Web Animation / DEATH BATTLE!

"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEEEEEEE!"

Boomstick: He's Wiz, and I'm Boomstick!
Wizard: And, it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle!

DEATH BATTLE! is a web series hosted by Rooster Teeth (previously ScrewAttack until 2019), and presented by "Wizard" (Ben Singer) and "Boomstick" (Chad James). The point of the show is to take two similar characters from different universes and pit them against each other, analyzing their respective strengths and weaknesses to see who would win, similar to Deadliest Warrior.

The series began releasing in 2010. The first 18 episodes were featured exclusively on ScrewAttack's YouTube account, and starting with episode 19 the series was posted to the redesigned screwattack.com, and now, roosterteeth.com, with a subscription allowing viewers to see it before it premieres on YouTube. Episodes 20-29 were animated by Mr. Lange, aka Short Factor (Jordan Lange), with episodes 29-onwards were done by a wide variety of animators such as 3-D animator Torrian Crawford (though since Season 7 he occasionally animated 3-D episodes), sprite and hand-drawn animator Luis Cruz (currently the animation director for the show), a group of SFM animators (DevilArtemis, Daitomodachi, Doovad Hohdan), and a variety of others including some guests.

With the closure of Rooster Teeth in March of 2024, the fate of the series is up in the air, especially given both the nature of the series and the fact that, unlike properties like RWBY, Warner Bros. has not expressed interest in selling it. However, Singer and James are trying to find ways to keep the series alive.

There is a character sheet for the combatants and hosts, as well as a recap page that lists the episodes.

The official Twitter can be found here and the official Facebook can be found here. Have an idea for a matchup? You can suggest it here.

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Rules:

The Rules (unwritten and official) of a Death Battle are:

Rules

Click on the *'s for examples of the rules in action.

