Charles Chimag
I also find this amusing!
The brawl to end them all.... The ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny.... That one crossover you read one time which looked pretty good until you found out it was a piece of crap with other people's cool characters stuck in it.... This is not those things. It is more. It is.... THE GREATEST FIGHTER EVER THREAD!!!
RULES:
You guys are probably pretty familiar with this by now. To speed things up in the first round, let's do two four-player matches per post. The second round will be one four-player match. Then when we get down to 64 battlers, we start two one-on-ones at a time, having weeded out some of the weaklings. Then at the final 16, it's one one-on-one to see who won. For the four-person matches, points are distributed the same as Greatest Live-Action Movie: 4 for first pick, 3 for second, 2 for third, 1 for fourth.
By the way, if you have reasons for your pick, go ahead and say them. I'd love to hear your opinions.
Here is the ridiculously long list of peoples.
Round 1:
Round 2:
OK, let's get this started. Gonna be awesome.
MATCH 1:
Freakazoid
Pazu (Laputa)
Men in Black
Lord Zedd
MATCH 2:
Inspector Gadget
Pikachu
Darth Vader
Death (Discworld)
First Match:
1. Lord Zedd (at his best, could be quite potent in a fight. I mean, he could create monsters out of leaves, rocks, air, etc., plus some other types of magic)
2. Men in Black (The Noisy Cricket. Period.)
3. Freakazoid (missed out on the best WB series :,( but like him anyway)
4. Pazu (really, don't care who that is)
Second Match: (Crap, it's all people I'm familiar with)
1. Death. He just wins everything. He delivers fantastic lines, he talks in small caps, and is reasonably assumed to be able to kick the crap out of most of the people here.
2. Darth Vader. Force choke, lightsaber, pretty much the most famous breath in history.... Yeah, he's up there.
3. Pikachu. Electric powers aren't that shabby, but he loses out. I really wish he wasn't up against Vader or Death already.
4. Inspector Gadget. Although rule of funny suggests that he would bumble into a victory, karma just ain't gonna cut it here.
RULES:
You guys are probably pretty familiar with this by now. To speed things up in the first round, let's do two four-player matches per post. The second round will be one four-player match. Then when we get down to 64 battlers, we start two one-on-ones at a time, having weeded out some of the weaklings. Then at the final 16, it's one one-on-one to see who won. For the four-person matches, points are distributed the same as Greatest Live-Action Movie: 4 for first pick, 3 for second, 2 for third, 1 for fourth.
By the way, if you have reasons for your pick, go ahead and say them. I'd love to hear your opinions.
Here is the ridiculously long list of peoples.
Round 1:
- Freakazoid
- Pazu (Laputa)
- Men in Black
- Lord Zedd
- Inspector Gadget
- Pikachu
- Darth Vader
- Death (Discworld)
- Navi (Legend of Zelda)
- Master Roshi
- Raven (Teen Titans)
- Chewbacca
- Erast Fandorin
- Sergeant Avery Johnson
- Franky(One Piece)
- Green Arrow
- Yoko
- Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Darkwing Duck
- Soundwave
- Green Goblin
- Ser Gregor Clegane
- Willie Garwin
- Domon Kasshu (G Gundam)
- Billy Mays
- Charizard
- Dream (The Sandman)
- Goofy (Kingdom Hearts)
- Blofeld's cat
- Phoenix Wright
- Scias(Breath of Fire 4)
- Mickey Mouse (Kingdom Hearts)
- Eneru (One Piece)
- Captain America
- Soda Popinski
- Vegeta (Dragonball Z)
- Hiro Nakamura
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Carnage
- Jay Sherman
- Enishi Yukishiro(Rurouni Kenshin)
- Kirk
- Modesty Blaise
- Evil (Time Bandits)
- Major-General Olivia Milla Armstrong
- Rick O'Connell
- Free(Soul Eater)
- Glass Joe
- The Grinch
- Rei(Breath of Fire 3)
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sanosuke Sagara (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Mr. Teatime
- Tim Burton
- Tiger Woods
