History Headscratchers / YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries

* What's with Espa Roba's "you don't deserve a spot in my X, but you might make a good coaster for my drink" catch phrase? I don't think there's ever been a case where it's made sense in context, and as far as I know it doesn't seem to be a shout-out to anything. It just feels like a weird non-sequitor.

* So, in episode 42, how exactly did they figure out that “Malik Blishtar” is actually Marik Ishtar? Or what Melvin's name is?

* Not sure if this is addressed in the official release, but how is Gozaburo Seto's step-father? Wouldn't 'adoptive father' be a more accurate description?

* Anyone else find it hypocritical for Creator/LittleKuriboh to jab at [[WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries Naruto the Abridged]] [[TheMovie movie]] for [[DevelopmentHell taking long]] when his version of the Anniversary movie is taking just as long? Or is that the [[HypocriticalHumor joke]]?
** The thing is that he had to wait for the DVD for it to come out. He definitely made the announcement for it early, but that was when the Anniversary movie had only released its trailer. Its ''Japanese'' trailer. It's gonna take a while before the English DVD comes out, while the first ''Naruto'' movie has obviously been out for many years.
** Either way, he shouldn't insult Vegeta 3986 knowing full-well that he announced something years before it could come out, and let's not forget [[Film/DragonballEvolution Project Revolution]]. "Coming Late 2010." Riiiiiiiight.
-->'''Tristan:''' Idontbelieveyou!
** I kinda think that's part of the joke. Abridgers take jabs at each other all the time. LK even takes jabs at Creator/TeamFourStar sometimes… even though [[TakeThatMe he IS a part]] of [=TeamFourStar=].
* Did anyone else think the "I am a woman and I have no idea what I'm doing" joke was pretty unfair? It's pointed out that 4Kids changed Téa's line about using "women's intuition" into "I have no idea what I'm doing", but that seems like a change to make it ''more'' feminist. "Women's intuition" is basically a way of handwaving away women's intelligence by attributing it to some sort of instinct, which is pretty sexist. By contrast, one particular woman choosing which way to go completely at random seems much more progressive.
** There was no way to tell which tunnel was correct. The fact that because 4Kids didn't say that she had psychic woman powers, Creator/LittleKuriboh thought they were being sexist ruined an otherwise good episode.
** Listen to the way she delivers it in the episode proper: She comes off as rather dopey and stupid when she says "I have no idea what I'm doing." Besides, that joke gave us the golden "I have no idea what a baby is, because I am a woman!"
** Additionally, she didn't say "there's no way to tell so let's just pick one." She said "I have no idea what I'm doing!" in that aforementioned dopey voice, making it less her deciding to choose at random and more her just racing off like an idiot. It's not more sexist than "women's intuition," but there were still way better ways to dub that line.
** Marik was making her say that, he does seem resentful towards women (ironic because he's girly himself).
** It comes off as outright hypocritical for him to rag on 4Kids for one nitpicky change while featuring the infamously sexist "[[NoTrueScotsman Fake Geek Girl]]" meme in episode 60.

* Duke's inability to explain why Dungeon Dice Monsters is completely different from Duel Monsters, each game have its own very distinct set of rules, not to mention DDM is fairly more luck-based than DM, Duke only uses the same creatures from DM, which is actually a fairly smart marketing idea (as DM is already an obscenely popular game) as long as the holder of the copyrights, who is most likely Pegasus (not to mention, several monsters appear on ancient stone tablets and stuff, it is possible they are public domain characters), agreed with it, which he apparently did, so, [[MostAnnoyingSound tell]] [[CallBack me]], is there anything on it other than RuleOfFunny?

** Creator/LittleKuriboh can [[WebVideo/TruncatedPowerRangers only do so much with what the source episode provides]]. By that’s point in canon, Yami ha don’t stopped doing Mind Crushes, because they were unintentionally setting him on a ProtagonistsJourneyToVillain.

* Why didn't Yami attempt to use Mind Crush against the Biker gang that was about to kill him and his friends in Episode 68?

* While Joey calling Ra/Mega Ultra Chicken [[{{Pokemon}} Moltres]] was funny, if LK is familiar enough with Pokemon to reference that one and the Kanto region, wouldn't he know that there are non-Kanto locations where Moltres can be found, like Mount Silver, Mount Ember, roaming Sinnoh… And now, the Ep.59 opening argues exactly otherwise.

