Top 10 Fights I Wish I Could Do, But Can't

 

Got kinda inspired to make this by a recent one of Imp’s blogs where she did the same, It seemed like a Really Fun idea so I wanted to try it myself. In verses there are always going to be fights you want to do, but logistically it isn’t possible to do ALL the fights you’d want. There are some Fights that for whatever reason are just more trouble than they are worth and you have to say no to. So with that introduction out of the way, here are my Top 10 fights that would be Totally Awesome, but I’ll probably never do.

10. Homer Simpson VS Peter Griffin:

So Starting things off we have basically the ultimate rivalry between the two most Iconic fathers in adult animation. Homer VS Peter is pretty much the Bugs Bunny VS Mickey Mouse of it’s demographic, and is such an epic rivalry that even the series’ creators have made entire crossovers acknowledging it. This fight would be wacky and insane with the two having a surprisingly crazy array of powers, feats and skills they’ve acquired over all these years. Now lots of people have covered this fight, but not only is said fight changing all the time as more and more content gets added, but I’ve never seen people actually buckle down and go through ALL of their content giving them all the little one off powers they have to make it completely definitive. Now that being said, the reason why is clear, these two series are MASSIVE. The Simpsons has well over 700 episodes, and Family Guy has over 350, without even counting Supplementary material like The Simpsons Movie or The Cleveland Show, thats over 1000 episodes, and would take someone many months just to properly research. Yeah that would be a Lot for me to go through, and thats coming from someone who has a lot of experience with these shows, so am technically better equipped than someone starting fresh. Also combined with the fact that watching all of Family Guy may be one of the most cynical experiences of my life with how much Anti Humor has taken over the later seasons, that doesn’t sound like that fun a time.

9. Yugi Moto VS Li Syaoran:

This is an interesting fight I thought of between the protagonists of the two big Card series. The fight is fairly even with Yugi and Syaoran both having relatively low physical stats but incredibly powerful magic, skill, summons and other such wizardry, as a result of being descendant to some of the most legendarily powerful men in their entire verse. They also have an interesting personality difference where Yugi started out the series being a kindhearted pushover who learned to be confident and stand up for himself from his friendship with The Pharaoh, and Syaoran starting off the series being more aggressive and serious, and growing softer and kinder through his friendship with Sakura. But while I love this fight idea I am not well equipped to tackle it, and the two series are pretty huge and hard to understand. Yu-Gi-Oh! Has grown into a massive series over its decades of popularity, and I don’t even immediately know what counts as canon to it presently. On the other side, Syaoran scales highly into the CLAMP multiverse, which also includes a main character role in the giant crossover of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, which is like the Final Crisis of CLAMP in terms of how impossible it is to understand what’s going on. If I were to do this fight I would have had to have exhausted myself of ideas for other fights I’d want.

8. Grim VS Death:

Now this fight would be flipping incredible, many years ago I made a analysis on Grim and to this date he’s got more powers than any other character I’ve blogged on since excluding only Shirley and Strike, and After all this time I’ve firmly settled on Discworld Death being his closest fight. This fight would be incredible, and honestly really funny with the two characters having over the top personalities and softer sides, while still being ridiculously powerful and hax to a terrifying degree. The two also have a lot of really interesting power interactions and advantages over each other that truly do make the battle itself anyones game. Since I’ve already researched and made a full blog on Grim and used his series in numerous other blogs since then one would think doing this battle would be pretty easy but…yeah no. Discworld is a Huge series of no less than 41 Novels and I have read exactly none of them. I am very efficient at researching Cartoons, Anime, Movies, and even videogames, but when it comes to reading material I am unfortunately painfully slow, it would probably take me more than a year to read them all even if I hyperfocused on it, which is a Massive commitment for one blog.

7. Blaze the Cat VS Flame Princess:

This ironically Cool battle of Regal Royal Roasting, has more than caught my attention in recent years. Blaze is my favorite sonic character, and this is a really even and dynamic fight for her with Flame Princess having similar levels of literal firepower and power-variety. It also has some interesting themes going for it with them both being hardened princesses exiled from a strange world who have fire powers that they saw as a curse. All this said despite me being a Fan of the Sonic Series, Goddamn is this series Huge. Blaze isn’t even that major of a character in the franchise, yet still has a prominent role in over a dozen videogames and has appeared in multiple comic storylines, when you add you have to also go through all the other material to scale her properly…yikes. Phoebe herself isn’t exactly easy either, Adventure Time is one of the longest Cartoon Network shows and I’m not nearly as experienced with it as I am with the majority of others which only makes the task of going through it even more daunting.

6. Spinel VS Luffy:

I thought of this fight more recently and I think it would be really fun! Luffy gets a lotta fight suggestions against a large variety of other characters with elasticity, from superheroes to Popeye and most of them are total stomps, usually against him. But Spinel from Steven Universe is amazing for Luffy because she somehow has almost identical stats to him, and it is a weird stat combo, while also having Extreme Elasticity powers which would make for a fun chaotic bout between Rubber Anime Pirate vs Rubber Cartoon Alien. Steven Universe I have totally down Pat, but I’ve never read or watched One Piece, and that right there is the problem. One Piece is HUGE, One Piece is somehow as long as The Simpsons and Family Guy Combined. I’ve heard its a good series but it also hasn't super caught my interest in terms of content, and it is the BIGGEST commitment to try and watch it. While I think this fight would be incredibly fun, the research needed is simply not worth it.

5. Monika VS .GIFfany:

This is a more obscure, but still pretty popular match, a battle between two digital girlfriends from dating sim games, who become so obsessed with their player/crush that they become self aware and defy the laws of the game itself, taking over like a sentient computer virus to make the player their own. This fight would be crazy as its kind of a Metafictional fight that also is between two mostly noncombatants who aren’t used to being challenged in their worlds. They also have really similar powers, but have a lotta unique applications of said powers which give them a lot of unique advantages and potential interactions. It’s an even, close and extremely thematic fight. Now in terms of research its kind of interesting, as Doki Doki Literature Club is just one Visual Novel Game, and Gravity Falls is only has 40 episodes and a few follow up comics and lore books, the actual quantity of research is Not that intimidating, and I’ve done fights that required 4 or 5 times as much in the past. The real reason I’m avoiding doing this fight is honestly just because DDLC has extremely dark themes and subject matter that super do NOT Gel with me, and I really wouldn’t want to immerse myself in the series because of it, even if it means not being able to bring this fight to life.

