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The character who instigates the fight loses.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Boba Fett (against Samus Aran)^note Shot Samus's ship out of space, Wonder Woman (against Rogue)^note Attacked Rogue while she was flying, knocking her out of the sky, Riptor^note Viciously attacks a terrified Yoshi, Felicia^note Bumped into and woke up a sleeping Taokaka, Shadow (against Vegeta)^note Challenges Vegeta to a fight because he sensed his powerful energy, Justin Bieber^note Sprayed Rebecca Black with perfume before the fight began, Starscream^note Threatened and mocked Rainbow Dash, and Son Goku (first match against Superman)^note Challenged Superman, thinking he was going to try to destroy Earth, and continued despite Superman trying to convince him to stop.
  • Season 2 combatants: Lion-O^note Attacked He-Man thinking he was using Battlecat as a slave, M. Bison^note Attacked Shao Kahn's men, Bucky O'Hare^note Killed Slippy thinking he was an enemy, enraging Fox, Terminator^note Killed the gun store owner, then resisted when Robocop tried to arrest him, Tommy^note Fired a shot that accidentally killed Noin right in front of Zechs' eyes, Majin Buu^note Decided to kill Kirby after the latter ate his food, Lex Luthor (against Iron Man)^note Infiltrates one of Stark's buildings and killed the guards to steal the artifacts inside, Sam Fisher^note Stole data from a computer that Snake was supposed to, destroyed the computer, and deemed it too risky to allow anyone to know he was there, Son Goku (first rematch with Superman)^note He straight up asked Superman for a rematch, Knuckles^note Ate a banana from DK's hoard, which got DK pissed, Mega Man (against Astro Boy)^note Drew out his Mega Buster and aimed it at Astro Boy, and Red and Charizard^note Red attempted to capture Agumon, thinking him a rare Pokémon.
  • Season 3 combatants: Bayonetta^note Attacked Dante when he revealed that he was hired to find the Left Eye of the World, unaware that she is the Left Eye, Jak and Daxter^note Declared their intention to kill Rachet and Clank over their destroyed home and accidentally getting called a weasel despite both Rachet and Clank profusely apologizing for those two mistakes and offering to rectify their mistake, Quicksilver^note Tried cheating at a race with the Flash by punching him to give himself a head start, Shadow (against Mewtwo)^note Attacked a random Zubat which Mewtwo took offense to and when ordered by it to leave this place for being unwelcoming, Shadow decided to fight Mewtwo, The Meta^note Tried to take Carolina's AI, and Ramona Flowers^note Attacked Amy Rose under the impression that the hedgehog was the one who attacked her and Scott Pilgrim when actually, it was Sonic who accidentally knocked them down while running away from Amy.
  • Season 4 combatants: Shovel Knight^note Caught looting Scrooge McDuck's treasure, the Power Rangers and Megazord^note Mistook Hunk and the Yellow Lion for an enemy and immediately summoned the Zords to attack, Ace^note Stole food from a tavern and ate it in front of Natsu instead of handing it back them up, Captain Marvel (against Android 18)^note Ordered Android 18 to leave the Dragon Ball and got angry when Android 18 asked nicely to let her have it, Metal Sonic^note Destroyed cars on the highway prompting the Maverick Hunter Zero to respond, Renamon^note Told Lucario to leave in a threatening manner when he was minding his business, Thor Odinson (against Wonder Woman)^note Ignored Diana's order to leave Themyscira due to him being there unannounced and challenged her to a fight, McGruff the Crime Dog^note Neglected to put the fire out despite telling the audience to do so, which attracted Smokey's attention, Ichigo^note Attacked Naruto who was minding his business sleeping under a waterfall after mistaking him for a Hollow, and Spider-Man 2099^note Web-slung on a gargoyle that Batman Beyond was relaxing on, causing it to break and forcing Terry into action.
  • Season 5 combatants: Crash Bandicoot^note Crushed Spyro's adoptive brother Sparx in front of him, Frank West^note Initiated the fight instead of standing down despite Leon's warning, Jin^note Disrespectfully boasted that he was the superior fighter to Ryu, Carnage^note Lunged at Lucy immediately after murdering civilians aboard a train, Amuro Ray and the RX-78-2 Gundam^note Intruded into the Ark Optimus was in, Daredevil^note Threatened Nightwing to leave the shop and showed aggression when Nightwing asked nicely to let him have the suitcase, Sonic (in the 2018 rematch)^note Stole Mario's beach chair and refused to give it back, causing Mario to attack him, Sigma^note Asked Ultron to bring his army to fight his army instead of peacefully surrendering, Jiraiya^note Took offense at Roshi criticizing his erotic novel without knowing he wrote it before throwing kunai at him, and Thanos^note Ordered Darkseid to get out of his throne, which of course Darkseid took offense to.
  • Season 6 combatants: Namor^note Shot magic bolts at Aquaman in response to Arthur splashing him by cannonball diving into a swimming pool, Widowmaker^note Shot and assassinated a SHIELD operative, before shooting at Black Widow, Ben 10^note Transformed into Four-Arms to fight Hal, who was requesting he give up the Omnitrix, Captain Marvel (against Shazam)^note Caught Shazam trying to fix a malfunctioning ATM, mistook him as robbing it, and chased after him when he tried to flee, Edward Elric^note Aang was playing with Momo and called him short, which Edward thought was directed at him, thus setting off his Berserk Button, Lobo^note Interrupts and runs over Ghost Rider when the latter judges him on a formality, Sasuke^note Threatened Hiei claiming he was trespassing, and Ganondorf (against Dracula)^note Threatened to conquer Dracula's castle.
  • Season 7 combatants: Miles Morales^note Attacked Static after mistaking him for Electro, Genos^note Mistook War Machine for an enemy cyborg and attacked him after the latter reprimanded him for property damage, Gray Fullbuster^note Ordered Esdeath to leave Fiore, Cable^note Booster Gold only suggested a fight. Cable decided to take Booster Gold's fight request, who only wanted to fight Cable as a way for Cable to improve his street credibility, as an excuse to outright murder him, Kakashi^note Obi-Wan brushed off Kakashi's request for a hearing after crashing into Konoha; Kakashi no sold the ensuing Jedi Mind Trick and attempted to apprehend Obi-Wan, Jake Long^note Mistook Danny Phantom for a thief and attacked him without giving him time to explain, Sailor Galaxia^note Blew up the Earth along with the ice cream Beerus was about to eat, Archie Sonic^note Took offense at Wally West stealing his chili dog after he taunted him about giving Wally his chili dog, Venom (against Crona)^note Mistook Crona and Ragnarok as villains and attacked them to consume their brains, Batgirl^note Threw Batarangs at Spider-Gwen when the latter teleported into the Batcave, Rock Lee^note Provoked Sanji by criticizing his cooking and goaded him further when Sanji tried attacking him, and the Hulk (against Broly)^note Scared the deers Broly was playing with away, then took the latter's threat as a challenge.
  • Season 8 combatants: Yoda^note Tracked Mickey down to challenge him to a duel, Ryūko Matoi^note Attacks Shadow when he cuts her off while the two are riding their motorcycles, Mikasa Ackerman^note Destroyed Blake's book after she ignored Mikasa ordering her to leave a restricted area threatened by an impending titan attack, Link (2021 rematch)^note Cloud was sent into an enemy attack screen to see Link an his combatant. His reaction indicates he was caught-off guard, Goku Black^note Interrupted Reverse-Flash while he was self-gloating, Alucard^note Shot Dio's car, then threatened to feed on him, Akuma (against Shao Kahn)^note Interrupted a match Shao Kahn was spectating, Korra^note Took offence at Storm suggesting she needed training, and Saitama^note Insulted Sailor Popeye's spinach, which got Popeye mad.
  • Season 9 combatants: Harley Quinn^note Declared her intention to kill Jinx just because she destroyed the teddy bear she won from winning the carnival game, Scarlet Witch^note Interrupted Zatanna’s performance, then called her a two-bit sorceress, Vegeta (against Thor Odinson)^note Destroyed the log Thor was carrying and when Thor threw his hammer past him as a tease, declared his intention to kill him despite Thor just being friendly, Homelander^note Broke into Omni-Man's home, killed his wife, then ordered him to leave the country, Tetsuo Shima^note Got mad at Magneto for still thinking Akira Territory was Japan before trying to kill him, Hercules^note Ordered Sun Wukong to give him the fruit he was holding and despite being given a reasonable explanation, proceeded to attack him, the Predator^note tried to shoot Boba Fett in the back with his shoulder cannon, Xeno Trunks^note Attempted to arrest Silver for time-travelling illegally, Superfriends Aquaman^note Attacked Spongebob under the false pretenses of destroying Bikini Bottom when actually, Spongebob was trying to protect it, and Michael Myers^note Stole a kill Jason Voorhees was planning to perform, then stabbed him in the back.
  • Season 10 combatants: The Atom^note Intruded into Ant-Man's lab, Killua Zoldyck^note Taunted Misaka Mikoto into fighting to get her Gekota badge back, Darth Vader (against Obito Uchiha)^note Sought to take Obito's eye for himself, Phoenix (Jean Grey)^note Declared her intention to kill Raven in order to save the universe, Guts (against Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd)^note While not shown in the battle Dimitri cried foul over Guts killing 100 of his men, Martian Manhunter^note Attempted to probe the mind of the Silver Surfer unauthorized, Alex Mercer^note Ate some soldiers in nearby helicopters, then attempted to eat Cole MacGrath, Eustace Bagge (as a third-party combatant in Scooby-Doo VS Courage the Cowardly Dog)^note Was the reason why Scooby and Courage was even forced to fight each other to begin with by chasing after both of them with intent to kill, Rick Sanchez^note Continued his aggression even after The Doctor forgave him over the space accident, perceiving that The Doctor dissed him, and Unicron^note Attempted to eat Earth which Galactus was planning to consume for himself, enraging the Devourer of Worlds.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Godzilla^note Destroyed some nearby building and some army personnel, then attacked Gamera when he showed up to stop the rampage, Scorpion^note Attempted to grab Ryu with his Spear before the fight officially began, Sol Badguy^note Saw the bounty for Ragna and almost immediately attacked him once he walked past, Segata Sanshiro^note Forcing a Sega Saturn on Chuck Norris for not playing it, Goliath^note Saw Beast upon turning from stone and lunged at him, Doctor Doom (both times)^note invaded both Darth Vader's space station and Lex Luthor's office to claim their resources, Yang^note attacked Tifa's co-worker, and threw a punch at the same time Tifa threw a kick, and Hawkeye^note Shot an arrow at Green Arrow while the latter was about to enter a door.
  • Season 3 combatants: Ganon (against Bowser)^note Took the Triforce back from Bowser and vaporized his minions, Joker^note Stole Sweet Tooth's ice cream cone, Tracer^note Stole the intel Scout retrieved when Scout wasn't looking, Terry Bogard^note Walked into the dojo and demanded that Ken fight him for no reason, Doomsday^note Attacked a city prompting the Hulk to respond, then attacked the Hulk when the latter came to confront him, and Pinkie Pie^note Attacked Deadpool to force him to accept her invitation to be friends.
  • Season 4 combatants: Venom (against Bane)^note Slaughtered Bane's henchmen and then attacked him and The Shredder^note Sicced his Foot Clan ninjas on Silver Samurai who was minding his own business training.
  • Season 5 Combatants: Raven (against Twilight Sparkle)^note Attacked Twilight Sparkle after being teleported into Ponyville to keep her hobby of collecting toys based on Twilight and her friends a secret and Doctor Fate^note Attacked Doctor Strange claiming there can't be two Sorcerer Supremes in the same existence.
  • Season 6 Combatants: Captain Falcon^note Upon hearing Johnny Cage was set to play him in his latest movie, challenged Johnny to a fight to see if he was worthy of the role and Tatsumaki^note Threw Mob into a building after he called her a teenager.
  • Season 7 combatants: Jason Lee Scott (against Leonardo)^note Started attacking Leonardo after mistaking him for one of Rita's monsters, Machamp^note Leapt in to challenge Goro, Shoto Todoroki^note Mistook Zuko's training for a villain attacking, Winter Soldier^note Was sent to assassinate Red Hood, and Jon Talbain^note Attacked Sabrewulf upon finding him eating innocents in a fit of madness.
  • Season 8 combatants: Po^note Challenged Iron Fist to a fight to see who was the better dragon warrior and Star Butterfly^note Accidentally destroyed a sandcastle Steven was building for a contest and started pelting him with cupcakes to apologize.
  • Season 9 combatants: Jonathan Joestar^note Mistook Nezuko, Tanjiro's sister, as one of Dio's zombie minions, and attacked Tanjiro despite the latter clearing up the confusion, James Bond^note Was sent by MI6 to kill John Wick, Apocalypse^note Invaded Black Adam's country, and Sauron^note Approached the Lich King on his throne in an effort to take it from him.
  • Season 10 Combatants: The Last Dragonborn ^note Followed the directions of Darkstalker Kaathe, leading them into conflict with the Chosen Undead, who followed the orders of Kingseeker Frampt, Stitch^note Destroyed a spaceship that Rocket was maintaining, Bill Cipher^note He unleashed Weirdmageddon on Equestria, with Discord attempting to stop him, Frieza^note Arrived to conquer Cybertron, with Megatron defending it Satoru Gojo^note Disrupted Makima at the cinema to get her attention before announcing his motive to kill her, and Courage^note While both he and Scooby-Doo were running from a monster (which turned out to be Eustace), Courage deliberately tripped Scooby up so the monster would get him as Courage kept running.

