Death Battle Season Nine Discussion Thread (2) (All-time Death Battle Spoilers Alert)

[greymerlion2]

Silver winning with a godlike episode on top of that helped a lot. Being a massive SpongeBob fan growing up (as likely everyone else here did) I know I’m gonna get a joy out of this episode very few others would elicit. The fact it’s replicating the vibe of the show so well is so good.

very excited to see if they can keep this momentum going after this ep, if the Halloween episode is Jason v Micheal that one has a lot riding on it, then we’ve got a wildcard penultimate episode and the finale, will they just keep hitting home runs?

Don't forget the most important episode.

 

[Kirbonic_Pikmin]

Expecting climax of Spongebob freeing the town from Aquaman's telepathy control with the power of ROCK AND ROLL

Holy shit an awesome finale now that I think about it. He tries to control everyone to defeat SpongeBob, making SpongeBob retaliate with rock powers, freeing everyone and accidentally killing Aquaman in the process, saving the town

 

[Kirbonic_Pikmin]

and sauron episode

I literally forgot abt that one lol

that one will very much so not be an episode for me but I hope it’s a 10/10 fr considering what it’s representing.

Don't forget the most important episode.

praying we get this ngl

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

This episode looking to capture the Golden Age of SpongeBob S1-3 which is awesome

I think what works is that they didn't make Spongebob a obnoxious man-child like the current seasons do, rather making him a naive but still decently smart and well meaning sponge.
seriously, I hate how they character assassinated people like Spongebob

 

[Tipper17]

I need DB to deliver on these two

 

[Tipper17]

seriously, I hate how they character assassinated people like Spongebob

it what happens when you continue the series beyond it's expiration date
if it ended at s3+movie nothing would challenge it

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

it what happens when you continue the series beyond it's expiration date
if it ended at s3+movie nothing would challenge it

I agree, but I guess all that Spongebob revenue couldn't be passed up on so here we are today.

I need DB to deliver on these two

Honestly, as much of a legacy MU like Jason vs Michael is warranted I think it'll be very hard pressed to get good fight choreography from it mainly since Jason vs Michael are designed to be slower killers who don't get to do much absurd shit like someone like a Freddy Krueger could do.
Though if they want good choreography, they need to include other objects in the arena outside a machete and knife

 

[TartaChocholate]

Maybe instead of cool stunts and acrobatics, the fight can revolve around how much they brutalize each other? Use from their weapons to every object around to be as violent as possible when trying to kill each other.

 

[Tipper17]

I agree, but I guess all that Spongebob revenue couldn't be passed up on so here we are today.

Honestly, as much of a legacy MU like Jason vs Michael is warranted I think it'll be very hard pressed to get good fight choreography from it mainly since Jason vs Michael are designed to be slower killers who don't get to do much absurd shit like someone like a Freddy Krueger could do.
Though if they want good choreography, they need to include other objects in the arena outside a machete and knife

I say they can take alot of reference's from this fight version

 

[Kirbonic_Pikmin]

it what happens when you continue the series beyond it's expiration date
if it ended at s3+movie nothing would challenge it

Legit I think S3 + Movie stands at some of the best animated tv ever. Only really Regular Show and Ed, Edd n Eddy challenge it for me

 

[Kirbonic_Pikmin]

Jason v Micheal can have great choreography, just not hand to hand chroreo like we’re used to. Excellent use of environments / props, weapons, and just brutalizing one another. That’s what this fight would excel at, and it’d provide something few other fights would, and could potentially provide the most brutal kill on the show

 

[RiloKileyFan]

Trunks vs Silver @1.2m still? Yikes, even AdamApoc did better. Trunks losing must have been a very unpopular decision, not reflected in the likes/dislikes ratio.

Hopefully SpongeCHAD and JasonMicheal brings back the view counts

Should Trunkssilver be listed as another vidya MU flop/underwhelming episode?

 

[NotoriouSoda]

Honestly I also blame for the fact Death battle needs to advertise there series better. Like the marketing for DB is near none existence

 

[Tipper17]

Trunks vs Silver @1.2m still? Yikes, even AdamApoc did better. Trunks losing must have been a very unpopular decision, not reflected in the likes/dislikes ratio.

