The Abridged

ATA Abridged
ATA Abridged is the main parody of the official ATA roleplay. It is written and submitted by Sleepyyawn, an ATA moderator. It mostly follows the view of the administrator's current characters, referring them to "the main male protagonist" and "the main female protagonist," poking at the fact that they practically lead the otherwise open roleplay. These "main characters" usually look down on the lesser non-important characters, which is displayed when Loki Whitefield shakes off Sunny Hamilton and Emmy Shere's deaths.

The story is supposed to be told out by Narrator, who inevitably becomes part of the joke as well. He will commonly become confused when there is a time paradox, which is displayed when Lance Gunn has a dream of when he first met Luna Star; as this was not explained to him and he thought he was stuck back in time. When Loki and Amethyst Wolf point out that he is becoming more of a character in the story than a narrator, he creates Reuben Callus to act as a character, but really just to make sure they stop stealing jokes from bigger and more popular Abridged series such as Code MENT and YGOTAS. He tends to have more of a bond to Lance and Luna, as he cried at their deaths and commonly compares Loki and Amethyst to their predecessors.

As the story progresses, the inactive member's characters stay in order to become "comic relief," which is described by Casper Lukas and Shamis Lancaster when Luna doesn't get why they don't leave the Wal-Mart. The two administrators will sometimes make guest appearances. Mainly for them to beat up Narrator for making errors.

So far, both administrators have made an Abridge of a topic. Jayysama (his dA username, who roleplays the main male protagonists) made a pilot Abridge to see if he wanted to do it, though much to Sleepyyawn's dismay the main series was favored. WatchingShadows (her dA suername, who roleplays the main female protagonists) made a competition with Sleepyyawn after he claimed that anyone could make an Abridge.

Several trends are the main male protagonist being able to godmod and the main female protagonist being able to see visions of the future. However, this is mainly used with Lance and Luna as it becomes less common when Loki and Amethyst take their places.

ATA Rebirth versus ATA Abridged
Sleepyyawn tends to exaggerate the situations and completely change the personalities of the characters for a humorous affect. Changes so far in the story include:
 * Standard shadows will try to hold a conversation with the Rebels, where they are usually killed before they can get in a sentence.
 * Nightcrawlers are very friendly and apparently only want friendship (Giving out flowers, trying to give out hugs, give gifts etc.). However, because of their shadow race, they are killed instantly.
 * Shadowfire is a commander in the Abridged series while in reality he is just more intelligent than most and therefore gets a spot as a character.
 * Shadow Leeches are the most dedicated soldiers in the army in the Abridged. They often push themselves to the limits and give out more inspirational and memorable quotes than their bretheren. However their small size and sluggish speed isn't very effective and they die quickly.
 * Elite Shadows carry guns.
 * Road Monster is remarked for being more bark than bike, which is shown when Danielle Comet kills it before it has a chance to fight.
 * Mall Monster is a stoner, who sat down and got high with Luna instead of trying to fight her. He implies that he deals drugs when his Parashadow guards report to him about Lance, who he misinterprets as Road Monster wanting his money. He usually cusses in a long stream of words that don't really make sense and is shown with a gun when Jean Acelin and Lance attack him.
 * The Shadow King has more of a laid-back attitude, much of a contrast to his valued servants. This is shown when he cries over Road Monster dying, his hasty decision making, and calls Zathe his "Zathey-wathey." He even considers stopping Zathe's execution when Loki accidentally knocks him over and makes him stab Zathe in the chest in an attempt to catch himself.
 * Wall-Walker is rather clumsy, falling over and running into walls in a panic when Fallyn Night and Luna jump on his back.
 * Flame Shadow has a German accent.
 * Lance is shown with a dislike of French people.
 * Lily Conrade is shown to be stupid and slow until Danielle and Narrator attack her and change her attitude, which results in Lily having a crush on Loki.
 * Adrian cusses.
 * Reuben does not cross his heart before a fight and he doesn't carry Baby around in a sock.
 * Loki and Adrian Galloway start dating much sooner than they do in the official roleplay.
 * Each couple has a more intense and sexual relationship as an excuse to make sex jokes.