Thanos VS Darkseid

Thanos VS Darkseid is the 103rd episode and Season 5 Finale of Death Battle, featuring Thanos from Marvel Comics and Darkseid from DC Comics in a battle between godly space tyrants. Thanos was voiced by Justice Washington and Darkseid was voiced by Edward Bosco.
==Interlude==
Wiz: Power. Some spend entire lives in search of it, while for others, it is their birthright. But what truly matters in the end, is how it's used.
Boomstick: Like with Thanos, the ultimate villain of the Avengers.
Wiz: And Darkseid, arch-nemesis to the Justice League.
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.
==Thanos==
Wiz: Over a million years ago, when mankind's evolution first broke away from the apes, the cosmic Celestials arrived on Earth. They experimented on the human race, creating three separate variants: the powerful and beautiful Eternals, destined for immortality; those with a latent mutated gene, which would one day spawn the X-Men; and a deformed, disturbing sub-species known as the Deviants.
Boomstick: Like that one website with all the porn!
Wiz: What?
Boomstick: Anyway, the Eternals eventually colonized the moons of Saturn, thanks to this science wizard named Mentor, whose collar's like the lampshade I put on my dog to make him stop lickin' his junk.
Wiz: Charming, but while the Eternals seemed like a perfect people, Mentor's own son would change this forever, and force the cosmos to its knees. His name was Thanos.
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Thanos: You were a fool to betray me, Ronan. Prepare to meet your doom.
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Boomstick: Thanos was born into a life of luxury. Sure, his mom went totally insane and tried to kill him right away, but what do you think you'd do if you popped out a creepy California Raisin baby?
Wiz: It seems the Celestials' experiments weren't quite so different from each other. Despite his Eternal heritage, Thanos' large, disproportionate body and thick purple skin were thanks to a Deviant mutation.
Boomstick: Which you'd think would mean everyone would hate him, but nope. The Eternals were super progressive and totally cool with a wrinkly Grimace walking around.
Wiz: In fact, Thanos was greatly admired for his exceptional intelligence and creativity. He was set for a positive and decorated future.
Boomstick: Until he threw it all away for a girl. Hey, I don't blame him. Lots of guys do crazy shit for hot chicks, especially when you're a secret murder-happy psycho who's obsessed with the physical manifestation of death.
Wiz: To earn Death's reciprocal love, Thanos took a journey, a quest, to ravage the universe in her name.
Boomstick: And as an Eternal, he had plenty of superhuman power to do it. He was already the strongest and fastest Eternal around, but he boosted his power even more with bionic and magic enhancements.
Wiz: And while his physical and psionic abilities are impressive, his incredible genius led to building massive spaceships, shields that can withstand planet-level attacks, and even a time window.
Boomstick: And the most badass throne ever. It comes packed with its own laser weapons, light-speed travel, and it can teleport through space and time.
Wiz: And unlike most Eternals, Thanos has also dabbled in the mystic arts. Petrification, curses, even some of his throne's abilities seem to be more magic than hard science. All of his potential makes Thanos an incredibly dangerous foe.
Boomstick: Yeah, good luck trying to hurt him. He can survive pretty much anything, including a gun specifically designed to kill him. Even shot himself in the face with it just to prove how goddamn awesome he is. D-don't try that at home, kids.
Wiz: He’s strong enough to overpower two Thors at once, snap a Universal Weapon known for its extreme durability, and even lift the gargantuan Galactus Engine.
Boomstick: A giant super rocket big enough to move planets. According to Mister Fantastic, and that guy knows his stuff, this thing is hundreds of miles long.
Wiz: While the Galactus Engine's size seems to vary from comic to comic, Reed's assertion matches its appearance when it propelled Ego the Living Planet. By examining the engine in three separate parts, applying the density of steel, and comparing Ego's diameter of 4,165 miles, we found that Thanos must be lifting about 50 quintillion tons.Steel Density: 8,050 kg/m³Ego's Diameter: 4,615 miles (6,703 km)Galactus Engine Weight: 50 Quintillion Tons That's like holding up 140 trillion Empire State Buildings.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Boomstick: And he's doin' this inside the gut of a living Kurt Russell planet that eats other planets and even stars. Man, I thought I had an iron stomach.
