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!
Host Waiting List
NOTE: A slot opens up only after the next set of signups begins, not after the end of a round.
If it's been 24 hours since the last game and the waitlisted troper hasn't posted, it's free game.
Past results
- 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)
Original post
There already is a Country Elimination Game in this forum, but it's approaching a decade old and the last (very dormant) activity was more than a year ago at this point, so it'll make sense that I start a new thread, and not use "Country" to more clearly broaden the theme scope. We start out nominating 25 entities then have an elimination system of adding one point and removing two points in every post, distributing each individual point however they please (you can remove two points from one entry or remove one point from two). The last entity standing wins! I'll keep score for this one, and the theme for this round will be fictional areas. My first nomination:
- 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
skan123
Since: Aug, 2018
#11452: Aug 23rd 2023 at 12:37:57 PM
+ 1 Jack
-2 Kay
TheFarmboy
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
from A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Since: Jan, 2013
Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
Just a random 🐈
#11454: Aug 23rd 2023 at 12:40:49 PM
Flynn +1
Kay -1
Bilbo -1
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
MummyGaGa
Me as a Merman
from A magical realm
Since: Mar, 2015
Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Me as a Merman
#11455: Aug 23rd 2023 at 12:45:21 PM
+1 Aladdin
-1 Bilbo ELIMINATED
-1 Jack
Edited by MummyGaGa on Aug 23rd 2023 at 3:46:17 PM
BTW, please call me Jake.
YourEternalTroper
Master of the Multiverse (He/Him/His)
from The Center of the Multiverse
Since: Oct, 2015
Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Master of the Multiverse (He/Him/His)
JackCossack
Toyota 2000GT
from Pole Position (Get it? Because I'm from Poland?)
Since: Jul, 2017
Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Toyota 2000GT
#11457: Aug 23rd 2023 at 12:54:00 PM
Meh, if a disney one is winning this, it should at least be the entertaining one. (+1 Jack)
(-2 Flynn)
skan123
Since: Aug, 2018
#11458: Aug 23rd 2023 at 12:56:30 PM
+1 Flynn
-2 Aladdin
What? No mercy on poor ol' Flynn?
TheFarmboy
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
from A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Since: Jan, 2013
Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
#11459: Aug 23rd 2023 at 12:57:07 PM
+1 Aladdin
-2 Eugene "Flynn Rider"
Edited by TheFarmboy on Aug 23rd 2023 at 5:28:04 PM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
callmeamuffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
from the kitchen
(Trinitroper)
Relationship Status: Thinkin' about you, muffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
#11460: Aug 23rd 2023 at 12:57:48 PM
+1 Jack
-2 Aladdin
Edited by callmeamuffin on Aug 23rd 2023 at 6:32:53 PM
Come play Character Uplift Game!
Just a random 🐈
#11461: Aug 23rd 2023 at 1:00:50 PM
Aladdin +1
Jack -2
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
TroperNo9001
Braids From S286 Not Included
from ZDR for now
Since: Oct, 2014
Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
Braids From S286 Not Included
#11462: Aug 23rd 2023 at 1:01:47 PM
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
What? You're saying that California isn't cool? But seriously tho, what's that mean?
Unfettered Gouyoku Mastermind
#11463: Aug 23rd 2023 at 1:29:00 PM
Jack (+1)
Aladdin (-2)
MummyGaGa
Me as a Merman
from A magical realm
Since: Mar, 2015
Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Me as a Merman
#11464: Aug 23rd 2023 at 1:33:08 PM
Aladdin
Jack ![[down]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_down.png "[down]"){kind=icon}
(Can someone tell me the current votes right now and if Prince Ali ends up winning here?)
Edit- I counted. Aladdin is at 4, and Jack is at 5.
Edited by MummyGaGa on Aug 23rd 2023 at 4:36:40 AM
BTW, please call me Jake.
JackCossack
Toyota 2000GT
from Pole Position (Get it? Because I'm from Poland?)
Since: Jul, 2017
Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Toyota 2000GT
#11465: Aug 23rd 2023 at 1:40:30 PM
(+1 Jack)
(-2 Aladdin)
GrafVonTirol
It wasn't a rock
from a state of boredom
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Relationship Status: Standing outside, playing "In Your Eyes" on the boombox
It wasn't a rock
#11466: Aug 23rd 2023 at 1:44:53 PM
(oops, forgot to edit over this. Ignore)
Edited by GrafVonTirol on Aug 23rd 2023 at 2:03:02 AM
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
GrafVonTirol
It wasn't a rock
from a state of boredom
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Relationship Status: Standing outside, playing "In Your Eyes" on the boombox
It wasn't a rock
#11467: Aug 23rd 2023 at 2:02:46 PM
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
- Jack Sparrow - 4 -2
- Aladdin - 3 +1
- Flynn Rider - Stabbed, and this time there's no Rapunzel to restore him
- Bilbo Baggins - Taken to the Grey Havens
- Kay Faraday - Edgeworth couldn't clear her name in the case
- Nami - Claimed for that vast bounty
Serving time for theft
- Selina Kyle - Her heist couldn't be carried out purr-fectly
- Garrett - "My poor Mr. Garrett, you will not live to SEE the sprawling glory of it! Your sacrifice is not yet complete!"
- Haley Starshine - "Well, Haley, looks like this is it. I expected more screaming, but this'll do. Game over, you lose." (credit to Nine Tailed Cat)
- The Thief - Couldn't quite make it out of the war machine crumbling around him
- Kaitou Kid - Can't disguise his way out of this one.
