Mr. /co/lympus 2023

Mr. /co/lympus 2023

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Mr. /co/lympus 2023
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Host	NightShiftAnon !!9A2duD1C25+ Ballsanon !!TSeJH+Shkly Penisanon !!KoAd713y0Q Coayynon !!HfHRhjBcrKX Ghost !!eh0Fgi0FQSV
Date	October 6 - 15, 2023
Final positions
Winner	Skeletor (23)
2nd	Zim (1)
3rd	Jack (2)
4th	Optimus Prime (101)
5th - 8th	5th: Hank Hill (7) 6th: SpongeBob SquarePants (22) 7th: Dale Gribble (14) 8th: Lord Farquaad (45)
Statistics
Biggest blowout	86.8% (354 votes) Dale Gribble (14) > Boomhauer (96) 354-54, Round 1
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The 6th edition of the annual Mr. /co/lympus tournament took place in October of 2023.

The Elite Eight this time once again consisted of three returning men and five newcomers. Hank Hill, Skeletor, and Samurai Jack all returned from Mr. /co/lympus 2021. The five fresh additions included SpongeBob SquarePants, Zim, Optimus Prime from Transformers, Dale Gribble from King of the Hill, and Lord Farquaad from the original Shrek. Dale specifically was speculated to have gotten a general boost following the sudden and tragic passing of his VA, Johnny Hardwick. The simultaneous appearance of Hank and Dale would end up making KotH the second series in Mr. /co/ and the sixth series overall to have more than one member in the Elite Eight at a given time. Transformers and Shrek were entirely new series to the Elite Eight, and by extension became the first representatives of Hasbro and DreamWorks, respectively.

Other notable campaign efforts this year included Dr. Livesey's second run, Death from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Doctor Doom, Master Shake, N from Murder Drones, and Jack O'Lantern from Billy & Mandy's Jacked-up Halloween. The last two were both given the "Mr. Literally Who" award, the latter to pair with the multiple recipients in Ms. /co/ 2022 and 2023. Dr. Livesey in particular would end up having an even bigger campaign than the preceding year, which culminated in a series of strange thread events centered around the character.

In the end, the finals would be an eccentric villain showdown between Zim and Skeletor. After what was expected to be a tough match, Skeletor would prevail and become the sixth champion of Mr. /co/lympus. His victory marked several milestones: he was the first former Elite Eight member from Mr. /co/ to later win a future bout, the third in any solo 4chan tournament to achieve this after Fang and Midna, the first multiple time Elite Eight member to win a tournament, the first winner debuting in the 1980s, and the first winner from Mattel. While not having as many firsts, Zim was notably the first male Nickelodeon character to ever reach the finals of a tournament and only the second overall since Jenny.

Outside the main tournament, this year also marked growing prominence to several side tournaments. In addition to Barred from /co/ and Bottom 128 returning, a "Losers Bracket" tournament was also held.

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 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.

2022 Elite Eight (Will be eligible next contest)
2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Carl Brutananadilewski	Courage (x2)	Daffy Duck (x2)	Grim (x2)	Squidward Tentacles	Max	Xavier
Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Courage the Cowardly Dog	Looney Tunes	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	SpongeBob SquarePants	Sam & Max	Xavier: Renegade Angel

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

Mr. /co/lympus Champions (PERMANENTLY RETIRED)
2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Johnny Bravo	Kronk	Tom	General Grievous	Zorak
Johnny Bravo	The Emperor's New Groove	Tom & Jerry	Star Wars: Clone Wars	Space Ghost: Coast to Coast

Qualifying Results

Live nomination list by NightShiftAnon: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19Qdaklm_fIA-EKv53An9TH3wUuPp1ceSVnithagq5eA/edit#gid=0

Qualifier Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11o2pJRb47IHnWBLYdm_cn6w_OthxvVIFAyJEB8u9e5g/edit#gid=1708169770

A total of 1417 nominees were entered into the qualifying poll, a slight decrease from the previous tournaments.

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.

Most of the Elite Eight from 2021 returned, with the surprising exclusion of J. Jonah Jameson. 13 newcomers joined the main bracket for the first time this year. Half of the newcomers from the previous year would return for a second round. Lastly, several characters returned after years missing the tournament, including a couple from the very first tournament.

Characters who appear in the bracket for the first time are labeled in bold.

