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* {{Retirony}}: An inversion. 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.]]
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** 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.]]
** 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.]]
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* PoorMansPorn: After Korbowitz burns the porn the Band of the Hawk tried to steal, they decide they'll just have to make do with Griffith's back issues of ''Cosmopolitan''.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Princess Charlotte, which means finding out the identity of the queen's lover would be rather difficult for her.
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* HollywoodNerd: Guts is very athletic and quite attractive, and spends most of the series cosplaying as [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Zack Fair]].
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* AmazonChaser: Guts. Lampshaded by him, of course.
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* ShoutOut: Final Fantasy, VisionOfEscaflowne, Hellsing, The Legend of Zelda, and Naruto ("X no jutsu" is something of a RunningGag) to name just a few.
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** Frank sounds like [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Beavis]].
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Casca's reaction to Guts telling her about his choking fetish.
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* BlandNameProduct ([[ArtifactOfDoom Behelit]]-O's--The only cereal that [[ShoutOut stays creepy]], [[RenAndStimpy even in milk]]!)
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* ForgotAboutTheMindReader: "Oh God, they can hear my thoughts! Don't think about sex! Don't think about sex! * sings the Meow Mix song in his head* "
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** Zodd gets a legitimately ''terrifying'' one near the end of the Abridged Movie episode, when he learns that [[spoiler:Griffith has the Crimson Behelit]].
* ForgotAboutTheMindReader: "Oh God, they can hear my thoughts! Don't think about sex! Don't think about sex!* sings *sings the Meow Mix song in his head* "
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Griffith isn't the monster he is in the main series]].
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** Reminding him of his terrible childhood experience with Donovan in the abridged movie is also a bad idea.
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** Averted in the "not played for laughs" part with the movie version, where the reason Guts's adoptive father let Donovan rape him is ''because it was opposite day''.
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** Averted with hbi2k himself in the commentary, saying that anything can be funny if the joke has the right context (bringing up the famous George Carlin musing of Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd).
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* TheOtherDarrin: In the abridged version of TV series, hbi2k did all the voices himself. The cast was expanded for the film trilogy, with different people voicing Corkus, Judeau, Gambino, Zodd, and Casca.
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* LarynxDissonance: hbi2k plays Caska. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in his next series, Gantz Abridged, when Kishimoto initially starts talking with the Caska voice and everyone complains about how horrible it sounds.
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** hbi2k plays Caska. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in his next series, Gantz Abridged, when Kishimoto initially starts talking with theCaska Casca voice and everyone complains about how horrible it sounds.sounds.
** Averted for the film trilogy, where Casca is finally played by a woman.
** hbi2k plays Caska. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in his next series, Gantz Abridged, when Kishimoto initially starts talking with the
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* Retirony: An inversion. 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.]]
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* DudeNotFunny: [[invoked]]Episode 13. The Mooks do not take rape jokes lightly.
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* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Final Fantasy cosplayer Guts finds the nobles [[{{Naruto}} Akatsuki]] LARP a little too nerdy even for him. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Rickert.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Zodd directly compares Guts and Griffith to {{Naruto}} and Sasuke respectively, though Griffith thinks it's more the other way around.
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** Also - Band of the Hawk? More like Band of the [[IncrediblyLamePun Whore]]. ...okay, that was bad. But if someone has a name and they're in the Hawks, they are a prostitute or they were at some point.
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** Also - Band of the Hawk? More like Band of the [[IncrediblyLamePun Whore]].Whore. ...okay, that was bad. But if someone has a name and they're in the Hawks, they are a prostitute or they were at some point.
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* WhatWouldXDo: It's time for another exciting episode of What Would LupinTheThird Have Done?
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-->'''Guts''': "Note to self: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Casca does not not understand sarcasm.]]"
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* GenreSavvy: Zodd's line after the series ended, as follows: [[spoiler: "but it's like the only time in the history of anime that the demons win. Every other show ends with the [[BigDamnHeroes Ancient Hero of Bullshit]] showing up at the last minute, wielding the legendary [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Sword]] of DeusExMachina and slicing the hell out of us. Well not this time! This time, WE WIN! Griffith turns evil. Everyone gets raped or eaten or killed. Fuck you. THE END!"]][[hottip:*:Although what he's saying is technically incorrect. Devilman, a manga that inspired Miura, ends pretty much the same way, only with more hermaphrodites. Though he did specifically mention ''anime'' history, and Devilman's anime didn't quite end with the Demons winning.]]
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* GenreSavvy: Zodd's line after the series ended, as follows: [[spoiler: "but it's like the only time in the history of anime that the demons win. Every other show ends with the [[BigDamnHeroes Ancient Hero of Bullshit]] showing up at the last minute, wielding the legendary [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Sword]] of DeusExMachina and slicing the hell out of us. Well not this time! This time, WE WIN! Griffith turns evil. Everyone gets raped or eaten or killed. Fuck you. THE END!"]][[hottip:*:Although END!"]][[note]]Although what he's saying is technically incorrect. Devilman, a manga that inspired Miura, ends pretty much the same way, only with more hermaphrodites. Though he did specifically mention ''anime'' history, and Devilman's anime didn't quite end with the Demons winning.]][[/note]]
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** The author, as well as doing GantzAbridged has made some gag teasers for fake Abridged series, such as "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Abridgimated Series]]" consisting of the Berserk Abridged characters doing Batman and tried to do an episode of {{Hellsing}} Abridged before Zodd beat him into continuing the actual series.)
