We're back for round 3! Naturally, I'm taking rules into account here from last time, as well as trying my best to seed things so matchups can be at least somewhat fair. But anyway, time for the rules!!
Notes on nominations:
You may submit as many characters as you like! The form is set up so you can do that easily.
Only 2 characters per series will make the cut. This is to prevent half the entire tournament being one entire thing. If anything gets more than two, the ones with the highest number of votes will be chosen. If there's a tie, I'll flip a coin (or if I know it well enough, I'll be tiebreaker)
Previous winners cannot enter again, but will have their own special poll in the post-tournament fun polls. Past winners are Starscream (Transformers as a whole) and Talita Dospaco (Runaway to the Stars).
The deadline is June 5 2023, 12 PM EST. This should give you guys plenty of time to get in your space blorbos!
Acceptable characters:
Must be fictional.
Must be from another planet (or anywhere outside of Earth's orbit) and not human (but they can look human). They may be part human, however.
Extradimensional life counts, so long as they are depicted more like aliens and less like eldritch horrors.
The character being an alien must be canon, not headcanon. When canon implies but is not obvious about it, characters will be accepted on a case-by-case basis. (sorry Jojo fans, Mikitaka is too ambiguous for me - but I think he's pretty cool!).
Any form of media is fine - books, TV, games, you name it! If it’s fiction, it works!
All of the rules for submissions are on the awesomealienshowdown blog over on tumblr. Remember - you can submit as many times as you like,
The bracket has reached the point where next round, everything will merge. I haven't labeled sides since there's only four polls left this time, though.
Kirby (Kirby) vs Garrus Vakarian (Mass Effect)
Giygas (Earthbound) vs AL-AN (Subnautica: Below Zero)
Zim (Invader Zim) vs Naga Ray (Uchuu Sentai Kyuuranger)
Talita Dospaco (Runaway to the Stars) vs Orbulon (WarioWare)
You are free to @ me with your propoganda, but you can also send it in via ask or submission! The box is always open! I split the bracket into two - "popular" and "niche". This is all based on what I know of the characters, their source material, and fanbases, so I apologize in advance for any inaccuracies. I did it this way to give some of the more obscure characters a fair chance and not to be utterly wiped out by Optimus Prime or Spock. Or Kirby.
And with everyone in, here are the matchups! Because there's so many, I'm putting it under a cut. All will have their polls linked as soon as I've got them up. Every poll lasts for a week.
Remember, everyone - keep it civil, keep it fun, we're here to have a good time. If your nominee didn't make it, please understand I narrowed down individuals based on how many votes they had and then just picked randomly between ties.
LEFT SIDE (high-popularity or very well-known sources and characters)
Freiza (Dragon Ball) vs Kartana (Pokemon)
Benrey (HLVRAI) vs Black Doom (Shadow the Hedgehog)
Deoxys (Pokemon) vs Venom (Marvel)
The Mayor (Homestuck) vs Tali'Zorah (Mass Effect)
Optimus Prime (Transformers) vs Kirby (Kirby)
King Dedede (Kirby) vs Bumblebee (Transformers)
AL-AN (Subnautica) vs Quark (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)
Starmaker (Courage the Cowardly Dog) vs Spock (Star Trek)
Vortigaunt (Half-Life) vs The Doctor (Doctor Who)
Peridot (Steven Universe) vs Garrus Vakarian (Mass Effect)
Giygas (Earthbound) vs Vash (Trigun)
Xenomorph (Alien) vs Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
Martian Manhunter (DC Comics) vs Keroro (Keroro Gunsou)
Stitch (Lilo and Stitch) vs Luma (Super Mario Galaxy)
The Collector (The Owl House) vs The Impostor (Among Us)
Kilowog (DC Comics) vs Robot Randy (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
RIGHT SIDE (low-popularity, not very well-known sources and characters, or anyone that just didn't quite make it for the other half)
Rappy (Phantasy Star) vs Bomberman (Bomberman)
Trazyn the Infinite (Warhammer 40k) vs Omega-Xis (Mega Man Star Force)
Akai Tsubasa (Kaitou Joker) vs N. Trance (Crash Bandicoot)
Evolt (Kamen Rider Build) vs Neil/Silver (Coffee Talk)
BOB (Slime Rancher) vs Stinger (Uchuu Sentai Kyuuranger)
Gallaxhar (Monsters vs Aliens) vs Naga Ray (Uchuu Sentai Kyuuranger)
Londo Mollari (Babylon 5) vs Nitros Oxide (Crash Bandicoot)
Prince Baka (Level E) vs Kugo Yuuma (World Trigger)
Utahoshi Kengo (Kamen Rider Fourze) vs Orbulon (WarioWare)
Talita Dospaco (Runaway to the Stars) vs Ultraman Tiga (Ultraman Tiga)
Rlain (Stormlight Archive) vs Zim (Invader Zim)
Brain Guy (MST3K) vs Ootori Gen (Ultraman)
Mercury (Mega Man Classic) vs Mommy Martian (Backyardigans)
Brain-Eating Meteor (Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) vs Lard Nar (Invader Zim)
Pollination Tech#9 Smith (The Sims) vs Kirby (Chicken Little 2005)
Ghazghkhull Thraka (Warhammer 40k) vs Nei (Phantasy Star 2)
You are free to @ me with your propoganda, but you can also send it in via ask or submission! The box is always open! I split the bracket into two - "popular" and "niche". This is all based on what I know of the characters, their source material, and fanbases, so I apologize in advance for any inaccuracies. I did it this way to give some of the more obscure characters a fair chance and not to be utterly wiped out by Optimus Prime or Spock. Or Kirby.