The fighter who attacks the other before the battle begins proper first^note before "FIGHT!!" appears pre-Season 6 loses.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Boba Fett (against Samus Aran)^note His ship attacking Samus Aran's, Shang Tsung^note Attempted to ambush Akuma with Hot Escape technique, who dodged the attack, Wonder Woman (against Rogue)^note Did a flying kick on Rogue, Felicia^note Accidentally pounced on a napping Taokaka, and Son Goku (first battle)^note Shot a ki blast at Superman.
  • Season 2 combatants: Bucky O’Hare ^note Bucky O'Hare's crew vaporized Slippy and the Tigerzord^note Tommy accidentally killing Noin, which made Zechs very upset.
  • Season 3 combatants: Bayonetta^note Attempted to shoot Dante to instigate the fight, Quicksilver^note Decked The Flash in the face without warning, and Ramona Flowers^note Attempted one on Amy, who dodged the attack.
  • Season 6 combatants: Ben 10 ^note His Omnitrix blasted Green Lantern for trying to remove it and Lobo^note Runs over Ghost Rider with his bike.
  • Season 7 combatants: Jake Long^note Transforms and throws a human form Danny at a wall, Sailor Galaxia ^note Blows up the Earth with Beerus on it, then preemptively pokes him in the eye when he goes to confront her, Zuko^note Nearly hits Shoto Todoroki with a stray fire blast, A-Train ^note Runs over and splatters The Deep, and Batgirl^note Threw Batarangs at Spider-Gwen.
  • Season 8 combatants: Alucard^note Shot Dio through his car.
  • Season 9 combatants: Xeno Trunks^note Shot Ki blasts at Archie Silver.
  • Season 10 combatants: Discord^note Threw a pie at Bill Cipher's eye.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Scorpion^note Attacked Ryu with his Rope Kunai, Sol Badguy^note Attacked Ragna with a Gunflame in an attempt to collect the bounty on his head, Segata Sanshiro^note Attempted to force a Sega Saturn on Norris, and Iron Man (against Lex Luthor)^note Blasts Pepper Pott's crystal out of Lex's hand.
  • Season 4 combatants: Scrooge McDuck^note Whacked Shovel Knight out of his treasure box that the latter was looting.
  • Season 5 combatants: Raven^note Launched dark energy at Twilight when the former was found transported to Ponyville while playing with her figurine of Twilight and her friends, Optimus Prime^note Charged at RX-78-2 and knocked it out of the ship, and Mario (2018 rematch)^note Folded Sonic in his beach chair and kicked him airborne.
  • Season 7 combatants: Winter Soldier^note Shot at Red Hood through a door and Sanji^note Lunged at Rock Lee from across the counter and tried to kick him.
  • Season 8 combatants: Star Butterfly^note Accidentally dropped a giant sand castle on Steven Universe, blew it up, and shot cupcakes at him, Madara Uchiha ^note Blasted Sosuke Aizen with fire, and Popeye^note Punched Saitama after the latter insulted his spinach.
  • Season 9 combatants: Thor Odinson (against Vegeta)^note Threw his hammer at Vegeta slightly off-course.
  • Season 10 combatants: Cole MacGrath^note Flung a bolt of electricity at Alex.

After the "FIGHT!" signal appears (or after the fight is properly initiated), the one who throws the first punch loses.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Shang Tsung^note Tried to hit Akuma with a fireball, who dodged yet again, Wonder Woman (against Rogue)^note Hurled her Tiara at Rogue, Zitz^note Headbutted Leonardo against a chain-link fence, Riptor^note Comboed Yoshi, Kratos^note Tried to hit Spawn with his blades but Leetha blocked them, Shadow (against Vegeta and Mewtwo)^note In his first fight with Vegeta, he tried to kick Vegeta, who blocked his attack. In his second fight with Mewtwo, he attempted a physical combo against Mewtwo, who blocked it, Harry Potter^note Tries to use Avada Kedavra on Luke twice but failed, Chun-Li^note Tried to use Kikoken on Mai, who dodged, Thunder God Raiden^note Hurled bolts of lightning at Thor, who blocked them, and Cloud (2012 match)^note Charged at Link, who blocked the attack.
  • Season 2 combatants: Lion-O ^note Fired a beam at He-Man, who deflected the beam, M. Bison^note Attempted an aerial kick on Shao Kahn, who blocked and punched him between the legs, Ryu Hayabusa^note Threw shurikens at Strider Hiryu, who dodged, The Terminator^note First to fire his gun, Charizard (in the Pokémon battle royale)^note First to attack one of the other Pokémon in the arena, Sektor^note Fired a missle at Fulgore, who deflected it, Gamera^note Hurled a large chunk of an office building at Godzilla, who tanked it}, Captain America[[note]]Hurled his shield at Batman, who deflected it, and Mega Man^note Repeatedly shot at Astro with his Mega Buster, who blocked it.
  • Season 3 combatants: Bayonetta^note who started the fight to begin with, yet Dante was able to dodge her shots and even caught one of her bullets with his teeth.
  • Season 4 combatants: Metal Sonic^note Immediately tackled into Zero as soon as the "FIGHT!" signal played.
  • Season 5 combatants: Frank West^note Threw a bottle at Leon.
  • Season 10 combatants: Rick Sanchez^note Shot lasers at the Doctor's TARDIS.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 10 combatants: Frieza^note Formed a death ball to throw at Megatron after Megatron declared the fight started and Galactus^note Fired a beam at Unicron.

Characters who try to use social tricks/mind control/brainwashing during the fight loses if their opponent doesn't do so too.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Starscream^note Appealed to Rainbow Dash's willingness to forgive in order to strike her down with his homing missile barrage. However, Rainbow Dash then cause those missiles to home back at Starscream, causing him to get blown up.
  • Season 2 combatants: M. Bison^note Tried to brainwash Shao Kahn, who easily shrugged it off.
  • Season 5 combatants: Twilight Sparkle^note Cast a Want It, Need It spell on Raven to have her fall in love with a rock. It worked too well as Raven was now possessive of the rock and Sigma^note Attempted to control Ultron with the Sigma Virus. Ultron easily shrugs it off before infecting Sigma with his own virus.
  • Season 6 combatants: Mega Man X^note Attempted to use the Mother Elf to mind control Star Force Mega Man, who quickly counters with his own noise manipulation and Sasuke Uchiha^note Used the Mangekyō Sharingan on Hiel, who quickly broke out of the illusion attempt.
  • Season 7 combatants: Kakashi Hatake^note Attempted to use a genjutsu to control Obi-Wan, who quickly used his Jedi Mind training to break free and Sailor Galaxia^note Tried taking Beerus' star seed, but the Destroyer God quickly took it back
  • Season 8 combatants: Iron Fist^note Attempted to hypnotize Po with his Hypnotic Fist but Po managed to break out of the hypnotism in time.
  • Season 9 combatants: Harley Quinn^note Appealed to Jinx's destructive nature to get her to come closer so she could zap her but Jinx refused to take the bait.
  • Season 10 combatants: Killua Zoldyck^note Attempted to use Rhythm Echo on Misaka Mikoto but she quickly counters by throwing iron sands at his feet and Martian Manhunter^note Attempted to attack Silver Surfer telepathically throughout the fight but it all got repelled.
• Borderline cases:
  • Season 9 combatants: SuperFriends Aquaman^note Used his telepathy in the entire area in the bid to have all its marine life follow his command. It fails on Spongebob which allowed the sponge to blow bubble missiles as a counter attack but it did convince the sea life in the area into attacking SpongeBob.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Luke Skywalker^note Used Force Persuasion on Harry to stop his killing curse, but Harry used Occlumency to counter it.
  • Season 3 combatants: Joker^note Convinced Sweet Tooth to get closer to him in the attempt to spray him with Joker Venom. Sweet Tooth does fall for the trick and Mewtwo^note Used its psychic powers to erase Shadow's memories, essentially killing him mentally and leaving him open for the actual death blow.
  • Season 6 combatants: Star Force Mega Man^note Used his noise manipulation technique to turn the Mother Elf's powers into becoming his own before using them on Mega Man X. He succeeds in hijacking X.
  • Season 7 combatants: Danny Phantom^note Possessed Jake Long, disorienting him before finishing him off with a ghost ray.
  • Season 8 combatants: Doctor Doom (against Lex Luthor)^note Used his Ovoid mind transfer technique to swap minds with Lex before impaling himself in the chest and swapping back.
  • Season 10 combatants: Obito Uchiha^note Traps Darth Vader in a genjutsu to set-up the killing blow.

Characters given vehicles, mounts or steeds will lose if the opponent lacks one.

The hosts will often give a character the benefit of the doubt by giving them such things, making the fight more decisive by proving that even if a character had their vehicle or steed, they would still lose.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Harry Potter with his broomstick and Bomberman with his Rooey.
  • Season 4 combatants: McGruff the Crime Dog with his monster truck.
  • Season 5 combatants: Crash Bandicoot with his mech and Helicopter Pack and Frank West with his Exo-suit.
  • Season 8 combatants: Korra with her Air Scooter.
  • Season 10 combatants: Darth Vader (against Obito Uchiha) with his TIE Fighter.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Kirby with his Warp Star.
  • Season 6 combatants: Captain Falcon with his Blue Falcon.
  • Season 9 combatants: James Bond with his Aston Martin.
  • Season 10 combatants: Silver Surfer with his Silver Board.

Characters who use teleportation in their fight (as opposed to merely being able to do so but not doing it) lose if their opponent doesn't do so.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Shang Tsung, Harry Potter, Zelda, Raiden from Mortal Kombat, and Son Goku (first match against Superman).
  • Season 2 combatants: M. Bison, Majin Buu, and Son Goku (first rematch with Superman).
  • Season 5 combatants: Sigma and Thanos.
  • Season 8 combatants: Goku Black and Akuma (against Shao Kahn).
  • Season 9 combatants: Vegeta (against Thor Odinson), Tetsuo, and Gogeta.
  • Season 10 combatants: Rocket Raccoon and Son Goku (second rematch with Superman).
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Spawn.
  • Season 2 combatants: Scorpion and Deadpool (against Deathstroke).
  • Season 3 combatants: Dante.
  • Season 5 combatants: Roshi.
  • Season 7 combatants: Broly.
  • Season 8 combatants: Shadow (against Ryūko Matoi).
  • Season 9 combatants: Jinx.
  • Season 10 combatants: Obito Uchiha, Frieza, and Satoru Gojo.

