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Darth Vader VS Doctor Doom is the 49th episode of Death Battle, featuring Darth Vader from the Star Wars series and Doctor Doom from Marvel Comics in a battle between magical armored villains.
Interlude
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Wiz: These two masters of evil are experts at bending others to their will, but beneath the mask lies the scars of their past, literally.
Boomstick: Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith.
Wiz: And Doctor Doom, sovereign ruler of Latveria.
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.
Darth Vader
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The Imperial March by John Williams
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Wiz: Darth Vader. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, this mass murderer was one of the most dangerous and respected killers among the stars.
Boomstick: Nobody stood a chance. He was a Force to be reckoned with... Haha!
Wiz: But before he was a Dark Lord of the Sith, he was Anakin Skywalker, an innocent child sold to slavery on the harsh desert planet of Tatooine.
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Anakin's Theme by John Williams
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Boomstick: Anakin was a prodigy mechanic, a prodigy podracer, and a prodigy Jedi! So I'd say the junk dealer who bought him got a pretty sweet deal. Y'know, apart from the whole... "ownership of people" thing... then Liam Neeson showed up and measured his power level to find out that this kid was the Chosen One, destined to do something great that would bring balance to the all-powerful Force. Whatever the f**k that means!
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Redemption by Mark Griskey
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Wiz: Freed from slavery and trained under Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin grew into an extremely powerful Jedi, capable of lifting starships and crushing buildings with just his mind. He quickly rose through the Jedi ranks to the very top and led the legendary 501st Legion in the galaxy-wide Clone Wars.
Boomstick: He also grew into a really arrogant and whiny douche!
Anakin: It's all Obi-Wan's fault. He's holding me back!
Wiz: Naturally curious to an extreme, the vast potential of the Force was intoxicating to Anakin. Unable to accept loss and pain, Anakin sought new powers to "fix" his problems. After a premonition of his pregnant wife's death, he decided he had no choice but to turn to the dark side of the Force for answers.
Emperor Palpatine: Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth... Vader.
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Anakin's Dark Deeds by John Williams
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Boomstick: Despite being trained in the Jedi's pacifism, Anakin learned that he was really freaking good at killing people, and murdered nearly the entire Jedi Order. His punishment? A tearful break-up with his old master and a leisurely dip in a pool of lava.
Wiz: After some.... pretty intense reconstructive surgery, he was rebuilt as the black-cloaked Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader.
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Enter Lord Vader by John Williams
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Vader is lowered off the operating table he's on.
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The Imperial March by John Williams
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Boomstick: If there was anything you hated about Anakin before, don't worry! Vader is nothing like that whiny little prequel bitch! He's a badass through and through, with one of the coolest voices of all time.
Darth Vader: The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Wiz: Vader's body was sustained by his dark armor, a mobile life support system designed to protect what was left of him and intimidate foes.
Boomstick: The suit enhanced his vision, hearing, and physique. With his robot limbs, he can leap dozens of feet and lift several hundred pounds, all without having to use the Force. The armor is even dense enough to deflect lightsaber blows.
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Kanan at the Gate by Kevin Kiner
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Wiz: Unfortunately for Vader, his new body had several problems. The armor was cumbersome and weighed him down, much of it was mismatched, snagging and pulling on his body, his incessant raspy breathing often kept him awake, his synthetic skin itched constantly, and the control panel on his chest would sometimes beep for no reason at all.
Boomstick: You're saying in this technological marvel of an age, we can't fix one person who's fallen into lava?
Darth Vader: I find your lack of faith disturbing.
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Abandoned Base by Kevin Kiner
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Wiz: It's very likely Vader's Sith Master, knowing his new student could become more powerful than himself, included these faults on purpose. While it caused problems for Vader at first, he quickly grew accustomed to his suit's limitations and modified his fighting style to complement his new stance and strength. And while his life support systems are vulnerable to electric overload, should the worst happen, he can use the Force to sustain himself for several hours.
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Battle of Teth by Kevin Kiner
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Boomstick: Vader wields a dual-phase lightsaber. Unlike normal lightsabers, which are already cool as shit, Vader can manually adjust his to double its length, but if it lasts for more than four hours, he needs to consult a doctor.
Darth Vader: All too easy.
Wiz: With his unmatched connection to the Force, and training in both Jedi and Sith arts, he's learned a variety of techniques. He can deflect energy blasts with nothing but his hands, anticipate his opponent's next moves, and increase his speed and strength. And though his mechanical limbs cannot channel Force lightning like his master, he can condense and launch a ball of electricity called Kinetite.
Boomstick: And he can always use telekinesis to lift people up and choke the ever living hell out of them, a power that would come in handy if you ever had to deal with an annoying co-host.
Darth Vader: You don't know the power of the dark side.
