- —Carnage
Cletus Cortland Kasady and the Carnage Symbiote, collectively known as Carnage, are supervillains from Marvel Comics. They appeared in the 97th episode of Death Battle, Carnage VS Lucy, where they fought against Lucy from the Elfen Lied series.
History
Cletus Cortland Kasady was destined for mayhem from the very beginning, with his schizophrenic mother having been given unsedated electroshock therapy while pregnant with him, alongside him being a descendant from America's very first serial killer. At a very young age, he pushed his abusive grandmother down a flight of stairs to her death and brutally tortured and killed his mother's dog, which resulted in his mother attacking him, only for his father to kill her in order to protect Cletus. Grateful, Cletus did nothing to help clear his father's name when he was being sent to jail for murder. The orphaned Cletus would later go on to murder and cannibalize more and more people, leading to his arrest at Ryker's Island.
It was at Ryker's where Cletus first met Eddie Brock, who had just been separated from the Venom symbiote after being defeated by Spider-Man. Eventually, the symbiote returned to Eddie and broke him out of prison, but unknowingly spawned another while it did so. This new symbiote immediately attached itself to Cletus through a wound in his arm, and both merged so efficiently that the newly-formed creature referred to itself as a single entity, which was a stark contrast to Venom's duality. Taking on the new name of "Carnage", the creature escaped Ryker's to terrorize, consume, and as his name implies, create carnage. He is considered one of the most bloodthirsty and vicious symbiote hosts to exist, and has required both Spider-Man and Venom's combined strength to overcome time and time again.
Death Battle Info
Background
- Real name: Cletus Kasady
- Age: N/A
- Height: 6'1" | 185.4 cm
- Weight: 190 lbs | 86.2 kg
- Convicted for 11 murders
- Owns a teddy bear named Binky
- Favorite Song: Free Bird
- Host of the Carnage symbiote
Symbiote
- Species: Klyntar
- Grants superhuman powers to host
- Bonded to Cletus' bloodstream
- Genetic memory
- Vulnerable to extreme heat & Chthonic magic
- Can regenerate from Cletus' blood
- Enjoys thrash metal music
Powers
- Superhuman strength, speed, & stamina
- 360-degree perception
- Camouflage
- Possession
- Regeneration
- Shapeshifting
- Wall Crawling
- Webbing
Feats
- Lifted a 50 ton tank
- Traveled 2 miles in mere seconds
- Survived being ripped in half by Sentry
- Once travelled through internet wiring
- Outmuscled both Spider-Man & Venom
- Tanked an all-out assault from Iron Man
- Smothered & survived a gene-bomb
- Defeated Spider-Man, Venom, Man-Wolf, & Deadpool
Quotes
- Run!
- Huh? What gives!?
- Not yet!
- What are you!? Why can't I hit you!?
- Catch!
- It's raaaiiining. You're bleeeeding. Carnage is starving!
- I'm gonna paint you red!
- I hate you.
Gallery
Appearance
(By T.O.P.S. and theFuTuR3)
Arsenal and Abilities
Trivia
- Carnage is the 19th Marvel character to appear to appear, after Rogue, Thor Odinson, Spider-Man, Captain America, Deadpool, Iron Man, Beast, Doctor Doom, Wolverine, Hawkeye, Quicksilver, The Hulk, Venom, Captain Marvel, Silver Samurai, Spider-Man 2099, Black Panther, and Doctor Strange, and with the next 21 being Daredevil, Ultron, Thanos, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Black Widow, Ghost Rider, Miles Morales, War Machine, Cable, Winter Soldier, Spider-Gwen, Iron Fist, Storm, Scarlet Witch, Magneto, Apocalypse, Ant-Man, Rocket Raccoon, Jean Grey, Silver Surfer, and Galactus.
- He is the eighth Marvel character to fight against a non-DC character, after Thor Odinson, Beast, Doctor Doom, Wolverine, Deadpool, Captain Marvel, and Silver Samurai, and with the next 11 being Ultron, Black Widow, War Machine, Venom, The Hulk, Iron Fist, Storm, Magneto, Rocket Raccoon, Galactus, and Ghost Rider.
- He is the 11th Marvel character to lose, after Captain America, Beast, Wolverine, Quicksilver, The Hulk, Captain Marvel, Silver Samurai, Thor Odinson, Spider-Man 2099, and Doctor Strange, and with the next 12 being Daredevil, Thanos, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Deadpool, Miles Morales, Cable, Venom, Iron Fist, Scarlet Witch, Rocket Raccoon, Jean Grey, and Ghost Rider.
- He is the fourth Spider-Man character to appear, after Spider-Man, Venom, and Spider-Man 2099, and with the next two being Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen.
- He is the second Spider-Man character to lose, after Spider-Man 2099, and with the next two being Miles Morales and Venom.
- Carnage is the third Comic Book character to fight against an Anime/Manga character, after Superman and Captain Marvel, and with the next 12 being Optimus Prime, War Machine, Venom, The Hulk, Reverse-Flash, Popeye, Thor Odinson, Magneto, Archie Silver, Megatron, Omni-Man, and Kyle Rayner.
- He is the second Comic Book character to lose, after Captain Marvel, and with the next three being Venom, The Hulk, and Megatron.
- Carnage is the eighth male to lose against a female, after Boba Fett, Starscream, Gaara, The Meta, The Scout, Nathan Drake, and Thor Odinson, and with the next eight being Tommy Oliver, Mob, Gray Fullbuster, A-Train, Dick Simmons, Dexter Grif, Steven Universe, and Killua Zoldyck.
- Carnage is the third combatant to be voiced by Christopher Guerrero, after Gaara and Bane, and with the next two being Konrad von Sabrewulf and Asura.
- Before it was decided Carnage would fight Lucy, many other matchups for him were considered.
- His most popular matchup at the time, Darth Maul, was originally planned to happen, but was scrapped after the crew realized the two had no connections other than being red.[1][2]
- Alex Mercer was saved to be dealt with in "a much better request",[3] a statement that would be repeated in Carnage VS Lucy's commentary.[4]
- Alucard was acknowledged as a popular request, though no reason was given for him not being chosen.[5]
- Green Lantern and a Red Lantern were briefly considered due to the fact that they "form things out of their hands".[6]
References
- ↑ I don't know if we've ever fully scrapped one. For example Carnage V Lucy was originally going to be Carnage V Darth Maul, but the match up wasn't adding up so we swapped DM out.
- ↑ Venom's Not Down With The Earth Language | DEATH BATTLE Cast
- ↑ Venom's Not Down With The Earth Language | DEATH BATTLE Cast
- ↑ Carnage VS Lucy w/ Commentary
- ↑ Venom’s Not Down With The Earth Language | DEATH BATTLE Cast
- ↑ Venom’s Not Down With The Earth Language | DEATH BATTLE Cast
External Links
- Cletus on Wikipedia
- Cletus on the Marvel Database
- The Carnage Symbiote on Wikipedia
- The Carnage Symbiote on the Marvel Database