Hopefully SpongeCHAD and JasonMicheal brings back the view counts

Should Trunkssilver be listed as another vidya MU flop/underwhelming episode?

I find it odd given Vegeta and Goku Black episode did well even though they lost those fights

So Trunks losing must've been a deal breaker there or something like focusing on the OP incarnation instead of Canon May have not drawn that much interest

Honestly I also blame for the fact Death battle needs to advertise there series better. Like the marketing for DB is near none existence

This too they don't hype up an episode as well as they should

Just previews and a sneak peak

They need to do better to draw up some hype

 

[Kirbonic_Pikmin]

Trunks vs Silver @1.2m still? Yikes, even AdamApoc did better. Trunks losing must have been a very unpopular decision, not reflected in the likes/dislikes ratio.

Hopefully SpongeCHAD and JasonMicheal brings back the view counts

Should Trunkssilver be listed as another vidya MU flop/underwhelming episode?

Idk, 1+ mil in a week doesn’t seem too bad, and Dragon Ball episodes only ever grow in views, they tend to have a faster growth rate than most eps.

AquaSponge is definitely more likely to end up doing incredibly well this season, I think it’ll probably be the second best performing episode this season, potentially best performing.

but yeah, RT needs to find better methods of advertising their episodes.

 

[Kirbonic_Pikmin]

Silver winning probably did hurt the views a lot, I’ve been seeing a lot of “THEYRE BIASED AGAINST ANIME/DB” opinions spreading

 

[Quantu]

Surely that would lead to more clicks too, no?

 

[Tipper17]

The episode trended 6th on yt yet gonna be sitting at 1.3 Mil by the end of the night


YT algorithm sucks

Oh SpongeBob preview is at 202k

Silver winning probably did hurt the views a lot, I’ve been seeing a lot of “THEYRE BIASED AGAINST ANIME/DB” opinions spreading

Even though that's dumb as ****, Trunks losing to a guy who he made his bitch in all vs shows/fanmade fights doesn't help

Also Ian disagreeing it with gave peeps ammunition

 

[TartaChocholate]

Silver winning probably did hurt the views a lot, I’ve been seeing a lot of “THEYRE BIASED AGAINST ANIME/DB” opinions spreading

I wouldn't jump the gun just yet, it's only been a week. That's a pretty standard reaction in the fanbase whenever anyone loses (sadly), difference being if you're actually looking around people's opinions and comments on a particular battle so you actually notice the noisy bad apples in the fandom.

EDIT: Also, don't want to be self-righteous or anything, but careful not to buy our own speculation as facts, dudes. This is quickly mutating from "maybe the DB has few views because Trunks lost" to "the DB is unpopular because fanboys can't accept Trunks lost".

 

[Tipper17]

Overall the episode looking to be 1.3Mil by the end of the night early Wednesday morning

AquaSponge and JasonMichael May need to pull an Omnilander performances

 

[Quantu]

Overall the episode looking to be 1.3Mil by the end of the night early Wednesday morning

AquaSponge and JasonMichael May need to pull an Omnilander performances

AquaSponge 100% doing huge numbers

 

[Chronicplane]

Yeah it's definitely because Trunks lost lol, the notion of DB mistreating OP anime characters/Dragon Ball characters I think has spreaded more recently, and it'd be the same here. Also possible that the idea of DBH character losing to a sonic character is absurd since many think DBH are exposed to be OP asf characters that break the conventional rules of the canon series and then DB gave them finite speed moment

 

[Tipper17]

******* hell imma need dem Sonic fans to come in with that Frontier Hype to help with that episode view count
i'll give it a month to see how it looks
ApocAdam may get a boost from the upcoming black adam movie and AquaSponge and JasonMyers could help with their upcoming episodes

 

[Quantu]

In their eyes, Imagine One Punch Man losing to a midget sailor, Goku losing to an underwear exposed goodie two shoes, or Trunks losing to a hedgehog. Anime fans can't handle it

 

[Tipper17]

alright if you want Dragon Ball stans to come back here's the Mu to get them back on

 

[Quantu]

Every match bar the third is great.

