Web Video: Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged aka: Yuyu Hakusho Abridged
Elder Toguro: So let me get this straight... you're paying us... out of your own pocket... to make a little girl cry?'''
Tarukane: Correct.
Elder Toguro: (beat) I F**KING LOVE BEING A DEMON.'''
An Abridged Series based on YuYu Hakusho, by Lanipatornote It's pronounced lan-ee-pah-tor (emphasis on the last syllable), not lan-ee-pay-ter.. His YouTube account can be found here This set itself apart from other abridged series by focusing more on playing around with the characters rather than mocking the tropes of the shows. It has plenty of the latter kind of humor, though.Lanipator also snubbed LittleKuriboh in the famous incident that triggered The War of the Abridged Series Creators.This show provides examples of:
Actor Allusion: When Hiei hears the guy voiced by Chuck Huber, he mentions that he's heard his voice before. He would know.
Also in the first episode, Kuwabara claims that he isn't Vegeta. It becomes even funnier when you realize that later, Lanipator went on to voice him in Dragon Ball Abridged.
George the Ogre: Lord Koenma, we have a big problem.
Koenma: I'll say we do, dude. The power went out and now the only TV that's working is this one, and I can't change the friggin channel, man. I can't get anything. No topless car washing, topless volleyball, PBS, nothing!
Awesome, but Impractical: Kuwabara's "Spirt Sword Monster Beast Donut" move. It is, of course, lampshaded by Yusuke:
Yusuke: How often could you possibly have a use for that technique?
Kuwabara: More than you, you son of a bitch!
Bat Deduction: Kurama gets interrupted while he's in the middle of an especially insane one while trying to figure out the proper door to enter in Maze Castle. Kuwabara just picks the one with the strongest energy behind it, which is apparently the same door Kurama was building up to.
(After seeing Kurama use his rose whip for the first time)
Kuwabara: Now that's what I call flower power.
*Beat*
Kuwabara: Shut up Urameshi.
Beware the Nice Ones: Kurama obviously, but he does have less patience for stupidity than in the normal series.
Kurama: Kuwabara?
Kuwabara: Yeah?
Kurama: If you say or do anything to annoy me in the next 24 hours, I swear to Koenma I will cut you in half with a fucking rose! Or do I need to remind you I have that capability?
Book Dumb: Kuwabara is even dumber than in the series, to the point that he doesn't even know what a book is.
Kuwabara: What the hell are these things?
Brick Joke: Koenma looking like a bad carnival prize.
Double Entendre: Kurama and Kuronue's fight is full of 'em. Which doesn't sit well with Kuwabara.
Dude, She's Like, in a Coma!: "Attention everyone! This is the neighborhood watch committee reminding everyone that necrophilia is still illegal. Thank you and have a pleasant day."
Upon meeting Botan for the first time, Kuwabara asks her out. Yusuke makes a joke about him actually hitting on a girl, to which Kuwabara replies with "I just have a thing for girls with blue hair." Yukina.
Rando: What? Where? Man, what the hell you talking about? There ain't nothing there.
Yusuke: Really, I could've sworn it was right there, wait a minute I was supposed to do something. Run that was it. Aw f$%k. I don't suppose you'll fall for that again, would you?
Gonk: Yusuke describes Tarukane as a walking ballsack.
Kuwabara: Dear god, that is the fastest I've ever lost a boner!
Incredibly Lame Pun: Why does Seiryu sound like Hank Hill? Because he's a dealer in strict and cold pain.note A case of Author Appeal as mentioned by Lanipator on a few convention panels he loves horrible puns.
Is This Thing Still On?: Koenma doesn't notice that he continued recording after outlining Yusuke's mission, so it also has him talking about sucking in his gut and the itch you always get once you can't scratch it.
Jerkass: Many of the Character Exaggeration aspects of the series turns the characters into even bigger jerks than they originally were. EspeciallyYusuke, who wanted to watch his canonical girlfriend be hunted down and killed by Suzaku's insect-human army.
Kurama seems to have a lot of knowledge of "Anime Law".
Larynx Dissonance: Necessary, since Lanipator does virtually all the voices.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: Kurama had a case of this in The Movie in relation to what happened with his old partner Kuronue for no adequately explained reason. He was better by the end.
In a possible homage to Yu Gi Oh The Abridged Series, Kuronue's theme music is "Sexy Back" (just like Duke Devlin's.) He was called out on it by Kurama:
Kurama: Hold on, where the hell is that music coming from?
Locked Out of the Loop: Yusuke often is the only one who isn't told important information, especially when the information is relevant to his own survival.
Man of a Thousand Voices: Again, Lani does virtually all the voices. Most of which are actually quite good. His Kuwabara and Yusuke are notably spot-on.
Megaton Punch: Kuwabara in The Movie, and again in Episode 17, the latter expanded upon with some awesome music and a warning beforehand marking it as the most badass thing one will ever see.
To elaborate, Genbu is essentially Larry the Cable Guy, Byakko seems to be Billy Bob Thornton's character from Sling Blade, Seriyuu is a flat out expy for Hank Hill, and Suzaku sounds like Jim Varney's Ernest character, right down to calling everyone "Vern."
Fred Tennedy of the Black Black club is Ted Kennedy.
"Err um uh, hiya."
Non Sequitur Thud: In The Movie, Yusuke gets knocked through one of Genkai's walls and states the following:
Only a Flesh Wound: Lampshaded in Kurama's case after the fight with Hiei. It was just a flesh wound in the original series... not so much for this one.
Shirtless Scene: According to Kurama, another clause of Anime Law states that when a male Shonen hero removes his shirt, his attributes increase exponentially.
Show Within a Show: Poems With Hiei on DTV. Canceled to make room for Rhymes with Rando, which in turn was cancelled to make room for The Blue Collar Comedy Beasts. However, Hiei has to wait until the Dark Tournament to get his show back on the air.
Special Guest: Hiei's FUNimation dub VA, Chuck Huber, voices the villain who battles Hiei (who's voiced by Lanipator in the Abridged series) in Part 3 of The Movie.
Stalker with a Crush: Keiko has quite the obsession with Yusuke. Unfortunately for him, he has a hard time getting rid of her.
Hiei: Well I didn't float here downriver if that's what you're asking.
Kurama: Nobody insinuated that, Hiei.
Hiei: Good, because that's not what happened!
Episode 'Rescue Yukina' as well (Hiei again)
Yusuke: What are you doing this for, anyway? Isn't this supposed to be Botan's thing?
Hiei: I'm not hurting for work, I don't know what you're talking about.
Yusuke: ...good to hear, I guess...
Technology Marches On: Played with. Obviously, at the time of the original episode's airing, a VHS tape would be a commonplace thing for Spirit World to use, but much fun is made of the fact that they're now practically obsolete.
It should be noted that the Justin Cook voice is his natural speaking voice. It's amazing if you listen to them back to back.
We Do Not Know Each Other: After Sakyo and Toguro exchange greetings, they claim that they've never seen each other before in their life.
They say this at the exact same time.
Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Kuwabara. Being attacked by a woman is no reason to hit back, though it's alright once Yusuke informs him their opponent was actually a dude.
This set itself apart from other abridged series by focusing more on playing around with the characters rather than mocking the tropes of the shows. It has plenty of the latter kind of humor, though.Lanipator also snubbed LittleKuriboh in the famous incident that triggered The War of the Abridged Series Creators.
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