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* Parodied in [[https://youtu.be/slWT2N3NIKM "DARKIPLIER vs ANTISEPTICEYE".]] While it starts with a hostile confrontation between [[WebVideo/{{Markiplier}} Darkiplier]] and [[LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}} Antisepticeye]] that looks like it will lead to one of these, the fight quickly gets derailed by the random appearances of the evil alter-egos of other popular [=YouTubers=] and [[spoiler:the [[OhCrap realization]] that Mark forgot to feed Chica before Darkiplier took over, leading to said dog killing and eating everyone there.]]

* 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]], Franchise/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]].

** And after the release of VI, many more characters across the Entertainment Omniverse are being created and appearing in the Create-A-Soul's new gallery mode daily, which allows you to view the created characters of other players who uploaded them and you can download and customize them as your own. You saw your favorite [[Franchise/KamenRider Kamen Rider Character or wanna make your own]]? Definitely download them for even more RIDER KICKING BATTLES IN TIME!!!! Wanna prove who's the best in Never Land between [[WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverLandPirates Captain Hook and Captain Jake]]? YO HO AND LET'S GO!!!! A challenge between WesternAnimation/{{Danny Phantom}} against [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Kyo Kusanagi]]? OKAY!!!! Wanna play as [[Series/TheJoyOfPainting Bob Ross]]? You better be ready to paint some combos! [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] vs [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos Rematch]]? ULTIMATE YES.

* Website/DeadliestFictionWiki: using the formula from Deadliest Warrior, but for warriors of any media and franchise, with the warriors chosen by logical debates from the members of the site. It's essentially TheWikiRule for Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny.

* ''WebAnimation/GamingAllStars'': Due to the [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover nature of this series]], expect quite a few of these kinds of battles to ensue. For example, there’s [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] and [[VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest Monkey]] vs [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 Whomp]]]] in ''The Ultimate Crossover'' and ''Remastered'', as well as [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] vs [[Franchise/MortalKombat Scorpion]] in ''2''.

* Website/DeadliestFictionWiki: using the formula from Deadliest Warrior, but for warriors of any media and franchise, with the warriors chosen by logical debates from the members of the site.

* Website/DeadliestFictionWiki: using the formula from Deadliest Warrior, but for warriors of any media and franchise, with the warriors chosen by logical debates from the members of the site. It's essentially TheWikiRule for Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny.

* ''ComicBook/SupermanVsMuhammadAli''

* ''Superman vs. Muhammad Ali''

** Most prominent in the ''WebOriginal/CharacterScramble'', hosted on Who Would Win, which regularly crosses over ''dozens'' of franchises per season.

* Parodied in [[https://youtu.be/slWT2N3NIKM "DARKIPLIER vs ANTISEPTICEYE".]] While it starts with a hostile confrontation between [[LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} Darkiplier]] and [[LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}} Antisepticeye]] that looks like it will lead to one of these, the fight quickly gets derailed by the random appearances of the evil alter-egos of other popular [=YouTubers=] and [[spoiler:the [[OhCrap realization]] that Mark forgot to feed Chica before Darkiplier took over, leading to said dog killing and eating everyone there.]]

Overlaps with MassiveMultiplayerCrossover when more than 2 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.

Such bouts between characters from different works will often involve [[TrappedInAnotherWorld one or more of the fighters being pulled into a different continuity]], [[LetsYouAndHimFight the strangers fighting for no logical reason]] and [[PowerCreepPowerSeep handicaps or caveats being introduced to make the fights more interesting]]. Also usually ends with [[PopularityPower the most popular of the combatants winning]] frequently due to the opponent conveniently not using his [[ForgotAboutHisPowers powers]] or [[ForgottenPhlebotinum resources]] to the fullest. Far more often, however, [[EvasiveFightThreadEpisode no one will actually win at all]] in order to avoid ticking off the loser's fanbase; this is typically accomplished either by [[ConflictKiller a common enemy appearing]] and thus allowing both characters to save face, or more humorously, a MemeticBadass of the ironic kind arriving to curb-stomp everyone involved.

Characters commonly subjected to this include those [[CaptainErsatz identical]] or at least the [[{{Archetype}} same kind]] of character when compared to someone else and prominent characters in franchise or works with heavy amounts of FandomRivalry between them.

And as for the location, fanfic writers often write it as taking place in either [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Tokyo]], [[BigApplesauce New York City]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or the occasional]] [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere rural town]].

Overlaps with MassiveMultiplayerCrossover when more than 2 works are involved. If the characters end up in a relationship instead of fighting, it's a CrossoverShip. Characters discussing other characters in one of these battles is a HypotheticalFightDebate. Compare to CharacterTiers and GuestFighter. See also CoolVersusAwesome. Contrast with StoryBreakerTeamUp.

** ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' changes it to [[UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} Nero]], [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Tamamo-no-Mae]], [[Myth/CelticMythology Cu Chulainn]], [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Lu Bu Fengxian]], [[UsefulNotes/SirFrancisDrake Francis Drake]], [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Gawain]], Myth/RobinHood, [[UsefulNotes/DynastiesFromShangToQing Li Shuwen]], [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice]], [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler Vlad III]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Vairocana]], along with the creators' own [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Arcueid Brunestud]] and [[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners Shiki Ryougi]].

** ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' has [[Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}} Siegfried]], [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Chiron]], [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler Vlad III]], [[Literature/TheSongOfRoland Astolfo]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} Avicebron/Solomon Ibn Gabirol]], FrankensteinsMonster, and UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper working together as the Servants of Black to fight the Servants of Red, consisting of [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Mordred]], [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Atalanta]], [[Literature/{{Mahabharata}} Karna]], [[Literature/TheIliad Achilles]], Creator/WilliamShakespeare, [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire Spartacus]], and [[UsefulNotes/TheMiddleEast Semiramis]]. Did we mention that they're headed by UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc and [[spoiler: [[UsefulNotes/{{AmakusaShiro}} Shiro Tokisada Amakusa]]]]?

** ''LightNovel/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.

** The original series episode "The Mind Robber" eventually, through convoluted means, features a sword fight that involves Cyrano de Bergerac, D'Artagnan, Blackbeard, and Sir Lancelot.

* ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' has an episode in which aliens set up an Ultimate Showdown: Kirk, Spock, Abraham Lincoln, and Surak versus Colonel Green, Kahless, Zora, and UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is the Nintendo example of this trope, as it pits the Nintendo characters against each other outside their respective worlds. Then the third game began adding third-party characters, so as of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', you can set up matches like [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] vs. [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] vs. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]], Franchise/{{Kirby}} vs. VideoGame/PacMan, [[Franchise/StarFox Fox]] vs. [[VideoGame/MetalGear Snake]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] vs. Classic Franchise/MegaMan, [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]] vs. [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]] vs. VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Simon]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Robin]] vs. [[VideoGame/Persona5 Joker]], [[Franchise/{{FireEmblem}} Marth]] vs. [[Franchise/DragonQuest Hero]], VideoGame/DuckHunt vs. VideoGame/BanjoKazooie, [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken]] [[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom vs.]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry]], [[VideoGame/{{AnimalCrossing}} Villager and Isabelle]] plus the Mii(s) vs. [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Steve and Alex]] (albeit this one is PlayedForLaughs, but still), [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] vs. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], [[VideoGame/{{ARMS}} Min Min]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Tekken}} Kazuya]], or even [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]] vs. [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros a Piranha Plant]].

* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': The entire premise of the series includes dimension-hopping between worlds that are all AlternateUniverse counterparts of [[Anime/YuGiOhGX past]] ''[[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal series]], and features several epic battles between opponents whose decks are based on the special summoning methods featured in each past series, along with several FreezeFrameBonus shots of [[TheCameo minor characters from past series making minor appearances]], [[spoiler: along with two major characters from ''5D's'', one from ''Zexal'', and two from ''GX'' returning in full]]. This [[WarIsHell gets]] much [[JigsawPuzzlePlot more]] complex than most [[MoralityKitchenSink viewers]] were [[MythologyGag expecting]].

* Wiki/DeadliestFictionWiki: using the formula from Deadliest Warrior, but for warriors of any media and franchise, with the warriors chosen by logical debates from the members of the site. It's essentially TheWikiRule for Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny.

* {{Discussed}} and {{Exploited}} in ''Fanfic/ThisBites''. Even in ''Manga/OnePiece'', "who would win in a fight" is SeriousBusiness. In a bid to escape Mr. 13 trying to kill him, Cross lies to the gathered crowd saing they were fighting over who is the strongest of the Four Emperors (and Mr. 13 said Kaido). This gets the local pirates arguing and snowballs into a street brawl among the onlookers that ends up setting half of Mock Town on fire.

** Pretty much the entire point of Squirrel Girl is that she is ''unbeatable'', because she always manages to talk her opponents down. She does have to fight occasionally, but she still wins A RunningGag consists of her defeating. Doctor Doom, who has pretty much just accepted it at this point.

* Historical matchups such as Genghis Kahn vs. Alexander the Great have been discussed among scholars.

** ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' pits Luke Cage against [[ComicBook/IronFist Danny Rand]], including a SignatureScene of Danny using the Iron Fist to deliver a right hook to Luke's face.

* While this is still upcoming, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvpHThakNwU When Heroes Meet Champions]]'' is hyped to be an UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny featuring characters from the two MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena juggernauts, as the title suggested: ''VideoGame/Dota2'' and ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''. Already in the teaser we've seen possible battles of [[AnAxeToGrind Axe vs Darius]], [[{{Samurai}} Juggernaut vs Master Yi]], [[ActionGirl Legion Commander vs Katarina]], [[WhenTreesAttack Treant Protector vs Maokai]] and [[MegatonPunch Tusk vs Vi]].

*** The prequel ''Fragments of Sky Sliver'' has Myth/KingArthur, [[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Brynhild]], [[UsefulNotes/PersianMythology Arash]], UsefulNotes/RamsesII, [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde]], one [[TheHashshashin Hassan-i Sabbah]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{Switzerland}} Paracelsus von Hohenheim]].