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1. Bowser - 13
2. Fawful - 10
8. King Dedede - 11
9. Meta Knight - 10
12. Ghetsis - 6
16. Wario - 8
18. Dr. Robotnik/Dr. Eggman - 11
19. Dr. Wily - 10
20. Dr. Weil - 4
25. GLaDOS - 13

Multicast (v.) - The casting of 2 or more spells at once--this often jams communication between devices

Like major-key, happy marches? Listen to this March in F Major!

I'll see whether I can make arranging Christmas carols a yearly tradition--here's my Scherzo on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" for piano four hands!

Schlaugh (n.) - any laughter that results whenever a golf club bounces off the ground before striking a ball

Something I've always found to be contradictory is that I keep hearing "Innocent before proven guilty", yet (at least in Canada and probably the USA), we jail people soon after arresting them (and have to deal with the consequences such as posting bail and shortening sentences by removing time already served in jail). That doesn't sound like "Innocent before proven guilty" to me.

Hopheavy (n.) - a heavily armed soldier, possibly in Modern Greece, possibly in a tank or exoskeleton

I have the largest vocal range out of everyone I know (I can sing any note from the G# below low C to the D above the C above high C right now), so no, I'd rather be able to hear my own improvised singing and not press the button.

If you press this button, you will immediately have your dream job, and you cannot be fired, terminated, or laid off while you have it. If you're under 18, though, you still have to go to school, and if you're 18 or older, you have to go to college/university. (If you're over 21 years old, imagine that you have to study for your Ph.D.)

Will you press the button?

1. Bowser - 16
2. Fawful - 8
7. Ridley - 5
8. King Dedede - 9
9. Meta Knight - 10
12. Ghetsis - 10
15. Hades - 4
16. Wario - 8
18. Dr. Robotnik/Dr. Eggman - 11
19. Dr. Wily - 10
20. Dr. Weil - 13
25. GLaDOS - 13

- the Family Computer System version of Gimmick! contains a unique sound chip within the cartridge that allows for 3 additional channels of sound. No wonder North America was too cheap to produce it.

Seems like it couldn't beat the Konami VRC6 chip's also 3 additional channels of sound--that's the one Castlevania III uses, the Shovel Knight series uses, and arrangers like coatlesscarl use.

1. Bowser - 15
2. Fawful - 8
7. Ridley - 7
8. King Dedede - 10
9. Meta Knight - 10
11. Giovanni - 9
12. Ghetsis - 11
15. Hades - 8
16. Wario - 8
18. Dr. Robotnik/Dr. Eggman - 11
19. Dr. Wily - 10
20. Dr. Weil - 12
25. GLaDOS - 13

As much as Bowser carries the recognition factor for probably everyone in this thread, I sometimes think that Nintendo wants to turn him into a parody of his past self.

In other news, it seems like there's a truce in this thread to leave Meta Knight completely untouched. He's going to win if we all keep behaving like this.

1. Bowser - 13
2. Fawful - 12
5. King K. Rool - 3
7. Ridley - 10
8. King Dedede - 13
9. Meta Knight - 10
11. Giovanni - 9
12. Ghetsis - 11
13. Porky - 5
15. Hades - 9
16. Wario - 9
18. Dr. Robotnik/Dr. Eggman - 11
19. Dr. Wily - 10
20. Dr. Weil - 12
22. Don Paolo - 5
23. Kefka - 4
25. GLaDOS - 12

1. Bowser - 13
2. Fawful - 11
5. King K. Rool - 5
7. Ridley - 10
8. King Dedede - 13
9. Meta Knight - 10
11. Giovanni - 9
12. Ghetsis - 11
13. Porky - 6
15. Hades - 10
16. Wario - 9
18. Dr. Robotnik/Dr. Eggman - 12
19. Dr. Wily - 10
20. Dr. Weil - 11
22. Don Paolo - 7
23. Kefka - 3
25. GLaDOS - 12

Echo, I've been on Showdown and Smogon for USUM and I'll have to disagree with some of those evaluations:

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Stakataka: Gigalith doesn't learn Trick Room and doesn't have a nuke 150 BP STAB. Stakataka has both (well, Gyro Ball has 150 BP against a lot of opponents given Stakataka's rock-bottom speed). It's a bit of a one-trick pony, as it doesn't have enough bulk to set both Stealth Rock and Trick Room, and not getting recovery sucks, but it tears holes in teams significantly more easily than Gigalith does.

Naganadel: Loads of people on Smogon are screaming that it should be banned to Ubers. I keep consistently being in "Do Not Ban" camps, but I do agree that Naganadel is powerful.

Blacephalon: I think you're looking at it wrong, Echo. I think it's more like what Victini and Darmanitan always dreamed they could be (well, except Victini has better bulk)--an absolute Fire-type nuke with a high-BP STAB. 107 base speed, while a flawed speed tier, is still better than Victini's base 100 speed and Darmanitan's lower-than-that. Blacephalon's frail enough that I don't tend to think of the first use of Mind Blown as having drawbacks.

Dusk Lycanroc: Mega Aerodactyl wishes it had powerful priority. Dusk Lycanroc has that in Tough Claws-boosted Accelerock, so it has a fairly good niche right there.

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Bahameat (n.) - Meat from the king of dragons