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
Just a random 🐈
#21677: Jan 26th 2024 at 1:54:08 AM
Miguel +1
Hitori -2
Edited by LucasdaKool on Jan 26th 2024 at 1:55:42 AM
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
Snicka
Since: Jun, 2011
#21678: Jan 26th 2024 at 2:01:09 AM
Miguel +1
Orpheus -2
Both of them are musicians who visited the afterlife, and while Orpheus is the classic, I just love the beauty of both the winner and the first loser being from Coco
skan123
Since: Aug, 2018
#21679: Jan 26th 2024 at 2:16:04 AM
+1: Miguel
-2: Orpheus
The Power of Toons and Anime
#21680: Jan 26th 2024 at 2:17:09 AM
Orpheus +1
Miguel -2
FollowTheMap
24 times around the sun.
from The Concrete Desert
Since: Jun, 2021
Relationship Status: Plastic Love
24 times around the sun.
#21681: Jan 26th 2024 at 2:21:45 AM
+1 Miguel
-2 Orpheus
Big ol' Nintendo and mistery genre nerd. / Just call me Map for short. / Avatar made by me.
JackCossack
Toyota 2000GT
from Pole Position (Get it? Because I'm from Poland?)
Since: Jul, 2017
Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Toyota 2000GT
#21682: Jan 26th 2024 at 2:25:43 AM
Orpheus +1
Miguel -2
Just a random 🐈
#21683: Jan 26th 2024 at 2:27:08 AM
Miguel +1
Orpheus -2
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
callmeamuffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
from the kitchen
(Trinitroper)
Relationship Status: Thinkin' about you, muffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
skan123
Since: Aug, 2018
#21685: Jan 26th 2024 at 2:29:36 AM
+1: Miguel
-2: Orpheus
The Power of Toons and Anime
#21686: Jan 26th 2024 at 2:38:58 AM
Orpheus +1
Miguel -2
Next is the deciding vote.
Edited by uncertanSearcher on Jan 26th 2024 at 11:41:06 AM
FollowTheMap
24 times around the sun.
from The Concrete Desert
Since: Jun, 2021
Relationship Status: Plastic Love
24 times around the sun.
#21687: Jan 26th 2024 at 2:48:45 AM
+1 Miguel
-2 Orpheus
Big ol' Nintendo and mistery genre nerd. / Just call me Map for short. / Avatar made by me.
GeekyGirl13098021
Since: Mar, 2022
#21688: Jan 26th 2024 at 3:58:22 AM
Well, then, there is only one thing left to say
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
#21689: Jan 26th 2024 at 4:28:30 AM
It was a long and hotly contested musical matchup, but one musician stands as a winner, and in a bit of poetic justice, Ernesto was the first out while Miguel did his great-great-grandfather proud.
- Miguel Rivera - Our love for each other will live on forever
In every beat of my proud corazón - Orpheus - Had his head ripped off and thrown in a river, much like the source myth
- Hitori Gotoh - Her introverted nature gets the best of her this time
- Noodle - Shot down by helicopters
- The Lone Minstrel - Can't be with the Gate Guardian
- Fflewddur Fflam - "Coloured the facts" too much and broke all his harp strings. (credit to Nine Tailed Cat)
- K.K. Slider - Forced to pawn his guitar after buying a fortune's worth of Redd's forgeries. Don't ask how.
- Kyosuke Haga - Was found out as a murderer
- "Bleeding Gums" Murphy - "Will you guys pipe down? I'm saying goodbye to Lisa!"
- Kass - Shouldn't have played his accordion near a Lynel (credit to The Farmboy)
- Kousei Arima - And so goes all pianists of Japanese media. Could be worse, just look at Kaede.
- Pauline - Can't be a 1up girl
- Nathan Explosion - All (pinch harmonic)ed up
- Lumina - Losing the love of your life is bad enough, now she lost the game (credit to The Farmboy)
- Harmony - Spaced out so much Hotlantis got robbed blind
- Allan-a-Dale - Every town has its ups and downs. Sometimes up outnumber the downs, but not in Nottingham.
- Klavier Gavin - The Gavinners break up with their guitarist guilty of murder
- Uta - Consumed poisoned mushrooms
- Coloratura - Micromanaged by Svengallop until she broke down onstage (credit to Troper No. 9001)
- Makoto Kenzaki - Was unable to break Regina out of her brainwashed state (credit to callmeamuffin)
- Aya Maruyama - Her band is doomed to be seen with a Monkees-esque reputation at best, and Lip*Synchers at worst
- Kaede Akamatsu - Made to play a certain waltz
- Imp y Celyn - Let's be real, "Music with Rocks in" was never gonna catch on. (credit to Pogakure)
- Ellie - Can no longer play the guitar on account of having her finger bitten off
- Ibuki Mioda - Death by strangulation can send one in despair
- Smile - Attacked by pigeons (credit to Zanreo)
- Rock Zilla - Looks like Willy will never have the perfect life he desired... (credit to Pogakure)
- Venti - "Oh no, my lyre is broken..."
