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Welcome to the Trope Pantheons thread! Please read the rules:

    Rules 
Rules. The following are not suggestions or tips, but things that have to be followed:
  • When writing a profile, take note of the following:
    • The very first thing any contributor should do before working on an idea or a profile is to propose and nominate the idea on the Trope Pantheons discussion thread. In the forums, you must discuss with other users on adding ideas and seek their approval with sound reasoning, a paragraph of reasoning to justify taking a trope should be sufficient. This is done to see if your proposal is the best representative and so, in case your profile is turned down, you do not waste time writing something that others might not find suitable. You can also get some assistance in the forum thread by either asking for help and those interested asking if they can help. Attempting to work on ideas without a nomination and at least one net thumbs-up will not be accepted regardless of how much you have written already. Submissions that are added without discussion are likely to be deleted and those who violate those rules by adding Pantheon content without discussion will get reported to the mods.
    • If you feel the need to remove a character for some reason (poor quality, outdated titles, etcetera) and replace him/her with another or outright rework, please see what the other tropers think about this in the discussion thread before doing anything hasty. For reworks in particular, nominate the idea as you would with new characters or profiles. Use good reasoning to see if your idea can easily replace the character present without drawing out your statement or giving too ambiguous claims most do not understand.
      • In the same vein, if you adopt a profile from another troper, it is recommended that you make an announcement that you have done so on the discussion thread. More often than not, a trope that was reserved for something was given away to someone else. Check the Related tab on the top of a page to see if a trope or character has been reserved by a user, either in the Pantheon or the Sandbox sections.
    • If, for whatever reason, you are writing about a God who just happens to be a person in real life, just try to be very careful about what you decide to say. Do not try to make the editing seem too meta (self-referential) and use the creativity to create hypothetical scenarios towards fictional characters. Some real-life individuals, including content creators (fictional content created by them is still fair-game, but do not bring up the creators themselves in such cases), may be considered disqualified for profiles due to controversies that would make them concern the Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment. To determine where a current creator would be disqualified:
      • Wait for at least a month after the latest significant update for a creator's controversy before any decision can be made. If a confirmation from the questioned creator (or associates) themselves occurs, then wait for a week.
      • Immediate disqualification for either a guilty sentence in a significant court case against the creator, or evidence of consistently repeated, deliberate, and/or intentionally provocative hate speech and advocacy of dehumanizing perspectives, with lesser examples warranting caution instead.
      • For creators with a clear persona of their character disclosed before any scandal, the persona can have a profile with no mentioning of their real-life information. Ambiguous existence of a persona would have to be discussed further hand for anything more decisive.
    • For obvious reasons, gods cannot be followers, high priests, or heralds. The 'gods' have ascended meaning there is no need for said character to be a follower of another if they have ascended.
    • No hype profiles, please. 'Hype Profiles' are profiles that have been made out of ongoing events and have not been around for a long time. This creates 'hype' due to popularity and certain elements either through certain scenes, memes, dramatic acting or considered overly awesome. They are not bad tropes but building a portfolio solely for that is a bad idea, as they do not say a thing about representing the trope best (unless it's those trope concepts that they are trying to embody for a long time)
      • You can see one if the profile is only showing off how awesome they are or suddenly pushing how 'significant' they are thanks to the just very recent events rather than respecting the longstanding good representations of the trope. And usually having... minimum portfolio or flavor texts and being a bit too generalized or self-contained to events from within their home series instead of interacting with other Pantheon members.
  • When posting in the forum, take note of the following:
    • When you suggest a God, please explain why they fit the trope. Not everyone is going to understand just "X should be the God of Y because they exemplify the trope" off the bat, especially if they're unfamiliar with the work.
    • You must use the Trope Pantheons discussion thread in the forums if you wish to add a new deity, story, something else of importance to the Trope Pantheon canon, or reworking an existing deity (be it simply improving their existing profile or changing their title).
      • For new and reworked deities, 3 [tup] means the profile will have a one-week waiting period.
      • For new and reworked deities, 4 [tup] is a 3 day waiting period.
      • 5 [tup] is an automatic ascension for new and reworked deities.
      • Speaking of reworks, for anyone that wants to improve such profiles, they have to review the current trope the character(s) has and see if it still holds up or if there is a better rep for their trope.
    • For adding new Treasures to The Great Treasury or new Dominions to the Dominions Expansion, the following rules apply:
      • For new Treasures or Dominions, 3 [tup] is a 3 day waiting period.
      • 4 [tup] is an automatic addition to the Great Treasury or Dominions.
    • Do not repost a profile in the forums more than twice a day if noticeable changes have not been made in between. If a profile is posted a third time in a row without noticeable alterations, it will be downvoted. This is so spamming of no-effort profiles is less frequent and to prevent tropers from getting aggravated seeing the same profile over and over. The minimum acceptable change has to be one flavor text.
    • The Pantheon is not a mouthpiece for you to voice your opinions on certain characters. You may like certain characters more than others, but do not make the mistake of making profiles for characters you like to look like Character Shilling.
    • Every troper new to the Pantheon is barred from approving or downvoting profiles until they have ascended at least two profiles, this means avoiding the usage of "[tup]" or "[tdown]".
    • Do not include fan reception in any profiles. It has nothing to do with the character themselves and will create unnecessary conflict.
    • Write a detailed explanation on why the character is the best candidate for the deity of that trope. If people disagree with you, do not force it on the people.
    • Keep in mind that if you still want to try to find a trope for a particular character, you are only given three chances to find a particular trope for them. If a suggestion goes past three possible tropes, then it will come off as shoehorning a character into the Pantheon just for the sake of that character to be there.
      • On a related note, even if a character does have a free trope being suggested, there is still a limit of three attempts for suggesting that character for that trope. If no one responds to that certain proposal after being posted three times, then it will get to the point where the idea will be seen as being shoehorned into the Pantheon. In addition, the idea needs to be considered acceptable and approved because they are good, not for the sake of pitying others. After all, no one is responding to their idea.
    • You can also adopt a profile or idea to work on from another contributor by messaging a request to them (preferably through private messages). Even if you get their permission, you still have to announce your adoption to the forum. Note that if the idea wasn't nominated in the first place you still have to properly nominate it.
  • When posting Pantheon related stuff to the wiki, take note of the following:
    • Do not put a link to these Pantheon pages into the main wiki page. The moment you want to note in a trope example that the character is a God of this trope, do not do it. If you see leftovers of this practice, correct the situation by deleting the offending text. This goes for any non-Pantheon page. The only exception to this rule is if a page in the Pantheon could be confused for a page in Main, like Good Colors, Evil Colors and Pantheon.Good And Evil Colors.
    • Do not bring things that would incite fights; hot topics and 'urgent' news are not pertinent to the Pantheon's mission. For example, the political scene and some really bad politicians. We are not here to fight each other, so don't suggest things that go in that direction, this is a fictional Pantheon after all.
    • To add a Pantheon page for a certain work, 4 or more characters coming from the same series/franchise should be ascended before adding the page. For Creator specific pages, 4 deities coming from the same creator and 2 individual work pages coming from the same creator is the minimum to warrant a page.
    • Do not create a trope page for a story until the story is fully completed.
    Instructions and Tips 
Here are some tips one should keep in mind when editing:
  • When writing a profile for a character, here are a few things to note:
    • Please refer to Text Formatting Rules when writing a profile, since understanding how to make and edit site pages in general is a necessity for working on profiles or other Pantheon content. Additionally, if you are not experienced with English, refer to this forum page, as proper English spelling and grammar is expected.
    • All deities should be sorted by their divine ranking. Put Overdeities on the top of the page and Quasideities on the bottom. Also, be sure to add them in alphabetical order by their first/given name (can be reversed if it is Eastern ordered). For a group, if there is no official name for them all list down all their names by order of relevance or (if too long to list) title them as Insert Name Here Main Characters or some other identifiable title along the same lines.
    • The maximum number of tropes that a god can have is two, but do not try to abuse that fact. If you need to use a second trope to specify a certain thing about their position, that can be excused either because said character represents their trope choice very well alongside the first trope. It is still generally encouraged to only have one trope.
    • A trope can only belong to one profile at a time. The only time two profiles can share a trope is if there are explicit variations listed in the trope page proper (e.g. Muscle Angst is held by both Biscuit Krueger and Chihiro Fujisaki as the former represents "Too Much Muscle" and the latter represents "Not Enough Muscle")
    • If the character you are about to add to a House already exists in another, make sure to mention that this person has spots in another House as well. Up to 2 places can be made for a deity at most.
    • For a character's theme song, try to avoid calling it "Theme of God X" or "Theme of (Show where God X originates from)". If possible, try to find out if the song has an actual name through research. Most importantly, it has to be part of their series' official soundtracks from the media. Do not list songs that are made by fans or outside sources. If they were not specifically used as music for that specific character, then they do not count. Furthermore, it has to be a general theme specifically made for that characters' appearances, not some generic music that plays for many other instances not related to the character in question.
    • For images, when adding an image for your chosen character, it is highly recommended to use a stylized image that embodies the character or renders that also highlight a character's behavior (such as cool poses). Most images should be from the main adaptations of the character unless the images from the other media are of a higher quality than the adaptation. Unless it is needed, do not use fanart for images. If you are, please attribute it to the original artist. Due to the website's dark mode, removing white backgrounds from an image is paramount. This website is suggested to do the background removal. If an image you have takes up too many bytes, it is suggestible to use this site to reduce the byte size. If the byte is still too big, run the compressed image through other sites (or even the same one) to compress even further. Use wikis to look for better images, as even wikis for the series might not contain good official images.
    • Creativity is your friend. While it is not recommended to get too ditzy at your ideas, it is best that when writing a profile for a certain character, do you think of capable scenarios between X and Y. Tip: do not use shallow examples (X wields a sword and Y wields one too) and try to think of relationships that make sense (i.e those characters that are shout-outs for another).
  • Pantheon Content:
    • Some series or genres will eventually have greater representation in the Pantheon than others. This is unavoidable, but a little diversity helps to make you not look like a shill. Try to ensure that if you add a deity from a popular series, make sure that it is because they are a good representative for the trope in question, and not just because they are connected to another deity in their respective canon.
      • As far as deities from actual mythologies, there is generally an expectation to build the profiles off interactions from fictional portrays rather than basing it entirely from the actual myth. Therefore, a mythological deity should be more of a Composite Character whose main identity is from the actual myth.
    • Occasionally there will be Gods that carry a title without a trope. This is not forbidden, but it is well-advised not to abuse them. The only house where trope-less profiles are wholly allowed is the House of Food. Mainly due to most food items lacking tropes, and adding tropes about said foodstuffs is slightly unnecessary. However, the character being ascended for their choice of food, or food-related thing must be a decently good representative of said item. (i.e their Trademark Favorite Food, or something that they are closely associated with In-Universe, or both).
    • For Dominions and Treasures profiles, always consider what made those places/objects popular in the first place. Were they plot-important, identifiable imagery or have a unique aspect of it? Do not just bring regular objects under the basis of following a certain canon.
    • Do not write in self-promotion or blatant advertising. Minor references to something are fine but writing that clearly intends to advertise something will not be given toleration.
  • For Profile Standards:
    • Flavor text is used to describe certain things about a character, place, or object. To avoid short ones, it is recommended to write flavor text with 4-7 sentences that can fill around 2 lines each. Be warned that adding too many sentences does not equal good flavor text as it is not an essay of sorts (unless words are substantial and do add to the overall line).
    • Character Profiles of a certain person should have the following:
      • A portfolio that contains at least 7 (at the minimum) tropes describing their character.
      • Flavor text count for a deity profile should have by minimum, 10 (depending on if the character in question has enough relationships/characterization) to 15 with a maximum of 20-25 for an individual profile.
      • On the other hand, group profiles (profiles of a group that has 4 or more members) have their maximum flavor text count to 15 minimum, giving individual lines for the other members of the group (unless the members are not as characterized) up to 30 at max.
    • Dominion profiles of a certain place should have the following:
      • A portfolio that contains at least 5 (at the minimum) tropes describing the context of the place.
      • Flavor text count should range at least 10 to 15.
    • Treasure profiles (inanimate objects without a trope) should have the following:
      • A portfolio that contains at least 6 (at the minimum) tropes that describes the object itself.
      • Flavor text count should be at least 7 flavor text up to 12 to constitute a treasure profile.
    Divine Ranking System 
  • Overdeity: Omnipotent-level Reality Warper deities capable of manipulating the entire universe (or at least the world) at will. Within their own universe they are believed to be omnipotent, or at least impossible-to-completely-destroy embodiments or concepts.
  • Greater Gods: High-level Reality Warper deities that are extremely powerful (capable of destroying or changing anywhere from a large city to a planet at will) and very strong non-reality warpers capable of doing the same thing.
  • Intermediate Gods: Deities at this level are capable of strong but specialized powers such as hydrokinesis, pyrokinesis, etc. without major drawbacks and low-level Reality Warper beings capable of affecting their immediate area at will.
  • Lesser Gods: Capable of highly specific or little power on their own, or suffer from Power at a Price. However, they may be able to ruthlessly exploit their power or combine it with just being badass enough to make up for it.
  • Demigods: Badass Normal citizens of the pantheon, making up for their lower status with strength, strategy, and/or planning.
  • Quasideities: Any otherwise normal human, human equivalent, or below without any special powers or training will fall here.
    Templates 
Template for adding a new deity: God X, God/Goddess/Deity of (Insert Trope Here) (Alternate names/Nicknames, Fan Nickname)
  • An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
  • Rank: This can range from Quasideity, Demigod, Lesser God, Intermediate God, Greater God, to Overdeity, based on the representation of power mentioned above.
  • Symbol: An image or icon used to represent the deity.
  • Theme Song: Official song (in other words, no fan music, regardless of quality) that usually is used in affiliation with the character. If the deity is a musician this will most likely be their Signature Song. If possible, give a link for reference, preferably on either a website like Soundcloud or YouTube.
  • Alignment: Good, evil, neutral, etc. Forget about The Great Character Alignment Debate here; the Pantheon is one of the few places where you can assign Dungeons & Dragons alignments to characters that don't have an alignment system. After all, the Pantheon is based on D&D and is made for fun.
  • For Pokémon deities only:
    • Gender: Defines the gender of the Pokémon; if genderless, it instead defines what gender they identify as.
    • Ability: Provides the Pokémon's ability. If they can Mega Evolve, the new ability is listed as well.
    • Moves: Defines the four moves used by a Pokémon. A Z-Move may also be listed.
  • Portfolio: Tropes associated with the character.
  • Domains: Things that the character has influence over.
  • Herald: Non-ascended loyal character that is from the same series as the ascended character.
  • High Priest: Non-ascended like heralds, but not from the same series, and can serve as a worthy replacement in case the deity would be unavailable, incapacitated, dead, or otherwise incapable of carrying out their duties. They can be served as part-time workers in case the originals are busy with some jobs. Co-Godhood is accepted depending on the approval of the originals, usually if the co-deity is from the same series.
  • Followers: Non-ascended characters that are not part of the Pantheon, but would probably worship this character by the fact that they share the ascended character's trope.
  • Relationships between ascended characters go here with your chosen character, it goes something like this:
    • Allies: Members of the Pantheon that are allies, those that share the same values as them and would theoretically be friends with them.

