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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:300:Before you ask, yes, [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer this is an actual movie.]]]] |
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| 8 | ->''"Samurai and zombies!? You don't have to say any more. I'm fucking there!"'' |
| 9 | -->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]]''', reviewing ''VideoGame/SamuraiZombieNation'' |
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| 11 | {{Pirate}}s are [[RuleOfCool cool]]; so are {{ninja}}s. So pirates ''fighting'' ninjas must be ''awesome''. And why not make them all fight some robots while we're at it? Oh and [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies don't forget the]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot zombies]]. |
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| 13 | Related to the NinjaPirateZombieRobot and BreadEggsBreadedEggs, this trope is a case when two types of cool things battle it out. Unlike an UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny, this is not a case when two specific characters DuelToTheDeath. Though a battle can qualify as both, if the two characters are two different character ''types''. |
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| 15 | Bonus points if the two don't exist in the same time-period, place, or ''[[TheVerse universe]]''. |
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| 17 | A MassiveMultiplayerCrossover often invokes this. A VersusTitle is a sure sign of the trope at work and such a work is a good draw for those who are JustHereForGodzilla. |
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| 19 | A SuperTrope to FurAgainstFang, PiratesVersusNinjas, FightDracula (because a character needs to be awesome themselves to fight him). It's not directly related to ElvesVersusDwarves, though; as that trope is not about literal elves and dwarves fighting but about traits of two opposing sides. Can overlap with BehemothBattle if both fighters are giant-sized. Frequently the subject of a HypotheticalFightDebate. |
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| 22 | !!Examples: |
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| 26 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 27 | * Many kinds of [[ShonenDemographic Shōnen]] and HumongousMecha anime and manga (especially {{Super Robot|Genre}} shows) in general run on this trope. |
| 28 | * ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is basically SteamPunk [[ChildSoldiers teenage warriors]] with [[DualWielding dual-wielded]] [[AbsurdlySharpBlade super-sharp swords]] and [[BuildingSwing rope grapples]], pitted against [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]] [[ImAHumanitarian man-eating]] [[OurGiantsAreBigger giants]] that are [[KillAllHumans hellbent on wiping out humanity]]. Sorry, it's probably best to just give you a second or two to let the awesomeness of that last sentence soak in. |
| 29 | * The initial part of ''[[Manga/BakiTheGrappler New Grappler Baki]]'' pits five FightClubbing legends - the title character, a teenage Main/{{Yakuza}} boss, and masters of karate, kung fu and jujutsu - against five death row inmates who singlehandedly escaped their respective prisons (and survived their attempted executions in some cases). And all of those ten have superhuman abilities. |
| 30 | * ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' has a badass knight, a FragileSpeedster master thief, an ChefOfIron dwarf and an incredibly strong BlackMage vs an enormous fire breathing dragon. [[spoiler: The first group wins.]] |
| 31 | * In ''Manga/DragonBall'' every single fight is this trope, very early in the series it was humans vs monsters with a few robots thrown in and then it's Martial artists vs Demons. In the next series we got aliens get involved [[spoiler: and it turns out main hero Goku was alien all along]] and then we got androids and a big green bug man made of the cells of our heroes the "Z-fighters". finally in the last sagas wizards, Demon Kings, bubble gum-monsters and Gods show up but by now the Z-fighters have learned to take this stuff as normal. |
| 32 | * The entire ''Franchise/FateSeries'' franchise runs on this. Seven (sometimes eight) mages summon replicas of famous heroes from history and make them fight each other. Even during the early stages when most identities are unknown and fighters are trying to keep secrets, we have such amazing moments as UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat breaking up a stand-off between Myth/KingArthur, [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]] and a mysterious BlackKnight ([[spoiler:Sir Lancelot]]) in ''Zero''. Which eventually escalates to Gilgamesh in an Ancient Sumerian/Indian spaceship dogfighting against said BlackKnight possessing an F-15 fighter jet while ''at the same time'', Myth/KingArthur and Alexander the Great are fighting Franchise/{{Cthulhu|Mythos}}. ''Stay Night'''s various routes offer their own share of badass confrontations, often revolving around "who can stand up to Berserker ''[[Characters/ClassicalMythology Hercules]]''?" with "who can survive against ''Gilgamesh''?" afterwards. |
| 33 | * ''Manga/GaRei'' mainly revolves around [[TheMafia Mafia]] sorcerers versus state-funded agency of {{Mon}}s summoners. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen It's... less awesome than it sounds]]. |
| 34 | * ''Manga/GetterRobo'' does this every other day. It starts with a {{Super Robot|Genre}} vs. ''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot giant cyborg dinosaurs]]'' and goes up from there. |
| 35 | * ShowWithinAShow example in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' with the movie Alien vs {{Yakuza}}. Hijikata was very moved by it. The manga itself have example of {{Samurai}} vs Alien, Samurai vs Robots, or Samurai vs SpacePirates, and the classic, Samurai vs {{Ninja}}. |
| 36 | * ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}'': it opens with samurai vs. riflemen, and just the first episode also includes riflemen and machine guns against one six-shot revolver plus ImprobableAimingSkills. It goes from there: revolver vs. magical weapon, revolver vs. super-weapon, revolver vs. magical lance, ... |
| 37 | * ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''. The good guy are the titular Hellsing agency of {{Vampire Hunter}}s who are led by a LadyOfWar and use a BattleButler with RazorFloss, a company of PrivateMilitaryContractors, a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire police officer girl who uses a {{BFG}} and the Dracula who became a HumanoidAbomination. They fight against [[{{Ghostapo}} Sturmbann Millenium]] - a lost SS battalion of artificial half-vampire Nazi veteran {{Super Soldier}}s whose leader is a ColonelKilgore cyborg and chiefs of staff are a HerrDoktor, a {{One Man Army}} werewolf, a MasterOfIllusion witch and a FriendlySniper magical sharpshooter girl. And the third side of the conflict are ChurchMilitant fundamentalist Catholics with a genetically modified VampireHunter priest complete with katana-wielding nuns! It's as awesome as it sounds. |
| 38 | * ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' has devil versus fallen angels versus Myth/NorseMythology gods versus a BadassNormal human army and your protagonist is a perverted human-turned devil/dragon. |
| 39 | * ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'' has Vampire Ninja vs Zombie, Magical Girl -- uh, Guy/Zombie, Vampire Ninja and Necromancer vs Vampire Ninja Magical Girl Megalo person. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has Hamon users vs Zombies and Vampires, and also Aztec Super Vampires, later it's about Stand users vs other Stand users and ghosts with endless winks to rock music. |
| 41 | * The end of ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'' features a massive brawl involving mermaid {{Yakuza}}, songs of mass destruction, gigantic eels, and ''the Franchise/{{Terminator}} himself'' -- in a SailorFuku -- firing [[EnergyWeapon laser beams]] out of his eyes while flexing while stuff continues to explode in the background. |
| 42 | * Due to its FantasyKitchenSink nature, ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has had Ninja vs. Mage, Mage vs. Demon, Mage vs. Samurai, Mage vs. Vampire, Vampire vs. Samurai, Vampire vs. Martial Artist, Vampire vs. Demon, Mage vs. Swordsman... well, you get the idea. And then the time travel, teleportation, petrification, plant control, and summoning come into play... |
| 43 | ** The culmination of one of Negi's master plans was to have [[spoiler: normals donning magic gear and fighting against robots. That's Mage Army vs Robot Army]]! |
| 44 | * Viewed at first glance, ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' appears to be about HumongousMecha vs. [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Cosmic]] {{Kaiju}}s. Of course, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation then]] [[MindScrew it gets]] [[GainaxEnding complicated]]. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': Brook vs. Ryuuma. An [[DemBones animated skeleton]] [[MasterSwordsman swordfighting]] a {{samurai}} [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies zombie]]. Hell, much of the Thriller Bark arc is literally {{Pirate}}s vs. Zombies. The zombies were technically pirates as well, and they included the aforementioned samurai, zombie furniture, and a [[OurGiantsAreDifferent zombified demonic giant]], which can be piloted like a [[HumongousMecha giant robot]]. |
| 46 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' often gets by with this, especially whenever the OlympusMons make the scene. The movies in particular are all about showcasing massive battles between some of the most powerful creatures from the games, [[JustHereForGodzilla whatever the rest of the plot might be about]]. [[Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened One movie]] makes a point of advertising that fan-favorite legendary [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke Mewtwo]] shows up to face the then-last Pokémon, [[{{Cyborg}} Genesect]][[labelnote:*]]though it's not [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie the Mewtwo everyone likes]], which may significantly diminish the appeal depending on your stance[[/labelnote]], while [[Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges another]] brings in damn near every single legendary Pokémon. |
| 47 | ** Not that the regular anime doesn't indulge in this a bit. The mainline anime series has had, via the mons battling in major battles, Cannon Turtles vs Fire Breathing Dragons, Fire Birdmen Kickboxers vs Fire Breathing Dragons, Persian Ice Birds vs Fire Breathing Dragons, Super Saiyan Fire Monkeys vs Raijins, Gangster Crocodiles in Shades vs Berserk Dragons, Frog Ninjas vs Abominable Snowmen, Frog Ninjas vs Grass Dinosaur-Dragons, Frog Ninjas vs Super Mode Fire Breathing Dragons, Giant Bug Samurai vs Magical Mermaid Seals, Animalistic Homunculi vs Metal Slime Gestalts, Werewolves vs Wolf-Werewolf Hybrids, Island Guardian Deities versus Extraterrestrial Dragon Wasps, and Superpowered Magical Jackal Warriors versus Titanic Four-armed Colossal Giants. And those are just some of the coolest and most awesome sounding things without context. |
| 48 | * In ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld'', Rosie challenges Tougo to a duel for the right to travel with Princess Teltina and aid her on her quest to destroy the Seeds of Magic, a challenge Tougo takes him up on. And so begins a fight between a HotBlooded {{Toku}} hero and a classic Japanese RPG hero with their best gear in a continually escalating fight that ends with Tougo sending Rosie flying with the wind from the Great Kizuna Sword. |
| 49 | * ''Manga/ShamanKing'' has, [[FantasyKitchenSink amongst other things]], samurai ghost and zombie martial artist versus HumongousMecha angels. |
| 50 | * ''Manga/{{Gate}}'' is full of this. The basic premise is that a magical portal to another world suddenly opens up in modern Tokyo, and the city is attacked by an invading army of monsters and medieval soldiers from a fantasy world. Japan defeats the invading army with its modern weaponry and tactics, then sends its Japanese Ground-Self Defense Forces through the gate to secure it from the other side, defeat the ones behind the invasion, and establish diplomatic relationships wherever possible. This leads to some interesting conflicts, such as fire-breathing dragons versus fighter jets, or a free-for-all between 3 foreign spec-ops teams and a halberd-wielding demigoddess. |
| 51 | * ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' pits the renowned Norse warrior [[MusclesAreMeaningful Thorkell the Tall]] against the up-and-coming assassin [[LightningBruiser Garm,]] and both are notorious [[BloodKnight blood knights.]] Most of the fight takes place off-panel, but the fight ends [[spoiler:in a draw.]] |
| 52 | * When the right kind of deck is in play in Yu-Gi-Oh, this can end up in effect. However one of the most memetic examples originated from [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds the 5D's series]], where you had Mystical Dragons powered by Mesoamerican mythology (supported by decks of demons, bird people, robots, and scrappy warriors) vs Norse Gods and decks based on their entire mythology. As the M.C put it in the dub: [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragons!]] [[OurGodsAreDifferent Gods!]] [[MemeticMutation DRAGONS]] [[LargeHam VERSUS GODS]]! |
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| 55 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 56 | * Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} and Creator/{{DC|Comics}} often do this, [[FightDracula especially with Dracula]] [[PublicDomainCharacter since there is no more copyright law applicable]]. Batman seems to be a regular feature of this sort of thing, fighting Judge Dredd, Aliens, and Predators semi regularly. |
| 57 | * Not to mention ''Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}} Vs. Vampires and Werewolves''. |
| 58 | * ''Superman and Batman vs Aliens and Predator''. |
| 59 | ** Franchise/{{Alien}}s have fought: Batman, Superman, Franchise/GreenLantern, ComicBook/JudgeDredd, Wildcats. Franchise/{{Predator}}s have fought Batman, Superman, ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter, ComicBook/JudgeDredd, the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]], and Franchise/{{Tarzan}}. That's not even counting ''two'' Witchblade, Darkness, Aliens and Predator 4-ways, one of which was better than the other. |
| 60 | * ''Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point'' sold its third issue on this by advertising a battle between Batman and Snake-Eyes of ''Franchise/GIJoe'' fame. It had the same effect in-universe as the various fighters all stopped what they were doing to watch Batman fight Snake-Eyes. |
| 61 | * There's a mini-arc of ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' in which a princess and her spec ops team pilot an [[CaptainErsatz ersatz]] Anime/{{Voltron}} against a group of pirates and their ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' lookalike. The fight lasts three issues and includes triple-wielded katanas, evil twins, and a guitar riff that can ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure stop time.]]'' Did I mention that all of the characters involved are leprechauns? |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' has fought both Franchise/{{Predator}} and Franchise/{{Alien}}s. |
| 63 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 64 | ** About half the plots can be described as this. Mutants vs. Robots. Mutants vs. Aliens. Mutants vs. Dinosaurs. Mutants vs. Mythological Monsters. Mutants vs Demons. |
| 65 | ** Lockheed is a one foot high purple alien dragon whose race is at war with the insectoid and parasitic Brood and who has often fought Sentinels and N'garai, so Alien Dragon vs Alien Giant Insects, Giant Robots and Demons. |
| 66 | * ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'': ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} was once visited at college by ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and, after deciding not to have a SlumberParty or pillow fight ([[GirlOnGirlIsHot Damn]]), the two of them went to see [[UnabashedBMovieFan a cliched, over-acted, badly produced]] {{Dracula}} film. Unfortunately, elsewhere on campus a research project [[GoneHorriblyWrong had gone other than planned]] and [[RefugeeFromTVLand twenty-four Draculas leapt off the screen and began rampaging across the campus]], [[https://d0rkasaurus-rex.livejournal.com/22014.html forcing Batgirl and Supergirl to suit-up and stop them.]] It was Batgirl and Supergirl ''fighting twenty-four Draculas''! |
| 67 | -->'''Batgirl:''' ''[while being strangled by Dracula]'' "Hopefully you won't hold this against me."\ |
| 68 | '''Supergirl:''' ThatsWhatSheSaid.\ |
| 69 | '''Batgirl:''' [[CasualDangerDialogue You're funny]].\ |
| 70 | '''Supergirl:''' [[CasualDangerDialogue I try]]. |
