| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Croctopus_1320.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:It is a sunny day in the ruins of Terminus City, and Croctopus is building a boat.]] |
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| 4 | ->''It is a timeless struggle, a battle that has been fought countless times: the elemental conflict of crocodile with octopus legs and power tools versus giant sturgeon stuck onto a tank with a sword and a jet engine for a voice.'' |
| 5 | -->-- ''Zoofights'', in a nutshell. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Zoofights is an interactive story series hosted on the Website/SomethingAwful forums, led primarily by the user Major Failure. Each "arc" of Zoofights (there have been six as of this writing) is about large and deadly animals facing one another in a blood sport that is both futuristic and old-timey (Zoofights 3, for example, took place in the late 1800s despite the extremely advanced technology present. They just wanted to have all the bystanders [[RuleofCool wearing monocles and top hats]]). |
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| 9 | While it includes the odd scripted event, the outcome of Zoofights is not up to Major Failure or any of the people who actually write it. Rather, before each match, the readers are encouraged to vote for their winner, and their votes carry more weight if they come with fan art or detailed explanations of their choice (Simply saying "I vote for Steamcrab" results in your vote just being ignored. You need a reason). |
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| 11 | As of Zoofights 4, a random element was added. Previously the winner was simply whoever had received more votes. In Zoofights 4 the numbers are plugged into a random number generator to get a result (as in, if monster 1 got 20 votes and monster 2 got 80, if the random number generator selected a 20 or lower monster 1 would pull off an upset). |
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| 13 | Staples of the series include mutant animals, animals with parts of other animals attached, heavily mechanized animals, and one entrant growing so powerful that the remaining normal ones must join forces to defeat it. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | The series has proved to be a winning formula, spawning lots of fan art (mostly drawings, but everything from plush toys to clay sculptures have been made) and a devoted community of fans further adding to the experience by role-playing as spectators. |
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| 17 | Due to the fact that it is a Something Awful forum attraction, the first two Zoofights cannot be viewed by the average Internet denizen due to being too old, therefore requiring a Something Awful Archives account (which costs money). The [[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2820029 third]] is available for public viewing regardless of whether you have a Something Awful forum account, as is [[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3299182 the fifth one]]; however, [[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3128966 the fourth]] requires the Archives account upgrade. Fortunately, all of the Zoofights story arcs [[TheUnfavorite save the second]] are currently hosted on [[http://www.zoofights.co.uk the Zoofights website]], and the (now over) Zoofights 6 can be seen [[http://forums.zoofights.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=3 here]], since it's thread of Something Awful cannot be seen by non-members currently. |
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| 19 | The [[TheEighties Eighties-themed]] 6th series began on May 1st, 2011, [[ScheduleSlip and ended]] [[TroubledProduction six-and-a-half months later]]. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | In 2012, the [[http://zoofights.squarespace.com/ Zoofights blog]] changed its format from an annual tournament to a series of "WhatIf" fights. |
| 22 | ----- |
| 23 | |
| 24 | !!This WebOriginal work includes examples of: |
| 25 | |
| 26 | %%* ActuallyADoombot: Zoofights 6-- [[spoiler: Hardcore Prawn.]] |
| 27 | * AfterTheEnd: The setting for Zoofights 5. |
| 28 | * AltarTheSpeed: Not the tropes themselves, but Major Failure is "directing" Zoofights V at the same time as his ''wedding''. |
| 29 | --> '''Gravitas Shortfall''' (on whether Lesko, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Robotnik]], and the two [[Series/DoctorWho Doctors]] should continue their roleplay rivalry, and one of them got snippy): I'm sorry you think that MF taking time out from organising and drawing three fights in the week ''before he has to get married'' is a dick move. I know it must be ''terribly'' hard on you. |
| 30 | * AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler: Gamma Constrictor has made himself a part of the fabric of time (or something), which has caused many roleplay characters to either become snake-themed, the MirrorUniverse version of themselves (EG the evil [[Franchise/StarTrek Capt. Kirk]] and the kindly [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Spiral Entity]]), or as one put it "I've become every SpaceMarine ever!".]] |
| 31 | * ArtShift: Several folks contribute art to the series that Major Failure uses in the actual story alongside drawings of his own, resulting in some Art Shiftiness. |
| 32 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Bull Market wears an absurdly expensive carbon-fiber suit to fight in. |
| 33 | * BadassNormal: Zoofights 1 - Retired police chief John Burnell of America's Scariest Police Chases! |
| 34 | %%* BearsAreBadNews: |
| 35 | %%** Drillbjorn |
| 36 | %%** Pandamander |
| 37 | %%** Huggles T. Bear |
| 38 | %%* BeeAfraid: [[spoiler: Tsar Bumble]] |
| 39 | %%* BeeBeeGun: Tsar Bumble. |
| 40 | * BerserkButton: Never, EVER call Croctopus "rubbish". |
| 41 | * BigBad: There's never an obvious one at the start, but just give it time... |
