History Recap / DeathBattleS09E05OmniManVSHomelander

-->'''Omni-Man''': ''Remember what I promised you... Now '''swallow. '''''

* BigFishInABiggerOcean: The basic gist of Omni-Man's victory comes from this. In ''The Boys'', Homelander is the most powerful being in the setting and he's never had to worry about any genuine threats to his safety because of it. Omni-Man on there other hand is considered a top-tier specimen to the Viltrimites, which are essentially an entire race of planet-conquering Homelanders with thousands of years of fighting experience. And that's not even going into the fact that the world of Image Comics is in the middle stage of SuperheroPrevalenceStages while ''The Boys'' is still in its first stage, the kind of things that threaten the people of ''The Boys'' pailing in comparison to the monsters and villains in ''Invincible''.

* BigFishInABiggerOcean: The basic gist of Omni-Man's victory comes from this. In ''The Boys'', Homelander is the most powerful being in the setting and he's never had to worry about any genuine threats to his safety because of it. Omni-Man on there other hand is considered a top-tier specimen to the Viltrimites, which are essentially an entire race of planet-conquering Homelanders with thousands of years of fighting experience. And that's not even going into the fact that the world of Image Comics is in the middle stage of SuperheroPrevalenceStages while ''The Boys'' is still in its first stage, the kind of things that threaten the people of ''The Boys'' pailing in comparison to the monsters and villains in ''Invincible''.

* BigFishInABiggerOcean: The basic gist of Omni-Man's victory comes from this. In ''The Boys'', Homelander is the most powerful being in the setting and he's never had to worry about any genuine threats to his safety because of it. Omni-Man on there other hand is considered a top-tier specimen to the Viltrimites, which are essentially an entire race of planet-conquering Homelanders with thousands of years of fighting experience.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: Wiz notes that Homelander is essentially this in ''The Boys''. He's the most powerful being in his universe, whereas Omni-Man comes from ''Image Comics'', a world of beings far more powerful than anything Homelander has dealt with, some potentially more powerful than Omni-Man himself.

* BittersweetEnding: Nolan avenged his wife and likely spared Butcher and the Boys a lot of trouble in the process. However, the fact remains Debbie is still dead, as were anyone unfortunate to be caught in the crossfire of Omni-Man and Homelander's battle.

* StrongAndSkilled: Omni-Man is ''far'' more powerful than Homelander and has immense control over his powers, barely causing any collateral damage while demolishing his opponent. Even something as simple as punching displays Omni-Man's skills, as he turns his torso to add even more power to his strength and aims for weak points, such as Homelander's nose. Nolan also has centuries of experience and training under his belt, making him a more experienced fighter in every way.

* WeakButSkilled: Homelander technically fits this trope compared with Omni Man. While he is way weaker than his opponent, Homelander has more powers than Omni Man, such as his eye beams and super scream, which are noted to be powers that specifically exploit Nolan's weaknesses to high heat and sensitive ears. Deconstructed, because even though those powers SHOULD give Homelander an advantage, Omni Man is so above him in terms of power that even those abilities do barely anything else than annoy him, and Homelander gets easily defeated regardless.

* StrongAndSkilled: Omni-Man is ''far'' stronger than Homelander and has immense control over his powers, barely causing any collateral damage while demolishing his opponent. Even something as simple as punching displays Omni-Man's skills, as he turns his torso to add even more power to his strength and aims for weak points, such as Homelander's nose.

** On the other side of the coin, Omni-Man's casual dismissal of Homelander's very petty reason for wanting Omni-Man out of the country is simply because he cannot stand to possibly of being in the same spotlight as another FlyingBrick carries the same energy as [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Stan Edgar's chilling dressing down of Homelander]] in "[[Recap/TheBoysS0201TheBigRide The Big Ride]]".

* BullyingADragon: Homelander [[DownplayedTrope is aware of Omni-Man being powerful]], but doesn't see him a much of a threat, going to his home and killing his wife to send him a warning to leave the country. He soon finds that Omni-Man is not only not threatened by him, he's not someone he can stand a chance against.

