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WMG / DEATH BATTLE! Joke Suggestions And Bad Ideas

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Have a joke matchup you like to see? Convinced that there's a matchup that's a terrible idea? Post them here.

A few things to keep in mind:

  • Remember that they should have at least some common factor, even if they are jokes.
  • The other rules don't apply as much here, given that the joke battles are just that, though it would be nice if you could suggest one that's calculable.
  • Usual rules of Death Battle apply here.

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The A-Team battle royale
  • While all members are former spec-ops, their specialties make the winner pretty clear. John "Hannibal" Smith is a strategist who's good at making a plan (and he loves it when they come together), B. A. Baracus is the tough guy who can take a punch and throw one as well, Templeton "Face" Peck's specialty (con artistry) is decidedly a non-combat skill, and "Howling Mad" Murdock is a pilot (a skill made useless by the fact that he'll probably have to fight with no vehicles, considering how characters fight alone even if vehicles are iconic to them I.e. Batman's Batmobile) who's possibly insane as well. It would end just like the TMNT battle royale; the tough guy and the strategist face off with the latter taking the cake due to good tactics and knowledge of everyone's strengths and weaknesses.
Baldr vs. nearly anyone
  • Baldr can only be harmed by mistletoe, as everything else except mistletoe had swore an oath to avoid hurting him. This means that anyone without mistletoe or some way to bypass prophecy/fate is simply out of luck. Even if Baldr's opponent did carry mistletoe, they'd still have to perform the daunting task of facing down a Norse god and killing them with a plant.
BlazBlue vs. RWBY match-ups.
  • While BlazBlue vs RWBY is one of the most requested franchise match-ups due to the similarities, almost ALL of the fights are unfair due to the fact that BlazBlue is an overpowered universe. Also, these fights would also be EXTREME backlash from Screwattack. For example, if Ragna vs Ruby were to happen, they either get a dead Ragna and a fanbase of BlazBlue fanatics telling them EVERYTHING about the lore and everything they got wrong, or we get a dead Ruby and TONS of hatred from RWBY's fanbase, saying "How could you do this to her? She's so young!" (same with matchups like Bullet vs. Yang, Jin vs. Weiss, Terumi vs. Cinder, and Blake vs. Hibiki). These match-ups are better off as a 1 Minute Melee.
Bug vs. anyone
  • While Bug has some impressive feats for an insect his size like fighting off a giant snail, swamp worm, or even a fire-breathing dragon-fly... these don't matter at all, since all the action that happens in both BUG! and BUG Too! is all an act for an action movie. Whatever his powers are ultimately depends on what film he's in and what the studio wants, and outside his movies he's just a normal cartoon insect.
Clicker/Idle Game characters in general
  • The damage numbers in Clicker/Idle games can get ludicrously huge thanks to an Absurdly High Level Cap, making fights against most other characters curbstomps several times over. Enemies also similarly scale in health while staying the same size, making it difficult to actually tell how powerful they are with regards to strength/power feats since a clicker game character could completely overkill a 50-foot monster that's low-leveled but fail to scratch a smaller one that's high-leveled. Finally, a good number these games don't even provide the characters with HP or durability, which means that their durability feats would be inconclusive — and not conducive for a Death Battle.
Sir Crocodile VS Gaara
  • At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong for this death battle. Both Gaara and Crocodile manipulate sand, and fight with it in interesting ways. But you have to take into account that Crocodile can transform his body into sand to avoid most attacks. Since it's highly unlikely that Gaara knows how to use Haki, nor does he know any water style jutsu, he wouldn't even be able to hit Crocodile, making it incredibly one-sided.
The Doctornote  VS Nearly anyone
  • He's an utter Guile Hero, and a Technical Pacifist to boot. Second, the rules of Death Battle demand that the combatants show no mercy; The Doctor's most famous tool, the Sonic Screwdriver, would be an utter Game-Breaker if he decided to really cut loose, especially in the hands of a guy with his intellect - Wood and deadlock seals be damned. Even further, he's far too inconsistent, even within a single regeneration at times. Thus, the perfect combatant for the Doctor would be the Doctor. 12-way battle royale, every incarnation treated as a separate entity, regeneration off. It'd be interesting to see Wiz and Boomstick explore how he's changed over all the adventures and which one has the best skillset.
    • Jossed with Season 10 pitting him against Rick Sanchez, who also happens to be a parody of The Doctor himself (a Darker and Edgier one that is), making them the best opponents for each other, and it's confirmed that both will be fully composited for this fight (meaning it'll be Rick (most likely pre-Season 7 with all of his current comic feats) vs the Fourteenth Doctor (current incarnation with all of his comic and likely Big Finish, and crossover feats).
Elder God Demonbane/War God Demonbane vs. Anyone
  • Even more overpowered than pretty much all the characters mentioned here (with the possible exception of Chuck and Segata). Elder God Demonbane can summon infinite copies of itself from alternate universes (including universes that don't exist); these copies can have any trait EDG wishes, including whatever ability it needs to defeat its opponent. War God Demonbane is a Sizeshifter with no limits; it can grow so massive that it can casually destroy whole universes by lightly bumping into them by accident.
Elements of Harmony Battle Royale
  • That's just asking for bronies to hate them, to say nothing about how ironic that would be. Especially considering that Twilight has always relied on the magic of friendship to defeat enemies, while Rainbow Dash and Rarity have had more experience dodging attacks and fighting with their hooves (even if it isn't proper training), and would be more willing to use them, quickly disabling Twilight.
