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Sgt Frog Abridged: Reset
Season 3, Episode Special
Sgt_Frog_Abridged_Reset_(Special)
Air date 3/30/13
Length 7:15
Written by ThornBrain
(Script can be read here)
Link YouTube
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Sgt Frog Abridged: Reset is the revival special for the Sgt Frog Abridged series. It details Keroro's, Dororo's and Giroro's efforts to reverse the damage caused during SFA episodes 16, 17, and 18.

Episode Summary

Wait, everything's back to normal? How'd that happen? Time for an episode of confusing flashbacks.

Cast (In Order of Appearance)

Key: * - Some or all lines are recycled from SFA18

Other voices

Sgt Frog Episodes Used

Note: Most footage recycled from previous SFA episodes

  • Episode 101
  • Episode 102
  • Episode 103
  • Episode 129
  • Episode 134

Music Used

  • "Eleki Gunsou" - Keroro Gunsou OST - Opening
  • "Spacewalk" - Keroro Gunsou OST - Keroro faces HQ
  • "Cavern" - Metal Gear Solid OST - Dollar Store theme
  • "Telescope" - Keroro Gunsou OST - Keroro and HQ's heart-to-heart
  • "Dear Friend" - Keroro Gunsou OST - Garuru leaves, Ending

Development Notes

The SFA revival was announced suddenly on February 14, 2013. The script was written from March 8-9, recording from 11-19, and editing from 25-29. The episode was uploaded midnight March 30, a little over four months after SFA originally ended.

Revival Background

Sgt Frog Abridged concluded on Thanksgiving 2012 after a difficult second season and a complete loss of motivation from creators Yoshi and Thorn. Thorn, who held creative control after Yoshi stepped down as project leader after SFA16, left open the possibility of a revival at some point in the future. The two initially planned to work on a Digimon Tamers abridged series instead, though by January 2013 it was clear no progress was going to be made, so Thorn shelved the project. (Tamers Abridged would later be revived successfully in October 2013.)

Thorn instead announced February 14, 2013 that she was reviving SFA. She provided a clarification video the day after, detailing how her desire to end SFA was a result of a rough second season and a difficult semester of college. The break from the series revitalized her interest in it. She would write the following Season 3 with whoever was available, sans Yoshi who was done with writing for SFA.

Post-Credits

  • Tamama is shown having time traveled back to her meeting with Beetle Jesus. This conversation also goes very differently.
  • An unknown pair of new characters, one with an obsessive grudge against Keroro, discuss the Keroro Platoon's return to the Keron military. Snake and Raiden return briefly.

Joke References and Explanations

SPOILER WARNING
The following has numerous spoilers for the episode. It is recommended that you watch the episode before reading any further.

Episode Running Gags, Series Running Gags, and Callbacks

  • Hidden in the background are Thorn's favourite albums from each of her top 5 favourite artists, in order of first favourite artist to fifth:
    • They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18 is on the back of Dororo's chair in the opening scene.
    • Elvis Costello - This Year's Model is in the rubble beside Giroro during Keroro's rant to HQ.
    • Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven is in the ceiling during the first Dollar Store flashback.
    • The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette replaces No. 1 in Heaven shortly after.
    • Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves is behind Kululu during the second Dollar Store flashback.
  • As Keroro first flashes back to his confrontation with HQ, Giroro proudly proclaims that he has "conquered it", "it" being his recurring flashback-induced nausea.
  • Keroro's and Dororo's first lines in the flashbacks are adaptations of lines from SFA16 and SFA18 respectively.
  • Keroro's outburst to HQ calls back to Episode 11 of Ask GiroDoro, wherein he learned he was Dororo's brother and the two reconciled.
  • The scenes with Future Kululu are in the dollar store from SFA10.
    • During the second Dollar Store scene when the camera is on Giroro and Dororo, Mop can be seen sliding into view in the background.
  • Keroro helps HQ make better coffee, a callback/continuation of the latter's "the coffee stunk today" line from SFA16, and a joke about his recurring use of coffee.
    • HQ notes that he is actually enjoying talking to Keroro, another hint to the effect on Keroro of Fuyuki's rant in SFA18 and the events of Ask GiroDoro.
    • Fuyuki's rant is also vaguely referenced when Keroro says he "had a rough talk with a friend."
  • HQ correctly points out Keroro's housecleaner tendencies, as seen in SFA2, SFA15 and SFA16.
  • Zoruru's line about Dororo being nice confirms that Dororo mistaking him for Robocop in SFA18 helped the platoon befriend him.
    • Garuru points out that Dororo is his brother-in-law. A recurring question in Ask GiroDoro was whether any of Giroro's or Dororo's relatives knew that they got married; Garuru's line confirms that at least he did.

