History Roleplay / SurvivalOfTheFittest

* LoveDodecahedron: [[UpToEleven Especially this time around,]] though it can be somewhat simplified with [[CastHerd Cast Herds]].

* NiceHat: Both Theodore Fletcher and Hansel Williams sport these. Not anymore in Theodore's case, as he discards it after killing [[spoiler:Gabriella Parker]].

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Adonis Zorba.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Jerry Fury.

Version 7 has concluded with an epilogue to come. Meanwhile, the pregame for Version 8 has begun.

SOTF can be found [[http://sotfmain.com/forum/index.php here]]. [[TheWikiRule The wiki]] can be found [[http://sotf.wikia.com/wiki/Survival_of_the_Fittest_Wiki here]].

* KnifeNut: Maria Cucinotta refers to the knife sets she owns for her cooking hobby fondly and credits them with teaching her bladework and maintenance, her father also corroborates their importance to her in his Meanwhile thread.

* PrecisionFStrike: Used spectacularly. Yes, while most characters [[ClusterFBomb swear like sailors]], cute, {{Meganekko}}, sugary sweet Louise "Lulu" Altaire manages to pull this off. When she meets Lenny for the third time, after he has just killed her friends the previous times, this time she's prepared. She's killed people, she has a gun and isn't afraid to use it.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Each game has over one hundred students, and one of the test runs had two hundred, as did v3. V4 had ''276'' characters altogether. These character counts aren't including the terrorists themselves, adults, or side characters who don't make it into the games.

* BastardBoyfriend: [[RichBitch Maximilian Sawyer]] is definitely one to Zoe Leverett. Even more so when he [[spoiler:murders two of his ex-girlfriends and four other innocents.]]

-->'''Melina Frost''': Go on then... show him why we're called the Poison Angles [sic].
-->'''Jeff Marontate''': Poison Angles, huh? Oh, I'll give you a whole new set of angles in a minute, my darling.

-->'''Danya''': Sometimes, kiddos, you don't have to wait around for the competition to kill you. Some of you are so imperfect that Mother Nature decides to do it herself.

--> '''Melina:''' You know? I never really liked men. Do you know why? It's because they always WANT something. Did you know that? Well, obviously you do. Men constantly WANT. They want to hold you, touch you, kiss you. They want to make you THEIRS. But? I never really liked that you know. That's why, instead of letting them TAKE whatever they want? I decided to WANT and TAKE from them first!

-->'''Lulu''': See this thing, Lenny? Now you take your fucking hands off your handgun or I'll blow a hole through your head.

--> '''Goodman:''' [[http://z10.invisionfree.com/SOTF_V2/index.php?showtopic=2042 "It's ove-"]]

---> '''Kathleen''': "Oh Adam, there's no way you could shoot me with that gun. You see, people like you aren't fit for these kinds of situations. Sure, you're basically a big load of muscle with more than enough attitude to compensate, but compared to people like me, you're nothing. Ultimately, it's the smart, the beautiful, and the well-prepared that are going to make it far in this game, and when it comes to you-"

---> [[spoiler: '''Eve Walker-Luther:''']] ''"Come on! I deserve better than this! Kill me properly!"''

---> '''Andrea:''' ''"And uh, Danya, if you want to see more crazy shirtless Andrea, don't blow my collar!"''

--->'''Dave''': "Listen, me and the Help, we're pretty fucking tired to be honest."
--->'''Isabel''': "I can hear you still."

--> '''Ema:''' I'm Ema, Ema Ryan. Sounds like the normal but only one 'm'. My parents were hipsters, I guess.

--->[[spoiler:'''Albert''']]: DUDE! CUT IT OUT NOW! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis WAKE! THE HELL! UP!]]

* RapunzelHair: Bridget Connolly, who is well-known for having knee-length red hair, though usually tied back. This was until she cut it while on the island, after hearing about [[spoiler: the death of her best friend, Raina Morales.]]