Advanced

Advanced to Main Bracket (128)
Rank	Character Name	Series / Publisher	Votes
01	Zim	Invader Zim	70
02	Jack	Samurai Jack
03	Edd	Ed, Edd n Eddy	69
04	Ice King / Simon Petrikov	Adventure Time
05	Eddy	Ed, Edd n Eddy	68
06	Benson	Regular Show	67
07	Hank Hill	King of the Hill
08	Ed	Ed, Edd n Eddy
09	Shaggy	Scooby-Doo!	66
10	Master Shake	Aqua Teen Hunger Force
11	Finn the Human	Adventure Time	65
12	Shrek	Shrek	64
13	Bugs Bunny	Looney Tunes	62
14	Dale Gribble	King of the Hill
15	Robbie Rotten	LazyTown	60
16	Rigby	Regular Show
17	Eustace Baggs	Courage the Cowardly Dog
18	Dr. Doofenshmirtz	Phineas and Ferb	59
19	Goofy	Disney	58
20	Death the Wolf	Puss in Boots
21	Scooby-Doo	Scooby-Doo!
22	SpongeBob SquarePants	SpongeBob SquarePants	57
23	Skeletor	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
24	Aku	Samurai Jack	56
25	Bender	Futurama
26	Hugh Neutron	Jimmy Neutron
27	Jake the Dog	Adventure Time
28	Garfield	Garfield	55
29	Big Jack Horner	Puss in Boots
30	Muscle Man	Regular Show
31	Puss in Boots	Shrek	54
32	Popeye	Popeye the Sailor Man
33	Philip J. Fry	Futurama
34	Batman	DC	53
35	Donald Duck	Disney
36	Dexter	Dexter's Laboratory
37	Uncle Ruckus	The Boondocks	52
38	Numbuh 1 / Nigel Uno	Codename: Kids Next Door
39	Mr. Krabs	SpongeBob SquarePants
40	Dr. Robotnik	The Adventure of Sonic the Hedgehog	51
41	The Joker	DC	50
42	Kuzco	The Emperor's New Groove
43	Frylock	Aqua Teen Hunger Force
44	Uncle Iroh	Avatar: The Last Airbender
45	Lord Farquaad	Shrek
46	Charlie	Smiling Friends	48
47	Mojo Jojo	The Powerpuff Girls	47
48	GIR	Invader Zim
49	Duck	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
50	Calvin	Calvin & Hobbes
51	Marvin the Martian	Looney Tunes
52	The Monarch	The Venture Bros.
53	Simon Laurent	Infinity Train
54	Jimmy Neutron	Jimmy Neutron	46
55	Kermit the Frog	The Muppets
56	Jack Skellington	The Nightmare Before Christmas
57	Captain John Silver	Treasure Planet
58	WALL-E	WALL-E	45
59	Meatwad	Chowder
60	Serial Designation N	Murder Drones
61	Spear	Primal
62	Zuko	Avatar: The Last Airbender
63	Jack Spicer	Xiaolin Showdown
64	Rango	Rango	44
65	Brock Samson	The Venture Bros.
66	Genie	Aladdin
67	Homer Simpson	The Simpsons
68	Scotsman	Samurai Jack
69	Sokka	Avatar: The Last Airbender
70	Stan Smith	American Dad
71	Pim	Smiling Friends	43
72	Peter Griffin	Family Guy
73	Hobbes	Calvin & Hobbes
74	Gaston	Beauty and the Beast
75	Iron Giant	The Iron Giant
76	Doctor Doom	Marvel
77	Dan	Dan Vs.	42
78	Riley Freeman	The Boondocks
79	Scrooge McDuck	Disney
80	Jon Arbuckle	Garfield
81	Hades	Hercules
82	Space Ghost	Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
83	Ben Tennyson	Ben 10
84	Huey Freeman	The Boondocks
85	Wallace	Wallace & Gromit	41
86	Gromit
87	Mr. Incredible	The Incredibles
88	Father	Codename: Kids Next Door
89	Asterix	Asterix
90	Candlejack	Freakazoid!
91	Omni-Man	Invincible
92	Red Guy	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared	40
93	Peter Parker / Spider-Man	Marvel
94	Sheldon J. Plankton	SpongeBob SquarePants
95	Hop Pop	Amphibia
96	Boomhauer	King of the Hill
97	Rattlesnake Jake	Rango	39
98	Wile E. Coyote	Looney Tunes
99	Perry the Platypus	Phineas and Ferb
100	Oswald the Lucky Rabbit	Disney
101	Optimus Prime	Transformers
102	Wander	Wander Over Yander
103	Dr. David Livesey	Treasure Island
104	Katz	Courage the Cowardly Dog	38
105	Plastic Man (Patrick O'Brian)	DC
106	Lord Hater	Wander Over Yander
107	Snoopy	Peanuts
108	Fred Jones	Scooby-Doo!
109	Henchman 21	The Venture Bros.
110	Gru	Despicable Me
111	Strong Bad	Homestar Runner
112	Woody	Toy Story
113	Captain Grime	Amphibia
114	Carl Wheezer	Jimmy Neutron	37
115	Bane	DC
116	Nick Wilde	Zootopia
117	Bloo	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
118	Jack O'Lantern	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
119	Black Hat	Villainous	36
120	Mung Daal	Chowder
121	Sneed	The Simpsons
122	Superman / Clark Kent / Kal-El	DC
123	Harvey Birdman	Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
124	Dr. Facilier	The Princess and the Frog
125	Charlie Brown	Peanuts
126	Danny Fenton	Danny Phantom
127	Numbuh 4 / Wally Beetles	Codename: Kids Next Door
128	Po	Kung Fu Panda

