This article is about the Death Battle episode. For the DBX episode, see Vegeta VS Thor.
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Thor VS Vegeta is the 159th episode of Death Battle, featuring Thor Odinson from Marvel Comics and Vegeta from the Dragon Ball series in a battle between prideful alien princes. Thor was reprised by Jonah Scott and Vegeta was reprised by Nick Landis.
Interlude
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Wiz & Boomstick by Brandon Yates  
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Wiz: Thor, the God of Thunder.
Boomstick: And Vegeta, the Prince of all Saiyans!
Wiz: The sky shakes when they appear, and the Earth trembles when they approach. No world can contain the power of these two gods of war.
Boomstick: Or their egos.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle.
Thor Odinson
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Wiz: Thunder cracks, the heavens rumble, lightning blinds your eyes. You look up to the sky and pray for mercy because Thor... is angry.
Boomstick: Well, you would have if you were a viking. Nowadays, we don't have time for myths and legends.
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Muspelheim by Glen Gabriel Jansson
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Wiz: Oh, don't we? For in the modern mythology of Marvel Comics, the Norse God of Thunder was reborn.
Boomstick: And I'd wager this Thor is a hell of an upgrade.
Wiz: The son of the All-Father, Odin, Thor lived the life of a warrior prince, battling all matter of magical foe for thousands of years.
Boomstick: That is, until he got a little too big for his britches. So, to teach him a lesson about humility and compassion and whatever, Odin exiled him to the worst place in the universe: New York. Ooh, ya hate to see it.
Wiz: Thor's Asgardian body is immensely durable, immune to disease, and capable of healing far faster than any mortal man.
Boomstick: He's also the literal God of Strength. We're talkin' liftin' a planet-sized serpent-strong, knocking out the Phoenix Force-strong, arm wrestling with Hercules and almost throwing the Earth out of orbit-strong!
Wiz: Notably, he was once blasted with a graviton bomb, which subjected him to the gravity of a neutron star. That’s over 200 billion times greater than Earth's gravity.
Boomstick: And, he's got the stamina to match... nice, able to fight for 40 days and 40 nights worth without stopping.
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Wiz: And what better weapon for the God of Storms to wield than a sentient cosmic storm? Eons ago, the almighty God Tempest rampaged through the universe. It arrived in Asgard and, after a pitched battle, Odin managed to trap it within a block of the magical ore, Uru, that he would forge into his son's hammer, Mjolnir.
Boomstick: Oh, what more can be said about this beautiful thing? Forged in the heart of a dying star that went supernova and killed the dinosaurs, Mjolnir's maybe my favorite thing ever. It can channel bolts of lightning, manipulate the weather, open portals to other dimensions, and absorb and redirect energy attacks. Or just suck it out of your body against your will like with this radiation dude, the Presence. Not gonna be present for much longer, bud.
Wiz: He's even used two Mjolnirs to absorb the power of the Godbomb, which would've killed every deity in existence across time and space.
Boomstick: That's just the tip of the iceberg. Mjolnir can transmute the elements, turn Thor invisible and intangible, let him travel through time, and even bring people back to life! And if Thor wants to fly, all he has to do is take it for a spin, literally! He throws that motherf***er as hard as he can and holds on for dear life!
Wiz: And when he does, it flies fast enough to cross the entire galaxy in seconds.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Boomstick: Only one problem. It's a little teeny. Unlike Thor's big-ass axe, Jarnbjorn!
Jarnbjorn is displayed in front of Wiz and Boomstick.
Boomstick: It's sharp enough to cut through Celestial armor, and it's unbreakable, and... uh... and... a-an axe!
He picks up Jarnbjorn.
Boomstick: Okay, look, it doesn't have a galaxy storm inside it, but it's still pretty cool. Oh shit, look Wiz. I'm worthy!
He lifts up Jarnbjorn.
Wiz: No, you're not, there's no enchantment on the axe.
Boomstick: Well then, what the hell am I gonna do with this?
He calls Mjolnir to his hand, leaving Wiz surprised before we cut back to the analysis.
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Wiz: But should he face an enemy beyond the likes of even his world-shattering strength, Thor can harness his inherent godly power into one single ultimate attack: The God-Blast.
Boomstick: "God" is right! Even Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds, shit his pants and bounced at the sight of such an awesome attack. Jesus, even the Avengers seem pretty small potatoes compared to this guy. Why'd he even bother with them?
Wiz: Because not every problem can be solved by hitting it really hard.
Boomstick: Bullshit.
Wiz: That was the point of Odin's lesson, to force his headstrong son to confront a world more complex and nuanced than his millennia of battle had prepared him for. Thor had to be more than a warrior; he had to be a hero.