-->'''Conclusion''': Wow. Just wow. [[LampshadeHanging Is the cowboy here for real?]] I like a good ol' Duke VHS as much as the next moderate western movie enthusiast, but I feel bad if parents are actually raising their kids on nothing but. Kinda reminds me why this organization exists. Whoops, I'm rambling... aaaaaanywho, I'm pretty sure John Wayne didn't have a gun like THIS. Ride 'em, cowboy. - Dennis Lourvey

--> "Unoriginal." - [[spoiler:Steve's]] last words as Isabel threatens to torture him.

--> Justin Greene: "IN MY DEFENSE I KILLED A LOT OF PEOPLE!"

->''"Look around. Look at your classmates. How many of them do you truly know? How many would you trust with your life?"''
-->-- '''Danya''', '''[[http://sotfmini.com/SurvivalOfTheFittest/viewtopic.php?f=298&t=2045 V4 Prologue]]'''

* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe example: Way back in pregame, Lucas Brady made an inflammatory Facebook post after losing the student council president election to Nathan Coleman, a student with Downs Syndrome. Good luck finding a single thread Lucas has been in since where the other characters don't reference it with derision, or even a mention of the elections at all where it doesn't come up in passing. The damage the incident did to his reputation (along with [[DiggingYourselfDeeper his poor attempts at damage control]]) continue to haunt him in the game proper.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Less prevalent than in V4, but still fairly popular, with at least two characters actually having dyed their hair blue.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Raina Rose and Nancy Kyle both have blue hair. Blair Moore also has multicolored hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: It's very egregious this version: Violet Druce has purple hair, Maria [[AllDrummersAreAnimals "Animal"]] Graham has blue streaks in her hair, her friend Cassidy Wakemore dyed her hair completely blue, as has Stacy Hart. Katelyn Wescott and Cisco Vasquez both have green hair, Violetta Lindsberg has red, yellow and brown streaks, Dawne Jiang has "christmas" hair, red green and white, and Fiona Sparki has red, green and the aformentioned blue.

* AlasPoorYorick: In more of a FoeYay example, Dorothy Shelley cuts off [[spoiler:Isabel Ramirez's]] head after killing them and carries it around for a day or so. She even uses it as an ImprovisedWeapon.

As of March 2010, [=SOTF=] also has a [[http://sotfmini.com/forum/index.php spin off site]], known as [[Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittestMini [=SOTF=] Mini]], geared towards faster games and newer writers, as well as being the site for 'official' larger-scale AlternateUniverse [=RPs=]. TV 3 is in the final quarter, and International V1 is halfway finished.

* {{Asexuality}}: Bobby Jacks has been clearly shown to hold absolutely no attraction to anybody. Even when he suspects a fellow classmate has a crush on him his reaction can be summed up as 'Hm. Interesting'

[[caption-width-right:350:The game takes all kinds[[note]]Top Row: Nate Turner, Noah Whitley, Fiyori Senay. Middle Row: Scout Pfeiffer, Jeremy Frasier, Jerry Fury. Bottom Row: Alex Tarquin, Kimiko Kao, Isabel Ramirez. [[https://imgur.com/YSGKlkS Full Res version]].[[/note]]]]

-->--'''Danya''', '''[[http://sotfmini.com/SurvivalOfTheFittest/viewtopic.php?f=298&t=2045 V4 Prologue]]'''

-->--'''Danya''', '''[[http://sotfmini.com/SurvivalOfTheFittest/viewtopic.php?f=297&t=1113 V6 Prologue]]'''

-->'''Annaliese:''' Ray, there’s a zombie in our yard.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Alice Blake. Before V4 started, she was in a car accident that killed her parents, as well as leaving her scarred. From that point on, she’s more or less [[TheStoic the quiet type]] around everyone except her few close friends.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: This occurs with the death of [[spoiler:Adam Dodd's girlfriend, Amanda Jones,]] at the hands of Cody Jenson. Arguably, it was overshadowed by the simultaneous death (and rape) of [[spoiler: Madelaine Shirohara]].

As of March 2010, [=SOTF=] also has a [[http://sotfmini.com/forum/index.php spin off site]], known as [[Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittestMini [=SOTF=] Mini]], geared towards faster games and newer writers, as well as being the site for 'official' larger-scale AlternateUniverse [=RPs=]. TV 3 is almost halfway done, and International V1 has officially started.

Version 7 has concluded with an epilogue to come. Meanwhile, Version 8 is now in the planning phase of pregame.

As of March 2010, [=SOTF=] also has a [[http://sotfmini.com/forum/index.php spin off site]], known as [[Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittestMini [=SOTF=] Mini]], geared towards faster games and newer writers, as well as being the site for 'official' larger-scale AlternateUniverse [=RPs=]. Second Chances V2 is in endgame, and The Program V3 has officially started.

* GoOutWithASmile: After getting shot, [[spoiler:Junko Kurosawa]] spends her last seconds smiling and giving her killer a thumbs-up. [[spoiler:The experience gave her an extreme rush of endorphins and adrenaline, making her incredibly giddy as she bleeds out.]]

SOTF can be found [[https://sotfmini.com/SurvivalOfTheFittest/ here]]. [[TheWikiRule The wiki]] can be found [[http://sotf.wikia.com/wiki/Survival_of_the_Fittest_Wiki here]].

SOTF can be found [[http://sotfmini.com/SurvivalOfTheFittest/index.php here]]. [[TheWikiRule The wiki]] can be found [[http://sotf.wikia.com/wiki/Survival_of_the_Fittest_Wiki here]].

The roleplay is geared primarily towards intermediate-advanced level writers. [=SOTF=] ''is'' open for anyone to join - although there is a member approval process in place, as well as a rigorous character acceptance system.

Version 6 has concluded and its epilogue is on the way. Version 7's pregame is now closed and V7 proper has officially started.

* BoomHeadshot!: Desiree Beck ends up being the victim of this, courtesy of a long range shot from Erika Stieglitz. Amber Yates later on suffers the same fate, courtesy of the same killer, but ends up surviving with severe brain damage for a few minutes before being Double Tapped.

* ContinuityNod: Highland Beach, the city the version three kids called home, is stated to host a branch of Meyer, Goldtooth and Kanuho, the law firm run by Roderick Kanuho's father.

* HairTriggerTemper: Min-jae Parker, Jane Madison, Jasmine King, and Tyler Yazzie are all known by their classmates for having explosive tempers. Roderick Kanuho has such a reputation to some extent as well. [[spoiler:It comes back to bite all of them. Min-jae ends up murdering someone in a fit of rage, while Jane's refusal to back down from a confrontation gets her shot. Jasmine tried to force Sanford Bricks to be her ally against his own wishes, and he in turn attacked her. Ty ends up breaking Conrad Harrod's arm after the latter attacked Ty's friend, earning him the ire of Conrad's girlfriend and his wrestling teammate, Clarice Halwood.]]

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Conrad Harrod applied to Cambridge University and got an interview with them, although he had yet to receive a reply when the game happened. Alvaro Vacanti has applied to Harvard. One of the schools offering scholarships to Roderick Kanuho is Stanford University, also his father's alma mater.

* UsefulNotes/NativeAmericans: Three characters in version 6 are fully or partially Navajo, and [[TheRez the Navajo reservation]] is only a few hours eastward of Kingman, Arizona, where the V6 high school is located. Clarice Halwood and Tyler Yazzie are in the game proper, while Roderick Kanuho is set to be a character in the game's "memories of the past" and "meanwhile" sections.

* SportsHeroBackstory: Cochise High School's baseball team won the state championship in 2014, one year before v6 proper, with star pitcher Crisanto Luz having been part of the team for that accomplishment. Roderick Kanuho is also a state champion wrestler and Olympic hopeful.

* EverythingIsBigInTexas: Hansel Williams, a student who immigrated to UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} from Texas. He has somewhat of a more {{Fundamentalist}} view.

* OffscreenBreakup: [[LonersAreFreaks Jonathan Jarocki]] and [[PerkyGoth Anna Chase]] broke up before they got on the bus, as revealed in their respective opening posts, mainly due to the fact that [[StrangledByTheRedString the pairing was almost unanimously hated among the writers]]. In universe, it's implied that ''[[YourCheatingHeart something]]'' went on between Chase and Dawne Jiang [[KissingUnderTheInfluence during a drunken evening]], leading to the former breaking up with him out of guilt. [[spoiler:This leads to major SurvivorGuilt from her when ''both'' Dawne's and Jon's deaths are announced, on the same day no less.]]