- R2-D2
- Heath Ledger's Joker
- One-Shot Scooby-Doo Villains
- Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
- Charles Chimag, Conqueror of the World
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Sora
- Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
- The Angry Video Game Nerd
- Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
- Tizoc(King of Fighters)
- Agrajag (in Arthur Dent-killing form)
- Clock King
- Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
- Robin Hood
- Sasquatch
- Haohmaru(Samurai Shodown)
- The Gull-Street Ghoul
- Will Smith
- Hobgoblin (Kingsley)
- Wicket the Ewok
- Spock
- Shaggy Man
- Mort (Penguins of Madagascar)
- Zim
- The Crimson Chin
- James Bond
- Samus Aran
- Dola (Laputa)
- Han Solo
- Wall-E
- Aldo Ixnay
- Loch Ness Monster
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Bigfoot
- Brobee
- Hawkeye (Last of the Mohicans)
- Kit Fisto
- Jason Voorhees
- Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach)
- The Nostalgia Critic
- Terra Branford (FF6)
- Sir Crocodile (One Piece)
- Sosuke Aizen (Bleach)
- Tentomon
- Aslan
- Kagura(Gintama)
- Don Patch
- Clare (Claymore)
- BOOMER KUWANGER! (Mega Man X)
- Swarm
- Rocket Raccoon
- Khan
- Daffy Duck
- Molly(Runaways)
- Jin (Samurai Champloo)
- Magneto
- Bruce Lee
- Muska (Laputa)
- Spiderman
- Gilligan
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Gandalf
- Tai Lung
- Solomon Grundy
- Gordon Brown
- Fonzie Fonzarelli
- The Penguins of Madagascar
- Fantomas
- Toshiro Hitsugaya (Bleach)
- Roy Batty
- Ivankov(One Piece)
- Joshua Norton, First Emperor of the United States
- David Xanatos
- Orochimaru (Naruto)
- T-800 Terminator
- Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)
- Boba Fett
- Plasticman
- Apache Chief
- Revy (Black Lagoon)
- Alexander Anderson (Hellsing)
- Bugs Bunny
- Major Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
- Prinny
- Raoh (Fist of the North Star)
- Kyon
- G.I. Joe
- The Killer Rabbit
- General Grievous
- Aang
- Natsu
- Mr. Freeze
- Domovoi Butler
- Aoshi Shinomori (Rurouni Kenshin)
- King Kong
- Green Day
- Charles Foster Kane
- Doc Savage
- Captain Rex
- Strong Bad
- Emperor Palpatine
- Billy Brit
- Lucario
- Charlie the Unicorn's two "friends"
- Reborn
- Coop Cooplowski (Mega XLR)
- Aragorn
- Mr. Sandman (Punch-Out!!)
- The smilie
- Kefka(FF6)
- Mugen (Samurai Champloo)
- The Joker (any incarnation except Heath Ledger)
- Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Brook(One piece)
- Scratchman Apoo
- Lord Raptor
- Katara
- Solid Snake
- Fei-Long (Street Fighter)
- Mandy (Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Asterix
- Merlin
- Nero Wolfe
- Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach)
- Blue Beetle
- Gecko Moria (One Piece)
- Gene Starwind (Outlaw Star)
- Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill)
- Master Asia (G Gundam)
- Meta Knight
- Jigglypuff
- Electro
- Mothman
- Buffy Summers
- Chuck Norris
- Sasori (Naruto)
- Snake Eyes
- Marvin the Paranoid Android
- Amaterasu (Okami)
- Haruko (FLCL)
- Inigo Montoya
- Mr. Incredible
- D'Artagnan (The Three Musketeers)
- Fred Rogers
- Metatron (His Dark Materials)
- Chupacabra
- Beast Boy
- Shaak Ti
- Captain Vidal (Pan's Labyrinth)
- Cobra Commander
- Jiraiya (Naruto)
- Terry Bogard (King of Fighters)
- The Mythbusters
- Frieza (Dragonball Z)
- Duck King
- Galactus
- Austin Powers
- Morgan Freeman
- Goku (Dragonball Z)
- Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach)
- Hercules
- Captain Falcon
- Momoko(King of Fighters)
- Mulch Diggums
- Ryu (Street Fighter)
- Slade (or Deathstroke)
- Ultimate Green Goblin
- Dr. McNinja
- Emma Peel (The Avengers; TV-version)
- Abraham Lincoln
- Renji Abarai (Bleach)
- SpideyFan914
- HEATXZ
- Eric (Castelvania Bloodlines)
- Agatha Heterodyne (Girl Genius)
- Sandor Clegane
- Captain Planet
- Grimmjow Jeagerjaques (Bleach)
- Mike Tyson
- George Washington
- The Silver Surfer
- Chopper (One Piece)
- Odd Job
- Princess Azula
- Kyo Kusanagi (King of Fighters)
- Mark Twain
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Mewtwo
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard
- Date Masamune(Sengoku Basara)
- Lina Inverse (Slayers)
- Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Satan (Paradise Lost)
- Odin
- Chernabog
- Ox Ford(Soul Eater)
- Kaku(One Piece)
- Gorilla Grodd
- Godzilla
- Donkey Kong
- Uncle Sam
- Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
- Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Jackie Chan
- Rocky Balboa
- Henry V
- Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Dr. Frankenstein's Creature
- Sokka
- The Shadow
- Doctor Octopus
- Conrad of Marbourg (The Third Testament)
- The Incredible Hulk
- Bill Rizer (Contra)
- Colin
- Iron Man
- Phantom Blot
- King Hippo
- Don Quixote
- Dr. Cox (Scrubs)
- Darklordavaitor
- Link (Legend of Zelda)
- Jesus
- Kakashi Hatake (Naruto)
- Zorro
- Mercutio (from the 1968 film)
- Candle Jack, who will be a formidable oppone
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- King Leonidas
- Nnoitra Jiruga (Bleach)
- Genghis Khan
- Dr. Fu Manchu
- The Cartoon
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
- Dudley
- Plo Koon (the character)
- Dwight Howard
- 343 Guilty Spark
- Ganondorf
- Bartholomew Kuma (One Piece)
- Iron Fist
- Rob Lucci (One Piece)
- Wonder Woman
- The Black Knight (Monty Python)
- Spike Spiegel
- Rayquaza
- Robin (One Piece)
- Regigigas
- Vector(Sonic)
- Randall Boggs
- Usopp (One Piece)
- Cosmo Kramer
- Hellboy
- Gaara (Naruto)
- Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)
- Trogdor
- Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Lord Voldemort
- Harry Potter
- Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery
- Ursula
- Hitchhiking Ghosts (Disney Parks)
- Szayel Aporro Granz (Bleach)
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Superman
- Light Yagami
- Kula(King of Fighters)
- Humpty Dumpty
- Green Lantern
- King Ghidorah
- Lord Xykon
- John Bull
- Barack Obama
- Dhalsim
- Morbius
- Master Chief
- Doctor Doom
- Piccolo (Dragonball Z)
- Black Vulcan
- Makoto Shishio (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Dan Dare
- Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Dr. Mabuse
- Remy the rat
- Scarlet Spider
- Vivi(FF9)
- Buzz Lightyear
- Rorschach
- Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Simon
- James P. Sullivan
- Hajime Saito (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Excel (Excel Saga)
- Arsene Lupin
- Bragon
- Professor George Edward Challenger
- Miss Marple
- Faust(Guilty Gear)
- Mysterio
- McGyver
- Biollante
- Carrion (Original)
- Caspar Gutman (The Maltese Falcon)
- Grigori Rasputin
- Darkseid
- Hercule Poirot
- Thomas Jefferson
- Fox McCloud
- Arsene Lupin III
- Big Jim Slade
- Shrek
- Curtis (Porco Rosso)
- Charlie Brown
- Gilgamesh (Final Fantasy)
- Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate (Monkey Island)
- Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
- Jack Sparrow
- Anguirus
- Uwe Boll
- Greebo (Discworld)
- Mr.2
- Wolverine
- Chun-Li
- Mario
- Ciaphas Cain (Warhammer 40K)
- Squirrel Girl
- Marty McFly and Doc Brown
- Tommy Oliver
- Wile E. Coyote
- Mothra
- Folded Man(Flash villain)
- The Tick
- Guts (Berserk)
- Sandman
- Megas XLR
- Cthulhu
- Uryu Ishida (Bleach)
- Mr.3(One Piece)
- Nami (One Piece)
- Kekko Kamen
- The Black Eagle (Sexton Blake)
- The Rige
- Jafar
- Ripley (Alien)
- Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach)
- Yoda
- The Dirty Bubble
- Esplin 9466
- Iroh
- Zeus
- C-3PO
- Toph
- Shaymin
- George W. Bush
- Mayuri(Bleach)
- Hellboy
- Mitsuki (Full Moon o Sagashite)
- Optimus Prime
- Mega Man (Classic Series)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Führer King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist; especially the manga-version)
- Robin
- Revolver Ocelot
- Maleficent
- Shnitzel(Chowder)
