Just recently I hung out with my brother, and he had referenced a line from the Sword Art Online (SAO) abridged series while we were joking around. I didn't recognize the line, it's been many years since I watched it after all, and after I told him that we ended up finishing the first season of the abridged series that night. Now, it has me thinking a lot about all of the other abridged series I watched, along with the impact these series have had on the internet as a whole.
If you are unfamiliar with this idea, the Wikipedia article about this has a much better description than I could give:
“An abridged series is a fanmade parody that uses video footage from a television series—oftentimes Japanese animation—which is usually filled with comedic redubbing. It is called "abridged" because episodes are not as long as the original episodes and the comedic implication of being a proper summation of events”
So basically, it's a fan made version of a show that comedically shortens the show. There are some more well-known abridged series online, such as the DBZ abridged, Code MENT
(Code Geass), 50% Off (Free!), and so many others that I just cant list them all. All of these make the series their own in a way, using clips from the actual show and creating their own gags and scenes that take on a life of their own.
Observe: The Soup Store below. Originally from Code MENT, this gag took on a life of its own as a meme, becoming completely separated to the abridged series it came from. Maybe i’m just projecting because I didn't know this was from the abridged series either but "The Soup Store" became a massive meme in its own right, and Code MENT is often never mentioned in relation to it, so I think it is fair to say.
note: the clip I'm referring to is between 2:00 and 2:11, the video should start at 2:00 automatically but will keep playing past 2:11...I mean you can keep watching past 2:11 I guess if you want but you don't have to
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korvetar
i didn't actually know about abridged series before so learning about them was cool. i have seen the "only thing on haru's mind" clip on tiktoks before and really liked all of the memes