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[[caption-width-right:350:[[TropeMaker Let there be abridged!]]]]

->''"I mean, who the hell does he think he is? He's nobody! All he did was spend most of his free time making a series of amusing cartoon videos available to the public, completely free of charge!"''

Few people can be credited with [[GenrePopularizer starting an entire genre]]. In 1818, Creator/MaryShelley wrote ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', launching the entire field of ScienceFiction. In 1841, Creator/EdgarAllanPoe wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," singlehandedly creating the [[DetectiveDrama Detective-Story genre]].

... and in 2006, [=LittleKuriboh=] (born Martin Piers Billany on February 3, 1983) one of [[TheChosenOne a few, blessed people]], joined their ranks.

For fun, he made a GagDub of ''Anime/YuGiOh'', but instead of doing the whole episode, he followed the abridging format of some online scripts. He called his video ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', and thus TheAbridgedSeries was born.

Later on he started ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'', first as an AprilFoolsDay prank, but then decided to make some more.

He also has a version of Creator/DanGreen, and plays him as an egotistical jerk who thinks GirlsHaveCooties.

His Platform/YouTube account (which was originally meant as an in-character account for the Abridged Series version of Yugi, but was appropriated by [=LittleKuriboh=] himself after his original account was banned) can usually be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/user/CardGamesFTW here,]] except it has an unfortunate tendency to get banned. '''''Current Status:''''' ''not banned.''

He also has [[http://twitter.com/yugiohtas Twitter]] account, which he frequently updates. He got married to West Coast voice actor Creator/MarinMiller (who has had guest appearances on his work way before that). They also now have a [[https://www.patreon.com/littlekuriboh?ty=h Patreon page.]]

He is also associated with Creator/TeamFourStar, the group behind ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. He's also made at least two guest appearances on ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', two on ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'', and three on ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''. First in his review of ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' the Top 11 Strangest but Best Couples, and co-reviewing ''Film/DragonballEvolution'' with him and Creator/MasakoX.

He is a fan of Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos, following ''WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID'' and [[BullyingADragon taunting HABIT every chance he gets]], and occasionally doing [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] with the cast of ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets''. Heart of the Cards help him.

!His works includes:
* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''
* ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow''
* ''WebVideo/TheMarkRemark''
* ''WebVideo/MarikPlaysBloodlines''
* ''WebVideo/MarikPlaysSlender''
* ''WebVideo/KaibaPlaysFNAF''
* ''WebVideo/YamiPlaysFallout''
* ''WebVideo/LittleKuribohWatchesYGOGX''

