didnt care either way but i thought it was gonna be closer

The Titular Mean Bean Bracket

This track was made by: @carmelfunny
This artpiece was made by: peng#4458
Discord Server Link: discord.gg/RYegjnaVkS
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[VLINNY AND THE JAHNS]

Directly from Vineland Island,  Vli- Ahem, Vinesnauce ''Vlinny'' Pasta Pizza has landed ship at the exam. And he's not alone! He brings along the ''Jahns'', an unorthodox alien species mostly known for their assimilation abilities, and their habit of repeating their own names. Will they win everyone's vote, fairly or otherwise? That's for you to find out! Just watch out for the bearer of the V-Mouth.
... Also, don't let Vlinny out of the cold, or else his true form shall show.

-Songs from Nintendo Games/Software Primarily Featuring Miis
(Tomodachi Life, Miitopia, Wii Party, Nintendo Land)

-Songs related to Vinesauce, done by Vinesauce members, or common Vinesauce Jokes 
(In The Garden, Flat On Your Face, 7 Grand Dad, Toxic Minds)

-Songs related to Aliens 
(Alien Hominid, Men In Black, Loving The Alien, Ben 10)

-Songs related to Ice and Cold Temperatures
(Ice Ice Baby, Ice Cap Zone, She Shook me Cold, Icicle Mountain)
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Original Sources:
- Extra Battle (Ice) - Miitopia (Mii Games/Ice)
- Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (Ice)
- In the Garden - Red Vox (Vinesauce)
- E.T - Katy Perry (Aliens)
- Sanctuary Guardian - Earthbound (Aliens)
- Desert Dance - Alien Hominid (Aliens)
- Cold - Maroon 5 (Ice)

[INTRO: VLINNY & THE JAHNS]  In A Cold Garden

[night bite]
art by @ pppp#0710
- tally hall/similar bands
- sleep/dreams/night/lights
- fnaf/confusing plots

[sources]
five nights at freddy's - circus [fnaf]
tally hall - turn the lights off [ ]
the living tombstone - i got no time [fnaf]

victory! night bite

This track was made by: @carmelfunny
This artpiece was made by: Lony ( www.youtube.com/channel/UCjM0Ze2nCmYqKm4TEQDhVZA )
Discord Server Link: discord.gg/RYegjnaVkS
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[GHOST RIDER]

Blazing straight out of hell, here comes Ghost Rider! His soul burning hot with vengeance, he’s wheeling right into Hunter Exam, ready to deliver hellfire to whoever stands in his path. Carrying a set of sources burning as bright and hot as his spirit, there’s no escape once he revs up his motorcycle and lights up his chain — his brand of flaming justice will be brought upon all who dare defy him, no matter what it takes.

-Songs related to Any Marvel Property + Nick Cage Memes and Original Music from media he's featured in
(Crazy Train, Come and Get your Love, Avengers Suite, Clock Tower Stage)
(You Don't Say?, THE BEES!, G-Force: The Game, Willy's Wonderland)

-Songs related to Fire/Heat, and Hell
(Through the Fire and Flames, Hot-Hot-Hot, Lava - Moana, Highway To Hell)

-Songs related to Skeletons
(Skeleton Boomerang, Nightmare Before Christmas, Grim Fandango, MediEvil)

-Songs related to Motorcycles / Cycling In General
(Mach Rider, ExciteBike, Born To Be Wild, Bicycle Race)
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Original Sources:
- Theme Of Morrigan - Marvel VS. Capcom 3 (Marvel)
- Back In Black - AC/DC (Marvel [Iron Man])
- Libera Me From Hell - Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan (Hell)
- Willy Weasel Sings A Song - Aaron Fraser-Nash (Nick Cage)
- Hot Blooded - Foreigner (Heat)
- It's Okay To Leave A Dog In A Hot Car - Billy Cobb ft. The Beatles (Heat)

Blazin' Hot Succubus

Mashup: @megatron-super

enjoy an interlude from our best friend garfield

BRACKET STARTS SEPTEMBER 13TH!

