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Two will enter, one will leave: The Thunderdome Thunderdome
- Thread starter Mogri
- Start date
Steel defeats GLaDOS, and Homer outmuscles Michael.
Round 2. Fight!
There are still a handful of fighters we haven't seen. We'll get back to the winners. For now, let's focus on the others.
vs
Rush (Mega Man 3)
Defeated by: Whitney's Miltank
A trampoline, a submarine, and a magic carpet, all in a cute, canine form factor.
Galford D. Weller and Poppy (Samurai Shodown)
Defeated by: Leona Heidern
A real dog and a fake ninja.
vs
Optimus Prime (G1 Powermaster)
Defeated by: Godzilla
A robot disguised as an eighteen-wheeler.
Dalek (Doctor Who)
Defeated by: Lt. Cmdr. Data
An alien disguised as a robot.
vs
Bebop (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Defeated by: Hammer Bros
A human mutated into an anthropomorphic warthog.
Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)
Defeated by: Droopy
An anthropomorphic rabbit fond of disguising himself as a human.
Votes due by end of day Thursday, October 5.
Round 2. Fight!
There are still a handful of fighters we haven't seen. We'll get back to the winners. For now, let's focus on the others.
Rush (Mega Man 3)
Defeated by: Whitney's Miltank
A trampoline, a submarine, and a magic carpet, all in a cute, canine form factor.
Galford D. Weller and Poppy (Samurai Shodown)
Defeated by: Leona Heidern
A real dog and a fake ninja.
Optimus Prime (G1 Powermaster)
Defeated by: Godzilla
A robot disguised as an eighteen-wheeler.
Dalek (Doctor Who)
Defeated by: Lt. Cmdr. Data
An alien disguised as a robot.
Bebop (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Defeated by: Hammer Bros
A human mutated into an anthropomorphic warthog.
Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)
Defeated by: Droopy
An anthropomorphic rabbit fond of disguising himself as a human.
Votes due by end of day Thursday, October 5.
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Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Optimus would win. Latterday Dalek's are pretty powerful but they also are more successful in numbers.
Bugs defeats Bebop no question. He's the type he defeats easily.
Doesn't Rush teleport? I think that gives him the advantage to win.
Bugs defeats Bebop no question. He's the type he defeats easily.
Doesn't Rush teleport? I think that gives him the advantage to win.
???Galford D. Weller and Poppy (Samurai Shodown)
Fixed, thanks!
I don't appreciate this
Galford said:
OK... You're not really helping me out here, Galford.
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Battle of metal-covered guys with a five letter word as all or part of their names:
Optimus is used to fighting tough metal-covered opponents with a lot of firepower. I don't think Daleks have that much or any experience fighting something like a Transformer. I think Prime's experience against Quintessons will also be useful and applicable in this fight. Prime will most likely have to use his Super robot mode or vehicle Attack mode to have enough firepower to crack the Dalek but he will be able to get the job done. Optimus Prime will keep on trucking to the next round.
battle of the cartoon Bs:
dog without man versus man with dog:
The battle starts off normally and Galford decides to try dropping Poppy onto Rush from above. Rush detects this and deploys Rush Coil. Poppy harmlessly bounces off the coil and at this point her dog instincts and Rush's dog programming kick in and they start playing with each other. Galford is a determined guy but he's not ruthless and sometimes does just go with the flow. This is a case where he decides to just go with the flow and let the dogs play. He also gets into it and starts getting the dogs to perform spectacular tricks by throwing bones for them to catch. The spectators are confused by this but do enjoy the spectacle. The playing and tricks go on for quite a while and eventually both dogs get tired / low on batteries and take a nap. Galford is declared the winner by default. After a quick rest/recharge all three of them agree to team up together in the next Capcom vs SNK game.