Magic users tends to lose in their respective Death Battles^note Barring Magic user vs Magic user.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Shang Tsung, Kratos, Harry Potter, and Zelda.
  • Season 2 combatants: Ryu Hayabusa, Ivy Valentine, Majin Buu, and Nightmare.
  • Season 3 combatants: Erza.
  • Season 4 combatants: Shovel Knight.
  • Season 7 combatants: Jake Long, Sailor Galaxia, and Archie Sonic.
  • Season 9 combatants: Black Adam.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Mai Shiranui.
  • Season 2 combatants: Shao Kahn (against M. Bison) and Doctor Doom (against Darth Vader).
  • Season 4 combatants: Natsu Dragneel and Sephiroth.
  • Season 8 combatants: Doctor Doom (against Lex Luthor), Star Butterfly, and Shao Kahn (against Akuma).
  • Season 9 combatants: Jinx.

In a Magic Versus Science battle, the science/technology user tends to win.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Luke Skywalker.
  • Season 2 combatants: Strider Hiryu, Tails, Guts, and Hercule Satan.
  • Season 3 combatants: Ratchet & Clank.
  • Season 4 combatants: Scrooge McDuck.
  • Season 6 combatants: Captain Falcon.
  • Season 7 combatants: Danny Phantom and Shoto Todoroki.
  • Season 9 combatants: Apocalypse.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Rainbow Dash.
  • Season 6 combatants: Shazam, Aang, and Ghost Rider.
  • Season 8 combatants: King Mickey.
  • Season 9 combatants: Archie Silver.
• Played with cases:
  • Season 5 combatants: Spyro the Dragon^note A magical purple dragon with elemental attacks winning against Crash Bandicoot^note Is a product of a science experiment but also utilizes Mojo, a magical substance and has Aku Aku as his backup magic.
  • Season 7 combatants: Wally West^note The Speed Force is noted to have magical properties although Wally West uses it in a scientific manner beating Archie Sonic^note Relies on Chaos magic.
  • Season 8 combatants: Doctor Doom in his second fight^note Utilize both magic and science winning against Lex Luthor^note All of Lex's equipment are purely based off science.
  • Season 9 combatants: Jinx^note She developed her technology with science but uses a magical substance to power them winning against Harley Quinn^note All her tools and techniques are purely based off science.
  • Season 10 combatants: Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd^note All of his equipment are purely magic-based winning against Guts^note Although he has a fire dagger that is firmly magic, Guts otherwise relies mainly on his mechanical arm and his Berserker armor, both which are science-based.
  • Also played with by Link and Cloud in both their fights — while both were magic users, Link had more technology tools than Cloud, who had more science-/technological-based feats. Link won the first fight, while Cloud won the rematch.

A character who uses any form of Time Stop or other form of time manipulation loses if their opponent doesn't do so too.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Mega Man (against Astro Boy).
  • Season 3 combatants: Jak, and Shadow (against Mewtwo),
  • Season 4 combatants: Scruff McGruff.
  • Season 5 combatants: Jotaro Kujo.
  • Season 6 combatants: Mega Man (in the Mega Man Battle Royale) and Mega Man X.
• Played with cases:
  • Season 8 combatants: King Mickey and Star Butterfly, who did not use their timestops but still won.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 3 combatants: Tracer.
  • Season 5 combatants: Sora.
  • Season 7 combatants: Esdeath.
  • Season 8 combatants: Shadow (against Ryūko Matoi), Doctor Doom (against Lex Luthor), and Dio.
  • Season 9 combatants: Archie Silver.
  • Season 10 combatants: The Last Dragonborn and Raven (against Phoenix).

The fighter "waiting" for the other wins.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Yoshi^note Happily danced in place when Riptor came out of a nearby pipe, Dig Dug^note Happened to be standing in place when Bomberman rode to him on his animal steed, Vegeta (against Shadow)^note Shadow skated to Vegeta who was just standing around with the intention of fighting him, Sonic (first fight against Mario)^note Laid around waiting for Mario to show up, Luke Skywalker^note Happened to be standing around when Harry approached him, Mai Shiranui^note Stood around awaiting for Chun-Li to approach her, Thor Odinson (against Raiden from Mortal Kombat)^note Stood around and turned when Raiden teleported in to behind Thor, and Superman (first fight against Son Goku)^note Stood on top of the Daily Planet's globe structure when Son Goku flew to him on his Flying Numbus Cloud.
  • Season 2 combatants: He-Man^note Lion-O went to He-Man upon hearing Cringer suffering in pain, Shao Kahn (against M. Bison)^note M. Bison teleported to the room where Shao Kahn was sitting on his throne, Fulgore^note Sektor happened to run into the room where an invsible Sektor was waiting, Batman (against Captain America)^note Captain America jumped into the alley where Batman awaited him, and Superman (rematch against Son Goku)^note Superman was hovering near his Fortress of Solitude when Son Goku erupted out from the core of the Earth near him.
  • Season 3 combatants: Mewtwo^note Shadow entered the ruins Mewtwo was in.
  • Season 4 combatants: Lucario^note Renamon entered the ruins where Lucario was meditating, Wonder Woman (against Thor Odinson)^note Wonder Woman was training on Themyscira when Thor Odinson landed on the island, and Naruto Uzumaki^note Was sleeping under a waterfall when Ichigo Kurosaki approached him.
  • Season 5 combatants: Ryu (aganist Jin)^note Ryu was training with a training dummy when in the process of kicking it out of its stand, noticed Jin teleport in to catch the dummy in one hand, Lucy^note Was waiting for the train when it arrived with Carnage already having massacred the passengers, Optimus Prime^note Was waiting in the Ark when the Gundam intruded on it, and Mario (rematch against Sonic)^note Was setting up his beach relaxation equipment when Sonic appeared out of nowhere to use it for himself.
  • Season 6 combatants: Dracula^note Was sitting on his castle's throne when Ganondorf entered the castle.
  • Season 7 combatants: Booster Gold^note Was showcasing his latest criminal stopping to the masses when Cable teleported in, Danny Phantom^note Was putting back the stolen artifact when Jake Long appeared thinking he was the one who stole the artifact, and Broly^note Was sitting around playing with some deers when the Hulk landed nearby.
  • Season 8 combatants: Heihachi Mishima^note Was meditating awaiting for Geese Howard to show up, Reverse-Flash^note Sat around gloating to himself when Goku Black teleported in, and Shao Kahn (against Akuma)^note Was sitting on his throne to watch a tournament when Akuma entered and killed one of the kombatants.
  • Season 9 combatants: Jinx^note Jinx happened to already be there shooting down some crows when Harley Quinn entered the fair to win a prize, Zatanna^note Was showcasing her performance to the audiences when Scarlet Witch appeared out of her hat, Thor Odison (against Vegeta)^note Was carrying a log when suddenly Vegeta's energy aura destroyed the log Thor was carrying out of nowhere, Sun Wukong^note Was waiting on a cloud holding a golden apple when Hercules approached him, Apocalypse^note Was hovering around in Shiruta when Black Adam entered said city, SpongeBob SquarePants^note Was hanging around taking out robots that were destroying Bikini Bottom, and Jason Voorhees^note Stood in place when he noticed Micheal Myers killing his intended victim.
  • Season 10 combatants: Ant-Man^note Sat at his table when the Atom got near him, Obito Uchiha^note Was standing around when Darth Vader landed behind him, Raven (against Phoenix)^note Was meditating when Jean Grey went to near her, Bill Cipher^note Was floating around when Discord came in via one of the flagposts, and Galactus^note Was about to devour the Earth when he saw Unicron approach him.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Justin Bieber^note Stood on a building when Rebecca Black got near him and Dr. Wily^note Dr. Eggman and his army approached Dr. Wily and his army who all stood around.
  • Season 2 combatants: Ivy Valentine^note Ivy was standing on the arena when Black Orchid jumped down from a helicopter, Ryu (against Scorpion)^note Ryu was standing there when Scorpion threw his kunai at him from a distance, Gaara^note Was standing around when Toph rose from the ground near him, Nightmare^note Guts happened to walk to where Nightmare was standing, Sam Fisher^note Was hacking the computer when Snake entered the compound with the intent of hacking the data from the same computer, and Darth Vader (against Doctor Doom)^note Stood around when Doctor Doom teleported in.
  • Season 3 combatants: Bayonetta^note Is implied to already be there when Dante entered the room.
  • Season 4 combatants: Captain Marvel (against Android 18)^note Was waiting near a dragon ball when Android 18 flew to near her, Bane^note Was standing with his goons when Venom got near them, Silver Samurai^note Was training with some trees when the Shredder and his ninja clan mooks rose up from the ground, and McGruff the Crime Dog^note Was waiting near campfire.
  • Season 5 combatants: Twilight Sparkle^note Was casting some spells when she teleported in Raven, Doctor Strange^note Was hanging around in his Sanctum Sanctorum when Doctor Fate teleported in, and Jiraiya^note Was in his shop when Roshi entered it.
  • Season 6 combatants: Mega Man Volnutt^note Was looking out from the roof in Abel city, Lobo^note Was tying up his latest bounty when Ghost Rider got to him to judge him for his sins, and Sasuke^note Was on a tree when he saw Hiel enter the forest he was in.
  • Season 7 combatants: Geno^note Was shown to have recently destroyed some enemy cyborgs when he unknowingly attracted the attention of War Machine, Goro^note Was polishing his trophy collection when Machamp came in out of nowhere, Kakashi Hatake^note Was standing around reading his book, Zuko^note Was training his firebending when Shoto Todoroki entered the area, Red Hood^note Was resting in his hideout when the Winter Soldier got to his hideout, Venom (against Crona)^note Was praying when he sensed an approaching Ragnarok smack Crona, Sabrewulf^note Was munching on some people he accidentally killed when Jon Talbain entered the location, and Batgirl^note Was in the batcave using the batcomputer when she noticed Spider-Gwen teleporting in.
  • Season 8 combatants: Lex Luthor (against Doctor Doom)^note Was doing some experiment when Doctor Doom burst in, Batman (against Iron Man)^note Was relaxing in the Watchtower when Iron Man burst in, Alucard^note Waiting around when he saw Dio pull up in his car, and Korra^note Was meditating when she broke an iceberg, attracting Storm's attention.
  • Season 9 combatants: Homelander^note Was waiting in Omni-Man's home for him to return, John Wick^note Was sitting at the bar when James Bond entered the lobby, and The Lich King^note Was sitting on his throne when Sauron approached him.
  • Season 10 combatants: The Chosen Undead^note Was about to light the first flame when the Last Dragonsborn entered to stop them from doing so, Rocket Raccoon^note Was repairing his spaceship when Stitch flew in, Alex Mercer^note Was standing in place consuming about to consume a survivor of a downed chopper when Cole came in and interrupted his meal with a bolt of electricity, Megatron^note Frieza arrived with his army to take over Cybertron whereas Megatron stood around and Makima^note Was watching a movie in the cinema when Gojo suddenly appeared beside her and began to annoy her.

When both fighters are entering the arena in where they'll fight, the first one who arrives loses.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: The Koopa, Zitz, Kratos, Starscream, and Doomguy.
  • Season 2 combatants: Tommy Oliver and the White Tigerzord (against Zechs Merquise and the Gundam Epyon), Majin Buu, and Lex Luthor (against Iron Man).
  • Season 4 combatants: Metal Sonic (against Maverick Hunter Zero) and Vergil.
  • Season 5 combatants: Crash Bandicoot, Daredevil, and Ultron.
  • Season 6 combatants: Every Mega Man Battle Royale participants barring Mega Man Volnutt^note Each participant who arrived in order die off in that order.
  • Season 9 combatants: Deku.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Akuma (against Shang Tsung), Justin Bieber, Princess Peach, and Spider-Man.
  • Season 2 combatants: Fox, Tails, Godzilla, Goliath, and Metal Gear!Raiden (against Wolverine).
  • Season 3 combatants: Dante and Tracer.
  • Season 5 combatants: Samurai Jack.
  • Season 9 combatants: Magneto.

