Mrs. Brisby
Mrs. Brisby is the protagonist of the 1982 movie The Secret of Nimh. She is a recently widowed field mouse who must find a way to safely move her family, including her sick son, Timothy, from their cinder block home out of a field before it's plowed. She eventually finds herself seeking the aid of the mysterious rats of NIMH, who unbeknownst to her had been friends with her deceased husband.
Tournament History
[edit | edit source]Mrs. Brisby was nominated for Ms. /co/ in 2018 and 2020 but she failed to qualify for both. Her first appearance was in Ms. /co/ 2019, where she seeded 104th and largely flew under the radar as she was defeated by Steven Universe character Lapis Lazuli. In 2021 she qualified with 95 votes, earning her 69th seed. She would beat her first opponent, Vicky, and lose to Jessica Rabbit in the second round. Although her run was a brief one, her run earned her the support of anons.
Brisby returned in 2022, earning 122 votes and 105th seed. She would prove to be a much stronger candidate this time and go on to win the first three rounds against Alice, Beatrice, Coraline with her supporters creating much OC and campaigning for her, even including a crackship with Goku. She would then defeat Tigress for a spot in the Elite Eight before losing to Fang in the quarter-finals. Thanks to what was considered a strong run she won 5th place overall.
It was claimed by NightShiftAnon that Mrs. Brisby had cheated since round one, and had cheated again in round three. She along with Shirley the Medium and Nicole Watterson were marked with an asterisk. Though these claims have faced scrutiny, especially after NightShiftAnon was disgraced and stripped of the host position, uncertainty laid in the air regarding her future tournament performance.
Having made it into the Elite Eight, Mrs. Brisby was barred from 2023. Brisby's return in 2024 looked promising, with little mention of past drama, anticipation and speculation of how she might fare after 2022, as well as an incident in the early nominations where every single nomination in the sheets form was deleted except for Brisby due to an error with the nominations bot, leading to some jokes that Brisby had eaten the other nominated candidates. However to the shock of many anons, the motherly mouse didn't quite make the cut on her return from the Elite Eight and was unfortunately sent away from the tournament, leading Brisby supporters to lament having not supported her more and having taken her return for granted.
Brisby would be granted some reprieve from this otherwise disappointing year in the form of the Barred from Ms. /co/ tournament, where she would eventually rise as its champion. Yet even this was not without its taste of bitterness as some anons found Brisby's victory in the barred underwhelming after she had silently walked through her matches as opposed to other Barred candidates who received vocal campaigning and fanart only to be eliminated early on. Brisby fans showed up at the very end of this side event to give her support and congratulations, somewhat lightening the mood around this bittersweet victory.
To the relief of Brisby fans, she was not snubbed in the qualifiers again the year after, as she entered with a seed of 71. This would be as far as her fortunes ran, however, as she was faced off against fellow 2022 Elite Eight member Chel in the first round, who predictably eliminated her peer in the first round.
Statistics
[edit | edit source]As of 2025, Mrs. Brisby has appeared in 4 out of 7 eligible Ms. /co/ tournaments (1 year ineligible due to Elite Eight hiatus), with a 57.1% possible attendance rate.
- Winning average: 53.9%
- Losing average: 38.9%
- Total average: 47.2%
- Average bracket seed: 87
- Average bracket performance: Round 2 (2.2)
Results
[edit | edit source]- Qualifiers
- Ms. /co/ 2018 - Nominated, DNQ (unknown qualifiers results)
- Ms. /co/ 2020 - 65/78 votes (seed 190)
- Ms. /co/ 2024 - 87/95 votes (seed 163)
| Ms. /co/ | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 - seed 104 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Round | Opponent | Series | Votes | Pct. For | |||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | (23)  Lapis Lazuli
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Steven Universe | 387 - 688 | 36.0% | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 - seed 69 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | (60)  Vicky
|
Fairly OddParents | 497 - 477 | 51.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Round 2 | (5)  Jessica Rabbit
|
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 324 - 574 | 36.1% | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 - seed 105 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | (24)  Alice
|
Alice in Wonderland | 525 - 503 | 51.1% | |||||||||||||||
| Round 2 | (41)  Beatrice
|
Over the Garden Wall | 596 - 411 | 59.1% | |||||||||||||||
| Round 3 | (9)  Coraline
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Coraline | 539 - 496 | 52.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Round 4 | (25)  Tigress
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Kung Fu Panda | 611 - 474 | 56.3% | |||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | (1)  Fang
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Primal | 455 - 614 | 42.5% | |||||||||||||||
| 2025 - seed 71 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | (58)  Chel
|
The Road to El Dorado | 464 - 669 | 41.0% | |||||||||||||||
