Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series/Shout-Out


The Movie

Yugi: "By the power of Greyskull!"
Yami: "I have the power!"

  • When Kaiba summons XYZ-Dragon Cannon during his fight with Pegasus, the Transformers theme song starts to play.
  • Yami says "Kaiba, I'm sure on some planet, your strategy is considered powerful, but your weak link is: this is Earth", which was said in Kung Pow! Enter the Fist.
  • When looking for Yami in the labyrinth, Yugi shouts "KHAAANNNNN!" in frustration.
  • "Run! Get to da choppa!"
  • "You certainly took your sweet time, didn't you! I mean, come on, the movie's almost over! Who do you think you are? Venom?"

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

  • The title is "Everybody Hates Mako".
  • "That is correct", spoken in the robotic, monotonic unison by Pegasus's group, is used by the Daleks.

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

  • The episode is titled "Both Of You, DanceDuel Like You Want To Win." Wait a minute...
  • Plenty of Shaft shout-outs here. When Yugi transforms to Yami, Shaft's theme song is used.

" It's time to duel, sucker. Can you dig it?"

    • Also here:

Joey: "That Yugi's one bad mother-"
Tea and Tristan: "Shut your mouth!"
Joey: "I'm just talking about Yugi"
Tea and Tristan: "Then we can dig it."

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

  • "Me love you, long time."
  • More Star Wars references, such as:
    • "A long time ago, on an island far, far away ...", followed the classic Star Wars theme song and introduction.
    • "Pegasus's castle, you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."
    • When Mai convinces Kemo to let Tea, Bakura and Tristan in.

MAI: You don't need to see their identification.
KEMO:I don't need to see their identification.
MAI: These aren't the breasts you're looking for.
KEMO: These aren't the breasts I'm looking for.

    • "The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master."
    • "That's no toon, that's a space station!"
    • Also:

KAIBA: "Help me Mokuba, you're my only hope."
MOKUBA: "Use the Force, big brother!"

    • The scene after the credits has this conversation between Kemo and Tristan.

KEMO: Yugi never told you what happened to your father!
TRISTAN: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!
KEMO: No... my hair is your father!
TRISTAN: That's not true.. that's impossible!
KEMO: Search your feelings, you know it to be true!
TRISTAN: Nooooooooo!

Episode 16

Episode 17

Mako: I fed his Dark Magician to my fiend Craken. It was just like the ending to Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Only this was actually satisfying.

  • The ad for the Very Special Episode of Zorc and Pals the theme to Kingdom Hearts plays.
  • There are somethings that money can't buy, for everything else, there's Kaiba Corp.

Episode 18

Episode 19

  • In the beginning of the episode:

"By the way, have you ever seen Labyrinth?"
"No, why?"

  • cue "Magic Dance"*
  • From COPS: "Yu-gi-oh was filmed on location with the men and women of the Domino City Police Department."
  • Another line by Bakura:
  • While Tea is reading Pegasus' blog:

Episode 20

Episode 21

  • The fairy continually said "Hey, listen!".
    • Then "Saria's song" plays as the ship appears.
  • Three Little Pigs: "Attention, duelists. My hair will huff, and my hair will puff, and my hair will blow your house in."
  • "Look! It's Agrabah. Let's go find the genie voiced by Robin Williams and occasionally by Dan Castellaneta.
  • As Kemo approaches them, Tristan and Tea sings Shampoo's Trouble.

TRISTAN: (singing) Uh-oh. We're in trouble. Something's come along and it's burst our bubble.
TÉA: (singing) Yeah, yeah!

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

  • The episode's intro has the reference to a Cap'n Crunch cereal commercial: "Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged, it stays crunchy even in milk."

Episode 25

  • From 24: The following card games take place between 9 PM and 10 PM.

Episode 26

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 29

Episode 30

  • The episode is almost entirely dedicated to Saw.

Yami: You've got to be kidding me.

  • In the same episode, Yami starts listing spoilers because the villain is an obvious fan of plot twists. He's cut off by a title card, but 3 are heard that sound oddly familiar...

Yami: SNAPE KILLS D--
[many spoilers later...]
Yami: --Nicole Kidman is a ghost, and Rosebud is his sled!

Marik: What is a man?! A miserable pile of secrets! But enough of this...! I'm out of here.
Yugi: Come back here, and take your henchman with you!

  • In also the same episode, the opening and the closing theme of said episode is a reference to the theme song of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
  • At the very beginning of the episode: the giant hedgehog who says "Dinsdale" is a reference to the Piranha Brothers sketch from Monty Python.

