Sometimes in Death Battle, characters who are neither combatants nor hosts will appear in an episode, known as a cameo. This page lists every cameo in Death Battle.
The following things do not count as cameos:
- Supporting combatants who actually took part in the fight as support (Trish, Gamabunta, The Lotus, etc.).
- Characters who are part of a combatant's arsenal (Doctor Eggman and Doctor Wily's armies, Jotaro Kujo's Star Platinum, etc.), so long as they appear alongside the combatant in their own episode.
- Generic unnamed characters (civilians, animals, etc.). However, generic creatures that are unique to a series (the Tarkatans from Mortal Kombat, the jellyfish from SpongeBob SquarePants, etc.) will be included.
- Characters who simply had clips of them from their home series used during the analyses. However, characters that have unique clips of them specifically created for a combatant's analysis (e.g., Nick Cramer in Hawkeye's analysis) or physically appear during a combatants' analysis cutaway (e.g., Pinkie Pie in the Mask's cutaway) will be included.
Episode 2: Akuma VS Shang Tsung
- Shang Tsung briefly transformed into Scorpion.
- Mortal Kombat sound designer Dan Forden, also known as the "Toasty Guy", briefly appeared to say his signature catchphrase.
Episode 4: Goomba VS Koopa
- Several Thwomps and Bullet Bills appeared as obstacles during the fight.
- The Angry Sun and a Piranha Plant both briefly attacked the combatants.
- A group of Red Goombas appeared underground.
Episode 5: Haggar VS Zangief
- Princess Peach, Big the Cat, and Pedobear can all be seen thrown out the windows of the apartment building the combatants fought in.
Episode 8: Yoshi VS Riptor
Episode 9: Felicia VS Taokaka
- Rogue, Gambit, Rose and Charlie Nash can be seen in the background of the fight.
Episode 12: Vegeta VS Shadow
- Some Cheep Cheeps and a Jawz can be seen underwater.
- A Ducklett with a space helmet can be seen on the Moon, as a reference to TeamFourStar's Space Duck gag.
Episode 13: Mario VS Sonic (2011)
- Several Bob-ombs appear in a volcano and explode, blowing away the combatants.
Episode 14: Justin Bieber VS Rebecca Black
- Rebecca Black's male friend from the "Friday" music video assists Rebecca in the fight by picking her up and ramming into Justin Bieber, killing all three of them in a car crash.
- The Jonas Brothers came to observe the car crash and got caught in its explosion, killing them.
- Miley Cyrus appeared in a baseball field and got hit with Justin's katana, which had been sent flying by the car explosion.
Episode 17: Starscream VS Rainbow Dash
- Derpy Hooves can be seen as Rainbow Dash and Starscream disappear into the clouds.
Episode 25: Goku VS Superman 1
Episode 27: Shao Kahn VS M. Bison
- Two Tarkatans prepare to fight each other before they are both killed.
Episode 29: Ivy VS Orchid
- Jago appears in the post-fight animation and falls into the water as Orchid uses her Heart Attack move on him.
Episode 30: Fox McCloud VS Bucky O'Hare
- Peppy, Slippy, and Falco appear in their Arwings at the beginning before Slippy is blown up by Bucky O'Hare.
- Blinky appears in the post-fight animation.
Episode 37: Tigerzord VS Gundam Epyon
- Noin appears in her mobile suit at the start of the fight talking with Zechs before getting accidentally blown up by the White Tigerzord's missile.
- Four Thunderzords were summoned alongside during the fight of Tigerzord VS Gundam Epyon when they would form into Mega Tigerzord.
- Zordon appears in the post-fight animation crying over the deaths of Tommy and the Tigerzord.
Episode 39: Deadpool VS Deathstroke
- When Deadpool gets thrown onto the road by Deathstroke and lands against the windshield of a camper van, the driver of it who he talks to twice is Jack Rourke from Need for Speed: The Run.
Episode 40: Kirby VS Majin Buu
- During the sponsor segment in the prelude, a sentient Funko Pop of Super Saiyan God Goku berates Ben Singer for the outcome of Goku VS Superman 1 before being trapped by him under the box he was packaged in.
- Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos, Bonkers, Knuckle Joe, Sword Knight, and Blade Knight appear throughout the battle.
Episode 44: Chuck Norris VS Segata Sanshiro
- While Chuck Norris was watching TV, Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna, Tails, Amy Rose, and Doctor Eggman briefly appeared in a Sega Saturn ad for Sonic R.
- During the two combatants' final clash at the end of the fight, scenes of previous Death Battle episodes appeared, featuring Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Batman, Captain America, Ryu, Scorpion, Sol Badguy, and Ragna the Bloodedge. Son Goku and Superman also briefly appear as a teaser for Goku VS Superman 2.
Episode 45: Guts VS Nightmare
- The constellation of Chuck Norris and Segata Sanshiro formed at the end of the previous episode is visible in the sky.
Episode 46: Iron Man VS Lex Luthor
- The RX-78-6 Mudrock Gundam appears in Iron Man's warehouse and is destroyed during the fight.
- Pepper Potts appears on Iron Man's screen as she calls him at the end of the fight.
Episode 48: Solid Snake VS Sam Fisher
- There are three windows seen on the top left of the computer screen as Sam Fisher retrieves the data from it.
- The top one features gameplay of Louise Lightfoot from Screwattack's Jump'N'Shoot Attack.
- Louise later appears again on the side of a Jump'N'Shoot Attack arcade machine on Grim's plane.
- The middle one features a tease of Super Saiyan God Goku for Goku VS Superman 2.
- The bottom one features a clip of Chuck Norris and Segata Sanshiro from the ending of their fight.
- The top one features gameplay of Louise Lightfoot from Screwattack's Jump'N'Shoot Attack.
- Chuck and Segata later appear again on a picture on the inside of Snake's cardboard box, specifically the moment of putting on the "Deal With It" sunglasses from the climax of their fight.
- Grim's plane has a Sentry Turret from Portal, footage of Craig Skistimas and Ben Singer from Metal Gear Ben, and an arcade machine with Louise Lightfoot from Jump'N'Shoot Attack on it.
Goku
Episode 49: Darth Vader VS Doctor Doom
- A group of Stormtroopers are seen serving Doctor Doom in the post-fight animation.
Episode 50: Goku VS Superman 2
- Shenron appears in the beginning to grant Superman's wish.
- King Kai, Bubbles and Gregory appear in Other World with Goku at the end.
Episode 52: Wolverine VS Raiden
Episode 53: Hercule Satan VS Dan Hibiki
- Son Goku briefly appears when Dan Hibiki charges up the Gadouken, as Dan's ki attack reminded Hercule Satan of him charging up a Kamehameha.
- The contents of Hercule's capsules include a Bob-omb, Rush, and a fan-made MapleStory monster made by Zack Watkins that was in this video.
- Dan's father, Go Hibiki, appears in heaven with him in the post-fight animation.
Episode 56: Green Arrow VS Hawkeye
- Former Death Battle editor Nick Cramer appears in Hawkeye's analysis editing this very episode after Wiz mentions him having the insane bad luck Boomstick theorized that Clint had growing up.