4. Brainiac VS Ultron:

I am a huge fan of both Marvel and DC, and the two comic companies' rivalry is one of the most famous in the history of Media as a whole. While because of that, I and a lot of other versus debaters, feel that matching characters from these two verses against their closest equivalent from the other is pretty overdone, and often times can be lazy and lead to stop matchups, THIS Fight is absolutely an exception, being one of the fights that just kinda NEEDS to happen. Ultron is literally my favorite villain in the entirety of Marvel, and Brainiac is also extremely awesome and one of the best Superman villains by a wide margin. This fight is actually incredibly close, with the two of them being absolutely Titanic Threats, and both being among the most intelligent beings in all of fiction. They have dozens of crazy powers, hax and feats from across comic history and some of them counter each other in really interesting ways. They also have a wide variety of different versions and forms that give the fight a considerable number of options. Plus beyond the technical aspect of the battle, these two are the rare yet amazing combination of Incredibly Themeatic characters, but also two characters who would both Absolutely Hate Each Other. Brainiac’s desire to digitize and organize all things in the universe and store it as pure knowledge directly clashes with Ultron’s desire to accelerate the evolution of the universe to a higher calling beyond our current understanding. To Ultron, Brainiac would be the death of advancement, and to Brainiac, Ultron would be the chaos of the unknowable, and because of that they’d actually wanna kill each other more than their actual enemies. Now as to why I haven’t done it, well comics are not the easiest for me to research. My Ghost Rider blog was one of the longest and hardest blogs I’ve ever had to research, and Both of these characters have a very similar amount of comics too him. Even without considering how convoluted these two’s histories can get, on sheer content alone this fight would be roughly twice as hard as my Ghost Rider Blog, and thats on top of having to write a long fight scene and other such stuff. I COULD Do it, but it would be the biggest project I’ve ever tackled.

3. Cthulhu VS Pennywise:

 I LOVE Horror, I love it so much a good 3rd of my blogs are dedicated to it, and H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King are two of the biggest names in Horror Literature, each having two of the most powerful verses and all of fiction contained within their works. Cthulhu and Pennywise aren't the most powerful villains in those series, but they Are the MAIN villains of both and the fight would be bigger than our reality can comprehend with the sheer chaos these two titans of terror can rain down. That said, I said Ultron VS Brainiac had a lotta research but DAMN here. When it comes to research Novels are easily the hardest thing for me, I am still trying to read the Creature from The Black Lagoon Novel to republish that old blog, But these two each have like dozens and dozens of cosmic horror novel books one needs to read and understand the scaling of the make these two monsters fight each other, and I am simply not the man for the job.

2. Post-Crisis Superman VS Optimus Prime:

Back before Rebirth combined the 3 main DC Timelines back together, this was Easily my favorite fight for Superman and honestly it’s so good I’m actually willing to restrict him back to Post Crisis only to see it. Superman and Optimus Prime are two absolute ICONS and Staples of Good Noble Hero's from a doomed planet out in space, protecting the human race from all threats. These two are inspiring, kind, heroic to a T and had some of the best toys when I was younger, and the fact they actually have a super close stat combination and array of powers makes for probably the most epic fight I can think of for both of them. Of course however, Superman, even restricted to Post Crisis, has more comics than Ultron and Brainiac combined times like 6 or something and Would be ridiculous to try and research. Even more shocking is how G1 Transformers is MASSIVE in its own right, having an extremely long cartoon series, dozens of anime, and over 1000 comics from Marvel and other independent companies all under the same canon, which makes it truly exhausting just to think about.

1. Composite Cartoon Santa VS Composite Cartoon Satan:

So this is the ultimate Novelty fight I as a cartoon expert want. There are thousands of cartoons and SO many of them have their own versions of two similar sounding things Santa Claus for various Christmas Specials, and Satan for various villainous plotlines, AND I WANNA SEE SOMEONE COMBINE THEM TOGETHER AND MAKE THEM FIGHT. It would be insane, and they would have so many nonsense powers from random and extremely different versions, like you’d have to add Futurama’s killer robot Santa to Fairly Oddparent’s Fairy magic Santa, and do stuff like combine HIM and The Red Guy together, its Nuts. The funny thing Is while Santa of course appears in MORE Series overall due to it not always being Kid Friendly to depict satan in a cartoon, Santa generally only shows up in a cartoon for just a Christmas Special, while when they have Satan he generally is a recurring character who can show up more often and gain more powers and feats, so they should have similar levels of content. Now Obviously the research for this would be Insane, as it isn’t merely a matter of tracking down and watching every appearance of Santa and Satan in animation, you would have to watch the ENTIRETY of every series they appeared in to get all the scaling, which i think probably makes this fight impossible to ever truely do, as unfortunate as that is.

Thor's Top 5 Cartoon Rabbits

 

One of the most popular aesthetics to use in cartoons is to have the characters take the form of Anthropomorphised animals, to the point that during the founding days of animation from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, cartoons featuring only animals were more common than ones that had Humans, and even today are still seen fairly regularly. The reasoning for this varies and has evolved, originally being to help with uncanny valley and making the characters more appealing, and now being to evoke a more fairy tale like or chaotic setting. Which brings us to our topic today Rabbits in Cartoons. Rabbits are adorable, timid and very good natured animals that are well loved in pop culture. Generally, when someone makes a character a Rabbit it is for one of two purposes, they are A). making a kind and sympathetic character with difficulty expressing themself, using common knowledge of rabbits to amplify our perception and understanding of these traits, or B). going against this trope by having the character be super rambunctious and independent, clashing with common knowledge of rabbits to make it more humorous or surprising. Some of the Best ones will even do Both! So in honor of this, Today I’m Gonna give you my Top 5 Favorite Cartoon Rabbits from TV! Note, I am limiting this to one Rabbit Per Show.

