Some rules for this edition of the Elimination Game:
- Scorekeeper picks the theme. Please keep it reasonable because the last thing we need is drama. That is to say keep it from being political, NSFW, franchise-specific (crossovers can work if well-known and broad enough, and with a readily available list to choose from) or with obtuse specifications.
- The game begins with at least twenty-five entries, depending on the scorekeeper's discretion. One entry per post, and up to two posts per poster unless 48 hours have passed, then anything goes until there are 25 entrants. Wait at least two posts before posting a second entry.
- At the nomination phase, a maximum of two entries from the same franchise can participate at any given round, and if at all only one such entry per person. In the event that the theme can be restrictive, this rule can be relaxed as per the scorekeeper's discretion.
- You are not required to nominate an entry in order to participate.
- All votes add one point to an entry, and take two points away. Those points can be distributed however you wish, so long as there is one -2 or two -1s. No exceptions!
- Invalid votes must be edited within two scorekeeper updates in order to count.
- Any entry that reaches zero is eliminated. Scorekeepers send them off with an evil message [[evil:like so]]
- Space your votes between at least five other peoples' votes, unless 24 hours have passed with not that much activity. In any context, no doubleposting.
- If the host makes a post stating the intent to tally, they have up to an hour to do the tallying. Otherwise the post will be null and void and the round shall proceed.
- If there's no update for 48 hours, the game can be safely called off or taken over by a willing participant. Scorekeepers must temporarily transfer duties to a different poster if they can't do so for a while.
- The one entry remaining wins!
If it's been 24 hours since the last game and the waitlisted troper hasn't posted, it's free game.
- Fictional locations
(Winner: Rhythm Heaven, submitted by Zanreo)
- Fictional villains (Winner: CATS, submitted by Zanreo)
- Fictional companies (Winner: Nook Inc., submitted by Owen23)
- Fictional vehicles (Winner: Odyssey, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional couples (fanon or canon) (Winner: Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, submitted by Jack Cossack)
- Fictional princesses (Winner: Daisy, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Fictional geniuses (Winner: Jumba Jookiba, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Fictional strong characters (Winner: Shrek, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Fictional oddballs/Cloudcuckoolanders (Winner: Mad Hatter, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Fictional speedsters (Winner: The Road Runner, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Fictional robots (Winner: WALL•E, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional cats (Winner: Meowth, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional dogs (Winner: Blue, submitted by Nine Tailed Cat)
- Fictional dragons (Winner: Toothless, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirits (Winner: Miles "Tails" Prower, submitted by Mummy Ga Ga)
- Fictional birds (Winner: Revali, submitted by Pogakure)
- Fictional princes (Winner: Zagreus, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional mothers (Winner: Misty Fey, submitted by Bluethorn)
- Fictional siblings (Winner: Timmy and Tommy, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Fictional merfolk (Winner: Ariel, submitted by YourEternalTroper)
- Fictional aliens (Winner: Zoidberg, submitted by Graf von Tirol)
- Fictional fathers (Winner: Mr. Ping, submitted by Bluethorn)
- Fictional planets (Winner: PNF-404, submitted by Janky Kong)
- Fictional rivals (Winner: Ash and Gary (submitted by The Farmboy))
- Fictional archers (Winner: Link, submitted by Pogakure)
- Second chance participants (Winner: Toriel, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Team Battle: Fire vs. Ice (Winner: Mr. Freeze of Team Ice, submitted by m-95)
- Fictional queens (Winner: The Chess Queen, submitted by Janky Kong)
- Fictional evil sorcerers (Winner: Jafar, submitted by Nine Tailed Cat)
- Fictional currencies (Winner: Rupees, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Fictional baddies (Winner: Kremlings, submitted by Follow The Map)
- Shock and Awe (Winner: Larxene, submitted by Pogakure)
- Fictional Brits (Winner: Sherlock Holmes, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Fictional swordsmen (Winner: Puss in Boots, submitted by Heehee 47)
- Fictional thieves (Winner: Jack Sparrow, submitted by YourEternalTroper)
- One-hit wonders (Winner: Alstroemeria Records — "Bad Apple", submitted by Puzzarian Ideal)
