Sussy Beans
When it comes to content being added to both the library and entertainment room they are usually restricted to the pieces of media that a combatant is a part of. Star Wars has a lot of content ranging from movies, tv shows, games, novels, comics, etc. However, the only Star Wars content available in both rooms are the ones that revolve around Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. So while games like the Fallen Order series are present in the entertainment room games such as Knights of the Old Republic are absent. Prior to Joker’s arrival a few weeks ago the only Persona games were Persona 3 and Persona 3 Reload. New media is only added when a new combatant with new content revolving around them joins the Colosseum. That doesn’t mean more media requires a new combatant to join. Those who have been around for a long time get their media regularly updated whenever they have a new adventure For example, even though no Mario character was asked to fight in Season 10, Mario Wonder was automatically added to the entertainment room. Information on Bardock was sparse because while he does share pieces of content with Frieza and Broly his Super Saiyan form was mainly locked behind episode Bardock, which was only added after his arrival. Everything related to Persona 5 was added after Joker joined and ditto with Giorno and Jojo Part 5. With this knowledge it should be obvious that the video games Among Us and Fall Guys are not available in the Colosseum. So the lead up to this fight was the combatants just going about their days.
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Giorno was getting ready to leave the library, having just finished reading through the first Harry Potter book. As he made his way to the exit he passed by the game manual section, where his eye caught a large portion of the shelves to be empty. Noticing a trail of littered books on the ground he followed them to one of the reading corners. There he saw Infinite, thoroughly reading through all the manuals, guides and comic books Sonic has had in his history. His mask laid on the floor next to the bean bag he was sitting on as he flipped through the pages of an IDW issue. His Phantom Ruby was tucked away under his mask to avoid it being potentially stolen. Curious, Giorno approached the Jackal.
Giorno: Hey, you’re that Jackal from the last fight with the red powers right? Infinite, was it? My name is Giorno Giovanna but you can call me Giorno. My fight was before yours so your fight was the first I got to witness.
Giorno extends a hand to Infinite, who chooses to ignore it but acknowledges the man’s presence.
Infinite: Hmpf, did you win your fight?
Giorno: No, I lost. I underestimated his capabilities and was overwhelmed by his strength.
Infinite: Weak and pathetic.
Giorno: Ouch, that’s harsh. Feeling moody after your loss?
Infinite: I don’t care about the Doctor’s defeat to that turtle.
Giorno: Then what’s bothering you?
Infinite: …both Sonic and Shadow are here.
Giorno looked down again to see just how many books Infinite had taken that relate to the Blue Blur and his Anti Hero Shadow.
Giorno: I take it that you are enemies with them.
Infinite: Yes, we are. picks up his mask to reveal the Phantom Ruby underneath With this artefact I was promised great power. The Doctor said we could rule the world together. I really thought I was going somewhere. That I was destined for greatness. Then those hedgehogs showed up and proceeded to treat me like a joke!
Giorno: Careful, you might ruin the comic. Others may want to read that.
Infinite: Does this place have records about the capabilities of the combatants here?
Giorno: Yeah, it does. The archives are down the hall after the DB hall of fame. Though, don’t try to get funny ideas.
Infinite didn’t say anything after that and went back to reading his comics. Giorno decided to wave off Infinite’s behaviour as a sore loss that was taken way too personally.
Giorno: Hopefully he doesn’t try to stir up trouble here .
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The DB hall of fame contains framed photos of some of the most prestigious fighters in Death Battle’s catalog. It records important pieces of Death Battle’s history and some of its members serve as inspirations for those who want to better themselves or become stronger. There used to be a janitor that came up every few weeks to clean the frames but eventually quit after he was getting harassed by the combatants, so to make up for that some of the combatants volunteered to help fill in his janitorial duties. Today, Luigi was the one responsible for making sure the frames were squeaky clean and dust free. As he worked he would always mumble the short descriptions underneath each combatant to keep his mind busy.
