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[[File:Croctopus_1320.jpg|frame|It is a sunny day in the ruins of Terminus City, and Croctopus is building a boat.]]
{{quote|''It is a timeless struggle, a battle that has been fought countless times: the elemental conflict of crocodile with octopus legs and power tools versus giant sturgeon stuck onto a tank with a sword and a jet engine for a voice.''
|''Zoofights'', in a nutshell.}}
''[[Zoofights]]'' is an interactive story series hosted on the [[Something Awful]] forums, led primarily by the user Major Failure. Each "arc" of ''Zoofights'' (there have been six as of this writing{{when}}) is about large and deadly animals facing one another in a blood sport that is both futuristic and old-timey (''Zoofights 3'', for example, took place in the late 1800s despite the extremely advanced technology present. They just wanted to have all the bystanders [[Rule of Cool|wearing monocles and top hats]]).▼
▲{{quote|''It is a timeless struggle, a battle that has been fought countless times: the elemental conflict of crocodile with octopus legs and power tools versus giant sturgeon stuck onto a tank with a sword and a jet engine for a voice.''|''Zoofights'', in a nutshell.}}
While it includes the odd scripted event, the outcome of ''Zoofights'' is not up to Major Failure or any of the people who actually write it. Rather, before each match, the readers are encouraged to vote for their winner, and their votes carry more weight if they come with fan art or detailed explanations of their choice (Simply saying "I vote for Steamcrab" results in your vote just being ignored. You need a reason).▼
▲Zoofights is an interactive story series hosted on the [[Something Awful]] forums, led primarily by the user Major Failure. Each "arc" of Zoofights (there have been six as of this writing) is about large and deadly animals facing one another in a blood sport that is both futuristic and old-timey (Zoofights 3, for example, took place in the late 1800s despite the extremely advanced technology present. They just wanted to have all the bystanders [[Rule of Cool|wearing monocles and top hats]]).
As of ''Zoofights 4'', a random element was added. Previously the winner was simply whoever had received more votes. In ''Zoofights 4'' the numbers are plugged into a random number generator to get a result (as in, if monster 1 got 20 votes and monster 2 got 80, if the random number generator selected a 20 or lower monster 1 would pull off an upset).▼
▲While it includes the odd scripted event, the outcome of Zoofights is not up to Major Failure or any of the people who actually write it. Rather, before each match, the readers are encouraged to vote for their winner, and their votes carry more weight if they come with fan art or detailed explanations of their choice (Simply saying "I vote for Steamcrab" results in your vote just being ignored. You need a reason).
▲As of Zoofights 4, a random element was added. Previously the winner was simply whoever had received more votes. In Zoofights 4 the numbers are plugged into a random number generator to get a result (as in, if monster 1 got 20 votes and monster 2 got 80, if the random number generator selected a 20 or lower monster 1 would pull off an upset).
Staples of the series include mutant animals, animals with parts of other animals attached, heavily mechanized animals, and one entrant growing so powerful that the remaining normal ones must join forces to defeat it.
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The series has proved to be a winning formula, spawning lots of fan art (mostly drawings, but everything from plush toys to clay sculptures have been made) and a devoted community of fans further adding to the experience by role-playing as spectators.
Due to the fact that it is a ''Something Awful'' forum attraction, the first two ''Zoofights'' cannot be viewed by the average Internet denizen due to being too old, therefore requiring a Something Awful Archives account (which costs money). The [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2820029 third] is available for public viewing regardless of whether you have a Something Awful forum account, as is [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3299182 the fifth one]; however, [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3128966 the fourth] requires the Archives account upgrade. Fortunately, all of the Zoofights story arcs [[The Unfavorite|save the second]] are currently hosted on [http://www.zoofights.co.uk the Zoofights website]{{Dead link}}, and the (now over) Zoofights 6 can be seen [http://forums.zoofights.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=3 here]{{Dead link}}, since it's thread of Something Awful cannot be seen by non-members currently.
The [[The Eighties|Eighties-themed]] 6th series began on May 1st, 2011, [[Schedule Slip|and ended]] [[Troubled Production|six-and-a-half months later]]. ▼
▲The [[The Eighties|Eighties-themed]]
In 2012, the [http://zoofights.squarespace.com/ Zoofights blog] changed its format from an annual tournament to a series of "[[What If]]" fights.▼
▲In 2012, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130811024504/http://zoofights.squarespace.com/ Zoofights blog] changed its format from an annual tournament to a series of "[[What If]]" fights.
