#Lo Pan

[theactioneer]

James Hong, Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

[chernobog13]

Come on down to Lo Pan's Chinese Palace and Pancake House, where the staff are eager to make your dining experience a memorable one!

[usoud-tournament]

Welcome To The Tournament!

This blog is exclusively to run the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny Tournament based on Lemon Demon's song sharing the same name! This post is to straighten out the rules and details to hopefully avoid too many questions.

How the bracket order was picked out:

I did my best to do the pairings based on the order which the character first appears in the song. All of the characters in the song are fighting against each other in the first round with the exception of Monty Python's Black Knight, as we're having a mini-round with him in order to let the two Gandalfs duke it while still keeping the number of brackets enough to make sure everyone has a match. The other exception is Mr. Rogers, as he won in the original song, and I am putting him in the third round to give some other fighters a chance to fight without his interference with the polls.

How the character versions were picked out:

I knew that there would be fights and questions with many of these characters if I left what version was fighting ambiguous, so I looked around for the most well-known versions of these characters, favoring the versions which are most popular in their respective fandoms. Believe it or not, I'm not in every fandom ever, so I apologize if you don't agree with my picks. Similarly, the strengths and weaknesses are gotten from the specific version's character Fandom Wikipedia page. I apologize if I got any strengths and weaknesses wrong. The exception to this 'only one version of the characters' rule is the Power Rangers, as the song specifies "Every Single Power Ranger" Therefore I did not want to exclude any versions. I got the help of a friend to understand the Power Rangers MO and try to balance their strengths and weaknesses to make sure they didn't roll over everyone else in this tournament.

What age are they?

Some of these characters are still living or quite old, and some characters' ages fluctuate throughout their media. Because of this, I am making a blanket statement that all of these characters are fighting during the prime of their careers.

Where are they?

Based on the opening line of the song, all of the characters will be fighting in Tokyo City Earth, they are allowed to leave this starting location as much as they are able.

Motivation?

There is no specific motivation for all of these characters, other than they were placed in Tokyo and have sufficient incentive to fight each other. For example, Superman could think that his opponent is a threat to Earth, Terminator could think his opponent is trying to stop his mission to kill Sarah, etc. However, characters with moral backbones will still follow their moral codes, and a character wins a fight if either A. They kill the other character or B. They convince the other character to not fight.

Poll Logistics

I know it will be impossible to make these fights truly unbiased, but I want for as many people as possible, for them to vote based on who they think would win in a fight, not who they like most. Otherwise, the final results will be based on who has the biggest fandom. What I want from this tournament is silly arguments about how these characters would fight each other, not a survey on who people like more. Every poll will last a day and each round will happen with every pairing going up against each other in the same day. However, the next round may not happen immediately after the last one. I'll try my best to be on top of it, communicate if and when the next round will be, etc. But I'm just a humble college student and I don't want to make this tournament a part-time job

Bias

I am not in all of these fandoms, but I am in some, and I also want to engage with people in the comments. However, I do not want to skew results. So I am not going to reblog posts encouraging people to vote for one character or the other, but if any cool fanart comes out I will be reblogging that. I will also be chatting with people in the notes, but not reblogging anyone to chat so it doesn't show up on the blog page.

Finally, every poll will be tagged with the characters in them, which means this poll will be showing up in a lot of different fandoms. It is not my intention to annoy people by popping up in their feeds when they just want to look at fanart or fan posts. Therefore I'm tagging every post of mine #USOUD Tournament and #Ultimate Showdown of ultimate destiny. If you don't want to see me ever again, block those tags.

Happy fighting!

[calamityshrike]

big trouble

[wouldyourfavepaychildsupport]

[elfoscuro]

James Hong as David Lo Pan in:

Big Trouble in Little China (1986) by John Carpenter

[crusaderguy]

Currently cooking something up for my Kaiju au but right now I gotta get rid of some storage.

Consider this meme dump 3.

[recursive360]

(via GIPHY)

[imakeshirts]

Shirt reading “EGG FOO YONG Chinatown Bus Tours San Francisco, CA”. Buy here:

[nuknoe]

Is It Videogames or Video Games?

Honestly, I don’t care. All I can really say is that there are PLENTY of tymes where I have sat down and felt guilty for playing videogames when I KNEW there were other things I SHOULD be doing and NEED to get done. I don’t even watch TV though! Barely can watch a 2 hour movie without dissecting every shot (cause dead people don’t breathe). I DO read when I have the mental capacity and social…

[lo-batteryy]

Can we talk about this divinely inspired shot in the trailer

[darksilvania]

ZUKALAKA [Azucar + Calaca] Ghost/Fairy The Sugary Skull Pokemon Abilities: Familiar Scent* Dex: "Legend says this pokemon was born when a wandering soul possesed a candy offering left at an altar. Its body is made from sugar, paper and wax, with a sigle lit flame that represents its soul. They gather during the night, its burning flames and sweet aroma filling the night, attracting all kinds of spirits." Moveset: -Shadow Sneak -Astonish -Sweet Scent -Decorate

Evolves from ZUKALAKA at level 18

PANDERMORT [Pan de Muerto] Ghost/Fairy The Bread Pokemon Abilities: Familiar Scent Dex: "Its soft and warm body resembles freshly baked bread, and the sweet scent coming from its burning flame completes the illusion. It attracts lost souls with its appetizing display, trapping them inside its bones to carry them back to the grave" Moveset: -Play Rough -Disarming Voice -Belly Drum -Destiny Bond

Evolves from PANDEMORT at level 40 at nightime

COMPARKA [Comparsa + Parca] Ghost/Fairy The Float Pokemon Abilities: Familiar Scent Dex: "They gather in groups during those nights when the veil between worlds is thinner. They travel in long processions, calling for those souls that might be lost in our plain, to help them back into the other side. The flame on their heads burn with a sweet scent that is said to remind you of home." Moveset: -Last Respects -Infernal Parade -Perish Song -Will-O-Wisp

*A warm and sweet scent that fills the field, it lowers the opponents def and spd. when they enter the field.

Day of the Dead pokemons, they were made 2 years ago but I decided to finally finish them this year, they are inspired by several elements from the "Dia de Muertos" celebration

ZUKALAKA is based on the "Calaveras de Azucar"

PANDEMORT is based on "Pan de Muerto" in some of its more traditional forms

COMPARKA is based on the floats for the "Dia de Muertos" parade

And all of them carry elements from the traditional altars, like "papel picado" and candles

[chernobog13]

"Welcome to Lo Pan's Mandarin Delights! Come for the dim sum, stay for the green-eyed waitresses!"

[usoud-tournament]

Who would win in a fight to the death?

Info:

Lo Pan: From the 1986 film "Big Trouble in Little China". An undead sorcerer searching for the one cure to his curse: Marrying a woman with green eyes. His strengths include longevity, intangibility, light manipulation, unlimited demon control, hypnosis, and a destructive mystical beam that can virtually destroy anything it hits. Weaknesses include knife to the forehead.

Superman: From the 1996-2000 "Superman: The Animated Series". Strengths include laser vision, inhuman strength, invulnerability, frost breath, super speed, flying, x-ray vision, ability to survive in space. Weaknesses include Kryptonite, magic, moral compass and no-kill rule, and secret identity.

[jukeboxofjellycat]

Ajolotito 😋🍞

[humanoidhistory]

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), 1985, photographed by Elisa Leonelli.

(Claremont Colleges Digital Library)