History Trivia / YugiohTheAbridgedSeries

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Episodes 1 (most recently), 9, 69, and 79 are unavailable on [=LittleKuriboh=]'s channel due to copyright claims and haven't been officially reuploaded to the [=YouTube=] channel. The only way to watch these videos is through fan reuploads. The relaunch of Team Fourstar's website also makes [=LittleKuriboh=]'s content unviewable, as clicking on his link brings up a 404 error.

* LifeImitatesArt: The series is cancelled by 4Kids in continuity and then it's taken off of Website/YouTube in real life. This was right after the episode that featured [=Johnson/JudgeMan=] losing a trial against Joey, and then it goes back on [=YouTube=] just after the last episode defended it. Try not to think about that too hard.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Website/YouTube bots have taken Creator/LittleKuriboh's account down for copyright infringement so many times we've stopped bothering to keep count.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Episodes 9, 69, and 79 are unavailable on [=LittleKuriboh=]'s channel due to copyright claims and haven't been officially reuploaded to the [=YouTube=] channel. The only way to watch these videos is through fan reuploads. The relaunch of Team Fourstar's website also makes [=LittleKuriboh=]'s content unviewable, as clicking on his link brings up a 404 error.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Episodes 9, 69, and 79 are unavaiable on [=LittleKuriboh=]'s channel due to copyright claims and haven't been officially reuploaded to the [=YouTube=] channel. The only way to watch these videos is through fan reuploads. The relaunch of Team Fourstar's website also makes [=LittleKuriboh=]'s content unviewable, as clicking on his link brings up a 404 error.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Episodes 9, 69, and 79 are unavaiable on [=LittleKuriboh=]'s channel due to copyright claims and haven't been officially reuploaded to the [=YouTube=] channel. THe only way to watch these videos is through fan reuploads. The relaunch of Team Fourstar's website also makes [=LittleKuriboh=]'s content unviewable, as clicking on his link brings up a 404 error.

* KeepCirculating: Episodes 9, 69, and 79 are unavaiable on [=LittleKuriboh=]'s channel due to copyright claims and haven't been officially reuploaded to the [=YouTube=] channel. THe only way to watch these videos is through fan reuploads. The relaunch of Team Fourstar's website also makes [=LittleKuriboh=]'s content unviewable, as clicking on his link brings up a 404 error.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: While it’s not been outright stated, it can be assumed the season 4’s editor [[WebVideo/PokemonTheBridgedSeries 1Kids Entertainment]] won’t be coming back following the allegations of sexual harassment by his co-stars.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://ygotas.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series Wiki]].

* TropeNamer: In addition to being the TropeMaker for TheAbridgedSeries, YGO:TAS has named numerous tropes:
** BrooklynRage
** JustLikeMakingLove
** MostDefinitelyNotAVillain
** ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
*** ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules
*** And the snowclone titles in ScrewThisIndexIHaveTropes
** SeriousBusiness (Because that's what children's card games are.)
** SexierAlterEgo
** WearingAFlagOnYourHead

** In [[RecapEpisode episode 35]] when Kaiba's [[EvilClown darkside]] claims to be a ghost, Yami says "Oh yeah? Well, I'm [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles the Echidna]]." That's because [[Creator/DanGreen Yami]] IS [[Anime/SonicX Knuckles]][[note]][[TheOtherDarrin or was at the time]][[/note]].

** In Episode 47, one of the Big Five, formerly voiced by [=GanXingba=], claims that now that ''Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged'' is cancelled, children will have to make do with watching ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' reruns for anime. When Kaiba points out that Avatar isn't an anime, he responds "It might as well be." [=GanXingba=] did WebVideo/AvatarTheAbridgedSeries, one of the most successful non-anime AbridgedSeries.

** Raise your hands if you heard of Yu-Gi-Oh Season 0 before its opening got used for YGOTAS.

-->'''Yami Yugi:''' By the time you finish watching this episode, our [=YouTube=] account will probably be taken down.

*** Melvin succeeded in cancelling the show [[spoiler:in Episode 46.]]

* TalkingToHimself: Prior to the cast expansion in Season 3, every single character in the show was performed by one man, with the exception of two incidental characters (Rebecca Hawkins and Gary Stu, both voiced by his now-ex-wife). He still plays the entire main cast, none of whom sound even remotely alike.

