"I mean, uh, everybody crosses it. Because it's a bridge. Yeah. And before you know it everybody and their mother is making a bridge! So there's a bridge. Everywhere. Nobody even knows why they're making a bridge anymore. They just want people to cross it. They don't care where they're going. The first guy is like, 'I'm going to go to conventions to promote my bridge!' It's like, it's just a bridge. It's not a big deal. Get over it."
A Sub-Trope of Gag Dub and a type of Crack Fic, that deals specifically with shortening works of fiction, and making fun of it. Stricto sensu an abridged series, well, abridges, but many examples over the years have added wholly unique narratives (e.g. Jiz). The first of these was Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, which posted its first episode on YouTube in 2006 — however, the idea of abridging works for fun started way earlier, dating back to The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (a play first performed in 1987), as well as Adobe Flash cartoons in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Other YouTubers who liked Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged began abridging other popular series. Originally, abridging was simply a Follow the Leader, but over the years has become a genre in itself. In the mid-2010s, a sub-genre based on "MENT" emerged.
Most are on YouTube, but some can be found elsewhere, like Dailymotion.
Also be aware that different episodes of certain abridged series may be scattered across different users.
Generally, the existence of most of these fall into a legal grey area, at least as far as US law is concerned. While all of them are generally parodies, which are legal as per the Supreme Court decision in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., the use of copyrighted material puts it at odds with the DMCA.note This has led to YouTube pulling abridged series such as OPA Studios, Sailor Moon Abridged and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, to mixed success.
Remember that this is a genre, not a trope. Do not put a link to this page in the source work trope list. Instead put it under "Referenced by..." in the work's Trivia sub page.
Compare Fan Vid and Remix Comic.
See also Abridged Series Tropes. Doesn't really have much to do with Abridged for Children, though some may be made more humorous in a manner similar to this trope. For straight adaptations of series that shorten the length, see Adaptation Distillation.
Examples:
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Abridged Series Creators
Series with their own pages
- 07-Ghost Abridged
- One Bruce One Recaps (Sweet Valley High Abridged)
- 50% OFF (Free! Abridged)
- Abridgimon Frontier
- The Abridging of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Ace Attorney Abridged
- Alternate Reality DBZ
- Animal Crossing Wild World Abridged
- Attack on Titan works:
- Abridged on Titan
- Attack on Titan Abridged (Made by Team Four Star)
- A Slap On Titan
- Avatar: The Abridged Series
- Aveyond 3 Abridged
- Batman Dubs
- Baywatching
- Berserk Abridged
- The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)
- Bible Black Abridged
- Big O Abridged
- Bleach MENT
- Bleach (S) Abridged
- The Bugger Anthology
- Calvin and Hobbes: The Abridged Series
- Cardfaptor Sakura
- Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque : La Série Abrégée
- The Chipmunks Parody Show
- Chobits Abridged
- Code Geass: The Abridged Series
- Code MENT
- Corpse Party Abridged
- Danganronpa works:
- Death Note works:
- Death Note Abridged (Dogface701)
- Death Note Abridged Hikari Pop
- Death Note Abridged Parody Charleston VO
- Death Note Abridged Stacked Sugar Cubes
- Death Note Abridged Tio H And Dargonakis
- Death Note Temporary Insanity
- Death Note The Abridged Series 1 Kids Entertainment
- Death Note The Abridged Series Cheftoni FTW
- Death Note: The Abridged Series (kpts4tv)
- Death Note: The Abridged Series (Team Dattebayo)
- Denpa Teki The Abridged Movie
- The Devil Is a Part-Timer Abridged
- Digimon Adventure tri. Abridged
- Digimon Resumido
- Doraemon Abridged by CLW Entertainment
- Dragon Ball Z Abridged
- Dr. Stone ABRIDGED
- Dubbed By Tacos
- Dub of the North Star
- Ed Edd n Eddy: The Other Series
- The Editing Room
- EvAbridged
- Evangelion Abridged
- Evangelion: ReDeath
- Excel Saga Abridged
- Fate Apocrabridged
- Fate/Cero
- Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Abridged
- Final Fantasy In A Nutshell
- Final Fantasy VII Abridged
- Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged
- Food MENT
- Forbidden Broadway
- Freeman's Mind
- Fruits Basket Abridged
- Fullmetal Abridged
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Abridged
- Gantz Abridged
- Gargoyles Abridged
- Girls Und Panzer Abridged
- Goblin Slayer Abridged
- Golden Sun: The Abridged Series
- Gundam Abridged
- Gurren Lagann The Abridged Series
- Gurren Lagann The Satire
- Heartcatch Pretty Cure! A Bridging
- Hellsing Ultimate Abridged
- Higurashi Parody Fandub
- Hitler Rants (based on Downfall)
- How I Caught Your Mother (Pokemon Origins)
- How To Be An Adventurer (aka DanMachi Abridged)
- Indexd
- Jetters Abridged
- Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Abridged
- Diamond Is Unabridgable
- Vaguely Recalling JoJo
- But Really Really Fast (JJBA is their only "serial" work so far)
- K-On! The Abridged Series
- Kamen Driver
- Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: The Abridged Series
- Kämpfer Abridged
- Kingdom Hearts in a Nutshell
- Kirby Abridged
- Korra Bridged
- Kotoura-san Abridged
- Last Exile Abridged
- The Legend of Zelda: The Abridged Series
- Log Horizon Abridged
- Love Hina Abridged
- Macross Abridged
- Mad Because Small
- Madoka Abridged
- Medaka MENT
- Metal Gear Solid The Abridged Snakes
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Abridgerty
- Mirai Nikki The Abridged Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam Abridged
- Monster Abridged
- Monster of the Week
- Muh Phoenix
- My Dumb Academia
- My Hero Abridged
- My Hero Academia: Abridged
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic works:
- Classy Raccoon Productions MLP Abridged
- Friendship Is for Adults
- Friendship is Witchcraft
- Major League Pony
- My Little Pony: Camaraderie is Supernatural
- My Little Pony in a Nutshell
- My Little Pony: The Mentally Advanced Series
- My Little Pony: Totally Legit Recap
- Pony Pokey
- Scootertrix the Abridged
- Ultra Fast Pony
- Naruto works:
- Negima The Abridged Series
- The New Abridged Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Noisy Hill
- None Piece
- Noragami Abridged
- Nullmetal Alchemist
- Omni Bleach Abridged
- One Punch Stan (A one-shot)
- Ouran: The Vaguely Abridged Series
- Pandora Hearts Abridged
- Parappa Abridged
- Persona 3 Abridged
- Persona 4 Abridged
- Persona 4 Abridged (The Abridgigation Team)
- Persona 5 Abridged
- Phoenix Wright Abridged
- Planet of Hats
- Pokémon works:
- Pony Horror Abridged
- Pop Team Epic en Chileno
- Princess Tutu Abridged
- Project Voicebend
- Ranma ½ Abridged
- Ranma ½: The Abridged Chronicles
- ReBoot: The Abridged Series
- Redwall The Abridged Series
- Resident Evil Abridged
- Rharyx Abridged Series (Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy)
- Ruining Moomin
- The Room Gag Dub
- Rose of Versailles Abridged
- RWBY works:
- Sailor Moon Abridged
- Sam & Max: The Abridged Series
- Scooby-Doo Abridged
- The Seven Deadly Schmucks
- Sgt. Frog Abridged
- The Simpsums
- The Slayers Abridged
- Sonic the Hedgehog works:
- Space Dandy Abridged
- Spiderdub
- Super Mario Bros. The Parody Series
- Supernatural: The Animation Abridged
- Sweary She-Ra
- Sword Art Online Abridged
- Sword Farce Online
- Tales of the Abyss: The Abridged Series
- Tamers Abridged
- Teen Titans The Abridged Series
- Tenchi Muyo Abridged
- Thomas Abridged
- Tokyo Mew Mew in a Nutshell
- Truncated Power Rangers
- Tsubasa Abridged
- Umineko Parody Fandub
- Uncanny X-Men Abridged
- Uncharted 3 - Drake's Misfortune
- Vision of Escaflowne Abridged
- The War of the Abridged Series Creators
- Warrior Cats The Abridged Series note
- Wedding Peach Abridged
- Winx Abridged
- The With Voices Project
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Abridged
- Xiaolin Showdown Abridged
- Yo Kaimon
- Young Justice Abridged
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series
- Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged
Other Series Examples
Before adding something to this section, please make sure it DOESN'T have its own page and thus belongs in the above section. List the source first, then link to the abridged series artist; there should be at least two episodes made; please place new series in alphabetical order by title. If there are multiple authors, those should also be alphabetized.
Anime & Manga
- Accel World
- Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari
- Angel Beats!
- Angelic Layer
- Anime, in general
- Another
- Asura Cryin'
- Azumanga Daioh
- Baccano!
- Black Butler
- Black Cat
- CountAbyss [Discontinued]
- CountAbyss
- Black Lagoon
- Black★Rock Shooter
- BlazBlue
- Team Azure Drive
- Shadow Draygon (BlazBlue: Alter Memory)
- DEEsidia Named "BlazBlue: Another Memory". Also has a side series called "BlazBlue: Slice of Life" using the chibi sprites from "Teach Me! Miss Litchi" and "Help Me! Professor Kokonoe!"
- Team Azure Drive
- Bleach
- BleachXDAbridged
- Getsugabridged
- khenpoe
- Sehanort
- Semisoma1 [Discontinued]
- TheDarkTRex
- Bleach La Serie Abregee (French, appears to be dead)
- Hueco Mundo Cup
- Bleach (S) Abridged
- BleachXDAbridged
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
- Beet the Vandel Buster
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
- Buso Renkin
- Case Closed
- Detective Conan Abridged
- Taste Closed: Part 1 and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZpt-NnPpik Part 2]
- Detective Conan Abridged
- CLANNAD
- Chaos;Head
- Code Geass
- Cube×Cursed×Curious
- Daily Livesof Highschool Boys
- Darker than Black
- Date A Live
- Deadman Wonderland
- Death Note
- Destiny of the Shrine Maiden
- MagicalFlute [Discontinued]
- MagicalFlute
- The Devil is a Part-Timer!
- D.Gray-Man
- Digimon Adventure
- Digimon Tamers
- Digimon Frontier
- D.N.Angel
- Dragon Ball GT
- Dragon Ball Z
- Eden of the East
- PandoraHerself
- Century 22. Oddly enough, presented partly as a Doctor Who fan series/reimagining of the source material.
- PandoraHerself
- El Cazador de la Bruja
- Elfen Lied
- BennettTheSage (on indefinite hiatus; he is now involved with other projects)
- disposable157
- BennettTheSage
- Eureka Seven
- SoDA its a one shot.
- QuackExpAbridgers
- SakuraChant
- SoDA
- Fairy Tail
- FairyTailAbridge - two series Fairy Tail Abridged and S-M-W-S-O-S.
- PalletTownChampions
- FairyTailAbridge
- The Familiar of Zero
- Fantasy Kaleidoscope
- Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA
- Fate/stay night
- Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]
- Fate/Zero
- Fate/Apocrypha
- Fist of the North Star
- Fist of the North Star: The Abridged - was one of many entrants to Team Four Star TIBA 2016 contest. (Indefinite Hiatus)
- Ken le Survivant! Abrégé (ishigata) (French)
- Fist of the North Star: The Abridged
- Free!
- Fruits Basket
- Full Metal Panic!
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
- Gakuen Alice
- Girls und Panzer
- Glass Fleet
- Golden Time
- Faulerro (a one-shot)
- Faulerro
- Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun
- Grenadier
- Green Green
- Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl
- Gundam
- GUN×SWORD
- Haré+ Guu
- Hamtaro
- Haruhi Suzumiya
- Haruka Nogizaka's Secret
- Hentai Prince and the Stony Cat
- High School D×D
- Highschool of the Dead
- TeamAARU
- BubblexMunkey & McCreadie1989 Named High School of the Dead Kinda
- TeamoftheDead
- HoTDAbridged
- TeamAARU
- Hunter × Hunter
- YamatoSFX (1999 anime)
- Claudio Chileno Fandub (1999 anime, Spanish)
- HA x HA (from Earl of Bessington) (2011 anime)
- YamatoSFX
- Inazuma Eleven
- NoruDaTheRetard (French)
- NoruDaTheRetard
- Higurashi: When They Cry
- Animanga211/AniMana21 (When They Cry The Abridged Series)
- Crazyboutcena54
- Animanga211
- Humanity Has Declined
- Infinite Stratos
- Runawayturist (as the series name implies, a bizarre and exaggerated-idiot-filled reimagining in the vein of Code MENT)
- AnimeRevAbridged
- Runawayturist
- Inuyasha
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- ishigata (Covering the third arc) (French)
- ishigata (Covering the third arc)
- Kämpfer
- Masako X (Yes. That Masako)
- KempferAbridged
- Masako X
- KanColle
- Kikaider
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- Kill la Kill
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
- Kiznaiver
- Kotoura-san
- Last Exile
- Virus465 (Max465) [Inactive]
- Virus465 (Max465)
- Loveless
- Love Hina
- Love Live!
- Lucky Star
- Sonicring123Dubs (look for "Lucky Pervs")
- Sonicring123Dubs
- Lupin III [Specifically of Lupin III: Part II]
- RedJacketThief (KaiserNeko) (taken down and on hiatus.)
- Sqweasel Media has six of eight episodes: [1] [2] [3] [5] [6] [7]
- The episodes were restored to YouTube in the name of LupinThe3rdTAS
- Sqweasel Media
- RedJacketThief
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- Macross: Did You Forget About Love? by Evil Plot Productions, first shown at Otakon 2012
- Macross: Did You Forget About Love?
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha + A's
- Maria†Holic
- Toaster [Inactive]
- Toaster
- Martian Successor Nadesico
- NergalHQProductions (Shadowfoxx85)[Inactive]
- NergalHQProductions (Shadowfoxx85)
- MD Geist
- Megaman Star Force / Ryuusei no Rockman
- Medabots
- Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
- Monster
- Monster Rancher
- Mushishi
- My-HiME
- Mysterious Girlfriend X
- Naruto
- ishigata (French)
- ishigata
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Konataproduction
- RebornZombie
- ThePRPD2
- Evangelion: ReDeath by Studio Sokodei is almost, but not quite, an Abridged Series. Created in 2000, this Gag Dub predates the original Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series and consists of a single 34 minute video that parodies the plot of the Evangelion series and movies.
- Konataproduction
- No Game No Life
- One Piece [Most are down due to copyright infringement claims]
- Fauxnami
- Taken down as of this date.
- ToonLord
- Taken down as of this date.
- EastBlueStudios
- Taken down as of this date.
- XxReaper7xX (gone due to aggressive copyright takedowns from Toei and no one has reuploaded it; Reaper has said he wants to bring it back, but who knows when or if that'll ever happen)
- Uraby210Incorporated (Currently active and at 31 episodes)
- Fauxnami
- One-Punch Man
- Persona 3: The Movie
- Persona 4: The Animation
- Pokémon
- CaptnAwesomee (Reuploaded, since the author's account was suspended)
- Pokédubs
- SolarBlade00
- 1KidsEntertainment.
- Haltura Band (Hebrew; subtitled in English)
- Orange Islands
- CaptnAwesomee
- Project A-Ko
- Fast Food Freedom Fighters is essentially a proto-version of the "Abridging" phenomenon, a cut-down parody dub with only the most tenuous connection to the original.
- Fast Food Freedom Fighters
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Rebellion
- Queen's Blade
- Ranma ½
- Reborn! (2004)
- Reign: The Conqueror
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Whip0fAlchemy from Megami33's SMA
- NajiMinkin
- Episodes can be viewed at DailyMotion
- Episodes can be viewed at DailyMotion
- Whip0fAlchemy
- Rosario + Vampire
- Rurouni Kenshin
- CaptainAwesome [Inactive]
- RogueAbridger
- SamTheGreek - Samurai X OVA's
- Touketsu - Most Recent
- CaptainAwesome
- Sailor Moon
- ElipticalStudios
- Moonsidesaturn [Inactive]
- ACruelPicture (Sailor Moon den Försvenskade Serien, Swedish)
- ElipticalStudios
- Saint Seiya
- Vai Seiya! ("Go Seiya", Brazilian Portuguese; on hiatus)
- CDZ : La Série Abrégée (Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque, French)
- Vai Seiya!
- Saiyuki
- gahooly [Discontinued]
- whiteash (FroLegend) (Saiyuki Reload)
- gahooly
- S Cryed
- Samurai Champloo
- Sands of Destruction
- Sankarea
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman:
- Shakugan no Shana
- Sgt. Frog
- Bokegaeru Productions' Sgt Frog: The Other Abridged Series [Defunct, though may be coming back in the future]
- Bokegaeru Productions' Sgt Frog: The Other Abridged Series
- Shaman King
- SHUFFLE!
- Scourgemaster93 [Discontinued]
- Scourgemaster93
- Sonic X
- Soul Eater
- Strawberry Panic!
- Sukisho
- Symphogear
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- The iDOLM@STER
- The Law of Ueki
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Toradora!
- TaigaVision
- XvXBL0ODXvX Titled Toradora Randomness
- TaigaVision
- Trigun
- SamuraiKH2 (has been moved to a new account due to SamuraiKH2's account being hacked)
- Hyruleboy and LucasEB2's up and coming Trigun Abridged: A Tale of A Boy and His Gun.
- SamuraiKH2
- Trinity Blood
- Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-
- Uzumaki
- Vampire Knight
- The Vision of Escaflowne The Movie
- Voltron
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Yuri!!! on Ice
- Yaoi!!! On The Rocks (currently only one episode)
- Yaoi!!! On The Rocks
- Zatch Bell!
Films — Live-Action
- Child's Play
- Inception: Reverse Mind F*ck
- Harry Potter:
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Rang4001 (Spanish)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: AnonymeGT (French)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: AnonymeGT (French)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: AnonymeGT (French)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Rang4001
- The Matrix: Vektor (Hungarian)
- V for Vendetta The comedy series. No I am not joking.
- Doctor Zhivago (Abridged)
- God's Not Dead in 5 minutes
- Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection was an early example. It was a Eighties television show that abridged various movies (a different one for each episode).
- Train to Busan (yes, really):
Literature
- Harry Potter:
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: [1]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: [2]
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: [3]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: [4]
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: [5]
- Potted Potter is Daniel Clarkson and Jeff Turner's condensation of all seven books into a 70-minute stage show; Jeff plays Harry, and Dan plays all other characters.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: [1]
- Spice and Wolf
Live-Action TV
- Breaking Bad:
- Breaking Bad Is Now On ABC - A Genre Shift turning the show into an ABC sitcom, complete with Laugh Track.
- Breaking Bad Is Now On ABC
- Drake & Josh
- Friends:
- FRIEND (The One With Gunther) is a one-man stage show that runs through all ten seasons in an hour, from the perspective of everyone's favourite barista.
- FRIEND (The One With Gunther)
- Game of Thrones
- Heroes
- Kamen Rider
- Lost
- The Mandalorian
- Once Upon a Time
- Power Rangers
- The Prisoner
- Parabol Productions presents The Detective.
- Parabol Productions
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- TNG Recut. This one features extreme Adaptational Villainy, as the Enterprise crew are turned from the compassionate and moral people they are in the show into a gang of murderers and psychopaths.
- TNG Recut
Pro Wrestling
Theater
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged): Arguably the Ur-Example of this style of storytelling, predating the first internet-based abridgement by 19 years.note
- Broadway Abridged
- Tragedy of the Embryo, by Frigyes Karinthy. A parody of Imre Madach's Tragedy of Man is deliberately presented as a compressed stage adaptation of the original work.
Video Games
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- BlazBlue
- Dark Souls
- Devil May Cry 5
- Dragon Age II
- REFUGEinAUDACITY (Yes, taken from the trope named Refuge in Audacity)
- REFUGEinAUDACITY
- Diablo II
- Eternal Darkness
- Final Fantasy VII
- SonsofSatire
- Final fantasy 7 in 2 minutes, 44 seconds, 48,38537 microseconds. Surprisingly accurate for a video this short.
- SonsofSatire
- Final Fantasy X
- Final Fantasy XV
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- Kingdom Hearts
- Abridged Hearts
- Jpace92
- Shinigami1300
- Shuyin104 and Auron225
- YoukuroKageStudios
- AnonymeGT (Chain of Memories, French)
- Abridged Hearts
- King's Quest V
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
- Ocarina of Time
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- Mass Effect
- Excalibur Brothers
- Space Scumbag (ME 3)
- Excalibur Brothers
- Mega Man Legends
- Resident Evil 4
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Sonic Colors
- Super Mario Bros.
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Tales of Symphonia
- The World Ends with You
- PlayStation 4
- While not a series, VideoGamerTV made a video called PS4 Announcement Abridged that follows all the tropes associated with abridged series. Abridgings of many more conferences followed.
- While not a series, VideoGamerTV
- EVERYTHING!
- MOST THINGS!
Western Animation
- Batman: The Animated Series
- Batman Beyond
- The New Adventures of Batman
- Ben 10
- The Berenstain Bears
- Code Lyoko
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- The Fensler Films G.I. Joe PSAs
- Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
- Jem
- Justice League
- Korra Bridged
- Littlest Pet Shop (2012)
- Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)
- Men in Black
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- The Raccoons
- Redwall
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Superfriends
- Super Mario Bros. (DiC)
- Thomas & Friends
- Transformers: Generation 1
- The "Geewun Redone" series by Freddery McMahon
- The Amazing Adventures of the Transformers
- Thundercatlord
- The "Geewun Redone" series by Freddery McMahon
- X-Men: The Animated Series
- X-Men: Evolution
- Young Justice (2010)
- Winx Abridged
Other
- The Editing Room, home of the Abridged Script, is this for a wide range of movies.
- There exists "Edited Videos" like this one, wherein various sound clips are edited in to a video to make everything from kids' shows to commercials raunchy.
Oh, I get it, it's... A bridge!
