Megamix Tournament
Megamix Tournament is a Spin-Off of a similar fanfic called Ultimate Video Rumble. As such, it is also a Mega Crossover tournament-style fanfic, combining several different franchises (mostly fighting games, but there are exceptions), pitting them against each other in a huge tournament where they get eliminated one at a time until only one is left standing, much like a Royal Rumble in wrestling. Also like the UVR, the Megamix Tournament is a votefic, where the readers vote on which of the twenty (or thirty) fighters in the ring at the time will survive a particular "Section", and when the arena is filled again, the voting process restarts and keeps going until only one is left.
All three of the tournaments follow a similar format: Having an arena of fighters to vote on as well as "Side Battles" going on outside of the ring. At the same time, there is an evil plot being brewed and the mission of stopping it falls onto the shoulders of a mismatched group of heroes that join forces to take down the villains. The winner of the first tournament was Kasumi Todoh from Art of Fighting while the winner of the second was Sakura from Street Fighter. The third tournament is still in progress.
It should be noted that the main thing that separates the Megamix Tournament from the Ultimate Video Rumble is that some franchises represented aren't fighting games. Suikoden has seen representation in all three tournaments, with Suikoden III getting the most attention. Also, most of the Mystery Fighters that show up aren't from fighting games at all.
The Megamix Tournament is arguably one of the more-successful spinoffs of the Ultimate Video Rumble, as it has seen two tournaments completed and has a third in progress.
All three tournaments can be found on the author's profile here.
- Author Avatar: The writer of the story appears as the main host and owner of the tournament in the story.
- He is also shown to be a little dim-witted.
- Big Bad: In all three tournaments, the main villain is M. Bison, joining forces with the villains of the other franchises represented.
- Berserk Button: In the second tournament, Heat Man finds out the hard way never to mock Kula Diamond's past or friends that died protecting her.
- Big Damn Heroes: Each tournament has a ragtag group of heroes from different franchises that join forces to fight the villains.
- Butt Monkey / Chew Toy: Ash Crimson. Not only is Ash a living punching bag in the arena, but he has never won a Side Battle outside of the arena. The author has made it clear that he hates the character.
- The Cameo: The second tournament included a whole "franchise" of actual fans, which the author thought would get more people interested in the story. It wasn't received very well...
- Cloudcuckoolander: Gadget Z has a tendency to malfunction just before he enters the ring. He speaks in nothing but random quotes from all forms of media while malfunctioning.
- Chang Koehan also becomes this when he hits his head real hard. See Took a Level in Badass below.
- Fan Girl: Ever since Heavy D! had saved Ryoko from being kidnapped, she became this to him to the point she even enters wearing a T-shirt showing her appreciation for her.
- Felicia becomes one to Bowser in the second tournament, giving him so much adoration that it creeps him out.
- After being forced caffine pills by Captain Falcon, Zelda became a Genki Girl and became a fangirl of Xigbar much to his displeasure.
- Five-Man Band:
- The security team for the first tournament:
- The security team for the second tourny:
- The Hero: Dick Gumshoe (Acts as the leader of the team.)
- The Lancer: Psymon Stark/Max (Both alternate between this.)
- The Big Guy: Sergei
- The Smart Guy: Marilyn
- The Chick: Psymon Stark/Max (Again, both alternate between this... Somewhat.)
- Fourth Wall Observer: Psymon Stark and Max, especially since they frequently turn to a script of the tournament. The other members of the security force just seem to go along with it.
- Grievous Harm with a Body: The third tournament includes Spanx and Redmond as Mystery Fighters. Redmond spends the entirety of their stay shouting at Spanx to stop throwing him at their opponents.
- Jobber: Some fighters have a habit of taking the bottom spot of the votes no matter what. Some examples include Gozu, Mezu and Joker, Lilly Pendragon and of course, the Megamix Tournament's main Chew Toy, Ash Crimson.
- Loads and Loads of Characters: In SPADES.
- Mega Crossover
- No Fourth Wall: The security force has a full script of the tournament, which they use to anticipate future battles. The only ones that seem to be aware that they're in a fictional story, however, are recurring members Psymon Stark and Max.
- Oh Crap: The host does one when he sees Squirrel Girl and Air Man teaming up.
- Odd Friendship: Venom and Landis get along real well both in and out of the ring.
- Recurring members of the security force are Psymon Stark and Max, who usually creep the other members of the security force out with their antics.
- Out-of-Character Moment: After unwilling taking some caffine pills, Zelda and Sarah Byrant had been acting hyper and excitable for the first and second tournament respectively.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Chang Koehan's superhero getup is literally nothing more than a skincap and a cape. He even wears his normal fighting attire and still lugs around the ball and chain.
- Playing Possum: May did this act to eliminate the champion of the first tournament, Kasumi. The reaction to her scheme was less than pleasant.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: There is always one of these to stop an evil plan that was going on in the tournament.
- Shocking Elimination: Usually portrayed when an early favourite gets eliminated early.
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Arguably, one could think that O'Chunks was the real star of the second tournament.
- Spin-Off
- Took a Level in Badass: Chang Koehan becomes a rampaging superhero of justice called "The Koehan" when he hits his head overly hard. He also apparently gains an infinite knowledge of the fighting style he normally fails at while in this phase.
- Another good example is out of all people, Muscle Power. He was at the bottom least of the voting in the first tournament and yet at the second tournament, he managed to not only score an elimination but also survived the section.
- The Unexpected: Several Mystery Fighters are portrayed as this.