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Beerus VS Sailor Galaxia is the 130th episode of Death Battle, featuring Beerus from the Dragon Ball series and Sailor Galaxia from the Sailor Moon series in a battle between godly anime destroyers. Beerus was voiced by River Kanoff and Sailor Galaxia was voiced by Blythe Renay.
Interlude
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Wiz & Boomstick by Brandon Yates  
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We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Wiz: Everything that lives must die. Everything that is created must be destroyed. So sayeth these vanguards of the apocalypse.
Boomstick: Badass. But why they gotta be a golden ballerina and a purple cat?
Wiz shrugs as we cut to the combatants' name cards.
Wiz: Lord Beerus, Dragon Ball's almighty God of Destruction.
Boomstick: And Empress Galaxia, the Sailor Scout of Destruction from Sailor Moon.
We cut back 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.
Beerus
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Sea of Confusion 2 by Jason Smith & Rus A Martin 
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Wiz: Son Goku. This Super Saiyan has seen his fair share of world, no, universe-ending threats.
Boomstick: But he hadn't seen anyone treat mass slaughter like a job until he met a God of Destruction, because it is their job.
Wiz: A God of Destruction's role is to, well, destroy ancient planets and civilizations to make way for the new.
Boomstick: Sorta like takin' out the trash, just with a billion times more murder.
Wiz: And in the case of Universe #7, the title of Destroyer was granted to Lord Beerus. A cat.
Boomstick: Obviously! Everyone knows cats are all secretly plotting to kill everyone. Hell, "God of Destruction" is what my ex-wife named hers!
Wiz: Fun fact, while dogs have been bred as companions for thousands of years, the same only technically started for cats around 200 years ago. In comparison, they're still sort of wild animals, which makes them self-sufficient, but also standoffish.
Boomstick: And lazy.
Wiz: Then Beerus may be the apotheosis of all cat-dom. When he's not effortlessly annihilating solar systems, he's napping for decades.
Boomstick: Ho ho, but when he wakes up, he takes his job seriously. He's way stronger and faster than any mortal. Look at him go! That's his God of Destruction's Wrath technique. He's got spheres of destruction, beams of destruction, sneezes of destruction, giant energy yarn balls of destruction, oh, and Cat-aclysmic Orbs. Nya.
Wiz: He can neutralize energy attacks from others, which is frankly just unfair. But his most awe-inspiring technique is Hakai.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Wiz: See, Beerus' enormous level of power stems from an unearthly source. To demonstrate, allow me to introduce our brand new Disposable Unit for Meticulous Matchup Investigations, AKA, DUMMI.
A floating orb-shaped robot hovers in, leaving Boomstick with shock that shortly turns to annoyance.
DUMMI: Hello, Mr. Wizard. How may I be exploited today?
Boomstick: You're tryin' to replace me!
Wiz: Now, generally speaking, there are three types of ki, which, to be blunt, is weaponizable life energy.
He picks up a container filled with yellow energy.
Wiz: First, there's normal ki. Most people in the Dragon Ball multiverse have this.
Wiz opens the container, firing the ki at DUMMI as he screams in pain, with Boomstick bracing himself.
Wiz: Dangerous, but nothing too special.
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Left for Dead 2 by Jason Bowld & Colin Doran
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He picks up a container of blue energy.
Wiz: Gods have their own ki, of course, which is way more potent, but, like all ki, they have a limited amount.
Wiz throws it over his shoulder.
Wiz: But when you want the good stuff...
Wiz picks up a container of purple Hakai energy and opens it at DUMMI, destroying him, leaving Boomstick in awe.
Wiz: You go for destruction energy.
Boomstick: Heh heh. So much for your new sidekick, Wiz.
Wiz: Oh no, there's plenty more. Hakai channels this energy to obliterate something in an instant, erasing both body and soul from existence. The only way to resist is to match Beerus in power.
We cut back to the analysis.
Boomstick: And he didn't get so strong on his own. He's trained for millions of years under this guy, also named Wiz.