- Hawkeye stands in front of a poster with MapleStory characters on it at the start of the fight.
- Black Canary stands alongside Hawkeye in the post-fight animation.
Episode 59: Bowser VS Ganon
Episode 61: Flash VS Quicksilver
- Poison appears in the crowd at the start of the fight.
- Captain America appeared at the start to help save a little girl.
- The little girl on the edge of the building is Lilly Kane from King of Fighters.
- Magneto appears in the post-fight animation and sees his son's corpse.
Episode 63: Mewtwo VS Shadow
- Pidgeys, a Skitty, and Zubats appear in the battle.
- Maria Robotnik appears as Mewtwo reads Shadow's mind.
- Two Carvanhas look at Shadow's corpse in the post-fight animation.
Episode 64: Meta VS Carolina
- Grif, Simmons, and Caboose appear throughout the episode.
- Sarge appears in the end, where he and Boomstick take a liking to each other before Sarge backs away and leaves upon realizing Boomstick may be his son.
Episode 65: Cammy VS Sonya
- Kano runs from Sonya before getting knocked out by Cammy and killed by Sonya. Sonya later throws Kano's corpse at Cammy.
Episode 66: Tracer VS Scout
- Archimedes flies out of The Scout's hat in the post-fight animation.
Episode 67: Ken VS Terry
- Sakura, Sean, Blanka and Dan Hibiki spectate the fight.
Episode 68: Amy Rose VS Ramona Flowers
- Envy Adams, Todd Ingram, and Lynette Guycott can be seen on a poster and TV screens at the start of the fight. The poster reappears multiple times throughout the fight.
- Sonic the Hedgehog quickly runs past Scott Pilgrim and Ramona at the start. In the post-fight animation, he continues running while Scott mourns Ramona's death.
Episode 69: Hulk VS Doomsday
- Sanic Hegehog briefly appears at the beginning when Doomsday arrives on Earth.
Episode 71: Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie
- Deadpool weaponizes an advertisement featuring the main protagonist of Super Rad Raygun.
- When Deadpool and Pinkie Pie go into YouTube, the thumbnails of various Death Battle and DEATH BATTLE Cast episodes feature Batman, Doomsday, Doctor Strange, The Hulk, The Meta, and Agent Carolina.
- When the combatants go into other episodes, Captain America, Sakura, Sean, Blanka, Dan Hibiki, Terry Bogard, Ken Masters, Amy Rose, and Ramona Flowers can be seen.
- When the combatants visit YouTube again, Starscream and Rainbow Dash can be seen in a thumbnail as Pinkie Pie says "hi" to the latter.
- When the combatants go into the first episode of the DEATH BATTLE Cast, they meet Nick Cramer, Chad James, and Ben Singer.
- In said Cast, various pieces of merchandise depicting Son Goku, Superman, Master Chief, Knuckles the Echidna, Luigi, Korosensei, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a Facehugger, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Havok, Iceman, Professor X, Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Wolverine, Iron Man, Levi Ackerman, and a Creeper can be seen.
- Rarity, Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Angel, and Derpy Hooves show up at the party at the end.
Amy, Ramona, Ken, Terry, Batman, Captain America, Doomsday, Doctor Strange, the Hulk, the Meta, and Carolina
Episode 74: Venom VS Bane
Episode 80: Lucario VS Renamon
Episode 82: Shredder VS Silver Samurai
- Five Foot Clan ninjas appear in the beginning to fight Silver Samurai, but are quickly killed by him.
- In the post-fight animation, Silver Samurai is sent to hell where he is destroyed by the Devil's soul-destroying sword.
Episode 85: Naruto VS Ichigo
- In the post-fight animation, Luffy's arm stretches in to steal Naruto's ramen.
- Also in the post-fight animation, the explosion that killed Ichigo briefly interrupts the neverending battle between Chuck Norris and Segata Sanshiro before they get back to it.
Episode 86: Batman Beyond VS Spider-Man 2099
- The stone gargoyle Batman Beyond stands on in the beginning appears to be the same as Goliath.
Episode 89: Raven VS Twilight Sparkle
- Raven could be seen with toys of Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash.
- The real Rainbow Dash can be seen in the post-fight animation jumping on a raincloud to put out the fire on the Golden Oak Library.
Episode 90: Jotaro VS Kenshiro
- Joseph Joestar appeared alongside Jotaro at the beginning and exclaimed his iconic catchphrases throughout the fight.
Episode 91: Crash VS Spyro
Episode 92: Sora VS Pit
- Donald Duck and Goofy appear in the seats of the arena to support Sora throughout the fight.
Episode 93: Leon Kennedy VS Frank West
- A Servbot head can be seen amongst the items Frank steals from the store's display front at the beginning of the fight, and another one that a zombie was wearing is used by Frank to contain the explosion from Leon's grenade.
- When Frank is scrolling through the different costumes on the Capcom arcade cabinet, he is seen dressed as Ryu, Phoenix Wright, Felicia, Dante, and Leon himself before settling on Mega Man X.
- The Capcom Heroes Arcade building is eventually revealed to have Mega Man's original 8-bit sprite as part of its sign after Frank gets knocked through the building's ground-floor windows by Leon's exploding grenade.
Episode 94: Doctor Strange VS Doctor Fate
- While the combatants are traveling throughout different universes, April O'Neil, Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, and the constellation of Chuck Norris and Segata Sanshiro formed at the end of their fight can be seen.
Episode 98: Optimus Prime VS Gundam
Episode 100: Mario VS Sonic (2018)
- Mario's underwear has a pattern of Cheeps Cheeps on it.
Episode 101: Ultron VS Sigma
- Volt Kraken and Vile get killed by Ultron.
- Neon Tiger, Crush Crawfish, Burn Dinorex, Dark Necrobat, Slash Beast, Shield Sheldon, Crescent Grizzly, Wheel Gator, and Commander Yammark fight as part of Sigma's army.
- Bee Bladers appear in the fight as well, with one having its blades weaponized by Ultron against Sigma.
Wheel Gator, Slash Beast, Dark Necrobat, Shield Sheldon, Burn Dinorex, Commander Yammark and Crescent Grizzly
Episode 103: Thanos VS Darkseid
- Deadpool appears during Thanos' analysis cutaway.
- The Nomad appears in the analysis and brings a can of beer to life.
- At the start of the fight, Deadpool reappears, where he advertises Thanos' chair to Darkseid before being turned into confetti by the Mad Titan.
- Optimus Prime can be seen in his truck form amongst the falling vehicles when Thanos tilts the world to its side using the Reality Stone.
- When Thanos is trapped in the Omega Sanction at the end of the fight, Deadpool appears one last time, this time while kissing Death, before shooting Thanos.
Episode 108: Wario VS King Dedede
- Various enemies from the Super Mario and Kirby series can be seen in the audience. These include, but are not limited to:
- From Mario: Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Shy Guy, and Kamek.
- From Kirby: Waddle Dee, Waddle Doo, Sir Kibble, Chilly, and Noddy.
- Wario pulls out two Bob-ombs who get inhaled by Dedede.
- A Gordo appears in the end as Dedede uses it.
