Ms. /co/ 2021

Ms. /co/ 2021 will be the fourth edition of the annual Ms. /co/ event, and the seventh character tournament overall. The competition is presumed to begin at the second week of September 2021.

Rules

Source: Stats anon's pastebin link outlining the rules changes from the feedback poll after the conclusion of Ms. /co/ 2020.

How to nominate?

To nominate a character, a user must include their name, picture, and series in their post.
Each valid nomination must garner at least eight (8) replies in order to qualify for the contest. These replies areonly counted if they are all within a single thread, and do NOT carry over to other threads.

Eligible Nominees

All /co/ characters (except those listed under "Excluded characters" shown below)
Any character that was allowed in past Ms. /co/ tournaments
Any character that has plenty of /co/ material along with their Mediums origin (e.g. Godzilla, SW)
Puppets (e.g. Muppets, Sesame Street)
Characters can be any age
Generalization Statute: Any character with "alternate universe" forms and appearing in multiple adaptations / spin-offs are combined into one entrant. In other words, you are voting for their 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) girls in the main bracket. These are decided by their votes in the qualifying poll. However, there is no restriction on how many girls that can be nominated from a single series.
- Marvel and DC characters are exempted from this rule.

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
One-Month Old Clause: Any character debuting in the entirety of the months before and during the contest are ineligible.

Excluded Characters

Elite Eight Rule: Characters appearing in the quarter-finals of previous contest are not allowed to compete in this edition. They will be eligible for nomination in the next contest.

2020 Elite Eight (Will be eligible next contest)

2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Queen Tyr'ahnee	Fang	Kim Possible	EVE	Starfire	Chel	Jucika
Duck Dodgers	Primal	Kim Possible	WALL-E	DC Comics	The Road to El Dorado	Jucika