Luigi: Boba Fett, the galaxy’s best bounty hunter. Cloned from the legendary bounty hunter Jango Fett, Boba grew up as Jango’s son and quickly learned the traits needed to become a bounty hunter. He would succeed his father’s legacy and become infamous throughout the galaxy, working for people as powerful as the crime lord Jabba the Hutt and even the Empire’s right hand man, Darth Vader. Record, 1-2.
Samus Aran, the metroid hunter. At a young age she was adopted by the bird-like species Chozo after her parents were killed by space pirates and was injected with their DNA to make her stronger and faster. She became even more powerful when she donned her trademark Power Suit and would work in the Galactic Federation for a while before leaving to become a bounty hunter. Liberating planets and fighting against pirates. Record, 2-0.
Mario, my brother, the Jumpman Superstar. A humble plumber with a knack for adventure. Always ready to save the Princess whenever she gets kidnapped by Bowser. A crying shame he can’t save himself from being kidnapped too- wait wait wait wha?
Luigi has tended to these pictures enough to have memorised what each description says and he noticed the text underneath his brother’s photo had been changed when he was going to clean the plaque. Confused, he looked back up at the picture of his brother, only the notice that his eyes in the picture were squinting. As they were trying to get a closer look at him. Luigi started to become scared as she began backing away from the picture before the entire photo of the red plumber leaped onto the frame as if he was trying to escape it. Luigi screamed and ran down the hall away from the spooky photo. Only for it to revert back to normal as King Boo phases out of the frame, laughing at his nemesis’ cowardice.
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The magic workshop is always filled with a series of bright colours and explosions as different magic users test out new abilities or refine existing ones. Kamek flies around the place, curiously observing each magical ability and how it works. Despite his showcase of abilities in Bowser vs Eggman not a lot of combatants took notice of his magic potential, partially due to how silly his get up was. Not that the koopa wizard minded. He was content with watching the different magical abilities in action, hoping to find something interesting in order to learn for himself that could assist in helping his king.
???: You there.
Kamek turned around to sound a female voice coming from behind. It was Makima, wearing her usual smile.
Makima: You’re that wizard from Bowser’s army aren’t you? I have to say, your magic is impressive. Being able to steal items like that is an incredibly useful ability.
Kamek simply nodded along. Despite Bowser telling him that most of the combatants are chill he didn’t quite trust the concept of being under the same roof as so many fighters. Especially if a good portion of them are bad guys like them. No matter how chill they are.
Makima: I think you’re pretty cool. How about you show me that item stealing ability again. Here, takes out her sword use it to take my sword.
Curious but cautious Kamek brings out his chance time slots. One with a picture of himself, another with a picture of Makima and the middle one with a picture of a sword and an arrow pointing away from Makima. In an instant the sword disappeared from Makima’s hands and reappeared floating above Kamek.
Makima: Interesting. Why don’t we head to the seats over there. We could get to know each other. I could tell you about myself and you could tell me about you.
It was at this moment when Kamek sneered at her.
Kamek: My magic is nothing to you. There is nothing about it you need to know.
Makima: Oh come one. Please? I’ll do something for you in return.
Kamek: I’ve dealt with enough people like you in my time working with the king.
And with that Kamek teleports out of the workshop, dropping Makima’s sword on the ground and leaving the red head. Makima doesn't say a word as she picks up her sword and leaves. She heads down the hall leading away from the workshop. As she leaves she doesn’t realise she’s being watched as Gojo hides around the corner of the hall that leads to the workshop.
Gojo: Another failed attempt, good. Though not enough to tie with the successes.
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It’s time for AmongGuys. The combatants took to their seats and waited for the fight to start.
Superman: What are you expecting?
Goku: mouth full of corn dog I don’t know. Based on what I remember from the sneak peak one of them looks like some sort of monster.
Superman: The red one with the tongue right?
Goku: Yeah that one.
Superman: Yeah, I expect some aggressive behaviour from that one. Apparently the Doctor is quite familiar with the pink one but he didn’t really tell me much when I asked about him. He just said ‘You’ll have to wait for the fight.’
