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
CG for short
- Shauntal - 2
- Snoopy - 6
- Dr. John H. Watson - 7
5. Lemony Snicket - "Sometimes words are not enough."
6. Norma DePlume - TORPEDO un approved
7. Tintin - Knocked out with a bottle of chloroform. - Credit to The Farmboy
8. Mary - Locked herself in the library to be alone. - Credit to The Farmboy
9. Alexander Hamilton - "Well, he's never gon' be President now! That's one less thing to worry about!" - Credit to Nine Tailed Cat
10. Nenene Sumiregawa - The Paper Masters failed to save her
11. Paul Sheldon - Annie Wilkes binded the manuscript of Misery's Return with his skin.
12. Jessica Fletcher - Murder she received
13. Zelda Fitzgerald - Forever overshadowed by her husband...
14. Alan Wake - Just one little hole in his story was all it took to release the Dark Presence. - Credit to uncertanSearcher
15. Diane Nguyen - "FU-"
16. Ice King Failed to unthaw back into Simon
17. Tamao Suzumi - Failed to win over Shizuma
18. Kishibe Rohan - Blown to bits by Bites the Dust. - Credit to uncertanSearcher
19. Blanc - The Wii U was a total flop
20. Freya Fatima - Fired from the The Evening Whispers newspaper
21. Geronimo Stilton - Ran away from one of his adventures.
22. Onyx - Forced to go "bing bong!" to remove the Jinxies - Credit to Troper No. 9001
23. Hans Christian Anderson Misses the deadline - Credit to Mummy Ga Ga
24. Kilgore Trout - When the tupelo, Goes poop-a-lo, He'll come back to youp-a-lo - Credit to Canuck Mc Duck 1
25. Xingqiu "The brightest flames... burn fastest..." - Credit to Mummy Ga Ga
26. Newt Scamander - Eaten by the fantastic beasts he sent out to document
27. Greg Heffley - Got infected with the Cheese Touch - Credit to Troper No. 9001
28. Rizzo the Rat - Caught in a mousetrap
Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Jan 1st 2024 at 11:36:44 AM
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
+1 Snoopy
-2 Shauntal
Edited by callmeamuffin on Jan 2nd 2024 at 5:43:51 AM
Come play Character Uplift Game!
Just a random 🐈
Watson +1 note
Snoopy -2 note
Edited by LucasdaKool on Jan 2nd 2024 at 12:00:36 PM
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
CG for short
- Shauntal - Her Chandelure incinerated her spirit
- Snoopy - 5
- Dr. John H. Watson - 8
5. Lemony Snicket - "Sometimes words are not enough."
6. Norma DePlume - TORPEDO un approved
7. Tintin - Knocked out with a bottle of chloroform. - Credit to The Farmboy
8. Mary - Locked herself in the library to be alone. - Credit to The Farmboy
9. Alexander Hamilton - "Well, he's never gon' be President now! That's one less thing to worry about!" - Credit to Nine Tailed Cat
10. Nenene Sumiregawa - The Paper Masters failed to save her
11. Paul Sheldon - Annie Wilkes binded the manuscript of Misery's Return with his skin.
12. Jessica Fletcher - Murder she received
13. Zelda Fitzgerald - Forever overshadowed by her husband...
14. Alan Wake - Just one little hole in his story was all it took to release the Dark Presence. - Credit to uncertanSearcher
15. Diane Nguyen - "FU-"
16. Ice King Failed to unthaw back into Simon
17. Tamao Suzumi - Failed to win over Shizuma
18. Kishibe Rohan - Blown to bits by Bites the Dust. - Credit to uncertanSearcher
19. Blanc - The Wii U was a total flop
20. Freya Fatima - Fired from the The Evening Whispers newspaper
21. Geronimo Stilton - Ran away from one of his adventures.
22. Onyx - Forced to go "bing bong!" to remove the Jinxies - Credit to Troper No. 9001
23. Hans Christian Anderson Misses the deadline - Credit to Mummy Ga Ga
24. Kilgore Trout - When the tupelo, Goes poop-a-lo, He'll come back to youp-a-lo - Credit to Canuck Mc Duck 1
25. Xingqiu "The brightest flames... burn fastest..." - Credit to Mummy Ga Ga
26. Newt Scamander - Eaten by the fantastic beasts he sent out to document
27. Greg Heffley - Got infected with the Cheese Touch - Credit to Troper No. 9001
28. Rizzo the Rat - Caught in a mousetrap
Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Jan 1st 2024 at 11:54:24 AM
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
It wasn't a rock
+1 Snoopy
-2 Watson
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
Toyota 2000GT
Watson +1
Snoopy -2
Watson +1
Snoopy -2
+1: Watson
-2 : Snoopy
Just a random 🐈
So Sherlock Holmes can now meet his friend in the winner list...
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
The Fool
Snoopy +1
Watson -2
OBJECTION!
Braids From S286 Not Included
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Snoopy's already ded, so the round has already ended.
