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Harley Quinn VS Jinx

• Harley impressively ricochets an exploding cork into Jinx's back, setting the Loose Cannon of Zaun up to be hammered into the ground by Harley's mallet.
• Jinx, despite having a firecracker shoved into her mouth and being tied up with streamers, still manages to not only keep up with Harley but also use the firecracker against her foe.
• Harley had laid a trap in the hall of mirrors beforehand, setting off a Joker Venom burst when Jinx falls into it. However, this ultimately turns the battle in Jinx's favor, who catches Harley's mallet mid-hallucination and knocks her into the "Test Your Strength" Game with a burst of rotary cannon fire. And just as Harley makes a last-ditch attempt to lure Jinx to her death using an Electric Joy Buzzer, Jinx flat-out ignores the bait and uses her Super Mega Death Rocket to launch Harley high into the sky and explode her; leaving only her head to fall back down and hit the bell on said carnival game as Jinx strikes a pose. Bonus points for it being the same trick the Joker used on Needles back in Season 3.
  Harley: Wait. (equips her lethal joy buzzer) Don't you wanna get in close, and savor my emotions as you deliver the final kill?
  Jinx: Hmm... Nah. Bye-bye! (launches the Super Mega Death Rocket)
• Kudos to Harley; while she is ultimately outclassed in firepower and physical stats, she still manages to duck and dodge Jinx's attacks for the majority of the fight before Jinx goes Gatling Good in the Hall of Mirrors and gains the upper hand several times with her trickery and penchant for causing chaos. She's still got more experience than her opponent, even if she (fatally) couldn't make up for the difference in power.
• Normally when someone is afflicted with the Joker Venom most of them become helpless and agonized mess as they suffocate, not Jinx, who not only actually survives what would normally be instant death to even other superhumans, but actually becomes more dangerous by envisioning Vi, which made her both more focused and more aggressive, added bonus is the amazing visuals the animators did for the display, and Jinx no selling Harley's taunts and attempted sneak attack.
  Jinx: I don't need a second opinion!' (Brutalizes Harley with her mini-gun point blank'')

Scarlet Witch VS Zatanna

• During the fight, Zatanna conjures up an illusory Superman to send Wanda flying, and the Scarlet Witch responds in kind by summoning the Hulk to take on the Man of Steel. What follows is essentially the Justice League VS the Avengers as Wonder Woman and Thor are both brought in to escalate the brawl.
• Wanda just shrugging off a powerful punch that sent her flying from Superman (even an illusionary Superman) is a moment of awesome in its own right.
• Throughout the fight, the aspect ratio has been different from the typical Death Battle, being a wider and shorter screen. This turns out to be an intentional choice as when the battle continues to escalate, Zatanna reaches through the screen in order to escape the Scarlet Witch and find the source of her powers.
  Scarlet Witch: Do you know the difference between you and I? (Wanda suddenly emerges behind Zatanna, towering over her as she tries to crush the magician in her hand) Power!
  Zatanna: Well I think the difference is...
  (Zatanna suddenly disappears from the giant Scarlet Witch's hand as an even bigger version of her emerges in front of Wanda, fireworks going off behind her)
  Zatanna: Presentation! And I know a trick... (Zatanna glances at the audience) When I see one. (Zatanna proceeds to reach through the Fourth Wall itself)
• As a result of Zatanna reaching into the Fourth Wall to escalate the battle, the match takes perhaps the highest scale in all of Death Battle at this moment, with Wanda and Zatanna battling among universes, with Zatanna tossing and juggling them about like they're just dodgeballs, and Wanda simply crushing one in her hand like it was a grape. Even Hulk Vs Broly, which was determined by the number of universes both fighters could destroy at their full potential, Thanos Vs Darkseid which had the two Physical Gods warping reality and resetting a universe, and Chuck Norris vs Segata Sanshiro which ended with both fighters destroying the universe, pale in comparison to the sheer scale of this brawl between two enchantresses.
• How does this magic duel of cosmic proportions end? The Scarlet Witch casts a spell to eradicate all sound to stop Zatanna from casting her spells, before unleashing an attack that wipes her from reality... or so she thinks. Zatanna reappears behind Wanda, before casting a spell to trap her in a box and cut her in half with a saw. A duel between two of the most powerful magic users in their respective universes reaches the finale with two of the most iconic magic tricks known to man.
  Zatanna: A disappearing act was the first thing dad ever taught me. And for my final trick..! Sehctiw erom on! No more witches.
• The post-battle recap gives Zatanna another one. There were many ways Wanda could have killed her, but as Wiz says it was directly because Zatanna's level-headed confidence as a magician compared to Scarlet Witch's unstable nature that meant she could outsmart, trick, trap, and kill a Reality Warper as powerful as Wanda.

