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
Cutegirl920fire
CG for short
from NYC apparently
(Rule of Three)
Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
CG for short
#17927: Dec 2nd 2023 at 11:18:33 AM
Yippe, my first winner!
Hopefully Pomni can get the therapy she deserves after she escaped the Circus.
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
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.
#17928: Dec 2nd 2023 at 11:24:59 AM
Alrighty, who's up for another team battle? This time the theme will be...
Do we work best under an organized machine or follow our free will?
If the trope is a bit restrictive. Team Order are characters that are Lawful Good, Lawful Neutral and Lawful Evil. While Team Chaos is Chaotic Good, Chaotic Neutral and Chaotic Evil. Will work with a 30-entry limit, 15 for each team. Only two entries, one per team allowed, if its slow I'll allow everyone two more entries.
Team Order
Team Chaos
Edited by TheFarmboy on Dec 2nd 2023 at 3:57:45 PM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
Cutegirl920fire
CG for short
from NYC apparently
(Rule of Three)
Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
CG for short
#17929: Dec 2nd 2023 at 11:26:43 AM
Order
Chaos
2. Joker (The Phantom Thief, not the psycho clown from last round)Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Dec 2nd 2023 at 11:27:46 AM
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
CosmosAndChaos
Macha
from Brazil
Since: Feb, 2011
Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Just a random 🐈
#17931: Dec 2nd 2023 at 11:35:21 AM
Order
4.Santa Claus (Lawful Good) (Xmas is coming)
Chaos
4.Patrick Bateman (Chaotic Evil)
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
The Power of Toons and Anime
MummyGaGa
Me as a Merman
from A magical realm
Since: Mar, 2015
Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Me as a Merman
#17933: Dec 2nd 2023 at 11:49:33 AM
6. Neuvillette (Order) and Furina (Chaos)
Edited by MummyGaGa on Dec 2nd 2023 at 4:56:50 AM
BTW, please call me Jake.
TroperNo9001
Braids From S286 Not Included
from ZDR for now
Since: Oct, 2014
Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
Braids From S286 Not Included
#17934: Dec 2nd 2023 at 11:53:43 AM
Does it have to be characters listed in those tropes? They're marked as Flame Bait for a good reason.
7. Tasque Manager (Order) and Discord (Chaos)
"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.
#17935: Dec 2nd 2023 at 12:20:28 PM
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Not necessarily, as long as one can embody order and the other embody chaos. I only added the Character Alignment tropes in case Order Versus Chaos trope came off as too restrictive.
Current Entries so Far
Team Order
Team Chaos
Edited by TheFarmboy on Dec 2nd 2023 at 6:22:57 AM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
Zanreo
Meito Anizawa, Anime Tenchou
from Glitch City
(Ten years in the joint)
Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Meito Anizawa, Anime Tenchou
#17936: Dec 2nd 2023 at 12:55:49 PM
Let's go with the second final Splatfest...
Pearl (Chaos) and Marina (Order)
"Leftover items still have value!"
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
#17937: Dec 2nd 2023 at 1:01:20 PM
Sheogorath (Chaos) and Jyggalag (Order)
Edited by GrafVonTirol on Dec 2nd 2023 at 1:01:33 AM
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
PROPLAYEN
I keep forgetting to update this
from Eagleland (The one from EarthBound (1994)
Since: Jan, 2023
Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I keep forgetting to update this
#17938: Dec 2nd 2023 at 1:26:07 PM
Calliope (Order/Lawful good) and Calliborn (Chaos/Chaotic evil)
Yes, I'm nominating Homestuck noms 2 rounds in a row
Edited by PROPLAYEN on Dec 2nd 2023 at 1:27:57 AM
MummyGaGa
Me as a Merman
from A magical realm
Since: Mar, 2015
Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Me as a Merman
#17939: Dec 2nd 2023 at 1:50:36 PM
I've changed both of my entries btw.
Also, can I host the 58th round?
Edit- Changed them again
Edit 2- Changed them one more. Last time, I promise.
Edited by MummyGaGa on Dec 2nd 2023 at 4:57:07 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
#17940: Dec 2nd 2023 at 1:53:55 PM
Team Order: Mr. House
Team Chaos: Jester Lavorre
Edited by JackCossack on Dec 2nd 2023 at 10:54:17 AM
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.
#17941: Dec 2nd 2023 at 2:11:35 PM
Order: Kiyotaka Ishimaru (Lawful Good)
Chaos: Junko Enoshima (Chaotic Evil)
Edited by Pogakure on Dec 2nd 2023 at 5:26:50 AM
"Hmm... it appears that browsing this wiki doesn't seem to violate any school rules. Continue." | My Wall
Snicka
Since: Jun, 2011
Riolugirl
Rookie Trope Repairer
from whence you came, you shall remain...
(Experienced Trainee)
Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Rookie Trope Repairer
#17943: Dec 2nd 2023 at 3:17:38 PM
14(?): Marle (Chaos) and Squares (Order)
"As long as I have my comrades with me, I can do anything!" (She/Her) (Current Focus: Cleaning Hell Is That Noise misuse)
skan123
Since: Aug, 2018
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.
