This article is about the Death Battle episode. For the DBX episode, see Batman VS Iron Man (DBX).
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Batman VS Iron Man is the 148th episode of Death Battle, featuring Batman from DC Comics and Iron Man from Marvel Comics in a battle between armored billionaire superheroes. Batman was voiced by Gianni Matragrano and Iron Man was voiced by Reagan Murdock.
Interlude
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Wiz & Boomstick by Brandon Yates  
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Wiz: Batman, DC's vengeful crusader of the night.
Boomstick: Iron Man, Marvel's genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist.
Wiz: These two mortal men have used their intellect and determination to take their place alongside gods.
Boomstick: And bein' filthy, stinkin' rich sure doesn't hurt either.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle.
Batman
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Mechanical Assassin by Annihilation 
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Boomstick: That's right, he's back. In case you're one of the many psycho supervillains stalking the streets of Gotham City, I would make peace with whatever god you pray to, because they won't save you from the goddamn Batman.
Wiz: But before he dressed like a giant rodent and employed little boys in booty shorts as meat-shields, he was Bruce Wayne: scion of the multi-billion dollar company, Wayne Enterprises.
Boomstick: Until mommy and daddy got 360 no-scoped, leaving Bruce with a void inside him that could only be filled by the never-ending quest for justice, and vengeance.
Wiz: That night, Bruce Wayne died, and the Batman was born. He would devote his life to perfecting his body and mind to become more than human. He would transcend his own morality into legend. A nightmare to haunt evildoers 'til the end of time.
Boomstick: Jesus Christ! I feel like Zoloft and therapy would work, too, but, okay, whatever works.
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Lean and Mean by Annihilation
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Wiz: Batman's résumé is absurd. He's mastered 127 martial arts, trained in stealth and assassination, and is a super genius with a photographic memory. He's the world's greatest detective, bar none.
Boomstick: Like how the League of Shadows needs to keep erasing Batman's memories because he keeps findin' their secret bases. Or the time he found a dead body with no entry or exit wound, and a 40-year-old bullet nearby, and somehow determined it must've been fired backwards in time.
Wiz: Despite being a master marksman, escape artist, forensic scientist, mechanical engineer—
Boomstick: And ninja!
Wiz: One of Batman's assets stands above them all.
Boomstick: His Bat... stacks!
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Brutal Beating by Ryan Huntley Andrews
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Boomstick: Bats has poured his billions into tactical armor and gadgets for every conceivable situation. If there's one word to describe Batman, it's prepared.
Wiz: Made of reinforced Kevlar and titanium, his Batsuit can resist knives and gunfire, and even protected him from this massive explosion. Judging by the size of the detonation, Batman's distance from the epicenter, and the surface area of his body, he must've withstood a blast of nearly 60 tons of TNT.
Boomstick: His cowl comes with night vision, infrared, and a radio, while his utility belt is chock full of smoke bombs, nerve toxins, a grappling hook, and batarangs, which he can control midair and set to explode.
Wiz: It was these tools that allowed Batman to wage his one-man war on crime.
Boomstick: But once he got over his angsty loner phase, he helped found the Justice League of America in order to bring his personal brand of bat justice to the entire world.
Wiz: And Batman's knack for schemes and preparation skyrocketed to match, turning him into the bat god we all know and meme. Like the time he developed a backup personality that would ensure he functions as Batman in case of a psychological attack that drove him mad. A backup human operating system. Like, a computer... but it's his brain.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Boomstick: He even has plans tailored to his teammates' weaknesses, should they ever go rogue. He's developed contingencies for everything, which is why Bats comes prepared with extra suits for any occasion.
Wiz: Like his Knightfall exo-suit to battle Bane, or the Justice Buster, which he obviously designed to combat the Justice League. He even got a "Final" Batsuit from his Sixth Dimensional self that can rewrite your mind!
We see Boomstick painted white head to toe with black stripes.
Boomstick: But my favorite is his stylish zebra suit, which he wore after getting weird Magneto powers. They just made his suit look like this for some reason.
As he talks, he splatters white paint on the Death Battle Lab's monitor.
Boomstick: There's also the Rainbow Batman suit, the Suit of Sorrows, and, of course, the Bat-Nipples. Chicks dig the Bat-Nipples. All paid for with the Bat-Credit Card. Never leave the cave without it.
Wiz: But perhaps his greatest suit of armor, the one designed to put him on the same level of insane, mind-bending power as his League teammates, is the Hellbat.
We cut back to the analysis.