1. The warriors can only know of each other if they do know each other in canon in both official universes^*Leonardo strategizing in his match against his brothers^*Darkseid knowing that the Infinity Gauntlet doesn't work outside its own universe^*Billy Butcher having prior knowledge of The Seven's abilities and weapons designed to defeat them^*Courage knowing Computer cannot discern anything about Scooby-Doo. Otherwise, they cannot know each other's moves. Even if they do know of each other in canon, no one is allowed to prepare for the fight ^*Batman and Spider-Man had to use their default weapons instead of using weapons designed to exploit each other's weaknesses, like Spider-Man's weakness to pesticides^*Ganon's weakness to holy/light-based weaponry, which Bowser would have no way of knowing about.
2. A battle is to the Death, and the victor is the last combattant standing, regardless of who slayed the most combatants or whose matchups are otherwise favourable.^*It is noted that a large part of Venusaur's loss comes as a result of his quadrouple weakness against Charizard's typing, despite Blastoise being ultimately declared the winner of their Battle Royale.^note So far, only one episode have avoided this rule and its subrules: Deadpool vs. Pinkie Pie due to both of them using their knowledge of the fourth wall to decide they had better things to do.
   • B. In cases where death is impossible or a single death is not sufficient to put a combatant out of commission for good, they must be rendered unable to continue the fight in the relevant planes of battle for the opponent to be declared the victor.^*Starscream's spark is indestructible, but he is unable to meaningfully affect his opponent in this reduced state^*Gods and similar characters left with no working mortal avatar to continue fighting with^*Popeye possesses the ability to forcibly transform anyone into their constituent elements with a punch.
   • C. If a fighter ends up suffering Death of Personality, this will count as a loss for them even if their body is still intact.^*Mewtwo can render Shadow a Blank Slate with his psychic powers, and the host notes it's difficult to win a fight when your opponent can erase everything that makes you 'you' from your memory^*Ultron is more than capable of assimilating Sigma.^*The Chosen Undead will eventually hollow out after numerous resurrections against the Person of Mass Destruction that is the Dovahkiin
   • D. If a character possesses a means to come Back from the Dead - whether by means of Resurrective Immortality, Expendable Clone, Me's a Crowd, Paradox Person, or other abilities - this will be treated as an exceedingly powerful Healing Factor, necessitating their opponent(s) find ways to counter these abilities within the rules of the battle itself - but this only applies if their method of cheating death is expedient enough for the one with the ability to conceivably return to the fight after their death(s).^*The Chosen Undead will keep returning again and again until he hollows.^*Rick has access to both Project Phoenix which uploads his conciousness to a ready body at the time of death, and a gun which implants his DNA in others, causing a fully-cognizent clone to Chest Burster out of the one who was shot.^*Both Reverse Flash and Goku Black can die just fine, but because they are both protected from causality, that doesn't slow them down one bit. Otherwise, they may essentially lose the battle per point B of this rule since they are unable to continue the battle. ^*Discord is the Anthropomorphic Personification of Chaos and will always return as long as chaos exists, regardless of both his body and soul being destroyed, but there's nothing to suggest it would happen fast enough to keep fighting Bill Cipher in a timely manner.
   • E. If neither combatant possesses a means to kill their opponent(s) per this rule and its addendums, the battle can be declared a draw. ^*Chuck Norris vs. Segata Sanshiro ended in a draw because it was ruled that absolutely nothing could kill, let alone injure, either of the combatants. Given that these two are invokedmemetic badasses, neither of them will even tire - and thus the battle will continue forever ^*Scooby Doo vs. Courage the Cowardly Dog ended this way as both combatants had shown themselves to be capable of being completely disintegrated and return within seconds no worse for wear, and they both lacked means to strike at other aspects of their opponent - like, for instance, the soul. This meant that while they could utterly disintegrate each other time and again - per point D of this rule, they'd pop right back within seconds and thus continue the fight until one or both of them tired out - but even then, tiring out is not a death, and thus no victor is declared.
3. Pacifist warriors will not have their peaceful nature interrupt the fight, and both combatants will have any personality restraints from killing removed ^*such as Spider-Man and Batman fighting each other to the death when they would not do so otherwise. However, if their traditional arsenal uses nonlethal weapons, they cannot change it unless they can summon it at a moment's notice per rule 6-B, and will have to fight using this nonlethal arsenal. ^*The Doctor is usually unarmed but has the D-Mat stored in his TARDIS.
4. The warriors of the battle will be used at their prime.^*Harry Potter is depicted as he is at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when he learned all his skills, not while he was a young kid in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone where he only knew minor spells.^*Goku knowing Super Saiyan 4 and being 53 years old, which is his age in Dragon Ball GT, as Dragon Ball Super was not yet invented at the time.^*Twilight Sparkle is depicted as an Alicorn rather than the unicorn she was prior to the Season 3 finale of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
   • B. Career Ending Injuries and depowering are ignored for the battle^*Edward Elric gives up his alchemy at the end of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga^*Both Might Guy and All Might are, in canon proper, at a point in their lives where Dented Iron is in full effect. Might Guy is wheelchair bound after a Heroic RRoD nearly killed him, and All Might is at 1/60th of his prime power after an injury forced him to pass on his Superpower Quirk, yet both are treated as though in their prime for the analysis^*In canon, the Joker shot Barbara Gordon and paralyzed her from the waist down. She continued superheroics as Oracle, while her fight against Spider-Gwen treats the former as Batgirl in her prime^*Star Butterfly ultimately destroys all magic including her own^*Reverse-Flash's ultimate fate in his canon is losing his status as a Paradox Person and losing his memories to become the Nice Guy he used to be before his obsessions consumed him
   • C. "Future canon" will be avoided if it unbalances the fight, because while some characters will gain more power^* like Superman in the future in DC One Million, other characters will grow old and weak^*like Batman in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
5. All consistent and canon sources available during the time of the episode's release will be examined by the hosts, Non-canon sources will be allowed only insofar as they do not conflict with canon^*As stated with Goku. Expanded universes, like GT, are only allowed to be mentioned if they do not conflict with the original canon, like the Dragon Ball manga^*The old Star Wars Expanded Universe was accounted for Luke Skywalker because the Luke vs. Harry Potter fight was produced about three years before Disney declared the original EU to be Alternate Continuity, and it was still accounted for the new Samus vs. Boba Fett fight one year after said declaration because it was produced 10 months before the release of The Force Awakens, which completely overwrites the post-Return of the Jedi timeline in which Boba Fett got a greater number of appearances. Characters with multiple incarnations, such as Link, Spider-Man, Deadpool, and Godzilla, will be composites combining the best aspects of their various incarnations, unless said incarnation is drastically different from other incarnations. If a specific incarnation of a character is chosen, the canon used will most likely be the most popular depiction^*G1 Starscream, G4 Rainbow Dash, and post-Crisis Superman and Batman. The research will avoid biases.
   • B. If one warrior is allowed abilities from a non-canon source, the other warrior must be allowed to use their own non-canon sources as well.
   • C. Also, if a certain depiction of the warrior has them ridiculously overpowered or inconsistent^*Shao Khan turning into a hydra in the live-action films, or powers that would be difficult to examine logically^*pre-1986 Superman could destroy entire solar systems with a sneeze and could both "super-weave" and "super-shapeshift", then it will not be used.
   • D. Not every weapon owned by the warriors in every canon will be used. Instead, only the ones they are commonly using or their best or most iconic weapons^*Link and Cloud were equipped with their best armor and magic.^*Raiden used the Murasama he gained at the end of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance rather than the weaker HF Blade he used for most of the game will be used.
   • E. If a warrior originated from non-English language media, the English dub will not be used if it contradicts the original source in any way^*Goku's abilities used the Japanese canon, not the English dubs and mistranslations — which, for sake of example, slowed down his Instant Transmission from being literally instantaneous regardless of distance to "just" allowing him to move at the speed of light.
   • F. A piece of media that claims to be canon but clearly isn't will be avoided^*For instance, the 1998 Godzilla film is not used to measure Godzilla's abilities because, as was shown in Godzilla: Final Wars, the monster Zilla is clearly not Godzilla. Also alternate forms of media might be avoided if they are inconsistent with the main media series^*like Shao Khan's film depiction (where he can transform into a hydra).
   • G. Because the warriors are examined by their prime per rule 4, they cannot use abilities that they canonically lost in their past before reaching said prime^*ie how Shukaku was removed from Gaara or how Kratos, Spawn and Raiden gave up their divine immortality.
   • H. invokedClaims made by fans will only be considered canon if the official franchise or character from an official source recognizes it as such.
6. All sides of the Death Battle are expected to fight without the assistance of allies they might posses outside the context of the battle.^*Like how Pikachu wasn't allowed to have Ash command him.^*Hulk fights Doomsday on his own despite being part of the Avengers. The context of the battle itself may allow for outside support.^*Terry and Miguel both had access to their respective electronic support^*Wily and Eggman brought their armies to their fight.^*Rick Sanchez and The Doctor both start in their respective vehicles, the Space Cruiser and the TARDIS; both are considered sentient.
   • B. While fighters start out only with their standard kit, as defined by rule 5-D, if they possess a means to obtain, or summon, additional equipment at a moment's notice and without outside preparatory time or aid, then it is fair game for them to use it^*Harry Potter can call upon his Firebolt Flying Broomstick using a magic spell he knows^*Captain Falcon can call upon The Blue Falcon from anywhere, thanks to the reactor might under its hood^*James Bond is never far from his remote-controlled Aston Martin, opponents may interfere with this if they are capable of doing so^*It's mentioned that while Lobo could deduce Ghost Rider's weakness to holy weapons and was more than capable of speeding off to an intergalactic weapons shop for it, Ghost Rider could keep up with him if he tried, as his bike was faster.
   • C. The above also goes for summoning additional fighters to the battle, but these fighters must be directly at the control of the summoner and cannot act on their own accord.^*Batman can summon bats using his gadgets^*Zatana's magic can create simulacrums of her allies.^*Bayonetta summons Madame Butterfly for many of her most powerful attacks.^*Tony Stark is able to command more than one set of Iron-Man Power Armor at once.^*Alucard has millions of souls at his direct command.^*Steven Universe can create Watermelon Stevens on his own, but none of his possible fusees are allowed as they would all be outside help^*the Dragonzord combining with the Triceratops, Sabertooth Tiger, and Mastodon Zords to form its Fighting Mode.
   • D. Empathic Weapons and sentient suits of armor that are likewise part of a fighter's usual toolkit are likewise allowed^*Spawn's costume K7-Leetha^*Saba accompanying Tommy Oliver^*Mega Man using Rush's Super Adapter form^*Agent Carolina and the Meta having access to their AI fragments^*Venom and Carnage with their Symbiotes^*Naruto being the host of Kurama^*Jotaro having Star Platinum^*Crash Bandicoot with Aku Aku^*Geo Stelar with Omega-Xis^*Mitsuru with Artemisia^*Kiryu housing the spirit of the original Godzilla^*Billy Butcher's laser baby^*Crona with Ragnarok^*Ryuko Matoi with Senketsu^*DIO with The World^*Asta fusing with Liebe. In these situations, the ally cannot fight independently unless the nature of the battle calls for it per the main rule.
7. The terrain chosen for the fight will be neutral territory. This is not a flat location with no distractions, but rather a location both fighters have experience fighting in. This becomes important if a character's skills use it.^*Leonardo hiding in the shadows of New York.^*Chun-Li/Mai wall-jumping.^*Gaara/Toph using it as a primary means of combat.
   • B. If the fight can't take place in neutral territory because it would render one of the combatants unable to exists in a fight-capable form there, it won't be^*Darkseid cannot exist in his true form outside his own realm, and is thus relegated to fighting Thanos using one of his weaker avatars in Thanos's own universe.
   • C. If a fighter has the ability (usually via teleportation) to change the environment into one specifically favorable to them, they'll be able to do so normally^*Scorpion being able to teleport himself and Ryu to the Netherworld, which strengthens Scorpion while weakening those not native to the realm^*The Flash can drag Quicksilver into the Speed Force where the former's powers further increase^*Darkseid is more than capable of using his Boom Tubes to take Thanos to Fourth World where the Infinity Gauntlet does not work and Darkseid can exist in his true form^*Po can use the Wuxi Finger Hold to take both himself and Iron Fist into the Spirit Realm.
8. The winners are determined before the animation through quasi-scientific analysis of their abilities, and the character who is found to have the higher probability of defeating their opponent will win.
   • B The animation at the end of the episode is nothing more than a fun little dramatization showcasing the fighters' abilities and does not influence the verdict, nor is it necessarily an accurate representation of how the fight would go if the combatants actually met. Because the animation is inconsequential to the analysis, it is thus allowed to show events that break any of the above rules for the simple reason of Rule of Cool.