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Battle of Christophsis by Kevin Kiner
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Wiz: Using the dark side of the Force, Vader embraces his passion and rage in battle, complementing his extremely offensive fighting style; the angrier he gets, the deadlier he becomes.
Boomstick: He's defeated tons of Jedi Masters, including Obi-Wan himself. He matched his secret apprentice Galen Marek in force combat, who is powerful enough to move Star Destroyers, and killed a doppelganger of Darth Maul by impaling himself. Damn, that's dedication.
Wiz: And finally, after discovering his long lost son, Vader had a change of heart. He rescued his son by sacrificing himself to destroy the Sith once and for all... or at least until the next movie comes out.
Boomstick: Darth Vader is impressive, most impressive.
Darth Vader: There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you.
Doctor Doom
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Bon Voyage by John Ottman
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Wiz: Doctor Doom. Master of science, sorcery, and his own country, Doom is undoubtedly one of the most dangerous villains in the Marvel multiverse.
Boomstick: I mean, just look at him! He looks like death itself. But before he was lord of Latveria, Victor Von Doom was... a gypsy.
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Experiments by John Ottman
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Wiz: His father was a highly intelligent doctor who died of frostbite, and his mother... just so happened to be a Satanic witch who accidentally sold her soul to the devil.
Boomstick: Poor orphaned Victor was determined to master both science and magic to honor his parents. And... he did!
Wiz: By secretly combining technology and sorcery, Victor made a name for himself with a number of miraculous inventions, including a robotic duplicate of himself dubbed a Doombot.
Boomstick: And get used to seeing those things. I mean like, every time Doom has been "killed", it turns out it was just a Doombot.
Tony Stark: This isn't Doom at all, it's some kind of Doombot!
Mandarin: No wonder he didn't use the ring. It's a complete fake!
Wiz: He eventually developed a machine designed to take him to and from Hell itself to rescue his mother.
Boomstick: Buuuut it blew up in his face. No like, really, it blew up in his face.
An explosion is heard.
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Superheroes by John Ottman
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Wiz: After the accident, despite his only injury being a single scar, Victor was horrified that his always perfect face had been "tainted". Victor ran away to the Himalayan mountains, and ended up joining a group of Tibetan monks.
Boomstick: He soon put them to work building him an awesome suit of armor to enhance his power and hide his face. He was so eager to get the damn thing on, that he put on the metal mask before it cooled down, messing up his face even more.
Wiz: This armor magically severed his physical connection to the world, shielding him from the nightmares and transforming him into a cold engine of logic. Thus he took the name... "Doctor Doom".
Invisible Woman: Victor, please.
Doctor Doom: Call me Doom.
Wiz: With his new armor, Doctor Doom soon conquered his home country, Latveria, claiming the throne for himself.
Boomstick: Is he really a doctor?
Wiz: Well, he was expelled from college, but he just gave himself a Latverian doctorate once he was running the country, so technically yes.
Boomstick: What a copout! Those of us with degrees had to work hard for our doctorates!
Wiz: You do not have a doctorate.
Boomstick: Yeah-huh! Check it out! Got it in Poultry Science, specializing in the frying.
The degree Boomstick's talking about is promptly shown on-screen as he says this.
Wiz: Well, holy shit...
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Theme of Doctor Doom by Hideyuki Fukasawa
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Boomstick: Anyway, Doom's armor is mostly made of titanium, but there's way more to it. With it, he's strong enough to lift buildings, survive blows from Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet, and one-shot The Incredible Hulk. Plus, it has a force field, jet boosters, and energy blasters.
Wiz: And also, a molecular expander, which can enlarge small objects he keeps with him, handy for turning tiny pebbles into giant boulders.
Boomstick: Maybe I should look into this science thing.
Wiz: The armor also has numerous methods of energy absorption and manipulation, giving him complete control over all sorts of machinery.
Boomstick: It might just be the most overpowered suit in comic history. I mean, it even has pieces of the True Cross to protect against Dracula and other undead enemies.
Wiz: It not only increases his physical strength, but also has magical abilities, which includes teleportation, mind transference, demonic summons, mystical blasts, and numerous other spells he's learned over the centuries. Yes, I said centuries. Doom time-traveled to the earliest days of magic and learned all he could, before returning to the present the normal way... by waiting.
Boomstick: "Ah yes, I think I'll be immortal today." But as awesome as his armor is, Doom's still a badass without it.
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Chasing the Surfer by John Ottman
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Boomstick: One time, Doom found himself stranded on another Earth, buck naked after being switched with his arch nemesis Reed Richards by a Celestial... long story... anyway, he gets attacked by a lion, which he straight up killed with a single punch, then turned it into a pretty sweet suit.
Wiz: Under Doom's rule, his country Latveria prospered. His people loved their new dictator, though the rest of the world was of a different opinion.