Boomstick: He's battled Thanos, the Silver Surfer, and even the Sentry!
Wiz: The Sentry is strong enough to contend with the Worldbreaker Hulk, a being strong enough to destroy the Marvel universe over a hundred times over.[Note 1]
Boomstick: And fast enough to demolish Ares, the Greek God of War, who can fight within the span of Planck time. That's like, the tiniest amount of time that we can imagine. There are as many Plancks in a second as there are grains of sand on Earth. Oh wait, did I say Earth? I meant 10 million, billion, billion Earths!
Wiz: Thor has tanked disintegration beams trying to tear apart his atoms one by one, survived Mephisto trying to consume his soul, and even withstood a temporal rift that aged normal people to dust.
Boomstick: Oh, he's a hard bastard to kill, and even nastier when he loses his temper.
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Wiz: By entering a state known as Warrior's Madness, Thor commits an unpardonable sin in Asgardian society, and willingly sacrifices his sanity for a tenfold increase in power.
Boomstick: Yeah, despite bein' a really sweet lunk that talks like he's in Masterpiece Theatre and dresses like he's in What's Opera, Doc?, Thor has struggled with being worthy of his father's legacy and throne. But no matter what unbelievable shit Marvel throws at him, Thor always rises to the occasion. Take the time this big machine called the Worldengine was controlling Yggdrasill, the world tree that connects 10 universe-sized realms.
Wiz: The Worldengine's purpose was to mechanically trick Yggdrasill into disrupting the natural flow of Ragnarök, the end of the world.
Boomstick: So Thor just pushed it and literally reversed the flow of fate. That's right, he outmuscled a giant multiversal tree, and prevented Armageddon. Not a bad Saturday.
Wiz: And he'd go a step further and defeat the mysterious Elder Gods that manipulated the cycle of Ragnarök in the first place, ending it forever. So perhaps now when you look up at the thundering sky, you won't fear the Gods' capricious wrath.
Boomstick: Because you'll know it's just Thor, the God of Thunder, kickin' ass and savin' the day.
Vegeta
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Sky Warrior by Joseph AMG Joep Sporck 
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Wiz: Planet Vegeta, home to the bloodthirsty warrior race known as the Saiyans and named for their mighty leader, King Vegeta. Noting the Saiyans' proficiency in... genocide, the alien emperor King Cold and his son, Frieza, contracted them to be their personal hit squad, conquering worlds in their name.
Boomstick: But when Frieza felt these monkeys were gettin' a bit too uppity for their own good, he nuked 'em and their whole planet!
Wiz: The king was dead, leaving his young son, the Prince Vegeta, alone.
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Uprising of the Industrial Peasants by Piotr Pacyna
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Wiz: Burning with a grudge against Frieza for wounding his ancestral pride, Vegeta awaited the moment he could extract his revenge.
Boomstick: As one of Frieza's former top enforcers, Veggie was trained from birth to be one of the greatest warriors in the universe.
Wiz: It helps that Planet Vegeta had a gravity 10 times greater than that of Earth's, making his natural physiology significantly stronger and more durable than a human's.
Boomstick: As in makin' the whole freakin' Earth shake just by throwin' hands.
Wiz: And like all Saiyans, Vegeta can harness his ki, or inner life-force, as a physical energy to make him even stronger, faster and tougher than that.
Boomstick: Or literally shoot it at your opponent to blow 'em to kingdom come. That's right, Vegeta can point-and-click a planet out of existence with his soul! Man, that's hardcore.
Wiz: He can use ki to fly at faster-than-light speeds, slice you to pieces with an energy blade, and even hold you in place with energy rings.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Boomstick: So, let's be real, Vegeta's favorite attacks can be summed up with "big-ass laser". He's got the purple big-ass laser, two-handed big ass laser, rapid-fire big-ass laser, exploding ball big-ass laser, and f**k it, omnidirectional your-ass-is-grass big-ass laser. Though I gotta say, my favorite is the mouth-wide-open vomit big-ass laser, though that's more of a Nappa thing. Kinda like this!
Boomstick then uses the Mouth Energy Wave on DUMMI, who floated next to Boomstick while the latter was explaining Vegeta's attacks, vaporizing him as he gives out a glitched scream.
Wiz: Impressive ki mastery, Boomstick.
Boomstick: Hehe, it hurts when I breathe!
We cut back to the analysis.
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Dark City by Thomas Walter
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Wiz: Vegeta's most terrifying ability, however, is the one inherent to his Saiyan biology. Whenever a Saiyan survives a life-or-death struggle, their power increases exponentially. That's what Frieza was so terrified of: the Saiyans' infinite evolutionary potential.
Boomstick: So it's no wonder Vegeta eventually toppled the alien tyrant with the help of another surviving Saiyan, Kakarot.
