History FanFic / UltimateVideoRumble

* NormalFishInATinyPond: The reason why [[VideoGame/EternalChampions great]] [[VideoGame/WorldHeroes warriors]] [[VideoGame/TimeKillers of history]] and even [[VideoGame/WarGods superpowered immortals]] are getting thrashed by [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters "regular"]] [[Franchise/{{Tekken}} martial]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight artists]] and even [[StreetFighter schoolgirls]]: the [[WeakButSkilled level of fighting prowess common in some worlds]] is just that much better. Even the weakest fighters there HadToBeSharp just to compete at all; as a consequence, they can stand toe-to-toe with the best from the other worlds, [[SmallNameBigEgo who have only each other for practice or comparison]]. (That's the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Watsonian reason]], anyway. The Doylist reason is that the [[AudienceParticipation winners are decided by reader vote]], and absolutely no one cares about Tak.)

''The Ultimate Video Rumble'' (or UVR for short) is a MegaCrossover tournament-style fanfic, taking characters from fighting games such as ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/{{The King of Fighters}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', and ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' and pitting them against each other in a huge contest in a competition not unlike a Royal Rumble found in professional wrestling. Basically, each "Section" is made up of the twenty people currently in the ring, and [[AudienceParticipation the reading public votes on which ten people will stay in the arena]] to welcome the next wave of fighters, whereupon the public can vote again. This continues until there is only one left.

* AnotherDimension: Called "nodes" here; each game series has its own. The planned UVR 4 more explicitly treats ''Videogame/FatalFury'' as an AlternateUniverse of ''Videogame/TheKingOfFighters'', resolving the contradictions in the two timelines.

** [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Eddy Gordo]] in UVR 3. Probably a bigger Butt Monkey than the World Heroes, the War Gods, and the Time Killers ''combined''. He might also be classified as an IronButtmonkey.

** "I'M NUMBAHHHH ONE!" -- [[VideoGame/WorldHeroes Muscle Power]] and [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Brian Battler]].

* ChainsawGood: [[Videogame/TimeKillers Rancid]], whom appears in all three rumbles, is obviously never seen without his trademark chainsaw.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} / PopCulturedBadass: [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Yoshimitsu]]. He has a tendency to constantly make random quotes from pop culture.

--> "More eliminations than the VideoGame/{{World Heroes}}, [[VideoGame/FatalFury Fatal Furites]], VideoGame/{{Eternal Champions}}, and [[VideoGame/VirtuaFighter Virtua Fighters]] *combined*." - Rancid's "WHAFU**?" AWARD from the first tournament.

** [[Videogame/PowerStone Falcon]] enters as a Mystery Fighter in the third tournament, promptly turns into his super mode and blasts everybody in the ring with his arsenal. The instant the power wears off, however, everyone else promptly beats him down.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the third tournament, [[Videogame/TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]] scores his only elimination in all three tournaments against [[AGodAmI TRUE]] [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} OGRE]].

* ExtremeOmnivore: [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]]. The third tournament also includes [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Kirby]].
* FaceHeelTurn: Most of the Videogame/WorldHeroes in the third Rumble; once their collective SmallNameBigEgo is deflated, they spitefully turn to infamy to replace their lost fame. ([[spoiler:They aren't any more effective as villains than they are as heroes.]])

* FourthWallObserver: According to the author notes, this would have been [[Videogame/TheLastBlade Hyo Amano's]] gimmick in the never-started fourth Rumble.

* GilliganCut: Towards the end of the third tournament, [[Creator/MarvelComics The Hulk]] decides to take on [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese Howard]]. He charges at Geese... and we cut to ''VideoGame/OutRun'', with Hulk bellowing in rage. (He then decides to hitchhike to the nearest town. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4C1ZQKmw4 Cue this.]])

** Then it's on to ''VideoGame/ChuChuRocket''. He defeated all of the cats, and was on his way to the rocket... and then [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} True Ogre]] drops in (see TookALevelInBadass below) and starts bleeding. And then the mice start ''drinking the blood''. What happens next ain't pretty.