| 42 | ** Zoofights 1 - [[spoiler: Swanmass, a disgusting blob of swan and gorilla meat that absorbs dead creatures into itself to grow.]] |
| 43 | ** Zoofights 2 - [[spoiler: Das Ziegenmancer, a goat capable of raising the dead. He eventually is replaced by a reformed Swanmass.]] |
| 44 | ** Zoofights 3 - [[spoiler: Jack the Ripper, his mutant creation From Hell, and Father [[Series/TheWestWing Leo McGarry]], a priest fused to a demon's wings]] |
| 45 | ** Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Elohim, a centipede/alien hybrid, and Seanet, a gathering of psychic cephalopods of various sizes]] |
| 46 | ** Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Gamma Constrictor, a time manipulating anaconda who has fused with an aircraft carrier filled with hate.]] |
| 47 | %%* BigCreepyCrawlies: |
| 48 | %%** Inquisipede |
| 49 | %%** Blood 4 Oil |
| 50 | %%** Sting Kong |
| 51 | %%** Great Leap Forward |
| 52 | %%* BigDamnHeroes: |
| 53 | %%** Zoofights 1 - [[spoiler: Sega Gorillesis]] |
| 54 | %%** Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Wolfbike and friends in the Royal Rumble. Subverted when it turns out to just be a Hope Spot.]] |
| 55 | * BiggerIsBetter: Edward Tigerhands from Zoofights 3 was absolutely colossal in his final battle. [[spoiler: He still lost, though. Granted, he was fighting a demon that could control the four horsemen of the apocalypse...]] |
| 56 | %%* BodyHorror: Many competitors, but the Swanmass from Zoofights 1 has to take the cake. |
| 57 | * BookEnds: |
| 58 | ** The second fight of the 5th tournament, Blood 4 Oil vs. Snake Preview, ended with [[spoiler: [[http://zoofights.squarespace.com/storage/zoofights-5/round_1_fight-2/zf5r1f27.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1273105620884 Blood 4 Oil impaling the snake's head with her proboscis.]]]] In the grand final; [[spoiler: Admiral Croctopus is up against Gamma Constrictor, a reconfigured Snake Preview who, prior to the fight, [[AGodAmI rebuilt the world into one where he is God]]. [[http://zoofights.squarespace.com/storage/thumbnails/5681557-8230069-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1282448011395 Croctopus brainstabs him with Blood 4 Oil's severed head, kept as a trophy from an earlier fight.]]]] |
| 59 | ** Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler: In both the first round and the final round, Luchadillo fights Gadadhara. Luchadillo repeats his eye-gouging attack, and Gadadhara repeats his throwing attack.]] |
| 60 | %%* BottledHeroicResolve: |
| 61 | %%** Odinkaru |
| 62 | %%** The Snapture |
| 63 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Hydrafficus, when it faced Inquisipede. |
| 64 | * BreadEggsBreadedEggs: The Mecha-Ants from Zoofights 4 recieve this treatment courtesy of a few Series/LookAroundYou references. "Bless you, Mecha-Ants. Blants." |
| 65 | %%* BreathWeapon: Bastard Shark, Hellpotamus |
| 66 | * BrickJoke: Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: The drinking contest Punchules the Magnificant wanted to have with The Snapture]] |
| 67 | %%* ButtMonkey: The Tapogres are the biggest example, but Pep-Simian would also count. |
| 68 | * CallBack: Every Zoofights has brought back a contender from a previous series, but always in a side or villain role instead of straight-up entering the tournament again. |
| 69 | ** Zoofights 2 - [[spoiler: Swanmass (returns by taking over another combatant)]] |
| 70 | ** Zoofights 3 - [[spoiler: Sega Gorillesis (works as head of security)]] |
| 71 | ** Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Swanmass (one of the contenders becomes a Swanmass clone), Steamcrab (roleplayed by a spectator), Bisontrain (powers the space station the fights are taking place on as Bisoncore)]] |
| 72 | ** Zoofights 5: [[spoiler: Sega Gorillesis (cameos as a ghost), Tapogres (controlled by European Onion), Drillbjorn (controlled by European Onion), Ned Killy (part of Barbarrimundi's backstory), Seanet (currently rule the planet, also part of Dreadnautilus' backstory)]] |
| 73 | ** Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler: Ned Killy and the Kings of Beasts, a power metal band consisting of old fan favorites from the previous fights, (Ned Killy, Wolfbike, Steamcrab, Oh The Huge Manatee, and Bisoncopter) served as the warm-up act before the first round. Croctopus cameos in the Muertodillo vs. Horsepower fight, showing up in the time portal that Teddy Krueger and Delorelion emerged from. The Snapture reappears as a boss-type enemy for the finale. Fists O' Batahan also makes a brief appearance to try and distract Hardcore Prawn from activating his secret weapon.]] |
| 74 | * CanonDiscontinuity: Zoofights 2 is generally ignored - it wasn't put onto the official site until long after the others, and it's still not the complete version. Major Failure has previously called it "the ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' of Zoofights". |
| 75 | * ChainsawGood: Oh the Huge Manatee, Captain Croctopus, Lawn Moa |
| 76 | * ChestBurster: [[spoiler: Steamcrab vs. Reanimammut]] and [[spoiler: the Mangolin' Pangolians vs. Hippos With An Eating Disorder.]] |
| 77 | * CleanCut: Zoofights 5 Royal Rumble - [[spoiler: Chernoble, to Squidiot]] |
| 78 | * CliffHanger: In Zoofights 6, the fight between [[spoiler: Teddy Kruger and Delorelion ended with the latter's [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Flux Capacitor]] being set off, flinging them both off through time]]. |
| 79 | * ClothesMakeTheSuperman: |
| 80 | ** Oh The Huge Manatee is one of the most powerful competitors in all of Zoofights with his special armor suit on. With it off, he's... still a badass, but not protected or capable of really damaging anything. |
| 81 | ** Mr Ro-Boto from Zoofights. Outside of his suit, he's a pink dolphin. Inside his suit, however... actually, he's still not that impressive, to be honest. |
| 82 | %%* ColonelBadass: Sturgeon General. |