Tanjiro VS Jonathan Joestar

• Tanjiro knocks Jonathan's sword out of his hand early on, but the 1st JoJo doesn't let it deter him at all as he uses his fists. After launching a Zoom Punch, his arm retracts in time to catch the falling sword.
• Tanjiro using Sun Breathing has several incredible scenes that are ripped right out of the anime. Special mention goes to the animation taking advantage of Tanjiro having more experience with a blade, as it's very clear he has Jonathan on the defensive as he blitzes the Joestar with a flurry of incredibly fast fiery slashes. And when it seems Jonathan managed to overpower him, Tanjiro fights back and decimates Pluck, leaving Jonathan even more on the defensive.
• Tanjiro might've lacked his opponent's raw power and speed, but his superb swordsmanship was indisputable. Compared to him Jonathan was really just waving a blade around, Tajiro disarming and then breaking Pluck cemented that Jonathan when it came to swordplay was simply outmatched.
• The climax of the fight. Jonathan realizes that Tanjiro was aiming for his lungs, signifying to him that he plans to end him by cutting off his Hamon usage and his life. What does Jonathan do? He tanks it, but not without dodging it just enough for Tanjiro's blade to miss his lungs by two inches, not only disarming Tanjiro of his blade^note Thereby robbing him of any offensive options, but also giving him a closer target to deliver one final Sunlight Yellow Overdrive, to end the fight right then and there.
  • The voice acting when Jonathan shouts the attack's name when landing the finishing blow definitely deserves a mention.

Thor VS Vegeta

• As it turns out, Boomstick is somehow worthy of Mjolnir, much to Wiz's surprise.
• "Tell me. Does a God such as yourself feel fear?!" "No fear... only... THUNDER!"
• The battle is easily one of the best sprite fights with the excellently modeled 3D background of a mountain-laden lake wilderness being utterly destroyed to convey just how mighty these two warrior princes are. The fight itself is very polished, far surpassing Thor and Vegeta’s last sprite fights against Raiden and Shadow respectively, for how the characters clash against and combo each other.
• The climax of the fight is nothing to scoff at. Both Thor and Vegeta are at full power via Warrior's Madness and Ultra Ego, with Thor preparing a God-Blast, and Vegeta charging up a God Final Flash, seeming set to perform a Dragon Ball-classic Beam-O-War. Thor fires the God-Blast... and Vegeta takes a page out of Goku's book, using Instant Transmission to warp out of the way. And the moment Thor turns around, he barely has a second to realize Vegeta's behind him, Final Flash aimed directly at him before the Prince of Saiyans unleashes the ki blast at full power, the resulting beam being seen from space and blasting off of the planet in a shot worthy of Dragon Ball FighterZ's Dramatic Finish... If it weren't for:
• Just when it seems like Vegeta has emerged victorious, Thor suddenly rushes from the smoke, having tanked the full-power attack, grabbing the Prince of all Saiyans by the face and holding him still as he summons Mjolnir from the lake. But when Vegeta attempts to use a Final Explosion to get the Asgardian Prince off him, as well as trying to throw him off, Thor simply piledrives him straight towards the ground by the head... As Mjolnir returns to Thor's hand, crushing the back of Vegeta's head into Thor's palm and leaving it nothing more than a bloody pulp with a massive eruption of ki going off upon the Saiyan elite's defeat. Needless to say, Thor's Victorious Roar at the end was very well-deserved for his victory.
  Thor: Always aim for the head.
• A special mention goes to the fact that despite Thor acquiring the power of the Allfather in recent comics, the episode didn't give it to Thor for the analysis or battle, explaining in a black box that even without Odin's power, Thor was more than capable of defeating Vegeta.
• Kudos to Vegeta while he did ultimately fall short in the power department, the Prince of all Saiyans actually messed Thor up with o'l Goldilocks being bloody, ragged, and panting hard after eating the Final Flash. Compared to Goku’s match against Thor’s nearest DC Universe counterpart Superman where poor Goku was hardly able to do any significant damage to Clark at all, Vegeta (who routinely falls behind Goku) could do what his rival could not — put pressure on one of the most OP Flying Bricks in comic books. Even the final act implies that Thor has some respect towards Vegeta despite winning, acknowledging had he been more thorough he could've actually defeated him and clearly finding the fight a worthy battle with his Victorious Roar.
• The voice performances should also be given credited, both Jonah Scott and Nick Landis did phenomenal, catching the strong and powerful presence of the two warrior princes, special shoutout to Nick Landis' shouting Final Flash which would fit perfectly in any climatic final attack in Dragon Ball and he admits that he went harder with his Final Flash on this than he did when he did it in Episode 52 of Dragon Ball Z Abridged.
• Post-match recap gives Thor another one. As Wiz says while the God of Thunder was a good deal stronger, power alone wasn’t actually why he won and Vegeta could've eventually matched his strength with Ultra Ego, it was really his speed, warriors' skill, and stamina that cemented his victory as thanks to the Ares Planck time feat Thor was 70 quadrillion times faster, giving him plenty of breathing room to deal with the Saiyan. It's extra impressive considering speed was the main reason given as to why the Prince of Asgard lost to Wonder Woman with her 50 quadrillion times faster than light God Particle feat, but it certainly isn’t the case here.

