SpongeBob was a rejected S.A.L.T. character, who we replaced with Takumi Fujiwara. We cut him because we just kind of felt like it. Please enjoy!

Track: @bluez04
Character Art: @bluez04
Character Represented: SpongeBob SquarePants

- Nickelodeon Video Games
(Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots, Nicktoons: Globs Of Doom, Nickelodeon Kart Racers)
- Revived formerly dead franchises
(Family Guy, Brooklyn 99, Star Wars)
- Songs related to water and sea creatures
(Plastic Beach, Code Name, Magikarp Festival)
- Songs by Kawai Sprite
(Gumball Bomb, Klaskii Romper, Sister)

Sources Used:
you - Honey Pallet (Nickelodeon Games, heavily associated with MLAATR Techno Tennis)
Friday Night Funkin' - Philly (Kawaii Sprite)
Ween - Ocean Man (Water)
Friday Night Funkin' - MILF (Kawaii Sprite)
Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair - Punishment ft. The Arcade Rabbit (Water) (if you know, you know)
Family Guy - Opening Theme (Revived Franchises)
SpongeBob voice lines

Thank you for dining with S.A.L.T.
discord.gg/eyuxVS4

Ocean Pallet

crossover with @whetzlespach!
[dr bright] + [night bite]
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[pattern recognition]
art by @ EggBoite#6969
- disney xd
- triangles/eyes/chaos
- mlg era memes/conspiracy theories/mysteries

half life 2 - hazardous environments [3, mlg era memes]
x files theme [mlg era memes, mystery, conspiracy theories]
brad breeck - gravity falls theme [mystery, conspiracy theories, disney xd]
bill nye the science guy [science, bill]
lemon demon - touch tone telephone [conspiracy theories]
spellingphailer - science blaster [science, mysteries, conspiracy theories]
fall out boy - immortals [immortality, disney xd]
quad city djs - space jam [mlg era memes]
the living tombstone - i got no time [fnaf]
the living tombstone - five nights at freddy's [fnaf]

[WASD CROSSOVER] ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED

Track by: https://soundcloud.com/cymancyan
Art by: @TawnyBarnOwl
Characters: Blue Balls

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Contestant 7 - Blue Balls
(Benrey and Wheatley)

heyyyyyyyyy its me benrey and this ugly robot ball dude!! yo do you guys see this holy shit im in like,, crown crash double dash!!!! thats cool as hell but you  you know what you should do? you should vote… for us i think thatd be pretty funny right 

Sourcelist

- Music from any Valve properties/fanmade content
(ex: Rocket Jump Waltz, Reconstructing SScience, Count To Three )
- Music related to science or the apocalypse
(ex: Big Bang Theory, Science Is Real, Fallout )
- Music from first-person shooters
(ex: Superhot, Doom, Valorant )
- Music specifically related to anybody considered a Tumblr sexyman
(ex: How Bad Can I Be, Passport Guardian You’re Mine )

[SOURCES USED:]

Oingo Boingo - Weird Science (Science)
Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! - Ice Kingdom Action (Apocalypse)
Rick & Morty - Get Schwifty (Science, Tumblr Sexymen)
Nuclear Throne - Where The Guns At (Apocalypse)
Harry101UK - This Is Aperture (Valve)
DOOR STUCK! (Valve)
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (the source was action based shooters but it got changed to FPS so, woops)
Epic Rap Battles Of Cancer - Freddy Fazbear vs. Slenderman (Tumblr Sexymen)
Ed Helms - How Bad Can I Be? (Tumblr Sexymen)
SpellingPhailer - Science Blaster (Science)
The Stupendium ft. Harry101UK - The Most Fashionable Faction (Valve)

awesome intro track

Track donated by: @max-emerald
Art donated by their respective creators. Please reference earlier tracks, there are too many names and not enough space in this description for them all. Bracket design made by San_KA#9984.

A little over seven months ago, we revealed our first contestant and officially began Exhibition Gallery. And today, we are here to finally begin the bracket. Thank you for everyone that supported us, it's going to be a fun ride...

MR. SATURDAY VS. NEON J
THE NUMBER ONES VS. THE WARDEN
DELILAH "MOM" DETAILS VS. CROISSANT COOKIE
PROFESSOR HENRY HIDGENS VS. STUPENDIGUY
JAMBASTION VS. COPY THAT, COPYCATS!
PEARL HOUZUKI VS. BABY HOTLINE MIAMI
EDDY, THE ULTIMATE SCAM ARTIST VS. DK RAPPER
BRIAN DAVID GILBERT VS. HALF OF A LIFETIME

Sidenote, a few contestants have received some final buffs before the bracket proper!
The Number Ones no longer have their cartoony villains restriction.
Copy That, Copycats! now get Earthbound-inspired games in addition to their bullet hells source.
Pearl Houzuki now gets J-Pop, as her voice actor is in a J-Pop...and Alternative Rock band, so sidenote to people who complained that source didn't fit her, yes it did.

Sources:
[See, there wasn't even enough room for all of the sources!]
https://pastebin.com/E8Prm7vR

[WR1] BRACKET! ~PAINT BY BRACKET~

...Well, I guess this has turned out better than I thought. We've lost a few plants along the way, but this girl has been very, very cautious with her abilities. She seems so thankful that we've rescued her from whatever that was, and... I suppose that's with good reason. Being tested on for that long then abandoned can't be good for anyone. Frankly, I'm more surprised that she's even alive. Still, to those that could understand her, she's been a delight. We've had to find a way to translate her, and we're only just now getting that working, but it seems she knows sign-language. That's a start.

You know, maybe this whole thing won't be so bad. Even the ones I was a little more worried about have been civil through this whole thing. I can't say we've been doing half bad. I do hope we have someone vet the list though, I'd hate to have any severe issues.

For now, I need to run a few tests, figure out how to best prepare for the rest of the Zeta Protocol activations. I can't let this chance go to waste. We WILL stop the Shattered from destroying Second Heaven. 

We have to, because if we don't, there's nothing left for us.

-Dr. Scarlett Jones

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Knowing what you know, what would you do if the truth of your reality was revealed with just a look? Hailing from a world of too much light, No-Eyed Girl has returned! Brought forth from a past excursion best left forgotten, she's finally here to prove that she can do it all again. Representing a new spin on Neil Cicierega's well-loved tracks, the horrors she's rumored to bring with her, and the eyes with which to witness the end of it all... this spirit of lost love won't be going down so easily this time.

- Songs by, or sampled by, Neil Cicierega/Lemon Demon
 (No-Eyed Girl, Knife Fight, Amnesia Was Her Name)
 (Semi-Charmed Life, All Star, One Week)
- Songs related to cosmic horror and cataclysm
 (Pompeii, The Man Who Sold the World, End Of The World)
- Songs related to eyes and sight
 (Eyes Wide Open, I Can See Clearly Now, Rhinestone Eyes)

Track: GameGenius2001 (@gg2k01)
Render: Rose Shrimp

Songs used:
Spiral of Ants - Lemon Demon (Lemon Demon)
I Can See It It Your Eyes - Men at Work (Eyes)
Aurora Borealis - Lemon Demon (Lemon Demon/Cataclysm)
No Eyed Girl - Lemon Demon (Lemon Demon/Eyes)
When He Died - Lemon Demon (Lemon Demon)
Hey Ya - OutKast (Neil)
Where Is The Love - Black Eyed Peas (Neil/Eyes)
Pompeii - Bastille (Cataclysm)
As The World Caves In - Matt Maltese (Cataclysm)

Love: The Endless Circle

[ TRACK BY THE SKELEMAN ]
[ ART BY PLOOSH ]
[ https://soundcloud.com/plooshburger ]

~

{ #2652. This one appears to be already over, and this was a sendoff track for Mystery Meat... impressive on how fast this one worked, it was started 6 months before this track was posted in their timeline! }

[ SOURCES ]
ブート - Macintosh Plus (Vaporwave)
Tell Me - Red Vox (Vinesauce)
Abstract Map (SiivaGunner Remix) - Mario's Mystery Meat ()
恢复 - ２８１４(Vaporwave)
7 Minutes Until Midnight 深夜まで7分 - haircuts for men (Vaporwave)
Settle for Less - Red Vox (Vinesauce)
40 Years of Gaming - Dan Bull (Used in the Original)
speen (binny)

~

#? - [ MYSTERY MEAT ]
- [ Mainline Mario and Mario Fan-content ]
- [ Vinesauce and people their associated with ]
- [ Vaporwave and Surf Rock ]
- [ ROM Hacks ]

Polybian Binaries III: Hearts Of The Lesser

produced by kashi

All My Links - linktr.ee/SorrowKane

www.instagram.com/sorrowkane1/

MY SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3T1FzXZYZMMG7zV8UoD0F9?si=yZFGz_X-Sta9GEnbFOxQ8g

@sorrowkane1

#sorrowkane #undergroundmusic #underground #new #newmusic #trending #tiktoksong #tiktok #newundergroundmusic #discover #hiphop #follow #hardundergroundmusic #rap
#hiphopmusic
#beats
#soundcloud
#explorepage
#musicproducer
#singer
#spotify
#musician
#love
#unsignedartist
#hiphopculture
#rapartist
#trapmusic
#explore
#youtube
#ukunderground
#art
#freestyle
#hiphopartist
#beatmaker
#songwriter
#undergroundmusic
#trendingsongs
#newdrop
#rage
#litmusic
#goodmusic
#algorithm

(Sorrowkane) is a British musician Producer whose style varies from dark beats to hard-hitting 808s in the hard trap movement. Some people even claim that he sounds like Ken Carson or Playboi Carti. In addition to working hard in his own home studio, Sorrowkane Can also Produce Hard Beats You Can Find On Sorrowkanebeatz also He creates all of his own artwork and YouTube videos, which you can enjoy. He simply tries to create a path for himself that you should follow because he works very hard and never lets you down when it comes to style.

Sorrowkane also prefers to maintain the underground sound, but for those who prefer mainstream rappers like Kendrick Lamar, Young Thug, Drake, and others, he can make mainstream-sounding songs. Sorrowkane 's motivation for starting music was that he had always been talented at art since he was very young and had even designed a lot of things. He continued to love art and began creating music for a few months without posting it because he didn't really care, but since June 3, 2025, he has been working harder than ever to release incredible music in 2025 and the years that follow, taking music very seriously.

Cost A Dub

b4ckstage

Faith

Track by @bluez04.
Art by @babybowser101.
Character Represented: Nightmare King Grimm
Tournament Origin - Garfield and Friends: Beyond the Crypt

Sources:
A Hat in Time - Trainwreck of Electro Swing (Indie Platformers)
Buck Bumble - Title Screen (Insects)
Cuphead voice lines (Indie Platformers)
Lemon Demon - Spiral of Ants (Insects)
Cavetown - Boys Will Be Bugs (Insects)
Hobo Johnson - You and the Cockroach (Insects)
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (Royalty)
nelward - Sleepwalk (Sleep/Dreams)

#2. Nightmare King Grimm

Wherever nightmares are common, the Grimm Troupe is there to harvest their burning essence - and Nightmare King Grimm is spearheading this ritual to prolong his troupe's existence. Although he was originally planning to gather essence from the horrific roster of Garfield and Friends: Beyond the Crypt, the sorrowful nightmares of a tournament's worth of rejected contestants will provide him with he requires. Will Grimm dance, and die, and live forever? Or will he be sealed away, ending his troupe's cycle once and for all? Only time will tell...

- Songs from indie platformers (NO OVERLAP)
(Celeste, Hollow Knight, A Hat In Time)
- Songs related to royalty or insects
(Songs by Queen, Fallen Kingdom Saga, Bullet with Butterfly Wings)
- Songs related to sleep, dreams, or nightmares
(Songs from Mario and Luigi: Dream Team, Break My Mind, Turn the Lights Off)
- Songs relating to fire 
(Songs by Earth, Wind, And Fire, Through the Fire and Flames, Wacka Flocka Flame)

Join the discord at http://discord.gg/xZKWarX.
Stay groovin'!

A Trainwreck Of Bugs

Track by: @Owentertainment
Art by: @TawnyBarnOwl
Soundcloud Bypass Message by: THE GREEN GROOMER
Characters: Gumi Bear

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Contestant 4 - Gumi Bear
(Gumi and Gummibär)

What the hell’s going on?! It seems that these two nonexistent singers have joined forces to become the yummy-tummy-funny-lucky music duo, Gumi-Bear! One’s a girl with a voice used by many, and the other has an album coming to stores November 13. (However, the year of this release is still ambiguous.) Don’t let their odd appearance fool you, though - together they’re sure to bounce through the bracket!

SOURCELIST

- Songs by virtual idols/artists
(Ex: , Feel Good Inc, Axel F)
- Music related to early internet culture
(Ex: Epic Sax Guy, Sandstorm, Sparta YTPMVs)
- Vocaloid original songs and other music with heavy TTS usage
(Ex: Anamanaguchi, ECHO, Housewife Radio)
(Ex: Sexy Grandpa Time, Moonbase Alpha, Positif)
- Any songs that have surpassed 1 billion+ views on Youtube
(Ex: Faded, Uptown Funk, Party Rock Anthem)

[SOURCES USED:]

The Living Tombstone ft. Crusher P - ECHO [Vocaloid]
Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee - Despacito [1B Views]
Lamaze-P - PoPiPo [Vocaloid/Early Internet Memes]
Momomomo - Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! [Early Internet Memes/Vocaloid] (I just found out nyan cat was a vocaloid song wtf)
Tomoko Sasaki - Kyun! Vampire Girl [Virtual Artists]
Justin Bieber - Baby [1B Views]
Your Favorite Martian - Orphan Tears [Virtual Artists]
PSY - Gangnam Style [1B Views]
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood [Virtual Artists]
Hampton the Hampster - Hampsterdance [Early Internet Memes/Virtual Artists]

Despopipo

Tournament's cancelled, sorry everNVM WE'RE SO CROWN CRASHBACKhi guys king boo here

Discord: discord.gg/SG6sCEH (ITS ACTIVE AGGAIN_

Despopipo

CCDD: KING BOO'S TOURNEY OF PUZZLES [UNCANCELLED]