Death Battle '24

Death Battle '24Due to the removal of the seasonal format, episodes are now internally categorized by years — e.g., all episodes released in 2024 are considered Death Battle '24. is the set of Death Battle episodes released in 2024. It premiered on October 6th, 2024 and concluded on December 8th, 2024. It consisted of four episodes.
It was originally set to release as Season 11, but was later changed following the show becoming independenthttps://x.com/BenBSinger/status/1816584247765008726 and forgoing the seasonal format.Master Chief VS Doomguy? Ben 10 VS Green Lantern? Let's do one! | DEATH BATTLE Cast
==Changes==
*Death Battle is now fully independent, no longer being owned by Rooster Teeth.
**Episodes in this year were instead funded through the Save Death Battle Kickstarter.
*Episodes will now be released on a constant, monthly schedule every three weeks rather than a seasonal, bi-weekly one.
**As a result, the traditional season structure established in Season 3 will no longer be used, with the current plan being 12 episodes per year starting in 2025. However, it was also stated on multiple occasions that this is to be a minimum they wish to maintain, meaning more frequent releases are potentially possible and this schedule is not set in stone.
**For this year, episodes will be released every three weeks, similar to the release schedule from Seasons 3 through 6.Save DEATH BATTLE! Update #5: WE'RE SO BACK!
*Official tracks are now distributed by DistroKid, as the Death Battle team had cut ties with TuneCore due to Rooster Teeth's dissolvement.
**Additionally, because of Death Battle's newfound independence, this also results in the track covers no longer including the "Score from the Rooster Teeth Series" subtext beneath the track musician's name going forward.
**Furthermore, newer track releases are now meant to be released based on location instead of time zone.
*Interludes now start with Boomstick saying both combatants' names in the episode's title followed by Wiz giving them an epithet, rather than him and Wiz each saying one of their names and giving them an epithet before Wiz summarizes the theme of the matchup. This is due to the YouTube viewer retention rates for the interludes being consistently low, and hence they were trimmed down.
*Cutaways to the hosts are no longer presented in the analyses for every episode, likely due to budgetary restrictions.
*Credits now start near the end of the post-analysis rather than after it finishes.
*Next Time trailers at the end of each episode now take up the top half of the screen rather than the left, showcase a short teaser of the fight animation, and return to having Boomstick announce them since he last did so in Scrooge McDuck VS Shovel Knight.
**Because of this, Next Time trailers also go back to not being released separately as YouTube Shorts after the practice was started with the trailer for Trunks VS Silver.
==Episodes==
==Confirmed Combatants==
These are all the combatants who were confirmed to appear in this season prior to their episode being officially announced in a Next Time trailer.
 	Revealed In 	Final Episode
Omni-Man 	Save Death Battle Kickstarter trailer	Omni-Man VS Bardock
Bardock 	Save Death Battle Kickstarter trailer	Omni-Man VS Bardock
Bowser 	Save Death Battle Kickstarter trailer	Bowser VS Eggman
Doctor Eggman	Save Death Battle Kickstarter trailer	Bowser VS Eggman
==Tournament of Champions==
Back when it was known as Season 11, members of Death Battle's paid YouTube membership were able to submit matchups into a ballot in the official Discord server to potentially become episodes, from which the crew then selected a total of 32 and put into a tournament that members could vote in, with the winning matchup becoming a guaranteed episode. Unlike the prior season's ballot, losing matchups are not deconfirmed from being in the season, with the winning matchup simply being the only explicit guarantee going into it. Several losing matchups were indeed confirmed later on, including Kratos VS Asura, Hulk VS Godzilla, and Gru VS Megamind.
The tournament started on September 12th, 2023 and ended on December 5th, 2023. Every week on DEATH BATTLE Cast during this period, a new bracket was announced, along with the winner of the previous bracket. The winner was Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat, though due to Rooster Teeth's closure, it skipped 2024 and will presumably be released in Death Battle '25.
