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Light: Of course! I want to catch Kira as much as you do.
L: I highly doubt that.

Another Death Note Abridged Series, Death Note: The Abridged Series by 1KidsEntertainment, is a pretty funny ongoing (so far 21 episodes and two holiday specials) series on YouTube.

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This work provides examples of:

• Ambition Is Evil: When performing "tests" on his computer Light complains that he was sorted into Slytherin.
• Amnesiac Dissonance: subverted
  Light: Could I have been Kira before? I mean I do think that criminals deserve to die and killing them off would create a more perfect world where I could be a God... but that doesn't necessarily mean that I could be Kira... No definitely not...

• And There Was Much Rejoicing: when planning to have Higuchi kill Matsuda.
  Soichiro: At last, JUSTICE!
  Light: We have to make Higuchi want to kill Matsuda.
  L: That shouldn't be hard.
• Are We There Yet?: "Is Misa saved yet? How about now?"
• Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?: "Bikes? In a show about death? What the hell?!"
  • Also:
  Light: You're thinking I could become L and Kira at the same time... that I could eat unlimited candy and play with my bare feet while I kill people! It's IDEAL!!!
• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking:
  • "Alright, we know that Kira can kill people, he thinks he's a god and he may have a potato chip fetish."
  • L's revenge fantasy in the Christmas Special which includes the violent deaths of Light, Souichiro, and Matsuda... and making Aizawa get a haircut.
  • "A white tie? This is a crime against humanity!"
• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: "Why are the buildings on the left moving further away?"
  Light: Shut the hell up! I have Attention Deficit Disorder!
• Awesomeness by Analysis: Parodied when L is deciding his next move against a cup of coffee.
• Bad Boss: L to Watari- "Don't do anything without my permission again, and that includes breathing."

• Beat:
  L: I'm taking out the part where it says "you're free to kill L."
  Light: Really? I think it adds a sense of realism to it.
  L: It's definitely being taken out.
  Beat
  Light: ...Damn it.

• Berserk Button: "what did I say ABOUT EMO JOKES!"
• Better as Friends:
  Light: It's not that I don't want to be more than just friends with L but I don't want to ruin our friendship, ya'know?
  Namikawa: Yeah, I know, I've been there.
• Black Comedy: "Sorry guys, I was practicing falling out of my chair sideways. It seems like a useful skill. I may need it later on."

• Bloody Hilarious:
  Matsuda: Criminals are dying again! Hurray!
  Souichiro: Awesome! Was there blood? Tell me there was blood!
• Butt-Monkey: EVERYONE! But Matsuda and Light get special mention.
  Random Cop: There's been a lot of identity theft on WoW lately. Let's go Souichiro Yagami and Souichiro Yagami.
  Souichiro: Hold it right there!

• Bystander Syndrome: "And in this footage you can see various pedestrians that clearly don't give a $#!t that somebody near them just collapsed and died."
• Cavalry Betrayal: "Sorry Light, you're on your own."

• Captain Obvious: "If I kill you then you will die."
  • The secret message on the notes left by Kira's victims? "Shinigami kill people."
• Catchphrase: Sayu has "Fishy!" as her only line.

• Character Exaggeration: EVERYONE, again.
• Christmas Special:
  Light: ..to those who are good he brings presents and to those who are bad he brings cardiac arrest in their stockings...
  L: Still not funny...
  • Later:
  Misa: ...and I want a pony, and I want a text message from Higuchi...
  Light: Misa, for the last time, I'm NOT Santa Claus!
• Citizenship Marriage: Raye and Naomi "Don't tell me how to do my job or I'll ship you right back to the U.S. in a box."
• Cluster F-Bomb: Seen in Episode 17:
  Soichiro (To Matsuda): "God d*mn, son of a b*tch, motherf*cking c*cksucker!"
  Matsuda: "What's wrong?"
  Soichiro: "Oh, nothing's wrong, I just wanted to make it clear that I was talking to you."
• Comically Missing the Point:
  Light: "Mister Raye Penber, don't turn around. I am Kira."
  Raye: "Look, you client smiled at me, and did not mind that I was watching him."
  • And later on:
  Soichiro (After seeing Aizama walk in only wearing a shirt): "What's wrong? Trying to prove something?"
  Aizawa: "Oh, [his forehead injury] this? It's nothing, I'm just trying to be like Harry Potter."
  Soichiro: "Ah, yes, the head. That's definitely what I was talking about."

