History Characters / DeathBattleSeasonTwoPart3

* StrongAndSkilled: While normal [[WeakButSkilled weak but skilled]], he gets bumped up to this when facing the physically weaker Dan.

* BadassOnPaper: He may be a FakeUltimateHero, but the hosts point out that he had won at least one World Martial Arts tournament legitimately and literally saved the world once. They also point out at the end that he's the only character in Dragon Ball history to have fought both [[OmnicidalManiac Cell and Majin Buu and not die]].

* IronButtmonkey: Hercule's only superhuman trait appears to be his durability; surviving being thrown into a mountain, jumping off a cliff and being the only character to survive both Cell and Buu. However, normally Hercule just gets curbstomped like a bitch.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Hercule is one of the weakest DBZ characters EVER who is a martial artist. He doesn't know any ki abilities and has probably no superhuman traits. Yet Hercule is actually a very skilled and powerful martial artist, it's just that normal people have NO hope in hell to fight an average DBZ character; even the weakest of whom can fly at hypersonic speed, lift several tons and launch ki blasts capable of mimicking nuclear explosions or even destroying planets. This ends up being the biggest factor in Hercule's victory as while both Hercule and Dan are pathetic, Hercule is only that way due to being heavily overshadowed in power by even the weakest of the Z Fighters, whereas Dan is pathetic even when against opponents much closer in power to him in comparison.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: Several times throughout the fight, the announcer will remark on his ''obvious'' plans and Hercule will go along with that.

* ArcherArchetype: The bow-slinging hero of Marvel Comics. True to the personality stereotype, he's cool, collected, though diverges slightly from it in being a bit [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]].

** He combines the Charizard of the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' original series and ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' with the one from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', meaning he will now have access to feats he's done as Red's/Ash's Pokémon as well as other trainer benefits such as Mega Evolutions. His pre-evolutions Charmander and Charmeleon will also be analyzed.
** Similarly his [[AssistCharacter Pokémon Trainer]] will be an amalgam of Red from the video games and ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'', but seems to not have anything from Ash Ketchum from [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} the first anime series]]. Which is actually a shame, Ash actually ''has'' been known to jump into a fight if he needs to, while Red has only ever relied on his Pokémon, leaving him completely helpless when Tai delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to him. However, it's also said that Tai is more of a true friend to Agumon than he's to Charizard. Meaning if he tried to fight back, Agumon will quickly attack him.

* StealthPun: When Red is obliterated by [=WarGreymon's=] Terra Force, all that's left behind is [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} ash.]]

'''NOTE:''' For information on ''both'' Goku ''and'' Superman that only applies to their first battle, see the Season 1 characters page.

!![[Franchise/DragonBall Son Goku (Kakarot)]]
--->'''Beerus''': ''"So, what can you tell me about the existence of this Super Saiyan God?"''\\
'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/MasakoX Lawrence Simpson]]

* AdaptedOut: In the first fight, Goku took feats and abilities from the manga, anime {{filler}} scenes, [[NonSerialMovie Non-Serial Movies]], and ''Anime/DragonBallGT''. Here, he only uses feats from the manga, ''Battle of Gods'', and ''Resurrection 'F'''.
* BadassBoast: "Don't get ahead of yourself, buddy. You're not the only with that kind of power."
* BackFromTheDead: He is revived at the start of the fight, along with the entire Earth, through Superman's use of the Dragon Balls. In fact, Superman is even expecting his arrival to fight him.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Achieved god-like power by constantly training all his life.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Surprisingly averted in a show that is ripe with these, but while it may not sound pleasant, Superman disintegrating his brain with his heat vision is one of the tamest deaths on the show and considering the slow motion to show its disintegration, it was quick and nearly (if not completely) painless.
* DeathIsCheap: As per [[Franchise/DragonBall series]] standard, he's resurrected. Heck, even after being killed a second time, it's heavily implied he'll [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist come back again]] due to his flippant manner to dying as well as being eager to have a crack at Superman after training again before King Kai discourages him.
* DiscontinuityNod: Since Goku became significantly more powerful in ''Battle of Gods'' and ''Resurrection 'F''', {{filler}} and ''GT'' feats are ignored, save for the possibility of him beating Superman with the Universal Spirit Bomb.
* GracefulLoser: While he's on Snake Way, Goku's reaction to losing is to train harder to find a way to beat Supes, but he then decides that being ''that'' powerful would be boring since he'd have nothing left to overcome.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: His Super Saiyan God form, which turns his hair red and is the canon equivalent of ''Anime/DragonBallGT'''s Super Saiyan 4.
* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Rock the Dragon'' by [=RobotUnderground2=], ''Pikkon's Theme'' and ''The Dragon Theme'' from Creator/{{Funimation}}'s English dub of Anime/DragonBallZ, ''The Clouds of War Spread'' from Anime/DragonBallZKai, and ''22'' from VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse play during his analysis. The ''Goku VS Superman 2'' theme includes a remix of ''Makafushigi Adventure'' from Manga/DragonBall to represent Goku.
* PhysicalGod: In this rematch, he has access to his Super Saiyan God form, and his Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan form as well. However, even the power of a god isn't enough to fight a man who literally has ''no'' limits aside from morality.
* RedOniBlueOni: Assumes the Red Oni role to Clark's Blue Oni again, is passionate. hot-blooded and energetic.
--> '''Goku''': ''[[LetsGetDangerous Don't get ahead of yourself.]] [[PreAsskickingOneLiner You're not the only one with that kind of power.]]''
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Invoked in the episode's ending. Goku becomes determined to surpass Superman and wants begins training with King Kai in the Other World, but King Kai tells him that even if he ''could'' surpass Superman he'd have nothing left to aspire to. Goku then decides that having that level of power would be boring.
* TookALevelInBadass: He has his Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan forms this time around, which let him fight on par with actual deities. They don't help him at all.
* YourHeadAsplode: Downplayed. Superman's heat vision didn't blow Goku's head up, but it did disintegrate his brain, killing him just as dead.
* VictoryIsBoring: King Kai tells him that, if he were able to beat Superman, then there would nothing left to aspire to do.
* WorthyOpponent: The hosts praised Goku for being such a hard-working, powerful, memorable, inspiring and lovable character despite his loss. They even concluded that if Goku was as powerful as Superman, he would be out-of-character and no longer desirable. If anything, Goku's willingness to fight despite the possibility to lose is why he has so many fans to begin with.

!![[Franchise/TheDCU Superman (Clark Kent/Kal-El)]]
--->'''Jor-El''': ''"You will give the people of Earth an ideal to strive towards. In time, they will join you in the sun."''\\
'''Voiced by:''' [[WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC Michael Agrusso]]

* AchillesHeel: Kryptonite as usual, and he is also vulnerable to magic. Goku may now have "divine ki", but by Dragon Ball rules, it's still ki, not magic, and thus still lacks magic's usefulness.
* AllLovingHero: Superman is described as being "righteous, courageous, selfless". His last fight with Goku caused the destruction of Earth, and he absolutely does ''not'' want that to happen again. Even when killing Goku to prevent further destruction, he apologizes before he vaporizes his brain, and catches Goku's dead body before it falls to the ground.
* ArtShift: Takes more after his New 52 look, even taking the character model based off that incarnation from ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: As the post-match analysis dictates, Superman is this to Goku. As powerful as Goku is, Superman is in an entirely different league of his own.
* ApologeticAttacker: He apologizes to Goku before killing him.
* AuthorAvatar: Superman's creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, were the sons of Jewish-American immigrants, who felt like they were growing up in a world where they were ostracized for being outsiders. They channeled this feeling into creating a story of man who, despite living in an unwelcoming world, used his extraordinary abilities to fight for justice and defend the helpless
* BadassBoast: "With every step, an earthquake! With every breath, I could create a hurricane! This is my burden, be thankful it is not yours."
* BeyondTheImpossible: The reason why Superman will always win no matter how hard Goku trains or how many forms he obtains. Superman's power is essentially infinite and completely breaks the laws of physics over its knees, but Goku, while obtaining the power to rival and surpass gods, still has limits that need to be constantly overcome. In the end, the man with no limits always beats the one who can break any, because only one ''has'' limits to break in the first place.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first round, Clark was arrogant, full of himself, and a CombatPragmatist who attacked his opponent from behind while being rather dismissive of Goku as a person. Here, he's much more affable and nice, and is generally more respectful towards the Saiyan, genuinely complementing Goku with no backhanded meanings.
* CompositeCharacter: For the second round, Superman's data includes stuff revealed in the ''New 52'', such as the Super Flare.
* CradlingYourKill: Holds Goku's body like this, preventing it from falling to the ground.
* DueToTheDead: Refuses to let Goku's body fall to the ground in an undignified heap and instead [[CradlingYourKill carries it]].
* DeathOrGloryAttack: Super Flare, a large quarter-mile nuclear explosion that consumes all of his stored solar energy and renders him powerless for a day. It wasn't used in the fight, as Superman is powerful enough at full strength to match even Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Goku.
* TheJuggernaut: Once he stops holding back, he doesn't even bother to dodge SSGSS Goku's [[KamehameHadoken Kamehameha wave]], but instead does TheSlowWalk right through it.
* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Superman Returns Main Title'' from Film/SupermanReturns, ''Clark's First Flight'' from WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries, ''Flight'' from Film/ManOfSteel and ''Main Title'' from WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday play during his analysis. The ''Superman: Doomsday'' theme is also remixed in the ''Goku VS Superman 2'' theme to represent Superman.
* NeckLift: Does this to Goku right before frying his brain.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Supes is clearly getting pissed about Goku's insistence on continuing the fight, causing him to not hold back and turn the tide in his favor.
--> '''Superman''': ''Alright, have you had your fun? I would prefer we don't accidentally destroy the Earth a second time!''
--> '''Goku''': ''[[BloodKnight No! I will never back down from a fight!]]''
** Since Death Battle demands combatants to fight to the death, Superman has no reason to hold back his absurd power and basically executes Goku by frying his brain. This moment is justified by the fact that Superman feared that the planet would be destroyed again and didn't want to risk it. Superman even apologizes for this moment.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: One of Superman's listed feats is lifting the book of infinite pages. Reading the issue proper reveals he did this ''[[DefiedTrope without]]'' the book's permission!
* RedOniBlueOni: Wears red and blue, is calm, collected, stoic and composed.
* PhysicalGod: Even more so than in the first round, where he starts cutting loose from the start because of knowing what Goku can do and just how strong the Saiyan is, as well as the fact they destroyed the Earth last time by mistake due getting too involved in the fight.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: His powers are fueled by solar energy. Unlike the first round, Supes never needed to recharge it as he was always in the sunlight.
* TheSlowWalk: Walks right through SSGSS Goku's Kamehameha wave without a scratch, [[NeckLift grabs him by the throat, and incinerates his brain]].
* StoryBreakerPower: This is the hosts' central argument for Superman winning again. He has no limits, can lift infinity, and is deliberately written to be the most overpowered character in fiction. His lack of limits trumps Goku's ability to break any limit.
* TookALevelInBadass: Appears to be wearing his ''New 52'' armor and so adding the ''New 52'' canon in his analysis.
* WorthyOpponent: Compared to their first battle, in which Superman was rather dismissive and saw Goku as a brash, cocky maniac, here he shows much more respect to the Saiyan. He also gives Goku quite possibly the least brutal death on the show and [[DueToTheDead even refuses to let his body fall in an undignified heap at the end]].