PENELOPE: Hey. You see this place is suspicious as anything. Give me a call if you find any leads. I'm trying to figure out where we are.
JENNY: Got it.
JENNY:
JENNY:
JENNY: Wait what's your number?

11.PENELOPE SCOTT 
(THE LISTENER)
-Penelope Scott, her collabs & TikTok-popularized artists 
-Bedroom pop, indie folk, digicore & cabaret genres
-Broken institutions, capitalism, harsh truths & healthcare 
-Vermin, the night, shadows, cryptids & the occult
-”Cutesy/glitzy” aesthetic & perverted innocence

16.JENNIFER TRITONE 
(THE SEHNSUCHT)
-Songs about Jenny/related artists & classic rock
-One-hit-wonders & bizarre/baffling music videos 
-Romantic turmoil, desire & audio tech
-”Dark” Genres, Hotline Miami artists & 80’s nostalgia
-Point-n-clicks, VR media, PDTA references & blinch

Sources:
Masked Wolf, iiCONIC - Evil On The Inside (TikTok-Popularized/Occult/Jenny Artists; Masked Wolf/One-Hit-Wonders/“Dark” Genres; Dark Pop)
blinch - She is here (Occult/Point-n-clicks/VR/blinch)
Martin Halldin - Useless (Capitalism/Healthcare)
El Huervo - Daisuke (Hotline Miami)
Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) (TikTok-Popularized/Occult/Bizarre MVs/Desire/Audio Tech)
Gekyume Onfroy - Spotlight (Hotline Miami)
Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah) (TikTok-Popularized/“Dark” Genres; Dark Pop)
Carpenter Brut - Night Prowler (Night/“Dark” Genres; Dark Techno/HM Artists)
Billy Cobb, “The Beatles” - It’s Okay To Leave Your Dog In A Hot Car (Perverted Innocence/Classic Rock)
blinch - Rainbow Good (Occult/“Cutesy”/Perverted Innocence/Point-n-clicks/VR/blinch)
Will Wood - Front Street (Cabaret Genres/Night/Desire/“Dark” Genres; Dark Cabaret)
salem ilese - jake from state farm (TikTok-Popularized/Bedroom Pop/Night/Romantic Turmoil/Audio Tech)
Random Encounters - Papers, Please: The Musical (Broken Institutions/PDTA References; Papers Please)
Billie Eilish - I Didn’t Change My Number (TikTok-Popularized/Audio Tech)
blinch - Pentagram (Occult/“Dark” Genres; Dark Ambient/Point-n-clicks/VR/blinch)
Penelope Scott - Lotta True Crime (Penelope Scott/Digicore/Night/Desire/“Dark” Genres; Dark Pop)


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Aperture Science: Tournament Initiative

Characters Represented: Subjects 01, 02, 03, 04, and me, Cave Johnson.

Songs Used:
Teminite - Space Invaders (Space)
BLACKPINK - As If It's Your Last (Amphibia collaborators, k-pop)
Caravan Palace - Dragons (Electro swing, dragon media)
That Handsome Devil - Charlie's Inferno (Literature)
Scott Lloyd Shelly - Corruption (Re-Logic)
Lyre Le Temps - Looking Like This (Electro swing)
"Weird" Al Yankovic - Rooting For The Enemy (Disney Channel)
Toby Fox, Lena Raine, Marcy Nabors - Attack of the Killer Queen (Positions of power, Toby Fox)
"Weird" Al Yankovic - Captain Underpants (Positions of power, literature)
Mili - Compass (Water, literature)
The Yogscast - Screw The Nether (Sandbox games)
Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison (The mind)
Toby Fox - Metal Crusher (Toby Fox)
C418 - Aria Math (Sandbox games)
FLAVOR FOLEY - Static (Visual technology)
Ace of Hearts - Fool for You (Cards)
Imagine Dragons - Believer (Dragon media)
Hyper Potions - Amphibia 8Bit Theme Song (Amphibia)
Lorde - Royals (Positions of power, alt-pop)
Toby Fox - The Legend (Toby Fox)
Fall Out Boy - Centuries (Pop rock, time)
Wayne Brady - The History Of The Tri-State Area (Disney Channel)

