History Recap / DeathBattleS09E07HerculesVSSunWukong

With Greek Mythology now lacking one of its most famous heroes, the hosts explain the outcome behind this "Herculean Matchup". Whilst Hercules would be expected to hold the strength advantage, Wukong actually had him matched, as they both lifted the skies of their worlds, which reflect an infinite version of reality; Sun via Sumaru and Hercules via the Celestial Sphere. Even with their strength in the same margin, Sun's superior healing ability and various means of immortality meant he could bounce back from any fatal blows, whilst Hercules lacked a similar means to recover. Even so, Hercules' arrows, the ones dipped in god-threatening hydra venom, gave him the option to incapacitate Sun, similar to the effects of the Scorpion Sting, even if it wasn't outright fatal. But such an opportunity would only present itself if Hercules could actually hit Sun. The Monkey King's clones, transformations and spells gave him the options to avoid these arrows, befitting his edge in versatility over the God of Strength and how simply in character it would be for Sun to sit back whilst his clones fought Hercules for him. Backing all this up is Wukong's incredible speed, as whilst Hercules could potentially shoot the sun down with arrows 100 faster than light speed, Sun jumped across the universe in one second, putting him 1.4 quintillion times the speed of light, and much too fast. Fitting for some called Heaven's Equal, the Monkey King had everything he needed and more to overcome even the God of Strength himself.

* SpiritualAntithesis: This episode could be seen as a mythological version of [[Recap/DeathBattleS01E25GokuVsSuperman Goku Vs.]] [[Recap/DeathBattleS02E25GokuVsSuperman2 Superman]]. Sun Wukong was the actual inspiration behind Sun Goku, and Heracles, while not the direct inspiration for Superman, is also a ridiculous strong and iconic hero in his own source material. This is also lampshaded by Boomstick in the opening, see above. [[spoiler:The outcome is quite different however.]]

'''Boomstick:''' And maybe inspire some [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules comics]] and [[ranchise/DragonBall anime]], to boot!

'''Boomstick:''' And maybe inspire some comics and anime, to boot!

With Greek Mythology now lacking its most famous heroes, the hosts explain the outcome behind this "Herculean Matchup". Whilst Hercules would be expected to hold the strength advantage, Wukong actually had him matched, as they both lifted the skies of their worlds, which reflect an infinite version of reality; Sun via Sumaru and Hercules via the Celestial Sphere. Even with their strength in the same margin, Sun's superior healing ability and various means of immortality meant he could bounce back from any fatal blows, whilst Hercules lacked a similar means to recover. Even so, Hercules' arrows, the ones dipped in god-threatening hydra venom, gave him the option to incapacitate Sun, similar to the effects of the Scorpion Sting, even if it wasn't outright fatal. But such an opportunity would only present itself if Hercules could actually hit Sun. The Monkey King's clones, transformations and spells gave him the options to avoid these arrows, befitting his edge in versatility over the God of Strength and how simply in character it would be for Sun to sit back whilst his clones fought Hercules for him. Backing all this up is Wukong's incredible speed, as whilst Hercules could potentially shoot the sun down with arrows 100 faster than light speed, Sun jumped across the universe in one second, putting him 1.4 quintillion times the speed of light, and much too fast. Fitting for some called Heaven's Equal, the Monkey King had everything he needed and more to overcome even the God of Strength himself.

* SuperStrength: Both Hercules and Sun Wukong are so strong that it ''literally cannot be calculated''; for the record the only other combatants whose strength were considered incalculable were [[Recap/DeathBattleS02E25GokuVsSuperman2 Superman]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DeathBattleS08E16SaitamaVSPopeye Popeye]].

* SuperStrength: Both Hercules and Sun Wukong are so strong that it ''literally cannot be calculated''; for the record the only other combatant whose strength was considered incalculable was [[Recap/DeathBattleS02E25GokuVsSuperman2 Superman]].

With Greek Mythology now lacking it's most famous heroes, the hosts explain the outcome behind this "Herculian Matchup". Whilst Hercules would be expected to hold the strength advantage, Wukong actually had him matched, as they both lifted the skies of their worlds, which reflect an infinite version of reality; Sun via Sumaru and Hercules via the Celestial Sphere. Even with their strength in the same margin, Sun's superior healing ability and various means of immortality meant he could bounce back from any fatal blows, whilst Hercules lacked a similar means to recover. Even so, Hercules' arrows, the ones dipped in god-threatening hydra venom, gave him the option to incapacitate Sun, similar to the effects of the Scorpion Sting, even if it wasn't outright fatal. But such an opportunity would only present itself if Hercules could actually hit Sun. The Monkey King's clones, transformations and spells gave him the options to avoid these arrows, befitting his edge in versatility over the God of Strength and how simply in character it would be for Sun to sit back whilst his clones fought Hercules for him. Backing all this up is Wukong's incredible speed, as whilst Hercules could potentially shoot the sun down with arrows 100 faster than light speed, Sun jumped across the universe in one second, putting him 1.4 quintillion times the speed of light, and much too fast. Fitting for some called Heaven's Equal, the Monkey King had everything he needed and more to overcome even the God of Strength himself.

With Greek Mythology now lacking it's most famous heroes, the hosts explain the outcome behind this "Herculian Matchup". Whilst Hercules would be expected to hold the strength advantage, Wukong actually had him matched, as they both lifted the skies of their worlds, which reflect an infinite version of reality; Sun via Sumaru and Heracles via the Celestial Sphere. Even with their strength in the same margin, Sun's superior healing ability and various means of immortality meant he could bounce back from any fatal blows, whilst Hercules lacked a similar means to recover. Even so, Hercules' arrows, the ones dipped in god-threatening hydra venom, gave him the option to incapacitate Sun, similar to the effects of the Scorpion Sting, even if it wasn't outright fatal. But such an opportunity would only present itself is Hercules could actually hit Sun. The Monkey King's clones, transformations and spells gave him the options to avoid these arrows, befitting his edge in versatility over the God of Strength and how simply in character it would be for Sun to sit back whilst his clones fought Hercules for him. Backing all this up is Wukong's incredible speed, as whilst Hercules could potentially shoot the sun down with arrows 100 faster than light speed, Sun jumped across the universe in one second, putting him 1.4 quintillion times the speed of light, and much too fast. Fitting for some called Heaven's Equal, the Monkey King had everything he needed and more to overcome even the God of Strength himself.

''[This recap is a work in progress]''

* LightningBruiser: Wukong compared to Heracles. Heracles has infinite strength. Wukong has infinite strength ''and'' durability (thanks to his multiple sources of immortality), combined with speed that make Heracles' ability to fire arrows at 9 times the speed of light look like {{Painfully Slow Projectile}}s in comparison.