History Recap / DeathBattleS05E05SoraVsPit

* FanDiscontinuity: For the sake of not using anything without solid figures, nothing from the ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' trailers have been taken into account for Sora's rundown.

* HilariousInHindsight: Several elements of the fight take a hit of this as of ''Kingdom Hearts III''.
** The fight takes place in Olympus Coliseum. Olympus lacks a Coliseum in ''III''.
** The ability of Keychains to change the weapon's form is brought up, including Oathkeeper by name, but Sora only uses his Kingdom Key. ''III'' introduces Formchanges, which go full MorphWeapon - but neither the Kingdom Key nor Oathkeeper has a Formchange that actually alters the weapon he uses.
** Boomstick bemoans that Sora can't use his Drive Forms without party members (with a popup pointing out that the exception is just a gameplay mechanic to use his old moves). Formchanges take the place of Drive Forms in ''III'', and yes, Sora can use all of these ones regardless of party.
** Pit is getting nowhere at ground level, so he knocks Sora into the sky, only for Sora to triumph anyways. [[spoiler:In the ''Re+Mind'' DLC scenario, Xehanort's replicas do the same thing to the Guardians of Light, and are defeated nonetheless.]]
** At one point in the fight, Sora uses a pseudo-Dark Aura attack (several rushing thrusts followed by an overhead blow). [[spoiler:The final fight of ''III'' has Sora, forced into his Rage Form by Master Xehanort, do the same thing.]]
** Sora finishes off Pit with a beam of light from his Keyblade. Although he used a similar attack on the tail end of his fight against Xemnas in ''II'', that didn't end the battle, only left him helpless for a finisher of the player's choice. [[spoiler:Master Xehanort, however, '''does''' get finished with the beam he's hit by in ''III'', as do his combined replicas in ''Re+Mind''.]]
** Pit's fighting style in the match draws a lot of inspiration from his Smash Bros. moveset, and the fight ends with Sora using the Keyblade's locking/unlocking beam of light. Years later, Sora would be revealed as a DLC character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and his Final Smash similarly utilizes that function of the Keyblade.

If the fate of the universe is at stake, the last person you should trust to save it is a naive teenager with magical weapons they don't understand... but everybody does it anyways.

Like Sora, the Keyblade-wielding savior of ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. And Pit, the angel warrior from ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''.

The audience is first introduced to Sora, a child of promise who lived on the Destiny Islands alongside his friends, Riku and Kairi (and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' characters for some reason). They lived a peaceful life until the island was invaded by a soulless evil known as the Heartless. Fortunately, their arrival coincided with the arrival of the magical Keyblade known as the Kingdom Key, which Sora's pure heart drew to him. Sadly, this new weapon was not enough to protect Sora's home, which was erased in the battle. Thankfully, Sora himself survived and ended up joining forces with Goofy and Donald Duck, who are apparently also dimension-hopping warriors ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer no, seriously!]]), in order to shut the Heartless out of every world they could.

Sora is fast enough to run up a building, dodge both magical and non-magical lightning, and deflect hundreds of laser blasts from multiple angles in seconds. He's used his Keyblade to cut through giant building-like structures before launching the pieces as projectiles, which speaks volumes about his strength. But that's nothing compared to his endurance; he's taken hits from ''Hercules'' of all people, and that's a guy who's delivered a [[TwinkleInTheSky Star KO]] to a rock golem estimated to weigh ''over a thousand tons''. Sora has also shrugged off bites from Cerberus, hits from ancient Chinese dragons, musket shots, and even the literal fires of Hades. He's not invincible, though; he relies heavily on his allies in combat, which means he has relatively little solo combat experience. Fortunately, Sora has often found that most locks only need one key.

-->'''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI Sora]]:''' ''(facing down Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness)'' The heart may be weak, and sometimes it may even give in. But I've learned that deep down, there's a light that never goes out!

-->'''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Pit]]''': ''(armed with the Three Sacred Treasures)'' In the name of the goddess Palutena, the defender of all that is good... those who hide in the darkness will be made to face the light!\\

In the wake of Pit's demise, the hosts analyze the points leading up to it. Mobility and experience were fields that Pit had the advantage in, this the hosts admit; but more crucially, Sora was far too tough, quick, and durable for Pit to keep up with. While Pit could dodge a laser from the Lunar Sanctum moving at 90 million mph, Sora could easily avoid lightning attacks over twice that speed. Combined with his teleportation and the Stop line of magic, Sora would prove too fast for Pit to reliably land hits on. Sora's attack speed is likewise one that far exceeds his foe; the Keyhole of [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Halloween Town]] is located in the world's moon; Sora firing a beam from the Kingdom Key to seal it in a single second means the speed of its magic rays clocks in as just faster than light-speed. Their strength is a similar point of comparison; in the World that Never Was at the end of ''Kingdom Hearts II'', Sora was confronted by seven skyscrapers, which he sliced through in a single move. Even assuming the composition of the stones to be granite, the feat proves Sora's offensive capabilities are equivalent to 78 tons of TNT, far greater than the boulder from Thanatos that Pit pulverized, which required less than even a ton of TNT. While Pit had a wide selection of weapons with their own advantages, Sora has a similarly extensive selection of magic skills and abilities to counter them, including a more reliable and replenishable way of restoring his health. Sora also outclassed him in terms of durability; Hercules' feat of throwing the Rock Titan into space comes out at equivalent to 24 megatons of TNT, well exceeding Hades' diamond-shattering blows of 30 tons of TNT at best. Finally, in contrast to Pit's varied weapons, Sora's Keyblade is reliable enough to serve him in every endeavour he has ever faced.

-->'''Boomstick:''' You might say it was the ''key'' to this fight - and when we ''Pit'' 'em together, one of them was bound to be a ''Sora'' loser.
-->'''Wiz:''' The winner is Sora!

** For a literal mythology gag, both ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' and the ''Kid Icarus'' series take influence from Greek Mythology. Coincidentally, Hercules' damage output is one of the key factors in Sora's victory.