- Fiction 500 (Winner: Willy Wonka, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Team Battle: Light vs. Dark (Winner: Midna of Team Dark, submitted by Mummy Ga Ga)
- Time masters (Winner: Sissel, submitted by Jack Cossack)
- The Luck of the Damned (Winner: Donald Duck, suitted by Snicka)
- Fictional food and drinks (Winner: Big Kahuna Burger, submitted by YourEternalTroper)
- Fictional gunslingers (Winner: Yosemite Sam, submitted by Graf von Tirol)
- Neurodivergent fictional characters (Winner: Woo Young-woo, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Fictional ghosts (Winner: King Boo, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Kids that just ain't right (Winner: Carmelita Spats, submitted by Geeky Girl 13098021)
- Fictional investigators (Winner: Professor Layton, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Fictional criminals (Winner: Robin Hood, submitted by Jack Cossack)
- Fictional doctors/healers (Winner: Tae Takemi, submitted by Follow The Map)
- Team Battle: Artists vs. Scientists (Adeleine of Team Art, submitted by Canuck Mc Duck 1)
- Fictional kings (Winner: Kuzco, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Previous winners (Second time winner: Princess Daisy, submitted by callmeamuffin)
- Fictional clowns (Winner: Pomni, submitted by Cutegirl920fire)
- Team battle: Order vs. Chaos (Winner: Joker, submitted by Cutegirl920fire)
- Fictional hams (Winner: Palpatine, submitted by The Farmboy)
- The first out in past rounds (Winner: Vaporeon, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Show within a Show Characters (Winner: Truman Burbank, submitted by Jack Cossack)
- Fictional geeks (Winner: Lilo Pelekai, submitted by Riolugirl)
- Characters originating in 2023 (Winner: Sora Harewataru, submitted by skan123)
- Fictional(ized) writers (Winner: Dr. John H. Watson, submitted by Jack Cossack)
- Team Battle: Optimists vs. Pessimists (Winner: Eeyore of Team Pessimist, suitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Pokémon Gym Leaders (Winner: Flannery, submitted by Zanreo)
- Fictional musicians (Winner: Miguel Rivera, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Fictional amnesiacs/memory-deprived (Winner: Dory, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Fictional witches (Winner: Glinda, submitted by Graf von Tirol)
- Fictional friends nobody likes (Winner: Donkey, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional psychics (Winner: Anya Forger, submitted by Mummy Ga Ga)
- Egregious employees (Winner: Burgerpants, submitted by PROPLAYEN)
- Fictional alpha bitches (Winner: Regina George, submitted by Mummy Ga Ga)
- Fictional Tragic Lovers (Winner: Megara, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Team battle: Pirates vs. Ninjas (Winner: Guybrush Threepwood of Team Pirates, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional teachers (Winner: Chiron, submitted by Cutegirl920fire)
- Swept just shy of the podium (Winner: Master Yoda, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Messed-up royals (Winner: Hades, submitted by skan123)
- Runners-up (Winner: Ms. Frizzle, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Team battle: Originals vs. Homophones (Winner: Steve Rogers of Team Originals, submitted by skan123)
- Fictional partners (in progress)
- Pepperland - 10
Oh yeah, and whoever keeps score each round gets to pick the theme.
Edited by GrafVonTirol on May 4th 2024 at 7:33:56 AM
24 times around the sun.
+1 Luigi
-2 Puss
Big ol' Nintendo and mistery genre nerd. / Just call me Map for short. / Avatar made by me.
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
+1 Luigi
-1 Puss
-1 Toriel
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Puss is out, yes
Edited by TheFarmboy on Jun 26th 2023 at 3:24:41 PM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
Just a random 🐈
Toriel +1
Luigi -2
Edited by LucasdaKool on Jun 26th 2023 at 10:55:10 AM
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
The Man With A Quite Good Plan
Luigi +1
Toriel -2
Edited by Heehee47 on Jun 26th 2023 at 1:54:41 PM
Wherefore comest thou here?
Master of the Multiverse (He/Him/His)
Puss in Boots has already "bitten the dust", so he's gone. 5-2-2-1=0.
Edited by YourEternalTroper on Jun 27th 2023 at 12:55:13 AM
Everything that lives is designed to end...
The Power of Toons and Anime
Toriel +1
Luigi -2
Master of the Multiverse (He/Him/His)
Me as a Merman
1. Toriel - Lives within the Pacifist route +1
2. Luigi - Gets trapped inside a painting thanks to King Boo -2
3. Puss in Boots - Gets crushed by a bell during a fight against a giant
4. Midna - Well, it looks we won't be getting a Midlink back-to-back win here
5. Bob Parr - Gets sued for his superheroism
6. Sidon - Joins Mipha in the afterlife
7. Vaporeon - Well, at the very least, it's better than coming in last place like what happened within that Merfolk round.