| 71 | * ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} tended towards this for a while, especially after he teamed up with his own zombie-universe severed head to fight dinosaurs, some of which became zombies, and then later were infected by the Venom symbiote. He also helped a superhero trucker fight alien raccoons, and helped Hercules solve a labyrinth created by Arcade, who was hired by a demon. |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'': |
| 73 | ** The premise is [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Supers]] and their [[DoAnythingRobot robot-supremacist robot]] fighting Pantsless Kaiju, Samurai Robots, Cannibal Drop Bears, [[EyeBeams laser eyebeam]]-shooting Stephen Hawking clones and much much more! |
| 74 | ** [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]] fights samuroids (samurai androids) with a shovel, saying they're too cool for her to use guns on. |
| 75 | ** Elsa is the Protagonist of the New ''Marvel Zombies'' series in ''Secret Wars'' where she adds fighting super powered Zombies to the list. Those buggers are disturbing her drinking tea. |
| 76 | * The new ''Secret Wars'' has Dinosaurs vs WWI Pilot in ''Where Monsters Dwell'' and Robots vs Zombies in ''Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies''. |
| 77 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'' is a {{Crossover}} comic between ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' and ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'', first pitting the titular heroes against each other, then against Doctors Eggman and Wily as they fight to prevent the two mad scientists from rewriting their realities. [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite The sequel]] ups the ante by throwing in ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'', ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', and [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover about a dozen other Capcom and Sega franchises]], ''and'' it opens with a [[UnwillingRoboticisation roboticized]]/[[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] Sonic and Mega Man trouncing each other's allies and then fighting each other again. |
| 78 | * The comic book ''{{Zombie|Apocalypse}}s vs. [[KillerRobot Robots]]'' and its sequel ''Zombies vs. Robots vs. Amazons''. |
| 79 | * ComicBook/TheDandy's ''Arena of Awesome'' embodies this trope. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'': [[spoiler:Myth/KingArthur versus the ''Four HorsemenOfTheApocalypse'']]. |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/{{Brute Force|MarvelComics}}'': ROBO-BEAR VERSUS CYBER-GORILLA!!! |
| 82 | * The graphic novel ''ComicBook/DinosaursVsAliens'' |
| 83 | * The AlternateHistory graphic novel ''ComicBook/{{Block 109}}'': Soviet mechas and Siberian berserkers Vs. Nazi mechas and new Teutonic knights. |
| 84 | * Dark Horse started the whole Franchise/AlienVsPredator idea, which morphed (no pun intended) into a series of video games and films. |
| 85 | * Dark Horse comic Aliens vs Predator vs The Franchise/{{Terminator}} upped the ante. |
| 86 | * Hilariously lampooned in Comicbook/NewWarriors, where the titular team was captured by a trio of highly sentient primates (a gorilla, a baboon, and an orangutan). Speedball, who had spent most of the previous few issues bothering his teammates with questions like would a shark be able to beat a crocodile, immediately begins asking the gorilla and the baboon who, in their opinion, would win in fights between a hyena and a leopard, a bear versus a rhino, etc. Both the apes are in complete agreement over who the victor in each fight would be, although they make a point of informing Speedball that such scenarios could ''never'' happen in real life. Finally, Speedball asks who would win in a fight between a gorilla and a baboon. The gorilla insists that the gorilla would win, the baboon insists that it would be the baboon. Both of them immediately begin fighting, giving the New Warriors the opportunity they need to escape, which was Speedball's plan all along. |
| 87 | * ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'': [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]'s Legion of Doom against the Crime Syndicate. |
| 88 | * One ''Franchise/StarWars'' comic has ''Boba Fett versus Darth Vader''. It's precisely as badass as it sounds. ** Another had Vader fighting Darth Maul. |
| 89 | * ''Attack on Avengers'': The Franchise/MarvelUniverse VS [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Titans]]. |
| 90 | * ''ComicBook/IronMan: Legacy'' series these days is mostly remembered for an instance of this trope in it's final story - [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} The Pride]] vs ComicBook/TheIlluminati, two secret groups of powerful and influential people, showcasing entire spectrum of Marvel superhero flavors deciding to stop working in the shadow for a moment and just duking it out. |
| 91 | * There is always ''ComicBook/ArchieMeetsThePunisher'', which, while not straight "versus", inspired nostalgic throwbacks to its sheer ridiculousness with such crossovers as ''ComicBook/ArchieVsPredator'' and ''Archie versus Film/{{Sharknado}}''. |
| 92 | * ''Film/MarsAttacks'' has a series of one-shot comics pitting Martians against Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}, Franchise/{{Transformers}}, Music/{{KISS}} and ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}. |
| 93 | * ''ComicBook/{{Arawn}}'': Most of the major battles include various fantasy monsters. Though perhaps taking the cake is TheLegionsOfHell versus NightOfTheLivingMooks. |
| 94 | * Franchise/WonderWoman: |
| 95 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The conflict in "Siege of the Rykornians" is aliens vs. cowboys, and the cowboys get a helping hand from an Amazon Princess when the aliens prove to be rather damage resistant and in possession of drugs that weaken humans on skin contact. |
| 96 | ** ''ComicBook/JLAALeagueOfOne'': The story has two in the form of Wonder Woman vs. the Justice League and then Wonder Woman vs. a Dragon. |
| 97 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheHiketeia'': The main thing the story is known for is it's Batman vs. Wonder Woman fight. |
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| 100 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 101 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Nodwick}}'' offers [[http://comic.nodwick.com/?comic=2004-08-04 Tyrannosaur-ship-mounted-Ninja-Pirates vs. the Titan-Submarine-mounted-Cannibal-Vikings]]. |
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| 104 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 105 | * ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' features a sizeable [[GhostPirate undead fleet]] in the opening stages of the battle of Dreadfog Island. Flying undead galleons and frigats, supported by twelve ancient death priests, pitted against ''airships''. And then a giant flying zombie Octopus... |
| 106 | * ''Fanfic/FateStayNightUltimateMaster'' gives us [[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ben Tennyson]] taking part in [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight the Holy Grail War]]. In other words, we get to see [[AlienTropes Alien]] [[SuperHero Super-Heroes]] vs [[SummonMagic Magically-summoned]] [[LivingLegend Heroic Spirits]]. |
| 107 | * ''Fanfic/FantasyOfUtterRidiculousness'' offers a duel between WesternAnimation/{{Megas|XLR}} and [[Franchise/TouhouProject Suika Ibuki.]] A giant robot car fighting Gensokyo's resident drunken {{Sizeshifter}}? Definitely. |
| 108 | * ''Fanfic/AnISOTInGrimdark'' pits the [[UsefulNotes/WeAreNotTheWehrmacht modern German ''Bundeswehr'']] against the [[TheLegionsOfHell Forces Of Chaos]]. [[TankGoodness Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank]] vs. [[OneManArmy Bloodthirster of Khorne]], anyone? |
| 109 | * ''Fanfic/AshesOfThePast'' has, as the closing ceremony of the Silver Conference, the Kamui-Johto EliteFour going up against [[spoiler: five of Ash’s [[OlympusMons Legendary Pokémon]]]]. |
| 110 | * ''Fanfic/WorldwarWarOfEquals'' has [[LizardFolk alien space lizards]] facing off against 21st century military forces. |
| 111 | * ''Fanfic/FateZeroSense'' replaces all the servants except Saber with various anime characters and Deadpool, so this becomes a regular occurrence. Examples include Deadpool almost defeating Saber ''with Monty Python References'', [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] vs [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva Unit-01]], Sasuke's [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Susano'o]] vs Grimmjow's [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Gran Rey Cero]], ''more Monty Python references'', Vash's [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Angel Arm]] vs Saber's Excalibur [[spoiler: Angel Arm wins]], ''Grimmjow in Resurrection vs ALL OF TEAM DAI-GURREN'', Gurren Lagann vs Eva Unit-01 rematch. Gurren Lagann wins [[spoiler: although Rider dies from his wounds.]] And finally, MORE MONTY PYTHON REFERENCES. The JustForFun/HolyShitQuotient was surpassed at the first Monty Python reference. Yeah, it's that kind of fic, and it got moreso in the sequel. |
| 112 | ** Heck, it practically [[FollowTheLeader inspired]] the Cool Vs. Awesome ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' fanfic series. The most famous of which, ''Fanfic/FateZeroSanity'' (which leaves the three kings of Fate/Zero canon to fight various anime characters) is no slouch in delivering, from Rider unleashing Ionian Hetairoi against Alucard's unleashed undead army with every other Servant joining together to help, [[Manga/OnePiece Whitebeard]] dueling Alucard to the death during that same battle]], Saber and [[Manga/SoulEater Maka Albarn]] vs. Alucard and later a [[TranquilFury serious]] Gilgamesh, ''Rinnegan Obito vs. Lightning-Flame Dragon Natsu and Black Blood Maka''. The JustForFun/HolyShitQuotient only got bigger in the sequel with ''[[ExaggeratedTrope 15 Servants]]''. |
| 113 | * ''Fanfic/WeissReacts'': In no particular order, the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] versus the [[Anime/EurekaSeven Nirvash typeZERO]], the above two mechas plus [[Anime/CodeGeass the Shinkiro]] versus the [[Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne Vox Units]], team RWBY versus [[Manga/KOn Hokuago Tea-Time]] in a music competition, [[TheAce Pyrrha]] versus [[VideoGame/Persona3 Minako]] and [[{{Samurai}} Raven]] versus [[MasterSwordsman Adam]]. Also, [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rin]] versus Weiss has been hinted to have happened in backstory. |
| 114 | * The ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''[=/=]''Franchise/MassEffect'' crossover ''Fanfic/GuiltySparks'', which takes place during the (rather shaken up) events of VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved, sees several melee fights between Reaper Husks and Flood Combat Forms. It is exactly as awesome and terrifying as it sounds. It reaches its apex when the heroes catch a Reaper Husk specifically created for [[MookMaker turning enemies into husks]] tries to huskify Flood Forms...[[HoistByHisOwnPetard only for the Flood-Husks to turn on them and prove even harder to fight]]. The sequels are sure to take it even farther. |
| 115 | * ''Fanfic/AWorldOfBloodyEvolution'' is a crossover fic which drops [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long]] [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 into the grim darkness of the far future]] in mysterious circumstances. Thanks to her BattleAura, she's a OneWomanArmy who can smash through whole squads of Ork Boyz and Chaos Cultists with ease. [[spoiler:Weiss, who is a psyker on top of an Aura user, is even more powerful.]] |
| 116 | * The {{Crossover}} Fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8381700/1/A-Gentleman-s-Game A Gentleman's Game]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/~Rassilon001 Rassilon001]] features Film/TheATeam vs [[Manga/BlackLagoon The Lagoon Company]], very much a literal invocation of this [[InvokedTrope Trope]]. Later, things go [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] when they team up. |
| 117 | * ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'' has Basilisk versus a dragon-riding giant spider. No, we're not making this up. |
| 118 | * The FinalBattle in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' presents! On one side, HYDRA, led by Lucius Malfoy, Baron Zemo, Arnim Zola (in evil AI form), and Gravemoss, a HumanoidAbomination and EvilSorcerer, the latter of whom ends up getting body-hijacked by Chthon, God of Evil and Dark Magic, their vibranium-armoured Destroyer-armed super-sized Helicarrier, and a whole army of demons. On the other, Magneto, Namor, the Avengers (including Loki), [[Literature/HarryPotter Sirius, Lupin, Hogwarts' senior staff,]] a few former X-Men, [[Literature/DresdenFiles Harry Dresden,]] the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine,]] [[ComicBook/BlackPanther the Black Panther,]] ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, [[Film/BladeTrilogy Blade]], [[Film/{{Thor}} Sif and the Warriors Three,]] and the remnants of SHIELD and MI-13. And then there's Harry and his team: A teenage Asgardian, a pre-teen Wonder Woman, a teenage super-soldier with [[spoiler: the Green Lantern ring]], and a Flash-level speedster. Oh, and the Winter Soldier joins in for the second half, as do [[ManipulativeBastard Stephen]] [[TheArchmage Strange]], [[OldSoldier Odin,]] and an Asgardian army. Not to mention [[spoiler: all the Heroes of Tomorrow]]. Meanwhile, the current X-Men and heroes (some mystical, some completely mundane) fight demons across the world. |
| 119 | ** In a smaller example of this trope, Alan Scott used to be a Special Agent of SHIELD. And his chief opponent in the seventies and eighties was ''Magneto.'' |
| 120 | ** The sequel's arcs heavily feature this: |
| 121 | *** ''Forever Red'': The Winter Soldier vs Sabretooth, Harry vs [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] in a battle that upends the Nevernever, the Red Son and the Winter Guard vs Magneto, Thor vs the Juggernaut, and the Red Room vs [[spoiler: the Dark Phoenix]]. |
| 122 | *** ''Bloody Hell'': [[FightDracula Harry vs Dracula - Rounds 1 and 2]], and Bucky/the Winter Soldier, Uhtred, [[Characters/WonderWomanTheCharacter Diana]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol]], Alison Carter, [[spoiler:[[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Peter Parker]]]], and [[spoiler:[[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]]]] vs machine-gun wielding Grey Court Vampires. In [[TwoLinesNoWaiting the other half]] of the arc: Harry Dresden (riding [[spoiler: Sue the undead T-Rex]], Wanda Maximoff, Magneto, and the White Council, vs [[EvilSorcerer Selene]] [[ScaledUp Gallio]], [[HumanoidAbomination Voldemort]], the Kemmlerites, and a ''lot'' of zombies. |
| 123 | *** ''Of Dungeons and Dragons'': Harry vs the [[spoiler: Barrow Wights]], and Harry, Thor, Tony, Dumbledore, Wanda, Ebenezar [=McCoy=], and [=MI13=] vs [[DraconicAbomination the Elder Wyrm]]. |
| 124 | *** ''Mirror, Mirror'': Harry and Clark vs [[spoiler: Dr Reynolds]], an EvilSorcerer and MadScientist who'd drained Clark like a battery and fused with a demon to become an unholy combination of the Parasite and [[spoiler: Characters/TheSentry in full Void mode]]. |
| 125 | *** ''The Fallen Fortress'': Harry, Hermione ([[spoiler: as a SpiritAdvisor in Harry's head]]), Dumbledore, Betsy Braddock, and Sirius Black (with support from Krum and Ron) vs the Spirit of the Fallen Fortress, an EldritchAbomination that ate everything sentient up to and including low-level gods, which is now [[DemonicPossession possessing]] [[spoiler: Hermione, activating her X-Gene and full RealityWarper potential]]. |
| 126 | ** Also in the sequel, outside of major arcs: |
| 127 | *** Alison Carter mentions that the Red Room kidnapped her back in 1953 with the aid of Yon-Rogg (Kree military, completely evil) and a Winter Guard composed of pre HeelFaceTurn Natasha, the Winter Soldier, [[SociopathicSoldier Omega]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Red]], and [[TokenGoodTeamMate a blackmailed Colossus]], among others. In response, Peggy Carter and Howard Stark teamed up with a young Charles Xavier, Captain Mar-Vell, [[Series/StargateSG1 Master Bra'tac, Teal'c]], and a young Jor-El to get her back. The fight isn't shown, but it is occasionally mentioned that Jor-El, a MartialPacifist, literally drop-kicked Omega Red through Mount Yamantau. Not over. ''[[ExactWords Through.]]'' |
| 128 | *** Chapter 51 shows visions of Sunniva (an ancient Asgardian Phoenix host) vs Annihilus and the [[GeniusLoci Negative Zone itself]] and Bor vs a Reality Stone wielding Malekith. Furthermore, it also has Harry go mind to mind with [[spoiler: Surtur]] - [[spoiler: Phoenix vs Dark Phoenix]], in other words. |
| 129 | * ''Fanfic/CoreLine'' is what happens if you take ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' by way of ''Film/LastActionHero''... by way of ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}''. Situations like these happen all of the time within the setting. As an example, one of the ''minor'' fights in ''Fanfic/TheShikigamiRangerAndTheMonsterMashers'' is [[Film/PacificRim Leatherback]] vs. the [[Franchise/PowerRangers Dragonzord]], which is being piloted by an AlternateUniverse version of [[Anime/InuYasha Sango]] that is a Green Ranger ''ComicBook/SheHulk''. |
