History WebVideo / BerserkAbridged

* AffectionateParody: hbi2k clearly loves the hell out of this series. That doesn't stop him from making fun of it in every way possible.

* CampGay: Griffith is to quote Guts "quite possibly the most flaming person in this series." The Abridged Movie layers this on a ''lot'' more. Though he's bisexual rather than exclusively gay.

* FriendOrIdolDecision: Once again, the Eclipse results in Griffith having to decide between the Band of the Hawk (friend) or a spot in the Godhand (idol). [[spoiler:[[NotHisSled This time around]], he picks Friend]].

* MealTicket: Griffith actually calls Charlotte that.

* ThePowerOfFriendship / ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Griffith [[spoiler: ultimately declines the God Hand's offer, offended that they would even suggest that he sacrifice his friends for ultimate power.]]

Can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=442F9290791E856D here]].

* FriendOrIdolDecision: Once again, the Eclipse results in Griffith having to decide between the Band of the Hawk (friend) or a spot in the Godhand (idol). [[spoiler:[[NotHisSled This time around, he picks Friend]]]].

* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: Guts and Griffith plushies were trying to make plans for fighting JustForFun/TheWarOfTheAbridgedSeriesCreators, when a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Tonberry plushie]] took them out.

--> '''[[HornyDevils Slan]]''': Oh. My. God. ''That's'' what goes through your head?! You're one sick little puppy you know that?!

** More disturbing than that: '''[[HornyDevils Slan]]''' thinks his dirty thoughts are disgusting. Yeah. [[FridgeHorror Think about that for a moment.]]

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: After [[spoiler: making love]] Casca remarks on how someone in the series has ''finally'' had positive sexual experience.... [[DoubleSubversion until Guts]] fills her in about his, er, [[EroticAsphyxiation choking fetish]].

* HollywoodNerd: Guts is very athletic and quite attractive, and spends most of the series cosplaying as [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Zack Fair]].

* WouldHitaGirl: In one episode, during an argument with Casca, Guts threatens to "play jumprope" with her entrails.
** Later on, Griffith becomes annoyed enough with Charlotte to want to slap her, but restrains himself so that he won't lose his chance at getting the crown.

* AsYouKnow: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in episode 15, when one of the Generals explains the entire history of the Hundred Year War between Midland and Chuder to the assembled military leaders, as they ask him WHY he's repeating things everybody already knows.

* AsYouKnow: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in episode 15, when one of the Generals explains the entire history of Midland's 100 year war to the assembled military leaders, as they ask him WHY he's repeating things everybody already knows.

** And [[SmallAnnoyingCreature Puck]] is perpetually used as the standard for irritating things.

** Although he does have some standards, and prefers the murder of a DeadlyDecadentCourt to murder in battle.

* CampGay: Griffith is to quote Guts "quite possibly the most flaming person in this series." The Abridged Movie layers this on a ''lot'' more. Though later on, it turns out he's actually bisexual.

* TheCuckooLanderWasRight: During the last episode, Guts explains that [[spoiler:the universe is just experiencing some technical difficulties, and all they have to do is wait for a cosmic maintenance man to arrive and save them. His description of said cosmic maintenance man is a picture-perfect match for the Skull Knight]]. Creator/Hbi2k's next series, WebVideo/GantzAbridged, confirmed that this is ''exactly'' how this particular multiverse he's created works, especially when [[spoiler:both Judeau and the Skull Knight appear as cosmic maintenance men]].

* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: "Note to self. When there's an echo in my voice, it means I'm thinking. Otherwise, I'm talking."
** The same joke is inverted with the Governor, who says the same thing that Griffith had about Guts ("I must have him!") in regards to Griffith. When General Boscogn asks if he means in his army, the Governor snaps, "No, I must have him naked and chained to the foot of my bed! Do I have to draw you a freaking picture?"

* BiTheWay: Griffith, eventually, so the author can make all the HoYay jokes but not have to work around him getting tortured for sleeping with the princess.

** The same joke is inverted with the Governor, who says the same thing that Griffith had about Guts ("I must have him!") in regards to Griffith. When General Boscono asks if he means in his army, the Governor snaps, "No, I must have him naked and chained to the foot of my bed! Do I have to draw you a freaking picture?"

** There's an inversion later on. One of the Chuder soldiers is explaining to his friend that General Boscogne is giving him a promotion for informing him that the uniform has a fatal spot exactly in the center of the neck [[{{Irony}} shortly before getting shot in the center of the neck.]]

''Berserk Abridged'' is an AffectionateParody of ''Anime/Berserk1997'', created by Creator/{{hbi2k}}. The series was supposedly canceled after Episode 17, but this was revealed to be a hoax, and eventually all 25 episodes of the anime received the abridged treatment. The series chronicles Guts' recruitment by Griffith on his way to Comic Con and the resulting insanity up until the final episodes where the series goes in a drastically different direction than the original anime. The series is noteworthy for its use of Zodd and the Snake Baron, AKA Phil, of the first episode as a GreekChorus. It's also worth noting that this is one of the first Abridged series to actually finish, but then again, a lot of other AbridgedSeries are based on LongRunners.

->''"Beating a dead horse with another dead horse."''
->--'''Berserk Abridged in hbi2k's own words'''

* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm:
-->'''Guts''': "Note to self: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Casca does not understand sarcasm.]]"

* SarcasmBlind: Casca.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Adon actually has a checklist to make sure he insults Caska in every possible way before fighting her.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Charlotte's status as RoyallyScrewedUp subverts this.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Corkus wanted to kill Bazuso for cheating at Scrabble.

* ThemeSong: Uses a part of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Susumu Hirasawa's "Forces"]].

On January 9, 2011 hbi2k's youtube channel was terminated for copyright infringement and all Berserk Abridged episodes were taken down. The claim came from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAP_(company) VAP Inc.]], one of the Japanese producers of Berserk. Creator/Hbi2k filed a counterclaim, and on January 27th, his channel was reinstated. All his videos are viewable again with the exception of a couple of Berserk Abridged episodes.

* ChessMotifs: Charlotte asking Griffith how he sees the other Hawks, and he says that they are (paraphrased) "like those pieces in chess which aren't that useful, but later in the game [[{{Foreshadowing}} you can sacrifice them to bring a more important piece back to live]]" (i.e. pawns).

** Averted in the "not played for laughs" part with the movie version, where the reason Guts's adoptive father let Donovan rape him is ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice because it was opposite day]]''.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The Tudor soldiers who corner Casca during Guts's battle against a hundred of them show no opposition to killing her... but are absolutely appalled at the idea of raping her. An interesting change in world where AllMenArePerverts.

-->'''Soldier''': We're not shadow clones, the Character Designer's out sick today! I heard he got his ass kicked by a [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] Cosplayer.

* WalkingTheEarth: Guts' ever frustrated need to get to '''Comic Con'''. [[spoiler:He finally makes it in episode twenty]].