Mr. /co/lympus 2025

Mr. /co/lympus 2025

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The 8th edition of the annual Mr. /co/lympus tournament took place during October of 2025. All of the hosts from the previous iteration of the tournament returned aside from Cumanon. This event was expected to decide the eighth and final member of the first fabled "Elite Elite Eight" (as it has been repeatedly called) for Mr. /co/lympus.

In comparison to the similarly historic eighth iteration of Ms. /co/ the prior month, the Elite Eight of Mr. /co/lympus 2025 ended up being a more conventional ratio of five returning men and three newcomers to the quarterfinals. Among the returning included both Samurai Jack and Hank Hill in their fourth quarterfinalist or higher runs both following 2023, Daffy Duck in his third after 2020 and 2022, SpongeBob SquarePants in his second after also returning from 2023, and perhaps most interestingly Superman in easily his best run since 2018. Joining them were Eddy of Ed, Edd n Eddy fame, legendary Marvel villain Doctor Doom, and a surprise addition in the form of Disney's Goofy. The line-up as a whole was very well-received, being ranked as among the best to come out of Mr. /co/. The final four of Daffy, Eddy, Hank, and Superman was further praised, though the mood did surprisingly sour as the finals between Daffy and Superman rolled around. Despite this, Daffy Duck would end up mostly acclaimed as a winner after he defeated his final opponent by a fairly wide margin, even if some did see his victory as somewhat obvious. This outcome broke several records, most notably being both the first runner-up and first top seed champion of Mr. /co/. Many anons further saw it as both retiring one of the biggest recurring contestants and giving one of the most prominent franchises in the tournaments, Looney Tunes, a very due win.

Despite the results of the tournament being very well received, the tournament itself was seen in a less positive light primarily due to how much of its threads were permeated by both meta tournament discussion (a lot involving /v/'s off-board tournaments) and an unusually high amount of falseflagging. In particular, spite campaigns against usual tournament favorites Daffy and Hank were present throughout a majority of the main matches. This shift toward a more negative attitude was noted quite frequently among anons, and there was a fairly common sentiment that 2025 was potentially the first year where Ms. /co/ was a better event than its male counterpart. Despite the worse than usual reception, however, most didn't go the length of outright calling Mr. /co/lympus 2025 a bad tournament as much as it was somewhat of a disappointment. Time will tell if its successor will be more positive or not.

As with Ms. /co/ back in September 2025, an All-Stars tournament was held toward the end of October to decide the ranking and overall top man among the first eight winners of Mr. /co/lympus, including Daffy.

Rules

Source: Coayynon's pastebin link

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 twelve (12) 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 girls that can be nominated from a single series.
  • Exceptions: Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Disney core universe characters + related series (Mickey, Oswald, Goofy, and Donald), and Looney Tunes.

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)
• No inanimate objects that aren't treated as distinct characters in their media of origin (based on a vote in the 2022 feedback)
• One-Month Old Clause: Any character debuting from the 1st of the previous month to the start date are ineligible.
• 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. Robotnik, Saxton Hale, JFK, Wendy's Mascot, 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.

2024 Elite Eight (Will be eligible next contest)
2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Kermit the Frog	Popeye	Courage	Bugs Bunny	The Joker	Squidward Tentacles	Sheldon J. Plankton
The Muppets	Popeye the Sailor Man / Thimble Theatre	Courage the Cowardly Dog	Looney Tunes	DC Comics	SpongeBob SquarePants

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

Mr. /co/lympus Champions (PERMANENTLY RETIRED)
2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Johnny Bravo	Kronk	Tom	General Grievous	Zorak	Skeletor	Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Johnny Bravo	The Emperor's New Groove	Tom & Jerry	Star Wars: Clone Wars	Space Ghost: Coast to Coast	Masters of the Universe	Marvel Comics

Qualifying Results

Full nomination list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L4gmUHLJZnu5P88Pyo5DLIlv49iWrDgoP3opYYH_qYY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L04dnOsnft4eWuv-ughrAZp07KYnil92fs_SYK0tvzo/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Approximately 1191 contestants were successfully nominated, a slight increase compared to 2024.

Daffy Duck would get the top seed for a second year in a row, immediately followed by King of the Hill veterans Hank Hill and Dale Gribble. The remainder of the top 10 would include Ed, Edd, and Eddy, DC heroes Batman and Superman, Carl Brutananadilewski, and Doctor Doom.

During qualifiers, voters were asked if Looney Tunes characters should be included as an exception to the Character Limit rule alongside DC, Marvel, and Disney core universe characters, to be effective immediately if voted in favor. Ultimately, the long-time debated and almost implemented rule change passed with 63% of voters in favor. A feared large influx of Looney Tunes characters did not occur, with the returning Daffy, Marvin, and Wile being joined by newcomers Porky Pig and Farmer Jim.