| 130 | * In ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'' the Angels are more powerful and terrifying than in the TV series, and the Evangelions are more powerful (better trained pilots and NNHIS' additions). This makes for truly awesome fights. |
| 131 | ** Sahaquiel is able to capture live nukes launched at him and drop parts of itself to the ground with those nukes inside -effectively nuking targets-, and Tokyo-3 answers with a N2 bomb-powered ''homing laser'' to defeat him). |
| 132 | ** Rei vs. Kaworu's first fight deserves to be mentioned. |
| 133 | ** Then Kaworu infects a massive fortress cradle with a living Angel and worms and uses to zombify parts of Tokyo-3 while deploying his own battle mechas based on Angelic biomatter and current technology to fight the Evas. Then Shinji arrives with his own army, composed of battle-hardened Chinese and Russian soldiers, psychic warriors highly skilled at killing Angelspawn, and the Terminatus Legio. |
| 134 | ** The battle of Gotha (German soldiers and psykers vs all the horrors the Cradle throws at them) is 2 chapters of courageous soldiers armed with Bolt weaponry and psychoreactive lances vs dragons, Brutes, Angelspawn and a couple of mechasaurus. |
| 135 | ** Asuka and Mayumi vs. Martin and Sarah is THE fight everyone was expecting (in-world, no less!). |
| 136 | ** Then, at the same time and at the other side of the world, Shinji vs. Kaworu. |
| 137 | * The 7th chapter of ''[[Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy Heart of the Inferno]]'' has a BehemothBattle occur between [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]] and [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Durin's Bane]] at the end of Gandalf's fight with Moria's Balrog. See the author's drawing [[https://adonovan94.deviantart.com/art/Smaug-the-Golden-vs-Durin-s-Bane-737010665 here]]. |
| 138 | * ''Fanfic/BloodOnTheHandsOfAHealer'' is the result of the storyline of ''Anime/ReCreators'' taking place in the world of ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''. It goes on to answer the question of what happens when [[CombatMedic Combat Medics]] clad in video game based PoweredArmor have to deal with invading fictional characters from various mediums and genres of the InUniverse [[ShowWithinAShow pop culture]]. So far, the fights have included: |
| 139 | ** A PlatformGame based Kamen Rider and a FieryRedhead princess vs a [[PsychoticSmirk Psychotic Smirking]] MusicalAssassin whose SignatureMove is StormOfBlades. The former duo later on take on a stereotypical MagicalGirl who is very the TropeCodifier for HeartIsAnAwesomePower, except ''now'' said Kamen Rider has a PowerFist via the power of [[MechaGame Mecha Games]]. |
| 140 | ** The resident FirstPersonShooter based Kamen Rider who later dons on a JetPack with MoreDakka through the power of a ShootEmUp video game vs a MagicKnight with a CoolHorse who has SummonMagic [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]], which allows her to call upon a BadassArmy. They later clash again when they team up with an [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] based Kamen Rider with a CoolSword that can utilize [[ElementalWeapon fire and ice]] and a SuperCop with [[GravityMaster anti-gravity high-tech]] respectively. |
| 141 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Eye of the Storm|KisekiMa}}'', we have [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Son of Sparda]] vs. [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Servant]]. Half demon vs. spirit of legendary hero. While either combatant don't go all out (no Devil Trigger or Noble Phantasm), they are able to keep up with each other. |
| 142 | * Fanfic/ChasingDragons gives us the battle of Narrow Run, in which a [[HordesFromTheEast Dothraki ''khalasar'']] of 11,000 [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty warriors]] is up against an army half its size made up of [[TheCavalry Westerosi knights]], longbowmen from the Reach and the Stormlands and the [[BadassArmy Iron Legion,]] which is 90% composed of newly freed slaves trained by Westerosi sergeants in spear, short sword, shield and crossbow. Their hatred and anger toward their former captors combined with military training has turned them into ''very'' formidable soldiers. They are led by [[TheDreaded Ned Stark]] and [[ColonelBadass Brynden Tully.]] The battle lasts all day, with the bodies piled for miles around. |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:Films — Animation]] |
| 146 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': you get what you came for, and then some. |
| 147 | * ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'': Vikings vs. Dragons. Then, Vikings ''[[DragonRider riding]]'' dragons vs. [[AlwaysABiggerFish an even bigger dragon.]] |
| 148 | * ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'' features Samurai (the Leafmen) vs. [[MixAndMatchCritters shark-frog-men]] (the Boggans). |
| 149 | * Not only does ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' seeing Batman fights the Turtles, one of the first fights sees him come into conflict with their archenemy, the Shredder. |
| 150 | [[/folder]] |
| 151 | |
| 152 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 153 | * The ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise mostly deals with the titled mutant dinosaur himself fighting off other giant monsters and super weapons such as other giant mutant dinosaurs, bugs, dragons, gods, space monsters, robots and cyborgs. |
| 154 | ** ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'', one of the most iconic examples of this, actually stemmed from a concept for a ''Franchise/KingKong'' sequel that was suggested by Willis O'Brien but [[WhatCouldHaveBeen unfortunately never came to be]]: King Kong fighting [[{{Franchise/Frankenstein}} a monster created by Dr. Frankenstein]]. |
| 155 | ** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' has the basic premise of the above, with state of the art modern special effects and a SharedUniverse (the Film/MonsterVerse) to build up towards the showdown. The whole [=MonsterVerse=] qualifies really, but ''[=GvK=]'' plays up the trope the most. [[spoiler:And that's without getting into them eventually teaming up to fight a King Ghidorah-powered Mechagodzilla.]] |
| 156 | * Film/SadakoVsKayako featuring the ghosts of the ''Film/{{Juon}}'' and the ''[[Literature/TheRing Ring]]'' film series. |
| 157 | * ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': |
| 158 | ** ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin revolves around two powerful villains fighting each other]]. |
| 159 | ** ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' has Jason fighting a telekinetic girl; it's known in fan circles as "Jason vs. Literature/{{Carrie}}." |
| 160 | * ''Film/AlienVsNinja''. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. |
| 161 | * ''Film/TheValleyOfGwangi'' has cowboys fighting dinosaurs. |
| 162 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' has {{Pirate}}s and Zombie Monkey vs. EvilBrit MixAndMatchCritters... in a maelstrom. |
| 163 | * The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel trilogy has samurai wizards and clones fighting an army of [[MechaMooks robots]]. |
| 164 | * ''Film/DogSoldiers'' is [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British army soldiers]] vs. [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]]. And it's ''awesome''. |
| 165 | * Similarly, ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' involved soldiers vs. [[TechnicallyLivingZombie almost-zombies]]. |
| 166 | * ''Film/Outlander2008'': [[HornyVikings Vikings]] (plus an adopted SpaceMarine) versus a giant alien lizard. |
| 167 | * ''Film/The13thWarrior'': [[HornyVikings Vikings]] versus [[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Neanderthal]] [[ImAHumanitarian cannibals]] masquerading as mythical demons. |
| 168 | * ''Film/TheATeam'' pits a tank against multiple drones in midair. |
| 169 | * A Film/SyFyChannelOriginalMovie courtesy of Creator/TheAsylum: ''Film/MegaSharkVsGiantOctopus''. |
| 170 | ** There's also the sequels ''Film/MegaSharkVsCrocosaurus'' and ''Film/MegaSharkVsMechaShark'', as well as the unrelated ''Film/MegaPythonVsGatoroid''. Apparently, The Asylum has a thing for creature features when they're not busy ripping off currently popular movies. |
| 171 | ** ''Film/MegaSharkVsKolossus'' pits The Asylum's ever persistent ocean predator against a HumongousMecha version of the [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Colossal Titan]]. |
| 172 | * ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'' has a fight between ''a [[{{Squick}} sentient severed penis]] and a [[spoiler:[[RodentsOfUnusualSize rat]]]]''. |
| 173 | * Lucio Fulci's ''Film/Zombi2'' features the ultimate underwater battle... ''[[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies zombie]]'' versus ''[[ThreateningShark shark]]''! The undeath-or-death duel ends in a draw: the zombie's missing an arm, but the wounded tiger shark swims away, where he presumably goes [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] by becoming an offscreen [[RaisingTheSteaks zombie shark]]. |
| 174 | * ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' at the end boils down to [[spoiler:a blue skinned Catguy vs ColonelBadass in a Mecha having a [[KnifeFight giant knife duel]]]]. |
| 175 | * ''Film/Pathfinder2007'': Native Americans vs. Vikings. Bonus points for having actually happened in RealLife -- the Vikings reached America almost five hundred years before Columbus, and even tried to colonize Newfoundland, but were driven out by the natives. |
| 176 | * In the climactic battle, ''Film/VanHelsing'' ends with one of these--[[spoiler:Van Helsing turns into a werewolf and fights Dracula in his monster bat form]]. |
| 177 | * ''Film/SuckerPunch'': [[ActionGirl Cool chicks]] in [[RuleOfSexy revealing outfits]] VS [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot steampunk zombie Nazis]]. Although [[spoiler:it's a hallucination]]. |
| 178 | * ''Film/TheWarriorsWay'' features '''{{Cowboy}}s''' versus '''''[[GratuitousNinja Ninjas]]'''''. |
| 179 | * And ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin features]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXNbpqc1gLE well....]] The only way to make it any cooler and more awesome would be if one cowboy is [[Creator/DanielCraig the guy]] who played Film/JamesBond and the other is [[Creator/HarrisonFord the guy]] who played Franchise/IndianaJones. Wait, they are?! Those aliens are going to get [[CurbStompBattle every inch of their butts kicked]]. |
| 180 | * ''Film/Underworld2003'' which is about [[FurAgainstFang Vampires vs Lycans (werewolves)]]. With [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]] firing [[AbnormalAmmo ultraviolet bullets/silver nitrate rounds]] and [[StuffBlowingUp exploding shurikens.]] |
| 181 | * ''Film/PacificRim'': HumongousMecha vs. {{Kaiju}}. The director even acknowledges this. |
| 182 | -->'''Guillermo Del Toro:''' It is my duty to commit to film the finest fucking monsters ever committed to screen and it is my duty to create the greatest fucking robots ever committed to screen. |
| 183 | * ''Age of Dinosaurs'' by Creator/TheAsylum -- dinosaurs vs. the army. |
| 184 | * ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' can be best summed up as alien elves in spaceships vs space Vikings in flying longboats with lasers. |
| 185 | * ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Franchise/{{Batman}} going up against Franchise/{{Superman}}! [[spoiler: And then those two and Franchise/WonderWoman fighting Doomsday!]] |
| 186 | * [[DuelingWorks/{{Film}} Marvel's counterpart]], ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' goes [[ExaggeratedTrope one step further]] by splitting the MCU's current lineup of heroes into two factions that battle each other. |
| 187 | * ''Franchise/JurassicPark'': |
| 188 | ** ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' has the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' vs. the particularly large, aggressive and ruthless ''Velociraptor'' known as The Big One. The Big One [[CurbStompBattle doesn't make it]]. |
| 189 | ** ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' has a ''[[SpinosaurusVersusTRex T. rex]]'' [[SpinosaurusVersusTRex vs. a]] ''[[SpinosaurusVersusTRex Spinosaurus]]''. |
| 190 | ** ''Film/JurassicWorld'' features [[spoiler:that same ''Tyrannosaurus'' joined by Blue the ''Velociraptor'' to fight the abomination ''Indominus rex'' plus a final blow by the sea lizard ''[[AlwaysABiggerFish Mosasaurus]]'' to said abomination]]. There's also ''Indominus Rex'' vs. ''Ankylosaurus''. [[CurbStompBattle Poor Anky only lasts a few seconds]]. |
| 191 | ** ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' pits Blue against the ''Indoraptor'', a smaller, nastier, more sadistic version of the ''Indominus rex''. [[spoiler: Blue]] wins. |
| 192 | * In ''Film/JupiterAscending'', at least one fight scene is human/wolf hybrid Caine fighting a group of space dragon soldiers. |
| 193 | * ''Film/{{Zulu}}:'' The manly British army versus the manly Zulu warriors. |
| 194 | * ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' includes scenes with a [[HulkingOut giant green rage monster]] vs a [[CanisMajor huge wolf]], an army of armored [[DemBones skeleton warriors]], and a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever kilometer]] tall [[MagmaMan fire demon]]. |
| 195 | * ''{{Film/Starcrash}}'' has a robot fight a caveman, but subverts this by being [[SpecialEffectFailure so terribly done]] that it utterly fails to be cool. |
| 196 | * The last big fight in ''Film/The7thVoyageOfSinbad'' is between a Cyclops and a dragon. The Cyclops puts up a staunch resistance, but in the end, it's the fire-breathing reptile who prevails. |
| 197 | * Parodied in ''Film/HerculesReturns''. The CorruptCorporateExecutive is bragging about how they've purchased the very best movies for their new cinema multiplex. While he's talking the protagonist is sorting through movie posters for ''Rambo Meets Rocky'', ''Rambo Meets Bambi'' and then ''[[BreadEggsMilkSquick Rambo Eats Bambi]]''. |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 201 | * Creator/JimButcher: |
| 202 | ** ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': The whole series could be summed up as "[[HardboiledDetective pulp wizard-detective]] versus ''[[FantasyKitchenSink everything]]''". |
| 203 | *** ''Literature/DeadBeat'' has two awesome battles. One is a ninja ghoul versus Valkyrie security consultant. The other is Harry Dresden riding a zombified ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' into battle against necromancers and their zombie armies. Set to jaunty polka music. |
| 204 | ---->''"Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches."'' |
| 205 | *** ''Literature/TurnCoat'' gives us a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld centuries old]], superpowerful MagicalNativeAmerican versus [[TimeAbyss prehistoric]], [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]], [[MindRape mind breaking]] EldritchAbomination. |
| 206 | *** ''Literature/{{Changes}}'' has an epic battle involving [[spoiler:three vampires, TheFairFolk, a Knight of the Cross or three, dozens of wizards (including the new Winter Knight and the Blackstaff), a Chinese guardian spirit, an entire army of Japanese kenku ninja-spirits, and ''[[PhysicalGod Odin]]'' versus the entire Red Court of vampires, including the Red King, armies of half-vampire acolytes, and the Lords of the Outer Night, more or less {{Mayincatec}} gods, and South American mercenaries]]. The fight is ended by Harry [[spoiler:blowing up a pyramid]]. |
| 207 | *** ''Literature/ColdDays'': [[spoiler: Santa Claus and the Erkling versus Cthulhu's buddies]]. |
| 208 | ** ''Literature/CodexAlera'': Proof that ''any'' ridiculous premise could be made awesome — such as the LostRomanLegion versus ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}''. The result was Roman legionnaires with ElementalPowers versus {{wolfm|an}}en with BloodMagic and arbalests versus [[CaptainErsatz the Zerg]] versus Neanderthal-elves with BondCreatures versus [[TheEmpath empathic]] yetis. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And]] the one BadassNormal. Our Laconic explanation of it is ''Cool Vs. Awesome: The Series''. |
| 209 | * ''Clickers Versus Zombies'' by J.F. Gonzalez and Brian Keene, involves poor humanity caught between primordial genies possessing corpses and prehistoric giant crustaceans with HollywoodAcid. |
| 210 | * In ''Literature/CompleteWorldKnowledge'', details of the historic feud between submariners and zeppeliners are given. In a subversion, the author describes this as "the most pointless feud in human history". |
| 211 | * ''Literature/DungeonCoreChatRoom'': You know a story is doing something right when the heroes (a team of GeniusLoci) kill a giant space monster with a nuclear harpoon cannon. |
| 212 | * ''Literature/TheShahnameh'': Rostam vs. Esfandiar. Easily the most badass character in the entire epic versus the invincible prince! |