* BittersweetEnding: Nolan avenged his wife, and likely spared the Butcher and The Boys a lot of trouble in the process. However, the fact remains Debbie is still dead, as were anyone unfortunate to be caught in the crossfire of Omni-Man and Homelander's battle.

* CurbStompBattle: This fight may as well take the cake for the most lopsided matchup in ''Death Battle'' history, with Omni-Man brutally destroying Homelander. It only lasts as long as it does because Omni-Man [[ToThePain really wanted Homelander to suffer]] for [[CrusadingWidow killing his wife]], and Homelander's [[SuperScream supersonic shouts]] happening to line up with his overly sensitive hearing. Even with both in mind, the fight lasts all of two minutes, most of the time being firmly in Omni-Man's favor.

* FirstInjuryReaction: Omni-Man intercepts a flying charge from Homelander with a simple punch that draws blood from his nose. Homelander covers his face, reacting in shock as he sees the blood in his hands when he brings them away. And then [[CombatPragmatist Omni-man punches him again.]]

** A subtle one follows directly after: Homelander, holding a mug, is punched against the wall for a few seconds, and then thrown at the table by Omni-Man, with the cup landing on his head... where normally, that cup should be laying on the floor. So, Nolan had thrown said cup at his opponent, but that motion is never shown, indicating the massive speed advantage and eventual winner early on.

* JustToyingWithThem: It's made abundantly clear early on that Omni-Man greatly outclasses his opponent. The only reason Homelander lasts as long as he does is because Omni-Man is drawing it out to make him suffer, even taking a moment to lecture Homelander on how to properly take a punch. Once Homelander makes the mistake of threatening Mark, [[PapaWolf Omni-Man]] ends the fight in ''seconds.''

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Nothing Homelander does really effects Nolan in any way. The concussive shouts do stun him a bit, but Nolan quickly shakes it off, and he treats Homelander's attempt at melting his eyes as a mild annoyance, even killing Homelander with his eyes closed.
* MeteorMove: Omni-Man grabs Homelander by the leg while he's upside-down and begins to rapidly descend back to earth to pull this, but Homelander's [[SuperScream scream]] disorients Nolan long enough for John to get loose and grab his foe to do it himself, creating an explosion and shockwave on impact that kills several bystanders and wrecks the neighborhood. While John stumbles out of the crater bloodied, Nolan isn't even visibly marked in the aftermath.

** On the other side of the coin, Omni-Man's casual dismissal of Homelander’s very petty reason for wanting Omni-Man out of America [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence simply because he cannot stand to possibly share the spotlight with another Flying Brick]] carries the same energy as [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Stan Edgar's chilling dressing down of Homelander]] in "[[Recap/TheBoysS0201TheBigRide The Big Ride]]".

-->'''Wiz:''' And that's the key difference between them: one is a warrior, and the other is a bully.
* NotHyperbole: Omni-Man promises to feed Homelander his own heart before the Viltrumite is done with him. He keeps his word in the end in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath the most literal sense]], ripping Homelander's heart out and stuffing it into his broken mouth, before crushing his skull.
-->'''Omni-Man''': ''Remember what I promised you... Now '''swallow. '''''

* RefugeInAudacity: Similarly to [[Recap/DeathBattleS07E20HulkVsBroly Hulk Vs Broly]] where Wiz and Boomstick calculated the strength difference between the Green Scar and Savage Hulk by using the times both slept with Umar as reference, they also end up calculating how fast Homelander's... load moved when they reveal that [[OutWithABang he ended up killing a woman he had sex with]] [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex because of it]].

* SoldierVSWarrior: Both characters' personalities, skills, and history boils down to this trope: where despite their [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy respective]] [[SuperSoldier origins]] initially setting them up with Omni-Man as the '''Warrior''', and Homelander as the '''Soldier'''; their personalities are entirely antithetical:

* {{Squick}}: InUniverse; Wiz can be seen in visible disgust as Boomstick segues into the physics of... Homelander's ejaculation making a woman explode. Boomstick meanwhile looks like he's reacting to the scene in a mix of humor and horror.