[WAVE ONE.] - Welcome To Aperture Science

IR1M1 - CHAOS vs BASILISK
IR1M2 - TELOS vs BENTHOS
IR1M3 - MIMESIS vs PRODOSIA
IR1M4 - METAMORPHOSIS vs CRYPTADIA & AKRASIA

Watch the visuals: https://youtu.be/8lyUJQBB510

Sources:
Linkin Park - What I’ve Done (Mysterious Felines/2007 Rick and Morty artists/Turner Broadcasting/Felines/The Truth/Sci-Fi/Sentient Tech/PW Covered Artists/Sounds like “minus”; Minos/Cosmic Horror/Fav Artists; Linkin Park/Nu-metal/Piano/”Aliens”/The Voices/Betrayal/Pop Rock/21st Century Humor/Animate Inanimate; Transformers)
Clark Powell - Flare (Insurrection Mix) (Homestuck Friends/MSPA/STEM Subjects; Astronomy/Experimental Formats/𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔭𝔱𝔥𝔰/Celestial Bodies/Piano/Space/”Glitchy”/Light/Group Injokes; Courtilly/Toby Fox-related)
David Ellis - Now I’m A Villain (Homestuck/Post-Canon/MSPA/Experimental Formats/Piano/Too Afraid To Diss; Dirk Strider/Betrayal/Toby Fox-related)
LIL DARKIE - DISINTEGRATE (Good Composer/Experimental Artists/Industrial Genres/The Voices/Alt HipHop/Water; SWAMP Album)
The Living Tombstone - Road To El-Dorado Remix (Good Composer/Post-Mortem; Living Tombstone/Positions of Power/Brony Fandom; TLT/Fallen Worlds/Electropop Artists/Precious Materials/Nerdcore Artists)
Smash Mouth - All Star (Detective Pony/MSPA; Detective Pony/Celestial Bodies/Pop Rock)
1551 - The Theory Behind It (2007 Rick and Morty artists; Linkin Park/PW Covered Artists; Linkin Park/Fav Artists; Linkin Park/Nu-metal/The Voices/Friends; Dooley Noted/Pop Rock)
clipping - Change The Channel (Change/Experimental Artists/Industrial Genres/Alt HipHop/Audio-Visual Tech)
Bug Hunter - Dear McCracken (Self-Inserts/The Truth/DeepBlueInk/Bug Hunter/Romantic Turmoil/Piano/Folk Genres/The Voices/Visual Tech)
Tally Hall - Turn The Lights Off (Change/Cosmic Horror/Body Horror/Mutation/Corruptive Forces/Light/Toby Fox; Turn the ICE Off/Tally Hall)
Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton - The Highwayman (Turner Broadcasting/Biblical Media/Mediums; Stage Performance/Cartoon Network/Too Afraid To Diss/Toys)
They Might Be Giants - Road Movie To Berlin (Biblical Concepts/Referenced artists; xkcd227/SROMG1870/The Voices/Comedians/Water; Flood Album/Brass Instruments)
Tristam - Till It's Over (Good Composer/Apocalyptic/Minimalist Styles; JSAB/The Voices/Complextro)
Clark Powell & Astro Kid - Beatup (Homestuck Friends/Post-Canon/MSPA/Experimental Formats/Too Afraid To Diss; Dirk Strider/Toby Fox-related/Audio Tech)
EddieFRB - Eric Cartman vs Charlie Brown (Rap Battles/SROMG268/Drawfee Injokes; Jacob’s Stress Dream/Chemical Elements; Iodine/Too Afraid To Diss/Comic Media; Peanuts/South Park)
Caustic - I Play Computer! (Workman's Comp Mix) (Good Composer/Sci-Fi/STEM Subjects; Engineering/Dance Pop/Source Engine; HLVRAI/Complexrtro-adjacent/Unholy/Played Games; GMod/Overly Verbose Titles/Visual Tech)
aivi & surasshu - Sugilite’s Theme (Turner Broadcasting/Randall Munroe; xkcd1608/Industrial/Steven Universe)
Rick and Morty VFX (Mysterious Felines/Turner Broadcasting/Felines/The Truth/Sci-Fi/Sounds like “minus”; Minos/Cosmic Horror/”Aliens”/Betrayal)