Mewtwo VS Frieza
  • A very commonly requested battle no doubt, but grounded solely on the fact that their appearance/attacks merely look similar. It would probably the most one-sided battle in the shows history in Frieza's (the guy who can blow up planets with his finger in his weakest form) favor. One Minute Melee does have this matchup though, and it's a more fitting venue anyways. Ben himself demonstrated in a chart about why it won't work (nor Silver)
    • While Frieza is without a doubt stronger than Mewtwo and could kill him in a physical confrontation, there's more to fighting that physical power. The fight could also be one-sided in Mewtwo's favor if Mewtwo could attack Frieza's mind. The Shadow vs Mewtwo battle has proven that a fight doesn't solely rely on physical abilities and that mental attacks are just as dangerous. Due to the nature of Dragon Ball fights, we have no idea as to whether or not Frieza has any mental defenses or if his alien mind is too foreign for Mewtwo to attack, though Mewtwo's psychic powers have been used on extraterrestrial (Dexoys) and extra-dimensional (Ultra Beasts) beings before with no sign of difficulty. It's a Brains vs Brawns fight where both possess the power to effortless kill the other, with too many unknowns to factor in.
      • The gap in physical abilities Mewtwo vs. Shadow was much smaller than the gap in physical abilities between Mewtwo and Frieza, not to mention the fact that Shadow's primary advantages (at least at the time) only came from a time-limited Super Mode. Frieza has no such issue, being far stronger than Super Shadow was then at a baseline. Even if Mewtwo were to attack Frieza's mind to disable him, he still has no means of actually physically damaging, let alone killing the alien overlord.
Pacifist!Frisk vs. Pacifist!Iji
  • This is Death Battle, where pacifism is thrown out of the window. Furthermore, it would also be a long, boring, drawn out fight as Pacifist!Iji obtains the very powerful Massacre as an end-game weapon, and while Pacifist!Frisk's Determination would keep him/her going at a fraction of a hit point after getting blasted, since he/she didn't kill any monsters and consequently did not level up, Frisk's attack would be too low to do much against Iji, who would No-Sell it via her nanofield.
GDI vs. XCOM
  • On paper, it works, with both organizations being joint funded Badass Armies, but problems set in when one realizes that GDI has some truly massive resources, such as the Ion Cannon network, and much, much, much, heavier equipment (MEC suits are impressive, but would barely be comparable to a Titan, let alone a Mammoth; XCOM's attempts at either a decapitation strike or guerilla warfare wouldn't work as well given that GDI has regularly beaten Nod, and managed to out-fight both the Scrin and Nod after the loss of their entire command staff). In-lore, it takes a mere 3 minutes to build an entire Mammoth tank, and Tiberium-enhanced industry is something incomparable.
Goku VS Ryu
  • No doubt a common request based upon both utilizing powerful ki attacks, but closer examination of their abilities suggest it's not even close at base level, never mind Super Saiyan. Ryu wasn't shown to have the sort of speed or endurance of Goku, and even with the Power of Nothingness, Goku's ki is shown to be more powerful.
    • It's one of the matchups that could likely happen depending on how the bracket to determine which matchup gets an episode for Season 11, though it's with them fully composited, meaning Ryu would get his comic feats and crossovers, Goku likewise gets all of his game feats, this likely includes Xeno Goku as well.
Goku VS Sonic the Hedgehog
  • The fight wouldn't be much different from Vegeta vs Shadow, apart from the fact that Goku would probably win even more easily.
    • However, if they use the Archie Comics, the stomp goes the other way around, as, in that canon, Sonic possesses obscene reality-breaking abilities that Goku (or any currently known character in the Dragon Ball multiverse, for that matter) doesn't have any answers to, on top of speed that would easily be able to overwhelm even Ultra Instinct.
    • Xenoverse Goku vs Archie Sonic, however, may work, similarly to Xenoverse Trunks vs Archie Silver.
Goku vs. Superman 3.
  • Unless they are going to give the fans a different outcome, there's absolutely no point in repeating this battle just to end with the same result as the last two times with the same explanation for why Goku lost. Besides, they don't want another flame war.
    • While Goku vs. Superman 3 is off the table, Ben has said he feels the itch to remaster this battle and reexamine it using what he calls "their new methodologies." He also admitted that he is aware there are versions out there whom Goku beats (like the 1990s animated cartoon), but given that this is a remaster, it will likely include the Post-Crisis comic books continuity - or failing that, the Rebirth continuity. And even though they are not representative of his consistent strength level, depending on the writer, Superman still has crazier high-ends than Goku has shown, even with Mastered Ultra Instinct. The outcome is not likely to change, and unless they threw in a second battle where Goku fights and beats a known version of Superman that he can win against (like, say, Dragon Ball GT Goku vs. DCAU Superman), it's really pointless to redo a battle with an outcome that is not going to change simply to add that you know there are iterations of Superman Goku beats. The more vocal fanboys won't care about that. It will just seem like Goku losing to Superman a third time, which will just result in flame war worse than Goku vs. Superman 2 and more accusations that they are biased against anime, favor Superman because they hail from the United States, or hate Goku. It's just all-around a bad idea unless Goku gets some new feats - like perhaps surpassing Zeno-sama. Until then, it's just not worth it.
      • Aaaand it's been jossed. In exactly 2 weeks, the Internet will burn again.
      • And of course, Superman wins again. Though Goku is told he almost won this time and he takes the loss in stride as he and Superman are firmly solidified as Friendly Rivals.