[1] Fall Out Boy – Centuries [Maka – Soul Eaters AMVs]
[2] Haddaway – What Is Love [Safety not Guaranteed – YTMND Memes]
[3] Zeet – Exactly Two Minutes of DK Hammer Played On A Saw Wave [Chiaki and Monomi – Retro Arcade]
[4] Homestuck – Sburban Jungle [Midnight Crew – Homestuck]
[5] Danganronpa – Ms. Monomi's Practice Lesson [Chiaki and Monomi – I wonder]
[6] SA2 – E.G.G.M.AN. [Eggman – Eggman]
[7] Persona 3 – Master of Tartarus [Nux – Persona]
[8] Burger King – Spongebob Got Back [Big Bill Hell – Commercials (This is genuinely real lmao)]
[9] Dust Devil – D-Code [Boosters – [as] Bumpers]
[10] YFM – Robot Bar Fight [Jill – Bars]
[11] Masked Wolf – Astronaut in the Ocean [Prince – Rolling/Cry about it]
[12] Mystery Skulls – Ghost [Met – Ghosts]
[13] Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies – In Justice We Trust! [Clover – Justice]
[14] Parappa The Rapper 2 – Loading Screen [Vibri – NanaOn-Sha Games]
[15] Riddle School – Blue Sky [NewGunners – Pre 2010 Newgrounds Series]
[16] My Hero Academia – My Hero [Maka – Studio Bones Anime]
[17] JoJo Golden Wind – Il Vento D'Oro [Nux- Animemes/Midnight Crew –  Crime Syndicates]
[18] Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon, Trina – Step Yo Game Up [Big Bill Hell/Straight Outta Scrampton – Excessive Swearing/90s West Coast Hip-Hop Artists]
[19] DJ Khaled – All I Do Is Win [Stan – American Dad]
[20] Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling [Stan – American Dad]
[21] Your Turn To Die – Your Turn To Go [Met/Maka – RPGMaker/Death]
[22] Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine – Stage 13 [Eggman - Yes]
[23] OneRepublic – Counting Stars [Prince – Stars] 
[24] Mortal Kombat – Main Theme [Porygon – Banned Media That Made Headlines]
[25] Crazy Frog – Axel F [NewGunners/Straight Outta Scranton/Boosters/Stan – Aliens/Rainn Wilson Media (Monsters vs Aliens)/Ringtones/American Dad]
[26] La CQ – Main Theme [Straight Outta Scranton – Sitcoms]
[27] Lady Gaga – Poker Face [Midnight Crew – Card Games with a regular deck]

SFX
[1] A fucking Gunshot – Some Dude [NewGunners – Guns]
[2] Space Ghost politely asking someone to leave [Met/Boosters – Talk Shows/[as]]  
[3] Peter Griffin being sus [Stan – Seth Mcfarlane/Amogus Cameo]

[BRACKET - ROUND 1] THE STORY BEGINS

Mashup: @gloomi-809911538
Art: Pun
[VOTING HAS CLOSED.]

Big Bill Hell

-Viral commercials, real or fake (Fuck You Baltimore!, Jones' BBQ and Foot Massage, Terry Crews' Old Spice Commercials)

-Original songs made for commercials (Education Connection, Protegent, Kars4Kids)

-Songs that feature excessive swearing (Bitch Lasagna, Fuck You by Cee Lo Green, STFU)

-Songs related to cars (Gas Gas Gas, Jessica (Top Gear Theme), Life is a Highway)

-Classic viral videos (pre-2008) (Dramatic Look, Chocolate Rain, Numa Numa)

Art by: Pun

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Clover

-Undertale Yellow's OST, as well as Undertale itself and other fangames based on it (DANZA!, Enemy Approaching Yellow, Trial by Fury)
(Undertale Red, Dreemurr Reborn, Amitale)

-Original songs about base Undertale and Undertale Yellow (To The Bone, Clover Rivals Trailer Theme, Yellow Soul's Theme)

-All cowboy and western media, as well as songs related to famous cowboys (Cowboy Bebop, Wild Wild West, Old Town Road)

-Original songs by Undertale Yellow's composers (Flat Zone Rift, DJ CA7, The Video is Over Go Home)

-Songs related to justice (This is America, Fight the Power, American Idiot)

Art by: dreem!

