Thank you so much for all the reviews! I'm glad everyone liked the first chapter, and now it's time for another episode.
Cd (guest): Glad you like it! ^_^
Shitennou (guest): Well don't wait any longer, here's the next chapter :)
Guest: Glad you like it. Like I said before, it can technically take place any time before the Dawn of the Duel arc (second story of season 5) since Yami is still in the puzzle, plus the latest episode in the series is the first episode of season 4, so I imagine this taking place sometime after the Waking the Dragon arc. Hope that helps.
Guest #2: Here's the next chapter, hope you like it ^^.
Yuna Yami Mouto: Glad this story got you laughing, of course I'll continue it ^^.
Mari (guest): Oh I will, thanks for your review!
treacy-101 (guest): Kaiba won't be in this chapter until the end since he isn't in this episode, or as the say in the series, he got written out. But there will be plenty of him later, I promise.
Somebody (guest): Don't worry, these reactions will stay true to the show :) Thanks for the support.
Guest #3: Hope you like this update ^^.
All right, let's get started. Once again, Yu-Gi-Oh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi and the abridged series belongs to LittleKuriboh
-Quote from the abridged series-
"Yami or Yugi mind speaking"
Normal dialogue
The first thing the gang did once school got out was meet up on the roof. Joey made sure his laptop was fully charged and the next video was loaded up. Yugi, Tea, and Tristian sat down next to him.
"Alright, let's see what's next for us," Joey said.
"If I remember, shortly after defeating Kaiba, this is when Pegasus dueled me and took Grandpa's soul." Yugi said.
"You guys ready?" Tea asked.
"If my voice is still the same, then no," Tristian said. "Lighten up, maybe it will be different this time," Joey replied. He clicked "play" and the video began.
-In tonight's episode the part of Tristian Taylor will be played by Barney the Dinosaur. - "You were saying Joey?" Tristian asked sighing. "Ok, so it's not different, but hey it could be worse."
-Bakura: I say Yugi, can I play too? –
-Yugi: Sorry Bakura, main characters only. – "Hey, Bakura's important to us," Tea said.
"Yea…wait the only time we ever see him is when something's happening. We don't usually see him a lot," Tristian pointed out.
"Where is Bakura anyway?" Yugi asked. "Must have gone home," Joey said as he resumed the video.
-Joey: Playing card games sure beats doing schoolwork. Arithmetic is for losers. *Tea plays card* Now I just got to subtract your defense points from my attack points and…and uh…wait a minute how do I do that? - "Huh?!" Joey said as everyone else started smiling.
-Tea: It's official, you're an idiot. - Yugi, Tea, and Tristian started giggling. "Hey, What gives?! I know my Math! Stop laughing!" Joey yelled.
"Sorry man, couldn't help it."
"Oh yea Tristian, wait until something happens to make you look like an idiot."
"Go ahead, play the video then. We'll see who the idiot is," Tristian said. Joey growled and did so.
-Tristian: I love you, you love me, we're a happy family. – Tristian's face turned bright red. "Ha! That didn't take long," Joey said.
"That's it, I need a break." Tristian got up and walked over to the fence. Yugi and Tea both smiled nervously. "Man, can't he take a joke?" Joey asked. "Oh yeah, look who's talking," Tea said.
Tristian walked back over. "Let's just continue the video."
"You know, you don't have to watch the video if you don't want to," Yugi said.
"I know, but the last video had me laughing every few minutes. I don't want to miss any other jokes in this video…unless they're all about me."
"Well, ok then," Yugi resumed the video.
-Joey: Tristian's song taught me a valuable lesson. I need to learn how to be a better duelist. - "That song did? Looks like I'm not such the idiot after all," Tristian said. –You gotta help me out here Yug!-
-Yugi: Let me see your deck. *looks through deck* Oh man, his deck is even more powerful than mine. Whoa, the Dark Magician, I just gotta have that. - "Wait, did this really happen?" Tea asked.
"Huh? No, I always had the Dark Magician. And if I remember, Joey's deck was only full of monsters," Yugi said. "Right Joey?"
"That would be pretty cool to have a deck more powerful than yours Yug, but that's probably not going to happen. You are the king of games." Yugi smiled and continued the video.
-Geez Joey, your cards are worthless. Tell you what, why don't I get rid of these and we'll go visit Gramps and set you up with a new special super awesome deck.-
-Joey: Thanks Yug, you're always looking out for me. - "And let me guess, you take my cards," Joey said. Yugi turned a little red. "I wouldn't ever do that."