** Finally, he gets into a massive brawl with [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]] that spills into multiple worlds throughout the final rounds. It ends when, in the world of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetalBlack'', [[spoiler: Eddy is crushed by a belly flop from Chang.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Mystery Fighter [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hol Horse]] in the third Rumble. [[spoiler: He used his Stand to distract other opponents, eliminated two fan-favorite characters ({{VideoGame/Kirby}} and [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Yoshimitsu]]), and shot [[Creator/MarvelComics Captain America]] in the gut.]] It was inevitable that he would be eliminated in a quick and painful manner. It got even more painful when [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Mitsurugi]] jumped into the elimination portal after him and killed him in a duel. (See DuelToTheDeath above.)
* LethalJokeCharacter: [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Kirby]] nets five eliminations in the third Rumble, placing him in the top ten performances of the night. Other mystery entries of the "what are they even doing in the ring?" type are also surprisingly likely to manage at least one kill, due to getting votes [[ForTheLulz out of sheer amusement]].

* MustMakeAmends: King of ''Videogame/{{Tekken}}'' signs on with one of the villain teams for money in the second Rumble, belatedly realizes that his employers are planning TargetedHumanSacrifice, and then spends the rest of the night [[TheDeterminator fighting with absolutely everything he has]] to disrupt the scheme.

** [[Franchise/MortalKombat Shao Khan]] excels at this, much to [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Rugal Bernstein's]] annoyance.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: The reason why [[VideoGame/EternalChampions great]] [[VideoGame/WorldHeroes warriors]] [[VideoGame/TimeKillers of history]] and even [[VideoGame/WarGods superpowered immortals]] are getting thrashed by [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters "regular"]] [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} martial]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight artists]] and even [[StreetFighter schoolgirls]]: the [[WeakButSkilled level of fighting prowess common in some worlds]] is just that much better. Even the weakest fighters there HadToBeSharp just to compete at all; as a consequence, they can stand toe-to-toe with the best from the other worlds, [[SmallNameBigEgo who have only each other for practice or comparison]]. (That's the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Watsonian reason]], anyway. The Doylist reason is that the [[AudienceParticipation winners are decided by reader vote]], and absolutely no one cares about Tak.)

** The second and third tournaments involve one character ingesting a large amount of medication, leading to [[MushroomSamba comedic hallucinations]]. In the second tournament, it happens to [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Athena]], but in the third, it happens to [[Franchise/StreetFighter RYU]].

* TookALevelInBadass: [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]] in the third tournament. After spending the first two tournaments getting the lowest number of votes, his popularity skyrocketed in the third, which starts after a side battle concludes in him eating [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange Shuma-Gorath]] (let me say that again: CHANG KOEHAN ''defeats'', '''cooks''' and '''EATS''' SHUMA-GORATH). Afterward, he enters the ring, scores an elimination (against [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} TRUE OGRE]]) and spends the rest of the tournament demolishing unusual opponents in different worlds. [[BunnyEarsLawyer And he did it all in a comedic fashion]].

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Ultimate Video Rumble 4 was being planned, but it never saw the light of day, save for some material published [[http://www.network54.com/Forum/110491/ here]]. Chances are, RealLife took over the writers' lives.
** This was also ''nearly'' the fate of the second and third Rumbles, [[DeadFic mid-fic]], but new writers were able to step in each time. (It still took eight years to complete UVR 3.)

* AnArmAndALeg: In the first rumble, possibly as a nod to the [[Videogame/TimeKillers]] being represented, the fighters could lose their arms and still continue fighting if they could. That said, the only one that benefited from this was [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]], whom managed to score several eliminations despite losing both arms due to her reliance on kick-based moves.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the third tournament, [[Videogame/TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]] scores his only elimination in all three tournaments against [[AGodAmI TRUE]] [[VideoGaem/{{Tekken}} OGRE]].