[IR1 BRACKET] SOMEONE WILL

Art by Yosh. VOTE MIRROR MAGIC IN UGFAD GRAHHHHH

Sources: 

catapillie - Rapid Eye Movement (Celeste: Strawberry Jam)
Ben Prunty - Old Side [Black Moonrise Mix] (Celeste)
Kill Bill: The Rapper - BACKWOODS (Jazz: Jazz Rap)
Pascal Michael Stiefel - Peace and Tranquility (Indie Platformers)
Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas (Jazz)
Left @ London - there is a place for you here. (offsource/buff source - trans artists)
Lena Raine - Starjump (Celeste)
David Saulesco - Tear Heaven's Seams Apart (Indie Platformers)

Hypnagogia

Churgney Gurgney - Darnell Wet Fart (Base)
Paul Shortino. - E.G.G.M.A.N (IMPOSTER  SYNDROME)
TheLegendofRenegade - Tidal Surge Remix (TIDAL SURGE)
Katy Perry - California Girls (WORLD FAMOUS)
Project Moon - Canto 1 Battle (THE OUTCAST)
I Monster - Daydream In Blue (SLEEPY HOLLOW)
Mili - Through Patches Of Violet (THE OUTCAST)
The pAper chAse - You're One Of Them Aren't You (SLEEPY HOLLOW)
Sega Sound Team - Battle With Infinite First Bout (IMPOSTER SYNDROME)
Dan Salvato - Your Reality (STUPID CUNT)
The Living Tombstone - It's Been So Long (INSOMNIAC DREAMS)
Justice - On'n'On (SECRET THIRD)
Green Day - American Idiot (IMPOSTER SYNDROME)
Aurelio Voltaire - Land Of The Dead (TOY SOLDIERS)
Bossa Studios - Garden (BECOME TOAST)
Super Mario World - Opening (STUPID CUNT)
Neil Patrick Harris - The World Is Mine (SLEEPY HOLLOW)
Bentley Jones - Dreams Of An Absolution (IMPOSTER SYNDROME)
Sega Sound Team - E.G.G.M.A.N Doc Robeatnik Mix (IMPOSTER SYNDROME)
Madonna - American Pie (PROPANE ACCESSORIES)
DHeusta - Darkest Desire (INSOMNIAC DREAMS)
Old Gods Of Asgard - Herald Of Darkness (DARK PLACE)

ASYLUM BREAKOUT - ROSTER TEASER

Clarence Clarity, Kill J - Buck-Toothed Particle Smashers
Clarence Clarity - Alive In The Septic Tank
Clarence Clarity - Off My Grid (i fell off)
Clarence Clarity - Alive In The Septic Tank
Clarence Clarity - Let's Shoot Up
Waterparks - Turbulant
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
underscores - bozo bozo bozo
Clarence Clarity - Tathāgatagarbha

It's Alive.

01 - CARYKH & THE MARBLE WORM
(Ghanaball's Epic Tourney Of Cool)
~{ carykh, his associates/topics, Flash creators, & NCS artists }~
~{ Deep/Future House, Future Bass, Glitch Hop, & IDM }~
~{ Early internet culture, sandbox/racing/simulation media, & stick figures }~
~{ Chase themes, literature/wordplay, invertebrates, & colors }~

Sources:
YOYLE CAKE - Gamla (carykh associates)
Rain World - Bio-Bop (Sandbox, IDM)
Madeon - The City (Glitch Hop)
YOYLE CAKE - famous 600k (carykh associates)
Lena Raine - Otherside (Sandbox)
Pendulum - The Island (Madeon Remix) (Glitch Hop) 

The Island I've Been Dreaming Of

CHIPMUNKS ON 16 SPEED!
(BRICKFAD 2: BROUGHT TO YOU BY MTV!)
- ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, RELATED ARTISTS, AND MUSIC AS A CONCEPT
- METAL, INDUSTRIAL, THEIR SUBGENRES, AND OTHER HARDCORE GENRES
- RODENTS, ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES, NEGATIVE EMOTIONS, AND FALL OFFS
- SONGS FEATURED ON CHIPMUNKS ON 16 SPEED ALBUMS (INCLUDING FANMADE ONES??)
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GOMOTION - BIG SHOT (ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, HARDCORE GENRES, FALL OFFS - SPAMTON)
SMASH MOUTH - WALKIN' ON THE SUN (CHIPMUNKS ON 16 SPEED ALBUMS*)
AJR - WEAK (ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES)
STUCK INSIDE (HE IS HERE)
GEORGE "ANDROID-MUSIC" DZIOV - METAL MEAT (METAL)
FOO FIGHTERS - THE PRETENDER (HARD GENRES - HARD ROCK)

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THIS PULL LIST SUCKS WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU EVEN DOING W-

NO IT DOESN'T! IT HAS 28 LETTERS, ASSHOLE!