Optimus is used to fighting tough metal-covered opponents with a lot of firepower. I don't think Daleks have that much or any experience fighting something like a Transformer. I think Prime's experience against Quintessons will also be useful and applicable in this fight. Prime will most likely have to use his Super robot mode or vehicle Attack mode to have enough firepower to crack the Dalek but he will be able to get the job done. Optimus Prime will keep on trucking to the next round.
battle of the cartoon Bs:
Right. Bugs almost always clowns on big, dumb and strong but ineffective mooks. Bebop is just a quintessential example of one of those. Bugs will run proverbial circles around Bebop. It's not a matter of if Bugs wins, it's just down to how much he wants to abuse Bebop before finishing him off. Bugs wins but only too late does he realize that they share a common enemy - turtles.
dog without man versus man with dog:
The battle starts off normally and Galford decides to try dropping Poppy onto Rush from above. Rush detects this and deploys Rush Coil. Poppy harmlessly bounces off the coil and at this point her dog instincts and Rush's dog programming kick in and they start playing with each other. Galford is a determined guy but he's not ruthless and sometimes does just go with the flow. This is a case where he decides to just go with the flow and let the dogs play. He also gets into it and starts getting the dogs to perform spectacular tricks by throwing bones for them to catch. The spectators are confused by this but do enjoy the spectacle. The playing and tricks go on for quite a while and eventually both dogs get tired / low on batteries and take a nap. Galford is declared the winner by default. After a quick rest/recharge all three of them agree to team up together in the next Capcom vs SNK game.
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As Johnny said, Bugs is a super easy call over a slow-witted violent thug like Bebop.
Optimus vs Dalek is close-ish in firepower, but the Dalek suffers here from usually operating as a cog in a larger machine, especially against large or dangerous foes, while Optimus is a natural leader and plenty capable of acting on his own initiative, so Prime takes it.
And I know we're running a bloody post-apocalyptic gladiator battle here, but we don't really want to stoop to dog-fighting, so abstain on metal pupper vs ninja pupper (and her dad).
Optimus vs Dalek is close-ish in firepower, but the Dalek suffers here from usually operating as a cog in a larger machine, especially against large or dangerous foes, while Optimus is a natural leader and plenty capable of acting on his own initiative, so Prime takes it.
And I know we're running a bloody post-apocalyptic gladiator battle here, but we don't really want to stoop to dog-fighting, so abstain on metal pupper vs ninja pupper (and her dad).
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simple math says "ninja + dog > dog", so I'm gonna have to have give it to Galford and Poppy for that match
Bugs definitely would run circles around Bebop, for reasons that have already been mentioned.
As for Optimus Prime vs. a Dalek, I'm not sure yet. I need to think about this some more.
Bugs definitely would run circles around Bebop, for reasons that have already been mentioned.
As for Optimus Prime vs. a Dalek, I'm not sure yet. I need to think about this some more.
Is that what we're doing here? How does this whole thing even work? The organizer hasn't really shared a lot of details so I have just been running off of some of my own assumptions.
Sorry but I do need to point out that Poppy is a girl (like Angelo from FF8).
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I mean, I guess nominally, as in literally going based on the name - but that doesn't mean characters won't bend the setting and rules to their own idioms.
My bad! Fixed.
Purple
(She/Her)
It doesn't really seem fair that Poppy gets to bring along a humanoid friend and Rush doesn't. Particularly when Rush's main deal in combat is either giving Megs something to stand on while shooting, or becoming a pair of boxing gloves. That's the matchup though.
Despite the weird overly serious buildup given to them by the 9th Doctor, Daleks aren't actually really all that threatening? Like they're not even threatening in their own context, where nobody can ever get one over on some old absent-minded weirdo with a motorized screwdriver. Meanwhile Optimus Prime is like... single-handedly responsible for about 50% of all character deaths in the entirety of Transformers, within a period of about 15 seconds. He's got this.
Bugs Bunny and you know why.
Despite the weird overly serious buildup given to them by the 9th Doctor, Daleks aren't actually really all that threatening? Like they're not even threatening in their own context, where nobody can ever get one over on some old absent-minded weirdo with a motorized screwdriver. Meanwhile Optimus Prime is like... single-handedly responsible for about 50% of all character deaths in the entirety of Transformers, within a period of about 15 seconds. He's got this.
Bugs Bunny and you know why.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Changing my vote because I though Rush was fighting GLaDos. Um, the Other Dude.