- Carmen Sandiego - Found by ACME Detective Agency. Good job, gumshoes! (credit to Nine Tailed Cat)
- Risky Boots - The attack on Scuttle Town is once again thwarted
- Harry - Shot in the nads with a BB gun (credit to The Farmboy)
- Skye - Failed to win the heart of the farmer chick, thus no longer returns to Forget-Me-Not Valley (credit to The Farmboy)
- Joker - So, the game is over... What a truly foolish end...
- Kid - And with her death, Schala doesn't live
- Robin Hood - Now Nottingham will be exploited by Prince John and the corrupt Sheriff
- Duster - Hard to go far here with the clubfoot, isn't it?
- Sly Cooper - Game over! You alerted a guard!
- Rouge the Bat - "This can't be true! I never lose!" (Credit to Mummy Ga Ga)
- The Grinch - His heart grew three sizes that day (credit to callmeamuffin)
- Lupin III - His life was stolen by Fujiko Mine....
- Arsène Lupin - His life ended up being stolen...
- Bigtime Beagle - Ma Beagle is very disappointed with you.
- Smiler Grogan - His life ended up being stolen...
- Noob Saibot - HARA-KIRI!
- Glendale - Exploded violently after carrying too many giant items in her tummy portal dimension. (credit to Troper No. 9001)
- Thief Mii - Got kidnapped and had his face stolen by the Dark Lord (Credit to PROPLAYEN)
TroperNo9001
Braids From S286 Not Included
from ZDR for now
Since: Oct, 2014
Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
Braids From S286 Not Included
#11468: Aug 23rd 2023 at 2:06:33 PM
+1 animated Disney character (Aladdin)
-2 live-action Disney character (Jack)
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
TheFarmboy
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
from A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Since: Jan, 2013
Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
Just a random 🐈
#11470: Aug 23rd 2023 at 2:10:59 PM
Jack +1
Aladdin -2
Just so that YourEternalTroper can get their second win
Edited by LucasdaKool on Aug 23rd 2023 at 2:11:54 AM
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
MummyGaGa
Me as a Merman
from A magical realm
Since: Mar, 2015
Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Me as a Merman
#11471: Aug 23rd 2023 at 2:15:31 PM
Some victory music to celebrate Jack's victory
GrafVonTirol
It wasn't a rock
from a state of boredom
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Relationship Status: Standing outside, playing "In Your Eyes" on the boombox
It wasn't a rock
#11472: Aug 23rd 2023 at 2:27:14 PM
And so in this contest of thieves, Jack ultimately prevailed. His prize? A jar of dirt!
- Jack Sparrow - This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!
- Aladdin - His personality flaws give me adequate cause to send him packing on a one-way trip. So his prospects take a terminal dip, his assets frozen, the venue chosen is the ends of the earth! WHOOPEEEEEEEEE! SO LONG, Ex-Prince! AaaaaaaliiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIII (evil laughter)
- Flynn Rider - Stabbed, and this time there's no Rapunzel to restore him
- Bilbo Baggins - Taken to the Grey Havens
- Kay Faraday - Edgeworth couldn't clear her name in the case
- Nami - Claimed for that vast bounty
- Selina Kyle - Her heist couldn't be carried out purr-fectly
- Garrett - "My poor Mr. Garrett, you will not live to SEE the sprawling glory of it! Your sacrifice is not yet complete!"
- Haley Starshine - "Well, Haley, looks like this is it. I expected more screaming, but this'll do. Game over, you lose." (credit to Nine Tailed Cat)
- The Thief - Couldn't quite make it out of the war machine crumbling around him
- Kaitou Kid - Can't disguise his way out of this one.
- Carmen Sandiego - Found by ACME Detective Agency. Good job, gumshoes! (credit to Nine Tailed Cat)
- Risky Boots - The attack on Scuttle Town is once again thwarted
- Harry - Shot in the nads with a BB gun (credit to The Farmboy)
- Skye - Failed to win the heart of the farmer chick, thus no longer returns to Forget-Me-Not Valley (credit to The Farmboy)
- Joker - So, the game is over... What a truly foolish end...
- Kid - And with her death, Schala doesn't live
- Robin Hood - Now Nottingham will be exploited by Prince John and the corrupt Sheriff
- Duster - Hard to go far here with the clubfoot, isn't it?
- Sly Cooper - Game over! You alerted a guard!
- Rouge the Bat - "This can't be true! I never lose!" (Credit to Mummy Ga Ga)
- The Grinch - His heart grew three sizes that day (credit to callmeamuffin)
- Lupin III - His life was stolen by Fujiko Mine....
- Arsène Lupin - His life ended up being stolen...
- Bigtime Beagle - Ma Beagle is very disappointed with you.
- Smiler Grogan - His life ended up being stolen...
- Noob Saibot - HARA-KIRI!
- Glendale - Exploded violently after carrying too many giant items in her tummy portal dimension. (credit to Troper No. 9001)
- Thief Mii - Got kidnapped and had his face stolen by the Dark Lord (Credit to PROPLAYEN
~Pogakure, you are up!
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
JankyKong
"Can you see what I see?"
from a Secret Base on the Moon
Since: May, 2021
Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
"Can you see what I see?"
Pogakure
Rules Lawyer
from Hanegasaki High School
(Rule of Three)
Relationship Status: I've got the brains, you've got the looks. Let's make lots of money.
#11474: Aug 23rd 2023 at 2:37:02 PM
Are you OK with nominating real people/artists? I was thinking about doing One Hit Wonders for this round, but if that's not fair game I can do something else.
"Hmm... it appears that browsing this wiki doesn't seem to violate any school rules. Continue." | My Wall
TheFarmboy
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
from A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Since: Jan, 2013
Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
#11475: Aug 23rd 2023 at 2:37:38 PM
It would be fine as long as we separate art from the artist.
Total posts: 26,797
Kay +1
Jack Sparrow -2. This time, just for the sake of balance.