Wiz: And with Frieza's defeat at the hands of this Earthbound Super Saiyan, Vegeta had a new rival, and a new goal.
Boomstick: Become blonde! No bottle required. Vegeta can harness the rage of his Saiyan heritage and transform into a Super Saiyan, too. And a Super Saiyan... 2!
Wiz: But try as he might, Vegeta struggled to keep up with Goku's ever-increasing power.
Boomstick: I guess it doesn't help that Veggie is maybe the single cockiest bastard to ever have existed. Yeah, sure dude, let Cell become perfect. "Nah, we'll be fine." Hope your spine is doin' alright. Dumbass.
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Wiz: Though Vegeta did manage to accomplish something that even Goku couldn't do on his own: Becoming a god.
Boomstick: Once he and Goku met the God of Destruction Beerus, they had a whole new line-up of martial artists to conquer. With some angelic training to boot.
Wiz: With Spirit Fission, Vegeta can forcibly absorb an opponent's ki with every strike.
Boomstick: And he even learned Goku's patented Instant Transmission, allowing him to teleport huge distances.
Wiz: But most importantly, with god ki, he can go even further beyond and become a Super Saiyan God, a Super Saiyan God... Super Saiyan, and a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Evolved.
Boomstick: His power got completely insane. The dude was strong enough to destroy the Room of Spirit and Time, an entirely separate dimension, just by powering up.
Wiz: When Goku fought Beerus, he nearly destroyed the universe, and that was the very first time he ever went Super Saiyan God.
Boomstick: Considering we've measured Dragon Ball's Universe 7 to be up to 13 times bigger than our own, he'd need to be punching with that much more energy to bust it.[Note 2] And since the shockwaves of their punches traveled across the universe in seconds, Goku would have had to be punching that fast, too.
Wiz: And that's not accounting for Vegeta's training and various exponential transformations. When an amount of power is measured by how many universes it can destroy, that power itself becomes incomprehensible.
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Breathing Madness by Adam Dearborn
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Boomstick: Oh, we're not done! Vegeta can tap into the same monstrous energy Beerus has: Destruction Energy. And when he does, he can perform Hakai and erase your ass from existence entirely. It erases you physically, spiritually, and even temporally. As in, it wipes you from time itself.
Wiz: Such is the might of a God of Destruction. For when Vegeta wants to go one step beyond... beyond, he seizes that very power. He becomes a warrior fueled only by lust for battle. He becomes... Ultra Ego.
Boomstick: If Vegeta's head wasn't big enough before, his widow's peak probably has its own zip code by now.
Wiz: As the offensive counterpart to Goku's Ultra Instinct, Ultra Ego Vegeta is a veritable juggernaut, able to absorb any hits that come his way and return them even stronger.
Boomstick: It's wild this guy has a Napoleon complex. He's one of the biggest badasses ever to exist.
Wiz: In a way, failing to beat Goku was probably the best thing for him. Vegeta's whole life was spent rebelling against the humiliation of his race, trying to prove his worth by being the best. By contrast, Goku's self-improvement was never stunted by his ego and insecurities. In realizing that, Vegeta became more than a fighter, but a husband and a father as well, willing to sacrifice himself for what mattered most.
Boomstick: And Vegeta got a taste of that himself when he hooked up with Bulma for some Super Saiyan sexy time. Gettin' to beat Frieza's golden ass probably didn't hurt either. He may not always win, but he'll never be put down for long. So be sure to practice your groveling, because this is one prince ya don't wanna piss off.
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
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In a riverside mountain forest, Thor Odinson is seen walking whilst carrying a large tree over his left shoulder, with his hammer Mjolnir in his right hand. However, he is suddenly staggered by a powerful shockwave that blows the tree out of his grasp.
Eyeing the source, he sees Vegeta practicing the use of his ki for a transformation. The latter is interrupted by Mjolnir, which zooms right past by his head into the grove behind him. He turns to see an impressed Thor walking up with a friendly greeting and question.
Thor: Ho there, mighty warrior! What business havest thou upon Earth?
Vegeta is less than amused with Thor's attempts at talk after his surprise attack.
Vegeta: Throw that hammer at me again and my "business" will be polishing my gloves upon your face!
Smiling at Vegeta's bold attitude, Thor calls Mjolnir back to him, which Vegeta barely dodges, infuriating him. The jovial Thor laughs as he catches his weapon.
Thor: (laughs) Didst that count?
Annoyed beyond comprehension with Thor's sarcasm, Vegeta screams and charges towards Thor to deliver a gut punch, skidding him back a few feet. Thor retaliates with a few swings of his hammer, which Vegeta dodges before taking flight and using his iconic technique to fire a rapid barrage of ki blasts. Although Thor takes a few hits, he twirls Mjolnir to deflect the remainder of them.
