History DeathBattle / TropesNToZ

* WouldHitAGirl: Granted, in all instances they had to be done. In said examples, only [[spoiler:Yoshi, Dante, Zoro, Lucario, Shazam, Beerus and Shadow]] have managed to successfully kill their female opponents. In the case of [[spoiler:Tommy, he manages to shoot down Akane but still loses the fight]].
** "[[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]]"
** "[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]] vs [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct Riptor]]" (retroactively[[labelnote:note]]Wiz and Boomstick consider Yoshi to be genderless, whereas {{Fanon}} dictates that the most popular Yoshi is male whereas the 2013 ''Killer Instinct'' establishes Riptor to be female - said reboot was released after the Death Battle[[/labelnote]])
** "Music/JustinBieber vs. Music/RebeccaBlack"
** "[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Starscream]] vs. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]]"
** "[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Gaara]]" vs. "[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Toph Beifong]]"
** "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]" vs. "VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}"
** "[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Scout]] vs. [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Tracer]]"
** "[[Manga/OnePiece Roronoa Zoro]] vs. [[Manga/FairyTail Erza Scarlet]]"
** "ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} vs. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie.]]" [[spoiler:Ironically, the one time a Death Battle combatant has refused to kill another one, but has nothing to do with this trope.]]
** "[[Franchise/{{TombRaider}} Lara Croft]] vs. [[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Nathan Drake]]"
** "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Lucario]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Renamon]]" (battle-specific[[note]]While members of the Lucario and Renamon species can be male or female, the particular Lucario and Renamon in the battle itself were male and female respectively considering the tone of their voices[[/note]])
** "[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] vs. ComicBook/WonderWoman"
** "ComicBook/{{Carnage}} vs. [[Manga/ElfenLied Lucy]]"
** "[[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]] vs. ComicBook/{{Shazam}}"
** "[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Dragonzord]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Mechagodzilla]]" (former piloted by Tommy Oliver, latter piloted by Akane Yashiro)
** "[[Webcomic/MobPsycho100 Mob]] vs. [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Tatsumaki]]"
** "[[Franchise/DragonBall Beerus]] vs. [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Galaxia]]"
** "[[Franchise/SonictheHedgehog Shadow]] vs. [[Anime/KillLaKill Ryūko Matoi]]
** "WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse vs. [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil Star Butterfly]]"

** Mob vs Tatsumaki

* NoBodyLeftBehind: The series has enough examples to warrant its own [[NoBodyLeftBehind/DeathBattle page]].

* PreMortemOneLiner: The series has gone on long enough to have its own [[PreMortemOneLiner/DeathBattle page]].

** Mega Man's [[PowerOfTheVoid Black Hole Bomb]] sucks in and destroys everything before dissipating after a few seconds. [[spoiler:Its gravity is also much weaker than a real black hole, allowing Astro Boy to escape it]].

* SuperWeight: Death Battle is primarily for ranking fictional power levels from across many franchise and has extensive character tiering. Death Battle is a pretty big show, so this is not a comprehensive list; only the most prominent characters will be here, and their rankings are based on how the show ratings.
** Type -1: DUMMI
** Type 0: Ben Tennyson when not transformed
** Type 1: Batman
** Type 2: Spider-Man, Venom, Carnage, the Reds and the Blues, Solid Snake
** Type 3: Luigi, Tails, Harry Potter
** Type 4: Mario, Sonic, Knuckles, Donkey Kong, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan
** Type 5: Thor, Wonder-Woman, most Mega-Men, Vegeta, Android 18, Captain Marvel, Super Sonic, Mario with certain power-ups (like the Invincibility Star and Metal Cap)
** Type 6: Goku, Superman, Archie Sonic (in all forms: base, Super, and Ultra), the Flash, Green Lantern Hal Jordan, the Incredible Hulk, Broly, Doomsday, Sailor Galaxia, Beerus, Alien X, Doctor Strange, Doctor Fate, True Form Darkseid (noted to be able to destroy the multiverse if he ever entered it)
** Type 7: Wizard and Boomstick, the Death Battle T-Shirt, possibly Superman Prime One Million (described as "basically God" in Goku vs Superman 1)

** In Darkseid vs. Thanos fight, [[spoiler:Darkseid is immune to the infinity's gauntlet snapping him away, as the Gauntlet only works in the universe it originates from. Darkseid's true form is the fourth world universe. Thanos could spend all of eternity snapping away Darkseid's avatars, but never truly harm Darkseid, meaning the only two outcomes of the fight would either be an endless stalemate or Darkseid winning by manipulating Thanos into coming to Darkseid's home universe.]]