Peter Griffin VS Homer Simpson
  • Neither Homer or Peter have special powers or are Badass Normal aside from non-canon bits for gags.
    • This was one of the matchups that was on the tournament bracket poll for Season 11, it failed to make the cut.
Trent Hawkins VS The Raptor Mercenary
  • On paper, this sounds like an awesome fight between two Made of Iron Vertical Scrolling Shoot 'Em Up ships from MS-DOS games. In practice, it would be a complete stomp in Trent's favour thanks to his strongest ship loadouts having the weapons advantagenote , defensive advantage note  and mobility advantage over the Raptor's strongest loadouts. Trent has also dealt with far more dangerous enemies than the Raptor Merc has. A better opponent for Trent would be the player from Jets'n'Guns.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Battle Royale
  • While this could be a fun and interesting battle, there lies some problems in it that makes it doubtful it could be pulled off well. The first one is the balance; ultimately, this fight is extremely one-sided in favor of Jotaro or Johnny and, if allowed to use Gold Experience Requiem, Giorno. It is acknowledged from the very start of Stardust Crusaders that Jotaro's stand, Star Platinum, is extremely overpowered, having amazing stats in every category and average Stand range. Not to mention that he has a strategic mind that could potentially rival Joseph's, and later gains the ability to stop time. Johnny falls into a similar category, as his insane abilities with Tusk ACT 4 (such as the Infinite Rotation) and experience with time stoppers like Alternate Universe Diego Brando would help him. All of this combined means Jotaro or Johnny would win extremely easily, unless Giorno is allowed to use his previously mentioned ability, in which case, there is no doubt about the fact that he would win. The second problem is the amount of combatants; it's obvious they already have enough trouble doing battles with more than two combatants, so eight would just be a nightmare. The final problem is the animation; while every combatant has readily available 3D models, it's obvious that they have a much harder time animating 3D battles than 2D ones. Overall, it would take an extremely long time, and the victor would be obvious no matter what. It would take a lot of work in order to make this battle good, so it's better to not waste time on it.
Just Shapes & Beats' square protagonist vs. other Rhythm Game protagonists
  • This would be a Curb-Stomp Battle in one side's favour, depending on whether the Square gets his 11th-Hour Superpower. If he doesn't, he's pretty much incapable of doing any harm and would eventually lose all his hit points. If he does, he becomes invulnerable to all damage and gains an Eldritch Abomination-killing Wave-Motion Gun which will pretty much seal his victory.
Kimba/Leo VS Simba
  • While both can be dangerous (being lions and all), this isn't even worth an interest to Wiz and Boomstick. Who are we kidding?
Macbeth vs. nearly anyone
  • This one seems simple enough at first glance — as he can only be harmed by none of woman born, it would initially seem that any character who was not born from a woman via the usual method (artificially created, hatched, c-sectioned like Macduff, etc.) can easily kill him. But then, there's also the other part of the prophecy: Macbeth cannot be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dusinane Hill, meaning that his opponent has to find some way of moving wood from a specific place to another specific place or having some way to bypass fate, neither of which are likely
Anything Involving Mickey Mouse
  • Ben has mentioned in Death Battle Cast that because of legal issues surrounding the character, ScrewAttack isn't going to risk putting Mickey Mouse into Death Battle over the possibility of getting sued by Disney themselves, so the chances of Mickey appearing in Death Battle are pretty much none. This means that commonly requested match-ups involving Mickey, like Mickey Mouse VS Bugs Bunny, will never happen, much to the dismay of fans.
    • Jossed as of Season 8. Mickey Mouse (specifically, King Mickey) is a combatant fighting against Yoda.
      • Mickey Mouse vs. Bugs Bunny has also been confirmed by the Death Battle team to happen sometime in the future, so the classical Disney version will also be appearing at some point, making this completely jossed.
Monkeys (Bloons series) VS nearly anyone
  • The main issue with the Monkeys is not their ludicrously powerful weaponry and powers, but their inconclusive durability. Throughout the series, the Monkeys do not display proper durability limits which makes matchups involving them inconducive for a Death Battle. Super Monkeys from Bloons Super Monkey are never shown to take any meaningful damage from Bloons (which don't have proper attacks per se) and have never been attacked by non-Bloon sources. The only times that Monkey units are shown dying is when they're sacrificed to other Monkeys like the Sun God, which still doesn't reliably give them any durability feats/limits.
Natsu VS (merely) any fire-user
  • Natsu can consume just about any fire that isn't his own. Find someone better, then let's consider.
    • Toa Tahu of BIONICLE fame might be a good candidate for a battle of this nature. He too can consume fire that's not his own, and he's got other skills besides slinging fire balls and manipulating the heat around him.
    • Same goes for Heat Man, for fire and explosives heal him.
    • In fact, this trait is common enough to have its own trope. Anyone with that ability (like any fire-based Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts boss, for instance Axel) would be fair game.
    • Let's see how his match with Portgas D. Ace will turn out. As predicted, Natsu won, but not just because of this. While Ace's fire was useless against him, he also couldn't touch Ace for the most part because of Logia Devil Fruit intangibility. Eating Ace was also out of the question since Ace could just turn back to his tangible self. It took Natsu a lightning attack to overpower the intangibility and kill Ace.
The Powerpuff Girls Battle Royale
  • They're pretty much identical as far as abilities (as well as the ways they use them) are concerned, but have different personalities, so it would be less of a "Who's the best warrior?" and more "Who has the best mindset?". To say nothing of the Unfortunate Implications of 3 little girls who love each other like family fighting to the death.
Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright
  • Unless Phoenix's skills in Marvel vs Capcom 3 are taken into account, the fight would be one sided and easy on Layton's part due to him being skilled at fencing.
Saitama vs. Anyone
  • There is no way to accurately judge Saitama's power. He does have measurable feats, but all of these were accomplished with minimal effort on his part, meaning that they fail to represent how strong he actually is. If they used these feats, One Punch Man fans would complain that Saitama is being underestimated, and if they don't use feats, the whole point of the debate gets thrown out the window.
    • Jossed, for he is up against Popeye, who may in fact be even more overpowered than him. And indeed, Saitama's highballed feats do get eclipsed by Popeye's insane Toonforce.
Team Fortress 2 Mercenaries Battle RoyaleAgent Texas VS Nearly anyone
  • Due to traits intrinsic to her character as the Beta AI, which is representative of Alpha's, or more accurately Dr. Leonard Church's, failures, as badass as she has shown herself to be, she's always doomed to fail during particularly critical points in her missions. The hosts will likely take notice of this, and in a setting like Death Battle, that will go a long way to ensuring victory... for anyone she would be likely to enter combat against on this show. Viable opponents would be other incredibly badass characters who also suffer varying degrees of Failure Is the Only Option, so that both have a fairly even chance of winning if the result isn't a Mutual Kill or a complete failure for either to kill the other for any reason at all. One possible opponent could be SCP-2599 aka "Not Good Enough", a girl who is capable of performing any request efficiently (including killing), but will never follow through to the end each time.
    • This has now been jossed, as Agent Texas will be fighting the Red Team alongside the Blue Team in Season 7. While her 'always doomed to fail' programming DID pop up, it was noted that Caboose was even stronger than Tex, and even when Tex DID fail, Tucker could pick up the slack, leading to a victory for the Blue Team... albeit one where Caboose is the only survivor.
Vega vs. Wolverine
  • At the livestream of the airing of Wolverine vs. Raiden, the hosts mentioned that this has been requested on the grounds that they both utilize metal claws in combat, but this is where similarities end, which would make this fight unfair in Wolverine's favor. Wolverine is a mutant who can regenerate from flesh wounds and even evisceration, not to mention having an adamantium skeleton and claws, while Vega has no such traits, merely being a competent human fighter with claws weaker than adamantium that can be knocked off of him due to him wearing it on his hand.
The Witch-king of Angmar vs. nearly anyone
  • This is an odd case where the fight would or could be a Foregone Conclusion in either direction because of the prophecy concerning the Witch-king: he cannot be killed by any living man (with the possible exception of Chuck and Segata). In-universe, he was eventually killed by Eowyn (who was a Man, but not a man) which opens up the idea that the Witch-king both can't be killed by any male character (or any male human character thanks to the ambiguous wording of the prophecy) but can be killed by any female character/female human or by the sun, the bottom of the ocean, or a black hole. Because of that, it would probably be hard to actually find a match-up that would both make sense and actually give either side a fair shake just by dint of the prophecy. Unless, of course, they simply decide to disregard the prophecy similarly to abandoning the no-killing rules of technical pacifist characters like Batman and Superman. There probably is at least one character who could qualify as a parallel to the Witch-king, a fair match for him, and not subjected to the prophecy all at once, but who could it be?
    • The Skull Knight from Berserk, as both are undead kings who are now essentially reanimated armour. The Skull Knight has a set of unique abilities and weapons, and a unique existance which could be capable of killing the Witch-King, and even if not, could still make for an interest analysis and generate some high stakes for a battle.
Goku vs. Saitama
  • Ignoring the fact that outside his magic plot device Saitama has precisely zero feats would put him anywhere near Goku's level after Episode 12, Episode 39, and all of the power boosts he got during the Goku Black Saga as well as his improvised mastery of Ultra Instinct during the Tournament of Power, this battle is completely pointless until we know the true extent Saitama's to strength (whether or not he truly can punch with half the force of a big bang like some of his more militant fanboys claim he can) and would just start a flame war worse than Goku vs. Superman 2. No one wins. And there are far more interesting match-ups.
Shinji Ikari vs. Eren Yaeger
  • At first glance, this seems like an amazing matchup between two teenagers that are fueled by their rage and trauma. Even ignoring the fact that Eren has no way of getting through Unit-01's AT field, Eren's titan form is only 15 meters tall (about 2 houses tall), whereas Shinji's EVA-01 is mostly inconsistent with it's size so that it could suit the opponent,note  but it's tallest height is about 200 meters (somewhere between the Great Pyramid and the Eiffel Tower). It would literally be a stomp.
    • In recent times, the 'literal' part has changed, owing to Eren Gaining the Founding Titan, and with it, his titan form is larger than the 60-meter tall Colossal Titan. It's still a Curb-Stomp Battle though as the abilities of Shinji and the EVA-01 GREATLY eclipse Eren's in every way.
Beerus vs. Mewtwo
  • While not as heavily requested as one might first think, and certainly not as much as some of the other matchups that have been listed up above on this page like Goku vs. Superman 3 or Goku vs. Saitama, every so often there has been a small but dedicated contingent of Death Battle fans who have asked to see Screwattack make Beerus vs. Mewtwo on more than on one occasion in the comment section, which is a horrendously bad idea given the immense, nigh-unfathomable power gap between the both of these characters - even more so than the aforementioned Frieza vs. Mewtwo. Besides that, the single similarity that they really share is being large and imposing dark-purple anthropomorphic cat people, which is hardly grounds to sufficiently justify creating this match-up. Other than a rather light thematic connection, Beerus is simply too overpowered, too fast, and with too many specialized techniques to his name as the seventh universe's God of Destruction for Mewtwo to even remotely stand a chance against. Even if one wants to argue that Mewtwo's mental abilities are far superior to Beerus and would be effective on him because Beerus has shown no sophisticated defense in shielding himself from mind powers, given his past, it's been made obvious that Beerus is not one to mess around with so clearly inferior opponents whom are beneath him. He would destroy him in less than a second. This is, after all, the same character who can tap a finger and shatter half a planet, fly through deep space, and erase you from existence with a single spoken word, and that Beerus can void out energy attacks means Mewtwo has no conventional means outside Mind Rape to challenge Beerus. If Beerus wants you dead, you're dead, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. This is a one-sided Curbstomp Battle of the highest degree, and even given some of the previous stomp battles Death Battle has done, nothing could compare to the sheer stupidity if this battle actually somehow made it to the show.
    • If you consider how Beerus vs. Sailor Galaxia and Mewtwo vs. Shadow went, this is only further true. At the time, Shadow was only considered around planet-level in his Super Form (and stated to be stronger than Mewtwo Only losing because of the aforementioned mental abilities), whereas Beerus and Galaxia's destructive power were measured on a scale of universes. Only Sinnoh's Creation Trio and their master Arceus could feasibly be argued to match that level of power. Mewtwo stands absolutely no chance of surviving even a single hit.
Yusuke vs. Aang
  • First of all, there's no theme - a delinquent spirit detective who punches demons and discovers that he is one (sort of), and a monk who reincarnates and can be bend natural elements and whose "job", so to speak, is to preserve world peace; you really have to stretch to find a commonality here (does Raizen possessing Yusuke on one occasion count as reincarnation?). Second, Aang has feats from being a child and as an adult, but Yusuke does not, which would run into the same problem of the infamous Gaara vs Toph debacle. Third, the battle might hinge on whether or not the hosts state determine that Aang's spirit-bending would work on Yusuke, or if Yu Yu Hakusho style spirit energy can be bent at all, such as the bullets from the Spirit Gun. Trying to use Korra's feats to settle that issue could bring up another one, since some of those spirit feats aren't without their own debates.
All Might vs. Pretty much anyone
  • Seeing as All Might is constantly getting weaker as the series continues and eventually loses One For All, it would just open up a can of worms about which feats actually count. As of this writing, we have very few feats for how powerful he was in his prime.
    • This has ultimately been jossed, as the Season 6 finale pits All Might against Might Guy from Naruto. Might Guy won.
Certain Rematches
  • Rematches can be entertaining and some might be justified, such as an eventual revisiting of Zoro vs. Erza once both series have been concluded, another Dante vs Bayonetta to account for both Devil May Cry 5 and Bayonetta 3, another Master Chief vs Doom Slayer to account for Doom Eternal, or—possibly—a third Goku vs. Superman to account for some of Goku's new abilities like Ultra Instinct, but many would just be pointless mainly because nothing new and substantial has emerged for the fighters that would change the outcome. It'd probably be easier to list out rematches that would be good rather than the ones that aren't.
Leon S. Kennedy vs. any Silent Hill protagonist
  • Leon is trained and equipped to handle monsters and often gets high-powered automatic and explosive weapons by the mid-game, while Silent Hill's protagonists have weaker weapons and less combat abilities and training. Seeing that Leon beat Frank West, who isn't properly trained, it would be an even bigger stomp against Silent Hill.
Dr. Manhattan vs anyone
  • Look at the list of potential Story-Breaker Powers. This character has most of them, making him more untouchable than anyone in the show (again, Chuck and Segata are possible exceptions).
Any Touhou Project character VS anyone
  • While the Touhou series is very well-known with a large cast of characters to select from, unfortunately the reality of its power scaling presents a large issue. Many of these characters are borderline overpowered to absurd levels despite not looking like much, with some ranging from being able to break planets to flat out manipulating reality. This has been confirmed by ZUN many times, so any character pitted against a Touhou character (with the possible exception of Chuck and Segata) will unfortunately be on the receiving end of an unfair Curb-Stomp Battle. Yes, this means Sakuya Izayoi will destroy Dio Brando with little effort, Cirno will destroy Esdeath with little effort, and Youmu Konpaku will destroy Ichigo Kurosaki with little effort. The only reason why Touhou characters don't appear very strong is because of the Spell Card Rule in-universe, which heavily limits their true power to just non-lethal danmaku. Take them out of the Spell Card Rule to bring out their full potential (which Ben and Chad will likely do), and they'll be monsters that would make even most of the Marvel, DC, and Dragon Ball cast weep.
Light Yagami vs anyone
  • Light has absolutely no actual combat abilities to be used in a straight up fight, relying upon the Death Note to actually do much of anything. As a result, the battle would be entirely determined by him figuring out his opponent's name. If he can, then he practically wins immediately. If he can't, then it's a clear loss. Never mind that hearing Bill Cipher's true name would cause Light to evaporate into dust. There simply isn't much to debate or look at when pitting Light against anyone. This even applies to his most commonly requested opponent, Lelouch Vi Britannia.
Kyubey VS anyone
  • This suggestion is bad for a number of reasons. Nevermind the fact that Kyubey can't do anything else outside of contracting Magical Girls, meaning he's not a fighter in the strictest sense, but he also can't die either since he's practically immortal and comes back to life in a different body the moment he's "killed". It's an odd case of a Curb-Stomp Battle and a Hopeless Boss Fight at the same time, so the fight literally has no conclusion.