Wiz: No, Whis.
Boomstick: Yeah, that's what I said. He learned pressure point combat and the super secret Ultra Instinct.
Wiz: More a state of mind than actual transformation, Autonomous Ultra Instinct describes the ability to instantly respond to attacks without conscious thought getting in the way.
Boomstick: Like he's on a catnip high.
Wiz: With Ultra Instinct, he could even take on multiple other Gods of Destruction at the same time.
Boomstick: The only problem with bein' so frickin' powerful is that he got kinda bored, so he was hyped when he learned there was someone out there who might be a challenge for him: the Super Saiyan God. And in their fight over the fate of the Earth, they almost destroyed the whole universe.
Wiz: Our own observable universe is a respectable 93 billion light-years across. However, the Dragon Ball universe is noticeably different, as depicted by this symbolic model. The observable universe as we know it fits within that bottom area.
Boomstick: Then there's Hell in the middle, Heaven up top, a buncha dinosaurs sprinkled in there somewhere... eh... it's kind of a mess.
Wiz: A single clash between Beerus and Goku sent ripples of energy rocketing through this entire macroverse in just seven seconds. Even with conservative calculations, these shockwaves must have been moving well over 240 quadrillion times the speed of light.
Boomstick: Hell, the guy's quick enough to fly between galaxies in just a couple of minutes, so no surprise there. And when him and his fat cat brother Champa got into a fight, they almost tore apart the whole universe themselves! Now talk about a catfight!
Wiz: But despite his incredible power, Beerus eventually did the one thing nobody ever expected: he showed mercy, and spared Earth. Perhaps he saw a glimmer of greatness in Goku's potential, as so many have before him.
Boomstick: Nah, he's just a sucker for tasty food.
Beerus: Well, happy to see you’re finally realizing the full terror of Beerus the Destroyer.
Sailor Galaxia
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Break Stuff by Gareth Johnson & Chris Bussey
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Wiz: The galaxy. The solar system. The planet. The Moon. Each is an essential piece in the ever-shifting whirlwind of the cosmos.
Boomstick: That's why they all have their own super protector. Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight, they are the classic magical girls.
Wiz: The Sailor Guardians are warriors entrusted with magnificent powers. It's a Sailor Guardian's job to protect their world from alien threats. You may know one of them: Sailor Moon, real name: Usagi Tsukino... or Serena, or Bunny, depending on which dub you watched.
Boomstick: So, are they like space Popeyes who sell cookies?
Wiz: Uh, what?
Boomstick: Sailor... Scouts. Duh, Wiz.
Wiz: They're not sailors, they're Sailor Guardians, or Sailor Soldiers. The term "Sailor Scout" comes from the original English dub.
Boomstick: Oh yeah, the DIC dub! Look out kid, there's a giant DIC outside your window!
We see the DIC logo.
Boomstick: (chuckles) You know what you are...
Wiz: Anyway, everything in the universe possesses a form of crystallized life force called a Star Seed. Each Guardian is powered by a special Star Seed which embodies their own planet: a Sailor Crystal.
Boomstick: These give them superhuman powers; they can fly, do magic, shapeshift, heal fast, and are basically immortal. Some of them are even trained by the most dangerous creatures in the world: cats.
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Archangels by Chris Blackwell
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Wiz: After many adventures, Sailor Moon would eventually find herself face to face with her greatest foe: a cold-hearted empress of evil.
Boomstick: She was just a nameless lady stuck on some random trashy planet. It was so bad there, she basically gave up on life. Well, until she got her hands on the Sapphire Crystal.
Wiz: The Sapphire Crystal is exponentially powerful, providing unlimited potential that matched her own newly unlimited ego. With all this power amongst the garbage around her, one purpose came to mind: destroy everything.
Boomstick: So, into the universe she went in search of a new home fit for a goddess, the soldier of destruction, Sailor Galaxia.
Wiz: Be it the power or her own mind, Galaxia was cursed with unparalleled vanity, so cosmic in scale that she could not be satisfied until the whole universe bowed before her, or else.