* While Joey calling Ra/Mega Ultra Chicken [[Pokemon Moltres]] was funny, if LK is familiar enough with Pokemon to reference that one and the Kanto region, wouldn't he know that there are non-Kanto locations where Moltres can be found, like Mount Silver, Mount Ember, roaming Sinnoh… And now, the Ep.59 opening argues exactly otherwise.

** Slifer making Kaiba's ego look miniscule could be due to the fact that the card is named so because Slifer the Sky Dragon was renamed from Osiris the Sky Dragon by Slifer the... Executive Producer. The audacity of that move is why the comment is made. It's not Slifer's size that makes Kaiba's ego look small, [[FridgeBrilliance it's his ego]]!

** No, [[spoiler: she's got her body back. If Marik was in control, you'd probably hear his voice coming from her. If you've ever seen the unabridged series though, then you can just wait a few episodes and he will be possesing her after all. Should be fun.]]

*** Same reason he attacked Yusei? To steal Jaden's trading card? (even though he got his own card back)…yeah this movie does have it's head up its own anus, but maybe… uhh? Because Jaden is a Pwotagonist… and Paradox is the villian of the movie?

** I believe it's already been said, but the abridge guys all poke fun at each other all the time. I don't think it honestly matters who he's making the jab at, because it's just all in good fun. These guys just rip on each other for RuleOfFunny. They have nothing against each other. Hell, in some episodes, Creator/LittleKuriboh mocks Creator/TeamFourStar, and he's a PART of [=TeamFourStar=]. He could be poking fun at either version, and it doesn't matter, the fellow abridgers know its just harmless teasing.
* When Téa is possessed by a Big Five member, the guy keeps his own voice. But when Tristan is posessed, the posessor gets a demon version of Tristan's voice. Why?

* Does the Milennium Rod also work on people called Stefan, Étienne, István, Steven, Stephanie, Estefanía, et al?

** 4kids aren't the ones who take down Creator/LittleKuriboh's stuff all the time. It's almost always the people who own the rights to the ''Japaense'' series, not the dub.

** I kinda think that's part of the joke. Abridgers take jabs at each other all the time. LK even takes jabs at TeamFourStar sometimes… even though [[TakeThatMe he IS a part]] of TeamFourStar.

** I believe it's already been said, but the abridge guys all poke fun at each other all the time. I don't think it honestly matters who he's making the jab at, because it's just all in good fun. These guys just rip on each other for RuleOfFunny. They have nothing against each other. Hell, in some episodes, Creator/LittleKuriboh mocks TeamFourStar, and he's a PART of TeamFourStar. He could be poking fun at either version, and it doesn't matter, the fellow abridgers know its just harmless teasing.

* Anyone else find it hypocritical for Creator/LittleKuriboh to jab at [[NarutoTheAbridgedSeries Naruto the Abridged]] [[TheMovie movie]] for [[DevelopmentHell taking long]] when his version of the Anniversary movie is taking just as long? Or is that the [[HypocriticalHumor joke]]?

* I think I figured out the problem with all the potshots at ''WebOriginal/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries.'' Unlike all the other swipes at other abridgers, the ones at NTAS seem a bit more mean-spirited than the others.

** I have come to the conclusion that LittleKuriboh is saying (maybe not intentional) that people saying those things have the same logical process as [[TooDumbToLive the characters in the series]].

*** More importantly, that wasn't originally supposed to be his name; the fandom latched onto it for some reason and LittleKuriboh [[AscendedFanon just went with it]].

* Anyone else find it hypocritical for LittleKuriboh to jab at [[NarutoTheAbridgedSeries Naruto the Abridged]] [[TheMovie movie]] for [[DevelopmentHell taking long]] when his version of the Anniversary movie is taking just as long? Or is that the [[HypocriticalHumor joke]]?

** There was no way to tell which tunnel was correct. The fact that because 4Kids didn't say that she had psychic woman powers, LittleKuriboh thought they were being sexist ruined an otherwise good episode.

* Speaking of the jabs at Naruto the abridged series, why Little Kuriboh makes a jab at Naruto the abridged movie? For all I know, there is only one part (I saw part 2 through 4, yet it's obviously made by someone else (no not the LittleKuriboh one) and there is also hbi2K's version) is it justified because of Vegeta3986's laziness or I missed a joke about it?
** I believe it's already been said, but the abridge guys all poke fun at each other all the time. I don't think it honestly matters who he's making the jab at, because it's just all in good fun. These guys just rip on each other for RuleOfFunny. They have nothing against each other. Hell, in some episodes, LittleKuriboh mocks TeamFourStar, and he's a PART of TeamFourStar. He could be poking fun at either version, and it doesn't matter, the fellow abridgers know its just harmless teasing.

** 4kids aren't the ones who take down LittleKuriboh's stuff all the time. It's almost always the people who own the rights to the ''Japaense'' series, not the dub.

** StableTimeLoop shenanigans! The reason she cannot see into the future to see the answer is if she does then where does that answer come from? It never existed because she never figured it out, and therefore cannot look into the future for it. As for her using her powers to cheat, I think you give her too much credit. I bet she ended up looking it up on GameFaqs.

* Why does Alister say that the names of the relevant nations in his backstory are not important when questioned by Kaiba about it? The fact that he doesn't know the names is actually important to the story, considering that it's the reason why he chose to blame the Kaiba family instead of directing his vengeance towards the nation that was at war with his homeland.

* In Pharaoh's Throne, when Yami summons the Egyptian gods, he calls out their names. So why in the hell did he use Ra? Nowhere else was Ra used for the actual God, which is named Mega Ultra Chicken in this series. Why did he change the name? Why did he use the name from the proper series? [[AdventuresofSonictheHedgehog WHY!? WHY!? WHHHYYYY!!?]]

** It went as far as stopping to be a joke and became Marik's actual personality, even for a comedy series, changing a character's personality just because you want to change the jokes is too far-fetched, in-universe, Marik's being a poorly closeted homosexual and other stuff is actually taken serious(much to Florence's chargin), or at least as serious as it can get.
* Duke's inability to explain why Dungeon Dice Monsters is completelly different from Duel Monsters, each game have it's own very distinct set of rules, not to mention DDM is fairly more luck based that DM, Duke only uses the same creatures from DM, which is actually a fairly smart marketing idea(as DM is already an obscenelly popular game) as long as the holder of the copyrights, who is most likelly Pegasus(not to mention, several monsters appear on ancient stone tablets and stuff, it is possible they are public domain characters), agreed with it, which he aparently did, so, [[MostAnnoyingSound tell]] [[CallBack me]], is there anything on it other that RuleOfFunny?

*** I already mentioned that on the very question, Duke could just say "It uses dices" or something to this effect to shut everyone's mouth for good…
** Duke's arguing the finer points of a dice game to a bunch of teenagers and a 3000 year old Pharaoh who's a massive dick. Duke could have Pegasus show up and tell them that DDM and DM are different, and they just wouldn't care.

** Mega Ultra Chicken is the curent day name of the monster, I mean, you don't think Slifer was called "The Executive Producer" in ancient Egypt, do you?

* During Yami Plays Fallout3, why does Yami keep using Creator/LiamNeeson's "I will find you…" speech from Taken? Neeson's had a lot more films since then, and he's played more memorable roles, so it's a bit of an odd choice.
** The "I will find you…" line is a fairly popular meme at the moment that viewers can easily recognize/relate to or something. And it sounds bloody hilarious coming out of Yami's mouth, so why not?

** Slifer making Kaiba's ego look miniscule could be due to the fact that the card is named so because Slifer the Sky Dragon was renamed from Osiris the Sky Dragon by Slifer the... Executive Producer. The audacity of that move is why the comment is made. It's not Slifer's size that makes Kaiba's ego look small,[[FridgeBrilliance it's his ego]]!

** Isn't it based off of someone from PerfectHairForever?

* Why is it Ishizu has trouble with a ProfessorLayton puzzle if she can see the future?

** Because she didn't have [[strike:hint coins]] money, and thus was not able to cheat.

** Slifer making Kaiba's ego look miniscule could be due to the fact that the card is named so because Slifer the Sky Dragon was renamed from Osiris the Sky Dragon by Slifer the… Executive Producer. The audacity of that move is why the comment is made. It's not Slifer's size that makes Kaiba's ego look small,[[FridgeBrilliance it's his ego]]!

* So… Is his (Yami Bakura) name Florence or not?! The exact line is "Did you know they wanted to call me Florence? Who names a boy Florence?". But it seems like Florence is the most commonly used name for him. It is quite confusing.

* Do they know they are in a bleeding online series or not? They act like the latter a lot, bit then they keep acting like they are in the anime...oh dear, I've gone cross eyed.

*** [[MindScrew And yet there's a Kung Fu Panda poster on the president of Dreamworks' wall]]…
*** Same reason everything that happens in this series...RuleOfFunny.
* In episode 52, I know it's RuleOfFunny, but there's a part where Yugi can't remember Duke's name… Despite the fact he said it about 20 seconds earlier at the frickin' start of the same conversation. It just bugs me is all.

* Okay, I am ''very'' confused. Did Téa [[spoiler:get her body back in Episode 53 or is Marik now the one controlling her?]] I originally thought it was the latter, but I've heard people say it's the former.
** No,[[spoiler: she's got her body back. If Marik was in control, you'd probably hear his voice coming from her. If you've ever seen the unabridged series though, then you can just wait a few episodes and he will be possesing her after all. Should be fun.]]

** Slifer making Kaiba's ego look miniscule could be due to the fact that the card is named so because Slifer the Sky Dragon was renamed from Osiris the Sky Dragon by Slifer the...Executive Producer. The audacity of that move is why the comment is made. It's not Slifer's size that makes Kaiba's ego look small...[[FridgeBrilliance it's his ego]]!

** that's the joke you know...

* So... Is his (Yami Bakura) name Florence or not?! The exact line is "Did you know they wanted to call me Florence? Who names a boy Florence?". But it seems like Florence is the most commonly used name for him. It is quite confusing.

*** [[MindScrew And yet there's a Kung Fu Panda poster on the president of Dreamworks' wall]]...

* In episode 52, I know it's RuleOfFunny, but there's a part where Yugi can't remember Duke's name... Despite the fact he said it about 20 seconds earlier at the frickin' start of the same conversation. It just bugs me is all.

** I kinda think that's part of the joke. Abridgers take jabs at each other all the time. LK even takes jabs at TeamFourStar sometimes...even though [[TakeThatMe he IS a part]] of TeamFourStar.

** Apparently not for vacation if this scene is any indication...Jaden has no clue why they're there. (note this scene came up AFTER Jaden claimed he was there on vacation)

-->'''Jaden''': F*ck it...you win!
-->'''Yusei''': Always do...

*** Same reason he attacked Yusei? To steal Jaden's trading card? (even though he got his own card back)....yeah this movie does have it's head up its own anus, but maybe...uhh? Because Jaden is a Pwotagonist...and Paradox is the villian of the movie?

*** I already mentioned that on the very question, Duke could just say "It uses dices" or something to this effect to shut everyone's mouth for good...

* During Yami Plays Fallout3, why does Yami keep using Creator/LiamNeeson's "I will find you.." speech from Taken? Neeson's had a lot more films since then, and he's played more memorable roles, so it's a bit of an odd choice.
** The "I will find you..." line is a fairly popular meme at the moment that viewers can easily recognize/relate to or something. And it sounds bloody hilarious coming out of Yami's mouth, so why not?

* While Joey calling Ra/Mega Ultra Chicken [[Pokemon Moltres]] was funny, if LK is familiar enough with Pokemon to reference that one and the Kanto region, wouldn't he know that there are non-Kanto locations where Moltres can be found, like Mount Silver, Mount Ember, roaming Sinnoh... And now, the Ep.59 opening argues exactly otherwise.

* Yugi's about to give Kaiba the finishing blow during a duel, which will blow him off the side of Pegasus's castle and possibly kill him. Yugi's friends are ecstatic that Yugi is going to kill Kaiba. Tea stops Yugi from making the final blow because, if he does, "Kaiba might survive." So how does this work? They all would love to see him dead. They can either have Yugi win and risk Kaiba living, or have Yugi lose or have Kaiba survive regardless. So Tea makes Yugi let Kaiba live because there's a chance Kaiba will live anyway?

* Yugi's about to give Kaiba the finishing blow during a duel, which will blow him off the side of Pegasus's castle and possibly kill him. Yugi's friends are ecstatic that Yugi is going to kill Kaiba. Tea stops Yugi from making the final blow because, if he does, "Kaiba might survive." So how does this work? They all would love to see him dead. They can either have Yugi win and risk Kaiba living, or have Yugi lose or have Kaiba survive regardless. So Tea makes Yugi let Kaiba live because there's a chance Kaiba will live anyway?

* I think I figured out the problem with all the potshots at ''WebOriginal/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries.'' Unlike all the other swipes at other abridgers, the ones at NTAS seem a bit more mean-spirited than the others.

* Let's set the record straight: is there ''really'' a Mokubamobile?