| 83 | %%* CombatTentacles: Mechos, Croctopus, and [[spoiler: Seanet]]. |
| 84 | * ConservationOfNinjutsu: A common sight in Zoofights. |
| 85 | ** Zoofights 1 - [[spoiler: Subverted repeatedly by the team of 200 radioactive steroid-enhanced tarantulas with jetpacks - they effortlessly defeated their first two opponents, a team of three fire-breathing humanoid frogs and a single bipedal hippo with laser eyes and Wolverine-style claws. At the end of the final battle, 12,000 tarantulas appear to finish off Swanmass, furthering the subversion. Those spiders defied this trope every step of the way, save their semifinal loss to Mechos and Darth Gorilla.]] |
| 86 | ** Zoofights 3 - Oh the Huge Manatee vs. Tapogres. |
| 87 | ** Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler:Psynoceros vs. The Delegation]] |
| 88 | ** Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler:Presidential Seal vs. The European Onion]] |
| 89 | ** Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler:The cult of Black Rabbath vs. Double Pangolin]] |
| 90 | * ContestWinnerCameo: While Major Failure will often draw users' role-playing characters in the audience if they post often and prove entertaining, one match in Zoofights 5 took it to a new level. This Zoofights introduced "Fite Your Mates Nite", which depicts people's characters beating on each other as a bonus between fights. The winner receives a special vote worth 15 normal votes, redeemable on any match they'd like to influence. [[spoiler: The winner of the second FYMN was Doktor Hans, a German with an accordion for a head. He cashed in his bonus on the round 2 fight between The Seal of Disapproval and The Snapture, and decided to back the Seal, who was a significant underdog. When the fight reached its climax and the Snapture appears ready to end it, Doktor Hans appears in the audience, throwing money about in a showboating tactic. The Snapture is distracted by the falling bills, giving The Seal of Disapproval enough time to slam a giant neon sign into the Snapture's head, killing him and ending the fight.]] |
| 91 | * CoolBoat: Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Commodore Croctopus, if only briefly]] |
| 92 | * CoolShades: |
| 93 | ** Wolfbike, The Snapture (and all of his supporters), [[spoiler: Hog Wild]]. Snapture's supporters kept their sutter-shades (and added a few new accessories) for TheEighties-themed Zoofights 6. |
| 94 | ** In Zoofights 6, the Mangolin' Pangolins all sported pairs of these. [[spoiler: After Round 1, Drillz and Hammerz have given them up, although Sawz has kept his.]] |
| 95 | * CoolSword: The Sturgeon General's cavalry saber. What makes it special? How about the fact that it's twelve feet long? |
| 96 | * CrackDefeat: Sometimes the random number generator causes a major upset. Or, alternatively, a JokeCharacter receives a great deal of support against a much stronger opponent. |
| 97 | ** Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: All of Wolfbike's fights, Overlord vs. Dred Zeppelin]] |
| 98 | ** Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Sting Kong vs. Barbarrimundi]] |
| 99 | ** Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler: Croaka Cola vs. Monster Truck]] |
| 100 | * CrapsackWorld: The world of Zoofights 5 has been devastated by nuclear war, and it's only now that civilisation has reached a level where Zoofights can start again. This is played up by the Goons roleplaying gamblers - instead of money, they're betting skulls, shards of rock, and [[{{Squick}} unmutated squirrel testicles]], amongst other things. |
| 101 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: Most of the many villains of Zoofights would have never existed if it weren't for the Loser's League insisting on reanimating and upgrading defeated fighters. In fact, only two of the eight monsters that could have possibly been serious threats were going to show up whether the tournament happened or not - [[spoiler: From Hell and Seanet]]. |
| 102 | %%* CreepyChild: Lilly Limbcake from Zoofights 3. |
| 103 | %%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Croctopus. |
| 104 | * {{Cult}}: |
| 105 | ** [[spoiler: Elohim]] has at least one devoted follower. |
| 106 | ** The Walrus hails from post-apocalyptic New Zealand, where crazed druids worship the walrus character from the arcade game "New Zealand Story". |
| 107 | ** And in Zoofights 6, [[spoiler:Black Rabbath had a small army of followers with him in battle, serving mostly as disposable {{mooks}}]]. |
| 108 | * CurbStompBattle: The first semifinal of Zoofights 4 ([[spoiler: Ned Killy vs. Tangaloa]]) and Oh The Huge Manatee's first battle against the Tapogres. |
| 109 | * DartboardOfHate: Robotnik has a Lesko dartboard in his Death Egg. |
| 110 | %%* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler: Gravitee vs. Krustus]] |
| 111 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Once Were Walrus standing up to Elohim, and later Elohim standing up to Seanet.]] |
| 112 | * DeliberateInjuryGambit: Zoofights 3 - [[spoiler: Drillbjorn vs. Ultraphant]] Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Punchules the Magnificent vs. Banebarramuni]] |
| 113 | * DoubleKnockout: Zoofights 3 - [[spoiler: Pandamander vs. Hellpotamus]]. |
| 114 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: |
| 115 | ** Zoofights 3 - [[spoiler: Father Leo Mcgarry]] and Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Ned Killy]]. Both are killed "offscreen", without a picture. |
| 116 | ** Also from Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Bar-tending squid Gezora and Akumu, who helped run the Loser's League, had an AIRCRAFT CARRIER FULL OF HATE dropped on them. Averted when they got better.]] |
| 117 | * DuelToTheDeath}}: Virtually every battle ended with someone dying, but in the earlier rounds they get a second chance in the loser's bracket, so machinery and new flesh is grafted on and added to get the monstrosities working again. |