Boomstick: Just like my ex-wife. If she appeared on the horizon, you'd be totally screwed.
Wiz: Galaxia, or your ex-wife?
Boomstick: Yes. Galaxia can make explosions big enough to blot out galaxies, and even match the maxed out Eternal Sailor Moon in a fight, who destroyed a whole mirror universe!
Wiz: With a simple gesture, Galaxia can wipe anything out of existence. Planets, people, other Guardians, you name it.
Boomstick: Plus, she's got all sorts of other magic powers. Teleporting, summoning lightning, mind controlling people by taking their Star Seeds. Oh yeah, she can totally do that.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick, the latter sipping a beer.
Wiz: And like any good anime villain, her attacks have some absolutely ridiculous names, like the Galactica Super String...
Wiz uses a remote to reveal the attacks on the Death Battle Lab's monitor, switching scenes one after the other.
Boomstick: Which doesn't actually use any string.
Wiz: ...Galactica Crunch...
Boomstick: I think I had a bowl of that this morning.
Wiz: ...and Galactica Inflation.
A mosaic censored video is shown on the monitor instead of the aforementioned attack, causing Boomstick to cough and spit out his beer in shock.
Boomstick: What the hell?!
Wiz then frantically tries to cover the monitor with his body.
Wiz: AH! How did that get there?! It's not what you think! RESEARCH! You come across a lot of stuff in research!
Boomstick: Wiz, I'm glad to know exactly what kinda guy I'm workin' with.
We cut back to the analysis.
Wiz: (clears throat) Uh, so Galaxia carved through the universe at an incredible pace, building her own widespread empire.
Boomstick: She was so friggin' terrifying, that some people would murder their own Sailor Scout as a sacrificial offering just to save themselves. Man, magical girls are metal as hell.
Wiz: But Galaxia's destructive path wasn't as reckless as it may seem. Through her travels, she learned of a looming threat to the universe: a primordial entity and source of all evil. And so, she vowed to destroy Chaos.
Boomstick: Yeah, that happens if you watch too much Marie Kondo.
Wiz: But to maintain balance, she also sought to destroy the opposite of Chaos: the embodiment of love and goodness, which is apparently Sailor Moon.
Boomstick: This is where different stories get a bit... wonky.
Wiz: Right, in the anime, Galaxia was a heroic warrior who absorbed Chaos to keep it under control, but Chaos flipped the script and took her body instead. However, this did not happen in the original manga.
Boomstick: Galaxia's warpath led her to Earth, and she annihilated all the favorite Sailor Scouts. Every. Single. One. Except Sailor Moon. They had to have their epic battle.
Wiz: And Moon is a powerhouse. She once lit up the entire universe with a single attack. This light reached the edge of the universe in four seconds, putting it at 360 quadrillion times lightspeed.
Boomstick: Galaxia was tough enough to survive the grip of Chaos itself, and with her crystal, she never has to worry about runnin' outta energy in a fight. This chick's basically unkillable.
Wiz: Well, the intense forces of Chaos almost ended her life, until she was saved by Sailor Moon.
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Simple Beauty by David Tobin, Jeff Meegan & Julian Gallant
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Boomstick: And guess what? Apparently, this caused Galaxia to question her resolve and see Meatball Head here in a new light. Like, "Hey, maybe this lovey-dovey goodness stuff ain't so bad". And then BAM! Her crystal exploded from positivity overload, and she died.
Wiz: Neither Galaxia nor the Sapphire Crystal had ever known this feeling. Ironically, or perhaps befittingly, the weakness of destruction itself was love.
Boomstick: Wiz, she was literally killed by kindness. Who wrote this?
Wiz: Nuance, Boomstick. Regardless, the power Galaxia wields is astonishing. Beneath the heel of her boot, any planet, galaxy, or universe is utterly doomed.
Sailor Galaxia: For this body belongs to Sailor Galaxia, the most powerful guardian in the galaxy!
