#shang tao and paotze

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MOD'S CHOICE POLL

Mod's own propaganda under the cut:

Sasha as Red Riding Hood:

During submissions, I became so absolutely excited when I saw this pop up. I don't know who decided to submit it, but they unlocked some childhood memories for me. Back when I was a child, my family visited Pakistan (my parent's country of origin) for the entire summer. One day I, bored, asked for some movies to watched and my parents and uncle brought back some clearly bootlegged DVDs dubbed in Hindi/Urdu, and Bratz Kids Fairy Tales was one of them. I watched it so many times, you have no idea- I think that I might have wrecked the whole DVD with how much I watched it. (A similar thing happened later on when I obtained a clearly bootlegged copy of Bratz Fashion Pixie too but that's another, non-Red Riding Hood related story.) I wasn't surprised that it was eliminated right off the bat, but my childhood nostalgia dictated I put it here, or else I would be betraying the 7-year-old in me.

Shang, Tao, and Paotze:

Another childhood favorite of mine. This picture book has such beautiful art and I remember being very surprised by the story as a child. I found a PDF of it online to reread when the contest started and honestly it still holds up. The three sisters that are the Red Riding Hood in the story I feel are genuinely very clever. And for nothing else, look this one up solely for it's beautiful art which is just breath-taking whether you're a child or an adult!

Lamb:

Not going to lie I never played this game. My good friend who I adore submitted this to the poll and it immediately got eliminated and I just felt bad lol. But it does look cool & I trust their taste so I do think that this game is great. I want to play it but I am really bad at getting myself to play games.

Aku:

Samurai Jack is a CLASSIC and I dare you to not watch this clip and crack up. Mako was a gift of voice acting and I miss him so much. Also this episode is just pretty amusing.

Amy Lee:

My sister was actually the one to submit this and I will use her own propaganda here: "Evanescence was a voice of a generation." Honestly this song is kind of just okay, there are better Evanescence songs, but got to respect the effort they put into the music video. Who can resist to choose Amy Lee anyway?

The Path sisters:

Like many people who know this game, I know it through Izzzyzzz's two video essays on it. I didn't play the game afterwards, but I did watch some play-throughs since I don't play many games + it seemed mostly like a walking simulator anyway so I felt like I got the same effect. It is AMAZING and has so much story and analysis and I love shit like that... In particular, Scarlet, Ruby, and Rose are my favorites whose stories really resonated with me, even if I haven't exactly gone through their life experiences. Ginger too. And there's some really horrific imagery in Robin's...I would recommend everyone find a way to experience this game-- whether that's playing it, watching Izzzyzzz's videos, or finding a walk-through/analysis of it, it's worth it!

Lisette:

So this manga is sort of obscure but it is also sort of nostalgic to me. Well, nostalgic by proxy. My sister read it when I was younger and told me some details about it and for some reason it stuck with me. Like??? For no reason. It's not even that good lmao. The first chapter right off the bat is pretty edgy & handles sensitive topics very badly. But goddamn if I do not think about random elements of the story for no reason. I don't really remember shit about Lisette but hey this picture of her looks really cool.

Red:

If you notice a theme among these being "nostalgia" you would be right, as this was another nostalgic offering from my childhood that I would watch semi-annually. I was also fond of the sequel, though I thought it felt like a different series than the first one. (Which isn't unusual with animated sequels to popular movies, but the fact that the sequel was set-up by the ending of the first one implies it was planned? Weird). But anyway Red is iconic and funny and voiced by Anne Hathaway and also her sad emo song "Red is Blue" sometimes still gets stuck in my head, so take that as you will.

Chacha:

I know absolutely nothing about this series. But it looks very cute so I like it. I love cute magical girls they deserve the world. Also I looked it up and apparently the Studio who did the Akazukin Chacha anime would later do the Yu-Gi-Oh animes from the 2000s and 2010s, so there's the obligatory mention of nostalgia.

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Red Riding Poll Tournament Bracket!

Round 1:

Bugs Bunny (Windblown Hare) (Looney Tunes) vs. Aku (Samurai Jack)

Little Red Riding Hood (Monty Python) vs. Red Puckett (Hoodwinked!)

