Yes yes yes! I think that DBZ is the funniest abridged series out there. Episode eighteen is my favorite~ I watch it almost everyday.

iatemylavalamp wrote:

Yes yes yes! I think that DBZ is the funniest abridged series out there. Episode eighteen is my favorite~ I watch it almost everyday.

Episode 18 has so many quotes, I thought I was the only one who watched it every day. I AM AN ADULT

Oh, DBZ Abridged! I love that parody so much. Nappa's my favorite character.

Nappa:"Vegeta!"
Vegeta: "What?"
Nappa:"....I can fly."
Vegeta: "Ergh... Nnngh... Yes Nappa. Yes you can."

Classic stuff. 

The Abridged series are amazing. XP I've seen a few episodes of the DBZ one, the Yugi-Oh one and I'm loving the pants off the Sailor Moon abridged series right now. I'll check out more of DBZ Abridged for sure.

Mel Brooks once advised that you have to love what you're mocking. Thus, what I really about this abridged series is that you can tell that the creators have a lot of appreciation for the show, for all of its many numerous flaws. You can watch it if you loathe the original, but you can especially enjoy it if you're one of those former fanatics that find nostalgic visitations extremely guiltily pleasurable. Not to mention the voice acting is DEAD on and it's all very well edited. I especially love continuing joke of Mr. Popo being the most evil terrifying creature in the multiverse, but simply not giving enough of a damn to go kill everyone. Fucking genie freaked the shit out of me as a kid.

Katzenklavier wrote:

I especially love continuing joke of Mr. Popo being the most evil terrifying creature in the multiverse.

Kami: Mr. Popo?

Popo: Yes?

Kami: Where are they? (Speaking of Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chou Tzu)

Popo: I'll tell you where they're not...SAFE. *maniacal laughter*

I watched this recently, and it's hilarious. I haven't actually watched the anime though (save for a few scenes), just read the manga.

And yes, death was ridiculously cheap in this series.

@Varla

By consistent, do you mean the writing style? Because if so I have to agree. I like Yu-Gi-Oh! abridged a lot, but every episode it feels like he's trying to do a parody of Yu-Gi-Oh! plus some other random thing. With DBZ abridged, they do have a few shout-outs to other franchises, but the whole show is consistently a DBZ parody.

@Lurv

Death is definitely cheap. In the first series, the Dragon Ball series (The one where Bulma discovers the dragon balls and then she and Goku go on lots of cool adventures) it takes time for death to become as cheap as it is in DBZ. It's been a while since I watched it, but it takes a while for Krillin to get killed off and even then I think Goku has to do stuff other than collect the dragon balls to bring him back. (I forgot what it was.)

DBZ Abridged is amazing. I think part of the reason that YugiOh Abridged seems to run off the rails is that if it didn't, he's have to start recapping the seasons with no Yugi or any of the other characters we like. It seems like a way of keeping the series in stasis so we won't have to get to the playing-children's-card-games-on-motorcycles season.

My and my boyfriend say this literally every time we discuss Pokemon:

NAPPA: Look Vegeta, it's a Pokemon!

Chaotzu: I'm Choatzu

NAPPA: *gasp* It's a CHAOTZU....


My boyfriend also says, "Pecking Order" in that weird Popo voice ALL THE TIME. I don't know about you guys, but I'm actually enjoying Goku more as a character after watching DBZ Abridged. Also, their voices are being replaced in my brain with the Abridged version voices, even if there's less of a difference than other shows.

Someone else said it too, but if you haven't checked out Sailor Moon Abridged then WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE. It's clearly made by girls who loved this ridiculous, ridiculous show. Also, Abridged!Sailor Mars. That is all.

I adore DBZ Abridged, and a lot of abridged series.  Quick List:

DBZ Abridged by Teamfourstar: As stated, is hilarious and well edited and voiced, and made my people who care.  The editing really is phenomenal by the way.  Man they make Kaiserneko work.

Yu-gi-Oh Abridged by LittleKuriboh:  The original, and I adore it, running gags, self-referential humor and all. Plus Lady Gaga songs.

Naruto the Fan Parody Comedy Spoof Show (or whatever he is calling it idk) by LittleKuriboh:  This one is a parody of the already existing Naruto Abridged series which I never myself cared for.  Really, it's just him making a parody where he intentionally goes for the most obvious, obnoxious and stupid jokes he possibly can and I love every second of it. 

Code MENT (parody of Code Geass) by purpleeyeswtf:  Timing.  This series has it.  Also he throws in random little techno AMVs and there ain't nothing wrong with that. 

Pokemon Abriged (By 1kidsentertainment, specifically):  No references in this one.  It just lets itself be weird and has hilarious voice work.  This is the abridged series I show to friends who aren't all that into anime or Abridged Series, because the humor in it works regardless because it isn't based off nerdy references.

ALL of HBi2K's completed abridged series, such as Escalflowne and Berserk:  Seriously, this guy is so underrated.  He completes the series he sets out to do, and beautifully.  He manages to keep the plot of the show very well intact as he does so, and derives quality humor from that so it is definitely more of a true "abridged" series than it is a parody.

Yu-Yu Hakusho Abridged by Lanipator:  This is the guy that voices Piccolo and Vegeta in DBZ abridged, and his voice acting is even better here.  He is an absolute dead ringer for Yusuke and Kuwabara in this, it's kinda scary.  He has let it fall to the wayside a bit, but his later episodes are pure quality and his abridged movie even has the actual VA for Hiei guest star!

Sailor Moon Abridged by Megami and Co:  As said, hilarious and made by people who not only gel well together, but love the show.  My one complaint is that I wish they had better mics and sound quality, as some jokes are difficult to hear.

Metabridged by someone who I can't remember:  It was only one episode, but it is what it says on the tin -it that parodies the abridging process, following the Metabot characters like they are actors and screenwriters and directors trying to make a quality parody of the show itself. 

Also, just gonna put this here, but ALL of these series contain a lot of triggers and offensive humor.  Rape jokes, violent humor, hipster sexism/racism/transphobia and all that.  Just be careful, because for the most part none of these series rely solely on that for humor.

Also on the genius Abridged series list is Lanipator's (Napa) Hellsing Abridged, it takes the dark humor already present and turns it all the way up.

Ha, came back to make all of those exact amendments. Thank you.