Did not qualify

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.

Characters Excluded by Series Limit
Rank?	Character Name	Series / Publisher	Votes
100	Skips	Regular Show	52
103	Rolf	Ed, Edd n Eddy	40
124	The Lich	Adventure Time
132	File:Aang icon.png Aang	Avatar: The Last Airbender	39
105	Plank	Ed, Edd n Eddy	38
133	Bobby Hill	King of the Hill

Tournament Bracket

Challonge link: https://challonge.com/g49s7ke9

Side Tournaments

In addition to the main tournament, there has been a growing prominence on various side tournaments held by other anons alongside it.

Barred from /co/

Challonge Bracket - https://challonge.com/wc5g3z64

Just like with Barred from Ms. /co/ 2023, this tournament was hosted by an anon posing as Bill Clinton. Its members were made up primarily of nominees who had been denied by the hosts for one reason or another, along with a few others who narrowly missed during qualifiers.

The tournament was won by the Nostalgia Critic, who had only been nominated after one anon pointed out the oddity behind video game content creator Mike Matei being allowed on the nomination spreadsheet for a brief period. He would go on to mostly have a clean sweep, easily beating Panis Cupcake for the top spot after the latter had a one vote upset over Bill Wilson. Hilariously, the Critic's victory pairs with the winner of the very first Barred tournament from King of /v/ 2022, the Angry Video Game Nerd.

One other notable candidate who was defeated in the first round was Incredibly Gassy, a disgusting parody of Mr. Incredible known for his superpowered farting. While beaten in the first round by the Critic, Gassy would still be the subject of memes and became sealed in tournament history with his marriage to Dr. Livesey.

2023 Barred from Mr. /co/lympus
		Champion
		The Critic
		Nostalgia Critic
					File:Médici icon.png
2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Panis Cupcake	Bill Wilson	The Beatles	[NAME]	Rolf	Emílio G. Médici	Skips
RubberFruit	DC	The Beatles (1965)	[SERIES]	Ed, Edd n Eddy	🇧🇷	Regular Show

Forbidden Eight

Bottom 128

Challonge Bracket - https://challonge.com/3knvofnc

2023 Butler of /co/
		Champion
		Lucifer
		The Tragedy of Man
			File:Little Hippo icon.png
2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Mr. Green	Cinnabar Brenneka	Stripe	Little Hippo	Elohim	Pete	Gordon the Big Blue Engine
The Powerpuff Girls	2000 AD	Gremlins	Pantsahat	The God Makers	American Pop	Thomas the Tank Engine

Lower Eight

Losers Tournament

One anon held a side tournament that hosted every single loser from the main bracket as they all got one more chance. Due to the sheer amount of match-ups with the Elite Eight factored in later, polls eventually had to be held over every 12 hours instead of the usual 24. For most of this tournament Round 1 drop-outs Death and Jack O'Lantern easily swept much of their competition and even continued to gain original art plus thread support. Both were taken out towards the end by Dr. Livesey and Optimus Prime, respectively. The former would go on to beat Prime and runner-up Zim to become an honorary 9th place in Mr. /co/ 2023, which many felt earned off his strong campaign, close loss to Hank Hill earlier in the tournament, and the special thread events that centered around him.

During the finals of the main tournament, voters chose to leave the door open for an official losers' bracket at the discretion of the hosts. Thus, this side event could be considered a testing grounds for this decision.