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Ballot Banter 142

With Chad, Sam, Liam and Ben

Shin Asakura vs Hakuri Sazanami (Sakamoto Days vs Kagurabachi) Kagurabachi is apparently the hot new shit as everyone is all about it now. Liam’s favorite part is a fan edited meme for the series saying “We killed your dad for bus money, then we walked” which he always laughs at. Shin Asakura is the most anime name. Says kagurabachi is getting more popular and they will look into it, so maybe post this again next ballot but at the moment they know nothing about it. 

Doctor Octopus vs Viktor (Marvel vs League of Legends) Assuming it is going more Arcane Viktor based on the thumbnail. General story is the same. Gets why people would want this. Connections make sense. Likes the idea of science scientist vs magic scientist. Is fun. Ben says Doc Ock is a character where nine times out of ten he looks dumb as shit but then you get that one art piece that just blows you away with aura. They really like this idea. 

Sans vs The Judge (Undertale vs OFF) Another they have seen a couple times. Talked about it before. Liam asks what the judge does, because he keeps seeing him but doesn’t know. Sam says they swear they had someone come through and explain it to them once. Don’t remember the details off the top of their head. 

Seig vs Firefly (Fate vs Honkai: Star Rail) Sam tries to explain it like they are both “robot people” before saying genetically engineered homies. Seen a few firefly match ups, mostly for samus. They don’t know anything about Seig. Calls it Anime Terminator vs Gacha terminator based on the descriptions. 

Boggy B vs Plankton (Worms vs Spongebob Squarepants) When liam first saw this his face lit up in surprise and joy. Didn’t know Boggy B was the mascot name for worms. Thinks it is dope. When the next dune comes out, they have to do Worms vs Sandworms (Joking) on cast. Says scratch all upcoming plans for casts, they have to do this. 

Eric Myers/The Q-rex vs Grimlock (Power Rangers vs Transformers) Quantasaurus Rex is the greatest name in fiction. Description is good. Sounds really fun. Robo T-rex battle would be dope. Back when they did Power Rangers vs Voltron, Ben wanted to get the T-rex Zord to do something really cool on it’s own, but in motion it doesn’t look good by itself. Grimlock’s personality vs Eric’s, if they recall eric is just kind of a dick. He is very prideful which would clash with grimlock in a very fun way. 

Murray vs Rapheal (Sly Cooper vs Rise of the TMNT) It isn’t something they would ever consider pairing up together but thinking about it, it makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately would see Murray die horribly. 

Madam Bo vs Grandma Gertie (Mortal Kombat vs Hey Arnold) What is this? Chad is just laughing, ben and liam seem speechless, Description says: Make sure to call your grandma and say you love her. Sam replies he is out of grandmothers so jokes on you. Gertie knows some martial arts if they remember. Gertie is just getting dumpstered, there is zero chance. 

Indominus Rex vs Sharktopus (Universal Pictures vs SYFY) Had this before, love the thumbnail and art. Be wild. Trying to animate Sharktopus would probably be one of the most complicated rigs they would have on death battle. 

Nel vs Midna (Bleach vs Zelda) Calls this an old idea. When they are little, they are cute, when they get big they are hot. Makes sense. Used to see this one a fair bit more regularly. Sam likes midna because she is a character that is relatively contained, as in you don’t need to get a bunch of different books or games to go over them. 

Team Chaotix vs Team Rocket (Sonic vs Pokemon) They laugh and enjoy this. Liam wants to see jessie and james ripping open Vector’s mouth like king kong to a t-rex. Chad says he isn’t convinced Team Rocket can be killed. Be fun going through the pokemon anime and finding everything Team Rocket survived as durability feats. Asks which pokemon do they get or is it just Meowth. Team Rocket has so many mechs. 

Shiki Ichinose vs Rudo Surebrec (Tougen Anki vs Gaciakuta) Don’t know what Tougen Anki is. Chad said Rudo terrifies him. Connections seem good. They like it. Apparently Gachiakuta and JJK are technically cannon to marvel. 

The Warrior of Light vs The Champion of Azeroth (Final Fantasy vs World of Warcraft) Chad starts by asking “What? How?” Ben asks what does he mean and sam clarifies for him that they have multiple classes but they can’t be all the classes at once so you have to figure out what ones to focus on and how you want to take it. At the base level they are the two probably most popular mmo player characters ever, which that part they get the idea. But with the way the games are made, no one class is the best at everything and almost a rock paper scissors type deal. Maybe they will go over every class and compare each to eachother and the individual feats of each class. 

Speedy Ceviche vs Mao Mao (Samurai Pizza Cats vs Mao Mao Heroes of Pureheat) Fuck Yeah from Chad. Had pitches of Mao Mao, so they would definitely be fun to bring into death battle. Love the unique thumbnail design editions. 

Nero vs Riku (Devil May Cry vs Kingdom Hearts) Ok, yeah sure, makes sense. Doesn’t seem like much to say about it. They get it and can see the idea. This is the halfway point, 302 down and 302 to go.

Hannibal Lecter vs Johan Liebert (Hannibal vs Monster) Monster is one of the great anime of all time, is what Liam has heard. Sam says it is very good, apparently there was supposed to be a Del Toro remake about the series that never went through. 

Sheogorath vs Mr. Mxyzpltk (Elder Scrolls vs DC) They think this is kind of great. Liam at first wasn’t sure if Sheogorath was similar but they said yes he is exactly like Mxyzpltk. Sam says the Shivering Isles dlc where you go to his realm is the best elder scrolls gameplay. They say he is just awesome, and love the idea of the wabbajack being a part of it. Thinks it is a good match power wise for both. They bring up they would have to bring up Jyaggalag if Sheogorath does die. 

Spamton vs Dr. Coomer (Deltarune vs Half Life VR: But the AI is Self Aware) They have no idea what the HLVR:BTASA is. Chad jokes that it is a risky google for that name. Realize it is characters that realize they are inside fiction. Interesting but a little weird. Said Chad is 40, you aren’t going to get a coomer by him without a giggle. 