- The robot from Metropolis
- Tingle (The Legend of Zelda)
- Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts (The Princess Bride)
- Batman
- Kraven the Hunter
- Starfire
- George Costanza
- Marcia Brady
- Kamina
- Porco (Porco Rosso)
- Black Cat
- Dante (Devil May Cry)
- Jirachi
- The Flash
- Count Dracula
- Kyoshiro(Samurai Shodown)
- Hades
- Rodan
- Po
- The Great Pumpkin
- T-1000
- Maya Fey
- Obi Wan Kenobi
- Rock Lee (Naruto)
- Indiana Jones
- Joe(King of Fighters)
- Metamorpho
- Walt Disney
- King Dedede
- Harold(TDI)
- The Doctor
- Death (The Sandman)
- The Arbiter
- Midna (Twilight Princess)
- Deadpool
- Red Tornado
- Linkin Park
- Princess Leia
- Firestorm
- Majin Buu (Dragonball Z)
- Deidara (Naruto)
- The Velociraptors from Jurassic Park III
- Chad Sado (Bleach)
- Donald (Kingdom Hearts)
- Trigon the Terrible
- Cell (Dragonball Z)
- Thor
- Mao(Disagea 3)
- Red Grant
- Kirby
- Hedorah
- Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)
- Frozone
- Burnt Face Man
- Little Mac
- Mace Windu
- Rhino (TSSM version)
- Kingpin
- Shikamaru Nara (Naruto)
- Vash the Stampede (Trigun)
- The man with no name
- Adam Monroe
- Dick Cheney
- Cat Man
- Jin Kazama (Tekken)
- The Iron Giant
- Dr Nikola (A Bid of Fortune and various sequels)
- Sol Badguy (Guilty Gear)
- Pain (Naruto)
- The Wicked Witch of the West
- The Ghostbusters
- Sachiel the third angel
- Toriko
- John Rambo
- Asajj Ventress
- Gentleman Ghost
- Waldo the Wonder-Man (Sexton Blake)
- Dumbledore
- Mr. T
- Lex Luthor
- Santa Claus
- John F. Kennedy
- Marvin the Martian
- Yachiru(Bleach)
- Hermione Granger
- Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo
- Haruhi Suzumiya
- Sanji (One Piece)
- Rincewind (Discworld)
- Firelord Ozai
Round 2:
- Black Cat
- Lina Inverse (Slayers)
- T-800 Terminator
- Blue Beetle
- Thor
- Shrek
- Sir Crocodile (One Piece)
- Chernabog
- Galactus
- Anguirus
- Haruhi Suzumiya
- Raoh (Fist of the North Star)
- Jack Sparrow
- Heath Ledger's Joker
- Metamorpho
- Mewtwo
- Dr. Frankenstein’s Creature
- Wicket the Ewok
- Green Goblin
- Gorilla Grodd
- Lucario
- King Kong
- Shaak Ti
- Superman
- Bartholomew Kuma (One Piece)
- Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate
- Mr. 2
- Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach)
- Bruce Lee
- Captain Rex
- Kit Fisto
- Lord Voldemort
- Phantom Blot
- Sasquatch (not cryptid)
- Pain (Naruto)
- Aoshi Shinomori
- Billy Mays
- The man with no name
- Hedorah
- Genghis Khan
- Inigo Montoya
- Frieza (Dragonball Z)
- T-1000
- Han Solo
- Men in Black
- Light Yagami
- Vivi (FF9)
- Dumbledore
- The Shadow
- Shaggy Man
- Yoko
- Maleficent
- Po
- Meta Knight
- Faust (Guilty Gear)
- Szayel Aporro Granz (Bleach)
- Candle Jack
- Doctor Octopus
- Kirk
- Princess Azula
- Renji Abarai (Bleach)
- KHAAAAAN
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Cell (Dragonball Z)
- Darkseid
- The Iron Giant
- Doc Savage
- Captain America
- Asajj Ventress
- Indiana Jones
- Jin Kazama (Tekken)
- Adam Monroe
- Captain Planet
- Sasori (Naruto)
- Death (Discworld)
- Electro
- Toriko
- King Leonidas
- Franky (One Piece)
- Fox McCloud
- Rodan
- Carrion (Original)
- Yoda
- Goku (Dragonball Z)
- Merlin
- Jafar
- Boba Fett
- Mysterio
- Trigon the Terrible
- Hawkeye (LotM)
- James P. Sullivan
- Hajime Saito
- Zorro
- Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach)
- The Black Knight (Monty Python)
- Major-General Olivia Milla Armstrong
- Majin Buu (Dragonball Z)
- Swarm
- Eric (Castlevania Bloodlines)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Freakazoid
- Agrajag
- Sachiel the Third Angel
- Mr. 3 (One Piece)
- Ursula
- Mickey Mouse (Kingdom Hearts)
- Loch Ness Monster
- Wonder Woman
- Gilgamesh (Final Fantasy)
- Usopp (One Piece)
- Piccolo (Dragonball Z)
- Vegeta
- Rei (Breath of Fire 3)
- Hercule Poirot
- Death (The Sandman)
- Samus Aran
- Sosuke Aizen (Bleach)
- SpideyFan914
- Spock
- Hercules
- Jackie Chan
- Godzilla
- Odin
- Enishi Yukishiro
- Kirby