Boomstick: Probably because he keeps trying to conquer it all.
Wiz: Well, whether Doom is a bad guy is a bit up for debate. Sure, there was the one time he sacrificed the woman he loved to Hell and had her skin turned into leather armor he wore, but for a long time, Doom's top priority was actually rescuing his mother from damnation.
Boomstick: And he eventually pulled it off! With that off the list, Doom did what any magically powered, titan of science would do: He went time hopping to the future.
Wiz: Doom explored thousands of possible future timelines, and what he saw convinced him he needed to take over the world. See, Doom truly believes he must conquer the world, as that is the only possible future freed from suffering and want.
Boomstick: And he's... kinda right. I mean, even the Panther God of Wakanda backed him up, and that guy looked into like, all the futures.
Wiz: However, despite his overwhelming power, intellect, and intentions, Doom is extremely arrogant to a fault.
Boomstick: It's ridiculous, I can't even count how many times Doom had world domination within his grasp, and then dropped the ball. I mean, one time, he stole the godly Power Cosmic from Silver Surfer, and still lost, because Mr. Fantastic tricked him into flying into a Power Cosmic sucking force field.
Wiz: But if Doctor Doom could just keep his ego in check, nobody could ever stand in his way.
Servo-Guard Robot: Your plan to destroy them has failed, master.
Doctor Doom: Failed?
Doom concentrates, causing the robot's head to explode.
Doctor Doom: Doctor Doom does not fail.
Prelude
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all!
Boomstick: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEE!!!
Death Battle
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The Imperial March by John Williams
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On the TIE Fighter dock in the Death Star, a probe droid containing a hologram featuring one of the Imperial officers of the ship flies over to Darth Vader.
Imperial officer: Lord Vader, we ambushed rebels orbiting Felucia but, Skywalker escaped... again. I apologize, I shouldn't have been so hasty to begin—
Vader starts Force Choking the Imperial officer.
Vader: An unwise decision.
Doctor Doom is seen in the hologram and manually chokes the Imperial Officer to death, his corpse drops to the ground as Vader watches silently.
Doom: This farce is over!
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Theme of Doctor Doom by Hideyuki Fukasawa
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Doom teleports and arrives in his floating chair and fires an energy blast at the messenger bot with Vader jumping back.
Doom lands on the ground.
Doom: Bow before me!
Darth Vader takes out and ignites his lightsaber.
Vader: Don't underestimate the power of the Force.
Doom flies back and shoots two electric shots at his opponent. He then charges up his jetpack and dashes forward. Vader deflects the shots and before Doom can hit him Vader uses the Force to stop Doom.
Vader: I can sense it.
Vader uses the Force to push Doom back into a wall, but Doom recovers and starts flying at Vader at rapid speed. His electric-charged punch clashes with Vader's lightsaber and the two exchange blows until Vader misses. Doom uses the opportunity to combo Vader with electric attacks...
Doom: Foot Dive!
...which ends with him landing a foot dive on Vader's head. Vader gets up from the blow.
Vader: You cannot escape destiny!
Vader unleashes a large Force blast that pushed Doom back.
Doom: You wretch!
Doom then goes invisible and starts sneaking up. Vader uses the Force to find his location.
Vader: It is pointless to resist!
Vader stabs Doom and then uses the Force to smack him all over the place, even hitting the camera. He then telekinetically lifts up a TIE Advanced and hovers it over his opponent.
Vader: Witness the power of the Force!
Vader crushes Doom which seemingly breaks and kills him.
Vader: All too easy.
However, it turned out to be a Doombot. The real Doctor Doom teleports in with a flying chair.
Doom: What a farce!
Vader: Enough!
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Savage Opress Theme by Kevin Kiner
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Vader sends the broken parts of the TIE Advanced to attack Doom, but Doom uses a force field to block them and leaps up in the air to start sending large electrical currents towards Vader's direction. Vader, using Kinetite, conducts several balls of electricity, and uses the Force to throw them toward Doom.
Seeing the projectiles coming, Doom teleports, and the Kinetite attack hits the wall behind Doom. Doom then reappears on the ground, where he reaches his arms outward.
Doom: Beware my power!
Doom then uses his power to send himself and Darth Vader back in time to a prehistoric era.
Vader: What is the meaning of this?
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Braving the Battle by Nobuo Uematsu
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Doom laughs as he grabs Vader by the throat. The foot of a T-Rex appears, and it roars.
Doom throws Vader toward the T-Rex, but Vader easily cuts through it with his lightsaber. As the Sith Lord lands on the ground, Doom charges at Vader and crashes through several trees of a forest until they come across a volcano.
Vader: Impressive.
Vader leaps forward and tries slashing at Doom with his sword but Doom dodges the swings as Vader also throws his saber at him.