Prelude
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set and we've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEE!!!
Death Battle
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Sea Salt Ice Cream by Brandon Yates
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The scene opens out to a sunny day down on the beach and Lord Beerus, the infamous God of Destruction of Universe 7, is relaxing in a deck chair with ice cream in paw, calm as can be.
Beerus: Haha.
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The camera moves up to show the Earth from space. And someone else is observing the globe. It is none other than the Milky Way's former guardian, Sailor Galaxia. She points a finger at the Earth with an evil smile and it explodes into chunks with no effort. She beams with smugness until the calm voice of Beerus catches her attention from behind.
Beerus: It's unwise to vaporize a god's dessert.
Galaxia poshly laughs off Beerus' warning.
Sailor Galaxia: Witness my infinite power!
She charges at her new opponent with two fingers in an attempt to jab Beerus' eyes, and right as her fingers reach them, he closes them, though the repelling force of her power sends him flying back. Satisfied, Galaxia blows on her fingers like a smoking gun. But her confidence is dashed yet again as Beerus instantly flies back to confront her.
Beerus: So you have chosen death.
Sailor Galaxia growls with irritation, as her foe lunges forward with his own attempt to jab her eyes. However, she dodges the assault to get behind him and strikes with a harder poke on his cheek. This time Beerus does not flinch and shoots a glare and an annoyed frown at her. He knocks her hand away and both destroyers thrust their pokes at each other, only to end in a stalemate.
Then, at an incredible speed, they carry on poking, neither one hitting their target until they delivered an even more powerful jab which is strong enough to send them both backwards. The attack ends with both combatants waving their arms in agony.
Beerus: Yeowch!
Sailor Galaxia: Ow!
Galaxia recovers from the recoil.
Sailor Galaxia: Ridiculous! Perish!
Beerus: Hakai!
Both embodiments of destruction go for their signature finishers, but in a blinding flash, the only things annihilated are the surrounding asteroids of what was once Earth. Despite the colossal stalemate, Lord Beerus is impressed.
Beerus: Interesting. Apparently, I've found a worthy foe.
Rushing in to continue the fight, he fires off a ki blast. Galaxia notices the attack and holds up her Galactica Bracelet to successfully hold it off and keep it in her hand.
Sailor Galaxia: Hah. The hard way it is, then!
She produces a Galactica Crunch energy ball via bracelet and fires both energies back to Beerus, who quickly avoids the explosion. She summons her Galactica String Shot which she lashes at Beerus like a whip, but he dodges each and every strike. Beerus leaps upwards into a somersault before unleashing God of Destruction's Wrath, showering the scene with hard-hitting balls of ki energy.
Galaxia is struck three times while charging him. She dissipates her whip-like weapon, before teleporting and dodging her way to get to Beerus. She is able to get behind him while he is still firing ki balls and with an energy-charged finger, she forces it down conjuring her next move. The void of space suddenly grows a bright shade of gold as lightning crashes down on Beerus, electrifying him in a gigantic blast of electric energy.
Regardless of the swift punishment, Beerus forces himself free and delivers a fast and vicious belly-punch to his adversary. He tries to land another punch but she teleports out of harm's way and high above him from behind, binding her string shot around his tail.
Beerus: Don't you dare...
With a rough tug, she spins the vulnerable and screaming Beerus around before hurling him into the Sun. Sailor Galaxia envelops herself within the Galactica Inflation forcefield and darts off in a blurry streak towards the core of the Sun. Beerus, having survived his solar dip, emerges and with a roar, creates an enormous Sphere of Destruction the size of the Sun itself, and lobs it at the very same star, just as his adversary reaches it.
From the black abyss of space, the Sun glows in a furious fusion of gold, purple, and red until finally it goes supernova. Amongst the radiated ruins of the now-dead star, the two destroyers are still fighting with Galaxia shooting two finger beams and a larger two-handed beam which Beerus effortlessly dodges.
Beerus: Now look what you've done!
He fires his own energy beams, which are dodged by her.
Sailor Galaxia: This is YOUR fault, you stupid cat!
They collide yet again, and the impact sends both of them flying into two different planets that are somehow not affected by the supernova. One is green and the other is red.
On the green planet, Galaxia lands harshly in a village setting. As she stands on her feet to slow her momentum, a voice calls out to her. She can see two green natives greeting her.
Green Planet Folk: Hello there, stranger. Welcome.
Sailor Galaxia mercilessly strikes the natives with her String Shot, removing their Star Seeds, leaving them at mercy to her commands.
Sailor Galaxia: Kneel for me!
Completely under her spell, the natives do as they are ordered.
Meanwhile on the red planet, Beerus has a rough entrance of his own before he slows his momentum. He is in another similar village setting and just like before, a voice speaks out. This time, the natives are red.
Red Planet Folk: Hello there, stranger. Wel-
The red planet blows up as Beerus flies away from it. Now both godly combatants, burning with apocalyptic energy, are again heading for a collision course. The impact is so colossal, it almost covers the whole area of visual space in clashing shades of purple and gold. The rippling effect of the force completely obliterates the green planet, releasing the now deceased population from Galaxia's control.
The remains of the Sun are also affected by the impact, turning into a black hole. The immense gravity starts drawing in asteroids but for the two combatants, their attention is on defeating the other. Galaxia fires a stronger version of her String Shot which pierces through the destructive energy and wraps around Beerus, trapping him.
Beerus: Hey! No fair!
Galaxia hurls him into a direct course with the black hole. She even follows and fires more energy blasts at him to push him nearer and nearer to his doom. Seeing his one chance, Beerus taps into the power to awaken Ultra Instinct. He succeeds and breaks free, before dodging a blast and ramming into Sailor Galaxia. He kicks her upwards before teleporting and smacking her down with an axe handle.
Beerus: You're no match.
Galaxia fires a beam but Beerus swiftly moves behind her and viciously kicks her forward.
Beerus: You lack the instinct.
As he speaks, he fires a Cataclysmic Orb. But the defiant Galaxia still speaks harsh words.
Sailor Galaxia: You're trash! You'll die like dirt!
She throws a String Shot beam that overpowers the orb and pierces through Beerus, erupting him in golden blazing light. Sailor Galaxia laughs loudly in glee, knowing what comes next.
Sailor Galaxia: You're all mine!
Beerus' own Star Seed blossoms right in front of him and begins to float towards Galaxia. However, instead of yielding to Galaxia's control, Beerus growls in anger as his Star Seed is drifting away before he clutches it in his paw and brings it close to his chest. His sudden action is very shocking to his adversary, who cannot believe what just happened.
Sailor Galaxia: What?! That's... impossible!
Beerus: Now you're catching on!
At that moment Beerus aims and casts the Wrath of the God of Destruction technique, forcing Galaxia into blocking it with her Galactica Bracelets. Now she is the one being pushed into the path of the black hole, closer and closer. Beerus then lets out one final boast:
Beerus: I AM THE IMPOSSIBLE!!
Beerus punches the beam, increasing its power. Sailor Galaxia lets out a scream as the beam breaks through her Galactica Bracelets and continues on to destroy her torso and rip her to pieces, leaving her remains to be sucked into the black hole.
The last godly destroyer standing makes one final remark.
Beerus: That... was for my ice cream.
Results
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We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Boomstick: Holy crap. This fight was so intense! I'm gonna get a beer for us. Wait... Beer-us... Whis-ky... Champa-gne?! Oh my God, all the cats are named after booze! I like 'em now.
Wiz: This was a fairly balanced matchup. Galaxia's powerset was certainly enough to keep up with Beerus.
Boomstick: Especially since she had so many more versatile techniques than him.
Wiz: Not to mention her crystal provided unlimited energy, while Beerus had a vast, but still finite pool of ki.
Boomstick: But, that's about where it all starts tiltin' the other way.
We cut to the post-analysis.