| 213 | * Two of the books in the ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'' series, ''Playing With Fire'' and ''The Faceless Ones'', feature a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot detective skeleton wizard]] and his companions versus near immortal gods. [[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome The wizards win the first time]]. They at least manage to survive the attack (mostly) by the multiple fully powered gods in the next book.]] |
| 214 | * ''Zombies vs Unicorns'', which began as two people arguing which were better. |
| 215 | * [[PlayedForLaughs Played with]]/{{lampshade|Hanging}}d (by the main character) in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. As if an epic war between Elves, Dwarves and Lake Men wasn't enough, Tolkien throws in Goblins and Wargs. |
| 216 | * It takes ''Literature/HarryPotter'' [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix five books]] for a duel between [[TheArchmage Dumbledore]] and [[BigBad Voldemort]]. Mind you, the former is ''triple-digit years old'' and can still force the latter to attack with all he's got. |
| 217 | * ''Literature/{{Everworld}}''; not only do you have gods from various mythologies versus each other, but you also have: Vikings vs Aztecs, Vikings vs medieval knights (plus Merlin himself), Ancient Greek gods vs insect-aliens, etc. |
| 218 | * ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' gives us a ChildProdigy MagnificentBastard and his BattleButler vs [[TheFairFolk Fairies]] [[ScienceFantasy with laser guns]]. |
| 219 | * ''Literature/PavlovsDogs'' is built around the premise of genetically engineered werewolves versus zombies. What more needs to be said? |
| 220 | * ''Literature/LifeOfPi'' includes a [[PantheraAwesome tiger]] fighting a [[ThreateningShark shark.]] It actually [[ItMakesSenseInContext makes sense in context]]. |
| 221 | * ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' by Creator/CTPhipps more or less runs on this trope. Gary Karkofsky aka Merciless the Supervillain Without Mercy battles against a [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] set of villains, a NinetiesAntihero Team, a SupermanSubstitute as well as the Justice League, a xenomorph, a Biblical Nephilim kaiju, and an {{Expy}} for Lex Luthor. This is notably, ''all in the first book.'' It's more more or less a celebration of the bizarre and incredibly convoluted continuity of comic books as well as how they can throw everything and the kitchen sink into a storyline. |
| 222 | * Some of novels that tie to ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting take advantage of the setting's ability to drag anyone from any ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' worlds into it to set up a fight between ClassicalMovieVampire Strahd Von Zarovich and other iconic villains of the franchise. In ''Knight of the Black Rose'' it's the undead Lord Soth from ''TabletopGame/{{Dragonlance}}'' and in ''I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin'' it's a [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] [[SorcerousOverlord overlord]] Azalin Rex from ''TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}}''. |
| 223 | * In Creator/KWJeter's ''Fiendish Schemes'' steampunk followup to clockpunk ''Infernal Devices'', the climax pitted a SuperPrototype [[SpiderTank Lighthouse/Guard Tower "Crabwalker"]] [[HumongousMecha steam-powered mech]] against a {{Transhuman}} {{Expy}} of Margaret Thatcher who upgraded from being a steamline-dependent {{Cyborg}} MiniMecha to a coal-powered Giant Robot who's [[NightmarishFactory innards have an army of men feeding coal]] into her boilers. |
| 224 | * Literature/TheLotusWar has {{Steampunk}} PoweredArmor Samurai with [[ChainsawGood Chainsaw Katanas]] versus [[TheBerserker Russian Berserkers]] with TeslaTechTimeline Warhammers. One part of the climax featured a HumongousMecha SpiderTank in a HoldTheLine battle against TheLegionsOfHell. |
| 225 | * As the two best warriors in ''Literature/GrentsFall'', it was inevitable that Osbert Grent and [[spoiler:the Bladecleaver]] would eventually battle. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 229 | * ''Series/AmericanGladiators'' had some themed episodes where all the contestants were pro-NFL players or U.S. military personnel. |
| 230 | * The Creator/DiscoveryChannel's ''Animal Face-Off'', with such matchups as [[ThreateningShark Great White Shark]] vs. Saltwater Crocodile, [[BearsAreBadNews Brown Bear]] vs. [[MegaNeko Siberian Tiger]], Gorilla vs. Leopard, Hippopotamus vs. Bull Shark, Black Bear vs. American Alligator, and Polar Bear vs. Walrus. |
| 231 | * The season 5 premier of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' gives us "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E1BuffyVsDracula Buffy vs Dracula]]". The King of Vampires is shown to be a true threat, master manipulator, seducer, with Buffy standing in as his long lost love. Then subverted in Dracula being a bit of a fop, easily comparable to Angel in slipping from a dour serious early season 1 style to some of the more funny and wacky hijinks of his own series. |
| 232 | * The premise of the ''Series/ChouseishinSeries'' can be summarized as "{{Sentai}} vs. ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' {{kaiju}}." |
| 233 | * Spike's show ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'' seems to be all about this trope. |
| 234 | ** Although they did skirt the obvious by having the pirate fight a knight and the ninja fight a Spartan, likely to avoid trolling. |
| 235 | ** The guy who programs the simulations actually said that they were avoiding it because no one would agree on the right way to test it, and no one on the losing side would accept the result anyway. |
| 236 | ** A similar concept was used a couple of times on the teen show ''Series/DudeWhatWouldHappen'', albeit with cheap prop duels rather than computer simulations. Once they even did "Vikings vs. Pirates", meaning northmen pirates against Caribbean pirates. |
| 237 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 238 | ** The premise of the whole series: A BunnyEarsLawyer against every kind of nasty from every corner of time and space. |
| 239 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase "The Chase"]]: Daleks versus Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} and {{Dracula}}! |
| 240 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]]: Daleks versus Cybermen! |
| 241 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]]: Flying saucers [[spoiler:versus Spitfires — [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace In Space]]]]! |
| 242 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'' definitely doesn't start out like this--its conflicts are more often between frighteningly amoral sociopaths and likable noble heroes [[AnyoneCanDie who can die at a moment's notice]]--but the finale of Season 6 seems to confirm that the final conflict is headed this way. On one side, there's Daenerys Targaryen, her trio of loyal dragons, and her charismatic wise-cracking dwarf advisor Tyrion Lannister, who are all poised to return to Westeros to reclaim the Iron Throne for Dany. On the other side, there's Jon Snow, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch who singlehandedly led his RagtagBunchOfMisfits companions against giants, barbarians, mammoths and ice zombies, and [[spoiler: has just been revealed as a secret WarriorPrince, and one of Dany's strongest rivals for the Iron Throne]]. |
| 243 | ** [[spoiler: Jon and Daenerys actually form an alliance, but Daenerys ''does'' end up fighting the White Walkers with her dragons, so this trope still applies.]] |
| 244 | * ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', being a CrisisCrossover with a PowerCopying hero, made [[LetsYouAndHimFight ample excuses for various Riders to fight each other]]. [[SixthRanger DiEnd]] is particularly good for this, since he summons other riders at random points, so Zanki can show up in the world of Faiz, and so on. |
| 245 | * An early movie in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' featured a robot fighting an Aztec mummy. Its name, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin appropriately enough]], was ''Film/TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy''. |
| 246 | * ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has given us such conflicts as [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue rescue workers vs. demons]], [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce time cops vs. mutants]], [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm ninjas vs. aliens]], [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce wizards vs. undead]]... |
| 247 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' has an episode versus the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''. (More precisely, ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' incarnations, meaning that [[TheScrappy Venus]] also got to join in.) |
| 248 | * ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' had two of these occur in the final episode, capable of happening only because of time travel. Resident T-Rex Matilda vs resident woolly mammoth Martha. Matilda later got snapped at by a ''Deinosuchus'', a 50-foot dinosaur-eating crocodile, and off-screen likely attempted to eat a woolly rhino and ''Phorusrhacos'', the 10 foot tall flesh eating bird. |
| 249 | * The cult British series ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' is about Brits versus an assortment of dangerous animals from throught tome, but also had a very vicious and memorable battle between a prehistoric Gorgonopsid and a lightning-fast and lethal Predator from the future that evolved from bats. [[spoiler:The Gorgonopsid kills the Future Predator by grabbing its arm in its massive jaws and flipping on its back, crushing the creature under its sheer size and weight, then it gives a triumphant roar and carries the Predator's limp body away to eat it. Badass.]] |
| 250 | * In the second episode of ''Series/SleepyHollow'''s second season, Abby and Ichabod conjure up a horseman of their own who immediately takes on the Horsemen of Death and War simultaneously. It is technically this trope because War participates via a mind-controlled suit of armor. |
| 251 | * ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "The Killing Game" features hologram Klingons fighting hologram Nazis. |
| 252 | * ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' episode "What's Past Is Prologue" features [[spoiler:Creator/JasonIsaacs vs Creator/MichelleYeoh, as Gabriel Lorca and Emperor Philippa Georgiou duel on the bridge of the ISS ''Charon'']]. |
| 253 | * As for the ''Franchise/SuperSentai''. |
| 254 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' had a story arc versus the ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''. |
| 255 | ** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' opens the series with [[TheEmpire the most powerful space-faring empire]] vs. ''[[AllYourPowersCombined every Super Sentai team up to that point]]''! |
| 256 | ** ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVsKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'' features this as a core component of the series with two Sentai teams squaring off against each other; one consisting of {{phantom thie|f}}ves, the other consisting of the police. |
| 257 | * ''Series/TopGear'' delights in pitting one CoolCar against another, but it has also featured Cool Car v. CoolBoat (Ferrari Daytona v. a brand new carbon-fiber superboat) and Cool Car v. ''CoolPlane'' (Bugatti Veyron v. RAF Eurofighter Typhoon. And perhaps the ultimate: CoolCar vs. CoolBike vs. CoolTrain. And all of them 60 year old designs. |
| 258 | * The ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' gives us giant alien superheroes battling {{Kaiju}} ranging from {{Prehistoric Monster}}s to aliens (both sapient and non-sapient) to BigCreepyCrawlies to robots to demons to {{Eldritch Abomination}}s to mutants to dragons to {{Evil Knockoff}}s to {{Sea Monster}}s and everything in-between. Oh yeah, the monsters also get opportunities to fight each other without ultraman interference too. |
| 259 | * ''Series/TheWire'' gives us [[TheDreaded Omar]] [[KarmicThief Little]] vs. [[BadassBookworm Brother]] [[SharpDressedMan Mouzone]]. And then [[EnemyMine both of them]] get a final confrontation with [[spoiler:[[Creator/IdrisElba Stringer]] [[TheChessmaster Bell]]]]. |
| 260 | * ''Series/WizardsVsAliens'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. |
| 261 | [[/folder]] |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 264 | * ''Back Through Time'' by Music/{{Alestorm}} has pirates going back in time to fight Vikings. They also mention having fought ninja in passing. |
| 265 | * [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ''Dinosaur Laser Fight'']] by ''Ninja Sex Party'' starts out with just dinosaurs, but then goes on to include robots, sharks, and aliens. [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]. |
| 266 | ** Also by Ninja Sex Party, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIRG8qELuXk Rhinoceratops vs. Super Puma!]] |
| 267 | * The music video for Creator/NanaMizuki and Music/TMRevolution's "Kakumei Dualism" pits a [[AncientGrome Spartan]] [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome legionnaire]] against a [[TheHashshashin Hashshashin]] {{ninja}} in a pitched sword duel among the ruins of the [[GladiatorGames Roman Colosseum]]. |
| 268 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSiRmPlFnmw "Khalkhin-Gol"]] by Music/RadioTapok describes the eponymous border battles between the Red Army and the Imperial Japanese Army as {{Samurai}} versus TankGoodness. |
| 269 | [[/folder]] |
| 270 | |
| 271 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 272 | * ProfessionalWrestling in general is built around this trope, combining sport rivalries with various gimmicks, from superheroes to delinquents to supernatural figures, to utterly crazy people, sometimes mixed with various additional rules, be it MeleeATrois, fight in a cage or lumberjack match. |
| 273 | * For many, the idea of the Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam against [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli The]] Kings [[Wrestling/ChrisHero of]] Wrestling was enough to justify purchasing ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Glory by Honor IX]]''. Keep in mind this was the show where [[Wrestling/SethRollins Tyler Black]] was going to leave the promotion with its World Championship if Wrestling/RoderickStrong didn't stop him. |
| 274 | * One of Wrestling/DragonGate USA's first angles revolved around a "sibling" rivalry between Dragon Gate and Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, particularly Wrestling/MikeQuackenbush, Yamato, Wrestling/{{Jigsaw|Wrestling}} and CIMA. |
| 275 | * In the WWN, this was the initial marketing idea behind EVOLVE, hence the abundance of {{versus title}}s. EVOLVE also set up the first SHINE main event of Wrestling/SaraDelRey vs [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]]. |
| 276 | * Wrestling/{{Sabu}} went down south to attend a Pro Wrestling Syndicate event in 2013 when he learned it would feature Wrestling/JohnMorrison wrestling Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger. The sight of Sabu had fans chanting "Triple Threat" but they'd have to wait for that. |
| 277 | * Wrestling/TheShield vs Wrestling/TheWyattFamily at Elimination Chamber 2014 and a week later on RAW -- both instances had the crowds literally chanting "THIS IS AWESOME!" before the match had even started. And it lived up to it. It's worth mentioning that [[EvilVersusEvil both groups were heels (villains) at the time]]. |
| 278 | * So Savio Vega's handpicked challenger attacks Glamour Boy Shane after failing to win the World Wrestling League's Heavyweight title belt from him while Vega explains to Shane how much harder things are going to get once [[Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio El Patron Alberto]] comes. Do the fans boo? No, they cheer. El Mesias announcing his return to WWL and how the three of them were going to be in triple threat title match only made the audience happier. |
| 279 | * Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura vs. Wrestling/BobbyRoode for the [[Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} NXT]] Championship was every NXT fan's wet dream, since they were the most popular wrestlers on the roster, in no small part due to their [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic theme songs]]. The dream has finally come true at ''NXT [=TakeOver=]: San Antonio''. |
| 280 | * The two biggest matches on the card for ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries'' 2017 were dream matches: one was Wrestling/TheShield vs Wrestling/TheNewDay, which soundly woke up the crowd as the opening match, and Wrestling/AJStyles vs Wrestling/BrockLesnar, which ended up being widely regarded as match of the night. |
| 281 | * For the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1iJBxKoZIA match]] between Wrestling/SkylarMarie and Luscious Latasha, special referee Wrestling/VedaScott wore mismatched socks. This subverts WTHCostumingDepartment, since the camera work showed that one of the socks depicted ''a FlyingSaucer using a TractorBeam to pick up dinosaurs!'' |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Sports]] |
