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This page covers some of the weird and unusual events and patterns that have occurred in 4chan's character tournaments, such as [[Ms. /co/ Tournaments|Ms. /co/]] & [[Mr. /co/lympus Tournaments|Mr. /co/lympus]], TagTeam Tournament, Queen & King of /v/, and sometimes Mr. and Ms. /mlp/.  These events are usually niche, unnoticeable, and happen infrequently, but in some instances they can be either game-changing or utterly devastating depending on a given tournament's context. They are also useful terms to refer to when said events tend to transpire. 

Discussions about certain patterns and tendencies have been talked about on plus4chan's /[[tnt]]/ board.


==What's this?==
The following listed below are some of the most (in)famous phenomena found in the tournaments:


===Omni-Man Syndrome===
<blockquote>''"When a character has had huge hype around them but absolutely fails to deliver."''</blockquote>A not uncommon phenomenon (especially compared to those listed below), the '''"Omni-Man Syndrome"''' typically involves, but is not limited, to "FotM" (Flavor of the Month) characters that have become famous recently either due to new media releases or board trends, gathering a sizable following and hype around them as a result. These characters are usually claimed to make a deep run or at the very least perform decently in the tournaments (best known examples being the Ms. /co/ champions [[Spinel]] and [[Fang]]), but there exist some instances where they absolutely fail to make it past round 1 or even ''not qualify for the bracket at all''. The most notorious case and the namesake of this phenomenon is [[Omni-Man]], whose show  ''Invincible'' made a very big impact on /co/ and all over the Internet during its release in 2021. However, as of [[Mr. /co/lympus 2021]], he has yet to make it past the first round. 


===Black Canary Phenomenon===
<blockquote>''"Character that only ever appears in one tournament, makes it to the [[Elite Eight]], and fucks off, never to be seen again."''</blockquote>
As the description says, this phenomenon occurs when a character that has never appeared in any other previous tournament pulls a miraculous run that gives them a spot in the Elite Eight, only to never make the bracket again after their one year hiatus. Some anons may claim that their only run is a fluke. 

The phenomenon is named after [[Black Canary]] from ''DC Comics'', notable for her Cinderella run in [[Ms. /co/ 2018]], but has never managed to come close to qualifying again.  Till very recently, this was the only recorded case of this happening until the latest [[Ms. /co/ 2022]], where [[Shirley the Medium]] made a controversial appearance in the Elite Eight, with her failing to qualify in [[Ms. /co/ 2024]] after her year-long break. Another recent example would be [[Mr. Incredible]] in the Mr. /co/lympus tournaments, whom while had two tournament berths at the time of entering the quarter-finals stage of [[Mr. /co/lympus 2020]], failed to qualify two years later.

===The Kronk Effect===
<blockquote>''"A character appears for the first time in the tournament and manages to take the crown."''</blockquote>Barring the champions of the inaugural tournaments ([[Jenny XJ9|Jenny]], [[Johnny Bravo]], [[Samus Aran]] and [[Senator Armstrong]]), this list includes [[Kronk]], champion of [[Mr. /co/lympus 2019]]; Spinel, infamous champion of [[Ms. /co/ 2019|Ms, /co/ 2019]]; [[Reimu]], [[Queen of /v/ 2020]]; [[Recette Lemongrass]], [[Queen of /v/ 2021]]; and last but not least, [[The Batter]], [[King of /v/ 2021]]. Most other winners are tournament veterans with at least two tournament berths at the time of their victory.

In character tournaments outside 4chan, this phenomenon is dubbed "[https://saimoe.miraheze.org/wiki/Royal_Road Royal Road]", after a term used in the Korean StarCraft esports scene.


===Montezuma’s Revenge===
<blockquote>''"A grudge rematch where a previous popular winner gets defeated by the same character they won against previously."''</blockquote>Named after elite member [[Chel]], who made a remarkable and equally surprising victory against [[Queen Tyr'ahnee]] in the [[Ms. /co/ 2022]] quarter-finals. This also occurred when [[Megamind]] beat [[Zuko]] in [[Mr. /co/lympus 2020|2020]] after losing to him [[Mr. /co/lympus 2019|the previous tournament]]. Given most rematches usually result in the same character being victorious, this is a strange sight to see, especially when it isn't motivated by any sort of campaign, like the two examples listed above.


===Bejita Theorem===
<blockquote>''"Characters that are secondary and/or jobbers in their source material do better than most protagonist characters."''</blockquote>

This effect is named after [[Vegeta]] from ''Dragon Ball'', a prideful Saiyan warrior and rival of protagonist [[Goku]], who became infamous for consistently getting humiliated by many of the series' major villains. The following characters have attained greater success in their respective tournaments than their series' designated main character:
*'''[[Kronk]]''' over [[Kuzco]], from ''Emperor's New Groove''. While Kuzco made his first Elite Eight appearance in 2018, Kronk would go on to win the tournament the following year.
*'''[[Dr. Mrs. The Monarch]]''' over [[The Monarch]], [[Brock Samson]], and [[Rusty Venture]] from ''Venture Bros''. The series' cancellation prompted the crowning of Dr. Mrs. The Monarch in [[Ms. /co/ 2020|2020]], but the furthest a character from the series has made it into the male tournament is Round 3 in [[Mr. /co/lympus 2021|2021]].
*'''[[General Grievous]]''' over [[Ahsoka Tano]], from ''Star Wars''. Grievous was champion of [[Mr. /co/lympus 2021|the fourth Mr. /co/lympus tournament]] and had notable tournament history since [[Mr. /co/lympus 2019|2019]], while Ahsoka is yet to make it past the second round.
*'''[[Zorak]]''' over [[Space Ghost]], from ''Space Ghost: Coast to Coast''. Although Space Ghost himself has been a common sight in the tournament starting in 2018, Zorak was eventually winner of [[Mr. /co/lympus 2022]] in his second appearance into the tournament.
*'''[[J. Jonah Jameson]]''' over [[Spiderman|Peter Parker]], from Marvel. With Jonah being a notable powerhouse among the competition, Peter has yet to make an appearance in the Elite Eight.
*'''[[Daffy Duck]]''' and '''[[Marvin the Martian]]''' over [[Bugs Bunny]], from ''Looney Tunes''. All three characters have been in the Elite Eight at least once, but both Daffy and Marvin have made it further than the lucky rabbit.
*'''[[Wario]]''' and '''[[Luigi]]''' over [[Mario]].
*'''[[Midna]]''', '''[[Malon]]''' and '''[[Morshu]]''' over [[Zelda]] and [[Link]].


