Board 8 > B8's Triple Blind Bracketeering 2: Round 1 - Fist Fight

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Jeopardy - Cancer blows
Impractical Jokers - Everyone at Fox News has guns, and we know they don't abide by laws and rules

Snake5555555555 posted...

Jeopardy
Fox News

^

I could beat up Ken Jennings

Oh oops I forgot to vote. I would've voted for Frasier (my gut was Ed Edd n Eddy but that video absolutely changed my mind and I wasn't even considering cartoon physics at first).

and

uh

I guess I Think You Should Leave. It's close between that and It's Always Sunny, but I think Mac and Dennis are more dangerous than uh...Johnny Carson who CAN hit at that price point.

Too late regardless. But for today's matches I'm not 100% sure.

Jeopardy.
As much as I want to beat up the people at Fox News, I'd have to go with Wonder Showzen

Are Wonder Showzen characters violent/subject to any sort of weird cartoon physics? How dangerous are they from someone who has watched the show?

They are completely unhinged and use weapons sometimes, but have basically the properties of normal puppets, so I think most people could take them. Some of the minor animated characters would be pretty OP though.

Jeopardy
Fox News

Jeopardy
Impractical Jokers

Justified - I could count on one hand the characters in this show I'd even stand a chance against. I'd rather take on Monday Night Football
Ted Lasso - I'd take my chances against a British football team over an American one, but they're still not great chances. Roy Kent alone, I mean, he's here, he's there, he's every fucking where.
Jeopardy! - yeeeeeeah I wouldn't feel good about it but this is an easy choice
Room 104 - Probably my 2nd choice of this block. Not many people, and the people are mostly normalish, but there's some weird stuff going on there I don't know how to take into account

Fox News - Not only would I be able to beat up every single one of them, I'd enjoy it too, which gets bonus points. Would've won pretty much any other block except this one
The Magicians - rough draw for The Magicians. I know nothing about them but their competition here is so, so weak I don't think I can even consider them
Wonder Showzen - As much as I want to beat up all of Fox News, this is a collection of puppets and children. It literally doesn't get much easier
Impractical Jokers - A few out of shape middle-aged men. Probably would've won several other blocks for me.

Jeopardy
Fox News

Jeopardy!
Impractical Jokers

Jeopardy
Fox News - because I would have motivation that I wouldn't have for the other three

Block 9:
This one's going to be a blowout. I don't know anything about two of the shows, but Jeopardy! is literally a nerd ringlinger and a bunch of lesser nerds vying for nerd supremacy. Half the time I'm watching the show, there is at least one contestant I'm actively hoping gets punched.

Block 10:
This is the opposite of that block a couple of days ago when I thought they'd all decimate me instantly. I feel pretty good about my odds in three of these. I don't know anything about The Magicians, but I feel like the other three are so pathetic that unless their magic trick is dying, they still have better odds than everyone else. Fox News is absolutely the most punchable and filled with people over the age of 50+, but I feel like most of them have guns and aren't afraid to invoke stand your ground laws in fist fights. Impractical Jokers are also mostly overweight, middle aged men, but even that is better than Wonder Showzen, which is apparently children and puppets. Those happen to be the two groups I match up best against in hand to hand combat!

Jeopardy!
Impractical Jokers

Suprak_the_Stud posted...

Fox News is absolutely the most punchable and filled with people over the age of 50+, but I feel like most of them have guns and aren't afraid to invoke stand your ground laws in fist fights.

No, you thinking of Fox News viewers. The people who are actually on Fox News are obviously the kind of weak useless cowards they claim their political opponents are. Because it's always projection with them.

Jeopardy
Fox News

Jeopardy
Fox News

Jeopardy
Impractical Jokers

Wonder Showzen is not just a bunch of kids and puppets. There are plenty of characters in the cartoons that will murder you. I'm not messing with Clever Carrot or Sammy Smart and that's just episode 1.

I don't know many people from Fox News but there will be a lot of them and at some point it becomes a numbers game. I'm also assuming there are at least a few younger correspondents so it's not just a bunch of old guys and women. Probably some ex-military with at least some training

Jeopardy is essentially one host. I guess you also have an announcer at the very beginning. Maybe you throw in Ken and Mayim at the same time. Regardless of how you split it, that's far less to go through than the other options.

I have no idea what's going on in the second match. "Fox News" was deliberately non-specific when I nominated it, but that doesn't help here. Two of these shows I'm gonna have to wikipedia and even then that doesn't really help. The only show I can nail down is Impractical Jokers, which is basically just four dudes who are used to doing stupid physical things. In order to break this detente, I'm going to choose to interpret "Fox News" as specifically Tucker Carlson because that's what I would have said if I had to specify, and AFAIK Tucker has nobody else to back him up in this fistfight. Fox News

Block 9&10 Results

Justified - 0
Ted Lasso - 0
Jeopardy! - 17
Room 104 - 0

Fox News - 8
The Magicians - 0
Wonder Showzen - 3
Impractical Jokers - 6

Block 9 was the biggest shutout of the contest so far, and Block 10 was the closest match

Block 11
Arthur
https://imgur.com/PbieGaj
Reading Rainbow
https://imgur.com/8yWmByq
Parks & Rec
https://imgur.com/RpgKUGA
One Piece
https://imgur.com/dMx1Eqi

Block 12
Fringe
https://imgur.com/rJIC5Pl
The Rehearsal
https://imgur.com/WrEhHlQ
Nathan for You
https://imgur.com/WISfIAi
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
https://imgur.com/F8rXWDg

MATCH START

Reading Rainbow - No books available to Levar Burton

The Rehearsal - Unlike in Nathan for You, Nathan will require a full rehearsal of the fistfight in order to practice his victory, a notable weakness in his strategy.

you can't make this shit up

Butterflies in the sky, we can punt kids twice as high
Take a look, these kids all took
A beating Rainbow. Yes I really just wanted to do something weird like that. It's Reading Rainbow.