Episode 109: Ben 10 VS Green Lantern
- As revealed in a behind-the-scenes look on Twitter[1], the construct moon Green Lantern creates to throw at Way Big is the one from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, although it is too large to be fully seen on-screen in the episode itself.
Episode 110: Weiss VS Mitsuru
- A statue of Black Widow can be seen in the background for a split second while Artemesia coils her whip around the Arma Gigas' leg. Although the statue is hardly distinguishable in the actual episode due to YouTube's video compression, this cameo was confirmed by animator Kristina Christofferson, who confirmed there was a cameo and liked a user's reply of a screenshot of the statue.[2]
Episode 111: Johnny Cage VS Captain Falcon
- Jody Summer's White Cat, Black Shadow's Black Bull, Dr. Stewart's Golden Fox and Blood Falcon's Blood Hawk appeared on the race track during the fight.
Episode 112: Aang VS Edward Elric
- Appa can be seen on missing posters on the walls throughout the fight.
- Momo appeared with Aang in the beginning.
- Four statues of unidentified heads appear at the beginning.
- The Cabbage Merchant gets his cabbages destroyed during the fight.
Episode 113: Ghost Rider VS Lobo
- Deadpool briefly appears during Ghost Rider's analysis cutaway before Wiz punches the Death Battle Lab's monitor to prevent the hosts from hearing his voice again, although he still taunts Wiz and Boomstick a little after this happens.
- A dead Grimace appears as Lobo's victim in the beginning, before being destroyed by Ghost Rider a little after the fight starts proper.
Episode 114: Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla
- A drawing of Mitsuru Kirijo created by Kristina Jean can be seen in Akane Yashiro's cockpit as she's about to crash.
- Three Dinozords were summoned alongside during the fight of Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla so that they would form into Dragonzord Fighting Mode.
Episode 116: Ganondorf VS Dracula
- A miniature Mechagodzilla briefly appears behind a statue as Ganon steps forward towards Dracula's beast form.
Episode 118: Deadpool VS Mask
- Pinkie Pie appears during the cutaway in the Mask's analysis, where she could be seen waving her hoof at Boomstick, telling him to not forget about her after he complains about the Mask being another Fourth Wall breaker on the show. Boomstick punches her back off-screen and decides to ignore what she said.
- Ringmaster appears on the side of the bus at the start.
- During the battle, Deadpool uses the Continuity Gem to show potential alternate endings to several controversial episodes that have happened in the past, showing Link, Cloud Strife, Rogue, Wonder Woman, Superman, Yang Xiao Long, Tifa Lockhart, and Toph Beifong. Son Goku can also be heard shouting "KAMEHAMEHA!" during this scene.
- Thanos appears in Fortnite while the combatants are playing the game.
- Peter B. Parker from Into the Spider-Verse is seen losing a game of cards with the combatants.
Episode 119: All Might VS Might Guy
- Izuku Midoriya, Ochaco Uraraka, Denki Kaminari, Mineta and Shoto Todoroki appear on the cover of the My Hero Academia manga Might Guy reads.
- A deformed version of Dracula's beast form appears alongside All Might during the scene where he does Saitama's "OK" face.
Episode 121: Black Canary VS Sindel
- Boomstick holds up Sub-Zero and Kabal's skulls during Sindel's analysis.
- Shao Kahn is seen sitting on his throne to watch and announce the fight.
- Several Tarkatans are seen in the audience, with one being killed by Black Canary in the arena at the start.
Episode 122: Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason
- The Capcom Heroes Arcade building from Leon Kennedy VS Frank West that features Mega Man's 8-bit sprite as part of its sign can be seen in the background of some shots.
Episode 125: Goro VS Machamp
- The Dragonzord and All Might's heads can be seen as statues in the background in Goro's trophy room.
Episode 127: Obi-Wan Kenobi VS Kakashi
- R4-P17 can be seen in Obi-Wan's ship, and later gets sent flying along with the ship by Kakashi's Earth Style ninjutsu.
- Darth Vader appears in Obi-Wan's vision when he is trapped in Kakashi's genjutsu.
Episode 130: Beerus VS Sailor Galaxia
- After Sailor Galaxia matches Beerus' Hakai in power, constellation of Chuck Norris and Segata Sanshiro formed at the end of their fight can be seen in the bottom-left corner of the background.
- The alien civilians on the planets the combatants land on are recolored versions of the Twilighters from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Episode 131: Zuko VS Shoto Todoroki
- The Cabbage Merchant appears as his cabbages get destroyed by a chunk of Todoroki's Heaven-Piercing Ice Wall.
Episode 132: Flash VS Sonic
- Several versions of Sonic appeared when he was hit by Wally's final blow, including Sonic the Werehog and Sanic.
Bonus Episode: The Seven Battle Royale
- Homelander appeared as the referee of the battle and declared himself the winner in the end after crushing Billy Butcher.
- Stormfront appeared in the end to challenge Homelander.
Episode 133: Winter Soldier VS Red Hood
- Several photos of various characters can be seen in the restaurant, including Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Superman, Nick Fury and Guy Fieri.
- Batman's voice can be heard as he calls Red Hood at the start of the fight.
- The Joker's voice can be heard in Red Hood's head as Winter Soldier hits him with a crowbar.
Episode 134: Venom VS Crona
- The Moon from Soul Eater can be seen laughing in the sky when the fight is taken outside.
Episode 137: Batgirl VS Spider-Gwen
- A clip of She-Ra and Wonder Woman from their episode appears as Batgirl watches the episode in the beginning of the fight.
Episode 139: Hulk VS Broly
- When Broly's Gigantic Meteor increases in size, the constellation of Chuck Norris and Segata Sanshiro formed at the end of their fight can be seen.
Episode 140: Yoda VS King Mickey
- Albeit difficult to make out, Broly can be seen on the asteroid behind King Mickey's Dive to the Heart when the camera first pans to it at the start of the fight.
- Terra, Ventus, and Aqua can be seen on Mickey's Dive to the Heart.
Episode 141: Shadow VS Ryuko
- The constellation of Chuck Norris and Segata Sanshiro formed at the end of their fight can be seen in the background as the two enter space.
Episode 144: Blake VS Mikasa
- A Titan shows up at the end of the fight (though only its shadow is seen), who Blake cheerfully goes to fight.
Episode 146: Steven Universe VS Star Butterfly
- Death Battle community members Redrunner and GumballViking can be seen on/as the sandcastles Steven tumbles over.
Episode 149: Goku Black VS Reverse-Flash
- A dead Quicksilver appears on the newspaper Reverse-Flash is reading at the start. Later on, he gets impaled on the samurai statue Thawne set up, as a call-back to his same death from his episode.
- The civilian who runs past Reverse-Flash and gets killed by one of Goku Black's Ki blasts is Death Battle animator John Mitchell.
- The civilian Reverse-Flash uses as a body shield before throwing him at Goku Black is an OC by John Mitchell named Kaito.
Episode 150: Macho Man VS Kool-Aid Man
- Deadpool shows up after the fight, revealing himself to be the guy who sent the tip to Ringmaster at the beginning of the episode.
- Sarge shows up in the end and recognizes Boomstick's voice.
Episode 151: DIO VS Alucard
- DIO steps out of his car with a seemingly dead Mai Shiranui in a purple attire.