Episode 31

Episode 32


Episode 33

Episode 34

Episode 35

Episode 36

Episode 37

Episode 38

Episode 39

Episode 40

Episode 41

Episode 42

Marik: I am Kira, I mean Marik.
Yami: And there's the obligatory Death Note reference. I never thought we'd sink that low.

Episode 44

Episode 45

Episode 46

Episode 47

Episode 48

Episode 49

Episode 50

Joey: Well, it looks like Johnson couldn't handle the truth! Huh? Huh?
Yugi: No.

Episode 51

Episode 52

  • Kaiba says "Come at me bro." (a shout out to the Rooster Teeth Podcast)
    • Somewhat unrelated, but bonus points to those who are familiar with the term "lad" in an Australian setting.
    • Just before this(as he's picking up the pipe), Kaiba says "Grabbin' a pipe!" which is most likely a Left 4 Dead reference.
  • The Star Wars shout-outs continue on:

Evil Tristan: "The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner. Now I am the guy kicking your ass with a stick."

  • Joey's tackle attack sounds a lot like Pikachu's Volt Tackle.

Yugi: Quick, Joey. Use tackle!
Joey: Joeyjoeyjoeyjoeyjoey Joey JOEY!

  • When Evil Tristan rides out of the garage on a motorcycle we get a shout out to Tristan's Japanese name, Hiroto Honda.

Joey: Is that a Honda? (Questioning the motorcycle Evil Tristan is riding)
Yugi: No, his name's Tristan.

Episode 53

Marik: Bored now.

Episode 54

Episode 55

Bonds Beyond Time

Yusei: *Spots Paradox in a photo* Look, it's him!
Jack: You found Waldo!?
Yusei: It's the guy who stole my card!
Jack: Waldo stole your card?

  • The Crimson Dragon shouting "ATREYU!"
  • Paradox is able to knock Jaden down. Afterwards:
  • When confronting Paradox:

Yusei Alright, you time-traveling screwhead! This... is my SIGNER MARK![2]

Jaden: I thought you said you weren't going to let me ride it.
Yusei: Everybody gets one.

General/Unsorted/Other

"The power, the absolute power!"

  • In the manga review, Little Kuriboh borrows a familiar catchphrase of Linkara's: Our hero protagonist, ladies and gentleman.
  • The song Feuer Frei is played in all the chase scenes in the first movie.
  • Of course, there are a few shout outs to the sequels, GX, 5D's and Zexal (or as they call it in the US, GX).
  • LK has also made several parody songs, enough to qualify as an entire album soon.
  • Melvin's obsession with hugs may be a reference to End of Evangelion, where, by the end, all of mankind have exploded into a sea of fuel by the dangerous combination of evil, happiness and hugs. His psychotic nature also hints that he might be aiming for this.
  • "I'm staring into the distant past. It's sort of like playing Eternal Darkness."
  • "That's my bread and butter you're (EFF)ing with."
    • In the 2010 April Fools video, the opening for the fake 5Ds Abridged Series is an homage to the show's opening, complete with the camera zooming in on Jack's mouth before the theme kicks in.
  • In recent episodes, he and Linkara have mutually referenced each other, culminating in each doing a cameo line in the other's video.
  • "Who's the Boom King? Tristan's the Boom King!" Shortly afterwords, Tea reprimands him for choosing the wrong time to quote awesome shows.
  • "This is the perfect opportunity for a Lost reference!"
  • In the flashback where Serenity moves away from Joey, she shouts "Joey, stop this crazy thing!" from the back of the vehicle.
  • Crump's tendency to lick his lips and hiss is a reference to Hannibal Lecter.
  • From the Yugi VS. Jaden rap battle: Who's the motherflippin'?.
  • There's tons of references to The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time on episode 21.
  • "EA Sports, it's in the card games."
  • On Episode 39 Tristan randomly says, "Zack and Cody are my imaginary friends."
    • This is later made fun of in episode 46, where Bakura says Zork's got a contract for a new show, "The Suite Life of Zork and Cody".
  • The names of the two Nazi-esque Kaiba-corp security agents are Hans and Gruber.
  • Marik Plays Bloodlines has "His hair looks like something out of Space Channel 5!"
  • One episode ends with Howl freaking out and telling Sophie to get off the fucking set.
  • Kaiba almost starts singing "Friday". Luckly the camera quickly cuts away.
  • In a video LittleKuriboh made for a fanartist, Tristan punches Joey and shouts "I am a man!"
  • Probably an Evangelion reference: In "The Other Abridged Movie," when Gary Stu finds out how long the duel between Yugi and Kaiba will probably last, his internal voiceover frantically chants "I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away!"

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  2. Doubles as a Shout-Out to The Azure Crow's own Gurren Lagann the Satire; Kamina is fond of the "boomstick" phrase.
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