History Awesome / DeathBattleSeasonFive

* The idea of two of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation's {{Killer App}}s duking it out was one that a lot of fans had been clamoring for.

-->'''Devil Jin''': [[PreAsskickingOneLiner I shall show you]] ''[[PreAsskickingOneLiner fear!]]'' '''GET OUT OF MY WAY!''' (...) '''[[PitifulWorms YOU]] ''[[PitifulWorms INSECT!]]'''''

* This episode is easily in the running for the best animated episode yet. Brilliant choreography, dynamic camera angles, lip sync rather than lip flap, and liberal use of amazing special effects -- ki, smoke, explosions, etc. -- that all come together gorgeously.

* For what it’s worth, Daredevil and Nightwing were matched in physicality with the only advantages being minimal for both combatants. If Dick hadn’t been armed with the precise arsenal to disrupt Matt’s super-senses, it easily could’ve gone to Daredevil, and even then, the hosts note that Daredevil had a chance at winning in multiple different scenarios.

* The fact that two of shōnen's biggest RatedMForManly protagonists are going to be fighting it out was one for several fans... [[CoolVersusAwesome and rightfully so.]]

** And during the climax

* Ryu's victory over Jin ends a nearly '''five year long''' [[BrokenWinLossStreak losing streak]] for the ''Street Fighter'' franchise in decisive, flashy fashion. Keeping in mind that this is the first main ''Death Battle'' victory since '''Season One''' for the franchise after a whole load of [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp losses]] makes it even more brilliant to see!

* Mario isn't the first combatant to notch up a win after a prior loss, but he '''is''' the first to claim victory over the same opponent that previously defeated him. It's especially impressive considering that the original ''Mario vs. Sonic'' was depicted as a CurbstompBattle in Sonic's favour.

* After four seasons of Marvel Comics having an uncontested killstreak of three victories, Darkseid seals the victory needed to put DC over the top and bumps it up to a streak of four. Even better, Marvel has had the lead in the series' entire run for matchups between their characters and DC's. ''Nightwing vs. Daredevil'' gave DC enough wins for the two companies to tie, and with Darkseid's victory, DC has finally overtaken Marvel.

-->'''Black Panther''': [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Witness the power of a king!]]

* The finishing blow. Not only does Dark Spyro easily reduce Crash to individual particles with his atom-smashing Aether breath after destroying his gadgets, but [[MaskOfPower Aku Aku]] as well -- easily countering his magic doing so. Spyro's PreAssKickingOneLiner, as well as how [[ItsPersonal Crash had killed Spyro's adoptive brother Sparx,]] makes it even better.

* Let it be known that Doctor Fate knows how to make an entrance. He appears from a portal, [[FullNameUltimatum calls out his opponent's full name]] (while causing rubble to fall for dramatic effect), and gives a seriously bold PreAssKickingOneLiner. Strange, for his part, isn't intimidated in the least.

* This is then immediately followed up by Fate ''shattering'' the Crimson Bands, at which his rising voice and four word PreAssKickingOneLiner make clear that he has decided the GodzillaThreshold has been well and truly crossed, and it's time to risk self-annihilation to take out Strange.

-->'''Devil Jin''': [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I shall show you]] ''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner fear!]]'' '''GET OUT OF MY WAY!''' (...) '''[[PitifulWorms YOU]] ''[[PitifulWorms INSECT!]]'''''

* Once they're far enough away from land, Mario dons the Wing Cap with one hell of a PreAssKickingOneLiner, taking the battle to ''space''. The ensuing fist fight results in ''the moon exploding behind them''. The [[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/images/10_share_images/games_15/nintendo_3ds_25/SI_3DS_MarioAndSonicAtTheRio2016_enGB_image1600w.jpg pose]] Mario and Sonic take during the clash that breaks the moon is a direct ShoutOut to VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames.

* Optimus and Amuro's close-quarters duel is incredibly intense, with both Transformer and Gundam getting awesome moments between the two of them. Their initial BladeLock creates an absolutely massive shockwave, before the clash is broken off by Optimus striking out with a dropkick, knocking the RX-78-2 away. As Amuro is left dazed, Optimus charges in with his truck form, smacking the Gundam around for a while. Not to be outdone, Amuro manages to raise his shield to block a strike from the Energon Axe, only for it to [[AbsurdlySharpBlade cut clean through the shield.]] Undeterred, Amuro pulls out his other Beam Saber, and [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throws it through Optimus's body.]] Only for Optimus to merely [[NoSell shrug it off after a few seconds]] and send Amuro flying with a shot from his Ion Blaster and smack him off of the ship.
* During the BladeLock itself, Optimus gets one hell of a BadassBoast.