In a Male vs. Female fight, the female wins.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Samus Aran (first match against Boba Fett) and Rainbow Dash.
  • Season 2 combatants: Toph Beifong and Samus Aran (rematch against Boba Fett).
  • Season 3 combatants: Carolina and Tracer.
  • Season 4 combatants: Lara Croft and Wonder Woman (against Thor Odinson).
  • Season 5 combatants: Lucy.
  • Season 6 combatants: Mechagodzilla's pilot Akane Yashiro and Tatsumaki.
  • Season 7 combatants: Esdeath.
  • Season 8 combatants: Star Butterfly.
  • Season 10 combatants: Misaka Mikoto.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Rebecca Black and Riptor^note Which barely counts, since at the time her official gender hadn't been revealed and Wiz and Boomstick used male pronouns when talking about her.
  • Season 3 combatants: Bayonetta and Erza Scarlet.
  • Season 4 combatants: Renamon^note Both Lucario's and Renamon's species can be male or female, but the Lucario and Renamon in the fight were respectively male and female.
  • Season 6 combatants: Captain Marvel (against Shazam).
  • Season 7 combatants: Sailor Galaxia.
  • Season 8 combatants: Ryūko Matoi.
  • Season 10 combatants: Makima.
  • A rather unique exception is Otacon killing Anna Grim.

Whenever a hero goes against a villain, the villain loses.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Boba Fett (first match against Samus Aran) and Starscream.
  • Season 2 combatants: The Terminator, Deathstroke, Majin Buu, Boba Fett (rematch against Samus Aran), Nightmare, and Lex Luthor (against Iron Man).
  • Season 4 combatants: Metal Sonic (against Zero) and Balrog.
  • Season 6 combatants: Widowmaker and Lobo.
  • Season 7 combatants: Sindel and Goro.
  • Season 10 combatants: Alex Mercer^note In this case, they used good-aligned Cole and Makima.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 3 combatants: Doomsday, who manages to kill The Hulk.
  • Season 7 combatants: Esdeath, who manages to kill Gray Fullbuster.
  • Season 8 combatants: Dio Brando, who manages to kill Alucard.

Between a Hero versus an anti-hero, or a villain versus an anti-villain, the more morally heroic character wins.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 5 combatants: The more heroic Ryu killing the more morally-gray Jin, the more heroic Samurai Jack killing the generally more sociopathic Afro Samurai, and Lucy^note a villain protagonist turned anti-hero killing the full-blown sociopath Carnage.
  • Season 6 combatants: The more heroic Aquaman killing the antiheroic and sometimes villainous Namor and the generally more heroic but sometimes antagonistic King Dedede killing the generally more villainous Wario.
  • Season 7 combatants: The antiheroic Beerus killing the straight-up villainous Sailor Galaxia and the lighter-gray Winter Soldier^note whose murders were committed under brainwashing and deals with the guilt surrounding his actions killing the darker-gray Red Hood^note whose murders were out of spite towards Batman's personal code and fought him on his own accord.
  • Season 8 combatants: Doctor Doom^note who believes in making the world better killing Lex Luthor^note who sought to rule humanity out of envy for the Man of Steel and in one future ended up influencing a cult of personality who turned the universe into an apocalyptic hellscape, Heihachi Mishima^note a more sympathetic antagonist whose evil comes from the sorrow of having to kill his wife in self defense, and trying to prevent that from ever happening again killing Geese Howard^note a shamelessly sadistic crime boss whose every motive is fueled by nothing more than greed and lust for power, Reverse-Flash^note He only wanted the approval of Barry Allen. All the evil things he did was an attempt to gain that approval killing Goku Black^note Zamasu wanted as much power as possible and at no point showed remorse, and Madara Uchiha^note who engineered a world war and trapped everyone in an life-draining illusion that would fulfill their greatest dreams in a misguided attempt to bring about world peace killing Sosuke Aizen^note who commited atrocities that turned his fellow Shinigami into Hollows and overthrew the Soul King for his own personal gain.
  • Season 9 combatants: Thor Odinson, a traditionally heroic character killing the antiheroic Vegeta, Omni-Man^note An alien who although was sent to Earth to help absorb it into the Viltrumite empire does end up genuinely love his family and eventually redeem himself and his people killing Homelander^note A self-centered bastard who cared for only his own reputation, and Jason Voorhees^note The victim of negligent camp counselors driven out of love and vengeance for his mother killing Michael Myers^note a sadistic killing machine with no regard for anything but murder.
  • Season 10 combatants: The more heroic Doctor killing the more anti-heroic Rick Sanchez, as well as Galactus^note who reluctantly consumes planets as part of a natural life cycle because his existence is required for the stability of the multiverse killing Unicron^note who devours worlds out of sheer malice, sadism, and hunger for destruction.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Godzilla^note who has been on both sides of the morality spectrum killing the heroic Gamera^note Though in Gamera, the first movie starring the turtle, he was your standard antagonistic kaiju and Scorpion^note who is a mostly neutral anti-hero that changes alignments in the games depending on what he's been told and where his personal goals land him killing the more traditionally heroic Ryu.
  • Season 4 combatants: The full-blown villain Shredder killing the morally-grey villain Silver Samurai and the full-blown villain Sephiroth killing the antiheroic Vergil.
  • Season 7 combatants: Broly^note An Anti-Villain who was classed as such due to going with his father's request on getting revenge against Vegeta killing the traditionally heroic Hulk.
  • Season 8 combatants: The monstrously evil Dio Brando killing the sinister but still firmly good Alucard and Shao Kahn^note an evil Multiversal Conqueror and a dirty fighter who will cheat when an opportunity presents itself killing Akuma^note a ruthless warrior with a code of honor who would keep his promises, as well as seeking to mold Ryu into his perfect opponent by having him embrace his Superpowered Evil Side.
  • Season 9 combatants: The full-blown conqueror Apocalypse killing the antiheroic Black Adam and the borderline satanic Sauron defeating the Fallen Hero Lich King.
  • Season 10 combatants: The monstrous Bill Cipher killing the anti-heroic Discord and the monstrous tyrant Frieza killing Megatron^note Megatron has a much more sympathetic backstory and did had a Heel–Face Turn.

Blonde characters tend to win^note One, obviously not counting fights where one blonde character fights another blonde character, and two, yellow hair and fur also count.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Samus Aran (first match against Boba Fett), Taokaka, Luke Skywalker, Peach Toadstool, and Thor Odinson (against Thunder God Raiden).
  • Season 2 combatants: He-Man, Robocop (Murphy was blonde), Tails (yellow fur), Zechs Merquise and the Gundam Epyon, Samus Aran (rematch against Boba Fett), and Yang.
  • Season 4 combatants: Venom (against Bane)^note Eddie Brock is typically depicted with blonde hair, Maverick Hunter Zero, and Naruto Uzumaki.
  • Season 5 combatants: Doctor Fate.
  • Season 6 combatants: Aquaman.
  • Season 7 combatants: Black Canary, Booster Gold, Spider-Gwen, and Sanji.
  • Season 8 combatants: Star Butterfly and Dio Brando.
  • Season 9 combatants: Thor Odinson (against Vegeta) and James Bond^note However, most Bonds have black hair.
  • Season 10 combatants: Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Captain America^note Typically depicted with blonde hair.
  • Season 4 combatants: Renamon (blonde fur) and Thor Odinson (against Wonder Woman).
  • Season 6 combatants: Captain Marvel (against Shazam), Edward Elric, and All Might.
  • Season 7 combatants: She-Ra, Sailor Galaxia, Starlight, and Venom (against Crona).
  • Season 8 combatants: Geese Howard and Iron Fist.
  • Season 9 combatants: Harley Quinn, Homelander, and Superfriends Aquaman.

