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The history of the San Diego Balloon Animals is a long and tragic tale of a team traumatized by defeat, tantalized by the taste of revenge, and aching to bring justice to the teams that wronged them.

The Animals had an early strong showing in the Hellmouth Cup, but knocked up against a stronger Tucson Butchers team and were knocked out of the postseason in early seasons.

In the S6 postseason, the #1 seeded Animals swept the Baltimore Texas and Ft. Worth Piano Tuners to reach the Hellmouth Cup for the first (and last) time, where they lost to the San Francisco Boat Shoes victory machine.

Despite a string of postseason appearances in S14, S16, and S18 ("even year magic"), the Animals were eliminated from the postseason each time, and sputtered into the final season of the Hellmouth Cup. The Animals tanked in Season 24, having decided to go out making a statement.

In S1 of the Toroidal Cup the Animals fan base experienced elation when the Animals had a nearly flawless postseason run, facing off against the Delaware Corporate Shells in the very first Toroidal Cup.