Mr. /co/lympus 2022

The upcoming 5th edition of the annual Mr. /co/lympus tournament will be held in October 2022. As with the previous Mr. /co/lympus and Ms. /co/ 2022, the competition was primarily hosted by NightShiftAnon !!9A2duD1C25+.

The Elite Eight contestants of 2020 were all eligible to return this year. Similar to Ms. /co/ 2022, as well as both Queen and King of /v/ 2021, this tournament's own Elite Eight included three returning placers (Courage, Grim, and Daffy) alongside five newcomers: Carl Brutananadilewski, Max, Squidward Tentacles, Zorak, and Xavier. With Courage and Daffy both making the top eight, this meant that both Elite Eights for /co/ in 2022 featured characters originating from Courage the Cowardly Dog and the Looney Tunes franchise.

This was the first tournament to use a randomized bracket for round one over the seed-based ones from previous tournaments. This seemingly allowed for some very thematic matches to take place, such as the fabled Duck Match between Daffy and Donald or a match between Squidward and SpongeBob.

Rules
Source: Stats anon's pastebin link

Some of the rules may be added, removed, or changed depending on the anons' inputs on the 2021 feedback poll.

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/ 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) males in the main bracket. These are decided by their votes in the qualifying poll. However, there is no restriction on the number of males 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, 2022 and later cannot be nominated.
 * Grandfather Clause: All characters who have previously made it into Ms. /co/ or Mr. /co/lympus tournaments, and are 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)

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 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/1PGmVLcndch3L5UseKiHIF67zrBGHrFfjnuPvjj6-V28 Qualifier Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IZTVh4tiiLaoAl8Tj0UxYq-Akr6b-EAOz8uokraiebQ A total of 1488 nominees were entered into the qualifying poll, currently the most to date in a /co/ tournament.

Once again, votes could be edited until the qualifying round ended, allowing for corrections and campaigning in the threads. No images were used for the qualifying poll. Tiebreakers were decided by who was nominated first.

A grand total of 22 new contestants qualified for the bracket the first time. Others were returning, including six of the Elite Eight members from 2020. Tom is permanently ineligible for future tournaments as stated above, while Mr. Incredible narrowly missed out due to the tiebreaker rules. Characters who appear in the bracket for the first time are labeled in bold.

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