Omni-Man VS Homelander

• Homelander casually threatens Omni-Man in his own home to get out of his country and shows that he fried Debbie with his heat vision as a way to crush him emotionally. Omni-Man calmly tells him that he is going to feed him his own heart, not as a threat, but as a statement and a promise. A promise he makes good on after one of the most blatant Curb-Stomp Battles in the history of the show! Just to highlight how much of a curb-stomp it is, the actual fight itself is barely over two minutes long (which is extremely rare in Death Battle, where even the weakest losers put up a good fight), and roughly half the length of the backing track for said "fight". That’s how insignificant Homelander was to Omni-Man.
• The almost casual air Omni-Man has when fighting Homelander. While it's obvious that the number one Supe is giving his all, Omni-Man almost has a bored expression on his face, even scolding Homelander for his sloppy fighting, all without raising his voice once in the entire fight. Given how the fight ends a mere two minutes after the first punch is thrown, it's clear that, bar a mild inconvenience from Omni-Man's sensitive inner ear and Homelander's sonic scream, Nolan was in complete control of the battle from start to finish.
  Nolan: Never been hit by someone your own size before? You have to turn with a punch in order to reduce it- *punches Homelander mid-charge, causing his nose to bleed all over his mouth* ...better.
• After hearing Homelander’s justification for breaking into his home, killing his wife, and threatening him to leave America was simply because Homelander didn't want another powerful hero stealing his spotlight, Omni-Man knocks the fake All-American Hero on his ass before delivering a line to him that contains the same level of energy as Stan Edgar's "You are not our most valuable asset."
  Omni-Man: Country? Seriously? I'm not here for your country.
• The moment that perfectly encapsulates how much Homelander is out of his league. During the fight, Homelander grabs Nolan and dive-bombs him into the earth, resulting in a huge explosion that vaporizes bystanders. Homelander struggles to crawl out of the resulting crater, covered in his own blood and trembling. Omni-Man, however, floats through a wall of flame, to continue fighting without a single scratch or scorch mark on him. Remember that this was Homelander's attack, and he nearly killed himself without even denting Nolan.
  Nolan: What's the matter? Are you going to cry?
• Seeing Nolan effortlessly turn Homelander’s Smug Super bravado (which is usually so confidentially untouched within his own universe) into a hyperventilating, blubbering, cowardly mess over not just being beaten but completely destroyed with the nearby civilians seeing first-hand what a pathetic monster he is beneath his hero facade is both disturbing and awesomely satisfying. It’s one of the finest examples of predator-turned-prey.
• The killing blow is as awesome as it is horrifying. When Homelander uses his sonic scream to disorient Omni-Man and then tries to burn his eyes out with his heat vision, the insane Supe begins a rant on how he’ll kill everyone Nolan ever knows, including Mark. It’s the last mistake he makes, cause now, Nolan stops playing around. Omni-Man proceeds to tank Homelander's heat vision, and block it out with one hand. Then he proceeds to make good on his promise to feed Homelander his own heart, as he tears off the fake hero's jaw with an almost casual grab. While Homelander is left whimpering in pain, unable to scream, Nolan proceeds to rip out his heart, casually holding it in his hand while Homelander is on his knees; slowly trying to reach out to his still-beating heart while Omni-Man just lightly raises it away from him before calmly reminding what he had promised him as he crams the heart down Homelander’s throat. As Homelander is left trying to beg for mercy through his mangled mouth and one intact eye, Omni-Man crushes his skull in revenge for what he did to Debbie. Considering how Homelander is, to put it mildly, an extremely messed up person and with all the crap he put people through in The Boys, plus Omni-Man himself here, you could argue that as much as it also counts as Nightmare Fuel, Homelander's death is just one REALLY big Catharsis Factor. Many fans have said that if the kill was performed on anyone else, it would be outright horrific, but seeing it done to someone who's a monster that is no stranger to killing innocent people for no reason at all, it just becomes endlessly satisfying. In a seriously brutal way that is, but still!
  Nolan: Remember what I promised you...? [shoves Homelander's heart into his torn open jaw, before gripping onto his skull, opening his own scorched eyes] Now swallow. [as Homelander squeals in pain and terror, Omni-Man crushes his skull, splattering blood, brains and bones on the bystanders] Merry Christmas. [flies off]
• There's a subtle diss to Homelander that Omni-Man does - for a moment, it looks like the heat vision burned out his eyes, but just before he kills Homelander, Nolan opens them, revealing they're just reddened by the irritation like there was only some sand that was kicked into his face. Even the deepest blow Homelander did to him only made him squint for a bit, showing how hopelessly outmatched the Supe was.
• Nolan’s attitude throughout the fight is truly awesome. You can tell he is unbelievably pissed over this caped creep breaking into his home, killing his wife (and knowing Homelander possibly sickeningly tortured her beforehand) and even threatening to kill his son Mark, as well. Yet not once throughout the fight does Nolan raise his voice or show any noticeable emotion whereas Homelander, the one who tried to intimidate, scare and mentally break Omni-Man, suffers a massive Villainous Breakdown over the mere prospect of someone hurting him, made worse when his reputation gets utterly trashed by his own actions killing several bystanders as collateral, and several more witnessing it.
• The fight and how it unfolds is perfectly summarized by Wiz and Boomstick’s recap. Omni-Man is a veteran warrior, with thousands of years of experience. Homelander is little more than a bully (and a big fish in a small pond) who has NEVER fought someone on his own level nor had to push himself to overcome adversity. And it shows. Homelander could barely land a few minor hits while Nolan brutally dismantled his foe physically and mentally with almost no effort.