''The Ultimate Video Rumble'' (or UVR for short) is a MegaCrossover tournament-style fanfic, taking characters from fighting games such as ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/{{The King of Fighters}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', and ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' and pitting them against each other in a huge contest in a competition not unlike a Royal Rumble found in professional wrestling. Basically, each "Section" is made up of the twenty people currently in the ring, and the reading public votes on which ten people will stay in the arena to welcome to next wave of fighters so the public can vote again. This continues until there is only one left.

Responsibilities of the tournament traded hands several times over the course of the three fanfics and it appears that the third tournament has been the last. In addition, the site that originally contained the tournaments has since gone down, taking them with it (it can still be found on the Website/WaybackMachine [[http://web.archive.org/web/20020814104104fw_/http://www.tekken.nu/fightermania/uvr/uvr.htm here]], at the moment, but it died before the third tournament completed). [=UVR2=] is still available in its complete form [[http://www.slack.net/~arctic/rumble.html here]] for now, again alongside a partial [=UVR3=]. And the closest thing to a complete [=UVR3=] can be found, again, on the Website/WaybackMachine [[http://web.archive.org/web/20050907040737/http://www.rit.edu/~gjj2192/hol/uvr/ here]]. The final section and epilogue of [=UVR3=] can be found [[http://www.network54.com/Forum/110491/ here]], along with supplemental material for the [[DevelopmentHell never-released Ultimate Video Rumble 4]]. There are also additional caches scattered around containing bits and pieces of all three tournaments.

Recently, the series in its entirety has been captured on Website/FanFictionDotNet, including the thought-to-be-lost first UVR. The first can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11073838/ here]], the second [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11042304/ here]], and the third [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11075877/ here]].

* BlessedWithSuck: Anyone enhanced by [[VideoGame/WarGods the Ore]]. In their own universe, they might be the most powerful beings around, but in the Rumble, they're surrounded by fighters with near-equal power and ''far'' more skill (and public respect). Hence the chanting. [[spoiler: When Rancid gets exposed, he finds it a curse, power boost not withstanding.]]

* CallingYourAttacks: Many, ''many'' fighters do this in all three tournaments.

* TheGiant: Expressed in the "Big Guy" rules. The default number of eliminations per section is half the competitors in the ring (usually, ten out of twenty), but for each "Big Guy" present, that number goes up by one, to demonstrate that the Big Guy is wearing everyone down a lot more than usual. (There are also "Really Big Guys" who bump up the number by two.) A "Big Guy" isn't ''always'' literally big -- overpowered competitors of regular size, such as Doctor Doom, Geese, or Jedah, will have the same effect -- but usually it's someone like Zangief, Motaro, or Hulk.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: The reason why [[VideoGame/EternalChampions great]] [[VideoGame/WorldHeroes warriors]] [[VideoGame/TimeKillers of history]] and even [[VideoGame/WarGods superpowered immortals]] are getting thrashed by [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters "regular"]] [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} martial]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight artists]] and even [[StreetFighter schoolgirls]]: the [[WeakButSkilled level of fighting prowess common in some worlds]] is just that much better. Even the weakest fighters there HadToBeSharp just to compete at all; as a consequence, they can stand toe-to-toe with the best from the other worlds, who have only each other for practice or comparison. (That's the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Watsonian reason]], anyway. The Doylist reason is that the [[AudienceParticipation winners are decided by reader vote]], and absolutely no one cares about Tak.)

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Geese winning the third UVR (even people who ''voted'' for him were surprised he actually won)]]

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan and Demitri]] work together in the second and third tournaments, written long before anybody found out that they are actually enemies.

** ... but then be magically restored to normal after their elimination, so this is technically subverted.
*** An Explanation: The first UVR had the ring surrounded by a moat of acid from ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII''. EVERYBODY who didn't win got a fatal acid bath (Except [[VideoGame/EternalChampions Larcen Tyler]]), but was later shown just fine in the stands. The second and third rumbles featured a Dimensional Barrier, which sent eliminated fighters into a random universe, usually right in front of something nasty. Like in the first, they were brought back to the dome in one piece (to continue with the subplot, of course).