A controversy arose during qualifiers when hosts seemingly misinterpreted the Disney core universe character exception as a general Disney company exception, and changed the majority of series names for characters from the Disney company to simply (Disney) in the qualifier poll. This led to confusion during the round which was theorized to impact the results, including an unusually low seeding for Doof, Wall-E not qualifying, and Winnie the Pooh's Rabbit qualifying for the first time with a unusually high 19th seed. Some anons theorized that voters confused him with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who is usually listed under Disney. Later threads unearthed the discovery that Rabbit had actually had his votes mixed together with Oswald by the counting bot used to gather qualifier results, an error the hosts admitted was identified too late to change the bracket. This incident was titled as "Rabbitgate".

Lord Hater would fail to qualify for a tournament for a first time, possibly due to the confusion over the Disney label, leaving 10 characters who have qualified for every Mr /co/.

Two live-action DC characters, Shitpost Monkeys and CIA, were disqualified after receiving enough votes to qualify for not being eligible, being replaced with Brain from Animaniacs and Jake from Adventure Time as the final two qualified contestants.

Advanced

Advanced to Main Bracket (128)
Rank	Character Name	Series / Publisher	Votes
01	Daffy Duck	Looney Tunes	145
02	Hank Hill	King of the Hill	128
03	Dale Gribble	King of the Hill	125
04	Eddy	Ed Edd n Eddy	116
05	Edd	Ed Edd n Eddy	119
06	Superman	DC Comics	118
07	Ed	Ed Edd n Eddy	116
08	Carl Brutananadilewski	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	111
09	Doctor Doom	Marvel	109
10	Batman	DC Comics	105
11	Donald Duck	Disney	104
12	Samurai Jack	Samurai Jack	104
13	Aku	Samurai Jack	100
14	SpongeBob SquarePants	SpongeBob SquarePants	99
15	Mr. Krabs	SpongeBob SquarePants	98
16	Grim	Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	98
17	Uncle Iroh	Avatar: The Last Airbender	97
18	Eustace Bagge	Courage the Cowardly Dog	96
19	Rabbit	Winnie the Pooh	96
20	Shaggy Rogers	Scooby-Doo	96
21	Shrek	Shrek	94
22	Uncle Ruckus	The Boondocks	94
23	J. Jonah Jameson	Marvel	93
24	Jack Skellington	The Nightmare Before Christmas	93
25	Lord Shen	Kung Fu Panda	92
26	The Iron Giant	The Iron Giant	92
27	Master Shake	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	91
28	Bender Rodriguez	Futurama	91
29	Homer Simpson	The Simpsons	91
30	Peter Griffin	Family Guy	90
31	Dr. Robotnik	Sonic the Hedgehog	90
32	Kinger	The Amazing Digital Circus	90
33	Charlie	Smiling Friends	89
34	Wile E. Coyote	Looney Tunes	88
35	Scooby-Doo	Scooby-Doo	88
36	Zuko	Avatar: The Last Airbender	87
37	Wallace	Wallace & Gromit	87
38	Serial Designation N	Murder Drones	86
39	Puss in Boots	Shrek	86
40	Scrooge McDuck	Disney	85
41	Mung Daal	Chowder	84
42	Gaston	Beauty and the Beast	84
43	Mr. Incredible	The Incredibles	83
44	Megamind	Megamind	83
45	Rango	Rango	83
46	Dexter	Dexter's Laboratory	82
47	Candlejack	Freakazoid	82
48	Optimus Prime	Transformers	82
49	Roger Rabbit	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	82
50	The Hulk	Marvel	81
51	Lord Farquaad	Shrek	81
52	Mojo Jojo	The Powerpuff Girls	81
53	Sokka	Avatar: The Last Airbender	80
54	Beavis	Beavis and Butt-Head	80
55	Butt-Head	Beavis and Butt-Head	80
56	Oswald the Lucky Rabbit	Disney	80
57	Zim	Invader Zim	79
58	Hugh Neutron	Jimmy Neutron	79
59	Scotsman	Samurai Jack	79
60	Gromit	Wallace & Gromit	79
61	Bobby Hill	King of the Hill	78
62	Fred Jones	Scooby-Doo	78
63	Caine	The Amazing Digital Circus	78
64	The Monarch	The Venture Bros.	78
65	Duck	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared	77
66	Venom	Marvel	77
67	Pim	Smiling Friends	77
68	Calvin	Calvin and Hobbes	76
69	Kuzco	The Emperor's New Groove	76
70	Felix the Cat	Felix the Cat	76
71	Philip J. Fry	Futurama	76
72	Garfield	Garfield	76
73	Marvin the Martian	Looney Tunes	76
74	Goofy	Disney	75
75	Rattlesnake Jake	Rango	75
76	Dick Dastardly	Wacky Races	75
77	Judge Dredd	2000 AD	74
78	Omni-Man	Invincible	74
79	Starscream	Transformers	74
80	Xavier	Xavier Renegade Angel	74
81	Hobbes	Calvin and Hobbes	73
82	Rorschach	DC Comics	73
83	Charlie Brown	Penauts	73
84	Snoopy	Penauts	73
85	Dr. Doofenshmirtz	Phineas & Ferb	73
86	Mr. Boss	Smiling Friends	73
87	Patrick Star	SpongeBob SquarePants	73
88	Finn the Human	Adventure Time	72
89	Schnitzel	Chowder	72
90	Red Guy	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared	72
91	Porky Pig	Looney Tunes	72
92	Benson	Regular Show	72
93	Space Ghost	Space Ghost: Coast to Coast	72
94	Megatron	Transformers	72
95	Bane	DC Comics	71
96	Moe Szyslak	The Simpsons	71
97	Stan Smith	American Dad	70
98	Yakko Warner	Animaniacs	70
99	Max Goof	Disney	70
100	The Grinch	How The Grinch Stole Christmas	70
101	MODOK	Marvel	70
102	Rigby	Regular Show	70
103	Ben Tennyson	Ben 10	69
104	Syndrome	The Incredibles	69
105	Hellboy	Hellboy	69
106	Farmer Jim	Looney Tunes	69
107	The Thing	Marvel	69
108	Spear	Primal	69
109	Mordecai	Regular Show	69
110	Sam	Sam & Max	69
111	Hades	Hercules	68
112	Oogie Boogie	The Nightmare Before Christmas	68
113	Ice King	Adventure Time	67
114	Frylock	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	67
115	Lex Luthor	DC Comics	67
116	Robbie Rotten	LazyTown	67
117	Mao Mao	Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart	67
118	Brock Samson	The Venture Bros.	67
119	Freakazoid	Freakazoid	66
120	Zoidberg	Futurama	66
121	Goliath	Gargoyles	66
122	Jimmy Neutron	Jimmy Neutron	66
123	Max	Sam & Max	66
124	Dr. David Livesey	Treasure Island	66
125	Buzz Lightyear	Toy Story	65
126	Jon Arbuckle	Garfield	65
127	Brain	Animaniacs	65
128	Jake the Dog	Adventure Time	65