#5.

Panini: (Chowder)

Technically Panini is a Bunny-Cat Hybrid, but yeah, just by looking at her, she counts. Panini is a character that C.H. Greenblat originally conceived to be a bully character for Chowder, but upon thinking that that was cliché, he instead changed the character to be a sweet girl who had a major crush on Chowder, which can be something just as irritating to deal with for a young boy who does not yet have interest in girls. Panini is very sweet, responsible and actually quite funny, with her crush on Chowder generally being wholesome, but still allowing her to go too crazy or exaggerated heights or come up with fun schemes. And when not in plots with Chowder, we see her as being a total go-getter, who is very take charge and constantly putting her all into any task she’s given. It’s also sweet that the show does establish that once Chowder becomes more mature he Will reciprocate her feelings. Panini is easily one of the best characters in the show, to the point that I think one of the biggest flaws is the series is not using her more often.

#4.

Oswald The Lucky Rabbit: (Mickey Mouse)

Oswald is one of the earliest cartoon rabbits ever made, predating Looney Tunes and even the iconic Mickey Mouse. In fact Oswald was created by Walt Disney as his main cartoon star Before Mickey Mouse, making numerous cartoon shorts with the company, Universal. However, when Walt left the company to start his own, he lost the rights to Oswald as a character, leading to him making Mickey as a replacement. Fast forward 70 years or so and the Disney company has become one of the biggest Entertainment companies on Earth and Mickey has become an international Icon, while Oswald is an obscure character that Disney bought back from Universal with total ease. The Most interesting thing about Oswald is how since being brought home, these real life hardships the character has had to go through have affected him as a character. He’s Mickey’s brother who was lost to the fame and love that should have been his. He was initially jealous of Mickey, but moved past that and is trying to make a name for himself of his own ability. Oswald is incredibly sympathetic and very fun, but the sheer intrigue and depth of his character would be near impossible to replicate with any other character, and that’s what makes him special.

#3.

Anais Watterson: (The Amazing World of Gumball)

Technically Anais is a Bunny-Cat Hybrid….. wow, what are the chances I would have to say that twice? Anyway, same principle applies. Anais is the youngest member of the Watterson family, and Gumball’s little sister. Despite this she is a complete and total prodigy child who is significantly smarter than everyone else in her family and very arguably the entire series as a whole. She is constantly shown to be the most clever, the most responsible, the most mature, and certainly the one who will be the most successful when she gets older. But the one thing she is terrible at is social settings. Anais has social anxiety which has prevented her from making friends with anyone outside of her own family, which is directly contrasting Gumball and Darwin who are more social butterflies. She spends a great deal of the series trying to make friends with others, and it leads too many sweet moments where her brothers help her in these endeavors and manage to get her some success. Anais also has the least amount of negative showings in the series, she is sweet, and almost never flaunts her superior intellect over anyone. Plus she is one of the Funniest characters to involve in the most insane situations Gumball pulls due to her more often than not being the straight man and voice of reason.

#2.

Bugs Bunny: (Looney Tunes)

Well this had to be on here, and it is well deserved! Bugs Bunny is not only the most famous cartoon Rabbit, but literally among the most iconic cartoon characters of all time! Bugs earned this title for a reason, having started out under the simple premise, a Hunter is Hunting Rabbits, but finds a Rabbit that is Way too smart and clever to be hunted, and it completely exploded from there. Bugs is one of the most clever cartoon characters out there, seldom ever not being in complete control of whatever situation he's in through a combination of good ol’ knowhow, and some extremely inventive toon force abilities which helped set the groundwork for how cartoons are seen today. Nearly every cartoon rabbit since his creation, including my #1 pick, is at least partially inspired by Bugs. His creator, Chuck Jones tailored Bugs’ stories so that it would always be Bugs defending himself from an aggressive enemy, so that Bugs could get as over the top with his pranks as he wanted and would still always be seen as in the right and who the audience was rooting for. Mel Blanc gave him his iconic wiseguy style voice that makes it seem as if he can talk his way out of any situation, armed gunman, terrifying monsters, and other Looney Tunes stars just didn’t stand a chance. He has become the mascot of Warner Bros. and is canonically looked at with high regard by every Cartoon Network character because of it.

#1.

Babs Bunny: (Tiny Toon Adventures)

Babs Bunny is without any doubt my fave Bunny from any cartoon! Babs perfectly embodies both aspects of the rabbit character archetype I had mentioned in the beginning. Babs is the spunky, energetic class clown, taking after a lot of the zanier, more cartoony aspects of Bugs as opposed to the Layback and Clever aspects Buster took after. Babs, even as a kid, I always found to be the funniest and most entertaining character in the show. When I was a little kid I tended to not like girly female characters, but Babs absolutely was an exception that shattered that to pieces. Infact she’s actually one of my favorite girl power type characters, as shown in the first episode where upon Buster reacting strongly to his co-host being a girl, she simply said “welcome to the 90s”, saying she doesn’t need to prove her worth when he’s the one behind the times is a pretty good lesson. Her Humor is wacky and groundbreaking at the time, especially with her habit of doing flawless vocal impressions of numerous other characters and celebrities at the time, which made my jaw drop when I found out it was all the same voice actor. But behind all this, Babs is actually a very deep and interesting character. I relate to Babs SO Hard in nearly every episode she is in. She is the struggling artist of Acme Loo, who is trying really hard to make it as a cartoon star, but puts on this facade of being full of herself and deflecting everything with a joke. This often leads her to take jokes too far to the point of disrupting class if she's getting enough attention. She has an ear for the classic old days of cartoons, her idols being Honey and Bosko, the first Looney Tunes ever, and tries to pay homage to them with her humor. She is the responsible and caring older sister to literally Dozens of siblings. All of these are issues, quirks and responsibilities I have wrestled with a great deal in the past to some degree. But above all else, what I like about Babs is just how much she looks out for everybody, the kinda gal who will work for weeks to save black and white cartoon characters from being forgotten, or leave her Prom to make sure someone she doesn’t even like has a date. And that's why she’s my Fave Cartoon Bunny.

