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troacctid [[VisualPun "µ."]] Since: Apr, 2010

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Sep 16th 2011 at 7:59:40 PM •••

Trope Repair Shop decided to restrict this to in-universe examples only, so I've gone ahead and cut the non-in-universe sections. I'll repost them here for posterity. If you still want to talk about this stuff, the forums would be a good place for that.

The classic pairings:

Same Medium Battles

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Anime and Manga

Gundam vs. EVA.
- Most Real Robot series, and Universal Century Gundam series in particular, come with entire branches of fictional physics and otherwise measurable data. This means that the otaku will ask that you specify the model, make, and production year of the particular Gundam in question, much less one from all the different stories and alternative universes.
An equally popular argument is a contest between Gundam mobile suits of different eras universes. For example, the Freedom Gundam versus the 00 Gundam.
Vash vs. Rushuna
- Manga Vash vs Alucard
- Vash vs. Brandon Heat: Newtype USA magazine presented this question to Yasuhiro Nightow, the creator of both series. He completely averted the question of "Who would win if they met each other" by saying that they wouldn't fight to begin with since they both share the same ideals.
Light versus Lelouch.
- Johan Liebert vs. Light Yagami cat and mouse matches have become popular as of late, likely because of a) their fondness for Xanatos Speed Chess and b) the sheer bat-crap crazy both of them exude.
- Gao Gai Gar vs. Gurren Lagann has also been pretty popular.
Akagi vs Yami Yugi as demonstrated by this fanart.
- On the subject of Mahjong, would you dare to guess who would win in this showdown? Or this one?
Kenshiro versus Guts.
Hei vs Vino.
Battle Stadium D.O.N. was designed to pit Goku vs. Luffy vs. Naruto.
- And Jump Super Stars was made to add Ichigo, Yusuke, and Bobobo in the mix.

Comicbooks

Batman (with prep time) vs. Anyone.
Any Lono vs The Punisher.
When people discuss matchups involving the Hulk, one common Fan Wank is to act as though Hulk's declarations of "Hulk is the strongest one there is" are some sort of multiversal law. It doesn't matter if a character has been seen to routinely perform feats of strength that drastically outclass anything the Hulk has even been seen to perform: "Hulk is the strongest one there is," therefore he is stronger.
- Hulk's strength increases every time he gets angrier. Hulk gets angrier every time he is insufficiently strong. We typically see him being weaker than most of the serious bricks, but he doesn't have an upper limit, while everyone else does. Given sufficient time, Hulk is the strongest. Given seemingly infinite regenerative abilities, Hulk has enough time. Acknowledged in the second Superman/Spider-Man pairing. Superman simply lets the Hulk get tired out and calmer by beating on Supes without Supes retaliating and making him angrier.
Due to the choice of actors for the Film Adaptation, recent memes have started of Scott Pilgrim vs Superman and Captain America.
Recently there's been a trend of discussing who would win in a fight between Invincible and Superman.
Anonymous Poster: The best evidence for Mark beating Clark is that Invincible can and has been ruthless when his life's on the line. The advantage he has is psychological, rather than physical. So if you take away Superman's ruth, you also take away any advantage Invincible has.
Marvel Vs. DC, outside the Amalgam Universe

Film

Beowulf versus Leonidas
- One must be careful to make sure it's not the Gerard Butler version of both, or the universe will be dined on IN HELL.
Robocop Vs Terminator
- There's actually a video about that.
- As well as a video game.
  - And a comic book. Much older.
- RoboCop vs. Neo. There's a video too
Predator vs. Xenomorph Aliens- See Alien Vs Predator.
According to Sir Ian McKellen, one of the most common questions he gets from young fans is who would win in a fight between Magneto and Gandalf.
According to sir Christopher Lee, "Someone asked me yesterday if Dracula met Saruman and there was a fight who would win. I just looked at this man. What an idiotic thing to say. I mean, really, it was half-witted."
Freddy Krueger vs. Jason Voorhees.
- The winner? A five foot tall chick from Brooklyn.
The actual movie Godzilla vs King Kong—originally a Japanese semi-comedic parody-film as well as political satire, the concept was apparently so compelling that it was only a matter of time before an American director found it, tweaked and altered it a bit, until we have the bad-ass-as-hell version known today.
Godzilla vs Bambi was rated to be a curb stomp battle according to a 1969 short film. You can find the Youtube clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpBkc2jK-6w
Some have argued back and forth over the better teacher/student from The Karate Kid: Mister Miyagi vs. Mister Han, and Daniel vs. Dre.