- Firelord Ozai
- Molly (Runaways)
- Shnitzel (Chowder)
- Squirrel Girl
- Hades
- Chuck Norris
- Bobobo-Bo-Bo-bobo
- Fantomas
- Magneto
- Plasticman
- AVGN
- Firestorm
- Toph
- Rick O'Connell
- Plo Koon
- Naruto Uzumaki
- Arsene Lupin
- The Killer Rabbit
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Raven (Titans)
- Solid Snake
- Rhino (TSSM version)
- Mothra
- Lex Luthor
- Sandman
- Robin Hood
- Brook (One Piece)
- Hiro Nakamura
- Wolverine
- Optimus Prime
- The Doctor
- Clock King
- Red Tornado
- Mayuri (Bleach)
- Hobgoblin (Kingsley)
- Sol Badguy (Guilty Gear)
- Grimmjow Jeagerjaques
- Kefka (FF6)
- Major Motoko Kusanagi
- Scarlet Spider
- Amaterasu (Okami)
- Iroh
- Sanosuke Sagara
- Gandalf
- Green Arrow
- Zeus
- Ultimate Green Goblin
- Ichigo Kurosaki
- The Silver Surfer
- Cthulu
- Gaara (Naruto)
- Emperor Palpatine
- Phoenix Wright
- Iron Man
- Green Lantern
- Mace Windu
- Clare (Claymore)
- Snake Eyes
- Toshiro Hitsugaya (Bleach)
- Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
- Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
- Katara
- Tiger Woods
- The Flash
- Folded Man (Flash villain)
- Master Chief
- Charizard
- Bugs Bunny
- Jesus
- Lord Raptor
- Soundwave
- General Grievous
- Beast Boy
- The Cartoon
- Cobra Commander
- Slade (Deathstroke)
- Führer King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist; especially the manga-version)
- Harry Potter
- Hellboy
- Vector (Sonic)
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- King Dedede
- Spiderman
- Rayquaza
- The Incredible Hulk
- Morbius
- HEATXZ
- Kenshin Himura
- Master Roshi
- Biollante
- Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
- Frozone
- Aslan
- Deadpool
- Kekko Kamen
- Doctor Doom
- Ganondorf
- Santa Claus
- Coop Cooplowski (Megas XLR)
- Aragorn
- Kamina
- R2-D2
- Mario
- Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach)
- Beatrix Kiddo
- Don Quixote
- Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- King Ghidorah
- Aang
- Captain Falcon
- Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach)
- James Bond
- Regigigas
- Darth Vader
- Dan Dare
- Link (Legend of Zelda)
- Jiraiya (Naruto)
- Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Ivankov (One Piece)
- Ser Gregor Clegane
- Starfire
- Porco (Porco Rosso)
- The Joker (other)
- Batman
- The Penguins of Madagascar
- Mr. Incredible
- Revolver Ocelot
- Solomon Grundy
- Hermione Granger
- Mega Man (classic)
- Megas XLR
OK, let's get this started. Gonna be awesome.
MATCH 1:
Freakazoid
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Pazu (Laputa)
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Men in Black
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Lord Zedd
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MATCH 2:
Inspector Gadget
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Pikachu
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Darth Vader
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Death (Discworld)
First Match:
1. Lord Zedd (at his best, could be quite potent in a fight. I mean, he could create monsters out of leaves, rocks, air, etc., plus some other types of magic)
2. Men in Black (The Noisy Cricket. Period.)
3. Freakazoid (missed out on the best WB series :,( but like him anyway)
4. Pazu (really, don't care who that is)
Second Match: (Crap, it's all people I'm familiar with)
1. Death. He just wins everything. He delivers fantastic lines, he talks in small caps, and is reasonably assumed to be able to kick the crap out of most of the people here.
2. Darth Vader. Force choke, lightsaber, pretty much the most famous breath in history.... Yeah, he's up there.
3. Pikachu. Electric powers aren't that shabby, but he loses out. I really wish he wasn't up against Vader or Death already.
4. Inspector Gadget. Although rule of funny suggests that he would bumble into a victory, karma just ain't gonna cut it here.
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