Episode 153: Korra VS Storm
- During the portion of the battle in the Fog of Lost Souls, the silhouettes of several past Death Battle losers can be seen, those being Portgas D. Ace, Ken Masters, Goku Black, Batman, Ben Tennyson, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Jotaro Kujo.
- General Zhao and popular Death Battle YouTuber Nemesis Bloodryche also appear in the fog, while the Cabbage Merchant is seen a bit later after Storm creates a tornado to push the fog away.
Episode 155: Saitama VS Popeye
- The constellation of Chuck Norris and Segata Sanshiro formed at the end of their fight can barely be seen behind Saitama as he thinks about how he finally found a serious fight against his opponent, though only Chuck's side of the constellation can be seen as Saitama's head is covering up Segata.
Episode 156: Harley Quinn VS Jinx
- The constellation of Macho Man and Kool-Aid Man from the end of their fight is seen at the left side of the Moon during the roller coaster scene.
- Harley and Jinx are teleported to the events of Blake VS Mikasa while fighting over the teleportation tablet on the roller coaster, in which Blake and Mikasa can be seen.
- Popeye's face can be seen on a can of "Segar's Spinach" from Saitama VS Popeye flying from the roller coaster cart after it flies off the tracks.
- Jinx's Odyssey and Star Guardian skins, as well as Claggor and Mylo, can be briefly seen as manic scribbles as Jinx gets infected with Harley's Joker Venom.
- Vi is seen in the mirror as one of Jinx's hallucinations.
Episode 157: Scarlet Witch VS Zatanna
- Blake Belladonna can be briefly seen on one of Zatanna's cards, which are based on the designs of the cards from Death Battle: The Game.
- Illusions of Superman, The Hulk, Wonder Woman, and Thor are summoned into the fight.
Episode 158: Tanjiro VS Jonathan Joestar
- Nezuko briefly appears during the beginning of the fight with Tanjiro protecting her. She then runs away before the fight begins. After Tanjiro dies, she appears from behind a tree and she reaches her hand out to Jonathan, but hesitates before the screen cuts to black.
Episode 160: Omni-Man VS Homelander
- Debbie and Mark Grayson appear in a family photo alongside Omni-Man.
- Debbie appears again as a burnt skeleton, having been killed by Homelander off-screen.
Bonus Episode: Excalibur VS Raiden
- Judging by its shadow, the Warframe that is finished at the end of the fight is Atlas Prime.
Episode 164: James Bond VS John Wick
- Q talks to James Bond at the beginning and end of the fight, with only his voice heard.
- John Wick's wife, Helen, can be seen on his phone screen.
Episode 166: Trunks VS Silver
- The constellation of Macho Man and Kool-Aid Man from the end of their fight can be seen near the top-left corner of the screen as Silver gets sent flying towards the Moon by Trunks.
- Super Saiyan Blue Goku can be seen on the the packet of Dragon Ball Heroes cards Trunks opens.
- The GT versions of Goku and Pan were summoned alongside Oolong to assist Trunks, though Oolong just floated uselessly in the background as he apparently died upon being summoned due to being in the vacuum of space.
- Past time-traveling Death Battle combatants Koopa Troopa (from the events of the Goomba VS Koopa 2 DBX), Link, Green Lantern, Cable, Booster Gold, The Flash, Archie Sonic, and Reverse-Flash can be seen within some of the crystals in the Crack of Time.
- Wiz, Sailor Pluto, Blaze the Cat, Bardock, Blinx, Crono, Fleetway Super Sonic, and Waldo can also be seen in some of the other crystals.
Episode 167: SpongeBob VS Aquaman
- Robo-Patrick and Robo-Sandy can be seen in the beginning before being quickly destroyed by SpongeBob.
- Super Friends Aquaman sees his main comic counterpart from Peter David's comic run in a portal, inspiring him to use aquatic telepathy on SpongeBob.
- After SpongeBob absorbs the ocean, Super Friends Aquaman sees several other versions of himself from the multiverse: DCEU Aquaman, Aquaman from Neal Pozner's comic run, Peter David's Aquaman (again), Mer-Man, and Aqualad.
- SpongeBob creates several DoodleBobs to attack Aquaman.
- The French Narrator narrates the "The Other Side of the Universe..." card, with only his voice heard.
- Amongst the sea creatures in Aquaman's giant hurricane, a Jellyfish from the SpongeBob SquarePants series briefly appears before it gets eaten by a shark.
- Columbo appears in the bottom-right corner for a single frame at the end of this scene before it cuts to space.
Episode 168: Jason Voorhees VS Michael Myers
- Pamala Voorhees "talks" to Jason in the beginning and end of the fight. Her grave and a hallucination of her head can also be seen near the end of the battle.
- Deborah Kim runs away from Michael in the beginning before being killed by him. However, she is instead called "Alex" in the episode.
- Brandon Wilson appears after Michael pins Jason to the tree and runs away from both combatants for a while before being killed by Jason. However, he is instead called "Sam" in the episode.
Episode 169: Sauron VS Lich King
- As revealed in a behind-the-scenes look on Twitter[3], Columbo appears in Sauron's eye as it flashes on-screen when the Sauron's firey body shatters Frostmourne with his mace, although Columbo is barely visible to the naked eye in the episode itself.
Episode 170: Deku VS Asta
- Super Friends Aquaman's clash with SpongeBob at the start of their fight can be seen playing on a big screen in the arena Deku and Asta are fighting in near the start of the fight.
- All Might appears during Deku's final charge.
- Hercule Satan appears at the end of the fight, where he runs away after witnessing the battle and realizing that Asta will be his next opponent.
Episode 171: Gogeta VS Vegito
Episode 172: Ant-Man VS Atom
Episode 173: Skyrim VS Dark Souls
- Darkstalker Kaathe and Kingseeker Frampt talk to the Last Dragonborn and the Chosen Undead respectively, at the beginning and end of the fight, with only their voices heard.
- Odahviing is summoned into the fight.
Episode 175: Stitch VS Rocket Raccoon
- The Ice Cream Man appears at the beginning of the battle next to the "Welcome to Space Hawaii" sign, with his ice cream getting knocked over right after Stitch gets shot out of the nearby volcano and into Rocket's spaceship. He reappears at the end of the fight after Rocket's death, watching the fireworks that resulted in the explosion of his Orbital Space Stash and narrowly avoiding a falling piece of the satellite, only to get accidentally splattered by Stitch ramming into him at high speeds.
- The constellation of Macho Man and Kool-Aid Man from the end of their fight can be seen above the Ice Cream Man and next to the sign and next to the volcano when it erupts.
Episode 176: Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha
- Padmé Amidala appears twice via genjutsu illusions; the first time when Obito creates an illusion of her after Vader breaks his mask, and the second when Vader falls victim to the Infinite Tsukuyomi and sees an illusion of a happy Padmé next to where he used to be Anakin Skywalker.
Episode 177: Phoenix VS Raven
- In the very first shot of Azarath at the start of the fight, a design of Bill Cipher is seen on a tower, with a cloud in the shape of Discord's head just above it. A stone carving of Bill is also later seen on one of the bookshelves in the X-Mansion when Jean is running from Raven's darkness in her mind. Although hardly visible in the episode itself, close-ups of the cameos were revealed in Bill Cipher VS Discord.
