#doppelganger duel

[evil-doppelganger-duel]

Finals!

[evildoppelduels-evildoppelganger]

I wonder if anyone will find this

[sonicuniversesmackdown]

Round One

These champions are from @evil-doppelganger-duel and @themurderofsonic-knockout

[catboybiologist]

One small advantage of having unique tgirl features is that the chance of a naturally occuring doppelganger are astronomically low. So if I ever come across another being that looks exactly like me, I'll know for sure that it's some kind of evil twin, being wearing my face, or manifestation of my inner demons, and save all that initial "oh wow that person looked just like me I wonder why they're ominously following me around at a distance that's close enough for me to constantly notice them but far enough for me to feel like I'm going insane I wonder who they are" type BS and go straight to the duel to the death/exorcism/emotional healing

[anthurak]

Hey, so for anyone who grew up with or just watched the 4kids Yugioh dub, do you remember that time in Duelist Kingdom when Yugi dueled the supposed ghost of the supposedly dead Kaiba? You know, that episode with all the talk of the practically phantasmal probability of Yugi’s victory?

And then when ‘Kaiba’ unmasked himself as this creepy clown looking guy, you know he revealed that he was essentially the personification/manifestation of the darkness of Kaiba’s soul that Yugi banished to the Shadow Realm with a mind crush at the end of their duel in the first episode. Only to have been freed from the Shadow Realm by Pegasus and sent to defeat Yugi?

Thus actually making this guy a genuine shadow/evil-counterpart to Kaiba that Yugi has to defeat in a twisted repeat of their first duel, and Yugi effectively cleaning up unfinished business when he defeats this shadow doppelganger of Kaiba and banishes him permanently this time.

As well as presenting a pretty good example and exploration of the strange, occult mysticism at work in this setting and the kind of power that both Pegasus and Yugi possess through their Millennium Items. It turns out that Yugi really did banish this dark piece of Kaiba’s very soul to this mysterious ‘Shadow Realm’, and that Pegasus was able to actually retrieve this piece of Kaiba’s soul, give it a body and make it his minion. And that Yugi is powerful enough to then PERMANANTLY banish this specter back to the shadows, never to be free again. Or, depending on your interpretation of the wording, Yugi’s mind crush may have just outright DESTROYED this piece of Kaiba’s soul for good.

An act which is certainly reinforced by the following ultimatum Yugi delivers to Pegasus, a statement delivered magically/telepathically over the video-screen that Pegasus is watching, something that even echoes what PEGASUS did to Yugi in their first duel, with Yugi wreathed in an aura of mystical power that ends with Yugi shattering the glass in Pegasus’s hand.

So that’s the dub version…

…And then you find out that in the original Japanese dub, the Kaiba doppelganger was… just a random evil, creepy clown working for Pegasus who was really good at disguising and impersonating people and decided to pretend to be a dead Kaiba to mess with Yugi.

For some reason.

As sacrilegious as it may sound, I feel pretty comfortable in saying that the English dub did actually make a few GOOD changes.

And yes, I know that in the manga, it was a ventriloquist with a Kaiba dummy who claimed that Kaiba's soul was in the dummy but was really just bullshitting. Which frankly I consider only MARGINALLY better than 'random evil clown disguised as Kaiba', simply because we get to see Yami go all Season-Zero on him with a sick penalty game.

[edward18]

Happy New Years! ^_^ Did a piece with things I drew and animated over the last year. If anyone wants to see more then:

Gallery: https://www.deviantart.com/warahi/gallery

YTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/edward18517/videos

Chat: discord.gg/zxCJbHz

Party Crashers Animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yufpsPNPxhA

Cave Story Picture: https://www.deviantart.com/warahi/art/The-Bushlands-of-Grasstown-1106396922

Mario Land II Picture: https://www.deviantart.com/warahi/art/Doppelganger-Duel-1058939851

Latest Issue of my Webcomic: https://www.deviantart.com/warahi/art/Of-Heroes-and-Legends-Cover-1024079443

Hope everyone has a good New Year! =D

[steve-smackdown]

Welcome to STEVE SMACKDOWN!!!

This is the place for all your favorite characters named Steve to fight! Rules listed below the Google Form.

Rules about submitting:

1. Your character must be named Steve in some way. This includes: Steve, Steven, Stephen, Stefan, Stefano, Stevie, and Steph. Asks will be open and if anyone has any other form of Steve, they can ask if it’s okay.