• %* Cosmopolitan Council

• Crazy Enough to Work:
  L: We need to find out how Higuchi kills.
  Light: Maybe we should ask him?
  L: That’s crazy.
  Light: Crazy enough it just might work!

• Devil in Plain Sight:
  Nurse: You really have to leave now.
  L: Look, I'm L I can do whatever I want.
  Light: Yeah, and I'm Kira so I can kill you if you don't comply.
  • Also the Google search results on "Who is Kira?"
• Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: "You want to do what to me?"
• Director's Cut: the first few episodes were done before Jerry was cast as Light, thus the redubbed versions.
• Dirty Old Man: Watari, once again the joke about tying Misa up.
  • And Higuchi:
  Misa: Where am I supposed to sit?
  Higuchi: ON MY LAP! (Beat) ... The passenger seat works fine... I guess.
• Disproportionate Retribution:
  Aizawa: If you guys make one more joke about my 'fro I will not hesitate to murder yourselves and your families.
  • and
  Souichiro: Mogi's family DIES tomorrow! (for taking the strawberry)
  • Hatori is killed for wanting the conference room lights turned down.
• The Ditz:
  Misa: Huh, for some reason I feel like I know even less than before.
  L: Amane, we both know that that's just not possible.
• Domestic Abuse: "Honey somedays you make me so mad I want to ram a truck through a building."
• Dramatic Pause
  L: Could you kill someone for me?
  Light: Do you... have the money? ...Show me the money
  L: Show me the weapon... Okay there isn't any money, I was just trying to trick you.
  Light: Good thing I didn't fall for that.
• Dual Wielding:
  Light: I'll solve equations with my right hand and write names with my left!
  L: Your son is ambidextrous, I take it?
• Dumb Blonde: Misa.
• DVD Commentary: 1kids and several of the other voice actors have commented on the first six episodes so far.
• Embarrassing Tattoo: according to Misa, Higuchi has "I Am Kira" tattooed to his butt.
• Enemy Eats Your Lunch:
  Light:: Is that MY coffee?
  L: Not anymore, it’s not. It evaporated.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Played with: "I can't stand how his guy is hurting Kira's image... black and white is so fifties!"
• Everybody Knew Already: 1) that Light is Kira. 2) that Light is lusting after L.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Oh shit! What's my real name?
• Everything Is Racist
  L: Light, I want you to play the part of Kira.
  Light: Why? Because I'm Japanese? Racist!
• Evil Brit:
  Takahashi: If I may say so, these snooty accents make us sound quite menacing.
  Kida: Yes yes, quite good, quite good.
  Higuchi: Well, uh I don't need an accent to sound menacing.
• Evil Matriarch:
  Misa: MATSU! Your mother's on the phone!
  Matsuda: AHHHHHHH * Runs away screaming*
• Evil Tower of Ominousness
• Exact Eavesdropping
• Eyedscreen
• Face Palm:
  Higuchi: If I were Kira, I'd be facepalming myself so hard right now... Ow!
• Fanservice:
  Light: Misa, we need your help to rescue Matsuda. Would you mind dressing up all slutty for us?
  Misa: What does slutty mean?
  Light: Misa, we need your help to rescue Matsuda. Would you mind wearing your normal outfits?
• Flanderization
• Freudian Slip:
  Soichiro: "No! L is the only one that gets to spy on me- uh, me... family. Arggh"

• Front Organization: "...there has been a general downturn in the market with the exceptions of Yotsuba and Walmart."