............................ That said Rehearsal is an older version of Nathan Fielder but he probably doesn't have any kind of workout regimen and with some of his schedule he's probably a lot more tired than back with Nathan for You. The Rehearsal

Reading Rainbow
The Rehearsal

Reading Rainbow
The Rehearsal

This is a terrible prompt for anime.

Arthur - LeVar Burton would kick Mr. Ratburn's ass.
The Rehearsal

WickIebee posted...

Take a look, these kids all took
A beating Rainbow

wickle this is the best joke you've ever made

So let's get the obvious out of the way: lol One Piece and JoJo

Parks and Rec is probably the second strongest in its block thanks to being all adults, the Arthur characters are animals so they might have claws or something idk, so I'm voting Reading Rainbow.

Fringe looks like it means business, so that just leaves two Nathan shows. Guess I'll go with The Rehearsal because we'll rehearse the fight beforehand so I'll win.

Counterpoint to War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5PkGVaqWeY

Levar ain't got shit on Arthur

arthur is in like third grade i could kick a third grader's ass

WickIebee posted...

Someone correct me on the physical strength here

I realize I'm very late but I'd take the Rosen Ritter alone over the other three casts in the LoGH match
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdJF_pS5fCM

Reading Rainbow
The Rehearsal

Bad draw for Arthur. It's one of the stronger (weaker?) entrants for this category.

Cody11533 posted...

This is a terrible prompt for anime.

Maybe people should watch more anime that isn't about fighting. They're better anyway.

Xeybozn posted...

Maybe people should watch more anime that isn't about fighting. They're better anyway.

Yeah Anohana would rock this category

Reading Rainbow
The Rehearsal

Arthur's ending might end up meaning we have to fight them as adults, so better be safe and just beat up the human kids.

Cody11533 posted...

Reading Rainbow
The Rehearsal

This is a terrible prompt for anime.

Very anti-scifi/fantasy too! RIP my noms.

Fringe probably could've eked out a win with the right match up, but alas.

Arthur - The fact that Arthur even has a chance of losing today is absolutely wild
Reading Rainbow - I take LeVar Burton over Mr. Ratburn but I take the big kid in the leather jacket over LeVar Burton
Parks & Rec - Parks & Rec would've legitimately had an okay chance in some other blocks, but Ron alone is enough reason to keep it from winning over the previous two options
One Piece - oof

Fringe - I can beat up Walter and Walternate, so that's two
The Rehearsal - I liked scarlet's argument here, and it's literally the only thing I can think of to distinguish these two shows that are literally one guy, the same guy, for fist fight potential
Nathan for You - like I promise this isn't rigged, the rng just decided to be a kind of way
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - oof

hombad46 posted...

Yeah Anohana would rock this category

I would've voted A Place Further Than the Universe over most other entries

Reading Rainbow

scarletspeed7 posted...

The Rehearsal - Unlike in Nathan for You, Nathan will require a full rehearsal of the fistfight in order to practice his victory, a notable weakness in his strategy.

I was literally going to say this, damn you scarlet! Anyway it's my vote.

Also on Nathan for You you might have a chance encounter with Brian Wolfe.

Reading Rainbow
The Rehearsal

How many 3rd graders can you take at once? If the answer is less than the size of the cast of Arthur, then the pick has to be Reading Rainbow.

I don't know these two shows, but it's obviously one of them, and everyone seems to have decided on The Rehearsal, so w/e.

Arthur has the Tough Customers. Gotta give it to Reading Rainbow.

Nathan For You has Jack Garbarino, so I gotta give it to The Rehearsal.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/9/AABtbFAAEQRd.jpg

scarletspeed7 posted...

The Rehearsal - Unlike in Nathan for You, Nathan will require a full rehearsal of the fistfight in order to practice his victory, a notable weakness in his strategy.

Then it becomes like a Batman argument where it depends on how much prep time he has. Rehearsal Nathan could orchestrate events without you ever knowing, study strengths and weaknesses, and manipulate the situation in his favor. Nathan for You Nathan had only begun cultivating this skill

Reading Rainbow
The Rehearsal

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These are two close matches that likely wind up in blowouts but:

Arthur - Honestly Im not sure between this one and Reading Rainbow. The animals in Arthur just all look so safe and sanitized that I feel like theyd start crying as soon as I began swinging.

Rehearsal - It is the same cast essentially as Nathan For You, except the whole conceit of this show is that Nathan would help me set up the scenario where I beat his ass.

I'll assume no prep time and go

Reading Rainbow
The Rehearsal

Blocks 11&12 Results

Arthur - 2
Reading Rainbow - 14
Parks & Rec - 0
One Piece - 0

Fringe - 0
The Rehearsal - 15
Nathan for You - 0
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - 0

Block 13
My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
https://imgur.com/na3MQqG
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
https://imgur.com/8oOx0tr
Severance
https://imgur.com/SE5smaI
Avatar: The Last Airbender
https://imgur.com/E6AnJ7k

Block 14
Barney the Dinosaur
https://imgur.com/4dkNbct
Gurren Lagann
https://imgur.com/Zsq42Y4
Moral Orel
https://imgur.com/anKrCbv
Gravity Falls
https://imgur.com/EiIUT5J

MATCH START

Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Moral Orel

Those are some strong ponies and Benders, and Severance looks tougher than Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Without the mechs Gurren Lagann isn't nearly as tough, but I still don't think I could take Kamina. The main characters of Gravity Falls are kids but Wendy is like a lumberjack or something and Stan's probably been in a scrap or two. idk anything about Moral Orel but I don't think Barney knows how to do violence at all.