{{tropelist}}
* {{spoiler|[[Actually a Doombot]]:}} ''Zoofights 6'' --
* [[A God Am I]]: {{spoiler|Elohim}}
* [[After the End]]: The setting for ''Zoofights 5''.
* [[Altar the Speed]] / [[Wedding Deadline]]: Not the tropes themselves, but Major Failure is "directing" ''Zoofights V'' at the same time as his ''wedding''.
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* [[Alternate Universe]]: {{spoiler|Gamma Constrictor has made himself a part of the fabric of time (or something), which has caused many roleplay characters to either become snake-themed, the [[Mirror Universe]] version of themselves (EG the evil [[Star Trek
* [[Always Male]]: Each and every fighter is referred to as "he" (or sometimes "it"). The trope persists even when Zoofights 4 introduced Tunguska, an alien queen, and in ''Zoofights 5'', which brought in Blood 4 Oil, a giant mosquito. Only female mosquitoes suck blood. Blood 4 Oil sucks blood. [[Critical Research Failure|Still called a "he"]]. Update: It took until Round 2, but Major Failure did realize, yes, Blood 4 Oil/[[There Will Be Blood|DRAAAAAAINAGE]]/[[Punny Name|Brutish Petroleum]] ''is'' female.
** '''Aversions:'''
*** Bonus-fighter Widow Maker, a [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] (seriously, it's listed as her chief strength) female praying mantis.
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* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Half of all Zoofighters. Even those who are only mentioned in passing or happen to be fan creations tend to have awesome names, like Vuvuzebra, Citizen Cane, Widow Maker and Octopus Crime.
* [[Badass]]: Oh The Huge Manatee, Steamcrab, Once Were Walrus, Ned Killy and Drillz [[Running Gag|(he's the leader!)]] of the Mangolin' Pangolians.
* [[Badass in
* [[Badass Normal]]: Zoofights 1 - Retired police chief John Burnell of America's Scariest Police Chases!
* [[Bee-Bee Gun]]: Tsar Bumble.
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** Zoofights 1 - {{spoiler|Swanmass, a disgusting blob of swan and gorilla meat that absorbs dead creatures into itself to grow.}}
** Zoofights 2 - {{spoiler|Das Ziegenmancer, a goat capable of raising the dead. He eventually is replaced by a reformed Swanmass.}}
** Zoofights 3 - {{spoiler|Jack the Ripper, his mutant creation From Hell, and Father [[The West Wing
** Zoofights 4 - {{spoiler|Elohim, a centipede/alien hybrid, and Seanet, a gathering of psychic cephalopods of various sizes}}
** Zoofights 5 - {{spoiler|Gamma Constrictor, a time manipulating anaconda who has fused with an aircraft carrier filled with hate.}}
* [[Big Creepy
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Zoofights 1 - {{spoiler|Sega Gorillesis}}
** Zoofights 4 - {{spoiler|Wolfbike and friends in the Royal Rumble. Subverted when it turns out to just be a Hope Spot.}}
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** Zoofights 6 - {{spoiler|Ned Killy and the Kings of Beasts, a power metal band consisting of old fan favorites from the previous fights, (Ned Killy, Wolfbike, Steamcrab, Oh The Huge Manatee, and Bisoncopter) served as the warm-up act before the first round. Croctopus cameos in the Muertodillo vs. Horsepower fight, showing up in the time portal that Teddy Krueger and Delorelion emerged from. The Snapture reappears as a boss-type enemy for the finale. Fists O' Batahan also makes a brief appearance to try and distract Hardcore Prawn from activating his secret weapon.}}
* [[Cannibal]]: from Bull Market's specs: "Eats Kobe beef every night. That is f*cked up man."
* [[Canon
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Oh the Huge Manatee, Captain Croctopus, Lawn Moa
* [[Chest Burster]]: {{spoiler|Steamcrab vs. Reanimammut}} and {{spoiler|the Mangolin' Pangolians vs. Hippos With An Eating Disorder.}}
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* [[Dartboard of Hate]]: Robotnik has a Lesko dartboard in his Death Egg.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: {{spoiler|Gravitee vs. Krustus}}
* [[Defiant to
* [[Deliberate Injury Gambit]]: Zoofights 3 - {{spoiler|Drillbjorn vs. Ultraphant}} Zoofights 5 - {{spoiler|Punchules the Magnificent vs. Banebarramuni}}
* [[Double Knockout]]: Zoofights 3 - {{spoiler|Pandamander vs. Hellpotamus}}.