Voting has ended!
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Track by @criscat-v2!
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CONTESTANT 08 - The Witch

- Roguelikes, puzzle games and chiptune
- Halloween, its creatures, luck and gambling
- Social media, the internet and magic
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CONTESTANT 01 - Sweet Revenge

- Popcap, tower defense and tabletop games
- Mobile games and unused content
- Plants, foodstuffs and war
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Sources:

SHARED:
Pizza Tower - Tombstone Arizona (Halloween/Foodstuffs)
ChaosKid - Tombstone Arizona (NES Arrangement) (Chiptune, Halloween/Foodstuffs)
Lady Gaga - Poker Face (Gambling/Tabletop)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Halloween/Popcap: Peggle)
Peggle Deluxe - Peggle Beat 2 (Puzzle Games/Popcap)
Poker Night at the Inventory - Skunkape (Gambling/Tabletop)
O.A.R. - That Was A Crazy Game of Poker (Gambling/Tabletop)

THE WITCH:
TWRP ft. Tom Cardy & Montaigne - Online (The Internet)
Chipzel - The Gall And The Gumption (Roguelikes, Chiptune)
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Magic)
RENREN - Falte Red (Roguelikes)
Tyler The Creator - NOID (Social Media)

SWEET REVENGE:
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (War)
Pizza Tower - Pizzaface_sample1c.mp3 (Unused Content, Foodstuffs)
Oliver Tree - With You (Plants)
Plants vs. Zombies - Cerebrawl (Popcap, Tower Defense, Plants)
Billie Eilish - Lunch (Foodstuffs)

[LR2M1 P2] Tombstone Suburbia

03 - ACE OF HEARTS
(Lets Tourney It Out)
~{ Jacob Rabon IV, their associates/inspirations, & story-driven/concept rock albums }~
~{ Indie Rock, Piano Rock, Soft Rock, & piano predominance }~
~{ Romantic iconography, heartbreak/toxic relationships, & regret/desire }~
~{ Gambling/alcohol, ice/the cold, & time/its related concepts }~

Sources:
The Killers - Change Your Mind (AOH Inspirations, Indie Rock)
Arianne Schreiber - Komm, süsser Tod (AOH Inspirations)
Ace of Hearts - Deadbeat Boulevard
Ace of Hearts, Adriana Figueroa - Your Name
Ace of Hearts - Silver Lining

I've Let You Down

Buildup Sources:
Gravity Falls - Main Theme
SFX from How the Grinch stole Christmas (Dr. Seuss, Christmas)
SFX from Decorating the Tree with Dad (Jerma985)
Hungrybox reacting to Travis (Smash, Streamers)
flashygoodness - Luna Ascension EX (FGC/2D Fighting Games, Furries, YTPMV)
iPhone Cat Ringtone (Cats, YTPMV Sources)
Lil Nas X - STAR WALKIN' (Pop Rap, Twitch Games)
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The Grinch: I don't know who this "chat" you're talking to is, but I don't think your head is screwed on right at all, but what can be expected from a guy whose stature is two sizes too small!

THE GRINCH WINS!

THE GRINCH - 26 VOTES (60,5%)
CATBOY JERMA - 17 (39,5%)

[LR1M1] Results

"Aperture Science: Tournament Initiative" is an 8-man double elimination tournament inspired mostly by Finn For A Fish.

SUBJECT 01 - KING SLIME
SUBJECT 02 - CALAMITY TRIO
SUBJECT 03 - PIPPINS
SUBJECT 04 - MOONWATCHER
SUBJECT 05 - 
SUBJECT 06 - 
SUBJECT 07 - 
SUBJECT 08 -

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