History DeathBattle / TropesDToM

%%** "ComicBook/{{Lex Luthor}} vs. ComicBook/DoctorDoom"

** "[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Goku Black]] vs. [[ComicBook/EobardThawne Reverse Flash]]". Both are {{Time Travel}}ing {{Evil Counterpart}}s to their respective heroes and have murdered the relatives of said heroes.

** Inverted with their pre-battle bio on Yang Xiao Long, where Boomstick is so thoroughly distracted by her ridiculously awesome shotgun gauntlets and physical feats that he didn't make ''so much as a single comment'' about her looks. Possibly {{Justified|Trope}} to avoid potential {{Squick}}, as Yang is 17 years old and would be underage in quite a few places.

** According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler:Starscream]] is the only character that has survived losing, even though [[spoiler:his Spark was swallowed by Rainbow Dash]]. However [[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext he's a sewing machine or an arcade cabinet by now]]]].
** ''Thanos vs. Darkseid'' ends with [[spoiler: Thanos trapped in the Omega Sanction effectively forcing him to have an "endless death" as Darkseid calls it. Thanos can do nothing but die over and over again with each death getting progressively worse]].

* DeadlyEscapeMechanism: In the "Death Race" spin-off, after Boomstick blows up the race track below the wheels of the VideoGame/SpyHunter and [[Franchise/JamesBond James Bond's Aston Martin]], the Spy Hunter [[TakingYouWithMe fires a missile at Bond whilst they're both falling]]. Bond uses an ejection seat to escape his car before it gets blown up, but that just means that he sends himself [[HelicopterBlender flying into the rotary blades of a helicopter]] flying overhead.

** "[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Goomba vs. Koopa]]". Naturally, as they are the most iconic and recurring enemies in the ''Mario'' series.

* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Wiz and Boomstick may research a variety of offbeat characters, but even they are left dumbfounded by Kirby and Majin Buu.
** ''Lucario vs Renamon'' is a meta example. According to the commentary for this episode, the original ending was meant to have [[spoiler: Lucario destroy Renamon's top jaw, then her bottom jaw before thrusting the bone through the gaping hole in her face.]][[note]] This is implied to be less because of the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath gruesome method Renamon is killed]] and more to avoid the sexual comments that were bound to arise from Lucario thrusting a bone down Renamon's throat[[/note]]

** ''Lucario vs Renamon'' is a meta example. According to the commentary for this episode, the original ending was meant to have [[spoiler: Lucario destroy Renamon's top jaw, then her bottom jaw before thrusting the bone through the gaping hole in her face.]][[note]] [[DownplayedTrope This is implied to be less because of the]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath gruesome method Renamon is killed]] and more to avoid the sexual comments that were bound to arise from Lucario thrusting a bone down Renamon's throat[[/note]]

** ''Lucario vs Renamon'' is a meta example. According to the commentary for this episode, the original ending was meant to have [[spoiler: Lucario destroy Renamon's top jaw, then her bottom jaw before thrusting the bone through the gaping hole in her face. [[labelnote:Note]] [[DownplayedTrope This is implied to be less]] because of the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath gruesome method Renamon is killed]] and more to avoid the sexual comments that were bound to arise from Lucario thrusting a bone down Renamon's throat[[/labelnote]]]]

** An interesting and rather meta example with Sephiroth VS Vergil. When ''WebAnimation/OneMinuteMelee'' was still a Website/ScrewAttack show, this matchup was done and though Vergil won that matchup, Sephiroth still lived and was able to say "I'll see you again". This led many to speculate that this foreshadowed the two having an actual death battle. It took two years for this notion to be proven correct [[labelnote:Note]] It should be noted that a number of death battles have been planned to happen on a similar or even longer time span. Goku vs Superman was planned to happen since the start of death battle meaning it had a total preparation time of two and a half years. Smokey VS McGruff had a preparation time of three years (being planned to happen before Kirby vs Majin Buu was even a concept). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWDd2KY4Cw0 This cast has]] Ben state that Naruto and Ichigo were planned to fight in season one but the battle kept being put off[[/labelnote]].

** "[[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia]] vs. [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Taokaka]]" (see CatFight above)

* MoodWhiplash: Shao Kahn vs. M. Bison has an example that manages to go from comedic to tragic back to comedic.