Optimus Prime. The way people talk about Daleks here really makes me feel like they're mostly ineffective villains that can't get anything done. That probably can't be true, but I'm not about to watch Doctor Who to find out for myself.
Galford and Poppy win. Rush is a capable sidekick fighter, but if he's fighting a fully fledged fighting game character I don't think he can go the distance.
Bugs Bunny. Bebop is such small potatoes for Bugs to defeat.
Galford and Poppy win. Rush is a capable sidekick fighter, but if he's fighting a fully fledged fighting game character I don't think he can go the distance.
Bugs Bunny. Bebop is such small potatoes for Bugs to defeat.
Olli
(he/him)
Dalek will win Optimus, but once again, it's probably because Optimus will sacrifice himself to protect Earth or something. Daleks are only perceived as inefficient because the Doctor is such a multiverse-class hero, but they're really death machines of the first order - threatening the existence of time itself. Optimus is no slouch, but he's been killed by a single laser beam before.
Galford and Poppy are more capable of dealing damage than a robot that lost a fight to a cow, sorry.
Trickster god Bugs is an obvious winner over brute-force-and-no-brains Bebop.
Galford and Poppy are more capable of dealing damage than a robot that lost a fight to a cow, sorry.
Trickster god Bugs is an obvious winner over brute-force-and-no-brains Bebop.
Purple
(She/Her)
In literally their first appearance, The Doctor and friends take one out by tricking it onto an old throw rug where it has bad traction, then just kinda walking up, flipping off the top dome, and punching the little Krang inside.
Decades later, one was all proud about having hoverjets and no longer being completely thwarted by stairs.
I have no idea where the idea of them being remotely threatening ever came from.
I mean, Daleks kill people regularly and efficiently with their standard armaments, and as a group they often field armies and armadas that effectively threaten entire civilizations. And barring the odd splinter group, they're the kind of alien that has an inviolable philosophy of "all sentient life that isn't us must die", so they can't be negotiated with. They just have a hangup about antagonizing a clever time god that gets them fucked over at every turn.
Still, a single Dalek on it's own is usually *just* a decently decked-out war machine, which both Optimus and many other entrants on our list could usually handle, whether by clever strategy or superior force.
Still, a single Dalek on it's own is usually *just* a decently decked-out war machine, which both Optimus and many other entrants on our list could usually handle, whether by clever strategy or superior force.
Optimus Prime exterminates the Dalek.
Bugs declares hunting season on Bebop.
Poppy is the better of the doggos.
As this is the losers' bracket, the winners retire.
vs
The monster at the end of the book (There's a Monster at the End of this Book)
Defeated by: Missile
A living manifestation of anxiety.
Flik (A Bug's Life)
Defeated by: Speedy Eggbert
Our smallest combatant.
vs
GLaDOS (Portal)
Defeated by: GLaDOS
A passive-aggressive computer.
Air Man (Mega Man 2)
Defeated by: Korra
One blowy boi.
vs 404
Bomberman
Defeated by: Mothman
A guy with a weird ball on his head that has an unlimited supply of bombs.
Samus Aran (Super Metroid)
Deleted by: Haruhi Suzumiya
A woman who can turn into a weird ball that has an unlimited supply of bombs.
Votes due by end of day Monday, October 9.
Bugs declares hunting season on Bebop.
Poppy is the better of the doggos.
As this is the losers' bracket, the winners retire.
The monster at the end of the book (There's a Monster at the End of this Book)
Defeated by: Missile
A living manifestation of anxiety.
Flik (A Bug's Life)
Defeated by: Speedy Eggbert
Our smallest combatant.
GLaDOS (Portal)
Defeated by: GLaDOS
A passive-aggressive computer.
Air Man (Mega Man 2)
Defeated by: Korra
One blowy boi.
Bomberman
Defeated by: Mothman
A guy with a weird ball on his head that has an unlimited supply of bombs.
Samus Aran (Super Metroid)
Deleted by: Haruhi Suzumiya
A woman who can turn into a weird ball that has an unlimited supply of bombs.