The character with the superior defense wins^note Covers durability, Healing Factor, shields, and Hour of Power.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Spawn^note only the Blade of Olympus could even hurt him, he had a Healing Factor, and he can only be killed by decapitation, Vegeta (against Shadow)^note Vegeta could easily tank Super Shadow's blows, Master Chief^note had significantly better armor, regenerating energy shields, and the impenetrable bubble shield, Metal Sonic (in Eggman vs Wily)^note Super Sonic needed help to even damage his final form, Link (first match against Cloud Strife)^note his shield was indestructible, Spider-Man^note had superhuman durability compared to Batman being just a man, Blanka^note He's resistant to electric and steel attacks and physically stronger and therefore obviously sturdier than an electric mouse, and Superman (first match against Son Goku)^note he was hundreds of times more durable than Goku.
  • Season 2 combatants: He-Man^note His Power Sword is indestructible, Robocop^note he has been completely unphased by things that have obliterated Terminators, Tails^note survived a fall from space, has force fields, and can heal himself and further boost his defense, Blastoise^note had moves that could bolster his already high defensive stats, Fulgore^note his armor is better than Sektor's, Godzilla^note who has taken hits from a small black hole, a kaiju sized meteor and nuclear explosions, Zechs Merquise and Gundam Epyon^note the Gundams are made of Gundanium which is much stronger than any metal on earth, and especially the metal in the Thunderzord, Scorpion^note who is unable to be killed by physical attacks, Sol Badguy^note survived the soul-destroying Backyard and shook off wounds more easily than Ragna did, Guts (against Nightmare)^note without the Berserker Armor, has survived falling from the sky, being impaled, burned, rushed at supersonic speeds, and took 1000 supernatural punches (all except the last in the same fight), Goliath^note shrugged off anti-aircraft fire, Solid Snake^note survived for three minutes in the Outer Heaven microwave chamber and crawled to the other side all the while, Doctor Doom (against Darth Vader)^note his armor can take hits from the Infinity Gauntlet and has protections against a large variety of attacks, Superman (first rematch against Son Goku)^note No changes to either combatant's durability or other defensive means, Donkey Kong^note while both he and Knuckles could survive re-entry, only DK has survived an explosion strong enough to launch him into orbit in the first place, Yang^note Able to withstand falling from terminal velocity and a blow that knocked her through a solid 4-foot wide pillar of concrete, Astro Boy^note Was only partially melted but still functional after riding a missile strong enough to stop a solar flare into the sun, Hawkeye^note Wears chain mail whereas Green Arrow only has minimal armor, and Tai and Agumon^note Agumon, as Metal Greymon, had the powerful Chrome Digizoid and WarGreymon had the powerful Brave Shield.
  • Season 3 combatants: Dante^note his ability to survive all kinds of mortal wounds, Mewtwo^note compared to Shadow's base form, he had multiple barrier moves as well as a powerful healing move, Terry Bogard^note Caught an explosion to the back, had a car thrown at him, jumped up an elevator shaft as it was blowing up, blasted in the face by a wall of fire that smashed him into a concrete wall, and despite all of that happening one after the other, he still managed to keep going and blow up the factory he was fighting in with a single Power Geyser, Amy Rose^note has survived being crushed by a four-ton boulder, and Doomsday^note having an Adaptive Ability that allowed him to shrug off attacks from the likes of various powerful DC heroes and villains.
  • Season 4 combatants: Scrooge McDuck^note was dragged through a minefield none the worse for wear, Venom (against Bane)^note is both more durable than Bane and has a superior Healing Factor, Voltron^note could survive the planet-crushing gravitational forces of the Omega Comet while an upgraded Megazord couldn't even survive Serpentera, Maverick Hunter Zero^note survived crashing into Eurasia and blowing it up, the explosive force being around 100 trillion TNT tons, as strong as the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, compared to Metal Sonic's best durability coming around 200 kilotons of TNT, Lucario^note had defensive options as compared to the strictly Glass Cannon Renamon, Smokey Bear^note a bear is obviously sturdier than a human-sized bloodhound, and Naruto Uzumaki^note tanked an attack that blew a hole through the moon while in his base form, which is way more than Inchigo’s maximum output.
  • Season 5 combatants: Black Panther^note His Vibranium Panther Habit made many attacks nigh-useless, and Batman had nothing that could deal with it, Raven (against Twilight Sparkle)^note could survive a nuke that was far greater than what Twilight with the other princesses' powers could survive, Kenshiro^note survived a building collapsing on him and even tore through it by walking, no selled a tank shell and lava, and while Star Platinum was invulnerable to Kenshiro's attacks, Jotaro was not, Sora^note survived hits from an opponent who could throw creatures at a force of 24 megatonnes, Ryu (against Jin)^note survived the island-busting Akuma who could output 415 TNT tons, while Jin scaled to his father Kazuya could only take 100, Samurai Jack^note survived atmospheric re-entry with an impact force of 19 megatons while Afro could only withstand an explosive payload worth 72 tons, Optimus Prime^note survived a refinery explosion that left a gash in Cybertron and could be seen from space. Said gash is bigger than the explosion that made the hole on the ship in both continuity, Mario (rematch against Sonic)^note Surivived being at the epicenter of an explosion yield of 2400 kilotons of TNT, 12 times larger than the 200 kilotons of TNT from dropping the stalactite onto the city, Ultron^note had a Healing Factor and could tank blows from Mjolnir, which could deal 683 septillion tons of TNT, compared to Sigma scaling to The General, who could absorb the Final Weapon's laser which is calculated to be at 63 sextillion tons of TNT, and Darkseid^note his avatars alone can withstand Post-Crisis Superman firing on all cylinders and a bomb that could rip apart the fabric of existence, compared to Thanos who can survive at best galaxy-destruction events.
  • Season 6 combatants: MegaMan.EXE^note had a shield that could survive the destruction of the cyber world, a universal-level destruction, Shazam^note Could tank blows from Superman and was only dazed when hit by a Tesseract Bomb that warped space to teleport him inside out. Any other victims, including Superman, would have died from it. Carol could only scale to at best planetary explosion, King Dedede^note survived Queen Sectonia's planet-sized death explosion which far eclipsed the Shake King's, Green Lantern^note While Ben's Alien X form could survive universal destruction, Green Lantern Rings allowed users to survive multiversal-level events, Mitsuru Kirijo^note could heal herself, was immune to ice, and survived an explosion that would equal to around 22 tons of TNT, far outclassing anything Weiss or her summons have ever displayed, Captain Falcon^note survived point-blank rocket explosions and even fared better against Black Shadow than superpowered aliens like Zoda, while Johnny Cage's powers would only protect him from divine attacks, Ghost Rider^note While Lobo could regenerate from a single drop of blood, Ghost Rider could regenerate from nothing, and could only be truly killed by holy weapons, Mechagodzilla^note Mechagodzilla could survive being in the blast radius of its own Absolute Zero Cannon, which is far more powerful than anything the Dragonzord has ever dealt with, Dracula^note could survive getting hit by a meteor and had a powerful Healing Factor, and The Mask^note tanked an explosion worth 322 Teratons of TNT, and that's not even taking his Toon Physics into account.
  • Season 7 combatants: Static^note has regenerative abilities and magnetic shields, Jason Lee Scott (against Leonardo)^note survived an explosion in the Rangers' command center worth almost 550 tons of force, and Leonardo's katanas constantly break, War Machine^note his armor has survived being thrown through a mountain thousands of miles with enough force to cause an earthquake, as well as a nuke hitting it with over 2.61 megatons of TNT, Machamp^note is hundreds of thousands of times stronger and therefore sturdier than Goro, Booster Gold^note his force field could survive attacks over 100,000 times stronger than Cable's greatest telekinetic feat, and he has resisted psychic assaults on a similar scale to Cable's mind control, Danny Phantom^note has taken hits from the dragon ghost Dorathea, who was shown to have fire breath comparable to several hundred bombs with enough energy to part clouds, much more than the dragon blast Jake could unleash, Beerus^note his battle with Super Saiyan God Goku put him at the epicenter of shockwaves threatening to destroy Universe 7, which is several times larger than the observable real world universe, Wally West^note survived in the depths of a black hole and could both regenerate from being turned into gas, resist existence erasure, and remain intangible for a few days, way longer than Archie Sonic's super forms whose complete invulnerability maxed out at 1 hour, Winter Soldier^note his metal arm could shatter a knife on impact, while a stab would crack Red Hood's helmet, and while Red Hood's Venom could even the odds, it was temporary and paled compared to the Winter Soldier's Infinity Formula, Spider-Gwen^note she scales to Spider-Man who once survived being in the epicenter of a skyscraper-sized explosion no worse for wear while weaker explosions were too much to handle for Bruce or Barbara, and Broly^note can tank hits from Gogeta Blue, who's far more powerful than Broly himself at his strongest.
  • Season 8 combatants: Heihachi Mishima^note Survived being held down by several Jack-G robots and having them all detonate their power cores on top of him to blow up the temple he was in. Each Jack-G robot is stronger than the one that destroyed a meteor that needed 8 gigatons of TNT to destroy, Blake Belladonna^note has taken hits from giant Nevermore birds that could destroy bridges by slamming into them, Po^note his fighting style revolves around absorbing blows from faster, more skilled foes. Also, his ki, which could block a meteor worth 100 teratons of TNT upon impact, was much greater than Iron Fist’s maximum output, Star Butterfly^note as she has the magic potential to destroy an entire universe, and all her abilities stem from the same source of magic, her defenses should theoretically be of a similar level, Cloud Strife (rematch against Link)^note survived Sephiroth's Supernova as compared to Link surviving Majora's moon-busting capabilities, Iron Man (against Batman)^note With standard armors, Iron Man's able to tank attacks from Magneto, which is more impressive than Batman surviving the 60 tons of TNT explosion and was later calacutated to be as hard as being hit by the sun. As for their ultimate armors, while both the Godbuster and the Hell-bat have similar durabilities, Batman's has the issue of being powered by his own metabolism, which the Godbuster does not have to worry, Reverse-Flash^note Has a Healing Factor, can phase through objects, and has survived a hit from Barry Allen while he had the entire Speed Force absorbed into him, which essentially meant Thawne was hit by the entire DC multiverse with each universe being 1 billion times larger than our own universe and hence, 70 million times larger than the Dragon Ball universe, which was way more than the potential destruction equivalent that Goku Black survived at around 650 universes. This is not even considering Thawne being able to also survive the destruction of the DC multiverse from Barry Allen and Wally West racing each other. Lastly, Thawne's paradoxial nature was deemed to be much better than Goku Black's due to his not being tied to a removable object that Goku Black's Time Ring is, Kool-Aid Man^note can survive as long as there is Kool-Aid around him and can always create more, Shao Kahn (against Akuma)^note Has tanked hits from Blaze, who could destroy multiple planets at least, way more than anything Akuma has shown or scaled to, Storm^note She survived being struck by her own lightning, which was strong enough to match Polaris, who could punch through the Earth’s crust to the core, which would require 15 teratons of TNT, and Popeye^note survived being fully disintegrated only to recover good as new, and was unfazed by the complete obliteration of reality, and this is without Toon Physics taken into consideration.
  • Season 9 combatants: Jinx^note She survived being at the epicenter of her own rockets exploding, whose output was calculated to be at 20.27 kilotons of TNT, which is far greater than anything Harley could scale to, with her best durability feat being scaled to Batman's 60 tons of TNT, and having grown up in the toxic cesspit of Zaun, Jinx has a high tolerance for toxic gases, Zatanna^note While both she and Scarlet Witch were equal to each other offensively, Wanda has a mental weakness which Zatanna could exploit while not having one herself, Jonathan Joestar^note His Hamon's healing factor is noted to be much more potent and easier to use in mid-combat compared to Tanjiro's Total Concentrated Breathing, Thor Odinson (against Vegeta)^note While both have survived attacks that could destroy their universes and that both are larger than the real universe, the scaling of the attack Thor survived was around 2,400,000 universes, almost 10 times larger than Vegeta's maximum durability of around 260,000 universes, Omni-Man^note Has a healing factor and has taken hits that could destroy the moon twice over compared to Homelander's best durability being the Tsar Bomber exploding, Sun Wukong^note Has a healing factor and has a better durability against poison (while he was blinded by the scorpion demon’s toxins, Hercules almost died to the Hydra blood). Also, Sun had many levels of immortality whereas Hercules only has one, Boba Fett (against the Predator)^note His Beskar Armor is far more durable than a Predator's armor, even deflecting Lightsabers, Excalibur^note Scaling to Atlas punching the asteroid that killed the dinosaur, his armor can tank hits that are worth 46 gigatons of TNT, far more than anything Raiden could scale to, Apocalypse^note Had a powerful healing factor, SpongeBob SquarePants^note Had a powerful healing factor even without considering his Toon Physics, Jason Voorhees^note Had a better healing factor and could survived having half his body being blown up and decapitation whereas Micheal Myers had to use a body double to do the same, Sauron^note Could discard his physical body and recreate a new one, or fight as a spirit, and the One Ring is obviously a smaller and less obvious weakness than Frostmourne, Asta^note Deku cannot safely access his maximum power while Asta does not have to worry and is physically stronger, and Vegito^note Can last for 1 hour while Gogeta can only last 30 minutes, and while Gogeta's components had to limit their power to combine, Vegito's do not.
  • Season 10 combatants: Ant-Man^note Has survived being in the Overspace where everyone else had their mind be damaged and unlike the Atom, his resistance to external size changes is inherent unlike the Atom's resistance being tied to a hackable equipment, Stitch^note Is able to tank a black hole and survive attacks that can destroy the universe, compared to Rocket who never displayed survivability feats on that scale, even if the MCU was taken into account where Rocket survived a quarter of the power stone at 4 yottatons of TNT, Obito Uchiha^note His healing factor is not only superior to Darth Vader's being able to regenerate lost limbs, Obito also doesn't have to worry about his own body giving in on its own unlike Vader's suit, Raven (against Phoenix)^note Unlike Jean Grey, Raven has proven that she could survive her soul being destroyed. While the Phoenix can resurrect souls, it cannot do so if said soul was torn to shreds, Silver Surfer^note His regeneration is better than Martian Manhunter's, Bill Cipher^note While both he and Discord could regenerate from physical damage, only Bill could regenerate from spiritual damage, Cole MacGrath^note While Alex could regenerate from molecular destruction, Cole has survived destruction and heal on an atomic level, Frieza^note At his maximum, Black Frieza is shown to be superior to both Ultra Instinct Goku and Ultra Ego Vegeta, both whom are past the Super Saiyan God forms that let them survive the clash that would have caused destruction of Universe 7, which is 13 times larger than even the Transformers universe, Satoru Gojo^note His healing factor is inherent unlike Makima's and doesn't rely on other people. He also has a superior defensive barrier that shuts down most of Makima's physical attacks, the Doctor^note While both he and Rick Sanchez were deemed to be physically equal to each other, the TARDIS surviving the universe being destroyed was more impressive than the space crusier towing a solar system, Superman (second rematch against Son Goku)^note Superman has tanked hits from beings who can destroy the DC Universe, which is shown to be far bigger than even the larger calculated size of Universe 7, and Galactus^note Has a better healing factor than Unicron and survived trading blows who could destroy the Marvel multiverse which is shown to be bigger than the Transformer multiverse near instantly.
• Jossed cases because the superior defenses didn't earn them the win:
  • Season 1 combatants: Koopa^note Can survive being jumped on, but not falling into lava, Mario (first match against Sonic)^note While Mario has the superior defense (survived an explosion that engulfed an entire tennis stadium), he does not have the reflexes or mobility to prevent Sonic from wearing down his defense for the kill, and Starscream^note he has taken missiles and lasers, while Rainbow Dash clearly wasn't avoiding his bullets because they would tickle.
  • Season 2 combatants: Captain America^note He had a shield made of Vibranium, but Batman eventually stole it, Lex Luthor (against Iron Man)^note Lex's warsuit could resist Superman's punches but the hosts determined that eventually Superman could power through the suit, and Wolverine^note had a very powerful Healing Factor and a Made of Indestructium skeleton, but Raiden could cut through it and lop off his head to prevent the healing.
  • Season 3 combatants: Sweet Tooth^note he was physically stronger than the Joker, but that was useless against toxic gas and suffocation.
  • Season 4 combatants: Ace^note fought the Shichibukai Jinbei for five days straight and emerged victorious, but the source of his defense was nullified by Natsu's ability to eat fire, Glacius^note his armor was made of blue ice, but Sub-Zero can destroy titanium and therefore blue ice in one hit, Balrog^note both he and TJ survived a high drop, but Balrog's was about 100 feet higher, and Silver Samurai^note his armor was deemed stronger than regular Shredder's, but had exposed parts that Shredder could hit at, and Thor Odinson (against Wonder Woman)^note Thor survived a planet-busting explosive, but Wonder Woman has performed feats of far greater strength.
  • Season 5 combatants: Carnage^note he possessed a powerful Healing Factor that allowed him to regenerate from dismemberment and the Gene bomb, but the symbiote’s weakness to extreme heat and Lucy’s greater power could bypass it.
  • Season 7 combatants: Queen Maeve^note she was more durable than the rest of The Seven combined (barring Homelander), but Billy Butcher's Laser Shooting Baby proved to be thousands of times stronger than anything she could take, Venom (against Crona)^note Crona's sound waves were over a thousand times stronger than anything Venom ever survived and could overtax his healing factor, Sabrewulf^note he has taken meteors to the face that hit with force equal to over 1.6 kilotons of TNT, but Jon Talbain can dish out a lot more with his ki, and Rock Lee^note Eighth Gate Lee was far stronger and tougher than Sanji, but Sanji's superior speed allowed him to outlast Lee before Lee expired from the 8th Gate's fatal side-effect.
  • Season 8 combatants: Ryuko Matoi^note she was deemed far sturdier than Shadow and had a Healing Factor, but Shadow's superior speed and Chaos powers could overtax the healing, Lex Luthor (against Doctor Doom)^note The warsuit could scale to Larfleeze, who could fight on par with the entire Green Lantern Corp and whom one of its members, Kyle Rayner, could hold back the Big Bang, making the Warsuit comparatively tougher than Doctor Doom's suit but Doom's experience with other heavy hitters like the Hulk and Sentry meant he could eventually outlast Lex, and Alucard^note his Healing Factor was deemed superior to Dio's, but Dio could quickly burn out Alucard's healing and crush his heart.
  • Season 10 combatants: The Chosen Undead^note While the Chosen Undead's Resurrective Immortality was certainly a boon, better survivability was the Chosen Undead's only real advantage. The Chosen Undead's power wasn't anywhere near close to enough to do any meaningful damage to the Last Dragonborn, meaning the Chosen Undead was more often than not going to end up going Hollow by the end of the fight, which is treated as an equivalent to death.
• Jossed cases because durability was not the reason for the outcome:
  • Season 5 combatants: Crash VS Spyro.
  • Season 8 combatants: Madara VS Aizen.
• Borderline cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Deadpool VS Deathstroke^note Deadpool could regenerate from practically anything but had no armor; Deathstroke had armor partially composed of Nth Metal and Promethium but had a weaker Healing Factor that eventually got nullified, and Kirby VS Buu^note Kirby could tank a planet-sized explosion without a scratch but had no Healing Factor; Buu could quickly come back From a Single Cell but even ordinary bullets could visibly damage his body.
  • Season 4 combatants: Sephiroth VS Vergil^note Sephiroth had powerful healing magic limited only by his available energy pool (which was moot since his connection to the Lifestream gave him an unlimited pool) and the time to cast the spells and let them take effect; Vergil had a powerful and consistent Healing Factor, but it could be overtaxed with sufficient force.
  • Season 9 combatants: Magneto VS Tetsuo^note While Magneto can block attacks from Thor and the Phoenix Force, both which are multiversal powers, Tetsuo does have a better healing factor, James Bond VS John Wick^note While John had a better bulletproof suit, Bond's Austin had better defenses, and Trunks VS Silver^note Trunks' durability at his maximum is better with no time limit than Silver's at his base, who although has complete invulnerability had a time limit, Silver's superior speed meant he could wear down said durability. However, Silver could explicitly survive the rewriting of the multiverse in his super form whereas no one that Trunks could scale to could explicitly.

