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1To summarize, this is a ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' AbridgedSeries[[note]][[InsistentTerminology apparently it's not]][[/note]], created by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Semisoma01 Semisoma01]] and previously available on his "[[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAzureCrow18Plus Azure Crow]]" account. [[note]]Unfortunately, both of those accounts have been terminated and all reprints appear either to have been removed from [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjf8iHyyWnOVCAl-oAYH-Gg Simon Giha's]] channel or made private—so the fate of the original ''Gurren Lagann, The Satire'' has become that of a sort of lost relic. Fortunately for those interested, however, the original creator of ''Gurren Lagann, The Satire'' began releasing something of a reboot of the original parodies in mid-2016. The first three Acts of Chapter I are, at the time of this writing, available for viewing on his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BlazingAzureCrow BlazingAzureCrow]] channel.[[/note]]
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4!!This work provides examples of:
5* AdaptationalJerkass: Kamina.
6* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Yoko speaks ValleyGirl, Rossiu's rather dull, and Lord Genome is...well...[[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAzureCrow#p/u/30/w0OuMxJc2TA this will explain it.]]
7* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: How Simon gets Nia to cheer up after [[spoiler:Lordgenome]]'s defeat.
8-->'''Simon:''' NIA LOOK! AIR!\
9'''Nia:''' (gasp) It's everywhere!
10* BadassBoast: Simon gives us a good one in Act XI.
11--> '''Simon:''' Gimmy... I ''liberated humanity'' from an entire army of {{beast|man}}people in [[HumongousMecha giant robots]]. I defeated the king of them, who's lived a thousand years, by ''[[FingerPokeOfDoom poking him in the chest]]''. I can create [[ThisIsADrill drills]], larger than skyscrapers, through [[TheDeterminator sheer force of will]], and crucify other mecha on a giant pair of ''[[CoolShades sunglasses]]''. Do you ''really'' want to try to take ''anything'' from me?\
12* Gimmy gulps multiple times*\
13'''Gimmy:''' *high-pitched voice* Yes?\
14'''Simon:''' Then I commend your bravery, and award you Gurren.
15* ButtMonkey: Viral. Lordgenome summarized it when Viral was beaten ''again'' [[spoiler: near the end of chapter 2]].
16-->'''Lordgenome:''' Note to self, make Viral think he can win more often, seeing him get bitch slapped around is ''fuuuuuuuuun''.
17** Poor Kittan gets this as well, especially near the end, despite his efforts of creating plumbing, money, and other wondrous things that society needs he still gets ridiculed because Dayakka created {{anime}}.
18* BuffySpeak: If you listen really close to what to some of the low-level Beast Men say, it tends to fall underneath this trope. [[http://blip.tv/gurrenlagannthe-satire/gurren-lagann-the-satire-chapter-1-act-i-bro-2567055 The most prime example is the Beast man in Episode 1, Act 1.]]
19* CallingYourAttacks: Somehow taken even further than the original.
20* CanonDiscontinuity: Episode 4, as per usual, but they ''did'' summarize the episode, but they mostly skipped it entirely.
21-->'''Simon:''' You can't do that! You can't just skip ''reality''!\
22'''Kamina:''' Of course I can! [[CatchPhrase WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM!]]\
23'''Simon:''' Smooth bro, smooth...
24* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Lordgenome and Nia. Kamina also has his moments:
25-->'''Kamina:''' [[RunningGag I hereby name this mech... Lagann!]] [[note]]He stuck that name onto Lagann, Gurren, and Gurren-Lagann; Simon had to correct him when it came to Gurren.[[/note]]
26* CrossdressingVoices: Several examples, but Nia is the most interesting in that she still sounds like a girl despite now being voiced by a dude.
27* DeadpanSnarker: Simon and Post-timeskip!Gimmy.
28* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Simon's introduction in episode 1. "My name is Simon. I don't have a last name, so you can just call me 'Simon the Digger.' Why 'The Digger', you ask? Because it's my job. What job, you ask? My job is to dig. Dig what, you ask? *cheerfully* To dig...a tunnel!"
29** From Chapter 1, Act 6: "Give back my battleship, you ape, or I'll sink it! I'll sink your battleship!"
30* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted with Lordgenome, who sound like an evil, almost psychotic, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse.
31* FramingDevice:
32-->'''Simon:''' (pre-Timeskip) Today's lesson...\
33'''Rossiu:''' (post-Timeskip) Today's Judgement...
34* HeroWorshipper: Kittan to Kamina.
35* InsistentTerminology: Apparently, this [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial isn't an Abridged Series]].
36* AllPeriodsArePMS: Rossiu's first guess as to why Nia turned into Messenger!Nia.
37-->'''Rossiu:''' Maybe it's her time of the month?\
38'''Simon:''' I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that.
39* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Kamina summons a gunman in episode 4 by repeating a chant incorrectly.
40* OhCrap: Gimmy does this in Act X Part 2. He even says the words verbatum.
41* PointyHairedBoss: Lordgenome.
42* PragmaticAdaptation: This series manages to keep the comedy at a highpoint, but also manages to mix in the moments from the movies and keep in the epic moments from the anime.
43* ShoutOut: Three instances in Episode 4: ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', Creator/HPLovecraft, and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
44** Also, the whole reasoning behind Kamina assuming rights as Team Dai-Gurren's leader in Chapter 1, Act V is taken straight from Creator/GilbertAndSullivan's ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''.
45** "Give back my battleship, you ape, or I'll sink it! I'll sink your battleship!"
46** Lordgenome and the four generals are basically a giant shout-out to the [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Predacons]].
47** Then there's this gem from Ch. 3, Act XII:
48-->'''Rossiu:''' Soldier, mind explaining what you're doing underground?\
49'''Simon:''' [[VideoGame/{{Halo2}} Sir...finishing this fight.]]
50* ShownTheirWork: [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAzureCrow TheAzureCrow]] has done his homework about the series, you can see this in his User Comments, where he basically gives out the correct answer to most questions concerning the series.
51* SmallNameBigEgo: Kamina.
52* ThirdPersonPerson: Kamina does this quite often.
53* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
54** Viral's reaction to finding out that [[spoiler:Kamina's dead, and that it's going to be a ''long'' eternity]].
55** Post-timeskip, this seems to be Gimmy's reaction to pretty much everything.
56* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Kamina and Lordgenome]].
57* UnwantedHarem: Kamina mistakenly believes that Yoko's group is one of these.
58* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse. During the time-skip, [[DudeWheresMyRespect Kittan]] [[spoiler: wanted to build a global-scale Military Defense System armed with [[AppliedPhlebotinum Spiral Weaponry]], which would have been perfect for fighting the [[EldritchAbomination Anti-Spirals]]]]. [[RuleOfFunny Rossiu decided to fund]] ''the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
59* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Viral bragged about being immortal for all of 60 seconds, then Simon kicked his ass and told him [[spoiler:Kamina was already dead. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck "This is gonna be a looooong eternity"]] pretty much sums up his feelings on the matter]].
60** Viral complaining about his immortality now seems to be a [[RunningGag running joke]] in the series. Being immortal doesn't keep him from feeling pain or getting hungry. [[spoiler:Or still coming back to life [[AndIMustScream in the vacuum of space]] after the Anti-Spirals destroy the planet, as [[OhCrap he's come to realize]]]].
61* WhyDontYouMarryIt

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