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** Goku vs. Superman's ending, with both men staring into an infinite possibilities of their fights from different versions. Superman is oddly content watching it all, knowing that his universe is destroyed. However, he's likely relaxed because A) Goku just showed him how fun fighting truly is, especially with someone he can consider an equal to, to an extent, and B) the thought of using the Dragon Balls, likely the Super ones, puts his mind at ease knowing that everything they've destroyed will be fixed.
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** Near the end, Scott kneels at Ramona's side, seemingly shocked and horrified at the condition she's in, but players of the ''[[VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Scott Pilgrim]]'' game will note that he assumes this pose when he's attempting to revive another player character. Unfortunately, this makes Ramona's death more tragic, knowing Scott tried to bring her back from the brink of death.
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** Near the end, Scott kneels at Ramona's side, seemingly shocked and horrified at the condition she's in, but players of the ''[[VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld ''[[VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorldTheGame Scott Pilgrim]]'' game will note that he assumes this pose when he's attempting to revive another player character. Unfortunately, this makes Ramona's death more tragic, knowing Scott tried to bring her back from the brink of death.
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** In a way, Rick can be seen as having a lot more in common with the Master, who's seen as a more ruthless and antagonistic counterpart to the Doctor. In a sense, the Doctor was applying his experience dealing with the Master against Rick, making his defiant stand against him a lot more poignant.
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** The fight starts over the Doctor metaphorically turning the other cheek and ends when the Doctor literally turns the other cheek.
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* When Rick and The Doctor encounter the Weeping Angels, as The Doctor jumps through the portal, the ones behind Rick still don't move, despite Rick having his back turned to them. Why aren't they attacking? Because the shot is still on them, and ''we're'' still watching them. The only time they've moved is when we're taking into Rick's POV and blink with him.
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*** This would also explain why the Space Cruiser and the Rick AI are still around, as technically speaking C-137 Rick didn't build them (or at least not those specific versions), he just co-opted them from one of his dead counterparts after hopping between universes.
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** In the post-fight analysis, it's noted onscreen that even though Rick mentions ''Series/DoctorWho'' in his series, there's no actual proof he's seen the show or knows enough about the Doctor to have prior planning. This may seem like a copout, but bear in mind the line he says that references it: "I'm Doctor Who in this motherfucker." If he ''did'' watch the show, he'd know that Doctor Who isn't the character's name and wouldn't refer to himself as such.
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** In the post-fight analysis, it's noted onscreen that even though Rick mentions ''Series/DoctorWho'' in his series, there's no actual proof he's seen the show or knows enough about the Doctor to have prior planning. This may seem like a copout, but bear in mind the line he says that references it: "I'm Doctor Who in this motherfucker." If he ''did'' watch the show, he'd know that Doctor Who isn't the character's name and wouldn't refer to himself as such.such, and he'd also have known what to do when the two were surrounded by Weeping Angels, instead of blindly following The Doctor's [[SchmuckBait intentionally wrong advice]].
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** Rick is erased by the De-Mat Gun and yet despite him having been erased; Morty still exists despite being his grandson. However Morty is the grandson of Rick-Prime and not Rick C-137 in particular so while our Rick has been released; not his alternate universe counterparts.
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** Rick is erased by the De-Mat Gun and yet despite him having been erased; Morty still exists despite being his grandson. However Morty is the grandson of Rick-Prime and not Rick C-137 in particular so while our Rick has been released; erased; not his alternate universe counterparts.
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** The fight starts over the Doctor metaphorically turning the other cheek and ends when the Doctor literally turns the other cheek.
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** At the climax of the fight, a part of the TARDIS breaks off and cuts off Rick's escape through a portal. Seems like a lucky coincidence, but the TARDIS is noted to be conscious and can act autonomously, meaning she likely did this ''intentionally'' so the Doctor could trick Rick into finishing himself off.
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** How did Rick manage to get a Rick Army to infiltrate the TARDIS? The last we saw of him, he was being attacked by a Weeping Angel, whose touch causes their victims to be sent back in time. This likely just gave Rick all the time he needed to get back to the present with a clone army and infiltrate the TARDIS, whose door was open.
