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}}'''Dan''' is the titular protagonist and anti-hero of the 2011 animated series ''Dan Vs.'' According to the show's co-creator Dan Mandel, the character is "based on his negative qualities". He is a misanthropic and unemployed adult man who is constantly triggered by small problems. The series' premise involves Dan wanting to exact revenge on practically everything that has wronged him; naturally this also includes the /co/ tournaments and the wiki that documents those events.
A common source of contention for Dan is his name. Officially, his full name is simply 'Dan', a mononym that the creator has implied he adopted to avoid the law. His full name was likely Dan Mandel or Daniel Mandel, after his creator, but this is only a theory. To make matters worse, in [[Mr. /co/lympus 2020|2020]] a typo led to his name being mistakenly written as "Dan Vs", causing a wave of imposters taking advantage of the confusion.
Dan is mainstay in [[Mr. /co/lympus]] ever since he has nominated in [[Mr co 18|2018]]. He has garnered a cult following throughout the contest's history due to his personality, which has resulted in several pieces of fan arts and a notable place in contest lore. But keeping in with the show's theme, Dan has a history of losing in the early rounds, and has even missed the tournament in [[Mr co 19|2019]], causing much frustration for him.
After a weak showing in 2018 (losing to Danny Fenton without much fanfare), Dan fought a significantly more notable campaign in 2020. Confusion with his name lead to various memes about his real identity and who the REAL Dan was, including problems with his old nemesis <nowiki>[[Dan*]]</nowiki> and even [[Zoidberg]] (why not?).
Outside of /co/ however, Dan has found much success by becoming the champion of the inaugural [[Mr. /mlp/]] held in [[Mr mlp 19|2019]]. The tournament, which is similar in format to /co/'s, featured characters from other series outside of ''My Little Pony'' because the cast has significantly fewer males.▼
Dan's most notable role, however, would be his feud with [[Mao Mao Mao]], which would grow into arguably the most famous rivalry of the year and one of the most notably feuds in the tournaments history. The two dominated the round in an ugly back and forth spat, roasting each other on their weaknesses(with Dan prophetically predicting both Mao Mao's cancellation and his own revival that would occur in 2021) and trying to prove their own based status to the fans. Despite running into trouble when Mao Mao offered to release doujin images, Dan ended up winning a narrow victory, commonly attributed to him taking on the role as an Irish Nationalist and writing a parody ballad against the wicked feline, [[Come Out Ye Mao Mao Fans]].
Dan did far less in Round 2, and primarily relied on his lack of fear of the IRS to win voters against the Joker(as Joker is notably terrified of the Internal Revenue Service). This failed, however, and Dan ended up sulking away a loser.
▲Outside of /co/ however, Dan has found much success by becoming the champion of the inaugural [[Mr. /mlp/]] held in [[Mr mlp 19|2019]]. The tournament, which is similar in format to /co/'s, featured characters from other series outside of ''My Little Pony'' because the cast has significantly fewer males. Dan also showed a solid run in the [[Tag-Team Tournament 2020]], making it to Round 2 and losing to eventual Elite 8 members Alastor and Bill Cipher, the Dapper Dealers.
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