History YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries / TropesIToZ

---> ''(Tristan drives out of a warehouse on a motorcycle)''
---> '''Joey''': "Hey, is that a Honda?"
---> '''Yugi''': "No, his name's Tristan."[[note]]Honda is Tristan's Japanese name. This also pokes fun about Honda's name being the same as a Japanese company which produces motorcycles.[[/note]]

* StockholmSyndrome: Parodied in episode 52. Mokuba gets kidnapped by Noah, but takes it in stride because [[RunningGag he's so used to it by now]]. He even uses the opportunity to get free food and watch cartoons.

* LuckyTranslation: The fearless Japanese fan that took on the daunting task of translating the abridged series on nicovideo got lucky with "You don't stand a ghost of a chance!". 'Ghost' and 'zero' are pronounced exactly the same in Japanese.
** Which is the joke, from the original. Recursive lucky translation?

** Enough so for the show to mock itself about it, again, and again... and again... (Though, somehow, [[OverlyLongGag it's still funny]]).

%%* QuoteSwearUnquote: "The cake is a lie, bitch!" from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.

--->'''Joey''': "Stop yelling at me!"
--->'''Espa''': (Shouts) "What? This is my normal speaking voice!"

* OnceAcceptableTargets: In-Universe. Upon returning to the center of his mind, this time without the "help" of Shadi, Yugi comments that he "vaguely remembers meeting an extremely racist caricature".

--->'''Yami''': Look, why don't you just cut the crap and tell us who you really are Bakura? Or should I call you the spirit of the Millennium Ring, who has no official name as of yet?
--->'''Florence''': Actually, we're ''both'' called Bakura!
--->'''Yami''': ''What''? But that's just confusing. Not to mention highly unlikely.
--->'''Florence''': Oh, just wait until season 5 when there's ''three'' of me running around. Even the ''fans'' have trouble keeping up with that one.

* ValuesDissonance - In-Universe example. Yugi is horrified when he learns about Slavemas from Yami.

* PrecisionFStrike:
** Episode 47
--->'''Big Five''': Your series has been canceled.
--->'''Kaiba''': What!
--->'''Joey''': What!
--->'''Yugi''': What! The! Fuck!?
** Also we have this.
--->'''Yami''': Why is everybody on this show a f**king ninja?! (as a cameo in [[WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow Ninjabridge]] episode 1)
*** Later, in episode 38, when Jean-Claude Magnum's deck is shown to be filled with ninja cards, Yami asks "Why is everybody in this guy's deck a f**king ninja?!"
*** At the end of that episode, Naruto from Ninjabridge shows up in the same manner Yami showed up in Ninjabridge episode 1 and asks "Why is everybody on this show a f**king duelist?!"
** Episode 55 with KURIBOH of all things
--->'''Kuriboh''': Do-da-la motherf***!

* SelfDeprecation: At the end of episode 29, Tristan decides to show Serenity a very special internet video.

** This gem too:

** Mai's motivation to join the [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Oricalcamaloses]] seems primarily rooted in the fact that her character was nothing but breast jokes and references for the first three seasons. Her [[TheOtherDArrin actually getting a female voice actor ]] emphasizes this development further.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** In the first episode, Kaiba calls Yugi and announces that he kidnapped his grandfather. Yugi's first question is to ask who he is.
** In episode 6, unlike in canon, when Mako throws a harpoon at Yugi just to stop him from leaving, Yugi immediately calls him off for almost skewering him and refuses to stay anywhere near him. He even calls Mako a psycho for that stunt.
** In episode 54, Yami points out that even if the Big Five won their duel and stole the heroes' bodies, they can't just walk in and take over [=KaibaCorp=] because nobody would take a bunch of teenagers claiming to be former executives seriously.
** Mokuba refuses to forgive Noah after his sudden HeelFaceTurn. While he's about to make a HeroicSacrifice to save them it's his fault they're all trapped in the virtual world and in danger of being killed in the first place.
** In Episode 71 Rafael forces Yugi to play the game properly instead of joking around and making references, and Yugi realizes he has no idea how to actually play the game.
** Episode 83 has a few examples:
*** Due to being easily hacked and taken over by Dartz, investors are pulling out of [=KaibaCorp=] due to lack of faith in their security.
*** Kaiba is too busy to participate in the tournament, because he is the CEO of a company, and can't always go off gallivanting whenever he feels like it. Every other time, his company was either doing fine (Battle City), or his gallivanting was to save the company from malicious forces (Pegasus, the Big Five, Dartz). When the company is in danger from mundane market forces, participating in duels won't help, and his energies are best focused on running the tournament.
*** The computer in the [=KaibaDome=] is programmed with all of the experiences of the previous duelists. However, because it only uses ''one'' deck, the different strategies turn it into a melting pot of bad deck-building.

