Game Over
Bardock had become quite accustomed to living in the Colosseum by now. It was confirmed by Superman that if he tried to return to his world he would return to the moment before Planet Vegeta was destroyed. He initially was planning to train in the Colosseum to become stronger so he could defeat Frieza but decided against it after realising that his son wouldn’t become the warrior he is now without the Emperor’s actions. That didn’t stop him from spending time with Goku every time Goku came back to visit the Colosseum. Most combatants visit the Colosseum occasionally or when it’s time for a Death Battle. Only the dead ones truly stay, so Bardock spent most of his time decorating his dorm to be more cozy and getting along with the other dead combatants who couldn’t return to their world. He could normally be seen hanging out with either Darth Vader or Jiraiya and spends most of his time in either the cafeteria or the gym.
Mitsuru’s work back in her world meant she was too busy to tour Joker around beyond the day he arrived at the Colosseum so she asked for Weiss’ help to tour him for her. Ren’s kind-hearted, quiet and polite personality made him an easy target to bully for the more mean-spirited combatants, like Reverse Flash and Starscream. Though, this meant he was easy to get along with and got on friendly terms with a lot of the combatants, even some villains were chill around him. Given his reputation back at home it would come as no surprise that he tried to hit on Weiss a bit during the tour and she did take a bit of a liking to him. In fact, Ren became very close to the other members of team RWBY. A fact that Mitsuru would only respond with a face palm upon learning about this from Discord. Ren claims he got into team RWBY’s good graces by being kind to the team, Discord tells Mitsuru that he is secretly flirting with each member behind their backs. Which one is the truth? *shrugs*
Giorno didn’t like the fact that his father was not a very good person and became more proud of his achievement at restructuring Passione more after learning what kind of heritage he came from. Speaking of Passione, his Death Battle with Joker seemed to have left some unintended side effects as he wouldn’t spend a lot of time in the Colosseum. Opting to modify Passione into a better than ever organisation back in his world and only choosing to visit the Colosseum on the last week leading up to a fight to catch up on everything he missed. While in the Colosseum he would stick close to Jotaro and Jonathan and spend most of his time reading through the Death Battle archives. Curious with every detail that happened in the fights that came before him.
While these three got comfortable in the Colosseum the cafeteria went from its traditional battleground to a campaign rally. Bowser and Eggman frequently gloated about their accomplishments to others but this time around they began glazing themselves so much that an infinite stockpile of honey was about to suffer a shortage. They would brag about their feats of strength-
“Even my weakest mechs are capable of destroying entire mountains!”
“Mountains are weak. I punched a castle into space! Your mechs will crumble beneath my hands.”
“Did you not hear me say my weakest mechs? My strongest can alter space and time!”
“You need a mech for that?! BWAHAHAHA! How pathetic. I, King Bowser, don't need to rely on anything to shatter the fabric of reality.”
Tony: Yeah, and so do like a dozen other people in this room.
“Shut it, Nerd!”
- and their magical abilities.
“Of course, it will be my turn to use the Chaos Emeralds in this fight but those aren’t the only power sources I have. pulls out the Phantom Ruby I have access to the Phantom Ruby! With its power I can mold reality however I want. GET A LOAD OF THIS!”
Eggman uses the Ruby to turn everyone’s food into cardboard cutouts of said food, impressing some, surprising some, and annoying many who were just trying to eat.
Zatanna: Not bad but this is nothing more than mere illusions. Niaga devres si rennid!
With that everyone’s food goes back to normal and Eggman is left standing on his table with a perplexed look on his face. Bowser (not standing on a table because he would destroy it) laughed at Eggman.
“You call that molding reality?! Watch this.”
With a snap of his fingers he turns everyone’s food into cake. The combatants aren’t sure how to react… except for Goku and Stitch.
Goku: Nice! Desert time!
Stitch: starts gobbling his cake like a madman
These campaign attempts weren’t just restricted to the cafeteria, they also happened in every other room these two could muster a decent sized crowd in. While it was certainly annoying, the combatants kept coming back due to nearly every rally being interrupted by a member of their world’s cast poking fun at the two villains.
“Eggy thinks he’s so smart right? Well, my IQ of 9,800 has him beat. Whatever he can build I can build too.”
Peach: Are you sure about that? I haven’t seen Eggman building any buttons that activate a falling axe onto the platform you and Mario fight on, causing it to fall and sending you falling into the pit of lava below.
“My mechs can keep up with the likes of that Blue Hedgehog, especially my Egg Dragoon. Designed to match him in speed!”
Sonic: Then how come I was able to tear that thing apart in my waaaayyyyy slower Werehog form Eggman?
“With my magic, reality can be whatever I want!”
Wario: Then how come you haven’t made yourself win against Mario huh?
“Bowser’s an idiot. Even though he may hold some advantages, my superior intellect will result in my victory!”
Shadow: Sonic is no genius either. So tell me, Doctor, how is it that you keep losing to him?
“With my Dream Stone I can wish Eggy away! He’s got nothing that can resist that.”
Meanwhile Donkey Kong has snuck up behind Bowser and is silently holding an L-shaped hand above his head while smugly smiling.
“I have Chaos Emeralds, the Master Emerald, the Time Stones, the Sol Emeral- OOFF”
Knuckles: You are not taking the Master Emerald!
Knuckles punches Eggman into a wall, creating a small crater on the wall. Even when on the ground Eggman still tries to boast about himself.