*** [[spoiler:at least until UVR 3, when he is eliminated relatively quickly compared to his last two outings.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Subverted with the [[spoiler: wooden stake Ryo carries in the second Rumble, which is brought out in the climactic battle against Demetri... only to [[NoSell accomplish absolutely nothing]].]]

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[VideoGame/TimeKillers RANCID.]] He basically runs around, screaming like a little girl, and then manages to decapitate and/or mutilate anyone who gets in his way. He has been the only Time Killer to ever get an elimination in any of the three tournaments. [[spoiler: Subverted in UVR 3, when he was eliminated quickly. Winning a bonus battle didn't help, either.]]

* CurbStompBattle: The first tournament had the eventual winner [[spoiler: (Haohmaru)]] enter very early, dominate the rest of the tournament and win with a staggering ''22'' eliminations, a record that was never matched in either of the following tournaments by anyone (partially because [[{{Nerf}} an "exhaustion" feature]] was added in the second tournament).

* GilliganCut: Towards the end of the third tournament, [[Creator/MarvelComics The Hulk]] decides to take on [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese Howard]]. He charges at Geese... and we cut to ''VideoGame/OutRun'', with Hulk bellowing in rage. He then decides to hitchhike to the nearest town. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4C1ZQKmw4 Cue this.]]

* NobleDemon: Doctor Doom. While he generally has his own self-serving plots going on, he also [[EvenEvilHasStandards has several lines he will not cross (especially related to the demonic/souls)]], and honors his promises and debts. He is effectively one of the heroes of the second Rumble.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: The reason why [[VideoGame/EternalChampions great warriors]] [[VideoGame/TimeKillers of history]] and [[VideoGame/WarGods superpowered immortals]] are getting thrashed by [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters "regular"]] [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} martial]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight artists]] and even [[StreetFighter schoolgirls]]: the [[WeakButSkilled level of fighting prowess common in some worlds]] is just that far beyond that of others. ([[WatsonianVersusDoylist The Doylist reason]] is that the [[AudienceParticipation winners are decided by reader vote]], and absolutely no one cares about Tak.)

* BigBad: [[Franchise/MortalKombat Shao Khan]] in the inagural UVR, [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Demitri]] in the second tournament; [[Franchcise/StreetFighter M. Bison]] in the third.

** Also in UVR 3, the {{VideoGame/War Gods}}. As an example, Tak only manages to survive for ''two whole seconds'' before [[Creator/MarvelComics Juggernaut]] punches him so hard that he explodes. Yes, you read that right. '''''TWO SECONDS.'''''

The second and third tournaments added a side story to the tournament, and how several of the games' villains were pooling their resources together to pull off some evil scheme that somehow involved some of the other characters in the tournament. These subplots included additional fights that happened "backstage", the outcomes of which were also voted upon. The winner of the second tournament was [[spoiler:Guy of ''VideoGame/FinalFight'']] while the winner of the third was [[spoiler:Geese Howard of ''VideoGame/FatalFury'']] (the Bad Guys got beat both times overall, too).

Responsibilities of the tournament traded hands several times over the course of the three fanfics and it appears that the third tournament has been the last. In addition, the site that originally contained the tournaments has since gone down, taking them with it (it can still be found on the Website/WaybackMachine [[http://web.archive.org/web/20020814104104fw_/http://www.tekken.nu/fightermania/uvr/uvr.htm here]], at the moment, but it died before the third tournament completed). [=UVR2=] is still available in its complete form [[http://www.slack.net/~arctic/rumble.html here]] for now, again alongside a partial [=UVR3=]. And the closest thing to a complete [=UVR3=] can be found, again, on the Website/WaybackMachine [[http://web.archive.org/web/20050907040737/http://www.rit.edu/~gjj2192/hol/uvr/ here]]. The final section and epilogue of [=UVR3=] can be found [[http://www.network54.com/Forum/110491/ here]], along with supplemental material for the never-released Ultimate Video Rumble 4. There are also additional caches scattered around containing bits and pieces of all three tournaments.