Songs Used:

My Ordinary Life - The Living Tombstone (Cars)
Jones and Flamingo (Original Commercial Songs)
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz (Cowboys)
To The Bone - JT Music (Original Undertale Fan Songs)
Education Connection Jingle (Original Commercial Songs)
Rodeo - Lil Nas X (Cowboys)
Nightmares Inc. - NoteBlock (Undertale Yellow Composers)
Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mehndi (Classic Viral Videos)
East Hills (Viral Commercials/Original Commercial Songs)

[WR1M1 ~ PHASE 1] - Route 66

Mashup: @dat-dreem-dafeendear
Art?: CK1
[VOTING HAS CLOSED.]

Big Bill Hell

-Viral commercials, real or fake (Fuck You Baltimore!, Jones' BBQ and Foot Massage, Terry Crews' Old Spice Commercials)

-Original songs made for commercials (Education Connection, Protegent, Kars4Kids)

-Songs that feature excessive swearing (Bitch Lasagna, Fuck You by Cee Lo Green, STFU)

-Songs related to cars (Gas Gas Gas, Jessica (Top Gear Theme), Life is a Highway)

-Classic viral videos (pre-2008) (Dramatic Look, Chocolate Rain, Numa Numa)

Art by: Pun

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Clover

-Undertale Yellow's OST, as well as Undertale itself and other fangames based on it (DANZA!, Enemy Approaching Yellow, Trial by Fury)
(Undertale Red, Dreemurr Reborn, Amitale)

-Original songs about base Undertale and Undertale Yellow (To The Bone, Clover Rivals Trailer Theme, Yellow Soul's Theme)

-All cowboy and western media, as well as songs related to famous cowboys (Cowboy Bebop, Wild Wild West, Old Town Road)

-Original songs by Undertale Yellow's composers (Flat Zone Rift, DJ CA7, The Video is Over Go Home)

-Songs related to justice (This is America, Fight the Power, American Idiot)

Art by: dreem!

Songs Used:

flamesatgames - Phase 2 Release Music (UT Fangames)
Jimmy The Bassist - "Phase 2" (UT Fangames)
3OH!3 - STARSTRUKK (Offsource)
Toby Fox - Death By Glamour (Undertale)
2Pac feat. Outlawz - Hit 'Em Up (Swearing)
Justice - Waters Of Nazareth (Offsource)
JT Music - To The Bone (Undertale)
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi - Let's Go Away (Cars)
Will Smith - Wild Wild West (Western)
Bomba Estéreo - Soy Yo (Viral Commercials)
Rascal Flatts - Life is a Highway (Cars)

[WR1M1 ~ PHASE 2] - Shoot 'Em Down

Track donated by: @max-emerald
Art donated by: @TawnyBarnOwl [08] | @libbec [14, Gumi(?)] & @pinewithsun [14, Mad Mew Mew]
Collab! [08] | [14] - Eddy, The Ultimate Scam Artist | Copy That, Copycats!

It seems two milestones have resulted in a butting of heads between two of our contestants! With the confirmation of a new chapter of Deltarune and a safety net tossed in a certain scam artist's direction, it seems that Mad Mew Mew and Eddy seemed really excited...even if it meant arguing over whose was more important.

(Happy sixth birthday, Undertale, and congrats to the Cartoons in Danganronpa team for the latest episode!)

