Dan (Dan Vs.)
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 short-tempered, misanthropic, and unemployed adult man who is constantly triggered by small problems, and believes that the world is out against him. 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 2020 a typo led to his name being mistakenly written as "Dan Vs", causing a wave of imposters taking advantage of the confusion.
Tournament history
Dan is mainstay in Mr. /co/lympus ever since he has nominated in 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 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 [[Dan*]] and even Zoidberg (why not?).
Dan's most notable role, however, would be his feud with Mao Mao, which would grow into arguably the most famous rivalry of the year, and one of the most notable feuds in the tournament's 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 Mr. /co/lympus, Dan has found much success by becoming the champion of the inaugural Mr. /mlp/ held in 2019, perhaps due to both My Little Pony and Dan Vs. being broadcasted on the same channel (The Hub / Discovery Family). The tournament, which is similar in format to /co/'s, featured characters from other series outside of /mlp/ because its cast has significantly fewer males. Dan also showed a solid run in /co/'s Tag-Team Tournament 2020 together with his best friend Chris, making it to Round 3 and losing to eventual Elite 8 members Alastor and Bill Cipher, the Dapper Dealers.
Dan Vs. Mr. /co/lympus
Mr. /co/lympus 2018 - seed 80
- R1: (49)
Danny Phantom @ Danny Phantom 97 - 128 (43.1%)
Mr. /co/lympus 2020 - seed 31
- R1: (98)
Mao Mao @ Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart 308 - 302 (50.5%)
- R2: (95)
Joker @ DC Comics 302 - 336 (47.3%)
Dan Vs. Tag-Teams
Tag-Team Tournament 2020: The Avatars of Nemesis (Dan/Chris) - seed 41
- R1: (88) File:Rick s icon.png
I Turned Myself Into a Pickle-inator (Rick/Doof) - 56.6%
- R2: (24)
Ineptive Invaders (Zim/GIR) - 58.4%
- R3: (9)
Dapper Dealers (Alastor/Bill) - 42.7%
Dan Vs. Ponies
- TBD
Tournament Lore
During the 2020 roleplaying season, which initially started in Ms. /co/ with HenchGwen and Monarch-Posting and rapidly escalated in Mr. /co/ following the Rameses incident, Dan became one of the most heavily, and yet consistently, arced characters. The following is a loose and somewhat patchy summary of the 'plot' of Dan's arc.
Pre-Tournament
Dan lost to Danny Fenton in 2018 to little fanfare, and for a while laid low, not even qualifying in 2019. In late 2020, shortly before the tournament, a series of 'rumors' circulated that Dan Vs was being revived. These rumors (while revealed to have been correct in February 2021) were dismissed quickly and lead to significant spite against Dan. Hoping to shed his bad reputation, Dan decided to enter in Mr. /co/ again and prove once and for all he was not only based, but remembered, and thusly worthy of a revival.
Thanks to his Irish heritage, Dan had long been a member of the real Irish Republican Army, or r-IRA. He sought out funding for them prior to the tournament to help support his campaign in exchange for using it to pursue the cause. Dan most certainly agreed.
>During the filing process, someone mistypes his name as Dan Vs and the show as Dan.
>The Imposter follows.
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>The Imposter initially causes trouble, taking advantage of the gap in the naming to impersonate Dan.
>Others notice, and soon Karkat, Dwicky, Zoidberg, dozens of pretenders show up pretending to be Dan. This leads to the "DAN RUSH", which gains him a brief edge.
>Someone offers voters Doujin to support Mao Mao.
>Dan panics, cue "DAN RUSH" and that's when he returns to his Irish roots.
>Black and Tan posting ensues. It gets Dan through the round.
>Dan plants a car bomb on Mao Mao as he leavcs, and assumes it kills the cat.
>Mao Mao has 9 lives, that just takes one.
>Dan attempts to push the Dan rush and Black and Tans posting as far as he can against the Joker.
>He even pulls out his turmp card. He's not scared of the IRS, Joker is.
>It doesn't work, Joker wins.
>Joker tries to gas Dan with his gas, but Dan's gas proof, so he just beats him up and leaves to deal with Eustace, who Dan had been PLANNING to fight with a stolen tank.
>Dan slinks off home and has fun with Hortense.
>The Imposter impersonates Dan at the wedding, and betrays the dozens of other doppelgangers, having them all killed. Karkat escapes.
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Pre-/Tag Team
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>Dan hears about the tourny.
>He considers inviting Dale Gribble, a fellow theorist, but goes with his good friend Chris instead.
>The Imposter is still around, but laying low.
Gallery
For more images, visit the Mr. /co/ booru.
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Dan vs Mao Mao (2020)