Any attempt to use self-destructive means to invoke a draw will fail.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: The Terminator using his fuel cells and Gamera's ejection suicide move.
  • Season 7 combatants: Genos overloading his reactor and Rock Lee opening the Eighth Gate.
  • Season 9 combatants: Vegeta (against Thor Odinson) using Final Explosion^note He died when he used this technique in the Buu Saga and the Predator activating his wrist-mounted nuclear device.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 6 combatants: Might Guy opening the Eighth Gate.

Despite rules stating all characters have any possible restraints against killing removed, the character who shows willingness to spare the opponent's life will win.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Rainbow Dash^note who was willing to spare Starscream despite Wiz specifically stating later that even without the rule she should have no restraint about destroying a machine anyway, and Superman (first match against Son Goku)^note who tried to stop his fight with Goku twice before it escalated out of control.
  • Season 2 combatants: He-Man^note who tried to walk away after giving Lion-O a serious beating, Hercule Satan^note who was only going for a knockout blow throughout the fight in contrast to Dan who gave in to the Satsui no Hadou, and Superman (rematch against Son Goku)^note Again, he tried to talk Goku out of the fight before he's forced to kill him to prevent it from exploding again.
  • Season 6 combatants: Green Lantern^note who gave Ben numerous chances to hand over the Omnitrix peacefully but kept getting turned down and Aang^note tried to spare Ed multiple times, even getting horrified when he thought he beheaded Ed.
  • Season 10 combatants: The Doctor^note Not only did he want to de-escalate the fight before it started, he primarily fought on the defensive, and was extremely hesitant on using the D-Mat gun on Rick, who ultimately used it against the Doctor but backfired on him.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Red and Charizard^note who, based on Red's reaction when Tai attacked him, was treating their fight like a friendly Pokémon battle.
  • Season 8 combatants: Steven Universe^note Initially wanted to resolve the conflict with Star on nonviolent terms by moving her further away from him.

When a fighter has a Super Mode and the other doesn't, the one with it tends to lose.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Son Goku (first match against Superman).
  • Season 2 combatants: M. Bison, The Tigerzord, Ryu (against Scorpion), Son Goku (rematch against Superman), Dan Hibiki, and Mega Man (first fight against Astro Boy).
  • Season 3 combatants: Jak, Sweet Tooth, Scout, and The Hulk (against Doomsday).
  • Season 4 combatants: Captain Marvel (against Android 18).
  • Season 5 combatants: Pit and Frank West.
  • Season 6 combatants: Captain Marvel (against Shazam), the Dragonzord, and Mob.
  • Season 7 combatants: Archie Sonic and Red Hood.
  • Season 8 combatants: Lex Luthor (against Doctor Doom), Link (rematch against Cloud Strife), Goku Black, Alucard, Akuma (against Shao Kahn), and Korra.
  • Season 9 combatants: Tetsuo and Metal Gear Solid's Raiden (against Excalibur).
  • Season 10 combatants: Martian Manhunter.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Fulgore, Iron Man (first match against Lex Luthor), and Yang.
  • Season 4 combatants: Natsu, TJ Combo, Shredder, and Smokey Bear.
  • Season 5 combatants: Kenshiro, Spyro the Dragon, and Doctor Fate.
  • Season 6 combatants: Aang, Ghost Rider, and Might Guy.
  • Season 7 combatants: Beerus.
  • Season 9 combatants: Sun Wukong, Apocalypse, and Sauron.
  • Season 10 combatants: Stitch, Obito Uchiha, Frieza, Scooby-Doo^note Neither he nor his opponent died, and The Doctor.
• Inverted cases:
  • Season 6 combatants: Mega Man Volnutt, who lacked a Super Mode compared to the other four Mega Men and was the first to die.

When both fighters have Super Modes or forms, the one who uses their strongest Super Mode first tends to lose.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Majin Buu^note Became Kid Buu before Kirby went Hypernova, Ragna^note Transformed into his multi-headed Black Beast before Sol transformed into his true Gear form, Nightmare^note Transformed into his blaze form before Guts activated his Berserker Armor, Wolverine^note Went into his Berserker mode before Raiden unleashed his Jack the Ripper mode, and Charizard (against Greymon)^note Transformed into Mega Charizard X before Greymon became WarGreymon.
  • Season 3 combatants: Shadow (against Mewtwo)^note Became Super Shadow before Mewtwo became Mega Mewtwo Y.
  • Season 4 combatants: Metal Sonic (against Zero)^note His strongest form that he became in the fight was Metal Overlord before Zero turned into his Absolute Zero form, Thor Odinson (against Wonder Woman)^note Went into Warrior's Madness before Wonder Woman unleashed her enhanced state, and Ichigo Kurosaki^note Was in his Final Getsuga Tensho form before Naruto unleashed his Tailed Beast Six Path Sage Mode.
  • Season 5 combatants: Twilight Sparkle^note Equipped her elemental crown before Raven unleashed her White Raven form, Jin Kazama^note Turned into Devil Jin before Ryu went into his Power of Nothingness form, Sonic (rematch against Mario)^note Became Hyper Sonic before Mario used the Starman, and Sigma^note Used his giant Sigma model before Ultron went into his Ultron-15 model.
  • Season 6 combatants: Mega Man (second battle in the Mega Man battle royale)^note Turned into Super Mega Man before MegaMan.EXE unleashed his Hub.bat form, Mega Man X^note Went into his Ultimate Armor before MegaMan.EXE unleashed his Hub.bat form, Geo Stellar^note Went into his Red Gaia Eraser form before MegaMan.EXE unleashed his Hub.bat form, and Sasuke^note Unleashed the full Susanoo before Hiel turned into his Jaganshi form.
  • Season 7 combatants: Hulk (against Broly)^note Turned into Worldbreaker Hulk before Broly unleashed his Legendary Super Saiyan form.
  • Season 8 combatants: Batman (against Iron Man)^note Used the Hellbat suit before Iron Man showed up in his Godbuster suit.
  • Season 9 combatants: Vegeta (against Thor Odinson)^note Went into Ultra Ego before Thor unleashed Warrior's Madness.
  • Season 10 combatants: Killua Zoldyck^note Unleashed his Godspeed form before Misaka summoned her giant iron kaiju, Phoenix^note Jean Grey unleashed her White Phoenix form before Raven turned into her White Raven form, Guts (against Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd)^note Equipped his Berserker Armor before Dimitri entered his awakened form, and Alex Mercer^note Went into his armored form before Cole went into his karma overload state.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Vegeta (against Shadow)^note Vegeta turned Super Saiyan before Shadow turned into Super Shadow and Sonic (first match against Mario)^note Turned into Super Sonic before Mairo used the Mega Mushroom on himself.
  • Season 3 combatants: Dante^note Turned into his Devil Trigger mode before Bayonetta unleashed the full Madama Butterfly.
  • Season 4 combatants: Sephiroth^note Sephiroth turned into his one-winged angel form before Vergil unleashed his Devil Trigger mode.
  • Season 5 combatants: Roshi^note Was in his Max Power Form before Jiraiya turned into his Sage Mode.
  • Season 6 combatants: Shazam^note Was already in his adult form long before the fight even began and Dracula^note Unleashed his monster form before Ganondorf unleashed his Ganon form.
  • Season 7 combatants: Sanji^note Equipped his Raid Suit before Rock Lee opened the Eighth Gate of Death.
  • Season 8 combatants: Shadow (against Ryūko Matoi)^note Turned into Super Shadow before Ryūko Matoi unleashed her Scissor Blade Alumni Mode, Star Butterfly^note Unleashed her Ultimate Magic Butterfly form before Steven unleashed his Pink State, and Madara Uchiha^note Unleashed his Ten-Tails Jinchūriki form before Aizen unleashed his Final Fusion form.
  • Season 9 combatants: Archie Silver^note Turned into Super Silver before Trunks unleashed his Super Saiyan God form, Asta^note Has fully fused with Liebe before Deku unleashed his full One-For-All power form, and Vegito^note Turned into Super Saiyan Blue first.
  • Season 10 combatants: Superman (second rematch against Son Goku)^note Became supercharged with solar energy before Goku unleashed his giant Ultra Instinct avatar mode.