* CurbStompBattle: The first tournament had the eventual winner [[spoiler: (Haohmaru)]] enter very early, dominate the rest of the tournament and win with a staggering ''22'' eliminations, a record that was never matched in either of the following tournaments by anyone.

** His next destination is ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. He is promptly slaughtered by demons.

* GilliganCut: Towards the end of the third tournament, [[Creator/MarvelComics The Hulk]] decides to take on [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese Howard]]. He charges at Geese... and we cut to ''VideoGame//OutRun'', with Hulk bellowing in rage. He then decides to hitchhike to the nearest town. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4C1ZQKmw4 Cue this.]]

''The Ultimate Video Rumble'' (or UVR for short) is a MegaCrossover tournament-style fanfic, taking characters from fighting games such as ''StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/{{The King of Fighters}}'', ''{{Tekken}}'', and ''MortalKombat'' and pitting them against each other in a huge contest in a competition not unlike a Royal Rumble found in professional wrestling. Basically, each "Section" is made up of the twenty people currently in the ring, and the reading public votes on which ten people will stay in the arena to welcome to next wave of fighters so the public can vote again. This continues until there is only one left.

Responsibilities of the tournament traded hands several times over the course of the three fanfics and it appears that the third tournament has been the last. In addition, the site that originally contained the tournaments has since gone down, taking them with it (it can still be found on the WaybackMachine [[http://web.archive.org/web/20020814104104fw_/http://www.tekken.nu/fightermania/uvr/uvr.htm here]], at the moment, but it died before the third tournament completed). [=UVR2=] is still available in its complete form [[http://www.slack.net/~arctic/rumble.html here]] for now, again alongside a partial [=UVR3=]. And the closest thing to a complete [=UVR3=] can be found, again, on the WaybackMachine [[http://web.archive.org/web/20050907040737/http://www.rit.edu/~gjj2192/hol/uvr/ here]]. The final section and epilogue of [=UVR3=] can be found [[http://www.network54.com/Forum/110491/ here]], along with supplemental material for the never-released Ultimate Video Rumble 4. There are also additional caches scattered around containing bits and pieces of all three tournaments.

* AGodAmI: [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Demitri]] in the second tournament, and [[StreetFighter M. Bison]] in the third.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The third tournament briefly brings us [[MarvelComics Apocalypse]], who is so big that he can't fit in the arena and it takes EVERYONE in the ring to get rid of him.

* BigBad: [[MortalKombat Shao Khan]] in the inagural UVR, [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Demitri]] in the second tournament; [[StreetFighter M. Bison]] in the third.

* BerserkButton: Whatever you do, don't tell [[MarvelComics The Silver Samurai]] he sucks or even say the WORD around him. He [[{{Determinator}} WILL destroy you]]. Also, don't call [[VideoGame/WorldHeroes Ryoko]] cute (she ''[[{{Moe}} is]]'', but never ever say that to her face).

** [[{{Tekken}} Eddy Gordo]] in UVR 3. Probably a bigger Butt Monkey than the World Heroes, the War Gods, and the Time Killers ''combined''. He might also be classified as an IronButtmonkey.
** Also in UVR 3, the {{VideoGame/War Gods}}. As an example, Tak only manages to survive for ''two whole seconds'' before [[MarvelComics Juggernaut]] punches him so hard that he explodes. Yes, you read that right. '''''TWO SECONDS.'''''

** In all three UVR's, every [[TimeKillers Time Killer]] except Rancid...

** [[MortalKombat Scorpion]] just ''loves'' to use "GET OVER HERE!" throughout the tournaments.

** "I'M NUMBAHHHH ONE!" - [[VideoGame/WorldHeroes Muscle Power]] and [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Brian Battler]].