** Several matchups similarly have one fighter be much more loud, excitable or impulsive while the other fighter is calmer and typically more rational. Examples include Michelangelo vs. Leonardo, Raphael vs. Donatello, [[spoiler:Raphael]] vs. [[spoiler:Leonardo]], Zitz vs. [[spoiler:Leonardo]], Vegeta vs. Shadow , Sonic vs. Mario, Spider-Man vs. Batman, Goku vs Superman, Deadpool vs Deathstroke, Toph vs Gaara, Iron Man vs Lex Luthor, Goku vs. Superman 2, Bowser vs Ganon, Jak & Daxter vs Ratchet & Clank, Shadow vs Mewtwo, Black Panther vs Batman, Carnage vs Lucy, Edward vs Aang, Ryuko vs Shadow, Star Butterfly vs Steven Universe, Iron Man vs Batman, Homelander vs Omni-Man, Testsuo vs Magneto, James Bond vs. John Wick, Asta vs Deku, Dimitri vs Guts, and Gojo vs Makima all qualifying [[note]]the first listed combatant between the two as the red, the second as the blue.[[/note]]. Respectively, the winners of each fight are [[spoiler:blue, red, blue, blue, red, red, red, blue, red, red, red, blue, blue, blue, blue, red, blue, blue, blue, red, red, blue, blue, red, red, red, red]].

** During ''Scooby Doo vs. Courage the Cowardly Dog'', [[spoiler:Scooby grows to the size of a planet and tries to crush Courage by punching him, with Courage being shown from behind looking up at Scooby's massive fist descending towards him like a meteor, in a reference to Asura's battle with Gongen Wyzen in ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'']].

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: [[TheMovie The Web series]]. Boomstick was ecstatic to finish "Son Goku vs. Superman". Now people will ''finally'' stop asking them to do it.

** Starting with [=SpongeBob=] vs. Aquaman in Season 9, Series/{{Columbo}} makes frequent cameos in battles, usually as a FreezeFrameBonus (though his cameo in Scooby-Doo vs. Courage is much easier to spot than his other ones).

** In Rick Sanchez vs. The Doctor, Morty ends up rear-ending the TARDIS, and while he says it's his fault, Rick complains at the Time Lord for not having rear-view mirrors, while The Doctor points out that they're the one who hit him, and afterwards brushes it off as minor and try to leave. Rick sees this as an insult and attacks. [[spoiler:This not only costs Rick his life, but also his entire existence, as he ends up being RetGone by the Doctor's D-Mat Gun.]]

* OlderIsBetter: Popeye is the oldest cartoon character the show has covered, and the oldest character they analyzed up to Season 8. Given his scaling due to animation tradition at the time allowing for cartoonishly impossible feats, he's also one of the strongest, arguably being THE strongest a normal human has gotten.

* OlderIsBetter: Popeye is the oldest fighter the show ever had to analyze. Given his scaling due to animation tradition at the time allowing for cartoonishly impossible feats, he's also one of the strongest, arguably being THE strongest a normal human has gotten.

** In "Scooby-Doo vs. Courage the Cowardly Dog" neither of the canines that actually bite the dust, but instead Eustace (who had been dressed as a monster and terrorizing the mutts) ends up tripping on Courage's Dark Matter Meteor and being dragged into the 10th Circle of Hell within Scooby's Chest of Demons. Boomstick shows no sympathy for the crotchety old man and says that's what dog-killers deserve.[[note]]While Eustace never actually killed Courage, he did create a "Legion of Doom" of Courage's worst enemies for the sole purpose of destroying Courage, so for Boomstick it still counts[[/note]]

** In "Scooby-Doo vs. Courage the Cowardly Dog" it's neither of the canines that actually bite the dust in this fight, but instead Eustace (who had been dressed as a monster and terrorizing the mutts) who ends up tripping on Courage's Dark Matter Meteor and being dragged into the 10th Circle of Hell within Scooby's Chest of Demons. Boomstick shows no sympathy for the crotchety old man and says that's what dog-killers deserve.[[note]]While Eustace never actually killed Courage, he did create a "Legion of Doom" of Courage's worst enemies for the sole purpose of destroying Courage, so for Boomstick it still counts[[/note]]

** In "Scooby-Doo vs. Courage the Cowardly Dog" it's neither of the canines that actually bite the dust in this fight, but instead Eustace (who had been dressed as a monster and terrorizing the mutts) who ends up tripping on Courage's Dark Matter Meteor and being dragged into the 10th Circle of Hell within Scooby's Chest of Demons. Boomstick shows no sympathy for the crotchety old man and says that's what dog-killers deserve.

** In "Harley Quinn vs. Jinx", during Harley's rundown, Wiz delves into her background as a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum analyzing the Joker, where she learns of his "horrific, unspeakable history" as both a homicidal clown and [[Creator/JaredLeto Jared]] [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 Leto]]. Cue a shot of Leto screaming as the Joker.

** In "Harley Quinn vs. Jinx", during Harley's rundown, Wiz delves into her background as a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum analyzing the Joker, where she learns of his "horrific, unspeakable history" as both a homicidal clown and [[Creator/JaredLeto Jared]] [[Film/SuicideSquad Leto]]. Cue a shot of Leto screaming as the Joker.

** Several matchups similarly have one fighter be much more excitable or impulsive while the other fighter is calmer and typically more rational. Examples include Michelangelo vs. Leonardo, Raphael vs. Donatello, [[spoiler:Raphael]] vs. [[spoiler:Leonardo]], Zitz vs. [[spoiler:Leonardo]], Vegeta vs. Shadow , Sonic vs. Mario, Spider-Man vs. Batman, Goku vs Superman, Deadpool vs Deathstroke, Toph vs Gaara, Iron Man vs Lex Luthor, Goku vs. Superman 2, Bowser vs Ganon, Jak & Daxter vs Ratchet & Clank, Shadow vs Mewtwo, Black Panther vs Batman, Carnage vs Lucy, Edward vs Aang, Ryuko vs Shadow, Star Butterfly vs Steven Universe, Iron Man vs Batman, Homelander vs Omni-Man, Testsuo vs Magneto, James Bond vs. John Wick, and Asta vs Deku all qualifying [[note]]the first listed combatant between the two as the red, the second as the blue.[[/note]]. Respectively, the winners of each fight are [[spoiler:blue, red, blue, blue, red, red, red, blue, red, red, red, blue, blue, blue, blue, red, blue, blue, blue, red, red, blue, blue, red, red]].

** Also, Batman, despite being highly intelligent, is mentioned to have his mental stability barely in-check. Boomstick confirms that since he witnessed his parents' deaths as a child, uses millions of dollars to dress up as a bat, and employs young children to fight (Comicbook/{{Robin}} and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}), he's '''clearly''' not all there.

** "[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] vs. Franchise/WonderWoman"

* YouFightLikeACow: Franchise/SpiderMan's staple returns in "Spider-Man vs. Franchise/{{Batman}}" and starts off with Spidey mocking Batman's extensive martial art knowledge.

* YourMom: When listing Tails's arsenal of bombs, Boomstick lists that he has "bombs shaped like magic rings, bombs shaped like mice, and bombs shaped like your mother."

%%** Naruto's Shadow Clone Jutsu allows him to do this. He attempts it against Ichigo in their battle. Ichigo beats them down using his superior speed, alongside usage of his Getsuga Tenshou and Hollow Mask.

* OutOfTheInferno: How the Terminator makes its entrance.
** Guts does an epic one after Night Terror fires a large wall of flames at him, even cutting the wall of flames into two!

* ParodySue: The Death Battle T-shirt is totally more powerful than any other T-shirt and can defeat all of them at once.

%%** Superman does this to Goku in both of their battles.