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
90	Rolf	Ed, Edd n Eddy	72
96	Boomhauer	King of the Hill	71
99	Aang	Avatar: The Last Airbender	70
116	Plank	Ed, Edd n Eddy	67

Terrible Twelve

Did not qualify? Try again next year.
Seed	Character Name	Franchise / Series	Votes
129	Father	Codename: Kids Next Door	64
130	Jerk that drives a Hummer so he can watch Madagascar while he's driving and MERGE WITHOUT LOOKING	Family Guy	64
131	Captain America	Marvel	64
132	Tintin	The Adventures of Tintin	64
133	Woody	Toy Story	64
134	Judge Doom	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	63
135	Captain Silver	Treasure Planet	63
136	Wakko Warner	Animaniacs	63
137	JFK	Clone High	63
138	Numbuh 1 / Nigel Uno	Codename: Kids Next Door	63
139	WALL-E	WALL-E	63
140	Yellow Guy	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared	63

Hyperbolic Time Chamber

Hyperbolic Time Chamber
Rank?	Character Name	Franchise / Series	Votes
99	Shitpost Monkeys	DC Comics	70
128	CIA		65

Tournament Bracket

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Challonge link: https://challonge.com/mrco2025

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Side Tournaments

Barred from Mr. /co/

2025 Barred from Mr. /co/lympus
		Champion
		Soundwave
		Transformers
2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
that one character you forgot to nominate until last minute	Prince John	The Cool Autistic Gamer 774	Painty the Pirate	Inc "Saberfart" customer	Shitpost Monkeys	Mr. Kinks
Your Favorite Childhood Show	Robin Hood	Smiling Friends	SpongeBob SquarePants		DC Comics	Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks

Forbidden Eight

Bottom 128

2025 Butler of /co/
		Champion
		Crusader Rabbit
		Crusader Rabbit
2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Treeshaker	Sonny the Cuckoo Bird	Crazy Daisy Ed	Tooter Turtle	Rikuai	Lizard	Gilbert Huph
Son of the White Mare	Cocoa Puffs	Liquid Television	King Leonardo and His Short Subjects	The Legends of the Peruvian Indians	Face Like a Frog	The Incredibles

Lower Eight

The Next 128

2025 Mr. /co/ Next 128
		Champion
		Leonardo
		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Godzilla	Jerk that drives a Hummer so he can watch Madagascar while he's driving and MERGE WITHOUT LOOKING	Fred Flintstone	Brak	Sylvester	Bart Simpson	Krusty the Clown
Godzilla	Family Guy	The Flintstones	Space Ghost: Coast to Coast	Looney Tunes	The Simpsons

129th-136th Place

Thread Links

• Google Polls Results: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
• Original Qualifiers Form

Desuarchive
Archived thread links: Nominations: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Qualifiers: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Round 1: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Round 2: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Round 3: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Round 4: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Quarter-finals: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Semi-finals: Part 1 Part 2 Finals: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Post-Tournament: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3