Ms. /co/ 2024

Ms. /co/ 2024

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The 7th edition of the annual Ms. /co/ tournament started on September 13th, 2024. Due to certain events, this is the first major tournament since Ms. /co/ 2021 to not have NightShiftAnon as a host.

The Elite Eight of this tournament was a mix of old favorites and new blood. Returning girls included top seed ENA, Queen Tyr'ahnee (both returning off 2022), Jucika, Kim Possible (both back from 2020), and Frankie Foster (making a long-awaited return from 2019). With this, Tyr'ahnee and Kim simultaneously became the second Ms. /co/ candidates to make three Elite Eight line-ups, following Chel as the first. New additions included Blackfire from Teen Titans, Marceline from Adventure Time, and Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus. The fourth round's results were incredibly close for most matches, and resulted in several upsets. The most prolific of these was Pomni ending the perfect Elite Eight streak for Chel. Other popular picks for the tournament taken out there included Jessica Rabbit, Tinkerbell, and Gwenpool.

Despite a smooth first four rounds, the Ms. /co/ curse would unfortunately strike again during quarterfinals after the hosts had to delay the round's results in response to blatant irregularities in voting noticed by Spideranon !!ka6ooI1WG7R. A common theory was that a certain troublemaker was behind it after posts were dug up of him promising to mass rig the polls, but this wasn't directly confirmed by the hosts. This incident led to a mixed response on the hosts' readiness and response towards this incident, and overwhelming frustration amongst tourneygoers in the aftermath. Beyond this incident, the year would also be marked by arguing around certain subjects including higher than average levels of spite toward certain candidates, some anons expressing issues towards /tnt/'s presence alongside the tournaments, and a general ongoing debate on "boomer vs. zoomer" picks throughout the whole tournament.

After a range of emotions throughout the tournament, the finals ended up being between an old favorite in Frankie and a surprisingly strong resurgence by Jucika. Despite vocal support for both girls and differing opinions on which would be the more fitting winner between the two, in the end Frankie Foster ended up as the champion of the tournament following actual support throughout the tournament and a potential desire for a more traditional winner to contrast Ms. /co/'s typically wilder champions. She was largely praised as a tournament champion, though some anons did find her win a little more bland. Despite losing, Jucika would be the first comic character to make it to finals in a major /co/ tournament after five years, and the first to originate specifically from a comic strip run.

Rules

Source: Stats anon'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 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 female /co/ characters (except those listed under "Excluded characters" shown below)
• Any character that was allowed or has appeared in past Ms. /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) girls 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, 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)
• 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. Eggman Dr. Eggman, Saxton Hale 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.

2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Eris	Toph Beifong	Raven	Harley Quinn	Alex	Clover	EVE
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Avatar: The Last Airbender	DC Comics	DC Comics	Totally Spies	Totally Spies	Wall-E

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

Ms. /co/ Champions (PERMANENTLY RETIRED)
2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Jenny Wakeman	Spinel	Dr. Mrs. The Monarch	Betty Boop	Fang	Wuya
Teenage Robot	Steven Universe	Venture Bros.	Betty Boop	Primal	Xiaolin Showdown

Qualifying Results

Full nomination list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JqAx_JUs5ZsPoHcELwZJaMm0AbChcpUZA43UgZDYgJo

Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12rbjffcRh6985pDuQEIiF9bjO6uqMmU6eOl4oqKa4og/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Over a whopping 1300 girls were successful nominated.

To the surprise of many, ENA managed to grab the top seed after returning from Ms. /co/ 2022. Two Elite Eight members from that year did not return: Shirley the Medium performed poorly following her tainted reception from her previous run, and more surprisingly Mrs. Brisby failed to qualify again by seven votes despite some hype in the early tournament threads and what seemed to be a positive reception. Miss Bellum, the 4th place candidate from Ms. /co/ 2021, also failed to qualify despite returning the previous year. A lot of the best performers from qualifiers were a mix of old tournament favorites and way more recent "zoomer picks", with Pomni unsurprisingly as the top seeded newcomer following the massive attention towards The Amazing Digital Circus with its first two episodes being released. In total, 21 newcomers to the main bracket managed to qualify for the first time.

There were some results that did come off as particularly strange for one reason or another to a lot of anons. A short-term controversy arose in the thread where the results were initially announced, largely coming off some of these more surprising seeding results and the only confirmation of these seeds being from a separate document listing all of them. The hosts were originally not going to open the original qualifier form per what had become the norm, but after serious backlash towards this decision the results were eventually opened to verify the placements shared in the Google Sheets list.

Ties are resolved by series name in alphabetical order, then character name in the same order. Only the names written on the Rentry and Google Docs are considered. Characters who appear in the bracket for the first time are labeled in bold'

Advanced to Main Bracket (128)
Seed	Character Name	Series / Publisher	Votes
01	ENA	ENA	227
02	Frankie Foster	Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends	222
03	Shego	Kim Possible	201
04	Jucika	Jucika	190
05	Marceline	Adventure Time	186
06	Pacifica Northwest	Gravity Falls	184
07	Charlie Morningstar	Hazbin Hotel	184
08	Pomni	The Amazing Digital Circus	181
09	Blossom	The Powerpuff Girls	173
10	Azula	Avatar: The Last Airbender	172
11	Buttercup	The Powerpuff Girls	166
12	Jessica Rabbit	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	163
13	Anne Boonchuy	Amphibia	162
14	Ragatha	The Amazing Digital Circus	161
15	Lord Dominator	Wander Over Yonder	160
16	Steven Universe	Steven Universe	158
17	Kim Possible	Kim Possible	155
18	Tulip	Infinity Train	153
19	Chel	Road to El Dorado	152
20	Helen Parr	The Incredibles	151
21	Wendy Corduroy	Gravity Falls	146
22	Tiff Crust	My Life as a Teenage Robot	144
23	Daphne	Scooby-Doo	144
24	Huntress Wizard	Adventure Time	142
25	Gwen	Total Drama	141
26	Gwenpool	Marvel	140
27	Alice	Alice in Wonderland	139
28	Gwen Tennyson	Ben 10	139
29	Tigress	Kung Fu Panda	139
30	Ty Lee	Avatar The Last Airbender	138
31	Peni Parker	Across the Spiderverse	137
32	Starfire	DC	137
33	Kim Pine	Scott Pilgrim	136
34	Numbuh 3	Codename: Kid's Next Door	135
35	Uzi Doorman	Murder Drones	134
36	Cyn	Murder Drones	133
37	Lola Bunny	Looney Tunes	132
38	Eileen	Regular Show	132
39	Sasha Waybright	Amphibia	131
40	Eda Clawthorne	The Owl House	131
41	Queen Tyr'ahnee	Duck Dodgers	130
42	Velma	Scooby-Doo	130
43	Sam	Totally Spies	130
44	Judy Hopps	Zootopia	129
45	Dexter's Mom	Dexter's Laboratory	128
46	Queen Vexus	My Life as a Teenage Robot	128
47	Miss Pauling	Team Fortress 2	126
48	Nicole Watterson	The Amazing World of Gumball	126
49	Scary Girl	Total Drama	126
50	Fionna	Adventure Time	124
51	Marcy	Amphibia	124
52	Luanne Platter	King of the Hill	123
53	Muriel Bagge	Courage the Cowardly Dog	122
54	Zatanna	DC	122
55	Hilda	Hilda	121
56	Gaz	Invader Zim	121
57	Sticks the Badger	Sonic	121
58	Karen Plankton	Spongebob Squarepants	121
59	Bubbles	The Powerpuff Girls	121
60	Power Girl	DC	120
61	Amy Wong	Futurama	119
62	Vaggie	Hazbin Hotel	119
63	Demencia	Villainous	119
64	Francine Smith	American Dad	118
65	Johanna	Hilda	118
66	Nani Pelekai	Lilo and Stitch	118
67	Phantasma	Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School	118
68	Knives Chau	Scott Pilgrim	118
69	Enid	OK KO: Let's Be Heroes	117
70	Coraline Jones	Coraline	115
71	Wonder Woman	DC	115
72	Blackfire	DC	115
73	Marie Kanker	Ed Edd n Eddy	115
74	Trixie Tang	Fairly Odd Parents	115
75	Maya	Ongezellig	115
76	Major Dr Ghastly	Evil Con Carne	114
77	V	Murder Drones	114
78	Millie	Helluva Boss	113
79	Vanessa Doofenshmirtz	Phineas and Ferb	112
80	CJ	Regular Show	112
81	Coco	Ongezellig	111
82	Miss Heed	Villainous	111
83	Katara	Avatar The Last Airbender	109
84	Catwoman	DC	109
85	Margaret Onassis	Family Guy	109
86	Mymy	Ongezellig	109
87	Gangle	The Amazing Digital Circus	109
88	Molly McGee	The Ghost and Molly McGee	109
89	Kitty Katswell	TUFF Puppy	108
90	Creepy Susie	Creepy Susie	108
91	Leela	Futurama	107
92	Violet Parr	The Incredibles	107
93	Amity Blight	The Owl House	107
94	Roxanne	A Goofy Movie	106
95	Pearl	Steven Universe	106
96	Ms Piggy	The Muppets	106
97	Ruby Rose	RWBY	105
98	Loona	Helluva Boss	103
99	Princess Fiona	Shrek	103
100	Zoey	Smiling Friends	103
101	April O'Neil	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	102
102	Dee Dee	Dexter's Lab	102
103	XJ-6	My Life as a Teenage Robot	102
104	Dragon	Shrek	102
105	Surge the Tenrec	Sonic	102
106	Lapis Lazuli	Steven Universe	102
107	Luz Noceda	The Owl House	102
108	Jinx	DC	101
109	Disgust	Inside Out	101
110	Sandy Cheeks	Spongebob Squarepants	101
111	Gogo Tomago	Big Hero 6	100
112	Numbuh 5	Codename: Kids Next Door	99
113	Niffty	Hazbin Hotel	99
114	Tak	Invader Zim	99
115	Aunt Cass	Big Hero 6	98
116	Cleo	Clone High	98
117	Lois Lane	DC	98
118	Mama Bravo	Johnny Bravo	98
119	Marge Simpson	The Simpsons	98
120	Ember McLain	Danny Phantom	97
121	Daria	Daria	97
122	Livewire	DC	97
123	Propane	King of the Hill	97
124	Hello Nurse	Animaniacs	96
125	Tinker Bell	Peter Pan	96
126	Heather	Total Drama	96
127	Mabel	Gravity Falls	95
128	Verosika Mayday	Helluva Boss	95

Tournament Bracket

Challonge link: https://challonge.com/msco2024

Side Tournaments

Both the barred and bottom 128 tournaments returned this year with new iterations.

Barred from Ms. /co/

This tournament was hosted by Mr. Sir The Guymanbro !xNDnmYN2QQ, who had changed his prior handle from previous Barred tournaments starting around the time of the /an/lympics 2024. Unlike 2023's tournaments, this one went from 32 to 64 contestants. Despite initial hype, the tournament went under the radar more compared to the previous iteration from the last Ms. /co/ tournament. The winner of this tournament was Mrs. Brisby, who had missed the main bracket to the surprise of many anons. This result was met with a mixed reception, less around the character and more around it being seen as more of a pity vote off of these circumstances. In particular, some anons had hoped a more unorthodox pick would have won out, similar to Option 1 or the Nostalgia Critic from 2023's /co/ Barred tournaments.

Forbidden Eight

Bottom 128

Lower Eight

Thread Links

• Google Polls Results: Round 1 • Round 2 • Round 3 • Round 4 • Quarterfinals • 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: Intermission/Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 • Part 6 Round 1: Intermission/Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 • Part 6 • Part 7 • Round 2: Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 • Part 6 Round 3: Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 Round 4: Part 1(x) • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 Quarter-finals: Part 1 • Part 2Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 Semi-finals: Intermission/Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 Finals: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Post-Tournament: Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Final