Carrier of the Cape showdown!

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Carrier of the Cape Showdown!!!

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's the Cape Showdown! Where your favorite Superman-inspired characters can duke it out! You've never seen this many flying aliens with capes! Which one of these super-people is your favorite! Find out in this dazzling display of democracy!

Submit a character through the asks :)

(This tournament is for Superman-inspired/adjacent characters not just superheroes in general or people with capes.)

Also shout out to these people for the idea + being cool

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Hi there! I’m the insane person who has decided to run the bracket from xkcd 1529 as a tumblr poll. The full bracket can be seen above, in this blog’s header, and through the link in the description. We’ll be tackling this monster in chunks, separated into Side A (the right side) and Side B (the left side). Have fun, be nice to each other in the notes, and feel free to spread this and/or other posts and/or to follow this blog to keep up with the bracket!

May the best woman/man/person/corporate entity win!

Round 1

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I would also like to submit Stupendous Man from Calvin and Hobbes. I'm pretty sure this alter ego of Calvin was inspired by Superman and Batman.

After doing research I have concluded...

STUPENDOUS MAN IS CAPE!!!

Calvin's alter ego is now a CONFIRMED CHARACTER

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I would like to submit Captain Berlin, a German superhero. His name is obviously a play on Captain America, but Captain Berlin is a parody of American superheroes as a whole, and Superman was the one who started it all. Also, Captain America doesn't wear a cape but Captain Berlin does! (His cape is the Berlin flag and the Berlin Bear adorns his chest.) He can fly like Superman which Captain America can't. His secret identity is a journalist like Superman. Basically, Captain Berlin is a mix of Captain America and Superman, but in pathetic. Also, I love him.

I have concluded that...

CAPTAIN BERLIN IS CAPE!!!

he is now a CONFIRMED CHARACTER!

[cape-showdown]

Can I suggest Captain Marvel/Shazam, maybe even specifically the 1940s Fawcett Comics version, if just to pay homage to the copyright infringement case about how he was too similar to Superman (even as DC writers stole bits of Fawcetts stories for Superman stories yeah bitches Shazam was both flying and having a bald scientist arch-nemesis first and woops my submission is now propaganda for a character who isn't even confirmed for the tournament.)

(@laevaa also asked for Shazam btw.)

hey, don't worry propaganda is cool!

And as for billy batson himself...

CAPTAIN MARVEL/SHAZAM IS CAPE!!!!

He's CONFIRMED now! have fun!

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Takeshi Hongo aka Kamen Rider The First! He rides a motorcycle and does his own flips! Also he's a cyborg with the power of the wind

since i admitted baymax n' human kite im gonna have to get him. he's close enough. also how he is this cool assdklskjldkjkdsjjkdsakjsdak

Takeshi Hongo is Cape!

He is now a CONFIRMED CHARACTER.

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How 'bout my bouncy bionic boi, Baymax?

Honestly this one BORDERS on the line of not being but but

BAYMAX IS CAPE!!!

Congratulations, Baymax is now a CONFIRMED CHARACTER

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can i submit wordgirl from wordgirl please please?

she's already in the tournament :)

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MOON KNIGHT AND THE VISION!! all iterations :)

I love Moon Knight (defininetly in my top 5 Marvel superheroes) but I think he's far too different from Supes to be counted.

Vision on the other hand...

VISION IS CAPE!!!

Vision is now a CONFIRMED CHARACTER and will be added to the tournament.

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@spookyvibesstudio

after doing research i have concluded...

JASON GRACE IS CAPE!

he might not be superman-inspired but he's superman-adjacent enough to qualify.

Jason Grace is now a CONFIRMED CHARACTER!

[cape-showdown]

Confirmed Characters for the Tournament:

(More characters can still get in at this point :D)

Superman (DC Comics)

Homelander (The Boys)

Metro Man (Megamind)

Omni-Man (Invincible)

The Last Son of Alcatraz (The Monument Mythos/Nixonverse)

Wordgirl (Wordgirl)

The Human Kite (South Park)

All Might (My Hero Academia)

Mr. Incredible (The Incredibles)

Saitama (One Punch Man)

Captain Underpants (Captain Underpants)

Son Gohan (Dragon Ball Z)

Jason Grace (Heroes of Olympus)

The Vision (Marvel Comics)

Baymax (Baymax)

Takeshi Hongo (Kamen Rider)

Captain Marvel/Shazam (DC Comics, formerly Fawcett Comics)

Captain Berlin (Captain Berlin)

Stupendous Man (Calvin and Hobbes)

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Jason grace from hoa. Doesn’t have a cape but is CALLED Superman as a joke throughout the series Bc he can fly

Not quite sure about this one. There's a good chance he'll appear in the tournament but i wouldn't call him confirmed yet. Also, I should have mentioned that a character doesn't NEED a cape, they just need to be superman-inspired/adjacent :).

[cape-showdown]

Cape Submission: Son Gohan/Great Saiyaman

After doing research I concluded...

SON GOHAN IS CAPE!

Congratulations Gohan, you are now a CONFIRMED CHARACTER.