Thor: Yield, damnable cur!
Finding an opening within the blasts, he shoots a bolt of lightning with his hammer, striking his target dead-on and knocking him to the ground.
Thor: Thou fights well, for a mortal. Alas, you face a god!
Thor Odinson pulls out his Celestial-slaying axe, Jarnbjorn, and goes back on the offensive, with Vegeta managing to dodge both deadly weapons. Thor jumps and throws a powerful downward strike with his axe, with Vegeta catching the blade. The environment erupts around the two as a result of their struggle. When the smoke clears, Vegeta has transformed into his Super Saiyan Blue Evolved state, before using Hakai to destroy Jarnbjorn and send Thor flying into a rock formation. Thor looks at his empty hand and realizes his opponent has destroyed his axe.
Vegeta: I have evolved beyond gods.
The blue-haired Vegeta charges forward and lands a kick, sending his adversary flying across the fjord. He catches up and proceeds with a brutal beatdown on him, kneeing him upwards and speed-blitzing him in midair.
Vegeta: I'm the Prince of all Saiyans, and you can burn in Hell! BIG BANG ATTACK!
Vegeta fires his attack onto his falling foe but there is no explosion, just a large ball of energy being absorbed by Mjolnir, held by Thor with some intense struggle. Vegeta dives down to make his next move but Thor spins his mighty weapon and throws it past Vegeta before instantly coming back. Vegeta smugly smiles as halts Mjolnir still with the palm of his hand and laughs arrogantly...
Vegeta: Hahaha–
...only for the hammer's enchanted weight to power through and push down on him hard, sending him screaming downwards into the water below. Thor follows in after.
Thor: Thou art unworthy!
As the two hit the water, the entire lake erupts and amongst the exposed lake bed, they are engaged in a tense grapple. Vegeta is now emitting violet ki energy, having entered his Ultra Ego form. Thor delivers an ineffective headbutt which Vegeta laughs off before returning the favor, winning the grapple and sending his foe stumbling back. Thor calls back his weapon and comes in swinging, hitting the unphased Vegeta twice before putting more of his power into a lightning-fueled third strike, to no avail. Vegeta bends over but is far from out of the fight as he taunts his adversary.
Vegeta: Tell me. Does a god such as yourself feel fear?!
Vegata charges Thor at light speed, striking him with an uppercut that shoots him back in the air again. The violet-haired Vegeta joins him, only to kick him into a nearby mountain. Thor gives a shocked face as Vegeta teleports in front of him, with a Ki-charged palm right in Thor's face. The resulting blast annihilates the mountain and some of the surrounding forest, but Thor is still in one piece yet stunned. Vegeta binds his enemy's limbs with energy rings before beating him into another mountain and knocking him across the fjord helplessly. A brief break in the assault gives Thor the chance to answer his foe's question.
Thor: No fear... only... THUNDER!!
Thor roars as he taps into his Warrior's Madness, freeing him from his bindings before he charges towards Vegeta. Both clash repeatedly as they whiz through the sky, causing geysers of water to splash up from the lake below with each strike until Thor catches Vegeta's arm before calling upon lightning to electrocute him and hitting him with Mjolnir, sending Vegeta's body ricocheting across the lake before smashing into a nearby cliff face.
Vegeta: All you will feel... IS OBLIVION!!
Vegeta frees himself from the rubble before charging two orbs in his hands, one of ki and one of destruction energy as he prepares the Final Flash. Thor proceeds to charge up his own final attack, the God-Blast, in retaliation, spinning his hammer so fast that the stars in the sky start spinning.
Vegeta: FIIIIIIINAAAAAAAAAAL...
Thor: FEEL HEAVEN'S WRATH!
The Mighty Thor releases his attack towards his seemingly still vulnerable opponent, who only smiles before using Instant Transmission to avoid the God-Blast. In shock at his attack's failure, Thor turn around only to see Vegeta giving him a harsh greeting.
Vegeta: ...FLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Vegeta blasts the destruction energy infused attack point blank at Thor, the beam being visible from space as it leaves Earth's atmosphere. Back in the severely devastated fjord with a destroyed mountain, Vegeta pants in having exhausted his power and smirks, thinking he won the day...
...only for a strong arm to emerge from the smoke and clutch his mouth shut, taking him by surprise. The smoke clears revealing a panting, battle-damaged, but very much alive Thor. Immediately, Vegeta grabs onto the arm and taps into a mass of destruction energy to use Hakai, but for what would usually be the end for most foes, Thor remains unaffected. His eyes shimmer with fury as he offers his opponent a cold piece of advice.