Goku: That guy is so confusing. Why won’t he tell us if knows about them like the other combatants?
Superman: In his words it’s so that we don’t get spoiled. Honestly, even with prior knowledge of the fighters it doesn’t diminish the experience of the fight. Just look at the last fight.
Goku: Yep! Ah I wish we could fight each other here. I’ve been itching to challenge Bowser after seeing his performance.
[Now playing: Sussy Beans]
The screen goes black before showing a group of cyan, blue, white, brown and purple Crewmates facing a group of pink, yellow, orange, green and purple Fall Guys. Both were positioned on opposite sides of the screen as two texts ominously appeared between them.
Crewmate
There are Imposters among us
The screen then shows the cafeteria of the Skeld before the alarms went off, indicating a sabotage. Most of the Fall Guys panicked while the Crewmates began acting accordingly to the situation at hand. It didn’t take a genius for anyone to gather from this that the environment they were in is more familiar to the Crewmates than to the Fall Guys. The rowdy scene passed quickly though the combatants were at least able to pick up the Cyan Crewmate giving a ‘hush’ sign to the camera, immediately bringing suspicion upon him. Though couple combatants did notice something was off about another being in the cafeteria.
Scout: chewing popcornWas that delayed reaction from purple a fluke? Might wanna keep an eye on him.
Batman: A delayed reaction. Possibly meaning he’s observing his surroundings to get a better idea of how to act.
The Brown Crewmate makes his way to the reactor room to fix the meltdown, cautiously checking around to make sure he’s not being followed. As he enters the reactor room he hears the sound of a vent closing in the dark. He turns around but is too late as the Cyan Crewmate rushes at him with his monstrous smile. The Among Us kill screen plays as Cyan pierces Brown’s visor with its tongue before ducking away into the vents. Not a particularly scary sight though scary enough that both Scooby and Courage hid under their seats after witnessing that kill.
Static: Woah hold on. I thought they were on the same team?
Wally West: Yeah me too.
Johnny Cage: Did you guys not read what it said at the beginning? It said imposters. That means he’s not one of them.
Orange Fall Guy walks into the reactor room and sees Brown’s dead body. He immediately freezes up in fear as the reactor meltdown counts down to zero.
Deku: So this fight is going to be some sort of murder mystery where the two combatants have to find each other amidst distrust from their teams.
The counter reaches zero and the screen fades to black. It then shows the remaining Crewmates and Fall Guys being ejected into space before landing in the Blunderdome as another countdown begins.
1
2
3
GO!
The Fall Guys begin racing down the obstacle course as the Crewmates follow in confusion. Pink Fall Guy falls behind though as Orange Fall Guy grabs him from behind to stun him.
Deku: …or not?
The Doctor: Well that was pretty quick. I don’t quite like that pacing.
A montage is now shown as the beans going through the obstacle course, with eliminations happening back to back. First it was the Green Fall Guy, falling in the Hex-A-Gone, then it was the White Crewmate, being chopped in half by a spinning fan blade and shocking the other Fall Guys as to how fragile these new competitors are. Cyan pushes Yellow Fall Guy into a rotating beam, knocking him out of the game and the Purple Crewmate is sent flying away by a Pendulum. The screen cuts to a game of Perfect Match, where the Pink and Orange Fall Guys, Blue Crewmate, and Cyan are all seen jumping to the tile the Purple Fall Guy is on. As the rest of the platforms disappear Cyan twerks in victory, causing the other beans to look at him confused while the Pink Fall Guy focuses on the match.
Rick: What kind of a fight is this? This is pretty cringe. takes a swig from his flask
A few combatants silently agreed with Rick’s statement. While some fights in the past had their own gimmicks this one felt like it was going on for quite a while and they started feeling both bored and uninterested. Not to say this feeling was shared among all the combatants. A few found it all to be rather silly and harmless fun.
