Goomba VS Koopa 2

*The primordial minions return for a 1-1 rematch 10 years in the making! It's malevolent mushroom vs tyrannical turtle in this ultimate no holds barred fight to the finish!*
—Tagline
**Goomba VS Koopa 2** is the 96th episode of DBX, featuring the Goomba and the Koopa Troopa from the *Super Mario* series in a sequel to the battle to determine strongest of the weakest common enemies.

## Interlude

**Ringmaster**: Welcome one and all to MY arena where you decide the outcome! No rules, only bloodshed! I am Ringmaster and this is the exhibitiooon!

**Ringmaster**: Ugh, look guys, real talk, uh, I've tried everyone I know, ugh, which admittedly is uh, Wiz, Boomstick, their robot and a *Dragon Ball Z* villain, but I'm trying, I'm trying.

**Jocelyn**: Hey Mar-, Ringmaster? I just got through my support call backlog. You've been blowing up my inbox for weeks.

**Ringmaster**: Jocelyn!? Wh-, somebody actually answered my calls!? Ahahahahaha!

**Jocelyn**: There was a lot of sobbing. I'm sure you know my performance credentials, but I also have an encyclopedic knowledge, and am a master of research of all-

**Ringmaster**: A-, t-, t-, you're in, please, just stop right there. Welcome aboard J-dog! Everyone give it up for Jocelyn!

## Goomba

**Ringmaster**: And what a time to join the team because today we're dealing with the rematch you've all been waiting for! The battle to determine the beastliest of Bowser's baddies! It's the Goomba VS the Koopa!

**Jocelyn**: Ohh. Okay. A bit teensy bit less climactic than I thought it was going to be.

**Ringmaster**: Ohohohoho! You have no idea what's in store!

**Jocelyn**: Actually, I do! The Goomba has to be one of the most biologically fascinating creatures we've ever come across! It seems to be some kind of sentient fungus with minor telekinetic abilities, allowing it to pick up and manipulate objects without making physical contact.

**Ringmaster**: And they're powerful enough to kill Mario in just one hit. Their essence is just so evil that just by making physical contact, Mario will instantly drop dead!

*An animation of a chibi Ringmaster runs into frame with a Goomba following it, before tripping, being touched by the Goomba and vanishing in a puff of smoke.*

**Ringmaster**: Haha! Just like my mother-in-law!

**Jocelyn**: Haha! Got 'em!

**Ringmaster**: It's a very serious condition Jocelyn, I wish you wouldn't make light of it.

**Jocelyn**: Oh, uh, I'm so sorry. But uh-, you'll be sorry when the Goomba hops into its patented green shoe, allowing it to stomp its way through the Mushroom Kingdom unimpeded!

*An animated chibi Ringmaster drops into frame in a large brown boot.*

**Jocelyn**: Or grow wings, and take to the skies and drop its own babies like carpet bombs!

**Ringmaster**: Just like my mother-in-law.

**Jocelyn**: My condolences?

**Ringmaster**: At the right she's fictional so I don't need pity.

## Koopa

**Ringmaster**: What I need is the Koopa Troop! An elite, spec-ops, paramilitary group headed by the big, bad Bowser himself and composed of demons spawned in his very image: the Koopa!

**Jocelyn**: They're so adorable! And much like real-life turtles, their shells are virtually inpenetrable to predators, which in this case happens to be Mario's shoe. And Mario can kick entire castles, like they were soccer balls.

*An animated chibi Ringmaster kicks a soccer ball, sending it flying across the screen before coming back and hitting him in the back of his head.*

**Ringmaster**: There's nothin' these little reptile bastards can't do! Drive go karts, operate giant mechs and even participate in professional sports! They might as well be geniuses, if not for the whole, uh, walk off a cliff into imminent death thing.

*An animated chibi Ringmaster is seen walking parallel to a Koopa and falling into a pit alongside it.*

**Jocelyn**: While green Koopas may be stupid enough to needlessly drop to their doom, red Koopas seem to be smarter. Some of them have even developed flight, proving a flexible backbone to Bowser's universe conquering army!