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** The author, as well as doing GantzAbridged WebVideo/GantzAbridged has made some gag teasers for fake Abridged series, such as "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Abridgimated Series]]" consisting of the Berserk Abridged characters doing Batman and tried to do an episode of {{Hellsing}} Abridged before Zodd beat him into continuing the actual series.)
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** 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]]. Hbi2k's next series, 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]].
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->''"In this world, Is the destiny of man truly controlled by some abstract philosophical concept? Is it like solid waste being spewed from the pen of a writer, desperate to add depth to what is otherwise meaningless violence? At least it is true that man has no control, even over his own anime."''
-->--'''OpeningNarration''' from Episode 3
->''"Beating a dead horse with another dead horse."''
->--'''Berserk Abridged in hbi2k's own words'''
''Berserk Abridged'' is an AffectionateParody of the ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' anime series that was created by {{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.
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. 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.
Can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=442F9290791E856D here]].
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!This series provides examples of:
* TheAbridgedSeries: Obviously.
** The author, as well as doing GantzAbridged has made some gag teasers for fake Abridged series, such as "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Abridgimated Series]]" consisting of the Berserk Abridged characters doing Batman and tried to do an episode of {{Hellsing}} Abridged before Zodd beat him into continuing the actual series.)
** Not to mention that the God Hand were all voiced by other Abridged creators. ({{Lanipator}} of WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged, Frolegend of Saiyuki Reload Abridged, and the duo of [=MasakoX=] & Vegeta3986 of NarutoTheAbridgedSeries)
* AffectionateParody: hbi2k clearly loves the hell out of this series. That doesn't stop him from making fun of it in every way possible.
* AdaptationDistillation: CharacterExaggeration [[RuleOfFunny aside]], the series is surprisingly faithful to the series' character development.
* AscendedExtra: Zodd and "Phil" only made two and one appearances respectively in the actual show (although Zodd at least appears some more in the manga), but they together get a special episode including a FourthWallMailSlot and both are seen several times for scenes not following the storyline.
* 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.
* AudienceParticipation: hbi2k encouraged viewers to make a witty one-liner for Judeau's BigDamnHeroes moment, the winner actually having their line said by Judeau later on, who curses himself for not using that line.
* AxCrazy: Corkus' complete obsession with murder.
-->'''Griffith''': "What ''is it'' with you and murder, Corkus? Look, we murdered some people yesterday, and murdered some people this morning, and guess what we're doing tomorrow? ''More murder''."
** Although he does have some standards, and prefers the murder of a DeadlyDecadentCourt to murder in battle.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the WhereAreTheyNow ending, Guts and Casca are said to have had two kids.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: This is why Guts compensates with his {{BFS}}. And goes on a [[RageAgainstTheAuthor Rage Against the Character Designer]].
* BattleCouple: Guts and Casca are a more comical version of this in that they both take turns at dissing General Adon.
* 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.
* BerserkButton: Don't steal jokes from LK's Abridged series or Guts gets very angry.
* BlandNameProduct ([[ArtifactOfDoom Behelit]]-O's--The only cereal that [[ShoutOut stays creepy]], [[RenAndStimpy even in milk]]!)
* BloodKnight: IT'S MURDERIN' TIME!
-->'''Guts''': (singsong voice) "I love hurtin' people, I looove beatin' people uuup..."
* BrickJoke: [[spoiler: One that went ''cross series'' in Gantz Abridged. Skull Knight actually does show up to help Kurono in the filler chronicles]].
* [[ButLiquorIsQuicker But Jello Shots Are Quicker]]: Combined with BarryWhite.
* ButtMonkey: Judeau
** In the episode 23 commentary hbi2k admits that in the later half of the series if he ran low on ideas giving Judeau more crap was his fall back plan.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Kill Bill no jutsu! That means I've got to beat you easily now, so it will be all the more impressive when you kick my ass later."
** "Piledriver! Now say you're my bitch or I'll dislocate your shoulder."
* CampGay: Griffith is to quote Guts "quite possibly the most flaming person in this series."
* CharacterExaggeration: Pretty much everyone goes through this, as to be expected.
** With the exception of Sir Adon, who's basically the same.
* 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).
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Guts varies between this and GeniusDitz but crosses over into it completely when he believes that menstruation is a myth and women give birth to leprechauns.
-->'''Guts:''' You know, the enemy could discover us here at any moment. This might be a good time to pull out your broom and fly us to safety.
-->'''Casca:''' For the last time women can't fly on brooms!
** 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]]. Hbi2k's next series, 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]].
* ContractualGenreBlindness: "Hey everybody, check out what a great diversion they're all making!"
* CrackPairing: [[invoked]]Judeau/Slan as mentioned in the end credits montage.
** But the relationship ended when she "[[MythologyGag reverted to troll intestines]] [[{{Squick}} during an intimate moment]]".
*** "Plus it was like throwing hot dogs down a hallway anyway."
* 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 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?"
* DirtyMindReading: Griffith is ''terrified'' when the Godhand reveal they can read minds and [[ThinkUnsexyThoughts Thinks Unsexy Thoughts]], but they assure him that they're prepared for his perverse fantasies. [[EvenEvilHasStandards They're not]].
--> '''[[HornyDevils Slan]]''': Oh. My. God. ''That's'' what goes through your head?! You're one sick little puppy you know that?!
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm:
-->'''Guts''': "Note to self: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Casca does not not understand sarcasm.]]"