CG for short
- Dr. John H. Watson - Joining his beloved Holmes as an Elimination Game victor
- Snoopy - Shot down by the Red Baron
- Shauntal - Her Chandelure incinerated her spirit
And the winner is Watson! Congratulations to Jack Cossack for winning this round and I'm honestly glad that it's finally over lol. I also made this completely optional form about the round that you can fill out if you want to.
~callmeamuffin you're up for the next round!
BTW Watson's elimination quote would've been: You'd been eliminated, my dear Watson
5. Lemony Snicket - "Sometimes words are not enough."
6. Norma DePlume - TORPEDO un approved
7. Tintin - Knocked out with a bottle of chloroform. - Credit to The Farmboy
8. Mary - Locked herself in the library to be alone. - Credit to The Farmboy
9. Alexander Hamilton - "Well, he's never gon' be President now! That's one less thing to worry about!" - Credit to Nine Tailed Cat
10. Nenene Sumiregawa - The Paper Masters failed to save her
11. Paul Sheldon - Annie Wilkes binded the manuscript of Misery's Return with his skin.
12. Jessica Fletcher - Murder she received
13. Zelda Fitzgerald - Forever overshadowed by her husband...
14. Alan Wake - Just one little hole in his story was all it took to release the Dark Presence. - Credit to uncertanSearcher
15. Diane Nguyen - "FU-"
16. Ice King Failed to unthaw back into Simon
17. Tamao Suzumi - Failed to win over Shizuma
18. Kishibe Rohan - Blown to bits by Bites the Dust. - Credit to uncertanSearcher
19. Blanc - The Wii U was a total flop
20. Freya Fatima - Fired from the The Evening Whispers newspaper
21. Geronimo Stilton - Ran away from one of his adventures.
22. Onyx - Forced to go "bing bong!" to remove the Jinxies - Credit to Troper No. 9001
23. Hans Christian Anderson Misses the deadline - Credit to Mummy Ga Ga
24. Kilgore Trout - When the tupelo, Goes poop-a-lo, He'll come back to youp-a-lo - Credit to Canuck Mc Duck 1
25. Xingqiu "The brightest flames... burn fastest..." - Credit to Mummy Ga Ga
26. Newt Scamander - Eaten by the fantastic beasts he sent out to document
27. Greg Heffley - Got infected with the Cheese Touch - Credit to Troper No. 9001
28. Rizzo the Rat - Caught in a mousetrap
Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Jan 2nd 2024 at 5:07:13 AM
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
CG for short
Whoops, forgot you can't ping someone with a pre-existing post. Let me try again:
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
Round 60!!!
Alright everyone, let's look on either the best or worst side of life, cause we're doing another TEAM BATTLE!
And what is the theme for this team battle? Well, I told you right now to look on either the best or worst side of life...
If it isn't obvious, it's a teamed fight between two contrasting personalities. Characters who believe in positive outcomes vs. characters who believe in negative outcomes. That's right! Optimists vs. Pessimists!
The entry process is exactly the same as previous team battle rounds. Submit two entries in your post, one representing Team Optimists, and another representing Team Pessimists. Note that both your entries don't have to be from the same work, but it is preferable if they are.
Team Optimists:
Team Pessimists:
This round with probably cap at 30-40 entries (15-20 entries on each team), meaning 15-20 posts with character entries. Also, only 2 entries/1 post per troper for now.
Also also, please do send me some defeat quotes , especially from works I do not know enough about.
Edited by callmeamuffin on Jan 2nd 2024 at 11:20:58 PM
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CG for short
Is there any "Optimist and Pessimist" duo trope that I can pull examples out from there? Can't think of any nominations atm.
Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Jan 2nd 2024 at 5:21:07 AM
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl probably has some examples, specially for pessimist males and optimist females examples.
Edited by callmeamuffin on Jan 2nd 2024 at 11:23:04 PM
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The Fool
Braids From S286 Not Included
Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jan 2nd 2024 at 9:26:18 PM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
CG for short
Optimist
7. Will SolacePessimist
8. Nico di AngeloEdited by Cutegirl920fire on Jan 2nd 2024 at 5:26:44 AM
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
As long as everything goes well, it'll be fine!
My nominates are both from BanG Dream!:
On Team Optimist you have Kokoro Tsurumaki, a happy-go-lucky girl who wants to make the entire world smile, energetic, and wants to see the whole world smile.
On Team Pessimist... Mashiro Kurata, whose 1 star card in Girls Band Party is literally called "Pessimistic Girl". She's a kind of a self-depreciating and shy girl whose part of complex is attributed to her being not so rich compared to her schoolmates in Tsukinomori High.
Me as a Merman
Makoto Naegi (Optimist) and Hajime Hinata (Pessimist)
BTW, please call me Jake.
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
Entries (from above this post) so far:
Team Optimists:
Team Pessimists:
- Kyōtarō Ichikawa
- Hajime Hinata
- Mashiro Kurata
- Mr. Frowney
- Nico di Angelo
- Sadness
- Squidward Tentacles
Edited by callmeamuffin on Jan 2nd 2024 at 11:43:21 PM
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Watson +1
Shauntal -2