    • Rivals: Members of the Pantheon that are rivals, people who may look at your character with suspicion or a challenge.
    • Enemies: Members of the Pantheon that are foes, those who would see your chosen character as a threat, either from their perspective or yours.
    • Additional Character Relationships: Members of the Pantheon that do not fit in various relationships (examples include Enemy Mine, Vitriolic Best Buds, Teeth-Clenched Teamwork, Headbutting Heroes, Friendly Enemy, Friendly Rival, Just Friends, etc.), allies, rivals, or enemies.
    • Partner: Defines a partnership with an ascended deity and Mon-type. (if any)
    • Feared by/Fears: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon notably fear or are feared by.
    • Respected by/Respects: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon respect or are respected by.
    • Opposed by/Opposes: Not necessarily the same as "Enemies", but this is used for any deity whom the members of the Pantheon directly oppose or are opposed by (basically the opposite of "Respects", "On Good Terms With", and/or "Commonality Connection") in terms of certain viewpoints, regardless of alignment.
    • Pitied by/Pities: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon feel pity for or are found pitiable by.
    • Conflicting Opinion: Sometimes, the Deities argue over specific themes and philosophies.
      • OPTIONAL NOTE FOR CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS: Should the list for Character relationships (IE. Allies, Enemies, etc.) become too big, categorize a certain number of characters to a specific group putting them on a sublist (One example: Luigi is from the same world as his brother Mario, hence Luigi should be fall under the Super Mario Bros sublist.)
  • Add the Intro. The intro is made up of two trivia, the Ascension Text (or just the Ascension) and The Bio. Both are necessary, but which order you use for them may vary depending on the profile in question. It may be better for one profile to have The Bio first and the Ascension second or vice-versa, although for the most part, the order is irrelevant:
    • The Ascension Text: This is the story of how the character got into the Pantheon and/or was ascended. There are many ways for this to happen. They may be tricked into it or have simply wandered into the Pantheon, they may have had an already ascended character bring them in, they may already be in the Pantheon (via being another deity's Herald or sharing a trope) and got "promoted", or some combination of the above. Anything is possible in the Pantheon, so use your imagination, but try to incorporate their trope into the story, if possible.
    • The Bio: A brief synopsis of the character's backstory. No need for the character's entire life/production history, but just give enough that those who don't know the character can get an idea of how the character works.
  • Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
  • And some more trivia/facts.
  • And a couple more.
    • Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Deities/Characters is 10-15 (15-20 for group profiles) at minimum to 20-25 (30 for group profiles) at maximum.
Template for Dominions profiles: Place X, Place of (Insert Trope Here) (Alternate names/Nicknames, Fan Nickname)
  • An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
  • Theme Song (Optional): Not important as compared to Deity and Dominion profiles but a notable mention if there is an accompanying song in use with the object.
  • Alignment: Refers to the dominion's role in their story, be it those used by villains or used by the Player Character.
  • Portfolio: Tropes associated with the dominion.
  • Domains: Things that the place has links to.
  • Relationships (Optional): Unless the location has a connection with a specific deity, relationships are optional and may not be required. However, if there are deities linked to the same series as to where the dominion is linked to, note them using the relationships, this includes deities that theoretically have interest with said dominion, good or evil otherwise.
  • Add the Intro. Here the introduction of the Dominion is added with some tidbits regarding the origins of its' creation and usage in the story. You can also add what made it popular/iconic/important here.
  • Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
  • And some more trivia/facts.
  • And a couple more.
    • Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Dominions is 10 at minimum to 15 at maximum.
Template for Treasure profiles: The name of the item in here (Alternate names/Nicknames, Fan Nickname)
  • An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
  • Appearance: A shortened description of the item's looks with some notable features also mentioned.
  • Class: Refer to the Treasure Classification System in the Great Treasury.
  • Alignment: Refers to the objects' role in their story, be it those used by villains or used by the Player Character.
  • Theme Song (Optional): Not important as compared to Deity and Dominion profiles but a notable mention if there is an accompanying song in use with the object.
  • Museum Check: A note that says whether the item is viewable by the public.
  • Portfolio: Tropes associated with the item.
  • Domains: Things that the item has links to.
  • Relationships (Optional): Unless the item has a connection with a specific deity, relationships are optional and may not be required. However, if there are deities linked to the same series as to where the item is linked to (especially the original owner of the item), note them using the relationships, this includes deities that theoretically have interest with said object, good or evil otherwise.
  • Add the Intro. Here the introduction of the Treasure is added with some tidbits regarding the origins of its' creation and usage in the story. You can also add what made it popular/iconic/important here.
  • Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
  • And some more trivia/facts.
  • And a couple more.
    • Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Treasures is 7 at minimum to 12 at maximum.