Imp's Best Blogs List (Happy Birthday!)

Happy July 15th ladies and gentlemen alike, on this particular day I wanted to shed some light on a fellow vs blogger and Personal friend of mine, Imperator100, otherwise known as Imp. I have been a huge fan of her blogs for years now, and she makes an enormous amount of them, so today we are going to be looking at some of her best work so I can fully explain why they are so amazing. 

For this list I decided to do two top 10's for the two most prominent blog categories, Analysis and Predictions. So Please Enjoy my Top 10 Imp Analysis Blogs.

#1o. Frankenstein:

The Frankenstein Novel is actually a blog concept I suggested to Imp, for she loves reading classic literature and wanted suggestions after doing a blog on the Novel version of Dracula, and I am really glad she did it cause it gives me a lot of fun insight into the origins of a character I really love, without actually having to read stuff. What I like about this is how It adheres very strictly to the novel, she refuses to call the monster Frankenstein like the movies eventually do opting instead to refer to him as Adam, the closest thing to a name the novel gives him, and proceeds to circumvent a great deal of misconceptions some people have about him. Adam is somewhat more like a super elite human than the monster he'r now known for, just being really strong, fast and smart compared to a normal man and that was a very interesting contrast. I just hope the story wasn't too sad.

#9. Hikaru Shidou:

This was a fun blog to have, Imp eventually went on to use Hikaru in a Prediction blog, but because of specific outside help rules at the time, nixed the use Rayearth, her powerful living organic mecha due to it being outside help. This in my opinion makes this blog a must as Rayearth may be one of the most drastic game changers I know of, its the difference between fighting a DC street leveler swords-woman, to legitimately fighting a universe busting mecha that could make even Gurren Lagann fans impressed.

#8. Sailor Saturn:

This was actually the very first blog imp made that I read, and it certainly made a good impression! Prior knowledge wise I knew absolutely nothing about Hotaru, after reading this I was so impressed that Sailor Saturn VS Raven became and still to this day is one of my most wanted fights. I really like that even though she went through so much turmoil, the hero's still befriended her and made everything alright in the end, even the goddess of death can be befriended and loved! Speaking of which she is seriously the cutest the Grim Reaper looked, since Numbuh 3 from Kids Next Door temporality took over Grim's job.

#7. Dracula:

The Other classic monster novel blog, Dracula is one of the first times I was super excited to read one of Imp's blogs. As much as I love the classic monsters, I never read the books so this was going to be a learning experience for me and one I really really wanted to know. Dracula in the novels is significantly more powerful than I thought he'd be, and because of that It actually inspired me to make my own Dracula blog on all the various film versions. This was a really  inspiring blog for me, and I couldn't be more excited to see this character make a comeback in the upcoming Prediction where he's gonna fight Sauron from LotR.

#6. Yugi Muto:

Yugi is a character I never thought was useable for VS cause he's literally just playing a card game with holograms, turns out that isn't at all the case! Due to the power of the Millennium Puzzle, the monsters are Real. So now...Holy crap Yugi is super freaking OP. This was also a just nostalgia trip, when I was younger I used to be a huge fan and still have tons of old cards laying around, overall this is a real treat to read.

#5. Kratos:

The Ghost of Sparta, he was in the 10th Death Battle, they nerfed him hard (Or possibly wanked him, they did say that no previous fighter could challenge him and Spawn, and Wondy was.. nevermind). Anyway this was a divisive blog, reminding me heavily of my own Stitch blog, In that it takes a popular character, puts a HUGE amount of effort into researching them, and then it turns out they are WAY more powerful than any conventional VS site says they are so now we gotta stick to our guns and defend them having the power we know they do. 

#4. Samus Aran:

SAMUS! I remember I would literally always play her in Smash Bros 64 as a kid, It was so fun, and since then she's always been a really interesting badass bounty hunter with awesome weapons and lore. I like that this blog Upgraded her in all the stats I thought she had, but also the tons of different awesome suits and weapons she really has, this series just keeps getting cooler!

#3. Zatanna:

Zatanna was a character I didn't know much until I was around 14, I didn't grow up with her like I did a lot of DC, and what I learned about her since then suggested she was somewhat of a high end street leveler....that isn't the case. Zatanna is an insanely cool and Insanely powerful magician, yes magician cause in DC sorcerers are different things, I never would have guesses she can tank supernovas and easily fight high tiers. But I NEVER would have guessed that she legit survived an encounter with THE GREAT EVIL BEAST, a monster so powerful even the Presence itself is in danger of it.

#2. Bubbles:

Now this blog was really near and dear to my heart, and my childhood, i seriously spend an enormous amount of time on the trailer for this only cause I wanted to do it just right! Bubbles is a great character that almost everyone remembers fondly from back in the day and its great to see her get all this love. This blog was specifically impressive as Imp actually got bubbles upgrades that I missed every time I watched the show, which is downright shocking to me. Also I can't read the section on Bubbles' personality without growing a hopeful grin, no matter how i was feeling.

#1. Wonder Woman:

This was by far the Most impressive Analysis of the lot! Imp read through all, literally all, the Wonder Woman comics, over 80 years or material and over 3,000 issues, in order to finally bring us a full complete and professional analysis or one of the most iconic superheros of all time and THE most iconic female superhero of all time! This blog has everything in it too, explaining all her powers all her gear all her coolest moments and even organizes feats by level so you can really see the consistency. No matter how big a wonder woman fan you are, you will likely learn some new things here, I for instance didn't know that the invisible jet is actually a shapeshifting telepathic piece of alien tech! This blog is a great tribute worthy of Wonder Woman's approval.

Alright now its time for the really amazing part, The Top 10 Prediction Blogs, Interestingly this list is going to include every single prediction Imp ever made due to her currently only having 10, although I am really psyched for her future fight of Dracula VS Sauron! Being honest, all of these prediction blogs are amazing, but some are more amazing than others, lets see how.