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} / PopCulturedBadass: [[{{Tekken}} Yoshimitsu]]. He has a tendency to constantly make random quotes from pop culture.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[TimeKillers RANCID.]] He basically runs around, screaming like a little girl, and then manages to decapitate and/or mutilate anyone who gets in his way. He has been the only Time Killer to ever get an elimination in any of the three tournaments. [[spoiler: Subverted in UVR 3, when he was eliminated quickly. Winning a bonus battle didn't help, either.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the third tournament, [[Videogame/TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]] scores his only elimination in all three tournaments against [[AGodAmI TRUE]] [[{{Tekken}} OGRE]].

* GilliganCut: Towards the end of the third tournament, [[MarvelComics The Hulk]] decides to take on [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese Howard]]. He charges at Geese... and we cut to [[Main/OutRun]], with Hulk bellowing in rage. He then decides to hitchhike to the nearest town. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4C1ZQKmw4 Cue this.]]

** Then it's on to ''VideoGame/ChuChuRocket''. He defeated all of the cats, and was on his way to the rocket... and then [[{{Tekken}} True Ogre]] drops in (see TookALevelInBadass below) and starts bleeding. And then the mice start ''drinking the blood''. What happens next ain't pretty.
** After [[VideoGame/{{MaceTheDarkAge}} Grendal]] is eliminated, he lands in ''{{Who Wants To Be A Millionaire}}''. Take one guess as to who's playing with Regis before Grendal kills everything in the studio.

* KilledMidSentence: This happens to [[VideoGame/WorldHeroes Muscle Power]] in the first torunament. Within ''seconds'' of entering the ring.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Mystery Fighter [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hol Horse]] in the third Rumble. [[spoiler: He used his Stand to distract other opponents, eliminated two fan-favorite characters ({{VideoGame/Kirby}} and [[{{Tekken}} Yoshimitsu]]), and shot [[MarvelComics Captain America]] in the gut.]] It was inevitable that he would be eliminated in a quick and painful manner. It got even more painful when [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Mitsurugi]] jumped into the elimination portal after him and killed him in a duel. (See DuelToTheDeath above.)

** [[MortalKombat Shao Khan]] excels at this, much to [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Rugal Bernstein's]] annoyance.

* TookALevelInBadass: [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]] in the third tournament. After spending the first two tournaments getting the lowest number of votes, his popularity skyrocketed in the third, which starts after a side battle concludes in him eating [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange Shuma-Gorath]] (let me say that again: CHANG KOEHAN ''defeats'', '''cooks''' and '''EATS''' SHUMA-GORATH). Afterward, he enters the ring, scores an elimination (against [[{{Tekken}} TRUE OGRE]]) and spends the rest of the tournament demolishing unusual opponents in different worlds. [[BunnyEarsLawyer And he did it all in a comedic fashion]].
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* ExtremeOmnivore: [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]]. The third tournament also includes [[SuperSmashBros Kirby]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Mystery Fighter [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hol Horse]] in the third Rumble. [[spoiler: He used his Stand to distract other opponents, eliminated two fan-favorite characters ({{VideoGame/Kirby}} and [[{{Tekken}} Yoshimitsu]]), and shot [[MarvelComics Captain America]] in the gut.]] It was inevitable that he would be eliminated in a quick and painful manner. It got even more painful when [[SoulCalibur Mitsurugi]] jumped into the elimination portal after him and killed him in a duel. (See DuelToTheDeath above.)

* DuelToTheDeath: [[SoulCalibur Mitsurugi]] vs [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hol Horse]]. Occurs because Mitsurugi is jealous that Hol Horse, an inexperienced cowboy, is doing much better than people who are skilled with swords.

** PlayedForLaughs in the third tournament, where [[Franchise/{{X-Men}} Rogue]] kisses Haohmaru, borrowing his samurai skills, but also his ability to talk loud and long. HilarityEnsues.

** After [[{{MaceTheDarkAge}} Grendal]] is eliminated, he lands in ''{{Who Wants To Be A Millionaire}}''. Take one guess as to who's playing with Regis before Grendal kills everything in the studio.

* ThinkingUpPortals: The third Rumble introduces [[MaceTheDarkAge Asmodeus]], who appears in the ring via a demonic portal. It also keeps him mounted to the mat, which proves to be a challenge to everyone trying to eliminate him. [[spoiler: Then he brushes up against the force field around the ring...]]

* MotorMouth: Haohmaru and Genjuro of ''SamuraiShodown'' LOVE to talk. Every time either of them talk, they get at least three full lines of text. This was based off a RunningGag in previous works by the authors and their fandom circle.

* RunningGag: The second and third tournaments involve one character ingesting a large amount of medication, leading to [[MushroomSamba comedic hallucinations]]. In the second tournament, it happens to [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Athena]], but in the third, it happens to [[StreetFighter RYU]].
** The second rumble had a habit of sending many fighters to the [[{{Smurfs}} Smurf Village]]. Naturally, they came to complain about it before the third. So the organizers put them in miniaturized [[VideoGame/VirtualOn Virtuaroids]] and hired them to be security.

** Finally, he gets into a massive brawl with [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]] that spills into multiple worlds throughout the final rounds. It ends when, in the world of ''TwistedMetalBlack'', [[spoiler: Eddy is crushed by a belly flop from Chang.]]

** [[MortalKombat Scorpion]] just ''loves'' to use "GET OVER HERE!" throught the tournaments.

** "I'M NUMBAHHHH ONE!" - [[VideoGame/WorldHeroes Muscle Power]] and [[KingOfFighters Brian Battler]].

* ExtremeOmnivore: [[TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]]. The third tournament also includes [[SuperSmashBros Kirby]].

** Finally, he gets into a massive brawl with [[TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]] that spills into multiple worlds throughout the final rounds. It ends when, in the world of ''TwistedMetalBlack'', [[spoiler: Eddy is crushed by a belly flop from Chang.]]

** [[MortalKombat Shao Khan]] excels at this, much to [[TheKingOfFighters Rugal Bernstein's]] annoyance.

* RunningGag: The second and third tournaments involve one character ingesting a large amount of medication, leading to [[MushroomSamba comedic hallucinations]]. In the second tournament, it happens to [[TheKingOfFighters Athena]], but in the third, it happens to [[StreetFighter RYU]].

* TookALevelInBadass: [[TheKingOfFighters Chang Koehan]] in the third tournament. After spending the first two tournaments getting the lowest number of votes, his popularity skyrocketed in the third, which starts after a side battle concludes in him eating [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange Shuma-Gorath]] (let me say that again: CHANG KOEHAN ''defeats'', '''cooks''' and '''EATS''' SHUMA-GORATH). Afterward, he enters the ring, scores an elimination (against [[{{Tekken}} TRUE OGRE]]) and spends the rest of the tournament demolishing unusual opponents in different worlds. [[BunnyEarsLawyer And he did it all in a comedic fashion]].

* GilliganCut: Towards the end of the third tournament, [[MarvelComics The Hulk]] decides to take on [[FatalFury Geese Howard]]. He charges at Geese... and we cut to [[Main/OutRun]], with Hulk bellowing in rage. He then decides to hitchhike to the nearest town. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4C1ZQKmw4 Cue this.]]

The second and third tournaments added a side story to the tournament, and how several of the games' villains were pooling their resources together to pull off some evil scheme that somehow involved some of the other characters in the tournament. These subplots included additional fights that happened "backstage", the outcomes of which were also voted upon. The winner of the second tournament was [[spoiler:Guy of ''FinalFight'']] while the winner of the third was [[spoiler:Geese Howard of ''VideoGame/FatalFury'']] (the Bad Guys got beat both times overall, too).

* MushroomSamba: Chang Koehan in the world of ParappaTheRapper.