* [[Dropped a Bridge
** Also from Zoofights 5 - {{spoiler|Bar-tending squid Gezora and Akumu, who helped run the Loser's League, had an AIRCRAFT CARRIER FULL OF HATE dropped on them. Averted when they got better.}}
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: Odinkaru, The Greatest Shark on Earth
* [[Duel to
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Reanimammut, Tapogres, {{spoiler|Great White Shitkicker}}, Smash Gordon, Barbarrimundi
** Subverted with Dreadnautilus - he is described as very dim when in fact it is his teammates (three humans commanding him via walkie-talkies) that are the stupid ones. When their connection cuts out Dreadnautilus is shown to be quite clever.
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** Zoofights 4 - {{spoiler|Shaolin Monkey, Wrasslopod, Once Were Walrus, The Penguin, Raptorcycle, Wolfbike, Cheetahbike, and Dogbike team up to face Elohim. Subverted hilariously when Ned Killy responds to Dred Zeppelin's peace offering with a steel girder to the face.}}
** Zoofights 5 - {{spoiler|Ro-Boto Cop and Sega Gorillesis Mk II become friends and form a tag team.}}
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Deader
* [[Messy Pig]]: Porky Punisher
* [[Everything's Squishier
** {{spoiler|Elohim}} may also qualify.
** In Zoofights 5, Dreadnautilus. Granted, he's a nautilus and so not that squishy, but still.
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Everything's Even Worse
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Eye Beams]]: Hippos with Lasers for Eyes, Star Truck.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Oh The Huge Manatee, {{spoiler|Snake Pilgrim}}, Gadadhara
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* [[High-Class Glass]]: Steamcrab.
* [[Hive Queen]] / [[Mother of a Thousand Young]]: {{spoiler|Seanet}}
* [[Hoist
* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: The secret weapon of {{spoiler|Centipope}} is a Holy Hand Grenade.
* [[Hope Spot]]: Major Failure loves this trope. Virtually every battle swings back and forth a few times. One of the most ridiculous Hope Spots in all of history was the Loser's League Royal Rumble in Zoofights 4. {{spoiler|All of the combatants realize that Elohim is the one to beat, so they all gang up on him, but he effortlessly sweeps them aside, killing two of the five in the process. Cue Wolfbike and his new companions Cheetahbike and Dogbike, followed by incredibly awesome pictures of the fighters jumping on the "Zoobikes", including a glorious [[Enemy Mine]] that shows Slammonite and Wolfbike putting aside their differences and teaming up and one of the downed warriors returning through a ''dimensional void from an alternate universe where he was stronger''... And in the next drawing Elohim effortlessly kills them all... all but ONE, Once Were Walrus, who gives us ANOTHER Hope Spot, which also ends in brutal annihilation by Elohim.}}
** Name-checked in V, Sting Kong vs. Barbarrimundi. {{spoiler|The moment labeled "HOPE SPOT" is when Sting Kong manages to get in a serious strike on Barbarrimundi. The Hope Spot is shown to be your average Hope Spot when Barbarrimundi won anyway. There's also Wolfbike's reappearance in the Snakefights final as he falls to earth as a meteor... and burns to ashes on reentry.}}
* [[Horny Vikings]]: {{spoiler|Odinkaru}}
* [[Impaled
* [[In Medias Res]] [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|Bitches]]: For [http://zoofights.squarespace.com/storage/zoofights6/ll-fight-2/1%20larger.jpg HWAAD vs. Cold Warlrus]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Joke Character]]: Wolfbike, A Cat With One Leg, Bikebike, A Jar of Frog Piss
** In an interview about Zoofights 5, Major Failure gives a few hints of upcoming fighters. One of the creations he names is {{spoiler|a psychic onion}}, which promptly started much joking and hypothesizing among the readers. However, {{spoiler|once actually revealed, The European Onion proved to be no joke at all}}.
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: Zoofights 5 - {{spoiler|Nelson}}
* [[Kill It
* [[Leitmotif]]/[[Catch Phrase]]: "... a pair of big, muscly arms."
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: {{spoiler|Two Drunk Guys}}
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* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: Mr. Ro-Boto, Sturgeon General
* [[Man On Fire]]: Zoofights 3 - {{spoiler|Steamcrab vs. Odinkaru}}
* [[Mecha
* [[Melee a Trois]]: Zoofights 1's Royal Rumble. Zoofights 4 had a Royal Rumble, but it degenerated into a two-sided conflict instantly when everyone teamed up to fight {{spoiler|Elohim}}.