Votes due by end of day Monday, October 9.
man who is hurt by his own bombs versus woman who isn't:
Samus no longer exists and doesn't show up for the fight so Bomberman wins by default.
...
Oh, wait. She's back. Was there a reboot of the Metroid series? Did someone reset the console? And I can't see her. Is this a graphical glitch or a problem with the camera feed? I'm confused here. Well, she's here now so I guess we can proceed.
Bomberman dies from being hit by anything including his own bombs. Samus is immune to her own bombs and can usually take at least one hit from any attack/threat. She also has her arm cannon which even at its weakest might be able to outrange Bomberman's blast range. Even if the battlefield restricted or stopped her jumping she can still move fairly quickly in ball form and could use her non-boosted run.
Samus can be either reckless or cautious in her approach and might just be able to bum rush Bomberman no matter what he does. I think Bomberman would have to stick to his usual methods and try to trap Samus. At best I think he could do that once and hurt Samus but then she would wise up, change her strategy and not fall for that again. So Bomberman would keep having to come up with new and unexpected ways to trick/trap her but I don't think he'll be able to keep that up long enough to defeat her before she can get a single hit in on him. There are just so many ways Bomberman could lose and so few where he could win here. Samus Aran blows him away.
Samus no longer exists and doesn't show up for the fight so Bomberman wins by default.
...
Oh, wait. She's back. Was there a reboot of the Metroid series? Did someone reset the console? And I can't see her. Is this a graphical glitch or a problem with the camera feed? I'm confused here. Well, she's here now so I guess we can proceed.
Bomberman dies from being hit by anything including his own bombs. Samus is immune to her own bombs and can usually take at least one hit from any attack/threat. She also has her arm cannon which even at its weakest might be able to outrange Bomberman's blast range. Even if the battlefield restricted or stopped her jumping she can still move fairly quickly in ball form and could use her non-boosted run.
Samus can be either reckless or cautious in her approach and might just be able to bum rush Bomberman no matter what he does. I think Bomberman would have to stick to his usual methods and try to trap Samus. At best I think he could do that once and hurt Samus but then she would wise up, change her strategy and not fall for that again. So Bomberman would keep having to come up with new and unexpected ways to trick/trap her but I don't think he'll be able to keep that up long enough to defeat her before she can get a single hit in on him. There are just so many ways Bomberman could lose and so few where he could win here. Samus Aran blows him away.
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You mean the losers, right?
Correct.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Grover accidentally kills Flik.
I think Air Man can overcome GLaDos.
Samus can defeat a self-saboteur
I think Air Man can overcome GLaDos.
Samus can defeat a self-saboteur
passive-aggressive against airgressive:
If Air Man could get to GLaDOS then I think he could do some damage to her and she might not be able to damage him with rocket turrets (since he is immune to Crash Bombs). But I think she could still hurt him with machine gun turrets so it would become a war of attrition and I think GLaDOS and her army of turrets could destroy Air Man before he does enough damage to her but I'm not 100% sure about that.
However I think that's all a moot point because Air Man will have to get to her first. Now Air Man can jump and could probably use his Air Shooter and chest fan suction to solve puzzles GLaDOS throws at him but eventually I think she will just throw too much at him or will figure out that he is vulnerable to fire and it will be all over for him. So GLaDOS can beat Air Man and remain alive.
If Air Man could get to GLaDOS then I think he could do some damage to her and she might not be able to damage him with rocket turrets (since he is immune to Crash Bombs). But I think she could still hurt him with machine gun turrets so it would become a war of attrition and I think GLaDOS and her army of turrets could destroy Air Man before he does enough damage to her but I'm not 100% sure about that.
However I think that's all a moot point because Air Man will have to get to her first. Now Air Man can jump and could probably use his Air Shooter and chest fan suction to solve puzzles GLaDOS throws at him but eventually I think she will just throw too much at him or will figure out that he is vulnerable to fire and it will be all over for him. So GLaDOS can beat Air Man and remain alive.