#17945: Dec 2nd 2023 at 4:08:04 PM
Let's not waste anymore time, let the round begin! Still send in your elimination lines if you still have them
Team Order
- Calliope - 10
- Edd - 10
- Horus - 10
- Hotaru - 10
- Mr. House - 10
- Inspector Javert - 10
- Jyggalag - 10
- Kiyotaka Ishimaru - 10
- Marina - 10
- Marle - 10
- Megabyte - 10
- Neuvillette - 10
- Santa Claus - 10
- Tasque Manager - 10
- Thor - 10
Team Chaos
- Calliborn - 10
- Discord - 10
- Ed - 10
- Furina - 10
- Havik - 10
- Hexidecimal - 10
- Jester Lavorre - 10
- Joker - 10
- Junko Enoshima - 10
- Loki - 10
- Patrick Bateman - 10
- Pearl - 10
- Set - 10
- Sheogorath - 10
- Squares - 10
Cutegirl920fire
CG for short
from NYC apparently
(Rule of Three)
Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
CG for short
#17946: Dec 2nd 2023 at 4:09:17 PM
Furina: +1
Mr. House: -2
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
CosmosAndChaos
Macha
from Brazil
Since: Feb, 2011
Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Macha
#17947: Dec 2nd 2023 at 4:20:59 PM
Havik +1
Junko -2
One of the over 40 party members from Chrono Cross. And a canon mother to celebrate the upcoming Mother's Day(05/12).
The Power of Toons and Anime
#17948: Dec 2nd 2023 at 4:22:34 PM
Junko +1
Calliope -2
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
#17949: Dec 2nd 2023 at 4:34:19 PM
+1 CHEESE! FOR EVERYONE! (Sheogorath)
-2 Less popular at parties than Malacath, and Malacath is not popular at parties (Jyggalag)
Edited by GrafVonTirol on Dec 2nd 2023 at 4:37:21 AM
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
callmeamuffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
from the kitchen
(Trinitroper)
Relationship Status: Thinkin' about you, muffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
Total posts: 26,794
And it appears we have ourselves a winner! It was quite the close one by the end. But it’s clear as the dust has settled, that our official clown of the Elimination Game issssss…
1. Pomni - Finally found the exit.
2. Jevil - He can’t do anything. He’s in a fucking wheelchair.
3. Mr. Mime - Part of an interrogation gone horribly wrong
4. JoJo - Ate a Merry Berry and suffered severe allergies (Credit to Troper No. 9001)
5. Canio - Sang until his heart, and spirit, gave out
6. Pennywise - "Fear."
7. Beppi The Clown - Stuck transformed as a carousel
8. Kokichi Ouma - Gets crushed under a hydraulic press (Credit to Mummy Ga Ga)
9. The Jester - Fired by Lady Luck (Credit to Troper No. 9001)
10. Mephistopheles - Exploded by his own tick-tock spider bombs (Credit to Cute Girl920fire)
11. Gamzee Makara - Shot to death by Caliborn. (Credit to Pro Playen)
12. Charles Ringer - Had his clown nose stolen!
13. Geiru Toneido - She was more allergic to buckwheat than authorities expected
14. Kefka Palazzo - He wanted everything he saw destroyed. And he got his wish.
15. Piedmon - Banished into The Gate of Destiny
16. The Joker - Let's just say Batman broke his No. 1 rule and leave it at that. (Credit to Skan)
17. Buggy The Clown - Imprisoned at Impel Down until the next Time Skip
18. Harley Quinn - Decided to go on her honeymoon with Poison Ivy instead
19. Jangles - Locked away to Riley's deepest subconscious. (Credit to Snicka)
20. Moe - "No matter what I say, all I get in return is a vacant stare and polite applause."
21. Homey D. Clown - Sold out and became Homey The Man
22. Pietro - Forced to move out of his village out of spite
23. Maou - Couldn't keep up the beat
24. Ronald McDonald - Deposed in a coup by the Grimace and Donald Trump
25. Dimentio - "Urrrrrrk... You think this is the end? This isn't finished... You can't...stop this now... You can't escape... I've been saving one last surprise... Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… Ciao!" (Credit to Mummy Ga Ga)
26. Loonette - Had to get a new couch because of all the dust bunnies
27. Needles Kane/Sweet Tooth - Defiant to the End, even while trapped in a coffin
28. Krusty The Clown - No, Krusty. Selling out to Mr. Burns was a horrible idea. (Credit to Skan)
29. Binky The Clown- "People who sing like that should be drug out into the street and shot." (Credit to Janky Kong)
30. Pizzahead - Piledriven headfirst into the Pizza Tower (Credit to Pro Playen)
For the record, Pomni’s defeat quote would’ve been "Abstracted from the despair she had over never leaving the circus..." (Credit to Cutegirl920fire).
Congratulations, Cutegirl920fire! And thank you all for being a part of this spectacular show tonight! And now, onto our next act with ~The Farmboy!
Edited by CanuckMcDuck1 on Dec 2nd 2023 at 2:36:38 PM
Discombobulate.