** Zoofights 5 continued with this tradition, this time having all 8 entries at each other's necks.
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* [[Off-Model]]: Captain Croctopus' hat looks different every time it's shown.
** In Zoofights 6, {{spoiler|Muhammut Kali switches back and forth between having an elephant head and a mammoth head. (He's supposed to have the mammoth head, due to an injection of mammoth genes.}}
* [[Off
** Happens again in Zoofights 5 - {{spoiler|Great Leap Forward vs. The Snapture}}.
** And again in Zoofights 6 - {{spoiler|The Berlin Walrus' American head is taken off every time it fights.}}
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* [[Precision F-Strike]]: {{spoiler|A MOTHERFUCKING MARTIAN. OH SHIT SON.}}
* [[Product Placement]]: If all goes well Zoofights IV will have [[Care Bears]] vs. [[My Little Pony]] in round 2 and Coke vs. Pepsi in the Losers League. What can I say, it's [[The Eighties]].
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: You like Zoofights? You can draw? Well then come aboard - Major Failure's always looking for a helping hand. One good example is the user Empty Sandwich. He works with clay, and made models of some of the fighters in Zoofights 3 and 4. Come Zoofights 5 he now contributes directly to the fights, with his modeling work appearing in Croctopus vs. Pride and Prejudice, Sting Kong vs. Barbarrimundi, Great Leap Forward vs. The Snapture, and {{spoiler|Captain Croctopus vs. Sturgeongrad}}
* [[Punny Name]]: Oh the Huge Manatee is probably the [[So Bad It's Good|worst/best]] Punny Name in Zoofights.
** Snake Preview of Zoofights 5 is also pretty punny. Zoofights just relishes silly names.
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* [[Reveal Shot]]: Zoofights 6 - {{spoiler|In the final, Vighneshvara and Armour Dio are shown in a close-up shot pummeling each other. Then the next picture pulls back the view to reveal that [[Magnificent Bastard|they are unknowingly being surrounded by]] [[Actually a Doombot|six lobster-controlled mechs.]]}}
* [[Rock Beats Laser]]: Zoofights 5 - {{spoiler|Great Leap Forward vs. The Snapture}}
* [[Role
* [[Rule of Cool]]: The entire series, really. There's a train with a bison attached to it, for crying out loud.
* [[Running Gag]]: '''GEZORA DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHISPERING.'''
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* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Star Wars]] and the Sega Genesis are favorites.
** Zoofights 5's round two match between {{spoiler|Punchules the Magnificent and Banebarrimundi}} contained several [[Batman]] references, specifically {{spoiler|"I WILL BREAK YOU". Remarkably fails to take down Punchules, who has a spare spine that he uses ''to strangle Banebarrimundi''.}}
** Zoofights 6: PW Botha of [[District 9
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Oh the Huge Manatee, The Snapture.
** In Zoofights 5, Major Failure at one point notes that the Zoofights corporation has received a large number of cigars as a "gift" from the BRUT-05 team. He then encourages everyone to smoke. A dozen or so roleplayers obligingly edited their role-play pictures to make their characters smoke.
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** Zoofights 5 - ''Twice''. {{spoiler|The story opens with Seanet having successfully returned and taken over the planet. They make an attempt to keep their hold over the earth by hijacking Aggronaut's mind, but failed. Later, Gamma Constrictor altered reality to make himself a god-king, perhaps intending to take on Seanet after squashing what was left of the Zoofighters.}}
** Zoofights 6 - {{spoiler|It seems Kray Fish's been getting some ideas from ''Heart of Darkness'' and The Snapture has returned...}}
* [[Taking You
* [[The Last Dance]]: {{spoiler|Hydrafficus}}
* [[The Messiah]]: In a way, {{spoiler|Croctopus}} in Zoofights V.
* [[The Power of Rock]]: This is how {{spoiler|Rammoninite}} manages to defeat his opponent under seemingly impossible odds.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: The Mess.
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* [[Third Person Person]]: Gezora.
* [[Together in Death]]: {{spoiler|Ballz' spirit (via Armor Dio) to the Two Badass Pangolins, 'cause "FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS LOSE THE SPIRIT OF WHOLESOME 1980s ADVENTURE AND BECOME GRIZZLED BADASSES"}}.
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Fantasy Web Originals]]
[[Category:Zoofights]]▼
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Web Original]]
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