## Prelude

**Ringmaster**: Can it be? No wanton violence, no psychotic episodes, no enraged cyborg geese!?

**Jocelyn**: I don't know what you're talking about.

**Ringmaster**: And that's why you got this gig on lock.

**Jocelyn**: Only if I get a floaty thing too.

**Ringmaster**: *(gasp)* Ugh... fine, everyone can fly if they want to. Just like our contenders! As always, you decide the outcome. Without further ado, let the exhibition begiiin!

## Exhibition

*The fight begins on one of Bowser's airships as many of his minions inside walk around with nothing to do. A Goomba is walking with a cup of coffee in it's non-existent hands before a Koopa Troopa, distracted by a video game it's playing, bumps into the bipedal mushroom and causing it to drop it's coffee. Angered, the Goomba tosses it's ruined drink at the back of the offending Koopa's head, causing it to drop it's games device and getting it's attention before it's caught off guard as menacing kanjis float above the Goomba as it makes a face akin to Dio Brando. Nonplussed, the Koopa scoffs before taking a fighting stance.*

*The Goomba hops twice before running at the Koopa, startling the turtle until it pushes the Goomba back with a punch before engaging in a slap fight with it's opponent. A Waddle Dee is cheering on as a spectator before a Blue Paratroopa tells it to leave. Focus returns to the combatants as the Koopa is holding the Goomba back with an arm before punching it away and, as the Goomba hits the ground, makes a taunting gesture. Insulted, the Goomba charges again as the Koopa is distracted before jumping on it's head three times, forcing it into it's shell. The Goomba takes advantage of this opportunity by kicking the Koopa shell away, only for it to bounce off of a Thwomp and dispatch the rest of Bowser's minions before colliding with a Bob-Omb, confusing it and the Goomba before the Bob-Omb detonates, forcing the Goomba to run for it's life before both it and the Koopa get blasted out of the airship.*

*Once the combatants hit the ground, the Koopa comes out of it's shell and looks around for a moment before seeing the Goomba charges at it once more. Startled, the Koopa retreats back into it's shell and moves out of range of the Goomba's tackle before countering it by crashing into it. Capitalising on this, the Koopa hits the Goomba with a barrage of shell strikes before the Goomba sprouts wings and takes flight, becoming a Paragoomba. The Koopa exits it's shell before looking up towards it's opponent before being hit with a barrage of Mini Goombas, before catching one and biting it's head off. With a battle cry, the Koopa sprouts wings and takes flight towards the Goomba who decides to meet it head on, the pair clashing before a exchanged strike causes lightning to strike.*

*The combatants ready themselves before meeting with a barrage of attacks faster than the eye can see until they break off. The Koopa proceeds to charge at the Goomba and clothesline it before grabbing it and tossing it through the airship the pair were on, causing it to explode into two pieces. The Goomba recovers before launching one of the airship piece towards the Koopa who retaliates by charging through it and colliding with the Goomba, causing the pair to hit the ground, knocking the pair unconscious.*

*The camera then cuts to the Koopa's point of view as it wakes up to see the flaming wreckage of the airship.*

*The Koopa turns it's head to see it's shell on the ground near it before walking towards it as a shadow appears above it, causing it to leap out of the way as the Goomba lands on the ground, wearing it's Green Shoe. In a fearful panic, the Koopa sprints towards it's shell only for the Goomba to crush it. Turning the other way, the Koopa smirks as it sees an unmanned kart in front of it before hopping in and starting the engine with some difficulty, blasting past the Goomba. The Koopa looks ahead to see an Item Box that it hits, giving it a new Green Shell as it drives towards the Goomba, leaping off the kart before tossing the shell at Goomba, which managed to leap out of the kart's path and into the shell's own, knocking it out of the Green Shoe. The pair ready themselves as the Koopa puts it's shell back on while the Goomba gets back into the Green Shoe.*

*The Koopa makes the first move as it enters it's shell and charges at the Goomba who uses the Green Shoe to block it before kicking it around a bit before kicking it across the horizon. The Goomba looks over the horizon before prematurely breathing in relief until the Koopa whacks it from behind, knocking the Goomba out of the Green Shoe again and revealing that it went around the entire planet and is repeat it. Consecutive hits from Koopa strike the uninhabited Shoe before Goomba hops back in, blocking some hits before countering by kicking it into the air, the force of the attack ends up sending Koopa into the Moon before bouncing back. When Goomba realises this, it readied itself before punting the Koopa back, leading to a rapid fire back and forth exchange...*