* WordOfGay: Inverted with [[spoiler:Pegasus. He's straight.]] [[WordOfGod Bakura's gaydar was actually pointing to Croquet.]] On the same note, played straight with Croquet.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Prior to the cast expansion for season three, Creator/LittleKuriboh's (ex-)wife was one of only three other people besides LK himself to voice a character in the series. She played Rebecca Hawkins and [[TheMovie The Other Abridged Movie's]] Gary Stu.

* QuoteSource:
** ADayInTheLimelight
** EasilyForgiven
** JerkassDissonance
** TheRival

* ApprovalOfGod:
** Although the subject of many jokes in the series, the staff at 4Kids enjoyed it, and some elements of the series have become {{Shout Out}}s. When the series' Western rights changed hands to Konami, it reached the point that the official anime and ''TAS'' started cross-promoting each other. Heck, it's to the point where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpYZ4fR2m-s some of the dub dialogue for Yu-Gi-Oh GX sounds like it was written by LittleKuriboh]].
** [[FanworkBan On the other hand]]: While some of the staff at 4Kids were known to have enjoyed the series, the original Japanese producers most definitely did '''not'''. LK once recounted a story of what happened when he met some of them at a convention and the translator told them who he was. The results were not pretty.

--->'''Yami''': "Screw the rules, I'm in love with Nurse Joy!"

** During Season 3, Team Four Star voices the Big 5 (4Kids's group of executives responsible for cancelling the show in-universe). During one scene where Yugi and Joey are about to duel all of them, Gansley refers to all of them collectively as "Team Four Star," which Yugi corrects instantly.
* ApprovalOfGod:

---> '''Little Kuriboh:''' NOTE - This video may contain transphobic, homophobic, sexist, or other types of humor or dialogue that no longer represent how I, the creator of this video, wish to present my works. At the time I thought of it as "harmless jokes" but it is clear the damage that has been done by such dismissive and toxic writing on my part. I apologize for it, as there is no real excuse for using it.

-->'''Tristan''[with original voice returned]'':''' Hey, what gives? I liked my new voice! People were starting to take me seriously!\\

* RealSongThemeTune: The ShowWithinAShow ''Yu-Gi-Oh DMX'''s theme is the real song ''X Gonna Give It To Ya''

---> '''Joey:''' One episode every two months isn't so bad!

--> '''Yami Yugi:''' By the time you finish watching this episode, our [=YouTube=] account will probably be taken down.

*** Melvin succeeded in cancelling the show [[spoiler:in Episode 46]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: LK's used to post scrapped ideas or deleted scenes on his Livejournal, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes which has long since been deleted.]] Some ideas included:

** A VideoGame/Killer7 reference in Episode 4 was cut for being [[SmallReferencePools too obscure a reference.]]
** Another deleted scene from Episode 4, of the gang being chased by insects. This was cut because joking about it being pointless didn't change the fact that [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it was pointless.]]
** The Rare Hunters were originally going to be a spoof of [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Organization XIII.]]

* WordOfGay: Inverted with [[spoiler:Pegasus. He's straight.]] [[WordOfGod Bakura's gaydar was actually pointing to Croquet]]. On the same note, played straight with Croquet.

** Following his ''WebVideo/LittleKuribohWatchesYGOGX'' series turning him into a ConvertedFanboy for ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', LK has [[https://twitter.com/yugiohtas/status/1318240814623977472?s=20 expressed]] that the frequent TakeThat jokes he made against Jaden Yuki evokes the same feeling he gets when he votes off the wrong person in ''VideoGame/AmongUs''.

** LK feels this way about a lot of the [[ValuesDissonance jokes]] during the earlier years and states he flat out cringes every time he is reminded of them. Likely the reason why as of September 2020, all epiosdes prior to 63 have a disclaimer in their description.

** Raise your hands if you heard of Yu-Gi-Oh Season 0 before it's opening got used for YGOTAS.

** Mai was originally voiced by Creator/LittleKuriboh until Season 4, where she is voiced by [=BoobsMcBalrog=]. This change is lampshaded by Joey in Episode 68.

** The Mask Steves' voices were originally going to be [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Scratch and Grounder]], instead of [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce the Mooninites]]. Two characters from LK's Naruto series later became parodies of Scratch and Grounder instead.

* HilariousInHindsight: During the scene mocking the Singapore dub in Episode 54, the Pharaoh talks about him and Yugi riding skateboards. Guess what the characters do in ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS''?

* CreatorsPest: While he doesn't outright hate the character, LK has stated Téa, is usually his least favorite, due to her voice being difficult to maintain.