Web Video / Persona 4 Abridged (The Abridgigation Team)

"Long story short: I'm you, you're me, there's a world inside the TV."

— Izanagi.

Persona 4 Abridged is an Abridged Series created by The Abridgigation Team in 2013.

To date it has seven episodes, two "Social Link" shorts and a one off parody of Akame ga Kill!. They also began doing bi-weekly podcasts called "Shuffle Time" in August 2015.

For a long time, series appeared to be dead, as it went completely silent after episode 7 in November 2015, but episode 8 finally aired in May 2021, with most of the original cast returning to reprise their roles.

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Tropes related to the series:

• The Abridged Series: Duh!
• Affectionate Nickname: Yu has taken to calling Izanagi "Izzy".
• Affectionate Parody: It makes fun of the series, but it's obvious the team loves the original.
• Alpha Bitch: Rise makes no effort to hide this.
• Ambiguously Gay: Surprisingly averted with Kanji for the most part. Played straight with Kou, though.
• Breather Episode: Episode 4 skips the fight with Yukiko's shadow (because Yukiko accepted it without a fight) and instead focuses on Yu's time with Ai and the basketball team.
• Butt-Monkey: Yosuke just never seems to catch a break in this series. The abuse he gets from the others (Chie in particular) doesn't help.
• Comically Missing the Point:

  Chie: Still if Rise's coming here...

  Yosuke: Then she'll probably be a target.

  Kanji: Target of what?

  Yu: The killer who kidnapped you.

  Kanji: Someone kidnapped me!?

• Continuity Nod: Chie references the second Social Link video (which seems to be a separate story from the main series) in episode six:
  kicks Yosuke
  Yosuke: What was that for!?
  Chie: Training.
• Deadpan Snarker: Yu has his moments.
• The Ditz: Yukiko doesn't talk all that much in this series, but whenever she does, expect her to come with something dumb.
• Gilligan Cut: When trying to get Teddie to find Rise in the TV World.
  Yu: We need you to find someone for us.
  Teddie: Again?!
  Yu: She's a stripper.
  (cut to Marukyu Striptease)
  Teddie: And, she's in here!
  Yu: Works every time.
• Harsh Vocals: Pyro Jack tries to do this during his song in episode 3.
• Hulk Speak: Pyro Jack speaks like this.
• Kids Are Cruel: Nanako is implied to be this in episode 3 after she apparently kicked Yu out of the house.
  Yu: Her evil knows no bounds...
• Large Ham: Teddie. He even quotes Shakespeare in episode 6.
• Oh Me Accents Slipping: Elka Chan, Chie and Naoto's voice actress, is British and you can certainly hear it at times.
• Potty Emergency: Yosuke, of course, but not just the first time.
  Teddie: (from inside the TV) Last night, you stuck something in here and started liquidating the place—
  Yosuke: Hey, it was late at night and the bathrooms were locked, what the hell was I supposed to do?
• Shout-Out: Plenty to Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.
  Naoto: No, that's wrong.
  (...)
  Yukiko: Hey, is that blood on the door?
  Chie: Blood isn't pink, Yukiko.
  Teddie: Puhuhuhuhu... you sure about that?
• Suicidal Overconfidence: Yu fails to understand how one-sided the fight against Shadow Rise is.
  Yu: (as Shadow Rise blasts them again) It's just a flesh wound, right Izzy?
  Izanagi: (lying on the ground with the other Personas) We're screwed.
• Suicide as Comedy: When Igor explains Social Links, Yu asks who could stretch themselves so thin between so many jobs and people in a year. Igor replies that the last guest to the Velvet Room did. Yu asks how he ended up.
  Igor: Uhh...
  Makoto: Fuck it. (shoots himself in the head)
  Igor: ...That's a story for another time.
• Third-Person Person: Pyro Jack always refers to himself this way.
• The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: Threatened in-universe when Teddie interrupts Shadow Yukiko's broadcast, and spots Yu on the other side of the screen.
  Teddie: Hey, are we on TV? Can people see me? (gasp) Is that Sensei?! Sensei! Sensei! Yu Narukami from class 2-2 at Yasogami High School! Hiiiii!

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Tropes related to Shuffle Time:

• Cargo Ship: invokedReed and his tablet seems to be a Running Gag.
• Deer in the Headlights: Whenever someone makes a joke at Max after he makes fun of someone else, he appears to never quite hear it.
• Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight: Reed and Max seem to both hit this equally.
• Motor Mouth: Max (aka Skyjin 24) certainly qualifies.
• Once Done, Never Forgotten: No one's going to let Max forget the fact that he spent most of the second stream playing Borderlands instead of getting involved.
• One-Steve Limit: Averted. Jxsama 298 and Joeykat are both named Jordan. (Joeykat is refered to as "Joey" to avoid confusion.)
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: The whole team curses quite a lot. Joey was even challenged to swear in every sentance.