!Roles in other projects:
* ''WebVideo/FiftyPercentOff'': Coach Sasabe
* ''Manga/{{Ajin}}'': Sokabe
* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Bandit Chief (Voice over)
* ''WebVideo/CommodoreHustle'': Baxter (Confidants episode)
* ''[[WebVideo/DanganRonpaAbridgedThing Danganronpa 3 Abridged Thing]]'': Jin Kirigiri
* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': Frieza
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Freeza, The Narrator
* ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': Minor characters
* ''[[Manga/HellsAngels Hells]]'': Rokku
* ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'': Sir Shelby M. Penwood, Walter (before being [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] by WebAnimation/WeeklyTubeShow)
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Ortho Sibling Brother
* ''WesternAnimation/KateAndMimMim'': Mim-Mim ([[SameLanguageDub British dub]])
* ''[[Anime/{{KOn}} K-On! The Movie]]'': [[OccidentalOtaku Sushi Shop Manager]]
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'': Herbert Von Reinhard (HD Remaster Dub)
* ''WebVideo/PokemonTheBridgedSeries'': AJ, [[PlayingAgainstType second Pikachu, Farfetch'd]]
* ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'': Doctor, [[MysteriousProtector Moonlight Knight]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Not in the movies proper; however he does the voice for the UsefulNotes/AudioDescription track in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films from ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' onward (as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0egskvmsoVQ here]]).
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'': Slenge
* ''WebAnimation/{{Tome}}'': '''NYLOCKE''', DRAGON OF [[MadLibsCatchphrase INSERTING THINGS]]
** The ''VideoGame/{{TOME}}'' RPG as [[spoiler: [[CastingGag Maximore]]]], and as Nylocke in the [[TheOtherDarrin demo]]
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* AprilFoolsDay:
** In 2008, he said that he was ending the series and uploaded a "Final Episode" video, which was just a fandub of the ending of the actual anime with a few words changed. It even used "Don't Stop Believing" like the finale from ''Series/TheSopranos'', complete with cutoff.
** For 2009, he released ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'', stating he was going to stop doing ''Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged'' as an April Fool's joke, and a full episode of Zorc & Pals!
** In 2010, we got '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Ej7M3xWjY CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!]]''' Almost certainly a {{Homage}} to Harry Hill's "Ear Cataracts?!"
** In 2011, he made a new episode [[{{Retraux}} in the style of older episodes]], and [[http://littlekuriboh.livejournal.com/158388.html got himself "banned"]] from the [[http://playthedamncard.livejournal.com/1844940.html very community that inspired the series!]]
** In 2012, he claimed to sell ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged'' to Creator/MichaelBay, and posted Michael Bay's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffmDz4pSaFE version of the first episode.]] As of November 2013, it's been taken down for copyright infringement along with his account... ''again''.
* ComicalOverreacting: A fair amount of his comedy is this.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bvGhzLQbCY His Patreon announcement video]] had him and his spouse wailing and weeping after he was diagnosed with a chronic, but non-fatal, medical condition.
* ConvertedFanboy:
** After years of unrelenting {{Take That}}s at ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and Jaden in particular in his abridged series, once he started actually watching the show for his ''WebVideo/LittleKuribohWatchesYGOGX'' series, he came to unironically love the show and its protagonist. He also became a fan of the Elemental HERO monsters in particular for their prominent butts.
** Watching ''Film/ShinKamenRider2023'' introduced him to the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise, from which he would then go on a deep dive into seeking out as much ''Rider'' content as he can find, starting with ''[[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Zero-One]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'', and ''[[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Kuuga]]''. The announcement of ''Series/KamenRiderGotchard'' would particularly get his attention with its similarities to ''GX'', and further reinforce his penchant for the Elemental HERO archetype. This then extended to HenshinHero tokusatsu shows in general, such as ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger'' and ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger''.
* DeadFic: Most notably ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2802138/1/Spirit Spirit]]'' on Platform/FanfictionDotNet. He has a few other fics there, too, and they're all SUPER good. But mainly one-shots, or discontinued.
* {{Fanservice}}: This is invoked and parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bvGhzLQbCY his Patreon announcement video,]] where his partner Marin is weeping, but as he hugs them, they insist he put his arm lower so the camera can see their cleavage.
* FauxToGuide: "Dan Green Presents [[{{Subject 101}} Abridging 101]]."
* AGodAmI: In the ''Film/DragonballEvolution'' crossover review with other [[Website/ChannelAwesome TGWTG]] contributors.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: This is what apparently caused the surprising and yet hilarious results of LK's comedy roast at Youmacon 2011. The lesson learned is to never give him and his spouse a large bottle of tequila... unless the situation demands a Crowning Moment of Funny.
* InTheStyleOf: He reviewed the first issue of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga in a style like ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', even recommending that show a couple of times in the video.
* {{Irony}}: In spite of making the single biggest meme about 5Ds....He thinks objectively that 5D's is the best Yu-Gi-Oh show.
