If there’s any Death Battle that symbolizes “look how far we’ve come” it’s this one. Comparing this to the first one is night & day (especially in comparison to the second one, which Ben Singer (voice of Wiz) calls his least favorite episode). From the analysis, to the battle, the way they interact with each other, to even the conclusion, these characters were given WAY more respect than they ever had before. Not only is this in my Top 5 favorites of this season, but it might be in my Top 10 of this series.
The first one is a time capsule. It was fun and frenetic and had homages up the wazoo. The second was like a blunt “ok if they actually fought it wouldn’t even be close so shut up.” It was so mean spirited that second one, it seemed fitting they were using the New 52 Superman. If it was legit Superman as we know it it would’ve felt out of character. Same could be said of how blood thirsty Goku was to fight. He was told to chill out fighting or risk blowing up the earth again! And he’s “I DONT CARE I JUST WANT TO FIGHT!!” Sounds like a gross exaggeration of Goku’s attitude coming towards the universe survival arc.. yeah not the best showcase of these two iconic legends. So this third go felt MUCH BETTER **AND** it helps showcase something positive: Goku LOVES to fight with Superman and Superman in return is more than happy to follow this request to his best. Because they’re just both great characters like that.
@@dereknight861 I agree on the mean-spirited feeling of the second one. Felt like they were stomping their feet and basically just angry about people questioning their decision.
@@freedantheeternal To be fair, the "fanbase" was so incredibly toxic towards them for the first one I don't think you can really criticize them for the second. Hell, just in the comments section alone there were de-III-ath threats towards them
It does make me so happy every time I see Michael voice any character. Was friends with him over a decade ago, and it's great to see him be the voice actor he always wanted to be.
Knowing Goku, he wouldn't even be mad about losing. Ever since he was a kid and lost his match against the disguise Master Roshi, he wasn't bothered by it in the slightest, because the only thing that mattered was having a great fight! Also I like to think Supes is actually starting to enjoy himself and start seeing Goku as a sparring buddy.
6:05 - In Boomstick's defense on that one, his leg isn't just any shotgun. It's canonically the Super Shotgun from Doom 2. A particularly OP beast of a shotgun that's as strong as a rocket at close range, and can hit distances comparable to sniper rifles in today's games. I wouldn't blame him for wanting to keep it.
To just keep it short, this was a passion project from the Death Battle team, cause they actually got to work on this matchup with a full team. And I believe that this was an honest passion project to celebrate how far the show has come in 10 years. It was such a phenomenal episode to me, and the main message from Boomstick is that Death Battle is just for FUN to appreciate characters in different ways with their own opinion. So yeah, what a season it has been, just one more episode, let's see if they can keep up the peak this season has been for me at least Edit: Also to my and most people's surprise, people are actually taking this really well. Of course, there are the mega-salty Dragon Ball fanboys whose minds will never change. But if you look at the Like to dislike ratio, comments, and reactions, it's turning out pretty positive. Which I'm so glad for... Also, you're correct that Galactus is from Marvel while Unicron is from Transformers. You missed it because it ended so fast, this is their most highly requested episode in Death Battle history. Spanning way back when Death Battle did a live event 8 years ago and they said "We will do Galactus vs Unicron one day, it's just gonna be awhile..." So yeah, the battle between world eaters should be hyped for a season finale to such a peak season for me at least. I do wonder, what's your favorite episode from this season?
I feel that the reason it’s being a little more accept is because it feels like they honored both characters a bit better. Don’t get me wrong dbza goku vs super man is fun but they both felt like assholes the first time. The second time it felt like they were just like “no he can’t win go screw yourselves”. This one it felt like even Superman was like “I can go all out here and he actually wants me to, all right let’s see how far you can push me”. It was wholesome as fuck.
@@shootout-shinobi6672I think this is what modern Death Battle does really well a good majority of the time. And that’s getting their characterization and even telling a story really well. And this episode did such an amazing job in portraying these two.
Punching Hitler in the face was just something superheroes did in the Golden Age. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a long line of superheroes waiting just outside Hitler's office to punch him in the face.
