This article is about the upcoming re-examination of Death Battle's 18th episode. You may be looking for the original fight between Master Chief and Doomguy from 2011.
Master Chief VS Doom Slayer is an upcoming episode of Death Battle, featuring Master Chief from the Halo series and the Doom Slayer from the Doom series in a re-examination of the battle between first-person shooter space marines.
Interlude
Ringmaster shouts...
The screen then statics into playing the Death Battle intro.
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Wiz & Boomstick by Brandon Yates  
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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.
Master Chief
Doom Slayer
Prelude
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. We've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEE!!!
Death Battle
Results
We cut to the "Winner" card.
Wiz: The winner is...
Original Track
Trivia
Production
- The core connections between Master Chief and Doom Slayer are that they are both mostly silent protagonists of first-person video game shooter series that redefined the genre, serving as unstoppable and legendary intergalactic one-man army super-soldiers armed with a colossal military arsenal and iconic green suit of armor (the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor and the Praetor Suit, respectively). Both were previously part of dangerous but special tests and augmentations that enhanced their capabilities to superhuman levels, which they would put to use in a war for humanity against an antagonistic galactic empire (the Covenant Empire and Hell, respectively). Both are also heavy-duty wielders of nearly every form of weapon, making significant use of the likes of primitive military weaponry, plasma armaments, and even energy blades (the Type-1 Energy Sword and the Crucible, respectively). In addition:
- Both have a history of defying orders and briefly fought alongside a team which they acted upon as its leader (Blue Team and the Night Sentinels, respectively).
- Both are known for having a deeply close connection to an AI (Cortana and VEGA, respectively).
- Both of their series have deep religious theming, with the combatants themselves bearing messianic reputations in their worlds and being revered or feared by allies and enemies alike (for Halo, the series was named after an angel's halo, the Flood species is named after a biblical disaster, SPARTANs like Master Chief are referred to as "demons", and the Covenant is built off of religious devotion; for Doom, the series is more obvious in its usage of Hell, demonic monsters, the Seraphim, etc.).
- As part of the Save Death Battle Kickstarter, one of the rewards for the $225,000 stretch goal was a rematch that everyone who pledged a reward tier could vote on, which this episode won,[1][2] beating the Ninja Turtle Battle Royale, Mario VS Sonic, Zelda VS Peach, Terminator VS RoboCop, Gaara VS Toph, Yang VS Tifa, Mewtwo VS Shadow, Tracer VS Scout, and Ben 10 VS Green Lantern.
- This makes it the sixth matchup to be made due to fan-polling, after Zitz VS Leonardo, Hulk VS Doomsday, Bill Cipher VS Discord, Cole MacGrath VS Alex Mercer, and Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat.
- In an instance of the Death Battle Curse striking, the very same day this episode was revealed to the public, Microsoft announced a new Halo project being made with Unreal Engine 5.[3]
Other
- This is the third FPS-themed episode, after Master Chief VS Doomguy and Tracer VS Scout.
- This is the third Novel VS Video Game-themed episode, after Master Chief VS Doomguy and Sauron VS Lich King.
- This is the third Microsoft-themed episode, after Master Chief VS Doomguy and Crash VS Spyro.
- This is the 37th episode to feature a returning combatant, after Zitz VS Leonardo, Batman VS Captain America, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Pokémon VS Digimon, Mewtwo VS Shadow, Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie, Metal Sonic VS Zero, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Black Panther VS Batman, Ryu VS Jin, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Mega Man Battle Royale, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla, Ganondorf VS Dracula, Deadpool VS Mask, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Venom VS Crona, Hulk VS Broly, Shadow VS Ryuko, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, Link VS Cloud (2021), Batman VS Iron Man, Akuma VS Shao Kahn, Thor VS Vegeta, Boba Fett VS Predator, Excalibur VS Raiden, Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha, Phoenix VS Raven, Guts VS Dimitri, Goku VS Superman (2023), Omni-Man VS Bardock, Bowser VS Eggman, and Kratos VS Asura, and with the next three being Aang VS Traveler, Ash VS Yugi, and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the 24th episode to feature a returning winner, after Zitz VS Leonardo, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie, Metal Sonic VS Zero, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Black Panther VS Batman, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Ganondorf VS Dracula, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Venom VS Crona, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, Link VS Cloud (2021), Batman VS Iron Man, Akuma VS Shao Kahn, Thor VS Vegeta, Excalibur VS Raiden, Phoenix VS Raven, Guts VS Dimitri, Goku VS Superman (2023), and Omni-Man VS Bardock, and with the next two being Aang VS Traveler and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the 26th episode to feature a returning loser, after Batman VS Captain America, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Pokémon VS Digimon, Mewtwo VS Shadow, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Black Panther VS Batman, Ryu VS Jin, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Mega Man Battle Royale, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Hulk VS Broly, Shadow VS Ryuko, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, Link VS Cloud (2021), Batman VS Iron Man, Thor VS Vegeta, Boba Fett VS Predator, Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha, Goku VS Superman (2023), Bowser VS Eggman, and Kratos VS Asura, and with the next two being Ash VS Yugi and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the 13th episode to feature two returning combatants, after Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, Link VS Cloud (2021), Batman VS Iron Man, Akuma VS Shao Kahn, Thor VS Vegeta, Goku VS Superman (2023), and Bowser VS Eggman, and with the next one being Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the sixth episode to be a redo of a previous episode, after Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Link VS Cloud (2021), and Goku VS Superman (2023).
- This is the first redo to not share a name with the match it's a redo of.
- Years after the original episode's release and prior to this episode's announcement, Brandon Yates made a track for this matchup called "Covenant With Hell" as part of his "What If?" commission tracks.
- This makes it the 12th episode that received its own commission track before its release, after Blake VS Mikasa, Goku Black VS Reverse-Flash, Jason Voorhees VS Michael Myers, Guts VS Dimitri, Bill Cipher VS Discord, Frieza VS Megatron, Gojo VS Makima, Galactus VS Unicron, Joker VS Giorno, Bowser VS Eggman, and Kratos VS Asura, and with the next three being Ash VS Yugi, Simon the Digger VS White Lantern, and Ruby VS Maka.
- This is the 11th one to be done by Brandon Yates, after Blake VS Mikasa, Goku Black VS Reverse-Flash, Jason Voorhees VS Michael Myers, Guts VS Dimitri, Bill Cipher VS Discord, Frieza VS Megatron, Galactus VS Unicron, Joker VS Giorno, Bowser VS Eggman, and Kratos VS Asura, and with the next three being Ash VS Yugi, Simon the Digger VS White Lantern, and Ruby VS Maka.
- This makes it the 12th episode that received its own commission track before its release, after Blake VS Mikasa, Goku Black VS Reverse-Flash, Jason Voorhees VS Michael Myers, Guts VS Dimitri, Bill Cipher VS Discord, Frieza VS Megatron, Gojo VS Makima, Galactus VS Unicron, Joker VS Giorno, Bowser VS Eggman, and Kratos VS Asura, and with the next three being Ash VS Yugi, Simon the Digger VS White Lantern, and Ruby VS Maka.