Magneto VS Tetsuo

• Magneto tosses an entire building at Tetsuo, forcing him to hold it up with his telekinesis, but even in that position, he's still focused enough to crush Magneto's organs, then set down the building and beat the hell out of him. Even when Magneto pulls the building back, Tetsuo headbutts his way through the building before going back to thrashing Magneto with his bare hands.
• Just when Tetsuo seems poised to crush Magneto's head like a grape, the Master of Magnetism quickly retaliates by using his power to strangle Tetsuo with his own metal arm.
• Tetsuo is also no slouch, despite being heavily under experience compared to Magneto, he's still able to keep up and adapt against his superior, from using metal replace a cut-off arm to even overpowering Magneto's own magneticism a few times in the battle. The fights conveys very well that if he maybe had the same life experience to hone his powers, he could potentially surpass Magneto.
• At the climax of the fight, Magneto gets caught by one of Mutated Tetsuo's pseudopods, helpless as the psychic releases a miniature Big Bang...except no, Magneto simply contains all that raw psychic energy and hurls it right back at Tetsuo's mutated form, slicing it in half and making good on his promise to help the boy. This is immediately followed up by Tetsuo breaking out of the mutated body and making one last suicidal charge, with Magneto simply delivering one clean shot through his head, killing him instantly and ending Tetsuo's pain.

Hercules VS Sun Wukong

• Both combatants prove to be so immensely powerful that their strength cannot be calculated, outright stated to be potentially infinite. The only previous fighter to actually be measured as infinite in power is Superman. Wiz wasn't kidding when he answered "maybe" to Boomstick asking if Wukong could beat Goku.
• The art style for the battle is beautiful, making a wonderful use of a mix of Greek-styled illustrations and Chinese-styled ink brushes for certain strikes.
• Sun Wukong summons numerous copies of himself in a bid to overwhelm Hercules with a Zerg Rush. Hercules simply draws his bow and begins shooting down the clones with poison arrows in rapid succession.
• There's a point in the fight Hercules manage to get the upper hand against Sun, using his krotalas to send a soundwave that destroys Sun's hearing and then crushing Sun's head with his club. Unfortunate, Sun also happens to have a similar ability to one of his many labors.
  Sun Wukong: (Completely unfazed by the lack of head) I haven't had this much fun since I fought all of heaven! CHANGE! (In a puff of smoke, he transforms into his three-headed, six-armed form) Behold me, the Immortal Monkey King!
  Hercules: Huh... Multiple heads. Of course.
• At one point in the fight, Sun attempts to grow his staff to a massive size and crush Hercules with it. And after what seemed to be a moment of victory for him, the staff suddenly shakes, as Herc lifts the staff up and sends it flying.
• At the fight's climax, it turns out that along with the narrator, the godly versions of Hercules and Sun Wukong themselves were watching the battle as they held the scroll it was taking place on. And in the hype of it, decided to get into a brawl themselves. The two clash (Along with a beautiful visual of the constellations trailing behind Hercules' strike, and several Chinese kanji trailing behind Wukong's), and after a brief moment of suspense... It's revealed the Monkey King had overpowered Hercules, as their avatars in the battle reached a similar conclusion, with Sun Wukong striking Hercules so hard, the God of Strength was reduced to nothing.

Boba Fett VS Predator

• Boba's fearlessness at the very start of the battle, landing in a hostile planet with many bodies in display. He's not bothered in the slightest and even sees it as fairly time compared to the things he've seen.
  Boba Fett: Hmph... fools.
• The battle starts when the Predator tries to take out Boba with its plasma caster, only for Boba to catch him thanks to the 360° vision his helmet gives him. The bounty hunter then fires a shot over his shoulder without even looking, but the Predator dodges out of the way. A perfect showcase of both of their skills as hunters.
• Boba's jetpack is taken out less than a minute into the fight. Does this stop him? Hell no! He almost immediately goes on the offensive against the Predator.
• The melee duels have both characters take and dish out hits, but nothing stops either of them. Of note is Boba getting impaled in the shoulder, and barely being stunned.
• The Predator cutting off Boba's right arm with the smart disks. Not only is the shot itself awesome, but the fact that Boba later cauterizes the wound with a lightsaber is beyond metal. Bonus points as well for him escaping impalement by climbing up a tree out of the Predator's view, then dropping a grenade on him when he comes over to check. Again, all while down an arm and jetpack.
• The final duel, lightsaber versus plasma scythe. Boba uses his flamethrower to turn it into a Battle Amongst the Flames, confusing the Predator's heat-based vision and letting him gain the upper hand.
• In one last desperate move, the Predator tries to blow both himself and Boba up. Not only does Fett survive, but he's able to retrieve his own severed arm afterward. The last shot has him walking towards his ship as if this was just another day for the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter.
• To make Boba's win even more impressive, while this isn't the first Death Battle where the winner loses an arm, this is the first one where the winner loses their arm earlier than the tail-end of the fight. Boba spent almost half of the battle down an arm... and he still won.
• There really is a special feeling to seeing Boba Fett surviving the explosion and walking towards his ship with triumphant music playing in the background. After over 11 years of being Death Battle's first-ever loser, he has finally emerged victorious.

