| Winter Soldier VS Red Hood | |
|---|---|
| Season | 7 |
| Overall Episode | 133 |
| Season Episode | 14 |
| Air date | September 21st, 2020 |
| Written by | TBA |
| Episode link | TBA |
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Winter Soldier VS Red Hood is the upcoming 133rd episode of DEATH BATTLE!, featuring Winter Soldier from Marvel Comics and Red Hood from DC Comics in a battle between resurrected sidekicks turned anti-heroes. Winter Soldier will be portrayed by Tyler Tackett and Red Hood will be portrayed by Tim Neff.
Interlude
(*Cues: Wiz & Boomstick - Brandon Yates*)
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.
Winter Soldier
Wiz: World War II. As strange as it is to name a war a sequel like some sort of movie, it was a time of turmoil across the globe. The brave and patriotic did their part, including one James Buchanan Barnes, known by his friends as "Bucky".
Boomstick: As a young lad, Bucky ripped open a standard superhero booster pack to find classic cards like "Dead Parents" and "Deep Desire to Fight for Justice".
Wiz: And that combo served him well in the U.S. Military. He joined at the age of fifteen, and eventually got recruited for special assignments and training with British commandoes.
Boomstick: Not long after that, he became friends with his own personal hero and the country's favorite boy scout: Captain America!
Wiz: Bucky was initially unaware of the Captain's secret identity, until one night, he walked in on Steve Rogers changing to his costume.
Boomstick: Well, I guess that's one way to get to know a guy. Luckily, Cap had a lot of faith in Bucky, and asked him to become his partner in crime-er, hero work, they fought side-by-side, kicking Nazi ass throughout the rest of the war.
Wiz: The duo seemed to be unstoppable, until one faithful mission, when they left after a plane to catch Nazi scientist, Baron Zemo.
Boomstick: Fortunately for Bucky, he was able to grab on to the plane, while Cap fell into the ocean to nab his last diving merit badge. Get it? Cause, cause- cause he's a boy scout.
Wiz: Unfortunately for Bucky, the plane was booby-trapped and exploded. It appeared as though the Captain's loyal sidekick had been killed.
Boomstick: But the ones we love in comic books never truly leave us.
Wiz: Sometime after the war, a Russian submarine discovered Bucky's body preserved in the icy waters of the English channel.
Boomstick: They decided to scoop him up and experiment on him, cause why not? Who could pass up a free body you found? Even if it was missing an arm.
Wiz: Bucky's training and experience made him the perfect candidate as the ultimate assassin, and after they revived and brainwashed him, they outfitted him with a shiny new bionic arm.
Boomstick: Turning Bucky into... the Winter Soldier.
Red Hood
Wiz: When you think of the word "sidekick", who immediately comes to mind?
Boomstick: You, it's you.
Wiz: N-no, Robin, the boy wonder. Batman's iconic crime-fighting partner.
Boomstick: Yeah, that's a close second. Too bad the Caped Crusader's sidecar has been revolving doors of orphans and acrobats.
Wiz: Not including alternate universes and "What If?" stories, Batman has five different Robins under his bat-wing. Some moved on to pressure a superhero career of their own, others... didn't turn out so lucky.
Boomstick: Enter Jason Todd, this poor kid was given the short end of the stick, and then the fans beat him to death with it.
Wiz: Jason grew up on the streets of Gotham, getting by through the life of petty crime, until eventually running into the Batman himself.
Boomstick: By trying to steal the rims off the Batmobile! This kid's got some serious balls! I mean, you can't exactly look at the damn Batmobile and mistake it for someone else's car.
Wiz: Bruce had recently split up with the first Robin, Dick Grayson, and was on the lookout for a new sidekick. Impressed by Jason's scrappiness and latent ability, he had the twelve-year-old suit up. Yes, he really was twelve.
Boomstick: Yikes, well, creepy child abducting habits aside, Bats hoped he could live up to the last Robin, too bad this was a literal dick-measuring contest that Jason had no chance in.
Wiz: Despite some moderate success, Jason wasn't exactly an extraordinary Robin, and the fans saw it, too. In an unprecedented move, DC asked their readers to vote on whether or not Jason Todd would live or die.
Boomstick: Yup! They voted to kill the shit out of that kid! Joker style. On an unrelated note, if you want to see Wiz die a horrible gruesome death that will lead to some serious mental health issues, call 555-2337, or 555-BEER.
Wiz: Jason Todd was dead... until Superboy Prime punched a hole in the fabric of reality and accidentally brought him back. True story, don't ask.
Boomstick: And after a dip in a magic hot tub, the Lazarus Pit, Jason was back in top form. Take that, readers, your contribution means nothing!
Wiz: Resolve renewed, Jason donned a new identity inspired by his own killer, the Red Hood.
Death Battle
KO!
Results
Wiz: The winner is...
Original Track
Trivia
- The connections between The Winter Soldier and Red Hood are that they were the colorful sidekicks of one of their universes' greatest heroes who fought each other in a previous Death Battle (Captain America & Batman respectively) who were notably killed off for decades before being resurrected as gun-toting villains turned anti-heroes. Both of them would also take up the mantle of their mentor at one point as well.
- Coincidentally, both characters were resurrected and donned their current personas in 2005.
- This is the second live-action Death Battle, after Nightwing VS Daredevil.
- Coincidentally, both are Marvel vs DC fights and are made in collaboration with Ismahawk.
- This is the 12th Community Death Battle that became an official episode, after Black Panther VS Batman, Ultron VS Sigma, Johnny Cage VS Captain Falcon, Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla, Deadpool VS Mask, All Might VS Might Guy, Goro VS Machamp, Obi-Wan Kenobi VS Kakashi, Danny Phantom VS American Dragon Jake Long, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman and Zuko VS Shoto Todoroki.
- This is the 21st Marvel VS DC themed episode, after Rogue VS Wonder Woman, Batman VS Spider-Man, Batman VS Captain America, Deadpool VS Deathstroke, Iron Man VS Lex Luthor, Green Arrow VS Hawkeye, Flash VS Quicksilver, Hulk VS Doomsday, Venom VS Bane, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Batman Beyond VS Spider-Man 2099, Black Panther VS Batman, Doctor Strange VS Doctor Fate, Nightwing VS Daredevil, Thanos VS Darkseid, Aquaman VS Namor, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Ghost Rider VS Lobo, Miles Morales VS Static and Cable VS Booster Gold.
- This is the tenth Anti-Heroes themed episode, after Kratos VS Spawn, Vegeta VS Shadow, Ragna VS Sol Badguy, Wolverine VS Raiden, Mewtwo VS Shadow, Wario VS King Dedede, Ghost Rider VS Lobo, Sasuke VS Hiei and Deadpool VS Mask.
- This is the second Batman VS Captain America themed episode, after Batman VS Captain America.
- Footage featuring Bucky from this episode was teased in the Welcome to DEATH BATTLE! trailer, released about a month before the battle was officially announced.