| 118 | * DumbMuscle: Subverted with Dreadnautilus - he is described as very dim when in fact it is his teammates (three humans commanding him via walkie-talkies) that are the stupid ones. When their connection cuts out Dreadnautilus is shown to be quite clever. However, [[spoiler:after going rogue from Seanet's influence, he was defeated by Draaainage. Resurrected for the Loser's League Rumble minus most of his brain as Squidiot, he now appears to be completely unable to fend for himself and now ''actually needs'' his radiomen]]. |
| 119 | %%** Reanimammut |
| 120 | %%** Tapogres |
| 121 | %%** [[spoiler: Great White Shitkicker]] |
| 122 | %%** Smash Gordon |
| 123 | %%** Barbarrimundi |
| 124 | * DyingMomentOfAwesome: Zoofights 3 - [[spoiler: Odinkaru, Steamcrab]] |
| 125 | * EarthShatteringKaboom: Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Elohim]]'s self-destruct attack turns Jupiter into a second sun. |
| 126 | * EasterEgg: It's easy to miss if you don't bother to enlarge [[spoiler:Diet Croak]]'s portrait, but if you do enlarge it, you can make out writing in the background that [[MadnessMantra endlessly repeats]] "[[NauseaFuel worms crawling around your belly eat them...]]" |
| 127 | * TheEighties: Zoofights 6. [[ResetButton As for the events of Zoofights 5...]] [[spoiler: Major Failure: "I have no idea what you are talking about. And I never heard of an animal called a snake either... perhaps you are thinking of Stretch Lizards?"]] |
| 128 | * EldritchAbomination: Heart of Darkness, [[spoiler: From Hell]], [[spoiler: Swanmass]], [[spoiler:Elohim]]... The management promised this wouldn't happen in Zoofights VI, [[spoiler:and it didn't! Not for a lack of trying, though: Hare Metal/Black Rabbath seemed promising, but lost its shot at godhood when it lost to a pair of pangolins. Mental Ben and Nightmare could also have qualified, but Final Mantisy put an end to them before they could do anything much. There was also the nightmarish Diet Croak, but it turned out to be [[SquishyWizard pretty squishy]].]] |
| 129 | * EnemyMine: A recurring trope for the entire series. |
| 130 | ** Zoofights 1 - [[spoiler: First, Mechos the giant squid teams up with The Red Banana, a Russian gorilla. Later, they join Hulkaphant Plus, Sega Gorillesis, Porky Punisher, The Steed of the Savannah, and 12,000 radioactive tarantulas to fight Swanmass.]] |
| 131 | ** Zoofights 3 - [[spoiler: Gravatee, Steamcrab, Two Drunk Guys, and Bisondreadnought team up to face From Hell.]] |
| 132 | ** Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Shaolin Monkey, Wrasslopod, Once Were Walrus, The Penguin, Raptorcycle, Wolfbike, Cheetahbike, and Dogbike team up to face Elohim. Subverted hilariously when Ned Killy responds to Dred Zeppelin's peace offering with a steel girder to the face.]] |
| 133 | ** Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Ro-Boto Cop and Sega Gorillesis Mk II become friends and form a tag team.]] |
| 134 | %%* EnergyWeapon: [[spoiler: Ro-Boto Cop.]] |
| 135 | %%* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: [[spoiler: The European Onion.]] |
| 136 | * EyeBeams: Hippos with Lasers for Eyes, Star Truck. |
| 137 | * EyepatchOfPower: Oh The Huge Manatee, [[spoiler: Snake Pilgrim]], Gadadhara |
| 138 | * EyeScream: Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler:Luchadillo does this to Gadadhara.]] [[spoiler: [[BookEnds Twice.]]]] |
| 139 | * FaceHeelTurn and HeelFaceTurn: The majority of Zoofights entrants are pretty amoral, but there are examples of some characters deciding to switch teams for one reason or another, like the occasion when [[spoiler: Two Drunk Guys turned their back on their once-ally The Greatest Shark on Earth]] in Zoofights 3. |
| 140 | ** Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler:Hero character Dreadnautilus is corrupted by Seanet and goes rogue.]] |
| 141 | ** Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler:Sawz of the Mangolin' Pangolins, after being eaten by and merging together with a hippo is seeking vengance on his brothers, who he blames for the aforementioned death]]. |
| 142 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Even the most unlikely competitor has a chance of becoming a walking nightmare through reckless enhancements or other freak accidents. In fact, it is a running trend for Zoofights {{Big Bad}}s to originate from the Losers' League. |
| 143 | ** Zoofights 1: [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination Swanmass]] started out as some swans with muscly arms who lost their first battle [[CurbStompBattle completely and utterly]] and had to be reanimated as a BlobMonster of necrotic tissue. Swanmass is the archetypal example of this in Zoofights, since it started out as the biggest nobody of them all (we insist, '''[[JokeCharacter swans with gorilla arms]]''') yet became the biggest nightmare as well (and the only BigBad to last more than one season).]] |
| 144 | ** Zoofights 2: [[spoiler:Averted for Necrogoat, who defeats all of his opponents handily, but the true BigBad is once again the aforementioned Swanmass.]] |
| 145 | ** Zoofights 3: [[spoiler:Two of them this time. The Crocodevil lost his first match, but his wings went on to attach themselves to a priest, creating a powerful demon. There's also Lilly Limbcake, a sick orphan who was used as one of the main components of Jack the Ripper's lunatic construct.]] |
| 146 | ** Zoofights 4: [[spoiler:Averted with the Delegation/Seanet, which is immediately established as very powerful and mysterious. Played straight by Inquisipede, who lost his first match but went on in the Losers' League to become the [[AGodAmI godlike]] Elohim.]] |
| 147 | ** Zoofights 5: [[spoiler:Snake Preview, originally just a snake with the ability to see the future in infrared, lost his first match but over the course of the Losers' League turned into a powerful TimeMaster who pretty much hijacked Zoofights and remade it [[InTheirOwnImage in his image]].]] |