Excalibur VS Raiden

• Similar to The Seven Battle Royale being sponsored by Amazon, there's the fact that the massive hit third-person shooter MMO Warframe is sponsoring this episode of Death Battle in commemoration of their upcoming TennoCon event. Ben also takes time to thank Digital Extremes in the credits of the episode for understanding how the show worked and for accepting any outcome the research team would have taken even if it meant their character would have lost; conversely, Ben also notes that the results were in no way influenced by Digital Extremes to at least dissuade the notion that Excalibur had only won due to bias rather than through any legitimate means.
• In the calc-off section of the analysis, Boomstick manages to get a moment for himself as he manages to out-calc Wiz, having nailed a higher speed feat for Raiden compared to Wiz's feat for Excalibur.
  Boomstick: Hahahaha! Calc-king dethroned! Look at me! I'm the math boy now!
• The entire fight in general is a moment of awesome, packing some incredibly fast-paced action fitting for the two combatants' series, brilliant usage of both sides' large and diverse arsenals, and a rocking background track as well.
• In the middle of the fight, things take a turn from normalcy as Wiz and Boomstick both decide to intervene in the fight to try to tip the fight in their fighters' favor. The winner of this brief moment? Boomstick, who advises Raiden to use a cardboard box filled with claymores as a bait trap, a tactic Wiz was completely unaware of as he told Excalibur that Raiden was simply hiding inside, resulting in Excalibur being blasted off of the roof and leaving him wide open for Raiden to attack, which ends up destroying Excalibur's Skana.
• The climax of the fight is quite impressive as it is badass. Raiden has activated Ripper Mode, and not only destroyed Excalibur's Archwing, but has also impaled him, leaving Excalibur on the brink of death as the two fall from the sky towards the ground. However, Lotus decides to step in herself, surging Excalibur's systems in order to throw Raiden off him, as well as power him up enough to turn the tides. Excalibur then uses his Glaxion, freezing Raiden's Murasama and disabling its high-frequency feature, as the two engage in a Single-Stroke Battle... And Excalibur comes out on top, his Exalted Blade cleaving Raiden in half as the cyborg ninja explodes upon defeat, Excalibur landing on the ground with Murasama stabbing into the ground nearby.
• Despite being on the losing end of the fight, a lot of props have to be given to Raiden for his efforts in the fight. Not only did he demolish a good amount of Excalibur's arsenal in the fight, and pulled several fasts ones over him, but he was also on the very edge of victory too as he had impaled Excalibur to a near-death state, only having his victory cut short by Lotus' assistance.

James Bond VS John Wick

• In a comedic sense, the fact that the writers manage to seamlessly fit so many of the Bond titles in as puns across the whole episode. As Boomstick notes, the only one they ended up not using was Octopussy.
• The initial exchange between two world-class assassins, at The Continental Hotel's bar.
  Bond: Vodka Martini, shaken, not stirred. (turns to Wick) What can I get you, mate? Drinks are on me.
  Wick: I prefer to be alone.
  Bond: Unfortunately... (draws his handgun, and presses it into Wick's side) I wasn't asking, Baba Yaga. Now, you can come with me, or we can do this here.
  Wick: (without the slightest hint of fear) Killing isn't permitted on company grounds.
  Bond: Lucky me.
• Despite Bond being the one with his gun out — Wick is the one who makes the first shot of the fight, and forces Bond back with a well-placed Pistol Whip and a barstool.
• Inevitably in a fight with James Bond in it, his gadgets were going to come into play sooner or later. When John knocks James' gun away and (seemingly) has him at his mercy, Bond provides a great introduction to them; by means of some convincing acting and the Rocket Cigarette.
  Bond: (pops up from behind the Roulette Table with his hands up) Seems you caught me at a disadvantage. You won't mind giving a dead man walking One Last Smoke?
  Wick: What does MI6 want with me?
  Bond: (lights up the Rocket Cigarette and smokes it) Your reputation precedes you. I'll be sure to keep up.
  Wick: No. You won't.
  (Bond fires the Rocket Cigarette, blasting Wick back and setting his jacket on fire long enough for Bond to grab his own gun)
• Bond and Wick shooting each other's bullets out of the air during their firefight.
• Thanks to the loose Explosive Pen, Bond and Wick are the only people that can make a fight over a writing instrument a badass life-or-death situation.
• Once the fight moves down to the lobby of The Continential — by way of the Explosive Pen detonating and destroying the floor beneath the two assassins — Bond dodges Wick's gunfire and hides behind a pillar with his smartphone. Wick moves in to attack, only to suddenly be distracted by headlights and a horn... then by the glorious sight of the Aston Martin DB5 bursting through the glass doors. As it turns out, the car is being remote-controlled by Bond, who then sets it to activate its dual miniguns...
• Wick gains control of the fight by destroying Bond's remote control for the DB5 with a single shot — sending it out of control and using his bulletproof suit to resist its wildly-spraying cannon fire — before beating Bond himself in a knife fight, stabbing 007 just below the collar with his combat dagger.
• Not to be outdone, Bond wins the Quick Draw in the climax, recreating the famous Bond Gun Barrel by shooting Wick through the upper chest, where his suit isn't protecting him.
• How Bond wins the fight. With some quick thinking, 007 holds Wick in front of the out-of-control Aston Martin DB5's miniguns, kicks him onto the back of the car, and then fires his laser watch at the giant chandelier above them so it falls; crushing and impaling Wick on impact. It's made even better with two of his classic one-liners (both before and after), and the fact he did it with a big serrated knife sticking out of him.
  Bond: What comes around goes around, as they say.