Shania Reid vs Dabi (Xenoblade vs My Hero Academia) Jokes that Dabi is from an obscure manga that they haven’t had on the show that much. Says he is just todoroki but fire fire. Doesn’t know who Shania Reid is.

Bill Cipher vs Shadow Milk Cookie (Gravity Falls vs Cookie Run Kingdom) They talk about the thumbnail, initially laugh at the concept of the match up from just hearing it. Bill was a great character to explore. Assumes they are very similar, because you wouldn’t put Bill against someone that isn’t a reality warping trickster. 

Red Megaforce Ranger vs Rey (Power Rangers vs Star Wars) Liam asks if this is the descendent/embodiment of all the past rangers.Likes the concept of power rangers vs jedi, that is fun. Troy can turn into all the rangers, Rey is all the jedi metaphorically so isn’t quite sure how that will work. Thinks jedi’s might be stronger in general but would be fun to explore. 

Power vs Foo Fighters (Chainsaw man vs Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) Liam gets the connection and explains Foo Fighters to the rest. He finds this hilarious. This series combo is made for liam. 

Sentry vs Gemini Saga (Marvel vs Saint Saiya) They don’t know much about Gemini Saga but assume he is really powerful. Connections make sense. 

Homelander vs Hancock (The Boys vs Hancock) An actual Fair homelander match up, wow. Makes a lot of sense. They think about some of Hancock’s feats and say maybe not that fair. Still want homelander to die. Said if they did the research and homelander won, they would question about the optics on posting that. 

Krillin vs Bandana Dee (Dragon Ball vs Kirby) It says it is for Sam. Sam says while he did ask for Krillin Match ups, he feels like krillin still will die or be stomped and doesn’t want that. The rest try to say he might win. It might come across as Krillin dying to a random waddle dee to some people, which Ben finds hilarious. Going through the rundown of bandana dee would be fun, explaining “no this isn’t some random minion but is the ultimate warrior and the king’s right hand” in a joking way. 

Dr Micheal Kelly vs Roger Samms (Spider: The Video Game vs Bad Mojo) Thumbnail was spoiled incase people were afraid of bugs, but looking at it the crew says it isn’t that bad. Based on the description, Chad says you could throw Pickle Rick in this as well. 

Spider-man vs Blue Beetle (Marvel vs DC) Seen this before. BB has some wild shit. Specifically Ted Kord beetle which isn’t as crazy but still has some good stuff. 

Peacock vs Spinel (Skullgirls vs Steven Universe) Peacock is so cool and wants to do on the show. Skullgirls is really cool. Chat was screaming at the crew because Sam pronounced it Spine-el, and Sam said “yeah be upset at my disability, that’s cool dog” which gets a lot of laughs. 

Shadowheart vs Jester (Baldur’s Gate vs Critical Role) Ben explains they are both clerics but one is more a trickster the other is a follower of shar an evil goddess. Unconventional Clerics bassically. Baldur’s Gate 3 was a great game. Both are Trickery Domain. Asks if Shadowheart would get illithid powers in this case or just the cleric stuff. 

Dudley vs Steve Fox (Street Fighter vs Tekken) Another Boxing match would be fun. Steve is cool. Spiritual successor to Combo vs Balrog. Dudley has some weird movement screen warping type thing and that would be fun to analyze. 

Eleven vs Rose Winters (Stranger Things vs Resident Evil) Rose is one of the newest characters. Never played her dlc but needs to.

Sunny/OMORI vs Shigeo Kageyama/Mob (Omori vs Mob Psycho 100) Thinks it is cool. Seen a lot of Omori match up suggestions, but this one is new. Get very trippy very fast. Likes it more than Omori vs The Room because that has so much deep seeded depression that it is hard to engage with in an entertaining way, while this has more humor in it to balance it out. 

Peter Parker/Spider-man vs Koichi Himawari/The Crawler/Sky-Crawler (Marvel vs My Hero Academia) Wall Crawler vs Sky Crawler seems interesting. Not quite sure on Koichi’s ability, Liam heard it did eventually upgrade form sticking to things. Seems like both have a danger sense based on the description. 

Moon Knight vs Azrael (Marvel vs DC) Love this, it’s so sick. Moon Knight has some kick ass costume designs and is one of the sickest characters in marvel. 

Evil Morty vs Nine Tails (Rick and Morty vs Sonic Prime) They don’t know Nine, and find it funny his name is Nine Tails. They see he has robot tails and says he is like the doc ock of sonic. Chat corrects it in saying his name is just Nine, and he isn’t really evil. Liam says Evil Morty isn’t really evil per se either. Just a matter of perspective. 

Big Boss vs Nick Fury Senior (Metal Gear vs Marvel) They like this. Sam says other than fury becoming the “Spectre” this is awesome. The Chat corrects that he was The Watcher once. Said they would probably leave that out of the debate. Been a while since they have seen the OG nick fury, as Samuel Jackson sort of became Nick Fury’s visage forever. Liam points out that Sam Jackson is Nick Fury jr and the old white one is Nick Fury Sr. Relizing that means they are all good to go since they are two different Nick Fury’s.

Gold Ship vs Kaela Kovalskia (Umamusume vs Hololive) A horse vs someone that rides a horse. They get a good laugh about this. The art of the two going cosmic catches them off guard. Chat informs them that Umamusume has a lot of bizarre scaling and crap, with Gold Ship resetting the universe being the least wild. Liam says Gold Ship vs Arceus. Ben asks this is the horse girl based on a real life horse and the rest say yes. Chad kind of wants to put Umamusume against Azure Lane, real life horses vs real life ships only bullshit anime stuff. 

Beast vs Winston (Marvel vs Overwatch) Hell yeah man. They get it, it’s cool. Shame can’t enjoy the Frasier Crane anymore. Kellsey Grammer is a terrible person.

Zoe vs Cici (Monster Prom vs Mashup Week) For not their generation, sam says. Looks cool. Starts laughing at the different memes and characters in the Mashup Week thumbnail part, especially Lord Farquad. Has heard of Monster Prom. Says Mashup Week and Skibidi Toilet share a vendiagram. 