Episodes:

The fights so far, in order of airing. Please consult the Recap Pages for more in-depth analysis.

Season 1

1. "Boba Fett vs. Samus Aran (2010)" ^Result Samus wins.
2. "Akuma vs. Shang Tsung" ^Result Akuma wins.
3. "Rogue vs. Wonder Woman" ^Result Rogue wins.
4. "Goomba vs. Koopa" ^Result It's a draw.
5. "Mike Haggar vs. Zangief" ^Result Zangief wins.
6. "Leonardo vs. Donatello vs. Raphael vs. Michelangelo TMNT Battle Royale" ^Result Leonardo wins.
7. "Zitz vs. Leonardo" ^Result Leonardo wins.
8. "Yoshi vs. Riptor" ^Result Yoshi wins.
9. "Felicia vs. Taokaka" ^Result Taokaka wins.
10. "Kratos vs. Spawn" ^Result Spawn wins.
11. "White Bomberman vs. Taizo Hori" ^Result Taizo wins.
12. "Vegeta vs. Shadow the Hedgehog" ^Result Vegeta wins.
13. "Mario vs. Sonic the Hedgehog (2011)" ^Result Sonic wins.
14. "Justin Bieber vs. Rebecca Black" ^Result It's a draw.
15. "Luke Skywalker vs. Harry Potter" ^Result Luke wins.
16. "Chun-Li vs. Mai Shiranui" ^Result Mai wins.
17. "Starscream vs. Rainbow Dash" ^Result Rainbow Dash wins.
18. "Master Chief vs. Doomguy^note Despite the thumbnail on the episode showing the Doom Slayer, The episode released long before the Doom (2016) games in which the Doom Slayer debuted" ^Result Master Chief wins.
19. "Doctor Eggman ^note With Hyper Metal Sonic, Silver Sonic, Mecha Sonic, Mecha Knuckles, E101 Beta MKII, Egg Robo, Scratch and Grounder, Shadow Androids, and an assortment of lower-level robo-mooks for Infantry, including Motobugs, Caterkillers, Buzzbombers, Egg Pawns, and Swatbots. vs. Doctor Wily ^note With Bass and Treble, Metal Man, Guts Man, Pharaoh Man, Magnet Man, Slash Man, Sheep Man, Yellow Devil, and an assortment of lower-level robo-mooks for Infantry, including Bladers, Sniper Joes, Mettaurs, Hotheads and Paozos." ^Result Neither of them wins, as Wily, Eggman, and their respective forces are all wiped out by a rogue Hyper Metal Sonic.
20. "Princess Zelda vs. Princess Peach " ^Result Peach wins.
21. "Thor vs. Raiden" ^Result Thor wins.
22. "Link vs. Cloud Strife (2012)" ^Result Link wins.
23. "Batman vs. Spider-Man" ^Result Spider-Man wins.
24. "Ash's Pikachu vs. Blanka" ^Result Blanka wins.
25. "Goku vs. Superman (2013)" ^Result Superman wins.

Season 2

1. "He-Man vs. Lion-O" ^Result He-Man wins.
2. "Shao Kahn vs. M. Bison" ^Result Shao Kahn wins.
3. "Ryu Hayabusa vs. Strider Hiryu" ^Result Strider wins.
4. "Ivy Valentine vs. Black Orchid" ^Result Orchid wins.
5. "Fox McCloud vs. Bucky O'Hare" ^Result Fox wins.
6. "Terminator vs. RoboCop" ^Result RoboCop wins.
7. "Luigi vs. Tails" ^Result Tails wins.
8. "Venusaur vs. Charizard vs. Blastoise Pokémon Battle Royale" ^Result Blastoise wins.
9. "Fulgore vs. Sektor" ^Result Fulgore wins.
10. "Godzilla vs. Gamera" ^Result Godzilla wins.
11. "Batman vs. Captain America" ^Result Batman wins.
12. "White Tigerzord ^note Piloted by Tommy Oliver and Saba vs. Gundam Epyon ^note Piloted by Zechs Merquise" ^Result Zechs/Epyon wins.
13. "Ryu vs. Scorpion" ^Result Scorpion wins.
14. "Deadpool vs. Deathstroke" ^Result Deadpool wins.
15. "Kirby vs. Majin Buu" ^Result Kirby wins.
16. "Ragna the Bloodedge vs. Sol Badguy" ^Result Sol wins.
17. "Gaara vs. Toph Beifong" ^Result Toph wins.
18. "Boba Fett vs. Samus Aran REMASTERED" ^Result Samus still wins.
19. "Chuck Norris vs. Segata Sanshiro" ^Result It's a tie though ...there isn't really a result.
20. "Guts vs. Nightmare" ^Result Guts wins.
21. "Iron Man vs. Lex Luthor" ^Result Iron Man wins.
22. "Beast vs. Goliath" ^Result Goliath wins.
23. "Solid Snake vs. Sam Fisher" ^Result Snake wins.
24. "Darth Vader vs. Doctor Doom"^Result Doctor Doom wins.
25. "Goku vs. Superman 2" ^**This battle takes Dragon Ball Super and the New 52 reboot into account for the fighters' abilities.^Result Superman still wins.
26. "Donkey Kong vs. Knuckles the Echidna" ^Result Donkey Kong wins.
27. "Wolverine vs. Raiden" ^Result Raiden wins.
28. "Hercule Satan vs. Dan Hibiki" ^Result Hercule wins.
29. "Yang Xiao Long vs. Tifa Lockhart" ^Result Yang wins.
30. "Mega Man vs. Astro Boy" ^Result Astro Boy wins.
31. "Green Arrow vs. Hawkeye" ^Result Hawkeye wins.
32. "Red and Charizard vs. Tai and Agumon" (Titled as "Pokemon VS Digimon") ^Result Tai and Agumon win.

Season 3

1. "Dante vs. Bayonetta" ^Result Dante wins.
2. "Bowser vs. Ganon" ^Result Ganon wins.
3. "Ratchet & Clank vs. Jak and Daxter" ^Result Ratchet and Clank win.
4. "The Flash (Barry Allen) vs. Quicksilver" ^Result Barry wins.
5. "The Joker vs. Sweet Tooth (Needles Kane)" ^Result The Joker wins.
6. "Mewtwo vs. Shadow the Hedgehog" ^Result Mewtwo wins.
7. "The Meta vs. Agent Carolina" ^Result Agent Carolina wins.
8. "Cammy White vs. Sonya Blade" ^Result Sonya wins.
9. "Tracer vs. Scout" ^Result Tracer wins.
10. "Ken Masters vs. Terry Bogard" ^Result Terry wins.
11. "Amy Rose vs. Ramona Flowers" ^Result Amy wins.
12. "Hulk vs. Doomsday" ^Result Doomsday wins.
13. "Roronoa Zoro vs. Erza Scarlet" ^Result Zoro wins.
14. "Deadpool vs. Pinkie Pie" ^Result It's a no-contest.

Season 4

1. "Lara Croft vs. Nathan Drake" ^Result Lara wins.
2. "Scrooge McDuck vs. Shovel Knight" ^Result Scrooge wins.
3. "Venom (Eddie Brock) vs. Bane" ^Result Venom wins.
4. "Mighty Morphin' Megazord^note  Piloted by Jason Lee Scott, Billy Cranston, Trini Kwan, Kimberly Ann Hart, and Zack Taylor vs. Voltron^note  Piloted by Keith Kogane, Lance McClain, Hunk Garrett, Princess Allura, and Pidge Stoker" (Titled as "Power Rangers VS Voltron") ^Result Voltron wins.
5. "Natsu Dragneel vs. Portgas D. Ace" ^Result Natsu wins.
6. "Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang) vs. Glacius" ^Result Sub-Zero wins.
7. "Android 18 vs. Captain Marvel" ^Result Android 18 wins.
8. "Metal Sonic vs. Zero" ^Result Zero wins.
9. "Lucario vs. Renamon" ^Result Lucario wins.
10. "Balrog vs. TJ Combo" ^Result TJ wins.
11. "The Shredder vs. Silver Samurai" ^Result Shredder wins.
12. "Smokey Bear vs. McGruff the Crime Dog" ^Result Smokey wins.
13. "Thor vs. Wonder Woman" ^Result Wonder Woman wins.
14. "Naruto Uzumaki vs. Ichigo Kurosaki" ^Result Naruto wins.
15. "Batman Beyond vs. Spider-Man 2099" ^Result Batman Beyond wins.
16. "Sephiroth vs. Vergil" ^Result Sephiroth wins.