㉕Music related to Cartoon Network and shows focused on in Cartoons in Danganronpa.
[Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Steven Universe, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays theme, music by Puffy AmiYumi)
[Rick & Morty, Gravity Falls, Star Vs. The Forces of Evil, South Park)
㉕Music and media related to murder or mysteries.
[Danganronpa, Psycho Killer, Scooby Doo, Zero Escape)
㉕Music related to money, business, and scams.
[Here Comes the Money, Money (That's What I Want), Redesign Your Logo, I'm Gonna Take You For a Ride)
㉕Music and media related to villainous heroes and antiheroes.
[Deadpool, Batman, Nefarious OST, Dr. Horrible's Musical Sing-Along Blog)

❥Music related to bullet hell and Earthbound-inspired games, with a focus on Undertale/Deltarune.
(Just Shapes and Beats, vs Mad Mew Mew, Sanctuary Guardian, THE WORLD REVOLVING]
❥Music featuring vocoded vocals, vocaloids and weeb/otaku culture in general.
(The Faulty Feline Philosophy, ECHO, Ivann Polka, Carmeldansen]
❥Music related to mirrors as well as identity/self image
(Man In The Mirror, Celeste OST, We R Who We R, Scars To Your Beautiful]
❥Music related to cats.
(Nyan Cat, Garfield Show Theme, Copycat, Doja Cat]

(Oh hey, the bullet examples are fighting!)

Sources:
V3 Gallery Music - Danganronpa V3 [Eddy - Danganronpa]
Spider Dance - Undertale [Both - Undertale, Money/Business?]
What’s New Scooby-Doo? - Simple Plan [Eddy - Cartoon Network, Mysteries]
The Game Of Life - JubyPhonic [CTC - Vocaloid]
Mirror - Kevin Schipke [CTC - Mirrors]
Dr. Gaster - Shadrow [CTC - Undertale, Vocoded Vocals]
Making Fiends Theme - Amy Winfrey [Eddy - Shows in CiDR]
Cotard’s Solution (Anatta, Dukkha, Anicca) - Will Wood and the Tapeworms [Both - Murder, Identity (Album is Self-ish)]
All About the Benjamins - Bad Boys [Eddy - Money]
Borrowed Time - Tennis [Eddy - Shows in CiDR]
The Medical Anomaly - R.I.P. ft. Oliver [CTC - Vocaloid]
Stronger Than You (Sans Version) - djsmell [Both - Undertale, Cartoon Network]

(...Who cares if it's late, the two main demographics for this track should still be up.)

LOVEbirds Strolling Hope's Peak's Halls

113 votes! For our first match, I'm honestly impressed at the turnout, I didn't expect anywhere over 100. However, this match's winner never faltered. From the beginning, they held their lead. However, that doesn't mean the loser's voters should lose hope! Another chance waits in Losers Round 1.

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BIG BILL HELL WINS!

BBH: I FUCKING HATE UNDERTALE!

BIG BILL HELL - 67.3% (76 Votes)
CLOVER - 32.7% (37 Votes)

RESULTS - WR1M1

Mashup: @carmelfunny
Art: mweee
VOTE NOW!: https://forms.gle/BxMmtbmunJo83cQ86

Vibri

-Games by NanaOn-Sha and other music-based PlayStation exclusive series (Vib-Ribbon, PaRappa the Rapper, Um Jammer Lammy)
(LocoRoco, Patapon, Gitaroo Man)

-Media with minimalist aesthetics (BOXBOY!, Bla Bla Bla, Game and Watch)

-All music in the Jpop genre (Perfume, Kyary Pyamyu Pyamyu, Mariya Takeuchi)

-Cult classic PlayStation 1 Titles (Jumping Flash!, Mr. Driller, Klonoa)

-Dancing Queen by ABBA

Art by: Din, Skydiving

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Chiaki and Monomi

-The Danganronpa series (Welcome to DANGAN IsLand!!!!, Mr. Monokuma's Lesson, Scrum Debate)

-Original soundtracks of arcade games from 1975-1985 (Galaga, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong)

-Songs that are about pre-1990 video games, as well as songs with music videos that emulate styles of them (8-Bit World, Tetris Rap by Porta, Pac-Man Fever)
(We Come Together, Love I Need, Move Your Feet)

-Magical Girl anime (Sailor Moon, Madoka Magica, Cardcaptors)