Wiz: But destroying a star isn't a simple thing. Any energy directed toward a star would just be absorbed and adapted to. Only by completely nullifying a star's constant energy output can it be eliminated.
Boomstick: So Ego's stomach acid must be deadlier than fricking supernovas or a black hole. He'd probably love Mama Boomstick's world-famous ghost pepper pie.
He holds up a picture of what looks like an elderly female Boomstick with stubble, holding a flaming pie.
Wiz: Ugh.
Boomstick: It's fine, just dip it in some squirrel paste.
We cut back to the analysis.
Wiz: Surviving the stomach of Ego isn't so farfetched for Thanos, considering he's also survived a dip in a black hole, extreme reality-warping across the Metaverse, and the voice of Black Bolt.
Boomstick: What's so special about this guy, you ask? Well, with just a whisper, he obliterated one billion tons of rock. This guy can easily break a planet with just one shout, and Thanos took three of 'em to the face.
Wiz: Although Thanos isn't known for being a speedster character, he's still quick enough to battle the likes of Silver Surfer, a being who can cover 500,000 light-years in just a couple of seconds, putting him over three trillion times faster than light.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Wiz: With so many impressive showings, it's hard to truly find a weakness.
Suddenly, Deadpool appears on the Death Battle Lab's monitor as the music abruptly changes.
 
Deadpool: (sing-song) ♫ Except for one~! ♫
Boomstick: Oh, goddamn it!
Deadpool: Thank you, thank you, glad to be here. It's me, Deadpool! Slayer of Deathstrokes, befriender of Ponies, and breaker of Mad Titan hearts. Unlike Casanova, the ravenous reaper can't get enough of me, and Thanos just hates that!
Wiz: Well, Thanos did curse him so he couldn't die and be with her.
Deadpool: I know, right? He's a big purple crybaby. Have you seen that chin, though? It's like he got hit in the face with a slap chop.
Boomstick: Don't you have, like, a party in Pony Town to be at?
Deadpool: Aw come on, buddy, you can't have a Death Battle season without Deadpool, right?
Wiz: We did. The last one.
Deadpool: Oh, nobody counts that one. I mean, that's the year you pit a dog in a trench coat against a goddamn bear. (chuckling) What did you think would happen?
Boomstick: (chuckles) Yeah.
Deadpool: Whatever. I know when I'm not wanted. See you next year. DP out!
The music changes back to the previous one.
Wiz: Ugh, good riddance.
We cut back to the analysis.
Boomstick: Even with all of these powers and abilities, Thanos still felt he needed something more to impress Death. Think he's compensatin' for somethin', Wiz?
Wiz: Oh, absolutely. So, he built the Infinity Gauntlet, a golden glove which harnessed the power of six multi-colored gems known as Infinity Stones. With these, he could control the full spectrum of space, reality, mind, power, soul, and time.
Boomstick: And with those powers combined, he summons Captain Planet!
Wiz: Well, more like the destruction of half the universe, but sure, whatever.
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Winter Soldier: Steve?
Captain America watches as Bucky collapses, turning to dust.
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Boomstick: Eh, same difference. But wait, isn't the Time Stone the green one in Doctor Strange's necklace?
Wiz: Well, in the movie universe, the Time Stone is green, but in the original comics series, it's orange. This is because every universe has its own unique Infinity Gauntlet that works exclusively there, and sometimes the stones are different in color. Here, just follow this handy diagram I made.
Boomstick: Yeah, don't care. So with all the stones, he wiped out half the universe with only a snap of his fingers, but he also started going a bit crazy and began to doubt his ability to perform. Hey, happens to the best of us.
Wiz: Yet it never keeps the Mad Titan at bay for long, whose constant lust for power and godly status in the universe is only matched by his drive to just... kill everybody.
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Thanos: Dread it, run from it, destiny arrives all the same. And now it’s here, or should I say... I am.