“I’m also well above human-level! cough I can punch trucks.”
Bowser casually walks by Eggman on the floor.
“And I can punch a castle into space.”
Eggman angrily gets up and glares as Bowser walks by him. Even though these two have been doing this non-stop for three whole weeks it was definitely a rather fun, or at the very least interesting, three weeks for the combatants. For Mario and Sonic this was a great opportunity to kick back and relax in their own world as both worlds were left without their villains for the coming weeks.
The day for Bowser vs Eggman has arrived and the combatants begin making their way to the top floor. Sonic is walking alongside Mega Man, X and Zero to the elevator. When they exit on the top floor X catches a glimpse of the Goomba and Koopa heading down the hallway meant for the fighters.
X: Hey, you’re not allowed there!
Mega Man and Sonic turn their attention to where X is looking and spot the two as well.
Mega Man: Maybe they’re going to wish their king good luck?
Sonic: You know, I tend to forget those guys exist. I imagine they’re gonna be cheering hard for Bowser lat- ARGH! Huh?
Metal shoulder bumps the Blue Blur as he walks past the group and down the same hallway the Goomba and Koopa were seen walking down.
Sonic: Aww, Metal, you wanna wish your maker good luck too?
Metal only gives Sonic a quick stare before continuing to walk down the hallway. Suddenly, the doors leading to it begin to close. This signifies that the fight is about to start but our group of 3/4 blue and 1/4 red is more concerned about the three minions being where they’re not meant to be.
Sonic: Hey wait!
Sonic runs past Metal into the hallway to try and retrieve the Goomba and Koopa and Zero takes it upon himself to pull Metal out of the hallway before the doors close. Unfortunately, Metal kicks Zero away as he approaches. Rock checks up on Zero’s condition while X runs toward Metal.
X: What do you think you’re doing! Get out of there.
Metal watches X’s futile attempt to reach him as a magical force from the hallway knocks Sonic out before the doors close.
X: We need to alert someone and let them know they’re in there.
Sonic: Relax. They won’t be able to enter the door leading to the simulator as it would’ve closed after Bowser and Eggman entered. This just means they won’t be able to see the fight. C’mon, let’s go! The fight is about to start!
As the group make their way to their seats Zero can’t help but feel that something is off about Metal. In the past weeks after the announcement of Bowser vs Eggman Metal Sonic has been acting very strange. Metal would normally be seen in the workshop next to his creator but in the past weeks he would be found in the rainbow race track around the arena. Constantly flying around it over and over. Most decided not to take note of it but the look Metal gave Zero when he kicked him away gave him the impression Metal was being very serious about something.
Zero: What is it that he’s so worked up about? I thought it was about the fight but now I’m not sure because he can’t watch it anymore .
It was a thought he couldn’t dwell on as the screen began to come to life.
The screen opens to World Bowser from Super Mario 3D World, where it appears that a wedding is happening. In attendance are various members of the Koopa Troop including Goomboss, King Bob-omb, Kamek, the Koopa General and a bored as hell King Boo. Bowser is seen in his white tuxedo and top hat looking happily at his bride-to-be, waiting for the officiate to begin the sermon.
Already the crowd is laughing at what they’re seeing. Bowser makes no attempts to hide his feelings toward Princess Toadstool but the concept of him in his own wedding is still an absurd thing to witness. Though, a few are a little sympathetic about it all.
Peach: I don’t know if I should start feeling bad or not for him.
Zelda: That is quite the unhealthy obsession.
Ganondorf: Hmph, how pathetic.
Goku: Aww, how sweet.
Superman: He really needs to get some help.
Kakashi: Hehe, of course it starts like that.
Jiraiya: Hahaha, in his dreams.
Stitch: falls off his chair in a fit of laughter
Dante: Awww, I bet wishes that were real.
Shadow: Huh?
Tails: Hahahaha
Sonic: Man, he just can’t have a wedding without some red man with a stache interrupting it, am I right?
Mario: nods
Suddenly, the entire wedding setup falls apart. “Princess Peach” falls on the ground, revealing it to be a cardboard cutout while the officiate throws off his clothes to reveal a laughinh Orbot and Cubot in disguise.
“Huh?!”
“Hahahaha!”
The words ‘OPERATION CATFISH WAS SUCCESSFUL’ flashes above the robot duo before Orbot projects a holographic video of Dr. Robotnik above him.
“I've come to make an announcement! This territory is now the base for my upcoming Eggmanland 2.”
Bowser, angry at being tricked, tears his tux off as Orbot and Cubot start running away and Bowser Jr. runs up to his father’s side.
“What a joke!”
Dr. Wily: What an idiot.
Eggman simply laughs as his holographic visage fades. Only for the screen to pan up to reveal the Egg Fleet, bursting through the clouds along with Eggman’s voice over a broadcast speaker. Any and all goofiness that the set-up had was immediately erased as tons of robots began falling and flying down from the sky.
“I am Doctor Eggman, your new genius overlord.”
His army of badniks hit the ground, alongside Eggman himself in his Egg Dragoon.
“GET A LOAD OF THIS!”