#10. Guardian Senshi Battle Royale:

So kicking off this list at number 10 is the first prediction blog Imp ever did, which makes sense at last place, as she certainly improves over time. This is a really popular matchup, evident by the fact its one of the few I DIDN'T have to make a thumbnail for, and it really made sense for her to do it as at the time she really only had analysis blogs on Sailor Moon characters. Now this is really really great for a first prediction, astounding compared to my early work (which you will never see cause I edited them for I don't have the guts to leave my early work the way it was when it first came out). Really the blog suffers from 2 main issues, the first one being the analysis. The analysis is made up of a series of comparisons judging how a match between each individual pair of 2 girls would play out. Is this a good thing to know for a Battle Royal, certainly, but its better served in the end results as an explanation, or at least after the conventional analysis when we gathered the info, NOT in place of a conventional analysis. The way it is now readers do not know the characters stories, feats, level of power, or anything about their abilities other than what small amount they can gather from the brief comparisons, as all of the girls use several different powers not mentioned in the analysis, and even using several different important locations from the series we don't know. This also results in a sort of detachment, as we are left wondering what else they can do that isn't featured in the blog, as well as having the stakes diminished as for all we know they have a power that solves this whole situation they are in, which turns out to be the case more than once. The only way someone could fully read this blog and not just a bit confused is if they too are a big Sailor Moon fan or have read all of Imps previous analysis on them individually, but when making a blog, one must always assume their readers know nothing on the subject. The 2nd issue is more minor but its really the opening and motivation for the fight, Its a very depressing story where the city is devastated chaos won and Usagi is dead, and for some reason, the Guardian Senshi put aside all their love and camaraderie, and all decide its the other threes fault and not their own and start killing each other. Not only is this extremely out of character, depressing, and illogical as even if they did all hate each other obviously Usagi wouldn't want this, but paired with the previous problem of the blog not being made for those new to this series, it might actually deter potential fans by having them think this is how they would actually act in the series. Apart from that, the fight was written MASTERFULLY, It is a fantastically written fight that takes us through all the strategies and thought processes of everyone. She juggles having us follow four characters at once flawlessly and each of them have plenty of awesome moments to really shine, you feel all the characters confidence, anger, fear and might and despite the fact that these attacks and powers are largely not covered in the analysis, its explained enough in the fight itself to get all the gravity of the situation. Its also great we get to see one on one interactions between every combination of them. Lastly, the result section ends up being very sensical as well and really convinced me to the character she chose, even though it wasn't who I initially thought. All In All i think this fight tells us something, when starting out Imp had major things to learn about making VS blogs, which she really did, but writing? Writing amazing masterful scenes? Thats something she's just naturally amazing at.

#9. Flowey VS Narrator:

This wacky little Meta-Masterpiece is Flowey VS The Narrator, a real milestone for Imp in my honest opinion as its the first time she did a prediction that didn't involve magical girls! What do you know? So an initial impressive thing about this blog is because these are both very meta characters they actually take over the analysis section, this is something I've seen done before and normally it does not go well, this is not one of those times. It doesn't drag, it fits the characters and it is actually legitimately funny without getting annoying. Was especially fun when they called each other out for bullshitting they don't have weaknesses. I like that Flowey is very openly sadistic, while Narrator is more reserved and internally sadistic. Speaking of him, who on earth puts The Narrator into a fight, we never even see him, but doing so is genius, Undertale is a very difficult series to find opponents for given its nature, and this matchup really is all around perfect. The fight itself is really inventive and funny at times with the Narrator literally taking Stanley to the Underground and narrating the opening of the game, but it gets so meta from there warping reality spanning into the cosmos, other save files and even different blog posts! It's astounding to say the least. It reminds me of when I worked on Axe Cop VS Bobobo with shade with how Meta it got, but she had a great deal of ideas we didn't with how to show it. The biggest flaw with this fight is the ending, I have to be honest but I do not think we are given enough information to know whats going on, we are only given the dialogue between the characters and not told of any action and it takes a few minutes to actually piece together exactly what occurred. But in the end, its a meta fight, one should feel just a bit confused in the end after all.

#8. Grimnir VS Abigail:

This is possibly the most unconventional matchup on this lis as well as the most recent one, even making the trailer for this fight I thought to myself how people are going to watch it to see what the next blog is and audibly say 'Who?' at the end. But obscure character matches are great for many reasons, most notably because you get to learn about two new character and debate it out as you read unbiased. I found Both these characters to actually be really really cool, I have actually worked With Imp on the Magicka series before, more on that later, and I have to say I really can't imagine that series having a more perfectly fitting villain than Grimnir! The Wizards are all beings as chaotic as nature itself, they are all goofballs that cast wide varieties of nature magic to preserve the natural order of things, but Grimnir, he's focused, he's determined and he's super serious to the point of hating all things silly, all he wants is to take all the fun away and make everything organized and serious. Abigail on the other hand is from Bastard!!, a series thats really big amongst the OBD community for how fun and powerful it is VS wise. Abigail works great opposite Grimnir as he too wishes to change the world to fit his vision and is super serious but like Grimnir also a lot about him Is adherently silly just from the world he exists in. I really love the Fight in this one, taking place where another celestial event allowed Abigail to enter into Midgard and freed Grimnir from his bindings, Both of them have very clear and in character reason to be fighting one another and the humor particularly in the opening is Great with Grimnir becoming angry at every single rather silly aspect of Abigail even down to his name. Also unlike most villain fights, these two are cold and serious, they don't act cocky or mock each other intentionally. Its all cold calculation and strategy with them and that makes it pretty intense! These two were really going all out with their magical abilities like Grimnir moving it to the mental plane or Abigail becoming his mechanical magic resistant Omega form. It's also made cool by the fact that both of them believe they are sort of being the hero in this situation, Grimnir more so as for all his distain for the silliness of Midgard, he doesn't wanna see it be destroyed, Abigail on the other hand just wants to sap power and Grimnir's plans directly hinder that. Also i think this fight has the most awesome 'final clash' of probably all of these. The Results are also really sensical, which is really cool in a fight with surprisingly a lot of factors. Overall this is a great use of two obscure characters to makes something awesome.