Wolverine and Gambit vs Sanji and Zoro (Marvel vs One Piece) Would have imagined it being Wolverine and Cyclops as the duo instead since they have a common antagonistic rivalry, but maybe gambit and wolverine does also they aren’t sure. But does like the idea. Thinks it is neat having a duo fight but both parties also hate their partners and constantly but heads, because without luffy and the rest of the crew around zoro and sanji would probably kill eachother without a care. Ben does say Gambit does make sense because they have clashed before, and wolverine beefs with everybody but gambit is one of the only ones that actually dishes it back at him. Also neither are the leader of the group. Interesting ability clash. A lot of fun. 

Next time: Itachi Uchiha vs Arlecchino (Naruto vs Genshin Impact)

Ballot Banter 142

With Chad, Sam, Liam and Ben

Shin Asakura vs Hakuri Sazanami (Sakamoto Days vs Kagurabachi) Kagurabachi is apparently the hot new shit as everyone is all about it now. Liam’s favorite part is a fan edited meme for the series saying “We killed your dad for bus money, then we walked” which he always laughs at. Shin Asakura is the most anime name. Says kagurabachi is getting more popular and they will look into it, so maybe post this again next ballot but at the moment they know nothing about it. 

Doctor Octopus vs Viktor (Marvel vs League of Legends) Assuming it is going more Arcane Viktor based on the thumbnail. General story is the same. Gets why people would want this. Connections make sense. Likes the idea of science scientist vs magic scientist. Is fun. Ben says Doc Ock is a character where nine times out of ten he looks dumb as shit but then you get that one art piece that just blows you away with aura. They really like this idea. 

Sans vs The Judge (Undertale vs OFF) Another they have seen a couple times. Talked about it before. Liam asks what the judge does, because he keeps seeing him but doesn’t know. Sam says they swear they had someone come through and explain it to them once. Don’t remember the details off the top of their head. 

Seig vs Firefly (Fate vs Honkai: Star Rail) Sam tries to explain it like they are both “robot people” before saying genetically engineered homies. Seen a few firefly match ups, mostly for samus. They don’t know anything about Seig. Calls it Anime Terminator vs Gacha terminator based on the descriptions. 

Boggy B vs Plankton (Worms vs Spongebob Squarepants) When liam first saw this his face lit up in surprise and joy. Didn’t know Boggy B was the mascot name for worms. Thinks it is dope. When the next dune comes out, they have to do Worms vs Sandworms (Joking) on cast. Says scratch all upcoming plans for casts, they have to do this. 

Eric Myers/The Q-rex vs Grimlock (Power Rangers vs Transformers) Quantasaurus Rex is the greatest name in fiction. Description is good. Sounds really fun. Robo T-rex battle would be dope. Back when they did Power Rangers vs Voltron, Ben wanted to get the T-rex Zord to do something really cool on it’s own, but in motion it doesn’t look good by itself. Grimlock’s personality vs Eric’s, if they recall eric is just kind of a dick. He is very prideful which would clash with grimlock in a very fun way. 

Murray vs Rapheal (Sly Cooper vs Rise of the TMNT) It isn’t something they would ever consider pairing up together but thinking about it, it makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately would see Murray die horribly. 

Madam Bo vs Grandma Gertie (Mortal Kombat vs Hey Arnold) What is this? Chad is just laughing, ben and liam seem speechless, Description says: Make sure to call your grandma and say you love her. Sam replies he is out of grandmothers so jokes on you. Gertie knows some martial arts if they remember. Gertie is just getting dumpstered, there is zero chance. 

Indominus Rex vs Sharktopus (Universal Pictures vs SYFY) Had this before, love the thumbnail and art. Be wild. Trying to animate Sharktopus would probably be one of the most complicated rigs they would have on death battle. 

Nel vs Midna (Bleach vs Zelda) Calls this an old idea. When they are little, they are cute, when they get big they are hot. Makes sense. Used to see this one a fair bit more regularly. Sam likes midna because she is a character that is relatively contained, as in you don’t need to get a bunch of different books or games to go over them. 

Team Chaotix vs Team Rocket (Sonic vs Pokemon) They laugh and enjoy this. Liam wants to see jessie and james ripping open Vector’s mouth like king kong to a t-rex. Chad says he isn’t convinced Team Rocket can be killed. Be fun going through the pokemon anime and finding everything Team Rocket survived as durability feats. Asks which pokemon do they get or is it just Meowth. Team Rocket has so many mechs. 

Shiki Ichinose vs Rudo Surebrec (Tougen Anki vs Gaciakuta) Don’t know what Tougen Anki is. Chad said Rudo terrifies him. Connections seem good. They like it. Apparently Gachiakuta and JJK are technically cannon to marvel. 

The Warrior of Light vs The Champion of Azeroth (Final Fantasy vs World of Warcraft) Chad starts by asking “What? How?” Ben asks what does he mean and sam clarifies for him that they have multiple classes but they can’t be all the classes at once so you have to figure out what ones to focus on and how you want to take it. At the base level they are the two probably most popular mmo player characters ever, which that part they get the idea. But with the way the games are made, no one class is the best at everything and almost a rock paper scissors type deal. Maybe they will go over every class and compare each to eachother and the individual feats of each class. 

Speedy Ceviche vs Mao Mao (Samurai Pizza Cats vs Mao Mao Heroes of Pureheat) Fuck Yeah from Chad. Had pitches of Mao Mao, so they would definitely be fun to bring into death battle. Love the unique thumbnail design editions. 

Nero vs Riku (Devil May Cry vs Kingdom Hearts) Ok, yeah sure, makes sense. Doesn’t seem like much to say about it. They get it and can see the idea. This is the halfway point, 302 down and 302 to go.

Hannibal Lecter vs Johan Liebert (Hannibal vs Monster) Monster is one of the great anime of all time, is what Liam has heard. Sam says it is very good, apparently there was supposed to be a Del Toro remake about the series that never went through. 