[Now playing: Game Over]
The camera jumps to a side of view of the battlefield, revealing the Koopa Troop had rallied behind their King. In the skies above, the Egg Fleet comes face to face with a fleet of Bowser’s Airships and various minions riding Koopa Clown Cars. Hovering above the battlefield various Paratroopers, Boos and King Boo himself, who now looked like he was ready to kill, mirrored the horde of Buzz Bombers, Eggrobos and Drones (from the movies) floating above their ground forces. And on the ground was everyone else. Jr. had taken his place next to his father while Kamek had taken position just behind his king. King Bob-omb and Goomboss stood at the flanks and an innumerable amount of Goombas, Koopas, Hammer Bros, Shy Guys, Bob-ombs, Spinys, Dry Bones, Chargin’ Chucks and Chain Chomps quickly gathered around and behind their king. On Eggman’s frontlines stood Egg Fighters with their shields raised with Eggrobos behind them carrying lances. Littered below the Dragoon was an ungodly amount of Eggrobos, Moto Bugs, Crabmeats, Slicers, Caterkillers and Egg Hammers.
Eggman stared down at Bowser from his Egg Dragoon while Bowser glowered at him from below. Those weeks of campaigning were about to pay off, one way or another.
Fight
The combatants cheered on as Bowser commanded his army forward before leaping ahead while Eggman rushed forward in the Dragoon while his forces opened fire.
It should be mentioned, that even though their armies were present, nobody actually knew this was going to be a proper army fight like Eggman vs Wily was. They were thinking along the lines of Ultron vs Sigma, in which, despite their armies being present, the fight was mainly between the two combatants. Little did anyone know, this was part of a carefully crafted plan.
[flashback]
Bowser waited patiently outside the Death Battle offices. Combatants were not allowed in but that didn’t mean they couldn’t interact with the staff on the other side. Next to him was a phone combatants could use to communicate with anyone they wanted inside the office and Eggman was currently using it.
“It would be nice if you could consider our suggestions. Mmhm… yeah… alright!”
“So?”
“They said yesssss.”
Eggman and Bowser began cackling together. Despite being long time rivals if there's anything they share in common is their love of showmanship. Bowser had come from a rather underwhelming performance with his fight with Ganondorf years ago and wanted to redeem himself while Eggman wanted to make his return since Season 1 a bang.
“Those chums really think they can have us tussle without us including our empires.”
“We’ll show them a good Death Battle.”
[flashback over]
Suffice to say, the combatants were expecting the armies to fight each other independently from their leaders.
Jr. leaped forward to crush a Moto Bug with a ground pound. Another Moto Bug tried to attack him while he was getting up only to be swiped off the ground by Roy, who chucked him away before falling back on a Caterkiller to crush it with his shell. Wendy leaped onto a platform to crush a Crabmeat, only for the Crabmeat to knock her off as it revealed itself to be the Heavy Magician, who quickly disappeared into his hat. Lemmy bounced onto the battlefield on his ball before conjuring another bouncy ball with his wand to toss forward, only for the Heavy Rider to catch a ride on the ball and use it to knock Lemmy away. He was then knocked back by an energy blast from Ludwig. Ludwig then fired multiple energy balls forward at a trio of Badniks but before they could land the Heavy Shinobi landed in front of the Badniks and sliced the attack away.
Bowser drop kicks an Egg Hammer, tosses two fire orbs at some Badniks and spits out three meteors at Heavy Shinobi, who fails to deflect the attack and is destroyed along with the Badniks behind it. The Egg Dragoon then flies down and fires a volley of bullets at Bowser while Eggman laughs maniacally. Bowser rushes toward the Dragoon, dodging a few shots before retreating into his shell and spinning towards it while the bullets harmlessly bounce off him.
“Shut up, Nerd!”
Bowser launches himself up to the Dragoon and performs a spinning shell attack which Eggman blocks with the Dragoon’s gatling gun, only for the gun to be destroyed. In response, Eggman fires the Dragoon’s drill missiles at Bowser. Bowser is hit but shrugs off the missile's electrocution and leaps off of it to catch another missile in midair to throw back at the Egg Dragoon. The missile pierces the Dragoon, splitting its upper body from its tail. Bowser stomps on the ground as he lands to conjure up spikes from the ground which impale the cockpit and seemingly Eggman as well.
But the camera zooms into the impaled Doctor to reveal it was actually D3-COY, as its mechanical head springs out of the supposed Doctor’s body while playing his maniacal laugh on loop. However, Bowser seems to have thought D3-COY is the real deal and begins taunting Robotnik's corpse.
“You call these toys an invasion force? punches an Egg Fighter trying to ambush him into smithereens I’ve seen Toads do better.”
Eggman’s voice is suddenly broadcasted from above, seemingly shocked at his opponent’s lack of intelligence to the point where he accidentally gave away a strategic advantage of his, that being he was still alive. Most of the combatants weren’t too surprised to see Eggman die without the fight ending as his decoy has been used a couple times to fool some of them for his own benefit in the Colosseum. What they were more surprised in was how quickly he had used it, now wondering what the rest of the fight had to offer after what was previously a trump card against Wily was used so willy-nilly.
“That’s a decoy, you idiot! Infinite!”
Infinite warps onto the battlefield in front of Bowser mid-air.
“This power is without peer. It is the ultimate strength!”
With the Phantom Ruby’s power Infinite increases the gravity on the battlefield, making quick work of the Koopa General, Goomboss, King Bob-omb and many other members of the Koopa Troop while also downing a lot of Paratroopers.
Sonic: Hey wait a minute!
Silver: That’s cheating!
Tails: That’s not fair!
Sonic: Why is Infinite there?