Literature

Voldemort vs. Sauron.1270 posts on that topic here
- Sometimes extended to Dumbledore vs. Gandalf.
- Also keep in mind: Sauron has one Horcrux which is almost impossible to destroy. Voldemort has six separate Horcruxes, which are hard to access and hard to destroy.
Morgoth vs. The Lone Power.
Azathoth vs. Eru Illuvatar probably would have the largest weight class imaginable.
Ryougi Shiki versus the Shrike. The ultimate Story-Breaker Power versus Story-Breaker Power. Consensus is that the Shrike could only win if it did use its time-manipulation powers and Shiki did not awaken her Third Personality.
Crusade, the final installments of the Empires trilogy ended with a battle between King Azoun IV of Cormyr and Yamun Khahan, Tuigan Emperor. Both characters are Expies, of King Arthur and Genghis Khan, respectively. So yeah, the future of the Forgotten Realms came down to a climactic battle between King Arthur and Genghis Khan.

Live Action TV

KITT vs. the Viper Defender.
- NBC used "KITT vs. The General Lee" as part of their marketing blitz to attract interest in Knight Rider before its first season.
Hulk Hogan vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin - pretty much the only real "dream match" in Professional Wrestling never to happen.
- Sting vs. The Undertaker has never happened - and there's little chance it ever will, sadly.
- Similarly, New Japan Pro Wrestling vs. the Union of Wrestling Force International (UWFi).
Perry Cox versus Gregory House.
Jack Bauer versus Cordell Walker.
Jack Bauer vs. Vic Mackey
- Sometimes either will be put up against Angus MacGyver
Sam Puckett vs Alex Russo vs Megan Parker.
Chuck vs Superman.
Discussed fairly often on The Big Bang Theory. One episode had the characters reworking the battle of Gettysburg with additional units ranging from real-world military units to Hindu gods. The humor value of the discussion was ruined somewhat by a lack of research that had Sheldon accepting Leonard's spurious argument that Middle-earth's Orcs "are magic" and so would defeat Superman, who is vulnerable to magic.

Tabletop Games

Turtorials of converting Call Of Cthulhu into different game's setttings sometimes mention legendary experiment when somebody put Great Chtulhu against an army of greatest D&D heroes, all boosted up to 20th level. Cthulhu killed 13 heroes and was defeated by spell that imprisoned him forever, when players realized that nothing can kill him.
- Cthulu vs the Tarrasque would have been a better one.
- Some of the editions of Call of Cthulhu have an FAQ section including "What happens when we nuke Cthulhu? He gets up fifteen minutes later—and now he's radioactive."
Hero Clix started as a game featuring heroes and villains from the various DC and Marvel comics. Then, after it died and came back to life under the ownership of NECA, it added Street Fighter, Lord Of The Rings and Gearsof War to the lineup. Given all the other properties they have licenses for, one can only guess what other characters may one day join the fight.
In the days of 2nd Edition AD&D, there was a running in-house debate at TSR about which group of Badass villains would win in a fight: the templar-priests of Dark Sun or the darklords of Ravenloft. Smart money went with the After the End Athasian badasses if they fought on neutral ground, but swung over to Team Ravenloft if the Gothic Horror baddies could fight on their home turf.
- Then the Planescape line was published, and ended the debate by blowing both sides' pet villains out of the water.