* StrongAndSkilled: Omni-Man is ''far'' stronger than Homelander and has immense control over his powers, barely causing any collateral damage while demolishing his opponent. Even something as simple as punching displays Omni-Man's skills, as he turns his torso to add even more power to his strength and aims for weak points, such as Homelander’s nose.

* UnskilledButStrong: It's stated that while Homelander is the most powerful character from ''The Boys'', he has no actual combat training or skill and relies simply on being too strong and scary for anyone to compete with or stand up against. Unfortunately for him, [[StrongAndSkilled Omni-Man hails from a race of planet conquering warriors and has thousands of years worth of combat experience under his belt,]] [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter resulting in him being far stronger, faster, and more skilled than Homelander is.]]

** Omni-Man having spent [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld the better part of several centuries]] learning the ins-and-outs of his abilities against all sorts of monsters [[TaughtByExperience that he knows how to hard-counter everything that Homelander tries throwing at him]] while making sure to mitigate any damage to the neighborhood makes Omni-Man the '''Soldier'''.
** Homelander meanwhile is a PsychopathicManchild that has never before [[ShootingSuperman faced any sort of threat that could pose a direct challenge to him]] and because he never [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman learned how to fight]] beyond taking an AttackAttackAttack approach to his fights, [[DestructiveSavior he creates a lot of collateral damage]]; even destroying a large chunk of the neighborhood which makes Homelander the '''Warrior'''.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Shortly after Homelander greets Omni-Man, Nolan briefly glances to the side. A few seconds later during Homelander's monologue, it's revealed what he'd been looking at: his wife's charred corpse.

* {{Squick}}: InUniverse; Wiz can be seen in visible disgust as Boomstick segways into the physics of... Homelander's ejaculation making a woman explode. Boomstick meanwhile looks like he's reacting to the scene in a mix of humor and horror.

In the fifth episode of ''DEATH BATTLE!'''s ninth season, AnAssKickingChristmas is in season as Wiz and Boomstick examine two of the most notable {{Corrupted Character Cop|y}}ies of TheCape himself. For about a century, the Last Son of Krypton has served as a paragon of what it means to be a superhero, with his virtues and powers defining an entire genre's worth of storytelling. However, when those who emulate the power he commands and the surface-level looks along with them lack the heart to be that man for others Superman naturally is, we get these two diabolically twisted mirror images who are about as invincible as they are brutal and devious. Viltrium's greatest warrior takes on Earth's most popular superhero to see which of these corrupt capes comes closer to emulating the Man of Steel's might in [[TitleDrop a death battle.]]

Starting off the episode with the first caricature of the Man of Steel, Nolan Grayson, also known as Omni-Man was sent to Earth on a mission by his own planet, Viltrum, to serve as one of Earth's protectors and was successful; Saving the planet many times over, becoming a member of his universe's equivalent of the Justice League, The Guardians of the Globe and even ended up marrying and having a son, Mark Grayson. Life couldn't have gotten better until Mark had ended up inheriting his father's Viltrumite powers, and subsequently found out that Nolan's reasons for being sent to Earth weren't as benign as initially thought.

As it turns out, the Viltrumite Empire, rather than being a utopic society, was in fact the result of a mass culling of half of Viltrum's population, leaving the remaining half united under a darwinist ideology that would lead them to conquer every planet in their home galaxy, slaughtering anyone that fought back, with Nolan being sent to do the same to Earth. And he's proved himself more than capable thanks to his Viltrumite heritage, aptly described by Boomstick as the combination of a Kryptonian's raw power and a Saiyan's bloodlust. Thanks to his [=DNA=], Nolan can manipulate the "Smart Atoms" in his body in order to perform superhuman feats, similar to his inspiration's Bio-Electric Aura. Viltrumites like Nolan can fly, survive being subjected to absolute zero temperatures, and possess extreme healing factors that can heal them from injuries such as impalement through vital organs and disembowelment, though it does have limits such as extreme trauma to either the brain or heart, prolonged exposure to extreme heat and thanks to their own abilities, intense sound attacks.

