This is one of the few abridged series to have 50 episodes (and regular updates), and the first to show that girls can make them just as well. It tends to rely less on random pop culture and Internet references, and more on mocking the show's general premise and its horrible North American dub, not to mention just about anything else it can think of.Its creators, who handle all the writing and most of the voice acting, consists of Megami33, KrisRix, Roll002 and Judgement915. Season 2 additions include EvilChicken25 of Gargoyles Abridged, editor Lana Shittles, and none other than LittleKuriboh, who cameos as Moonlight Knight. Former members include MaxSkate2001 and Whip0fAlchemy, both of whom resigned for scheduling reasons. Whip0fAlchemy has since started an abridging of Revolutionary Girl Utena, and Megami33 is part of Team Four Star and also does voice work for other series. SMA has been dragged into the The War of the Abridged Series Creators, which they handled in a surprisingly mature way.Here is the character sheet.To get your hands on the episodes, see the official site, their Blip.TV account, and two YouTube accounts (original and backup).
This show provides examples of:
The Alcoholic: Artemis is always drunk, and tries to justify making an early start on his boozing as compensating for the time zone difference for Australia's happy hour.
Alternate Character Interpretation: In-universe. To the characters in the actual show. Serena is a Too Dumb to Live bulimic comedic sociopath,instead of the Genius Ditz, The Pollyanna, and The Hero rolled into one, Raye is a whole bunch of goth, emo, junkie, and satanist stereotypes rolled into one instead of a wannabe temple priestess who takes everything she does seriously, Lita is a girl who used to be a man rather than an Action Girl trying to be more feminine, Amy as a book smart Butt Monkey rather than the shy, quiet, book smart voice of reason, and Mina as a Valley Girl prostitute rather than a slightly ditzier, yet ultimately caring version of Serena.
Ambiguously Gay: Some of Jedite's fake identities are a little too... fabulous to be just an act.
Of course, the original point was that a loose strand of Sailor Moon's Hair could have wound up in Mina's hair brush, which then ended up in Mina's Hair. That one piece was picked up by the scanners... yeah, still kinda stupid.
Ass Shove: All those devices the scouts get (transformation pens, Serena's locket, the communicators, etc) are kept in Luna's butt until needed. Or until she manages to finally poop them out.
Berserk Button: Raye REALLY isn't happy when one of Alan and Anne's henchmen wrecks her music. Probably the first time that's been unhappy that she's unhappy.
Big Eater: Serena. All the fat jokes are based off of that.
The dream footage of Serena apparently marrying Tuxedo Mask and Andrew in Episode 13/14. Lampshaded by Serena.
In episode 32, Queen Beryl's orb does... something...
Episode 38:
Both Lampshaded and subverted in Episode 26/27, where Luna is being chased by a crowd of horny pussies, only to be saved by a large cerulean male cat. "Well, that was just pointless and weird," she grumbles... but the large male cat turns out to be the Monster of the Week.
"Here's a completely useless scene, with Raye in pink overalls. Please laugh at your own discretion." (beat) "WHAT?"
Bi the Way: The villain of The Movie turns out to be Darien's New Old Flame. That is, a guy. Although the relationship doesn't seem to have been healthy.
Bizarro Universe: In the Remix Episode, the Sailor Scouts are transported to another dimension where everyone's names are different (the Sailors' are taken from DiC's pitch reel), Sailor Mars tolerates her teammates better, Sailor Mercury can't speak English, and everyone in the Negaverse has different personalities as well.
In another episode she requests some eye bleach. Lucky that Raye has some!
Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: When the Sailor Scouts find Anne visiting the shrine where Raye works, Serena exclaims that she might do something evil, such as performing a voodoo ritual, taking drugs, or performing a voodoo ritual while taking drugs.
Mina: You are on my turf HONEY! We may share a classroom and like share books and share needles but I ain't sharing my clientele.
Brick Joke: In their version of episode 33, it just focuses on Serena going to (and getting expelled from) the finishing school. Then, before the episode ends, Serena realizes that she forgot something. Cut to the room filled with girls who were frozen in wax by the Monster of the Day and never rescued.