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|-|Week 1=
This bracket was announced and started on September 12th and ended on September 19th. Approximately 2,100 votes were cast.
Luz VS Anne tourney tn.png|Luz VS Anne(The Owl House VS Amphibia)30% ≈ 630 Votes
Monokuma VS Korosensei tourney tn.png|Winner: Monokuma VS Korosensei(Danganronpa VS Assassination Classroom)41% ≈ 861 Votes
Shulk VS Lightning tourney tn.png|Shulk VS Lightning(Xenoblade Chronicles VS Final Fantasy)18% ≈ 378 Votes
Kasen Ibaraki VS Fleetway Sonic tourney tn.png|Kasen Ibaraki VS Fleetway Sonic(Touhou Project VS Sonic the Comic)11% ≈ 231 Votes
|-|Week 2=
This bracket was announced and started on September 19th and ended on September 26th. Approximately 2,400 votes were cast.
Gru VS Megamind tourney tn.png|Winner: Gru VS Megamind(Despicable Me VS Megamind)54% ≈ 1,296 Votes
Zeus VS Odin tourney tn.png|Zeus VS Odin(Greek Mythology VS Norse Mythology)17% ≈ 408 Votes
Little Mac VS Ippo tourney tn.png|Little Mac VS Ippo(Punch Out!! VS Hajime no Ippo)24% ≈ 576 Votes
Peacemaker VS Soldier Boy tourney tn.png|Peacemaker VS Soldier Boy(DC VS The Boys)5% ≈ 120 Votes
|-|Week 3=
This bracket was announced and started on September 26th and ended on October 3rd. Approximately 2,600 votes were cast.
Ragna the Bloodedge VS Velvet Crowe tourney tn.png|Ragna the Bloodedge VS Velvet Crowe(BlazBlue VS Tales of Berseria)8% ≈ 208 Votes
Sailor Moon VS Madoka tourney tn.png|Winner: Sailor Moon VS Madoka(Sailor Moon VS Puella Magi Madoka Magica)38% ≈ 988 Votes
Scorpion VS Wolf tourney tn.png|Scorpion VS Wolf(Mortal Kombat VS Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)17% ≈ 442 Votes
Ryu VS Goku (Composite) tourney tn.png|Composite Ryu VS Composite Goku(Every Ryu Appearance VS Every Goku Appearance)37% ≈ 962 Votes
|-|Week 4=
This bracket was announced and started on October 3rd and ended on October 10th. Approximately 2,600 votes were cast.
ToC Luke Skywalker VS Saber.png|Luke Skywalker VS Saber(Star Wars VS TYPE-MOON)14% ≈ 364 Votes
ToC Wile E Coyote VS Tom.png|Winner: Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat(Looney Tunes VS Tom & Jerry)49% ≈ 1,274 Votes
ToC Toothless VS Baymax.png|Hiccup & Toothless VS Hiro & Baymax(How To Train Your Dragon VS Big Hero 6)20% ≈ 520 Votes
ToC Sackboy VS Maxwell.png|Sackboy VS Maxwell(LittleBigPlanet VS Scribblenauts)17% ≈ 442 Votes
|-|Week 5=
This bracket was announced and started on October 10th and ended on October 17th. Approximately 2,600 votes were cast.
Kratos VS Asura ToC.png|Winner: Kratos VS Asura(God of War VS Asura's Wrath)43% ≈ 1,118 Votes
Homer VS Peter ToC.png|Homer Simpson VS Peter Griffin(The Simpsons VS Family Guy)33% ≈ 858 Votes
Jimmy Neutron VS Dexter ToC.png|Jimmy Neutron VS Dexter(Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius VS Dexter's Laboratory)14% ≈ 364 Votes
Naruto VS Luffy ToC.png|Naruto VS Monkey D. Luffy(Naruto VS One Piece)10% ≈ 260 Votes
|-|Week 6=
This bracket was announced and started on October 17th and ended on October 24th. Approximately 2,500 votes were cast.
Lucina VS Grovyle ToC.png|Lucina VS Grovyle(Fire Emblem VS Pokémon Mystery Dungeon)21% ≈ 525 Votes
Megaman X VS Optimus Primal ToC.png|Winner: X VS Optimus Primal(Mega Man X VS Transformers: Beast Wars)42% ≈ 1,050 Votes
Percy Jackson VS Zagreus ToC.png|Percy Jackson VS Zagreus(Percy Jackson VS Hades)23% ≈ 575 Votes
Scott Pilgrim VS Kazuma ToC.png|Scott Pilgrim VS Kazuma Sato(Scott Pilgrim vs. The World VS Konosuba)14% ≈ 350 Votes
|-|Week 7=
This bracket was announced and started on October 24th and ended on October 31st. Approximately 2,500 votes were cast.
Spike VS Revy ToC.png|Spike VS Revy(Cowboy Bebop VS Black Lagoon)27% ≈ 675 Votes
Hulk VS Godzilla ToC.png|Hulk VS Godzilla(Marvel VS Godzilla)17% ≈ 425 Votes
Palpatine VS Xehanort ToC.png|Winner: Palpatine VS Xehanort(Star Wars VS Kingdom Hearts)44% ≈ 1,100 Votes
Ellie VS Clementine ToC.png|Ellie VS Clementine(The Last of Us VS The Walking Dead)12% ≈ 300 Votes
|-|Week 8=
This bracket was announced and started on October 31st and ended on November 7th. Approximately 2,400 votes were cast.
ToC Freddy Kreuger VS Pennywise.png|Freddy Krueger VS Pennywise(A Nightmare on Elm Street VS It)25% ≈ 600 Votes
ToC Skeletor VS Zedd v2.png|Skeletor VS Lord Zedd(Masters of the Universe VS Power Rangers)19% ≈ 456 Votes
ToC Sans VS The Judge.png|Winner: Sans VS The Judge(Undertale VS OFF)42% ≈ 1,008 Votes
ToC Grinch VS Jack Skellington.png|The Grinch VS Jack Skellington(Dr. Seuss VS Disney)14% ≈ 336 Votes
|-|Week 9=
This bracket was announced and started on November 7th and ended on November 14th. Approximately 2,500 votes were cast.
Monokuma VS Korosensei tourney tn.png|Monokuma VS Korosensei(Danganronpa VS Assassination Classroom)10% ≈ 250 Votes
Gru VS Megamind tourney tn.png|Gru VS Megamind(Despicable Me VS Megamind)39% ≈ 975 Votes
Sailor Moon VS Madoka tourney tn.png|Sailor Moon VS Madoka(Sailor Moon VS Puella Magi Madoka Magica)8% ≈ 200 Votes
ToC Wile E Coyote VS Tom.png|Winner: Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat(Looney Tunes VS Tom & Jerry)43% ≈ 1,075 Votes
|-|Week 10=
This bracket was announced and started on November 14th and ended on November 28th.Due to the crew taking a Thanksgiving break, the DEATH BATTLE Cast scheduled during Week 10 was prerecorded instead of livestreamed, resulting in Week 10's voting period being extended by a week. Due to this, the Final Week's voting would not begin until the following week during the next regularly scheduled Cast. Approximately 2,600 votes were cast.
Kratos VS Asura ToC.png|Winner: Kratos VS Asura(God of War VS Asura's Wrath)48% ≈ 1,248 Votes
Megaman X VS Optimus Primal ToC.png|X VS Optimus Primal(Mega Man X VS Transformers: Beast Wars)7% ≈ 182 Votes
Palpatine VS Xehanort ToC.png|Palpatine VS Xehanort(Star Wars VS Kingdom Hearts)8% ≈ 208 Votes
ToC Sans VS The Judge.png|Sans VS The Judge(Undertale VS OFF)37% ≈ 962 Votes
|-|Final Week=
This bracket was announced and started on November 28th and ended on December 5th. Approximately 2,500 votes were cast.
ToC Wile E Coyote VS Tom.png|Winner: Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat(Looney Tunes VS Tom & Jerry)54% ≈ 1,350 Votes
Kratos VS Asura ToC.png|Kratos VS Asura(God of War VS Asura's Wrath)46% ≈ 1,150 Votes
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==Kickstarter Campaign==
:Main Article: Save Death Battle Kickstarter
On July 30th, 2024, Death Battle announced on YouTube that it was going independent and launched its Kickstarter Campaign to fund Death Battle '24's episodes and potential future ones. The $75,000 goal was reached in 21 minutes, with several further stretch goals also being reached.
From the Kickstarter, a total of four episodes have been confirmed and funded for Death Battle '24, with the revealed matchups being Omni-Man VS Bardock and Bowser VS Eggman.
==Credits==
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|-|Animators=
Name 	Fights Animated
DevilArtemis 	Omni-Man VS Bardock
Luis Cruz 	Joker VS Giorno, Among Us VS Fall Guys
Anh Thu Duong	Joker VS Giorno, Among Us VS Fall Guys
David Smith 	Joker VS Giorno, Among Us VS Fall Guys
Zack Watkins 	Joker VS Giorno, Among Us VS Fall Guys
MORØ 	Bowser VS Eggman
Larrywinwood 	Among Us VS Fall Guys
|-|Voice Actors/Actors=
Name 	Character played
Tom Schalk 	Omni-Man
Kamran Nikhad	Bardock
Kevin Rivera 	Joker
Kieran Regan 	Giorno Giovanna
Zack Watkins 	Bowser
Arthur Romeo 	Doctor Eggman
|-|Musicians=
Name 	Scores Composed
Brandon Yates 	Solid State Invincible, Game Over
Therewolf Media	Requiem for a Thief, Sussy Beans
Saoirse 	Requiem for a Thief
Victor Borba 	Game Over
Tyler Anderson 	Game Over
|-|Writers=
Name 	Episodes Written
Ben Singer 	Omni-Man VS Bardock, Among Us VS Fall Guys
Liam Swan 	Joker VS Giorno
Djmah'di Rivers	Bowser VS Eggman
Joshua Kazemi 	Among Us VS Fall Guys
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==Trivia==
*Aside from a ScrewAttack poll determining the opponent for what would become Zitz VS Leonardo, this is the second time fans could vote for unique matchups, after Season 10's Champion's Poll.
*In King Mickey's analysis preview in 2021, there was a joke where Boomstick planned to replace Wiz with Mickey Mouse as the new co-host of Death Battle due to Steamboat Willie entering the public domain in 2024. While the Steamboat Willie short film and other various early appearances of Mickey would indeed enter the public domain at the start of the year, it is currently unclear whether what Wiz and Boomstick had in mind for 2024 will be revealed/come to fruition.
**It should also be noted that Disney had trademarked the character, meaning that they will own Mickey until they no longer commercially use him no matter how much Mickey Mouse content becomes public domain.
*Some variation of the last two seasons' ballots is being planned, though specifics aren't being thought of until after the completion of last season's ballot winner.Master Chief VS Doomguy? Ben 10 VS Green Lantern? Let's do one! | DEATH BATTLE Cast
*If it were treated as a season, Death Battle '24 would:
**have the lowest amount of episodes of any season of Death Battle, having 10 less episodes than Season 3, the previous shortest season.
***It is, however, not the smallest amount of episodes released during one specific year, as Death Battle's debut year of 2010 only had two episodes released in December.
**be the first one to lack a combatant from either Marvel Comics or DC Comics, the only two series to have been in every Death Battle season prior.
***Purely treating Death Battle '24 as a year's grouping of episodes, it is the first year since 2010 to lack a character from either series.
**have the lowest amount of new series introduced with two (Among Us and Fall Guys), being outperformed by Season 4 and Season 7 by four introduced series.
**be the first to lack a female combatant leading an episode (as Sage is part of Bowser VS Eggman and not her own episode).
***It is the first year to lack a proper female combatant since 2014.
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Death Battle Seasons