The Biden Blast Arc

**The Biden Blast Arc** is the chronologically sixth story arc of *The Stars and Strifes* and the first story arc of The Biden Blast Saga. It is the first story arc ever produced for *The Stars and Strifes* series.

Fifteen years after Barack D. Obama put an end to Donald J. Trump's rampage in The Mad Trump Arc, Obama's conference in The White House is interrupted by Joseph V. Biden Jr., seeking revenge for the mistreatment he has endured from Obama.

## Summary

### An Unexpected Betrayal: Biden's Revolt Begins

Barack D. Obama is holding a conference about budgeting in The White House when he is interrupted by Joseph V. Biden Jr. breaking down a wall to enter the conference room. Biden calls out to Obama and shouts that he's taking over the country before he uses the **Biden Bolt** to rush up to Obama and punches him through a wall, knocking him unconscious.

Later, Obama is woken up by a distressed Donald J. Trump, who tells Obama that Biden has been going on a rampage while he was out cold and pleads with the president to intervene. Obama is reluctant to do so, as he hasn't fought in a battle for a long time and figures the military could handle Biden. Trump then tells him that Biden had already wiped out every military installation within 20 miles and encourages Obama to awaken the fighting spirit that lies dormant within him. This encouragement from Trump is enough to awaken Obama's fighting spirit, and after Trump praises him, Obama uses the **Presidential Pogo** technique to fly up into the sky and find Biden.

Obama locates Biden in the middle of the destroyed city and lands in his general vicinity, Upon Obama's arrival, Biden mocks Obama on returning back from the dead before Obama responds by stating that he won't let him take over the country. Biden rebuts this by questioning Obama what he knows about defeating someone as powerful as himself. Obama responds to this by saying that he has fought many battles and knows what its takes to win. He follows this up with giving Biden a piece of advice, stating that he can use all of his power but it won't be enough to defeat him as he has the power of hope and change on his side and it's a force that Biden can't compare too. Obama then immediately charges and fires a **Obamehameha** at Biden, injuring him.

Biden admits that he didn't expect Obama to do that much and that he's done well so far. However, Biden reveals that he's been only using 5% of his power and fires a **Biden Blast** straight towards Obama.

### The Clash Begins: Biden Blast vs. Obamehameha Part 1

After Obama is hit by the attack, Biden belittles him before commending him on still being able to stand, despite him using more than 5% of his power in his attack. Obama thanks Biden for the recognition, before revealing to him that he hasn't seen anything yet, as he reveals that he intentionally let himself get hit by Biden's attack to block and then absorb its power. In addition to this, Obama reveals he had also been holding back his power to wait for the perfect chance to unleash the **Obamehameha**, and now with the power absorbed from the **Biden Blast**, his attack has been made stronger as a result.

Upon hearing this, Biden laughs, saying that he's not afraid of Obama's fancy moves as he believes his **Biden Blast** can take on anything Obama attempts to throw at him. Obama questions Biden's confidence, and challenges this view by stating his curiosity on how Biden will take a full-power **Obamehameha.** Obama begins charging up the ultra-charged **Obamehameha**, preparing to fire it straight at Biden. As Obama does this, Biden deflects Obama's challenge by saying his ready for anything in the name of his long lost friend, Corn Pop, before following up with a **Biden Blast** to match Obama just as he unleashes his **Obamehameha**.

### Trump's Intervention: Biden Blast vs. Obamehameha Part 2

During this clash of energy blasts, Trump senses the raw power of the attacks and realizes that he must stop the attacks from colliding with each other, as the Earth won't be able to handle the amount of energy being released if the attacks were to collide. Trump quickly comes to the conclusion to deflect both Biden and Obama's attacks away from the Earth and into space. Trump then employs **Trump Card: Trajectory Change**, deflecting both of the attacks up into the sky, however putting tremendous stress on his body, causing Trump to scream in strain as a result. The combined energy of the attacks travel out of Earth's atmosphere, and into space before colliding with The Moon, destroying half of the celestial body and causing panic to the bystanders back on Earth.