| 148 | %%* FunnyAnimal: The Walrus, Barbarrimundi. |
| 149 | * GargleBlaster: These are the specialty of Gezora, the Zoofights bartender. In fact, there are more Gargle Blasters than ordinary drinks. |
| 150 | %%* GeneralRipper: The Sturgeon General. |
| 151 | %%* GentleGiant: Sting Kong. |
| 152 | * GiantFlyer: The Mess, Blood 4 Oil, Count Smackula |
| 153 | * GloriousMotherRussia: Tunguska. |
| 154 | %%* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Elohim]] |
| 155 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Centipope]]. Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Hog Wild]]. |
| 156 | * HappyEnding: [[spoiler: Zoofights V: not only does [[Series/DoctorWho "Everybody live"]], but Capt. Croctopus even gets civilization back on track.]] |
| 157 | * HeroicResolve: Mechos and the Red Banana. |
| 158 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Gravitee, Steamcrab, Bisonship, and Two Drunk Guys]] in Zoofights 3. [[spoiler: Bisoncore]] in Zoofights 4. [[spoiler: Croctopus]] in Zoofights V. |
| 159 | %%* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: Drillbjorn vs. Ultraphant]] |
| 160 | %%* HeWhoMustNotBeNamed: [[spoiler: Swanmass.]] |
| 161 | %%* HighClassGlass: Steamcrab. |
| 162 | %%* HiveQueen: [[spoiler: Seanet]] |
| 163 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Zoofights 5's final saw [[spoiler: an angry Croctopus tear off Fists O'Batahan's arm and brain him with his own elbow, the bat's signature move.]] |
| 164 | * HolyHandGrenade: The secret weapon of [[spoiler: Centipope]] is a Holy Hand Grenade. |
| 165 | * HopeSpot: Major Failure loves this trope. Virtually every battle swings back and forth a few times. One of the most ridiculous Hope Spots in all of history was the Loser's League Royal Rumble in Zoofights 4. [[spoiler: All of the combatants realize that Elohim is the one to beat, so they all gang up on him, but he effortlessly sweeps them aside, killing two of the five in the process. Cue Wolfbike and his new companions Cheetahbike and Dogbike, followed by incredibly awesome pictures of the fighters jumping on the "Zoobikes", including a glorious EnemyMine that shows Slammonite and Wolfbike putting aside their differences and teaming up and one of the downed warriors returning through a ''dimensional void from an alternate universe where he was stronger''... And in the next drawing Elohim effortlessly kills them all... all but ONE, Once Were Walrus, who gives us ANOTHER Hope Spot, which also ends in brutal annihilation by Elohim.]] |
| 166 | ** Name-checked in V, Sting Kong vs. Barbarrimundi. [[spoiler: The moment labeled "HOPE SPOT" is when Sting Kong manages to get in a serious strike on Barbarrimundi. The Hope Spot is shown to be your average Hope Spot when Barbarrimundi won anyway. There's also Wolfbike's reappearance in the Snakefights final as he falls to earth as a meteor... and burns to ashes on reentry.]] |
| 167 | %%* HornyVikings: [[spoiler: Odinkaru]] |
| 168 | * ImAHumanitarian: from Bull Market's specs: "Eats Kobe beef every night. That is f*cked up man." |
| 169 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Oh, The Huge Manatee vs. the Tapogres, [[spoiler: Gravatee vs. From Hell]] |
| 170 | * InMediasRes [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Bitches]]: For [[http://zoofights.squarespace.com/storage/zoofights6/ll-fight-2/1%20larger.jpg HWAAD vs. Cold Warlrus]]. |
| 171 | * JapaneseRanguage: Referenced with Zoofights 6's Japanese contestant, P'''l'''aying Mantis, who is themed after video games. |
| 172 | * JokeCharacter: |
| 173 | ** Wolfbike, A Cat With One Leg, Bikebike, A Jar of Frog Piss |
| 174 | ** In an interview about Zoofights 5, Major Failure gives a few hints of upcoming fighters. One of the creations he names is [[spoiler: a psychic onion]], which promptly started much joking and hypothesizing among the readers. However, [[spoiler: once actually revealed, The European Onion proved to be no joke at all]]. |
| 175 | %%* KillerRabbit: Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Nelson]] |
| 176 | %%* KillItWithFire: Bastard Shark, [[spoiler: Draainage]] |
| 177 | * LargeAndInCharge: Presidential Seal, who as the name suggests, is an elephant seal who also happens to be President of the USA. |
| 178 | %%* TheLastDance: [[spoiler: Hydrafficus]] |
| 179 | %%* {{Leitmotif}}: "... a pair of big, muscly arms." |
| 180 | * LethalJokeCharacter: [[spoiler: Two Drunk Guys]] |
| 181 | * Letters2Numbers: |
| 182 | ** Blood 4 Oil. |
| 183 | ** In their fight against one another, Snake Preview manages to communicate with Blood 4 Oil by projecting a hologram. The hologram says [[spoiler:YOUR GOING 2 DIE]]. As it turns out, [[spoiler: Snake Preview was mistaken]]. |
| 184 | * LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: Elohim]] |
| 185 | * LoopholeAbuse: |
| 186 | ** Several times, competitors have smuggled in what the narrator refers to as "illegal" weaponry - and won with it. Examples include [[spoiler: Imperaptor]] in the very first fight of Zoofights 4 and [[spoiler: Centipope]] in a Loser's Bracket battle. But despite the weaponry being "illegal", both animals did not for an instant get in trouble, and neither did their sponsoring teams of humans. Apparently the weapons were more "unexpected" than anything else. |
| 187 | ** One of the rules of Zoofights is "No humans." In Zoofights V, the British team attempt to circumvent this with Smash Gordon, who is a neanderthal and thus [[FantasticRacism doesn't quite count.]] |
| 188 | * MadeOfIron: The majority of competitors. Tends to become literal by the last few rounds. |
| 189 | * MadeOfPlasticine: Tapogres. |
| 190 | %%* MadnessMantra: |
| 191 | %%** DISEASES DISEASES DISEASES DISEASES |
| 192 | %%** Whos this then coming along when I'm building a boat then lets have a look where are my nails I have a boat to build I'm BUILDING a BOAT I think they'd look ok on a boat, that boat I'M BUILDING. I want to be the CAPTAIN, I'm GONNA BUILD IT. BUT I'VE LOST MY NAILS bet they've got them... |