#7. Mami Tomoe VS Panty Anarchy:

A real Milestone being the first Prediction Imp released on blogger, but also the first blog she made after we met. Interesting thing about rereading this fight is seeing just how shockingly cautious Imp once was, she mentioned they could scale to Massively Hypersonic feats but was unwilling to declare them that fast even though they obviously both are. Also it seemed far more like this blogs goal was to sort of Pitch this fight to the actual Death Battle show and its fans rather than simply just be doing the fight and having fun with it. That said this blog functions great as an introduction to both characters and a great accurate fight. Even though I do not feel I would enjoy the Puella Magi Madoka Magica series, I found that I quite like Mami as a character. She reminds me very strongly of a heroic Musketeer character both aesthetically and visually (best outfit in show), not only does she wield their weapons and fight like one with carefully considered plans, but she's also elegant, honorable and wise. Panty at the time I didn't know her, but I actually thought her so cool sounding that since first reading this blog I have watched her whole series. So now rereading this with context, its a pretty different experience. At this point both her and I know not everything said on her is accurate, but good news is none of these tiny inaccuracies effect her vs info or how the fight goes. Panty as a character is just so dang cool, and I really like the contrast her and Mami end up having with Mami carefully planning stuff out while Panty Improvises everything. Even more awesome, the fight Imp wrote takes tons of opportunity to show that! Mami is thinking tactically with trying to disarm her and setting up multiple traps, Panty is throwing her off her game with her brashness, tenacity and loud mouth. Seriously, Panty throwing her off by teasingly accusing her of being a kinky dyke is the funniest freaking thing I have read in any of these blogs, probably helped by how Panty is cursing so much which Imp never does when talking normally. The conclusion was also sensical, what I really like about debating this match is it really comes down to Regeneration VS Probability Manipulation, two really cool and potentially game changing powers and I'm happy to say I called it right.

#6. Rorschach VS V:

Rorschach VS V is a fight I was really excited for! V for Vendetta is one of my favorite superhero films of all time, and Rorschach is quite literally the perfect opponent for him in every way, no matter who some it was gonna be a real treat. What makes this matchup really special is that these characters have radically different value systems, both being extremists rebelling against an extremist world. Rorschach believes unwaveringly in black and white justice, that things should be at peace, everyone who is innocent should be protected, and those who prey on the innocent should be killed, the world is cynical place that he will do everything in his power to protect, and not even god can tell him otherwise. V is the opposite, believing everything to be in a moral grey area, everything in culture to be important, he believes everyone and everything should be free to explore all possibilities, and the only true evil is that which tries to oppress this, he sees the world as a masterpiece with infinite potential to grow to new possibility, and wishes to free the world of oppression and inspire others to do the same. These two are super humans willing to die for their causes and will not go down easy. Their fight was sure to be an epic battle of skill and wit with a clashing conversation that provokes a lot of thought. When the fight actually happens, oh it does not disappoint! The dialogue was masterful for one, and I don't just mean the Dialogue they share with each other, their internal dialogue is SO cool, with how they are constantly analyzing their opponents fighting style, coming up with counters to each others capabilities, assessing their own conditions and more. It shows just how elite these two badass rebels really are in fighting, and tells jut how much thought was truly put into the choreography of the fight! The symbolism is also so freaking heavy with them literally fighting in the sewer, the societies underbelly, and then it ignites on fire and it truly is like they are battling in hell itself! And the ending scene is epic, like it could very well be in either of their actual stories good, and it was really cool how it was simultaneously a fantastic character moment for both of them. Truly it met all my expectations and more, this is my blog example on how to make a street leveler fight epic.

#5. Black Lady VS Mistress 9:

Now this is a blog I feel gets underrated even by its maker. Black Lady Vs Mistress 9 is a blog Imp created from scratch in just a little over one day, its short, contains very little pictures, features two characters from the same series and is even described by her as a 'mini blog' but I am a firm believer that big things can come in small packages. This blog is just such a fun read that creates a unique experience every time I read it. So much so I can recall exactly where I was when I first read it, I was on tour with my singing group on the outskirts of Washington DC, it was night time and I had just walked out of a movie theater after seeing Logan, when I checked my phone I saw this came out and Immediately started reading it and did so all through my night time walk back to the hotel, It was Awesome. I love the fact that this fight manages to be vary even but in a unique way, with Mistress 9 having a massive stats advantage, but Black Lady more than making up for it with a haxy and varied arsenal of magic powers. And the fight itself did a great job showing this off, Black Lady managing to avoid Mistress 9's far faster attacks with her passive spacetime warping made me drop my jaw a little as thats simply just really cool.

Its also hilarious that these two adorable magical girl besties who are normally shipped with each other, both happen to have alternate evil adult forms which aren't even connected. Villain fights are so freaking cool to see, partly because they're so much more brutal than hero's, but also because villains are always SO Sure of themselves, they are overconfident and generally its justified for them to be cause in their own verse they are a huge deal. So to see two villains both so immediately sure of their own victory, be constantly threatened and get desperate, be humbled by disadvantage, is a treat to see and one Imp did a masterful job convoying. The fight evidently takes place in an alternate timeline where Black Lady actually won in the 2nd arc, but because of that had to deal with the 3rd arc villain Mistress 9 herself. I really love that this fight wasn't afraid to get brutal, especially on Mistress 9, who has to shed her human form, rip her own body in half and barely avoid being warped across all of spacetime, but she still keeps her composure and never gives up. Black Lady on the other hand shows a lot of her character as well with how she's basically a bratty little kid, and because of that actually ends up getting legit terrified multiple times. Its amazing how well these two are written and how perfectly it encapsulates their differences. And in true Imp fashion, this being a villain fight was never gonna stop the ending from being a bit touching in a strange way. I had no real knowledge on either character before reading this, For imp to write them so well i got super invested in them as characters and interested in their stories on top of all the research, in just over a day doesn't make this a mini blog, more like one of the most impressive blogs I've seen!