Thor: Always aim for the head!
In the body of water below them, Mjolnir stirs and soars upwards towards its wielder's palm. Vegeta, still in Thor's grasp, does a last-ditch-maneuver of trying to throw Thor over his head, only for Thor to overpower his attempted counter, and slam Vegeta downward.
Vegeta struggles to free himself to no avail and can only observe as the magical hammer rockets toward the back of his head before it is crushed into paste between the weapon and Thor's hand, causing the aura of Hakai energy to burst outwards as a purple mist before it starts to fade away. Dropping Vegeta's headless corpse, Thor takes a moment to catch his breath before lifting Mjolnir into the air and roaring in victory as the skies cloud over and a thunderstorm begins.
Results
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Boomstick: Oh, I get it! Thor won because he's a natural blonde!
Wiz: Despite Vegeta's immense power and tenacity, the God of Thunder had him outmatched in several key areas.
Boomstick: First off, the big one, who was stronger?
Wiz: Despite being up against the God of Strength, Vegeta actually matched up pretty closely with Thor. Both could output power far in excess of destroying a single universe.
Boomstick: It's always tough to get an exact number for Dragon Ball Super's most powerful characters, but we can combine the size of Universe 7 with multipliers from Vegeta's transformations to get a rough estimate.
Wiz: It's important to note that Ultra Ego's power boost has never been stated, but we do know that Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta were roughly even in power. When Goku applied a Kaio-ken x20 boost to fight Jiren, Vegeta kept up after going Blue Evolved, implying that both increases in power are roughly the same increase. Similarly, Blue Vegeta matched base Top, and needed Blue Evolved to keep up with Top's God of Destruction form, which is extremely similar to Ultra Ego in theme and purpose. Given this is the best current example of a measurable form akin to Ultra Ego, we can assume that Ultra Ego's boost in power, at least initially, could be extremely similar in terms of a percentage increase, making Ultra Ego's original state about 20 times more powerful than Blue Evolved. With that in mind, Vegeta at his peak could destroy a universe roughly 260,000 times over.
Boomstick: And Thor was pretty close to that. Taking a look at the Marvel universe's size, which has a radius of at least a trillion light years, as well as scaling to the Worldbreaker Hulk, Thor ended up only about 10 times stronger.
Wiz: Not terribly different, and it's definitely possible Vegeta's power could increase during the fight to match it.
Boomstick: But even if he was stronger, it wasn't the only thing that mattered. Ultra Ego's damage absorption could only do so much against an opponent like Thor.
Wiz: Vegeta may have trained as a warrior from birth, but Thor has been fighting for millennia against a much wider variety of foes, allowing him to adapt to Vegeta fairly easily.
Boomstick: And the fact that Thor was way faster gave him a lotta leeway to use that extra combat experience.
Wiz: Applying Vegeta's transformation multipliers to the shockwaves from Goku and Beerus' punches, Vegeta should be able to fight at nearly 300 quintillion times the speed of light.
Boomstick: But scaling to Ares moving within Planck time, Thor would be over 70 quadrillion times faster.
Wiz: More than fast enough to avoid Vegeta's ki attacks, and even more importantly, absorb all of them with Mjolnir. This alone could shut down all of Vegeta's ranged attacks.
Boomstick: Sure, Veggie could absorb it back with Spirit Fission, but he'd have to hit Thor first, and with that much of a speed difference, that's easier said than done. And since Thor can just will the energy out of somebody, he could just take it right back, and then some.
Wiz: Even without absorption, Vegeta's ki reserves are not infinite, and many of his battles have ended with him at low energy. He was exhausted by the end of the Tournament of Power, which lasted about one hour in total.
Boomstick: Meanwhile, Thor fought an army for over a month straight.
Wiz: Theoretically, Vegeta could've ended the fight immediately with Hakai, if not for the fact that Thor has resisted existence erasure before, including physically, spiritually, and temporally.
Boomstick: Meanwhile, Vegeta had no way to match the God-Blast, which could have killed friggin' Galactus! And that guy has threatened the infinite multiverse with destruction just as a side-effect of his battles. That's a level of power beyond anything we've seen in Dragon Ball yet, let alone Vegeta.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Wiz: Vegeta was never going to go down easy, but Thor's raw power, speed, and devastating godly abilities were too much for the Prince of all Saiyans.
Boomstick: Vegeta "Mjol-nearly" won, until Thor blew his mind.
Wiz: You might say that pun was "Hakai-nd" of terrible. Eh?
Boomstick: You don't do puns! We've talked about this!
Wiz: Aw.
Boomstick: My thing!
We cut to the "Winner" card.
Wiz: (saddened) Well, the winner is Thor...