| 193 | * MechaMooks: The Zoofights 4 space station Gravitas Shortfall employed several dozen Mecha-Ants, which were built to repair the ship in the event of an accident. They are also equipped with laser guns to defend the station should it come under attack. |
| 194 | * MeleeATrois: Zoofights 1's Royal Rumble. Zoofights 4 had a Royal Rumble, but it degenerated into a two-sided conflict instantly when everyone teamed up to fight [[spoiler: Elohim]]. |
| 195 | ** Zoofights 5 continued with this tradition, this time having all 8 entries at each other's necks. |
| 196 | * MessyPig: Porky Punisher |
| 197 | * MidSeasonUpgrade: Because most fights end with even the winner(s) horrifically wounded and their numbers reduced dramatically, Zoofights compensates by enhancing them ever further after each match. Inverted in some cases when the animal turns out to be [[GameBreaker too powerful]], for instance the flying sharks had their lethal spike hides removed (although they did have their teeth replaced by chainsaws instead). |
| 198 | %%* MightyGlacier: The Snapture |
| 199 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Many. Heart of Darkness and Pandamander are two obvious examples. |
| 200 | * MohsLawOfScienceFictionHardness: You'll be hard-pressed to find any softer short of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. In fact, while the setting is primarily science-fiction, it still has the occasional magic in it. And, of course, PsychicPowers up the wazoo. |
| 201 | * MultipleHeadCase: The Berlin Walrus, [[PunnyName befitting his name,]] has two heads to represent capitalism and communism. |
| 202 | %%* NamedWeapons: Prejudice. |
| 203 | * NightmareFuelColoringBook: In Zoofights 3, Lilly Limbcake draws a picture of [[spoiler: Gravitee]] dead and mangled in her diary. |
| 204 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: |
| 205 | ** [[spoiler: Final Mantisy ends up saving the world from the wrathful bear-horse thing that is Mental Ben and Nightmare. Her reward? A hoof to the everywhere by Muhammut Kali.]] |
| 206 | ** [[spoiler: Seen when Monster Truck II's attempt to play fair is taken advantage of by Hardcore Prawn.]] |
| 207 | * OffWithHisHead: |
| 208 | ** [[spoiler: Old Bitey's victory over Tunguska]] ends with this in Zoofights 4. |
| 209 | ** Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Great Leap Forward vs. The Snapture]]. |
| 210 | ** Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler: The Berlin Walrus' American head is taken off every time it fights.]] |
| 211 | * OminousCrack: Zoofights 3 - the grand entrance of [[spoiler: From Hell]]. |
| 212 | * OnlySaneMan: Zoofights 5 - The Sturgeon General and The Snapture are considerably more intelligent and aware than the other 14 competitors. While The Snapture can read, write, and speak (rare for a Zoofighter), and the Sturgeon General is very calculating and resourceful, the other competitors are handicapped to various degrees by things like extreme hatred, deep patriotism, brainwashing and conditioning, insanity, dumb radio operators, low mental capacity, and copious ammounts of alcohol. |
| 213 | * PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: North Korea is still like this, even in Zoofights. Their entrant to Zoofights 5, Great Leap Forward, furthers the "we're nice people" lie. |
| 214 | * PetTheDog: The company behind Zoofights may be LaughablyEvil, but in some cases they've been known to intervene to save contestants from a horrible death, for instance the tumor-ridden spider frog saved from the necrotic swanmass. |
| 215 | * PopularityPower: Responsible for a few Crack Defeats. |
| 216 | * ThePowerOfRock: This is how [[spoiler: Rammoninite]] manages to defeat his opponent under seemingly impossible odds. |
| 217 | * PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler: A MOTHERFUCKING MARTIAN. OH SHIT SON.]] |
| 218 | * ProductPlacement: If all goes well Zoofights IV will have Franchise/CareBears vs. Franchise/MyLittlePony in round 2 and Coke vs. Pepsi in the Losers League. What can I say, it's TheEighties. |
| 219 | * PromotedFanboy: You like Zoofights? You can draw? Well then come aboard - Major Failure's always looking for a helping hand. One good example is the user Empty Sandwich. He works with clay, and made models of some of the fighters in Zoofights 3 and 4. Come Zoofights 5 he now contributes directly to the fights, with his modeling work appearing in Croctopus vs. Pride and Prejudice, Sting Kong vs. Barbarrimundi, Great Leap Forward vs. The Snapture, and [[spoiler: Captain Croctopus vs. Sturgeongrad]] |
| 220 | * PunnyName: |
| 221 | ** Oh the Huge Manatee is probably the [[SoBadItsGood worst/best]] Punny Name in Zoofights. |
| 222 | ** Snake Preview of Zoofights 5. |
| 223 | ** '''A GORILLION DOLLARS'''! |
| 224 | ** The Berlin/Cold Wa(r)lrus, Croaka Cola, Murducken, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray Cray]] Fish, [[JapaneseRanguage Playing]] Mantis... |
| 225 | * QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Zoofights 3 gives us Steamcrab. Oddly enough, Steamcrab isn't even British - he was ''Japan'''s entry. |
| 226 | * RecycledINSPACE: |
| 227 | ** Zoofights 4. It's like Zoofights 3, but IN SPACE! |
| 228 | ** Zoofights 5 is Zoofights AfterTheEnd. |
| 229 | ** Zoofights 6 is Zoofights in TheEighties. |
| 230 | * RevealShot: Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler: In the final, Vighneshvara and Armour Dio are shown in a close-up shot pummeling each other. Then the next picture pulls back the view to reveal that [[MagnificentBastard they are unknowingly being surrounded by]] [[ActuallyADoombot six lobster-controlled mechs.]]]] |
| 231 | * RockBeatsLaser: Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Great Leap Forward vs. The Snapture]] |