Bill Cipher (1)
(Enhanced for clarity from Bill Cipher VS Discord)
(Enhanced for clarity from Bill Cipher VS Discord)
Discord
(Enhanced for clarity from Bill Cipher VS Discord)
(Enhanced for clarity from Bill Cipher VS Discord)
Bill Cipher (2)
(Enhanced for clarity from Bill Cipher VS Discord)
(Enhanced for clarity from Bill Cipher VS Discord)
Episode 178: Guts VS Dimitri
- When Guts and Dimitri rush toward and start slashing at each other halfway into the fight, a cloud resembling Discord's head can be seen in the sky in some shots. Soon later, a stone carving of Bill Cipher can seen in the background when Guts and Dimitri are slashing each other and spilling their blood on the snow. Although hardly visible in the episode itself, close-ups of the cameos were revealed in Bill Cipher VS Discord.
- An apostle shows up at the end of the fight (though only its shadow is seen), who Dimitri goes to fight to protect his fallen foe.
Episode 179: Martian Manhunter VS Silver Surfer
- Though hard to make out, Scarlet Witch, Zatanna Zatara, and The Atom can be seen in some of the photos on John Jones' desk.
- A stone carving of Bill Cipher and a poster depicting a stylized Discord cropped from art by Susie Combs can be seen on the bulletin board in John's office. A better view of them can be seen in a behind-the-scenes look on Twitter.[4]
- Bill and Discord are later seen again in the asteroid field Martian Manhunter and Silver Surfer fly through right after when the fight starts proper, the former as a metal version of the aforementioned stone carving floating amongst the asteroids and the latter as the cloud resembling his head from Phoenix VS Raven and Guts VS Dimitri in the background, both of which were shown close-up in a behind-the-scenes look on Twitter.
- The constellation of Macho Man and Kool-Aid Man from the end of their fight can be seen in the background next to Space Hawaii as the Silver Surfer chases Martian Manhunter across the solar system.
Episode 180: Bill Cipher VS Discord
- The episode's editor, Djmah'di Rivers, briefly appears in Bill Cipher's analysis at Denny's when Boomstick mentions the restaurant. Appropriately, his character is credited as "Denny's Fiend" in the episode's credits.
- In Discord's analysis cutaway:
- Death Battle's line producer, Erin Makela, appears on the Death Battle Lab's monitor as Discord mentions how she refused to greenlight complex animation for his surprise appearance during it, with a plushie of the Axolotl that Bill calls out to during his death visible in the background of her room.
- Ben Singer and Chad James (the voice actors for Wiz and Boomstick) appear at the end of it after the draconequus uses his reality-warping powers to turn the hosts into them in the recording booth.
- The two later appear again in one of the backwards-playing clips during the "Winner" card.
- At the beginning of the fight, Zanthar is seen roaming Canterlot, while Teeth, multiple Eye-Bats, Redrunner, GumballViking, Paci-Fire, Rumble McSkirmish, Moon Ray's ponysona, and Biff Weed are all seen coming out of the interdimensional rift to the Nightmare Realm.
- Redrunner, GumballViking, Paci-Fire, and Moon Ray are later seen again during the revolving scene of Bill firing lasers at Discord.
- Princesses Celestia and Luna are seen as petrified trophies on Bill's throne made from other petrified ponies.
- Judging by the hat and cape they're wearing, one of the petrified ponies making up Bill's throne appears to be Trixie Lulamoon.
- She is later seen again unpetrified in the background of the shot of Canterlot near the end of the fight.
- As revealed by Billy B Burson III on Twitter, Derpy is one of the petrified ponies making up Bill's throne.[5]
- The pony that Bill petrifies and adds to his throne is Arbre Ken, one of John Mitchell's OCs.
- The Mane Six (Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash), can be seen on banners over Bill Cipher's throne of petrified ponies, implying that they failed in an attempt to stop Bill.
- Towards the end of the fight, the Mane Six appear again, freed from Bill's control, with Fluttershy worried about Discord. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and a few other ponies can also be seen freed in the background.
- Sans and the Judge can be seen in the background to the right of Bill's drum kit.
- During the revolving scene of Bill firing lasers at Discord, many cameos can be seen in the background (including some of the ones mentioned coming out of the rift at the start of the fight). Among them are:
- Starlight Glimmer
- A Unicorn Royal Guard
- An unidentified pony OC[6]
- A pony OC created by Phoenix821
- Pony versions of Columbo, Buttersamuri, OriginTheHero, Ringmaster, Zack Watkins, Luis Cruz,[6] Carbonated-Jem, and Mabel and Dipper Pines
- A pony version of Rick Sanchez fighting Dr. Hooves as they go through two green portals from the Rick and Morty series
- 2ShyShy's pony OC, Dreamy Daze
- They are later seen again in the background of the shot of Canterlot near the end of the fight.
- BronyPonyDude's OC pony, Cobalt Hoodie
- RaccoonBroVA's OC pony, Biff Jerky
- Princess Eris
- Randy Savage and Kool-Aid Man's fight in the Kool-Aid Dimension can be seen in the background while Bill and Discord fight in the claymation Weirdness Bubble.
- In the rubber hose cartoon Weirdness Bubble, Bendy appears as one of the flowers dancing to the music, while Cuphead can be seen holding onto another one of them a few seconds after Bendy's cameo.
- In the puppet Weirdness Bubble, plushies of the Impostor and a Fall Guy can be seen on the left of the very first shot.
- Researcher AkumaTh's OCs Fire Spark and Axilia can be seen in the background of the shot of Canterlot near the end of the fight, the former next to Celestia and Luna and the latter next to Dreamy Daze.
- Spike can also be seen in this shot standing next to Trixie in the far back.
Episode 183: Gojo VS Makima
- In the opening shot of the movie theater, Guts, the Chosen Undead, Darth Vader, and Alex Mercer can be seen in the back seats of the theater. They can be seen again when Gojo chokes on Makima's popcorn.
- The movie that is playing inside the movie theater is Samurai Jack VS Afro Samurai, with the scene of Afro's arms being revealed to have been cut off by Jack being shown playing when the camera cuts to the big screen.
- Bill Cipher makes four cameos during the fight:
- The stone carving of Bill previously featured in Phoenix VS Raven, Guts VS Dimitri, and Martian Manhunter VS Silver Surfer can be seen next to Gut's Dragon Slayer in the Knives Inc. display window.
- A graffiti drawing of Bill seemingly hanging himself can be seen in the toilet stall the Japanese citizen who died was in.
- Two images of Bill can be seen as Makima gets caught in Gojo's Unlimited Void; the first features him still stuck in the Nightmare Realm after the end of his fight, while the second depicts the start of his distortion within his Mindscape after being hit by Discord.
- Aside from Bill, multiple individuals make split-second cameos as Makima gets caught in Gojo's Unlimited Void, namely:
Episode 184: Scooby-Doo VS Courage the Cowardly Dog
- The first hallway the monster chases Scooby and Courage through features a few split-second cameos, namely a framed picture of Discord (which appears again above the fireplace in the room where Scooby and Courage engage in a thumb war), a stone carving of Bill Cipher sitting on a bookshelf, and a framed picture of Makima taken from her fight (which appears again to the left of the door that houses Godzilla's later cameo).