Red (Revolting Rhymes) vs. Little Red Riding Hood (Smile Precure)

Amy Lee (Evanescence) (Call Me When You're Sober MV) vs. Red Hood (Once Upon a Time in Space)

Akazukin (TAISHO x Alice) vs. Red Riding Hood (SINoALICE)

Queen Red Riding Hood (The Land of Stories) vs. Red Riding Hood (The Sisters Grimm)

Cerise Hood (Ever After High) vs. Little Dead Riding Hood (Clawdeen Wolf) (Monster High: Scarily Ever After)

Scarlet Benoit (The Lunar Chronicles) vs. Valerie (Red Riding Hood)

Little Red Ridinghood (Into the Woods) vs. Jenny (In the Forest, She Grew Fangs)

Little Red Riding Hood/Little Red Cap (Original Fairytale) vs. The Path sisters (i.e. Scarlet, Carmen, Ruby, Ginger, Rose, Robin) (The Path)

Ylfa Snorgelsson (Dimension 20: Neverafter) vs. Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary (F-01-57) (Lobotomy Corporation)

Ruby Rose (RWBY) vs. Ruby Lucas (Once Upon a Time)

Yuyuko Tanaka (Shojo Kageki Revue Starlight) vs. Velouria (Fire Emblem Fates)

Akazukin (Otogi-Jushi Akazukin) vs. Elvira & Arabelle (Guardian Tales)

Chacha (Akazukin Chacha) vs. Grimm (The Hunters Guild: Red Hood)

Lisette (Ludwig Revolution) vs. Scarlet (The Red Hood)

Round 2:

Bugs Bunny (Windblown Hare) (Looney Tunes) vs. Red Puckett (Hoodwinked!)

Little Red Riding Hood (Smile Precure) vs. Red Hood (Once Upon a Time in Space)

Red Riding Hood (SINoALICE) vs. Queen Red Riding Hood (The Land of Stories)

Cerise Hood (Ever After High) vs. Scarlet Benoit (The Lunar Chronicles)

Little Red Ridinghood (Into the Woods) vs. Little Red Riding Hood/Little Red Cap (Original Fairytale)

Ylfa Snorgelsson (Dimension 20: Neverafter) vs. Ruby Rose (RWBY)

Yuyuko Tanaka (Shojo Kageki Revue Starlight) vs. Akazukin (Otogi-Jushi Akazukin)

Chacha (Akazukin Chacha) vs. Scarlet (The Red Hood)

Round 3:

Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes) (Wndblown Hare) vs. Red Hood (Once Upon a Time in Space)

Queen Red Riding Hood (The Land of Stories) vs. Cerise Hood (Ever After High)

Little Red Riding Hood/Little Red Cap (Original Fairytale) vs. Ylfa Snorgelsson (Dimension 20: Neverafter)

Yuyuko Tanaka (Shojo Kageki Revue Starlight) vs. Chacha (Akazukin Chacha)

Semi-Finals:

Red Hood (Once Upon a Time in Space) vs. Cerise Hood (Ever After High)

Ylfa Snorgelsson (Dimension 20: Neverafter) vs. Yuyuko Tanaka (Shojo Kageki Revue Starlight)

Finals:

Red Hood (Once Upon a Time in Space) vs. Ylfa Snorgelsson (Dimension 20: Neverafter)

Loser's Bracket:

(There is an error in the Loser's Bracket Image: Where it says Valerie (Red Riding Hood), it should say Velouria (Fire Emblem Fates) instead. I got mixed up with who made it in the Loser's Bracket when making the image. Too lazy to fix it.)

Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary (F-01-57) (Lobotomy Corporation) vs. Red Puckett (Hoodwinked!)

Ruby Rose (RWBY) vs. Amy Lee (Evanescence) (Call Me When You're Sober MV)

Little Red Ridinghood (Into the Woods) vs. Bugs Bunny (Windblown Hare) (Looney Tunes)

Little Red Riding Hood/Little Red Cap (Original Fairytale) vs. Sasha as Little Red Riding Hood (Bratz: Kids Fairytales)

Lil' Red (Shrek 2) vs. Aku (Samurai Jack)

Little Dead Riding Hood (Clawdeen Wolf) (Monster High: Scarily Ever After) vs. Velouria (Fire Emblem Fates)