Sheogorath vs Mr. Mxyzpltk (Elder Scrolls vs DC) They think this is kind of great. Liam at first wasn’t sure if Sheogorath was similar but they said yes he is exactly like Mxyzpltk. Sam says the Shivering Isles dlc where you go to his realm is the best elder scrolls gameplay. They say he is just awesome, and love the idea of the wabbajack being a part of it. Thinks it is a good match power wise for both. They bring up they would have to bring up Jyaggalag if Sheogorath does die. 

Spamton vs Dr. Coomer (Deltarune vs Half Life VR: But the AI is Self Aware) They have no idea what the HLVR:BTASA is. Chad jokes that it is a risky google for that name. Realize it is characters that realize they are inside fiction. Interesting but a little weird. Said Chad is 40, you aren’t going to get a coomer by him without a giggle. 

Shania Reid vs Dabi (Xenoblade vs My Hero Academia) Jokes that Dabi is from an obscure manga that they haven’t had on the show that much. Says he is just todoroki but fire fire. Doesn’t know who Shania Reid is.

Bill Cipher vs Shadow Milk Cookie (Gravity Falls vs Cookie Run Kingdom) They talk about the thumbnail, initially laugh at the concept of the match up from just hearing it. Bill was a great character to explore. Assumes they are very similar, because you wouldn’t put Bill against someone that isn’t a reality warping trickster. 

Red Megaforce Ranger vs Rey (Power Rangers vs Star Wars) Liam asks if this is the descendent/embodiment of all the past rangers.Likes the concept of power rangers vs jedi, that is fun. Troy can turn into all the rangers, Rey is all the jedi metaphorically so isn’t quite sure how that will work. Thinks jedi’s might be stronger in general but would be fun to explore. 

Power vs Foo Fighters (Chainsaw man vs Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) Liam gets the connection and explains Foo Fighters to the rest. He finds this hilarious. This series combo is made for liam. 

Sentry vs Gemini Saga (Marvel vs Saint Saiya) They don’t know much about Gemini Saga but assume he is really powerful. Connections make sense. 

Homelander vs Hancock (The Boys vs Hancock) An actual Fair homelander match up, wow. Makes a lot of sense. They think about some of Hancock’s feats and say maybe not that fair. Still want homelander to die. Said if they did the research and homelander won, they would question about the optics on posting that. 

Krillin vs Bandana Dee (Dragon Ball vs Kirby) It says it is for Sam. Sam says while he did ask for Krillin Match ups, he feels like krillin still will die or be stomped and doesn’t want that. The rest try to say he might win. It might come across as Krillin dying to a random waddle dee to some people, which Ben finds hilarious. Going through the rundown of bandana dee would be fun, explaining “no this isn’t some random minion but is the ultimate warrior and the king’s right hand” in a joking way. 

Dr Micheal Kelly vs Roger Samms (Spider: The Video Game vs Bad Mojo) Thumbnail was spoiled incase people were afraid of bugs, but looking at it the crew says it isn’t that bad. Based on the description, Chad says you could throw Pickle Rick in this as well. 

Spider-man vs Blue Beetle (Marvel vs DC) Seen this before. BB has some wild shit. Specifically Ted Kord beetle which isn’t as crazy but still has some good stuff. 

Peacock vs Spinel (Skullgirls vs Steven Universe) Peacock is so cool and wants to do on the show. Skullgirls is really cool. Chat was screaming at the crew because Sam pronounced it Spine-el, and Sam said “yeah be upset at my disability, that’s cool dog” which gets a lot of laughs. 

Shadowheart vs Jester (Baldur’s Gate vs Critical Role) Ben explains they are both clerics but one is more a trickster the other is a follower of shar an evil goddess. Unconventional Clerics bassically. Baldur’s Gate 3 was a great game. Both are Trickery Domain. Asks if Shadowheart would get illithid powers in this case or just the cleric stuff. 

Dudley vs Steve Fox (Street Fighter vs Tekken) Another Boxing match would be fun. Steve is cool. Spiritual successor to Combo vs Balrog. Dudley has some weird movement screen warping type thing and that would be fun to analyze. 

Eleven vs Rose Winters (Stranger Things vs Resident Evil) Rose is one of the newest characters. Never played her dlc but needs to.

Sunny/OMORI vs Shigeo Kageyama/Mob (Omori vs Mob Psycho 100) Thinks it is cool. Seen a lot of Omori match up suggestions, but this one is new. Get very trippy very fast. Likes it more than Omori vs The Room because that has so much deep seeded depression that it is hard to engage with in an entertaining way, while this has more humor in it to balance it out. 

Peter Parker/Spider-man vs Koichi Himawari/The Crawler/Sky-Crawler (Marvel vs My Hero Academia) Wall Crawler vs Sky Crawler seems interesting. Not quite sure on Koichi’s ability, Liam heard it did eventually upgrade form sticking to things. Seems like both have a danger sense based on the description. 

Moon Knight vs Azrael (Marvel vs DC) Love this, it’s so sick. Moon Knight has some kick ass costume designs and is one of the sickest characters in marvel. 

Evil Morty vs Nine Tails (Rick and Morty vs Sonic Prime) They don’t know Nine, and find it funny his name is Nine Tails. They see he has robot tails and says he is like the doc ock of sonic. Chat corrects it in saying his name is just Nine, and he isn’t really evil. Liam says Evil Morty isn’t really evil per se either. Just a matter of perspective. 

Big Boss vs Nick Fury Senior (Metal Gear vs Marvel) They like this. Sam says other than fury becoming the “Spectre” this is awesome. The Chat corrects that he was The Watcher once. Said they would probably leave that out of the debate. Been a while since they have seen the OG nick fury, as Samuel Jackson sort of became Nick Fury’s visage forever. Liam points out that Sam Jackson is Nick Fury jr and the old white one is Nick Fury Sr. Relizing that means they are all good to go since they are two different Nick Fury’s.

Gold Ship vs Kaela Kovalskia (Umamusume vs Hololive) A horse vs someone that rides a horse. They get a good laugh about this. The art of the two going cosmic catches them off guard. Chat informs them that Umamusume has a lot of bizarre scaling and crap, with Gold Ship resetting the universe being the least wild. Liam says Gold Ship vs Arceus. Ben asks this is the horse girl based on a real life horse and the rest say yes. Chad kind of wants to put Umamusume against Azure Lane, real life horses vs real life ships only bullshit anime stuff. 