They are next seen racing to the crown in the final obstacle course, a giant ball is seen rolling downhill until it hits the Orange Fall Guy, knocking them out of the race. Blue Crewmates takes the lead and starts trying to chart the best path to take to the crown, only for Pink to run up behind him with a wind-up box and activate its punch, killing Blue, much to Pink’s brief shock.
Sonic: This race is getting pretty close now. Who’s gonna reach the crown first?
Dante: looks over to Ken 5 bucks says Pink takes the win.
Ken: I’m not betting with you. But yeah I agree Pink will win this.
Dr. Doom: This is ridiculous. When are they going to start fighting?!
Joker (DC): Oh so much death is such a short time. This is exhilarating!
Beerus: yawns Let’s get on with the fighting now please.
Pink sees Purple is almost at the crown and prepares to leap at it. Little did he know that Cyan was preparing to attack Pink with his knife from behind. As Cyan leaps at Pink, Pink leaps away, causing Cyan to miss and resulting in him getting smacked into the wall into a bloody paste by a rotating hammer. Pink rolls into a ball and bounces at the crown and reaches just before Purple does at the last second. The screen then shows Pink celebrating with the crown on top of a pedestal.
The Doctor: What a great show.
Sonic: Nice, he won! But what about Purple?
Right on cue, Purple climbs on top of the pedestal and reveals himself as the Red Imposter. Bringing out his knife he lunges toward Pink.
Dr. Doom: There we go! Now we’re getting some action.
Edward: Finally! I was dying from boredom.
Rick: That’s more like it. Fuck ‘em up!
Pink evades the first two stabs but succumbs to his fear and freezes up as Red stabs into his body… only for the knife to harmlessly bounce off of him. Confused, Red tries multiple stabs before taking his knife and stabbing his own hand to test for its sharpness. Red stabs his hand, causing the knife to go straight through it, and he runs away screaming in pain as Pink watches in confusion.
Superman: Huh, it’s not often you get a fight where the strength difference is astronomical.
(Author’s note: Since the combatants have no idea what each other’s stats are the best they get at gauging each other’s strength is through their fights. So even if a fight is a stomp if the animation makes it look close then that’s what they are going to perceive it as.)
Red stops at the edge of the podium before letting out a guttural roar. He turns with his mouth wide open as he aims his gun at Pink. He fires a bullet but the bullet bounces off Pink and launches back at Red, launching him into the stretchy walls of the pedestal before he is bounced back. Pink takes this opportunity to beat Red up. While there is no blood it is still a rather brutal beat up that hasn’t been seen on screen since Omni-Man vs Homelander. The two slaps Pink delivers at the end manages to elicit a few winces from the combatants. Pink pushes Red away, who gets up and pushes a button on a trigger he was holding. Pink looks behind him to see a banana, that must’ve been laid there during the scuffle, that begins ticking down like a bomb. 3…2…1… OOOH BANANA-
A massive explosion covers the entire pedestal, pushing both Pink and Red into the void as the crown falls off Pink's head. Pink stretches to reach for the crown, thinking Red is trying to get it too. But Red is not concerned with the crown. He’s concerned with killing Pink. Taking out the teleporter he teleports in front of Pink and the two go tumbling down past the qualification boxes, where the other Fall Guys and the ghosts of the crewmates were hanging out. Upon seeing the crown fall though, they immediately jumped down to chase after it too. They then happen to fall into space as the Yellow Fall Guy tries to grab the crown but is blocked when Brown uses their Guardian Angel powers to protect it with a shield. Brown is then immediately chomped on by the Orange Fall Guy, who turns into Pac-Man and the shield around the crown drops. As the crown drifts in space the Green Fall Guy attempts to get it themself before getting hit by the Yellow Fall Guy's Hadoken, who tries once more to grab it again before being vaporized by a laser being fired from Red's gun. Red laughs as he swings his gun around, destroying the green Fall Guy and the background planets in the process.
Ryu: Those guys know my techniques… how?
Mega Man: What’s going on?
Zelda: There’s so much happening.
Rocket: His gun can do that?! Impressive.
Dr. Doom: What the hell is happening?
Eggman: Some sort of shenanigans by the looks of it.
Deadpool: Oh that’s a lot of references. Hey, how many can you count buddy? shoulder bumps Wolverine
Wolverine: What the fuck am I looking at?
Pink bumps into the Tardis and gets into it to escape from Red’s laser as Red kills the Pac-man Fall Guy just as he eliminates Cyan’s ghost.
Rick: Hey dipshit! When did you give him your fucking box?
The Doctor: I didn’t give him anything. He just has it.
Goku: Wait, how?
Superman: Must be one of those characters who rely a lot on crossovers.
As Red continues firing his laser around, Pink positions the Tardis to reappear behind him before leaping out and calling down He-Man’s sword while chanting ‘I have the power’ in his language.
She-Ra: Is that?
He-Man: He has my sword? But how?
Pink slashes Red’s gun in two and Red responds by pulling out the Magic Pencil and drawing his own sword. The two engage in a space duel as sparks of electricity radiate off their clashes. Unironically, the combatants began getting drawn in now that the fight has kicked it up a notch. Going from 0 to 100 really fast but surprisingly not in a way that felt rushed. The two beans locked their blades and struggled against each other’s strength. Suddenly, the crown slowly floated down next to Pink, causing him to abandon the fight and give chase to the crown, leaving Red perplexed but not for long as he too began chasing Pink through the asteroid field. As they reach the end of the field Pink makes a desperate lunge for the crown while Red manifests two giant hands to catapult himself using two asteroids as the camera zooms into its horrendous mouth, teeth and elongated tongue. Oh, and Scooby and Courage return back to cowering under the seats.
Pink almost reaches the crown before he is pulled back by Red’s tongue. As he begins being pulled into Red’s mouth he sees the Imposter’s reflection on the ground and the screen begins to show what’s happening in his mind. Pink imagines a future where the Imposter wins the crown and receives praise from all of Fall Guy society. He lives a long life with the crown while Pink falls into obscurity, becoming homeless and forgotten. A rather humorous set of scenarios that the combatants had trouble taking seriously. But one combatant did not take this future lightly.
Pink’s eyes narrow with anger as he reaches forward with all his stretch to grab the crown before using it to smash into the Imposter’s mouth as he’s pulled in. The screen is covered in a splash of blood, taking the combatants aback with the sudden whiplash of going from a lighthearted fun fight to gore, as the screen shows Pink’s perspective. Pink opens his eyes to see he is back at the pedestal. The ground is littered with the blood and guts from the Imposter. He sees that his hands are covered in that same blood. His hands and pupils begin to shake.
The Doctor: Oh no. These little guys have never had the need to kill anyone in their lives before. And now they are being forced to kill and face the consequence of taking a life. Not just any life, the life of a monster .
But before Pink falls into a full-blown panic attack he picks up the crown from the ground and puts it on his head. His expression goes back to normal and he celebrates his victory with the Fortnite default dance. Another wave of cringe washes over a lot of the combatants, despite not even knowing what Fornite is. Well, except for one guy.
Deadpool: Urgh, really?! You had to celebrate with that. Come on be more original like me with our third movie puts an arm around Wolverine
[Music stops]
KO
The fight ends with an Among Us victory screen, where Pink is seen pointing finger guns at the screen. Behind him Brown and White appear annoyed, Green is confused, Yellow cheerfully holds onto an annoyed Blue with an equally annoyed Orange next to them, Purple applauds Pink and Cyan is seen in the corner comforting Red with their loss. The screen then fades into a victory card for the Fall Guy.
While certainly not a traditional Death Battle it was interesting to say the least. Though opinions on it were still mixed.
Superman: I actually liked this one. It was lighthearted and fun while not completely ignoring the fight part.
