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* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' has ''[[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/12/05/the-deadliest-character/ Deadliest Character]]'', a direct take-off of the aforementioned ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'', featuring the [[Franchise/PowerRangers Megazord]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} MechaGodzilla]]. [[spoiler:Megazord wins by summoning TheSixthRanger and tearing [=MechaGodzilla=] apart]]. The [[WhatMightHaveBeen uncreated]] second episode promised a showdown between [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]] and [[Franchise/StarTrek Borg]].

* ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1977'': Though technically not a ''true'' inter-continuity crossover, being planted firmly in the main 616 continuity throughout, the Creator/MarvelComics take on Franchise/{{Godzilla}} nonetheless features the Big G throwing down with some of their most (as of [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks the 1970s]]) famous faces. To whit:

* ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'': pits ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', ''VideoGame/QuakeII'', ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' and OriginalGeneration characters against each other in a fight for supremacy. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 port ''Quake III: Revolution'' also adds [[VideoGame/DungeonKeeper the Reaper and the Mistress]].

** ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' revolves around Myth/KingArthur, [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]], [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Heracles]], Theatre/{{Medea}}, {{Medusa}}, [[Myth/CelticMythology Cu Chulainn]], UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro, one [[TheHashshashin Hassan-i Sabbah]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} Angra Mainyu]] being summoned into the modern day for a fight to death.
** ''Literature/FateZero'' Follows Myth/KingArthur, [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]], [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Lancelot]], [[Myth/CelticMythology Diarmuid Ua Duibhne]], UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, UsefulNotes/GillesDeRais, one [[TheHashshashin Hassan-i Sabbah]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} Angra Mainyu]] in a similar war.

* ''ComicBook/TheNewTeenTitans''[=/=]''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' crossover goes out of its way to avert this, as Professor X and Robin confer immediately, and the two teams join forces. The crossover instead focuses on how the personalities of the members of both teams would interact, both smoothly and with friction.

** And for the 25th match they've did one for [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]] and ComicBook/{{Superman}}. [[spoiler:Superman won.]] Boomstick, one of the show's hosts, was utterly euphoric when the fight finished because it meant everybody would finally stop asking them to do it. Of course, ''lots'' of people were unhappy with the result, so Death Battle did their first and at-the-time only re-match for the 50th match. Same result. They then laid down very clearly why they were convinced that the fight would never turn out any other way, to curtail this happening again.

** For the season finale of the show's 8th season, two of animation's heaviest hitters were put against each other to end the season with a bang, [[WebComic/OnePunchMan Saitama]] vs. [[WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} Popeye the Sailor Man]].
** The ninth season finale pitted [[Franchise/DragonBall Gogeta against Vegito]] in a battle of Potara Earrings versus FusionDance. [[spoiler:Vegito wins.]]
** Season 10 notably features two match-ups that were voted to happen by fans, that being [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] versus [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Discord]], and [[VideoGame/InFamous Cole MacGrath]] versus [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Alex Mercer]]. [[spoiler:While Bill ultimately wins the former match, Discord gets the last laugh by trapping Bill in the Nightmare Realm and saving Equestria from Weirdmageddon at the cost of his life.]]
** Season 10s finale also ends it with a bang, being a galaxy-sized slugfest between [[TropeMaker fictions first two]] PlanetEater's, [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Galactus]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Unicron]].

* [[TropeNamer The trope is named for]] the song and flash animation "[[Music/TheUltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]" by Music/LemonDemon, in which many famous fictional characters, pop culture icons and historical persons come together for the sole purpose of knocking the living crap out of each other. (The last one standing is [[spoiler:[[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers]] in a bloodstained sweater]].)

Overlaps with MassiveMultiplayerCrossover when more than two works are involved. If the characters end up in a relationship instead of fighting, it's a CrossoverShip. Characters discussing other characters having one of these battles is a HypotheticalFightDebate. Compare to CharacterTiers and GuestFighter. See also CoolVersusAwesome. Contrast with StoryBreakerTeamUp.

* ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueVsGodzillaVsKong'': Despite the title, the actual ultimate showdown is more between the King of the Monsters and the Man of Steel. [[spoiler:Godzilla wins and Superman is almost killed by Godzilla's atomic breath.]]

* ''[[http://theboxingtribune.com/?s=what+if+heavyweight What If's Excellent Heavyweight Adventure]]'' uses the time machine from ''Film/BillAndTed'' and the World Cup soccer tournament format to create an AltHistory Ultimate Showdown of heavyweight boxers from 1910 to 1988.

* ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueVsGodzillaVsKong'': Despite the title, the actual ultimate showdown is more between the King of the Monsters and the Man of Steel. [[Godzilla wins and Superman is almost killed by Godzilla's atomic breath.]]

* ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' features several models from different series, many of which are modified, fighting it out. So you have situations like the Build [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Strike]] vs. the [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX GX]] Maoh. Heck, the initial episode where these two "fight" has the builders dressed up as Kira and Garrod respectively.
** The ''Build Fighters Battlogue'' series has an even more blatant example in its first episode. The Gunpla Battle system has been upgraded with an AI component to act as support for newbies and can imitate famous characters from the ''Gundam'' franchise. Tatsuya Yuki and Alan Adams, both humongous ''Gundam'' {{Otaku}}, decide to test the system out by having AI copies of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ribbons Almack]] fight each other. At the end of the short, they're excitedly talking about having [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Emma Sheen]] face off against [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Seabook Arno]].

** Season 10s finale also ends it with a bang, being a galaxy-sized slugfest between [[TropeMaker fictions first two]] PlanetEater's, [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Galactus]] vs. [[Franchise/Transformers Unicron]].

[[caption-width-right:350: [[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku]] fighting ComicBook/{{Superman}}!? ''[[CharacterCatchphrase Let's get ready to rumblllllle!]]'']]

->'''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack:''' Your sword smells of blood...\\
'''Anime/AfroSamurai:''' ...so does yours.
-->-- ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle''

* ''Dracula vs. Superman'': By hypnotizing Lois, Dracula actually gained the upper hand and succeeded in drinking Superman's blood. However, Superman is solar powered, and seconds after drinking his blood, well... [[YourHeadASplode imagine eating a grenade]].
* ''ComicBook/SupermanVsMuhammadAli'': When The Man of Steel is pitted against The Greatest in an intergalactic boxing match.

* ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'': In issue #78, a fight between Superman and Batman happens, but suddenly you see a narration, or rather, two narrations arguing against each other. Eventually, it is shown that two kids, one a fan of Superman and the other a fan of Batman, are arguing who wins. After much {{Ass Pull}}s done with each argument, [[spoiler:the two kids agree that the two are friends and would not fight each other]]. Towards the end, we see Superman and Batman observing the kids. Superman wonders who would win and asks Batman what he thinks, but Batman just flies away. [[spoiler:Batman believes Superman will win]].

* The October 2002 issue of Wizard Magazine included an "East vs. West" feature pitting American superheroes against Japanese manga and anime stars: the [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bat Family]] vs. the [[Anime/BattleOfThePlanets G-Force]], [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Phoenix]] vs. [[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuo]], ComicBook/SpiderMan vs. [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Vash the Stampede]], ComicBook/{{Superman}} vs. [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]] (which provides the page image), and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} vs. [[Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal Manji]].

* [[http://www.factpile.com/ Factpile]] mostly runs on this trope. It has branched out to include other topics, but is still mostly battles between fictional characters. It has also determined the outcome of the page image [[spoiler: Superman easily wins.]]

* [[https://old.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/ r/WhoWouldWin]] on Reddit, [[https://old.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/ r/RespectThreads]] and [[https://old.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/ r/CharacterRant]] are additional subs created to accompany Who Would Win.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': [[ThoseTwoGuys 21 and 24]] often get into arguments about hypothetical fights such as Champ vs. Nessie or [[CrossesTheLineTwice Lizzie Borden vs. Anne Frank]].

** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' ups the ante by including [[WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}} Omni-Man]], [[Series/TheBoys Homelander]], and Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}.

** As of 2023, there's been only three ties in the show's history: [[spoiler:[[Recap/DeathBattleS02E19ChuckNorrisVsSegataSanshiro Chuck Norris vs. Segata Sanshiro]], which ended in them destroying the universe]], [[spoiler:[[Recap/DeathBattleS03E14DeadpoolVsPinkiePie Pinkie Pie vs. Deadpool]], which ended with Pinkie throwing Deadpool the birthday party that Chad and Ben had neglected]], and [[spoiler:[[Recap/DeathBattleS10E13ScoobyDooVSCourageTheCowardlyDog Scooby Doo vs. Courage the Cowardly Dog]], which was more like a spat between invincible friends and actually ends with Courage's abuse owner ''[[AssholeVictim Eustace]]'' dying instead.]]

** There's been only two ties in the show's history: [[spoiler:[[Recap/DeathBattleS02E19ChuckNorrisVsSegataSanshiro Chuck Norris vs. Segata Sanshiro]], which ended in them destroying the universe]] and [[spoiler:[[Recap/DeathBattleS03E14DeadpoolVsPinkiePie Pinkie Pie vs. Deadpool]], which ended with Pinkie throwing Deadpool the birthday party that Chad and Ben had neglected]].

* Don Bradman and Babe Ruth, widely recognized as the greatest ever players in cricket and baseball, respectively, met each other in 1932. While they didn't play against each other, certainly not in any formal capacity, Bradman offered Ruth the chance to try his hand at cricket. Ruth started by trying to bat cricket-style, and struggling to lay bat on ball, before switching to his baseball stance and hitting the Australian bowlers around the park. Ruth also took Bradman to watch a Yankees game, where Bradman surprised his host by spotting a double-play.

** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' ups the ante by including [[WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}} Omni-Man]], [[Series/TheBoys Homelander]], and Series/{{Peacemaker}}.

[[caption-width-right:350: [[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku]] fighting ComicBook/{{Superman}}!? ''[[{{Catchphrase}} Let's get ready to rumblllllle!]]'']]