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[[caption-width-right:272:The Force is strong with this geek.[[note]]Yes, we know he's {{Cosplay}}ing [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]].[[/note]] ]]

->''"[[InAWorld In this world]], Is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or trope? Is it like the [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Hand of God]], editing from above? At least it is true that man has no control, even over his own videos... because [[Creator/BandaiEntertainment Bandai]] will ban him for copyright infringement."''
-->--Schwarzwald's[[note]] a role hbi plays[[/note]] first line from ''WebVideo/BigOAbridged'' Episode 4.
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Possibly the rarest thing among [[TheAbridgedSeries Abridged Series]] is to actually complete one. Many are justified in not doing so because the creators choose LongRunners to spoof. [[https://www.youtube.com/user/hbi2k hbi2k]] has done the even more rare accomplishment of completing ''three series''.

hbi also has videos where he gives answers on questions he's asked frequently. Sure [[WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged Lanipator]] did such videos first, but hbi admits that right off the bat.

hbi2k was the first to release legitimate commentaries on his videos. He finished his ''WebVideo/BerserkAbridged'' and ''WebVideo/GantzAbridged'' commentaries and as of 2010 is releasing commentaries for WebVideo/VisionOfEscaflowneAbridged.

He was also part of Creator/TeamFourStar (he voiced several supporting and minor characters on ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', and he's the voice of Father Alexander Anderson on ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''), and was an indirect instigator in JustForFun/TheWarOfTheAbridgedSeriesCreators.

He also used to be a troper.

!! Works:
* ''WebVideo/BerserkAbridged''
* ''WebVideo/GantzAbridged''
* ''WebVideo/VisionOfEscaflowneAbridged''

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!!Tropes common in his work:

* AffectionateParody: While many abridged series can be pretty mean-spirited, hbi does his with clear fondness and respect for the source material. ''WebVideo/VisionOfEscaflowneAbridged'' in particular keeps a lot of the character development and romance from the original series, though obviously spoofed and exaggerated for comedy.
* DVDCommentary: Finished with ''Berserk'' and ''Gantz'', and moved on to Vision of Escaflowne.
* LampshadedTheObscureReference: Calls some of his jokes "2 percenters" based on how much he thinks his viewers get them.
* LarynxDissonance: Either it's obvious as hell, or he gets lady abridgers to do voices for him.
** Two such abridgers are [[WebVideo/RoseOfVersaillesAbridged Cassius614]] and [=AngelElric=].
*** Used as a MythologyGag sprinkled with metahumor in ''WebVideo/GantzAbridged'', as Kishimoto starts out with the Caska voice from ''WebVideo/BerserkAbridged'' (which WAS Creator/Hbi2k, OBVIOUSLY)... and everyone else in the room immediately breaks out with horrible, Youtube-Subscriber-ish whining about how annoying the voice is. One cough later, and she's voiced by someone completely different.
* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: A recent contest for his fans to make their own abridged episodes.
* OrphanedSeries: None of the series themselves, but he seems to have given up on his WebVideo/VisionOfEscaflowneAbridged commentaries.
** Well, the ''Berserk'' movies are just... kinda there. with only one part, that's just covers until Zodd attacks and Griffith is left unconscious.
* PungeonMaster: ''DEAR GOD IS HE AN UNRIVALED ONE!'' Watch almost any video with him in it, expect a pun that will have you split your sides, groan loudly, or, somehow, both.
* RunningGag: Music/BarryWhite and [[ButLiquorIsQuicker Jello shots]], [[strike:condom]] bagel, cameos from his abridged series character in other videos.
** Also, if the Team Four Star Videos are to be believed, he doesn't like Canada.
** Also, his ex-wife. Which changes almost every video he is in.
* ShoutOut: Many, including TV Tropes itself.
* SincerestFormOfFlattery: When he did his first "Ask hbi2k" video, he had a character speak up.
-->{{Manga/Gantz}}: "Isn't this just a thinly veiled ripoff of [[WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged Lanipator's answers]]?"\\
hbi2k: "Yes. Yes it is."
* TakeThat: NTAM: Dead Horse Edition, which is at everyone who treated [[WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries NTAM]] as the worst crime in humanity.
** To Music/TheMonkees. While he lists them above Music/SmashMouth for the song "I'm a believer", in the commentary for that ''Gantz'' episode he talks about how Vegeta3986 really loves the Beatles. His response, "Oh look at us, we're like Music/TheBeatles, except we don't play our own instruments and we suck!"
* ThoseTwoGuys: Zod and Phil.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: In an Escaflowne Commentary, he admitted that for his ''Berserk'' and ''Gantz'' series he tended to make up new jokes while editing. Averted for Escaflowne, since he had many other voice actors on board and had to have scripts finalized before recording each episode.
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