| 285 | * June 21, 2003: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMjyJQClP8o& Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko]] for the unified world heavyweight championship. In one corner was Lennox "the Lion", arguably the greatest heavyweight boxer in history and the ruler of the 1990s heavyweight scene, considered dominant among even other legends competing at the same time such as Holyfield, Bowe, Tyson, Foreman, and Holmes. In the other was "Dr. Ironfist", another contender for the greatest and the then-#1 contender who, along with his younger brother Wladimir (who admitted that ''Vitali'' was the better of them), would proceed to rule the next dozen years of the heavyweight division. Both were ''massive'' men (Vitali at 6'7 and 249 pounds and Lennox at 6'5 and 257 pounds) and some of the hardest punchers in the history of the sport, on top of being highly skilled technicians famous for administering completely one-sided [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp battles]] on nearly all of their opponents. At the end of their respective careers, Lennox had beaten every man he'd ever fought[[note]]Hasim Rahman and Olive [=McCall=] had both scored upset knockout victories over him, but he avenged both losses in brutal early knockout rematches.[[/note]] and Vitali was basically undefeated[[note]]Chris Byrd technically "beat" him, but that's because Vitali forfeited after he tore his shoulder. He walked into the fight with a shoulder injury and was still dominating on all the score cards until the preexisting issue forced him to pull out, so purists usually don't count this is a real loss despite it technically being one on his record.[[/note]]... ''except'' for this night. The two giants (both literally and figuratively) were in a unique situation as they were nearly equally StrongAndSkilled, whereas in their other matches they enjoyed a strength/size advantage, a skill advantage, or both over their opponents. So the match-up soon devolved into an ''utter war'' in which both fighters dished out and received MegatonPunch after MegatonPunch interspersed with bouts of wrestling in the clinch, pushing each others' stamina and durability to their absolute limits. Ultimately, while Vitali dominated the early rounds and was ahead on all the score cards at the time of stoppage by 4-2, he sustained a cut that Lennox repeatedly worked until Vitali's face was drenched in blood and he could hardly see, with a chunk of his upper face about to fall off. Lennox was bruised and cut himself (noticeably across his nose) but in a much better position than Vitali, who could have been blinded had the fight continued. The doctor wisely called off the fight before the two could go out for round 7, leaving Lennox Lewis as the victor. Vitali lobbied extensively for a rematch from literally the minute he heard about the stoppage, but Lennox, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm probably recognizing he had nothing to gain and had already pulled an improbable victory out of his ass the last time]], decided to retire. |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 289 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'' where you can have an elf cleric vs a plutonium dragon, a dwarf wizard vs a demon bull and a halfling warrior vs a floating nose among others. |
| 290 | * The original ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeon Master's Guide]]'' included rules for running crossover battles between D&D heroes and characters from other early Creator/{{TSR}} games, including ''TabletopGame/BootHill'' (Wild West gunslingers) and ''TabletopGame/GammaWorld'' (post-apocalyptic mutants). |
| 291 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' is basically the setting for an epic scale GuiltFreeExterminationWar between: |
| 292 | ** PoweredArmor-clad, [[KnightInShiningArmor medieval]] {{Super Soldier}}s wielding [[MoreDakka automatic rocket launchers]] and {{chains|awGood}}words. |
| 293 | ** [[HigherTechSpecies Hyper-advanced]] {{psychic|Powers}} [[Myth/CelticMythology vaguely-Celtic]] [[WarriorMonk martial-artist]] [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace space]] [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]]. |
| 294 | ** [[AxCrazy Murderously psychotic]], [[{{Stripperiffic}} scantily-clad]] [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace space]] [[TheFairFolk evil-elf]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] SpacePirates. |
| 295 | ** [[FunetikAksent Phonetically-challenged]], [[BloodKnight fight-happy]] [[OurOrcsAreDifferent green-skinned and hyper-muscled]] British FootballHooligans. |
| 296 | ** TheLegionsOfHell with {{spik|esOfVillainy}}y evil versions of the above {{Super Soldier}}s. |
| 297 | ** [[MadeOfIron Unkillable]] [[BuildLikeAnEgyptian Egyptian]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie robots]]. |
| 298 | ** [[HordeOfAlienLocusts All-consuming]] [[BugWar alien bugs]]. |
| 299 | ** MiniMecha-piloting [[{{Wutai}} Japanese]] [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Space Communists]] |
| 300 | ** [[ChurchPolice Catholic]] space [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi]] [[ThePoliticalOfficer commissars]] leading [[PunyEarthlings regular humans]] in a [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Soviet military]]-{{expy}}, with [[TankGoodness really, really nice tanks]] (and [[CommissarCap hats]]). |
| 301 | ** Hell. When an army of BadassNormal (usually) [[TheSpartanWay trained from birth]] [[HadToBeSharp in the worst conditions]] [[WeHaveReserves with near unlimited number]] equipped with ballistic-proof flak vests and limb-cutting long-ranged semi-automatic laser rifles are the absolute ''worst'' army in the setting, you know your setting is metal. |
| 302 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', the fantasy-themed older sister of the above mentioned game, has an all-out war between loads of different factions. Thor-worshipping UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire with {{Steampunk}} technology vs. ultra-manly, axe-loving, demon-worshipping Vikings! Lion-riding, spell-slinging Atlantean elves vs. psychopathic Velociraptor-riding, Canadian pirate elves! Drunken revenge-obsessed Dwarfs vs. sneaky, spider-loving Goblins with LowerClassLout accents! Arthurian {{Magic Knight}}s vs. cannibalistic anarchist Beastmen! Three meter-long {{Mayincatec}} Lizardmen vs. Nazi rat-people with crazy wunderwaffe powered by GreenRocks! |
| 303 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' includes, among other things, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Bedouin]] [[OurElvesAreDifferent elvish]] nomads battling an industrialized Germanic nation fielding zombies and skeletons with [[RaptorAttack dinosaur-riding]] [[NobleSavage halfling barbarians]] caught in the middle. |
| 304 | * ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' features this a lot, given its timehopping Secret War setting. Shaolin monks battle evil cyborg demons from the future, transformed animals fight evil sorcerers that can turn them back into their regular animal form, maverick cops and heroic triad gangsters fight intelligent cyborg apes and their minions who like to BLOW THINGS UP. And that's just for starters. |
| 305 | * Basically the premise of ''TabletopGame/{{Monsterpocalypse}}''. Want to see Franchise/{{Cthulhu|Mythos}} fight off the [[Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds Martians]]? How about [[HighlyVisibleNinja huge ninjas]] taking on a HordeOfAlienLocusts? Maybe you'd like to see [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Oversized dinosaurs]] take on a HumongousMecha or two? You can have them, and that's only the first set! |
| 306 | * As one person said, "''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' is robots versus dinosaurs!" More aptly, it's glorious golden demigods and keepers of the earth, shapeshifting social engineers, a magically-empowered martial dynastic empire and fate's ninjas versus the undead servants of oblivion, mad fairies from beyond reality, demon-kings who gain power from acting like B-movie villains, Communist cyborg soldiers from another dimension, and each other. |
| 307 | * ''Smash-Up'' is built on this trope. Players choose two "factions" from eight - including Pirates, Ninjas, Dinosaurs, Wizards, Robots, Zombies, Aliens, and Tricksters - shuffle those two factions together, and compete with the other factions to take over buildings and landmarks. Get ready for Dinosaurs and Ninjas versus Aliens and Pirates! Later expansions add even more factions, each with their own gimmick. |
| 308 | * ''TabletopGame/StrikeLegion'' ''is'' this trope. To quote the page's trope entry: it is entirely possible to have a Legion strike team made up of [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]], [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]], ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]], [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]], and [[Franchise/{{Alien}} a xenomorph]] wearing PoweredArmor and driving [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelions]] which wield [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Reflex Cannons]], who take on legions of [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} Immortals]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Space Marines]], [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Alex Mercer clones]], and [[Franchise/StarWars Dark Jedi]]. |
| 309 | * A ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' TCG tagline for Shadow Specters pits the [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Noble Knights]] against Vampires. |
| 310 | * The ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRolePlayingGame'' setting "Port Duck" is mostly a pirate setting. But there are a lot of Agateans (the FantasyCounterpartCulture of the FarEast) around, and the local law enforcement is comprised of an Agatean martial artist. The setting notes acknowledge that there are two kinds of swashbuckling tradition in play here... |
| 311 | -->''When the two styles collide, serious devotees of combat rules can test [[SwordFight fencing]] against [[IKnowKarate kung fu]], high points heroes can compare [[ChandelierSwing swinging from the chandeliers]] with [[WallRun running up the walls]], and everyone else can see whether [[TalkLikeAPirate “Arrrh, there, ye lubbers!”]] is more or less deadly than [[FunnyBruceLeeNoises “Hah so!”]]'' |
| 312 | * There was a supplement published for [[MediaNotes/D20System True20]] (and later adapted to ''UsefulNotes/{{FATE}}'') called ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mecha vs. Kaiju]]'', which predated ''Film/PacificRim'' by several years. |
| 313 | * ''Army vs Aliens'' is a dice game that includes, in addition to the aforementioned combo, Pirates vs Ninjas, Robots vs Dinosaurs, and Zombies vs Wrestlers, all of which can be used in any combination during gameplay. |
| 314 | * The Ixalan setting from TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering has vampire conquistadors vs {{Mayincatec}} dinosaur-riders vs merfolk with elemental powers vs an interspecies alliance of pirates. |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 318 | * ''Ride/GodzillaVsEvangelionTheReal4D'' takes the aforementioned ''Godzilla'' and ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' and brings them together to see Shinji, Rei, and Asuka clash against Godzilla. [[spoiler:And then King Ghidorah arrives to force an EnemyMine.]] |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 322 | * ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' has an ongoing conflict between Pirates and Ninjas, in addition to the [[FurAgainstFang recent Darkovian conflict between Safiria's vampires and the Lycans]]. And that's just the beginning. |
| 323 | * ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' throws Myth/ClassicalMythology, Myth/EgyptianMythology and Myth/NorseMythology into a MeleeATrois. Armies of Greek hoplites backed up by centaurs and minotaur heavies, up against Egyptian footsoldiers with sphinxes, mummies and giant scarab beetles, taking on Viking warriors fighting alongside trolls, valkyries and wolves. The expansion adds Atlantis as a civilization, and the Titans; massive super-units capable of devastating whole armies single-handedly [[note]]The Greeks get the three-headed dog Cerberus, the Egyptians get the god of vengeance Horus, the Norse get the gigantic frost giant Ymir, and the Atlanteans get Chthonian, a lava giant covered by crystals spikes sprouting from various parts of its body.[[/note]]. |
| 324 | * ''VideoGame/AgeOfWondersPlanetfall'' can pretty intense with this. It's entirely possible to have a [[BewareTheMindReader evil psychic]] [[TechnicallyLivingZombie undead]] {{cyborg}} [[DomesticatedDinosaurs riding a T. rex]] get into a fight with a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] [[LizardFolk lizard person]] armed with a LaserSword and a JetPack. |
| 325 | * ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'''s plot line revolves around the millennia-long rivalry between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order as [[BeenThereShapedHistory they influence the course of world history]]. |
| 326 | * ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'': the mod Ascension changes the end fight for the expansion Throne of Bhaal. The final boss summons the soul of every other boss of the expansion to the max of his or her power, forcing the main character to fight again with terrible foes, earlier introduced as merciless generals that razed cities with bloodthirsty armies. All at once. Furthermore, the two main villains of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn are resurrected as well (but with an option to convince one of them to turn side). One of the main companions of the protagonist is also forced to morph into a murderous out of control beast, that turns hostile and must be killed, unless the wave of other enemies is defeated in time. The main villain of Baldur's Gate I might come in as well as an enemy. |
| 327 | * In ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'', both the Founders as the Vox Populi make heavy use of Motorized Patriots, basically the 1912 variant of the Franchise/{{Terminator}}, as EliteMooks. There are times when you can summon one of the Founders to counter those of the Vox Populi, resulting in a giant motorized UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln (the Vox) and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington (the Founders) duking it out in the streets, spouting lines as "Blood... is the price... for liberty!" or "The Lord judges. I act." while emptying their [[GatlingGood miniguns]] at each other. |
| 328 | ** The ''Burial at Sea'' DLC lets us pit the aforementioned Motorized Patriot against the mascot character of ''VideoGame/BioShock1'', the Big Daddy. The winner? [[spoiler:Turns out a bunch of metal and plaster is no match for a gene-spliced cyborg with a drill hand]]. On the other hand, a Tear-summoned {{Samurai}} can hold out pretty well against Splicers. |
| 329 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' and ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. The former has pirates (in a raincoat or sailor-fuku), police (that're dressed in something like priest clothes), assassins, an American {{Ninja}} and a whole lot more. The latter has what is essentially the Joker as a Smooth Criminal, cat-people, cyborgs, vampires, a MadScientist, and more. |
| 330 | ** And it gets taken Up to Eleven with ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'', which pits the casts of ''VideoGame/{{Blazblue}}'', ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth'' and [[UnexpectedCharacter none other than the four heroines of]] ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' against each other in a massive tag-team multiple universe clash! |
| 331 | * ''VideoGame/{{Broforce}}'' was always this, having characters from various movies fighting such things like giant robots or colossal helicopters, but it went Up to Eleven with ''Alien Infestation'' updates, which introduced a new fraction - [[LawyerFriendlyCameo tiny-veiled]] [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorphs]]. So, if you ever wondered how would heroes like [[Film/KillBill the Bride]], Film/{{Machete}}, Franchise/{{Rambo}}, Film/{{Blade|Trilogy}} or Franchise/RoboCop fare against Aliens, you will be very happy to find out. And then after the alien infestation is stopped, [[spoiler:you get to literally storm Hell itself and go kick some demon ass]]. |
| 332 | * ''VideoGame/BugsVsTanks'' is about a shrunken platoon of [[NaziProtagonist WWII German officers]] fighting against killer ants in their tiny Panzers. |
| 333 | * The whole point of the VideoGame/CapcomVs games. |
| 334 | ** ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'' has Mutants vs. [[Franchise/StreetFighter World Warriors]]. |
| 335 | ** ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'' has Mutants vs. [[Franchise/StreetFighter World Warriors]] vs. Hulk vs. Spider-Man vs. Comicbook/CaptainAmerica vs. Shuma-Gorath vs. Blackheart. |
