The Preliminaries are nearly over and it's time for us to look forward.
The Matches of the First Round of the 2011 Arlong Park Character Tournament are as follows:
Match 01. Beavis and The Bear in:
It's Donquixote DoFlamingo vs Bepo!
Match 02. Three Way Dance of Death:
Jango vs Cricket vs Fisher Tiger!
Match 03. Two of Zoro's earliest fights collide in:
Dracule Mihawk vs Hachi!
Match 04. It's surprisingly young versus surprisingly old in:
Princess Shirahoshi vs Shackey!
Match 05. I want to be in a match against somebody else in:
Vice Warden Hannyabal vs Benn Beckman
Match 06. The Old Guard versus the New Wave of the Navy in:
Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp vs Commodore Smoker!
Match 07. Revenge of the Unfinished Matches Presents Godzilla vs Megaloli:
X. Drake vs Perona!
Match 08. Substitute Mom vs Deadbeat Dad in:
Makino vs Monkey D. Dragon!
Match 09. People are going to be pissed at me because of the following match:
Bon Kurei vs Doc. Hiruluk!
Match 10. I wonder how he feels about males in skimpy clothing match:
Paulie vs Flowers Vista!
Match 11. I got nothin'.
Vice Admiral Momonga vs God Ener!
Match 12. The tug-at-your-heartstrings match:
Tom vs Laboon!
Match 13. The "People who can get away with hitting Luffy" Club.
Silvers Rayleigh vs Jinbe!
Match 14. I refer you to the Banned Campaigns list in the Rules Thread because of:
Jewelry Bonney vs Boa Hancock!
Match 15. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
Monkey D. Luffy vs Admiral 'Kizaru' Borsalino!
Match 16. Three Way Dance of Death 2: Poison Boogaloo
Warden Magellan vs Hattori vs Gaimon and Sarfunkel!
Match 17. And, lo, one shall come forth to lead them in:
Queen Otohime vs Buggy the Clown!
Match 18. You think that scar is impressive? Well, check this out:
Cutty 'Franky' Flam vs Shanks!
Match 19. Battle of the moderate tempered people who always take the moral high road.
Admiral 'Akainu' Sakazuki vs Arlong!
Match 20. I doubt any amount of doctoring is going to fix that particular problem.
Ryuuma vs Dr. Kureha!
Match 21. Straw Hats vs Decrepit Old Geezers, Part 1.
Sanji vs Crocus!
Match 22. And Part 2.
Usopp vs Zeff!
Match 23. Match 9's description, but much, much moreso.
Gold Roger vs Sabo!
Match 24. Ultimate Law Enforcement vs Ultimate Fugitive.
Admiral 'Aokiji' Kuzan vs Pandaman!
Match 25. Battle of the cut things powers.
Inazuma vs Trafalgar Law!
Match 26. Match of the Century.
Brook vs Hiking Bear!
Match 27. Luffy won't stop it this time:
Crocodile vs 'Whitebeard' Edward Newgate!
Match 28. Neither a borrower nor a spine bender be.
28. Nico Robin vs 'Mr. 3' Galdino!
Match 29. Manly man vs [Insert Gender Combination Here]
Emporio Ivankov vs Montblanc Norland!
Match 30. Hey, Absalom, go get me a shovel and Dr. Hogback because it's:
Portgas D. Ace vs Gekko Moriah!
Match 31. I know what joke you're going to come up with so don't even bother.
Nami vs Eustass Kid!
Match 32. A little less conversation and a little more action:
Bartholomew Kuma vs Roronoa Zoro
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Short Form:
01. DoFlamingo (200) vs Bepo (161)
02. Jango (125) vs Fisher Tiger (253)
03. Mihawk (208) vs Hachi (147)
04. Shirahoshi (138) vs Shackey (242)
05. Hannyabal (210) vs Beckman (217)
06. Garp (246) vs Smoker (163)
07. X. Drake (244) vs Perona (186)
08. Makino (213) vs Dragon (189)
09. Bon Kurei (196) vs Hiruluk 165
10. Paulie (189) vs Vista (183)
11. Momonga (112) vs Ener (250)
12. Tom (242) vs Laboon (148)
13. Rayleigh (245) vs Jinbe (171)
14. Bonney (196) vs Hancock (244)
15. Luffy (244) vs Kizaru (134)
16. Magellan (206) vs Hattori (193)
17. Her Royal Highness, Queen Otohime of Fishman Island and the Mer-kingdoms (214) vs Our Lord and Savior, Buggy the Clown (214)
18. Franky (218) vs Shanks (164)
19. Akainu (174) vs Arlong (231)
20. Ryuuma (133) vs Dr. Kureha (248)
21. Sanji (243) vs Crocus (142)
22. Usopp (263) vs Zeff (113)
23. Roger (180) vs Sabo (218)
24. Aokiji (224) vs Pandaman (150)
25. Inazuma (168) vs Law (192)
26. Brook (246) vs Hiking Bear (140)
27. Crocodile (239) vs Pops (184)
28. Robin (286) vs Mr. 3 (127)
29. Ivankov (212) vs Norland (208)
30. Ace (226) vs Moriah (227)
31. Nami (280) vs Kidd (99)
32. Bartholomew Kuma (154) vs Zoro (233)
If you would like to submit some type of intro for a certain match, whether it's written or a comic, PM eerie. Of course, the intro cannot be bias and in favor of either contestant. Feel free to PM questions, too.