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Emmy's debut match pitted her against ''Xiaolin Showdown's'' [[Wuya]], which brought a sizable amount of banter, greentexts, and fanart for both contestants. Unfortunately, the robot got embroiled in an even bigger controversy later in the first round: an anonymous user known as "Basilanon" (named for its [[Basil|Detective Basil]] avatar) discovered that ''Random Cartoon'', a Spanish-language Facebook page known for putting their watermarks on other people's drawings, had posted links to the Ms. /co/ threads. The posts gave instructions on how to vote in the contest and encouraged users them to vote for Emmy (and to a lesser extent [[Miko Kubota|Miko]]).<ref>https://archive.vn/gCJOJ#selection-12001.1-912.3</ref><ref>[https://img.fireden.net/co/image/1600/12/1600125459079.jpg Screenshot of Random Cartoon reposting Anon's Miko post verbatim]</ref> The page was later revealed to have been posting links to the 2019 final campaigning for [[Spinel]] votes, which reignited disputes questioning the legitimacy of the gem's title.<ref>[https://img.fireden.net/co/image/1600/12/1600128741161.png Screenshot of Random Cartoon posting 2019 Ms. /co/ final]</ref>
[[File:basilanon discovers fb page.png|thumb|700px|center|Basilanon's post giving the link to the Facebook page responsible for brigading the contest.]]
Since outside brigading is very much frowned upon in online popularity contests, Basilanon's revelation caused an uproar in the Ms. /co/ threads, causing users to call for Emmy's disqualification or even restarting the entire round. However, the host '''stats anon''' decided to let the voting run its course, which ended with Emmy securing her first win
Although ''Random Cartoon'' posted a statement saying they will no longer link to the contest again,<ref>https://www.facebook.com/randomcartoon2/posts/350758002935458 "We've been scolded; we're not posting it again"</ref> the
At the end of round 2, despite the troll's "best" efforts by spamming asterisks, Emmy's sufferings were finally laid to rest as she is mercy killed out of the tournament by Gwenpool. This is one of the few instances in Ms. /co/ history where a girl losing this early is considered a victory for her fans.
<u>'''TL;DR:''' Emmy and her fans did nothing wrong; ''that massive faggot'' initiated a one-man smear campaign against her, and the Peruvian FB page happened to
The controversy has inspired several fanarts such as a mock Wikipedia-styled infobox depicting the "Battle of Round 1", and caused Emmy to be associated with Peru in Ms. /co/ lore.▼
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▲The controversy has inspired several fanarts such as a mock Wikipedia-styled infobox depicting the "Battle of Round 1", and caused Emmy to be associated with Peru in Ms. /co/ lore.
===Gallery===
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==External links==▼
▲==External links==
*[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/greetings-/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=12 ''Emmy the Robot'' Chapter 1 on Webtoons.com]
*[https://nandroid.booru.org/index.php Nandroid booru] '''(NSFW)'''
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