Beast vs Winston (Marvel vs Overwatch) Hell yeah man. They get it, it’s cool. Shame can’t enjoy the Frasier Crane anymore. Kellsey Grammer is a terrible person.

Zoe vs Cici (Monster Prom vs Mashup Week) For not their generation, sam says. Looks cool. Starts laughing at the different memes and characters in the Mashup Week thumbnail part, especially Lord Farquad. Has heard of Monster Prom. Says Mashup Week and Skibidi Toilet share a vendiagram. 

Wolverine and Gambit vs Sanji and Zoro (Marvel vs One Piece) Would have imagined it being Wolverine and Cyclops as the duo instead since they have a common antagonistic rivalry, but maybe gambit and wolverine does also they aren’t sure. But does like the idea. Thinks it is neat having a duo fight but both parties also hate their partners and constantly but heads, because without luffy and the rest of the crew around zoro and sanji would probably kill eachother without a care. Ben does say Gambit does make sense because they have clashed before, and wolverine beefs with everybody but gambit is one of the only ones that actually dishes it back at him. Also neither are the leader of the group. Interesting ability clash. A lot of fun. 

Next time: Itachi Uchiha vs Arlecchino (Naruto vs Genshin Impact)

Ballot Banter 141

With Chad, Sam, and Ben

Eve vs 2B (Stellar Blade vs Nier: Automata) Is the cause of the episode title being “AMPLE COMBATANTS”. The artwork is definitely enjoyed. Is told that the Stellar Blade twitter retweeted the image used, and then conveniently put Nier dlc into the game. Thinks it would be fun, Nier: Automata is on Sam’s must play list.

The Nahobino vs The Agent (Shin Megami Tensei V vs Digimon Story Time Stranger) Time Stranger is a badass name. Connections seem good, doesn’t tell them how the fight goes or explain anything. Sam played other SMT but not V. Assumes that the SMT character has some sort of connection between the real world and demon world along with some time stuff. The character designs couldn’t be more opposite. Franchise pairing makes sense and definitely seen it before, but the art style would be so different and look very strange to do. 

Dunban vs Baiken (Xenoblade Chronicles vs Guilty Gear) Finds both being one armed swordsmen neat. Sam says he wished DJ was there to tell them about Xenoblade Chronicles because he feels like they just don’t get to the power level of guilty gear. Chad knows a little bit about Baiken and thinks she is cool as hell. Also a very ample combatant. Baiken would be cool to cover. Has seen Dunban before and thinks there was a pitch about him and knows he is a cool swordfighter but doesn’t know much else. 

Black Hat vs The Warden (Villanous vs Superjail!) Talked about this before, thinks it was in the galaxy banter. It makes a lot of sense. Superjail! Was such a wild show. Sam says Villanous wasn’t his generation but it seems cool. When you think of powerful cosmic beings these silly guys aren’t normally what you imagine. 

Consul N vs Lif (Xenoblade Chronicles vs Fire Emblem) Xenoblade Chronicles again, can’t get away from it. No idea who Lif is. Looks it up and sees Lif is from Heroes only. Ben always forgets Heroes actually has it’s own characters and story instead of just the crossover stuff. Doesn’t look anything like a Fire Emblem character. Most Fire Emblem and Least Fire Emblem design ever. 

Tommy Oliver vs Lloyd Garmadon (Power Rangers vs Ninjago) Seem to get a handful of ninjago match ups. Gets the connections, makes a lot of sense. Photo file name is “Green without Envy”. Chad wonders how tall ninjagos are supposed to be, and it makes them chuckle imagining lego sized figure vs human. Ninjago seems to mesh with a lot of stuff and power rangers is a good fit. Ben says he is pretty sure Ninjago doesn’t follow the Lego Movie rules where everything is treated like lego and they can just reattach limbs or heads and stuff. They are supposed to be normal people but just look like lego. Fan estimations have put the Ninjago around 5’7”-6’6”. They think seeing that in real life would be terrifying. They joke that it will be a Live Action battle. Are told that both are in Fortnite and have human models, which stuns the group. 

2B vs Lucia (Nier: Automata vs Punishing Gray Raven) Lot of 2B this week, they even had a pitch for her before this. Don’t know Punishing Gray Raven. Connections make sense, could be cool. After looking up the game, Sam somewhat feels like the chinese team for Gray Raven decided to copy the Japanese game of Nier. Ben says he is getting Genshin meets Raid Shadow Legends with a dark sci-fi vibe from looking at screen shots. 

Dracula vs Magneto (Castlevania vs Marvel) This is wild.They have no words at first and takes a second to buffer. Gets the connections sort of. Chat says the difference is Dracula is a good dad, which Ben doesn’t fully agree with. Sam seems to think Magneto wins easily because dracula likes drinking blood so magneto just uses the iron in the blood to blow him up. Ben says Dracula has a lot of magic ways around it. 

Soundwave vs Nonon (Transformers vs Kill la Kill) They don’t remember Nonon and look them up. Two opposite spectrums of having a transformation in a battle. Realizes both uses soundwaves/music to fight, other than that they have no clue. Chad says throw in Symphogear. 

Sora vs Sailor Moon (Kingdom Hearts vs Sailor Moon) Seen this before. Kicks ass pretty hard and is really cool. Sam thinks Sailor Moon absolutely wins.

Joker vs Junko (DC vs Danganronpa) Talked about this one also. Surprised this isn’t more popular than springtrap vs junko. Ben does get why it isn’t as popular, with Joker having a very particular personality that is hard to bounce off other crazies. Does think it makes sense. Chad says it would have to be a gang fight between Joker's goons and the monokumas. Sam asks if Absolute Joker would be a better fit against Junko.

Paul Blart vs Larry Daley (Paul Blart: Mall Cop vs Night at the Museum) the crew simply inhales and says “Ok”. Chad The fight has to take place in the museum, because that is the only interesting thing about Larry. Without that they are just guys. 