• The Gambling Addict:
  Ooi: Any objections to making the Giants lose by killing them mid-game?
  The Yotsuba Eight: No objections.
  Soichirou: Woops, there goes your college tuition, Light.
• Gay Moment
  Higuchi: So Misa, what are your goals in life?
  Misa: I want to marry Kira!
  Higuchi: What a coincidence, so do I! (Beat) ...the second one.
• G-Rated Drug:
  Ryuk: Oh how original a joke about my apple addiction.

• Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: "Take a look at my eyes! They're round now! Kira's Japanese! You said so yourself!"
• Griefer: Light playing World of Warcraft.

• Hilarious Outtakes: Occasionally played during the credits.
• Horrible Judge of Character:
  L: Why don't we just ask the Second Kira? They seem nice enough.

• Hypocritical Humor:
  Aizawa: What you think we're gonna play games on our phones instead of listening to a boring meeting?
  Souichiro: I got Sonic The Hedgehog.

• Inspector Lestrade:
  Wedy: Hey L, I was searching Higuchi's place like you asked me to and I found this weird black notebook in his safe...
  L: We're already aware of Higuchi's desire to be an artist; don't bother us again.
• It's All About Me:
  Light: I can't take it anymore!
  L: YOU can't take it anymore! You're not the one who had to stay up for five days straight watching lame camera footage of you reading inappropriate magazines from sixty different camera angles... because You wanted to break the law. So don't tell me you can't take it anymore, Light Yagami.
• Ironic Echo Cut:
  Namikawa: "Anyway... don't worry, we bribed the police into not trying to catch Kira. There's no way that's going to tip them off that Kira is involved with our business."
  (fade into next scene)
  Light: "So Kira is involved with their business..."
  • And again in that episode:
  Soichiro: "Like it or not, you cannot both pursue Kira and be a member of the police anymore."
  Matsuda: "What makes you say that?"
  (flashback)
  F.B.I. Director: "Like it or not, you cannot both pursue Kira and be a member of the police anymore."
• It's Not You, It's Me: "That's right, [Ryuk] we're breaking up."
• It Came from the Fridge: L offers Light his spoiling cake.

• Jerkass: L
  L: (to Aizawa) No one's making you stay. Whatever phrasing you want to use... run, scoot, skedaddle... just go.
  Watari: Sir, might I make a suggestion... How about "Piss off!"
  L: Ooh yeah. I really like that one. Piss off!
• Karaoke Box: L singing "Never Gonna Give You Up" through the voice synthesizer
• Knight Templar Big Brother: Light acts this way towards Misa.
  Light: But they're businessmen! They might... I don't know... give her a papercut or something!

• Most Definitely Not a Villain: "You'll be hearing from Kira... uh my lawyer, her name is Kira."
  • Higuchi takes it up to eleven
  Higuchi: "It's like I said last time: Kira can kill people with a magical notebook, but he can't do the impossible."
  Midou: "Wait, magical notebook?"
  Higuchi: "Nooooot it. No tagbacks."
• Motor Mouth: Now I just have to endure a week of Ryuk without being able to respond to him...

• Negative Continuity: Characters' awareness of Shinigami for the sake of gags.

• Not Listening to Me, Are You?
  Kida: I really need someone to talk to. My cat died and my wife left me and took the kids and she gave me AIDS...
  Aiber: That's cool. Oh by the way, did you know Misa might be the Second Kira?
  Also:
  Light: Misa, Higuchi is dangerous! I forbid you from seeing again-
  Misa: Okay, I'm off to see Higuchi, bye!
  Beat
  Light: ...I hate women.
  L: I'm pretty sure that was already understood, Light.

• Oh, Crap!: "Matsuda just pushed the "oh shit" button on his belt."

• Poor Communication Kills:
  Light: Now no matter what, you can't kill him unless I give the order. [++ No matter what!++ ] You understand me?
  Rem: No.
• The Power of Acting:
  Souichiro: "Aiber didn't set off any either. What did he do, talk his way through the alarms?"
  Aiber: "Yes. Yes I did."
  (flashback)
  Security AI: "Sorry sir, but I can't let you through. "
  Aiber: "Uh... but I'm Kira!"
  Security AI: "Oh, then sure, go ahead, handcuffs are in the lobby."
• Pun:
  • "Soda." ("That's right... drink Coca Cola")
  • "on another note..."
  • "Let me abridge them for you."