* At the climax, Lucy stops holding back and obliterates the mass of tentacles in seconds by vibrating her Vectors. Then she pins Carnage to the ground, pulls back the rest of her Vector arms into one big punch, and ''vaporizes him'', complete with a mushroom cloud.
--> '''Lucy''': Does it hurt yet? [[PreMortemOneLiner Don't worry... I'll put you out of your misery.]]
* Lucy spends most of the fight as an ImplacableWoman, as her Diclonius powers keep Carnage at bay to the point where she barely has to ''move''. Even then, it takes Carnage almost a full minute to land as much as a single good hit on her, and while he's able to draw blood with a FlechetteStorm attack, it's the only time he manages to get past Lucy's Vectors and hit her directly. While almost every CurbstompBattle in Season 5 [[CurbstompCushion has the eventual loser put up a good fight in the fight animation]], Lucy's dominance in this matchup is made perfectly clear. Carnage's never quit attitude is honorable though. As well as his quiet acceptance of his defeat, simply giving an annoyed "I hate you".
* One for Carnage. After his creepy line "''It's raining, your bleeding, Carnage is STARVING!''", he than has all those long claws he used to find the missing woman all reach out. It doesn't work in the end, but damn if it doesn't look cool. He even manages to grab onto two of Lucy's invisable tenticles, saying "''I'm gonna paint you red!''" What's more, this is what finally [[OhCrap shakes Lucy's stoic nature]] and makes her realize she has to pull out all the stops to take down Carnage.

* Meta: the reason why Sonic won in the previous battle was because Wiz and Boomstick determined that Sonic had the speed advantage. When redoing the analysis for this video, they determined that while Sonic still held the advantage in travel speed, Mario was actually ''on par'' with Sonic in terms of reaction speed. That's right-- the portly plumber can [[SuperReflexes react fast enough]] to catch the self-proclaimed "Fastest Thing Alive".

* A meta example: some people expected Spyro to [[CurbStompBattle thoroughly thrash]] Crash in this bout, and were surprised at how much it ultimately took to bring the bandicoot down. He had to be ''completely atomized'' to be defeated!
** The fact that ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'' and ''VideoGame/CrashMindOverMutant'' -- considered to be two of the series' ''weakest'' entries -- were the games that gave Crash such an edge in the first place is nothing short of impressive.
** The hosts even admitted that "this wasn't nearly as [[CurbStompBattle one-sided]] as it looked on paper".

* A meta example: whereas most of Season 5 was focused on answering some of the most popular fan requests that the show had ever received, ''Carnage vs. Lucy'' was one of the few exceptions. Between the relative obscurity of ''Manga/ElfenLied'' compared to most franchises featured in ''Death Battle'' and an increasing suppression of non-"advertiser friendly" content on [=YouTube=]'s algorithms in the months leading up to the episode's release, the entire episode was considered to be a gamble by the show's creators. The risk ended up paying off-- in just the first week, ''Carnage vs. Lucy'' had eclipsed the total views of highly requested, months old episodes like ''Crash vs. Spyro'' and ''Jotaro vs. Kenshiro'', and even approached the view totals of several episodes the previous season (most of which were '''at least a year old at the time''').

* Meta: the reason why Sonic won in the previous battle was because Wiz and Boomstick determined that Sonic had the speed advantage. When redoing the analysis for this video, they determined that while Sonic still held the advantage in travel speed, Mario was actually ''on par'' with Sonic in terms of reaction speed. That's right-- the portly plumber can [[SuperReflexes react fast enough]] to catch the self-proclaimed "Fastest Thing Alive". Also in a Meta sense, Mario's newfound reaction time and greater arsenal came from games released after their first fight. So in a way, Mario TookALevelInBadass and became the more likely victor.

* A meta example. In only two weeks, ''Thanos vs. Darkseid'' managed to become the second most viewed episode in season 5, even eclipsing ''Carnage vs. Lucy'' which as we previously mentioned had done the same thing to more popular episodes. The only episode that currently has more views is ''Black Panther vs. Batman'', which was the season premiere and currently 10 months old.
* Another Meta example. Thanos vs Darkseid [[https://twitter.com/SeanHinz/status/1121781470920491008?s=19 will be part]] of pre-shows for ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' all over the US. This is a HUGE accomplishment for everyone involved in creating the episode, to be on the big screen before the GrandFinale of the MCU.

* Awesome/DeathBattleSeasonNine

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* [[Awesome/DeathBattleSeasonEight Death Battle (Season 8)]]