Edited by Tabs on Jun 24th 2024 at 7:51:43 AM

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#188026: Dec 15th 2021 at 5:55:51 AM

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#188027: Dec 15th 2021 at 7:16:49 AM

I've made some progress in my Communities And Solitude House Draft, and from the looks of it, the only things left are the House description paragraphs and the names of the two representative sides.

Also, I'm probably be going to nominate some deities that lean on the loneliness side of things a little shortly after this post.


Beta draft for Terry McGinnis. He's a teenage boy who lived in a futuristic Gotham City where crime and corruption became quite rampant after Batman suddenly disappeared. One day, he finds Bruce Wayne and his identity of being the Dark Knight, and on the same day, his father is killed for upholding information regarding the corruption of a company that had since bought Wayne Enterprises. Seeking justice, Terry forcibly steals Bruce's last suit and becomes Batman, winning his trust enough that the two serve each other in a mentor-student relationship, with Terry being an errand boy as well as his superhero protege.

On a more personal note, Terry has a more stable social life, being a high school student who's somehow quite popular with girls and often attends a nightclub where he dances with other girls, including, but not limited to Dana, Max, and Melanie, a member of the Royal Flush Gang. That said, he does have difficulty trying to juggle his personal, academic, and superhero life as it is.

And finally, it turns out that he is Bruce's son via a genetic experiment designed to create a perfect successor for Batman, though Terry insisted that all future decisions were his to make and that he is content with what he has, which narratively affirms him as Bruce's successor as Batman and giving Bruce a sense of closure.

Looking for suggestions based on what has been said above, and there are a few blank paragraphs with brackets that can also help with additional thoughts. Regardless, any other comments and ideas are welcomed.


Prototype Mode

Terrence "Terry" McGinnis, God of Former Teen Rebels (Batman II, Batman V, Batman Beyond, The Tomorrow Knight)

