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Come Fan with UsTuesday, June 23, 2026

GIF Tournament II: ‘Huggy Punch’ Vs. ‘Nastia Liukin’s Spotter/Dad’

Friday, the winners from Round 1 of GIF Tournament II advance to compete in the Sweet 16. This is where hearts are broken. Time to cast our votes and determine the summer’s greatest GIF.

GIF TOURNAMENT II -- SWEET 16

(3) HUGGY PUNCH vs.
(6) NASTIA LIUKIN’S SPOTTER/DAD

(3) I am HUGGY PUNCH.


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Last round: 949 votes (76 percent)
Bid: Automatic
This Week In GIFs finish: 1st
Critical reviews from Round 1:

... actually, nobody really elaborated on this GIF! Everyone in the comments was occupied with the excellent Starlin Castro GIF that eventually lost. Speaking for myself, though I think the right GIF won.

(6) Hi, I’m NASTIA LIUKIN’S SPOTTER/DAD.

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Last round: 672 votes (58 percent)
Bid: Automatic
This Week In GIFs finish: 1st
Critical reviews from Round 1:

The best part of the Liukin gif

is obviously the leg raise at the end as though she was pretending it was a real dismount

- Valued Internet subscriber Vlad3217

The fact that this is a 6 seed is crazy.

It’s all the wonder of the Feck gif (which is my 2nd favorite in the bracket so far) without being overplayed as all hell, PLUS a callback to one of the GGOAT (Greatest Gifs Of All Time).

- Valued Internet subscriber WrightHOF

Toughest one, went with Liukin though

Because it is so much the Raptor gif.

- Valued Internet subscriber JoeCB1991

VOTE!

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