| 336 | ** And then, ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfTheSuperheroes'' went "LET'S GO CRAZY" and added to the mix an ArtificialHuman, (VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}) a [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubus]], ([[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]]) a ninja ([[VideoGame/{{Strider}} Strider Hiryu]]) a mecha warrior ([[VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}} Jin and Blodia]]) and a Symbiote (Venom) to the mix, aside of the already BadassNormal VideoGame/CaptainCommando and ComicBook/WarMachine. |
| 337 | ** And ''then'' came ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' and threw in, among other creatures, a CatGirl, a mummy ([[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia, Anakaris]]) another ArtificialHuman with a mecha, a miniature robot, ([[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Tron Bonne and a Servbot]]) a cactus-man (Amingo), and a pirate (Ruby Heart) who happens to be the main character of the game. |
| 338 | ** The SNK crossovers had [[Franchise/StreetFighter World Warriors]] vs. [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Orochi servants]] vs. [[VideoGame/SamuraiShodown sword]] [[VideoGame/TheLastBlade masters]] vs. [[VideoGame/MetalSlug Aliens]] vs. [[VideoGame/RivalSchools school students]] vs. [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Succubus vs. Vampire]] vs. [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins a demon]]... too bad that a lot of these fights are in separate games or can't co-exist at all. |
| 339 | ** ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'' has [[Creator/TatsunokoProduction Superheroes]] vs. [[Franchise/StreetFighter World Warriors]] vs. [[VideoGame/LostPlanet a]] HumongousMecha vs. [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends a]] {{Ridiculously Human Robot|s}} vs. [[VideoGame/DeadRising a photographer]] vs. [[VideoGame/MegaManX a Maverick Hunter]] vs... |
| 340 | ** ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]]'' upped the ante: [[Franchise/StreetFighter World Warriors]] vs. [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Succubus, Catgirls and Chinese vampires]] vs. [[Franchise/ResidentEvil zombie killers]] vs. [[ComicBook/XMen mutants]] vs. VideoGame/{{devil|MayCry}}s vs. [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson physical]] [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} gods]] vs. [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange eldritch abominations]] vs. [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins knights]] vs. Spider-Man vs. a [[Characters/XMenSentinels humongous mecha]] vs... |
| 341 | *** And then came ''Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3'', with [[Franchise/ResidentEvil B.O.W.s]] and [[Franchise/AceAttorney Law]][[ComicBook/SheHulk yers]] oh my! |
| 342 | ** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' is allows you play as fighters of the two series as well as [[VideoGame/InFamous an electric superhero]], two anime cats, a robot, and VideoGame/PacMan with a wooden robot. |
| 343 | * ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' pits planet Earth's most influential and powerful leaders against each other in a bid for global domination. The game presents such scenarios as Genghis Khan vs George Washington, Nebuchadnezzar II vs Emperor Napoleon, English longbowmen vs Roman legions, and Japanese samurai vs Viking raiders. Armies from across time clash on the battlefield, artists and musicians compete to make their nation the greatest, and powerful leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Alexander the Great vie for the allegiance of other nations as they compete to see who can build the greatest empire on earth. |
| 344 | * ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'' does this with its Affinity system, which defines how your faction progresses "down" the [[TechTree "tech web"]] in order to adapt to the alien planet they're on, while building a BadassArmy in the meantime: |
| 345 | ** The Supremacy path is [[{{Cyborg}} cybernetic augmentation]] up to BrainUploading to become {{Transhuman}}. In the process they become an unholy fusion of [[Series/DoctorWho Cybermen]], [[Franchise/{{Terminator}}the Terminator]] and [[Franchise/StarTrek The Borg]], with some insectoid motifs thrown in as well. |
| 346 | ** The Harmony path is BioPunk, HalfHumanHybrid development, OrganicTechnology, controlling local alien wildlife as combat steeds, and interfacing with the local GeniusLoci. In short, they are the [[Film/{{Avatar}} Na'vi]] mixed with Franchise/{{Predator}}, or perhaps, more ominously, the [[Literature/NewJediOrder Yuuzhan Vong]]. |
| 347 | ** The Purity path is about '''not adapting'''; [[NoTranshumanismAllowed No Transhumanism is Allowed]], Terraforming and [[{{BFG}} big gun]]s taking its place. With conservatism, isolationism, SigilSpam and [[CrystalSpiresandTogas Roman stylistic influences in clothing]] as well as {{Diesel Punk}}-esque {{Hover Tank}}s with MoreDakka and infantry in bulky PoweredArmor (with [[OverlyLongGag big guns]]), do we have an early predecessor of [[Tabletopgame/Warhammer40000 the Imperium of Man]] here? [[FromBadtoWorse Worse]]. They're not busy DoingInTheScientist. |
| 348 | * The ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' series have lots and lots: |
| 349 | ** When you get tier 3, you can start to pump out really awesome stuff like dual barreled tanks with rocket launchers, alien tripods with EMP and triple lasers and stealth robots armed with dual lasers and flamethrowers. |
| 350 | ** The spin-off [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Red Alert]] series takes the RuleOfCool and turns it [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]]. For [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3 the third game]], you have a three-way battle between: |
| 351 | *** The [[TheAlliance Allies]], a United Nations {{expy}} with shotgun-toting riot-police troopers, machine-gun armed hovercraft, huge fleets of bombers and attack aircraft, battleships that can turn to mobile land-fortresses, gunships armed with freeze-rays, trained attack-dolphins, and more. |
| 352 | *** The [[GloriousMotherRussia Soviet Union]], with longcoat-suited conscripts, armored war bears, heavy troopers with lightning guns, armoured juggernauts the size of houses, zeppelin bombers, and molotov-cocktail-throwing biker troops. |
| 353 | *** The [[{{Animeland}} Empire of the Rising Sun]], with samurai foot-soldiers with laser-katanas, ninjas, hyperactive teenage girls in flying rocket suits, a girl with psychic powers, and more mecha than you can shake a stick at. |
| 354 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' mixes this with MonsterMash to be FurAgainstFang against Mummy against Frankenstein against Zombie against... |
| 355 | * ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'' is a game where ragtag teams of [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace Space]] [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarves]] are hired as mercenaries by a mining conglomerate to guard operations from [[XenomorphXerox terrifying space spiders with luminescent blood]] on the [[DeathWorld deadliest planet in the galaxy]]. |
| 356 | * This is basically the ''VideoGame/{{Dominions}}'' series' main selling point. You want {{Ancient Egypt}}ian LizardFolk {{Necromancer}}s ruled by a [[ScaryScorpions half-man, half-scorpion]] [[GodEmperor god-king]] fighting [[ManiacMonkeys evil monkeys]] who worship a [[GeniusLoci sentient]] blood fountain? You can do that! |
| 357 | * [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]] vs. [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolves]] in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. And you can choose which one to help. |
| 358 | ** There's also [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves]] versus [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Darkspawn]] with a mess of [[{{Golem}} golems with dark secrets]] involved, and [[AntiMagic magic-hating]] [[MagicKnight Templars]] trying to keep a lid on [[WizardsAndWitches mages]] to keep them from turning to BlackMagic. |
| 359 | ** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', you can come across a dragon fighting a giant on The Storm Coast. Even your party members practically {{Squee}} when they see it. |
| 360 | --->'''Iron Bull:''' Okay that's ''BADASS''!\ |
| 361 | '''Sera:''' ''[laughs]'' Can we stick around and watch? |
| 362 | * The backstory of ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' revolves around The Shattering--a ForeverWar between the demigod children of Marika over the right to mend the Elden Ring. These include (but are not limited to): a LadyOfWar with ArtificialLimbs that channels the power of an [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Deity]] of Rot, a FourStarBadass MagicKnight that waged war on the very concept of the stars (''and won''), a man that merged with a gargantuan world-eating serpent and carries the strength of [[TheAssimilator every warrior he's consumed]], and much, much, more! |
| 363 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': |
| 364 | ** In ''[[http://www.imperial-library.info/content/lord-vivecs-sword-meeting-cyrus-restless Lord Vivec's Sword-Meeting With Cyrus the Restless]]'', the [[PhysicalGod Tribunal deity]] Vivec, of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' fame, clashes with Cyrus the Restless, hero of the spinoff game ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsAdventuresRedguard''. In it, [[spoiler: Cyrus claims he can use the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Pankratosword]] in order to get Vivec to hand over a valuable treasure. It's a bluff, but it works]]. Upping the "coolness" factor is that Cyrus is said to be [[GodInHumanForm an incarnation]] of the [=HoonDing=], the Redguard/Yokudan "Make Way" god, making this god vs. god as well. Even within ''Redguard'' itself, Cyrus slays a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]], defeats a Sload {{necromancer}}, and matches wits with a [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]]. |
| 365 | ** In the backstory, the Sack of Alinor, the final battle in the [[GreatOffscreenWar Tiber Wars]], pitted armies of [[OurElvesAreDifferent Altmeri]] {{Magic Knight}}s against [[GodEmperor Tiber Septim]]'s Roman-style [[BadassArmy Imperial Legions]] and an ancient [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwemer]] HumongousMecha powered by the [[YourSoulIsMine soul]] of a [[GodIsDead "dead" god]] which [[RealityWarper warps reality]] merely by being activated. As you might have guessed, [[CurbStompBattle the Altmer did not win]]. |
| 366 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'': |
| 367 | *** The Civil War sub-plot boils down to UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire vs. HornyVikings. |
| 368 | *** The player can become a vampire or werewolf, and you fight dragons. There's also ninja assassins, wizards, demons, shadowy goblin-like elves, evil Nazi elves, and giant dwarven robots. You can even fight mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and giants! |
| 369 | * ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Kongregate/kongai Kongai]]'', a superbly balanced online card game about battles involving Samurai, Ninja, Vampires, a BarbarianTribe, Pirates, Knights, Robots and Witches. |
| 370 | * ''VideoGame/{{ELEX}}'' pits a technology-loving religious police state with access to plasma guns and mecha suits against a band of druidic viking warriors who can cast magic, plus ''Film/MadMax'' baddies. |
| 371 | * Comes up often in ''VideoGame/EndlessSpace'' and ''VideoGame/EndlessSpace2''. For example in the second game, a war between the two human factions can be summed up as Space Soviets vs. Space Vikings. |
| 372 | * ''VideoGame/EternalChampions''. The roster contains a [[GratuitousNinja ninja]], {{cyborg}} kickboxer, KungFuWizard, acrobat, BountyHunter, caveman, {{gladiator| games}} from {{Atlantis}}, a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire scientist]], and GentlemanThief. |
| 373 | * The central conflict of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is basically the frontier-era US Army versus the Roman Legions versus an [[CaptainErsatz ersatz]] Howard Hughes and his army of killer robots, for control of UsefulNotes/LasVegas which includes a casino run by the Creator/RatPack and a gang of {{Elvis Impersonator}}s. Enter the OneManArmy (namely, you) either tipping the balance in favor of one of those sides, or [[ICanRuleAlone beating them all and taking over for yourself]]. |
| 374 | ** In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', with the two groups retaining advanced military technology from the pre-war days: the Brotherhood of Steel and the Enclave. |
| 375 | ** From the Mothership Zeta add-on in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', you have both a [[spoiler: cowboy and a samurai]] that can team up with you to take on a small army of aliens. |
| 376 | ** Continuing the fine tradition started with ''New Vegas'', ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' can potentially end with [[spoiler:futuristic [[KnightInShiningArmor knights]] with a CoolAirship and an American HumongousMecha giving the CurbStompBattle of a lifetime to a cabal of {{Mad Scientist}}s with their armies of Franchise/{{Terminator}}s. Or alternatively, you can smack down both of these two armies with ''your own army'' of American revolutionaries with wind-up laser muskets and old howitzers]]. The other main faction is a group of stealthy UndergroundRailroad types working to free [[ArtificialHuman enslaved synths]] from The Institute. |
| 377 | * ''VideoGame/ForHonor'' is a huge MeleeATrois between medieval European knights, Shogun-era samurai warriors, and Norse vikings which takes place in a fictional world where these three cultures live close enough to each other to go to war. |
| 378 | * When ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' became a DreamMatchGame with it's Collaboration events, we can live in a World of an UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny featuring the Avengers, the Birds of Prey, Ralph, the Jedi, the Bat-Family and John Wick (with more to be added in the future) against the Black Order, Thanos and others. |
| 379 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Godzilla}}'' game for the [=PS3=] will pit the classic Heisei incarnation of Godzilla against his [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} Legendary incarnation]]. |
| 380 | * ''VideoGame/GunsGoreAndCannoli'': The first game pits Vinnie against TheMafia, who themselves are against the ZombieApocalypse, with the US Army fighting all of them once they begin their quarantine operation. The second game has Vinnie teaming up with the US Army via an EnemyMine situation against the mysterious Dark Don Syndicate, who turn out to be working alongside ThoseWackyNazis. |
| 381 | * ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' essentially boils down to a [[BadassBookworm a crowbar wielding theoretical physicist]] and the rest of Black Mesa's security and science personnel vs [[SemperFi The United States Marine Corps]] vs Black Ops agents vs one army of alien monsters vs another army of alien monsters, some of which are hinted at being {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. |
| 382 | ** Before the start of the series, there was an interdimensional war between a race of psychic {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and a post-[[TheSingularity Singularity]] MultiversalConqueror [[TheEmpire Empire]]. TheEmpire won. |
| 383 | * ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' has this Up to Eleven. It's a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover from Blizzard's franchises like ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', and even to the classic games like the ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings'' fighting together or against each other in different maps with ''unique'' objectives that can quickly and radically change the gameplay. |
| 384 | ** For example, [[RebelLeader Jim Raynor]], [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Thrall]], [[ThePaladin Uther]], [[LadyOfBlackMagic Jaina Proudmoore]] and [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Tyrael]] can team up to fight against antagonists like [[EvilOverlord Arthas the Lich King]], [[HiveQueen Kerrigan the Queen of Blades]] and [[BigRedDevil Diablo]] himself! Even EnemyMine and TeethClenchedTeamwork are possibilities! What's not to like? |
| 385 | * There's a compatibility patch allowing to combine ''VideoGame/HighNoonDrifter'' and ''VideoGame/StrangeAeons'', two otherwise unrelated ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' [[GameMod mods]], which results in the protagonist of ''High Noon Drifter'' visiting the levels of ''Strange Aeons'' and fighting the local enemies with his own arsenal. In other words, you're a {{Gunslinger}} from TheWildWest fighting against Franchise/CthulhuMythos cultists and monsters. |
| 386 | * ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' is about a cavewoman fighting mecha-dinosaurs. [[HorseOfADifferentColor Also she can ride them.]] |
| 387 | ** The [[VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest sequel]] features the same cavewoman and her newfound crew now fighting against[[spoiler: transhuman astronauts]]. |