  Q: (after Bond has killed Wick) Bond? Come in! What's the mission status?
  Bond: Smashing. Positively smashing.
• Despite being defeated, John Wick gets one for not only keeping up with Bond throughout the fight, but also being able to gain the upper hand with several clever moves; most notably when he takes advantage of how he could more easily resist the DB5's gunfire while Bond himself couldn't. Pretty much all of the close-combat scenes have Wick holding the Advantage Ball too. Not to mention getting nailed with Bond's Walther PPK^note One shot from which is, for reference, considered the rough equivalent of a shotgun blast thanks to its unique shatter-on-entry rounds. three times, in the chest where the bulletproof suit wasn't covering him, and just flat-out refusing to die. In fact, as the results revealed, the bout was close to the point that the most significant disadvantages that lost the bout for Wick were just his slower reaction speeds and having no consistent way of countering Bond's equipment. Everywhere else, he was just that good.

Black Adam VS Apocalypse

• Adam punches clean through an Apocalypse clone within a few seconds of seeing it and the start of the fight.
  Black Adam: Where's your general, interloper?
• Apocalypse instantly realizes and shuts down Adam's attempt to destroy his Death Seed by pulling the arm that grabbed it out of his body and blasting him point-blank.
  Apocalypse: Your council… will aid you no longer, Teth-Adam!
• Apocalypse swarming Adam with robots and having them dogpile on him, only for them to be blown away when he busts out the Yellow Lantern Ring.
  Apocalypse: Pitiful god… your kind will learn to fear me soon enough.
  Black Adam: No, En Sabah Nur. YOU WILL LEARN TO FEAR ME!
• As the two are flying around and clashing at high speeds, they end up shattering part of the moon.
• As he’s being crushed under the fist of the now Kaiju-sized Apocalypse, Black Adam calls upon the power of Shazam to summon a massive lightning bolt that obliterates the giant-sized conqueror… only for Apocalypse to promptly reform his body.
  Apocalypse: Your hubris has failed you, Teth-Adam.
  Black Adam: (tries to get back up and say his magic word) SHAZAAAAAA... (sees Apocalypse towering over him with a foot raised) Oh, shi-!
  Apocalypse: (repeatedly stomps on Adam's head so hard it breaks the goddamn screen, as he laughs viciously)
• The ending sequence is a huge, villainous one for Apocalypse. Him repeatedly stomping on Black Adam's head? He's not even halfway done at that point. Apocalypse grabs his dying opponent, holds him up by his hair — complete with a horrifying closeup of Adam's absolutely mangled face — and makes him watch his forces rip apart his beloved city of Kahndaq. Apocalypse caps off Adam's torture by painfully burning him alive with his own Living Lightning and hurling his mutilated corpse several hundred feet to the ground below, his distorted, maniacal laughter bellowing out across the ruins of what used to be Kahndaq.
  Apocalypse: I never offered you a choice. Now... everything you've built... WILL FALL!

Trunks VS Silver

• Anyone whose already seen Archie Sonic's fight against Wally West KNOWS how batshit Archie Sonic characters can get. Mix that in with the insanity that Dragon Ball Heroes and Xenoverse can offer, and everyone anticipating this fight was hoping that it would mean that we would be getting one of the craziest episodes of Death Battle yet. Needless to say, the team delivered.
• Super Saiyan Trunks manages to blast Super Silver into the moon. In response, Super Silver proceeds to shatter it and hurl all the broken pieces back at Trunks, and how does Trunks handle it? He takes a gamble and takes out a Dragon Ball Heroes card pack to open fresh and summon some allies to help out; the trio of Dragon Ball GT with himself, GT Kid Goku, and Pan (and Oolong) as the trio performs a Double Kamehameha and Galick Gun combo to blast their way to the Chaos-empowered adversary.
• The way Super Silver turned things around by effortlessly deflecting the trio's Ki attacks back at them which forced Trunks to block his own attack with his sword while the summoned GT Kid Goku and Pan get destroyed. The time-traveling hedgehog wasn't finished with his technique as he then redirected the two Ki attacks back into space, combining them with the backfired Galick Gun. The resulting attack was so powerful that it destroyed Trunks' sword. Kudos to the animators for animating such an awesome scene.
• Super Saiyan God Trunks has Super Silver on the ropes and attempts to end the fight with the Keysword to nullify Silver's powers for the kill. With time itself unraveling around them, Silver seems to be losing his transformation... only to reveal that he's resisted it long enough to try and employ Chronos Control to break out, which in turn forces Trunks to use the Time Labyrinth to counter before Silver breaks free out of his trump card, resulting in the battle being taken to the Crack of Time (which is one big cameo moment of awesome with the myriad of characters visible in the various timelines shown in the crystals).
• At the climax of the fight Trunks traps Silver in the Eternal Time Labyrinth and prepares to finish him off with a Sword of Hope-empowered Keysword. Silver simply takes out his Time Stone and warps the sword away before effortlessly breaking free of the Eternal Time Labyrinth, turning a very infamous line from his game counterpart into a badass Pre-Mortem One-Liner. He then temporally warps the Keysword (which has been stated in the analysis to resist time manipulation, meaning Silver managed to overpower the weapon's stated advantage over him) ahead of time to replay its attack, and then uses his psychokinesis to ensure it impales the Time Patroller with the exact same attack he intended to finish off the hedgehog with, as he then utilizes Chaos Control to leave the Crack of Time as Trunks is temporally ripped apart into nothingness before detonating into a giant explosion that destroys the entire Crack of Time.
  Silver: I told you. IT'S. NO. USE!