Knuckles: That’s outside help! Eggman should be disqualified.
A commotion began to rise among the combatants of Eggman potentially breaking the rules of Death Battle.
Bowser uses his magic to protect his army using barriers though they are still susceptible to members of Eggman’s army attacking them. As Bowser struggles to keep his army alive the camera pans over to King Boo, who laughs at Bowser’s predicament before turning his attention to the Jackal. While Infinite was distracted, taking out as many of Bowser’s troops as he could, King Boo uses his magic to summon a Thwomp above Infinite. The increased gravity causes it to fall at tremendous speeds, faster than Infinite could react. The Thwomp crushes him into the ground, causing his mask and the Phantom Ruby to fly off of him.
“URGH!”
Luigi: Wait, so they both get outside help?
Dr. Wily: No, they aren’t breaking the rules. It’s like when I fought Ivo. This is no Death Battle, this is a proper war.
Ultron: They got a war and I didn’t?!
Sigma: Preposterous!
This fact was made more clear to the combatants when the Phantom Ruby landed on the ground before the camera panned out to reveal it lying in the middle of the two armies. The Koopa Troop, recognising it as something important, and the Eggman Empire, desperate to get their super weapon back, begin charging at it to retrieve it. A Goomba and Buzz Bomer reach the Ruby first but due to their inability to grab it they just stare at it. A Chargin’ Chuck runs by and grabs it before charging through a Moto Bug. He then trips from a Burrobot launching up from the ground beneath him, causing the Ruby to fly back into the air. It is quickly caught by a Lakitu before the Lakitu is then killed by a rocket fired from the Heavy Gunner, who tries to fly down and grab the Ruby but is smashed away by Morton and his hammer. Morton picks up the Ruby before barely blocks an incoming spin dash from Mecha Sonic MK I with his hammer. He kicks Mecha away before giving chase but as he runs to give Mecha a beat down Orbot and Cubot appear from behind and manage to snatch the Ruby away. They aren’t uncontested as the Elite Trio jump into the battle and start brawling with the duo, forming a cartoon dust cloud in the process.
Zero: Wait a minute, if this fight is meant to include every member from their army. Then that means-
The Ruby is launched up again and Metal Sonic dashes by the screen, quickly grabbing the Ruby and making a run for it. Seeing this, Bowser calls down purple lighting to follow Metal. A bunch of Paratroopers start giving chase and Hammer Bros and Bullet Bills begin targeting the Fake Sonic. But Metal is too fast. He manages to dodge all of their attempts to stop him and even takes the time to catch Morton, who had already destroyed Mecha Sonic MK I, Roy and Lemmy off guard. Bowser throws Broggy at Metal’s direction before Kamek appears next to his king to summon three slots above them.
Metal continues his rampage. He grabs a nearby Chain Chomp by the chain and throws it at Boggy to throw him off his tail. He dodges some fireballs fired from King Boo before flicking the King’s crown off of his head, causing him to become bashful and effectively eliminating him from the fight. The remaining Koopalings try to jump Metal in a last ditch attempt to stop him but he powers though with V. Maximum Overdrive. Eventually, he reaches a far and safe place to power up. But before he could achieve his Giga form the screen flies up to show the words ‘Chance Time!’ before focusing back on Metal, who then realised that the Phantom Ruby is no longer in his grasps. He frantically looks around, even twisting his head 360 degrees before locking his gaze on Bowser, the Koopa King now laughing at him while holding the Phantom Ruby.
Luigi: laughs and points
Wario: Haha! Unlucky.
Metal then crashes out. He summons the Green Chaos Emerald to him and uses it to transform into Neo Metal Sonic. He slowly walks out of the cloud of energy behind him, his demeanor alone demanding silence and reverence from the audience.
“It’s too late!”
He rockets forward, Bowser crushes the Phantom Ruby but notices too late that Metal is coming at him and is immediately kicked away by Neo Metal with so much force that he is sent flying face-first into the ground, with the kick being accompanied by a red background and two black silhouettes in the form of a dive kicking Metal and a kicked-in-the-chest Bowser. As Bowser lies unconscious Neo flies away. Jr. takes notice of his dad’s state before hesitantly manifesting black paint on his paint brush. A type of paint only Mario knows about. The Plumber’s eyes widen at the simple sight of Jr.’s black paint and starts feeling uneasy.
Meanwhile, the real Eggman enters the battle. He drops down inside his Egg Emperor, stabbing its lance into the ground as he makes his entrance.
“All according to plan!”
Despite being an old mech it was refurbished to be ready to fight again, courtesy of a Badnik who’s more than just a simple minion.
“You lost the battle before it had begun.”
Sage slowly descends next to her father’s mech, which pulls its lance from the ground before floating above the battlefield. Neo Metal flies up to his place on the other side of the Egg Emperor.
Sonic: Even Sage is here… Eggman is really pulling out all the stops.
Peach: Now it looks to be a proper fight between Bowser and Eggman.
“Excellent work as always Metal!”
“Hmph. gives thumbs up”
“Ready to wrap this up Sage?”
“As you command.”
“You know what they say: The more the merrier! Hahahahahaha!”