#4. Hikaru Shidou VS Sayaka Miki:

Its the first fight I made a trailer for, oh goodie, honestly I still think that is the best trailer I ever made. Anyway here we see the 5th blog imp did, this time using another Madoka Magica character and another character from the CLAMP verse, but this is no ordinary magical girl match, this time it is a melee heavy sword fight! Going in to this fight, from what I had been told in discussions with Imp, I liked Hikaru a lot more as a character, but I logically thought Sayaka would win and that made it interesting throughout the entire process. I really like Hikaru, she's one of those characters that really is just the right mix of Badass and Adorable, and her series sounded really fun, I actually read AND watched the whole thing, and it was fantastic but my reasons for watching weren't purely for pleasure wink, wink. Sayaka also seems cool, similar to how Mami is modeled after a musketeer, Sayaka seems modeled after a Templar Knight having heroic goals, unwavering dedication, and concerning for others over herself, and we see this in her Greensleeves inspired theme, lightly armored cloth uniform, and that she has a cape like a classic superhero. The fight itself was surprisingly really intense, they were slashing stabbing and beating each other until they were both bleeding everywhere, melting buildings destroying forests, it was nuts, and all while Madoka floats in another dimension petting a bunny creature, how fitting. The really cool thing is Imp actually took the time to learn a lot of the basics of fencing to be as accurate as possible to how real swordsmen think and fight, making for some really tight well done choreography throughout. Also the logic for the result is really interesting, reminds me strongly enough of a quote from Agent Carolina "The greatest swordsman in the world, doesn't fear the second greatest, he fears the worst, because he can't predict what the idiot will do."

#3. Magicka Wizards VS Castle Crashers:

What?! the one blog I was directly a part of made the top 3? Wow I'm narcissistic! LOL. In actuality without Imp this wouldn't even be half as awesome as it is. This blog was such a treat to work on at every stage! It was really a treat to see her whole process and actually debate this really REALLY close fight with more characters than any blog we've ever done. The beauty about this fight is that both sides are simultaneously the underdog with one side having all the abilities and hax, the other side having all the stats and teamwork. I like that while I basically copied everything in the CC's analysis from my blog on them, Imp wrote practically everything on the Wizards from scratch, despite also having a blog on them. Of all the fight scenes, I am most familiar with this one, partly cause I wrote half of it, but also cause it's imp, doing a fantastic job writing some of my favorite game characters. Honestly the level of respect and careful accuracy she had for these characters was astounding to me. Its where I learned her philosophy that every character is Somebody's favorite, so every single one of them should be written with that care in mind. That is such a great code to live by when doing this kind of stuff, not only does it make the most people happy but it makes the fight itself all that cooler. I knew this fight was going to turn out amazing from that first beautifully written section she did with Red wizard and knight fighting one on one at the beginning. Honestly this fight is just so fun cause it has a lot of really humorous moments and a lot of really epic moments and not much in between, as to be expected from two groups of legendary warriors from 2 of the silliest games ever made. I remember my favorite part of the fight, It is that part where Green and Yellow Wizard are fighting Green and Orange Knight and the Wizards call down Meteorites only for the Knights to turn giant with there sandwiches and throw them back. That was amazing to me cause that was my concept, but Imp wrote it better than I think I could have and because of us working together it was better than the sum of it's parts. 

#2. Jedah Dohma VS Lucemon:

Oh Boy, I LOVE this fight, It is amazing in every sense of the word, I was looking forward to it for months on end and even though it wasn't a collab it almost feels like one with how much effort I put into making the trailers, scoring the blog, making the thumbnail, and even laying out the Darkstalkers series, I really was that hyped. Lets be honest this is one of the best case scenario fights for me with having Jedah be involved, the dude it simultaneously a Fighting Game character (From one of my top 3 Fighting game series no less), a very dark Horror character, and a super powerful cosmic force, if you know me even the slightest than you know there was legitimately no way I wasn't going to love this on that alone. Lucemon is a great villain as well! Digimon has always been an insane verse so it makes sense that It can produce a villain cool, powerful and haxy enough to challenge Jedah in every way Imaginable. I am also thankful everyday this fight happened as I know research was really really difficult when Digimon is involved, especially in the higher tiers, like Jeez. The fight was by all accounts amazing, it took all my expectations and exceeded them multiple times over actually being a super unsettling dark cosmic horror clash between the two horrifying monsters that think themselves benevolent gods. I could not have asked for more cool stuff, the fight shows off nearly all of their abilities, their mindsets, and tons of fantastic dialogue. And Its got insane stuff we have never even seen come to fruition in the series, even going so far as to bring in Jedah's Shintai and Lucemon's Larval form. The Body count in this blog is enormous as these two monsters end up almost ripping apart creation itself in a truly titanic battle of Balance and Death. One of the biggest questions one might have is how on earth can these two unstoppable creatures even kill one another, Lucemon's immortality and Jedah's deathlessness making them some of the hardest characters to bring down known of, well If there is an answer, Imp was certainly going to find it, which brings to the ending, which is so dark and intelligent that I actually came back to it later and found additional meaning, it's just unsettling in all the right ways like a Lovecraft novel. Honestly this would easily be the number one fight blog on almost any list, if not for one more...

#1. Sailor Moon VS Cardcaptor Sakura:

Organizing this blog, I had to make a lot of tough decisions for what made the lists and where they placed. The decision to make this blog number 1 was not one of them, it's the only one I can safely say I knew where it was going from the get go, as I would have to be insane to not praise the one blog that emanates pure Passion in every sentence. Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura, two of the 3 magical girl goddesses and easily the 2 most powerful characters in the magical girl genre, but which one of the is more powerful? Well one girl who loves both these series and characters to death, has asked and debated this question for well over a decade, and is here to bring us the answer, THIS is Sailor Moon VS Cardcaptor Sakura. The analysis is legitimately the most thorough and awesome analysis I believe I have ever read, I hadn't seen or read either series before reading this blog, by the time I got through the analysis I felt like i legit grew up with these series. Also these two have so many cool powers and impressive feats that you only continue to get more excited and hard pressed to pick a winner as it goes. Both these characters are amazing and thats only gotten stronger since I read the Cardcaptor Sakura manga due to her having similarities to characters I already love. The fight is, theres no way around it, it is a Breathtaking achievement, I cannot say I have ever read anything quite like it. She organized it into 3 sections like a Greek Epic series and It truly does deserve it. Its so well written from the whole intellectual hope and dreams vs love acceptance conversation the characters have throughout which is just fascinating, to the several fun cometic moments cause these characters in-spite of their power are still adorable sweet magical girl through and through. This fight is so amazing to include multiple perspectives from other characters in their series, battles in all four elements, traveling to other times, realities, dimensions and even dreams and not only doesn't drag but feels really fast paced. And the ending section, my god, the first time I read it I had an overwhelming emotional reaction, and to this day I still cry every time, writing wise the only thing I can compare it too is the highest tier of DC comics, like The Sandman or something, and I do mean that, you just read this Work of art of a fight scene, and suddenly you feel like everything in the universe is connected, and you feel a little closer to the world around you. My only regret is this is the last blog Imp made before I started making her trailers, this one deserved it more than any.

Top Ten Cartoon Themes!

Hello people, after watching the intros of every single cartoon I know of from the early 1930's to present day across Warners, Viacom, Disney and more I have Finally compiled My personal Top Ten Favorite Cartoon Theme Songs! Note that this is in My opinion and by god was it difficult, if a theme you like isn't on here that you think is really great, it probably IS really great its just 10 is a cruelly small number. Also a shows theme doesn't necessarily speak of its quality, I should know as only one of my top 3 favorite cartoons actually made the cut. but first some Honorable Mentions.

Honorable Mentions:

• Danny Phantom

• The Angry Beavers

• The X's

• Atomic Betty

• Duck Dodgers

Now to the List

10. Beetlejuice:

Based on the 80's Tim Burton movie of the same name, this Wacky horror cartoon had one of the most wacky and interesting themes of its time. The instruments create a truly haunting mood but not an unwelcoming one as it shows you strange and oddly fascinating things creating a sense of wonder.

9. Darkwing Duck:

Confession time, Most of the 90's Disney cartoon themes don't do it for me, the Huge exception to that is Darkling Duck. This creates a mysterious and jazzy piece that complements the visuals perfectly and not only keeps up with but adds to the energy. The vocals and lyrics are really great too creating a sense of actual hype for this even though Darkling isn't anywhere near as cool and suave as the theme suggests its fitting cause he thinks he is for sure. This theme is dang catchy too, can never here it without rocking out the When theres trouble you call D.W.

8. Welcome To The Wayne:

Fresh new from Nickelodeon, This is the best song I have ever heard for a mystery show, and there are definitely other great ones like Gravity Falls and Wayside. This song creates the wondrous atmosphere the show is going for beautifully with its happy tone and wondrous visuals, not to mention the lyrics creating the feeling that anything is possible. It really does make you feel like you're gonna go on a goodie-esk adventure and what better show to do it in.

7. Freakazoid:

I LOVE this song so much, Easily the most wacky and spontaneous entry on this list this song takes you through the brink of lunacy and makes it so fun and charming you'd let it take you on a fancy dinner date. It really does capture the feel of a wacky insane superhero to a capitol T partly with its Randomness and a lot with that magic only famed cartoon composer Richard Stone can do.

6. Camp Lazlo:

Ah, Camp Lazlo, I only have fond memories with this series, the 2nd show by famed cartoonist Joe Murray has an intro taking the exact opposite direction of that of his first cartoon Rocko's Modern Life. While Rocko's was very lazy intentionally disjointed, Lazlo uses a faster suped up version of Pop Goes the Weasel to actually display Lazlo as more wacky but still being conformed to a existing song melody. which makes sense because while Lazlo is a Wackier character than Rocko, his world is clearly not as wacky, he's what makes it such.

5. Johnny Bravo:

This Song is catchy and perfect, Johnny Bravo is an interesting character to delve into, he's very Elvis like in behavior, he constantly tries to pick up girls and does so terribly but we still really like him cause he seems to do this out of child like innocence rather than being a jerk. This Theme captures ALL of that, the music in both melody and sound is a combination of rock and doo-wop that Elvis is known for. Johnny is coming off as a showoff the entire song but the overall tone is still really inviting and silly.

4. Animaniacs:

How surprising, my 2nd favorite show made it ;), another classic by Richard Stone, this crazy well written and great sounding piece has me laughing, moving loving it every second. It also manages to explain the show quite well in a short time which is unheard of in a variety show. For a very long period of time I was trying to learn this song on my Piano because its simply that good, almost like ragtime. Another funny note is that this theme is actually slightly different every episode due to them constantly changing the penultimate verse.

3. Kim Possible:

SO...CATCHY, Kim Possible's theme is an Earworm for sure, sticking with people even to this day being recognized as the best Disney Theme song and its hard to blame them for that. The techno mix vibe it goes for is perfect for the show about the butt kicking secret agent cheer leader and even similar shows like Totally Spies couldn't capture the sheer awesomeness of that quite like this theme.

2. Phineas & Ferb:

Never said KP was MY favorite Disney theme :P, Phineas & Ferb's theme is sung by my irl favorite band, Bowling for Soup and OMG does it rock. Easily the most high energy theme on this list AND its rock and roll based to boot should give it the top 3 right there. The wacky lyrics and fun visuals and the way it clearly relays you what the show is gonna be about and how its gonna go about it carry it over the top!

1. Tiny Toon Adventures:

Yup, Richard Stone is kicking some butt today, TTA will always have a special spot in my heart for the first theme i learned by heart. This Song was legitimately recorded on Warner Bro's orchestra, the very same one they used for the actual Looney Tunes cartoons and that is fantastic given the theme it so masterfully tells us this show is about, the characters are learning to become great cartoon stars from the Looney Tunes. The song is very wacky, imaginative, meta and hilarious to a degree unmatched by any on this list, and unlike Animaniacs, I actually CAN play this one on a piano...

Thanks so much for reading, also if you love any themes not on this list, Please let me know, I LOVE discussing cartoons so much.