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Without the Batsuit 
  • Lesser God, borderline Intermediate God with the Batsuit
  • Symbol: The Batsuit and a Red Bat Logo
  • Theme: Batman Beyond
  • Alignment: Between Neutral Good and Chaotic Good
  • Portfolio: The Atoner, Badass Normal, Brought Down to Badass, Chocolate Baby, Combat Pragmatist, Contrasting Sequel Main Character, Create Your Own Arch-Enemy, Dark Is Not Evil, Former Teen Rebel, Good Is Not Soft, Killed The Joker, Legacy Character, Offhand Backhand, Spin-Offspring, “The Reason You Suck” Speech, Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World, You Fight Like a Cow, You Killed My Father
  • Domains: Darkness, Future, Technology, Legacy, Heroics, Maturity, Growth
  • Heralds: Matt McGinnis (his younger brother), Mary McGinnis (his mother), Maxine "Max" Gibson, Dana Tan
  • Followers: Iruka Umino, Tallstar, Sebastian Vael
  • Allies:
  • Headbutting Heroes: Damian Wayne/Robin V
  • Enemies:
  • On Good Terms With: Mr. Freeze, Sandman
  • Conflicting Opinion: Talia al Ghul, Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn
  • Special Relationship: Bruce Wayne/Batman (his predecessor and biological father)
  • Terrence McGinnis is a teenager who resided in a futuristic Gotham City, decades after the Batman had disappeared from the presence of the city. Growing up, Terry was a delinquent, often butting against his father and defying general school authority whilst trying to make his presence known, with a few successes including his younger brother Matt and a girlfriend, Dana Tan. One particular day, Terry and Dana were suddenly attacked by a group of gangsters known as The Jokerz who took inspiration from the Clown Prince of Crime. Following a chase that led them to Wayne Manor, Terry met a decrepit Bruce Wayne, alongside discovering his hidden identity of Batman years ago, though they started off on poor terms. Later on, Terry discovered that his father was murdered, and despite evidence incriminating The Jokerz, he learned that the culprit was carried out under the orders of corrupt business mogul, Derek Powers of Wayne-Powers Enterprises. Swearing justice and frustrated by a lack of cooperation, Terry took it upon his own hands to steal the latest Batsuit and battle against his father's killer. From that day on, the Batman was reborn for the future, and also began Derek's descent into the supervillain, Blight. Outside of Derek, Terry would learn and train under Bruce's instructions and come to fight against many criminals and supervillains, old and new, in a wholly different Gotham City, which would eventually pay off with Terry becoming the successor to the Batman mantle and giving Bruce Wayne a sense of closure.
  • Terry's ascension into the Pantheon coincided with a shocking revelation that his father wasn't actually Warren. As it turns out, there was an experiment conducted by Amanda Waller of A.R.G.U.S. which was designated to be Project: Batman Beyond, with the aim to create an adequate successor to Batman himself via his DNA and transfer this to Warren's reproductive DNA. As a result, and unbeknownst to either of them, Terry McGinnis is the son of Bruce Wayne, and he ends up being the successor to Batman, figuratively and literally. Terry also learned about his conception sometime after he had learned that he was part of the Pantheon, and was surprised to discover that the new realm mainly accounted for a version of his world that he was unfamiliar with. As far as he knew, he was from a possible future and that he had his own story to tell, compared to Bruce's. Either way, Terry signaled his presence by finding a Bat-Signal and lighting it up in red lights. It helped in a sense as it alerted and terrified a nearby group of gangsters who were about to commit a robbery, which Terry quickly took care of, and these collections of events were soon to catch Bruce's attention anytime soon. Terry's since felt that the Pantheon is going to be a very different experience compared to his own world, though he's making sure to make a lasting impression regardless.
  • The Pantheon was in a state of surprise to discover that there were now two Batman in the realms and that both of them have been keeping an eye out on crime activities and worldly threats, the former especially in regards to the House of Crime and Transgressions. That said, while Bruce and Terry have a similar brand of justice to uphold as well as a fearsome, yet revered reputation to manage, the two are actually very different from one another. For one, Terry's suit was more technological and came with several in-built features that have happened to provide Terry with items and gadgets that he uses in his battles against crime as well as augmented strength and durability. Of course, there's also the punchy color scheme of black with a sharp red Bat Logo, but the biggest differentiation comes from their personalities and occupations. Bruce in the Pantheon is a billionaire businessman in public and a quiet, brooding, and stoic vigilante as Batman whilst also being willing to be unforgiving so long as he can be non-lethal. Terry, on the other hand, is a teenager and a social, talkative, and outgoing person, both in public and as Batman, even having a sardonic sense of humor to accompany him along the way. Regardless, these differences don't matter too much in their relationship as Bruce has come to see Terry as the best successor he has in a long time and Terry himself is proud to see Bruce as a father figure to him.
  • (Heroic Successors)
    • (Parental Lineage + Genetic Succession)
  • (Batfamily)
    • (The Joker + Rogues Gallery)
  • (High School/Teen Heroes)
  • (Delinquents)
  • (Dancing + Nightclubs + Girls)
  • (Corrupt Businessmen)
  • (Crime Activities and Organizations)
  • (Cyberpunk Future Settings)

WHERE IS KRYPTO, I mean, WHERE IS THE DOG!!!
HamanaHamanaHamana Dog or Oni? (Bitroper)
Dog or Oni?
#188028: Dec 15th 2021 at 7:38:09 AM

[up][up]Curious to ask what was the statement for.

[down]Already done and could use some updates. Not delete-worthy but some improvements.

Edited by HamanaHamanaHamana on Dec 16th 2021 at 12:09:34 AM

I swear Loid, you can't draw worth shit!
Bazzardreturns The Marked Prince from Canada Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: In love with love
The Marked Prince
#188029: Dec 15th 2021 at 7:47:36 AM

[up] Soccer reference on the last page.

@Crimson: Also, just thinking about Batman Beyond, he'd be enemies with Kingpin if he's in the Pantheon already.

Time to explore the world!
VengefulBale Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight from Nowhere Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight
#188030: Dec 15th 2021 at 7:58:27 AM

[up][up][up]The TMNT have met Batman more than once and have had time-travelling adventures ocassionally, one time they even met the future descendant of April O' Neil and Casey Jones. Plus there is an animated short depicting Mikey as the mentor to a group of teenager humans who work as the TMNT's successors. That's some worth mentioning

Prettiest Meta Knight Gijinka, ngl
AzureLegacy Since: Sep, 2018
#188031: Dec 15th 2021 at 8:15:31 AM

[up][up][up][up] Terry comes from Earth 12, meaning he’s also from a separate universe as apposed to a just another possible future. Technically he could still have the Bruce Wayne of his world as a Herald (could make for a fun dynamic between Bruces) because the Batman Family in Pantheon are from Earth 0, making both separate and younger versions of the ones Terry knows. Having fought the Justice Lords in the comics, he’d naturally be against The Regime Superman.

Yiptap from Smashville Since: Dec, 2021 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#188033: Dec 15th 2021 at 9:01:21 AM

Finished Colonel Noodle.

Colonel Noodle, God of Noodles (Baby, Burger Shop's Son)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/colonel_noodle_8.png
  • Potential House: Meals (A to M)
  • Demigod
  • Symbol: A noodle burger. Alternatively, Colonel Noodle's afro and shades.
  • Theme Song: Noodles Can't Be Beat
  • Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
  • Portfolio: Badass Longcoat, Battle Rapping, Big Bad, Catchphrase Borrower, Cool Shades, Freudian Excuse, Hates Burgers, Noodle Obsessed, Seemingly minor character was important all along
  • Domains: Noodles, Afros, Rapping
  • Allies: Lisa Simpson, DJ Grooves, The Colonel, Naruto Uzumaki, Po
  • Enemies: Ronald McDonald and other fast food-related gods, More potentially TBA
  • Admired By: Maya Fey
  • Opposed By: Min Min
  • Friendly Rivals: PaRappa
  • Afraid Of: Sanji
  • Colonel Noodle is eccentric, to say the least. Back in PaRappa Town, he started the Noodle Syndicate and attempted to turn every food in the world into noodles. His reason for doing so being that his father, the Beard Burger Master, forced him to eat burgers his entire life. Not only did Colonel Noodle lose friends because of it, but his mother ate so many burgers that she became a burger herself. Enraged, Colonel Noodle then formed the Noodle Syndicate and took it upon himself to show everyone how it feels to eat the same food your entire life. It was up to PaRappa to stop the colonel and show him that other foods can be good too. Colonel Noodle then underwent a Heel–Face Turn and even changed his outfit! Things stayed that way for a while, but didn't last forever...
  • Colonel Noodle was ascended by none other than PaRappa himself. PaRappa was excited to show Colonel Noodle all the cool foods in the Pantheon. Things went as planned... Until Colonel Noodle found out he was ascended as the god of noodles. Colonel Noodle had a Face–Heel Turn and took up the mantle as the leader of the Noodle Syndicate again. PaRappa wasn't pleased one bit.
  • Colonel Noodle's temple is a giant noodle bowl with every single noodle in the multiverse being there. There is also a small island in the middle of the bowl with a the necessities for living (A bed, a bathroom, etc). Colonel Noodle was very pleased.
  • At the beginning of his stay at the Pantheon, Colonel Noodle didn't interact much with others. However, one thing Colonel Noodle did would boost his notoriety by a long shot. Colonel Noodle achieved his goal: He turned every food in the Pantheon into noodles (Though it only lasted for half a day). Most were not pleased by his "prank". Actually, most opposed him. Most notably Ronald McDonald, whose business slowed considerably that day due to the noodles, causing him to warn the Hamburglar to stay away from Colonel Noodle, and Min Min, whose business slowed down a ton after the noodle incident. Colonel Noodle was warned by the head gods that if he did that again, they would ascend the Beard Burger Master in some way.
  • Despite most of the Pantheon growing a distaste for Colonel Noodle due to his prank, not everyone opposed him. Lisa Simpson was glad that Colonel Noodle turned food such as burgers and chicken into noodles, a vegan alternative. Naruto Uzumaki was also overjoyed at all the noodles, and began to make frequent trips to Colonel Noodle's temple (Specifically the ramen section of the bowl). Maya Fey grew an admiration for Colonel Noodle, realizing that noodle burgers (A mix of her two favorite foods) were possible. The Colonel was actually amused by Colonel Noodle's prank and grew friendly with him, from one colonel to another.
  • Colonel Noodle was able to befriend DJ Grooves, as they are both afro-trotting deities. They became so chummy that DJ Grooves even hired Colonel Noodle to prank the Conductor by filling his temple with noodles. Deities who were nearby the Conductor's temple at the time state that they heard him screaming that he will find those afro-trotting "peck-necks" and tie them to his train tracks.
  • Colonel Noodle was also able to befriend Po and Mr. Ping, seeing that they run a noodle shop (Colonel Noodle even helps out in the shop sometimes). Although they get along, Mr. Ping gets a bit nervous that Colonel Noodle will drive customers away, Po has convinced him to let him stay.
  • Although Colonel Noodle tries to act tough, there's one person that absolutely terrifies the leader of the Noodle Syndicate: Sanji. After hearing about his fight with Wanze, Colonel Noodle sees the chef of the Thousand Sunny as an enemy to noodles. Sanji, on the other hand, only knows Colonel Noodle as the guy who turned every food in the Pantheon into noodles.
  • Colonel Noodle and PaRappa are still friends, even after Colonel Noodle's change. Colonel Noodle states that PaRappa is his arch-nemesis, but he's secretly his best friend in the Pantheon.
EDIT: Will make this longer

