Here I’ll be reviewing DEATH BATTLE’s Goku vs Superman saga. Starting with the original classic, then talking about the irrelevant sequel, and ending with the modern reboot.
Goku vs. Superman has the most legacy in Death Battle. In 2013, it took the internet by storm and kicked off an era of people debunking Death Battle despite being the biggest episode of the time. Then, in 2015, Death Battle responded to the backlash with a continuation that was mismarketed as a rematch. While it convinced people Goku would never beat Superman, at a cost, it began an era of people misunderstanding Superman and framing him as this broken, overpowered superhero who can never lose a fight. This led to an idea of Death Battle making a new Goku vs Superman that celebrates the characters as opposed to just analyzing their powers, and in 2023, we finally got that. Despite a concerning reveal, it set out a goal to focus on an improved characterization and framing of both characters and what they represent, but how good of a job did they really do?
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0:00 The Original Classic
13:13 The Original Sequel
23:08 The Modern Runback
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YOOOOOOO! Another Goku VS Superman trilogy retrospective video!
Love to see it.
Amazing Review❤! My personal favourite was the first Supes Vs Goku solely because That was like the 4-5th episode I watched of Death Battle and I remember being starstruck seeing my hero’s battle it out. The second one is just meh ig. I remember being disappointed when it aired I still liked it at the time but it really doesn’t hold up now. But, the third one was the best of both worlds, relatively good analysis and an awesome fight. I like the first one more but the best one is definitely the final one. Keep it up
POG Second channel recommend!
Nah disagree sean schemmel is so good as goku like the goku voice actor is just making an impression of sean schemmel voice even his finally line just sounds like sean schemmels goku also yeah goku vs superman 3 is my favorite one out of 3 it shows respect to both characters in terms of character and power while proving that at the end whether u agree or disagree who wins its who death battle thinks would win in a fight amd that not all supermans beat goku since by the end they said scalimg is subjective and its just all for fun which i am happy about i just love seeing these characters interact with each other also goku and superman would hunder percent be friends which i liked how they showed in there 3rd fight by th having a sparing fight that escalated lol. The first is amazing but flawed the second is jusy plain bad and third one is the redemptiom arc and the best one interms of scalimg amd character analysis between the 2 and ofcourse animation looks awesome
Oh man, you forgot the fourth Goku vs Superman…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………Omni man vs bardock
50:51🫢
Gaybattles literally lost all their original fans .
They pander to alphabet nerd freaks now
Question: out of all your Death Battle episode reviews, which one (or ones in plural) would you say is your best/favourite/proudest to create/etc, and which one/ones the worst/least favourite?
It still sucks that people believe that Goku wins. I don't think certain people actually do research or actually read comics on Superman
The only issue I had with Goku vs Superman was that they did the second fight too early.
Watch the full ranking here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfjvCpXVyVw
Origin of each part with timestamps:
Goku vs Superman: https://youtu.be/ksGmKOWeEUE?si=-RzZWIy8ZkkwbF4M&t=4184
Goku vs Superman 2015: https://youtu.be/D8fgGJS9j3g?si=H58HZUbG4mxlirdp&t=4222
Goku vs Superman 2023: https://youtu.be/xXzID43OEhk?si=EUamhJ3kH-suhSrl&t=4855
Goku is not a bad dad
Edit: I should have realised you were a db hater just didn’t until you pointed it out explains the bias
wait, you recorded this on 2023?
For me superman vs Goku 3 was the true ending of death battle.
It has SOUL, personality and a reason.
Having them fight 3 times was kinda ridiculous. But when you see each fight one after the other, it really shows the evolution of death battle itself as a franchise, especially with fight 3. That just felt like a celebration of fighting without looking dread of powerscaling. Just a good old fight, and I like that. 😊
Honestly, my biggest problem with death battle is the death part. Some of the characters featured do their upmost to avoid killing even with a tragic cost, and it feels really jarring to see such an important trait missing.
something i wanna add onto the 1st death battle is that it's out of character for Goku to not care about the enviroment around him being destroyed, multiple times in multiple arcs of Z if he can he'll move the fights into the country or empty planets to avoid unessescary deaths/casualties , if anything I think it'd make more sense for GOKU to move the fight somewhere else than it would for superman who doesn't seem to consider the damage he's doing to metropolis during his fights
I will say, its nice that nowadays, people actually like Superman more! They don’t call him boring, and for a while there were these Starman Superman memes popping up. So I think the damage the second GvS episode did (as well as the edgy Injustice and MoS stuff) is now healed. People actually see Superman as like… cool and a symbol of hope! Which is what he exactly is! Helps that MAWS, Superman and Lois, as well as the upcoming Superman movie seems to be a return to a good, hopeful Superman. Love the Big Blue Scout!
Good fights,but not realistic. Goku would beat most if not all versions of superman pretty easily(including the main one). The cosmology of DC is really glazed and overrated. To be honest,so is superman. Superman can’t win against Goku.