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==Darkseid==
Wiz: Ten billion years ago, the primeval Old Gods clashed in a cosmic civil war called Ragnarok.
Boomstick: That the one with Thor and Jeff Goldblum?
Wiz: No... Yes... Uh, kind of. The battle was so great, that the result was an explosion that tore the gods asunder, sending a great Godwave throughout the Metaverse, eventually birthing a new generation known as... the New Gods.
Boomstick: (sarcastically) How original. Well, some of these include Alpine Space Skier, Fancy Pants Shakespeare, and this cyborg spider Humpty Dumpty. Half of these guys ended up on a beautiful paradise world called New Genesis, while the rest got stuck on an actual fireball called Apokolips... with a "K".
Wiz: Among these damned souls was Prince Uxas, second in line to the throne behind his older brother, Drax. Not Dave Bautista Drax, but... DC Drax.
Boomstick: Aw, man! I really like that guy. He's not afraid to say what he's thinking.
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Drax: You are horrifying to look at, yes.
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Wiz: To rule Apokolips, Drax was meant to enter the mysterious Omega Pit and absorb the Omega Effect, a force of destructive entropy bound within Apokolips.
Boomstick: But being the crafty bastard he was, Uxas tricked DC Drax into getting killed, and stole the loot for himself.
Wiz: And so, the Omega Effect transformed Uxas into the physical manifestation of tyranny: Darkseid.
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Darkseid shoots his Omega Beams at Shazam, which overpower his Living Lightning blasts and knock him away.
Cyborg: Now what?
Darkseid: Now, you die.
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Boomstick: As the king of Apokolips, Darkseid entered a war on the universe. Whether he was kicking New Genesis ass or giving the Man of Steel a hard time, Darkseid was always working toward his one goal: conquering all life.
Wiz: And thanks to his New God physiology, he has incredible superhuman strength, speed, agility, and even immortality. He's already over 245,000 years old, and that's given him plenty of time to push the limits of the Omega Effect.
Boomstick: He's got a whole bunch of cool Omega powers that break all the rules of nature. He can teleport across time and space, fly at unthinkable speeds, warp reality around him, and grow supersized.
Wiz: Something he's pretty used to doing. The scale between the Prime Universe and Darkseid's own universe, the Fourth World, is vast. He travels between universes via Boom Tubes, which automatically adjust his size to what is considered normal within his destination. Otherwise, he'd have a hard time fitting in, given that the normal size of a New God is about the size of a star.
Boomstick: Oh yeah, I've had that kinda trouble with my Boomstick Tube.
Wiz: He can use various psionic powers like telekinesis and telepathy, and can easily manipulate sentient beings thanks to a cosmic awareness of the multiverse powered by 18 divine senses.
Boomstick: Y'know, I bet he never forgets where he leaves his keys.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Wiz: Like a space-age necromancer, Darkseid can possess living or deceased beings, controlling them like puppets. He can even control basic inanimate objects, just like the Nomad of Nowhere.
The Nomad of Nowhere appears on the Lab's monitor and claps to make Boomstick's beer can come to life as a critter.
Boomstick: BWAH! HOLY SHIT!
The now sentient can of beer jumps to the ground from Boomstick's open hand.
Boomstick: Uh, Wiz? Never thought I'd say this, but... I might have had too much to drink.
We cut back to the analysis.
Wiz: But Darkseid's deadliest technique is his signature Omega Beams. These burning lasers of hatred are capable of instant sharp turns and tracking multiple targets at once.
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The Flash and Superman outrun and outfly two Omega Beams, which split up after them.
Flash: They're splitting up! They can do that?
Superman: They're locked on us!
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Wiz: On contact, the beams can either disintegrate their target, transmute matter, erase beings from existence, or trap enemies in the Omega Sanction. The Omega Sanction is a sort of life trap. Its target enters a self-contained reality where they live out an infinite number of lives for eternity.
Boomstick: Oh, that doesn't sound so bad. I'd just do a Bill Murray and use all those lives to learn piano or save a dog or... yeah, that's probably about it.