2. No DreamSMP or Harry Potter characters.

3. Real people are allowed. However, they have a much lower chance of getting in, in favor of fictional characters.

4. You can submit multiple characters, just don’t send in the same character multiple times in a row.

5. Submissions will end one week from now on July 18, at 1:00 PM EST.

6. If you have any questions, send me an ask!

Quick side note: Do not submit these 4 characters as they’re already guaranteed to make it into the tournament.

1. Steve (Minecraft)

2. Steve (Wii Sports)

3. Steve (Blue’s Clues)

4. Steel Vengeance (Cedar Point) [Commonly abbreviated to SteVe by rollercoaster enthusiasts like myself]

Tags of inspiration under the cut:

@orangecharactersmackdown @obscurecharactershowdown @artificialkids-2k23-official @throat-goat-gauntlet @cut-content-contest @corrupt-officials-brawl @ultimate-poll-tournament @john-battle @best-bff-brawl @redcharacterbracket @retirement-home-rumble @best-bff-brawl @unlikely-adversaries-bracket @dwampyverse-tournaments @evil-doppelganger-duel @favcharacterpoll @ferbracket @generic-man-in-suit-battle @i-mustache-your-opinion @patheticmenscuffle @super-smash-bracket @siblingshowdown @the-worst-bracket @themiiofalltime @tournament-winners-tournament @videogamedogbracket @weird-al-song-tourney @worst-room-tournament

and also @blue-character-brawl @facial-hair-fight @jamesbracket and (the now defunct) @unluckiest-character-ever because they’re all me

[hebezunet]

spotting your own doppelgangers at the carnival and being forced to participate in a duel to see who can win the most prizes

[gyerome]

How would a duel go between Other Gyero (the samurai doppelganger from that one image from a while back) and Hyoro?

Since Other Gyero is more competent, I don't think Hyoro would last very long against an army of samurai clones! (Unless if Other Gyero doesn't have access to shadow clones...)

Maybe if Other Gyero's shadow clones worked differently, instead of being independent they'd just be shades that mimicked his attacks?

Hyoro would win if Other Gyero can't deal with barrages of attacks and dimensional rift hopping!

[evil-doppelganger-duel]

Congratulations to Metal Sonic for winning the Evil Doppelganger Duel!!

It was a close fight, but in the end they won with 52% of the votes!

Honourary mentions go out to Kevin (2nd place) and Dark Meta Knight (3rd place)

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P.S. More information will come later regarding the loser's bracket/round 2 submissions , I've been putting it off for a bit to deal with schoolwork but it's almost ready (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)

[halfa-ghost]

VOTE SUPER DANNY FOR DP SIDE HOES WEEK!!

[mattbracket]

Welcome to Matt Bracket!

Have you ever wanted to see your favorite Matts fight it out? If so, then this is the place for you! Rules for submitting are under the form link.

Here are your rules for submitting:

1. Your character’s first name MUST be a form of Matt. This includes Matt, Matthew, Matthias, and any other form of the name. Asks will be open if you have any questions about other forms of the name!

2. No Harry Potter and no Dream SMP.

3. Real people are allowed, however they have a much lower chance of getting in than fictional characters.

4. Submit as many characters as you want, just don’t submit the same character over and over again.

5. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have through the ask box!

6. Submissions will end on Sunday, August 6. Date is subject to change if I end up being busy that day.

Also: Do NOT submit these characters. They are guaranteed to make it in no matter what.

Matt (Wii Sports)

Matt (Eddsworld)

Matt (me, the pollrunner) [i don’t expect to get very far but i just thought it’d be funny]

Matt Neff (Papa Louie)

Tags of inspiration below:

@orangecharactersmackdown @obscurecharactershowdown @artificialkids-2k23-official @robot-riot @retirement-home-rumble @hot-take-tournament @every-character-ever-poll @super-smash-bracket @patheticmenscuffle @generic-man-in-suit-battle @cut-content-contest @dwampyverse-tournaments @evil-doppelganger-duel @favcharacterpoll @ferbracket @i-mustache-your-opinion @top-teacher-tourney @john-battle @michaeltournament @throat-goat-gauntlet @the-worst-bracket @themiiofalltime @videogamedogbracket @weird-al-song-tourney

and also @blue-character-brawl @facial-hair-fight @jamesbracket and @steve-smackdown because they’re all me. i really like doing name polls lmao

[cut-content-contest]

This is the cut content contest!