Video Games

Marvel Vs. Capcom
Stage 38 of Super Robot Wars Z pits half the mecha animes included against the other half, with Kira Yamato's side and Shinn Asuka's side. It is quite possibly the most ultimate showdown ever. On youtube Setsuko's route(Shinn's side) here and Rand's route(Kira's side)here.
Samus Aran vs. Master Chief. Strangely, a poll was held on IGN.com, and Samus won with a whole 73%. Adding to the amazement, this was held right after the marketing frenzy that is Halo 3 came out (meaning that Samus still won even with the Master Chief's massive PR campaign).
- Amateur CG artist Monty Oum has made a small following out of this, between his Haloid and Dead Fantasy Fan Films.
- According to V Gcats, what will actually happen is that the two will get drunk and screw each other.
- Master Chief vs Gordon Freeman is another common match-up.
Kratos vs. Dante.
- IGN did these two as a 'Hero Showdown' vote, as well as Homer Simpson versus Peter Griffin, any others. Search up Hero Showdown articles on their website!
- Much better: Kratos vs. Ryu Hayabusa vs. Dante vs. Bayonetta.
Mario vs. Sonic. Mostly because of the Fandom Rivalry from the Console Wars.
- To a lesser extent, some people tend to make this a 3-way (or more) fight, adding in other top-video game mascots, like; Pac-Man, Crash Bandicoot, Bomberman, Mega Man etc. Metal Gear Solid's Snake had his share, and is in Super Smash Bros Brawl.
  - Hell, the entire Super Smash Bros series is this trope in action.
Ganondorf vs. Bowser.
- Some fans even go for Link vs. NiGHTS.
Lara Croft vs Duke Nukem.
- Sorry Duke, but Lara's true opposite-sex rival is a "certain other treasure hunter" who has risen to prominence in the gaming world.
  - Though there still is one very 'serious' individual who has a bone to pick with you.
Link vs. Cloud (or occasionally Sora).
Command And Conquer fans asked about a fight between Kane and Tanya. Kane's actor answered:
Joe Kucan: We'd both win. We'd end up smoking a cigarette in the morning.
Solid Snake vs. Sam Fisher.
- Since both Metal Gear Solid 4 and Resident Evil 5 are out, we have(dramatic pause) Oswell Spencer vs. Major Zero wheelchair battle!. And while we are at it, Wesker vs. Vamp.
- Wesker vs Ocelot, instead.
When Soul Calibur IV came out, someone used the custom character feature to create fighters representing Barack Obama and John McCain. The video (which cut out for some reason before the final round) had something for everyone - Obama supporters could enjoy Obama's artful dodges and nunchuck attacks, while McCain supporters could cheer every time McCain took out a chunk of Obama's health with his giant hammer.
- This video also makes a good show of that match. They even look a lot closer to their real world counterparts.
People have been asking for a GLaDOS vs. SHODAN match. They even made some of their own.
This concept is the entire reason Dissidia Final Fantasy exists - pick one of the heroes or villains from the first ten games in the Final Fantasy series, pick an opponent for them from the same range of games, and go to it. Sephiroth vs. Kefka is just the tip of the iceberg with this one.
Alex Mercer from Prototype vs. Cole McGrath from Infamous. It doesn't help that we are talking of two superpowered beings(very advanced shapeshifter vs high level electricity manipulator), in two sandbox games, both situated in a GTA-esque city, with loads of Stuff Blowing Up. To make matter worse, the two games are out within two weeks of each other.
- Zero Punctuation settled it by asking each studio to depict the other protagonist in drag. It's just as hilarious (and needing Brain Bleach) as it sounds.
  - Oddly enough, both pictures just happened to include rainbows and a unicorn.