Goku: I guess. I still would’ve liked to see them fight more. It looked like both had a lot to offer but they didn’t fight long enough to make that happen.
Dr. Doom: Hmph, an average fight. Nothing special except that it tried something different. Though I shouldn’t commend it for that fact alone.
The Doctor: Oh come one guys. It was something unique. How often do you get Death Battles like this?
Rick: Yeah that’s why we normally don’t get Death Battles like this.
Sonic: Well that was pretty good. Didn’t expect the obstacle course but now I wish we saw a full version of that before they reached the crown.
Scout: I knew something was up with Purple one. Not bad I guess.
Tracer: Not bad? I thought that was pretty fun.
Scout: You find everything fun.
Kirby: Poyo!
King Dedede: Ehhh, it was alright for me little guy.
Johnny Cage: You know, if they just went all in for that obstacle course and murder mystery case for the whole fight I might have actually thought it was pretty good.
Shang Tsung: I almost slept through that.
Raiden (MK): Not every fight needs to be the same. Each fight offers a different experiences and has their own strengths.
Shang Tsung: And this one barely had any.
Nolan: Well, that was, something.
Bardock: That sword fight was sorta cool. Not really sure what to say about everything else.
Deadpool: I’d say like an honest 6 or 7 outta 10. Lotta of references. Looks like we're gonna get another reference guy in here. Oh, look! The doors are opening.
Two white doors materialise under the screen and the Fall Guy and Imposter walked out to around half the combatants cheering for them. The Fall Guy waved happily at the audience while the Imposter carefully studied the crowd. His killer instincts began to grow but he had to suppress them. Not now but perhaps soon.
When both combatants are new and are from new series, Goku and Superman are tasked with helping them get accustomed to the place. Goku, due to his passion for fighting, can get nearly anyone at least intrigued at the concept of Death Battle as a whole, and Superman, with his more level-headed sense of duty, tours them around the facilities.
Goku: Hey you two! I’m Goku, and this is Superman. Nice to meet you.
Superman: We’re always excited to get new fighters here. Come one, the show’s not over yet. But when it is, we'll give you both a tour of the place.
The Fall Guy happily claps at them while the Imposter simply nods. When they get back to the seats the screen gives a special announcement.
Death Battle: Season 2025 begins
The crowd gives a round of applause for the future fights to come. An opportunity to fight again or meet new people.
Next time on Death Battle
The sneak peak opens to a raging Kratos and a raging newcomer. It begins to show both of them mercilessly killing the deities of their pantheon in showers of blood before showing Kratos sitting on his throne and the newcomer standing amidst a fire with burning anger in his eyes.
Kratos vs Asura
God of War vs Asura’s Wrath
Nolan: Congratulations Kratos, you’re going again.
Goku: OH NO WAY! Finally we get to see the God of War in action again!
Sonic: Oh it’s been too long.
Mario: Let's-a-go!
Samus: About time.
Boba Fett: We better get a good show.
Akuma: Finally, a battle between great warriors!
Thor: Yes! This is going to be legendary.
Spawn: Well, let’s see how much you’ve grown.
The Season 1 combatants were especially hyped for this fight. While some of them had been given new matches many of them were still left with their only fight being more than a decade ago. So when any of them got something new they were always willing to give them their best encouragement. But even if Kratos received the backing from everyone in the crowd he did not feel certain about this fight. Ever since his first appearance in Death Battle a lot has happened in his life. He lost another loved one but gained many more. He has a family to protect now and people who look at him without fear. He even learned to accept and move on from his past with the help of Týr. He is far from the same raging monster he once was. Now, as the preview screen began to fade, he was looking at a Kratos who had not yet controlled his anger. Not only that, his opponent looked to be someone driven by the same rage that once consumed him. But he faced his past-self before. If this Asura is anything like how he once was then could he talk him down, right? No, that is not an option. He’ll need to kill him. Kill another being consumed by his emotions. But not fear like his father was or envy like Odin was. This time it’s anger, the emotion that once shackled him.