This episode sucks.

At first, it looks promising, continuing the trend of mocking Mai's Informed Ability. However, the first problem with this episode comes in the form of a straw fanboy. He doesn't even act like a character, but more like a puppet for Little Kuriboh's Author Tract against anime purists. Now he has gotten away with subtle Author Tract in the past, but here, it's so blatant it's annoying.

Then comes the hospital scene, and talk about Overused Running Gag. Shoehorning Pokemon references in the previous few episodes were unnecessary at best, and Hey Its That Voice doesn't excuse it here. It's overplayed, and makes you wonder "What's the point of this?" Even worse, he actually Lampshades how unfunny and overdone the gag is. What an epic Wall Banger.

When we get to the duel, it turns out to be just boring. It's like "Hey, we've got this obligatory duel here, let's just get this over with!" Mind you, the "most powerful card in all of Duel Monsters" gag is amusing, but not much actually happens otherwise. Still, Little Kuriboh manages to insult his audience even further during the duel. As anyone with the ability to look up Wikipedia would know, the Caramelldansen is Swedish, and we're not stupid. We can tell you hate the song without you bloody spelling it out for us! And a Take That against George Lucas, seriously? It wasn't funny when the Pirates Of The Caribbean sequels were the target in Crapsule Monsters 2, and it's even more painful here.

Yu Gi Oh The Abridged Series is the pioneer of The Abridged Series, and with a hilarious track record and a huge fanbase, it's easy to see the influence on others. With this rep, you'd expect this episode to be good, and it's a huge disappointment when it sucks as much as a fanfic written by a bitter fan wanting characters to Die For Our Ship. Alas, Little Kuriboh continues to throw in pointless pop culture references, overly drawn-out gags, and irritating Take That uses in later episodes, so it seems that he has lost his steam. If you want The Abridged Series fix, try one of the fresh newer ones such as Dragon Ball Z Abridged and leave this decaying husk of a series be.