Alucard vs. Magus.
The Team Fortress 2 cast versus the Killer7. Assume the Killer7 are able to be all fielded at once somehow, of course.
Left 4 Dead 1 survivors versus Left 4 Dead 2 survivors. Alternatively, Francis vs. a Charger.
Tohno Shiki vs. Emiya Shirou. Word of God says that it would be a draw.
- Also, this is pretty much the whole point of Fate Stay Night's Grail War. Give another reason why you'd have King Arthur fighting Hercules, Medea 'fighting' Gilgamesh and Cúchulainn fighting Medusa. The whole game is just an excuse for this. And for tissue sales.
Jak vs Ratchet: On the one hand, Jak can turn into either a demon or the angel of death at will, has his own personal arsenal of guns that: shoot bullets fast enough and with enough force to lift fully-grown men in body armor at least eight feet into the air, shoot electricity, shoot three homing bullets, turn of gravity, fire goddamn nukes, as well as two impenetrable shields, a Healing Factor, two ways to slow down time, enough cool cars and cool planes to donate to a Badass Army and still have plenty left over, has created a Stable Time Loop, takes down eldritch abominations and complete monsters on a daily basis, and has Bad Ass in his blood. Ratchet on the other hand, has his own fair share of sheilds, multiple cool starships, three galaxies that owe him their freedom, a Badass Army that owes him their lives, a gun that creates black holes, multiple guns that change your DNA, multiple guns that disintegrate anything on screen, is responsible for the extinction of at least two species, has an unstoppable rage, a flaming wrench that was created from the center of a fucking black hole, a gloves that create hordes of demonic spiders and goddamn bats, has a very itchy trigger finger, has personally taken down an army of clones of himself, and is the last of his species (in this dimension anyways).
- Let's not even get started on Daxter vs Clank.
Kim Kaphwan vs. Juri Han. Good vs. Evil. JUST ICE!!! vs. Injustice. Fiery passion vs. sheer insanity. Taekwondoka vs. Taekwondoka. There's a reason fans have been clamoring for a Capcom vs. SNK 3...
Crash Bandicoot vs. Spyro The Dragon
Dante vs Morrigan. The result? Most likely sex.
This is the part of the appeal of the Civilization series, where you can stage competitions between history's greatest leaders.
Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter: The concept of the two most popular fighting-game franchises of their time squaring off in street kombat started back in the mid to late 1990s and has continued since then into the 2000s. At least two fan-fiction stories that this troper can recall reading were focused on tournament battles to determine which side would win, and there are several fan-made videos depicting fights between selected characters from each side as well. Particular pairings of interest included Ryu vs. Liu Kang, Ken vs. Scorpion, Chun Li vs. Kitana, and Akuma vs. Ermac.
- In one of the two aforementioned fics, The Unofficial MK Vs SF Saga (accessed here), the two sides fighting was justified by the plot: a Beyond Good And Evil Reality Warper brought the members of both sides together, in the midst of conflicts within each game's universe, prompting a battle with all the available characters from all the respective games that had been released at the time in order to determine which one fighter from between both sides was the absolute best. The outcome of the fights were determined via reader voting, and the chapter text for each fight was then scripted accordingly.
- This site has information related to this topic.
- Here's a 2010 page discussing the possibility of a game to be created for this concept.