A fighter that has something that allows them to foresee or sense their opponent's attacks in advance will win if their opponent doesn't.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Rogue's seventh sense, Luke's connection to the Force, and Spider-Man's Spider Sense.
  • Season 2 combatants: Gundam Epyon's ZERO System, Toph's ability to sense earth anywhere, and Iron Man's suit's prediction ability (against Lex Luthor).
  • Season 3 combatants: Mewtwo's mind-reading.
  • Season 4 combatants: Lucario's Aura sensing and Naruto's Six Paths Sage Mode's increased senses along with Kurama's emotion reading.
  • Season 5 combatants: Roshi's mind reading.
  • Season 6 combatants: Mitsuru through Artemisia's analytical clairvoyance and Aang's seismic sense.
  • Season 7 combatants: Obi-Wan's clairvoyance with the Force^note While Kakashi does have precognition via his Sharingan, it relies on muscle movement, which Obi-Wan superior reaction speed and movement negates, Beerus's Autonomous Ultra Instinct, Spider-Gwen's Spider Sense, and Sanji's Observation Haki.
  • Season 8 combatants: Storm's ability to sense weather manipulation.
  • Season 9 combatants: James Bond's X-ray vision.
  • Season 10 combatants: Cole MacGrath's Radar Sense.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Vader's precognition through the Force (against Doctor Doom).
  • Season 5 combatants: Amuro's Newtype abilities.
  • Season 8 combatants: Yoda's precognition through the Force.
  • Season 9 combatants: Superfriends Aquaman's telepathy.
  • Season 10 combatants: Vader's precognition through the Force (against Obito Uchiha).

When a fighter is still alive after losing a part of their body or more in the fight, they lose.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Raiden (Mortal Kombat)^note Had his lower half obliterated by Thor.
  • Season 2 combatants: Terminator^note Only had the top half of his skeleton structure left after Robocop blasted him, Venusaur^note Had his flower part ripped off by Charizard, Charizard (twice)^note In both the Pokemon Battle Royale and the Pokemon VS Digimon battle, Charizard had his wings ripped off by his opponents, Blastoise and Greymon respectively, Gamera^note Had his left hand bitten off, and Nightmare^note Had his left arm chopped off by Guts.
  • Season 4 combatants: Silver Samurai^note Had his left arm chopped off by the Shredder.
  • Season 6 combatants: Star Force Mega Man^note Had his left arm destroyed by the black hole exploding, Ben 10^note Had his left arm chopped off by a future Green Lantern, and Edward Elric^note Had his right arm ripped off by Aang.
  • Season 7 combatants: Sabrewulf^note Had his right arm ripped off by Jon Talbain.
  • Season 8 combatants: Goku Black^note Had his entire front half of his body shredded after being ran around the world a few times but his hair was still in Super Saiyan Rose meaning he was still alive.
  • Season 9 combatants: Homelander^note Had his lower jaw tore off followed by his heart ripped out by Omni-Man, Tetsuo Shima^note Had his right arm sliced off by Magneto, and Superfriends Aquaman^note Had his left arm erased by SpongeBob.
  • Season 10 combatants: Darth Vader (against Obito Uchiha)^note Had his left arm destroyed by one of Obito's Truth-seeking orbs.
  • Unique cases:
    • Season 5 combatants: Samurai Jack VS Afro Samurai — while Jack loses his left arm, Afro loses both, and unable to wield his weapon, the latter is killed shortly.
    • Season 7 combatants: Goro VS Machamp — while Machamp loses his bottom left arm, Goro loses all four, and is killed shortly after.
    • Season 10 combatants: Frieza VS Megatron — while both combatants have been sliced in half by each other's attack, Frieza has survived most of his body being destroyed and subsequently destroys Megatron alongside Cybertron.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Fox McCloud^note Had his legs blown off by Bucky O'Hare, Scorpion^note Was nothing but a walking skeleton by Ryu's Power of Nothingness empowered Shinku Hadouken, Raiden (Metal Gear)^note Had his left arm sliced off by Wolverine, and Astro Boy^note Mega Man's Final Mega Buster charged shot caused him to lose his head but he walked it off no problem.
  • Season 4 combatants: Sub-Zero^note Had his right hand meted away by Glacius.
  • Season 7 combatants: Esdeath^note Forced to throw her frozen right arm at Gray to kill him and Sanji^note Had his left leg disintegrated by Rock Lee.
  • Season 8 combatants: Blake^note Had her left arm sliced off by Mikasa.
  • Season 9 combatants: Boba Fett (against the Predator)^note Had his right arm sliced off by the Predator.
  • Season 10 combatants: Stitch^note Had a few of his extra limbs blown off by Rocket Raccoon.

Characters voiced by a professional voice actor win^note Barring matches where both characters have professional voice actors.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Iron Man, Solid Snake, and Agumon/Tai.
  • Season 5 combatants: Sora and Lucy.
  • Season 9 combatants: Archie Silver.
  • Season 10 combatants: The Doctor and Superman (against Son Goku).
• Partial cases^note Both combatants had "professional" voice actors:
  • Season 2 combatants: Tifa VS Yang.
  • Season 4 combatants: Smokey Bear VS McGruff.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 3 combatants: Bayonetta.
  • Season 4 combatants: Ichigo and Spider-Man 2099.
  • Season 5 combatants: Sigma.
  • Season 7 combatants: Prince Zuko.

The snarkier character wins.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Vegeta (against Shadow), Spider-Man, and Superman (first match against Son Goku).
  • Season 2 combatants: Deadpool (against Deathstroke), Iron Man (first match against Lex Luthor), and Superman (first rematch against Son Goku).
  • Season 3 combatants: Joker and Mewtwo.
  • Season 8 combatants: Iron Man (second match against Batman).
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Wolverine.
  • Season 3 combatants: Daxter (teamed with Jak).
  • Season 5 combatants: Sonic (rematch against Mario).
  • Season 9 combatants: Vegeta (against Thor Odinson).
• Partial cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Sonic (who may not count as Mario didn't speak).
  • Season 3 combatants: Dante (who was snarkier than Bayonetta but she was no slouch in that department).
  • Season 9 combatants: Sun Wukong (while Sun is a snarker from his trickster nature, Hercules is no slouch himself).

Characters who perform a Deliberate Injury Gambit tactic win.

This is often followed by a finishing blow on the opponent who has been caught off-guard.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Guts (against Nightmare)^note Lets himself get grazed by Nightmare, and later on leaping through a wall of flames.
  • Season 4 combatants: Lucario ^note Dashes straight through Renamon's Diamond Storm to catch her off-guard.
  • Season 6 combatants: Mechagodzilla ^note Pulls themselves down Dragonzord's spear to lock it in place.
  • Season 8 combatants: Iron Man (against Batman)^note Diverted power away to hack the Hellbat, which causes the Godbuster to lose a Beam-O-War and be destroyed.
  • Season 9 combatants: Jonathan Joestar^note Lets himself get stabbed by Tanjiro, but in a position that misses his lungs and leaving the latter's blade stuck.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 10 combatants: The Chosen Undead^note Pulls himself down the Dragonborn's sword to attempt to strangle him, but is shouted away.

Characters who are dead in their original canon lose.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Darth Vader (against Doctor Doom)^note Dies at the end of Return of the Jedi.
  • Season 4 combatants: Ace^note Dies in Looking for the Answer - Fire Fist Ace Dies on the Battlefield and Silver Samurai^note TBA.
  • Season 5 combatants: Sigma^note Dies for good at the climax of Mega Man X8 and then is completely destroyed before the events of Mega Man Zero and Jiraiya^note He dies after confronting the six paths of pain.
  • Season 7 combatants: Sailor Galaxia^note TBA.
  • Season 8 combatants: Yoda^note Dies at the start of Return of the Jedi, Senketsu^note TBA. While Ryūko is the main combatant, Senketsu does eventually end up dead at Shadow's hands alongside Ryūko, Goku Black^note He was wiped out alongside Future Zamasu when their fusion, Merged Zamasu, was destroyed by Future Zeno, and Randy Savage^note He already died before the episode aired.
  • Season 9 combatants: Tetsuo Shima^note Dies at the end of the Akira manga and Michael Myers^note Dies for good at the end of Halloween Ends.
• Played with cases (dead in sequel series but most of their information were obtained from series where they are alive):
  • Season 1 combatants: Dr. Wily^note He's long dead in the Mega Man X series but most of his feats are from the classic Mega Man timeline and Rainbow Dash^note She's long dead in the My Little Pony: A New Generation series but most of her feats are from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
  • Season 3 combatants: Pinkie Pie^note She's long dead in the My Little Pony: A New Generation series but most of her feats are from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
  • Season 4 combatants: Maverick Hunter Zero^note He dies at the end of the Mega Man Zero series but most of his feats are from the Mega Man X series.
  • Season 5 combatants: Twilight Sparkle^note She's long dead in the My Little Pony: A New Generation series but most of her feats are from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Jotaro Kujo^note TBA.
  • Season 6 combatants: Mega Man X^note He dies at the end of the Mega Man Zero series but most of his feats are from the Mega Man X series, MegaMan.EXE^note He's long dead at the start of the Mega Man Star Force series but most of his feats are from the Mega Man Battle Network series, and Aang^note He's dead in the Legend of Korra series but most of his feats are from the Avatar: The Last Airbender series.
• Played with cases (home series feature multiple timelines where they may or may not be dead):
  • Season 3 combatants: Ganondorf (against Bowser).
  • Season 4 combatants: Sephiroth.
  • Season 6 combatants: Ganondorf (against Dracula) and Dracula.
  • Season 8 combatants: Geese Howard.
  • Season 9 combatants: James Bond.
• Played with cases (both combatants die in their series):
  • Season 9 combatants: Omni-Man and Homelander.
  • Season 10 combatants: Darth Vader and Obito Uchiha, Cole MacGrath and Alex Mercer, and Satoru Gojo and Makima.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 5 combatants: Lucy^note TBA and Optimus Prime^note TBA.
  • Season 7 combatants: Esdeath^note TBA and Obi-Wan^note TBA.
  • Season 8 combatants: Heihachi^note TBA, Dio Brando^note TBA, and Madara Uchiha^note TBA.
  • Season 9 combatants: Jonathan Joestar^note TBA.
  • Season 10 combatants: Bill Cipher^note TBA. Discord even attempts to use his fourth-wall awareness of Bill's canonical death against him, but fails.

For battles when both characters have voice actors, if the character is voiced in a non-English language, they win.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 6 combatants: Akane Yashiro^note Was voiced in Japanese compared to Tommy Oliver's English voice.
  • Season 8 combatants: Heihachi Mishima^note Was voiced in Japanese compared to Geese Howard's English voice.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 7 combatants: Lopez^note Was in Red Team voiced in Spanish compared to Blue Team's English voices.