-Artists with prominent "kawaii" aesthetics (Snail's House, Kero Kero Bonito, dark cat)

Art by: Step

Songs Used:

Sunny Day - Vib Ribbon (Vibri)
Hot Milk - Snail's House (Chiaki&Monomi - Kawaii Artists)
Dancing Hero - Yoko Oginome (Vibri - Jpop)
Stage 1 - Ghosts N' Goblins (Chiaki&Monomi - Arcade)
Bubble Tea - Dark Cat (Chiaki&Monomi - Kawaii Artists)
Credits - Game & Watch Gallery 04 (Vibri - Minimalistic Aesthetics)
Bathroom Rap - Parappa the Rapper (Vibri - PS Rhythm Games)
Moonlight Densetsu - Sailor Moon (Chiaki&Monomi - Magical Girl Anime)
Supplementary Lessons For The Unlucky - Crypt Of The Necrodancer X Danganronpa (Chiaki&Monomi - Danganronpa)
Love I Need - The Living Tombstone (Chiaki&Monomi - Music Videos Based On Arcade Games)


[WR1M2] As Long As I'm With You [On This Sunny Day]

81 votes! Less than last time, but still a great turn out! We got a closer match than last time, but the winner still has a pretty damn commanding lead. Early on the match tied, but then the winner broke the tie and never let up. Hopefully, they don't get run over next round. As for fans of the loser, you got another shot against Clover in Losers Round 1!

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CHIAKI AND MONOMI WIN!

CHIAKI: What? Only 3 songs? What a rip-off...

CHIAKI AND MONOMI - 59.3% (48 Votes)
VIBRI - 40.7% (33 Votes)

RESULTS - WR1M2

85 Votes! Similar vote count to last time, and similar percentages. Not too much to say here, good luck to the Loser in Losers Round 1!

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STAN SMITH WINS!

STAN: And that's why I don't run Red/Blue anymore. That and the cheating scandal.

STAN SMITH - 62.4% (53 Votes)
PORYGON - 37.6% (32 Votes)

RESULTS - WR1M3

Track donated by: @max_emerald
Art donated by: @pinewithsun
CLASH! [09] | [12] - Delilah "Mom" Details | Croissant Cookie
Exhibit: Wax Museum

VOTE HERE! https://forms.gle/6UHTEpyZJD3CUBaG8

Delilah: "Oh dearie me, you're still undercooked, sweetie! Where I'm from, we like our cookies...𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘵."
Croissant Cookie: "I'm sorry, but syndication does not justify jumping around the week."

It's a heated feud in the wax museum! Delilah's trying to extort a quick trip to the future from Croissant Cookie in order to get a quick peek at the upcoming party pack, and from there it's escalated to a full-on clash! Will Croissant Cookie be able to keep a cool head and leave Delilah to celebrate the new pack in Losers' Bracket, or will we have a time-traveling demon on our hands?

ΨMusic from party games, as well as related to partying in general.
(Music from the Jackbox Party Pack series, To The Star Carnival, Party in the U.S.A., Party Rock Anthem)
ΨMusic related to hell and demons.
(Highway to Hell, the DOOM OST, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Sympathy for the Devil)
ΨMusic related to mothers, housewives, or familes in general.
(Music by Mother Mother, Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn?, We Are Family, Stacy's Mom)
ΨMusic related to sitcoms, suburban life, and typical housewife chores.
(How I Met Your Mother, Seinfeld, Suburbia Overture, Little Boxes)
(Home Cooking, Clean Up Woman, Ratatouille, White, Clean, and Neat)