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Across the Eons (No Vocals) by Iliya Zaki Bin Aziz
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Boomstick: AKA, the single coolest-looking thing ever invented!
Wiz: Forged by Superman in the heart of the Sun, each member of the Justice League contributed to this monstrous mech's abilities.
Boomstick: And boy does it show! The Hellbat is absolutely hardcore!
Wiz: Made of nano-kinetic mesh, it can shapeshift around Batman's body and operates via telepathic link.
Boomstick: It can fly, turn invisible, and fire a bat-shaped chest laser. And by diverting all the suit's power into his fist, he can use the Devastator, a punch powered by Wonder Woman's strength, and she's strong enough to yank the freakin' Earth around! Though, it does have a 95% chance of giving old Bats a heart attack.
Wiz: Which he has given himself to save all of Gotham City on at least one occasion. It's that level of insane drive that pushed him to use the Hellbat in his one-man invasion of Apokolips in order to bring his son back to life.
Boomstick: Y'know, Apokolips, home to the god of evil himself, Darkseid. Batman stared down the final boss of DC Comics and actually kicked his ass.
Wiz: This is incredible, considering Darkseid is a being strong enough to destroy entire universes, and fast enough to fly to the edge of the universe in seconds. Since the DC Universe is significantly larger than our own, that would be over 600 quintillion times the speed of light.
Boomstick: That same Darkseid avatar even took a Shoryuken from Alan Scott, who was amped up from the energy of the multiverse, and Bats cleaned his clock just as hard.
Wiz: But this incalculable strength is drawn from Batman's own life force. Specifically, his metabolism. Should any fight with the Hellbat go on too long, Batman may succumb to its hunger before finishing the fight himself. Or absorb someone else's biomass for fuel. That... works, too.
Boomstick: So, basically, you'd have to be completely bat-shit insane to pilot this thing. And Bats, uh, is. Yeah, sorry to break it to you, but the grown man that wears his underwear on the outside isn't all there.
Wiz: In keeping with being a perfectionist, though, he's completely aware of this. That's why he does not kill, because if he did, he understands that he can't trust himself to know when to stop.
Boomstick: Batman has outsmarted the nigh-omniscient Metron, defeated his dark counterpart, the Batman Who Laughs, and humiliated Superman in a one-on-one fight.
The fight from Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is shown on-screen.
Boomstick: No, wait, that one's not canon.
The fight from The Dark Knight Returns is then shown on-screen..
Boomstick: That one he technically had help.
Batman's fight with a jokerized Superman is then shown on-screen..
Boomstick: Yeah, that one!
Wiz: Although many of his greatest accomplishments have been aided by his exceptional prep work and foreknowledge, he's no stranger to being put on the spot, even in the face of Armageddon. Who else would kick the Spectre, the angel of wrath, God's divine judgement, in the face, and then tell him to get the hell out of his city?
Boomstick: I'll tell ya who: the goddamn, motherf***in', na-na-na-na-na-na Batman!
Batman swoops down amid a swarm of bats in his Hellbat suit and confronts Darkseid.
Darkseid: My Parademons will arrive soon.
Batman: Think I haven't planned for this?
Iron Man
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Up Bass by Mark Nolan & Cyril Sorongon
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Wiz: You would be forgiven for doubting the destiny of genius billionaire playboy philanthropist, Tony Stark.
Boomstick: Yeah, 'cause you can add "massive prick" to that list, too!
Wiz: Tony's parents died when he was still young, leaving the mind-bogglingly brilliant prodigy to inherit a multi-billion dollar tech company.
Boomstick: With mommy and daddy's purse strings, Tony decided to live it up and down in booze and the ladies.
Wiz: Which was problematic, considering he made his fortune as a part of a military industrial complex, selling devastating high-tech arms to the highest bidder.
Boomstick: And Tony got to see his handiwork firsthand when it literally blew up in his face!
We see Tony's bomb blow up in front of him, knocking him back.
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Aim For the Head by Tony F. Fiala
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Wiz: Tony never had much of a heart to begin with, but after that, he literally had even less. Unlike so many men of weaker spirit though, Tony refused to give up. He was made of tougher stuff. He was made of iron.
Boomstick: So he built himself a robot suit to bust the hell out of there. And when he got back to the good ol' US of A, he devoted his life to protecting the world from the kinds of weapons he helped make, by making an even better robot suit and becoming a superhero!
Tony: I am Iron Man.