As Eggman laughs at his presumed victory Jr. splashes his black paint on his father. The paint completely covers him and opens up a vortex of darkness beneath him that slowly swallows him, with Jr. jumping in to follow his father. Aside from Mario, the rest of the Mario cast aren’t aware of what this is. Since Bowser and Eggman did their best to hide the fact that they were having a full-scale war Bowser made sure not to bring up his Fury form at all since that requires his son’s assistance in activating it. The camera follows the Koopa King and Prince into the void and within the darkness a pair of white eyes open with flaming orange eyes brows burning above them, staring back into the screen. Luigi was terrified at the sight of the white eyes. Yoshi reacted in shock and fear. Wario was confused. Peach displayed a look of concern on her face before turning to Mario. Mario was gripping the armrest of his chair tightly and sweat began to trickle down from underneath Cappy.
Peach: Mario?
Sonic: Mario are you okay? What is this form?
Many more combatants were confused as well, wondering if Bowser left out some information regarding himself (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury wasn’t a popular game in the entertainment room). Regardless of how they felt, Bowser’s Fury only needed one introduction to get them to know him.
“Showtime!”
Fury Bowser rises from the ground and reveals himself for all to witness. As he falls he readies a punch at the Egg Emperor but despite its faster speed compared to his other mechs it was still too slow to move out of the way in time. Neo Metal intervenes, kicking the Egg Emperor away and activating his Black Shield, only for Fury Bowser’s punch to smash right through, sending a now crippled Metal flying away. Sage teleports away and Fury Bowser begins to charge at the Egg Emperor. Being completely outmatched in size, Eggman attempted to make some distance between them, firing energy beams from his lance while flying backwards.
“Take this!”
But Fury Bowser simply ran through each attack without flinching. He caught up to the Egg Emperor and slashed down at it, which was blocked by the Egg Emperor’s shield but the attack destroyed the shield and nearly crippled the mech. In a panic, Eggman pilots the mech into the air and fires all of the missiles at Fury Bowser, who leaps in the air after him, tanking all the missiles before grabbing the Egg Emperor with both claws. Eggman immediately ejects just as the Egg Emperor is crushed and flees in his Egg Mobile. As he retreats, Sage teleports back into the battle and begins pulling out a squad of mass-produced Death Egg Robots from Cyberspace. But this is merely a distraction. Fury Bowser shows no hesitation as he charges forward. His army below ran out of his way, in fear of being crushed by the mad king. Eggman’s army is spared no mercy as Fury Bowser tramples on them while tearing apart the first Death Egg Robot he comes across. Sage rendezvous back with her father.
“By my calculations, he’s too strong for any of our mechs to take on one on one.”
The camera cuts to Fury Bowser grabbing two Death Egg Robots by the head and smashing them into each other.
“Our best hope to defeat him right now is with this.”
Sage then pulls out the Master Emerald from Cyberspace. An act that instantly pisses off one of the combatants.
“WHEN DID HE GET THAT!”
Knuckles destroys the armrests on his chair as his fists and teeth clench in rage and his friends try to calm him down.
Sonic: Woah calm down buddy! It’s just for the fight.
Tails: Knuckles it’s not the real Master Emerald remember?
Silver was ready to encase Knuckles in his psychokinesis in the event he went ballistic but he managed to calm down somewhat.
Knuckles: Fine, it’s not the real one. Just a simulated one for the fight.
The remaining Death Egg Robots fire their lasers at Fury Bowser and all that accomplished was pushing his head back a bit. He lets out a Fury Blast to sweep across the battlefield, instantly destroying the remaining Death Egg Robots. But the destruction of these mass-produced models was all part of Sage’s plan. Behind the smoke, Sage was holding up a shield to protect Eggman from Bowser’s fire breath. Eggman began harnessing the power of the Master Emerald to pull all the wreckage of the Death Egg Robots to himself in a tornado of parts. When the tornado settled a new, improved and live-action version of the Death Egg Robot stepped out. Sage teleports away again as Eggman in his new Death Egg Robot and Fury Bowser begin charging at each other. The two titans stop just in front of each other to make their stance. The camera pans to a wide shot of both titans reading a punch while lighting strikes in the background.
The two connect their punches at the same time, knocking each other back and sending a shockwave throughout the battlefield. Fury Bowser is quicker to recover and begins biting one of the Death Egg Robot’s arms. Eggman struggles to pry him off with his other arm and resorts to kicking Fury Bowser back. The Death Egg Robot grabs Fury Bowser’s sides in an attempt to throw him into the ground but Fury Bowser breaks his hold by expelling a large amount of fire from his mouth to push the Death Egg Robot back. Fury Bowser then grabs the Death Egg Robot by the shoulders and lifts it over his head before tearing both arms off, grabbing its sides and smashing it into the ground in front of him. Before Fury Bowser is able to step on the de-armed mech it flies back with the jet booster on its back and manages to stand back up. Green electricity sparks from the arm holes as more wreckage from the surrounding war is brought up to the Death Egg Robot to make new arms for it, this time more in line with the design of the arms from the Generations Death Egg Robot.
“Haha! How do you like that, you crazy animal.”
Eggman was floating at the center inside the Death Egg Robot, empowered by the Master Emerald and controlling the mech with his own motions. But as he begins running the green electricity around the room disappears and he suddenly falls face-first on the floor of his mech’s interior.
“What?”
He looks up to see three slots above him. The one on the left had a picture of him, the one in the middle had a picture of the Master Emerald with an arrow below pointing right and the slot on the right had the face of a certain red echidna. Back at the arena seats the Master Emerald suddenly materialised above Knuckles, which then proceeded to smush him and his chair. The people surrounding him were taken aback but Knuckles reassured them all with a thumbs up from under the Emerald.
Kamek’s laugh could be heard from inside the Death Egg Robot. Eggman angrily began running to his Egg Mobile cockpit, which was a few floors above him, leaving the Death Egg Robot vulnerable. Fury Bowser let out his N64 roar as he delivered a devastating blow to the Death Egg Robot’s face, burning off half of it. Eggman takes back control of the mech as it stumbles back and launches an arm attack at Fury Bowser. Fury Bowser jumps high in the air and goes back into his shell before firing multiple red spikes down at the struggling mech. Sage appears again to protect her father with an above-head shield but Fury Bowser follows up with a down-air attack. He strikes Sage’s shield with the force of a meteor and shatters it but is halted from falling by a small golden light.
“Huh?”
A perplexed Eggman, who braced for impact, looks up to see the black coated Koopa King being lifted by his greatest creation, being empowered by one of his most prized valuables. In the time Eggman and Fury Bowser fought, Sage searched for Neo’s body and repaired it with the seven Chaos Emeralds. The camera pans to reveal Super Neo Metal holding Fury Bowser up.
“I’ll crush you!”
A reveal that drew quite distasteful reactions from some of the combatants.
Vegeta: That cheap knock off form again.
Ryuko: Great, I should've expected this.
Trunks: Well, I think the victor is set in stone now.
Sonic Super forms is a rather controversial topic among the combatants. Unlike forms such as Superman’s sun-dipping, which require an external energy source to activate, or Ultra Instinct, which still has its limits regardless of how strong Goku becomes with it, the Sonic Super forms have a notorious history of being invincible to all physical damage. Vegeta, Ryuko and Mewtwo weren’t able to hurt Super Shadow, Mario had to use his own invincible power-ups to counter the form and Trunks had to resort to trying to manipulate Silver’s time to force him out of Super. No one has yet to be able to properly contend with a Super Hedgehog so seeing Metal go Super made a lot of combatants throw in the towel. But the fight wasn’t over yet.
Super Neo Metal launches Fury Bowser into the air to deal a heavy combo on him before kicking him to the ground. As Fury Bowser recovers Sage attempts to follow up and keep him down, collecting as many Badniks as she could with her telekinesis before tossing them at the Koopa King but Kamek reappears in front of Fury Bowser and uses his magic to summon a bunch of warp pipes that suck in all the Badniks before throwing them back out the way they came. The flying Badnik horde was disintegrated by a charging Super Neo, who blasts through Kamek’s pipe defense to deliver a punch at the Magikoopa’s face, blasting him off to the horizon as Fury Bowser takes notice of his advisor being defeated.
Super Neo rushes at Fury Bowser who braces himself with a block. Only for his son in his Shadow Mario form to leap in front of his father and paint an X-shaped paint shield in front of them. Seeing Jr. take a stance in front of Super Neo made Peach horrified. Even though she may not be his mother she can’t help but feel a sense of empathy toward him in a way a mother only could. She couldn’t watch as she closed her eyes shut as Super Neo rolled into a ball to break through the shield before dishing out a painful spin dash attack on Shadow Mario, knocking him into the ground.
Behold the king
Fury Bowser watches as Shadow Mario hits the ground hard, detransforming back into Bowser Jr. who now laid motionless on the ground. Bowser had mentioned he had a son a few times to some of the combatants and it was very evident from the way he talked about him that the two were very close. A wave of sympathy began washing over some of the combatants. Sonic looked on with horror, being intimately familiar with Metal’s ruthlessness. Superman, who is particularly against kids being in Death Battle, had to control his anger. Goku watched in terror. Tony looked at the screen in silence, lost for words. Batman sympathetically tilted his head down. Steven looked like he was at the brink of tears. Vader felt conflicted. Kratos, Nolan and Bardock gazed at the scene with sorrow. Even though it was just a simulation, at times the events that happen in a Death Battle can feel real.
Annihilating everything in a sea of flames
Bowser’s emotions spiralled out of control. His rage skyrocketed but not only that, the sight of his son on the brink of death snapped him out of the Fury form’s directionless rage. The rage he had now is controlled and he aimed to focus all of that on one being.
With these machines
As Super Neo tries to attack Bowser he swats him away with a backhand.
“How dare you! Keep you hands-”
Out of thin air Bowser summons a Grand Star. The star falls on him, powering him up and surrounding him in a rainbow aura.
“OFF”
Fabricate a new reality
“MY… SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!”
Bowser unleashes a multi-coloured, Grand Star amped, Fury Blast at Super Neo Metal. The act of firing the blast itself sent shockwaves out of the screen, shaking the arena. His aura of giving it his best for his son was inspiring and many combatants who were on Bowser’s side began cheering. Now that Kamek was out of the picture Metal could finally fight at his full potential-
“Bowser Bio-data: Successfully copied”
And fired Bowser’s own Fury Blast back at him.
In resemblance of me
The two beams clash but Metal’s beam is instantly overpowered. As Bowser’s blast approaches Metal the Chaos Emeralds get overpowered and leave him. Much to Sonic, his friends and everyone else’s surprise. Metal comes face to face with Bowser’s Fury and is vaporised. More combatants began to cheer and even some of Eggman supporters had begun switching sides, either from witnessing Jr. get injured or seeing Bowser overpower the Chaos Emeralds.
Vegeta: What?!
Ryuko: Wha- WOOOO! Let’s go!
Trunks: I can’t believe it. Come one Bowser you got this!
“No!”
Sage is distraught. Her calculations were perfect. She got Kamek out of the picture, she got Metal to go Super, it was a 3v1 they could’ve won. She didn’t account for Jr. foolishly jumping in with a futile attempt to save his father. Nor could she account for the rise in Bowser’s power after the fact. Bowser’s blast creates a black hole at the back lines of Eggman’s army, pulling in and destroying the Egg Fleet and nearly the entire army down below while leaving the Koopa Troop unscathed. Even parts of the Death Egg Robot began succumbing to the black hole’s pull. Sage ran as many calculations in her head but there was too much going on. With each lost Badnik, Hard Boiled Heavy and ship lost she had to recalculate their odds of winning. With so much resources being lost at once she had trouble keeping up. There had to be a way to stop this. There had to be a way to win. No odds doesn’t mean a loss, it just means a winning factor may not have been considered yet. Sonic proved as much when they fought The End. There had to be something. But as good of a computer Sage was, she was first and foremost Eggman’s daughter. And every good child listens to and obeys their parent’s words.
“Sage!”
The Death Egg Robot was now hanging on by a single arm on the ground and its jet boosters.
“The Death Egg! MAX POWER!”
Two kings killing for the crown
Sage teleports away with the Chaos Emeralds and the camera shows the black hole dissipating before panning up to show the moon and the flash of seven glowing gems surrounding it while a pair of green eyes come to life at the moon’s center. The Death Egg moves out of the moon’s outline, orienting itself to aim at Earth.
Vader: Hmmm.
Its eyes flash with light as Sage charges its Final Egg Blaster with the Chaos Emeralds. Even with all the adventures Sonic had been through with the Doctor, this scene left him stunned and speechless.
Sonic: I guess watching Eggman fight instead of fighting him gives a new perspective on how dangerous he actually is .
The Final Egg Blaster fires but some are quick to point out that its trajectory is a bit off.
Dr. Wily: What is she doing? That completely misses Bowser!
Lex Luthor: Perhaps a miscalculation in the midst of stress.
Dimitri: No, that’s not it! Look! The blast is aimed at his army.
Two kings killing for the crown
As the beam gets closer to the battlefield the Koopa Troop can only watch in fear of their impending doom while the remains of the Eggman Empire flee, with the exception of Orbot and Cubot. While they were still entangled with the Elite Trio their lack of motion is attributed to their disbelief of Eggman’s willingness to sacrifice them.
To stake their claim
Bowser looks up at the approaching beam. The camera gives a close-up shot of his foot as he jumps before cutting to Eggman laughing maniacally while escaping in the Egg Mobile.
They will tear every world down
Bowser lands in front of his army and catches the beam with his bare hands. The camera pans behind him, to look up at him from behind along with the rest of the Koopa Troop. Witnessing their king protecting them with his life. A sight that almost felt unreal. Here was Bowser, the proud, brash, goofy, clumsy, easy to trick, easy to irritate, easy to make fun of turtle that most of the combatants saw him as, now standing before his army and laying down his life for them.
Behold the king let it be known
Bowser did his best but the beam was too powerful. Eventually he is overwhelmed and the beam fully engulfs him, and all he can do is scream in pain as his skin and flesh is torn from his skeleton before that too falls to pieces under the might of the Death Egg.
Who sits upon the throne
The smoke clears to reveal a crater. It was a feat that impressed the Sonic cast. To tank enough energy to turn the solar system destroying Final Egg Blaster into a simple crater maker was something to be respected. Some of the newcomers thought this is it. That Bowser was dead. But more experienced combatants had seen enough to know what a fake out looked like.
Eggman is shown to have survived, despite being outside his Eggmobile, the Eggmobile being severely damaged and both being inside the crater. He starts walking back to his ride, thinking he won…
…A beam of magic shoots from the side of the screen, turning the Egg Mobile into stone. The camera turns with Eggman’s shocked reaction to reveal the spell came from Bowser Jr., with a bloody nose and holding Kamek’s wand. He glares at Eggman as his father resembles his skeleton behind him. Dry Bowser stares down Eggman with his skeletal smile as the Koopa Troop begin to descend around them. Goombas, Koopas, Hammer Bros, Shy Guys, Bob-ombs, Spinys, Dry Bones, Chargin’ Chucks and Chain Chomps surround the two tyrants. Paratroopers hover above them and even parts of Bowser’s Airship fleet survived and can be seen flying above in the sky. The Koopalings, with various levels of severe injuries, were lined up behind Bowser.
The crowd went wild. Not since Superman and Goku’s final clash had the arena seen the combatants so worked up. They cheered for Bowser and his army. Peach let out a sigh of relief for Jr.’s survival and both Mario and Sonic and their friends began rooting for Bowser.
Behold the king
Jr. fires the wand again at Eggman, who dodges it.
Long live the king
“Curses! Sage! Fire it agai— Wuh-huh?!”
Eggman turns around and is met with the sight of the Death Egg being turned into a giant Question Mark Block. Even Mario and his friends were shocked by this. Hell, most of the magic-based combatants were shocked at this magical potency that Bowser apparently had. Sonic had just remembered that Sage was in the Death Egg and worried for her.
“Wait…!”
It was bad enough his orbital base was made moot but Eggman was more concerned and worried for Sage. But Bowser didn’t give him time to worry about her.
Behold the king
Bowser began sucking Eggman toward him with his Vacuum Breath. The camera showed a front view of Eggman desperately trying to claw his way to escape while it was Bowser’s turn to maniacally laugh. His skeleton form enhanced the dread that came with his laughter. At this moment Mario disregarded his first ever encounter with Fury Bowser. This easily beats that as the most terrifying he’s seen Bowser ever be.
Mario: I never-a knew watching someone else fight Bowser would be more terrifying than fighting him myself.
Long live the king
Eggman activates his jetpack, only for it to be sucked away, leaving him running for his life. In a last ditch effort to do something, he takes out his ray gun and charges it up while aiming at Bowser, only for Jr. to shoot it with his want and turn it into a cardboard cutout for Eggman to look at with despair.
Discord: Live by the cardboard, die by the cardboard. Oh I like this poetry.
Eggman can only watch as he is forced closer to Bowser. To Koopa King deciding to throw out a line form his own red-stached rival at Eggman.
“Gah-hah-hah-HAH! So long, Doctor!”
With all his might and fury, Dry Bowser delivers a devastating blow into Eggman’s chest. Sending him flying to the Question Mark Block in the sky.
“WOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!”
Bowser watches as Eggman crashes into the block, causing it to explode. Killing him and sending hundreds of coins raining down. Bowser gives a triumphant laugh as Kamek, Jr. and the rest of the Koopa Troop gather around him to celebrate too. The raining coins supply them all with numerous extra lives. At the corner of the screen, Orbot and Cubot look sheepishly at the camera. The screen cuts to black and the music stops.
[Music stops]
KO
The crowd goes wild as a victory card of not only Bowser but the Koopa Troop appears on the screen.
Dimitri: Seems you had more honour that I thought you did King Bowser.
Tony: Can’t believe I actually thought the kid died there.
Batman: Were you about to cry?
Tony: Cry? Heh- no… of course not…
Batman:...I found it quite intense too.
Superman: Even though it’s just a simulation I’m glad to know Bowser Jr. is okay.
Goku: Yeah, same here. I had no idea Bowser was that strong! I mean, not even the Ki Sword was able to beat a Super form!
King Dedede: I always knew you had that sense of duty in you. You just know when the time calls for that attitude.
Ren: That almost felt real! Are all Death Battles like this?
Mitsuru: Not all. Even though many are good, few are capable of being great. This is a rare great one.
Giorno: I really thought Eggman had it in the bag there. Even though I was rooting for Bowser it looked like Eggman had everything he needed for this fight.
Jonathan: Emotions are a powerful thing that can drive us to accomplish great things.
Dr. Wily: He’s built so much. As much as it pains me to say, Ivo’s brilliance is impressive. My work has been lacking! I must find a way to catch up.
Ganondorf: …
The doors below the screen open and the two villains walk out to a round of applause. Bowser and Eggman begin basking in the glory of their fight.
Eggman: They love it!
Bowser: Told you we’d kill it!
Eggman: I never doubted us for one second. You were not half-bad back there. Though, I would like to apologise on Metal’s behalf for injuring your son.
Bowser: Bah, don’t sweat it.
The two are then greeted by their rivals as Sonic dashes down and Mario leaps off the stadium onto the ground level to meet them.
Sonic: Look at you two looking all smug and proud. Don’t tell me you secretly planned this war.
Eggman: Hohoho, a real genius doesn’t give away his secrets so easily Sonic.
Sonic: By the way, is that why Metal, Goomba and Koopa entered the simulator?
The two villains nodded and as they did the doors behind them began to open again. The Goomba and Koopa happily bounced out, followed by Metal Sonic. Which was to be expected but then a few more figures started coming out too. The first was Kamek, who flew out of the door and took his place above his king before giving his iconic laugh.
Mega Man: Of course! looks back at Bass who’s sitting next to Dr. Wily The army battle means their generals also get to join us.
Orbot and Cubot were next, running out of the door and waving at the crowd before accidentally bumping into Metal. Bowser Jr. came out next, laughing gleefully, followed by Sage, who looked around with wonder, Infinite, who stared at the floor with his arms crossed and finally, King Boo. The moment King Boo entered the arena he scanned the audience and immediately locked eyes with Luigi. Causing the Green Plumber to recoil in fear while the ghostly king simply laughed.
Sonic: Sage! Long time no see. And Infinite! Didn’t expect you to appear. What about Zavok or Starline Eggman?
Eggman: I only chose those who were loyal to me without question! Those two traitors can forget about being a part of the Eggman Empire.
Sonic: If you say so. Well, c’mon guys! The next fight is about to be announced.
The group head back as the victor title card began to fade away.
Next time on Death Battle
The screen showed a desert hill. It didn’t show anything else for a while. Then, a crown began to rise from behind the hill, taking up the entire screen, as the start-up sound for a certain mystery-style game played. Montages of both the Imposter and Fall Guy were then shown. The red bean doing its usual killing and the pink bean doing its usual obstacle course running. The montage ended with the introduction of two new franchises.
Imposter from Among Us vs Fall Guy from Fall Guys.
Goku: No way! More new fighters.
Superman: And new serieses as well.
The Doctor: Oh hey. I recognise one of them.
Rick: We’re gonna watch beans fight next?
Kirby: Poyo!