Original Track
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Composition
The track for this fight is "Princes of Pride" by Brandon Yates ft. Jun Mitsui. It is a lyrical Viking metal rock track that incorporates Nordic musical elements that call back to Thor's mythological background. The middle of the song also features a remix of Vegeta's Super Saiyan theme from the Dragon Ball Z anime that plays after he enters Ultra Ego. The remastered upload of the track includes the short pause before the final chorus that plays before Thor's battle-damaged arm grabs Vegeta by the mouth at the end of the fight's fake-out kill, a section that wasn't part of the original version's initial upload.
Title
The title references both combatants' backgrounds as princes of their respective races who are known for being proud warriors.
Cover Arts
The original cover art done by John Mitchell depicts both combatants' arms grasping Thor's hammer, Mjolnir. Thor's arm has lightning emitting from it while Vegeta's is surrounded by a flaming Ultra Ego aura, all the while both ends of the arms are being disintegrated by Vegeta's Hakai.
The cover art of the remastered version done by Bee (which was created for the track's remaster following Rooster Teeth's shutdown) depicts Ultra Ego Vegeta's arm halting a speeding Mjolnir with his hand and using Hakai on it to destroy the hammer as it emits lightning, referencing both the scene of Hela doing the same thing to Mjolnir with her own power in Thor: Ragnarok and the part of the fight that references said scene where Vegeta tries (and fails) to stop Mjolnir in its tracks with his hand.
Lyrics
I fight for fury, fight for pride! |
Trivia
Production
- The core connections between Thor and Vegeta are that they are both godly and prideful humanoid alien warrior princes of an otherworldly nation and race with a martial culture (Asgard's Asgardians and Planet Vegeta's Saiyans, respectively) and were the sons of their world's highest rulers (Odin and King Vegeta, respectively). Both were humbled after visiting Earth, where they learned to work with others as they joined a heroic team to fight evil and protect the multiverse (the Avengers and the Z-Fighters, respectively). In addition:
- Both also fell in love with a human woman (Jane Foster and Bulma, respectively).
- Both developed a friendly rivalry with their world's strongest heroes (The Hulk and Son Goku, respectively).
- Both mainly utilize different energy-based attacks (Asgardian Magic and Ki, respectively), have techniques that let them absorb energies from their opponents (Mjolnir's absorption capabilities and Forced Spirit Fission, respectively) and gained a then-recent godly power (the Thor-Force and Ultra Ego, respectively).
- Both also had movies released in 2022 (Thor: Love and Thunder and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, respectively).
- This is also a battle of opposites, as Thor is a selfless hero, while Vegeta is a arrogent anti hero.
- Thor: Love and Thunder was once set to release on May 6th, 2022, three days before this episode's YouTube release date.
- The first trailer for the film was released a week before this episode was revealed.
- This episode was released on YouTube on May 9th, which is known as "Goku Day" in Japan.
- Coincidentally, it is also the same day Vegeta VS Shadow released.
- Strangely, this is the first episode of Season 9 to not have a comparison panel between both combatants, with the next being Hercules VS Sun Wukong.
- This is the first episode of Season 9 in which the YouTube version of the episode was uploaded directly and not through an upcoming premiere, with the next one being Deku VS Asta.
- According to writer Liam Swan in the 277th episode of DEATH BATTLE Cast, he sent in Tusk's Theme from Killer Instinct to Brandon Yates as a reference track for Princes of Pride.[1]
- The storyboards by John Mitchell reveal parts of the fight that were cut from the final episode, namely an extra scene of Thor using both Mjolnir and Jarnbjorn against Vegeta, Vegeta reacting to Thor absorbing his Big Bang Attack, Vegeta trying to lift up Mjolnir at the bottom of the river before Thor goes to grab it again, and Vegeta's Hakai and Final Flash combo attack originally destroying a chunk of the Earth.
- A few of Princes of Pride's lyrics would eventually be referenced alongside Alive in Dragon Dance, the track for Gogeta VS Vegito.
Easter Eggs
- Thor's "Background" slide includes "Greatest foe: Noobmaster69" as one of the bullet points. This is a reference to the username of a Fortnite player that Thor has confronted multiple times for bullying Korg in Avengers: Endgame.
- Vegeta's "Background" slide includes "Tien" as one of his dislikes, which may be a reference to their contempt towards each other in Dragon Ball Z Abridged.
- Boomstick's comment about how Vegeta can go Super Saiyan with "no bottle required" in his analysis is likely a reference to a joke made in Dragon Ball Z Abridged, in which Android 18 states that, unlike Android 17, "he doesn't need a bottle".
