Yu - Gi - Oh : The Abridged Series Yu - Gi - Oh : The Abridged Series ( often abbreviated to Yu - Gi - Oh Abridged or simply " YGOTAS " ) is a popular fan parody of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! anime created by Martin Billany , better known by his screen name , LittleKuriboh . Overview . As the name suggests , " Yu - Gi - Oh : The Abridged Series " is a dramatically shortened down version of the original series , cutting each episode down from its original twenty minutes and parodying them . This includes episodes in two or more parts . During the first two seasons , all characters in the series were voiced by LittleKuriboh , even the female ones , adding to the comical effect of the parody . A notable exception of this were the characters of Rebecca Hawkins in the regular series and Gary Stu in the Other Abridged Movie , which were voiced by LittleKuriboh ' s now ex - wife , Abigail , mostly referred to by her screen - name Safty . However , the Season 3 villains were voiced by a number of other YouTube voice actors , mainly from the group Team Four Star . The series is focused on making fun of the eccentricities of the series , most prominently the fact that Duel Monsters is a children ' s card game , yet is played by teens and adults with unfaltering seriousness and unreal consequences . This leads to frequent commentaries about the role of the game in the series and the plot of such . It also lampoons the changes made to the series in the English dub , and greatly exaggerates the characters ' personalities from that version , to comic effect . There are also jokes that break the " " . The humor of the series has constantly varied and expanded from its original premise . Rather than just making fun at the original series , other elements have been added throughout time to the parody . All episodes would end with a scene from the anime juxtaposed with audio from another source . For example , the end of episode 2 featured Téa and Yami Marik as and , respectively , in a scene from the trailer . As of Episode 40 , LittleKuriboh has been using tracks from the English dub along with other music he usually finds for episodes . They give the series a bit more of that " Yu - Gi - Oh ! - feel " to them . Season 3 , renamed Yu - Gi - Oh ! : The Cancelled Series , began on May 25 , 2010 . As of episode 57 , it has gone back to being called " The Abridged Series " . Billany also created two spin - off series , one based on Yu - Gi - Oh ! Capsule Monsters , and one based on the first anime series . Though set in alternate universes , these two series carry on many of the themes and running jokes of the mother series . In addition , Littlekuriboh has created many other short videos set in the same universe as Yugioh : the abridged series . These vary from hand - drawn animations ( usually drawn by somebody else ) , sketches , videos that make fun of a phrase from the dub or juxtapose it with other scenes , and even music video parodies ( sometimes with the help of others ) Conception . The concept behind Yu - Gi - Oh : The Abridged Series was inspired by many short parodies on the internet that used the premise of a film of TV show to lampoon the film or show it came from . After seeing ' Curtdogg ' s ' " ' Yu - Gi - Oh ! ' in a Nutshell " , a parody of the first season of the second series , LittleKuriboh sought to flesh out his concept , parodying a single episode of Yu - Gi - Oh ! , while also seeking to make it appeal to people who had never seen the series before . LittleKuriboh initially intended to only abridge the first episode , but after a very positive reaction , he continued to abridge the following episodes . By the time Yu - Gi - Oh : The Abridged Series exploded in popularity , he had committed to abridging every episode of the series . Impact . Many people have also started to make their own " Abridged Series " of the same kind as LittleKuriboh . Some of the more successful ones include and . LittleKuriboh encourages this , and has made guest appearances on both of those shows , and even created a friendly parody of the Naruto abridged series , titled " Naruto The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show " and is a part of Team Four Star , the creators of one of the more popular Dragon Ball Z abridged series . He also regularly makes fun of both his series in the other , particularly his abridged Naruto series and the Team Four Star Dragon Ball Z abridged , in which he once references the " Naruto The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show " as having no fanbase . By this point , Abridging has more or less become a genre unto itself . Voice actors for Yu - Gi - Oh ' s American dub are aware of the Abridged series and have actually quoted lines from episodes as per fan requests at conventions . Examples of this include Wayne Grayson saying ' Nyeh ' and ' Brooklyn Rage ! ! ' in his Joey voice , and Greg Abbey saying ' My voice gives me super - strength ' in his Tristan voice . Dan Green read an excerpt from the second episode of Cr @ psule Monsters in his Yugi and Yami voices . Greg Abbey and Bella Hudson also refer to the concept of Turbo Dueling as " Card Games on Motorcycles " . Copyright infringement charges on YouTube . On the week of March 8 , 2007 , the first episode of " Yu - Gi - Oh : The Abridged Series " was removed from YouTube by site administration , citing copyright infringement as the reason for the removal . LittleKuriboh reportedly heard nothing from the administration regarding this removal or if the the other episodes are in danger of being removed as well . In response to this , LittleKuriboh posted , which was a video of him performing the voice over part of episode 1 on the street , without using footage from the anime . Soon after this , episode 2 was also removed for the same reason . On March 12 , 2007 , LittleKuriboh posted a live video announcing several new sites that his videos would be available on . In the video , which was later removed by Youtube , LittleKuriboh cosplays as the Abridged version of Kaiba . The three new