Characters who could get new feats in the foreseeable future (still alive, active, and part of an ongoing series) win against characters who are unlikely to get new feats (Killed Off for Real, retired, or part of a completed or stagnant series)

The reasoning is that if the loser could potentially gain new feats that change the outcome in the near future, they'd hold out on making the episode until then. In most of the exceptions, the loser is outclassed by a large margin, if not to the point of a Curb-Stomp Battle, making it extraordinarily unlikely that they ever would have received a feat that can close the gap^note Either the new feats for the loser wouldn't be enough to overturn the outcome or the victor would get new feats which would have been overkill.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Felicia VS Taokaka^note Darkstalkers hadn't had a new entry in over a decade when the episode came out, while BlazBlue went on to get two more mainline installments as well as various spin-offs and adaptations, Luke Skywalker VS Harry Potter^note Harry Potter and the Cursed Child had not been announced yet, but Star Wars was still an active franchise, Starscream VS Rainbow Dash^note Specifically uses Starscream's G1 incarnation, a generation that ended two decades ago, while Season 2 of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic was currently airing, Master Chief VS Doomguy^note Doom (2016) wasn't announced yet, while Halo was still an active franchise, and Link VS Cloud (2012)^note Final Fantasy VII Remake wasn't announced yet, while The Legend of Zelda was still getting new installments.
  • Season 2 combatants: Fox McCloud VS Bucky O'Hare^note Franchise Killer Star Fox Zero wasn't announced yet, but Bucky O'Hare hadn't been in any new works in nearly a decade and Yang VS Tifa^note Final Fantasy VII Remake had not been announced yet, and RWBY was still ongoing.
  • Season 3 combatants: The Meta VS Carolina^note The Meta is dead in Red vs. Blue and Amy Rose VS Ramona Flowers^note Sonic the Hedgehog is still an active franchise, while Scott Pilgrim had already concluded.
  • Season 4 combatants: Natsu VS Ace^note While both combatants' series were ongoing at the time, Ace had been Killed Off for Real.
  • Season 5 combatants: Sora VS Pit^note The battle was released while Kingdom Hearts III was still in development, which would have given Sora more feats, while Kid Icarus: Uprising, Pit's last mainline appearance, was six years ago at the time with no sign of any new Kid Icarus games being in the works, Ultron VS Sigma^note Sigma is dead by the time of Mega Man Zero, while Ultron was still an active threat, and Master Roshi VS Jiraiya^note Jiraiya had been Killed Off for Real in Naruto, while Roshi was still alive and part of an ongoing series.
  • Season 7 combatants: Zuko VS Todoroki^note My Hero Academia was still ongoing at the time, while Avatar: The Last Airbender had concluded years ago; the first Avatar Studios film hadn't yet been announced, Beerus VS Galaxia^note Sailor Galaxia died in her series, while Beerus is still alive, and Wally West VS Archie Sonic^note The episode specifically uses the Archie Comics version of Sonic, which had already ended, while Wally could still get new feats.
  • Season 8 combatants: Shadow VS Ryuko^note Shadow is from a still-ongoing franchise, while Kill la Kill had already concluded, Blake VS Mikasa^note Released when Attack on Titan had already concluded, and while RWBY was still ongoing, Macho Man VS Kool-Aid Man^note Randy Savage is dead in real life, while the Kool-Aid Man is still appearing in Kool-Aid commercials, and Korra VS Storm^note The Legend of Korra: Patterns in Time was announced shortly afterwards, but Storm was still known to be an active character in Marvel comics.
  • Season 9 combatants: Magneto VS Tetsuo^note AKIRA had long-since concluded and ends with Tetsuo dead, while Magneto is still an active Marvel character and SpongeBob VS Aquaman^note The episode specifically uses the Superfriends version of Aquaman, which ended long ago, while SpongeBob SquarePants was still an ongoing franchise.
  • Season 10 combatants: Satoru Gojo VS Makima^note While both characters have died in their respective series, Gojo's death happened just a few weeks before the episode's release, when the episode's research was already completed (as shown by how feats from his fight against Sukuna are relegated to a pop-up box in the corner of the screen), while Makima had been Killed Off for Real years before the episode's release.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Bomberman VS Dig Dug^note Taizo Hori's last mainline appearance was in 2005's Dig Dug: Digging Strike, compared to the still-active Bomberman series.
  • Season 2 combatants: Beast VS Goliath^note While Beast, the loser, is still an active member of the X-Men, Gargoyles had since concluded, with Dynamite Entertainment's comics not having been announced yet.
  • Season 5 combatants: Carnage VS Lucy^note Lucy, who dies at the end of Elfen Lied, beats Carnage, who's still one of Spider-Man's main enemies.
  • Season 6 combatants: Weiss VS Mitsuru^note Mitsuru, the winner, made her last canonical appearance in 2014's Persona 4: Arena Ultimax, while Weiss is from RWBY, which was still ongoing and Johnny Cage VS Captain Falcon^note While the Mortal Kombat series was still ongoing, Johnny Cage lost to Captain Falcon, whose series hadn't received a new mainline installment since 2004.
  • Season 7 combatants: Gray VS Esdeath^note Esdeath, the winner, is from a completed manga which ends with her dead, while Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest was still ongoing with Gray alive and Venom VS Crona^note Venom, who's still a major Marvel character, loses to Crona, who's from a completed manga.
  • Season 10 combatants: Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha^note While both characters have been Killed Off for Real, Vader lost despite still regularly appearing in prequels in which he can get more feats and Bill Cipher VS Discord^note The My Little Pony: A New Generation series reveals Discord's still alive, while Bill Cipher died for good at the end of Gravity Falls.

Any Marvel character whose Marvel Cinematic Universe counterpart died at some point survived their death battle, and those whose MCU counterpart did not die at all died in at least one of their Death Battles^note This does not include variants of the character outside of their main Earth-199999 version (or the equivalent for certain characters such as possibly Deadpool) such as variants introduced in Loki (2021) and What If…? (2021).

• Confirmed cases: (died in MCU at some point, survived all Death Battle episodes):
  • Season 1 combatants: Spider-Man^note Snapped away by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War.
  • Season 2 combatants: Iron Man (against Lex Luthor)^note Used the snap to kill Thanos and his forces, knowing it would kill him in Avengers: Endgame.
  • Season 5 combatants: Black Panther^note Was snapped away by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and then died offscreen in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Ultron^note Killed by Vison at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron.
  • Season 6 combatants: Black Widow^note Sacrificed herself to give Clint Barton the Soul Stone in Avengers: Endgame.
  • Season 7 combatants: Winter Soldier^note Was snapped by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War.
  • Season 10 combatants: Ant-Man^note He alongside his family were snapped away by Thanos in the stinger of Ant-Man and the Wasp.
• Confirmed cases (never died in MCU, died in at least one Death Battle):
  • Season 2 combatants: Captain America.
  • Season 3 combatants: The Hulk (against Doomsday).
  • Season 4 combatants: Captain Marvel (against Android 18) and Thor Odinson (against Wonder Woman).
  • Season 5 combatants: Daredevil.
  • Season 6 combatants: Namor and Captain Marvel (against Shazam).
  • Season 7 combatants: The Hulk (against Broly).
  • Season 8 combatants: Iron Fist.
  • Season 10 combatants: Rocket Raccoon^note Only Guardians member to survive the snap in Infinity War, and briefly flatlines in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 but is ultimately saved in time.
• Jossed (never died in either):
  • Season 2 combatants: Hawkeye.
  • Season 7 combatants: War Machine.
• Jossed (died in both MCU and Death Battle):
  • Season 3 combatants: Quicksilver^note Killed at the climax of Avengers: Age of Ultron.
  • Season 5 combatants: Dr. Strange^note Snapped away by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and Thanos^note Was either beheaded by Thor or snapped away by Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame.
  • Season 9 combatants: Scarlet Witch^note Snapped away by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War.

In fights between returning combatants who haven't met before, the one who appeared first loses.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 returning combatants: Akuma^note Lost to Shao Kahn, a Season 2 debuter, Leonardo^note Lost to Red Ranger, a Season 4 debuter, Vegeta^note Lost to Thor Odinson, another Season 1 debuter. In this case, Vegeta debuted in episode 12 whereas Thor Odinson debuted in episode 21, and Batman^note Lost to Iron Man, a Season 2 debuter.
  • Season 2 returning combatants: Lex Luthor^note Lost to Doctor Doom, another Season 2 debuter. In this case, Lex Luthor debuted in episode 46 whereas Doctor Doom debuted in episode 49.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 returning combatants: Wonder Woman^note Won against Thor Odinson, another Season 1 debuter. In this case, Wonder Woman debuted in episode 3 whereas Thor Odinson debuted in episode 21.

If at any point, one combatant attempts to outnumber their opponent and the opponent doesn't try to equal out the numbers^note Not counting situations like an instant substitution, the combatant loses.

This is because the hosts let the combatant summon a huge army as one of their skills, to drive home that even if they had the number advantage, they will still lose.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 3 combatants: Bayonetta^note Her tactic involves summoning demons, which Dante can easily wipe out and Ramona Flowers^note Attempted to outnumber Amy in her suitcase with her huge number of clones.
  • Season 5 combatants: Jiraiya^note Used the shadow clone techniques to confuse Roshi, then summoned Gamabunta to distract him.
  • Season 6 combatants: Lobo^note Regenerated into clones of himself after Ghost Rider splattered him.
  • Season 8 combatants: Yoda^note Created illusions with the Force, Link (rematch against Cloud Strife)^note Used the Four Swords to clone himself, Goku Black^note He used The Work of the Gods to summon a lot of shadow clones, compared to Reverse-Flash summoning just one time clone to kill him, and Alucard^note Unleashed his Level 0 army to kill Dio.
  • Season 9 combatants: Xeno Trunks^note Summoned GT Goku, Pan, and Oolong via his cards, Superfriends Aquaman^note Summoned all of the world's marine life to attack Spongebob and earlier also summoned electric eels to shock him, and the Lich King^note Summoned several wraiths to fight Sauron.
  • Season 10 combatants: Phoenix^note Summoned several clones of herself to beam blast Raven, Makima^note Unleashed her devil minions on Satoru Gojo and Rick Sanchez^note Had a Rick Army infiltrate the TARDIS.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 2 combatants: Strider Hiryu^note Summoned a barrage of Option B and Option C drones to rush Ryu Hayabusa and Segata Sanshiro^note An army of Segatas knocked Chuck Norris back and forth.
  • Season 3 combatants: Pinkie Pie^note An army of Pinkie Pies charged at Deadpool.
  • Season 4 combatants: Sub-Zero^note Used his Ice Clone technique to fool Glacius, Naruto^note attacked Ichigo with numerous shadow clones, and Sephiroth^note Used his illusion to duplicate himself to distract Vergil long enough to unleash Supernova.
  • Season 8 combatants: Iron Man (against Batman)^note He had his Iron Legion on hand, compared to Bruce going solo in the Hellbat.
  • Season 9 combatants: Sun Wukong^note Summoned a huge army of clones, James Bond^note Used his Aston Martin to gun down John Wick, and Apocalypse^note Sic his robot army on Black Adam.
  • Season 10 combatants: Ant-Man^note Had an army of ants overpower The Atom, and the Dragonborn^note Summons Odahviing with the Call Dragon shout.

If one of the combatants, whether they are a ruler or a patriot, says anything along the lines of "Get out of my country", that combatant loses.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 9 combatants: Homelander & Black Adam.

If one of the characters is shown in a humiliating scene in the bit before the fight begins they'll lose

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Starscream.
  • Season 9 combatants: Superfriends Aquaman.
  • Season 10 combatants: Megatron.

If a character using an unofficial/modified model or sprite fights a character who doesn't, they'll lose.

• Confirmed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Haggar, Justin Bieber, Rebecca Black, Dr. Eggman, Batman (against Spider-Man), and Pikachu.
  • Season 2 combatants: Ryu Hayabusa, Beast, and Darth Vader (against Doctor Doom).
  • Season 3 Combatants: Erza.
  • Season 4 combatants: Bane, Captain Marvel (against Android 18), and Metal Sonic (against Zero).
  • Season 5 combatants: Batman (against Black Panther) and Pit.
  • Season 6 combatants: Captain Marvel (against Shazam), Wario, and Sasuke.
  • Season 7 combatants: Sailor Galaxia, Sabrewulf, and Rock Lee.
  • Season 8 combatants: Ryuko Matoi, Lex Luthor (against Doctor Doom), Mikasa Ackerman, Batman (against Iron Man), Alucard, and Korra.
  • Season 9 combatants: Harley Quinn, Tetsuo, John Wick, and Black Adam.
  • Season 10 combatants: Killua.
• Jossed cases:
  • Season 1 combatants: Master Chief, Peach, and Thor Odinson (against Raiden).
  • Season 2 combatants: Ivy, Fox McCloud, Batman (against Captain America), Toph Beifong, Guts, Iron Man (against Lex Luthor), and Donkey Kong.
  • Season 4 combatants: Lucario and the Shredder.
  • Season 5 combatants: Ultron.
  • Season 6 combatants: Mitsuru Kirijo.
  • Season 7 combatants: Esdeath and Booster Gold.
  • Season 9 combatants: Thor Odinson (against Vegeta).
  • Season 10 combatants: Frieza.
• Played With Cases:
  • Season 6 Combatants: Ben 10^note His human model is from a bootleg game, the XLR 8, Four Arms, and Grey Matter sprites are from a game on Cartoon Network's website, and Alien X seems to be custom.
  • Season 8 combatants: Saitama^note His sprite is unofficial, but his 3D model is.