| 388 | * ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVs''. [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Spirit detectives]] vs. [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyans]]! [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Wandering swordsmen]] vs. [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hamon masters]]! [[Anime/MedakaBox Class presidents]] vs. [[Manga/{{Bleach}} soul reapers]]! [[Manga/OnePiece Pirates]] [[PiratesVersusNinjas vs.]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} ninjas]]! |
| 389 | * ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'' draws upon the entire [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure manga series']] cast of characters, making for a battle royale between [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires, super-vampires]], JapaneseDelinquents, [[MusicalAssassin rock stars]], [[SinisterMinister priests]], [[IntellectualAnimal dogs]], [[SerialKiller serial killers]], [[TheDon mob bosses]] and [[MadArtist comic artists]]...and that's not even half of the roster! |
| 390 | * Jump Superstars series has ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', ''Manga/DGrayMan'', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', ''Manga/ShamanKing'', ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', ''Manga/OnePiece'', ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', ''Manga/Reborn2004'' and a few others. |
| 391 | * ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' has a short arc that is essentially Greek(ish) gods versus alien invaders. |
| 392 | * ''VideoGame/LastArmageddon'' centers around a group of classic fantasy monsters fighting off alien invaders. |
| 393 | * ''VideoGame/LEGOStarWars'' Free Play: Darth Maul vs. Darth Vader. |
| 394 | ** Further ''VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame''(s) later take this trope Up to Eleven, thanks to the implementation of Custom Avatars and LEGO Dimensions. |
| 395 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'' centers around alien vs. robot fights. One of the coolest in-game combinations comes in ''3'', where the heroes [[SummonBiggerFish summon]] a gigantic [[SandWorm Thresher Maw]] (that is, gigantic by ''Thresher Maw standards'') to fight a Reaper. [[spoiler:The Thresher Maw wins.]] |
| 396 | ** ''3'' also has references to a Reaper-aligned infantry vs. krogan cavalry battle. To elaborate: the Reaper infantry are murderous cyborg zombies who make the Borg of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' seem gentle. Krogans are one of the most badass races in the galaxy, capable of enduring virtually any kind of punishment and surviving, whose idea of a ''coming of age ritual'' involves fighting their planet's most brutal wildlife, up to and including going five minutes in the ring with a Thresher Maw. Also, for this battle, they are riding cloned dinosaurs. That sound you just heard was your soul exploding from pure awesome. |
| 397 | ** In the final battle hundreds of kilometer-long [[EldritchAbomination mecha-Cthulhu]] versus a fleet of ''thousands'' of [[CoolStarship cool starships]] representing basically the entire galaxy's combat forces. And that's just the space battle. |
| 398 | * ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' during the BreakingTheFourthWall segment has the Wachowski siblings compare Neo and Smith's final battle to [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] vs. ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]]''. |
| 399 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'': Ever wondered who would win in a fight between [[VideoGame/MetalGear Snake]] and [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter a Rathalos]]? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9w_i1ioK2Q Look no further]]. |
| 400 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'': |
| 401 | ** The game introduces a "Turf War" mechanic, wherein two monsters who happen to meet while wandering around the map may engage in a brief but brutal fight for supremacy. This leads to such fights as Anjanath (a fire breathing T-rex) manhandling giant lizards in its jaws... but getting manhandled in turn by Rathalos (a fire-breathing wyvern), who proves exactly why it's the apex predator of the area. This even includes Elder Dragons fighting each other in certain maps. |
| 402 | ** The first major update to ''World'' brought with it Deviljho, a MemeticBadass monster known for its extreme aggression and strength. Sure enough, it gets into Turf Wars with most of the major monsters... most of whom it utterly devastates, including the supposed apex predators. But this trope really comes into play when it meets ''World's'' own MemeticBadass, Bazelgeuse, who proves to be the one monster capable of fighting Deviljho to a draw. And then the ''Iceborne'' expansion upped the ante by reintroducing the ''Savage'' Deviljho, who's even ''better'' at beating the snot out of almost everything else than its vanilla variant (except against Bazelgeuse and their Seething variant, same as before.) |
| 403 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': |
| 404 | ** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' ''should'' be a perfect example of this, pitting Midway's iconic Kombatants against DC's stable of legendary heroes, however, as WebVideo/MattMcMuscles points out in his ''Wha Happun?'' episode on Creator/MidwayGames, this pretty much was a {{deconstruction}} as Creator/DCComics [[ExecutiveMeddling stymied]] Midway by forcing them to ''not'' let their heroes take lives or even prevent showing their villains taking lives ''on screen''. |
| 405 | ** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' include {{guest fighter}}s into the mix. As if the main roster of characters weren't awesome enough, you can also have [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] vs. [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] and [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] vs. the Franchise/{{Predator}}. |
| 406 | ** The DLC pack for ''Mortal Kombat X'' throws [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] and a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]] into the mix, which means one can now recreate ''Film/AVPAlienVsPredator'' and ''ComicBook/JasonVsLeatherface'' in video game form. |
| 407 | ** ''11'' follows suit with The Franchise/{{Terminator}}, ComicBook/{{Spawn}}, [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], Franchise/RoboCop, and Franchise/{{Rambo}}. But it also offers an extra one: Shang Tsung is modeled after [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie his movie appearance]], and thus it spawns possible cool showdowns between any combination of Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger[[note]]"Possible" because the Terminator isn't voiced by Arnie himself, but Chris Cox -- but on the other hand, the casting was a personal handpicking by Arnie himself and Cox manages to sound quite like Arnie, [[TheAhnold accent and all.]][[/note]], Creator/KeithDavid, Creator/RichardEpcar, Creator/PeterWeller, and Creator/SylvesterStallone. For added fun from the first ''MK'' movie, alternate skins for Raiden, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade feature the voices of Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/LindenAshby and Bridgette Wilson. |
| 408 | * The ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' series shares much of the same appeal as mentioned in the ''Total War'' entry above, and while it's watered down a little since they're from {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s, that's mitigated by the fact that the player can actively fight alongside them. Want to lead hordes of deadly steppe-raised horse archers against Viking-esque Sea Raiders (or vice-versa)? It's doable. |
| 409 | ** The ''VideoGame/SwordOfDamocles'' mod adds several new factions and some special mercenaries. What about the late Western Roman Empire versus Ottomans who worship [[EldritchAbomination a Lovecraftian entity]], or pagan Scottish highlanders and Welsh longbowmen versus late-renaissance Venice borrowing cues from the Ancient Greeks? You can also have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Army_of_Hungary the Black Army of Hungary]] versus African tribesmen, or medieval Byzantium versus Samurai. It's awesome. |
| 410 | * ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'' has ninjas, vampires, werewolves, knights, amazons, Valkyries, wizards, witches, so on and so on. |
| 411 | * ''VideoGame/PiratesVikingsAndKnights'' features [[{{Pirate}} 17th-century Pirates]], [[HornyVikings Scandinavian Raiders]] and [[KnightInShiningArmor medieval Knights]], fighting each other for gold, glory and wenches. |
| 412 | * ''VideoGame/PrimalCarnage'' pits a FiveManBand of [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits crazy badass mercenaries]] against ''dinosaurs''! |
| 413 | * ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'', by virtue of being a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover with many OriginalGeneration characters. You have soldiers vs. [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} space marines]] vs. reptiles vs. robots vs. Strogg vs. Wrestling/{{Stone Cold|SteveAustin}}-like bikers vs. ''an eye with two mechanic legs'' vs. transhumans vs. {{physical god}}s vs. former porno-stars vs. intergalactic hunters... |
| 414 | * ''VideoGame/QuakeChampions'' is a continuation of the above, and even includes [[VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}} WWII soldiers]] and [[VideoGame/QuakeI undead knights]]... |
| 415 | ** The GameMod ''VideoGame/QuakeChampionsDoomEdition'' attempts to replicate and expand upon ''Champions'' by also including [[VideoGame/HalfLife scientists]], [[VideoGame/{{Blood}} cowboys]] and [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior kung-fu, katana-wielding fighters]] among others. |
| 416 | * ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemptionUndeadNightmare'' features John Marston versus [[ZombieApocalypse a horde of undead zombies]]. Fuck. Yes. You almost feel sorry for the zombies. |
| 417 | * The final stage of ''VideoGame/{{RefleX}}'': HumongousMecha vs. [[spoiler:CoolShip powered by the core of another mecha that grants it wings, boosted firepower, and a limitless AttackReflector]] [[MeleeATrois vs.]] [[spoiler:two BrainUploading-powered Cool Ships firing homing lightning bolts of doom]]. |
| 418 | * ''VideoGame/RiseOfLegends'': ClockPunk mecha versus {{Mayincatec}} AncientAstronauts vs. Literature/ArabianNights sorcery. |
| 419 | * ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'': |
| 420 | ** In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', one of the things you might have to do during the "FUZZ" activity is "break up the Battle of the Century": a fight between ninjas and pirates |
| 421 | ** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' is basically crime gangs vs aliens. Uh... well a gang that's led by the President of the USA. He/She also gets super-powers while trapped in a VR simulation. |
| 422 | * ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' allows you to pit nearly ''everything'' that's cool against nearly ''everything'' that's awesome. |
| 423 | * ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings'' and ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'' pit everyone's favorite speedy hedgehog against the likes of an evil genie and Myth/KingArthur, respectively. |
| 424 | * ''VideoGame/SpacePiratesAndZombies'' has space pirates. And zombies. (And bounty hunters!) |
| 425 | * This isn't used in the truest sense in ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'', but Splatfests (events where players chose a team and fight against an opposing team) have had some of the matchups over the years count. For example, the first game's North American "Prehistoric vs. Future" Splatfest, which was translated as "Dinosaurs vs. Robots" in Spanish regions. |
| 426 | * ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' is this trope. All anime of SuperRobotGenre and RealRobotGenre that already run on this trope can now clash against one another and OriginalGeneration villains, who are not to far behind. Better, we have bad guys [[VillainTeamUp forming alliances]], [[EvilVersusEvil fighting one another]], heroes from different series doing combination attacks, good guys being caught in MeleeATrois between two evil fractions. |
| 427 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' Come on, seriously, [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} intergalactic bounty hunters]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid super soldiers with IQ's of 180]], and [[Franchise/StarFox space mercenaries]] couldn't possibly get together without invoking this. |
| 428 | ** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' finally lets fans of the "16-bit" generation of consoles pit [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] and Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} against each other. |
| 429 | ** The 3DS and Wii U iterations have paved the way for a full-on cross-company battle royale: Sonic returns, and is joined by Creator/{{Capcom}}'s Videogame/{{Mega Man|Classic}} and Creator/{{Namco}}'s VideoGame/PacMan! And that's before even delving into the possibilities [[VirtualPaperDoll Mii Fighters]] open up. [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] and VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} as DownloadableContent ante up this aspect. |
| 430 | ** It also has a [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Goddess, an Angel]], an [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Electric Mouse, a dragon]], a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda princess using magic, a dark magician]], a [[VideoGame/YoshisIsland dinosaur]], an [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} adorable Eldritch Abomination who looks like a balloon, an alien swordfighter, a penguin with a giant hammer]], a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros giant fire-breathing turtle and the world's most famous plumber]]. |
| 431 | ** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' adds all of the above and throws in [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} squid kids]], an [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} evil space dragon]], a [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry fat crocodile king]], a pair of [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} vampire hunters]], a [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon wrestling cat]], and a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros piranha plant]]. |
| 432 | * One of the main attractions of the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series, especially ''[[VideoGame/RomeTotalWar Rome]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MedievalTotalWar Medieval]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/EmpireTotalWar Empire]]''. |
| 433 | ** In a historical-based Real Time Strategy game, irregular wars that never historically happened do break out with alarming frequency. Spanish conquistadors holding the line against Mongolian horse-archer raiders? That can happen. The [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution Independence-era]] United States attempting to conquer, [[InvadedStatesOfAmerica or being conquered by]], the peoples of the Indian subcontinent? Can happen. Viking warriors invading Aztec Mesoamerica? Possible. Carthage conquering Rome and moving north to fight the Celts? Plausible. Scottish highlanders storming Cairo? ... [[LetsPlay/AScotsmanInEgypt Has been done already]], but the point still stands. |
| 434 | ** The popular ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'' mod ''{{VideoGame/Thera}}'' is a bigger example of this, as it adds a number of {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s to a LowFantasy setting. Celts? Pirates? Samurai? [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]]? Medieval Transylvania? One gets the feeling the mod was pretty much designed with this trope in mind. |
| 435 | ** ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer'' and its sequel, meanwhile, [[http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/594570/extras/DRAGON_SLAM.jpg?t=1497276111 take this to a whole new level]]. |
| 436 | * Like any good crossover fighter, ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''. [[VideoGame/BioShock1 Big Daddy]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], [[VideoGame/TwistedMetal Sweet Tooth]], [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Heihachi]], [[VideoGame/{{Killzone}} Colonel Radec]] and [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Raiden]] are just a few of the badasses occupying the roster. That's a HumanoidAbomination with BioAugmentation, a [[RageAgainstTheHeavens God-killing]] Spartan, an AxCrazy MonsterClown, a {{Determinator}} BadassNormal karateka, a ColonelKilgore with [[MoreDakka lots of firepower]] and a CyberNinja with an {{Absurdly Sharp|Blade}} {{Vibro|weapon}}blade. |