But despite these weaknesses, pushing a Viltrumite to their physical limits only makes them stronger, and due to Nolan fighting for millennia before coming to Earth, one can only imagine how strong he is in the present, with other species trying to attack him splattering on impact without any effort on Nolan's part. Despite his efforts, Nolan had difficulties trying to convince Mark to join him thanks to Mark being raised as a human rather than with the SocialDarwinist ideology of Viltrum, as demonstrated by how they responded to an invasion by the interdimensional Flaxans; Mark tried to outwit his foes and minimise casualties, whereas Nolan attacked the Flaxans at the source, systematically destroying the planet for even attempting to take over Earth. During this devastation, Nolan demonstrated his power by flying fast enough to ignite the air around him, creating massive explosions as a result. His other achievements under his belt include flying across galaxies in the span of a week, survive punching a hole through a planet, deflected a meteor as big as the state of Texas and to ensure a seamless assimilation of Earth into the Viltrumite Empire, brutally slaughtered his former allies of the Guardians of the Globe.

It is this very horror that spurred Mark into fighting his father for the sake of the Earth, and while he ultimately lost the fight, Nolan ended up leaving Earth on his own accord, in order to engage in self-reflection of his deeds.

At first glance, Homelander seems like an above-board man and a phenomenal hero, but that is only how he's portrayed as by Vought, in actuality, Homelander may as well be the devil himself with how vile he is. Vought's quote unquote "official" backstory of Homelander is quite similar to that of his inspiration, and entirely false as Homelander was actually cultivated in Vought's labs using their specially made superhero serum, Compound V. When he was born, Homelander slaughtered dozens of scientists, and in the comics, Vought had attached a remote-controlled hydrogen bomb to him in his early years as a means of keeping him in line. Growing up, Vought had subjected Homelander to psychological conditioning in order to maximise his loyalty and profitability as the world's greatest superhero ever.

His powers are very similar to that of Superman's; Flight, superhuman strength, speed, durability and heat vision capable of slicing aircraft, to say nothing of people, in half. He also performs a sonic scream that can rupture eardrums, as he ended up demonstrating on the passengers of the ill-fated Flight 37, and subsequently left them to die to keep them from speaking of him botching the mission, and this reveals that the only thing Vought's top hero truly cares about is ironically his public image, despite not caring about the people he's tasked with protecting.

Speaking of Homelander himself, he's capable of surviving anything humanity throws at him, including a Tsar Bomb, his strength lets him throw a fighter jet with one hand, and his speed allows him to outrun a C4 explosion. However, despite his sheer physical strength and prowess, he has the attitude and psychology of a spoiled child. Still, he's cunning and manipulative to everyone around him, but not cunning enough to avoid angering one Billy Butcher; this super seemingly killed Billy's wife. However, the Super did get some form of control over his and Becca's son, so let's hope he'll take better care of little super-powered Ryan...

Christmastime is here, with its happiness and cheer surrounding even the Viltrumite's home, all decked out for the holidays. Nolan returns home, only to find an unexpected guest in blue, red, white and gold with a mug of hot coco in hand. The stranger embellishes about his status as a merchandisable cash cow who will not be best by an alien superhuman and tries to agree with Nolan's wife... who is a charred skeleton. When the guest tells the family man to leave the country, Nolan calmly promises to feed him his own heart, but the Seven's leader scoffs at the threat, causing Nolan to send his fist into his face.

In response to this unorthodox move, Homelander fires his EyeBeams to destroy the plane and goes on the offensive. The Viltrumite, however, is unfazed by the attacks and Homelander's laser eyes prove to be ineffective on him. Nolan resumes his beatdown and makes the lab boy bleed through his nose. As the human alien drags him to the ground upside down, Homelander makes a deafening shout, causing his foe's ears to bleed and the super alien himself to flinch in pain long enough for the cash cow superhero to slam him into the ground in a massive explosion, vaporising a crowd of civilians in the blast radius.