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Fire Up by Dan Denning & Jon Christian
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Wiz: Building new suits of armor wasn't just a hobby for Tony, but an obsession. Over the course of his long career as a founding member of the Avengers, he has constructed dozens of different models, which he can call to him at once like a literal one-man army.
Boomstick: Most of his armors come with the same basic tool kit: super strength, massively hypersonic flight, and repulsor blasts.
Wiz: Repulsors are extremely dense beams of muons, unstable subatomic particles similar to electrons. They're actually really interesting. You see, they're classified as leptons, which don't have any known substructures, just sort of like—
An explosion from a repulsor blast can be heard.
Boomstick: It's a laser!
Wiz: Just suck the fun out of it...
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Metal Power by Peter Jay Jordan & Moritz Heidrich
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Wiz: His armors also come with onboard A.I., like Friday, which can hack into enemy technology, command his other suits to fight remotely, and operate down to the picosecond. That's one trillionth of a second.
Boomstick: Even outdated armors are strong enough to blow up a chunk of rock as big as Manhattan. By takin' a look at its speed, Tony's armor would have had to be hittin' with an energy of nearly 300 teratons of TNT. That's three times stronger than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Wiz: Years spent defending the Earth has conditioned Tony to be prepared for any threat imaginable, and he has an armor for almost any occasion.
Boomstick: He's got an armor to bust Hulks, an armor to bust Thors, an armor that can turn intangible, a super tiny armor that can mess with your insides, and an armor made of white sticky alien goo. Definitely not legal in all 50 states.
Wiz: Gross. In order to remain as flexible as possible though, his standard go-to is the Model Prime. It has all the classic Iron Man staples, and has even incorporated size changing for extra strength, an invisible stealth mode, and—
Boomstick: And a badass lightning samurai sword! Say what you want about the smug son of a bitch, but he's definitely got style. And crippling alcoholism, but look who's talking!
Wiz: It was more than likely that same devil-may-care attitude that led to Tony revealing his secret identity to the world, which I guess had no consequences.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Boomstick: Look, Wiz, when you build a space laser strong enough to wipe out alien fleets in one shot, I don't think the Mandarin is going to interrupt your shawarma lunch date.
Wiz: That "space laser" is a Dyson sphere, a speculative superstructure that is meant to encircle an entire star and harness its energy, something only possible by a theoretical type two civilization on the Kardashev scale.
Boomstick: It's basically when you're galaxy-brained enough to draw power from the entire solar system.
Wiz: I know it's comics, but the fact that Tony just has one of these lying around is insane! Known as Sol's Hammer, Tony's incomplete sphere is strong enough to destroy a planet at only a 2% charge.
Boomstick: Didn't you work on one of those? I remember you talkin' about how it'd solve your student loan problems "once and for all."
Wiz: On behalf of the families of several planets that no longer exist, I'm not legally at liberty to discuss that.
We cut back to the analysis.
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Antimatter Breach by Massimiliano Foti
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Boomstick: Years of protecting the world from aliens, gods, and even his friends, all of that stuff wore Tony down, and turned him into the one thing he promised himself he would never become: a narc.
Wiz: Siding with the U.S. government's enforcement of the Superhuman Registration Act led to a literal civil war between superheroes. It wouldn't be his last.
Boomstick: Though it did prove he could hang with the best of 'em. He's beaten Captain America in hand-to-hand combat, survived blows from Thor, and even took down the Worldbreaker Hulk.
Wiz: He even matched Magneto, MAGNETO, the guy that controls metal, the thing that surrounds Tony's entire body, by amplifying his power with Jupiter's magnetic field.
Boomstick: And then Mags punched him with the power of the Sun, and it was like, no big deal! There really doesn't seem to be a limit to how insane Tony's tech gets. In the movies, this is the same guy that figured out time travel just shittin' around one evening. In the time it takes me to down a beer, Tony's already shattered the laws of physics. Yeah, sure, go to the Middle Ages and play knights with Doctor Doom, ya scamp.
Wiz: Perhaps his greatest invention of all, however, was the eScape, an entire virtual universe where the only limit is his imagination.
Boomstick: And because Tony's nothing if not predictable, he made an armor out of it. That's right, he made an armor out of a universe.
Wiz: This virtual armor is composed of solid holograms that can form any weapon Tony can think of. But even it likely cannot compare to the armor Tony created inside the eScape, the Godbuster.
Boomstick: It's literally Iron Man going Super Saiyan. The Godbuster was so powerful, it destroyed the entire eScape in a single blast, along with the A.I. controlling all of it.
Wiz: An earlier iteration of the Godbuster was able to stand up to Celestials, cosmic gods that can warp reality, like Galactus, Odin, and Franklin, who can threaten the multiverse with their power.
Boomstick: So, it lives up to the freakin' name, in case you were wonderin'. But it isn't that kind of power that makes Tony special. After a life spent wallowing in vice and pleasure, Tony rebuilt himself into a man he can be proud of. Someone who could sacrifice everything to save the world.
Wiz: I suppose underneath it all, that man of iron had a heart of gold.
Tony: You want my property? You can't have it! But I did ya a big favor! I've successfully privatized world peace.
Prelude
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. We've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: But first, if you want the same level of confidence as these two billionaires, check out BlueChew!
Wiz and Boomstick read out an advertisement for BlueChew.
Boomstick: But right now, IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEE!!!
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. We've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEE!!!(The transcript below is exclusive to the YouTube version of the episode.)
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. We've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: But first, if you want the same level of confidence as these two billionaires, check out BlueChew!
Wiz and Boomstick read out an advertisement for BlueChew.
Boomstick: But right now, IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEE!!!
(The transcript below is exclusive to the Rooster Teeth version of the episode.)
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. We've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEE!!!Death Battle
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Kimi No Dance Wa by Dave James, Keith Beauvais & Osamu Yano 
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Batman is seen stationing inside the Justice League Watchtower while listening to some J-Pop before he notices a mysterious pounding on the door. After a few knocks, the figure revealed to be Iron Man breaks in with a palm pulse blast.
Batman pauses the music before placing a bat-shaped device underneath the control panel. He then turns towards Iron Man as Stark addresses him.
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Suit Yourself by Brandon Yates
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Iron Man: Heyyyyy, Bats! Now, I can respect a man with a healthy sense of paranoia and billions to spare, but Steve and Nat are really up my ass about this. Take the Watchtower offline now... Bruce.
Batman: You don't want this fight, Tony. It'll be the biggest mistake of your life.
Iron Man immediately charges up a repulsor blast, but the device underneath the control panel explodes behind him, giving Batman an opening to grapple away as he attempts to contact Superman.
Batman: Clark, do you read me? The Watchtower is being attacked!
The alert is to no avail, as Iron Man had long since disabled the Watchtower's communications.
Iron Man: Seriously, Bats? I figured out hacking in the second grade! How do you think I got in here? Besides from—
Moments later, he burns down a nearby door and lunges through the opening, pinning Batman against the wall before the latter jumps out of his grasp. Batman is quick to recover and hurls four Batarangs at Iron Man, three of which are quickly destroyed by him with a repulsor ray. He destroys the fourth and wounds Batman in the process, who is quick to run off into a darkened area. The lights quickly dim and Iron Man glances around in annoyance, utilizing his scanning interface in an attempt to find him.
Iron Man: Really, Bruce? This shtick? I thought we were grown-ups here!
Unbeknownst to him, Batman in his Hellbat suit is standing right behind him as it powers on.
Batman: Ready when you are.
Tony turns around just as Batman proceeds to punch him hard enough that it sends him flying out of the Watchtower and into space. As Tony recovers, he talks to Friday as he proceeds to ready his next move.
Iron Man: Friday, I need Sol's Hammer online, pronto. Match my coordinates, I'll try to—
A shadow suddenly falls over him, and Tony turns around.
Iron Man: —oh.
The screen pans to reveal the Hellbat grabbing a hold of the Watchtower and using it as a club to smash Iron Man, sending him plummeting towards Earth. Batman pursues, repeatedly attacking Iron Man as he falls, including smashing him into a car which he then crashes into himself, creating a large dust cloud. The cloud of dust dissipates revealing the Hellbat holding Tony above his head.
Batman: What did you expect? I am Batman.
He proceeds to tear the Iron Man armor apart and throw him on the ground before cracking his neck. But it is revealed that Tony was not in the armor, it was just a drone. Suddenly Tony's voice speaks out in response to Batman's attempted one-liner.
Iron Man: And I... am Iron Man.
The screen pans up to show Tony in the Godbuster armor, flanked by many of his other Iron Man suits.
Iron Man: I've got a suit for everything, Bats! Including busting wannabe gods like you!
As he says this, Tony and his army of Iron Legion suits charge towards their foe. The Hellbat's cape in response shapeshifts into a swarm of bats to distract the armors while Batman dismantles them one by one. Eventually, Tony himself engages with the Godbuster. Clashing with the Hellbat, Tony is suddenly grabbed by the Hellbat as it winds up for a super-powered punch. Bruce utters a single line:
Batman: Bust this.
-before he punches the Godbuster through one building and into another, then fires the Hellbat's chest laser. Tony quickly recovers and tries to intercept this with his Godbuster's energy cannon. After a brief beam struggle, the Hellbat's chest laser proves to be too much for Tony to match and is overwhelmed. The beam blows clean through multiple buildings before exploding.
The screen passes through many bat-shaped holes the laser made before the Hellbat lands. The screen then cuts to Tony, alive, but with the Godbuster destroyed. As Batman comes down to finish Tony off, the Virtual Armor manifests to protect Tony from the attack. As Batman throws another punch, his attack is stopped short, with Tony playfully tapping his chest as he reveals his ploy.
Iron Man: Had to divert some power to hacking that suit. Like I said, second grade. Friday, fire the hammer!
As he says this, the scene cuts to Tony's personal Dyson sphere firing a massive laser beam towards Earth. Batman attempts to lean forward to finish Tony off, but he is unable to as Tony braces himself before the beam hits. This causes a massive explosion that demolishes all the nearby buildings and all of Tony's armors, including the Virtual Armor.
Then as the smoke clears, the Hellbat's chest opens up to reveal Batman jumping out of it. Tony reacts in shock to this.
Iron Man: Holy shit!
Bruce moves towards Tony.
Batman: No more armors, Tony. Just you and me, man to man.
Iron Man: Well, man to genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthro—
As Tony attempts to finish his description, Batman punches him in the face, drawing blood. Tony attempts to retaliate, but Batman grabs and then dislocates his elbow, leaving Tony reeling as he kicks him back. However, before Bruce can land a finishing blow, Tony makes a remark.
Iron Man: Maybe... Just one more...
As he says this, Batman's advance is cut short by an Iron Man armor engulfing him.
Iron Man: Model 58, the Nano Armor. Snuck it into your body back on the Watchtower. Friday, initiate self-destruct.
As he says this and runs off, all Batman can do is scream as the Nano Armor finishes engulfing him before it explodes, leaving a massive dust cloud in its wake and knocking Tony off balance. Once the dust settles, all that can be seen are the boots of the Nano Armor adorning the charred skeleton that was once Bruce Wayne, his Batsuit and skin completely incinerated by the blast.
Tony pauses for a moment before collapsing against the wall and pinching his nose.
Iron Man: Friday, I could really use a drink...
Results
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Suit Yourself by Brandon Yates
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We cut to Wiz and Boomstick, with the latter holding dolls of Batman and Iron Man in their underwear.
Boomstick: Aw, come on! You know if they fought naked, Batman would've beat the shit outta him.
Wiz: While Batman is a character defined by his tenacity, preparedness, and utter genius, so is Tony Stark. So neither could rely on that skillset alone to pull them through.
Boomstick: And it shouldn't come as a surprise. Batman's standard Batsuit couldn't quite hold up to the firepower of even the most basic Iron Man armors. The Batsuit is surprisingly tough, sure, but it isn't takin' hits from a dude that can punch apart Manhattan.
We cut to the post-analysis.
Boomstick: And despite Bats havin' a ton of nifty gadgets, Iron Man's armors were way more varied and powerful. With so many unique and often alien abilities, there was no way Bats could predict all of them.
Wiz: With time, he could certainly figure out a plan of attack, but since Tony is just as much a genius schemer as Batman, he could do the same.
Boomstick: There are lots of cases where he would've won, especially with his ace-in-the-hole, the Hellbat.
Wiz: The Hellbat's raw power and speed absolutely dwarfed the majority of Iron Man's arsenal and could've killed him immediately were it not for Tony's own trump cards.
Boomstick: Like the Godbuster, which was definitely strong enough to contend with it. The Hellbat could take on Darkseid, but a weaker version of the Godbuster could hold its own against Celestials.
Wiz: Darkseid was a being capable of threatening the multiverse with his power and moving many times faster than light, but the Celestials were capable of the same.
Boomstick: With an armor that strong, Tony could buy himself enough time to break out all his other tricks, like sneakin' nano-armors into Batman's body, phasing through him with ghost tech, draining the Hellbat's power, or just hackin' his suit and shuttin' it off.
Wiz: And with an army of armors at his beck and call, Tony could certainly hold Batman off long enough to employ those strategies. Hell, since he can control them remotely, he technically didn't even need to be there and put himself in harm's way.
