Terry Bogard VS Jon Talbain

**Terry Bogard vs Jon Talbain** is the 15th episode of DEATH BATTLE! But it's DBX, featuring Terry Bogard from *The King of Fighters* series and Jon Talbain from *Darkstalkers* in a battle between strongest wolves on earth.

## Description

​Man versus beast! When these fighting game icons clash fists, who's still standing at the end?

## Interlude

(\*Cues: Wiz and Boomstick - Brandon Yates\*)

Wiz: Blonde, our incredibly success. The wolf, are badly fail. The worth of the mind of all time.

**Boomstick: Yeah, somehow they use them all the time, but they're wolves!**

Wiz: Terry Bogard, The Legendary Hungry Wolf from The King of Fighters.

**Boomstick: And Jon Talbain, The Chaos Wolf takes over the blood of Darkstalkers. 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.

## Terry Bogard

(\*Cues: Terry & Andy & Joe Theme - Fatal Fury\*)

**Boomstick: Terry Bogard was born with nothing to his name. Hell, he didn't even have a last name!**

Wiz: Stranded with his brother Andy, Terry grew up an orphan on the dangerous streets of South Town.

**Boomstick: Until they were adopted by Jeff Bogard, who immediately introduce them to a regimen of bonding and kicking ass. Now that's a good dad! Well, until he got murdered.**

Wiz: When he was only 10 years old, Terry and Andy watched helplessly as their foster father was murdered before their eyes by Geese Howard, a notorious crime lord. Swearing vengeance, the brothers spent the next decade training to one day take down Geese.

**Boomstick: What did water fowl ever do to 'em?**

Wiz: No, not-not birds, Geese-Geese Howard, the bad guy.

**Boomstick: Look, Wiz, I know you're not a poultry science degree holder like myself, but you should know that the singular term for geese is goose. It's just common sense.**

Wiz: Ugh, let's just move on. As the years went by, Terry became an exceptional martial artist, mastering boxing, karate, kung fu, and kickboxing. He developed an impressive list of techniques, like the Burn Knuckle, a fierce punch surrounded by energy.

**Boomstick: And the Crack Shoot, a jumping axe kick. Or he can just punch the ground so friggin' hard, he makes a Power Wave, where he sends a deadly wave of energy through the Earth toward whatever poor bastard he's fighting!**

Wiz: But even after learning all of these, Terry knew he would need more to defeat Geese.

**Boomstick: Goose.**

Wiz: No.

*A goose honks.*

Wiz: So he sought out his foster father's old master, who taught him the secret technique of the Hakkyokuseiken, the art of the Eight Extremities Holy Fist.

**Boomstick: Holy Fist, huh? Is that like, punching the Jesus into people or something?**

Wiz: No, but he is punching with the power of earth.

**Boomstick: Fire, wind, water, heart! Go Terry! Okay, sorry, couldn't help myself.**

Wiz: Anyway, with Hakkyokuseiken, Terry can literally pull and channel energy from the earth beneath his feet, and with the earth's chi, he can enhance his attacks to extreme levels.

**Boomstick: Like turning his ordinary Power Wave into the monstrously titanic Power Geyser.**

Wiz: Apart from that, his Buster Wolf punch puts his Burn Knuckle to shame, and with the Star Dunk Volcano, he slams his foes down in a fiery explosion.

(\*Cues: Follow Me (Instrumental) - King of Fighters XIV\*)

**Boomstick: So when Terry was ready to take Geese down, he figured, what better way than in the worldwide tourney Geese himself was hosting? The King of Fighters tournament.**

Wiz: And in the end, he most certainly got his revenge, in a battle which was apparently so intense, it's spectators compared it to fight between starving wolves, earning Terry the nickname: The Legendary Hungry Wolf.

**Boomstick: That's a badass nickname. Although, it turns out Terry didn't kill Geese hard enough, so he got to do it a second time.**

Wiz: Not that Terry was too weak or anything, for example, in his fight with Jamin, he took a huge explosion in the back, got a car thrown at him, jumped up an elevator shaft as it was blowing up, got blasted in the face with a wall of fire, which smashed him into a concrete wall, and answered by Power Geysering so hard, he wrecked the factory he was standing on.

**Boomstick: He bled everywhere, but then this chick made him better with a good old strip and cuddle. Oh, and that guy Jamin? He's fast enough to catch bullets.**

Wiz: And fast enough to shoot them back. With his fingers.

**Boomstick: Not good enough for you? Well, how about the time Terry saved a coworker from six falling I-beams, by smashing them one by one in mid-air.**

Wiz: Keep in mind, a single I-beam is designed to support three thousand pounds of pressure.

**Boomstick: And he took care of it so fast, the would-be victim didn't even notice.**

Wiz: It's a bit of a shame then, that at his worst, Terry's a pretty sore loser. Even though his willpower is enough to match the power of Mars, the god of war, an unexpected failure can still really shake him up.

**Boomstick: But when Terry Bogard sets his mind to something, he'd rather bleed out than walk away.**

*Terry charges at an opponent and punches.*

*Terry: BURNING KNUCKLE!*

## Jon Talbain

Wiz: Welcome to the demon realm of Makai, a dimension inhabited by powerful beings known as Darkstalkers.

**Boomstick: Basically, your classic Hollywood movie monsters mixed with anime powers.**

Wiz: Makai is ruled by several noble clans, including the Kreutz, a family of beasts.

**Boomstick: Like werewolves!**

Wiz: Including one prominent member, Baraba the Wolf Lord, who had a son named Gallon.

**Boomstick: Which means "Hungry Wolf". Really thinkin' outside the box with that one, huh?**

Wiz: Perhaps you'd prefer his English name, Jon Talbain.

**Boomstick: Yeah, but his dad is named freaking "Wolf Lord"! That's so awesome, it almost makes me forget he's a total deadbeat, just like my dad. Did I say that out loud?**

Wiz: Things got worse. One of the Wolf Lord's enemies, the demon Jedah, sent an assassin to kill Jon's mother.

**Boomstick: Dick move, moms are off-limits! Now a werewolf and an orphan, Jon grew up pretty pissed off at just about everything, especially the humans that hunted him when he transformed.**

Wiz: In the light of a full moon, Jon can't help but embrace his Kreutz heritage. And under a red blood moon, he risks losing all sense of self and becoming a ravenous beast. Jon's story was about the same as any werewolf's, until he happened upon a man who was also half-monster, and who defeated Jon in combat.

**Boomstick: With martial arts! Hell yeah. I keep tellin' people, the only way to solve violence is with a good pair of nunchucks.**

Wiz: Jon's new friend did not offer violence, but control. Seeing little other option, Jon accepted a life with his new sensei.

**Boomstick: While we don't know for sure what fighting style he was trained in, based on the time period, location, and his stance, we can guess he was learning Shotokan Karate.**

*Popup: The practice of Shotokan in England began in the 1960s, which is roughly the time and location of Jon's training period.*

Wiz: Inspired by Bushido and Zen Buddhism, Shotokan Karate's focus is on controlled calm, a strong defense, and a rejection of unnecessary violence. Basically, the exact opposite of being a werewolf.

**Boomstick: Well, sign me up for his doggy dojo, 'cuz I have no idea how all that Zen stuff translates to moves like his Climb Chaser and Wild Circular. Rejection of unnecessary violence *my ass*, this dude's just showin' off!**

Wiz: By embracing his werewolf speed, Jon can bash foes with his nunchaku and move so fast he appears to be in two places at once.

**Boomstick: And by tapping into his inner energy, y'know, ki, Jon can preform the Beast Cannon and rocket around the room like a doggy meteor of pain. But that's nothin' compared to the almighty Dragon Cannon! Oh-ho yeah! So much for bein' Zen, right? That dragon can incinerate a whole wall!**

Wiz: Jon's training seemed to do the trick, until his master was killed by a group of bandits.

**Boomstick: Where was your flaming dragon there, man?**

Wiz: Enraged yet again by the cruelty of mankind, but tempered by his master's compassion, Jon became conflicted over his role in a morally gray world, unwilling to fight, but always ready.

**Boomstick: And by combining his martial arts skills with his natural werewolf powers, he became a wolf man to be reckoned with.**

Wiz: His razor sharp claws can slice through steel, and even punch holes in powerful Darkstalkers like Lilith.

(We cut to Wiz and Boomstick)

**Boomstick: He's also got those great doggo senses, like super hearing and smell.**

Wiz: To demonstrate, I've modulated DUMMI's senses up to the same degree as those of a wolf.

