Trunks VS Silver (DBX)

This article is about the DBX episode that uses the mainline versions of Trunks and Silver. For the Death Battle episode using their more powerful alternate counterparts, see Trunks VS Silver.
Trunks VS Silver is the sixth episode of DBX, featuring Future Trunks from the Dragon Ball series and Silver the Hedgehog from the Sonic the Hedgehog series in a battle between time-traveling freedom fighters.
==Exhibition==
The scene begins with a few shots of a damage city before panning over to show Silver the Hedgehog, badly beaten and bloodied by Future Trunks in his Super Saiyan form. Silver then summons the seven legendary Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Silver with hope to even the playing field.
Trunks charges up a bit and charges at the Psychokinetic Hedgehog, who responds by using his psychokinesis to throw a destroyed car at the son of Vegeta, who simply flies over the attack and behind Silver to kick him in the face and then into the air. Silver manages to get his footing as the Saiyan of the Future starts to fly towards him. Silver responds by using his powers to summon numerous spiked projectiles which Trunks attempts to block but soon pierce through his defense and sends him further into the air. Silver then teleports to where the staggered Trunks ends up and kicks him to the ground.
Trunks then flies out of some damaged building as Silver attempts the same form of attack again, but Trunks, realizing what the hedgehog is doing, dodges the attack. Silver continues to use this plan of attack as Trunks continues to fly away from the spiked projectiles. Silver squints as he wonders what his opponent is doing, and it's revealed that the Saiyan Light of Hope is flying towards Silver to use his own plan of attack against him, as the spiked projectiles soon do to Silver what they did to Trunks a few moments prior, with Trunks following up on this by pummeling Silver into the ground, but instead of falling down straight into a destroyed part of a building, Silver uses his psychokinesis to float a spring to his vicinity, preventing him from hitting the ground and allowing him to get his footing.
Trunks then appears before the Hedgehog Savior of the Future, who responds by launching a projectile at the half-Saiyan. The two collide and form a smoke cloud that engulfs Trunks, but as Silver attempts to attack, Trunks pulls out his sword and slices cleanly through Silver. When the smoke clears, Silver appears staggered, as Trunks follows up on his attack with a few more swings of his sword and one final kick that sends Silver into the air. Trunks then lands on the ground as he performs his Heat Dome Attack, which Silver and completely disintegrates the hedgehog's body. Trunks then sits down, exhausted from the fight, but victorious.
==Trivia==
===Production===
*The core connections between Trunks and Silver are that they are both heroes from dystopian futures with a strong sense of justice who travel back in time to prevent apocalyptic events that resulted in their ruined timelines (Trunks sought to stop the Androids' genocide of humanity, while Silver sought to kill the Iblis Trigger to prevent Iblis from ruining the world). Both would succeed in finding the individual(s) that were supposedly responsible for the destruction of their world (both Androids 17 and 18 and Sonic the Hedgehog, respectively) and planned to kill them, but ultimately became allies with them instead after uncovering the truth about their moralities. In addition:
**Both were born with unique heritages (a Half-Saiyan and an esper, respectively), which left them with powerful innate energy they use for combat (Ki and Psychokinesis, respectively).
**Both have access to a powerful form that makes them golden in color (Super Saiyan and Super Silver, respectively).
**Shiro Maekawa, one of the writers of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), confirmed that Silver's character was based on Trunks.Sonic 06 - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. WeeklyTubeShow
===Other===
*While this matchup would technically go on to happen as a Death Battle episode, it was between Trunks and Silver's powerful alternate universe counterparts and not the mainline versions used in this episode specifically. As such, this episode will be omitted from past and future trivia points on DBX episodes shared with Death Battle.
*This is the first Video Game VS Anime/Manga-themed episode.
**This is the first time that the Anime/Manga character wins.
==References==
Category:DBX Season 1 Episodes
Category:DBX Episodes