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.

Dan
Gender	Male
Series	Dan Vs.
Tournament Berths	2 (2018, 2020)
Highest Seed	31 (2020)
Best Result	Round 2 (2020)

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

Mr. /mlp/ 2019

• 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.

Gallery

For more images, visit the Mr. /co/ booru.

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