#match 9

Vote 2026: We have finally reached the climax of the group stages in the 2026 Battle of the Week Voting Tournament. And the next four weeks are where we find out who will advance and who will be eliminated from playoff contention. And we begin with Group A to kick off the game of survival. Match 9: win the match, win the group for Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon) and Frieren (Frieren), as they have already clinched a playoff berth. And now, both of them have the opportunity to win the group if either Usagi expands her lead in the standings or Frieren jumps over Usagi in the standings to nab the frontrunner spot and the first-round bye in the playoffs.

Then comes Match 10, and this one is for the final wild card spot in the playoffs, featuring Uraraka Ochaco (My Hero Academia) and Anya Forger (Spy x Family). Especially Anya, in search of her first win of the season. Not only that, but also the standings in this match. The current holder of the final wild card spot is Artoria Pendragon/Saber (Fate/Stay Night) with 89 points in her column. She has no matches left. All the Fate/Stay Night fandom can do is watch. Anya and/or Uraraka have a chance to win and jump over the 89-point threshold to clinch the final wild card spot of Group A. If they fail to do so, Uraraka has 67 points, and Anya has 70 points; Artoria/Saber advances. Who will win? You decide! Vote today!

Hopes and Dreams vs Fallen Down

Betzalel, God of Shades dreamed by @lumi-procrastinate

pronouns: ae/aer This minor deity had to deal with the protagonist's shenanigan in a game idea that I've postponed. Ae tried their best to convince them that aers ability to darken any colour wouldn't help in their journey whatsoever. But truth be told, ae enjoyed every second of the protagonist's companion (despite of the occasional annoyances).

The Queen of dragons dreamed by @robinsinthesummer

A gold-and-white dragon but I think occasionally she had black markings too? The dream happened a while ago.

Vote 2025: The spotlight shifts to the cartoon community with only four matches left in the group stages before entering the playoffs in a few weeks. Onto Group C with Matches 9 and 10 and not a lot to say regarding Tina Belcher (Bob's Burgers) for this week’s match after winning the group a few weeks ago and is pretty much aiming for the number one seed in the Bravo Party.

But the real drama is the fight for the final two spots in the playoffs for Group C between Hailey Banks (Hailey's On It) in her match against Tina Belcher and simultaneously with Willow Park (The Owl House) and Hilda (Netflix's Hilda). Like the last two weeks, it’s all a points game to tally up who will be moving on the playoffs. Who will win? You decide! Vote today!

Vote 2025: The polls have closed in the ninth and tenth matches of the Group D stages, and when all the votes are counted, starting with Match 9 and what a way to end the group stages. We got an upset, and it's the biggest one of them all. For the first time since 2022, a defending champion will NOT repeat as the group winner. The incumbent champion, Moon Tobin (The Great North), will lose to Morty Smith (Rick and Morty) as Morty secure the final playoff spot of Group D. Morty defeats Moon 33-31 at poll closing.

And with Moon's loss and eliminating Benson Dunwoody (Regular Show) from playoff contention thanks to Morty's upset victory, Cole Tillerman (Central Park) will win Group D after defeating Benson 38-21 as the final score at poll closing.

Oh yeah, and because of Moon's loss and with him and Cole not able to overtake her totals, Tina Belcher (Bob's Burgers) will secure the number one seed in the Bravo Party.

Vote 2025: The polls have closed in the ninth and tenth match of the Group C matches in the 2025 Battle of the Week Voting Tournament, and when all the votes are counted, starting with Match 9, and to no one's surprise, the former champion from 2015, Tina Belcher (Bob's Burgers), will win her fourth match in the Group C stages for this year. She will remain undefeated going into the playoffs as she defeats Hailey Banks (Hailey's On It) with a very close score at poll closing, 27-25. And that result hands Hailey Banks and the Hailey's On It fandom a trip to the playoffs. And speaking of playoff clinching items on the list...

Willow Park (The Owl House) will clinch a playoff spot, the final playoff spot for Group C, after winning her match in Match 10 of the Group C stages, defeating Hilda (Netflix's Hilda) 30-24, and thus, eliminating Hilda from playoff contention. And now, all eyes are on Group D to close out the group stages to see who will win Group D for the second year in a row between Moon Tobin (The Great North) and Cole Tillerman (Central Park), along with who will get the final playoff spot between Morty Smith (Rick and Morty) and Benson Dunwoody (Regular Show)

Characters & Fandoms: Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist); Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan)

Poll Date: July 6 (Opening); July 12 (Closing)