No matter how many times they fight each other, we all know Goku and Superman would be the absolute best of friends, and I really appreciate how this fight is just two friends sparring for fun and having a good time because they respect each other
This is the best One out of the 3 Fights with Great Animation, Well Done Research and Analysis, Adrenaline Heavy Music, and must Importantly it captures the Heart and Soul of Goku and Superman that even if Clark won, it felt Rewarding as it felt like both of them are Winners in our Hearts and Book, it truly doesn’t matter who Wins or Loses what matters is that we had Fun watching these 2 Iconic Staples that Revolutionized Fandoms as we know Today, to me this was a Redemption to the Past that the Team behind this has more Passion for making these and this might be one of the Best Death Battles out there.
- Goku is voiced by Michael Kovach who also voices Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel pilot), N (Murder Drones), Rocky (Lackadaisy), Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus), Letty (Dragon Goes House Hunting), Bunny (Akudama Drive), & a few more - Superman is voiced by Xander Mobus who also voices Ren (Persona), Toge, Todo, & Juzo (Jujutsu Kaisen), Yusuke & Otsuki (Mob Psycho 100), Momoshiki, Inojin, Shizuka, Sukea, & others (Naruto), Motoyasu (Shield Hero), Quant, Changsoo, & Levin (Tower of God), Tatsuhiko (Bungo Stray Dogs), Adi (Marbel Future Avengers), Richard / Kogoro (Detective Conan), Steven (Pokemon Master) also was Walker & Announcer (Pokemon Journeys), Yahaba (Demon Slayer), Masayoshi & Chocolat (Komi Can’t Communicate), Jean (Spriggan), Master & Crazy Hand (Super Smash Bros), PoH / Vassago (SAO), Mimic & Mayor (Shantae), Fuyuki (Oddtaxi), Fallon (Sirius the Jaeger), Alexei (KonoSuba), Billy (Burn the Witch), Welfin & Bean (HxH -2011), Iairon (One Punch Man), Christopher / Gargoyle & Abbey / Hydra (To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts), Sparkling (Cookie Run: Kingdom), Kenya (Erased), Terence (JoJo), Juzo (Blue Exorcist), Coda (Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies …), Neutrophil teacher (Cells at Work), & many more
Honestly, I thought my Xander-sense was stellar, right up there with my Papenbrook-dar and Lowenthal Detection System.... and still never realized he was PoH or Motoyasu. Some VAs really just are everywhere. Even when you think you've seen the extent of it you realize you looked right past half of their appearances.
At 19:48 you can hear masakox voicing ssj4 goku fighting electric blue superman and at 19:54 you can hear itsjustsomerandomguy voicing ultraman (evil superman from another universe) fighting goku black (basically evil goku vs evil siperman) they both voiced goku and superman in the previous battles so its db’s nod at their old va’s
By their very nature, both Goku and Superman are gonna keep getting stronger and getting new toys to smack each other with until the end of time. It’s not unreasonable to expect Goku vs. Superman 4 in the 2030’s, to be completely honest. The difference between the two is that while they’re both absurdly broken characters, Superman’s level of broken makes Goku look balanced.
The one thing I was concerned with going into this was Goku losing at the cost of the fanbase starting another Internet war. But surprisingly no with a few exceptions the fight has been overwhelmingly positive with the fanbase and the ending of Goku and Superman laughing it off saying he’s down for a rematch was just heartwarming. Really capturing the heart of the characters and everything they stand for. I didn’t think it needed to be redone but seeing it, I’m glad they did it.
I believe at this point, most people just stopped caring. Either because they don't view Goku as this anime god to worship anymore, and/or just moved on to other things in life.
I have to say, regardless of one's feelings about the outcome, I just like how there's no bad blood between the two of them, especially since I can see that being canon. After all, both fight for good, so I can't really think of any legitimate reason for Goku and Superman to hate each other.
Unicron was introduced in the 1986 Transformers the movie. He was a planetary threat who in later Transformers series was retconned to a universal threat on a spiritual scale.
This was leagues better than round 2 which in retrospect, felt so contentious and was made out of spite against Superman. This at least gave love to both of their characters. With that said, running joke time of point at Goku constantly losing in Death Battle with, .5W/3.5L
Galactus is Marvel where as Unicorn is basically a planet-sized Transformer who's only life goal is to destroy all sentient life and his blood zombifies dead Cybertronians.
In the comic where Superman and Wonder Women fought with Thor is a DC and Marvel crossover over they did in the 90s or 2000s. All three of them wielded Thor's hammer.