- A few of Vegeta's lines are direct references to some of his quotes from both the original Dragon Ball Z anime and Dragon Ball Z Abridged, the latter of which Vegeta's voice actor, Nick Landis, reprised his role from.
- "I'm the Prince of all Saiyans, and you can burn in hell!" is a reference to his quote "I am a Super Saiyan, and you can burn in hell!"
- "Tell me. Does a god such as yourself feel fear?!" is a reference to what he asked Android 19 before turning Super Saiyan: "Let me ask you. Does a machine like yourself ever experience fear?"
- "All you will feel... IS OBLIVION!!" when he charges up his Final Flash is a reference to Dragon Ball Z Abridged, where Vegeta in a similar situation stated the same line towards Perfect Cell.
- Vegeta halting Mjolnir in its tracks may be a reference to Thor: Ragnarok, where Hela stopped the hammer with her bare hand before destroying it, albeit here, Vegeta does not completely succeed in holding it back.
- The exposed lakebed that the two briefly grapple in may be a nod to similar scenes in both Vegeta's first fight against Frieza and against Beerus. Vegeta's uppercut sending Thor upward is also similar to how he sends Beerus away and out of the lakebed.
- The struggle hold and exchange of headbutts Thor and Vegeta do in it shortly after Vegeta enters Ultra Ego is possibly a reference to a similar moment in Thor's fight with Iron Man in the first Avengers film.
- Thor's line, "Feel Heaven's wrath!", is a reference to the same line he says when using Mighty Punish in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.
- The way that Vegeta uses Instant Transmission to get behind Thor before unleashing Final Flash is similar to how Goku used the technique to get point blank in front of Perfect Cell before using his Kamehameha.
- The way the Final Flash exits the Earth's atmosphere out into the depths of space may also be a call-back to the full power attack that Vegeta used against Perfect Cell.
- Towards the end of the fight, Thor advises Vegeta to "Always aim for the head!" before finishing him off. This is a reference to Avengers: Infinity War, where Thanos says "You should've gone for the head." after Thor fails to kill him after striking him in the chest, as well as Thor taking Thanos' advice in Avengers: Endgame by decapitating him near the start of the film and saying "I went for the head." afterward.
- Thor's method of killing Vegeta is similar to how he forced Loki to blow his cover as a disguised Odin in Thor: Ragnarok.
- Boomstick telling Wiz off for making a pun at the end of the post-analysis is a repeat of what happened at the end of the post-analysis for DIO VS Alucard.
Errors
- In Vegeta's analysis, "Lucora Gun" is misspelled as "Locura Gun".
- After Thor first throws Mjolnir at Vegeta, Mjolnir's head can be seen clipping into Thor's leg.
- When Vegeta is knocked down to the ground by Thor's lightning bolt, the former's shadow on the ground is missing.
- When Thor catches his breath after the battle, his reflection can be seen in the water as the same size he is. However, since he is very high up above the water's surface, not only should his reflection not be visible from that perspective, but it also makes his reflection appear giant.
Other
- This is the 11th Anime/Manga VS Comic Book-themed episode, after Goku VS Superman 1, Goku VS Superman 2, Android 18 VS Captain Marvel, Carnage VS Lucy, Optimus Prime VS Gundam, Genos VS War Machine, Venom VS Crona, Hulk VS Broly, Goku Black VS Reverse-Flash, and Saitama VS Popeye, and with the next seven being Magneto VS Tetsuo, Trunks VS Silver, Frieza VS Megatron, Goku VS Superman (2023), Omni-Man VS Bardock, Simon the Digger VS Kyle Rayner, and Spider-Man VS Deku.
- This is the seventh time that the Comic Book character wins, after Goku VS Superman 1, Goku VS Superman 2, Optimus Prime VS Gundam, Genos VS War Machine, Goku Black VS Reverse-Flash, and Saitama VS Popeye, and with the next four being Magneto VS Tetsuo, Trunks VS Silver, Goku VS Superman (2023), and Omni-Man VS Bardock.
- This is the 17th Marvel VS non-DC-themed episode, after Thor VS Raiden, Beast VS Goliath, Darth Vader VS Doctor Doom, 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, and Korra VS Storm, and with the next six being Magneto VS Tetsuo, Stitch VS Rocket Raccoon, Galactus VS Unicron, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, Spider-Man VS Deku, and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the seventh time that Marvel wins, after Thor VS Raiden, Darth Vader VS Doctor Doom, Ultron VS Sigma, Black Widow VS Widowmaker, Genos VS War Machine, and Korra VS Storm, and with the next two being Magneto VS Tetsuo and Galactus VS Unicron.
- This is the sixth Disney VS Hitotsubashi-themed episode, after Android 18 VS Captain Marvel, Carnage VS Lucy, Genos VS War Machine, Obi-Wan Kenobi VS Kakashi, and Hulk VS Broly, and with the next two being Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha and Spider-Man VS Deku.