Wiz: Well, there's a catch. Each life in the sanction gets progressively worse as it goes, including how you die. When the third Mister Miracle was trapped in it, he was fairly unaware... until he was beaten, burned, mutilated, and castrated, broken to a point of intentionally overdosing. And that was just his first life in the sanction.
Boomstick: Oh... uh, no thanks, I-I'm good.
Wiz: To overpower the multiverse, Darkseid would face some pretty steep competition. However, his power eclipses those of even some of the strongest heroes around.
Boomstick: He's fast enough to take a trip to the Source Wall in just a few seconds. That's at the very edge of existence. So like, you're not gonna be able to MapQuest that shit.
Wiz: The edge of the observable universe is about 45 billion light-years away, and scientists hypothesized the actual scale is over 100 sextillion times greater. It took a whole year for the legendary Helm of Nabu to make this journey, but for Darkseid, all of five seconds. To pull this off, he'd have to be moving over 87 duodecillion times the speed of light.Hypothetical Scale Of The Universe: >100 Sextillion Times GreaterOne Year Trip - Helm of NabuDuration Of Darkseid's Trip To The Source Wall: 5 SecondsDarkseid's Speed: 87 Duodecillion Times The Speed Of Light (671,000,000 mph x 1039
Boomstick: Which is totally a real number that I understand. But if he's super big in Fourth World, wouldn't he have an easier time getting to the edge?
Wiz: We're factoring the scaling across his universe as a whole. Besides, technically, the Fourth World is four billion years older than our own universe, so the distance to the edge is probably even further.
Boomstick: He's so quick he can choke out Superman before he even sees him move, or knock him out cold in just a few b**** slaps, and Superman can survive supernovas to the face! Also, since Darkseid wasn't affected by the Crisis mega reboot, it's still canon that he can blitz Pre-Crisis Supes, who can !
Wiz: Darkseid is strong enough to crush a Lantern Ring with ease, destroy planets with his Omega Beams, and wipe out the Justice League with a single strike. Even with all this power, Darkseid believed he could not dominate the universe until he discovered his ultimate prize: the Anti-Life Equation.
Boomstick: Ha! I knew numbers were bad for you. Take that, Miss Jensen and your stupid ruler.
Wiz: The Anti-Life is technically an entity of its own: a fragmented piece of the source from which all life originates. However, Darkseid discovered a formula which essentially manipulates the Anti-Life's presence in all living things, in a manner which definitively proves that all freedom and hope are meaningless efforts.
Boomstick: So it's math that just makes ya sad.
Wiz: Yes, and a slave to Darkseid, but yes. So, the Anti-Life is pretty weird, but you know what's even more so? The Darkseid that you think you know isn't actually Darkseid.
Boomstick: Say what now?
Wiz: He became the very essence of tyranny itself. This non-corporeal God rests in the higher plane of Fourth World and molds avatars of his consciousness to interact with the multiverse around him.
Wiz: While each avatar is weaker than his true self, it's a necessary handicap, as his own existence in a universe other than Fourth World would shatter the laws of reality, ending time and space as we know it. The sheer power of the Omega Effect threatens entire cosmos, similar to how its equal, the Astro-Force, could counter an Oblivion Bomb capable of annihilating the universe in a single blast.
Boomstick: Holy shit! His avatar may lose some power, but it's still tough enough to survive a bomb Lex Luthor designed to rip apart existence, and a shot from Marvelous Marno's Master Blaster, which sounds like it was made up by a circus clown, and that kind of makes sense, because apparently no lifeform can stand up to it, just like clowns.
Wiz: Except for Darkseid.
Boomstick: Well, Darkseid isn't immune to all guns. All you need is a neat little Radion bullet.
Wiz: Think of Radion as the New God's Kryptonite. Despite all his power, Darkseid is far from invincible. He's had his heart ripped out, his soul stolen by Death, and his essence shattered by Superman... uh... singing.
Boomstick: Hey, Darkseid. ♫Look at this photograph!♫
Wiz: To this day, even after so many cataclysmic events, the Lord of Apokolips continues his mission. Every living being in the multiverse will bend to the will of Darkseid.
