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Mad Scientist Showdown!

Hiya there, and welcome to the Mad Scientist Showdown!

Submissions Rules:

Shouldn't be a problem, but no Harry Potter!

Also, no real people! However, exceptions will be made to things like MCYT or Sanders Sides where it's just a character

I mention it on the form, but PLEASE capitalize names correctly and don't add thing's like 'Dr.' This is to help keep track what characters have multiple submission's. There is a question on the form that concerns the Dr. Thing though

Character's with 3 submissions or more get automatic entry. Character's with 2 submissions or only 1 will only get entry if there is propaganda, so PLEASE write propaganda

If your character's from a book or podcast, please link the cover of book/podcast or (if from a book) a screenshot from an adaptation

Submissions close on June 1st

Taglist

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Round 1, Match 458: Farigiraf VS. Blacephalon

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Answer this hypothetical question.

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-P

Propaganda below:

Jack Savage propaganda:

Cuz he's a rabbit with a suit and a gun. That's sick

Rabbit spy!!!

Nami propaganda:

four words - girl with giant axe

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-O

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Bagan propaganda:

Probably the only Kaiju in this poll. This big guy was canceled for like five different movies across three eras of Godzilla film history. Went from a shape shifter, to three monsters stacked on top of each other, to the devil itself. Nearly every director of a Godzilla film has thought about the guy but Bagan never made the cut. How about we let Tumblr give the monster it's time in the spotlight.

Rin Satsuki propaganda:

Even though the fandom had only a name and some scarce files, they still ran wild with her. Her name already had a bit of intrigue around her, as the Japanese order suggests she was going to be a kirin character. She still appears in fanworks, one of the biggest English fanfiction (“Imperfect Metamorphosis”) having her be a very central character.

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-N

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Ratchet propaganda:

Ratchet was originally supposed to be a woman, named after Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. If higher-ups hadn't insisted that all the characters had to be male, she would not only have been the first female Transformer, but she would have been a female protagonist in a position of power, as Ratchet is the Chief Medical Officer of the Autobots and an honorary member of Autobot High Command. For a franchise where it was, at one point, canon that women were almost "extinct" and at another point canon that only 1/13th of all Transformers were female, this would have been a big deal.

Big Booty Alchemist did not receive propaganda

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-M

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Elsa propaganda:

Before Elsa, the story was going to follow the fairy tale more closely, making the antagonist the snow queen and her design was gorgeous

I'm not someone who thinks that adaptations need to be perfectly faithful to their source material, but at least this would have been more visually intereseting instead of Anna, Elsa, and their mom all looking like Rapunzel.

Assistant did not receive propaganda.

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-L

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Detective propaganda:

The original pitch for Ace Attorney looked to be very different to the version we got

Berettan propaganda:

Its a photorealistic gun that they put eyes and legs on, what isn't there to love?

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-K

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Silvermist propaganda:

Her dress is so pretty and I love the early personality and the idea of her being the heart of the group

Shadow Stan/Dan propaganda:

He is a silly shadow guy!!! He just wants a more interesting life for him and Stanley/Daniel!!!

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-J

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Rinrin propaganda:

Rinrin (And by extent it's evolution Berunrun) were some very cute Pokémon, and had no reason to be cut from the games other than overcrowding the dex. It would be another dark type cat, yes, but who would be mad at that? Rinrin needs justice!

Madonna propaganda:

Before the game was released, Sonic was originally pitched to have a blonde human girlfriend called Madonna, but she was scrapped during development. There are two different claims for why this was: One being that they believed the character wouldn't appeal to western audiences and the other being that they didn't want to have a damsel in distress character, although lately some of her traits would be passed onto Amy Rose. Madonna has no connection to Princess Elise, the human love interest who Sonic would be given many years later in Sonic 06

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-I

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Tangle the Hare propaganda:

The character Tangle the Lemur was originally going to be a Hare and we have some concept art for what she would've looked like before her design was changed in development

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-H

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Wapeach propaganda:

She's cute

She is SO. CUTE. As soon as her concept art dropped people were scrambling to draw fanart and she's gotten so many cute pieces despite never debuting. Truly beloved character. Also Wapeach has been something fans were speculating about for years before this, so finally seeing her made a huge impact. I love you, apricot! (<- fan name)

King Magnifico/Queen Amaya propaganda:

Instead of repeating the movie's mistake and separating this amazing power couple into two, we need to keep them together! Imagine how amazing the movie could have been if they were colluding all along to take wishes! Amazing power couple for the ages! Let evil people deserve true love too!!!!

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-G

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Blake propaganda:

A character shown in a tonal pitch for book 6 in order to show that, following a cancellation notice for book 5, the series did, in fact, still have a child entry point. The season was supposed to involve the concept of guilt for both what is and isn't somebody's fault, so these were likely big parts of Blake's character. Ultimately, this season, and Blake as a character, were never able to go anywhere, as the series only lasted until book 4 before it was cancelled.

Bomber No. 3 / Princess Bomber did not receive propaganda.

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-F

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Barrett propaganda:

A sleek design and a cool concept for a new character! Would have been so cool if Legends 3 had happened. But maybe we'll see him again someday...

Character D did not receive propaganda

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-E

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Star/Starboy propaganda:

He's a cute magical sparkly shapeshifter!! Look at him gooo <3

We were robbed of a love story between a princess and a wishing star

This character COULD have been so interesting and cool. The other characters could also have been cooler, but I digress. Look what we got instead. Sad.

Konya did not receive propaganda.

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Cutting Room Throwdown - Round 2-D

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Kotora/Raitora propaganda:

to this day we still don't really have a proper quadrupedal tiger pokemon. pretty much every pokemon is either anthropomorphic (like incineroar) or a hybrid with another type of cat. also they're so round.. just look at them. and the worst part is. they were cut TWICE.. they were most famously cut from gold and silver when the spaceworld demo leaked several years back, but a somewhat more recent leak shows that they were planned for red and green too, at some point. since then, this evolutionary line has never come back, and with the shinx line filling the "electric type feline" niche, i fear we will never see them make an official debut…

Coco propaganda:

Coco was designed to be a fifth Golden Girl before being cut from the pilot in favour of giving Sophia more lines. He’s a gay cook and housekeeper and, from his one appearance in episode 1, good friends with all the girls. He quips, he comforts, and is known as “the fancy man in the kitchen” by Sophia. Iconic.