Web Series

Personally, this troper wants to see a Blockhead vs. Mastermind brawl.
Episode 19 of Red Vs Blue Revelation had Agent Washington and The Meta vs. Tex

Western Animation

The Simpsons vs the Griffins from Family Guy, this also includes their dogs and babies.
- And to a lesser extend sometimes, Planet Express from Futurama vs the family from American Dad.
Mickey Mouse vs. Bugs Bunny pops up quite a bit, possibly adding Felix the Cat or Scooby Doo into the mix.
- Regarding co-stars, the Donald Duck vs Daffy Duck matchup seems to be getting more and more popular, thanks to the piano duel in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Laff A Lympics could be considered here. The show featured memorable characters from different Hanna-Barbera shows all competing for the first prize.

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troacctid Since: Apr, 2010

Sep 16th 2011 at 7:59:46 PM •••

Continued:

Cross Medium Battles (Anime vs. Comic Books vs. Film vs. Literature vs. Live-Action TV vs. Video Games vs. Western Animation)

Cross medium

Altair of the Syrian Assassin's Clan vs. Naruto Uzumaki of Konoha/the Hidden Leaf Village (his Shippuden/post-timeskip incarnation). Altair is one of the deadly Hashshashin and is pragmatic, has far more experience, and feels far less empathy. Naruto is a boisterous, impulsive, and very emotionally sensitive ninja. They could both be categorized as "ninja" as Altair's ability to climb and silently dispatch a life is very ninja-like in a more traditional sense.
The USS Enterprise-D vs. a Star Destroyer. This one is particularly notable for having caused flamewars for years on multiple message boards, has at least two online communities and one Usenet newsgroup devoted to arguing nothing but, and several more websites dedicated to archiving arguments biased towards one of the two viewpoints. Most of it is all about people trying to spin how the technology works using terminology.
Voltron vs. Optimus Prime. Note that Optimus is at a substantial mass disadvantage; a fairer fight would be Voltron vs. the Power Rangers Megazord
- Unicron versus the Death Star was once instant Flamebait in the Transformers community.
  - It got even funnier once there was a Star Wars Transformers toy of the Death Star which turned into Darth Vader, and was comparable to the Unicron toy in size.
    - Lampshaded here.
  - Unicron vs. Galactus seems like a fairer match-up.
Godzilla vs. ...every other kaiju or other type of giant thing ever. The classic matchup is Godzilla vs King Kong, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, as one combatant is over 50 metres tall, is immune to all conventional weaponry, and has a radioactive breath weapon, while the other is barely 50 feet tall and was killed by 1930s biplanes. Their movie matchup acknowledged this by massively powering up and scaling up Kong.
- Godzilla vs. Gamera is also a particularly vitriolic debate; so much so that some kaiju fan communities have banned discussion of it.
- Also, Godzilla vs "GINO" (Godzilla In Name Only, the US version of the monster from the Hollywood film) was resolved in a vicious curb-stomp by Toho in Godzilla: Final Wars. But we knew that tuna-eating lizard wasn't good for much.
  - Now if it had been Zilla Jr. versus Godzilla...
- Godzilla vs. Cthulhu◊
Son Goku vs. Superman.
- The Distaff Counterpart to this battle would of course be Cutie Honey vs. Wonder Woman.
- Or Wonder Woman vs Sailor Moon
It's almost become a meme on anime boards to create a X vs. Captain Aizen (from Bleach) topic, where X has been everything from Goku to Superman to the Juggernaut.
- Mr. T got this treatment, too.
- Along with Hellsing's Alucard, who is, oddly enough, often thrown against Aizen. It usually ends in a draw, because neither can really hurt each other. He's also often put up against Lucy, who is usually curbstomped.
Hellsing's Alucard vs. Roland Deschain.
Doctor Doom versus◊ Darth Vader.
For that matter, Gandalf vs. Merlin.
- or Gandalf vs. Tim the Enchanter
  - Gandalf vs. Dumbledore.
Voldemort vs. Palpatine.
- Voldemort vs Orochimaru
Captain Jack Sparrow vs Captain Jack Harkness.
