History Fridge / DeathBattle

* One can wonder where the heck that chaos emerald randomly came from during the Wily Vs Eggman battle, but it was explicitly stated earlier that Silver Sonic is powered by a chaos emerald, which is what allowed Metal Sonic to later absorb it and become a near unstoppable force even BEFORE he absorbed the Egg Fleet

* It should be noted that the reason that pre-1986 Superman is not being used is because not only are his powers inconsistent throughout the series because of different authors, but some technicalities would be too cheap for the fight (i.e. destroying entire solar systems with sneezes or feeling no pain from being attack be The Incredible Hulk).

* Technically speaking, the reason a warrior is defeated is more because of their opponents instead of their own ineffectiveness. If Shadow the Hedgehog fought a Goomba, then Shadow would win even though he lost to Vegeta. Losing doesn't make a character any less of what they are as a warrior.

** Also the fact that this inconvenience determined the outcome of the battle means Peach only won by shear, near impossible luck.

** But the reason why Kratos didn't decapitate Spawn is because Death Battle doesn't allow the warriors to know of each other unless they do in canon- so he didn't know Spawn could survive his deadliest weapon, the Blade of Olympus. Besides, Kratos doesn't use much strategy to begin with, instead just thrashing things to death wildly.

** Yet Eggman was also allowed to have his Egg Fleet, but this was most likely to give Metal Sonic his ability to transform (as in Sonic Heroes, he needed to absorb ships as well).

** Not to mention that both Badniks and Robot Masters have only about 1-3 hitpoints each, while in their games they have much more defense.

* E-101 Mark II should have survived longer in the fight, especially since he can automatically dodge or deflect projectiles. Magnetman's magnet shield only drags enemies closer, but doesn't paralyses them. Infact other than Metal Sonic, ALL of the Badniks lose against the Robot Masters (this could be more of poor directing than actual comparing the robots).

* Sonic's victory against Mario was forshadowed from the beginning. At the start of the fight base Sonic's physical attacks were too quick for base Mario to counter. A similar ambush was used at the end (when the power-ups apparently ran out) before Sonic grinded Mario into the ground.

** While of course, they could bend the rules to allow Batman time to study Spidey, it would also give the latter time to prep up as well. Considering that Spider-Man is one of the smartest characters in the Marvel Universe, the fight would have ended with the same results. Also, note that at times, Spider-Man bordered on the verge of killing, while Batman has a strict no-kill rule. This would still give an edge to Spider-Man, since Death Battle's rules [[CaptainObvious require one contestant to kill the other.]] [[RuleOfThree Plus,]] the results screen show that regular Spider-Man villain Green Goblin has a modus operandi similar to Bats, while Batman lacks any villain that have some resemblance to Spidey.

* Sonic's victory against Mario was forshadowed from the beginning. Base Sonic's physical attacks were too quick for Base Mario to counter. A similar ambush was used at the end (when the power-ups apparently ran out) before Sonic grinded Mario into the ground.

* The reason why Batman didn't win in his battle with Spider-Man, if you read the comics, is obvious-Spidey had the jump on him, and when it comes down to it, Batman's main advantage is being CrazyPrepared. As Wiz and Boomstick pointed out, Spidey's weaknesses are impossible to utilize unless one is prepared, which the rules of Death Battle prevent.

* Makes sense how Starscream VS Rainbow Dash is the only battle where A) [[BloodlessCarnage there's no blood whatsoever]] (aside from Cloud VS Link), and B) technically, neither fighter "dies", since Starscream is still alive in his Spark (though with Rainbow Dash having eaten him, he won't be doing anything for a while); both fighters come from kid's shows, where blood and graphic deaths are very, ''very'' rarely - if ever - shown.

* FridgeBrilliance: I was kind of confused in the Cloud VS Link battle; when Cloud used his Omnislash, it looked like Link was easily about to die, but then Link somehow landed a hit that saved him without any explanation as to how. I didn't understand why until I watched the battle again; I previously FailedASpotCheck and didn't notice the yellow reticle around Cloud during the attack. Link was Z Targeting!

* More FridgeBrilliance: Makes sense how Starscream VS Rainbow Dash is the only battle where A) there's no blood whatsoever, and B) technically, neither fighter "dies", since Starscream is still alive in his Spark (though with Rainbow Dash having eaten him, he won't be doing anything for a while); both fighters come from kid's shows, where blood and graphic deaths are very, ''very'' rarely - if ever - shown.

** This also extends into the research shown earlier, where they flat out stated Z-Targeting = Fast Reflexes. This not only explains how Link countered the Omnislash, but also how he was able to keep pace with Cloud's super-soldier speed in swordplay.

* FridgeBrilliance: I was kind of confused in the Cloud VS Link battle; when Cloud used his Omnislash, it looked like Link was easily about to die, but then Link somehow landed a hit that saved him without any explanation as to how. I didn't understand why until I watched the battle again; I previously FailedASpotCheck and didn't notice the yellow reticle around Cloud during the attack. Link was Z Targeting!