Kristaps Porzingis

### First Appearance

Bored Google Slides Character Elimination (cameo) Ethereal Madness Character Elimination (as participant)

## Description

Kristaps Porzingis is an active NBA player who currently plays for the Boston Celtics.

## Season History

### Ethereal Madness Character Elimination

He was one of the 40 starting contestants. He was picked to join the James Harden Ownership Group by Giannis Antetokounmpo and then became a team captain, leading the Underachievers. He was later selected by Yao Ming to join the Great Wall.

In Episode 1, Porzingis confronted Xi Jinping for controlling the latter's teammates' minds and making them place bombs in the other teams' stoves. After shaming Xi for trying to create a Duplex Character Elimination repeat, Porzingis revealed his plan to snitch on Xi to avert said repeat. Xi begged him to reconsider, but Porzingis knocked him to the ground and reported him to White Mage. In Episode 27, Porzingis worked with other NBA players to rescue the hosts from their captors. When Giannis proposed a demolition run, Porzingis questioned Luka why that wouldn't work, citing Dark Bowser's success back in Bored Google Slides Character Elimination. Porzingis killed off Dark Zatanna when the NBA players were dealing with the captors. However, shortly before the NBA players were able to succeed in freeing the hosts, Poisonnissan, being instructed by Dr. Eggman to stop the NBA players from succeeding, bodyslammed Porzingis, causing him to tear both his ACLs. This led to a fight where Poisonnissan's friends came in to fight the NBA players after Giannis knocked Poisonnissan out as revenge for attacking Porzingis, causing them all to lose the challenge. In Episode 30, Porzingis revealed that the hosts never healed his knee injuries, thus his inability to move well. In Episode 31, Porzingis got brutally attacked by Bully Maguire, a friend of Dr. Eggman, and would've died if it wasn't for Green Goblin, who was summoned by Ned Leeds, intervening and killing Bully Maguire. In Episode 32, Iron Man took Porzingis into the former's secret base and gave him a new suit of armor that would not only enhance his fighting, but would also heal his injuries. Upon donning the suit Iron Man provided to him, Porzingis went back out and got revenge against Bully Maguire by constantly attacking his back and eventually killing him. Porzingis ultimately placed T-2nd, but was officially marked as the Runner-Up to Giannis.

### Runner-Up Royale

Porzingis was one of the starting 28 contestants. He was put onto Team 1, which contained all eligible runner-ups from Seasons 1 through 15. In Episode 10, Porzingis got into another fight with Bully Maguire. When Bully Maguire knocked him to the ground, Porzingis threatened him that if he kept fighting, he'll die. Bully Maguire didn't listen, which prompted Porzingis to pull out a laser gun and shoot him in the face multiple times, killing him. Porzingis eventually won the season over Dua Lipa and Sailor Daisy and finished in 1st place.

## Trivia

Kristaps Porzingis previously appeared in Battle for Wuhu Island, where he finished as a Runner-Up to Piper. Porzingis had cameos in Bored Google Slides Character Elimination and Stage Magic Character Elimination, in which he served as a judge in Episode 8 of Bored Google Slides Character Elimination while he was being analyzed by the contestants in Episode 14 of Stage Magic Character Elimination. Porzingis participated in Wii Festival, where he ended up winning the series. Porzingis was also mentioned in Character Elimination: Superstars, though he did not physically appear.

Upon winning Runner-Up Royale, Porzingis became the first contestant to win both a character elimination season and a non-character elimination season. Dua Lipa would later join him in this distinction upon her victory in Mirror -2280 Elimination, as she had also previously won Wii Infini-Vortex.

Porzingis stands at 7' 3" (2.21 m) and weighs 240 pounds (109 kilograms) as of Character Elimination: Superstars. Prior to Character Elimination: Superstars, he weighed around 220 pounds (100 kilograms) and was reported to have weighed 221 pounds (100 kilograms) when he competed in Winner's War. When donning his Iron Man suit, his height jumps to 7' 6" (2.29 m) while his weight reaches 450 pounds (204 kilograms). He was teammates with Luka Doncic and Boban Marjanovic in real life, as they played for the Dallas Mavericks from 2019 to 2022; the Mavericks front office traded Porzingis away in February 2022, partially because his alarming injury history was deemed too risky to keep.

In June 2021, after Porzingis played terribly against the Los Angeles Clippers during the NBA playoffs, many NBA fans joked that he would sign with the Shanghai Sharks the following season. They later joked that Ben Simmons and Rudy Gobert would join Porzingis in Shanghai following those two players' subpar performances that got their teams eliminated from the NBA playoffs.

During the leadup to the 2023 NBA Draft, many fans and media analysts compared Porzingis to that year's draft's consensus number one overall pick, Victor Wembanyama, as both players were taller than 7' 2" (2.18 m), could move very well for their height, were elite at shooting, and were good at defense.

## Alternate renders used

This render of Kristaps Porzingis was used in the cast reveal for Ethereal Madness Character Elimination and also in Episode 1 of that season.This render of Kristaps Porzingis was used in several episodes of Ethereal Madness Character Elimination.This render of Kristaps Porzingis was used in several episodes of Ethereal Madness Character Elimination.