Boomstick: Based on how fast their galaxy-spanning attacks were, Galaxia did have a slight edge in attack speed, but Beerus' Ultra Instinct made up for it. Plus, he had expert martial arts training, while Galaxia had none of that. Speed alone wasn't winnin' this fight.
Wiz: Also, Beerus' skillset countered many of her own attacks. His energy nullification, for example, let him blast through plenty of her offensive options.
Boomstick: But to really lock down Beerus' superiority in all things destruction, how about we compare their power output?
Wiz: Both of them used attacks that spanned their whole universe in seconds, but remember: the Dragon Ball universe is much bigger than our own.
Boomstick: Right, this universe is at least nine times bigger than ours, and Beerus almost destroyed it all.
Wiz: For the most part, the universe in Sailor Moon is very much based on our own, and the same should be said for Nehellenia's mirror universe Usagi destroyed.
Boomstick: So... pretty clear cut? This means Beerus is nine times stronger than Galaxia?
Wiz: Well, not exactly. They both are likely much stronger. Galaxia matched endgame Eternal Sailor Moon in battle, who could destroy eight of her Animamate minions at once.
Boomstick: Did you say Animorphs?
Wiz: Long story short, a single Animamate could match a Sailor Guardian equal in power to Sailor Moon when she destroyed that mirror universe. While this is admittedly a very highball estimate, defeating eight Animamates at once could logically translate to possessing eight times that power. Since Galaxia could match her in combat, this potentially puts Galaxia's output level much closer to Beerus and Goku's clash.
Boomstick: But, the shockwave happened when Goku had only just gone Super Saiyan God for the first time. Beerus claimed he was going "all out" with 100% of his power. But like all cats, he was lying.
Whis: Telling Goku that you were using 100% of your power was a very clever tactic to draw out his full strength, even though it wasn't true.
Wiz: Even after Goku later achieved Super Saiyan Blue with Kaio-ken, a form many, many times more powerful than his first go at being a redhead, Beerus was still considered his superior.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Wiz: Simply put, even if we highball Galaxia and lowball Beerus, the God of Destruction still possessed a greater amount of power, both in offense and defense, as they are identical when it comes to Dragon Ball ki. Isn't that right, DUMMI?
DUMMI: Sailor Galaxia may have had a more versatile arsenal, but Lord Beerus had the strength, durability, and technique needed to overpower her. But you already said all that, so what's the point? Like my existence.
Boomstick: You could say she got caught in a galaxy-sized "cat-astrophe"... Can I blow him up this time?
DUMMI: I look forward to it.
We cut to the "Winner" card.
Wiz: The winner is Lord Beerus.
Original Tracks
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Sea Salt Ice Cream by Brandon Yates
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Compositions
The tracks used in this fight are "Sea Salt Ice Cream" and "Gods of Destruction", both by Brandon Yates, with the latter track featuring Therewolf Media (who goes uncredited on the track cover).[1] The first track is that of a relaxing and calm beach theme (since Beerus is seen relaxing on a beach at the beginning of the fight), but after Galaxia blows up the Earth, the fight transitions to the second track, which has a heavy emphasis on the usage of electric keyboards and drums to bring out the destructive abilities Beerus and Galaxia share, alongside two electric guitar solos done by Therewolf.[1] It also has a chanting choir similar to the Hakai theme, playing prominently once a minute into the track and again near the end to signify Beerus' victory.
Titles
"Sea Salt Ice Cream" references the Kingdom Hearts treat of the same name, alluding to how Beerus is seen having ice cream before the Earth gets destroyed by Galaxia. "Gods of Destruction" refers to both combatants being godly beings with destructive power, as well as referencing their respective titles (Beerus: The God of Destruction and Sailor Galaxia: The Sailor of Destruction).
Cover Arts
"Sea Salt Ice Cream" lacks an official track cover, while the cover art for "Gods of Destruction" done by Luis Cruz depicts the silhouette of Beerus' head perched on a crescent moon with a purple Star Seed seen above the head, referencing Beerus' own Star Seed seen near the end of the fight.
Trivia
Production
- The core connections between Beerus and Sailor Galaxia are that they are both godly anime destroyers who are easily capable of destroying planets and star systems with just a movement of their finger, having ended countless lives doing so. In addition:
- Both have Egyptian motifs and egotistical personalities.
- Both have similar titles (the God of Destruction and the Sailor Guardian of Destruction, respectively).
- Both are assigned to a large area of space that includes Earth (Universe 7 and the Milky Way Galaxy, respectively).
- Both have shown a significant sign of mercy/kindness at one point.
- This episode introduces a new host for the show in the form of DUMMI, a test robot Wiz designed to safely demonstrate abilities and weapons without killing either him or Boomstick.
- In 2018, Ben Singer asked for potential opponents for Beerus on Twitter.[2]
- This is the first episode since Power Rangers VS Voltron to have a reveal featuring a single combatant, with their opponent being revealed on a different date.
- This is the third episode to have two original tracks instead of just one, after Bowser VS Ganon and Crash VS Spyro.
- The original thumbnail for this episode used uncredited fan art of Galaxia by rmmr111 on DeviantArt. As a result, it was changed years later.
- This makes it the 17th episode where at least one of its thumbnails uses fan art, after Zitz VS Leonardo, Kratos VS Spawn, Bomberman VS Dig Dug, Vegeta VS Shadow, Chun-Li VS Mai Shiranui, Ivy VS Orchid, Fulgore VS Sektor, Godzilla VS Gamera, Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie, Metal Sonic VS Zero, Lucario VS Renamon, Raven VS Twilight Sparkle, Leon Kennedy VS Frank West, Nightwing VS Daredevil, All Might VS Might Guy, and Black Canary VS Sindel, and with the next six being Zuko VS Shoto Todoroki, Blake VS Mikasa, Steven Universe VS Star Butterfly, Sauron VS Lich King, Frieza VS Megatron, and Rick Sanchez VS The Doctor.
- This is the first Dragon Ball episode to use the infamous Universe 7 shockwave feat for the series' combatant, a trend that has been heavily memed upon by the community for its repetitive usage in following Dragon Ball episodes.
Easter Eggs
- The censored video shown in Galaxia's analysis cutaway when Wiz attempts to display Galaxia Inflation is actually a pixelated version of the opening for Sailor Moon Crystal.
- The beach that Beerus is seen relaxing at in the beginning of the fight is the same one where Gray VS Esdeath took place at.
- After Galaxia matches Beerus' Hakai in power, the constellation from Chuck Norris VS Segata Sanshiro can be seen in the background.
- This is the third episode to feature the constellation in the background of the fight, after Guts VS Nightmare and Doctor Strange VS Doctor Fate, and with the next three being Hulk VS Broly, Shadow VS Ryuko, and Saitama VS Popeye.
- The alien civilians present in the fight are recolored versions of the Twilighters from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
- The hand-drawn shot of Beerus at the end of the fight is identical to his Dragon Ball FighterZ artwork, albeit flipped.
- This led some people in the Death Battle community to believe the shot was traced over it, but this has been deconfirmed by John Mitchell a few years after the episode's release.[3]
Errors
- The first popup box in Sailor Galaxia's analysis claims that not all Sailor Guardians are female, using Tuxedo Mask being the Sailor Guardian of Earth as an example. Both of these statements are false; Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi expressed distaste for the original anime making the Sailor Starlights men that transform into women, as her own rule was that only women could be Sailor Guardians. This therefore means that, although Tuxedo Mask is the prince of the Earth Kingdom, he is not the Earth's Sailor Guardian, though Takeuchi considers him to take the place of a "Sailor Earth".[4]
- Wiz and Boomstick claim Sailor Galaxia has the "Sapphire Crystal". This stems from a misinterpretation of the crystal's name in Japanese, being read as "サッファー" (saffaa) in furigana; though this can be interpreted as "saffer" or "saphir", a Middle English word used in reference to either lapis lazuli or sapphire, the crystal's true name is "青金石" (Seikinseki), indicating it to be instead lazurite.