My turn!

So I love playing video games. But I also find the unused stuff fascinating. I love learning about how the game was developed, how it could have ended up. I don't think there is a single video game in existance that doesn't have something that was scrapped or changed during developement. So this is a poll for that stuff!

Feel free to submit multiple things, even multiple things from the same game.

allowed stuff:

models and sprites

sounds and music

entire maps

characters and enemies

objects and items

dialog

unused animations for existing characters

HUD elements

a few lines of code (as long as you can tell me what they do or would’ve done)

debug and test stuff

stuff that remains in the game’s files but goes unused

weird stuff left out of bounds

stuff that can be seen in trailers or gameplay demos but was removed

concept art

anything that was scrapped during development

not allowed stuff:

Things from movies, comics, etc. This is a video game only bracket.

W. D. Gaster and everything related to him. He is the in-universe representation of cut content, and this poll’s mascot, but does not count.

Easter eggs. If your thing was purposely put there for people to find, even if it can’t be found through normal gameplay, it's an easter egg and does not count.

Scripulous Fingore. They are fan-made, not actual cut content, so they can't be included. :(

automatically included:

Elh - Luigi’s Mansion

Tramplin’ Stu - Super Mario Sunshine

those cats - Korean version of Super Paper Mario

dragonhead flower - Super Mario Galaxy

^^^ I will be pitting those guys against each other so they don't take something else out early.

Submit here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfx3nPqO3cuV56XFD6QvTqOHhO-3jAXaoZzJDkSIX-Caunlgg/viewform

gosh i hope this works, this is the first time ive made a google form

tags!

@wizard-showdown @little-cat-showdown @4thwallbreakersshowdown @fictional-train-fight @evil-doppelganger-duel @dead-character-showdown @the-doomsday-bracket @creature-competition @ultimate-sword-showdown @justsomeguypoll @best-fictional-cat @irlcats-bracket

i hope im not bothering any of you by tagging

[jamesbracket]

WELCOME TO THE JAMES FIGHT!

This battle is here to determine who the best character named James is! Rules are listed below the link.

1. Real people ARE acceptable, but they have a much, MUCH lower chance of getting in over a fictional character.

2. Any form of James is acceptable, such as Jimmy or Jay. If you know of any other forms of James, then send an ask.

3. Nothing from Harry Potter or MCYT.

4. Submit as many characters as you want, but don’t submit the same character multiple times in a row.

5. Submissions will end May 17th, at 6:30 PM EST.

6. If you have any questions, send me an ask!

Note: Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman and James from Wii Sports make it into the tournament automatically. Do not submit them as they are already gonna get in.

Happy submitting!

inspiration taken from:

@orangecharactersmackdown @artificialkids-2k23-official @yellowcharactershowdown @the-ultimate-oc-tournament @the-worst-bracket @themiiofalltime @michaeltournament @john-battle @martin-matchup @ultimate-poll-tournament @disneyvillainbracket @dwampyverse-tournaments @evil-doppelganger-duel @redcharacterbracket @super-smash-bracket @wizardbracket

and also @blue-character-brawl and @facial-hair-fight because i’m them!!! this is my next poll venture! i’m very excited about it and i’m gonna have a lot of fun with this one

[paused-waterfall]

I'm stealing other people's idea of Phil becoming feral and/or monstrous while trapped in the birdhouse, and adding:

When they find Phil, he's silent. He's not moving quite right. His skin is just a little too pale. The diagnosis is quick and the solution is obvious: This is a code doppelganger, call Etoiles.

Etoiles arrives, kitted out and giddy for a fight. He has experience with blocking out the face in front of him to fight the code beneath, but even with the first exchange of blows, this time feels different. He's reminded of the fight against the fake Tallulah and Chayanne, but less of the creatures he fought, and more the person who fought by his side. And he's reminded of that friendly duel with sticks that he and Phil had inside the Order.

I'm not quite sure how the fight would go. Phil has very little gear, so a straight fight would be a breeze for Etoiles, but if he decides he can't hurt Phil, things get more complicated. Maybe Phil eventually escapes; maybe some of the players who have been experimenting with player-capture methods (BBH, Tubbo) show up and help catch him. Regardless, it would be so cool to see such an extreme contrast with Phil and Etoiles' last fight.