Both Biden and Obama notice the immense damage The Moon has taken, and Biden is quick to blame Obama for being responsible for destroying half of The Moon, however Obama is quick to fire back by reminding Biden that his **Biden Blast** was apart of the laser that destroyed half of The Moon and he is just responsible. Biden is quick to write of immense damage to The Moon by stating he now no longer cared who was responsible as they didn't need The Moon anyways, and that what really mattered was that Obama's 6% power **Biden Blast-Charged Obamehameha** was only able to barley match his 7% power **Biden Blast**. Biden continues, by saying that because of this, all he has to do is use 8% or more of his power to completely take out Obama. Biden then admits that at that level of power, he risks destroying the entire North American continent from the sound waves of the **Biden Blast** alone, and then he would have nothing on Earth to rule over. He however reveals that he no longer cares about losing a place to rule on Earth, as there is a whole universe waiting to be taken, and that Obama is standing in his way of ruling over the entire universe.

Obama is struck with concern and doubt after he realizes Biden was correct in his speech. He had thought that his **Biden Blast-Charged Obamehameha** would've taken him out without any problems, but Biden was able to match the attack to Obama's surprise. Obama recalls to himself that Biden hasn't even used more than 8% of his power yet and begins to accept that he won't be able to do anything else until he begins to realize a way he could match Biden's power. Biden interrupts Obama's train of thought by stating to the president that there is nothing he can do, and that while they may have been friends that ruled over America together in the past, he had long since moved on from that past and now only sees Obama as a pesky little ant on the sidewalk that will be destroyed.

Obama agrees with Biden on once being good friends in the past, even going as far to say that Biden was once his Home Dog Hood Rat. Obama however no longer considers Biden in this light as he betrayed him and is now trying to take the nation for himself. Biden responds by saying that Obama was a fool to ever trust him, as he was only there to learn his weaknesses and eventually overthrow him. Obama relates to Biden by saying that he too realized Biden's power and potential, but to Biden's surprise, Obama reveals that he had learned much more from him then he did.

Obama reveals that he knows all of Biden's ins-and-outs and style of fighting, and it was because of this knowledge that he was able to absorb his 6% power **Biden Blast** earlier in the fight. Obama then once again reveals the extent of his knowledge of Biden, by revealing to him that he could copy him all together. This statement leaves Biden confused and Obama encourages him to watch. Obama then activates and transforms into **Joe Bama** , leaving Biden in a state of shock and fear as to what Obama had become. Obama takes advantage of this opening and fires his own **Biden Blast** in the direction of Biden.

### An Interstellar Finale: Biden Blast vs. Obamehameha Part 3

Obama's **Biden Blast** misses Biden completely and flies of into the distance. Biden takes the chance to mock Obama for still being a lousy aim despite copying his powers. This turns out not be the case, as Obama tells Biden that the attack was a warning shot, and demands him to surrender at once, adding that he couldn't keep his techniques from him. As Obama begins to reveal to Biden about how he knew he had snuck into the Library of Congress and read The Secret Archives to obtain his power, Biden snaps and pleads with Obama to change his physical appearance and voice back to himself, as he's bothered with the thought of fighting a look-alike of him speaking in a morph of his and Obama's voices. Obama complies with Biden's pleads, but warns him that he will continue to copy his powers before firing a **Biden Blast**, directly hitting Biden.

Biden shouts in pain after being hit by Obama's attack, but is quick to come back to his senses and realizes that Obama's power had significantly increased, something that he didn't consider possible. Realizing that he could potentially be severely wounded or killed if he were to be hit by Obama's **Biden Blast** again, Biden decides to use all of his power in a effort to take down Obama. Biden shouts to Obama that he's tired of his petty games and will now destroy him and the Earth with a full 100% **Biden Blast**. However, before Biden can unleash the planet-destroying attack, Trump once again intervenes in the conflict and employs **Trump Card: Deportation Teleportation**. Before Biden can fully process what happened, he and Obama are sent through a wormhole that leaves the two of them stranded on an alien planet together.

The two men are left confused as to where they have ended up. Biden questions where they are, while Obama begins to make sense as to what had happened, realizing himself what Trump had done. However, before Obama can think any further, Biden launches a surprise attack on him by punching Obama in the stomach, creating a powerful explosion as a result.

Biden shouts to Obama that he can't stop him, and to give and up and surrender. Obama ignores Bidens encouragement of surrendering and instead retaliates by firing an energy blast straight into him. Biden shouts in pain but quickly shrugs it off. He realizes that he no longer has to worry about destroying Earth and can go all out on while on the alien planet. With this in mind, Biden unleashes the **Presidential Groundbreaker**. The attack splits the planet in half, revealing its core, and completely knocks Obama out of the fight in the process.

With Obama finally unable to defend himself, Biden prepares to fire a **Biden Blast** directly into Obama's face. However, before Biden can release his attack, Obama pleads with Biden to answer his question on why he chose to go on his rampage, even though they were the best of friends. Biden responds to Obama's question, stating the reason why he chose to do what he did was because Obama didn't respect him. All Biden ever wanted was Obama's respect, and he wanted to prove he was worthy of that respect and was a valued member of his administory that could make a difference, and not someone to joke about. But Obama had ignored his potential and took him for granted, and now he sees' just how powerful he is and that he has one the battle.

After Biden tells Obama the truth about how he felt all of those years working under him, Obama opens up to Biden. He begins by saying that he's always held great respect for him deep in his heart, saying that no one could do the Vice-President job like he can, and after the power of hope and change there is nothing more powerful than friendship, and no friendship was more valuable to him than Biden's was to him. Upon hearing this Biden snaps at Obama and shouts to him on why he didn't treat him like he truly felt, and how many nights he spent alone with no one to talk to, pour his heart out to, or even treat him like he mattered.

Obama deeply apologizes to Biden, admitting that he should've dedicated more time their relationship in-between the busy duties of being President. Biden begins to cry after Obama's apology, and tells Obama that he wishes everything could go back to what they were before, but Obama quickly responds to Bidens yearning, pleading with Biden to come back to him, and letting him know that there will always be room for him if he wants to be Obama's friend. Biden questions Obama if it was alright for him to be Obama's friend after everything he's done, but Obama reaffirms him by saying that he wants to make it up him as he feels responsible for what happened to him. Biden thanks Obama for understanding his feelings before the two walk through Obama's **Obama Portal** together back to Earth.

Now having made up with each other, the two men spend plenty of time together doing a variety of activities. The arc ends with Shaggy speaking to Scooby Doo in an unknown location. Sensing someone is approaching his power level, Shaggy decides to begin taking action, vowing to not hold back at all.

## Story Impact

* This arc introduces Joseph V. Biden Jr. as a character, after he is given minimal screen time in The Mad Trump Arc
* While he is weaker than he was in the previous arc, Barack D. Obama revealed several new techniques and abilities in this story arc:
	+ **Presidential Pogo**, giving Obama the ability to launch himself high into the air.
	+ **Obama Portal**, a technique that creates a portal that can be entered at any time that leads to any destination that Obama wants.
	+ Obama also shows feats of **Power Absorption** for the first time in this arc. As by studying Biden's moves for a long period of time, he was able to absorb his **Biden Blast** and its power during the fight.
		- In addition to this, Obama is shown to be able to copy a person's physical appearance and abilities by observing someone for a longer period of time. He demonstrates this by copying Biden and unlocking his third form, **Joe Bama**.
* Donald J. Trump reveals two new **Trump Cards** in this story arc:
	+ **Trump Card: Trajectory Change**, letting him change the trajectory of projectiles at his will.
	+ **Trump Card: Deportation Teleportation**, allowing him to forcibly teleport anyone he wants.
		- Due to the **Trump Card** putting a tremendous amount of stress on his body, this ability is very difficult to control. This is shown in The Shaggy Arc later on, where Trump accidently teleports him, Obama, and Biden to an alien planet with Shaggy.
* Half of The Moon is destroyed during the fight, setting up future events in The Shaggy Arc, which later becomes of note after Shaggy takes interest in the perpetrator.
	+ This story arc also marks Shaggy's first appearance **in the story** of *The Stars and Strifes*

## YouTube and Webcomic Differences

* In the YouTube video, Barack D. Obama was beginning to talk further about increasing the economic output before he cut off by Joseph V. Biden Jr. breaking through the wall. In the webcomic, Obama no longer gets the chance begin talking further as Biden breaks through the wall earlier.
* In the YouTube video, Biden immediately uses the **Biden Bolt** upon announcing his takeover, however in the webcomic, he uses the **Biden Bolt** after Obama asks Biden what he is doing.
* In the webcomic, Biden crashes through two bodyguards before getting to Obama after using the **Biden Bolt**. These bodyguards are not present in the YouTube video.
	+ Biden now leaves a dark blue trail behind him when using the **Biden Bolt**
* In the YouTube video, Obama is punched through a wall before losing consciousness after Biden reaches him. In the webcomic, this is changed and Obama is knocked-out on stage.
* In the YouTube video, Obama uses his own legs to launch himself into the air with the **Presidential Pogo**. In the webcomic, Obama now uses a pogo stick to launch himself into the air with the **Presidential Pogo** move.
* In the YouTube video, Obama is shown flying over Washington D.C. and landing at Biden's location. This is not shown in the webcomic.
* In the YouTube video, the colour of Obama's **Obamehameha** is a light blue, where as in the webcomic, the colour is changed to yellow.
* In the webcomic, an additional scene of Obama struggling to hold back the **Biden Blast** from hitting him is added.
* In the YouTube video, when Donald J. Trump uses **Trump Card: Trajectory Change**, a massive explosion of yellow light is shown when the Trump Card is used. In the webcomic, Trump is shown utilizing a Duel Disk from the *Yu-Gi-Oh!* franchise to hold and draw out his Trump Cards
	+ Additionally, the webcomic gives the **Trajectory Change** Trump Card the design of the *Uno* Reverse Card.
* In the YouTube video, a short exchange between Obama and Biden is shown before Obama transforms into the **Joe Bama** form, where Biden expresses confusion on Obama's claim on being able to entirely copy him and Obama tells Biden to simply observe. This is not shown in the webcomic.
* In the YouTube video, when undergoing the Joe Bama transformation, Obama loudly screams, assumably from the strain of the transformation. In the webcomic, this is altered to where blue light bursts out of Obama's eyes and mouth as he undergoes the transformation
* In the webcomic, the **Joe Bama** form's physical appearance has changed slightly. Obama's iris now changes to the colour white, while his sclera change to a deep black. Obama's hairstyle also changes, with colour turning white and being styled into a pompadour.
* In the webcomic, the **Joe Bama** form's name is altered slightly, with an extra "m" being added creating "Joe Bamma" instead.
* In the YouTube video, Obama announces the name of his form to Biden before shouting "**Biden Blast**" and firing the blast at him. In the webcomic, Obama no longer says this and instead merges the two phrases together, saying "Joe Bamma: Biden Blast".
* In the webcomic, Obama's warning shot collides with a red car, initiating an explosion that destroys the vehicle
* In the webcomic, it is shown that Obama in the **Joe Bama** form is capable of Holographic Projection, allowing him to create a projection of The Secret Archives in the Library of Congress in the palm of his hand. This is not a feat that Obama has in the YouTube series.
	+ The webcomic also adds a detail to what books The Secret Archives contains that Biden read. It is shown through this projection that the volume Biden read to learn his powers was "Forbidden Presidential Jutsu Vol. 2"
* In the YouTube video, Biden asks Obama to revert back to his original voice and physical form as fighting an opponent that mimicked his appearance and voice. In the webcomic, Biden still asks for Obama to change his voice, but no longer asks Obama to change his physical form.
	+ Because of this, Obama now retains the physical appearance of the **Joe Bama** form for the rest of fight in the webcomic
	+ Additionally, Biden no longer goes into detail on why he is made uncomfortable by the **Joe Bama** form in the webcomic.
* In the webcomic, Biden is now launched into a building, destroying it in the process, after being hit by Obama's **Joe Bama** powered **Biden Blast**. This is not shown in the YouTube video.
* In the webcomic, Trump's **Deportation Teleportation** Trump Card is given a design depicting an immigrant being kicked over the United States border.
* In the YouTube video, the portal Obama and Biden are sucked into by Trump's Deportation Teleportation Trump Card is shown to be the coloured red. In the webcomic, the colour is altered to purple.

## Trivia

* **The Biden Blast Arc** is the most popular story arc of *The Stars and Strifes* in terms of view count*.*
* **The Biden Blast Arc** was originally split up into four separate parts on YouTube, with the first titled *"OBAMEHAMEHA"* and the rest all titled under *Biden Blast vs Obamehameha*.
	+ The scene of Biden's rampage beginning and the start of the fight between Joseph V. Biden Jr. and Barack D. Obama were only added when these four parts were compiled together into one video titled under "*The Stars and Strifes: The Biden Blast Arc"*, which is now **The Biden Blast Arc** we have today.
* The scene where Obama awakens his fighting spirit takes inspiration from an earlier video by Rooples titled *"Obama Transforms into Yami Bama - Yugioh"*, which parodies Yugi's transformation scene with Obama transforming into "Yami Bama"
* The scene with Shaggy sensing Biden and Obama's power level and the announcement of The Shaggy Arc in production at the end of story arc was originally meant to be joke. However, after **The Biden Blast Arc** become increasingly popular, and people started to express their excitement for The Shaggy Arc, it ended up actually being made into a proper story arc.
* This story arc is one of Rooples' favourite story arcs he's made.