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Darkseid: It seems I have you to thank for my resurrection. Though your world will suffer slowly, I grant you a quick death.
He uses his Omega Beams to destroy the ship he, Luthor, Bizarro, Killer Frost, and Evil Star were on.
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==Prelude==
==Death Battle==
In an unlocked vault underground, Deadpool appears to be talking to someone sitting on Thanos' throne.
Deadpool: It can fly, it can teleport, it'll send you through time and space and it's perfect for gaming. You follow me? Sure you do, you're a forward-thinking guy-
Suddenly, a dark portal appears in front of the two, with Thanos emerging from it.
Thanos: At last... there it is.
Thanos adjusts the Infinity Gauntlet on his arm as he faces the Merc with a Mouth and the entity he was speaking with, Darkseid. Deadpool starts nervously making his way towards the Titan.
Deadpool: H-hey Thanos! B-buddy, how are ya doing? Rockin' that chin as always!
Thanos simply swipes his hand and turns Deadpool into confetti. Darkseid takes notice of this with small amusement, but is undeterred otherwise.
Thanos: Get off my throne and kneel. Face death at the hand of your new emperor.
Darkseid: You know not the infinite wealth of destruction I command.
Darkseid smiles as he stands up and places his arms behind his back. The Titan charges towards the New God.
Thanos tries punching with the Infinity Gauntlet, but Darkseid headbutts the arm and knees his opponent back in the face. As Thanos recovers, Darkseid leaps upward and tries dive-kicking downwards, but Thanos grabs both of his legs and uses the Power Stone to toss him into the street, where he crashes into a car while still maintaining his stance. Thanos teleports right in front of his foe's location.
Darkseid: You dare strike me? Beg for the sweet release of death!
Thanos lifts the gauntlet and twists his arm to the side.
Thanos: You first.
Thanos warps reality to turn the world on its side, sending Darkseid falling through a building and landing on the side of a skyscraper. Thanos warps over to Darkseid and punches him in the face a few times before tossing him towards the top of the building.
Darkseid leaps off the windows and turns around just in time to nearly get hit by a taxi. He stops it with his telekinesis and tosses it at Thanos, who uses the gauntlet to endure most of the beating until getting rammed in the chest with a cab.
Darkseid notices Thanos' helicopter on a roof and sends it over to its owner, resulting in a massive explosion that tears the building apart. Darkseid floats there menacingly as the explosions and crumbling building do nothing to him.
Thanos leaps upward and uses the gauntlet to redirect the exploding city's damage. Darkseid tries shooting his Omega Beams, but Thanos manages to punch the New God with his gauntlet before the beams can hit him.
Darkseid is sent flying into space and crashes into a satellite. Thanos teleports behind him and prepares to strike again, but the Apokolips ruler fires his Omega Beams to better effect this time. Thanos uses the gauntlet to shield himself from the blast, but the Omega Beams push him planets away from his opponent.
The Mad Titan ends up near Jupiter and activates the Infinity Gauntlet to hurl the entire planet at the Lord of Apokolips. The villain struggles to hold endure the blow as he is sent crashing through several planets before ending up in the middle of the sun.
Thanos: I am Thanos. Thanos is supreme. Thanos is god.
Thanos uses the Infinity Gauntlet to create a black hole in the middle of the sun to swallow his opponent and the following planets. However, Darkseid drastically increases his size and grips onto the edge of the black hole and a nearby planet. He grows so large that he simply crushes the black hole in the palm of his hand.
An enraged Thanos uses the gauntlet and tosses the entire solar system forward as he charges and increases his size as well. He tosses the New God back to get pelted by the tossed planets before Darkseid manages to hit him back. Thanos lands another punch, but Darkseid manages to grab another planet in the rebound and crushes it into the Titan's chest.
The two godly beings then unleash their most powerful punches, which manage to send shockwaves throughout the entire universe. Both of them reduce back to their previous sizes and end up lying down on a drifting asteroid. Thanos slowly stands up and starts walking forward.