* True Ending
* Alternate Ending

### True Ending

*...that ends up breaking reality. As the Koopa heads back to ground once again, it built up enough speed that it ended up opening a rift, taking the Goomba's Shoe with it. In the rift, the Koopa passes a few combatants from Death Battle during their fights; Wally West and Archie Sonic, Hal Jordan, and a spinning Booster Gold. Suddenly, it gains more speed as its shell starts flashing different colors before the screen turns white and returns to the beginning of the fight, the past Koopa readying itself for the brawl.*

**Ringmaster**: Huh. Uh...

*The past Goomba charges at Koopa like before, only this time, the present Koopa exits the rift and collides with Goomba, splattering the sentient fungus before the fight even began and sending Bowser's other minions flying. As the Koopa catches it's breath before looking around and seeing it's past self, much to it's surprise before saying one line.*

**Koopa Troopa**: Don't ask.

Before collapsing onto it's back, unconscious.

### Alternate Ending

*...when Koopa ends up heading towards the Goomba in an attempt to divebomb it, only for the Goomba to simply hop out of the way causing the momentum and spinning to send the Koopa around the world once more. The Koopa pokes it's head out of it's shell, only for the sheer speed it's moving to force it's head downwards, grinding it's face against the ground. The Goomba looks around as the Koopa finally stops behind it, leading to the Goomba hopping out of the Green Shoe and walking towards it's opponent. The Koopa looks up, somehow still alive before the Goomba bites down on the Koopa's head and tears it off before swallowing it whole. The Goomba then kicks the shell away triumphantly.*

## Trivia

### Production

* The connections between the Goomba and the Koopa are that they are both the most common soldiers of Bowser's army and are considered the weakest and most pathetic enemies in the *Super Mario* series.
* Although this episode was originally titled **Goomba VS Koopa II**, the YouTube upload was later changed to **Goomba VS Koopa 2**.
* Some of the footage used during the rundowns were taken from other YouTube videos.
	+ This footage of *Super Mario Bros.* has ProsafiaGaming's watermark in the bottom right corner.
	+ This footage of *Super Mario Party* has Nintendo Utopia's watermark in the bottom right corner.
	+ This footage of *Mario Party: Island Tour* has ProsafiaGaming's watermark in the bottom right corner.
	+ This footage of *Yoshi's Safari* has ProsafiaGaming's watermark in the bottom right corner.
* At 5:14, this episode holds the longest fight animation of the show, followed by Lucario VS Blaziken.
	+ At 10:44, this episode is the longest of the entire show.

### Easter Eggs

* There are several references to *Mario* games in the fight animation.
	+ The *Mario & Luigi* series is referenced when the Goomba selects the jump option through a Command Block. The "Good", "Great", and "Excellent" effects that appear when a player successfully performs an Action Command are also present.
	+ The *Paper Mario* series is referenced as well, since the Goomba's headbonk was derived from it.
	+ The Earth is identical to the one seen in *Super Mario Odyssey*.
	+ The Koopa's shell flashing rainbow lights as it accelerates through time is reminiscent of the flashing shells from *Super Mario World*.
* Four Death Battle combatants make cameos when Koopa travels through time; Wally West, Archie Sonic, Hal Jordan, and Booster Gold.
	+ Goomba's green shoe stops moving in front of Hal Jordan while he is time traveling, which he then pauses to look at. This is a reference to the infamous kill of Ben 10 VS Green Lantern, where Hal crushed w:c:deathbattle:Ben Tennyson with a construct boot after he traveled back in time to the beginning of the fight.
		- Additionally, Koopa's line at the end of the fight after seeing its past counterpart is the same one said by Hal when seeing his own past counterpart at the end of his fight against Ben.

### Other

* This is the second episode to be shared with Death Battle, after Sasuke VS Hiei, and with the next five being Batman VS Iron Man, Alucard VS Dio Brando, Vegeta VS Thor, Apocalypse VS Black Adam, and Vegito VS Gogeta.
	+ This is the first fight to become an exhibition after being a Death Battle episode, as it is a rematch of the Death Battle episode done in 2011.
* This is the first episode to have Jocelyn as a co-host.