'''Wiz:''' The winner is Omni-Man.

* NotSoSimilar: Wiz and Boomstick conclude that in spite of both combatants being corruptions of TheCape, hiding behind a heroic facade who don't give a damn for humanity, Omni-Man's had to fight to keep his position of power in a ruthless dog-eat-dog culture and as a smaller part of a universe of superpowered threats while Homelander has merely been an unapposed bully in an otherwise normal Earth.

--->'''Wiz:''' And that's the key difference between them: one is a warrior, and the other is a bully.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: Wiz notes that Homelander is essentially this in ''The Boys''. He's the most powerful being in his universe, whereas Omni-Man comes from ''Image Comics'', a world of beings far more powerful than anything Homelander has dealt with, some potentially more powerful than Omni-Man himself.

---> '''Homelander:''' '''''AFTER I'M DONE WITH YOU, I'M GONNA FLASH-FRY THAT LITTLE SHIT SON OF YOURS, THIS WORTHLESS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND EVERY GODDAMN PERSON YOU KNOW!!!'''''

** A subtle one follows directly after: Homelander,holding a cacao cup, is punched against the wall for a few seconds and then thrown at the table by Omni-Man, with the cup landing on his head..where normally, that cup should be laying at the floor. So, Nolan had thrown said cup on his opponent - but that motion is never shown, indicating the massive speed advantage and eventual winner early on.

The Seven have lost their leader, and Vought their cash cow... but given the type of hero Homelander was, it's doubtful anybody would miss him with such a gruesome yet fitting end. Despite both emulating Superman's incredible powers to different degrees, it was Omni-Man who came close to matching their inspiration's power level. The numbers don't lie either; comparing Omni-Man causing the destruction of the moon twice over to Homelander surviving a nuke made the Viltrumite 60 billion times stronger than his blonde opponent, whereas Omni-Man moving faster than light trumps Homelander moving faster than sound with a 7.2 billion times difference in speed. Homelander may have been the strongest being to ever exist within the context of ''The Boys'', and he had access to abilities Omni-Man lacked, but he wasn't powerful enough to capitalize on them. Viltrumite healing factors have been overpowered by excessive heat, but Homelander's lasers were never shown to be on par with that of a star's, which have overtaxed them over a notable duration of time, not to mention that Omni-Man had defeated other superheroes with similar abilities before. Homelander may have also been able to use his supersonic voice to disorient Omni-Man, but he lacked the strength needed to capitalize on those openings. What sealed the deal was not just comparing their experience as heroes, but who they were as people in the end: whereas Nolan was a millennia-old warrior who had been conquering planets left and right, John was a test tube baby who never needed to push himself beyond what he was capable of since he already was the strongest in his universe and never really had any experience fighting someone who could even defeat him head-on. Despite his devious nature, Homelander was simply a bully who bit off more than he could chew given Omni-Man's overwhelming advantages in almost every area that mattered.

* CurbStompBattle: This fight may as well take the cake for the most lopsided matchup in ''Death Battle'' history. It only lasts as long as it does because Omni-Man [[ToThePain really wanted Homelander to suffer]] for [[CrusadingWidow killing his wife]], and Homelander's [[SuperScream supersonic shouts]] happening to line up with his overly sensitive hearing. Even with both in mind, the fight lasts all of two minutes, most of the time being firmly in Omni-Man's favor.

* AssholeVictim: Omni-Man's assault on a clearly inferior foe? Complete overkill. That foe being [[HateSink Homelander]]? Well deserved.

* SoldierVersusWarrior: Both characters' personalities, skills, and history boils down to this trope: where despite their [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy respective]] [[SuperSoldier origins]] initially setting them up with Omni-Man as the '''Warrior''', and Homelander as the '''Soldier'''; their personalities are entirely antithetical: