Talk:Hercule Satan VS ???/@comment-24796936-20150913231244/@comment-26441050-20150914002035

LET ME TELL YOU WHY POPEYE VS. LUFFY IS GREAT.

So, first of all, sailors is a pretty okay connection. The best part about it, is how sheerly kick ass the fight is. It's an over-the-top anime character, a breed that produces some of the strongest characters in fiction, versus the epitome of cartoon power, a stretchy, super strong, warrior. Two of the most popular characters in animation of their respective nations.

They're both stretchy and strong, in different ways. Luffy is stretchy in the superhero sense... he can stretch like Mr. Fantastic. There's logic applied to his stretching, it's not completely random. He also has anime strength, which is yelling out attacks, and performing complicated techniques. Meanwhile, Popeye was part of the 'stretchy' style of cartooning, which is much more loose, yet unreliable, than Luffy's form. Popeye's strength is more of a hard-hitting punch-- he has great impact, but not much versatility. It would be a challenge to balance and animate the two fighting, which I'm sure would make for an interesting scene.

Also, eating the food once is connection enough! I want to see comparison of a fruit to spinach in a Death Battle, goshdarn it. In fact, it's somewhat of a disadvantage for Popeye in the fight, who needs a steady supply, versus Luffy, who internalized the power source. It's sort of balancing.

So, yeah. Two of the biggest icons in animation, with a multitude of similarities, facing off in a fight to the death. They're equivalents to each other, in ways, but are MUCH different.


 * Mic drop.*