- Livejournal's Ihasatardis strikes again
When Samurai Jack and Rurouni Kenshin were both airing on Cartoon Network, a series of massive flamewars erupted on several anime/cartoon forums over who would win in a fight between Jack and Kenshin.
- There's also the question of where Goemon would fit in here...
Sephiroth vs Vegeta.
A Robot Chicken sketch had Bob Barker neutering dogs after his retirement. He tries it on Snoop Dogg. Barker won ( and took his sack).
Batman versus MacGyver.
Elminster vs. Raistlin. This was actually in the final issue of Dragon. Of course, they let Ed Greenwood and Margaret Weis each give their own interpretation of who'd win — no surprise, they each favored their own creation, but the explanations of how were pretty funny. And it was broadly hinted that Zagyg would crush them both without breaking a sweat....
- Also featured in a comic in the same magazine, but it turns into an Evasive Fight-Thread Episode quickly: the two toss a couple of spells at each other, patron goddesses are pranked, Skip Williams shows up to shut the entire thing down. Said fight was also hosted under a "future version" of D&D so no one could even pretend to draw legitimate conclusions from it.
In the Twilight anti-fandom, Edward Cullen versus Edward Elric is pretty popular fight pairing.
- Also Edward Cullen vs. Alucard from Hellsing. There's even been a T-Shirt based on this crossover inspired by the populer "Team *insert Twilight character here* " shirts.
- This video remixes footage to show a battle between Buffy Summers and Edward Cullen, with completely predictable results◊.
  - Not to mention Edward vs. Angel/Spike.
  - If you like that idea, take a look at this image.◊
  - This is probably more epic.
  - And then there's also this.
The Animorphs versus the Captain Planet And The Planeteers, for being two teenage superteams with nature-themed powers, and having approximately the same about of cheesy awesomeness.
- Shinichi Akiyama could also qualify.
Chuck Norris vs. Segata Sanshiro
- Chuck vs. Superman.
Aliens vs. To Catch a Predator
Godzilla vs. Cthulhu
Chinese Electric Batman vs regular Batman
Gundam vs Battle Tech, while Western Sci-fi forums will gladly allow a fight between both forces (Some would even give more fluff and stat sheets for a Mobile Suit). Anime Forum views this as Internet Backdraft and lock it before any fires break out.
Megas vs. Gurren Lagann.
The Flash vs. Accelerator has become an incredibly popular fight on /a/ and /co/ as of late. Even fanart was produced for it.
Samus Aran VS Boba Fett
Space Marines vs Space Marines
- Either vs. the Mobile Infantry. The ones from the book, with the larger power armor, not the wimpier normal troops from the films.
- A fourth group of Space Marines just showed up demanding to know why they weren't invited.
The Green Lantern vs the Jedi
The Italian magazine Cartoni did a "Western animation vs Anime" tournament. It went in this way:
- Ben 10 vs Dan (Ben wins)
- Optimus Prime vs EVA 01 (EVA 01 wins)
- Zak vs Naruto (Naruto wins)
- Spider-Man vs Yusei (Spiderman wins)
- Michelangelo vs Ginta (Michelangelo wins)
- Iron Man vs Shu (Shu wins)
- Batman vs Pegasus Seiya (Batman wins)
- Aang vs Luffy (Luffy wins)
- Quarters:
- Ben vs EVA 01 (Ben wins)
- Michelangelo vs Shu (Shu wins)
- Batman vs Naruto (Naruto wins)
- Spiderman vs Luffy (Spiderman wins)
- Semifinals:
- Ben vs Naruto (Ben wins)
- Spiderman vs Shu (Shu wins)
- Final:
- Ben vs Shu (Ben wins)
- TRUE Final:
- Ben vs Mr.Satan (Ben wins)
A single picture on Danbooru led to a debate on Kratos vs. all of Gensokyo.
- Try Yukari Yakumo versus anyone and see how far "Manipulation of Boundaries" goes.
Popeye vs Monkey D. Luffy
Slenderman vs. Pyramid Head
Buffy vs Kim Possible.
Palpatine vs. Master Xehanort
Jamie Hyneman vs.◊ Darth Vader
Another one is Saber vs Agrias. Mostly because they look exactly◊ the same.◊
Batman versus Wolverine
Q from StarTrekTheNextGeneration vs. any other godlike character, any other superpowerful trickster (such as Mr. Mxyzptlk from Superman), or sometimes even characters with great power (such as Emperor Palpatine from StarWars.)