* DontExplainTheJoke: (Referring to the Dragon Slayer, Guts' '''huge''' sword.)
-->'''Patron''': "Do you think he's compensating for something?
-->'''Bartender''': "Oh gee, I dunno, do you think?"
-->(Cuts to the outside of the tavern and there is a long beat.)
-->'''Patron''': "It's his penis right?"
* DownerEnding: Defied by the narrator. [[spoiler:He eventually ends up in a fight with one of the cast who disapproves of the new direction.]]
** [[spoiler: [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue "Well there's only one way to find out: a "where are they now"-style end credits montage!"]]]]
** According to Word Of God it actually happened.
* DudeNotFunny: [[invoked]]Episode 13. The Mooks do not take rape jokes lightly.
* DVDCommentary: Completed. Sans DVD, but still played straight.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The demon lords at the end think Griffith's dirty thoughts are disgusting.
** More disturbing than that: '''[[HornyDevils Slan]]''' thinks his dirty thoughts are disgusting. Yeah. [[FridgeHorror Think about that for a moment.]]
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Final Fantasy cosplayer Guts finds the nobles [[{{Naruto}} Akatsuki]] LARP a little too nerdy even for him. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Rickert.
* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: Guts and Griffith plushies were trying to make plans for fighting TheWarOfTheAbridgedSeriesCreators, when a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Tonberry plushie]] took them out.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Charlotte's status as RoyallyScrewedUp subverts this.
* EvilPlan: The "Diet Pill Pyramid Scheme".
-->'''Demon spirits''': Hey meester, how about some diet pills? Yes, buy our diet pills! Why exercise and diet to lose weight, when cheap effective weight loss solutions can be yours?
* EvilRedhead: The Earl of Douchebag, the King of Midland's brother.
* FluffyTheTerrible: The Baron of Koka Castle is given the terrifying name of Phil.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Zodd nonchalantly telling Guts that Guts will eventually get to bang Casca; also about Griffith turning into "some kind of freaky lipstick monster" (which ''really'' happens in the actual series). The diet pills mentioned off-hand also come in relevant towards the end.]]
** Not to mention all the references to [[spoiler: the Eclipse]].
** An unintentional one is during Episode 13, where some {{mooks}} call out their commander for thinking of raping Casca, saying that rape is never funny. [[spoiler: This is one of the reasons why HBI2K chose to do a happy ending for the series.]]
* FourthWallMailSlot: Zodd and the Baron answer questions from various users for an episode.
* FreudWasRight:
-->'''Snake Baron''': "You think YOU have Freudian issues....my ''WHOLE BODY IS A PHALLIC SYMBOL!'' ....Jeeaalous?" [[invoked]]
* GagDub: One episode even features various dubs of a line spoken by Judeau; the Media Blasters dub, the manga's English translation, a scanlation, Spanglish, German, and [[SpeakingSimlish Simlish]].
* GenreSavvy: Zodd's line after the series ended, as follows: [[spoiler: "but it's like the only time in the history of anime that the demons win. Every other show ends with the [[BigDamnHeroes Ancient Hero of Bullshit]] showing up at the last minute, wielding the legendary [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Sword]] of DeusExMachina and slicing the hell out of us. Well not this time! This time, WE WIN! Griffith turns evil. Everyone gets raped or eaten or killed. Fuck you. THE END!"]][[hottip:*:Although what he's saying is technically incorrect. Devilman, a manga that inspired Miura, ends pretty much the same way, only with more hermaphrodites. Though he did specifically mention ''anime'' history, and Devilman's anime didn't quite end with the Demons winning.]]
* 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]].
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Zodd using his severed arm to beat the crap out of Guts and Griffith, which Guts thinks is ''hardcore''.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Guts in the series is gleefully psychotic. So is Corkus. Though that's not much of a change.
** Corkus changing his rants about entering high society and living the good life to murder, murder being like a fine wine, and '''more freaking murder''' is, though.
* HoYay: One of the chief running gags is Griffith's homosexual feelings towards Guts. [[invoked]]
* HollywoodHealing: Parodied:
-->'''Doctor:''' I'm afraid you've suffered some very serious injuries. You'll need several weeks of bed rest, followed by months of intense physical therapy, and even then, there's a very real possibility that you may never make a full recovery.
-->'''Casca:''' Are you sure?
-->'''Doctor:''' Of course I'm sure! I'm a doctor! I've got my doctor hat on! I'm always sure!
-->'''Casca:''' Well, you know, he is the main character of an action anime.
-->'''Doctor:''' Oh! Well hell, that's different then. I'm sure he'll be up and about very soon.
* IntimatePsychotherapy: Guts tries to invoke this through explaining his [[EroticAsphyxiation choking fetish]] to Casca, saying that it wasn't healthy for him to keep repressing this habit and that [[ThereAreNoTherapists he needed someone to talk to about it.]] Casca wasn't going to put up with it.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Judeau claims he wants this for Casca when he tells Guts to take her and leave the Hawks. Unlike the original series where this is genuine, here he gives Guts every paper-thin hint possible that he wants Guts to return the offer.
* {{Jerkass}}: Corkus and the aptly named Earl of Douchebag.
* KneelBeforeZod: Zodd says the line at the end of one episode.
** And again whilst [[RageAgainstTheAuthor beating up the abridger]] for nearly cancelling the show.
** And once more while [[ItMakesSenseInContext singing]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/Aladdin A Whole New World]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext with the Skull Knight.]]