Casey Jones vs Knuckle Duster (TMNT vs MHA: Vigilantes) Haven’t seen Vigilantes but this is automatically cool on a base level. Casey Jones is a very good underserved street level character no one really talks about. This could be a cool fight for sure. And Knuckle Duster might be on the same level because he doesn’t have a quirk, but says they wouldn’t be surprised if he does have one later. Very similar style characters that would be fun to use with fun personalities to bounce off eachother. Casey is cool as shit and there is a reason he always pops up in turtles media. Like this one a lot. Chat helps saying Knuckle Duster got his quirk stolen by AFO but is insanely strong without it.

Spooky vs SCP-2006 (Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion vs SCP) Sam has played Spooky, and Chad does recognize seeing the character before. Doesn’t know the SCP but from knowing spooky feels like they understand how the characters are. Connections make it seem really fun. A cool mind thought battle. 

Aigis vs Sophie (Persona 3 vs Tales of Graces) Don’t know anything about Tales of Graces. Seems interesting. A lot of android girls in this ballot session. 

Mal vs Willow Rosenberg (Descendents vs Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Doesn’t know about Descendents really, or at least Sam has no idea. Chad said Mal is the daughter of Maleficent. Seems cool. Chad had a rant on Descendents on a cast years ago, and Chad said you learn “Everybody be fucking, at the same time apparently” from Descendents. Mal is apparently the daughter of Maleficent and Hades. 

Bill Rizer vs Marco Rossi (Contra vs Metal Slug) Had a cool pitch for this. This is dope. Immediately makes sense, simply saying it aloud makes you visualize how the fight would look. Be so much fun and have such a blast with the animation. 

The Hunter vs The Ranger (Bloodborne vs Quake) Don’t know a lot about Quake’s story, but the description calls them lovecraftian. Didn’t even know Quake had a story, just remembered the multiplayer. There might be a slight difficulty with the Quake guy having a bunch of guns vs the Hunter’s one hand canon. Would have to add fodder enemies into the fight just to have the quake announcer kick in. 

Hat Kid vs Astro Bot (A Hat in Time vs Sony) Feels like they had this very recently. It’s a fun one. 

Diavolo vs Shroud (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure vs Dispatch!) Says they talked about this with Liam who gave more context on it. Battle of Clairvoyance would be unique to cover but would be hard to determine because it would boil down to who sees the future further or faster, 

Spider-man vs Mega Man (Marvel vs Capcom) Chad is initially taken aback by this, just feels weird in his mind. They then see it much better after thinking about it. “Both are begging for a new appearance on DB so why not kill two birds with one Rock”. It does feel kind of random. Divide by Man and it is Spider vs Mega

Luigi vs Five Nights at Freddy’s (Super Mario vs FNaF) They get a chuckle out of this. Beautiful. Asks if it is “can he survive till six” and say yeah. They think it is kind of fantastic. Feels like he would get caught, but he is still luigi who would dumpster the animatronics. Luigi’s flashlight might drive them away. 

V1 vs Cyn (Ultrakill vs Murder Drones) Talked about this a bunch, it is very cool Murder Drones pops up a lot.

Maelle vs Will (Clair Obscure vs Metaphor) talked about this so many times now and had a pitch about this recently. It’s a banger. 

Void vs The Shifiting Mound (Kirby vs Slay the Princess) You really wouldn’t think this as a franchise combo. Connections seem solid. Could they do this without doing a meta commentary on echo chambers? Probably not unfortunately but it would be fun.

Charizard vs Rathalos (Pokemon vs Monster Hunter) had a cast on this, it was fun check it out. There are multiple Monster Hunter games coming out around this year and next so might get some more cool rathalos lore. Chad is triggered by pokemon now because he is trying to get his kids some cards and scalpers are just assholes and the prices of them also. “If you are a scalper, fuck you”

Marluxa vs Renne (Trails in the Sky vs Kingdom Hearts) Sam was initially confused and didn’t remember them, only because the person has the thumbnail and franchises backwards “so you lose points”. Feels like maybe put a little room between their last scythe battle, but Chad and Ben said “could never have enough”. 

Kenpachi vs Azreal (Bleach vs Blazblue) Interesting franchise combo. Kicks ass and makes so much sense. This fight is just death battle concept. Kenpachi has a lot of good options and they definitely want to bring him on the show, he is just one of those characters that just feels right at home in a show like this. Maybe this is the right one. 

Homura Akemi vs Asriel Dreemer (Madoka Magica vs Undertale) Two different Asriels back to back. Whole reason undertale’s game is a thing. Very cool and makes sense. Be a very pretty death battle, and sad. 

Asriel Dreemer vs Homura Akemi (Undertale vs Madoka Magica) Same match up but the other way around (really?) Wonders if this was planned. Likes the different art used. The thumbnails have them seem really happy, so it being sad is clearly ridiculous. Sam asks what do you think formed the idea for this mystic purple to symbolize magic. The characters Reset to try again. 

Son Goku vs Superman (Dragonball Chapter 1 vs Action Comics 1) Sam is really down for this because the research would be about a day. Both lift cars in their first issue so they would compare the two cars. Sam says the car superman lifted is likely going to be much heavier than the car bulma rides. Yall want to see superman kill a child version of goku?

Flint Lockwood vs Fin Shepard (Cloudy with a chance of meatballs vs Sharknado) had a pitch for this last year, it’s incredible. Sharknado apparently has 8 movies or something. Fin gets this ancient relic that can summon sharknados. Food Science vs Shark Sorcery. It makes a lot of sense. Sharknados are actually a manifestation of the evil shark god who hates humanity. Sam says the more he thinks about this, the more he likes it and hates how cool yet silly it sounds. 

Beat vs Cadence (UNBEATABLE vs Necrodancer) Sam played tomb of the necrodancer, and he normally hates rhythm games and sucks at it, he had fun. Sounds fun. Talked a ton about wanting a music driven fight and are happy to see a lot of suggestions for said episode. Lot of production would be needed for it. 