Thanos: These games bore me. But this will bring a smile to my face.
Thanos grins as he snaps his fingers with the Infinity Gauntlet, reducing Darkseid to dust. However, another one of Darkseid's avatars appears directly behind the Titan.
Darkseid: It'll have to wait.
Thanos snaps that one out of existence before trying to eliminate multiple subsequent copies. He quickly grows frustrated with the New God's toying.
Thanos: COOOWAAAAARD! Who are you?! WHO ARE YOU?!!!
Darkseid: I'll show you.
Behind Darkseid's final avatar lies a portal. Thanos walks through it and ends up in Fourth World, where he meets the true form of Darkseid: a giant energy field that vaguely resembles his head.
Darkseid: This is who I am!
Thanos scoffs as he snaps with the Infinity Gauntlet again. However, True Darkseid remains in place. Thanos tries snapping multiple times but to no avail.
Darkseid: Your reality is far from my own. You have no power here.
Despite wielding a useless Infinity Gauntlet, the Titan refuses to back down.
Thanos: I... am Thanos. I am all things! THIS IS WHO I AM!
Thanos charges his natural Eternal abilities and fires a powerful beam from his head with a loud scream, but the beam passes through Darkseid's immortal intangible essence with no effect.
Darkseid: Pitiful.
Darkseid fires one final Omega Beam that goes through the projectile and seemingly hits the Titan in the face. Thanos suddenly awakens to an unknown plane of existence and comes across Deadpool having a makeout session with Lady Death on his throne, infuriating him.
Deadpool: Is he looking at us? Oh my God, it's Deadpool with a gun!
Deadpool pulls out an Uzi and fires a bullet at Thanos' chest, sending him to the ground. It's revealed that Darkseid now sits on Thanos' throne while the Infinity Gauntlet floats above the palm of his right hand, and has surrounded himself with multiple realities where his defeated opponent meets his doom thanks to the Omega Sanction.
Darkseid: Behold, an endless death.
Darkseid then proceeds to crush the Infinity Gauntlet, thus destroying it. Back in the Omega Sanction, Deadpool turns his attention to Death again.
Deadpool: So, you watching any anime?
==Results==
Boomstick: Oh man! That's the worst way he could've gone out, 'cause now he's gonna be dying over and over and over...
Wiz: Thanos was an incredible foe, especially while wielding the Infinity Gauntlet. Unfortunately, the gauntlet had a fatal flaw.
Boomstick: Yeah, that golden glove only works in its own universe, and Darkseid could easily move the fight to new ones with his Boomstick Tubes; universe-hopping is kind of his thing.
Wiz: The Reed Richards of the Interdimensional Council of Reeds figured this out. Its three founding members, Reed, Reed, and Reed, each possessed Infinity Gauntlets, but discovered that they couldn't work outside of their own universes.
Boomstick: The gauntlet had no problem making Darkseid's avatar not feel so good, but since Darkseid's true form was always in the Fourth World universe, Thanos couldn't actually finish him off with the gauntlet.
Wiz: Even if this fight took place in entirely neutral territory, the victor wouldn't change. Thanos' gauntlet wouldn't work, and True Darkseid's presence... would actually just destroy everything just by being there.
Boomstick: But he didn't just lose because of the gauntlet. He really couldn't keep up with the space golem.
Wiz: Even going toe-to-toe with a being as fast as Silver Surfer was nothing compared to when Darkseid took a trip to the edge of existence. This puts Darkseid almost 28 octillion times faster than Thanos.
Boomstick: And his Omega Effect scales to the Astro-Force, which could equal the Oblivion Bomb's universe-destroying blast. This means the Omega Effect and Infinity Gauntlet were both pretty even in terms of destructive ability, but unlike Thanos, Darkseid can use his Omega powers whenever and wherever he wants.
Wiz: Once he lost the gauntlet, Thanos can certainly survive star-level attacks and even greater, but universal destruction is definitely a bit more than his purple Eternal hide could handle. And even after that, Darkseid had plenty of ways to end the fight whenever he wanted, like the Omega Sanction.
We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.
Boomstick: Thanos was super powerful, but Darkseid was just faster, stronger, and even more ruthless.
Wiz: And if you think about it, Thanos needed the Infinity Gauntlet to become a god, but Darkseid already was one.
Boomstick: Thanos just couldn't run—
Before Boomstick can finish his pun, Deadpool pops back on the monitor to steal his thunder.
Deadpool: Run the gauntlet!
Deadpool laughs, disappearing once more.
Boomstick: Oh, you son of a bitch!
Wiz: Ugh... 
We cut to the "Winner" card.
Wiz: The winner is Darkseid.
==Original Track==
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===Composition===
The track for this fight is "Kings of Infinity" by Brandon Yates featuring Omega Sparx. It opens with deep and slow-paced piano notes before techno beats begin to play over with it. The rap lyrics sung are presented as slow-paced to reflect the immense physical prowess of the two combatants.
===Title===
The title reflects the two combatants' status as rulers of their armies, especially Darkseid's status as the Lord of Apokolips. The "Infinity" part of the title refers to Thanos' signature weapon, the Infinity Gauntlet.
===Cover Arts===
The original cover art done by Luis Cruz depicts a stylized Infinity Gauntlet inside the gap of the omega symbol, reflecting Darkseid's power of the Omega Effect.
The new cover art (which was created for the track's reupload following Rooster Teeth's shutdown) simply contains the title of the track on colored lights.
===Lyrics===
==Trivia==
===Production===
*The core connections between Thanos and Darkseid are that they are both comic book supervillains who are intergalactic warlords, possess godly levels of power, are members of cosmic races (Eternals and New Gods, respectively), seek objectives that will enable them to dominate or end life on a universal scale (the Infinity Stones and the Anti-Life Equation, respectively), and serve as some of the greatest foes and arch-enemies of superhero teams (the Avengers and the Justice League, respectively). In addition:
**Both are also villains to their children, both biological and adopted (Thane and Gamora, and Orion and Mister Miracle, respectively).
**This is also a battle of opposites, as while Thanos' main weapon is named the Infinity Gauntlet, bringing to mind a never-ending nature, Darkseid's power is known as the Omega Effect, which is named after a symbol representing the end of something.
**While Thanos and Darkseid have yet to officially encounter each other, in the crossover comic JLA/Avengers #2, Darkseid acquires the Infinity Gauntlet and considers using it, but rejects it after learning that it's useless outside of its own universe, something that gets brought up in the post-analysis. 
*This was the last episode to feature the "FIGHT!" graphic until it returned for Goku VS Superman (2023) onwards.
*The popular rap artist JT Music (also featured on Rooster Teeth) released a rap battle between the two the same day to coincide with the fight. The music video also features clips of the battle. This was done again for Miles Morales VS Static, this time with the rap battle itself being the soundtrack for the fight.
*Due to the three redone episodes that happened prior to its release (Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Goku VS Superman 2, and Mario VS Sonic (2018)), Thanos VS Darkseid is technically the 100th unique matchup that has been made into an episode.
*Coincidentally, the first official trailer for Avengers: Endgame premiered prior to the release of this episode.
**Ironically, it premiered shortly after the release of Thanos' analysis preview.
*Ironically, despite the Nomad's cameo being made presumably to promote his series, this episode would be the last Rooster Teeth production related to The Nomad of Nowhere, as the first season had wrapped prior to this episode's release and never got a follow-up.
*This is the second episode to have been considered the #1 most requested one in Death Battle history when it was announced, after Goku VS Superman 1, and with the next one being Galactus VS Unicron.
===Easter Eggs===
*Boomstick asking if Deadpool had a "party in Pony Town to be at" is a reference to the ending of Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie, in which Pinkie Pie threw him a birthday party in Ponyville at the end of the fight.
*Boomstick references the movie Groundhog Day after Wiz mentions how the Omega Sanction forces victims to live out an infinite number of lives for eternity in Darkseid's analysis.
*Boomstick briefly sings the Nickelback song "Photograph" in Darkseid's analysis after Wiz brings up Darkseid's true form being defeated by Superman singing.
*Optimus Prime's truck form can be seen falling down the road after Thanos rotates the Earth 90 degrees using the Reality Stone.
**This starts a trend of 3D animated fights referencing the previous one's winner, which lasts until All Might VS Might Guy.
*Thanos' line "These games bore me. But this will bring a smile to my face." is a reference to his quote from Avengers: Infinity War, "Fun isn't something one considers when balancing the universe. But this... does put a smile on my face."
*During the post analysis, Boomstick describes the Infinity Gauntlet as being able to make Darkseid's avatars "not feel so good," which is a reference to Spider-Man's memetic "Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good," line in Avengers: Infinity War.
===Errors===
*Despite Wiz saying only Season 4 had no appearances of the Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool also didn't make an appearance in Season 1.
**However, Season 1 was likely excluded because Deadpool made his debut on the show in Season 2.
*When Thanos and Darkseid are fighting in outer space, Thanos uses the Infinity Gauntlet to hurl Jupiter at Darkseid, who holds it back with his hands. However, this logically shouldn't be the case, as Jupiter is a gas giant with no solid surface for Darkseid to touch.
**Also, despite Jupiter being the largest planet in the solar system, it's shown to be miniscule in comparison to Venus, Earth, Mars, and the Sun.
*The Infinity Gauntlet is on Thanos' right arm instead of his left seconds before his and Darkseid's Big Bang-inducing shockwave.
*The stylized Infinity Gauntlet seen on Kings of Infinity's track cover curiously has six fingers instead of five.
===Other===
*This is the 15th 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, and Nightwing VS Daredevil, and with the next 14 being Aquaman VS Namor, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Ghost Rider VS Lobo, Miles Morales VS Static, Cable VS Booster Gold, Winter Soldier VS Red Hood, Batgirl VS Spider-Gwen, Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom, Batman VS Iron Man, Scarlet Witch VS Zatanna, Black Adam VS Apocalypse, Ant-Man VS Atom, Phoenix VS Raven, and Martian Manhunter VS Silver Surfer.
**This is the eighth time that DC wins, after Batman VS Captain America, Flash VS Quicksilver, Hulk VS Doomsday, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Batman Beyond VS Spider-Man 2099, Doctor Strange VS Doctor Fate, and Nightwing VS Daredevil, and with the next six being Aquaman VS Namor, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Miles Morales VS Static, Cable VS Booster Gold, Scarlet Witch VS Zatanna, and Phoenix VS Raven.
***This episode marks the first time in Death Battle history that DC has more wins against Marvel in Marvel VS DC-themed episodes.
*This is the second episode to feature Omega Sparx in the track, after Ryu VS Jin, and with the next three being Miles Morales VS Static, Black Adam VS Apocalypse, and Cole MacGrath VS Alex Mercer.
*This is the second episode in which the track features a lyrical battle between its combatants, after Ryu VS Jin, and with the next five being Miles Morales VS Static, Gray VS Esdeath, Black Adam VS Apocalypse, Bill Cipher VS Discord, and Cole MacGrath VS Alex Mercer.
*This is the third episode where a combatant sends their opponent to their turf (via Darkseid bringing Thanos to Fourth World), after Ryu VS Scorpion and Flash VS Quicksilver, and with the next four being Iron Fist VS Po, Korra VS Storm, Trunks VS Silver, and Phoenix VS Raven.
*This is the third episode to feature planetary destruction, after Goku VS Superman 1 and Chuck Norris VS Segata Sanshiro, and with the next seven being Wario VS King Dedede, Beerus VS Sailor Galaxia, Hulk VS Broly, Saitama VS Popeye, Frieza VS Megatron, Goku VS Superman (2023), and Galactus VS Unicron.
*This is the first episode to feature universal destruction, with the next three being Scarlet Witch VS Zatanna, Goku VS Superman (2023), and Galactus VS Unicron.
*This is the first episode in which Deadpool appears without being one of the combatants, with the next two being Ghost Rider VS Lobo and Macho Man VS Kool-Aid Man.
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