BRACKET NAME

The thumbnail for A CASUAL Ultimate Level 9 CPU Tournament, featuiring Bowser and Assist Trophy Shovel Knight.

### Air date

February 3rd, 2019

**BRACKET NAME** is the 1st tournament of Season 2 and the 6th tournament overall of the CPUCS, airing on February 3rd, 2019. The tournament episode on Youtube is titled "A CASUAL Ultimate Level 9 CPU Tournament". The episode was hosted by Alpharad, JoSniffy and Turvis. The episode was titled "ENTER CONVICT" in the recap episode, "THE VINCENT SAGA: Ultimate Level 9 CPU Highlights". As the first tournament of Season 2, BRACKET NAME was the first tournament in the CPUCS to use a wide variety of items as would be seen in casual play.

ToyConvict made his CPUCS debut with his fight against Vincent, and despite the closeness of the battle, Vincent pulled through, overcoming his middle school bully. Falco won the tournament, but lost in the Thug Finals to the newly sponsored Skillshare Kirby, the reigning champion.

## Notable Moments

* Alpharad, right before Lucario and Bayonetta's match, comments that, "... these characters have equal amounts of porn drawn of them", referring to Lucario's sizable popularity among the furry fandom.
* Skillshare Kirby, in his thug finals debut, challenges Falco to a match on Final Destination with the match using the Season 1 ruleset instead of Season 2's. Alpharad comments that this is due to Skillshare Kirby not being experienced enough with the Season 2 ruleset.
	+ In the same match, Kirby takes the first stock with a Down B near the ledge while Falco was near the bottom blast zone. This resulted in a Star KO, and JoSniffy asking "...Did that kill?"

## Trivia

* This tournament featured a specially edited intro to the music of "A Cruel Angel's Thesis", the opening theme song of the anime series, *Neon Genesis Evangelion*, created by /u/Dzejkobik on the CPUCS subreddit, marking the first anime-style intro to a CPUCS season. Seasons 3 and 4 would later have their own opening sequences.
	+ The opening features many moments referencing memes:
		- Sans appears throughout the intro as a joke, unintentionally foreshadowing his Season 4 debut.
		- Flash text appears stating "karen took the kids" before an explosion.
		- A screen briefly appears with text stating "everyone who stands in Vincent's path will perish".
		- Still shots from *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!*and *The Super Mario Bros. Super Show*are used to represent Skillshare Kirby and Peach.
		- A shot of Aerith and Sephiroth from *Final Fantasy VII*is interspersed in the character montages, rather than showing Cloud.
			* Ironically, Sephiroth would later join *Super Smash Bros Ultimate*, and Aerith would get a Mii costume based on her appearance.
		- Text saying "plz add f!robin to the tournament" briefly appears on screen, ahead of Robin's debut later in the episode.
		- Kirb can be seen briefly.
		- Zero Suit Samus and Vince (not Vincent) can be seen T-Posing.
	+ The opening was trimmed in length for its appearance in the highlights video "THE VINCENT SAGA: Ultimate Level 9 CPU Highlights", cutting directly to Dark Samus's name rather than the buildup in the original video.
* The fight between Vincent and ToyConvict has "You Say Run!" from the anime series "My Hero Academia" as its background music.
* Skillshare Kirby's appearance in this episode made him the first sponsored fighter.
* BRACKET NAME is the first tournament to utilize the acronym "CPUCS" for "CPU Championship Series" rather than referring to the series as the CPU Tournaments.
* The commentators note that apart from Kirby and Vincent, this tournament featured all new fighters that had never taken part in a CPUCS tournament before.
	+ This information is actually incorrect: Lucina had previously taken part in the CPUCS before, debuting in the second tournament of Season 1.
* This is the first Thug Finals to not feature Vincent.
* BRACKET NAME featured 12 new fighters, bringing the total number of fighters who had participated in the CPUCS to that point to 59.

## Tournament Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8witlyft90

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8witlyft90&list=PLxFyf9PFwQ3xKnQZMyAaQhu-FowJfHCmh&index=17&t=21m12s
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A\_Cruel\_Angel's\_Thesis
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon\_Genesis\_Evangelion
4. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/user/Dzejkobik/
5. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CPUCS/
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby:\_Right\_Back\_at\_Ya!
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Super\_Mario\_Bros.\_Super\_Show!
8. ↑ https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Aerith\_Gainsborough
9. ↑ https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Sephiroth
10. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final\_Fantasy\_VII
11. ↑ https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/025/743/maxresdefault.jpg
12. ↑ https://www.ssbwiki.com/Vince
13. ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/My\_Hero\_Academia