Talk:Smokey VS McGruff/@comment-26921356-20170914230027/@comment-25620113-20170915045057

^ That shouldn't be you're entire justification for why you dislike an episode. Everyone has death battles that has their preferred combatant lose but that alone isn't justification for why you dislike the episode. You should dislike an episode because you thought the justification for the victor was weak, the episode as a whole wasn't entertaining, the animation was terrible etc.

As for me:

Season 1: Justin Bieber VS Rebecca Black. Quite frankly they wasted an entire episode slot as a 'Take That' towards two pop singers that had pretty mixed reception at the time. Because unlike fiction, people change, I find this to be one of the most dated episodes of the season and that's saying a lot for a season that is already pretty dated.

Season 2: Beast VS Goliath. This episode was just too boring. The analysis didn't have many good jokes, Mali let his feelings towards SA get in the way of what could potentially be a good animation and at the time the animation was completely unfinished which is completely unacceptable for a battle that's not even two minutes long. While I do agree with the justification, it doesn't save the episode from being 'meh'.

Season 3: Mewtwo VS Shadow. This episode is my least favourite among the whole series. It just screams laziness. While Mewtwo's analysis is alright, Shadow's is essentially a rehash of his appearance in Vegeta VS Shadow. The connections were alright but the fact that they couldn't really add anything just makes it seem like Ben didn't want to use Silver or Frieza so he used Shadow instead. The animation is horrible and while I found Don's animation acceptable for Bowser VS Ganon, his slow style just doesn't work with two combatants that generally have fast-paced fight scenes. And the justification? This is the only episode of death battle which you can debunk using their own research. Its just blatantly shows no effort.

Season 4: Sub-Zero VS Glacius. Probably my favourite out of the four I mentioned. Analysis was alright though makes it obvious who the winner is if you've been paying attention to the format of death battle. The animation is far too short and slow-paced and while I understand LvR is shorter, I find that animation to be fast-paced, utilized decent combos and made sense when you take into account their fighting styles. The justification was also pretty sloppy with essentially the entire reason for Sub-Zero's defeat being due to a minigame.