] as of Episode 37. [[spoiler:Melvin also works for 4Kids, according to episode 45.]]
* The series frequently makes fun of general internet fandom ("I'm going to go complain about it on my Website/LiveJournal account!") and the various [=LittleKuriboh=] impostors who try to fool people into thinking a new episode is out.

* After trolls started flagging the episodes on [=YouTube=] (leading to their takedown), Kaiba informs Mokuba that he's "flagging videos on [=YouTube=] to compensate for the fact that I have an incredibly small penis."

--> '''Joey:''' '''''[after getting [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} Rickrolled]] by the clerk selling Duel disks]''''' That bastard Kaiba Rickrolled me! I haven't been this mad since they made Heavy DDR a sub-mod![[note]]referring to a moderator on their official website[[/note]]

---> '''Bully''': "Hey, punk! This card isn't Graceful Charity! It's Graceful Dice!"
---> '''Victim (with an apparent british accent)''': "Really? Well, I guess I got them confused. But you can't really blame me, they're very similar."
---> '''Bully''': "Like hell they are! Graceful Dice has a dice on it! Whereas Graceful Charity does not have a dice! You, sir, are a fool!"[[note]]In episode 29, one of Espa Roba's brothers mentions Joey is holding the Graceful Charity card in his hand, when the card is actually Graceful Dice. Obviously, people took notice.[[/note]]
** When Yami meets Arkana(-or rather, "Steve" Arkana):
---> '''Arkana:''' And soon your Dark Magician will belong to me!

--> '''Yugi:''' Why do you keep using innocent bystanders as pawns of your deadly game?
--> '''Marik:''' ''[through Strings]'' Innocent? Are you kidding me? Have you seen this guy? He's got piercings all over his body. You've got to be pretty '''''(EFF)'''''ed up to agree to something like that.
--> '''Yugi:''' He's still a human being!
--> '''Marik:''' He's also a mime.
--> '''Yugi:''' Oh... In that case, yeah, I'll kick his ass.
* Episode 33:

--> '''Florence:''' No doubt-that's probably why dressed yourself like one. Face it, you about as manly as a [[Creator/SquareEnix Square Enix]] character.

* Episode 35:

* In Episode 24, Kaiba notes that they're already 24 episodes into the series and are just ''now'' establishing a MythArc, prompting him to ask if Creator/JJAbrams writes the show.

* In Cr@psule Monsters 2, they make an all-out assault on the annoying and vocal parts of his fanbase.

--> '''Jean-Claude:''' If won't marry me, I'm going to kidnap you instead! (Since that appears to be the default response to anything on this show.)

* "Does Creator/JJAbrams write for this show?"

* Season Zero Episode 3 is a 9 minute long TakeThat to [=YouTube's=] copyright infringement policies. One gets the feeling that they might be a bit bitter about their latest ban.

* Episode 54 features a big but truly hilarious jab towards the [[TotallyRadical Singapore dub]].
* Episode 59 has Kaiba activate his Enemy Controller card, summoning a video game controller onto the field. This prompts a "Wait, I thought you had to be online to play with that thing," from Yami, making fun of Microsoft's initial plans for the Xbox One.

* Episode 74 and 75 have a take that towards [[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS a certain Virtual Reality card game]] and Yami blames Link Summoning for ruining the game.
* Episode 77 has Kaiba quip about United Airlines and several jokes are made about the controversies around the major airlines security violently removing passengers who seemed do nothing wrong.

--> '''Yugi''': I've always thought of you as my other me.
--> '''Yami''': "Other me?" What am I, some sort of ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' [[VideoGame/MetroidOtherM spin-off game nobody wanted?]]