SpongeBob SquarePants vs. Superfriends Aquaman

• First things first: SpongeBob SquarePants is an unstoppable monster. Not only does Wiz go from dismissing him as a wimpy manchild to being in absolute awe of the sheer amount of crazy shit he can do, but... well, you know those situations where a hero gains the respect of a powerful enemy by showing incredible resolve in the face of certain defeat? SpongeBob is positioned as that powerful enemy in this episode, and he earns that position.
• A mere minute after the fight starts, SpongeBob sucks the entirety of Earth's oceans into himself, a move that would have killed Aquaman had SpongeBob not empathized with his low self-esteem.
• After having a tearful breakdown over learning that he is the worst version of himself, Aquaman is given a pep talk by SpongeBob that gives him the spirit to get back into the fight, with SpongeBob using the iconic words "I'm Ready!" as the kicker. This prompts Aquaman to grab another Aquaman's Trident and continue the fight with SpongeBob, who pops out his Magic Pencil.
  Aquaman: May the best hero win.
• After a clever ploy by Aquaman using his own Pencil against him, SpongeBob is left floating on the other side of the universe, at which point he simply turns his legs into rockets, blasts back to Earth, and finishes off Aquaman with the impact in a matter of seconds.
  SpongeBob: IIIIIIIIII'M READAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
• Aquaman also finally proves why he was worthy of his title by using all of the Earth's water for one final attack on SpongeBob as he rams into the Earth from space. While he still dies, he goes down in a way befitting of a badass. In fact, his cooler comic book counterpart never did anything on this scale during his fight with Namor. And note, he was doing this with just one arm after his other one was erased from the eraser side of the Magic Pencil.
• Crossing over with Heartwarming, SpongeBob is one of the only fighters on the show to pay tribute to their fallen foe. After Aquaman spends his last moments alive consoling a crying SpongeBob, he takes it on himself to draw the fallen Super Friend a tombstone labeled with a huge number 1. Although SpongeBob got the name wrong again, labeling it "Ocean Man".
• Thanks to an incident where SpongeBob literally unraveled the fabric of reality, he currently holds the title for the largest calculated speed feat (barring immeasurable feats from speedsters like the Flash family and the Archie hedgehogs), which breaks Wiz because he can't comprehend that SpongeBob SquarePants, of all people, is this powerful.
  Wiz: This… is the fastest calculable speed feat… in our show's history… And it belongs to SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!!!
• Wiz is so impressed by SpongeBob's insane displays of power, he actually claims that he could best mainstream Aquaman! You know, the one who's a match for Wonder Woman, one of the most outright deadly and powerful Justice League members. And that's not all. After all is said and done, Boomstick posits that, yes, SpongeBob could beat Goku.

Jason Voorhees vs Michael Myers

• At the end of the fight, Michael has Jason at his mercy, trying to force Jason's head onto the blade of an axe. Driven by the memory of his mother, Jason breaks free and impales Michael with his machete. Michael retaliates by burying his knife in Jason’s head, only for Jason to shrug it off and bury the axe in Michael's head. Jason then yanks the knife out of his head before using it to decapitate Michael in one stroke. Then, just to be absolutely sure he won't get back up, he grabs the axe with Myers' head still on it, smashing his head to pieces against a gravestone like a lumberjack splitting a particularly stubborn log.
• Props to the unfortunate boy who the killers were hunting, who manages to walk off an axe strike from someone as strong as Michael.

Sauron VS The Lich King

• Before the fight even begins, we get some nice threats. Sauron walks up to Lich King's Throne and, in his words, demanding what is already is, the throne. The Lich King response in kind:
  Sauron: I shall claim what is mine.
  The Lich King: In this cold North, you will find only death.
• Sauron threatens to tear out The Lich King's Heart, it falls flat since Arthas already did that, allowing him a Threat Backfire:
  The Lich King: You will find nothing there!
• The Lich King causes a blizzard to try and obscure himself but what does Sauron do? Trigger a volcano to dispel the icy mists with the shockwave!
  • Afterwhich, Sauron casually tells The Lich King, in advance, his sneak attack failed miserably with an iconic line:
  Sauron: I see you (Turns and attacks Lich King).
• The Lich King manages to get a good hit on Sauron, with his Plague of Undeath leaving Sauron's physical body exhausted and unable to continue, then running him through. If not for his ability to simply shed his physical form, that would have been victory for Arthas.
  The Lich King: You serve me now!
• Most Death Battle characters would have died or become an undead slave from Arthas' Plague of Undeath and then being run through with Frostmourne, but not Sauron. He simply discards his infected physical body as he soul forms as the Eye of Sauron, and just makes another body that's good as new.
  Sauron: I serve no one...!
  Sauron dissipates his body as it forms into the Eye of Sauron, out of which comes a new physical avatar in the Lich King's likeness
  Sauron: Witness the prophecy of your doom!
• The Lich King refuses to back down and brings out the Eye of Acherus against the Eye of Sauron, resulting in what could be described as an epic staring contest between two gigantic elemental eyeballs.
  The Lich King: You speak nothing but lies!
• After this, Sauron attacks The Lich King, and shatters Frostmourne. A nearly indestructible blade, the finest of the Runecarver's works, shattered in a single cinematic strike, as a frame of the Eye of Sauron flashes with it's iconic screech.
  The Lich King: Impossible!
• Throughout the battle, Sauron has consistently shown why he's one of the most feared beings in the entirety of Middle-earth, from causing a nearby mountain to erupt just to dispel the blizzard Arthas created to shattering Frostmourne with a single swing and finally absorbing every last soul in Frostmourne, including Arthas's own to conquer Northrend. The final shot of fire raining down as Sauron takes the Frozen Throne for himself is enough to induce goosebumps into viewers as a whole.