sites presented were http : / / www . jentsproductions . com / littlekuriboh / , http : / / www . dailymotion . com / littlekuriboh / , and http : / / www . littlekuriboh . head - desk . org / . However , http : / / www . littlekuriboh . head - desk . org / is no longer available due to bandwidth issues . On June 19 , just one day after release , all parts of The Abridged Movie were removed from YouTube ( parts 1 , 2 , and 3 were removed by YouTube while part 4 is removed by LK ) along with episode 20 , 21 and 22 . However , DailyMotion . com has started removing videos as well . LittleKuriboh later reported on his that he removed the movie , but would re - upload it to remove a brief jab at Upper Deck Entertainment . There has never been a claim by 4Kids themselves to have the videos removed , and a theory adopted by LittleKuriboh ' s fans is that other users are flagging the videos . Several users have left messages on LittleKuriboh ' s message board saying they flagged the videos . LittleKuriboh ' s fans responded by blocking the users and flagging their videos to have their accounts closed . In response to the flagging , LittleKuriboh had Kaiba , while sitting at the computer , say " I ' m busy flagging YouTube videos to compensate for the fact that I have an extremely small penis . " On June 22 , 2007 , LittleKuriboh began offering direct downloads of every episode in WMV format , plus episode 1 of Cr @ psule Monsters , the Christmas Special , and the Abridged Movie , through a website with the domain http : / / www . yugiohtheabridgedseries . com / so as to avoid the risk of removal by YouTube and DailyMotion . The full site formally launched on July 16 , 2007 . As of July 20 , 2007 the site has added a BitTorrent tracker . Season 1 , Cr @ psule Monsters , the Christmas Special , and the Abridged Movie are currently available in two torrents : one containing the videos in WMV format , and the other in MP4 format . The official website began hosting their videos on the site REVVER , which , by including ads at the end of every video , helps Little Kuriboh pay for the site ' s server load , which is excessive due to the episodes ' extreme popularity . On October 5 , 2007 , LittleKuriboh ' s site was accidentally crashed by the admins in an attempt to add a friends list function . On July 10 , 2007 , LittleKuriboh ' s account was suspended on YouTube , likely due to repeated flagging by other users . However , the account was re - opened again three days later on July 13 , as well as LittleKuriboh being awarded status in the Most Subscribed and Most Viewed league tables , which some fans believe he should have been in previously . On August 13 , 2007 , LittleKuriboh ' s YouTube account was suspended yet again . The last video he posted was a video of LittleKuriboh himself proposing to his girlfriend . The video was disguised as " Yu - Gi - Oh : The Abridged Series Episode 2X " . Disguising videos by the thumbnail is a violation of Youtube ' s terms of service , and may have played a part in the second suspension . This created another uproar from his fans demanding for LittleKuriboh ' s account to be returned once again with no response from YouTube ' s administrators . Many fans of LittleKuriboh continue to upload his videos onto YouTube . CardGamesFTW . LittleKuriboh created a second account on YouTube , the same account that was featured at the end of Marik ' s Evil Council of Doom # 1 , CardGamesFTW , and has uploaded all Episodes of Season 1 & 2 of The Abridged Series , , and the , as well as other comedic material . On April 13 , 2009 , LittleKuriboh uploaded a redux version of Episode 1 with better quality video and audio . This episode was formatted like later episodes with the Season 1 intro , logo and quote at the end . A bonus ending was also added with a little variation of the " Screw the rules " joke . On April 29 , 2009 , LittleKuriboh uploaded older episodes of the series . All episodes of Seasons 1 & 2 have been uploaded . On December 16 , 2009 , LittleKuriboh ' s channel won an award in 3rd Annual Open Web Awards for the Funniest YouTube Channel . On January 8 , 2010 , LittleKuriboh was chosen to attend an interview with Kanashimi at 91 . 8 the Fan . He accepted . On January 30 , 2010 , LittleKuriboh ' s channel became the # 1 most subscribed channel in Japan . To celebrate , he created a - esque video , referencing the former # 1 channel . Littlekuriboh ' s first and second accounts were subject to suspension from YouTube on grounds of copyright infringement , although it was later reinstated ; the most recent period of suspension was from March to April 2011 , bringing the total number of consecutive suspensions to four . In June 2011 , CardGamesFTW was banned from Youtube due to copyright claims from several Japanese sources , but reopened one week later . In February 2012 CardGamesFTW was banned again , but was reinstated in March of that same year . LittleKuriboh has said in one of his Card Games For Charity videos that his channel being taken down was automated although fans did not listen and there have been more videos posted to YouTube of fans getting mad at 4Kids Entertainment . On June 26 , 2012 CardGamesFTW was suspended and unsuspended on July 15 . On July 29 , 2012 CardGamesFTW was terminated . LittleKuriboh had posted a video saying this might happen and that he would continue to post new episodes on his new account Little Kuriboh . On August 7 , CardGamesFTW returned , minus episode 56 . On December 16 , 2012 , his CardgamesFTW account was terminated from YouTube again . On February 25 , 2013 , the channel was terminated again . On April 28 , 2013 , the channel was terminated again . On June 25 , 2013 , the channel was terminated again . On July 22 , 2013 , the channel was terminated again . On October 30 , 2013 , the channel was terminated again . On December 23 , 2013 , the channel was terminated again . On May 13 , 2014 , the channel was terminated again . External links . Below are a list of links as to where you can find the episodes as well as updates on the abridged series .