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** How did Rick manage to get a Rick Army to infiltrate the TARDIS? The last we saw of him, he was being attacked by a Weeping Angel, whose touch causes their victims to be sent back in time. This likely just gave Rick all the time he needed to get back to the present with a clone an army and of himself to infiltrate the TARDIS, whose door was open.
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** A bit of Heartwarming-Fridge for The Doctor, when he tells Morty "Don't be a Cynic", he's looking at the audience when he says it. One can interpret him telling the audience as well to not be like Rick, don't let the negatives outweigh the positive and allow it to cloud your judgement, and the first thing he does in the end is give Morty some much needed positive encouragement.
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** Rick and The Doctor both contended with their past and their losses, with Rick’s family having done therapy (and Boomstick calling Rick to check out BetterHelp in the preview). However, their characterization differs in that Rick is an arrogant nihilist while The Doctor is a pacifist idealist, and the battle itself even highlighted these differences. It could also be argued that these traits are part of why the Doctor won.
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** It's a bit of a coincidence that this episode was also released on the year of the 60th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' (20/11/2023) and even releasing on the same week the 60th anniversary series premieres (25/11/2023 to be exact). In a sense, you could interpret this episode as a celebration of the ''Doctor Who'' franchise.
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** There's also the coincidence that this episode was also released on the year of the 60th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' and even releasing on the same week the 60th anniversary series premieres (25/11/2023 to be exact).
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* Rick is erased by the De-Mat Gun and yet despite him having been erased; Morty still exists despite being his grandson. However Morty is the grandson of Rick-Prime and not Rick C-137 in particular so while our Rick has been released; not his alternate universe counterparts.
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** Rick emerges from a portal on the Doctor's back, appearing to come out of him, and literally bursts out of his chest shortly after. Dan Harmon has said ''Doctor Who'' was one of the inspirations behind ''Rick and Morty'', so this could be taken as a suitably grisly representation of how Rick is partly descended from the Doctor.
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** There's also the coincidence that this episode was also released on the year of the 60th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' and even releasing on the same week the 60th anniversary season of that series premieres.
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** There's also the coincidence that this episode was also released on the year of the 60th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' and even releasing on the same week the 60th anniversary season of that series premieres.premieres (25/11/2023 to be exact).
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** Befitting the Doctor's pacifist nature, he never directly attacks Rick. He uses a spoon to defend himself from Rick's sword and disarms him, uses his sonic screwdriver to shut down Rick's devices (with an unintended explosion from one), tries to trick him into getting caught by Weeping Angels, indirectly causes the TARDIS to start falling apart on Rick, and tricks Rick into killing himself via the portals. Even when he's going for the D-Mat gun, he's noticeably very hesitant and ultimately isn't the one who fires it.
** Why does Rick listen to the Doctor when he tells him to "blink rapidly" in the room full of Weeping Angels? Rick doesn't know what they are; he thinks they just fell into a room full of statues and the Doctor's talking out his ass.
** Why does Rick listen to the Doctor when he tells him to "blink rapidly" in the room full of Weeping Angels? Rick doesn't know what they are; he thinks they just fell into a room full of statues and the Doctor's talking out his ass.
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* ''Rick Sanchez VS The Doctor'':
** Having the Doctor be modeled after Creator/DavidTennant could just be due to the Tenth Doctor being usually considered the most popular incarnation. Or it could be because, when the battle came out, the current incarnation was the Fourteenth Doctor, who was once again played by Tennant and deliberately meant to be a temporary return of Ten.
** In the post-fight analysis, it's noted onscreen that even though Rick mentions ''Series/DoctorWho'' in his series, there's no actual proof he's seen the show or knows enough about the Doctor to have prior planning. This may seem like a copout, but bear in mind the line he says that references it: "I'm Doctor Who in this motherfucker." If he ''did'' watch the show, he'd know that Doctor Who isn't the character's name and wouldn't refer to himself as such.
** With all the punishment the Doctor's faced, two laser shots seems like a pretty small amount to trigger his regeneration. However, based on where the wounds are, it's likely that each laser hit one of his two hearts, damaging or destroying them, which ''would'' lead to it.
** Having the Doctor be modeled after Creator/DavidTennant could just be due to the Tenth Doctor being usually considered the most popular incarnation. Or it could be because, when the battle came out, the current incarnation was the Fourteenth Doctor, who was once again played by Tennant and deliberately meant to be a temporary return of Ten.
