History YMMV / Zoofights

** A couple of the spectators have themselves acquired a following, especially Gezora the giant squid bartender. Zoofights 5 also offers the ridiculously nonsensical rivalry between, of all characters, Matthew Lesko and [[SonictheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]]. [[spoiler: Lesko managed to win all seven of Robotnik's Chaos Emeralds and used them to transform into Super Lesko, forcing Robotnik to face down the now dangerously powerful salesman for the good of the world.]]

** The Snapture acting like a very angry KanyeWest.

** IronWoobie: Croctopus.

** Mr. and Mrs. Major Failure are Brits so this has to be a coincidence: The symbol of the [[AmericanFootball San Diego Chargers]] used to be a rearing horse and now it's a lightning bolt. If Teslacorn gets to the semifinals but loses the penultimate match she's the perfect unofficial mascot. [[spoiler: She did, and has now been defeated by a ball of water.]]

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: In 2007 Major Failure wrote an [[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2287843 acid trip report]] with [[{{Deadwood}} Al Swearengen]] as his "spirit guide" (the "actual" Al Swearengen, not rollplaying him).

** IronWoobie: Croctopus.
** WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Monster Truck from ''VI'', a slipshod combination of a tiger and a truck [[AndIMustScream that howls with agony for every minute of its continued existence.]] It currently wishes to make the world pay for making it what it is.

* [[HilariousInHindsight Hilarious At That Very Moment]]: ZFV fighter Smash Gordon (a rules-skirting cave man) debuted at the same time Gordon Brown was being smashed in the UK elections. Major Failure swears this was completely coincidental.

* BaseBreaker: Teslacorn from ''VI'', mostly because MyLittlePony is a polarizing subject on both the SomethingAwful and Zoofights forums.
** Also, Croctopus from ''V'', because some felt that he was just getting by on his charm alone in a competition where the best fighter should win.

** Among the WCW fighters who showed up in the Zoofights VI Royal Rumble, Biguana stood out from the rest for being charmingly oblivious to what was going around him. [[spoiler: Also, he was the only WCW creature to kill a Zoofights competitor: specifically, Angsteater.]]

* BadassDecay: [[spoiler: Black Rabbath's incarnation in the Losers' League, Thumperstruck, is far weaker than the Metal-powered monstrosity.]]

** While it may be too early to call, the Mangolin' Pangolins gained a whole lot of popularity [[spoiler:from their glorious first round victory.]] Their [[spoiler:victory against Black Rabbath]] just fueled the hype even more.

* MoralEventHorizon: Hardcore Prawn lost most of his fans when he [[spoiler:threw Fight Rider to his death-- right after Fight Rider had offered his hand to save Prawn from the lava below him.]]

** Among the WCW fighters who showed up, Biguana stood out from the rest for being charmingly oblivious to what was going around him. [[spoiler: Also, he killed Angsteater, who was a Zoofights competitor.]]

*** While it may be too early to call, the Mangolin' Pangolins gained a whole lot of popularity [[spoiler:from their glorious first round victory.]]

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[spoiler:Thumperstruck]] was booed by the Zoofights spectators for general lameness and [[spoiler: past failures.]] He took all of this to heart and went balls-out crazy when it was actually time for him to fight. Needless to say, people liked him a lot better when he was rampaging.

*** While it may be too early to call, the Mangolin Pangolians gained a whole lot of popularity [[spoiler:from their glorious first round victory.]]

* IronWoobie: Croctopus. He'll take horrific amounts of punishment for even a ''chance'' at building a boat. *sniff*

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Monster Truck from ''VI'', a slipshod combination of a tiger and a truck [[AndIMustScream that howls with agony for every minute of its continued existence.]] It currently wishes to make the world pay for making it what it is.

** Among the many monsters that have appeared so, [[JokeCharacter Wolfbike]], [[QuintessentialBritishGentleman Steamcrab]], [[{{Badass}} Oh, the Huge Manatee!]] and [[IronWoobie Croctopus]] have the biggest amount of fans.

** Among the many monsters, [[JokeCharacter Wolfbike]], [[QuintessentialBritishGentleman Steamcrab]], [[{{Badass}} Oh, the Huge Manatee!]] and [[IronWoobie Croctopus]] also have a lot of fans.

** [[JokeCharacter Wolfbike]] and [[IronWoobie Croctopus]] also have a lot of fans.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: During the voting for Sturgeon General and Smash Gordon, some people voted for Smash Gordon's bulldog, Nelson, due to Gordon's implied unintelligence. To the fan's delight, Nelson survived.

* RootingForTheEmpire: There are always people who vote for the competitors that are likely to become tournament-ending god-beasts, or have ''already become'' tournament-ending god-beasts. All the major Big Bads have or had a good deal of votes and fans. The only exception seems to be [[spoiler: Hyperfauna]], which was a rare case of a villain receiving absolutely no support once it was revealed.