- The contents behind the first three doors that Courage opens as he's looking for Scooby are, in order, Bad Mr. Frosty, Godzilla, and Columbo.
- The monster that chases Scooby and Courage throughout the haunted mansion during the fight is revealed at the end to be none other than Eustace Bagge.
Episode 185: Rick Sanchez VS The Doctor
- Morty is seen accompanying Rick in the Space Cruiser at the start of the fight. He later reappears at the end of the fight, where the Doctor wishes him well and his grandpa's hologram berates him.
- The constellation of Macho Man and Kool-Aid Man from the end of their fight can be seen in the background next to Space Hawaii as the TARDIS initially leaves the accident site.
- When the TARDIS lands on the Screaming Sun Planet from "The Wedding Squanchers", the Screaming Sun itself rises, and it reappears throughout the fight multiple times as the location is revisited.
- Although difficult to make out, a cloud resembling Discord's head can be seen on the top-right corner of the screen as the Screaming Sun first rises above the horizon.
- The arcade machines seen in Blips and Chitz contain multiple cameos that are as follows:
- Multiple "Death Battle Arcade Battle" cabinets that play the events of past Season 10 episodes, namely Killua VS Misaka, Martian Manhunter VS Silver Surfer, Phoenix VS Raven, and Gojo VS Makima. The clips shown on these machines feature Killua and Misaka's iron sand giant, Martian Manhunter and Silver Surfer, Raven, and Gojo, respectively.
- A "DBX Arcade Battle" cabinet that plays the events of Sailor Mercury VS Blue Ranger, primarily featuring a clip of the Blue Ranger and Sailor Mercury.
- DUMMI is featured as the rightmost icon on the instruction card on the front of the cabinet.
- A "Cameo Drop" cabinet that shows some of the assorted cameos seen in the revolving scene of Bill Cipher shooting laser at Discord during their fight, alongside a few extra additions from an updated version of it that was shown on Twitter. In order of appearance, they are as follows:
- Taurock's ponysona, Thunder Song
- RaccoonBroVA's OC pony, Biff Jerky
- Pony versions of Nemesis Bloodryche, Carbonated-Jem, Ringmaster, and Buttersamuri
- A pony OC created by Pokeboy Infinitay
- Redrunner and GumballViking
- A pony OC created by Phoenix821
- Biff Weed
- BronyPonyDude's OC pony, Cobalt Hoodie
- 2ShyShy's pony OC, Dreamy Daze
- Bulk Biceps
- Moon Ray's ponysona
- The unidentified grey pony OC with white legs and maroon and pink hair
- The pony versions of Columbo, Zack Watkins, Luis Cruz, OriginTheHero, and Ringmaster from said scene can be seen on the side of the cabinet.
- A Techno Warrior cabinet that displays Rocket Raccoon and Stitch as selected characters.
- An "Ants In My Guts Palmer" cabinet that plays the Atom's death at the end of Ant-Man VS Atom.
- A "Horse-shadowing" cabinet that references the allusion to this matchup in Bill Cipher VS Discord, with the screen playing a looping close-up shot of the pony version of Rick fighting Dr. Hooves and the sprites of the two fighting being prominently featured at the front of the machine as a decal.
- An "IT'S BILL CIPHER!" cabinet that displays a green-colored Bill in a reference to his cameo appearance in the cold open of the Gravity Falls episode "Fight Fighters".
- A "Supervoid" cabinet that features a still of Scooby-Doo and Courage the Cowardly Dog letting out a relieving laugh after they bump into each other at the start of their fight the episode prior on its screen.
- Godzilla's Millennium and Monsterverse counterparts and David Fischer's T-Rex can be seen playing on the screen of the "Roy 3" machine next to the air hockey table before and after Rick corners The Doctor against the railing on Blips and Chitz's third floor.
- As Rick corners The Doctor against the railing on Blips and Chitz's third floor, several characters make cameos in the plaza below in their respective groups as follows:
- Thomas the Tank Engine and Odahviing on the second floor
- Jerry and a Mr. Meseeks standing next to a light pole at the left
- Harley Quinn and Jinx, alongside all of their gadgets spread across their table
- Blake Belladonna and Mikasa Ackerman
- Obito Uchiha and Alex Mercer
- Cole MacGrath, testing his luck at a Spin-N-Win game
- Darth Vader sitting alone, surrounded by birthday balloons with a party hat on his head
- The Chosen Undead, the Last Dragonborn, and a battle-worn Dimitri giving each other a toast. Guts is also nearby, remaining in his death posture from his fight with Dimitri and bleeding profusely.
- Frieza and Megatron, the latter of whom is lifting their table using his legs as support
- Rick and the Doctor teleport themselves into a room full of Weeping Angels.
- A stone carving of Bill Cipher can be seen on the TARDIS' control console just before Rick reveals himself from underneath it.
Episode 186: Goku VS Superman (2023)
- The first three cracks in the multiverse when Superman hits Goku with his full power show the following scenarios:
- Super Saiyan 4 Goku from Dragon Ball GT fighting Superman Blue in front of the Daily Planet.
- Goku Black and Ultraman having a beam struggle with their Super Black Kamehameha and heat vision on Snake Way.
- Xeno Goku charging a Kamehameha against a giant Cosmic Armor Superman.
- The constellation of Macho Man and Kool-Aid Man from the end of their fight can be seen in the background three times during the fight:
- The first time is when Goku and Superman go into space for the first time, most notably when Goku prepares his one-inch punch on Superman and during the second and third hits that Superman lands on Goku using his full power, though the constellation isn't seen in full in the aforementioned shots.
- The second time is when Superman flies through several yellow stars to recharge his energy after using his Super Flare.
- The final time is when it reappears for a split second as Superman makes his return trip to Earth to clash with Goku one last time.
- Although easy to miss, the cloud resembling Discord's head can be seen near the bottom of the aurora during the scene of Goku seeing the glowing light produced by Superman flying through every yellow star in the galaxy.
- As Goku's Ultra Instinct avatar is being summoned, a stone carving of Bill Cipher briefly appears amongst the chucks of the exploded Earth behind him for three frames before it gets covered up by the avatar's right arm.
- Galactus and Unicron (in his planet mode) make cameo appearances right before the universe blacks out from Goku and Superman's final clash.
- Several scenes showing different versions of Goku and Superman interacting in various ways can be seen in the multiverse cracks in the aftermath of the battle, which are as follows:
- A shot of Super Saiyan 4 Goku fighting Superman from the original fight.
- A shot of Super Saiyan God Goku fighting Superman from the second fight.
- Red Son Superman standing off against Goku wearing Saiyan Armor (likely a version of Goku that stayed with the surviving Saiyans in Frieza's army instead of being sent to Earth, a popular Dragon Ball "What If?" scenario explored in various ways, such as in DB Sai).[7]
- Evolution Goku firing a Kamehameha at Smallville Superman.