** In the post-fight analysis, it's noted onscreen that even though Rick mentions ''Series/DoctorWho'' in his series, there's no actual proof he's seen the show or knows enough about the Doctor to have prior planning. This may seem like a copout, but bear in mind the line he says that references it: "I'm Doctor Who in this motherfucker." If he ''did'' watch the show, he'd know that Doctor Who isn't the character's name and wouldn't refer to himself as such.
** With all the punishment the Doctor's faced, two laser shots seems like a pretty small amount to trigger his regeneration. However, based on where the wounds are, it's likely that each laser hit one of his two hearts, damaging or destroying them, which ''would'' lead to it.
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** It’s noted on the Characters page about the fight, under SoldierVersusWarrior, that Omni-Man and Homelander belong to the category opposite of what they appear to be at first glance; Omni-Man is really The Soldier, Homelander the Warrior. The same comment, further illustrating their nature being at odds with first appearances, also applies to the RedOniBlueOni - Omni-Man’s colour scheme heavily features red and Homelander has a lot of blue, but both fighters have the opposite personality than what the colours that imply.
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* During "Scooby Doo vs Courage", there's a shot of Scooby making a run for the Mystery Machine, which is then crushed by the God Bone thanks to Courage. While Scooby has been shown to be able to drive before, considering that Scooby calls out for Shaggy in the beginning of the episode, did Courage accidently crush the rest of Mystery Inc by mistake?
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* During "Scooby Doo vs Courage", there's a shot of Scooby making a run for the Mystery Machine, which is then crushed by the God Bone thanks to Courage. While Scooby has been shown to be able to drive before, considering that Scooby calls out for Shaggy in the beginning of the episode, did Courage accidently accidentally crush the rest of Mystery Inc Inc. by mistake?mistake?
** [[FridgeLogic Why would they all just be sitting around in the Mystery Machine if it was clearly parked?]] Their crossover showed that if Scooby ran off, the gang would have no reservations to follow after him- it's much more reasonable to assume that they were either in another part of the mansion to solve the mystery or in the Bagges household, [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent which can be seen in the background of the last shots of the battle.]]
** [[FridgeLogic Why would they all just be sitting around in the Mystery Machine if it was clearly parked?]] Their crossover showed that if Scooby ran off, the gang would have no reservations to follow after him- it's much more reasonable to assume that they were either in another part of the mansion to solve the mystery or in the Bagges household, [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent which can be seen in the background of the last shots of the battle.]]
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** On both occasions, Superman is the one to force the fight into a new location, physically pummeling Goku across the globe. On the first time, he goes from the frozen mountainsides to an empty rocky plain, but afterwards, he drives Goku ''into the heart of a city''. At first, this seems ''highly'' out of character for Superman, but combined with his forwards immediately afterwards it suddenly makes sense. He's using the populated surroundings to hammer home his point about the potential consequences of them continuing their fight.
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** In the fight, Aquaman pulls out a move he's never even come close to doing, using all of the Earth's water to great a giant whirlpool to try to and defeat Spongebob. This seems like Death Battle being very kind to him, and it honestly could be that. On the other hand, Superfriends Aquaman comes from a era where heroes could practically do whatever they wanted as a super power, heck, Superman could just sneeze a universe away, it's just that no one decided to give anything like this to Aquaman during all of it. Here, Superfriends Aquaman, after a pep-talk from Spongebob, shows off just how powerful he could be if he was given the same treatment from said era of comics. While still nowhere near most, it's far more respectable than what he has now, and more than what Aquaman from the comics did in his fight with Namor.
** Hell, that pep talk really did wonders for Aquaman. The Reef Blower feat Spongebob survived, over 6000 Yottatons of TNT (something far beyond the likes of even Saitama and Popeye can only amount a fraction of), Spongebob replicated this feat when he absorbed the Earth's water, and Aquaman popped him with the trident. While it may be based on Aquaman's immunity to all water based attacks, his survival similar to how SpongeBob came out unharmed can show he was truly at the level befitting of the title of Aquaman.
** Spongebob getting Aquaman's superhero name wrong on the gravestone isn't just because of a gag, he changed it to something grander for his Super Friend.