* KnightTemplar: Guts, during his stint as a mall Santa.
* LampshadeHanging: And how! (it wouldn't be an Abridged Series if it didn't)
* LarynxDissonance: hbi2k plays Caska. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in his next series, Gantz Abridged, when Kishimoto initially starts talking with the Caska voice and everyone complains about how horrible it sounds.
* LimitedAnimation:
-->'''Guts''': Hey Caska! These three frames of animation seem to be keeping him at bay! This is your chance to get back to the rest of the Hawks!
** And in an unrelated scene
--> Griffith: Now remember: we'll need our entire animation budget for the battle scene, so everyone move out while using as few frames as possible! ...Okay, we're there, you can start animating now! ...Any time!
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Griffith.
* MadeOfPlasticine: Lampshaded by mooks.
* MealTicket: Griffith actually calls Charlotte that.
* MrExposition: That's ''Captain'' Exposition to you!
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Just ask Corkus!
* MusicalEpisode: "A Midlandish Theory"
* NetworkDecay: Pointed out in-universe in Episode 12.5 (DTV Pitch) when Zodd mentioned specialty cable networks being good at the start, then going downhill quickly when they lose their focus, using G4 as an example.
* NoFourthWall: Interesting in that, as the commentary points out, there's actually two levels of fourth wall breakage: human characters think that they're in a {{gorn}}y {{Seinen}} show, while demons know that they're actually in an abridged series of a {{gorn}}y {{Seinen}} show.
* OhGodDidSheJustHearThat: "Oh God, they can hear my thoughts! Don't think about sex! Don't think about sex! * sings the Meow Mix song in his head* "
* OhGodWithTheVerbing
* PaperThinDisguise - Guts points out Zodd's human form as this trope: "So...you're actually a ten-foot tall demon-thing who disguises himself as an ''eight-foot'' tall ogre-thing...?"
* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: "Holy crap, what happened to the animation budget?!"
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Adon actually has a checklist to make sure he insults Caska in every possible way before fighting her.
* PowerOfFriendship / ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Griffith [[spoiler: ultimately declines the God Hand's offer, offended that they would even suggest that he sacrifice his friends for ultimate power.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: In the last episode Griffith [[spoiler: tells the God Hand to go fuck themselves.]]
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Zodd versus BA's creator. Zodd usually ''wins''.
** Guts is implied to have beaten up his own character designer (and creator), Kentaro Miura.
* RagingStiffie: Guts had one just before he realized Casca was a girl. [[SweetOnPollyOliver It was a huge relief to him.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: Discussed. Guts' history of sexual abuse is ''not'' played for laughs, since WordOfGod is that he couldn't think of a way to make it funny. Though the discussion itself contains a level of BlackComedy it's has more to do with Casca's clueless reaction than Guts' very legitimate pain.
* 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.
* RedOniBlueOni: Zodd directly compares Guts and Griffith to {{Naruto}} and Sasuke respectively, though Griffith thinks it's more the other way around.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: Inbreeding is blamed for Midland's problems with monarchy. Did I say that? I meant to say that it's lauded for its nobles having their regal bearing, like a cow looking at an oncoming train.
** And it's what makes their brains so smart! With thinking!
* RunningGag: Griffith's not so veiled attempts at getting Guts into bed.
** Also - Band of the Hawk? More like Band of the [[IncrediblyLamePun Whore]]. ...okay, that was bad. But if someone has a name and they're in the Hawks, they are a prostitute or they were at some point.
** There's Corkus' belief that Jello Shots and Barry White always works with girls. This one also appeared in GantzAbridged.
** And [[SmallAnnoyingCreature Puck]] is perpetually used as the standard for irritating things.
*** One villain named Puck as the [[TheScrappy Jar-Jar]] of Berserk. hbi2k later commented that Puck is ''worse'' than Jar-Jar, because as bad as Jar-Jar was, he only ruined one movie out of three.
* {{Sampling}}
* SedgwickSpeech: "Oh, the irony. The ''contrived, hamfisted'' '''IRONY!'''"
* SexEqualsLove:
-->'''Casca:''' "You're a stupid selfish son-of-a-bitch and I want you to '''die'''!"
-->'''Guts:''' "Wow. You ''really'' hate me, do you?"
-->'''Casca:''' "Yes - I ''really'' hate you."
-->'''Guts:''' "[[DoYouWantToCopulate Do you want to have sex?]]"
-->'''Casca:''' "[[SlapSlapKiss Oh GOD yes!]]"
* ShoutOut: Final Fantasy, VisionOfEscaflowne, Hellsing, The Legend of Zelda, and Naruto ("X no jutsu" is something of a RunningGag) to name just a few.
* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: Frank loves his music.
**
-->Griffith: "Damn it, I thought I said NO MUSIC!"
-->Frank: "You said no Johnny Cash. This is Billy Joel!"
** Not to mention he was the [[spoiler: DJ at the Queen's funeral and fooled around with the music during the service]].
* SurroundedByIdiots: Foss, among the circle of nobles trying to bump off Griffith.
--> "Am I the only person in this conspiracy who's not ''clinically retarded?!'' Throw me a fricken ''bone'' here, people!"
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Zod points out that he could kill Guts three times over just in the time it takes for him to talk about it!
* TakeThat: "... the soundtrack by Yoko Kanno makes even the most mediocre anime seem great. Why else do you think anyone ever watched Wolf's Rain?"
** Also spoofing political pundits.
* ThemeSong: Uses a part of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Susumu Hirasawa's "Forces"]].
* [[TheStinger Stinger, The]] ([[spoiler: The very end of the final episode ends with a shot of a manga panel, showing Guts holding Caska's FetusTerrible (evidently named Superfly).]])
** "Isn't she lovely" SoundtrackDissonance FTW
* TheUnintelligible: Bazuso. "I think he just taunted you!" "How can you tell?"
* ThoseTwoGuys: Zodd and "Phil".
* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: The King of Midland is frequently mistaken for the Burger King by demons and humans.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Really every member of the Hawks, given that this avoids the actual series' DownerEnding, particular mention should go to NiceGuy Judeau as described in the WhereAreTheyNow sequence [[spoiler: He ends up marrying Charlotte and becoming King of Midland]].
* TrainingMontage: Parodied, naturally.
* {{Tsundere}}: Casca's hatred of Guts is something that's never-ending in its ill-humor.
* {{Ubermensch}}: "I was wondering, do I seem like the Nietzche-ian Superman type to you?"
** He thinks he's WHAT kind of Necromancer?
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Related to RagingStiffie above.
* WalkingTheEarth: Guts' ever frustrated need to get to '''Comic Con'''.
** [[spoiler: He finally makes it in episode twenty]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One of the things that Hbi2k was gonna do was make the final episodes in the style of AMVHell. He doesn't go through it because he felt like it's not GrandFinale material, however you can see where he was going for his AMVHell style in bits and pieces, like Slan's entrance to the song of ''She's A Lady'' with Corkus singing along.
** Speaking of Slan's entrance, each member of the God Hand was gonna have their own theme. However, this only went that way for Slan (and if you interpret it as such) Femto, (which by the way is ''The Hawkman Cometh''). Void, Conrad, and Ubik get their entrances set to ''He Has The Whole World In His Hands''.
* WhatWouldXDo: It's time for another exciting episode of What Would LupinTheThird Have Done?
* WordOfGod: By name no less in the final commentary, hbi2k says that the DownerEnding happened, and that the other, happier ending was partly for his own amusement and partly due to the fact he couldn't find a way to parody the actual ending without feeling extremely uncomfortable since he couldn't find a way to show [[spoiler:[[RapeAsDrama Casca being raped]]]] [[DudeNotFunny and make it funny]]. From what he said in the (non-commentary) opening of the 24th episode, a lot of fans emailed him telling him that he shouldn't parody the ending, and he added that in a way, he agreed with them, since it's a hugely emotional moment. The Downer-est DownerEnding of all time. No fan of the show would want the end of that parodied, and hbi2k is on that list. And he did what any fan would've done; the Mega Happy Ending. And then follows up with an amv montage of all the bad things that happen jammed into a couple minutes when Zodd rebels. Literally the only way that he could have left the majority of the abridged show's fanbase feeling happy.
* [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi Fanboy]]: The Governor, who uses his boy harem to act out his VisionOfEscaflowne Fanfiction and is obsessed with Griffith for his resemblance to Dilandau.
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-->--'''OpeningNarration''' from Episode 3
->''"Beating a dead horse with another dead horse."''
->--'''Berserk Abridged in hbi2k's own words'''
''Berserk Abridged'' is an AffectionateParody of the ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' anime series that was created by {{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.
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. 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.
Can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=442F9290791E856D here]].
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!This series provides examples of:
* TheAbridgedSeries: Obviously.
** The author, as well as doing GantzAbridged has made some gag teasers for fake Abridged series, such as "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Abridgimated Series]]" consisting of the Berserk Abridged characters doing Batman and tried to do an episode of {{Hellsing}} Abridged before Zodd beat him into continuing the actual series.)
** Not to mention that the God Hand were all voiced by other Abridged creators. ({{Lanipator}} of WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged, Frolegend of Saiyuki Reload Abridged, and the duo of [=MasakoX=] & Vegeta3986 of NarutoTheAbridgedSeries)
* AffectionateParody: hbi2k clearly loves the hell out of this series. That doesn't stop him from making fun of it in every way possible.
* AdaptationDistillation: CharacterExaggeration [[RuleOfFunny aside]], the series is surprisingly faithful to the series' character development.
* AscendedExtra: Zodd and "Phil" only made two and one appearances respectively in the actual show (although Zodd at least appears some more in the manga), but they together get a special episode including a FourthWallMailSlot and both are seen several times for scenes not following the storyline.
* 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.
* AudienceParticipation: hbi2k encouraged viewers to make a witty one-liner for Judeau's BigDamnHeroes moment, the winner actually having their line said by Judeau later on, who curses himself for not using that line.
* AxCrazy: Corkus' complete obsession with murder.
-->'''Griffith''': "What ''is it'' with you and murder, Corkus? Look, we murdered some people yesterday, and murdered some people this morning, and guess what we're doing tomorrow? ''More murder''."
** Although he does have some standards, and prefers the murder of a DeadlyDecadentCourt to murder in battle.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the WhereAreTheyNow ending, Guts and Casca are said to have had two kids.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: This is why Guts compensates with his {{BFS}}. And goes on a [[RageAgainstTheAuthor Rage Against the Character Designer]].
* BattleCouple: Guts and Casca are a more comical version of this in that they both take turns at dissing General Adon.
* 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.
* BerserkButton: Don't steal jokes from LK's Abridged series or Guts gets very angry.
* BlandNameProduct ([[ArtifactOfDoom Behelit]]-O's--The only cereal that [[ShoutOut stays creepy]], [[RenAndStimpy even in milk]]!)
* BloodKnight: IT'S MURDERIN' TIME!
-->'''Guts''': (singsong voice) "I love hurtin' people, I looove beatin' people uuup..."
* BrickJoke: [[spoiler: One that went ''cross series'' in Gantz Abridged. Skull Knight actually does show up to help Kurono in the filler chronicles]].
* [[ButLiquorIsQuicker But Jello Shots Are Quicker]]: Combined with BarryWhite.
* ButtMonkey: Judeau
** In the episode 23 commentary hbi2k admits that in the later half of the series if he ran low on ideas giving Judeau more crap was his fall back plan.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Kill Bill no jutsu! That means I've got to beat you easily now, so it will be all the more impressive when you kick my ass later."
** "Piledriver! Now say you're my bitch or I'll dislocate your shoulder."
* CampGay: Griffith is to quote Guts "quite possibly the most flaming person in this series."
* CharacterExaggeration: Pretty much everyone goes through this, as to be expected.
** With the exception of Sir Adon, who's basically the same.
* 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).
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Guts varies between this and GeniusDitz but crosses over into it completely when he believes that menstruation is a myth and women give birth to leprechauns.
-->'''Guts:''' You know, the enemy could discover us here at any moment. This might be a good time to pull out your broom and fly us to safety.
-->'''Casca:''' For the last time women can't fly on brooms!
** 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]]. Hbi2k's next series, 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]].
* ContractualGenreBlindness: "Hey everybody, check out what a great diversion they're all making!"
* CrackPairing: [[invoked]]Judeau/Slan as mentioned in the end credits montage.
** But the relationship ended when she "[[MythologyGag reverted to troll intestines]] [[{{Squick}} during an intimate moment]]".
*** "Plus it was like throwing hot dogs down a hallway anyway."
* 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 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?"
* DirtyMindReading: Griffith is ''terrified'' when the Godhand reveal they can read minds and [[ThinkUnsexyThoughts Thinks Unsexy Thoughts]], but they assure him that they're prepared for his perverse fantasies. [[EvenEvilHasStandards They're not]].
--> '''[[HornyDevils Slan]]''': Oh. My. God. ''That's'' what goes through your head?! You're one sick little puppy you know that?!
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm:
-->'''Guts''': "Note to self: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Casca does not not understand sarcasm.]]"
* DontExplainTheJoke: (Referring to the Dragon Slayer, Guts' '''huge''' sword.)
-->'''Patron''': "Do you think he's compensating for something?
-->'''Bartender''': "Oh gee, I dunno, do you think?"
-->(Cuts to the outside of the tavern and there is a long beat.)
-->'''Patron''': "It's his penis right?"
* DownerEnding: Defied by the narrator. [[spoiler:He eventually ends up in a fight with one of the cast who disapproves of the new direction.]]
** [[spoiler: [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue "Well there's only one way to find out: a "where are they now"-style end credits montage!"]]]]
** According to Word Of God it actually happened.
* DudeNotFunny: [[invoked]]Episode 13. The Mooks do not take rape jokes lightly.
* DVDCommentary: Completed. Sans DVD, but still played straight.
* EditingWorks
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The demon lords at the end think Griffith's dirty thoughts are disgusting.
** More disturbing than that: '''[[HornyDevils Slan]]''' thinks his dirty thoughts are disgusting. Yeah. [[FridgeHorror Think about that for a moment.]]
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Final Fantasy cosplayer Guts finds the nobles [[{{Naruto}} Akatsuki]] LARP a little too nerdy even for him. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Rickert.
* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: Guts and Griffith plushies were trying to make plans for fighting TheWarOfTheAbridgedSeriesCreators, when a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Tonberry plushie]] took them out.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Charlotte's status as RoyallyScrewedUp subverts this.
* EvilPlan: The "Diet Pill Pyramid Scheme".
-->'''Demon spirits''': Hey meester, how about some diet pills? Yes, buy our diet pills! Why exercise and diet to lose weight, when cheap effective weight loss solutions can be yours?
* EvilRedhead: The Earl of Douchebag, the King of Midland's brother.
* FluffyTheTerrible: The Baron of Koka Castle is given the terrifying name of Phil.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Zodd nonchalantly telling Guts that Guts will eventually get to bang Casca; also about Griffith turning into "some kind of freaky lipstick monster" (which ''really'' happens in the actual series). The diet pills mentioned off-hand also come in relevant towards the end.]]
** Not to mention all the references to [[spoiler: the Eclipse]].
** An unintentional one is during Episode 13, where some {{mooks}} call out their commander for thinking of raping Casca, saying that rape is never funny. [[spoiler: This is one of the reasons why HBI2K chose to do a happy ending for the series.]]
* FourthWallMailSlot: Zodd and the Baron answer questions from various users for an episode.
* FreudWasRight:
-->'''Snake Baron''': "You think YOU have Freudian issues....my ''WHOLE BODY IS A PHALLIC SYMBOL!'' ....Jeeaalous?" [[invoked]]
* GagDub: One episode even features various dubs of a line spoken by Judeau; the Media Blasters dub, the manga's English translation, a scanlation, Spanglish, German, and [[SpeakingSimlish Simlish]].
* GenreSavvy: Zodd's line after the series ended, as follows: [[spoiler: "but it's like the only time in the history of anime that the demons win. Every other show ends with the [[BigDamnHeroes Ancient Hero of Bullshit]] showing up at the last minute, wielding the legendary [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Sword]] of DeusExMachina and slicing the hell out of us. Well not this time! This time, WE WIN! Griffith turns evil. Everyone gets raped or eaten or killed. Fuck you. THE END!"]][[hottip:*:Although what he's saying is technically incorrect. Devilman, a manga that inspired Miura, ends pretty much the same way, only with more hermaphrodites. Though he did specifically mention ''anime'' history, and Devilman's anime didn't quite end with the Demons winning.]]
* 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]].
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Zodd using his severed arm to beat the crap out of Guts and Griffith, which Guts thinks is ''hardcore''.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Guts in the series is gleefully psychotic. So is Corkus. Though that's not much of a change.
** Corkus changing his rants about entering high society and living the good life to murder, murder being like a fine wine, and '''more freaking murder''' is, though.
* HoYay: One of the chief running gags is Griffith's homosexual feelings towards Guts. [[invoked]]
* HollywoodHealing: Parodied:
-->'''Doctor:''' I'm afraid you've suffered some very serious injuries. You'll need several weeks of bed rest, followed by months of intense physical therapy, and even then, there's a very real possibility that you may never make a full recovery.
-->'''Casca:''' Are you sure?
-->'''Doctor:''' Of course I'm sure! I'm a doctor! I've got my doctor hat on! I'm always sure!
-->'''Casca:''' Well, you know, he is the main character of an action anime.
-->'''Doctor:''' Oh! Well hell, that's different then. I'm sure he'll be up and about very soon.
* IntimatePsychotherapy: Guts tries to invoke this through explaining his [[EroticAsphyxiation choking fetish]] to Casca, saying that it wasn't healthy for him to keep repressing this habit and that [[ThereAreNoTherapists he needed someone to talk to about it.]] Casca wasn't going to put up with it.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Judeau claims he wants this for Casca when he tells Guts to take her and leave the Hawks. Unlike the original series where this is genuine, here he gives Guts every paper-thin hint possible that he wants Guts to return the offer.
* {{Jerkass}}: Corkus and the aptly named Earl of Douchebag.
* KneelBeforeZod: Zodd says the line at the end of one episode.
** And again whilst [[RageAgainstTheAuthor beating up the abridger]] for nearly cancelling the show.
** And once more while [[ItMakesSenseInContext singing]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/Aladdin A Whole New World]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext with the Skull Knight.]]
* KnightTemplar: Guts, during his stint as a mall Santa.
* LampshadeHanging: And how! (it wouldn't be an Abridged Series if it didn't)
* LarynxDissonance: hbi2k plays Caska. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in his next series, Gantz Abridged, when Kishimoto initially starts talking with the Caska voice and everyone complains about how horrible it sounds.
* LimitedAnimation:
-->'''Guts''': Hey Caska! These three frames of animation seem to be keeping him at bay! This is your chance to get back to the rest of the Hawks!
** And in an unrelated scene
--> Griffith: Now remember: we'll need our entire animation budget for the battle scene, so everyone move out while using as few frames as possible! ...Okay, we're there, you can start animating now! ...Any time!
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Griffith.
* MadeOfPlasticine: Lampshaded by mooks.
* MealTicket: Griffith actually calls Charlotte that.
* MrExposition: That's ''Captain'' Exposition to you!
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Just ask Corkus!
* MusicalEpisode: "A Midlandish Theory"
* NetworkDecay: Pointed out in-universe in Episode 12.5 (DTV Pitch) when Zodd mentioned specialty cable networks being good at the start, then going downhill quickly when they lose their focus, using G4 as an example.
* NoFourthWall: Interesting in that, as the commentary points out, there's actually two levels of fourth wall breakage: human characters think that they're in a {{gorn}}y {{Seinen}} show, while demons know that they're actually in an abridged series of a {{gorn}}y {{Seinen}} show.
* OhGodDidSheJustHearThat: "Oh God, they can hear my thoughts! Don't think about sex! Don't think about sex! * sings the Meow Mix song in his head* "
* OhGodWithTheVerbing
* PaperThinDisguise - Guts points out Zodd's human form as this trope: "So...you're actually a ten-foot tall demon-thing who disguises himself as an ''eight-foot'' tall ogre-thing...?"
* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: "Holy crap, what happened to the animation budget?!"
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Adon actually has a checklist to make sure he insults Caska in every possible way before fighting her.
* PowerOfFriendship / ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Griffith [[spoiler: ultimately declines the God Hand's offer, offended that they would even suggest that he sacrifice his friends for ultimate power.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: In the last episode Griffith [[spoiler: tells the God Hand to go fuck themselves.]]
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Zodd versus BA's creator. Zodd usually ''wins''.
** Guts is implied to have beaten up his own character designer (and creator), Kentaro Miura.
* RagingStiffie: Guts had one just before he realized Casca was a girl. [[SweetOnPollyOliver It was a huge relief to him.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: Discussed. Guts' history of sexual abuse is ''not'' played for laughs, since WordOfGod is that he couldn't think of a way to make it funny. Though the discussion itself contains a level of BlackComedy it's has more to do with Casca's clueless reaction than Guts' very legitimate pain.
* 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.
* RedOniBlueOni: Zodd directly compares Guts and Griffith to {{Naruto}} and Sasuke respectively, though Griffith thinks it's more the other way around.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: Inbreeding is blamed for Midland's problems with monarchy. Did I say that? I meant to say that it's lauded for its nobles having their regal bearing, like a cow looking at an oncoming train.
** And it's what makes their brains so smart! With thinking!
* RunningGag: Griffith's not so veiled attempts at getting Guts into bed.
** Also - Band of the Hawk? More like Band of the [[IncrediblyLamePun Whore]]. ...okay, that was bad. But if someone has a name and they're in the Hawks, they are a prostitute or they were at some point.
** There's Corkus' belief that Jello Shots and Barry White always works with girls. This one also appeared in GantzAbridged.
** And [[SmallAnnoyingCreature Puck]] is perpetually used as the standard for irritating things.
*** One villain named Puck as the [[TheScrappy Jar-Jar]] of Berserk. hbi2k later commented that Puck is ''worse'' than Jar-Jar, because as bad as Jar-Jar was, he only ruined one movie out of three.
* {{Sampling}}
* SedgwickSpeech: "Oh, the irony. The ''contrived, hamfisted'' '''IRONY!'''"
* SexEqualsLove:
-->'''Casca:''' "You're a stupid selfish son-of-a-bitch and I want you to '''die'''!"
-->'''Guts:''' "Wow. You ''really'' hate me, do you?"
-->'''Casca:''' "Yes - I ''really'' hate you."
-->'''Guts:''' "[[DoYouWantToCopulate Do you want to have sex?]]"
-->'''Casca:''' "[[SlapSlapKiss Oh GOD yes!]]"
* ShoutOut: Final Fantasy, VisionOfEscaflowne, Hellsing, The Legend of Zelda, and Naruto ("X no jutsu" is something of a RunningGag) to name just a few.
* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: Frank loves his music.
**
-->Griffith: "Damn it, I thought I said NO MUSIC!"
-->Frank: "You said no Johnny Cash. This is Billy Joel!"
** Not to mention he was the [[spoiler: DJ at the Queen's funeral and fooled around with the music during the service]].
* SurroundedByIdiots: Foss, among the circle of nobles trying to bump off Griffith.
--> "Am I the only person in this conspiracy who's not ''clinically retarded?!'' Throw me a fricken ''bone'' here, people!"
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Zod points out that he could kill Guts three times over just in the time it takes for him to talk about it!
* TakeThat: "... the soundtrack by Yoko Kanno makes even the most mediocre anime seem great. Why else do you think anyone ever watched Wolf's Rain?"
** Also spoofing political pundits.
* ThemeSong: Uses a part of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Susumu Hirasawa's "Forces"]].
* [[TheStinger Stinger, The]] ([[spoiler: The very end of the final episode ends with a shot of a manga panel, showing Guts holding Caska's FetusTerrible (evidently named Superfly).]])
** "Isn't she lovely" SoundtrackDissonance FTW
* TheUnintelligible: Bazuso. "I think he just taunted you!" "How can you tell?"
* ThoseTwoGuys: Zodd and "Phil".
* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: The King of Midland is frequently mistaken for the Burger King by demons and humans.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Really every member of the Hawks, given that this avoids the actual series' DownerEnding, particular mention should go to NiceGuy Judeau as described in the WhereAreTheyNow sequence [[spoiler: He ends up marrying Charlotte and becoming King of Midland]].
* TrainingMontage: Parodied, naturally.
* {{Tsundere}}: Casca's hatred of Guts is something that's never-ending in its ill-humor.
* {{Ubermensch}}: "I was wondering, do I seem like the Nietzche-ian Superman type to you?"
** He thinks he's WHAT kind of Necromancer?
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Related to RagingStiffie above.
* WalkingTheEarth: Guts' ever frustrated need to get to '''Comic Con'''.
** [[spoiler: He finally makes it in episode twenty]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One of the things that Hbi2k was gonna do was make the final episodes in the style of AMVHell. He doesn't go through it because he felt like it's not GrandFinale material, however you can see where he was going for his AMVHell style in bits and pieces, like Slan's entrance to the song of ''She's A Lady'' with Corkus singing along.
** Speaking of Slan's entrance, each member of the God Hand was gonna have their own theme. However, this only went that way for Slan (and if you interpret it as such) Femto, (which by the way is ''The Hawkman Cometh''). Void, Conrad, and Ubik get their entrances set to ''He Has The Whole World In His Hands''.
* WhatWouldXDo: It's time for another exciting episode of What Would LupinTheThird Have Done?
* WordOfGod: By name no less in the final commentary, hbi2k says that the DownerEnding happened, and that the other, happier ending was partly for his own amusement and partly due to the fact he couldn't find a way to parody the actual ending without feeling extremely uncomfortable since he couldn't find a way to show [[spoiler:[[RapeAsDrama Casca being raped]]]] [[DudeNotFunny and make it funny]]. From what he said in the (non-commentary) opening of the 24th episode, a lot of fans emailed him telling him that he shouldn't parody the ending, and he added that in a way, he agreed with them, since it's a hugely emotional moment. The Downer-est DownerEnding of all time. No fan of the show would want the end of that parodied, and hbi2k is on that list. And he did what any fan would've done; the Mega Happy Ending. And then follows up with an amv montage of all the bad things that happen jammed into a couple minutes when Zodd rebels. Literally the only way that he could have left the majority of the abridged show's fanbase feeling happy.
* [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi Fanboy]]: The Governor, who uses his boy harem to act out his VisionOfEscaflowne Fanfiction and is obsessed with Griffith for his resemblance to Dilandau.
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