Lord Tirek vs anyone
  • Tirek relies on stolen magic to actually do much of anything, and in canon he needed Discord's help to steal all of Equestria's magic. Death Battle forbids outside aid, thus taking the magic theft out of the equation and leading to a clear loss. If he's pitted against a magic user too strong for his base form to drain, it's also a clear loss.
SCP-682 VS anyone
  • SCP-682 has insane, basically universal levels of defense; it once survived having the universal constants being rewritten to have it cease to exist, and at least one story says the SCP itself is a universal constant. However, its actual attacking abilities are very weak in comparison, only being able to level a small building. Therefore, on paper, a battle with almost anyone short of Thanos, Darkseid, Beerus, or possibly Chuck Norris and Segata Sanshiro would almost certainly end in a stalemate.
Monkey D Luffy vs Izuku "Deku" Midoriya
  • With Miles Morales (who was a potential matchup for Deku) fighting Static Shock, there has been some discussion about who would work best as a new opponent for Izuku. One suggestion has been Luffy. On paper, this seems like a functional matchup. The two of them are the protagonists of remarkably popular Shonen Jump manga, who fight bare-fisted and have the ambitious goal of reaching a position of authority (Pirate King and #1 Hero) in a world full of people vying for that title. On top of that, the two of them both have a surprising amount of potential to get stronger as the story goes on. However, Luffy’s Rubber Man status grants him immunity to the majority of Deku’s high-power attacks. What few attacks powerful enough to bypass Luffy’s resilience can be ignored by Armament Haki.
Spelunker vs. anyone
  • The Spelunker is infamous for being stupidly fragile even for One-Hit-Point Wonder standards, with bat guano and even falling less than his own height while in midair killing him instantly. His guns and explosives aside, any fight with him in it would be pretty much a Foregone Victory for his opponent unless the opponent deliberately takes themselves out of the fight before the Spelunker does or lacks actual combat abilities to be used in a straight up fight.
    • Ouch from ThumbWrestlingFederation could work (and even likely lose, since he's a thumb), as could SCP-1370 (aka Pesterbot), who would also likely lose to Spelunker, or Momona, whose indecisiveness would prevent her from actually using her weapon, or the aliens from Signs, since they're barely stronger than normal humans and lack ranged attacks, or most of the Happy Tree Friends since even straws and Christmas Cookies can kill them.
Aqua vs. Nemo/Marlin
  • Only Aqua has anything that would be useful in a fight (his magic powers, the strength to punch out an average-sized human, and the durability to take punches from Dian's Giant and Dark forms).
Corrin/Kamui vs. Ben 10
  • Both are transforming heroes with a peacemaking weapon(Omnitrix and Yato Blade) who fought world ending threats(Diagon for Ben, Anankos for Corrin)....BUT while not as bad or salty as a certain fight, it's still one-sided at best with how Ben has more options to punch down Corrin...although it makes good Fan Fic Fuel stuff.
Mr. Men Battle Royale
  • While there are loads of Mr. Men, almost of them would be utterly insignificant in the results due to being completely overshadowed by two: Mr. Impossible and Mr. Marvelous. The former can do practically anything, even the impossible. The latter can outperform anybody at anything as long as it's considered marvelous (being naughty isn't, for example). As such, the fight would really be more "Mr. Impossible vs. Mr. Marvelous". The winner would also be hard to determine because of context: if the goal of killing the others as per Death Battle rules (which definitely isn't marvelous in the context of a kid's book) takes precedence, then Mr. Impossible wins because he has no such limits. If "being more impossible than Mr. Impossible" takes precedence, then the fight could end inconclusively since that would create a paradox of "who's more impossible?".
SCP-1370 vs. anyone
  • SCP-1370 (aka. Pesterbot), despite its Omnicidal Maniac proclamations towards anything sapient, is hilariously incompetent in combat to the point where it would be a Foregone Victory for any opponent with a shred of offensive capability (and even a few who don't). SCP-1370 lacks methods of harming living beings, has poor stability and center of gravity, and its best combat showing was being pinned under an ordinary potted plant that it toppled on itself. It'll likely trip and fall over as soon as it gets near the opponent, and as long as the opponent has a weapon or power to break it into pieces, the SCP stands no chance of winning.
Zeno vs anyone
  • He's demonstrated the power to erase entire multiverses and timelines from existence with minimal effort. It would be next to impossible to find anyone (except maybe Chuck Norris or Segata Sanshiro) who'd stand a chance against him.
The Beyonder vs anyone
  • He's an omnipotent being who's apparently millions of times more powerful than the entire Marvel multiverse. Unless they set him up against Chuck Norris or Segata Sanshiro or manage to find an equally overpowered character (the aformentioned Dr Manhattan and Zeno might fit that bill), the chances of him showing up as a fighter are slim to none.
The Saint of Killers vs anyone
  • The man himself is an invincible killing machine for sure, but what puts him on this list are his revolvers, which never run out of ammo, always hit their targets and were powerful enough to kill the God and Satan of his world no problem. Unless Chuck or Segata are brought back to fight him or he's set up against one of the other unbelievable overpowered characters on this page, chances are good he won't be showing up on Death Battle anytime soon.
Most of the Happy Tree Friends vs anyoneThe Deep vs anyone
  • He has no sufficient strength or durability feats, and his abilities are useless in combat. In The Seven Battle Royale, he dies at the very start of the fight for this reason.
Momona vs anyone
  • In addition to being the single weakest, slowest, least durable, and least armed of Ruby's human partners, Momona can never bring herself to fire the only weapon she has because she can't decide whether it's right to harm a Beast or not. Instead, other characters constantly have to bail her out. Sure, there can be a Battle Royale between Ruby's human partners, but Momona would have it as bad as the aforementioned Deep did.
    • While yes, she could be bloodlusted against her opponents, removing her inability to use her weapon, as per the rules of Death Battle, the other factors don't help either.
Any SpongeBob Character Vs. Anyone
  • On the surface, this seems asinine, but you have to take it into account that all the SpongeBob characters are at the size of mice. This doesn't apply to just a few characters, it's been established that this applies to EVERYONE. As a result, a lot of feats would have to be downscaled, meaning any fight with a SpongeBob character will end in a curbstomp against said character(Yes, Mr. Mind WILL destroy Plankton, Applejack WILL destroy Sandy, Benson WILL destroy Squidward, Scrooge McDuck WILL destroy Mr. Krabs, Gumball WILL destroy SpongeBob, and Ed WILL destroy Patrick).
    • Jossed as of SpongeBob vs. Superfriends Aquaman. And it was a Curb-Stomp Battle all right...against Aquaman.
Korosensei Vs. Monokuma
  • While this is a commonly requested matchup, the power gap is too big to ignore. Monokuma, a character with little to no fighting experience, is put up against someone with regeneration and Mach 20 speeds. This would end in a curbstomp against Monokuma, sad as that is.
Doctor Doom (Marvel) Vs. Doctor Doom (Batman)
  • Unlike Marvel's Doom, Batman's was way too lame to survive a single issue.
Giorno Giovanna vs. Any non-Reality Warper opponent
  • Death Battle is entirely based around pitting characters at their absolute strongest, meaning that if Giorno is ever used in a battle, it's highly likely he'll get to use Gold Experience Requiem, which is a huge Story-Breaker Power that can pretty much end a fight in seconds. As a result, this means that any fight with Giorno where his opponent isn't a Reality Warper (or simply has an ability that could counter Requiem) will be over the moment Requiem is brought out. This even applies to Joker, probably Giorno's most popular matchup, though Chuck and Segata may fit the bill.
Bill Cipher vs. anyone
  • Again, this show depicts characters at full strength, and as Bill is a No-Nonsense Nemesis who performed all his onscreen feats while his powers were restricted to Gravity Falls, and without said restriction, he casually threatens an infinite multiverse, all of said feats would be upscaled to that level. No amount of brute force could stop him, not even a Bill-proofed Shacktron, and he only lost due to both said restriction and being tricked at the last second. He will also know exactly how to use psychology against any given opponent, for he reads minds, looks into other realities and the past and future, and is always watching everyone (including Death Battle's research team). And anyone who hears his real name will evaporate to dust with an expression of horror and ecstacy on their face. Take Bill outside Gravity Falls (which Ben and Chad WILL do) to bring out his full potential, and he'll put even most of Marvel, DC, and Dragon Ball to shame. As a result, anyone pitted against him (with the possible exception of Chuck and Segata) will be on the receiving end of a huge Curb-Stomp Battle. This even applies to his most commonly requested opponent, Discord, who is manipulated very easily, got infected by a Tatzlwurm, could not defeat Tirek or Chrysalis, is completely helpless the moment Anti-Magic enters the picture, and needed help to defeat Cosmos both times. Case in point: After gaining Bill's powers, Ford grew to the size of a galaxy, far dwarfing a fully-powered Tirek (who had all of Equestria's magic including Discord's).
    • Jossed due to Bill Cipher vs. Discord happening thanks to winning the 2D Champion's Ballot for Season 10. Bill managed to take out Discord...but got stuck in the Nightmare Realm. In addition, Bill's advantages were rather nuanced and closer than expected compared to Discord's at his peak. Bill has a more bloodthirsty nature and would go for the kill as soon as possible more often than not, while Discord prefers to mess with his opponent due to his chaotic nature. Also, Bill could easily repair his spirit from damage and attack others at the spirit level more efficiently than Discord, while Discord hadn't shown how long it would take him to heal on that level without outside help, meaning it would probably take longer than alloted by Death Battle before declaring a KO.
Most preschool show characters vs. anyone
  • For generally lacking any sufficient weapons, armor, skills, strength, speed, or durability feats. Any fight against most preschool characters will end in a curbstomp against said characters. The most part of the title comes from how PAW Patrol, PJ Masks, Jake And The Neverland Pirates, and Santiago of the Seas are actually full of strength and speed feats and powers and equipment that would be useful in a fight. (Yes, Skye vs Owlette is likely to be a Curb-Stomp Battle against a preschool character all right...with Skye stomping Owlette.)
    • There's also the fact that using preschool characters would get the YouTube upload under COPPA rules, demonetizing their channel. With their level of violence, it could lead to an Elsagate scenario on them.
Reusing most characters who won't get new feats
  • The rundowns would not change at all. Reusing some applicable characters like Rainbow Dash may be justified due to being used early into their series' run and gaining many new feats before said series completed, but bringing back characters that wre first used after their series completed would not be a good idea.
Ryder vs. anyone
  • Unlike other PAW Patrol characters, Ryder has no superhuman traits or combat skills or abilities to use in a straight up fight and can only command the pups. He also always pre-plans the pups' actions, and Death Battle will not allow this. Like Red, he cannot handle a direct attack from any human who's partnered with a talking pet and can actually fight. Never mind that Death Battle won't let Ryder command the pups in their solo battles. Even in a team battle where Ryder CAN command the pups, he can easily be taken out before the fight even starts, leaving the pups to fight without him. Simply put, there isn't much to look at or debate when pitting Ryder against anyone. This even applies to his most obvious opponent, Rusty Rivets.
Cosmic Spacehead vs. anyone
  • Sure, he made a monster fly into space with a balloon, but this is literally Cosmic's only offensive capability, he is a poor jumper, and any damage will either kill him outright or stun him. Any fight involving him will result in him losing unless the opponent lacks offensive capabilities.
The cat vs. The mother fox
  • Aside from being a pointlessly cruel matchup between two heartwarming animals, the fox has a straight advantage over the cat. While the cat's drone B-12 has a Defluxor weapon, it's only effective against Zurks and would act as a glorified UV lamp against the fox. The cat doesn't have much other offensive or combat capabilities besides that of a cat. Meanwhile, the mother fox is actually capable of fending off armed humans, giving her greater combat feats over the cat.
Ohma Zi-O vs. any non-Archie Sonic-level opponent
  • Ohma Zi-O is the single strongest being that Kamen Rider has ever had and ever will, one-shotting an upgraded Evolt alongside other apocalypse-level threats. Yes, Ohma Zi-O WILL destroy Dark Danny.
Lala-Ru vs. anyone
  • Physically, she's very weak and easy to subdue, she has only ever killed normal humans, her water powers come from an easily stealable pendant, and every time she uses them, her life span is depleted, culminating in her dying at the end of her show. Meaning even her weakest fellow water users just have to either survive her strongest attack or take her pendant away.
Magical Princess Minky Momo vs. anyone
  • Not because of her stats or how easily the pendant where her powers come from can be destroyed, but because her show is infamously cursed. Featuring her on Death Battle may result in its channel being forcefully deleted completely.
Any Adventure Game protagonist vs. anyone
  • Offensive capabilities aside, these characters are not known for speed or durability and can die by using the wrong weapon. The protagonist of Zork in particular is so weak they can kill themselves with a pile of leaves. Meaning adventure game protagonists will lose to anyone who can just tank and/or dodge their attacks unless said opponent has no offensive capabilities.
The aliens from Signs vs. anyone
  • The various versus communities tease these aliens to no end, and for good reason: These aliens are unarmed and barely stronger than a normal human, struggle to get through pantry doors, lose easily to baseball bats, and can be melted with water. Even disregarding the aliens' weakness to water, they were defeated very quickly. Any fight involving them will be a Curb-Stomp Battle against them.
The Mathiverse vs. anyone
  • On paper, the Mathiverse is an incomprehensible entity that dwarfs pretty much everything and everyone else mentioned here in power, hax and scale due to containing all mathematics within — including all abstract, narrative and higher-metaphysical concepts, definitions, and basically everything within it. In practice, the Mathiverse lacks sentience or any proper offensive combat abilities. It would therefore be more akin to a non-sentient location of absolute-infinite scale and not a proper Death Battle combatant.
Tekkaman Blade vs. Eren Jaeger
  • At first glance, this seems like a thematically good matchup between two protagonists who take forms belonging to the enemy that humanity had been badly losing to until said protagonists entered the picture. But even ignoring the fact that Blade took a nuke to the face and didn't even bat an eye, Eren has no ranged attacks and Blade can fly through space and one-shot him with a sword to the back of the neck.
The Wolf vs any mortal character
  • Since the Wolf is well... Death, its unlikely he can be killed or summoned away by any conventional means, not to mention so little is known about the rules of him.
Most Eternal Fighter Zero characters vs. anyone
  • Most of the EFZ cast's combat feats don't matter at all since all the action in this game isn't canon. Whatever the EFZ girls' powers, abilities, and feats are ultimately depends on what doujin game they're in and what its maker wants, and outside of doujin games, most of them are just normal girls. In her source material, even Kannabi-no-Mikoto is a Glass Cannon who can cut through an entire mountain range in one slash but can't dodge arrows and has completely ordinary durability and pain tolerance, allowing the soldiers to easily kill her. She also has no combat skill. As a result, any fight involving her would be entirely determined by whether or not her opponent can survive said slash. If not, Kanna wins. If so, Kanna loses. Yes, Justice and Dizzy WILL destroy her. Also yes, Anna WILL destroy Kaori Misaka, fellow brown-haired girl with an ice-powered sister, and Larimar WILL destroy Makoto Sawatari, fellow fox turned human. There simply isn't much to debate or look at when pitting EFZ characters against anyone. The most part of the title comes from the fact that Ikumi Amasawa from MOON is one of the few EFZ characters who may actually stand a chance in Death Battle since she actually has psychic powers and feats in canon.
Copen vs. non-speedsters who rely exclusively on their powers
  • His Greed Snatcher shots nullify powers, reduce their target's durability to the point of being vulnerable to even street level characters, can kill even intangible and immortal beings permanently, cause lethargy with even a simple graze, spell instant death on direct hit, cannot be blocked, and are never stated to only affect Adepts. However, these shots can be dodged. If his completely power-dependent opponent isn't fast enough to dodge his Greed Snatcher shots or isn't used to having to dodge attacks, Copen wins immediately. Yes, he WILL effortlessly destroy the likes of Bill Cipher, Discord, Doomsday, and even the aforementioned Dr. Manhattan and Zeno while still being able to lose to far weaker characters than them.

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