Other Jokes and References

  • Keroro emphatically calling Dororo "BRO" and Giroro "BRO-IN-LAW" comes from the "Sgt Frog Abridged Series Finale" podcast.
  • Giroro threatening to Kululu "I will abort your soul" is a based on a line from Yoshi's humourous Tumblr post, How To Art.

Reception

As of April 12, 2013, the video has 195 "likes", 1 "dislikes" and 59 "favorites" on YouTube - as of August 14, 2016 it has 354 likes and 6 dislikes.

Additional Trivia

  • A few of the lines in SFA: Reset were produced during the initial brainstorming sessions for SFA17 and SFA18 but ultimately unused. These include Dororo's "You have no idea how helpful I was!"
    • Dororo's "How's it feel?" line was adapted from a similar joke Yoshi came up with during the 2009 pre-SFA formation days.
  • This the only episode written entirely by Thorn or by a single person. Yoshi and Travis did look over the script, and their reactions were positive.
  • This was King Theo's voice acting debut for TheMidnightFrogs. He'd previously voice acted for Yoshi's Ask Deep Dash and Crazy Twilight audio blog.
  • The episode was originally conceived as the first of a new SFA: Reset series, but it was instead made into a special and a lead-in to SFA Season 3 because "Reset" would have lost its meaning immediately after this episode.
  • Thorn recorded a commentary of the special on August 14, 2015.


TheMidnightFrogs
ThornBrain - Mugiwara Yoshi - JigglyJacob


Sgt Frog Abridged
Season 1: Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Episode 4 - Episode 5 - Episode 6 - Episode 7 - Episode 8 - Episode 9 - Episode 10

Season 2: Episode 11 - Episode 12 - Episode 13 - Episode 14 - Episode 15 - Episode 16 - Episode 17 - Episode 18
Season 3: Episode 19 - Episode 20 - Episode 21 - Episode 22 - Episode 23 - Episode 24 - Episode 25
Movies: The Sgt Frog Abridged Movie - The Second Frog Abridged Movie
Specials and Spinoffs: "A Christmas Special (It's special, alright)" - Ask GiroDoro - Sgt Frog Abridged: Reset
Retconned Episodes: Episode 1R - Episode 2R - Episode 3R

One-Shots and April Fool's
April Fool's: Paper Abridged - Other People's Wedding Videos Abridged - Crash Abridged - Sgt Frog Abridged - Episode 1 Remastered - SAHNIK - KAYAK

Pokemon: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Abridged - Best Wishes Abridged - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Abridged: Fire Red Version - How I Caught Your Mother

Songs
Song Parodies: "A Pekoponian Day in the Life" - "Pretty Girl's All Mine" - "The Lonely Dance" - "The Valentine's Parody"

Originals: "Stroke in the Sun"

Side Series
Jetters Abridged: Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Episode 4 - Episode 5 - Episode 6

Tamers Abridged: Episode 1 - Episode 2

Related
TheStrawhatNO! - TheMidnightFrogs Podcast - Thorn's Archives - No Longer with TheMidnightFrogs - Inside Jokes - Terminology
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