Real Life

Nature. As observed in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
The "Pirates vs. Ninjas" meme.
- Downloadable from the Xbox Live Marketplace is this meme, and the answer is given in an epic game of dodgeball. Zombies and robots are also thrown into the mix. Appropriately, the game is named Pirates vs Ninjas Dodgeball.
Tyrannosaurus vs Triceratops.
- Tyrannosaurus vs. other large theropods such Giganotosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus and Spinosaurus is commonly seen in dinosaur-themed messageboards, with the latter usually in response to the controversial matchup in Jurassic Park III.
Attila the Hun versus Genghis Khan.
- Attila the Hun vs Hannibal Barca; Genghis Khan vs. Alexander the Great
Legionaries vs Samurai, although the military history nerds are almost unanimous.
- Also Knights vs Samurai. It's more complicated than you think.
Even political polling organizations have started doing this.
The Metrocon Human Chessmatch, where famous video game and anime characters face off against each other.
Military forums do this quite a bit. Specifically, naval fans are particularly prone to this, where we get five-way battleship match-offs like the IJN's Yamato versus the USN's Iowa versus the Royal Navy's King George V versus the French Navy's Dunquesne versus the Kriegsmarine's Bismarck. Complicating things further are the fact that the battleships are designed for different roles in different oceans, had non-measurable factors like seaworthiness and crew comfort, and enjoyed different levels of training. General consensus puts the Iowa and the Yamato as top-tier (Yamato has bigger guns and more armor, offset by Iowa's speed, radar, fire-control, and far-superior AAA).
- For an example, Combined Fleet did a seven-way match-up.
Muhammad Ali vs. Rocky Marciano. Ali never lost a match by Knock-Out in his career, while Marciano never lost a match period. Sure, there was the controversial "Super Fight" where a computer predicted Marciano winning via KO in the 13th*
^{Ali sued for defamation of character}
, but that has not been good enough to satisfy boxing fans.
The Space Race.
Cool Plane vs. another Cool Plane: F-22 vs Su-27 is rather popular, as is F-22 vs Eurofighter typhoon, though those involved in such debates often ignore the fact that different planes are designed for different roles and therefore can't be compared directly (as is the case with F-22 vs eurofighter) as well the fact that at the end of the day it ultimately comes down to pilot skill and who makes the least mistakes in an engagement/dogfight.
Bill Gates versus Steve Jobs. Not to mention the fights between their respective systems.
One magazine had a contest between Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering. It wasn't the games they tested, oh no, but the properties of the cards themselves. There were such challenges as which series tasted better (Jigglypuff s'mores), which cards withstood being frozen and thawed from a block of ice (Chansey), which cards could be thrown farther (Mr. Mime must have won by flapping his huge hands), and several other seemingly irrelevant challenges. In the end, Magic came out of the showdown with the superior card quality.

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CommanderCross Since: May, 2011

Nov 7th 2011 at 3:51:36 PM •••

http://www.factpile.com/6871-cartoon-network-civil-war/

No thought for this match, after it finally gets added? :sad:

mythbuster Since: Jan, 2010

Feb 26th 2012 at 3:04:48 PM •••

There's a website that allows people to speculate on hypothetical historical presidential elections (i.e. What if Mike Huckabee had won the nomination in 2008 instead of John Mc Cain? or What if Kennedy (either one) hadn't been assassinated?) Unfortunately, I don't have the website's name handy.

Wackd Since: May, 2009

Jun 11th 2011 at 11:33:37 AM •••

Why is this a YMMV trope? It's describing inter-continuity battles, and while who should win is obviously subjective the existence of the crossovers themselves aren't. No one's about to argue that Marvel Vs Capcom doesn't belong on this page, for instance.

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azraelfinalstar Since: Nov, 2010

Jun 12th 2011 at 11:13:34 AM •••

i think its because the outcomes are somewhat subjective.

azraelfinalstar Since: Nov, 2010

May 17th 2011 at 12:58:27 PM •••

DBZ versus naruto really? how does using Shippuden make it fair.

CommanderCross Since: May, 2011

May 8th 2011 at 8:01:46 AM •••

How come no one has a section in literature for Camp Half-Blood against the Potter-world or for that matter, the worlds of Artemis Fowl against the Potter-world?

What about Camp Half-Blood(and its allies on the forces of Olympus) up against the world of dot hack?

200.30.215.162 Since: Dec, 1969

Mar 4th 2010 at 2:34:27 PM •••

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71.112.48.200 Since: Dec, 1969

Sep 1st 2010 at 6:20:30 PM •••

The Deadliest warrior gladiator whining bothers me. I mean, what were the weapons they were trained in used for, tickling eachother?

They WERE trained to kill. It may not have been the main thing they were trained in but you know what we call a gladiator who doesn't kill?

DEAD!

(Had to get that off of my chest)

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The classic pairings:

Same Medium Battles

Cross Medium Battles (Anime vs. Comic Books vs. Film vs. Literature vs. Live-Action TV vs. Video Games vs. Western Animation)

Real Life