Edited by Yiptap on Dec 15th 2021 at 9:53:48 AM

VengefulBale Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight from Nowhere Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight
#188034: Dec 15th 2021 at 9:25:20 AM

[up] Expand your texts that are only 1-2 paragraphs long. Such as the last one. The temple description text could be merged with the second text because it is short and it honestly lacks a lot more detail on interactions and the likes since it has only about 5-7 non-introductory texts.

Me and this fat kid / we ran, we ate and read books / and it was the best.

Anyways, got this pre-draft under work. Suggestions such as those who fought evil robotic doppelgangers, had to fight robotic beings or hate robots in general are welcomed.


[[folder:MechaGodzilla]]

Mechagodzilla, Patron of Robotic Beasts (Showa MechaGodzilla: Bionic Monster, Cosmic Monster, Mecha-G | Heisei MechaGodzilla: Super MechaGodzilla | Kiryu: Mechagodzilla III | MechaGodzilla City: | MonsterVerse Incarnation: MechaGodzilla IV, Mecha-Kevin)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mechagodzillas.png
The many variants of MechaGodzilla (center: Mechagodzilla I; left top: Kiryu; left bottom: Mechagodzilla City; right top: Mechagodzilla II; right bottom: Mechagodzilla IV
  • House: Types of Mechas
  • Greater God. Bordeline Overdeity (as MechaGodzilla City)
  • Symbol: A silhouette of himself
  • Theme Song: The Sky Falls
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Showa and MonsterVerse); Neutral Goodnote  (Heisei); Chaotic Neutral (Kiryu and MechaGodzilla City).
  • Portfolio: Breakout Villain, Evil Knockoff, Humongous Mecha, Walking Armoury, Nigh-Invulnerable, More Dakka, Robot Me.
  • Domains: Clones, Robots, Beasts
  • Heralds: Mulu-elu Galu-gu, Rilu-elu Belu-be, the Bilusaludo
  • Allies:
  • Enemies:
  • Special Relationship: King Ghidorah
  • There's actually many different versions of Mechagodzilla, but the one thing connecting them all is that all of them were made to take down Godzilla:
    • The Showa version, which was created by an alien race known as the Simians in a bid to conquer Earth, however they knew that Godzilla by the time they attacked had become Earth's mightiest hero and thus sought first to discredit him by having Mechagodzilla disguise as Godzilla and attack cities to make humans think that Godzilla returned to his destructive old ways. Luckily the real Godzilla defeated and exposed his copy, even when it came back years later for Round 2.
    • The Heisei version was designed by humans to combat against Godzilla and similar Kaiju, using the remains of the Futurian Weapon, Mecha-King Ghidorah, though it was actually successful in defeating Godzilla and all but succeeded at killing him, Rodan sacrificed himself to empower Godzilla and let him destroy his mechanic doppelganger. The remains of the mecha were later refitted into the less anti-Godzilla mech M.O.G.U.E.R.A.
    • The Millennium version, known as Kiryu, a man-made machine like the Heisei version, but made with the bones of the original Godzilla that struck Japan back in 1954 and was killed by the Oxygen Destroyer. As it is tied with the original Godzilla's DNA, it didn't really follow orders much... But eventually it grew a conscience and after fighting the modern day new Godzilla, it put an end to the conflict by taking him to the seas and going inactive so as to let them both rest from the violent lives they had so far
    • [MechaGodzilla City]
    • [Monsterverse MG]
  • Should be noted that each MG acts very differently from one another due to their differing origins. The Showa version is controlled via control panel and is first and foremost a weapon for planetary conquest. The Heisei version known as MechaGodzilla II is instead piloted by humans within a cockpit and is meant to protect humanity from threats. Kiryu moves independently after gaining true sentience when the spirit of the original Godzilla possessed it. MechaGodzilla City needs a collective of minds to move, as it is more of a colossal metallic liquid that assimilates everything in range when not controlled. The MonsterVerse version, known as MechaGodzilla IV, is similar to Kiryu in that it moves on its own... But is also malevolent thanks to housing a partially reborn King Ghidorah's consciousness.

[[/folder]]

Edited by VengefulBale on Dec 15th 2021 at 11:27:21 AM

Prettiest Meta Knight Gijinka, ngl
fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Google "big ears"
#188035: Dec 15th 2021 at 9:44:50 AM