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bug that probably likes to read books going against monster in book:
Flik is nerdy but brave so I don't think he'll be able to resist the dark call of the book. He is inventive so I think he'll figure out some way to be able to turn the pages - probably by building some sort of apparatus and involving some of the other ants to make it work. The other ants might get scared as they go through the pages but Flik will not be deterred by the warnings in the book and will convince them to continue on until the end. At the end Grover will finally emerge from the book and while doing so will send Flik flying away giving Grover the win via ring out . The other ants will run away while a victorious but confused Grover stands there trying to figure out what just happened.
Flik is nerdy but brave so I don't think he'll be able to resist the dark call of the book. He is inventive so I think he'll figure out some way to be able to turn the pages - probably by building some sort of apparatus and involving some of the other ants to make it work. The other ants might get scared as they go through the pages but Flik will not be deterred by the warnings in the book and will convince them to continue on until the end. At the end Grover will finally emerge from the book and while doing so will send Flik flying away giving Grover the win via ring out . The other ants will run away while a victorious but confused Grover stands there trying to figure out what just happened.
Only got a moment, let's do these quick, in reverse order because reasons.
Bomberman has some firepower, but he's pretty one-note and pretty flimsy. Samus has a whole arsenal of weapons and techniques, and experience in overcoming traps and patterns. She takes it handily.
Similarly, Air Man does one thing and does it well. His screen of staggered tornados happens to work pretty well against the blue bomber, but while it might be able to deflect a few frontal assaults from GLaDOS' lab full o' fun, he'll be at a disadvantage when attacks can come from multiple directions at once, not to mention he doesn't seem like a particularly clever type that could find novel solutions to traps and puzzles. GLaDOS prevails.
Who even knows with the other one. Probably Grover, but probably by accident.
Bomberman has some firepower, but he's pretty one-note and pretty flimsy. Samus has a whole arsenal of weapons and techniques, and experience in overcoming traps and patterns. She takes it handily.
Similarly, Air Man does one thing and does it well. His screen of staggered tornados happens to work pretty well against the blue bomber, but while it might be able to deflect a few frontal assaults from GLaDOS' lab full o' fun, he'll be at a disadvantage when attacks can come from multiple directions at once, not to mention he doesn't seem like a particularly clever type that could find novel solutions to traps and puzzles. GLaDOS prevails.
Who even knows with the other one. Probably Grover, but probably by accident.
Purple
(She/Her)
I don't feel like Grover is in a place in his life where he is emotionally prepared to handle an ant out to ruin his day.
Fighting GLaDOS is like fighting the boobeam trap in a lot of ways. You need crash bombs, not the air shooter.
And... look. I know everyone else has already said it, but... Samus is not damaged by her own bombs.
Fighting GLaDOS is like fighting the boobeam trap in a lot of ways. You need crash bombs, not the air shooter.
And... look. I know everyone else has already said it, but... Samus is not damaged by her own bombs.
GLaDOS is readily defeatable by a sufficiently clever character. Air Man, as powerful as he may be, is not that kind of robot.
Both Samus and Bomberman have been known to bomb-jump, but as far as I know Bomberman cannot shinespark, wall-jump, mockball, gravity jump, Flatley jump, ceiling clip, kago clip, gate glitch, murder beam, chainsaw beam, G-Mode, R-Mode, or X-Mode, so I have to give this match to Samus. (My sources are also informing me of things like the "Wave-Plasma Beam" and "Screw Attack", but those things sound ridiculous.)
Grover vs Flik is a tough one, but I think Grover would, without an ounce of malice in his heart, accidentally squish Flik because he didn't see him. This event would leave him emotionally scarred for years to come.
Both Samus and Bomberman have been known to bomb-jump, but as far as I know Bomberman cannot shinespark, wall-jump, mockball, gravity jump, Flatley jump, ceiling clip, kago clip, gate glitch, murder beam, chainsaw beam, G-Mode, R-Mode, or X-Mode, so I have to give this match to Samus. (My sources are also informing me of things like the "Wave-Plasma Beam" and "Screw Attack", but those things sound ridiculous.)
Grover vs Flik is a tough one, but I think Grover would, without an ounce of malice in his heart, accidentally squish Flik because he didn't see him. This event would leave him emotionally scarred for years to come.
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So GLaDOS defeated herself?