◷Music related to mobile games or infinite runner games.
(Cookie Run: Ovenbreak, Jetpack Joyride, Genshin Impact, Angry Birds, Subway Surfers, Temple Run)
◷Music related to food, with a focus on sweets, baked goods, and flavors found in Cookie Run.
(Collecting Cookies, Reesee's Puffs Rap, Sugar, Cake By The Ocean, Eat It)
(Lemon Demon, Shawn Wasabi, CHERRY BOMB, Bad Apple, Blueberry Faygo, Strawberry Bubblegum)
◷Music related in any way to time.
(The Back To The Future trilogy, 31 Minutos, A Hat In Time, 2Mello - 24 Hour Party People, One More Time, The Time Is Now, My Time, Centuries, 3005)
◷Music related to inventors or technology.
(Technologic, Sad Machine, Touch-Tone Telephone, Robot Bar Fight, Video Killed The Radio Star, Big Arm)
(Dr. Neo Cortex's Theme, Professor E. Gadd, My Name Is Doof, Dr. Wily's Castle)

Sources:
[This 4000 character limit's gonna feel more restrictive every round, I'm tellin' ya.]
https://pastebin.com/abZW8G9N

[R1 - M3] CLASH! Phase 1 ~ Mad Verse Oven

Hi, this is Step. I'm just doing results real quick since Nev's had a bit of a rough evening. That explains the placeholder thumbnail, sorry lmao. This is our first close match, wow! Let's see how things played out shall we? YOUR WINNER OF ROUND 1 MATCH 5 IS...

awesome art by @sknprince46 and edit by me step hi

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THE PRINCE WINS!

THE KING OF ALL COSMOS: Humans, martians... all the same against the universal royalty, hee ha!

THE PRINCE - 54.1% (40 VOTES)
NEWGUNNERS - 45.9% (34 VOTES)

RESULTS - WR1M5

Fighter: Gino
Arrangement: Carmel @carmelfunny
Illustration: Lazer Chicken
Join the Discord to Learn about the characters and how to vote! discord.gg/NTwd37d

Character Sources:
- Songs from/featured in Khonjin House, or by ShadowFox2 (Smack's Theme, The Price Is Right Theme, Hipster's Halloween)
- Songs related to Pizza (Pizza Tower, Spiderman Pizza Theme, Five Nights At Freddy's)
- Songs from Undertale (Bonetrousle, Temmie Village, To The Bone - JT Music)
- Songs by Gino (The Gino Fap)

Original:
- The Gino Fap - MoreMell0w (Gino Originals)
- Main Theme - Khonjin House (Khonjin House)
- High Score Music - Five Nights At Freddy's: Ultimate Custom Night (Pizza)
- Win - Pizza Tower (Pizza)
- To The Bone - JT Music (Undertale)
- Heavy's Pizza Song - RubberFruit (Pizza)
- Ayo The Pizza Here SFX (Pizza)
- Gino SFX

Victory! Gino

[CHARACTER - Mariya Takeuchi]
- Songs by Mariya Takeuchi or her husband, Tatsuro Yamashita
- Songs in the City Pop and Future Funk genres

Sources:
Supernatural - Fibre (Future Funk)
Lovesick - Moe Shop (Future Funk?)
Angels - SAINT PEPSI (Semi-Related Offsource)
ウイスキーがお好きでしょ - Mariya Takeuchi (Mairya Takeuchi)
Leave it 2 U - ADRIANWAVE (Future Funk)
Flyday Chinatown - Yasuha (City Pop)
Plastic Love - Mariya Takeuchi (Mariya Takeuchi)

[DAY 1 - KFAD 2] ウィスキー天使

SECOND ACCOUNT: @mean-bean-act-2

Mean Bean Bracket is a 16 contestant tournament run by @gloomi-809911538. These contestants will attempt to get the GameCube 2! A new revolutionary console designed by our hosts, Dr. Eggman and Satan. As well as the Phantom Ruby, but that's not important! 

#01 - Maka Albarn
#02 - The Midnight Crew
#03 - NewGunners
#04 - Vibri
#05 - Big Bill Hell
#06 - Met
#07 - Stan Smith
#08 - Clover
#09 - Boosters
#10 - The Prince
#11 - Jill Stingray
#12 - Safety Not Guaranteed
#13 - Porygon
#14 - Nux-Taku
#15 - Straight Outta Scranton
#16 - Chiaki and Monomi

RESULTS - WR1M2

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