Ultraman vs Shinji Ikari (Tsuburaya vs Gainax) Feels like they talked about this before. Kicks a lot of ass. The thumbnail makes it feel very biblical. Ultraman being biblical feels comical to Ben. 

Super Mario vs Mickey Mouse (Super Mario Bros vs Mickey and Fiends) Yeah i mean sure. That response from Sam gets Chad and Ben to laugh. It makes sense. What can they say that hasn’t been said. Yall get this.

Rita vs Taro Sakamoto (Kindergarten WARS vs Sakamoto Days) Makes sense, talked about this before. Art looks awesome. Fight makes sense and kicks ass. Weirdest take of john wick vs john wick you can make, and they are here for it. 

Next Time: Shin Asakura vs Hakuri Sazanami (Sakamoto Days vs Kagurabachi) 

Ballot Banter 141

With Chad, Sam, and Ben

Eve vs 2B (Stellar Blade vs Nier: Automata) Is the cause of the episode title being “AMPLE COMBATANTS”. The artwork is definitely enjoyed. Is told that the Stellar Blade twitter retweeted the image used, and then conveniently put Nier dlc into the game. Thinks it would be fun, Nier: Automata is on Sam’s must play list.

The Nahobino vs The Agent (Shin Megami Tensei V vs Digimon Story Time Stranger) Time Stranger is a badass name. Connections seem good, doesn’t tell them how the fight goes or explain anything. Sam played other SMT but not V. Assumes that the SMT character has some sort of connection between the real world and demon world along with some time stuff. The character designs couldn’t be more opposite. Franchise pairing makes sense and definitely seen it before, but the art style would be so different and look very strange to do.

Dunban vs Baiken (Xenoblade Chronicles vs Guilty Gear) Finds both being one armed swordsmen neat. Sam says he wished DJ was there to tell them about Xenoblade Chronicles because he feels like they just don’t get to the power level of guilty gear. Chad knows a little bit about Baiken and thinks she is cool as hell. Also a very ample combatant. Baiken would be cool to cover. Has seen Dunban before and thinks there was a pitch about him and knows he is a cool swordfighter but doesn’t know much else.

Black Hat vs The Warden (Villanous vs Superjail!) Talked about this before, thinks it was in the galaxy banter. It makes a lot of sense. Superjail! Was such a wild show. Sam says Villanous wasn’t his generation but it seems cool. When you think of powerful cosmic beings these silly guys aren’t normally what you imagine.

Consul N vs Lif (Xenoblade Chronicles vs Fire Emblem) Xenoblade Chronicles again, can’t get away from it. No idea who Lif is. Looks it up and sees Lif is from Heroes only. Ben always forgets Heroes actually has it’s own characters and story instead of just the crossover stuff. Doesn’t look anything like a Fire Emblem character. Most Fire Emblem and Least Fire Emblem design ever.

Tommy Oliver vs Lloyd Garmadon (Power Rangers vs Ninjago) Seem to get a handful of ninjago match ups. Gets the connections, makes a lot of sense. Photo file name is “Green without Envy”. Chad wonders how tall ninjagos are supposed to be, and it makes them chuckle imagining lego sized figure vs human. Ninjago seems to mesh with a lot of stuff and power rangers is a good fit. Ben says he is pretty sure Ninjago doesn’t follow the Lego Movie rules where everything is treated like lego and they can just reattach limbs or heads and stuff. They are supposed to be normal people but just look like lego. Fan estimations have put the Ninjago around 5’7”-6’6”. They think seeing that in real life would be terrifying. They joke that it will be a Live Action battle. Are told that both are in Fortnite and have human models, which stuns the group.

2B vs Lucia (Nier: Automata vs Punishing Gray Raven) Lot of 2B this week, they even had a pitch for her before this. Don’t know Punishing Gray Raven. Connections make sense, could be cool. After looking up the game, Sam somewhat feels like the chinese team for Gray Raven decided to copy the Japanese game of Nier. Ben says he is getting Genshin meets Raid Shadow Legends with a dark sci-fi vibe from looking at screen shots.

Dracula vs Magneto (Castlevania vs Marvel) This is wild.They have no words at first and takes a second to buffer. Gets the connections sort of. Chat says the difference is Dracula is a good dad, which Ben doesn’t fully agree with. Sam seems to think Magneto wins easily because dracula likes drinking blood so magneto just uses the iron in the blood to blow him up. Ben says Dracula has a lot of magic ways around it.

Soundwave vs Nonon (Transformers vs Kill la Kill) They don’t remember Nonon and look them up. Two opposite spectrums of having a transformation in a battle. Realizes both uses soundwaves/music to fight, other than that they have no clue. Chad says throw in Symphogear.

Sora vs Sailor Moon (Kingdom Hearts vs Sailor Moon) Seen this before. Kicks ass pretty hard and is really cool. Sam thinks Sailor Moon absolutely wins.

Joker vs Junko (DC vs Danganronpa) Talked about this one also. Surprised this isn’t more popular than springtrap vs junko. Ben does get why it isn’t as popular, with Joker having a very particular personality that is hard to bounce off other crazies. Does think it makes sense. Chad says it would have to be a gang fight between Joker's goons and the monokumas. Sam asks if Absolute Joker would be a better fit against Junko.

Paul Blart vs Larry Daley (Paul Blart: Mall Cop vs Night at the Museum) the crew simply inhales and says “Ok”. Chad The fight has to take place in the museum, because that is the only interesting thing about Larry. Without that they are just guys.

Casey Jones vs Knuckle Duster (TMNT vs MHA: Vigilantes) Haven’t seen Vigilantes but this is automatically cool on a base level. Casey Jones is a very good underserved street level character no one really talks about. This could be a cool fight for sure. And Knuckle Duster might be on the same level because he doesn’t have a quirk, but says they wouldn’t be surprised if he does have one later. Very similar style characters that would be fun to use with fun personalities to bounce off eachother. Casey is cool as shit and there is a reason he always pops up in turtles media. Like this one a lot. Chat helps saying Knuckle Duster got his quirk stolen by AFO but is insanely strong without it.

