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Again - the contest isn't to be the most recognisable. Being a train is being a train. Being a shapeshifting force of nature that can appear as anything is a sure winning combo for a costume contest.

I'm going to have to disagree completely on that one. Looking purely at the personalities, the childlike wonder of Amazo should easily trump the eons of cynicism and evil that drives Supermo. This is literally a being that has murdered countless innocents, whether on purpose or accidentally and has a singular purpose. Knowledge does not equal the ability to write a good story...

That's a fair point, in-world whilst we know it is a global phenomenon (as they show the various translations of the documentary), we don't explicitely see the ratings. But question mark on Geico - I'm not disputing your claims (and you may well be right), but I can see from the link that it's one of the biggest car insurers in the US, but can't see its international ranking. In the UK it doesn't seem to be in the top 10. As said, I don't recall it on TV here (but again, in the age of streaming I tend to avoid adds wherever possible). I also can't find it in any EU rankings. So I'm wondering if it has as international a reach as the Office does - which we know aired in other countries and thereby making Michael Scott a more recognisable figure.

I'll pick that last part up for now... so the argument here is that the way the Djinn can win this is that he, the granter of the wish, has to convince someone, a person with access to an unlimited magic wish, to wish for him, the Djinn, to play the part of Belsnickel... Yikes. 😁

It's not bad, but not sure it matches balancing on actual spheres (as a routine strategy) Nor does it quite match up to the sheer agility of dodging fire whilst on those spheres And I think above all, we need to remember the sheer intelligence at play here. Someone mentioned here they are surprised I didn't pick Terrific as my scientist - I could well have but he is both a peak athlete who outperforms at every occasion coupled with the brains of a genius (3rd smartest man in DC). That is why he has all the black belts in martial arts under his belt, as well as the gold Olympics, as well as numerous PHDs.

Hmmm, I'm not sure if we can bring others into this scenario - or else the argument would be that Po could just as easily ask the 5 and Shifu to go for the rescue whilst he goes to the Spirit Realm and waits a week, thereby ensuring both the rescue and the win.

Ah auto insurance, I thought you'd said insurance. OK thats a bit more niche, but nonetheless impressive. I'll add to that a bit of Office trivia: "In 2020, seven years after it ended, The Office was the most streamed TV show in the U.S. Americans watched a combined 57 billion minutes (that’s more than 108,000 years) of the series." To reiterate, seven years after it ended - the most streamed show in the US. And the main character for most of that - Mr Michael G Scott. Prison Mike is just one of the many amazing fun personas Michael has, but he also that that serious corporate approach when needed (again, such as when he accommplished this exact type of scenario).

He may have more contact and be older, but again we're looking at a personality that is evil and very rigid in its thinking - casually sending assassins out through the galaxy or trying to explode bombs that kill millions. That versus Amazo, a being with boundless curiosity and compassion who actively went to the furthest ends of space to find out about life. Amazo will imbue that wonder into his writing, bringing creativity and childlike amazement combined with the lived experience of countless beings into the scenarios.

I'm actually in agreement in that Reed is smarter than Kang. But again point out that that is like a smart medieval scientist competing against a smart modern day scientist. Whilst there might be some of Reeds tech in Kang's, there is also thousands of years of discoveries and inventions that Reed is not aware of. There are likely computers millions of times more advanced that input into the calculations that feed Kangs tech. In terms of reverse engineering, Kang just has too many advantages

The challenge isn't to be the most recognisable (and I'd add that Polar Express could well be mixed up with the Murder on the Orient Express or other trains), it is a costume contest which could also be for the best costume. A giant Death that can suddenly turn into mist would get most if not all the votes!

I think someone who gets tickled by punches that can break rocks might do OK against modern weaponry.

Ah but Po is hiding in the Spirit Realm to win this challenge. How would Deathstroke even communicate the fact that he has someone kidnapped? Impossible

I'd argue both that 1. Blurr can fit enough pizzas in his car (this is for the TMNT who are spread across 4 locations), and that 2. If they were using robot mode, which would be the much much faster option, then Rodimus wouldn't have any size advantage anyway.

I think people forget that in the Office world, the Office is an actual TV programme that is being aired all around world and that even has conventions. I couldn't find Geico in the top 20 list of largest insurance companies, but I'm not saying you aren't right there. But I did find that it has had at least 6 very public lawsuits against it - so there's definitely some controversy there. I think more importantly however... how long before this starts appearing everywhere if they did decide to go with the Gecko.. WATCH OUT FOLKS -THE GEICO LICKER COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU! SAY NO TO RACOON CITY 2.0

He's a champion racer, and as pointed out he's not going to be able to build up to max speeds which could cause him any trouble here. What he will be able to do is transform into robot mode and simply outrun Rodimus safely and be able to deliver the pizzas faster.

All it takes is pretty much Po holding his own finger, a split second thing. That's a huge leap assuming that Slade will be able to overcome it - especially as this is a cat and mouse scenario so Po will know he's coming.

Funny, I'd heard of the Frog (vaguely) but never Geico - but I'm probably the exception to this rule. Michael occasionally fumbles his manager role (although his team do love him in the end), but as a salesman he is unsurpassed. He frequently lands the best clients and deals. And key to this; he has this exact experience - of successfully being the fave of a company who made mistakes, and loved every second of it. But more importantly, Umbrella, who have just unleashed a series of absolute catastrophes which included rampaging monsters, are not going to want to just unleash a Gecko to try and cover the whole thing up. At most it will be insufficient, at worst it'll remind people of the monsters that they unleashed.

But granting wishes is not walking a mile in Belsnickel's shoes - it is sticking in his own shoes and hoping for the best. To walk a mile in Belsnickel's shoes he'd have to travel around the world in one night visiting thousands of kids and handing out cake and candy (or a quick lash if they'd be naughty). The Djinn wouldn't even have the capacity as far as I'm aware of determining which kid had been naughty and which one had been nice. It would be absolute chaos, and at best he'd get through a dozen kids.

Ah I see. Thanks, I'd obviously not been following the rules at all lol

Kang has posed a threat to the combined might of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, so I'd say Reed needed help. Actually, the ability to adopt tech (from any time or place) is Kangs deal. He has literally done this continously to become the greatest conqueror across various timelines. He even ends up adopting tech He himself has created in other timelines. And as mentioned, this is future tech vs past tech - it's unlikely Reed will have anything Kang needs to "reverse engineer" - as being from the distant future, Kang will already know how to make it.

I'm pretty sure as a cosmic shape-shifting being, Death could make himself be recognised (and epically so). To pull from a recent (epic) debate - if this turned up at the contest then I'm sure people would 1. know it is Death and 2. be absolutely amazed by it...

No doubt the Supreme Intelligence would have some good stories to tell - but mainly from a Kree point of view. Amazo is a being who has wondered the breadth and length of space, and encounterd so many life forms (including ones that helped give him all his epic combined powers). And don't forget that even on earth, he will have fought various battles with none other than the Justice League Unlimited - a group comprised of all the major heroes in the world who regularly face amazing threats from across space and time. And a last addition - Amazo regularly hangs with Dr Fate himself. Now that is the ultimate source of stories and wonder.

Firstly, yes you absolutely do need to watch it (or read the book). They are absolutely awesome. The films after number 1 get patchy, so just 1 is fine. Secondly, the Arachnids may have the help in this scenario of the Brain Bug, who has psychic abilities and can learn everything about people by eating their brains and passing the knowledge on to the collective. So if they can understand it, then that when they can bring all those extra legs out for a convincing display. After all, they do say acting is all done with the arms. Well, I'm convinced, just as I know you all are. My work here is done.

If we assume each contestant knows what needs to be done, then couldn't Po just hide in the spirit world using the wuxi finger hold? We know he can move there at will, and Deathstroke definitely has no way of getting there in a week.

I think we need to be careful with assuming character of a contestant and the challenge. Naturally neither of these would do what the other does - the Djinn would never give candy and cakes to kids and, agreed, Belsnickel would never normally kills kids. For the purpose of this, I'm assuming both would at least attempt the others challenge, even if out of character. The key here is can they. And my view is yes, Belsnickely has the capacity to go round to different people and when they make a wish, he could grant it in an evil way, perhaps putting them in a precarious position that results in their death. The Djinn however doesn't have the capacity to go to thousands of households in one night, with an unlimited amount of candy and cake and give them to kids.