Season 5

1. "Black Panther vs. Batman" ^Result Black Panther wins.
2. "Raven vs. Twilight Sparkle" ^Result Raven wins.
3. "Jotaro Kujo vs. Kenshiro" ^Result Kenshiro wins.
4. "Crash Bandicoot vs. Spyro the Dragon" ^Result Spyro wins.
5. "Sora vs. Pit" ^Result Sora wins.
6. "Leon S. Kennedy vs. Frank West" ^Result Leon wins.
7. "Doctor Strange vs. Doctor Fate" ^Result Doctor Fate wins.
8. "Ryu vs. Jin Kazama" ^Result Ryu wins.
9. "Samurai Jack vs. Afro Samurai" ^Result Jack wins.
10. "Carnage vs. Lucy" ^Result Lucy wins.
11. "Optimus Prime vs. RX-78-2 Gundam^note  Piloted by Amuro Ray" ^Result Optimus wins.
12. "Nightwing vs. Daredevil" ^Result Nightwing wins.
13. "Mario vs. Sonic the Hedgehog (2018) ^**This battle only looks at the characters as they appear in their respective video games; all other continuities are ignored.^Result Mario wins this time.
14. "Ultron vs. Sigma" ^Result Ultron wins.
15. "Master Roshi vs. Jiraiya" ^Result Roshi wins.
16. "Thanos vs. Darkseid" ^Result Darkseid wins.

Season 6

1. "Aquaman vs. Namor" ^Result Aquaman wins.
2. "Mega Man Battle Royale ^{List of fighters}Rock "Mega Man" Light vs. Mega Man X vs. MegaMan Volnutt vs. Hub "MegaMan.EXE" Hikari vs. Geo "Star Force Mega Man" Stelar." ^Result MegaMan.EXE wins.
3. "Black Widow vs. Widowmaker" ^Result Black Widow wins.
4. "Captain Marvel vs. Shazam!" ^Result Shazam wins.
5. "Wario vs. King Dedede" ^Result King Dedede wins.
6. "Ben 10 vs. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)" ^Result Green Lantern wins.
7. "Weiss Schnee vs. Mitsuru Kirijo" ^Result Mitsuru wins.
8. "Johnny Cage vs. Captain Falcon" ^Result Captain Falcon wins.
9. "Aang vs. Edward Elric" ^Result Aang wins.
10. "Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) vs. Lobo" ^Result Ghost Rider wins.
11. "Dragonzord^note Piloted by Tommy Oliver. vs. Mechagodzilla (Kiryu)^note Piloted by Akane Yashiro." ^Result Mechagodzilla wins.
12. "Sasuke Uchiha vs. Hiei" ^Result Hiei wins.
13. "Ganondorf vs. Dracula" ^Result Dracula wins.
14. "Mob vs. Tatsumaki" ^Result Tatsumaki wins.
15. "Deadpool vs. The Mask"^Result The Mask wins.
16. "All Might vs. Might Guy"^Result Guy wins.

Season 7

1. "Miles Morales vs. Static" ^Result Static wins.
2. "Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance) vs. Sindel" ^Result Black Canary wins.
3. "Leonardo vs. Red Ranger (Jason Lee Scott)" ^Result Jason wins.
4. "Genos vs. War Machine" ^Result War Machine wins.
5. "Gray Fullbuster vs. Esdeath" ^Result Esdeath wins.
6. "Goro vs. Machamp" ^Result Machamp wins.
7. "Cable vs. Booster Gold" ^Result Booster Gold wins.
8. "Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Kakashi Hatake" ^Result Obi-Wan wins.
9. "Danny Phantom vs. Jake Long" ^Result Danny wins.
10. "She-Ra vs. Wonder Woman" ^Result Wonder Woman wins.
11. "Beerus vs. Sailor Galaxia" ^Result Beerus wins.
12. "Zuko vs. Shoto Todoroki" ^Result Todoroki wins.
13. "Wally West vs. Archie Sonic" ^Result Wally wins.
14. "Winter Soldier vs. Red Hood" ^Result Winter Soldier wins.
15. "Venom (Eddie Brock) vs. Crona" ^Result Crona wins.
16. "Sabrewulf vs. Jon Talbain" ^Result Jon Talbain wins.
17. "Red Team vs. Blue Team" ^Result Blue Team wins.
18. "Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) vs. Spider-Gwen" ^Result Spider-Gwen wins.
19. "Vinsmoke Sanji vs. Rock Lee" ^Result Sanji wins.
20. "Hulk vs. Broly" ^Result Broly wins.

Season 8

1. "Yoda vs. King Mickey" ^ResultKing Mickey wins.
2. "Shadow the Hedgehog vs. Ryūko Matoi" ^ResultShadow wins.
3. "Lex Luthor vs. Doctor Doom" ^ResultDoctor Doom wins.
4. "Heihachi Mishima vs. Geese Howard" ^ResultHeihachi wins.
5. "Blake Belladonna vs. Mikasa Ackerman" ^ResultBlake wins.
6. "Iron Fist vs. Po" ^ResultPo wins.
7. "Steven Universe vs. Star Butterfly" ^ResultStar wins.
8. "Link vs. Cloud Strife (2021)" ^Result Cloud wins this time.
9. "Batman vs. Iron Man" ^ResultIron Man wins.
10. "Goku Black vs. Reverse-Flash (Eobard Thawne)" ^ResultReverse-Flash wins.
11. "Macho Man vs. The Kool-Aid Man" ^ResultThe Kool-Aid Man wins.
12. "Dio Brando vs. Alucard" ^ResultDIO wins.
13. "Akuma vs. Shao Kahn" ^ResultShao Kahn wins.
14. "Korra vs. Storm" ^ResultStorm wins.
15. "Madara Uchiha vs. Sosuke Aizen" ^ResultMadara wins.
16. "Saitama vs. Popeye" ^ResultPopeye wins.