Boomstick: And remember, the Hellbat used Batman's own life force as a battery. He needed to end the fight quick or else his own armor would kill him first. With Tony throwin' an army at him, he didn't have a good way of doin' that. Tony just had way too much shit to throw at Batman, while Batman didn't have the time or options he needed to keep up.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Wiz: Batman may have been a god among men, but Iron Man's wealth of gadgets, insanely powerful tech, and greater mechanical experience allowed him to crush the Caped Crusader.
Boomstick: You might think it's an Injustice that Batman's gonna need Avenging, but Iron Man was in a whole 'nother League.
We cut to the "Winner" card.
Wiz: The winner is Iron Man.
Original Track
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Suit Yourself by Brandon Yates
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Composition
The track for this fight is "Suit Yourself" by Brandon Yates. It is a rock n' roll piece that is strongly inspired by the AC/DC and Black Sabbath songs used in the MCU Iron Man films mixed with some orchestral sections reminiscent of the Tim Burton Batman films. The beginning of the track features the intro riff from the Black Sabbath song "Iron Man", while the vocals are highly reminiscent of the high-pitched screaming vocals featured in many AC/DC songs.
Title
The title serves as a double reference to the phrase "Suit yourself." and the fact that both combatants equip themselves with their own suits when entering combat.
Cover Art
The cover art done by Luis Cruz depicts a row of multi-colored helmets that combine Batman's cowl with Iron Man's helmet faceplate.
Lyrics
Who said that talk is cheap? |
Trivia
Production
- The core connections between Batman and Iron Man are that they are both genius billionaire superheroes who have their own companies (Wayne Enterprises and Stark Industries, respectively) who use their intellect and resources to create high-tech suits of armor, gadgets, and inventions which allow them to challenge aliens and god-like beings despite being powerless humans. In addition:
- Both are prominent members of superhero teams (the Justice League and the Avengers, respectively).
- Despite their good intentions, both struggle with paranoia towards their god-like teammates, leading to them repeatedly developing high-tech countermeasures against them, including machines capable of taking them on in case they go rogue (the Justice Buster and both the Hulkbuster and Thorbuster, respectively).
- Both have constructed suits capable of battling godly beings (the Hellbat and the Godbuster, respectively).
- Both have similar iconic movie lines declaring their heroic identity ("I'm Batman," and "I am Iron Man," respectively) that come from one of their namesake movies (Batman (1989) and Iron Man, respectively), in which their actors improvised them (Michael Keaton said "I'm Batman" because he preferred it over the script's original lines "I am the night" and "I am vengeance," while Robert Downey Jr. improvised many of his lines during filming, including "I am Iron Man").
- This is also a battle of opposites, as Batman's identity is a major secret and he has a silent and gloomy personality with a dark appearance, while Iron Man revealed his identity to the public and has a wisecracking personality with a colorful appearance.
- Ben Singer once said on Twitter that they did Batman VS Spider-Man back in Season 1 because Batman's weapons paled in comparison to Iron Man's armor, and was too clear-cut a stomp at the time. By the time they would end up doing it, they would focus on Batman's own armored suits, all of which debuted after his fight with Spider-Man.
- While the Model 51 Armor is used in the fight according to the analysis and storyboards, it's visually represented by the Modular Armor's sprites from Marvel Super Heroes instead.
- Ironically, Iron Man's previous fight did actually use the Modular Armor for the fight, but visually represented it with a different armor instead.
- As revealed in the storyboards by John Mitchell, a brief fight scene immediately after Batman equips the Hellbat was cut from the final episode.
- In the 246th episode of DEATH BATTLE Cast, when talking about the community's critiques on Batman destroying the Watchtower by smashing Iron Man down to Earth with it (effectively doing Tony's job of putting it offline for him), writer Liam Swan argued that it was because Tony already hacked into it by the time the fight starts proper due to him disabling its communications and rendering Bruce unable to contact Superman for support, though he also acknowledged that he did not have that in mind when writing the fight's script and only came up with this explanation afterward.[1]
- John Mitchell would also comment on this when he posted the storyboards on his DeviantArt, stating that Liam "really went with flair over context" for the scene.[2]
Easter Eggs
- In the Interlude, Boomstick describes Iron Man as a "genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist". This references a scene in the first Avengers film, where he describes himself in the same way after Captain America asks him what he is without his suit.
- Tony also attempted to describe himself with this quote in the fight, only to be interrupted by Batman.
- The last bullet point in Batman's "Background" slide says "Wants to know why you said THAT name". This is a reference to a scene in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, where Superman says "Save... Martha," and Batman answers by shouting repeatedly "Why did you say that name?!"
- Boomstick's line "Never leave the cave without it" after mentioning Batman's Bat-Credit Card is a reference to the line Batman says in Batman and Robin when said card is shown.
- At the start of the fight, Batman is shown listening to "Kimi No Dance Wa", the same song he listened to in the Batmobile during the beginning of his fight against Black Panther.
- When the two fall down from space and onto Earth, Batman crashes Iron Man into a car (specifically one with a recolored sprite from Street Fighter II's bonus round), a call-back to how the former did the same thing to Spider-Man in Batman VS Spider-Man, as well as his successor as Batman doing so to his respective Spider-Man in Batman Beyond VS Spider-Man 2099.
- The way that Iron Man finishes off Batman by encasing him inside an Iron Man armor before self-destructing it is similar to how he does the same thing to Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3.
Errors
- Despite using Bruce Wayne in the episode, the thumbnail uses art from Batman #700's cover, where Dick Grayson was under the cowl at the time.
- Ironically, the original thumbnail shown at RTX features a similar error with his opponent, as the art for Iron Man featured Arno Stark from Iron Man 2020 (Vol. 2) #1 rather than Tony. Said art would also be used to represent Iron Man in both his analysis preview's thumbnail and the episode's interlude.
- This is the third episode where at least one of the thumbnails features the wrong combatant, after Green Arrow VS Hawkeye and Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, and with the next one being Ant-Man VS Atom.
- At the beginning of his analysis, Wiz describes Batman as being dressed like a "giant rodent". However, bats aren't actually rodents, instead belonging to the order chiroptera.
- There are multiple scenes in the fight that show the animation's frame counter in the bottom right corner, namely the following:
- When Batman tries calling Superman for help.
- When Batman barely dodges Iron Man's repulsor blast.
- The entire sequence where Batman weaponizes the Watchtower against Iron Man.
- The Sol's Hammer sequence, where we see the beam go through space to Earth.
- The downloadable versions of Suit Yourself on YouTube and Spotify accidentally leave in pauses near the beginning of the track that are present during some of Batman and Iron Man's starting dialogue.
Other
- This is the 25th episode to feature a returning combatant, after Zitz VS Leonardo, Batman VS Captain America, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Pokémon VS Digimon, Mewtwo VS Shadow, Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie, Metal Sonic VS Zero, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Black Panther VS Batman, Ryu VS Jin, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Mega Man Battle Royale, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla, Ganondorf VS Dracula, Deadpool VS Mask, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Venom VS Crona, Hulk VS Broly, Shadow VS Ryuko, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, and Link VS Cloud (2021), and with the next 16 being Akuma VS Shao Kahn, Thor VS Vegeta, Boba Fett VS Predator, Excalibur VS Raiden, Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha, Phoenix VS Raven, Guts VS Dimitri, Goku VS Superman (2023), Omni-Man VS Bardock, Bowser VS Eggman, Kratos VS Asura, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Aang VS Traveler, Ash VS Yugi, and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the 16th episode to feature a returning winner, after Zitz VS Leonardo, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie, Metal Sonic VS Zero, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Black Panther VS Batman, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Ganondorf VS Dracula, Deadpool VS Mask, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Venom VS Crona, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, and Link VS Cloud (2021), and with the next 11 being Akuma VS Shao Kahn, Thor VS Vegeta, Excalibur VS Raiden, Phoenix VS Raven, Guts VS Dimitri, Goku VS Superman (2023), Omni-Man VS Bardock, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Aang VS Traveler, and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the sixth time that a returning winner wins, after Zitz VS Leonardo, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, and Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, and with the next six being Akuma VS Shao Kahn, Thor VS Vegeta, Phoenix VS Raven, Goku VS Superman (2023), Omni-Man VS Bardock, and Ghost Rider VS Spawn.
- This is the 10th time that a returning winner loses, after Metal Sonic VS Zero, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Black Panther VS Batman, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Ganondorf VS Dracula, Deadpool VS Mask, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, Venom VS Crona, and Link VS Cloud (2021), and with the next six being Akuma VS Shao Kahn, Thor VS Vegeta, Excalibur VS Raiden, Guts VS Dimitri, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, and Master Chief VS Doom Slayer.