** Hell, that pep talk really did wonders for Aquaman. The Reef Blower feat Spongebob survived, over 6000 Yottatons of TNT (something far beyond the likes of even Saitama and Popeye can only amount a fraction of), Spongebob replicated this feat when he absorbed the Earth's water, and Aquaman popped him with the trident. While it may be based on Aquaman's immunity to all water based attacks, his survival similar to how SpongeBob came out unharmed can show he was truly at the level befitting of the title of Aquaman.
** Spongebob getting Aquaman's superhero name wrong on the gravestone isn't just because of a gag, he changed it to something grander for his Super Friend.
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** In the fight, Aquaman pulls out a move he's never even come close to doing, using all of the Earth's water to great a giant whirlpool to try to and defeat Spongebob.[=SpongeBob=]. This seems like Death Battle being very kind to him, and it honestly could be that. On the other hand, Superfriends Aquaman comes from a era where heroes could practically do whatever they wanted as a super power, heck, Superman could just sneeze a universe away, it's just that no one decided to give anything like this to Aquaman during all of it. Here, Superfriends Aquaman, after a pep-talk from Spongebob, [=SpongeBob=], shows off just how powerful he could be if he was given the same treatment from said era of comics. While still nowhere near most, it's far more respectable than what he has now, and more than what Aquaman from the comics did in his fight with Namor.
** Hell, that pep talk really did wonders for Aquaman. The Reef Blower featSpongebob [=SpongeBob=] survived, over 6000 Yottatons of TNT (something far beyond the likes of even Saitama and Popeye can only amount a fraction of), Spongebob replicated this feat when he absorbed the Earth's water, and Aquaman popped him with the trident. While it may be based on Aquaman's immunity to all water based attacks, his survival similar to how SpongeBob [=SpongeBob=] came out unharmed can show he was truly at the level befitting of the title of Aquaman.
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* ''Sauron VS Lich King'': It seems weird that the very first ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' representative was none other than BigBad Sauron himself, [[SidelinedProtagonistCrossover instead of any member of the Fellowship]], or even other villains like Saruman, the Balrog, or the Witch-King. However, it's also oddly fitting since Sauron is the [[AntagonistTitle titular villain]] of the work!
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* ''Sauron VS Lich King'': It seems weird that the very first ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' representative was none other than BigBad Sauron himself, [[SidelinedProtagonistCrossover instead of any member of the Fellowship]], or even other villains like Saruman, the Balrog, or the Witch-King. However, it's also oddly fitting since Sauron is the [[AntagonistTitle titular villain]] of the work!work! Similarly, the Lich King is the only ''World of Warcraft'' villain to get name-dropped in an expansion, that being ''Wrath of the Lich King''.
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** The post-fight analysis has Wiz and Boomstick point out that, in their crossover, Computer was shown to not have any information on how to defeat Scooby. That would explain why, in the fight animation, Courage asks "How to defeat a Great Dane with a speech impediment" - he gives a less specific (but still applicable) question since he knows asking "How to defeat Scooby Doo" turns up nothing.
*** This also explains why it failed. Sure, smashing the God Bone onto a normal Great Dane probably ''would'' defeat them. But Scooby is more than that.
** The fight animation goes insane with the combatants and uses things brought up in the analysis that you wouldn't expect them to use in an actual fight - Courage pulling himself in half, Scooby having the Chest of Demons, and the out-of-nowhere VideoGame/AsurasWrath reference. Since the fight is determined to be a draw, they wanted to make sure the viewers knew they took ''every single possibility'' into consideration, from weaponizing one-off jokes to reaching the logical conclusion of every aspect, and determined it all just perfectly balanced each other out.
*** This also explains why it failed. Sure, smashing the God Bone onto a normal Great Dane probably ''would'' defeat them. But Scooby is more than that.
** The fight animation goes insane with the combatants and uses things brought up in the analysis that you wouldn't expect them to use in an actual fight - Courage pulling himself in half, Scooby having the Chest of Demons, and the out-of-nowhere VideoGame/AsurasWrath reference. Since the fight is determined to be a draw, they wanted to make sure the viewers knew they took ''every single possibility'' into consideration, from weaponizing one-off jokes to reaching the logical conclusion of every aspect, and determined it all just perfectly balanced each other out.