• Relax-o-Vision: Subverted: We interrupt this episode of Fluffy Cuddly Bunny Pals to bring you another Kira video.

• Running Gag: Fluffy Cuddly Bunny Pals. Also "there's that UFO again!"
  • Ukita getting inter—
  • "Light coming from my eyes means that I'm [adjective]!"
  • People calling Light Jerry

• Schmuck Bait: My name, once again is Lind L. Taylor. L-I-N-D L. T-A... This is not a trap.
  • The police gave us permission to play this video labled "Second Kira trap..."
• Selective Obliviousness: "Raye Penber entered the train station followed by someone who looks EXACTLY like the chief's son..."
  • and
  L: I don't know how you'll take this Light, but your girlfriend is the Second Kira.
  Light: Why didn't she tell me?!
• Self-Deprecation: "We shouldn't be just sitting around eating cake or making abridged series! None of those things are productive!"
• Shaped Like Itself: "Light's smug face is smug."

• Single Issue Psychosis: "...and that's how I developed my fear of baked products."
• The Slacker: the entire investigation team plays excessive amounts of WoW.
  Light: Ryuuzaki, are criminals still dying?
  L: Huh? Why should I be checking that? I caught you already.

• Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter:
  L: If there is a God, he totally hates me.
  Light: Damn straight I do.

• Spy Speak: Epic Fail:
  Light: Now I just have to subtly fit the phrase "get rid of it" into conversation the next time L talks to me.
  One month of confinement and Ryuk's endless whining later...
  L: Oh hey Light I forgot you were in there...
  Light: GET RID OF IT!!!!

• Straw Feminist: Misa.
  Misa: Women can have penises just as good as men can!
  Rem: But then you would be male.
  Girl: Where are the f*king urinals?!
• Stupid Sexy Flanders:
  Random Cop: Survey participants found that Watari is sexy painted in black.
  Matsuda: Oh yeah, I would so do Watari.
• Suspiciously Specific Denial: This is not a trap.
  • Also:
  Ryuk: ...queer.
  Light: Why does everyone keep calling me that?
  • And:
  Matsuda: Keep walking... don't be suspicious... I'm not trespassing...
  • Later, in that Episode:
  Higuchi: Look, Hatori, I'm not saying that I'm Kira or anything, but you're f***ed.

• Take That!: to various Fridge Logic problems of "the eye deal."
  • "That's the first REAL deduction you?ve done this entire series!"
  • On Misa:
  L: Watari, is she talking?
  Watari: She never stops talking!
  L:... I see what you mean. Watari, please shut her up!
  • On the way the plot itself is written:
  L: Well, if you haven't noticed this pattern by now, every time the plot goes stale, the writer just adds in another character.

• Too Much Information: "LIGHT! Stop confessing!"
  L: Oh and Chief, don't touch the box labeled "toys."

• Transparent Closet: Light:
  Sachiko: You can't BLAME us for thinking it...
• TV Genius: L's psychic deduction when rescuing Matsuda.
  • Lampshaded when planning to capture Higuchi:
  Light: We just have to be able to predict everyone else's thoughts.
  L: That hasn't stopped us before.

• With Cat Like Tread:
  Mogi: MISA-MISA, THIS IS AN INFILTRATION MISSION, SO BE CAREFUL!
  Ooi: What's he talking about?
  Mogi: DON'T BLOW OUR COVER! (Am I forgetting anything?) OH YEAH, L WANTED ME TO TELL YOU THE BUG IS IN YOUR PURSE! BE SURE TO OPEN IT OR WE CAN'T HEAR YOU!
• Yes-Man:
  Soichirou: Yes... yes... right...
  L: Chief, there’s no need to bring politics into this...

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