| 232 | * RolePlayingGame: The voters have included several [[Series/DoctorWho Doctors]], "Sad [[Film/TheRoad Aragorn"]], SteamPunk UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}, [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake]] [[Film/EscapeFromLA Plissken]], [[Film/TheDarkCrystal Aughra]], (irradiated) Marie Curie, (mutated) [[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Machiavelli]], UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, the Film/RobotMonster, the cockroach from ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', Alexander the Great, Kim Jong-Il (who was oddly silent during Great Leap Forward's round), [[Franchise/StarTrek Capt. Kirk]], [[Film/ThereWillBeBlood Daniel Plainview]], [[{{Series/Deadwood}} Al Swearingen]] (co-bartended with Gezora in Zoofights 4), [[Series/TheSopranos Paulie Walnuts]], [[Comicbook/{{Transmetropolitan}} Spider Jerusalem]], [[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} The Saint of Killers]] (who almost got into a fight with one of the more nihilistic Doctors), [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]], [[Film/EventHorizon Dr. Weir]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Scruffy the Janitor]], Elohim's [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]] (Benedict XVI -- no 'shopping necessary!), [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension Buckaroo Banzai]], [[TimeTravel Time]] [[SantaClaus Santa]] and his pal [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]], an African warlord, an [[Film/BladeRunner eye doctor]], countless videogame and comicbook characters, random (photos of) real people, quite a few original characters, and several [[http://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/slaver.html Keith Thompson]] characters. Oh, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] Tim Buckley[[note]] I'm surprised that with all the Keith Thompson characters no one used [[http://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/necromancer.html this ingenious lady]] as Lilah/Brittany[[/note]]. However, there's a rule that the role-playing shouldn't get too out of hand least it get in the way of the actual fighting, which apparently happened in one of the earlier rounds [[OldShame to everyone's detriment]]. |
| 233 | * RuleOfCool: The entire series, really. There's a train with a bison attached to it, for crying out loud. |
| 234 | * RunningGag: |
| 235 | ** '''GEZORA DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHISPERING.''' |
| 236 | ** Zoofights VI gives us Drillz (he's the leader!) of the Mangolin' Pangolins. |
| 237 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: [[spoiler: Snake Pilgrim]] |
| 238 | * ScheduleSlip: Zoofights VI was plagued by delays and missed deadlines. Most of the trouble stems from the unforseen consequences of a longer Zoofights tournament interfering with the Major's IRL job. |
| 239 | * ScreamingWarrior: 'Nam Yeti, Smash Gordon. |
| 240 | * SensoryAbuse: A video was posted to Youtube during Zoofights 4 purporting to be a look inside the mind of The Walrus. It was extremely loud and disorienting in there. |
| 241 | * SequelHook: [[spoiler: The Zoofights VI sign]] in the Zoofights V finale. |
| 242 | * ShellShockedVeteran: Oh the Huge Manatee. |
| 243 | * ShoddyKnockoffProduct: The WCW (World Creature Wars). |
| 244 | * ShoutOut: |
| 245 | ** Zoofights 5's round two match between [[spoiler: Punchules the Magnificent and Banebarrimundi]] contained several Franchise/{{Batman}} references, specifically [[spoiler: "I WILL BREAK YOU". Remarkably fails to take down Punchules, who has a spare spine that he uses ''to strangle Banebarrimundi''.]] |
| 246 | ** Zoofights 6: PW Botha of [[Film/{{District 9}} Johannesburg]] got an [[http://i54.tinypic.com/sdcp5h.jpg invitation.]] Bull Market has a sleazy [[Film/WallStreet gecko]] sidekick. |
| 247 | %%** Franchise/StarWars |
| 248 | %%** The Sega Genesis |
| 249 | * SmokingIsCool: In Zoofights 5, Major Failure at one point notes that the Zoofights corporation has received a large number of cigars as a "gift" from the BRUT-05 team. He then encourages everyone to smoke. A dozen or so roleplayers obligingly edited their role-play pictures to make their characters smoke. |
| 250 | %%** Oh the Huge Manatee |
| 251 | %%** The Snapture |
| 252 | %%* SoleSurvivor: Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Ned Killy]]. |
| 253 | * SoullessShell: [[spoiler: The Drillbjorn clone used by European Onion.]] Naturally led to StiffUpperLip. |
| 254 | * SquishyWizard: |
| 255 | ** The Delegation has very powerful psychic abilities but cannot fight in actual hand-to-hand combat ''at all''. |
| 256 | ** Das Ziegenmancer from Zoofights 2 has complete control over dead flesh, but in every other way he's just a regular goat. |
| 257 | * {{Sssssnaketalk}}: Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Half the spectators, after Gamma Constrictor turns Zoofights into Snakefights by altering reality.]] |
| 258 | %%* StarfishAliens: [[spoiler: The Motherfucking Martian]] |
| 259 | %%* StayingAlive: [[spoiler: Swanmass]] |
| 260 | %%* StormingTheCastle: [[spoiler: Captain Croctopus vs. Sturgeongrad]] |
| 261 | * StuffBlowingUp: It's a tradition to have a large explosion of some sort in the finale. |
| 262 | ** Zoofights 1 - [[spoiler: Thousands of radioactive tarantulas swarm Swanmass and go nuclear.]] |
| 263 | ** Zoofights 3 - [[spoiler: Steamcrab self-destructing to attack From Hell.]] |
| 264 | ** Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Elohim self-destructs to kill Seanet]] |
| 265 | ** Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler: Hardcore Prawn unleashes the full might of six lobsterbots at once on Vighneshvara and Armour Dio.]] |
| 266 | %%* StylisticSuck: Aminal Warz |
| 267 | %%* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Ned Killy]] |
| 268 | %%* SuperweaponSurprise: |
| 269 | %%** Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Ankylodyte]] |