- That said, at the time of the episode's production and eventual release, neither the Eternal Edition of the original manga nor Sailor Moon Cosmos, both of which properly translated the crystal as the Lazurite Crystal, had been released in English yet; all previously available translations at the time incorrectly labeled it as the Sapphire Crystal.
- Boomstick erroneously refers to Whis as a cat upon realizing the drink-themed naming convention he has with Beerus and Champa at the start of the post-analysis, despite the fact that Whis is an Angel with zero cat-like features.
Other
- This is the 19th Male VS Female-themed episode, after Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2010), Yoshi VS Riptor, Justin Bieber VS Rebecca Black, Starscream VS Rainbow Dash, Gaara VS Toph, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Dante VS Bayonetta, Meta VS Carolina, Tracer VS Scout, Zoro VS Erza, Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie, Lara Croft VS Nathan Drake, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Carnage VS Lucy, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla, Mob VS Tatsumaki, and Gray VS Esdeath, and with the next six being The Seven Battle Royale, Red VS Blue, Shadow VS Ryuko, Steven Universe VS Star Butterfly, Killua VS Misaka, and Gojo VS Makima.
- This is the fifth time the Male character wins, after Yoshi VS Riptor, Dante VS Bayonetta, Zoro VS Erza, and Captain Marvel VS Shazam, and with the next three being The Seven Battle Royale, Shadow VS Ryuko, and Gojo VS Makima.
- This is the 11th Anime-themed episode, after Zoro VS Erza, Natsu VS Ace, Lucario VS Renamon, Naruto VS Ichigo, Jotaro VS Kenshiro, Roshi VS Jiraiya, Sasuke VS Hiei, Mob VS Tatsumaki, All Might VS Might Guy, and Gray VS Esdeath, and with the next 10 being Sanji VS Rock Lee, DIO VS Alucard, Madara VS Aizen, Tanjiro VS Jonathan Joestar, Deku VS Asta, Gogeta VS Vegito, Killua VS Misaka, Gojo VS Makima, Shigaraki VS Mahito, and Ash VS Yugi.
- This is the third Hitotsubashi VS Kodansha-themed episode, after Zoro VS Erza and Natsu VS Ace, and with the next one being Blake VS Mikasa.
- This episode reached YouTube's Trending page.
- This is the fifth episode to feature planetary destruction, after Goku VS Superman 1, Chuck Norris VS Segata Sanshiro, Thanos VS Darkseid, and Wario VS King Dedede, and with the next six being Hulk VS Broly, Saitama VS Popeye, Frieza VS Megatron, Goku VS Superman (2023), Galactus VS Unicron, and Among Us VS Fall Guys.
- This is the fifth episode to be taken down due to a copyright strike on YouTube (in this case from Toei Animation in 2021, likely due to the various Sailor Moon clips used throughout the episode), after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Battle Royale, Ragna VS Sol Badguy, Ultron VS Sigma, and Aang VS Edward Elric, and with the next two being Sabrewulf VS Jon Talbain and Chuck Norris VS Segata Sanshiro.
- This is the second episode whose takedown has not been undone, after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Battle Royale.
- This is the second episode to have Brandon Yates and Therewolf Media collaborate on its track, after All Might VS Might Guy, and with the next four being Shadow VS Ryuko, Saitama VS Popeye, Excalibur VS Raiden, and Galactus VS Unicron.
- Gods of Destruction is the first collaboration track of theirs that doesn't have lyrics, with the next one being Balderdash.
- On February 24th, 2024, the DEATH BATTLE! YouTube channel uploaded the full fight animation of this episode on its own, allowing it to be seen on YouTube again due to the full episode still being taken down as of its release.
Notes
- ↑ Due to a copyright strike, the YouTube upload of the episode is currently unavailable everywhere except Somaliland, Kosovo, and Northern Cyprus.