And with everyone in, here are the matchups! Because there's so many, I'm putting it under a cut. All will have their polls linked as soon as I've got them up. Every poll lasts for a week.
Remember, everyone - keep it civil, keep it fun, we're here to have a good time. If your nominee didn't make it, please understand I narrowed down individuals based on how many votes they had and then just picked randomly between ties.
LEFT SIDE (high-popularity or very well-known sources and characters)
Freiza (Dragon Ball) vs Kartana (Pokemon)
Benrey (HLVRAI) vs Black Doom (Shadow the Hedgehog)
Deoxys (Pokemon) vs Venom (Marvel)
The Mayor (Homestuck) vs Tali'Zorah (Mass Effect)
Optimus Prime (Transformers) vs Kirby (Kirby)
King Dedede (Kirby) vs Bumblebee (Transformers)
AL-AN (Subnautica) vs Quark (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)
Starmaker (Courage the Cowardly Dog) vs Spock (Star Trek)
Vortigaunt (Half-Life) vs The Doctor (Doctor Who)
Peridot (Steven Universe) vs Garrus Vakarian (Mass Effect)
Giygas (Earthbound) vs Vash (Trigun)
Xenomorph (Alien) vs Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
Martian Manhunter (DC Comics) vs Keroro (Keroro Gunsou)
Stitch (Lilo and Stitch) vs Luma (Super Mario Galaxy)
The Collector (The Owl House) vs The Impostor (Among Us)
Kilowog (DC Comics) vs Robot Randy (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
RIGHT SIDE (low-popularity, not very well-known sources and characters, or anyone that just didn't quite make it for the other half)
Rappy (Phantasy Star) vs Bomberman (Bomberman)
Trazyn the Infinite (Warhammer 40k) vs Omega-Xis (Mega Man Star Force)
Akai Tsubasa (Kaitou Joker) vs N. Trance (Crash Bandicoot)
Evolt (Kamen Rider Build) vs Neil/Silver (Coffee Talk)
BOB (Slime Rancher) vs Stinger (Uchuu Sentai Kyuuranger)
Gallaxhar (Monsters vs Aliens) vs Naga Ray (Uchuu Sentai Kyuuranger)
Londo Mollari (Babylon 5) vs Nitros Oxide (Crash Bandicoot)
Prince Baka (Level E) vs Kugo Yuuma (World Trigger)
Utahoshi Kengo (Kamen Rider Fourze) vs Orbulon (WarioWare)
Talita Dospaco (Runaway to the Stars) vs Ultraman Tiga (Ultraman Tiga)
Rlain (Stormlight Archive) vs Zim (Invader Zim)
Brain Guy (MST3K) vs Ootori Gen (Ultraman)
Mercury (Mega Man Classic) vs Mommy Martian (Backyardigans)
Brain-Eating Meteor (Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) vs Lard Nar (Invader Zim)
Pollination Tech#9 Smith (The Sims) vs Kirby (Chicken Little 2005)
Ghazghkhull Thraka (Warhammer 40k) vs Nei (Phantasy Star 2)
The first one was a blast, but we can do better. We have the technology.
So, here we go again! The rules are as follows!
Must be fictional
Must be from another planet and not human (but they can look human)
The character being an alien must be canon, not headcanon. When canon implies but is not obvious about it, characters will be accepted on a case-by-case basis.
Any form of media is fine - books, TV, games, you name it! If it's fiction, it works!
You may fill in and submit the form as many times as you like.
This is the form to submit your nominees. You may submit more than one - just use the form a second time.
Rules are that they have to be a
@most-mistreated-characters @purpleboytournament In case you guys end up with people who can give me more aliens than my friend groups can
I will end submissions on the 20th! After that, I'll be making brackets and polls!
The first one was a blast, but we can do better. We have the technology.
So, here we go again! The rules are as follows!
Must be fictional
Must be from another planet and not human (but they can look human)
The character being an alien must be canon, not headcanon. When canon implies but is not obvious about it, characters will be accepted on a case-by-case basis.
Any form of media is fine - books, TV, games, you name it! If it's fiction, it works!
You may fill in and submit the form as many times as you like.
This is the form to submit your nominees. You may submit more than one - just use the form a second time.
Rules are that they have to be a
@most-mistreated-characters @purpleboytournament In case you guys end up with people who can give me more aliens than my friend groups can
I will end submissions on the 20th! After that, I'll be making brackets and polls!
The first one was a blast, but we can do better. We have the technology.
So, here we go again! The rules are as follows!
Must be fictional
Must be from another planet and not human (but they can look human)
The character being an alien must be canon, not headcanon. When canon implies but is not obvious about it, characters will be accepted on a case-by-case basis.
Any form of media is fine - books, TV, games, you name it! If it's fiction, it works!
You may fill in and submit the form as many times as you like.
This is the form to submit your nominees. You may submit more than one - just use the form a second time.
Rules are that they have to be a
@most-mistreated-characters @purpleboytournament In case you guys end up with people who can give me more aliens than my friend groups can
I will end submissions on the 20th! After that, I'll be making brackets and polls!
The first one was a blast, but we can do better. We have the technology.
So, here we go again! The rules are as follows!
Must be fictional
Must be from another planet and not human (but they can look human)
The character being an alien must be canon, not headcanon. When canon implies but is not obvious about it, characters will be accepted on a case-by-case basis.
Any form of media is fine - books, TV, games, you name it! If it's fiction, it works!
You may fill in and submit the form as many times as you like.
This is the form to submit your nominees. You may submit more than one - just use the form a second time.
Rules are that they have to be a
@most-mistreated-characters @purpleboytournament In case you guys end up with people who can give me more aliens than my friend groups can
I will end submissions on the 20th! After that, I'll be making brackets and polls!