No matter how angry people are about Goku losing and hating Superman, I will continue to support Superman. I will always be one of the few Superman fans (I don't dislike Goku, I'm also one of the Dragon Ball fans)
In The Transformers: The Movie 1986, Unicron was a mechanical planet that devoured anything in its path. and it was voiced by the Legendary Orson Welles (his last role, he died before it was completed).
This battle is so, SO good. The song is called Super, by Brandon Yates. Once again putting up a Death Battle OST reaction series up for consideration. Id love to see it!
@@vick7868 got tired of dealing with it so I decided it wasn’t worth the hassle. Every day for the past week they’ve been taking down my old RWBY reactions that have been up for years
@theduckgoesmoo oh... that's unfortunate. I'm sorry, I really like those reactions. I will say then, would you consider listening to the songs on their own? They always drop the name of the song in the credits after the episodes. I'm in your server, I'd love to hear your opinions on them.
Next fight is one that a lot of people have been looking forward to and pretty much all of them say it should be a season finale. Marvel's Unapproachable Cosmic Devourer vs Transformers' All-Consuming Chaos God
13: 04 "Who are those two random people on the side?" Those two are Wendy Harris and Marvin White, two teenage super heroes in training. They were there for the audience of the show "Super Friends" to relate to.
Thye did say Superman once punched Brainiac hard enough to the point his other versions also felt it. The versions you saw when Superman hits Goku three times are GT Goku VS Superman Blue, Goku Black VS Ultraman and Xeno Goku VS Cosmic Armour Superman.
Unicron is from Transformers. He's a dark god that devour the previous universe before the last remnants kickstarted the big bang that led to the current universe. His brother is the god Primus who created the Transformer race and a fragment of his power is inside Optimus' chest called the Matrix.
One thing I want to expand upon for you is Superman shoulder-pressing the weight of the Earth, because it's even more bonkers in context. Superman was holding up the weight of the Earth _without_ access to sunlight, and held it for five days...because that was how long it took him to begin sweating. No joking, the entire point of the test was to collect a sample of Superman's sweat, and that's how they did it.
To answer the number/month thing, they actually have the same roots. Originally, we had a 10 month calendar, but good ol' not egocentric at all Julius Caesar wanted to name a month after himself, and some other roman leaders, so we got 12. Originally, the 5th month was called Quintilis, the 6th Sextilis, 7th September, 8th October, 9th November, and 10th December, these just derived from the latin numbers, unum, duo, tribus, quattuor, quinque, sex, septem, octo, novem, and decem. These are used in large numbers to indicate orders. Million is based on mili, the word for thousand, but past that it goes to latin numerical prefixes, bi meaning two gets us billion, the second illion, trillion from tri meaning 3 is the third illion. Nonillion is the 9th illion, novemdecillion is the 19th illion, vigintillion is the 20th, etc.
I don't care about the fight animation or who won or lost. I just love the lovable dork energy that both Goku and Supes exude with their facial expressions and lines of dialogue.
The Dragonball fan boys started pushing "You forgot God Fusion Goku." It literally never ends. And now they ones that are still salty say "well, at least Goku beats all the other Superman easily. So Goku has more Ws than Superman. Goku wins." Like it is just sad at this point. They want so bad for Goku to win that they are willing to take anything as a W. It has all gotten better, but Judas Priest some are just gripping at straws at this point. They complain that they use composite Superman but demand to use non-canon composite Gokus to win. To me, if Goku has to cheat to win, that is a HUGE L for him and he would agree.
If there’s one thing I’ve loved about this season, it’s the commitment to the characters beyond their abilities and there are so many bits that highlight their personalities. The ending to this one is my favorite by far in this regard Superman is humble and sweet and Goku doesn’t care if he dies as long as he gets to fight someone strong. This is def the best of the trilogy and I really hope this is the last one. I hope Goku and Superman can still be sparring buddies and good friends :)
No, that was Goku Black vs Ultraman (one of the evil versions of Superman). Those were all different versions of Superman and Goku fighting their little hearts out in alternate universes.
I knew Superman was going to win, but I'm still glad they gave the characters one final hurrah and did them justice. Still wish Goku would win in a death battle though, maybe in the future they put him up against someone else now that this one was made
One thing I like is that they got the characters more or less right, and yes that matters: how they think is a part of how they fight. Their motives for fighting likewise are a big part of it; Superman and Goku would fight differently if the fate of mankind were at stake. That's something the previous matches got absolutely wrong, the cavalier way they treated earth. This match, at least, seems to be set on an earth where there are no people to get hurt.
You brought up the no limits argument a few times, but Ben Singer actually said that they threw that out the window. It’s just pure numbers and physics.
DC and Marvel had several crossovers, so yes, Superman has met the Avengers multiple times. But no, Marvel cant own Thor. That would be like copyrighting Jesus.
I was initially disappointed that they were doing this matchup again, but after witnessing the battle itself, I can easily say this is one of DB's best! Goku and Clark becoming friends after all these battles is honestly very wholesome! Break out the fancy plates and cutlery! It's time for the planet eaters to satiate our hunger for battle!
Superman does have limits. He has infinite potential for growth (basically he can keep growing so long as he keeps absorbing solar power) but he's limited to how much he has stored at that time. So at any given time, he does have a finite amount stored up. It is possible for him to run out and he's done it in a few different series before.
But he can also dip himself to multiple stars or the sun or even blue or white one to recharge fast given how fast he can travel the galaxy now. Basically superman is like a rechargeable battery but his charger dosent take hours to fully charge him up and he can overcharge.
Exactly! Superman's power is directly proportional to how much solar energy he has (the more solar energy he has the stronger he is). He died fighting Doomsday the first time because he was fighting at night, all night. If he left Doomsday alone to take a sunbath, DD would have killed thousands of people while he was gone. Supes kept fighting until he was weak enough/ low enough on solar energy for DD's attacks to kill him.
The main point of Death Battle is peak vs peak. Goku at his current peak is still leagues behind Superman’s highest known peak which should be Prime One Million. Even though Prime One Million doesn’t really have any established feats to go by, Prime One Million is still the far far far future version of All-Star Superman who was basically sun dipping for over 15,000 years that basically turned him into an immortal golden entity that is beyond godly. We can imagine the stupidly insane power boost that has to be.
@@jenniferhamels1176 Yeah, I know. I don't disagree with any of that. I'm just saying he does have limits because a lot of people seem insistent on saying he has none at all.
Goku is goofy. Superman is goofy. It only makes sense that they'd be friends. Two goofy dudes are just sparing and having a good time. I think Goku is super happy to have someone that strong to train against, and Superman is thrilled to not have to completely hold back when fighting. It's gotta feel good to let loose every so often.
You forget, Goku wasn't initially inspired by Superman, but by Sun Wukong. It's mostly the purposefully-mistranslated early dubs that made him look more Superman-like. (Also, Tournament of Champions has concluded, with Wile E. vs Tom set for Season 11.)
Unicron is basically Transformers’ Robo-Devil. On a PLANETARY scale of size. In terms of power… uhh… around like… if Salem had Goku Black’s powers, and the some. He’s also a recurring main villain in Transformers Prime (which I do recommend giving a watch), but his first debut was in the 1986 Transformers animated movie (also recommend).
The ironic thing is no matter who wins people will be salty which is sad since both these characters could literally careless in a fight for the strongest…It’s more in character for them to be friends and want to help each other become stronger! Which is why I’m glad this “ending” gave them both the love and respect they deserve with a happy ending sequence after the fight
Unicron is basically transformers Satan, that eats planets.... Galactus also eats planets and that is why they are matched up. Also this is by far the most requested DB in history of the channel people have been wanting this one for YEARS
yo Kyle. Unicron is from Transformers. :) so it's gonna be a Marvel VS Mattel fight. :) also, Galactus can fight on par with the fantastic 4 and silver surfer while starving. he also has a gun called the ultimate nullifier. what does it do? it wipes out anything it's pointed at. even whole universes. :) also, when Galactus shows up, he's everybody's problem. and i do mean everybody. :)
if you want to look at in another interesting way...they did wipe out the universe. something canonically superman could and probably has survived, (they do say he can't be wiped from existence), while goku technically needs a universe to live... that ending makes it look like Supes is waiting on his buddy to wake up after sparring...
Goku vs Superman yet again. Another battle that never stops. But in this situation it ends multiple times, with the same result. And Goku who never stops searching for more growth, will always be back again to try and defeat the impossible. We’ll see more hairdo’s more impossibly increasing feats more and more as Goku, Vegeta, and now Gohan and Piccolo search more and more heights to surpass. And the hunt will never end. (In Gohan and Piccolo’s case it’s more to insure they can be more of a safety net for whatever disaster Goku and Vegeta make worse or accidentally blow out of proportion.
@@scarletrose8766 . But would red suns really weaken him? I thought it was just that red suns don't provide the same amount of power as other sun colors. Not that it actually takes away power.
@@zombiedemon1762 it slowly drains him of his powers the more he uses heat vision under that condition the faster he drains his solar energy ....... Gonna assume he would get weaken instead if he absorbed a red sun.
Red suns would do nothing to Superman if he went through every sun in the universe, one blue sun is enough for him to no longer be effective by kryptonite and red suns.
@@daveonewinn9981 we dunno how many red suns there is and how many blue sun there is and what effect a red sun can do to him it's like asking to be full to the brim but it's leaking out..... Basically all I'm saying is Red Sun is like a running tap the more he uses heat vision and prolly super flare under the effects of red sun the faster he drains does blue sun gives him infinite energy if so I dont remember. If it just gives him more reserves than usual then he last longer. Also pretty sure a gold kryptonite still takes alway with power completely so not sure about blue sun being able to bypass kryptonite ...... The most common kryptonite that was used on him are green.
Superman punished Goku other timelines felt it, one was GT Goku(with a cameo from Masakox) vs Blue Suit Superman, another was Goku Black vs Ultraman(with a cameo from Michael Agrusso), and the final one was Cosmic Armor Superman vs Xeno Goku
I'll always choose goku to win these battles and be wrong but I don't care I just love watching these breakdowns and watching goku and superman fight 😊❤
This battle’s just pleasant vibes. To focus on the statistics and objective nature of combatants is not to reduce them, like Wiz and Boomstick said. It’s just damn FUN SOMETIMES!
Not enough ssj4 sadly. Also unicron is from transformers. He is the world eater, chaos bringer, anti life. He is robot satan, and a enemy of the entire multiverse, EVERY MULTIVERSE
Unicron is from Transformers. He's a robot the size of a planet and voiced by Orson Welles. He was the big villain in the first animated Transformers movie back in the 80's
Unicron is from Transformers. Specifically Transformers the Movie from the 1980's, but used in later material as well. Unicron eats planets. Galactus eats planets. I think you can guess why fans want them to fight each other.
@@ligtningdog6399 . In the real world, as far as I have learned at least, Life Force is a poor translation of Chi. Although chi probably can include life force it actually seems to mean any and every type of spiritual energy. Especially since their is Human chi, earth chi, heavenly chi, and I think even ghost chi. Chi being the spiritual energy fabric of all reality and even physical matter, it should be capable of DBZ type stuff if only used by a powerful being like Superman.
@@ligtningdog6399 . We humans might mostly be known to only use chi for boring things like health because we don't have strong enough chi to fight Kryptonians or even very strongly effect the physical world with it.
18:11 no, this is not a continuation of the last time. In fact Ben Singer (the voice of Wiz) wanted this entire episode to stand apart from the other 2 fights and be its own thing. He also despises Goku vs Superman 2, saying it was his least favourite episode and how he wanted to undo that episode. so that's why they didn't even bring up the "Superman has no limits" thing, whereas that was their whole argument in Goku vs Superman 2
Yeah, Galactus is from Marvel, you got it right don’t worry (Also, Unicron’s from Transformers) Fun Fact about the next time: it is, as it states in the Next Time trailer, the most requested episode of DB history, only really rivaled with Cole vs Alex (which happened), Ruby Rose vs Maka (which is confirmed to be happening someday) and probably Mickey Mouse vs Bugs Bunny
I can say that this battle was the most intense but fun one to have two characters being the ideal superhero in both American and Japanese comics series. 😄 so next one is going to be a “Giant” battle with both characters being a eater of worlds or galaxies. So I hope the final battle be worth watching. Also I am still curious if you going to watch Blake v Mikasa (RWBY V Attack on Titans) DB as i believe that you are caught up in AOT that the battle doesn’t carry any final arc episodes just around i believe the 4th season of AOT and RWBY’s just cover up the volumn of 7.