- This is the third Marvel VS Dragon Ball-themed episode, after Android 18 VS Captain Marvel and Hulk VS Broly.
- This is the first time that Marvel wins.
- This is the third time that Disney wins, after Genos VS War Machine and Obi-Wan Kenobi VS Kakashi.
- This is the third Marvel VS Dragon Ball-themed episode, after Android 18 VS Captain Marvel and Hulk VS Broly.
- This is the fifth episode to be shared with DBX, after Sasuke VS Hiei, Goomba VS Koopa, Batman VS Iron Man, and DIO VS Alucard, and with the next two being Black Adam VS Apocalypse and Gogeta VS Vegito.
- This is the second episode to share a result with its DBX, after Batman VS Iron Man.
- This is the 27th 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, and Akuma VS Shao Kahn, and with the next 15 being 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, Kratos VS Asura, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Spider-Man VS Deku, Hulk VS Godzilla, Aang VS Traveler, Ash VS Yugi.
- This is the 18th 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, Deadpool VS Mask, 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, and Akuma VS Shao Kahn, and with the next nine being Excalibur VS Raiden, Phoenix VS Raven, Guts VS Dimitri, Goku VS Superman (2023), Omni-Man VS Bardock, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Hulk VS Godzilla, and Aang VS Traveler.
- This is the eighth time that a returning winner wins, after Zitz VS Leonardo, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, Batman VS Iron Man, and Akuma VS Shao Kahn, and with the next four being Phoenix VS Raven, Goku VS Superman (2023), Omni-Man VS Bardock, and Ghost Rider VS Spawn.
- This is the 12th time that a returning winner loses, after Metal Sonic VS Zero, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Black Panther VS Batman, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Ganondorf VS Dracula, Deadpool VS Mask, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, Venom VS Crona, Link VS Cloud (2021), Batman VS Iron Man, and Akuma VS Shao Kahn, and with the next four being Excalibur VS Raiden, Guts VS Dimitri, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, and Master Chief VS Doom Slayer.
- This is the 20th 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), and Batman VS Iron Man, and with the next nine being Boba Fett VS Predator, Darth Vader VS Obito Uchiha, Goku VS Superman (2023), Bowser VS Eggman, Kratos VS Asura, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Spider-Man VS Deku, Hulk VS Godzilla, and Ash VS Yugi.
- This is the ninth time that a returning loser wins, after Batman VS Captain America, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Ryu VS Jin, Mario VS Sonic (2018), Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Shadow VS Ryuko, and Link VS Cloud (2021), and with the next five being Boba Fett VS Predator, Bowser VS Eggman, Kratos VS Asura, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, and Spider-Man VS Deku.
- This is the 10th 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, and Akuma VS Shao Kahn, and with the next six being Goku VS Superman (2023), Bowser VS Eggman, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Spider-Man VS Deku, and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the third episode to feature two returning winners, after Batman VS Iron Man and Akuma VS Shao Kahn, and with the next one being Ghost Rider VS Spawn.
- This is the seventh episode to feature a double returner, after Black Panther VS Batman, Deadpool VS Mask, Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Shadow VS Ryuko, and Batman VS Iron Man, and with the next three being Boba Fett VS Predator, Goku VS Superman (2023), and Hulk VS Godzilla.
- This is the 18th 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, Deadpool VS Mask, 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, and Akuma VS Shao Kahn, and with the next nine being Excalibur VS Raiden, Phoenix VS Raven, Guts VS Dimitri, Goku VS Superman (2023), Omni-Man VS Bardock, Ghost Rider VS Spawn, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Hulk VS Godzilla, and Aang VS Traveler.
- Strangely, this is the first episode in which the track's lyrics play during the post-analysis, with the next two being Sauron VS Lich King and Skyrim VS Dark Souls.
- Four days before the episode's release date, Vegeta's analysis preview reached #24 on YouTube's Trending page.
- This makes this the first episode in which a combatant's analysis preview reached the Trending page, with the next five being Frieza VS Megatron, Goku VS Superman (2023), Bowser VS Eggman, Among Us VS Fall Guys, and Kratos VS Asura.
- On January 2nd, 2025, the official DEATH BATTLE! YouTube Channel uploaded the full fight animation of this episode on its own as part of a compilation of Marvel Comics-related Death Battles alongside Batman VS Iron Man, Black Widow VS Widowmaker, Wolverine VS Raiden, Stitch VS Rocket Raccoon, and Black Panther VS Batman.
Notes
- ↑ As determined in Hulk VS Broly.
- ↑ As determined in Beerus VS Sailor Galaxia.