| 270 | %%** Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler: Hardcore Prawn II]] |
| 271 | * TakeAThirdOption: |
| 272 | ** Actually started earlier with Smash Gordon vs. Sturgeon General. [[spoiler:A few people voted for Smash's more-intelligent bulldog Nelson, who escaped in a rocket (until Smash's next round). After Sega and Ro-Boto's [[Franchise/MortalKombat "Friendship"]] more Third Option votes started showing up like "BOTH FIGHTERS DIE" and "Aircraft Carrier Full Of Hate" (eventually made into a Loser's League battleground) and the organizers had to put a stop to it.]] |
| 273 | ** Since they're the only truly heroic characters in [=ZF6=] there's been several friendship votes for [[spoiler: Two Badass Pangolins and Armor Dio]]. |
| 274 | %%** Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Sega Gorillesis Mark II vs. Ro-Boto Cop]] |
| 275 | * TakeOverTheWorld: |
| 276 | ** Zoofights 1 - [[spoiler: Swanmass was eventually going to devour everything on the planet if left unchecked, thereby Taking Over The World by default.]] |
| 277 | ** Zoofights 3 - [[spoiler: Jack the Ripper, using his monstrous creation From Hell.]] |
| 278 | ** Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Both Seanet and Elohim (Accept his love - and psychic brain eggs - or be destroyed).]] |
| 279 | ** Zoofights 5 - ''Twice''. [[spoiler: The story opens with Seanet having successfully returned and taken over the planet. They make an attempt to keep their hold over the earth by hijacking Aggronaut's mind, but failed. Later, Gamma Constrictor altered reality to make himself a god-king, perhaps intending to take on Seanet after squashing what was left of the Zoofighters.]] |
| 280 | ** Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler: It seems Kray Fish's been getting some ideas from ''Heart of Darkness'' and The Snapture has returned...]] |
| 281 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Elohim's final "screw you" to Seanet, Dred Zeppelin, Ned Killy, Jupiter, and everyone on board the ship the final battle is taking place on.]] |
| 282 | %%* ThirdPersonPerson: Gezora. |
| 283 | * ThreateningShark: Flying Tiger Sharks, Dakuvanga, and Bastard Shark |
| 284 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Ballz' spirit (via Armor Dio) to the Two Badass Pangolins, 'cause "FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS LOSE THE SPIRIT OF WHOLESOME 1980s ADVENTURE AND BECOME GRIZZLED BADASSES"]]. |
| 285 | * TragicMonster: Project K shows hints of this. |
| 286 | * TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Happens at least once per story. In Zoofights 4 it occurred on no fewer than three occasions. And in Zoofights V [[spoiler: despite claims to the contrary, Dreadnautilus/Aggronaut, after supposedly being created to battle against Seanet, and whose second round upgrades included the grafted on arms of a Seanet Control Squid he slew in mortal (offscreen) combat as a show of loyalty, ended up being corrupted by Seanet and going rogue anyway. Fortunately, his opponent Draaainage nipped the problem in the bud before it got any worse.]] |
| 287 | * TurtleIsland: [[spoiler:The Snapture became one after ZF 5.]] |
| 288 | * UnexpectedGenreChange: The series is usually a dark action-comedy. It tends to veer terribly into straight-up horror towards the end of each arc. Especially when Lilly Limbcake or H.H. Johnson update their journals. |
| 289 | * UnexplainedRecovery: Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: Gezora and Akumu (once) and The Snapture (repeatedly).]] |
| 290 | * TheUnfavorite: The Mess. |
| 291 | --> '''Major Failure''': I don't take sides because I love all of my monstrous children equally. Except The Mess. I hate drawing jaguars and I'm glad that asshole is dead. |
| 292 | * UnsoundEffect: Lots in the more comic-styled fight pictures. |
| 293 | * VodkaDrunkenski: Reannimammut has vodka tanks built into him so he can drink up whenever the mood strikes. |
| 294 | * WarriorHeaven: Drillbjorn's ultimate goal is to die in glorious combat so that he can ascend to one. [[spoiler:Briefly visited during Zoofights V during the final round, caused by Gamma Constrictor's eldritch energies. Steamcrab and Iron Manatee even comment on the fight.]] |
| 295 | %%* WeaponizedAnimal: Oh jeez, all of them. |
| 296 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: A few Zoofights competitors only ever fought in a single battle. They are: |
| 297 | ** Zoofights 3 - [[spoiler: The Motherfucking Martian and Subterroronian]]. |
| 298 | ** Zoofights 4 - [[spoiler: Hydrafficus and Star Truck]] |
| 299 | * WhamEpisode: ''VI'': [[spoiler: Are you Snapture-ready? ''''''CAUSE MONSTER TRUCK AND HARDCORE PRAWN SURE AS HELL WEREN'T''''']] |
| 300 | * WhamLine: Zoofights 6 boasts several. |
| 301 | ** Round 2, Fight 4 - [[spoiler: GUESS WHAT NOW THIS IS HAPPENING.]] |
| 302 | ** Royal Rumble - [[spoiler: SO LET'S ADD TEN MORE.]] |
| 303 | ** Final - A wham ''word''. [[spoiler: SUCKERS]] |
| 304 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Zoofights 3's Loser's League bracket listed a monster named The Necromonitron. It never competed nor was it described, and its would-be opponent was just given a bye. |
| 305 | * WorthyOpponent: Zoofights 3, semifinal 1. [[spoiler: After the gentlemanly Gravitee defeats the equally dapper Krustus, rather than blasting the crab to pieces Gravitee breaks a coolant pipe on the ship they're fighting on to preserve Krustus and keep him alive for later alterations. This turned out to be a very good decision on Gravitee's part.]] |
| 306 | * ZergRush: Seen several times. |
| 307 | ** Zoofights 1 - A Thousand Rats, Jetpack Tarantulas |
| 308 | ** Zoofights 3 - An [[EpicFail utterly miserable]] attempt by the Tapogres |
| 309 | ** Zoofights 5 - [[spoiler: The European Onion]] |
| 310 | ** Zoofights 6 - [[spoiler: The main battle strategy employed by Black Rabbath's followers.]] |
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