8. Cuphead - Gets killed by King Dice
9. Killua Zoldyck - Dies from the Ortho Siblings' darts
10. Julieta, Pepa, and Bruno - Julieta somehow dies from food poisoning, Pepa becomes a victim of a hurricane, and we don't talk about Bruno.
11. Kazooie - Kazooie- Gruntilda Winkybunion got her revenge!
12. Pinkie Pie - Dies in the upcoming season of the TVT Hunger Games Simulation
13. Luisa Madrigal - Falls into depression after losing the family magic
14. Darth Vader - Lets out a Big "NO!" after finding about his elimination
15. Engineer - Dies from the Pyro's flames
16. Falco - Gets tailed by three measly Granga Fighters who quickly end up draining his health
17. Naveen - Dies at the hands of the Friends on the Other Side
18. Legolas - He died side by side with a friend.
19. Geno - Gets defeated by the Smithy Gang
20. Capper - Gets betrayed and abandoned by Chummer
21. Hector Rivera - Disappears forever after getting forgotten
22. Baymax - Turns into a heartless after he gets overloaded with data from the Darkubes
23. Ruru Amour - Gets de-activated and taken away by Pappuru
24. Azula - Managed to lose an Agni Kai to a waterbender
25. Brainiac - Dies from an Injustice 2 super attack
26. The Flash - Fails to win this round just like how his film is failing at the box office right now
27. Reverse Flash - "Don't you dare run from me, Barry! The last time this happened I forgot everything. Please! I... NOOOO!"
28. John Rambo - He was the First Blood.
The final tally.
Not gonna lie, I kinda feel you guys went a little too fast around the end. Like a bunch of people kinda got ![[nja]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/user_ninja_2074.png "[nja]"){kind=small}
there. I was out for like ten minutes, and by the time I got back, a bunch of posts were made.
Anyway, Farmboy, it's your turn to host.
Edited by MummyGaGa on Jun 26th 2023 at 2:00:19 PM
BTW, please call me Jake.
The Man With A Quite Good Plan
And with that, Toriel has won this round! (or not, I'm not that good at math)
Edited by Heehee47 on Jun 26th 2023 at 1:59:05 PM
Wherefore comest thou here?
Just a random 🐈
Edited by LucasdaKool on Jun 26th 2023 at 11:01:44 AM
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
24 times around the sun.
ignore
Edited by FollowTheMap on Jun 26th 2023 at 2:01:38 PM
Big ol' Nintendo and mistery genre nerd. / Just call me Map for short. / Avatar made by me.
The Man With A Quite Good Plan
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Game's already done.
Also, can I host for number 29?
Wherefore comest thou here?
Me as a Merman
Edited by MummyGaGa on Jun 26th 2023 at 2:02:45 PM
BTW, please call me Jake.
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
Before I start my round. Is everyone up for a Team Battle? Or a regular round?
Exactly
Edited by TheFarmboy on Jun 26th 2023 at 3:35:57 PM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
It wasn't a rock
Hmm... so how would this team battle idea work?
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
Me as a Merman
Regarding the Team Battle, I feel it might work if
a. Everybody is allowed to post two nominations within the same post, and there's an even number limit to the amount of nominations.
b. We shall look for a team winner and an individual winner (as in we won't stop playing once a team wins).
BTW, please call me Jake.
May I suggest swordsmen for one of the themes, if we're doing a team battle? (Since we've had archers).
The Man With A Quite Good Plan
Can I host season 29?
Wherefore comest thou here?
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
Let's go for a Team Battle then, our first theme will be...
FIRE VS ICE!
For this around, it's the pyros versus the cryos. You're allowed to post two entries at once. One for each team.
My two Entries will be Snow Miser and Heat Miser
Team Fire
Team Ice
Edited by TheFarmboy on Jun 26th 2023 at 3:40:35 PM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
The Man With A Quite Good Plan
My two entries will be L'il Brr for Ice and L'il Cinder for Fire. Both are from Mario Galaxy 1.
Edited by Heehee47 on Jun 26th 2023 at 2:19:31 PM
Wherefore comest thou here?
It wasn't a rock
Me as a Merman
10. Blaze the Cat
Noelle represents Ice, and Blaze represents Fire.
Edited by MummyGaGa on Jun 26th 2023 at 2:13:24 PM
BTW, please call me Jake.
Just a random 🐈
+1 Linguini
-2 "Hey! You wanna see something cool?" (Puss)
Ever wanted to see the most inexplicably horrifying intro to a game ever?