Season 9

1. "Harley Quinn vs. Jinx" ^ResultJinx wins.
2. "Scarlet Witch vs. Zatanna" ^ResultZatanna wins.
3. "Tanjiro Kamado vs. Jonathan Joestar" ^ResultJonathan wins.
4. "Thor vs. Vegeta" ^ResultThor wins.
5. "Omni-Man vs. Homelander" ^ResultOmni-Man wins.
6. "Magneto vs. Tetsuo Shima" ^ResultMagneto wins.
7. "Hercules vs. Sun Wukong" ^ResultSun Wukong wins.
8. "Boba Fett vs. Predator" ^ResultBoba Fett wins.
9. "James Bond vs. John Wick" ^ResultJames Bond wins.
10. "Black Adam vs. Apocalypse" ^ResultApocalypse wins.
11. “Trunks vs. Silver the Hedgehog” ^ResultSilver wins.
12. "Spongebob vs. Aquaman"^ResultSpongebob wins.
13. "Jason Voorhees vs. Michael Myers"^ResultJason wins.
14. "Sauron vs. The Lich King"^ResultSauron wins.
15. "Deku vs. Asta"^ResultAsta wins.
16. "Gogeta vs. Vegito"^ResultVegito wins.

Season 10

1. "Ant-Man (Hank Pym) vs. The Atom (Ray Palmer)"^ResultAnt-Man wins.
2. "Chosen Undead vs. Dragonborn" (Titled as "Skyrim VS Dark Souls")^ResultThe Dragonborn wins.
3. "Killua Zoldyck vs. Mikoto Misaka"^ResultMisaka wins.
4. "Stitch vs. Rocket Raccoon"^ResultStitch wins.
5. "Darth Vader vs. Obito Uchiha"^ResultObito wins.
6. "Phoenix vs. Raven"^ResultRaven wins.
7. "Guts vs. Dimitri"^ResultDimitri wins.
8. "Martian Manhunter vs. Silver Surfer" ^ResultSilver Surfer wins.
9. "Bill Cipher vs. Discord" ^ResultBill Cipher wins, but it's a Meaningless Villain Victory.^**Winning match-up of the 2022 "DEATH BATTLE! 2D Champion's Poll."
10. "Cole MacGrath vs. Alex Mercer"^ResultCole wins.^**Winning match-up of the 2022 "DEATH BATTLE! 3D Champion's Poll."
11. "Frieza vs. Megatron"^ResultFrieza wins.
12. "Satoru Gojo vs. Makima"^ResultGojo wins.
13. "Scooby-Doo vs. Courage the Cowardly Dog"^ResultIt's a draw, though Eustace dies.
14. "Rick Sanchez vs. The Doctor"^ResultThe Doctor wins.
15. "Goku vs. Superman (2023)" ^**This battle takes all possible canon versions of the characters into account, including Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Heroes for Goku, and the Silver Age comics and various DC reboots for Superman.^Result Superman still wins.
16. "Galactus vs. Unicron"^ResultGalactus wins.

Season 11

• "Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat"^**Winning match-up of the 2023 Death Battle Tournament of Champions.

Bonus episodes

1. "Death Battle vs. The World" ^ResultThe Death Battle T-shirt wins against every other T-shirt in the world. This is mainly just a joke. And also to sell t-shirts. Aired between Episodes 13 and 14 of Season 1.
2. "Vegeta vs. Mewtwo" ^ResultThe Internet wins. The video itself was done as a playful Take That! to the YouTube channel Silvermania, who recruited 30 other YouTubers to help create a 30-minute Death Battle parody. As such, Vegeta and Mewtwo quickly teamed up to destroy Silvermania and then go for beers together afterward. Aired between Episodes 7 & 8 of Season 2.
3. "ScrewAttack Steam Sale vs. Your Wallet" ^Result The Steam Sale wins. It was released to shamelessly promote The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures, The Angry Video Game Nerd IIAS Similation and Disorder being on sale the weekend of August 5th, 2016, between Episodes 7 & 8 of Season 3.
4. "The Seven Battle Royale"^{List of fighters}Queen Maeve vs. The Deep vs. Starlight vs. A-Train vs. Billy Butcher, with Homelander as guest referee" ^ResultButcher wins. Aired between Episodes 13 & 14 of Season 7.
5. "Excalibur vs. Raiden"^ResultExcalibur wins. Aired between Episodes 8 & 9 of Season 9.

Spin-offs:

The show has several spin-offs. The first one was 1 Minute Melee, envisioned as just the fight animations with no research (thus the winner decided purely through Author Appeal). Due to "undisclosed mismanagement", One Minute Melee has split off to its own publisher (Hyun's Dojo); as such Screwattack revived the concept under the title DBX (short for "Death Battle Exhibitions"), which aired a pilot alongside Death Battle's season 3 premiere. The Desk of Death Battle, on the other hand, doesn't involve two characters engaged in battle, but covers bits of trivia about characters discovered by the Death Battle researchers that wasn't presented in their episode.