 

[Tipper17]

Free DB w's
simple as

 

[Tipper17]

I know ya lurk here Ultraguy i know it's hard and you can't promise anything and Gohan other options being far more popular to normies but i'm begging ya and the crew to see some interest in Ultraman Zero vs Gohan

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

Yeah it's definitely because Trunks lost lol, the notion of DB mistreating OP anime characters/Dragon Ball characters I think has spreaded more recently, and it'd be the same here. Also possible that the idea of DBH character losing to a sonic character is absurd since many think DBH are exposed to be OP asf characters that break the conventional rules of the canon series and then DB gave them finite speed moment

I guess you can't really override one's arguments against someone else's emotions but IMO even if I disagree I'll still be fair and watch the results to see their side and why insert character here wins.
Honestly, this may be untrue but I honestly believe that a lot of these fans on the Youtube video's comment section or Reddit don't actually the pre analysis and post analysis of the videos and just skipped to the fight, then act all shocked when their character ends up losing

 

[Tipper17]

Honestly, this may be untrue but I honestly believe that a lot of these fans on the Youtube video's comment section or Reddit don't actually the pre analysis and post analysis of the videos and just skipped to the fight, then act all shocked when their character ends up losing

thats like 98.1% of the time

 

[Quantu]

thats like 98.1% of the time

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Wiz and Boomstick

 

[Tipper17]

Looks at this shit and tell me a Dragon Ball x Ultraman wouldn't go hard

god damn i'm stanning Gohan vs Ultraman zero harder now

 

[TartaChocholate]

Again, don't want to be dickish about it, but is there any proof that's the reason at all? Someone suggested Trunks losing might be the reason and we just ate it up and started pointing fingers. A loud set of the fans of the loser making noise is pretty standard for any Death Battle, but no fandom is exactly clean in that regard (Sonic fandom had a pretty bad one with Mario vs Sonic 2, for example). If you go around looking for angry reactions in places know to be toxic like twitter and youtube comments you will find them.

 

[Quantu]

Does look cool, but my selfish Ultraman vs Godzilla desires must come first

 

[Kirbonic_Pikmin]

Again, don't want to be dickish about it, but is there any proof that's the reason at all? Someone suggested Trunks losing might be the reason and we just ate it up and started pointing fingers. A loud set of the fans of the loser making noise is pretty standard for any Death Battle, but no fandom is exactly clean in that regard (Sonic fandom had a pretty bad one with Mario vs Sonic 2, for example). If you go around looking for angry reactions in places know to be toxic like twitter and youtube comments you will find them.

I’ve personally seen it as a more common sentiment than usual. Death Battle verdict drama typically doesn’t reach my twitter feed but I was seeing droves of “never watching DB again” tweets and people complaining abt it unprompted, people had decided on the verdict as soon as it was announced. A handful of reaction vids seemed upset/unsure of trunks lost, etc etc.

also tbh Sonic fans can have that outburst they got handed a family guy skit where their character is treated as a ******* loser, gets called gay, and then dies. **** MvS2.

 

[Tipper17]

Does look cool, but my selfish Ultraman vs Godzilla desires must come first

As long Gohan vs Ultramna zero happens idc

 

[Quantu]

As long Gohan vs Ultramna zero happens idc

The gang gets Gohan vs Mark

 

[Tipper17]

The gang gets Gohan vs Mark

Pain

 

[Kirbonic_Pikmin]

I wouldn't jump the gun just yet, it's only been a week. That's a pretty standard reaction in the fanbase whenever anyone loses (sadly), difference being if you're actually looking around people's opinions and comments on a particular battle so you actually notice the noisy bad apples in the fandom.

EDIT: Also, don't want to be self-righteous or anything, but careful not to buy our own speculation as facts, dudes. This is quickly mutating from "maybe the DB has few views because Trunks lost" to "the DB is unpopular because fanboys can't accept Trunks lost".

Not blaming it solely on that aspect at all, it’s just a possible contributor.

I don’t really think the episode is underperforming. It made the biggest social media splash I’ve seen of any recent Death Battle and hade a million views in a week and hit the top 10 in YT trending, and is only going to grow in popularity overtime since it’s likely an episode with search result staying power, Sonic and DB will remain relevant and will only draw in more views. Expect a viewership boost when Frontiers hits.

 

[Quantu]

Have to factor in the fact that Heroes/Archie is not the main canon, so that could put another small percentage of people off.