-->'''Yami:''' Didn't think so. ''[[KillEmAll MIND CRUSH!]]''

* LampshadedTheObscureReference: One scene referenced JustForFun/{{Rickroll}}, The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, and Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda. Téa said she was leaving due to getting annoyed by all the obscure references.

* WaxingLyrical: In the Conclusion to ''Kaiba's Real Father,'' they track down Pegasus because [[GenreSavvy he's the one who usually explains things.]] When Kaiba confronts Pegasus, he says, "I wanna know where I come from. I wanna know who my father was. [[Music/{{Foreigner}} I wanna know what love is!]] I want you to show me!"

-->'''Yugi''': Hey, why don't you threaten to kill yourself again? Only this time, actually do it!

** "[=SexyBack=]" playing whenever Duke speaks. You can count the times this ''doesn't'' occur on one hand.

* InSpace: Apparently ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' 's card games InSpace was too ridiculous to [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Jack and Yusei]]

* WeaksauceWeakness: In his LetsPlay of ''Videogame/{{Slender}}'', Marik theorizes that [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos the Slender Man]] has a weakness against bathrooms.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: In-Universe. Kuriboh's special ability as Yami's deck master.
-->'''Yami''': Kuriboh! Activate Super Chibi Kawaii {{Moe}} Desu Mode!

** Taken UpToEleven and paired with ClusterFBomb by Yami when Yugi tricks him into going on a date with Téa.

* RecycledINSPACE:
** The Abridged Series is ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' made GenreSavvy.
** Yu-Gi-Oh: Zexal will do this for the entire series much to the amusement of Yusei and Jack from 5D's who finally have something more crazy than "Card Games on Motorcycles" they can laugh at.

* SelfBotchedCatchPhrase: Kaiba is a regular offender, with "ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules" and "[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Screw The Rules I Have Green Hair!]]"

* YouMakeMeSic: During the clip show:
-->'''Bakura''': "I spy with my little eye something beginning with ''I''. Guess what: it's your eye."
-->'''Pegasus''': "But that doesn't start with --" [[EyeScream *splorch* ]]

* IWantSong: Young Marik's version of [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame "Out There"]]. Except in this case, what he wants is to kill people, play card games, and read yaoi.

** In episode 83, whenever the [=KaibaCorp=] Grand Prix ("[[ItsPronouncedTroPay Grand Pricks]]") is mentioned, Joey interjects with "You're a grand prick!".

* KidnappersKFC: According to Mokuba when he was kidnapped by Pegasus and Marik, the former took him on a picnic and the latter gave him pizza. When he gets kidnapped by Noah, he pretty much got used to being kidnapped and instead complains about the lack of food and was overjoyed at getting donuts.

* ItWasHisSled: Yugi exploits this InUniverse in one of his duels: [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince "Snape Kills D-"]] [many spoilers later] [[Film/TheOthers "-Nicole Kidman was a ghost,]] and [[Film/CitizenKane Rosebud was the sled!"]]

** In episode 6, unlike in canon, when Mako throws a harpoon at Yugi just to stop him from leaving, he immediately calls him off for almost skewering him and refuses to stay anywhere near him. Yugi even calls him a psycho for that stunt.

** Mokuba's many, many [[DistressedDude kidnappings]] get referenced every time in happens. Mokuba even ranks his kidnappings based on what snacks his kidnappers provide.