===Omnipresent Egg Paradox===
<blockquote>"''A character that is eligible to join in every board tournament and is considered a powerful contender in all the tournaments.''"</blockquote>Named after the rather obvious [[Dr. Eggman]], who is among the few rare characters who is eligible to compete in both [[Mr. /co/lympus Tournaments|Mr. /co/lympus]] and [[King of /v/ 2021|King of /v/]] and be considered a powerhouse in both. It is also made as an inside joke in /tnt/ to find weather or not he'd be able to participate in some hypothetical tournaments such as SaiGAR, Mr. /tv/, or King /lit/ due to his widespread presence in general media. Dr. Eggman isn't the only character who is capable of participating in both /co/ and /v/ tournaments, many cases such as [[Miss Pauling]], [[Saxton Hale]], [[Princess Zelda]], and characters from Wakfu are capable of intermingling in both /co/ and /v/ but they are rarely if ever successful. To date this remains one of the rarest phenomena as there are few characters that can participate in two board tournaments and be considered successful.  

===OC Snowballing===
<blockquote>''"Character doesn't start off strong, but over the course of the tournament they become a stronger contender."''</blockquote>This phenomena is a very recent and now prominent since Queen and King /v/ 2021 onward. This phenomena usually includes characters that would barely qualify or be round 1 eliminations, but in their lucky year they get a huge campaign and OC boost which results in them gaining popularity and hype which makes them contend with tournament heavy hitters. In /tnt/, this phenomena is separated into two different categories which are:

* '''Shattered Snowball:''' Character who has a lot of hype and OC but faces a heavy hitter early rounds and stops it's momentum before it could gain more popularity. Examples would be [[Captain Silver|John Silver]] and [[Charles]] from Mafia City, who had a lot of hype and campaigns going for them but were stopped by heavy hitters and board classics such as Squidward and Heavy and had their momentum stopped.
* '''Avalanche:''' A character who has gotten so much momentum that they enter [[Elite Eight]] or win the crown. The most notorious case is Recette who is the winner with the lowest seed in board tournament history (seed #113), managed to garner hype and momentum due to a dedicated drawfag who would pump high quality OC for Recette. More recently, [[Zorak]] experienced the most dramatic OC snowballing to date, who went from a round one elimination to the Mr. /co/lympus 2022 due to it's dedicated campaigners and overall good nature of his supporters.  

===Runner-up Curse===
<blockquote>''"A character that has previously gotten 2nd place becomes <s>S̶̶̶H̶̶̶I̶̶̶T̶̶̶ ̶a̶̶̶n̶̶̶d̶̶̶ ̶F̶̶̶I̶̶̶N̶̶̶I̶̶̶S̶̶̶H̶̶̶E̶̶̶D̶̶̶ </s> de facto barred from winning the tournament in the future."''</blockquote>A character has never won the tournament they have gotten 2nd place in before, and has never repeated finals until [[Eggman]] in [[King of /v/ 2023|KoV 2023]]. Despite this, characters with previous E8 placements and even 3rd place have gone on to win before (e.g. [[Fang]]). This may be attributable to the idea of the character not being a "fresh" enough finalist to be seen as the winner, and supporters losing morale as a character gets so close only to lose. There is speculation that with enough passage of time this "curse" can be broken, but it has yet to happen. Following Eggman's double runner-up loss the curse has taken a renewed perceived strength, as well as more anons wanting to see it broken. 
This phenomenon has also been conversely dubbed by some tourney-goers as '''"The Batman Laugh"''' due to association with ritualposters bad mouthing these characters with the phrase ''"SHIT and FINISHED"'', often accompained by reaction images of [[Batman]] laughing. This form of posting began with [[Johanna]] in anticipation of her return in Ms. /co/ 2023.

===Nigger Buff===
<blockquote>''"A character becomes notorious for having an especially eye grabbing or memey poll picture."''</blockquote>This phenomena has been associated with several characters, with the phenomena's name coming from [[Alex Eagleston]] from ''YIIK'''s [[King of /v/ 2023]] appearance, where his poll picture contained a zoomed in shot of Alex screaming "NIGGER", which gained criticism from some anons due to the assumption that his matches were won solely because of /v/irgins voting for the picture saying nigger than the character himself as well as that shouting nigger does not accurately reflect the character of Alex, who is an overbearing millenial soyboy.

Other characters accused of having been buffed due to their poll pictures are certain female characters in Ms. /co/ and Queen of /v/ with off-model fapbait images as poll pictures due to attracting a perceived bias from the coomer voters, as well as [[Jimmy Neutron]] in [[Mr. /co/lympus 2023]] who was notorious for having the "↑ this person has 500gb of child porn" meme image as his poll picture, which caused [[Sneed]] and [[Iroh]] to be framed as pedos.

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