Done with Gill

Welcome to your death!
Gill, God of Color Specific Elements (Lord and Emperor of the Illuminati, The Savior of Humanity, The Dark Messiah)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gill_0.png
  • Intermediate God (Potentially a Greater God)
  • Symbol: The All-Seeing Eye of The Illuminati.
  • Theme Song: Nile (Drum & Bass Mix or The Emperor Doesn't Look Back), The Judgment Day when enacting plans, Psyche Out in battle
  • Alignment: True Neutral
  • Portfolio: Respects his Opponents and Recognizes Their Abilities, Made Emperor of the Illuminati Simply Because of His Power and Destiny, The Dark Messiah Who Declares Himself as a God, Combines Ice Powers with Fire Powers, Well Intentioned Extremists, Hard to Defeat and Cheap Bosses, Stripperific Combat Loinclothing, "RESURRECTION!", The Seraphic Wing, Anti Villains, The Big Bad of Street Fighter III
  • Domains: Fire, Ice, World Saving, Balance, Combat
  • Associates of The Illuminati: Vandal Savage
  • Allies: Kolin, The Pillar Men, Algol
  • Rivals:
  • Enemies:
  • Manipulating: Charlie Nash, Juri Han, Rashid
  • Closely Watching: High Councilor Kal-El/Regime Superman
  • The enimactic emperor of the Illuminati, from a young age Gill was meant for greatness as the center of a great prophecy. Genetically modified to become the Emperor of The Illuminati and The Savior of Humanity, Gill has been given the power to use both flames and ice through his red and blue sides, among other supernatural abilities. His goals are shrouded in mystery, only seeking to fulfill an apocalyptic agenda where he will save humanity and guide them to salvation, as was foretold years ago. Now in the Pantheon, he wants to ensure that goal also comes to pass here and doesn't really care if he has to unveil himself to the Pantheonic masses, in the end he will be the savior of humanity.
  • Immeadiately after ascending, he tried to conduct a tournament that would allow him to be able to weed out the weak and lead the worthy to be able to live in paradise. Apparently the Pantheon isn't quite the "utopia" he envisioned and Gill is willing to show why he is going to save the Pantheon from destruction. Many shown interest in entering, especially after hearing about Gill's infamy.
  • Turns out his claim as the "leader" of the Illuminati is up to debate, not because of some petty scheme designed by Urien to overthrow him, but because many sects of the Illuminati outside of his universe don't see Gill as their emperor and refuse to follow him, something that definitely didn't amuse him. Most notably, the organization labelled as the "Official" illuminati seem to tolerate Gill as just another one of their thousand of schemes but don't respond to him as a leader or anything. Similarly, given Bill Cipher's ties to the organization, he and Gill have butted heads several times in order to prove who was the true leader and neither is willing to back down.
  • Gill's action has earned him many enemies in his own universe, ranging from his estranged brother to many who had encounters with his organization. Gill's manner of resolving said conflict usually involve him coming to blows with his opponents, but sometimes he just throws a fights just to get them off his back.
    • He once had troubles with Dudley in the past, due to his organization taking ownership of Dudley's father's car, and though they are still on opposing sides, Gill has given it back to him, as reward for Dudley showing him a good fight, paired with the fact that he doesn't really drive cars anyway.
    • With Alex's ascension, Gill's tried to convice him to join the Illuminati. Alex, courtesy of Gill having injured his mentor Tom, rejected the offer, and since then, they've come to blows more then once.
  • His Resurrection Super Art, giving him the ability to rise from defeat instantly completely unharmed should he be killed or knocked out in battle, is one of the Illuminati's Sixty-Six Secret Arts, and notoriously infamous amongst the Pantheon given how often people got caught off guard by the ability. Combined with his other ability, which he calls 'Seraphic Wing', it's rumored that maybe he is a descendant of angels but some believe the Illuminati scientist truly can make remarkable things. Even then, many angels refuse to consider Gill one of their own given his nefarious goals, well intentioned or not.
  • He prefers balance, and has a dislike for both forces of Order and Chaos, though he keeps an eye on individual agents to see if they're worth bringing to The Promised Land. Particularly, he revealed himself into the world just to fight the so-called President of the World in order to find out what exactly is G's purpose. The two remained strong rivals after Gill easily one this bout but he suspects this innocuous buffoon may be up to something.
  • Surprisingly gets along with Kars and The Pillar Men given their similar appearances. Kars agrees with Gill's goals of creating an Utopia but often clash on who should lead the people, considering Kars and Esidisi easily wiped out their people, Gill was cautious in not turn away these potentially powerful allies and entertain their goals of becoming the ultimate lifeform for a while, even if that search of perfection is not really something Gill is super interested on.
  • Took interest in the young Shoto Todoroki after hearing about his rather complicated family history, not unlike that of his own. Interestingly, Shoto was also groomed to become the perfect successor of his family and even had a similar powerset but that's about when the similarities ends, as Todoroki wants nothing to do with Gill or the Illuminati and as a hero, promised to bring down Gill's organization.
  • Gill has shown an immense amount of respect for Algol, a king that in many ways refers his own status and is rare for Gill of all people to do so. That also ultimately lead the Illuminati emperor to take notice of the blades that once were related to Algol, Soul Edge and Soul Calibur and Gill saw the potential these two had should he managed to get ahold of them. Maybe the prophecy hinted at him becoming the wielders of both swords? Nevertheless, neither of them are actually that fond of Gill at all.
  • Despite ostensibly appearing on the same side, The Illuminati and Shadaloo have secretly opposed each other for a long time, since Gill has far more altruistic intentions for his world-ruling agenda than M. Bison does. At the advent of Bison's final plan to become invincible using the power of seven artificial Black Moons, Gill tasked Urien and his secretary Kolin, operating as 'Helen', with assembling an anti-Shadaloo fighting force, which included the likes of Juri and a resurrected Nash. Kolin's team, along with one assembled by Karin Kanzuki, were ultimately successful in taking down the Dictator and clearing Gill's path to rule. Gill is watching Karin as a potential rival for future global leadership in the wake of Shadaloo's downfall.
  • Was very pleased to hear that Kolin ascended into the Pantheon and is hoping that she brings in more potential allies for the Illuminati. This has seen dividends in some ways better than others: while Gill is very much appreciative of the alliance she's forged with Regime Superman, with he and Savage both looking forward to seeing if she can bring the Kyrptonian into the Illuminati fold, he is also nearly as annoyed as the Phantasm of Snow and Ice herself is at Kano's obsessive lust towards her.
  • "The mark of my divinity shall scar thy DNA."

Edited by fasoman1996 on Dec 15th 2021 at 2:45:09 PM

Uni cat
Bazzardreturns The Marked Prince from Canada Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: In love with love
The Marked Prince
#188036: Dec 15th 2021 at 10:00:18 AM

[up][tup]

Time to explore the world!
VengefulBale Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight from Nowhere Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Muundeis Acheron is SUS from ANYWHEREEEEEEE!!!! AAAAAHHHHH!!! Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Necromancer10 Purple Necromancer from Crakcarz, the Continent of Wacky Necromancers Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Browsing the selection
Purple Necromancer
#188039: Dec 15th 2021 at 12:47:57 PM

[up][up][up][up] [tup] for Gill

@Colonel Noodle: Beerus is a Big Eater who enjoyed Earth's food, including noodle slurping, and would hope that Colonel Noodle could create enough to satisfy his appetite. And while not exactly the same type of noodles, what would Colonel Noodle think of The Flying Spaghetti Monster?

@Mechagodzilla: Octogeddon is a giant mutant octopus that had to fight a mechanical doppleganger, and given their tendency to attack monuments, it'd be a primary enemy of Heisei MG in particular, and maybe Kiryu as well.

KILL CONSUME MULTIPLY CONQUER
Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
CrimsonShark Punk Rocker from The Internet of Loneliness and Beyond Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#188042: Dec 15th 2021 at 1:21:53 PM

@faso - [tup].

Welp, I just got [nja]'d.


@Bale - Given the nature of Mechagodzilla, it'd be worth mentioning what would those from the Zoids franchise think of it.


Still awaiting further feedback and ideas for Terry McGinnis.

Beyond that, some suggestions on my part, and as promised, two of these are to do with loneliness...


  • Cassie Sandsmark and Rose Wilson - Accuser of the Brethren
    • I feel as if the trope would work best if both the accuser and the blamed are accounted for. Rose is the daughter of Deathstroke and whilst initially a villainous sidekick, she defects from her father and joins the Teen Titans in an effort to atone for her past deeds. Unfortunately, she's not too well-accepted and the third Wonder Girl, Cassie, is the most vehemently opposed to Rose, believing that she can't really change her ways for the better due to how murderously savage Rose was pre-redemption. As a result, both of them can't really seem to get along, with their best interactions mostly being complaints.
  • Zac Hobson - The Aloner
    • Zac is the central character of the film, who wakes up one day, only to realize that there's nobody left on Earth but him. For days, he travels around his empty city and its borders trying to search for survivors and looking for a decent place to settle in. Even if he meets two other people, Joanne and Api, and communicates with them, Zac still spends a good deal of his screentime all by himself, considering that he butts heads against them on several points and that Api and Joanne start a relationship of sorts. To further the point, the film ends with Zac on his own.
  • The Neighbor's Club - Lonely Together
    • The narrative of this series is based around a collection of students who are usually unsocial and not really good at interacting with others. Two of them, Kodaka and Yozora decide to open up a school club and bring along lonely individuals to join so that they could learn how to be more open to society and towards others more personally. Even so, the theme of loneliness still presides as trying to get the students to be more expressive turns out to be rather challenging and that even in a group, they still feel lonely.

Edited by CrimsonShark on Dec 15th 2021 at 9:25:57 AM

WHERE IS KRYPTO, I mean, WHERE IS THE DOG!!!
Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#188044: Dec 15th 2021 at 2:32:09 PM

[up][up]Go ahead; the first one is better than my idea

Are these two ready to go?

The Factory, Unholy Organization Of Horrific Factories (Bright's Proposal for SCP-001, possibly formerly The Anderson Factory)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_factory_by_sunnyparallax_d7bxjih_4.jpg

SCP-914 (The Clockworks)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gears.jpg
One of the least complex sections of SCP-914 in a non-active state.
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1092258129_preview_914.jpg
SCP-914 in full according to SCP: Secret Laboratory.
  • Votes: 2(Crimson Shark, Excessive-Menace)
  • House: Artifacts Library
  • Appearance: A large clockwork device weighing several tons and covering an area of eighteen square meters, consisting of screw drives, belts, pulleys, gears, springs and other clockwork.
  • Class Level: 4 (Object Class: Safe)
  • Museum Check: Granted (requires authorization by the SCP Foundation first)
  • Alignment: True Neutral
  • Portfolio: Clock Punk, Black Box, Has Five Settings; Rough, Coarse, 1:1, Fine And Very Fine, Snarky Inanimate Object, Troll, can be a Wild Card, Very Fine Objects Can Be Unstable, Mundane Utility
  • Domains: The Anomalous, Clockworks, Machines, Conversion, Alterations
  • Under ownership of: The SCP Foundation
  • Source of interest: The Grand United Alliance of Machines, Sauron, deities in the Houses of Gaming, Machinery and Technology, Nature and Weapons
  • Restricted testing: Anything that could compromise SCP-914, explosive or biological materials (currently banned from testing under any circumstances), any artifact that ranks Class 3 or higher on the Treasure Classification System, non-organic deities (only permitted under express approval of the O5 Council)
  • SCP-914. Object Class: Safe. The Clockworks, as it's known, is a large clockwork device weighing several tons and covering an area of eighteen square meters, consisting of screw drives, belts, pulleys, gears, springs and other clockwork. It is incredibly complex, consisting of over eight million moving parts comprised mostly of tin and copper, with some wooden and cloth items observed. It has the anomalous ability to modify any material under five quality settings: "Rough", "Coarse", "1:1", "Fine" and "Very Fine". Though it still follows internal rules (eg: it cannot alter the atomic structure of items) the lack of energy lost in the process among other things makes it anomalous. SCP-914 is kept in research cell 109-B.
  • The SCP Foundation was reluctant at first to add any artifact in their custody to the Great Treasury, but they were persuaded following an argument with the Court of the Gods that the wide array of material at the Trope Pantheon's disposal could be used in SCP-914. If one wants to utilize the Clockworks, their request must be approved of by at least Dr Gears or someone with Level 4 clearance. Basic tests with mundane and pantheonic items were done to showcase the five settings.
    • Rough: Breaks apart an item into varying/different parts. For example, a steel ingot was cut via laser into a variety of steel chunks. A 1 kilogram ingot of adamantium was given from Charles Xavier for a test, and despite its near-indestructibility SCP-914 was able to break it into a variety of pieces. They were later returned to him and smelted back together after testing the pieces under an electron microscope.
    • Coarse: A more sophisticated deconstruction of items. The same type of steel ingot was cut into steel screws. Due to a freak accident involving Bender's shiny metal ass, said ass plate was put on coarse. The result was multiple ash trays useful for putting cigarette butts in. Recursive testing on one of the unused Bender-based ash trays resulted in different elemental lumps; 30% iron, 40% zinc, 40% titanium, 40% lead, and the remaining 40% material that makes up dolomite. No-one can figure out how they got more material than was present and the resulting material has been classified as SCP-914-A55.
    • 1:1: Swaps an item with something of equal value. Eugene Krabs was eventually convinced to give a photocopy of the Krabby Patty Secret Formula in exchange the SCP Foundation would never allow information of the formula to escape, and plenty of money. His reasoning? He wanted to make a back-up meal in case Plankton ever succeeds at stealing the formula. The result? A recipe for delicious crab meat. Mr Krabs proceeded to incinerate the crab meat formula and requests amnestics.
    • Fine: Improves the item. Professor X got permission to put in a copy of the instructions for how to make adamantium. The result was the instructions to make proto-adamantium, which for security reasons he's kept close to his chest. After seeing the 1:1 test Plankton decided to use a copy of the chum formula the Chum Bucket uses. The result? The chemical composition of cyanide. A second test was a bunch of expletives at Plankton's expense. Most people agreed they were both improvements to the Chum Bucket secret formula.
    • Very Fine: Fine Up To Eleven. However Very Fine can make the item unstable so unless you're willing to risk losing the item it's advised not to use this setting. When a spare Pokeball was put under the Very Fine setting the result was a Master Ball. When said Master Ball was put under the Very Fine setting it started shaking for ten seconds and captured the the D-Class made to test it. Attempts to open the Very Fine Master Ball have failed and anyone who touches it suffers from third degree burns. Research is in progress in hopes of using this anomalous item to capture SCP-682.
  • Anything that could compromise SCP-914, and explosives aren't even considered for test drive. Another ban on testing is biological material due to its inherently chaotic results. A D-Class that was tested on the Very Fine setting became a violent and unstable superhuman. As Death Is Cheap they're mortified at the idea of some of the stronger deities using it to upgrade themselves and using said rule to retain their upgrades; even suggesting an overdeity should be put on the Very Fine setting risks demotion to D-Class. Already homicidal and immortal gods like Voldemort are trying to put themselves in the Very Fine setting to become Keter class gods.
  • Other artifacts, both in the Treasury and outside of it, are a strict "NO" when it comes to experimenting. If someone is stupid enough to try and, say, request the Chaos Heart be tested they will be immediately thrown to SCP-682's containment chamber, forced to look at SCP-096's face in its cell, or both. Sauron believes the Clockworks will allow the One Ring to give him power equal to Sauron. Surprisingly Darkseid doesn't want to test the Anti-Life Equation even if he gained private control of SCP-914. His reason was simple: it could become too unstable and dangerous for even him to wield. One of his avatars paid dearly for messing with the Equation.
  • Though not biological it is currently ruled no version of the Philosopher's Stone permitted. This is to avoid invoking the wrath of Truth and the stone being made of human souls. That said, it's possible the Coarse setting might be allowed one day as a means of freeing said souls from their torment. Any item that directly alters any biological organism like the Stone Mask or the Stand Arrow is currently banned from experimentation too. Diavolo has been trying to get the latter on Fine so he may gain a Requiem Arrow for himself, and the Pillar Men believe they can turn any Stone Mask into a Red Stone of Aja mask.
  • Despite what's been mentioned some artifacts in Maximum Security have been considered by the O5 Council for testing. They're currently stuck deciding whether SCP-914 can be trusted to improve the Pure Hearts, the Golden Throne or the Omnitrix. Big E calculates that if the Golden Throne was put in the Fine setting it could cure him of his pain, no longer malfunction and require far less psykers sacrificed to it. Since he still needs to be attached to not immediately die and is a biological organism, this hasn't materialized. Azmuth is more accepting of the idea of using the Fine setting on the Ultimatrix, itself basically the Fine setting of the Omnitrix.
  • Usage on artifacts, whether they are part of the Great Treasury or not, are permitted for testing so long as they have a Class Level of 4 or lower, and according to pantheonic rules there are multiple items available. The O5 Council alone decide if a Level 3 or higher artifact can be used, and while an agreement is very rare they have done this. Here are some artifacts approved for experimentation by the SCP Foundation
    Dr Bright: "For God's sake the joke is dead!"
  • It isn't advised that any non-organic deity should test themselves in SCP-914, but so long as the O5 Council approves of it they will carry through with it. The possibility of robots being updated by SCP-914 is why it's among the most attractive items towards the GUAM, who were inevitably banned from any in-person tests even with the SCP Foundation's members watching them. Sigma and Ultron wish to create an ultimate battle body through the Clockwork's Fine setting, and along with SKYNET they wish to infect it with a virus to take full control. If SCP-914 is compromised in any way by their ilk, its object class is to be updated to Keter and a yet undisclosed means of containment will be used to minimize the damage until it can be cured.
  • It should always be remembered that while the Clockworks are not considered sentient by human measures, it has an attitude. One example of this was when Dr Hertz put a recording of songs he'd sung and written, he got "Learn to Sing", "Teach Yourself to Play Guitar", and "Songwriting for Dummies". Squidward once put two spare clarinets on 1:1 and Fine; what he got back was an anomalous music box that only plays ear-piercing screams, and the same clarinet with a restraining order against him. Whenever they put a picture of the aforementioned Sigma, Ultron ect through SCP-914 on Fine they usually get a middle finger, a line of obscenities, a middle finger made out of obscenities.
  • Despite being somewhat unreliable, people still like to tests weapons, technology, raw minerals and weapons from different houses in it. The Angry Video Game Nerd has been promoting video game tests, in large part to find something in the shitty games that suck ass. Here's his test log
  • Has produced pornographic imagery and texts involving "Clockwork-chan" entirely without prompting. On 1:1 setting. Yes, it came up with an anthropomorphic female version of itself and wrote/drew lewd fanfiction and fanart of itself. Zone-Tan got ahold of these lewds as a basis for her own porn video of SCP-914, then put it through Very Fine. The result was an anomalous video that caused anyone to watch it to suffer a lethal overdose of dopamine. The video was immediately taken down, but not before Slaanesh managed to get a copy. Dr Clef is notably immune to the video's effect and he blames Dr Bright for letting ZONE have access to 914's self-lewds.
  • Monika doesn't like the Clockworks because of an incident where it was used to make her real only to end up being killed upon breaching the walls of 914's containment. It's generally advised that any metafictional narrative like a Deadpool comic not be put on the Fine or Very Fine settings. They did allow a 1:1 on a Deadpool comic, and ended up getting an issue of Ambush Bug. Superman wanted to know what went wrong and used his X-ray vision to learn the exact process which 914 uses...only to learn that 914's exterior had enough lead in it to thwart his efforts.
  • The RED Team were given the opportunity to get more weapons through SCP-914, however they preferred using it to put hats on the Very Fine setting. While they were amazing hats, they often had anomalous properties like making even rounded people fight to the death over "the precious hat!!". Beatrix LeBeau was also permitted to put slime ports in SCP-914. She's noticed that SCP-999 gets irate when she puts them in Very Fine, and asked the Foundation what's the deal. Apparently they used a sample of its slime on the Very Fine setting, resulting in a hostile but ineffectual blue slime that made the Tickle Monster so mad it struck and consumed it.

Yiptap from Smashville Since: Dec, 2021 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#188045: Dec 15th 2021 at 5:54:33 PM

Currently, I'm adding some stuff to Colonel Noodle. I will have it done by tomorrow. In the meantime, here are two ascensions I plan on adding:

Hawk, the Gluttonous Pig God

Reasoning: Hawk is a pig whose defining character trait is being gluttonous. His introduction even shows him eating food. Hawk has also had many other gluttonous moments, like when he lies about his status in "Prisoners of the Sky" just to eat the food of the Celestials which he thought was delicious, and when he dies and comes back to life tiny, he goes back to his regular size in a couple days by eating so much. All in all, I think Hawk fits the trope super well.

The Mothman

Reasoning: In terms of demons in the series, I think Mothman is deserving of having a spot in the Pantheon. Mothman is one of the most popular demons in the franchise and even has his own merchandise. He is seen more with Jack Frost than his brother, Pyro Jack. In terms of the trope, Mothman is one of the most well-known fictional mothmen characters. Did I mention that Mothman is one of the most popular Shin Megami Tensei demons?

Edited by Yiptap on Dec 17th 2021 at 4:45:27 AM

Gehayadren Bad Movie Binge Collector from A Garbage Fire Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#188046: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:40:34 PM

Mothman gets The Mothman because he is the Mothman. Also, there's a museum, a statue of him, and a festival in the town he was spotted in, which is Pleasant Point, West Virginia. He's also been spotted in Russia and in Chicago. He's also in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow as one of the hidden cryptids. He also appears in Pathfinder.

Edited by Gehayadren on Dec 15th 2021 at 9:44:28 AM

Ha ha ha. What a story, Mark.
OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#188047: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:45:47 PM

The brave, the mighty, Mothman. Valiant in the war against Law, dying for the cause of Freedom and Chaos.

And also the sassiest asshole around.

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
VengefulBale Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight from Nowhere Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight
#188048: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:57:25 PM

@RJ: [tup]

@Mothman: Ascending the SMT version reeks of shilling the franchise for the sake of it instead of saying why Mothman in that series is the epitome of Mothman in fiction or the most fitting, we can work just fine with a composite version of many instead of focusing only on SMT, so [tdown] to that suggestion. Speaking of SMT... Here's the moment everybody's waiting for... The time for the truth:

Time to start the Shin Megami Tensei and co. Cleanup. Here's the list of the soon-to-be victims. I'll need help to filter out possible keeps, those you'd wish to rework later and to clean up this franchise's hold in the Pantheon in general because god-DAMN it is loooong.

    Murder List 

  • Shin Megami Tensei
    • Matador
    • Alice
    • Stephen
    • Marie
    • Nanako Dojima
    • Satan
    • Metatron
    • Mara
    • Alice
    • Kazuya
    • The Fiends
    • Naoki Kashima/Demi-Fiend
    • Aleph
    • Stephen
    • Reaper
    • Chiaki Hayasaka, Isamu Nitta and Hikawa
    • Jack Frost
    • Nyarlatholep
    • Philemon
    • Reaper
    • Ryoji Mochizuki
    • Labrys
    • Sho Minazuki
    • Zen and Rei
    • Thomas Mutton
    • Vincent Brooks
    • Embryon Tribe

  • Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey
    • Jimenez
    • Tadano Hitonari
    • Shekinah
    • Mem Alep
    • Zelenin

  • Shin Megami Tensei IV
    • Nanashi and Dagda
    • Burroughs
    • Isabeau
    • The White
    • The Divine Powers

  • Persona 4
    • Nanako Dojima
    • Tohru Adachi
    • Ameno-Sagiri
    • Izanami
    • Marie

  • Persona 5
    • Sojiro Sakura
    • Chihaya Mifune
    • Hifumi Togo
    • Yalbadaoth

  • Devil Survivor
    • Kazuya & Hibiki
    • Naoya
    • Yamato Houshin
    • Alcor
    • Admins

Edited by VengefulBale on Dec 15th 2021 at 9:00:49 AM

Prettiest Meta Knight Gijinka, ngl
TPPR10 Craving for fish from up north Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Craving for fish
#188049: Dec 15th 2021 at 7:04:24 PM

"Shin Megami Tensei bad!!!!" that almost warrants a [tdown] to you as of itself.

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Bazzardreturns The Marked Prince from Canada Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: In love with love
The Marked Prince
#188050: Dec 15th 2021 at 7:12:11 PM

[up] You’re funny.

@Bale: It looks like a hefty list. Probably would be best to remove the ones with the worst profile details first. Like, the worst of the worst.

Edited by Bazzardreturns on Dec 15th 2021 at 7:12:23 AM

Time to explore the world!

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