In Season 4 of DBX, the spinoff was revamped. It introduced Ringmaster, who would host the fights by announcing the fighters and providing quick info on them. The fights themselves were each given two different endings that had each fighter victorious. The week before each fight, the viewers can vote on which fighter they would like to win. The fighter who has the highest percentage of votes has their ending released on Rooster Teeth and YouTube. The fighter with the least votes has their ending exclusive to Rooster Teeth.

DBX Season 1

1. "Trish vs. Jeanne" ^Result Jeanne wins.
2. "Jango Fett vs. Master Chief" ^Result Master Chief wins.
3. "Ronald McDonald vs. Colonel Sanders" ^Result Colonel Sanders wins.
4. "Amy Rose vs. King Dedede" ^Result King Dedede wins. Then Kirby wins.
5. "Saitama vs. Kenshiro" ^Result It's a draw.
6. "Sakura Haruno vs. Rin Tohsaka" ^Result Sakura wins.
7. "Trunks vs. Silver the Hedgehog" ^Result Trunks wins.
8. "Ryu vs. Lucario" ^Result Ryu wins.
9. "Sasuke Uchiha vs. Hiei" ^Result Both die, and a rabbit gets the Hello Kitty doll they were both after.
10. "Bruce Lee vs. The World^CharactersFei Long, Liu Kang, Rock Lee, Marshall Law, and Hitmonlee" ^Result Bruce Lee wins.
11. "Spider-Man vs. Mikasa Ackerman" ^Result Mikasa wins.
12. "Jotaro Kujo vs. Yu Narukami" ^Result Jotaro wins.
13. "Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton" ^ResultBoth die. Afterward, Captain America calls out the public on picking the worst possible candidates, and a talking Bald Eagle declares Captain America as president for life. ^note So, America wins?
14. "Terry Bogard vs. Jon Talbain" ^Result Jon (and Felicia) wins.
15. "Spawn vs. Alucard" ^Result Spawn wins.
16. "Predator vs. Prophet" ^Result Prophet wins.

DBX Season 2

1. "Iron Man vs. Mega Man X" ^Result X wins.
2. "Kenshin Himura vs. Roronoa Zoro" ^Result Zoro wins.
3. "Greninja vs. Espio the Chameleon" ^Result Greninja wins.
4. "Link vs. Meta Knight" ^Result Meta Knight wins.
5. "Genji Shimada vs. Raiden" ^Result Raiden wins.
6. "Guile vs. Paul Phoenix" ^Result Paul wins. Sadly, his hair does not survive.
7. "Raphael vs. Wolverine" ^Result Wolverine wins.
8. "Broly vs. Doomsday" ^Result Doomsday wins.
9. "Aigis vs. Noel Vermillion" ^Result Noel wins.
10. "Cloud Strife vs. Guts" ^Result Cloud wins.
11. "Sasuke Uchiha vs. Killua Zoldyck" ^Result Killua wins.
12. "Mega Man vs. Bomberman" ^Result Mega Man wins.
13. "Mario vs. Luigi" ^Result Bowser wins. Don't mess with Junior's birthday, boys!
14. "Zero vs. Strider Hiryu" ^Result Zero wins.
15. "Iron Fist vs. Akuma" ^Result Akuma wins.
16. "Ken Masters vs. Blaziken" ^Result Blaziken wins.
17. "Samus Aran vs. Master Chief" ^Result Samus wins.
18. "Wii Fit Trainer vs. Dhalsim" ^Result Dhalsim wins.
19. "Magneto vs. Darth Vader" ^Result Darth Vader wins.
20. "Vegeta vs. General Zod" ^Result Vegeta and Trunks win.
21. "Demitri Maximoff vs. Alucard" ^ResultAlucard wins.
22. "Noctis Lucis Caelum vs. 2B" ^ResultNoctis wins.
23. "Kratos vs. Dante" ^ResultDante wins.
24. "Captain Falcon vs. Viewtiful Joe" ^ResultIt's a draw.
25. "Goku Black vs. Black Adam" ^ResultGoku Black wins.

DBX Season 3

1. "Gambit vs. Taskmaster" ^ResultTaskmaster wins.
2. "Lara Croft vs. Jill Valentine" ^ResultJill wins.
3. "Krillin vs. Tien Shinhan vs. Yamcha" ^ResultKrillin wins.
4. "Chun-Li vs. Tifa Lockhart" ^ResultChun-Li wins.
5. "Thor vs. 100 Pikachu" ^ResultThor never got hit even once.
6. "The Incredible Hulk vs. Juggernaut" ^ResultHulk wins.
7. "Blade vs. Hellboy" ^ResultHellboy wins.
8. "Monkey D. Luffy vs. Mr. Fantastic" ^ResultLuffy wins.
9. "Daredevil vs. Kenshi Takahashi" ^ResultKenshi wins.
10. "Harley Quinn vs. Domino" ^Result Harley wins.
11. "Akame vs. Killua Zoldyck" ^ResultKillua wins.
12. "Yoshi vs. Pac-Man" ^Result Pac-Man wins.
13. "Natsu Dragneel vs. Iceman" ^Result Iceman wins.
14. "Sakura Haruno vs. Amy Rose" ^ResultSakura wins.
15. "Juri Han vs. Mileena" ^ResultMileena wins, though Juri wins in the alternate ending.
16. "Vergil vs. Hakumen" ^ResultHakumen wins.
17. "Chie Satonaka vs. Karin Kanzuki" ^ResultChie wins, though Karin wins in the alternate ending.
18. "Burning Gundam vs. Thunder Megazord" ^ResultBurning Gundam wins.
19. "Batman vs. Scorpion" ^ResultScorpion wins.
20. "Sasuke Uchiha vs. Ichigo Kurosaki" ^ResultSasuke wins.
21. "Wolverine vs. 100 Baraka" ^ResultWolverine slaughtered them all while taking minimal hits.
22. "Alucard vs. DIO" ^Result Alucard wins.
23. "Catwoman vs. Black Cat" ^ResultBlack Cat wins, though Catwoman wins in the alternate ending.
24. "Ruby Rose vs Ragna the Bloodedge" ^ResultRuby wins.
25. "Ryu vs Liu Kang" ^ResultRyu wins.
26. "Bendy vs Cuphead" ^ResultBendy wins.

DBX Season 4

1. "Gohan vs. Superboy" ^ResultGohan wins 57% to 43%.
2. "D.Va vs. Tron Bonne" ^ResultD.Va wins 58% to 42%.
3. "Metal Sonic vs. Mega Man" ^ResultMega Man wins 57% to 43%.
4. "Boa Hancock vs. Rider Medusa" ^ResultMedusa wins 50.2% to 49.8%.
5. "Venom vs. Spawn" ^ResultSpawn wins 61% to 39%.
6. "Link vs. Trunks" ^ResultTrunks wins 57% to 43%.
7. "Ezio Auditore vs. The Prince of Persia" ^ResultEzio wins 70% to 30%.
8. "Blake Belladonna vs. Inuyasha" ^ResultInuyasha wins 51.6% to 48.4%.
9. "Frieza vs. Mewtwo" ^ResultFrieza wins 52% to 48%.
10. "Batman vs. Iron Man" ^ResultIron Man wins 61% to 39%.

DBX Season 5

1. "Thor vs. Vegeta" ^ResultThor wins 52% to 48%.
2. "Mulan vs. Lucina" ^ResultLucina wins 66% to 34%.
3. "Shantae vs. Shovel Knight" ^ResultShovel Knight wins 52% to 48%.
4. "Lucario^*with Butterfree vs. Blaziken^*with Weavile and Nidoking" ^ResultLucario wins 57% to 43%.
5. "Kid Goku vs. Gon Freecss" ^ResultGoku wins 65% to 35%.
6. "Ben Tennyson vs. Danny Phantom" ^ResultBen wins 68% to 32%.
7. "Trafalgar Law vs. Himura Kenshin" ^ResultLaw wins 52% to 48%.
8. "Yang Xiao Long vs. Katsuki Bakugo" ^ResultBakugo wins 50.1% to 49.9%.
9. "X-Wing vs. Arwing" ^ResultArwing wins 54% to 46%.
10. "Superman vs. Saitama" ^ResultSaitama wins 69% to 31%.

DBX Season 6

1. “Gogeta vs. Vegito” ^ResultGogeta wins 53% to 47%.
2. "Ness vs Sans" ^ResultSans wins 66% to 34%.
3. "Naruto Uzumaki vs. Ryu Hayabusa" ^ResultNaruto wins 62% to 38%.
4. "Apocalypse vs. Black Adam" ^ResultBlack Adam wins 53% to 47%.
5. "Donald Duck vs. Daffy Duck" ^ResultDaffy wins 51% to 49%, though Bugs Bunny steals the win from Daffy.
6. "Roy Mustang vs. Prince Zuko" ^ResultZuko wins 61% to 39%.
7. "Sailor Mercury vs. The Blue Ranger" ^ResultThe Blue Ranger wins 52% to 48%.
8. "Emperor Palpatine vs. Master Xehanort" ^ResultPalpatine wins 66% to 34%.
9. "Goomba vs. Koopa - Round 2" ^ResultKoopa wins 60% to 40%

There's also another spin-off, Death Race^*Not to Be Confused with the film series Death Race, that started during the break between episodes 10 and 11 of Season 7. Animated by Devil Artemis, the show is similar to DBX, where the racers try to get to the finish line by any means necessary. The rundown is done by DBX's Ringmaster, with commentary from Wiz and Boomstick.

Death Race Season 1

1. Batmobile Battle! ^{List of Racers}Burton Batmobile vs. The Tumbler vs. Arkham Batmobile vs. 1966 Adam West Batmobile ^ResultThe Tumbler places 4th, the Arkham Batmobile places 3rd, the Burton Batmobile places 2nd, and the Adam West Batmobile technically wins due to being thrown across the line first after being blown up by the Burton Batmobile.
2. Optimus Prime VS Thomas the Tank Engine? ^{List of Racers}Optimus Prime vs. The Flying Ford Anglia vs. Thomas & Friends vs. Lightning McQueen ^ResultThe Flying Ford Anglia places 3rd, Thomas and Lightning tie for 2nd, and Optimus Prime wins but commits suicide out of believing he only won due to sheer luck and brutality, which he saw as cheating in his code of honor.
3. BATTLE CARS! ^{List of Racers}KITT vs. James Bond's Aston Martin vs. Spy Hunter vs. the Warthog. ^ResultKitt places 4th. Spy Hunter places 3rd, James Bond is second, and the Warthog wins.
4. Sonic vs. Mario vs. Star Wars vs. Initial D ^{List of Racers}A 74-Z Speeder Bike vs. the Toyota AE86 vs. the DeLorean vs. Mario's Standard Kart vs. Sonic's Speed Star vs. The Blue Falcon, delivering pizza ^Result The DeLorean finishes first, but since the pizza was ruined, it's disqualified. After that, the 74-Z Speeder Bike is fifth, the Blue Falcon is fourth, Mario is third, Sonic is second. The AE86 was next to finish, so it wins.

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Death Battle provides examples of:

• Tropes A to C
• Tropes D to M
• Tropes N to Z

Tropes with their own pages:

• Bond One-Liner
• Cruel and Unusual Death
• Curb-Stomp Battle
• Excuse Plot
• Mythology Gag
• No Body Left Behind
• Pre-Mortem One-Liner

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