History Recap / DeathBattleS09E12SpongeBobVSAquaman

* After Prince Zuko's loss to Shoto Todoroki, and Avatar Korra's loss to Storm, [=SpongeBob=] is the first ''Nickelodeon'' original character to win a Death Battle since Danny Phantom's victory over Jake Long. [=SpongeBob=] is also the first cartoon character to defeat a DC character.
* Aquaman is the first character voiced by Kestin Howard to lose.

* BrokenWinLossStreak: After Prince Zuko's loss to Shoto Todoroki, and Avatar Korra's loss to Storm, [=SpongeBob=] is the first ''Nickelodeon'' original character to win a Death Battle since Danny Phantom's victory over Jake Long. [=SpongeBob=] is also the first cartoon character to defeat a DC character.

* CurbStompBattle: The more they look into Aquaman's feats, the more Wiz and Boomstick don't even try to hide the fact that Aquaman is completely and ''utterly screwed'' against [=SpongeBob=], with his one impressive feat -- outspeeding Rokan[[note]]which would require that he swam 55 billion times faster than light[[/note]] -- being shot down by [=SpongeBob=] grabbing the ''fastest calculable speed feat in Death Battle history'' (key word "calculable"; Speed Force users and the Archie Hedgehogs still have [=SpongeBob=] beat due to their literally impossible speed feats). Wiz bluntly claims there's only one possible outcome in the pre-fight section, Boomstick outright declares the fight to be "Aquaman's funeral", and the animation and post-fight review do not attempt to hide how far superior [=SpongeBob=] is in literally everything but intelligence, an advantage which Aquaman could do precisely ''nothing'' with. And unlike the last deliberate curb-stomp battle in "Deadpool VS Mask", Wiz and Boomstick have no regrets for throwing Aquaman to the wolves.
-->'''Boomstick, at the end of Aquaman's analysis:''' [[BrutalHonesty He's about to die]].\\

* CurbStompBattle: The more they look into Aquaman''s feats, the more Wiz and Boomstick don't even try to hide the fact that Aquaman is completely and ''utterly screwed'' against [=SpongeBob=], with his one impressive feat -- outspeeding Rokan[[note]]which would require that he swam 55 billion times faster than light[[/note]] -- being shot down by [=SpongeBob=] grabbing the ''fastest calculable speed feat in Death Battle history'' (key word "calculable"; Speed Force users and the Archie Hedgehogs still have [=SpongeBob=] beat due to their literally impossible speed feats). Wiz bluntly claims there's only one possible outcome in the pre-fight section, Boomstick outright declares the fight to be "Aquaman's funeral", and the animation and post-fight review do not attempt to hide how far superior [=SpongeBob=] is in literally everything but intelligence, an advantage which Aquaman could do precisely ''nothing'' with. And unlike the last deliberate curb-stomp battle in "Deadpool VS Mask", Wiz and Boomstick have no regrets for throwing Aquaman to the wolves.

* CurbStompBattle: Wiz and Boomstick don't even try to hide the fact that Aquaman is completely and utterly screwed against [=SpongeBob=], with his one impressive feat -- outspeeding Rokan[[note]]which would require that he swam 55 billion times faster than light[[/note]] -- being shot down by [=SpongeBob=] grabbing the ''fastest calculable speed feat in Death Battle history'' (key word "calculable"; Speed Force users and the Archie Hedgehogs still have [=SpongeBob=] beat due to their literally impossible speed feats). Wiz bluntly claims there's only one possible outcome in the pre-fight section, Boomstick outright declares the fight to be "Aquaman's funeral", and the animation and post-fight review do not attempt to hide how far superior [=SpongeBob=] is in literally everything but intelligence, an advantage which Aquaman could do precisely ''nothing'' with. And unlike the last deliberate curb-stomp battle in "Deadpool VS Mask", Wiz and Boomstick have no regrets for throwing Aquaman to the wolves.

* NoJustNoReaction: During the opening analysis, Boomstick questions whether [=SpongeBob=] banged Sandy. The pop-ups that usually add information and theories that the hosts don't normally bother to bring up themselves just say "NOPE" after Boomstick asks that question.

'''Boomstick:''' ...He's about to die.\\

* TheCameo: As Aquaman fires up his final attack and sends the massive typhoon of water and sea creatures at Spongebob, Series/{{Columbo}} can be seen popping up in the bottom right corner.
* CallBack: When beginning the post-battle analysis, Boomstick wonders what is it with the show and [[Recap/DeathBattleS08E16SaitamaVSPopeye overpowered nautical-themed cartoon characters.]]

-->'''Boomstick''': IT'S TIME FOR AQUAMAN'S FUNERAAAAAAL!

-->'''Aquaman:''' And out of all of them, I'm the '''''lamest F-(dolphin noise)-'''''ING ONE!!'''''

-->'''Aquaman:''' And out of all of them, I'm the '''''lamest f'''''-''(dolphin noise)''-'''''ing one!!'''''

-->'''Aquaman:''' And out of all of them, I'm the lamest f-''(dolphin noise)''-ing one!

* HourglassPlot: The rundown for both characters can be summed up as this, Wiz initially underestimates Spongebob's potential and treats him like a total joke, only to discover he's one of the most broken characters in the entire series. His attitude with 70's Aquaman is quite the opposite, setting him up to be a close match for Spongebob, but is ultimately forced to admit he's as lame as everyone says he is.

With both contestants' history, abilities and feats covered and the sponsor ad for [=MintMobile=] done, Wiz and Boomstick have calculated all possibility! [[ForegoneConclusion One. One possibility.]] it's time for Aquaman's funeral!

* InternalDeconstruction: The analysis for both characters of any Death Battle are often presented as the hosts going over the characters fresh, aside from when they're already legitimate fans of them. In this episode, doing it like this with only the understanding of the connections between [=SpongeBob=] and Aquaman means they don't understand just how big the gap between both characters truly is; Wiz outright states he was expecting Aquaman to also possess the same level of Toon Force as the characters of his era, not realizing he was weaker than his mainstream counterpart and that [=SpongeBob=] was far too impressive to overcome.

* LethalJokeCharacter: [=SpongeBob=] is a silly cartoon character who is a naively moronic {{Manchild}} with the sole desire to work as a fry cook. He is also capable of [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS11E26SquirrelJellyTheString unraveling a string]] measuring at 192 micrometers in width to completely unravel the universe and the literal fabric of reality in roughly 5 seconds. As Wiz points out, this speed calculates out at '''8.2 x 10[[superscript:78]] times the speed of light'''-- making [=SpongeBob=] the single fastest calculation of speed ever recorded in Death Battle's entire history[[note]]This isn't counting the Speed Force users and the Archie Sonic hedgehogs, who are simply too fast to calculate at all.[[/note]]. That's not even counting his ability to [[RewritingReality rewrite a comic he was in]]. At the start, Wiz has little hope for the sea-sponge, only to change his [[{{Pun}} tune]] the deeper they go into how far his ToonPhysics can go and concedes that [=SpongeBob=] is "our God" at the end

[=SpongeBob=] also possesses an impressive healing factor that is able to heal him from being torn in half, vaporized, having his soul removed and even being literally unraveled from existence. But his greatest ability is his skill with of all things, bubbles. Similar to that of Green Lantern, [=SpongeBob=] can create anything from his imagination out of bubbles, from controllable ordinance to even sentient life and entire societies made of bubbles. On a similar note, is his Magic Pencil which, while otherwise an ordinary pencil, is able to draw living beings into reality and erase them just as easily. Even the most mundane objects become tools of mass destruction in [=SpongeBob=]'s hands, such as his reef blower which was able to vacuum up the entire Earth's oceans and ended up exploding on top of [=SpongeBob=], who was unaffected by the ensuing explosion, and while impressive as an impromptu weapon, [=SpongeBob=]'s Hydro-dynamic Spatula is best suited for its intended purpose of making the finest meal in the sea, the Krabby Patty. A burger so addictive that [=SpongeBob=] was romantically involved with one, and is capable of negating mind control, restoring damage and even remotely detonate.

With both contestants' history, abilities and feats covered and the sponsor ad for [=MintMobile=] done, it's time for Aquaman's funeral!

* JokeCharacter: Aquaman, full stop. Wiz ''hopes'' to see ''something'' redeemable about him, but the best he can observe is that Aquaman is strong enough to lift about 50 tons of garbage out of the ocean and the one admittedly impressive feat of outspeeding the monster Rokan, which is the only really exceptional thing that Wiz and Boomstick are able to dig up, and even that is immediately overshadowed by Aquaman's crippling weakness to drying out and completely blown out of the water by [=SpongeBob's=] own speed. Even Aquaman himself realizes that he's the lamest version of himself across the multiverse.

** Aquaman sees other versions of himself in a portal and realizes that he is the worst of them.

* WrongGenreSavvy: The reason the hosts chose ''Super Friends'' Aquaman instead of his mainstream counterpart is that they thought that coming from a 70’s cartoon he would have access to the types of feats one would find in ''He-Man'' and Silver Age comic books instead of the [[AdaptationalWimp infamously watered down version]] found in the show. They quickly realize their mistake during Aquaman's rundown.

'''Wiz:''' Yeah....

* HeroicBSoD: Aquaman has a brief version of this when he peers into the same portal that sent him to Bikini Bottom and comes to a startling realization: out of all versions of Aquaman in the DC-Multiverse, he is without a doubt ''the worst out of all of them.''

* WrongGenreSavvy: The reason the hosts chose ''Super Friends'' Aquaman instead of his mainstream counterpart is that they thought that coming from a 70’s cartoon he would have access to the types of feats one would find in ''He-Man'' and Silver Age comic books instead of the [[AdaptationalWimp infamously watered down version]] found in the show. They quickly realize their mistake during Aquaman’s rundown.

Aquaman proved that he bore the mark of a true hero in fighting against such insurmountable odds, but alas, Wiz and Boomstick spare no expense to hammer down how the king of Atlantis really had no chance winning this bout. Arthur only really had some martial prowess going for him, but the vast majority of [=SpongeBob=]'s advantages simply had him beat. For starters, [=SpongeBob=] could basically do anything he wanted given the creation powers afforded to him by the magic pencil and his bubbles, and due to his nature as a sentient sea sponge, it would stand to reason that he would be able to absorb the vast majority of Aquaman's water-based attacks. Aquaman may have tried to use his telepathy, but even beyond the fact that it would be nowhere near his comic counterpart's and would thus be something [=SpongeBob=] could outright ignore, a Krabby Patty would be enough to break any form of mind control Aquaman could apply. Not only that, but [=SpongeBob=]'s absurd healing factor made it difficult for Aquaman to actually put him down permanently; the hosts theorize that he could potentially incapacitate [=SpongeBob=] long enough by dragging him to the surface, but this would in turn lead to Aquaman himself suffering fatal side effects from being out of water -- side effects that would be far worse than what [=SpongeBob=] would go through.

This all would be for naught considering [=SpongeBob=]'s insane strength and speed advantage, based on his feat of unraveling the universe. By comparing his size to that of the string he pulled to enact said unraveling, the hosts determine that [=SpongeBob=]'s maximum top speed would be somewhere around 8.2 x 10^78 times the speed of light -- the ''fastest'' calculable speed feat in the show's history to boot. With such great power at his mere fingertips, Wiz and Boomstick theorize that [=SpongeBob=] would've even been able to best comic book Aquaman, especially noting that [=SpongeBob=] himself is aware of the fourth wall and can create anything he wants even without bubbles or his pencil.

** Fred the Fish is heard once again screaming "MY LEG!" offscreen when [=SpongeBob=] [[DestructiveSavior "saves the day"]].

* InternalDeconstruction: The analysis for both characters of any Death Battle are often presented as the hosts going over the characters fresh, aside from when they're already legitimate fans of them. In this episode, doing it like this with only the understanding of the connections between SpongeBob and Aquaman means they don't understand just how big the gap between both characters truly is; Wiz outright states he was expecting Aquaman to also possess the same level of Toon Force as the characters of his era, not realizing he was weaker than his mainstream counterpart and that SpongeBob was far too impressive to overcome.

** When Aquaman sees [=SpongeBob=] split into multiple copies, he utters '''"GREAT NEPTUNE!"''', his {{catchphrase}} from [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends his cartoon]]. His voice actor's mouth moving over a drawing of him is a reference to multiple instances of SynchroVox in [=SpongeBob=]'s show.