*Scene change*
-Solomon: Oh Black Luster Soldier, no one must ever know of our forbidden love. - There was a flash of light, and Yami was suddenly in control.
"You ok Yugi?" Yami asked.
"I think now I need a break."
-Joey: Hey Yugi's grandpa, how about training me to become Duel Monsters champ over here. –
-Solomon: Very well, but it will require hours of rigorous off-screen practice.
-Joey: Really? I don't even get a training montage?-
-Solomon: Who do you think you are? Rocky Balboa? - "Not worth comparing Joey to Rocky," Tristian said.
"Watch it," Joey said annoyed.
*Scene change* Announcer: Welcome to the regional championship where the comic relief villains are having a meaningless duel. I can't believe we're actually airing this on TV folks. - "What's so wrong with showing duels on TV?" Tea asked.
"Well it did say the duel was meaningless," Tristian answered.
-Joey: Man, I love the card game channel.-
-Yugi: It's almost as good as the watching paint dry channel. - Everyone giggled. "Guess that's why we don't watch TV," Joey said. At the sound of everyone giggling, Yugi's soul appeared next to Yami.
-Solomon: There's a package here for you Yugi. You'd better not have been using my credit card to buy Duel Monsters merchandise off eBay again. - Yugi laughed a little. "Glad you came back," Yami said. "Well I was curious as to what everyone was laughing at. I can't believe I actually laughed at a joke about Grandpa."
-Yugi: It's from Industrial Illusions, I guess they heard about my victory over Kaiba.-
-Joey: Yea, those card games are big news. It completely overshadowed the fact that he kidnapped and hospitalized your grandpa. - "But that's the whole reason I dueled in the first place," Yami said. "I wouldn't call it overshadowing."
"Tell that to Pegasus," Joey said.
-Tristian: Hey look, I'm on TV-
-Joey: What are you talking about Tristian? That's just a purple dinosaur. – "Seriously?!" Tristian yelled.
-Rex: Uh-huh-huh, hey Weevil, check it out. My dinosaur is horny. Uh-huh-huh, get it?-
-Weevil: Yeah heh-heh-heh, yeah heh-heh-heh.-
-Rex: It's like, your move or something.-
-Weevil: heh-heh-heh, bugs are cool, heh-heh-heh.-
"They did not," Tea said. "Now that I think about it, those two fit the characters well," Tristian said. "This is going to be fun," Joey added.
-Yugi: These guys sound awfully familiar. -
"What's going on? Is this a reference I'm not getting or something?" Yami asked. "I'll explain afterwards," Yugi said.
-Rex: So like, I'll attack or something.-
-Weevil: You like, activated my trap card buttmunch, heh-heh-heh,-
-Rex: Uh-huh-huh, no way.-
-Weevil: Fire! Fire! Yeah, heh-heh-heh.-
-Rex: This sucks. I'm going to go like, get some nachos. - "I may not know exactly what's going on, but these two play off each other really well," Yami said smiling.
-Announcer: Ladies and Gentlemen, let's hear it for Maximillion Pegasus-
-Pegasus: Congratulations Mr. Underwood. Here's your trophy. Now allow me to render your victory utterly pointless by announcing a far more interesting contest with a much grander title up for grabs. - Everyone chuckled. "I wonder if Rex and Weevil know about this," Tea asked.
"Pegasus should see this too," Tristian added.
-Weevil: Whoa heh, this chick is hot. Heh-heh-heh. –
-Yugi: Hey, there was a video inside the package.-
-Solomon: I just hope it's not one of those cursed video tapes that are all the rage these days.-
-Pegasus: Seven days.-
-Solomon: Oh snap, I knew it! - "That would just be crazy if the tape really was cursed like that," Tristian said.
-Pegasus: That's right Yugi-boy, there are only seven days till Duelist Kingdom, and in order to get you to enter I'm going to force you to play a shadow game. Win in 15 minutes and I'll release your friends.-
"Hey, we're going to see your duel with Pegasus," Joey said. "Hold on, how was this guy able to get footage of our duel? This was just between me and Pegasus," Yami commented. "I guess what they say is true. You can find almost anything on the internet," Yugi commented.
"I always did want to know how this duel went," Tea said.
-Yami: That's fine by me Pegasus. I'll beat you with the cards I took from…I mean the cards that Joey gave me. - Yami turned a little red as everyone else started laughing.
-Pegasus: You won't beat anyone with that dragon card.-
-Yami: You can see into my mind?!-
-Pegasus: Yes Pharaoh-boy, and I can see that you and I have a great deal in common.-
-Yami: What's that supposed to mean?-
-Pegasus: Isn't it obvious? - "So he used his millennium eye on you during that duel?" Tea asked. "Yea, but it doesn't look like this video is showing most of our duel," Yami pointed out.
-Yami: Look pal, just because I inhabit the body of a teenage boy doesn't mean I'm a…-
-Pegasus: Oh come now Pharaoh-boy don't be so gauche. I was referring to our millennium items. –
-Yami: Oh, right I knew that. - Everyone looked at Yami, whose face was red again. "So he was talking about you being a…" "You're up Yugi." Suddenly, Yugi found himself in control again. "Pharaoh, I thought you weren't going to do that anymore!" Yugi yelled at the puzzle. He then looked up at the others. "You guys don't believe this video, do you?"
"No, of course not Yug, it's just a parody remember?"
"Yea, I know."
-24 countdown-
-Pegasus: What would you say if I told you I didn't actually create Duel Monsters, and that it's actually based on mystical duels held by powerful Pharaohs many thousands of years ago.-
-Yami: What you talkin' 'bout Pegasus? - "Oh great," Joey said chuckling.
-Pegasus: These Pharaohs battled with real monsters and real magic. So as you can imagine, it was a great deal more exciting than the watered down product I created. – "Whoa, I wouldn't call it 'watered down' at all," Tea said.
-Yami: Wait a minute, you're just using this monologue to stall for time.-
-Pegasus: Well it worked didn't it. - "So wait, Pegasus beat me by just talking and not doing anything in this video?" Yugi asked. After a moment of silence, the gang started smiling, then laughter started coming out of everyone. And inside his mind, Yami was smiling and chuckling along.
Once the laughter died down, Yugi spoke up. "That was funny, but it still didn't change the fact I was defeated. Or what happens afterwards."
-Yami: You're a cheat!-
-Pegasus: No my strategy was merely…-
-Yami: Hey everybody, Pegasus is a big stinky cheater. - Everyone started laughing. "I like the way this version of Yugi thinks," Joey said.
-Pegasus: Ooh, so that's the way it's going to be is it? Fine then, let's see how your grandpa manages without his soul. Ooh, I'm so ambiguously camp.-
-Solomon: Yugi…- "That day still haunts me sometimes," Yugi said.
-Yugi: You bastard! You turned him into mime. – "I think I'm done," Yugi said. –Grandpa, Grandpa!-
-Joey: Hey Yug, down in front will ya.-
-Tristian: Yea, we were watching that.-
"That was pretty good. Two down, and a lot more to go," Tea said. "Hold on, there's still one more thing on this video," Joey said.
-Yami Marik: Come on, let me hear you say it just once.-
-Tea: You're insane.-
-Yami Marik: No! No, not that, the other thing.-
-Tea: Superman will never…-
-Yami Marik: WRONG!-
"I hear that sound bit all the time. Who knew it would be so popular," Tristian said. Joey closed his laptop. "That was fun, this will become popular in no time."
"Joey, it already is. Check out all the views." Joey opened his laptop again and did so. "Whoa, over a million views? That's insane!"
"Well I can understand why," Tea said.
Yugi then got up. "Well, I have to help Grandpa at the store."
"And I have to meet up with Serenity, see you guys," Joey said running to the door. Tea and Tristian left soon after. Yugi went inside the game shot, where Solomon had a bunch of rolls of paper.
"Hey Yugi, will you help me put up these posters?"
"Sure, are they Duel Monsters?"
"Yep. Here, you can put up the Black Luster Solider poster." Yugi paused for a minute. "Is something wrong Yugi?"
"No, I'm fine. Sure, I'll put up the poster."
Meanwhile, Kaiba was online and noticed the playlist of videos. "There's no way I'm watching these videos. That one Wheeler sent me was more than enough." He exited out of the page and continued his work.
Oh don't worry, Kaiba will give in eventually.
So here's how pop culture references will work. If it's a reference to something in pop culture, most of the time, the characters (with the exception of possibly Yami) will get the jokes. I say most of the time because even I miss the references sometimes ^^', but most of the time I catch them, so I'll try to have the characters react to all of them, but if I can't think of a good reaction, don't worry. It's not the end of the world.
That said, if there is a reference to another anime (Pokémon, Naruto, DBZ, etc.) The characters will not get the jokes. I'll get more into that when the time comes.
So for now, hope you enjoyed the chapter and leave a flame-free review if you want.
Next time: Episode 3 My Cards Will Go On. Duel Standby!