* LargeHam: In the case of his role of Nylocke in ''WebAnimation/{{TOME}}''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lidsUO2q4VU Just listen to the trailer starring him.]]
* LetsPlay: Currently doing [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ObeyMyRod one]] of ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' in-character as Marik and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7St9Z3PsMM another]] of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' as Kaiba.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Just about the only thing he can't do is [[LarynxDissonance female voices]]. He tries, but they're not normally very convincing. Thankfully, due to the lack of female characters in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', that's not too big of a problem.
* [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWOrlds Martin Billany, Destroyer of Fandoms]]: A running gag on Twitter says that he ruins every fandom he touches (or talks about). The list ranges anywhere from the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' fandom to the "sliced bread" fandom and beyond.
* {{Melodrama}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bvGhzLQbCY His Patreon announcement video]] spoofs this by starting out with him being told he has a chronic, but non-fatal, condition, and Martin and Marin treat it like a SoapOperaDisease.
* NiceGuy: Just listen to [[Platform/FireBall20XL Wha-Chow]]. He's seriously pretty nice.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Mostly averted, though some quirks from his original Midlands-ish accent can be heard, such as the enunciated G in words ending with "-ing," and the enunciated S in "us," making it sound like "uzz."
* OutOfGenreExperience: The January 9, 2017 video ''Mark My Words''. Due to his focus on the latest ''YGOTAS'', he wasn't able to create a ''The Mark Remark'' episode for the past week, so in lieu of that, he created an opinion piece where he drops the jokes about Seth Roll''ings'' and Roman Reigns' mild smugness, and goes almost 100 percent serious while discussing his thoughts on the current state of both WWE brands.
* PoesLaw:
** Averted when it comes to the show itself as fortunately anyone who knows about ''The Abridged Series'' knows that [=LittleKuriboh=] actually likes [[Anime/YuGiOh the source material]], of course. How he treats the other Abridged Series makers is sadly a different story as the reaction to "Without Yugi" is a very straightforward example of this trope. (To make a long story short, it's a classic case of how some people thought it was a hateful attack even though it wasn't.)
** He even trolled people who took JustForFun/TheWarOfTheAbridgedSeriesCreators seriously!
* ThePowerOfLove: The reason he immigrated to the United States was to live with [[Creator/MarinMiller his spouse]].
* RunningGag: His [[http://www.kamicon.net/ Kami-Con]] promos are nothing but a series of [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]]-animated running gags about Yami Yugi introducing [[TheCameo a guest character]], [[AccidentalMisnaming epically failing at spelling their name]], then closing with music from the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series.
* SelfDeprecation:
** Aside from the aforementioned proposal video, he also takes shots at himself for his frequent {{Schedule Slip}}s.
** He's also taken potshots at himself over the SeasonalRot the series had in the latter parts of Season 2 and Season 3.
* SmallNameBigEgo:
** {{Parodied|Trope}}. [=LittleKuriboh=] has at several points attacked other Abridged series, even at one point making a rap insulting them all, but it was all done as a laugh. Of course, many people didn't get it.
** A running gag in an episode of Wha-Chow was based on a person on a Q&A panel accusing him of being this.
* SmartMark: He includes quite a bit of wrestling references in his videos. Culminated in his creation of the satirical wrestling recap series, ''WebVideo/TheMarkRemark''.
* SpoofedWithTheirOwnWords: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lBTWt2cKYs A video]] parodying the abridger "Chicken Wings" and his Abridged ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' episode. It's almost an an exact copy of the original video, just with the voice slightly exaggerated.
* StylisticSuck:
** Iruka's hilariously inept ''One Piece Abridged'' in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Ej7M3xWjY A Brand New Abridged Series]] video.
** Not to mention Joe-kage's ''Bleach Abridged'', and Turkeylegs' ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''.
* {{Troll}}: He seems to ''love'' repeatedly baiting [[OurDemonsAreDifferent HABIT]], BigBad of WebVideo/EveryManHYBRID like no ones business.
* TopTenList: Subverted in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNEES1Y9IHk YGOTAS 2nd Anniversary Spectacularmathon]]. They forgot to bring the footage of nine of the items, and had to play the same clip ten times.
* WildMassGuessing: During his review of Chapter 1 of the manga, [=LittleKuriboh=] does some guessing of his own, concluding each theory with "[[WordOfDante Now that I've said it, it must be canon!]]" Basically, Ushio is a highlander and Grandpa Mutou has been chopping of everybody's hands and replacing them with disproportionate replicas in an attempt to make his own appearance seem less horrifying. Also the story with Ushio takes place in [[VideoGame/Persona3 Gekkoukan High School]]
* WordOfDante:
** [[InvokedTrope Actually invoked]] when LK [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNKW-UEk-q0 reviewed]] the first manga issue of ''Manga/YuGiOh'', as noted above. He even provides the page quote.
** And does it again in Episode 49 of ''YGOTAS'' by stating Tristan's middle name is Timothy.
** And before that, in Marik's Evil Council, he states Bandit Keith's middle name is Steve.
* {{Yaoi Fan|girl}}boy: Considering how art reflects the creator, writing SlashFic of Bakura and Marik, and the amount of time he spends shipping his male characters together in the shows themselves, LK is definitely this. As his Fanfiction.net page proclaims, "Yes, I'm [=LittleKuriboh=]. Yes, I write gay porn."
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