| 437 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': [[WorldOfWeirdness Take your pick]]: {{Miko}} versus Vampires, NinjaMaid versus half-ghost samurai gardener, vaguely-lesbian Witches versus Immortal HumanAliens, Dumbass Fairy versus The Judge of The Dead, ShrineMaiden versus one of the Goddesses she serves and is in fact descended from, Witch allied with MadScientist versus Nuclear-powered Raven from Hell, Holy Frog vs. Celestial Paragon, Treasure Hunters vs. magical Dr. King, Witch vs. Liches, literal Cloud vs. sentient Noh Masks, the Crown Prince([[GenderFlip ss]]) who unified Japan versus GadgeteerGenius {{Kappa}}, Paparazzi versus everyone... explained by Gensoukyou being the last refuge for fantasy. |
| 438 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' franchise has this in spades. The most obvious example would be the Alliance Versus the Horde. That's essentially humans, [[OurElvesAreDifferent Night Elves]], [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarves]], [[OurGnomesAreWeirder Gnomes]], [[HumanoidAliens Draenei]] and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Worgen]] versus [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]], [[TheUndead Forsaken]], [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent Tauren]], [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Trolls]], [[OurElvesAreDifferent Blood Elves]] and [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]]. |
| 439 | ** The entirety of ''The Frozen Throne'' is built around this: [[{{Determinator}} Maiev]] [[ActionGirl Shadowsong]] vs. [[AntiHero Illidan]] [[BadPowersGoodPeople Stormrage]], [[FaceHeelRevolvingDoor Illidan]], [[TheWisePrince Kael'thas]] [[BenevolentMageRuler Sunstrider]] and [[ShockAndAwe Lady]] [[SnakePeople Vashj]] [[EvilVersusEvil vs.]] [[TheLegionsOfHell Magtheridon]] and later [[BlackKnight Arthas]] [[AnIcePerson Menethil]], [[DarkActionGirl Sylvanas]] Windrunner [[CivilWarcraft vs.]] [[BestServedCold Arthas]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent the Dreadlords]]. |
| 440 | * ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'': Futuristic space ninjas vs [[TheEmpire an empire of clones]] vs [[MegaCorp a mega-corporation]] vs [[TheVirus space zombies!]] |
| 441 | * ''VideoGame/WarhammerMarkOfChaos'' has the following factions all fighting each other: |
| 442 | ** BadassNormal armoured swordsmen, knights on horseback, steam-powered tanks and a metric crapton of {{BFG}}s. Oh, and they all worship a [[Myth/NorseMythology Thor]] {{expy}}, and their priests are bald, [[WeaponSpecialization hammer-brandishing]] {{Badass Preacher}}s. |
| 443 | ** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy War-loving]], {{beard|OfBarbarism}}ed, [[HeroicBuild massively built]], [[TheLegionsOfHell demon-worshipping]] Viking barbarians. |
| 444 | ** Backstabbing, murder-and-rape-happy, Velociraptor-riding elf pirates led by [[{{Stripperiffic}} scantily-clad]] and good-looking sorceresses. |
| 445 | ** {{Magitek}}, SteamPunk, Nazi [[YouDirtyRat Rat-people]]. |
| 446 | ** British soccer hooligan [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]] and cowardly, ButtMonkey [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]]. |
| 447 | * ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' has [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors the greatest badasses of Chinese history]] facing off against some of [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors the greatest warriors feudal Japan has ever produced]], plus a mischievous fox spirit, plus a BloodKnight serpent demon and his legions, plus gods and goddesses, plus UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc, plus Achilles, plus [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden some modern badass ninjas]], plus so many more, and in the third one we add in a giant eight-headed monster and time travel! |
| 448 | * ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'' has a Nazi robot dog that can ''breathe fire'' vs. ''a heavily pregnant, screaming, blood-soaked shirtless woman dual-wielding machine-guns''. [[spoiler:Anya wins. And it is awesome]]. |
| 449 | * Why do you think the ''VideoGame/WWEVideoGames'' are so popular? Wrestling/AndreTheGiant vs Wrestling/TheUndertaker vs Wrestling/RicFlair vs Wrestling/KurtAngle vs Wrestling/EddieGuerrero vs Wrestling/AJStyles in the steel cage of your choice? Too easy, why not have in one corner Robert Baratheon replete with war hammer, Nathenial Hawke, Creator/GordonRamsay and [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]] and in the other [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]], [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]], Siegfried and [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Leon Kennedy]]? |
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| 451 | |
| 452 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 453 | * ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' has had, in no particular order, ninjas and a doctor ninja versus... robots, clowns, a flying bodybuilder, a giant Paul Bunyan who was really a child, evil ninjas, pirates, ghosts, Mexican banditos on dinosaurs, vampires, zombies, a unicorn motorcycle, a ghost wizard, someone pretending to be a robot, ninja zombies, more robots, zombie Benjamin Franklin, {{Dracula}} (Dracula also had a robot Dracula), a Danish 80s action movie hero and his ninjas, clone ninjas, ghost wizards, {{Mayincatec}} robot temple guards, future dinosaurs from space, a vengeful space ghost that explodes people, a samurai demon, sky pirates, a luchador doctor, and a king on a dirtbike. At any given point, those enemies may have fought each other as well. |
| 454 | ** One time invoked by Ron Wizard, who deduced that a single giant robot was not enough to produce the required {{awesomeness|IsAForce}} to summon his people from their world - so he created another giant robot to fight it. |
| 455 | * ''WebComic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has had TheMenInBlack vs. [[DinosaursAreDragons prehistoric]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace from space]] and their friend the [[NeverMessWithGranny old lady]] in the {{fl|ight}}ying PoweredArmor, fighting over a [[EarthShatteringKaboom bomb that can destroy the world.]] |
| 456 | * ''WebComic/AxeCop'' has had the title character and his allies (including dinosaurs, people with unicorn horns, a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot vampire wizard ninja]] and his brother who's also a werewolf) vs. aliens, vampire half-babies, HumongousMecha, flying books, Bad Santa... [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130513184714/http://axecop.com/images/uploads/weddingPRINT-INKS.png This picture]] with just about all the good guys and antagonists on opposing sides, with huge amounts of NinjaPirateZombieRobot in both, takes the trope about as far as is imaginable. |
| 457 | * Ethan Nicolle's other webcomic (besides ''WebComic/AxeCop''), ''Webcomic/{{Bearmageddon}}'', opens up with a character asking another who would win in a fight, a bear or a gorilla. They decide that it's an unanswerable question, like "can God make a square circle". |
| 458 | * ''WebComic/TheDragonDoctors'' is about magical doctors of many different disciplines who have banded together, and they've fought against various equally unusual opponents. The docs themselves are a wizard (with healing and shapeshifting magic), a soldier/surgeon, a shaman/therapist, and a MagiTek specialist. They've faced off against a horde of assassins, a serial killer who kills dreaming shamans, and Goro (the soldier/surgeon) is currently fending off an all-female QuirkyMinibossSquad consisting of a pistol-wielding shapeshifter, a mage in a ballcap, a female ogre and a lamia with a petrifying ray gun. |
| 459 | * ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'' has Bro (a katana-wielding badass who flies around on a rocket-powered surfboard) versus Jack Noir (a noir-themed HumanoidAbomination with godlike powers who also wields a katana and is part dog). The resulting battle is so awesome that it ends in a ''tie'', with the two fighting to a standstill. [[spoiler: Jack later gets the upper hand and kills Bro but only thanks to a well timed power-up gained from [[ItMakesSenseInContext Becquerel prototyping himself]].]] |
| 460 | * ''Webcomic/HungryCity'' is about a vampire who wakes up during a ZombieApocalypse, and naturally has to fight zombies. |
| 461 | * ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'': "Who would win in a fight between a giant robot foot accompanied by a rifle-toting assassin, and an army of hamsters in mechanical suits?" |
| 462 | * ''Webcomic/SonicVsGoku'' features a battle between the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog titular]] [[Franchise/DragonBall characters]] that initially started as a friendly sparring match but escalates into an epic battle. |
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| 465 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 466 | * Despite his insistence that he hates fanboyish arguments regarding [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny who would win in fights between 2 or more awesome characters]], Creator/MontyOum has created some of the best examples of this trope on the Internet. Between his ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' ([[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] versus [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]]) and ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'' (the female cast of the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series versus the more notable female characters from the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Kairi]]) videos, he takes already-cool concepts and takes them [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in terms of sheer awesomeness. |
| 467 | * Literature/WhateleyUniverse story "Ayla and the Mad Scientist" includes a holographic simulator battle that ends with PersonOfMassDestruction Tennyo (aka "The Star Stalker") vs. [[TheFairFolk The Queen of the Sidhe]] Fey (aka "The Queen To Come"). |
| 468 | %%* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScgHH86o6dI Vampires vs Aliens]]'' |
| 469 | * One ''WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses'' question was "who would win a fight between a lion and a thousand bees"; his response was "everybody wins". |
| 470 | * Practically every single fight in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' is this. A textbook example is the main fight scene in "Painting the Town", which features a tag team of SinisterScythe-wielding Little Red Riding Hood, MagicalGirl Snow White, {{Ninja}} [[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] and Goldilocks with {{Power Fist}}s up against a house-sized HumongousMecha. End result: [[CurbStompBattle Goldilocks won]]. |
| 471 | * ''Website/SCPFoundation'': |
| 472 | ** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/the-warrior-and-the-dragon This one story]] which features a clash between SCP-682 and SCP-076-2 "[[CainAndAbel Able]]". To wit, the former is a [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]] shapeshifting monstrosity [[EldritchAbomination from another dimension]], and the latter is basically magically-empowered [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]] on crack. [[spoiler:076-2 comes very close to actually succeeding in killing the thing, but alas, he gets munched in half and killed. When he inevitably resurrects inside his tomb, he emerges and [[WorthyOpponent suggests that it was the best fight he's had in ages]].]] |
| 473 | ** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1730 The exploration logs for]] [[MalevolentArchitecture SCP-1730]] culminates in a showdown between a gigantic leech EldritchAbomination, [[OurAngelsAreDifferent the Gate Guardian]], and [[AnimalisticAbomination SCP-2845]], a veritable clash between gods. |
| 474 | * Website/ScrewAttack's WebAnimation/DeathBattle is all about various characters from pop culture fighting to the death. |
| 475 | * WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory lets famous people from history and pop culture rap against each other. The most famous is [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] vs [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]. |
| 476 | * Creator/CrashMaul brings us "The Fight for Sawmill", a OneManArmy martial artist Scout whose main power is OffscreenTeleportation, er, "SuperReflexes", having a 10 minute long battle with a cowboy Engineer who invokes some series Revolver Ocelot vibes, and his unstoppable pet man-bear. |
| 477 | * ''Literature/TheFireNeverDies'': While it has yet to happen, WordOfGod has made it explicitly clear that the alternate Second World War will feature a transatlantic naval war between [[spoiler:America and Britain, the nations with the two largest navies in the world, on a scale even larger than the Pacific Theater of World War II]]. |
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| 479 | |
| 480 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 481 | * There are some storylines in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' in which they fight ''alien dinosaurs''. Robots and other mutants are also common foes. |
| 482 | * An episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' pitted Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} against [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Wonder Twins]] {{Exp|y}}ies. This resulted in a battle in a downpour-flooded office building, between the Prince of the Sea and Shifter as a swimming tyrannosaurus. |
| 483 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' pits heroic ninjas with cool tornado powers against armored skeletons that ride motorcycle-like vehicles in the pilot. These very same ninjas later utilise HumongousMecha while battling SnakePeople. And [[PiratesVersusNinjas they also fight resurrected pirates]] in a later episode... Ok, you get the point - the entire series basically runs on this trope. |
| 484 | * There's several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' that are examples of this trope like: "{{Samurai}} vs. {{Ninja}}", Samurai vs Viking Rock Monster, Samurai vs Blind Archers, Samurai vs Scotsman. |
| 485 | * Being a FantasyKitchenSink, ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' gets into this quite a bit. |
| 486 | ** The most common being [[VoluntaryShapeshifting magic shapeshifting dog]] vs. [[AnIcePerson Ice Wizard]]. And sometimes Ice Wizard vs. PhysicalGod/[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot giant floating wolf head of partying.]] |
| 487 | ** "Frost and Fire" is devoted to the idea "what if Ice King and Flame Princess fought?" They fight three times; [[spoiler:Flame Princess wins the first fight, Ice King wins the second and then Flame Princess curbs stomps Ice King in the third to the point of destroying the Ice Kingdom and almost killing him]]. |
| 488 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': Invoked by Bionic Barry in Space Race. He offers to let Archer wear the space station's {{Film/Alien}} style [[MiniMecha power loader suit]] to goad him into leaving his escape shuttle for a fight. |
| 489 | -->'''Barry''': Evil Cyborg versus Space Bot! |
| 490 | * ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' has this in spades. The hero already is by himself an {{Alien|Tropes}} [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Shapeshifting]] [[KidHero 10 years old]] SuperHero. Over the course of the show, he has been put (amongst others) against [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} Alien Cthulhu]], a MonsterClown, an EvilSorcerer and his DarkMagicalGirl niece, a MadScientist EvilutionaryBiologist, an AncientConspiracy of [[UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar literal]] KnightTemplar CapeBusters, [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-esque]] ScaryDogmaticAliens and an EldritchAbomination. The season 2 story arc of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' also gives us the aforementioned KnightTemplar CapeBusters vs another AncientConspiracy of Ninja-like dimensional traveller worshipping an EldritchAbomination. |
| 491 | * ''WesternAnimation/BlackDynamite'''s first episode features black ninjas vs alien Music/{{Michael Jackson}}s. |
| 492 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E8TheMagicksOfMegasTu The Magicks of Megas-Tu]]" has ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu James T. Kirk defeating Satan!]]'' (Or at least an alien being pretending to be him as part of a SecretTestOfCharacter). Bonus points for a DefeatMeansFriendship moment at the end. |
| 493 | * ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots: [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsTheSecretWar The Secret War]]'' is the [[GloriousMotherRussia Red Army circa 1942]] vs. demonic ghouls from pagan Siberia. |
| 494 | * ''WesternAnimation/ObanStarRacers'', being a galactic racing tournament of many different beings, features human star pilots vs [[ScaryDogmaticAliens hulking alien warriors]] vs SpaceElves vs a high-tech CatGirl vs a high-flying shape-shifter vs SpacePirates vs a hyper-intelligent robot vs a [[GiantEnemyCrab giant crab-beast]] vs a space wizard vs an ancient bird-like EldritchAbomination who wants to reshape the universe. This isn't even everyone, and it's all played surprisingly straight. |
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