(Dummi floats in, a pair of dog ears and a dog mouth now on him)

*DUMMI: I see you find my frequent humiliation amusing.*

**Boomstick: Oh, I do. (he pokes DUMMI's nose) Boop!**

Wiz: In open climates, wolf ears can hear sounds up to ten miles away.

*DUMMI: Boomstick, somebody is outside stealing your dune buggy.*

**Boomstick: Heh heh, no they're.... wait, really?!**

(He runs off)

Wiz: And their sense of smell is over one hundred times greater than that of a human's.

*DUMMI: (sniffs) Oh good, the thief got away.*

Wiz: What did you smell that told you that?

*DUMMI: Salt, lots and lots of salt.*

**Boomstick: With nothin' but grit, and a thick layer of what I'm sure is unreasonably soft fur that you just wanna scritch behind the ears, Jon has survived an onslaught of missiles from the monster hunter B. B. Hood. Wait wait wait, who gave Little Red Riding Hood military grade ordinance? I wanna shake their hand.**

Wiz: We've seen Jon dodge bullets up close, but he's bragged about being as fast as lightspeed.

**Boomstick: Sure, Jan... I mean Jon.**

Wiz: And he can take down these fifty-five hundred pound alien robots called Huitzils, which can fly through outer space. Also, it's worth mentioning that Darkstalker society is broken down into different classes based on the strength and power of the individual.

**Boomstick: Jon is a B+ class Darkstalker, which is way above average, so it makes sense to compare him to other B+ classers to gauge his limits.**

Wiz: Like Anakaris, who sank all of ancient Egypt underground.

**Boomstick: Or Q-Bee, who could lift a massive beehive high above this castle.**

Wiz: Based on its size relative to the castle, this hive would have to weigh over thirty million tons.

**Boomstick: That's like lifting over three hundred aircraft carriers, and Jon's way more jacked then she is! And imagine gettin' stung by one of those bees!**

Wiz: Even with his amazing power, after decades of torment, Jon had resigned himself to a life of misery and solitude.

**Boomstick: Until he met the cutest cat girl around. Now, we all know cats are usually super evil and Satan's presence on Earth, but Felicia taught him that humans actually aren't so bad. Wait wait, so years of martial arts discipline couldn't temper his bad side, but getting laid did? You know what, I-I believe it.**

Wiz: As far as we know, they're just friends.

**Boomstick: Yeah, and I'm sure the internet could give you 34 good reasons why that's bullshit, Wiz.**

Wiz: Well, despite what DeviantArt thinks, Felicia would help Jon conquer his dark side.

**Boomstick: Literally! Like, he literally fought his dark side and killed it. I always thought that was supposed to be, like, metaphor stuff, but I guess that isn't the weirdest thing we've talked about.**

Wiz: And with that victory, Jon finally claimed dominance over his monstrous identity, and committed himself to a life of compassion.

**Boomstick: But Jon will always be a Darkstalker. If he relapses, he'll be as deadly as ever.**

Wiz: There will always be a monster inside of him, just waiting to be let loose.

*Jon: Existence with humans is impossible. That is why we are called Darkstalkers.*

## Death Battle

(\*Cues: DEATH BATTLE! But it's DBX: Venus Star Wolf Rising)

**KO!**

## Results

**Boomstick: Bummer. So... on the bright side, this means Felicia's single now, right?**

Wiz: Boomstick!

**Boomstick: Just saying what we're all thinking, Wiz.**

Wiz: Both Terry and Jon had been fighting since they were children, and each won their fair share of tournaments. However, Terry's sheer power proved too much for Jon to handle.

**Boomstick: Outside of tourneys, Jon's most notable victories were usually only possible because he had help. Sure, Jon's taken down Victor, Pyron and Sasquatch multiple times, who are extremely deadly in their own right, but they aren't nearly as heavy hitters as those on Terry's resume, like Krauser and Mars.**

Wiz: Also, keeping up with and surpassing Jamin, who can effortlessly catch bullets, proves Terry can match someone over twice the speed of sound, much faster than anything Jon's ever shown.

**Boomstick: Man, when Felicia hears about this, she's gonna feel Jon-ble.**

Wiz: The winner is Jon Talbain.

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