Vader: Enough!
Vader tries using the Force to choke Doom, but his armor protects him. Doom starts walking towards Vader.
Vader: It is pointless to resi-
Doom grabs Vader and emits a large electrical charge on his suit, significantly damaging it. Vader tries using the Force to sustain his breathing. Doom uses the opportunity to kick Vader into the volcano.
Doom: You have no hope! HAHAHAHAHA!
Vader's lightsaber comes back and stabs Doom in the back, sending him down as well. Vader regains his lightsaber and his powers.
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The Edge of Green by Yoko Shimomura
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Vader: Die!
Vader uses the Force against Doom's molecular expander as the two try throwing the Volcano rocks against each other. Doom flies behind Vader and unleashes his final attack.
Doom: Got you!
Doom uses the molecular expander to have Vader get crushed by a large rock, which sends Darth Vader down towards the volcano's lava, killing him.
In the post-battle scene, Doom is seen leading an army of Doombots and Stormtroopers while Vader screams NOOOOO! while sinking into the lava.
Results
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Character Select ~Dynamic~ by Hideyuki Fukasawa
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Boomstick: Vader!? Noooooooooooooo!
Wiz: Darth Vader was extremely powerful, certainly capable of obliterating a basic Doombot. However, Doctor Doom himself is in a league of his own.
Boomstick: Vader may be the chosen one, but Doom's experience and mastery of magic and science trumped the Sith Lord. Plus, while Vader has proven his strategic prowess over two decades of experience leading an army, Doom has successfully lead a country, and then a whole planet.
Wiz: And of course Doctor Doom's armor is absurd. Its magical barriers and separation from the physical world have protected him from reality warping and telekinetic attacks from the likes of Thanos and the Silver Surfer, whose power makes Vader's lightsaber and force choke look like child's play. Even if Vader COULD get through that suit, Doom's mind is armored by his sheer willpower, preventing any of Vader's Force-powered mental reading or manipulation.
Boomstick: Unfortunately, Vader was Forced to meet his Doom.
We cut to the "Winner" card.
Wiz: The winner is Doctor Doom.
Trivia
Production
- The connections between Darth Vader and Doctor Doom are that they are both magical dictators and iconic villains locked within a suit of masked, caped armor. Both started off as gifted students with the goal of freeing their mothers (Shmi Skywalker and Cynthia Von Doom, respectively) from captivity, but after failing and receiving many scars as a result of unfortunate circumstances, they were placed into their suits of armor and became feared, villainous dictators. The events that left the scarring on their body gave them a profound hatred of their long-time heroic arch nemesis (Obi-Wan Kenobi and Reed Richards, respectively). In addition, at their lowest, both killed women that loved them unconditionally despite their villainy (Padmé Amidala and Valeria, respectively).
- This was Mali De'lisser's final animation before he left ScrewAttack.
Other
- This is the second Disney-themed episode, after Beast VS Goliath, and with the next three being Yoda VS King Mickey, Boba Fett VS Predator, and Stitch VS Rocket Raccoon.
- This is the third Marvel VS non-DC-themed episode, after Thor VS Raiden and Beast VS Goliath, and with the next 17 being Wolverine VS Raiden, Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie, Android 18 VS Captain Marvel, Shredder VS Silver Samurai, Carnage VS Lucy, Ultron VS Sigma, Black Widow VS Widowmaker, Deadpool VS Mask, Genos VS War Machine, Venom VS Crona, Hulk VS Broly, Iron Fist VS Po, Korra VS Storm, Thor VS Vegeta, Magneto VS Tetsuo, Stitch VS Rocket Raccoon, and Galactus VS Unicron.
- This is the second time that Marvel wins, after Thor VS Raiden, and with the next seven being Ultron VS Sigma, Black Widow VS Widowmaker, Genos VS War Machine, Korra VS Storm, Thor VS Vegeta, Magneto VS Tetsuo, and Galactus VS Unicron.
- This episode reveals that Boomstick has a degree in "poultry science", which would later be referenced in Ken VS Terry, Scrooge McDuck VS Shovel Knight, Samurai Jack VS Afro Samurai, and Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla.
- This is the first Movie VS Comic Book-themed episode, with the next five being She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Hulk VS Broly, Iron Fist VS Po, Stitch VS Rocket Raccoon, and Galactus VS Unicron.
- This is the first time the Comic Book character wins, with the next two being She-Ra VS Wonder Woman and Galactus VS Unicron.
- This is the first Cyborg VS Human-themed episode, with the next five being Wolverine VS Raiden, Android 18 VS Captain Marvel, Genos VS War Machine, Cable VS Booster Gold, and Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha.
- This is the first time the Human character wins, with the next three being Genos VS War Machine, Cable VS Booster Gold, and Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha.