Mr. /co/lympus 2021

Mr. /co/lympus 2021 is the fourth edition of the annual Mr. /co/ event, and the eighth character tournament overall. The competition began with the nominations on October 8, 2021, 18:00 Eastern Standard Time.

Stats anon !!rkK6EtYmPFl, the supposed host of the tournament, went missing in the scheduled start date for reasons currently unknown. After the initial chaos that followed in the host's absence, several tripfags have decided in a plus4chan thread that they will continue running the tournament until Stats comes back.

Plus4chan thread links:
 * Pre-Thread: https://boards.plus4chan.org/tnt/t2.html
 * Mr. /co/lympus has fallen: https://boards.plus4chan.org/tnt/t1956.html

Live nomination list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X716EuEXQzCLmYX7k3KxIkrz7U2uRUMzWjrF4GX9beE/edit#gid=

Rules
Source: Stats anon's pastebin link

How to nominate?

 * To nominate a character, a user must include their name, picture, and series in their post. Nominating 2 or more characters in a single post is not allowed.
 * All characters must either originate from /co/ media: Western animation and comics
 * Each valid nomination must garner at least nine (9) replies in order to qualify for the contest. These replies are only counted if they are all within a single thread, and do NOT carry over to other threads.

Eligible Nominees

 * All male /co/ characters (except those listed under "Excluded characters" shown below)
 * Any character that was allowed or has appeared in past Mr. /co/lympus tournaments (Grandfather Clause)
 * Characters can be any age
 * Puppets are allowed (e.g. Muppets, Sesame Street)
 * Generalization Statute: Multiple versions of the same character --- be it from various adaptations, spin-off series, or alternative universes --- are combined into a single entrant. In other words, you are voting for the entire history of that character, not just one particular iteration.
 * Example:   Zatanna (DC Comics, Young Justice, DC Super Hero Girls, etc.)
 * Character Limit: Each series can only have a maximum of three (3) characters in the main bracket. These are decided by their votes in the qualifying poll. However, there is no restriction on the number of characters that can be nominated from a single series.
 * Exceptions: Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Disney core universe characters + related series (Mickey, Oswald, Goofy, and Donald)

Restrictions

 * Any character that is clearly not /co/ is not allowed (e.g. /a/nime and live action shows)
 * /v/ideo game characters that did not originate from /co/ media are not allowed
 * Real-life politicians that are portrayed as cartoon characters / caricatures are not allowed, satirical or otherwise.
 * No /mlp/ characters
 * No Board-tans
 * No "OC donut steels"
 * No meme creations (e.g. Virgin vs Chad)
 * One-Month Old Clause: Any character debuting from the 1st of the previous month to the start date are ineligible.
 * Which means that new cartoons or comics released from September 1, 2021 and later cannot be nominated.
 * Grandfather Clause: All characters who have previously made it into Ms. /co/ or Mr. /co/lympus tournaments, and is not banned by the Elite 8 rule, are eligible to participate regardless of the above restrictions. (Examples:  Dr. Eggman,  Saxton Hale,  JFK,  Wendy's,  Princess Zelda). [ Click here for the full list.]

Excluded Characters
Elite Eight Rule: Characters appearing in the quarter-finals of the previous contest are not allowed to compete in this edition. They will be eligible for nomination in the next contest.

Jenny Rule: Mr. /co/lympus champions are permanently retired, and will be barred from participating in future tournaments

Qualifying Results
Live nomination list by NightShiftAnon: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X716EuEXQzCLmYX7k3KxIkrz7U2uRUMzWjrF4GX9beE/edit#gid=0 Top 128 Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/WHsVb4Zf A total of 928 nominees were entered into the qualifying poll.

This edition was the first qualifying poll to include images for each character. Some nominees were initially missing from the poll, but they were later included after feedback from anons. Because of this, the organizers have decided to allow voters to edit their responses while the poll is still active.

Advanced
Note that the (Alphabet Abuse) tiebreaker rule is not used here.

Excluded by Series Limit
The following characters have enough votes to qualify for the main bracket, but are excluded due to the 3 characters per series rule.

Useful Links
Dropbox link for OC artwork Mr. /co/ Booru Gallery

4chan thread links
TBW

Rounds 1-4
TBD.

Elite Eight
TBD.

Poll Pictures
The poll picture for all qualified characters is usually taken from the nomination threads.

Theme Round
Round 5 (Quarter-finals) will be themed the Swimsuit Round, which will replace all Poll Pictures of that round with an appropriately-themed art submitted by users from one of the thread's anchor posts.

Vote Results & Archived Threads

 * Google Polls: [Round 1] - [Round 2] - [Round 3] - [Round 4] - [Quarters] - [Semis & 5th/8th] - [Final & 3rd]