- Super Saiyan Goku and Superman (with the same models as the fight) playing with figurines of Haruhi Suzumiya, Rex, a Tylosaurus, and Hatsune Miku at Blips and Chitz from Rick and Morty, specifically in front of the "Roy 3" machine (with footage of Godzilla's Millennium and Monsterverse counterparts from the video "[SFM]Godzilla and Godzilla 2014" on it), calling back to the scene in Rick Sanchez VS The Doctor where several past Death Battle combatants can be seen together in the arcade's plaza.[8]
- Goku and Superman wearing each other's outfits recreating the "You're approaching me?" meme from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, with Superman standing in for Jotaro Kujo and Goku standing in for Dio Brando.[9]
- Grand Priest Goku arm-wrestling with Dark Crisis Superman over planet Earth.[9]
- Abridged Goku and Superman reaching for the last muffin (referencing the "Muffin Button" gag from Dragon Ball Z Abridged).[9]
- Kingdom Come Superman and Geezer Goku competing in Bingo.[9]
- Milkman Man fighting Spirit Killer Tablos from the fanmade Dragon Ball AF (who's been mistaken for Super Saiyan 5 Goku in the past, even by John Mitchell).[10][11]
- Super Saiyan God CC Goku from Super Dragon Ball Heroes battling Superman Prime One Million.[10]
- Recovery Suit Superman firing his heat vision at Drip Goku, who dodges it (referencing both the meme and YouTuber Lythero's Dragon Ball FighterZ mod videos, where Drip Goku is a reoccurring character.)[10]
- Superman from Superman: The Animated Series flying alongside Toei Animation's Goku on the Flying Nimbus in a tribute to their '90s animated counterparts.[12]
- Scooby-Doo as Superman facing off against Courage the Cowardly Dog as Goku, referencing their respective battle earlier in the season, as well as Scooby's various DC crossovers.[13]
- Super Saiyan Blue Gogeta battling the fused Batman and Superman from Batman/Superman: World's Finest #4 in a duel of fusions.
- Kid Goku fighting Superboy at the World Martial Arts Tournament.
Haruhi Suzumiya, Rex, a Tylosaurus, Hatsune Miku, Millennium Godzilla, and Monsterverse Godzilla
(Enhanced for clarity from a BTS look)
(Enhanced for clarity from a BTS look)
Episode 187: Galactus VS Unicron
- During the scene of Galactus' hand descending upon the Earth's surface, a stone carving of Bill Cipher can be seen on top of the steel framework to the right of the screen, while Columbo can be seen through the window of the building on the bottom-right of the scene before the camera pans upward.
- As Galactus and Unicron exchange physical blows on each other, an interstellar cloud in the shape of Discord's head and the constellation of Macho Man and Kool-Aid Man from the end of their fight can be seen in the background, the former to the left of Galactus and the latter as the camera zooms out.
Episode 189: Joker VS Giorno
- After Joker is initially killed and the scene cuts to the interrogation room, Goro Akechi can be seen pointing his gun at Ren, while almost every member of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts can be vocally heard encouraging him to regain his will. The voices in order are Ann Takamaki, Futaba Sakura, Yusuke Kitagawa, Sumire Yoshizawa, Akechi himself, Haru Okumura, Ryuji Sakamoto, and Makoto Niijima. Near the end of this scene, Philemon can be seen flying past Joker in his blue butterfly form.
- As Joker summons Satanael after escaping the death loop, Lavenza can be heard uttering the arc words of the Persona series: "I am thou, thou art I."
Episode 190: Bowser VS Eggman
- Mario makes three cameos during Bowser's analysis, with two of them featuring additional cameos:
- A sprite animation by OriginTheHero of Bowser kidnapping Princess Peach and knocking out Mario is shown near the beginning when Boomstick brings up Peach's kidnappings.
- A 3D animation done by Luis Cruz showing Mario saying "Mamma mia!" is shown after Fury Bowser is brought up.
- Another 3D animation done by Luis is shown at the end that depicts a victorious Bowser, Bowser Jr., and Kamek over the defeated bodies of him, Luigi, and a massive number of Toads.
- Yet another 3D animation done by Luis, this time of a victorious Doctor Eggman, Metal Sonic, and Sage over the defeated body of Tails and a collapsing Sonic the Hedgehog, is shown at the end of Eggman's analysis.
- A wooden cutout of Peach was used to catfish Bowser at the beginning of the battle.
- When the Egg Fleet arrives, a TIE Fighter can be seen in the background.
- In the last shot of the Eggman Empire charging into the battle at the beginning of the fight, multiple silhouetted members of Eggman's army that do not properly appear in the fight can be seen, including Egg Keepers, E-101 Mark II, a Rhinotank, a Big Chaser, a Fighter Aircraft B, a Bubbles, and an Egg Chaser.
- Multiple Piranha Plants can be seen in the background of the fight at various moments.
Episode 191: Among Us VS Fall Guys
- During the Crewmate/Impostor's analysis, Ellie Rose can be seen as a pet standing on the back of one of the crew members.
- The face seen on Blue's tablet after he gets killed by the Pink Fall Guy's wind-up boxing glove is that of Levitation, one of OriginTheHero's friends.[14]
- When the fight transitions to space, multiple cameos can be seen in the background. In order, these include:
- The constellation of Macho Man and Kool-Aid Man from the end of their fight.
- A stone carving of Bill Cipher.
- A cloud in the shape of Discord's head.
- The Directer from Vampire Survivors.
- Ringmaster as an Impostor.
- Unicron in his planet mode.
- Galactus.
- During Pink's hallucination of him being homeless, a Pegwin is seen next to the cardboard box they are living in, while a Headcrab is seen on top of the dumpster bin on the very right of the scene.
Episode 192: Kratos VS Asura
- When Kratos is teleported to Gaea, he is greeted by Mithra, Asura's daughter, alongside three Doji, whom Kratos easily defeats.
- In the Alternate Ending, after Kratos is killed by Asura, Calliope appears at her father's side to welcome him to Valhalla.
Episode 193: Ghost Rider VS Spawn
- Sans' head can be seen as an ornament hanging on the rear-view mirror of the truck Ghost Rider uses to attack Spawn with after the fight enters Hell.
- As Spawn ensnares Zarathos with his own Penance Stare, several comic panels of Ghost Rider's past Penance Stare victims are shown on-screen one after another in rapid succession, including Emmael (whose voice can also be heard), Deadpool, and Doctor Strange.
Episode 194: Shigaraki VS Mahito
- One of the silhouettes seen in the subway station at the beginning of the fight is that of Edwin Murray, using his fan design from the infamous "Jackie's Box" music video by XTRATUNA, which became a popular meme at the time of the episode's release due to the song's off-putting format and lyrics.
- As revealed by Iku Aldena on Twitter, Makima's silhouette can also be seen among the crowd of people to the left of Edwin.[15]
Episode 195: Master Chief VS Doom Slayer
- A figurine of Isabelle can be seen on the forklift that Master Chief shoves toward Doom Slayer during the fight in the ship.
- Several enemies from Doom surround Master Chief and Doom Slayer, before getting brutally destroyed by the two of them, namely Imps, Revenants, and Cacodemons.
