-> '''L:''' ''I believe Kira's in Japan, so I'll be asking for your assistance.''\\
'''Soichiro:''' ''And why Japan?''\\
'''L:''' ''Because all anime characters come from Japan. Don't be a stupid asshole.''

A popular ''Manga/DeathNote'' AbridgedSeries was created by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamDattebayoDN Team Dattebayo]]. It features popular abridgers such as Creator/{{Lanipator}} and Creator/{{hbi2k}} in some of their episodes. One of the Voice Actors was even featured in an episode of Creator/Hbi2k's ''[[WebVideo/GantzAbridged Gantz The Abridged Series]]''.

In this series, rather than trying to kill all the criminals in the world, Light is killing off other anime characters, in order to become the most popular. Meanwhile, the taskforce thinks Matsuda is Kira.

The abridged series was re-uploaded by [[https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCzccUA1H11g6QBusceAL2-w Blake Rys]]

There is currently a 1080p fan remaster by [[https://youtube.com/c/ShinigamiAshura Shinigami Ashura]]
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!!This work provides examples of:

* AbusiveParents: "I should wring your neck right here and now!"
* BadBoss: Light is really mean to Rem.
* BasementDweller: L ("You mean this isn't just a clever ruse to get us to hang out with you?"), Matsuda ("Dammit Mom, I'm 25, I'll come home when I feel like it!").
* BerserkButton: "We're out of cake."
* BetterAsFriends:
-->'''Rem''' (to Gelus): I think we should just be friends.
* BigBadFriend:
-->'''L:''' [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer This is for locking up]] [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter [Light] my buddy!"]]
* BlackComedyRape
* BullyingADragon:
-->'''Matsuda:''' Heh, look at him, pretending not to be Kira. [[YourHeadAsplode He's probably trying to kill me with his mind, right now.]]
* ButtMonkey: Matsuda
* BystanderSyndrome: "When I feel like it." seems to be L's general attitude.
* CaptainObvious: "Fun Fact: The Death Note can be used to kill people!"
* ChristmasSpecial
* CluelessDetective: L flat out states that he bases his assumptions on absolutely nothing, and decides who to suspect on a whim. If Light is to be believed, at one point L was convinced that Kira was a bowl of rainbow sherbet. He only announces that Light is a suspect to have an excuse to get closer to him, and later to punish him for not answering his text messages.
* ComedicSociopathy:
--> '''L:''' Hey Light, you all right? We remembered to feed him, right guys?
* CosmopolitanCouncil: "We're really doing the Coalition of Evil thing?"
* CoughSnarkCough
--> '''L:''' ''(to Light)'' * cough* "last night" * cough*
* DisproportionateRetribution: Light and Misa don't want to go to UsefulNotes/McDonalds with Soichiro, so he decides to shoot them.
* DirtyOldMan: Watari, the joke about tying Misa up.
* DomesticAbuse: Soichiro hits Sachiko as a punishment for speaking during dinner, sells Sayu into medical experimentation, tells Light he's not his son and tries to kill him for refusing to go to UsefulNotes/McDonalds with him.
--> '''Ryuk:''' [[FreudianExcuse Dude no wonder you have so many problems.]]
--> '''Light:''' * [[LaughingMad Heh]],* [[StepfordSmiler What problems?]]
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: "Aizawa, your wife hits you? This is serious." Actually, this seems more like an subversion to this trope because when Mr. Yagami said the previous quote, he sounded concerned about Aizawa. Also, none of the abuse Aizawa gets from his wife is portrayed as comedic or justified. It's pretty obvious that she's not a nice person, especially when she verbally abuses him in front of their children. Furthermore, Aizawa uses the "She hits me because she loves me/it's my fault" excuse that people in abusive relationships often use.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
-->'''Ryuk''' (to Light): You're a god damn monster.
* FakingTheDead: the SmashToBlack CliffHanger
* ForgottenFallenFriend: "Who's Ukita?"
** Invoked by L in the very episode in which Ukita died:
--> '''L''' [''to Aizawa'']: Ukita died two minutes ago. You need to move on.
* FunTShirt: [[PetTheDog Light bought Ryuk a t-shirt at Spaceland.]]
* GilliganCut:
-->'''Souichiro:''' You pricks will never bring me down. You think I'll just cooperate willingly? You guys don't have the balls to-(Cut to confinement)Fuck!
* GoodNewsBadNews: "The bad news is I spent all our savings on a Game Station 3 the good new is [[MadDoctor I sold our daughter into medical experimentation so we don't have to clear out of the house.]]"
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood:
--> '''L:''' Mello, what are you doing out of the basement?!
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Soichiro shoots Light in his face at point-blank range and still manages to miss.
--> '''Light:''' It's OK, dad. The important thing is you tried.
* InsufferableGenius: Light certainly has the attitude.
--> '''Ryuk:''' Is this really the best idea? Burrying the notebook in the forest?
--> '''Light:''' Of course it's the best idea, or I wouldn't have had it.
* InsultBackfire: Kind of.
--> '''Light:''' What are you, are you a detective?! Or are you just a faggot?
--> '''L:''' [[HoYay Why do I have to choose?]]
* IResembleThatRemark: "I have diabetes... I have scoliosis... [[HelicopterParents Don't tell me how to live my life."]]
* IWasToldThereWouldBeCake
* ItDoesntMeanAnything
* ItMeantSomethingToMe
* JerkAss: like, everyone.
* KleptomaniacHero
--> '''Matsuda:''' Can I have my phone back, please?
--> '''L:''' I think you know the answer to that.
* LampshadeHanging: [[TomeOfEldritchLore "Is burying the book in the woods]] [[Franchise/EvilDead really the best idea?"]]
* LeftForDead: Watari
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Ryuk has]] ''[[Music/MichaelJackson Thriller]]''. [[Film/{{Rocky}} Aizawa has his own theme song too.]]
* LethalChef: "The mold gives it flavour!"
* LikeIsLikeAComma: Lind L. Taylor speaks like this.
--> '''Taylor''' (''while having a heart attack''): Urgh, like, oh no!
* TheMasochismTango: Light and L.
* MockingMusic: Aizawa listens to [[Music/{{Metallica}} "...And Justice for All"]] on his way to work.
* {{Mockumentary}}
* TheMole: Matsuda
* MotorMouth: "Is he still talking?"
* MurphysBullet: "You missed?"
* MySisterIsOffLimits:
--> '''L:''' Oh it was just Matsuda, something about jackhammering your sister, know anything about that?
--> '''Light:''' What the [[PrecisionFStrike fuck!]] [++ [[KnightTemplarBigBrother I'LL KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH!!!]]++]
--> '''Matsuda:''' [[OhCrap Oh boy.]]
* NationalStereotypes
* NeverLearnedToRead: Mogi.
* NoFourthWall: Kira is killing other anime characters.
* NoSympathy
* NoodleIncident: whatever Ryuk did to get them banned from Spaceland.
* NotNowKiddo: "Not now Misa, the adults are talking."
* OffingTheOffspring
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: [[LandDownUnder Ukita's fake Australian accent.]]
* OutOfCharacter
* PersonaNonGrata: From Spaceland.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Mello in the ChristmasSpecial
* PrisonRape
* PuppyDogEyes: Misa ("PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!")
* RelationshipUpgrade: Light and L, episode 14 the innuendo becomes explicit.
* RuleOfFunny
* RunningGag: "Mike Gainer"
* SadTimesMontage: for Aizawa.
* ScareChord: at Misa's first appearance.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Matsuda.
* ShoutOut: LOADS... ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'', ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', ''Series/LawAndOrder'', ''Franchise/EvilDead'', ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'', ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', etc. various other anime... Also Aizawa is listening to [[Music/{{Metallica}} "...And Justice for All"]] on his way to work. Subverted, however, in episode 1:
-->'''Ryuk:''' [[MemeticMutation This is]] [[Film/ThreeHundred madness!]]\\
'''Light:''' Madness? I'll tell you what's madness! [[LampshadeHanging I live in Japan, I speak in English, the Death Note's written in English, I write in Japanese?]]
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Rem's reaction to Light explaining his MemoryGambit to her in episode 12.
--> '''Rem:''' Aren't you overthinking things a bit? Just kill L and the taskforce. If you get rid of them, you and Misa can go free and-\\
'''Light:''' ''Excuse me'', but ''I'm'' [[InsufferableGenius the one]] [[ComplexityAddiction with the master plan]].
* StraightGay: Light and L.
* SuicideAsComedy
* SurroundedByIdiots
* TakeThat: to Creator/FourKidsEntertainment:
--> '''Raye:''' We're here to censor you. American kids can't handle all this killing. Let's see take out all the killings, rework the plot (that goes without saying), insert some friendship speeches...\\
'''[[HeroicComedicSociopath Light]]:''' [++ GET ON THE TRAIN!!!++]
** Also a gag with Light freaking out over a chain email that says if you don't forward it your series will be dubbed by Four Kids.
** and to the companies suspending Website/YouTube accounts.
* TortureCellar: "How are the detainees doing today?"
* UnusualEuphemism
* VitriolicBestBuds: Light and L.
* TheVoiceless: Gelus
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou
* YouDidEverythingYouCould: "[[OffingTheOffspring Uh... the important thing is you tried.]]"
* YouAreGrounded: [[EasilyForgiven "Light! For being Kira, and squandering our family's reputation, you are GROUNDED mister."]]
* YourMom
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