Queen Red Riding Hood (The Land of Stories) vs. The Path sisters (Scarlet, Carmen, Ruby, Ginger, Rose, and Robin)

Chacha (Akazukin Chacha) vs. Little Red Riding Hood (Monty Python)

Mod's Choice Bracket:

Sasha as Little Red Riding Hood (Bratz: Kids Fairy Tales) vs. Shang, Tao, and Paotze (Lon Po Po) vs. Lamb (Little Lamb) vs. Aku (Samurai Jack) vs. Amy Lee (Evanescence MV for "Call Me When You're Sober") vs. The Path sisters (Scarlet, Carmen, Ruby, Ginger, Rose, and Robin) vs. Lisette (Ludwig Revolution)vs. Red Puckett (Hoodwinked!) vs. Chacha (Akazukin Chacha)

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PRELIMINARY ROUNDS! MATCH 4 OUT OF 10

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Red:

A subverted version of the little red riding character with sapphic undertones.

Shang, Tao, and Paotze:

Lon Po Po is a childhood classic of mine and I love it so much. The art is beautiful and the story is, in my opinion, way more captivating than the original tale yet doesn't run into the "girl boss" trope of most other RRH retellings (not that there is anything wrong with being a "girl boss", but it gets annoying after a while). These girls have a simple and clever plan and it shows a lot of bravery and intelligence. Go Shang in particular.

Little Red Running Shorts:

(None submitted)

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PRELIMINARY ROUND INFO

Preliminaries will be posted on Friday, August 4 at 12 PM EST. There will be 10 polls and they will each last a week. There will be 24 participants and 10 winners that will make it into Round 1.

Unlike standard tournament rounds, which will all be 2-poll rounds, preliminaries will have a few 3-poll rounds in order to reduce the amount of submissions to get to a 32-bracket.

Here is a list of the matchups:

Ringo Akai (Okami-san and her Seven Companions) vs. Akazukin (TAISHO x ALICE)

Little Red Riding Hood (Unmatched: Little Red Riding Hood vs. Beowulf) vs. Sasha as Little Red Riding Hood (Bratz: Kids Fairy Tales) vs. Little Dead Riding Hood (Clawdeen Wolf) (Monster High: Scarily Ever After)

Amy Lee (Call Me When You're Sober MV) vs. Little Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (Music)

Red (Revolting Rhymes) vs. Shang, Tao, and Paotze (Lon Po Po) vs. Little Red Running Shorts (The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales)

Priya (The Ever Afters) vs. Red (The Wilderwood series) vs. Red Riding Hood (The Sisters Grimm)

Clara (Honkai Star Rail) vs. Elvira & Arabelle (Guardian Tales) vs. Lamb (Little Lamb)

Little Red Riding Hood (Monty Python) vs. Lil' Red (Shrek 2)

Lian Harper (Kingdom Come) (DC Comics) vs. Scarlet (The Red Hood) (Webtoon)

Little Red Riding Hood (Smile Precure) vs. Little Red Riding Hood (Petia and the Little Red Riding Hood)

Jenny (In the Forest, She Grew Fangs) vs. Scott McCall (Teen Wolf)

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MOD'S CHOICE POLL INFO

The Mod's Choice Poll will be a special poll comprised of losers from Preliminaries and Rounds 1 through 3 that I, the Mod, really liked and wanted to give a chance to shine again. It will not be its own bracket. Instead, it will be a single poll comprised of 9 participants. The Mod's Choice Poll will be posted Monday, September 11 at 12 EST and will last a week.

Here are the list of participants:

Sasha as Little Red Riding Hood (Bratz: Kids Fairy Tales) (Lost in the Preliminary Round)

Shang, Tao, and Paotze (Lon Po Po) (Lost in the Preliminary Round)

Lamb (Little Lamb) (Lost in the Preliminary Round)

Aku (Samurai Jack) (Lost in Round 1A)

Amy Lee (Evanescence MV for "Call Me When You're Sober") (Lost in Round 1A)

The Path sisters (i.e. Scarlet, Carmen, Ruby, Ginger, Rose, & Robin) (The Path) (Lost in Round 1B)

Lisette (Ludwig Revolution) (Lost in Round 1B)

Red Puckett (Hoodwinked!) (Lost in Round 2)

Chacha (Akazukin Chacha) (Lost in Round 3)