Deku VS Asta

• Deku, ever the tactician, makes certain to swipe Asta's Grimoire before using a combination of Blackwhip and Detroit Smash to lay a serious beating. While Asta manages to break free before Deku can fully capitalize, it's still an excellent display of the latter's cleverness.
• After failing to get past Deku's strategic and versatile combat capabilities, Asta enters Devil Union, and proceeds to completely overpower Deku, with All Might's successor barely able to keep up before the Five-Leafed Clover Grimoire bearer manages to overwhelm him.
  Asta: Hit me with all you got, because I'm NEVER GOING DOWN!
• The finale of the fight is quite a spectacle. After realizing how powerful Asta is, Deku decides to push One For All to 120% Overdrive, going full strength and attempting to finish off Asta with a 1,000,000% Plus Ultra Smash, as Asta in Devil Union form attempts to strike at full power as well, with the two clashing so hard, it annihilates the arena. And as the smoke is clearing... Asta falls out of the sky, having lost his Devil Union form. However, Deku, who believed he won right there, ended up pushing himself so hard that he ended up dying according to Word of God, and it turns out Asta barely managed to survive the attack, powering through the pain and exhaustion of exiting Devil Union as well as the hit he took earlier in order to pull his swords down to stab and finish off the bearer of One For All and take a hard-earned victory.
• Though he lost and died from overexertion, props to Deku for putting up a good fight and pushing Asta beyond his limits. Like his mentor before him, he was able to severely wound his opponent.

Gogeta VS Vegito

• The fight starts out relatively simple enough, but just like Hulk vs. Broly before it, Gogeta vs. Vegito really ups the ante once the two of them show their full power: the Beam-O-War between the Big Bang Kamehemeha vs. the Final Kamehameha straight up breaking the dimensional barrier and sending the two of them to Snake Way! Matter of fact, Roshi's House and the Hyperbolic Time Chamber also become battlegrounds via the same method!
• To underline how equal both fusees are, their intitial bout sees them matching blows exactly, ending up with them both turning Super Saiyan at the exact moment of a dual-headbutt.
• After going about it in their Super Saiyan forms, Vegito turns Super Saiyan Blue and outright asks his opponent to Bring It, Gogeta, for his part, doesn't back down in the slightest.
  Vegito: Want to kick it up a notch?
  Gogeta: Sure, but how about some variety?
  • This leads to the clash between Super Saiyan Blue Vegito vs. Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta - and it's beautifully animated.
• The ending.
  • Gogeta tries using the Stardust Breaker technique while Vegito uses one last Final Kamehameha. The Stardust Breaker actually performs a No-Sell on the beam attack.. but Vegito stays standing despite the direct hit causing him to flinch. This is an attack that purges every bit of evil from your person, violently, and while Vegeta is no longer evil, he's not Incorruptible Pure Pureness incarnate like Goku, meaning that Vegito is still susceptible to the Stardust Breaker.
  • In one last move, Gogeta tries to use the Dragon Fist, charging through the Final Kamehameha, leaving Vegito with little option to give the beam all he has - and more; a brief Freeze-Frame Bonus shows Vegito using the Kaioken to amplify his attack at the last second as the clash causes a Fade to White...
  • When the scene resumes, we see Vegito in the aftermath; he's bleeding just about everywhere, but he managed to make Gogeta give everything he had; literally, the final Dragon Fist was Cast From Lifeforce, leaving him little more than a stone statue, hovering mid-punch, having burned through his lifeforce before the fusion had time to wear out. Battered and bruised, Vegito gives his counterpart a fistbump before he shatters; while the Fusion Dance proved itself inferior to the godly potara, Gogeta gave it his all, and earned the respect of his counterpart.
• As it ends up turning out the fight truly was the closest out of any Death Battle to date. Thanks to both being capable of most of the same feats and their personalities being so similar, the results came down to how their respective methods of fusion (The Dance and the Potara) worked, and as a result Vegito ended up winning due to Potara fusion not relying on the fusees' powers matching unlike the Dance and how due to Vegito being slightly stronger as a result, it meant that Gogeta couldn't simply cut Vegito's time short by destroying the earrings due to Vegito's stronger Ki aura protecting them.

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