Spooky vs SCP-2006 (Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion vs SCP) Sam has played Spooky, and Chad does recognize seeing the character before. Doesn’t know the SCP but from knowing spooky feels like they understand how the characters are. Connections make it seem really fun. A cool mind thought battle.

Aigis vs Sophie (Persona 3 vs Tales of Graces) Don’t know anything about Tales of Graces. Seems interesting. A lot of android girls in this ballot session.

Mal vs Willow Rosenberg (Descendents vs Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Doesn’t know about Descendents really, or at least Sam has no idea. Chad said Mal is the daughter of Maleficent. Seems cool. Chad had a rant on Descendents on a cast years ago, and Chad said you learn “Everybody be fucking, at the same time apparently” from Descendents. Mal is apparently the daughter of Maleficent and Hades.

Bill Rizer vs Marco Rossi (Contra vs Metal Slug) Had a cool pitch for this. This is dope. Immediately makes sense, simply saying it aloud makes you visualize how the fight would look. Be so much fun and have such a blast with the animation.

The Hunter vs The Ranger (Bloodborne vs Quake) Don’t know a lot about Quake’s story, but the description calls them lovecraftian. Didn’t even know Quake had a story, just remembered the multiplayer. There might be a slight difficulty with the Quake guy having a bunch of guns vs the Hunter’s one hand canon. Would have to add fodder enemies into the fight just to have the quake announcer kick in.

Hat Kid vs Astro Bot (A Hat in Time vs Sony) Feels like they had this very recently. It’s a fun one.

Diavolo vs Shroud (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure vs Dispatch!) Says they talked about this with Liam who gave more context on it. Battle of Clairvoyance would be unique to cover but would be hard to determine because it would boil down to who sees the future further or faster,

Spider-man vs Mega Man (Marvel vs Capcom) Chad is initially taken aback by this, just feels weird in his mind. They then see it much better after thinking about it. “Both are begging for a new appearance on DB so why not kill two birds with one Rock”. It does feel kind of random. Divide by Man and it is Spider vs Mega

Luigi vs Five Nights at Freddy’s (Super Mario vs FNaF) They get a chuckle out of this. Beautiful. Asks if it is “can he survive till six” and say yeah. They think it is kind of fantastic. Feels like he would get caught, but he is still luigi who would dumpster the animatronics. Luigi’s flashlight might drive them away.

V1 vs Cyn (Ultrakill vs Murder Drones) Talked about this a bunch, it is very cool Murder Drones pops up a lot.

Maelle vs Will (Clair Obscure vs Metaphor) talked about this so many times now and had a pitch about this recently. It’s a banger.

Void vs The Shifiting Mound (Kirby vs Slay the Princess) You really wouldn’t think this as a franchise combo. Connections seem solid. Could they do this without doing a meta commentary on echo chambers? Probably not unfortunately but it would be fun.

Charizard vs Rathalos (Pokemon vs Monster Hunter) had a cast on this, it was fun check it out. There are multiple Monster Hunter games coming out around this year and next so might get some more cool rathalos lore. Chad is triggered by pokemon now because he is trying to get his kids some cards and scalpers are just assholes and the prices of them also. “If you are a scalper, fuck you”

Marluxa vs Renne (Trails in the Sky vs Kingdom Hearts) Sam was initially confused and didn’t remember them, only because the person has the thumbnail and franchises backwards “so you lose points”. Feels like maybe put a little room between their last scythe battle, but Chad and Ben said “could never have enough”.

Kenpachi vs Azreal (Bleach vs Blazblue) Interesting franchise combo. Kicks ass and makes so much sense. This fight is just death battle concept. Kenpachi has a lot of good options and they definitely want to bring him on the show, he is just one of those characters that just feels right at home in a show like this. Maybe this is the right one.

Homura Akemi vs Asriel Dreemer (Madoka Magica vs Undertale) Two different Asriels back to back. Whole reason undertale’s game is a thing. Very cool and makes sense. Be a very pretty death battle, and sad.

Asriel Dreemer vs Homura Akemi (Undertale vs Madoka Magica) Same match up but the other way around (really?) Wonders if this was planned. Likes the different art used. The thumbnails have them seem really happy, so it being sad is clearly ridiculous. Sam asks what do you think formed the idea for this mystic purple to symbolize magic. The characters Reset to try again.

Son Goku vs Superman (Dragonball Chapter 1 vs Action Comics 1) Sam is really down for this because the research would be about a day. Both lift cars in their first issue so they would compare the two cars. Sam says the car superman lifted is likely going to be much heavier than the car bulma rides. Yall want to see superman kill a child version of goku?

Flint Lockwood vs Fin Shepard (Cloudy with a chance of meatballs vs Sharknado) had a pitch for this last year, it’s incredible. Sharknado apparently has 8 movies or something. Fin gets this ancient relic that can summon sharknados. Food Science vs Shark Sorcery. It makes a lot of sense. Sharknados are actually a manifestation of the evil shark god who hates humanity. Sam says the more he thinks about this, the more he likes it and hates how cool yet silly it sounds.

Beat vs Cadence (UNBEATABLE vs Necrodancer) Sam played tomb of the necrodancer, and he normally hates rhythm games and sucks at it, he had fun. Sounds fun. Talked a ton about wanting a music driven fight and are happy to see a lot of suggestions for said episode. Lot of production would be needed for it.

Ultraman vs Shinji Ikari (Tsuburaya vs Gainax) Feels like they talked about this before. Kicks a lot of ass. The thumbnail makes it feel very biblical. Ultraman being biblical feels comical to Ben.

Super Mario vs Mickey Mouse (Super Mario Bros vs Mickey and Fiends) Yeah i mean sure. That response from Sam gets Chad and Ben to laugh. It makes sense. What can they say that hasn’t been said. Yall get this.

Rita vs Taro Sakamoto (Kindergarten WARS vs Sakamoto Days) Makes sense, talked about this before. Art looks awesome. Fight makes sense and kicks ass. Weirdest take of john wick vs john wick you can make, and they are here for it.

Next Time: Shin Asakura vs Hakuri Sazanami (Sakamoto Days vs Kagurabachi)