An earlier example from episode 3, where one of Serena's friends — a short, nameless fat girl — is on a treadmill at the gym while her trainer keeps pushing her to go faster. After the "Sailor Moon Says" segment, she's still running and begs the trainer to let her go home. His response: "No. Keep going, Pillsbury!"
"I'm still fat from the other episode!"
Butt Monkey: In Real Life, Roll002 (Eric). If the bloopers are any indication, he can't get through a single line without messing it up at least a few times. Add to this the fact that he plays villains and, later, Darien (who are, by definition, Mr. Exposition) and we get a lot of bloopers and a very sarcastic SMA crew.
Call Back: Episode 39 is referenced by Artemis in The Movie, when he mentions the moon kingdom had no militia.
He's not Canadian though... because Canada doesn't exist.
Captain Obvious: One of Mina's very few contributions to the team.
Mina: Oh. My. God, it's Tuxedo Mask!
Raye: WOW. THANKS, VENUS. HELPFUL. REALLY.
Her boozer of a cat, Artemis, isn't any better. Heck, He even gets one of those moments.
Artemis: Wait a second... wait... wait... Wait a second. Amy: What is it? Artemis: I... am a cat! Mina: Shut Up! Raye: CAN WE TALK SHIT ABOUT MINA AND ARTEMIS, TOO?! Mina: Sure, we won't notice. Giggle!
Also Amy on a few occasions.
(while trapped in Malachite's dome) Amy: Wait a second guys! I just realized that he was using a fake Sailor Scout to trick us! Raye: YOU'RE *honk*ING BRILLIANT, AMY! Serena: And you guys think I'm the stupid one!
Crap, Amy and Mina practically share the role of Captain Obvious. Mina because she's a moron and Amy as a failed attempt to sound like the smart one.
Lampshaded by one of the Captains Obvious in Episode 31:
Mina: I, like, point out the obvious over and over again!
The Cast Showoff: The main cast (Megami33, KrisRix, and Roll002) behind the Abridged Series are artists. However, It's KrisRix that stood out the most. For example:
The chibi drawings on said official site.
A picture of Mina in the movie. (Looks flawless, doesn't it?)
As well as her rendition of songs from Lady Gaga... on flute.
Censor Box: Lita's friend Ken took a real long dive early in episode 43. Amy knows it can't be good since there's a giant censor bar on him.
Serena: (In response to Amy's and Lita's concern) You guys are overreacting. I'm sure he's (censor bar shifts a little to show a pool of blood) fiiIIINNEEE!! OH, GOD, PUT IT BACK! PUT IT BACK!
Character Development: In season one, Serena took 30 episodes to realize Darien and Tuxedo Mask were the same person, despite receiving her share of obvious hints ("Hmm. He was in a tuxedo with his eyes covered. That's not reminiscent of anyone else I know!"). In the second season, Serena figured out the Moonlight Knight was really Darien right when he first saved her, simply because he threw a white rose. (It's possible she also noticed his eyes looked similar to Darien's.)
Christmas Songs: Parodied in an album offered on their site. kirbopher15, Megami's (ex)boyfriend, animated a video of one, including drawing Serena as Pac-Man (see the page pic).
Zoisite: The fact that I'm showing up within the first thirty seconds of this episode proves that I'm not going to succeed, even though all the odds are in my favor.
Curse Cut Short: "But do not fail me, Jedite, or I will shove these nails straight up your—"
The Danza: In episode 17, Megami33 and KrisRix voice a pair of animators named Corinne and Kris. This is possibly lampshaded at the end, when "All About Us" by T.A.T.U. plays.
In an interview, KrisRix stated that they chose the song because the two Russian girls from T.A.T.U pretended to be gay, and the animators of that episode were gay, so they thought it would be funny (but then again, that makes two good reasons to play that song).
Devil in Plain Sight: Most of Jedite's schemes for sucking energy were not what you'd call subtle.
"Hey, nerd, you've really put in a lot of ENERGY into this class and I'm really impressed by your ENERGY input. So I wanted you to lead the class today and teach them how to give more ENERGY for completely innocent reasons. ENERGY!"
