Shantae VS Shovel Knight

*Episode 3 of DBX pits two side scrolling legends testing their powers and platforming to see who come out on top! ! ! It's Shantae VS Shovel Knight!*
—Tagline
**Shantae VS Shovel Knight** is the 80th episode of DBX, featuring Shantae from the *Shantae* series and Shovel Knight from the *Shovel Knight* series in a battle between side-scrolling indie game protagonists.

## Interlude

*The scene opens with the lights flickering on in the arena and the camera panning over to reveal the large crowd of people watching the show. Ringmaster makes his appearance as he steps onto the main stage and walks towards his microphone which he then grabs in order to properly introduce himself to his audience.*

**Ringmaster**: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to MY Arena where there's no rules, no research, only bloodshed! I am Ringmaster! Your announcer, your host extraordinaire for this extravaganza! And let me welcome you, to, the Exhibitiooon!!!

**Ringmaster**: In today's match we have two side-scrolling, perilous platforming protagonists. In this corner we have the Half-genie town guardian, the ultimate pirate protection, Shantae! And in the other corner we have the bravest of knights, the wielder of shovels himself, Shovel Knight!

**Ringmaster**: Now let's size up the competition for these two, heroic heroes.

## Shantae

**Ringmaster**: Shantae is, well, Half-Genie, which means not only was one of her parents a real exhibitionist, but she has really awesome powers too.

**Ringmaster**: This little lady can transform into all sorts of things, monkeys, bats, hell even and elephant. Plus she can whip her hair so hard it would put an entire metal show audience to shame.

*(Ringmaster mimics playing riffs on a guitar)*

**Ringmaster**: And with all her fighting prowess she is able to beat the hell out of some evil pirates, and even some other genies. But even when her powers turned into an evil version of herself, ha! She was able to beat that evil self. So it's safe to say, it the non genie-half that really gives Shantae the panache she needs, oh Shantae.

## Shovel Knight

*We cut back to Ringmaster.*

**Ringmaster**: Now let me lay this out for you, you see a knight with a sword and shield uh that's cool, a mace uh still cool, how about a pike? that's pretty sweet actually. But you see a knight with a goddamn shovel as his weapon of choice, you better be worried.

*We cut back to the analysis.*

**Ringmaster**: Not only is Shovel Knight one of the most infamous knights in the land, he's also got a boat load of powers. From his charge slashes, bouncy balls, and dust knuckles this man is a walking arsenal.

**Ringmaster**: Also, uh his game has more expansions than any other game I can think of, so if that's not a mark of success, uh, I don't know what is.

### Prelude

*We cut back to Ringmaster.*

**Ringmaster**: Will we see side-scrolling, maybe some platforming? Only one way to find out, so without further ado, let the exhibition begin!

## Exhibition

*The scene opens with a green gem floating around in the open. Shovel Knight spawns and walks towards the gem, but when he touches it, the gem prevents The Knight from going any further. Shovel Knight then gets the idea to jump either towards or over the gem, but before he can, he is suddenly teleported away from the land as the scene fades to black.*

*The scene then opens with a reveal that Shovel Knight has been teleported to Scuttle Town, the homeland of Shantae, who we see come across an unconscious Shovel Knight. Confused by the arrival of this new face, Shantae's first action is to use her hair whip, thinking Shovel Knight is a threat, but before she can land a blow, Shovel Knight stands up, grabs the Half-genie's hair, and brings her towards him and he strikes her down with a swing of his shovel. Shovel Knight takes a look at his new surroundings and is confused by where he's just ended up as Shantae sits up.*

**Shantae**: You're no friend of mine.

*The Half-Genie Hero than lifts herself up as she charges towards the Knight and engages him in combat*

**Shantae**: Lights out.

*Shantae begins with a spin kick that knocks Shovel Knight back a bit and then proceeds to attack him with her hair once more, but Shovel Knight dodges and does his patented Shovel Drop on Shantae's head. He then proceeds to use his shovel to send Shantae into the air a bit and perform a spin attack and get in a few swings of his shovel blade before sending Scuttle Town's Guardian back down to the ground and proceeding to attack her once more. Shovel Knight then tries another Shovel Drop but Shantae dodges and uses her spin kick and hair whip once more before shooting the knight with her flintlock pistol and using her hair to fling Shovel Knight into a nearby shop.*

*Shantae tries to whip Shovel Knight with her hair once again but the Knight manages to dodge and get his footing and soon shuffles around the room a whole bunch with supersonic speed, but Shantae manages to grab him with her hair once throw him out of the shop. Shantae follows up on this attack by drawing out her scimitar and bringing it down on the Knights head. Shantae then uses her triple shot cannon to launch herself in the air and then uses her Pirate Hat to gain some distance from the Knight. When she comes back down to Earth the Half-Genie Hero and the Blue Knight in Shining Armor engage in a sword fight that ends with Shantae using her hair to trip Shovel Knight down a set of stairs. Shantae then uses her famous transformation dance...*

**Shantae**: Transform!

*...to transform into her harpy forms and grab Shovel Knight by her legs and drop him back to where the fight had started...*

* True Ending
* Alternate Ending

### True Ending

*...then Shantae transformed into elephant, charged toward Shovel Knight who dodges, then Shovel Knight See Shantae's Menace in building ruins & attacking him again, then Shovel Knight clipped her hair & decapitated her, killing her as Shovel Knight Leaves.*

### Alternate Ending

*...and Shantae as well, The Battle continues with their might as Shantae Dodges.*

**Shantae**: Coming through.

*Shantae use Dash attack and Shovel Knight used a Horn item afterwards, Shantae Wide Open & attacked Shovel Knight Again until defeated him (Explosion Effects on Shantae's Boss Defeated) ,Transformed into Elephant and rammed him. Shantae Returned to Normal Form & leaves.*

**Shantae**: Oh yeah.

## Trivia

### Production

* The connections between Shantae and Shovel Knight are that they are both the protagonists of indie side-scrolling platformers.