- Nils - "I've been tricked..."
- Alfira - Brutally murdered when the Dark Urge lost control. (credit to Nine Tailed Cat)
- Chixie Roixmr - Drank her worries and life away after having her songs stolen again (credit to PROPLAYEN)
- Dewey Finn - "You want to kick me out of the band? You wanna fire me? Well, this is my band!" (credit to Snicka)
- Maglor - Headed towards the sea, never to be seen again
- Discboom - Scratched
- Dewey Cox - Died three minutes after his last performance (credit to Canuck Mc Duck 1)
- Ernesto de la Cruz - FORGET YOU
Had Miguel been eliminated, Troper No. 9001 submitted "Turned into a skeleton in the Land of the Dead and faded away from being forgotten"
Edited by GrafVonTirol on Jan 26th 2024 at 4:30:08 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
#21690: Jan 26th 2024 at 4:29:57 AM
~Canuck Mc Duck 1, you're up
(doubleposted because I screwed up the first time)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
CanuckMcDuck1
Stark Holmes
from London, 1890
Since: Sep, 2023
Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
Stark Holmes
#21691: Jan 26th 2024 at 5:54:56 AM
That was a beautiful last round. Guess we’ll move on now.
"Who am I? What am I?"
— Neil Breen, Twisted Pair
Amnesia (and memory loss in general) can be terrifying but all-too-common conditions, especially in fiction. Like really common. They can have it coming, it can be from an incident in their past or a vice, or maybe it’s just a part of them, simple as that. But here is the place to remember amnesiacs and those with memory disorders because they themselves have forgotten.
Also, since amnesia is commonly used for The Reveal, try to avoid spoilers of your characters' names if they have forgotten their true identity. Maybe try using a character’s name beforehand. If you desire, you can put their real name in spoiler text.
Discombobulate.
Thartler
The Sly Snake at Day, A Gentle Bat at Night
from Dunno, depends?
(Series 1)
Relationship Status: Brony
The Sly Snake at Day, A Gentle Bat at Night
#21692: Jan 26th 2024 at 5:57:45 AM
Eliminated: Got petrified into stone by Dark Matter.
Edited by Thartler on Jan 26th 2024 at 2:58:10 PM
Destiny is not about following a path, it's about creating one as you go.
Just a random 🐈
#21693: Jan 26th 2024 at 6:03:51 AM
3.Lamiroir
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
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.
#21694: Jan 26th 2024 at 6:05:25 AM
4. The Recruit
(Does brainwashing count?)
Edited by TheFarmboy on Jan 26th 2024 at 10:36:45 AM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
Just a random 🐈
#21695: Jan 26th 2024 at 6:06:57 AM
Wonder if a character lost memory for a short time than gain it back, does it count? For example there is an Ace Attorney episode where Phoenix got hit on the head lost his memory
Edited by LucasdaKool on Jan 26th 2024 at 6:07:07 AM
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
CanuckMcDuck1
Stark Holmes
from London, 1890
Since: Sep, 2023
Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
Stark Holmes
#21696: Jan 26th 2024 at 6:07:00 AM
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
I’d be fine with using brainwashing.
And I’d say if a character has an Amnesia Episode, it isn’t enough. They have to have more long-term memory loss or loss of identity.
Edited by CanuckMcDuck1 on Jan 26th 2024 at 8:07:54 AM
Discombobulate.
Myskywarm
Always open to sharing avatars. And chatting too
from Ee-arth
(Troper Knight)
Relationship Status: Wishing you were here
Always open to sharing avatars. And chatting too
JackCossack
Toyota 2000GT
from Pole Position (Get it? Because I'm from Poland?)
Since: Jul, 2017
Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Toyota 2000GT
#21698: Jan 26th 2024 at 6:14:25 AM
Well, CR submissions didn't do so well historically, but screw it.
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.
#21699: Jan 26th 2024 at 6:15:26 AM
"Hmm... it appears that browsing this wiki doesn't seem to violate any school rules. Continue." | My Wall
FollowTheMap
24 times around the sun.
from The Concrete Desert
Since: Jun, 2021
Relationship Status: Plastic Love
24 times around the sun.
#21700: Jan 26th 2024 at 6:21:23 AM
8. K
Big ol' Nintendo and mistery genre nerd. / Just call me Map for short. / Avatar made by me.
Total posts: 26,797
+1 Miguel
-2 Hitori
I like cute things. You gotta deal with it.