Anne: Alan, you fool! You cannot do those things! I am your only lover! How can you possibly find those humans attractive! *Sees Darien reading* I would never find some male, attractive, tall, dark and handsome...with his books...and his purple pants...*gasp* What a babe! He's PERFECT!
The Ditz: Serena and Mina. Especially Mina. And Amy sometimes just for fun.
Raye: YOU'RE TURNING ME DOWN?! WELL, I HOPE YOU GO TO HEAVEN! Chad: What? Amy: I think that since Raye holds Hell in such a high regard, spending the afterlife in Heaven is a terrible fate for her, hence the insult. Serena: And that is the joke...
Happened again in the trailer for the remix episode:
Early-Bird Cameo: Sailors Uranus and Neptune show up backstage while the evil clown ruins the Snow White play and attacks everyone, but decide to wait a few episodes before they start randomly appearing to save the Sailor Scouts.
Mina: "Well I was looking at this bug and its wings were all, like, iridescent, and it reminded me of glitter and I *honk*ing love glitter! I wish I like, PISSED glitter!!"
Zoisite as Sailor Moon: Oh, Malachite, you're so dirty!!
Malachite: Cue lightning! *Lightning* Damn, I'm so cool.
Extreme Omnivore: Serena's digestive system does not discriminate. She has expressed the desire to eat, among other things, diamonds, wristwatches, that dust defeated monsters crumble to, and a small child.
It wasn't dust, It was powdered sugar!
She refused to eat "complimentary soap" once, though.
Lita: We're totally a full-fledged team now, yo! Amy: Why are we now a team? Were we waiting for a fifth person for some time? Raye: SHUT UP AMY! Amy: No, really, why is this a team? We have four planets, and a moon. What about the other planets- Raye:SHUT UP, AMY!
Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: Raye slapped Serena five consecutive times in Episode 31, but Serena got used to it. Amy also slapped Serena in the season finale, only to get kicked out of the team, eventually leading up to her death after her CMoA.
Serena: Everybody's gonna love my letter! Serena: Those pricks didn't read my letter!
Global Ignorance: During the opening of Promise of the Lost Rose, Mina mistakes the Tokyo Tower for the Eiffel Tower, remarks that she thought the Eiffel Tower was from New Zealand, and asks if she and the other Sailor Scouts live in Korea.
Hey, It's That Voice!: If any of you people watched a certain episode of a certain Abridged Series, you might notice the doctor in the movie sounding a little familiar, if you will.*
He also plays the Moonlight Knight.
Kirbopher15 and NathanGraves989 both provided their voices for a few extras... and Lita's 'friend' she keeps talking about... respectively.
Hijacked By Jesus: Sort of. Sailor Moon saves a priest, and Jesus appears as an unseen character.
Having Raye being a Satanic Pyromaniac instead of a Shinto temple Miko would probably qualify. No complaints here though :)
From the episode 7 bloopers:
Amy: "Please, Jesus, bring my friends home."
Jesus: "No."
Hilarious Outtakes: There are consistent blooper reels for the first 22 episodes.
Lita: Peace out, home skillet biscuit dizzle slices!
Lita: Zeus! Why have you forsaken me, homey?!
Lady Gaga: Alan is a fan of hers - he plays various songs of hers on the flute. Mixed with Medium Awareness when Mina hears him playing "LoveGame" inside the VR theatre in Episode 44.
Alan: I definitely know your culture! For instance, I am down with the Gaga lady!
The Load: Sailor Mercury is so utterly useless in a fight, Serena offered a Monster of the Week Mercury's position. Plus, the one time she DOES defeat a monster, Serena is convinced that the Moonlight Knight took care of it. The worst part: He took the credit. Ouch.
Mina manages to be even more useless, being so ditzy as to actually FORGET how to transform at one point, only remembering when all the fighting is over. Also, at the finishing school ball, she nearly forgot her own name.
Serena: What? Raye? Amy? Lita? Mina?
Mina: My name's no- oh, wait...
And most tedious of all is rescuing Molly for the umpteenth time.
Serena: Christ, again? I mean, every *honk*ing episode...
Lyrical Dissonance Raye's song "Oh Bloody Night" sounds like a sweet love song, but is about how she tortures a guy for Satan.
Actually, judging by the first two lines of the song(and the first subliminal photo in the part of the song in the actual episode) it may be about her torturing her boyfriend(?), Chad, which makes it both this and a "normal" love song.
Money Fetish: Raye's line about having sex with Chad on a bed of money.
Mood Whiplash: Certain scenes (like Nephlite's death and the flashback to the destruction of the Moon Kingdom) are honestly played a bit too straight to be funny. It's seriously jarring, especially as the dubbing is still deliberately comically bad.
The Movie: The first was released on February 18, 2010, but before Season 2 actually began. According to Episode 45, they're in a different canon from the rest of the series, so Serena should've forgotten about it afterwards...
Somewhat lampshaded in the same episode when Greg, on the phone with Amy, reacts to her sudden burst of song like a normal person might - first confusedly, then just giving up and hanging up the phone.
My God, What Have I Done?: Luna's reaction after succumbing to Artemis' advances, and two seasons later when Diana shows up.
Artemis: It's alright Luna, once you go white, you know you did right.
My Name Is Not Durwood: Nephlite always gets Molly's name wrong. Until his last two episodes, at least.
A lesser example in Episode 4, with Saffron. Few can remember exactly which spice she shares a name with.
Negated Moment of Awesome: The first time Raye uses her Shinto scrolls onscreen, she fails to eliminate the evil force she sensed, because Serena got in the way of her scroll.
Poor Amy. If those sailor scouts only saw you destroy that monster in Episode 46/47, you could've gotten some, if any, respect.
Never Live It Down: In-Universe. Melvin torments Molly with Nephlite's death repeatedly.
New Powers as the Plot Demands: The "time-rewinding powers" Darien used to pull Serena to safety when she nearly fell off a balcony. He received such powers as a reference to the fact that in DiC's version, the footage of Serena falling plays backwards to make it look like Darien pulled her back up. (Originally, they both fell and used Usagi's parasol as a parachute.)
Sailor Moon once turned her tiara into a "lesbian trapper", binding the Monster of the Week. When Luna asked Sailor Moon how she did that, she answered, "Hell if I know! This show makes no sense!"
Nobledude's Laugh: Zoisite and Malachite laughing must be heard to be believed.
No Indoor Voice: Raye (unless she's sick). If any character's dialogue is justified as being typed up in all caps, it's hers. Relatively minor version exist with Queen Beryl, voiced by the same person.
Non-Serial Movie: Played for all its dodgy canon by being put right after the first season rather than somewhere in the second.
Noodle Incident: The pool party mishap that ruined Serena's bathing suit.
Not Distracted by the Sexy: Molly tears her shirt to make a bandage for Nephlite while he gets his jacket off.
"Not Making This Up" Disclaimer: The "actual dub dialogue" has become a staple of the series, to the point that there are now several of these lines per episode.
There has also been "actual noise from the English dub (Sort of)" and "she actually talks like this in the dub".
And a couple times, even SMA crew couldn't figure out the dialogue themselves— the "tyrannosphere" line in Episode 17 and the "stoigemeister" line in Episode 26/27 had the disclaimers typed with a question mark.
Episode 45: "Actual lack of DiC dialogue." The villain in question is limited to the Noblewoman's Laugh and the occasional "Racy!"
Episode 18 had the famous scene where Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon fall over a balcony and use an umbrella to float down safely. Probably to keep kids from trying this out, DiC cut the part after they both fell and reversed the part where Tuxedo Mask lost his grip on Serena's wrist.
Obfuscating Stupidity: In episode 41. Turns out Serena didn't lose all her memories, she was just pretending to not remember because "this Sailor Moon gig sucks!"
Oblivious Younger Sibling: Literally with Sammy. It's become a running gag that Serena has no idea who he is.
Kris: But I worked so hard on it! I worked so hard that my right eye drooped down three inches!
The Other Darien: Roll002 took over Tuxedo Mask from MaxSkate2001; after Episode 43, EvilChicken25 took over from Roll. Megami33 currently voices Sammy (originally done by Roll002).
Lita:{thinking} Am I the only one who thinks it's weird we're taking orders from a talking cat?
Orgasmically Delicious: Serena once orgasmed while eating donuts with creme filling. She might have also had a smaller one while licking an ice cream cone.
Overly-Long Gag: From episode one: Sailor Moon is heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere-eeeeerrrrrrrrreeee-eeeeeeerrrrrrrrreee..... yeah.
And one example from the movie.
Lita: Jupiter Home Biscuit Dizzle Slices Crash! Mina: Haha, woah Lita like, no, never again, joke over!
Episode 28:
Serena: Wow, Luna, way to stereotype, you bitch! I guess all fat people like cake and donuts too, right?
Luna: You said it, not me.
Serena: ...And pizzas, and pretzels, and chips...
Luna: Okay, Serena, I get it.
Serena: ...And cotton candy, and corn dogs, and hot dogs, and dogs in general...
Luna: This is Japan, not Korea!
Pals With Jesus: As an unseen character, who tends to speak up with an annoyed "What?" if someone takes His name in vain. Amy seems to be his favorite, though.
Pokémon Speak: Amy got this exclusively for the remix episode, saying nothing but "Blue!"
Post Script Season: The Doom Tree arc. To elaborate, Kris mentioned in an interview (same one as The Danza example above mentioned) that, at the time, she only saw herself and the rest of her team getting through season one.
Serena: Now that I'm here without you, I realize how much you all really meant to me. Even Amy. I can't... I can't do this without you! Guys... my friends... Ah, forget it, this is *honk*ing boring. HAAAAAAAA!!!
Rape as Comedy: The WHOLE plot of episode 42. Double subverted in the Sailor Says!
Megami33: Hi Everyone, You know here at SMA we like to joke at a bunch of things but rape isn't funny. At all. In fact all those that joke about it should go straight to-(Gets taken away by several people)
Refuge in Audacity: Raye would just be annoying if all she did was be an emo screamer. It's her being so over the top about it that it works.
Amy: Raye, why were we missing for most of this episode? Raye: BECAUSE WE WAS SMOKING CRACK COCAINE, BITCH! Amy: Oh, right.
Running Gag: Several Many of them including, but not limited to:
Fat jokes. No episode would be complete without one of Serena's friends, enemies or family members delivering a couple of these. Some of them get quite creative too.
Other characters inability to hear anything Amy says.
Raye's desire to sacrifice people to Satan.
Lita's none too convincing attempts to pass as a girl.
Serena not being aware she has a brother.
Zoisite's inability to determine herhis whatever-has-a-void-down-there gender.
Nephlite never getting Conchetta's name right.
It's Molly.
Nephlite and stars.
Melvin (and later Serena) constantly reminding Molly about her dead boyfriend.
Queen Beryl's addiction to the Internet.
Queen Beryl's unhealthy fixation on Darien.
Artemis's drunken ramblings, and (eventually successful) attempts to seduce Luna.
The Moon Princess is still waiting for that pizza.
Zoisite: (breaking down) I... I don't know anymore!
This troper always took that above exchange as a well-deserved Take That to DiC, the original dubbers of Sailor Moon; they made Zoisite a woman because, god forbid, children can't handle themes like homosexuality.
His/her upskirt-causing hijinks as a faux-Sailor Scout are accompanied by horrified cries of "Oh my God what is that thing?!" When the camera is low enough to get a panty shot, all we can see is what looks like a portal to a realm of madness.
Shout Out: Episode 50, courtesy of a fan, has Melvin commenting that he got the animal costumes on short notice from his friend named Joey
Episode 36/37 is pretty much one giant reference to the Pokémon dub.
Something Else Also Rises: Rare female version on episode 20 — after Molly sees Nephlite fight back against the demons who kidnapped her, the demon says, "I think I just wet my panties — and not with pee-pee." (It's an easy mistake to make, but one of the bloopers hasKris Rix saying it in the Molly voice and Megami correcting her.)
Sound Effect Bleep: The *honk*ing effect is so popular, the creators have apologized*
Spexico: The caption before episode 43 starts is "Today's episode is brought to you by Espańa" (Spanish for Spain), but the backround picture shown is the Mexican flag. At first it might look like a blatant error, but the title song was the Latin American version and the transformation key phrase was the Castilian Spanish one, so it was actually just played with, maybe too much.
Alan: Serena, my feelings reach beyond the orbit of your planet.*
Actual Dialogue from the English Dub
Serena: Your what?
Alan: I mean, your country! Yes, It was silly of me to say planet because that makes me seem like some kind of alien which of course I'm not because we're from the same planet. That being Earth. Which I'm from. Like you.
Take That: To fans who might harp on them over inaccuracies. And to anyone who ever posted a comment, got offended by the show, or entered in contests. It takes a special mindset to be an SMA fan.
And to Windows Vista.
"I'll have you know that I'm the star of Megami33's Sailor Moon Abridged. You know, the only good one on YouTube!"
Tap on the Head: Parodied in Episode 26/27, when after the Monster of the Week attacks Chad, he just won't stay unconscious to let Raye transform into Sailor Mars.
The Stinger: Similar to the Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series examples, except these stingers mostly play music clips over the footage, rather than a clip from a movie.
Token Good Teammate: Queen Beryl in the alternate universe episode. Although the villains fail at villainy as much as the sailor scouts fail at heroism.
Took a Level in Dumbass: Amy starts out as a genius nerd who thinks too much, more of a Straight Man to Serena's idiocy, whose main shtick is that her voice is such a whisper that no-one can hear her and her powers are useless in combat. As the series goes on she gets increasingly stupid (especially when Lita joins and becomes the Straight Man), usually invoking Captain Obvious and her voice is replaced by a grating falsetto.
Transsexual: Lita is really named Leo in this series. Mentioned in the Abridged Movie during a flashback where a girl and a boy are talking about Lita/Leo. The girl says, "I heard that Lita used to be a man." The boy replies, "I heard she still is."
(Darien kisses Serena, causing the crystal to rebuild itself. Raye screams.)
Serena: Wow, I'm feeling so much better!
(pause)
Raye: I'M GONNA STRANGLE HER!
The Unintelligible: Tidus in episode 9, Amy if you don't have the volume cranked up, Artemis when he's being particularly drunk, and Rini, the little girl who suddenly appeared in the movie.
Queen Beryl: And now we have Mercury to contend with. You know, there are nine planets so the longer we wait, the bigger that team gets. I mean, who's next, Uranus?
More often, it just ends up obscuring vision, negatively affecting everyone. And when it's used during the flashback to the attack on the moon kingdom:
Crowd: I can't see anything! Where's the exit? All this fog - we're gonna die!
Raye: SERENA, YOU FAIL AT BEING A SUPERHERO. YOU FAIL AT HAVING AN IQ HIGHER THAN AN INFANT! AND YOU FAIL AT WEARING A MINISKIRT, FATASS!
Or this little number from Episode 31:
Raye: DON'T WORRY, SAILOR MOON. WE'LL ALWAYS BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
Serena: Thanks!
Raye: WITH A KNIFE.
Serena: Oh...
Raye: TO STAB YOU.
Serena: I get it...
Raye: AND TWIST IT!
Serena: Okay...
Raye: I HATE YOU!!!
Serena: Thanks, Raye!
Voices In One Room: The shows get recorded in one room, leading to lots of outtakes.
Vocal Evolution: While many of the character's voices change do to voice actors leaving and being replaced, Amy/Sailor Mercury plays this straight. When she started out, her voice was shy quiet and kind of cute. As the series progressed, she started having more of a squawk and spoke much more dramatically.
We Do Not Own: Originally averted, then played straight.*
Probably due to the original YouTube account's suspension.
What The Hell, Supposed Hero?: In Episode 38, Sailor Mars stole Sailor Moon's wand while the latter is being choked by Ninjana (Monster of the Week). Sailor Mercury found it so heinous, her falsetto voice dropped by an octave.
Amy: Out of all the things you done, Raye, this is the most *honk*ed up.
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