- This is the 19th episode to feature a returning loser, after Batman VS Captain America, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Pokémon VS Digimon, Mewtwo VS Shadow, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Black Panther VS Batman, Ryu VS Jin, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Mega Man Battle Royale, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Hulk VS Broly, Shadow VS Ryuko, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, and Link VS Cloud (2021), and with the next nine being Thor VS Vegeta, Boba Fett VS Predator, Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha, Goku VS Superman (2023), Bowser VS Eggman, Kratos VS Asura, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Ash VS Yugi, and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the 11th time that a returning loser loses, after Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Pokémon VS Digimon, Mewtwo VS Shadow, Black Panther VS Batman, Mega Man Battle Royale, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla, Hulk VS Broly, and Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, and with the next three being Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha, Goku VS Superman (2023), and Bowser VS Eggman.
- This is the eighth episode to feature two returning combatants, after Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, and Link VS Cloud (2021), and with the next seven being Akuma VS Shao Kahn, Thor VS Vegeta, Goku VS Superman (2023), Bowser VS Eggman, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the first episode to feature two returning winners, with the next three being Akuma VS Shao Kahn, Thor VS Vegeta, and Ghost Rider VS Spawn.
- This is the sixth episode to feature a double returner, after Black Panther VS Batman, Deadpool VS Mask, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, and Shadow VS Ryuko, and with the next four being Thor VS Vegeta, Boba Fett VS Predator, Goku VS Superman (2023), and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the first episode to feature a triple returner.
- This episode marks the second time two episodes featuring returning combatants have been released consecutively (following Link VS Cloud (2021)), after Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom (following Shadow VS Ryuko), with the next four being Excalibur VS Raiden (following Boba Fett VS Predator), Phoenix VS Raven (following Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha), Guts VS Dimitri (following Phoenix VS Raven), and Ghost Rider VS Spawn (following Kratos VS Asura).
- This is the 16th episode to feature a returning winner, after Zitz VS Leonardo, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie, Metal Sonic VS Zero, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Black Panther VS Batman, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Ganondorf VS Dracula, Deadpool VS Mask, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Venom VS Crona, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, and Link VS Cloud (2021), and with the next 11 being Akuma VS Shao Kahn, Thor VS Vegeta, Excalibur VS Raiden, Phoenix VS Raven, Guts VS Dimitri, Goku VS Superman (2023), Omni-Man VS Bardock, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Aang VS Traveler, and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the 24th Marvel VS DC-themed episode, after Rogue VS Wonder Woman, Batman VS Spider-Man, Batman VS Captain America, Deadpool VS Deathstroke, Iron Man VS Lex Luthor, Green Arrow VS Hawkeye, Flash VS Quicksilver, Hulk VS Doomsday, Venom VS Bane, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Batman Beyond VS Spider-Man 2099, Black Panther VS Batman, Doctor Strange VS Doctor Fate, Nightwing VS Daredevil, Thanos VS Darkseid, Aquaman VS Namor, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Ghost Rider VS Lobo, Miles Morales VS Static, Cable VS Booster Gold, Winter Soldier VS Red Hood, Batgirl VS Spider-Gwen, and Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, and with the next five being Scarlet Witch VS Zatanna, Black Adam VS Apocalypse, Ant-Man VS Atom, Phoenix VS Raven, and Martian Manhunter VS Silver Surfer.
- This is the 12th time that Marvel wins, after Rogue VS Wonder Woman, Batman VS Spider-Man, Deadpool VS Deathstroke, Iron Man VS Lex Luthor, Green Arrow VS Hawkeye, Venom VS Bane, Black Panther VS Batman, Ghost Rider VS Lobo, Winter Soldier VS Red Hood, Batgirl VS Spider-Gwen, and Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, and with the next three being Black Adam VS Apocalypse, Ant-Man VS Atom, and Martian Manhunter VS Silver Surfer.
- This is the third episode to be shared with DBX, after Sasuke VS Hiei and Goomba VS Koopa, and with the next four being DIO VS Alucard, Thor VS Vegeta, Black Adam VS Apocalypse, and Gogeta VS Vegito.
- This is the first episode to share a result with its DBX, with the next one being Thor VS Vegeta.
- This is the third time in which Boomstick is angered by the outcome of the battle, after Gaara VS Toph and Cable VS Booster Gold, and with the next two being Excalibur VS Raiden and Trunks VS Silver.
- Coincidentally, Batman's voice actor, Gianni Matragrano, also voiced Iron Man's first opponent in a previous episode of Death Battle.
- On January 2nd, 2025, the official DEATH BATTLE! YouTube Channel uploaded the full fight animation of this episode on its own as part of a compilation of Marvel Comics-related Death Battles alongside Black Widow VS Widowmaker, Wolverine VS Raiden, Thor VS Vegeta, Stitch VS Rocket Raccoon, and Black Panther VS Batman.