- Ghost Rider and Spawn can be seen on one of the background floating islands when Master Chief begins charging up the Spartan Laser in the fight's climax. A clearer view of them can be seen here.
Episode 196: Simon the Digger VS Kyle Rayner
- During the "Board of Wizdom" in Simon's analysis, when Wiz explains how dimensions infinitely surpass each other, various characters make small appearances, including:
- Bill Cipher.
- Some Scuttle Bugs from Super Mario 64.
- Mr. Game & Watch.
- Springtrap.
- Infinite, who is later crushed by a Thwomp.
- Throughout the fight, Kyle Rayner creates various Lantern constructs of other characters, namely Balrog, Shenron, Tiger Woods, and the Thought Robot.
- When Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann moves to stomp on Kyle after its transformation, multiple constellations can be seen in the right-end of the background. From top to bottom, the characters included are as follows:
- Hatsune Miku.
- The mole from the Shaun the Sheep episode "Mountains Out of Molehills", which was initially mistaken for B.O.B. from Monsters vs. Aliens.[16]
- GIR from Invader Zim.
- Discord.
- Columbo.
- Wonder Woman's shield was used by Kyle's Thought Robot Construct while fighting Simon & Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
- When Simon almost falls victim to the Life Equation, a vision of Kamina appears to motivate him.
- As Simon and Kyle fall back down to Earth from rips in space-time in the fight's climax, Segata Sanshiro can been seen fading into view within the rip Simon falls out of right before it closes.
Episode 197: Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat
- Both Jerry and the Road Runner appear at the beginning of the episode being chased by their enemies (Wile E. Coyote and Tom Cat, respectively), before running away together.
- As Tom hits Wile with one of his signs, On the wall you can see promotional artwork of Kyle and Simon for Simon the Digger VS Kyle Rayner and the exclusive Save Death Battle Kickstarter poster featuring Wiz and Boomstick, while on the drawer below you can see action figures of various characters, including:
- As Tom goes to hide behind the couch, some figurines of the Fall Guy and the Impostor are seen on the wall shelf.
- On the grill of the truck in which Wile and Tom escape, you can see a metal emblem of Bill Cipher
- As Tom tries to escape the moving truck by going into YouTube, with Wile trying to bring him back, various characters can be seen making numerous cameos in the video thumbnails. From top to bottom we see:
- Omni-Man, Invincible and Homelander in "Omni-Man VS Homelander DEBUNKED! Fraud Battle real?"
- A Goomba and BurgerTime Hotdog in "Goomba VS Hotdog"
- Columbo in "The 10th Columbo Reference! Columbo ASMR to watch Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat to."
- Ben Singer and Chad James in "Ben Singer VS Chad James is NOT CLOSE"
- Thor and Bruce Banner from the MCU in "Guys, Thor just got faster"
- Roronoa Zoro, Tsuyu Asui, Donald Duck, Navia, Coconut Head, and an unidentified character in "RANKING ALL MY FRIENDS (Tier List Debauchery)"
Episode 198: Spider-Man VS Deku
- When Miles finds out that one of his Web-Shooters has broken because of Deku and also while he senses the latter's attack, you can see a sign showing the three main members of the HUNTR/X (Rumi, Mira and Zoey) from KPop Demon Hunters.
Episode 199: Hulk VS Godzilla
- At the beginning of the fight, as Hulk runs towards Godzilla, jumping from one building to another, Jeanne d'Arc Alter from Fate/Grand Order briefly appears under his feet, making the peace sign.
- On top of one of the buildings that are destroyed by Godzilla as he hits the Hulk with his tail, David Fischer's T-Rex appears and playfully flies away with the debris.
- As Hulk yells at Bruce, not wanting to switch places with him, Deku is seen in the bottom right of the screen wearing a Waffle House hat.
- As Godzilla is about to attack with his atomic breath after supercharging and regenerating his damaged jaw, Miles appears in the background swinging on a ruined building.
- On the overturned car that Hulk was hiding in and then pushing it away as he runs towards Godzilla Ultima, you can see a chibi plush of Haruhi Suzumiya from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Episode 200: Ruby Rose VS Maka Albarn
- When Ruby gets hit and got sent flying by Maka and Soul's Witcher Hunter Scythe form, Godzilla can be seen underneath the bridge in the river.
Episode 201: Blade VS Buffy
- The majority of the Death Battle cast can be seen before and during the fight. Cast in order of appearence:
- Austin Harper portrays a vampire bartender, known as Jackie Daytona, in the beginning of the fight.
- Lisa Foiles portrays a vampire dancing to the music; she can be seen fleeing the scene as Blade continues to take out the rest of the vampires.
- Sam Mitchell (on the left) and Chad James (hooded, on the right) portrays a group of vampire bouncers holding the captive hostage for the Vampire Queen, Ahriza.
- Chad can be seen again as he attempts to kill Buffy, before being killed by one of her arrows.
- Ben Singer portrays a Vampire DJ on the sound booth, before being distengrated by Blade's flash bomb.
- Erin Makela portrays one of the vampire music goers after Buffy enters the club. She can also be seen where Blade encounters Ahriza.
- Liam Swan portrays one of the vampires who attempted to take down Buffy, before being killed by one of her arrows.
Trivia
- Bill Cipher has the most amount of cameo appearances out of all Death Battle combatants, having cameoed 16 times across nine different episodes.
- Randy Savage, Kool-Aid Man, and Bill Cipher have cameoed in the most amount of episodes, having each appeared in nine episodes, with Randy and Kool-Aid Man across 12 appearances and Bill across 15.
- Rick Sanchez VS The Doctor has the most amount of cameos featured in a single episode, with a total of 63 different characters appearing throughout it, followed by Bill Cipher VS Discord's 55 cameos and Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie's 49 cameos.
- Eustace Bagge is the first cameo to actively partake in the fight they appear in.
- From Thanos VS Darkseid to All Might VS Might Guy, there was a trend of referencing the winner of the previous 3D animated episode.
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/CVAnimation/status/1283438235784536075
- ↑ https://twitter.com/burner04016254/status/1196128221059801089
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DEATHBATTLE/status/1595462144484573186
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DEATHBATTLE/status/1699852835867758834
- ↑ https://twitter.com/RingmasterDBX/status/1701472474125177271
- ↑ 6.0 6.1
- ↑ https://twitter.com/xZackAttack27x/status/1732105054495142341
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SXR123/status/1732343514539651579
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 https://twitter.com/AyrosArts/status/1731756389356261711
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://twitter.com/DYWTBA_Brony/status/1731783773304291433
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DYWTBA_Brony/status/1732591756909093051
- ↑ https://twitter.com/xZackAttack27x/status/1731751598232109508
- ↑ https://twitter.com/JumpNJetz/status/1732458940527423936
- ↑ https://x.com/OriginTheHero/status/1865871301220381121
- ↑ https://x.com/Iku_Aldena/status/1907867487489737204
- ↑ https://x.com/larrywinwood/status/1927105638691152096














































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































