Hercules VS Sun Wukong | DEATH BATTLE!
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Heracles: "A great and mighty hero with an inspiring backstory."
Sun Wukong: "Built Different"
Sounds like u don’t really know journey to the west
@@iBeatBoxz8He is not wrong.
@@iBeatBoxz8I mean the whole of Journey to the West is all about Wukong being built different
@@thesilentcomic Wukong was literally one of the weakest characters in the beginning who had zero to no abilities, he gained all his power throughout his journey and struggles and became one of the most OP beings in all of mythology. He def wasn't just "built different".
@@iBeatBoxz8 Wasn't the first thing he did when he was born was shoot lasers from his mountain all the way to the Jade Emperor's palace in heaven?
"Marvel and DC have absurd writing"
Meanwhile, mythology: "Hera's breast milk created the galaxy"
"How tho?" ""Because Hercules punched her in the tiddy obv"
We are the milk
"To do so, her milk must have emitted an energy output millions of yottatons of TNT"
@@AM-yu9wy A Huge Gongalazonga ton of energy
Nothing’s changed in the last couple thousand years - we just traded one mythology set for another as civilization marched on.
Wukong: "How many layers of immortality are you on?"
Heracles: "Like one right now, my dude."
Wukong: "You are like little baby. Watch this."
Herc was a noob compared to the pro Sun Wukong.
*WHACC*
Weitred.
"Like most Ancient Greek myths, Hercules' story begins by Zeus being...a total creep."
Translation: half of all Ancient Greek Myths and tragedies were put in motion by Zeus being unable to keep it in his pants.
Reminds me of a meme.
(Greek Mythology) "Unfortunately, Zeus was horny."
Not to mention his love of bestiality. Dude goes wild...
@@jw-py9nw Zeus is the origin of the "Any holes a goal" school of thought.
And at least 2/3 of the remainder are put in motion by someone trying to clean up after Zeus failing to keep it in his pants.
Estura esrtuhnbvcio.
Heracles: "I died and became a god and become immortal"
Wukong: "You had to die to gain immortality? I gained it so many times and didn't die once."
Technically Wukong did die in his sleep once. But when he was brought to the kingdom of death, he filed a complaint and then simply crossed out his own name from the registry of life and death, effectively undoing his own death and granting himself another dose of immortality.
@@AuraleafStorm "Filed a Complaint?" are we talking about the same Monkey King? because the version i remember was that he fought back to the point they BEGGED him to stop and then all that happened.
@@CyColt I was just being a little cheeky with my phrasing. The underworld's magistrates were so afraid of Sun Wukong that they let him peruse the registry of life and death just to attempt to appease his destructive tendencies.
@Auralueaf, I’m just imagining Sun walking into hell with an actual complaint paper (I don’t know the legal term) and just talking to one of the guys in charge, and the guys being so scared of the legal terms they just let him do what he wanted.
Heracles never really became a god. The same with Achilles. And by power he isn’t even top 10 in the Greek pantheon vs wukong who is probably the strongest god of any Asian god. We’re not even talking about Odin, Zeus, hades, Poseidon, Thor, Loki, ares.
Spoilers but The fact that Monkey King has Over 9000+ levels of Immortality in a "Death Battle" had me wondering how this would reasonably go
& I'm not surprised lmaooo
I see you everywhere.
hi Jax, how did you find the episode?
I also saw your comment on the bandana video.
Is that where Vegeta's "Over 9000" quote makes sense or coincidence?
I think they did it to tread the waters first before considering other myth vs myth DB’s. Best to start with the most well known and inoffensive ones, right? Plus this is probably as close as Superman V Goku 3 we’re going to get for the next while, considering Herc and Wong are the ultimate inspirations for them.
to add a bit of lore, the ruyi jingu bang was originally called the 定海神针, which directly translates to “godly needle that pins the sea” and upon its removal the entire sea turned to chaos
It also served as the inspiration for Son Goku's nyoibo or power pole which could extend its length to any size.
@@carlosmedina1281nyoibo is the same thing with 金箍棒 or 如意棒（jingubang or ruyibang）they are just different pronuncaition in Japanese and Chinese
@@carlosmedina1281 nyoibo is just a transliteration of 如意棒
Heracles, holding up the sky: I can hold up infinity!
Wukong, carrying Sumiru on one shoulder and another mountain on the other: Infinity +1.
And it took 3x infinity to actually pin him
@@Alphapkmn∞ + ∞ = ∞ right 😅
@@azzambachtiar5144 you would be right but the numbers would all add up together and make a larger infinity then before
Dude, herakles was holding the entire universe, imagine the weight of all those stars, planets and other celestial bodies
@@zanir2387 Wukong carried mount Sumiru which is the center of all physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes and it took not 2 but 3 to hold him down and that wasnt even for long
Heracles: Died in his lore
Sun Wukong: Attained 10,000 layers of immortality in his lore
...Yeah I think I know how this one ends. 😊
Mind you *BEFORE WUKONG’S STORY EVEN BEGAN!!!*
@@adamnakamura8003 it was in the prequel
After he died he became a f^&,ing god
@@yannizvetkoff6787 sun wukong:a god? That’s cute.
Thats what i said😂😂😂😂
Just to clearify. Wukong’s final “god” form is literally name “the Buddha who wins every battle” this wasn’t a fight. This is a one sided slaughter.
Victorious Buddha.
also he literally cannot die... having an immortal dude in DEATH BATTLE seems... kinda unfair...
@@NecroAsphyxia He's not even just immortal, he is super duper immortal.
@@NecroAsphyxia I think in this case, the criteria for win is incapacitation. Like when he was trap under the fingers mountain. But even then, it is a big ask to just incapacitate him
@@mingchen7704 yeah. If he was immortal like say... How Deadpool is quasi immortal that is one thing because it takes him time to reform. But Wukong is beyond that. Things just don't phase him he is like the mythological equivalent of the kid at the playground who just makes themselves immune to everything ok the fly
In every other mythology battle, Herc's hydra arrows would have been an instant win
But against Wukong, each arrow would only kill one of his many immortalities and even then, there is a huge chance that a clone gets hit instead
Herc simply doesn't have enough arrows to win this
Wukong have genjutsu
There are some gods that he can’t ever hope to win in a fight against, like Zeus, khaos, shiva, nyx, and so many more, Heracles just can’t really win too many battles in Greek mythology or most others, he’s just strong enough to hurt them
@@EthanPence-mj2yoWukong would absolutely stomp overrated Zeus any day & Nyx . The only beings worthy of a fight with him are transcended or boundless beings such as Atum-Ra , Shiva , Buddha , Ometeotl etc. But not these overrated fodder Greek gods who barely scale to planetary level 💀 . I can name you countless of other pantheons who would godstomp the Greek gods easily .
@@zazaholicc dude, I was talking about Heracles not sun wukong, also either way, yes All those people can beat Zeus, but Zeuz can’t die at all, they can in combat, zeus would lose but sun wukong can’t kill him
@@EthanPence-mj2yo Wukong can just dismember him , remember that Zeus could *not* grow back his tendons after his battle with Typhon , meaning dismemberment would stop him . Wukong could also just make infinite clones of himself to jump Zeus & he is done for . Greek gods only scale to planetary level power , that’s it .
Not sure if anyone else said this, but the staff isn't just some random, unwanted pillar. It was put there by one of China's great mythological kings that solved the flooding of the Yellow River. Without it, the seas instantly started raging. Honestly, I'm not sure how they fixed it afterwards.
they didn't
Wukong told them to calm down lmao
@@TakomiBakalol that made me chuckle
@@TakomiBaka 'How are we gonna solve the flooding?'
Sun wukong: 'Just tell them no, the river legally cant flood without your consent'
They never did
This is the most unfair episode ever. In a series called “death battle” they have Sun Wukong… an immortal being who fought the heavens and COULD NOT DIE vs Hercules a mf who died.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "a mf who died"
Hercules could have won if he had a soul destroying technique. That how the Ghost rider won against lobo who also can't die.
Aside from the immortality perk, they weren't that far off in strenght, yes Monkey is a far more versatile character with hundreds of tricks and abilities, but the raw stats were close.
Want a truly unfair battle? Look no further than Flash vs Quicksilver, lol.
Omniman vs Homelander would also be there, but that battle was specifically designed to be unfair and was more so to see the characters' reactions.
@@Dexuz and the mask vs deadpool
@@Dexuz Not being able to die is a pretty big deal in a DEATH Battle.
Thor: "Always aim for the head"
Hercules: Aimed for head
Sun Wukong: doesn't die
Hercules: Visible confusion
Edit: thank you all so much for 2k likes. I never knew I'd get this many
what if... its a creature with no head?
The heart?
the metaphorical head
It didn’t work because that was Heracles. Not Hercules.
@@multiverse_media2023 No, Heracles and Hercules are fundamentally the same character. Hercules is just the Roman name with slightly changed parts, which is no different than how various iterations of Superman are just the same character with slightly different power limits or slightly changed histories. So no, that wouldn't work.
Also, I'll say right now that if you were telling a joke, then you need to work on your humor skills, buddy. Sorry.
Fun fact: there are some Buddhist temples that depict Heracles as the guardian of the first Buddha.
Meaning this interaction is somewhat plausible.
The Parthians were an interesting people
No, not parthians but Hellenic states that existed around the Indus Valley. They even fought the Chinese. In fact it is believed by some experts that Vajrapani the bodhisattva who guarded Buddha and others who aspire to be bodhisattvas, as well as the spiritual patron of the Shaolin temple was, at the very least, inspired by Heracles. This is due to the fact that some of the oldest depictions we have of Vajrapani is depictions of him as the Greek demigod in question.
I actually did a project on this for Art History in University,
I focused on the Hellenistic influence on the art of the Indian subcontinent due to Alexander’s invasion, which had reached Ghandara, a part of what is today Pakistan.
Prior to this, all statue depictions of the Buddha are symbolic (an eight spoked wheel, or the Buddha’s footprint), after Alexander’s war, Ghandaran style of art was born as they implemented Greek design features such as an realistic/idealistic statue proportions (big buff warrior dudes, elegant pretty ladies, etc), this is why we now have statues and other art that depicts Buddha in person rather than a symbol. Then this artstyle spread east as Buddhism also spread
Heracles: I have 1 layer of immortality. you?
Sun Wukong: R O O K I E N U M B E R S!!!!
*Hera:* Really? That's all it took to kill him?
*Jade Emperor:* Are you kidding me? What will it take to bring him down?
Both of these deities bet against sun wukong and now owe money to dionysus who was taking bets.
Sun Wukong: I fear no man. But that thing....
Buddha: *meditating in the corner*
Sun Wukong: ....terrifies me...
@@jeffreyherrera5069 the best part even with all the his abilities immortality,s and power too infinitely dupe himself not a single person even doubts or questions when the Buddha absolutely destroyed wukong with little effort
Ha! Frfr. And the best he could do was imprisonment, not actual death. Buddha just went "Well maybe if we put him in time-out long enough he'll hopefully see the errors of his past." 😆
@@Thepreacher_1 and now wukong reached enlightenment which is way above all or had all power
Hercules was strong, but when you have a character based Taoism, Daoism, and Buddhism where stacking immortality is the least craziest or esoteric thing, you're on a whole different level of the divine.
@Kyle Smith I saw that. He's been doing it to a lot of people's comments.
I would like this but I can't ruin the 69 likes
People seen to forget that hercules is also immortal also hercules can shapeshift
@@yannizvetkoff6787 sun wukong is inmortal x 1000 xD
@@davidsanchez1006 AND he can shapeshift
I’m honestly impressed and surprised you guys gave Herc that much credit. When it comes to Sun Wu Kong he dogwalks just about any being
He really does
just when i though i hated dr manhattan here comes sun wu kong outta no where
Okay
But does he beat SpongeBob?
@@temmieton9755 yes
LITERALY the shonen protagonist of mythology XD!
Sun Wukong changes form
Hercules: “Multiple heads, of course”
From his experience against Hydra and Cerberus
Geryon too
And Ladon
I think we can all agree that Sun Wukong got this. I mean unless Hercules has a way to get rid of all of Sun's immortality he'll just run out of fuel
@Oswald Cobblepot This is before Hercules became the Greek/Roman God of Strength
I mean, Heracles has a sword that can take away immortality (I believe)
@@MidnightPhantom nope heracles don't have that but he does have a mallet that can beat a mountain
Hydra venom was said to be lethal even to the gods. That's probably the closest he can get, using those arrows.
@Oswald Cobblepot I heard about it, I don't know if it's true. How about you look it up?
“Can he beat Goku”
Bro, that’s like asking if the Rock can beat an action figure of himself. Yes. Son Wukong wins easily.
But Can he though? Some action figures are pretty durable.
@@simonsonlyfan8600 Since Sun Wukong is the original op anime character, he can. He can even beat himself, probably.
Honestly, Heracles probably could too
@@yadakakadu Monkeys often do that.
But can he beat 1000000 gokus tho
This fight could be compared to Saitama vs Popeye. If you've read some of the stories in Journey to the West, fighting Sun Wukong is like fighting against a cartoon character. In fact, Wukong would be perfect for a Looney Tunes-esque series.
Popeye negs wukong
@@absharynoor3065 it's cuz he eats his spinach
@@absharynoor3065whats bro saying☠️
Crazy how they even nerfed Sun Wukong for this battle. His 72 Earthly Transformations grant him each a extra life. Everytime you kill him he gets stronger and stronger until his final form. On top of that he has 87,000 hairs on his body that he can make clones out of. He assembled a army of just himself over 10s of thousands in man power all equal in strength. This was light work for Wukong
Quick correction , that’s not how Wukong immortality works , while a lot of people like to think that his immortality is linked to his 72 transformations , that’s not how it works . If that were the case , Wukong would not have tried looking for more immortality , since he already technically attained it . The 72 transformations are just his shape shifting abilities , not the layers of immortality he has
Also Wukong does not get stronger and stronger every time he is killed ,Chinese mythology isn’t a video game RPG lol , I think what u mean is that the time when heaven tried to execute him in Lao Tzu deimmortalizing furnace , he burst out of it with his eyes now fiery golden and able to see through disguises . That’s the only time Wukong revived with a new ability , other times he revived , he was simply back in fighting shape without any other boosts
@@limkailuen302272 transformation give him almost limitless power and 72 life (like cat have 9 life) when he out of 72 life time he still die
When he know he still can die he go for another adventure to find the way of immortal
@@limkailuen3022when the heaven find out what he gonna do (try to be immortal) they send people to get him down hell and keep him there (for like 5 second), he got pissed and cross his name out of the book of death ( idk this is the first time he get immortal or the second time) basically the heaven help him to get immortality for free
Actually heaven didn’t send people to drag him to hell , he was dragged to hell because it was his time to die. Which he obviously wasn’t happy about and so crossed his name out of the book of death
"And like most ancient Greek stories it began with Zeus being a total creep"
This is sadly _way_ too accurate. This... Isn't even close to the creepiest thing Zeus ever did.
Hades should've had the throne of Olympus tbh.
@@lynxfresh5214 Maybe Aeschylus' version of Zagreus would have had a better childhood. Course then we wouldn't get the video game named after Hades.
@@mattwo7 that was is awesome though and would beg me the question why wasn't Hercules added to that game as a power up I feel his power ups would be best effective with the gloves
@@lynxfresh5214 the only one who does his job correctly
Every problem in Greek mythology was caused either directly or indirectly by one of the gods failing to keep it in their togas.
Sun legit took like six different immortality pills. He first learned immortality from his teacher, he then erased his death from "death note" then he ate some divine peaches and ate food and drank the wine of the gods. Then he legit chugged six bottles of indestructible/ everything pills. Then he ate like five baby fruit or something that makes him immortal again.
He really doesn't wanna die
@@Mister_Oddity oh, but he'll want to at the heat death of the universe
And the furnace that was supposed to get rid of his immortality,yeah he absorbed the melted immortality
Sun Wukong- I'm immortal... Times 7!!!
Heracles- what's immortal times 7?
Sun Wukong- IMMORTAL!
@@kwahn106 Bro he'd probably jsut punch it into non existance
I love how during the whole fight, hercules was trying so incredibly hard, while sun wukong was laughing and joking around, and still beat the shit out of him.
Yeah that would happen when you put someone who gained immortality 9000 different ways against someone who only gained their immortality when they died.
Even when I am Greek and seeing Hercules lose, I completely understand how and more importantly why Wukong would win and I am not even mad about it. An amazing Death Battle overall
Edit: I can't help but imagine Hercules and Sun Wukong actually being friends instead of fighting, even if Hercules would be annoyed every once in a while
Yeah, I don’t think Wukong does “Not fighting”. His default solution is murder.
@@arcticthehunter7099 but I believe at the end they would say "you know what? Let's just forget about it. You're a cool guy after all"
I mean, both of them went off against gods, ungodly beings, and even beat what were supposed to be impossible challenges. They would bond to the point were they see each other as comrades.
@@axell15thewispmaster79 That may well be. I mean, Sun Wukong DID inspire Goku
@@arcticthehunter7099 if u not an evil being he cool with u
Mf literally be friends with everyone ( even demon) if u not messing with human or people
@@giaubh4366 Something tells me you haven’t read Journey to the West. Sun’s bar for the death penalty is VERY low.
Ok, whoever had the idea of doing a myth battle needs a raise, this was such a cool episode and there's so much potential for more matchups like these in the future.
I mainly just like the unique storytelling style of the fight. Having the fight happen like normal, but with one of the "Legends tell of a..." type of narrator to...narrate some moments of the fight. This style by far makes it unique already, alongside the fact that unlike most incarnations of gods we've had in Death Battle, these two aren't from any franchise but from the very myths all those others are based from. This will certainly be one of the most stand-out battles they've ever done.
Loki vs Hermes
A myth version of Thor vs Raijin
Cu Chulainn vs ???? (no idea who you'd pair him with)
This battle was unfair. Why not do *Hercules vs Achilles* next time? It is more fairer.
@@coolgamers2794 typically Death Battle is cross verse though. Achilles vs Heracles is just a stomp on Heracles' part.
I would like to see Zeus vs Odin
I love that the Monkey King's voice is so much younger than Hercules which shows their characters, even though Sun is much older
Isn't Hercules older?
@@StarWritterSW Nah, his original mythos is older (by like over a thousand years) but in story Herc was like 70-80 when his mortal half died and he ascended to godhood, whereas Wukong lived for hundreds of years before the JTTW even started, albeit he spent most of it trapped under a mountain
@@kinjorex101 he spent 300 years on his own even before being trapped under the mountain with the seal for 500 years. Also the mountain only kept him trapped because the buddha placed a magical seal ontop of it, otherwise he could just snap the mountain to pieces.
Wu Kong always sound high pitch in any series.
@@sambatphu806 well except in lego monkie kid lol
I want a series of this. Despite his berserker methods, Heracles was no less a prince with royal upbringing, thus he could likely be very straight to the point and focused, whereas Wukong is endless energy and spite, making these two the ultimate trickster and straight man. Their personalities rebound off one another perfectly.
Kevin Sorbo and Jim Carrey in a TV series directed by Sam Raimi. 100 emoji
Post analysis side note:
19:12 While Sun Wukong survived the Scorpion's sting, he needed help from another entity to rid his body of the poison
He's the Tank/DPS, not Medic
The only downside to immortality, the eternal pain of poison
Imagine the insane potential that mythology death battle have. Zeus vs Odin, Ares vs Thor. These matchups would be literally the stuff of legends. It’s like a whole new world
Well Greek Mythology is already in Marvel so let's aim for something different
Loki vs. Coyote in a battle of wits.
imo play smite u will love it
Imagine a Bakunawa vs Phoenix.
Some gods would be boring though, with their whole thing being 'this god can do literally everything in every moment and can never lose'. That fighting game that Jesus in it was a fun one though.
I have one issue with the scorpion venom that affected Wukong.
The scorpion gained power from the goddess that put the crown on him. So I always assumed that the reason it COULD poison him when nothing else seemed to be able to was because it was from the same power source already sealing him.
possibly, but regardless the poison wasnt able to kill him anyway, it just hurt like hell so he needed help getting rid of it since it caused so much pain, but it wasnt able to kill him
the style this time? SUPERB! loved how the fight was in a painted scroll and narated, the artist and animator that did this are the MVP, give them a bonus please.
also love the dynamic of the two.
"you had your fun" and wukong is just like a free spirited youthful child playing, while Herc being patience with him.
Hercules: "Foul beast, you face the God of Strength!"
Son Wukong: "Only strength?"
Yeah, like Sun can be considered god of many aspects and also has fought all the major Deities of his Pantheon simultaneously to an almost stalemate.
@@everparedesvera4815 More like the ENTIRE Jade Empire armies came after him and got whooped SO BAD that Buddha has to step in.
Kratos:am I joke to you
Between his problem with the Hydra, the Cerberus and the stories about good ol' Hecantocheires, Hercules' reaction to Wukong's multiple heads certainly got a good chuckle out of me.
Multiple heads....of course... LOL
@@chrissnider5864 🤣🤣🤣
Don’t forget Greyson! That’s where the idea of Hercules shooting 3 arrows through Sun Wukong’s chest; when he killed Greyson, he fired 3 arrows through his chest to hit his 3 hearts
@@theirishman8537 Oh man you're right! I completely forgot about Geryon lmao Even had exactly 3 of those. Herc REALLY can't catch a break from fighting people who don't die by lack of a head.
Zero to the Superhero.
As a fan of both Greek mythology and The Travel to the West, I totally agree with the results.
Yup Wukong is insane.
@@Bladeofwar94 In every possible interpretation and sense of the word.
Travel to the west ? It’s journey to the west
Journey to the west/China mythology
This is technically a prequel to Goku vs Superman
Sun Wukong talking without his head is such a Monkey King thing ever!
I think laughing when he fell down was a more monkey king thing too do or increasing his staff right when it landed on herc
i loved the reaction of Herc when Sun make heads appear. "Multiple heads.....of course...."
An interesting thing is that the '72 transformations" lets him transform into anything. The number means that he has 72 lives to spare, so even if Hercules was able to penetrate the 1000+ layers of immortality that Wu Kong has, he would still have to kill him 73 times before the dude die. So yeah... Hercules has no chance of winning this one.
and one thing not mentioned here is the treasures that Wu Kong wore. Like the armor that literally makes him immune to most attacks (not like he needs it, but still an extra layer of armor) and the boots that literally can make him fly and walk on the clouds (again, he doesn't really need it but an extra nonetheless).
and also the ring circlet that was (forced) given to him to follow the monk, that think is indestructible and only Buddha can destroy it (iirc). That's why by reaching enlightenment and became Buddha, Wu Kong also freed himself from the circlet.
yeah you also can’t forget that his clones have as many lives as well… and that his clones can also clone themselves… yeah wukong beats all of fiction
@@notkevin356 that's why I'm saying Mori Jin beats Goku
And the clones can be anything or anyone. Either matching the opponent exactly or being someone stronger. Heracles never stood a chance in this competition, no matter how many times they run through this battle.
@@theyuragoon3226 wtf Mori Jin is a super weak version of Wukong. Goku is also technically a version of Wukong. So idk wtf ur on about.
In my opinion by far the best visual and dramatic style you managed to use yet. Really a beautiful cartoon during the fighting scene.
this was one of the most dynamic and stylized death battles, I absolutelly loved it
I wonder how they're going to scale Wukong jumping to the edge of the universe and back with...basically no effort.
IRC, it was compared to leaping from one mountain to another, or at least from SWK point of view, and knowing DB theyre going to use two chinese mountains as reference
@@LordofSadFac what? Wukong can leap the whole Earth at the beginning. Right before Buddha seals him he can leap the universe.
yeah that's going to be a pain in the ass, as there is no time frame to go by.
used for wing chun kicks
He also stops for a pee break which is hillarious
This was one of the most creatively designed fights ever on Deathbattle. The way the scrolls moved up and down as the fight progressed, the traditional art design, and the okami-style whorls of paint as Sun Wukong fought. Well done guys! Props to the art team for a memorable episode
Seconding that. Bravo MFers
Indeed
True bro, it fit the vibe so well
Of Course The Monkey King also known as Sun Wukong from East China and God of Strength name Hercules from West Roman.
"Because on his other shoulder, was a whole other mountain!"
Sun Wukong was literally that kid who said "well I can lift infinity+1!"
sun wukong is the strongest fictional character. his whole thing is
"Let me just do your strongest attack 1000x better real quick"
Exactly the more variety of powers the better for SUn Wukong
Sun Wukong is from real life China pantheons
I’m familiar with both mythologies but when I heard that Sun Wukong had thousands of layers of immortality I knew the results.
Same. Plus with him beating everyone in heaven besides Buddha.
@@yoooo790 and that's just because buddha tricked him
@@platonicbuu7454 I know. But a win is still a win .
@@yoooo790 Buddha wukong did best Buddha tho
@@tellyg47 huh?
This is as close as a "Goku winning against a Superman" than you're ever going to get.
@TRUE SUPER PERFECT CELL SSJ4 ok but
Sun Wukong Is Literally The Baseline Inspiration For Goku. This Why The Comparison Works.
@@handoftheallspark7154 Even the name. "Son Goku" is the Japanese version of "Sun Wukong".
Goku is Wukong! its just that Toriyama took out his duplicated power, his immortality, and transformation ability
@@ace6608 No, no... It was there. He definitely turned into a giant ape at one point.
@@Fubukio there is no japanese version the japs use kanji=chinese characters=hanji, it's written exactly the same as the name of the daoist folk hero
It's beautiful how you made the staff movements as brush strokes
Yeah, this is Hand's Down, one of my All Time Favourite Death Battles! The narrator brought an extra special touch to this fight: and I loved the backgrounds!
This is definitely one of my favourite recent death battles. Looking at their original myths written centuries ago was such a great idea. I'm a big mythology fan so it was awesome to see although myths brought back into this versus setting. And the animation was Stella as well I love the ink effects and the fact they were literally fighting on a scroll. Really an excellent episode
The ink effects reminded me of okami
@@gameuniverse5973 So true, the animation was superb.
Scouthedog1 Animations, you're a fan of DEATH BATTLE! too?!
Hey I know your videos can you please do a poem on vs digimon battle royale
Yeah I greatly enjoyed the asthetic used for the fight. And the narrator using a ryme scheme for talking, ties in to using rymes for story telling the the old epics.
As much as I wanted Heracles to win, I knew he couldn’t beat someone as OP as the Monkey King
It's kind of like reverse Goku Vs Superman since Hercules always pushes the envelope to overcome impossible feats. I'm surprised people aren't having the travel speed vs combat speed when comparing Hercules' arrows vs Sun's infinite somersat thing
The only fictional character that could go toe to toe against Wukong is Popeye and Popeye is one of the most broken characters. He beat Saitama in the death battle back in December.
No one can beat Wu Kong. Only God himself can beat Wu Kong in our religion. God as in *Buddha, Allah, Yahweh, Jesus Christ and etc.**Wu Kong's power touches both fiction and non-fiction. He is equal to that of God *Our Father* that is from Christianity.
@@garlicbread1107 wait lmao how is Popeye contending
@@garlicbread1107 toon force does not automatically put him on his level
Fantastic! The choice to go into the original myths was definitely the right one. The battle was very professional and seemed like a separate story in itself rather than just a fight scene. Great work!
Regardless of outcome, the presentation and styling of this fight was so good - from the narration style to the way it takes place on a scroll? Very nice.
This is like the most unique Death Battle ever. Really loved how it showed the battle like it was telling a myth (shocker I know)
One of my new favs actually
We need more mythology battles. Maybe Roman vs Egypt gods.
Imma watch monkie kid
@@multiverse_media2023 i wanna see a death battle with Maui
Although Sun Wukong actually has uncountable more feats and gimmicks that aren't mentioned, and having personally grown up from asian folk lore, I'm just deeply impressed that Death Battle actually nailed 齐天大圣's lore right on the head. Definitely wasn't expecting that!
Munchkin: Sun Wukong's abilities are utterly over the top.
Small list of examples: Flying on either a magical cloud or by turning somersaults that propel him several tens of thousands of miles with each turn, changing into 72 different shapes, being able to change his hairs into different shapes (such as dozens of miniature versions of himself to help fight), see through illusions of all sorts, Super Strength, can't die due to a mixture of having crossed himself out of the Book of the Dead and eating immortality substances before being baked in a divine furnace, and is able to see for miles. And then there are his abilities to see through illusions, disguises and transformations, manipulate the wind, part the waters, create barriers, summon gods, walk through fire unharmed, survive underwater, pass through metal and rock, walk on Solid Clouds, freeze any kind of creature, including demons and gods, or make them fall asleep, have horses listen to his every whim, learn new spells with just a few glances and the bare minimum of instruction and open any lock. Wukong also has great knowledge of medicine and his 72 transformations actually allow him to take the form of anyone and anything, including growing extra body parts and transforming other objects by spitting his blood on it. Wukong can go as far as turning objects into living beings and then using them as puppets (though they lack souls. Movement and speech needs to be programmed into them). Add in Wukong's indestructibility plus his ability to fly across the Earth with a single somersault and you've got the most bizarre/awesome set of powers in classic literature
lol it's 2022 anyone can get a story right with the internet, right? it's like the bare minimum at this point lol
@@komlat253 Depends how you present it. Especially when it's not from your own culture. It's equally easy to miss things, after all - that's _also_ a bare minimum.
To be fair they had to keep it simple and not mention stuff for both because if they did the video would probably be like thrice the length. For what its worth both have great analysis segments that respect the carachters and show why they are so inspiring,so I agree.
@@gonk986 no but they still metnioned a great deal more about hercules then they did about wukong, they even got a few things wrong like the timeline of events for wukong's adventures.
The death battle was amazing in this one. The narration and animation style worked fantastically.
Animation and Match-up wise, this was Definitely one of the MOST EPIC if not the most epic death battle Ive seen,
If they do another traditional mythology episode like this, I'd be curious to see Achilles and Baldur go at it. Two people, immune to injury save for one very specific condition each, that'd be an intense brawl.
Well Baldur would most likely win imo, since it'd be a lot easier for Baldur to hit Achilles everywhere until he found his weakspot than Achilles finding out Baldur is only weak to mistletoe, fashioning a weapon out of mistletoe, and killing him with it.
@@Addlexx yeah thats the kinda thing you just gotta know. Not something you'd guess.
@@Addlexx Yeah, pretty much this. It'd be only a matter of time before Baldur would find some way to strike Achilles' heel on accident and even if it only injured him the first time than Baldur would know where to focus his efforts and he'd beat him to a pulp.
@@Addlexx I think that in terms of "invulnerable mythical heroes", Siegfried would be a fairer match for Achilles than Baldur, since Siegfried's weak point is a lot more similar to Achilles', and can more reasonably be struck in combat
I would watch the mistletoe out of an episode like that!
"Multiple heads... of curse."
Hercules is tired of these "boss battles with two or more health bars" XD
Hydra was already a pain in his ass
Don't wanna be that guy but
Course*
@@lemongrab9044 You are that guy pal
@@lemongrab9044 Unacceptable!!!
@@aquatikcamel4034 trust me I am that guy
Homie doesn't know that Sun Wukong has 6 HP bars (assuming each time he became immortal is an HP bar)
I could listen to Wiz and Boomstick talk about mythology all day.
Even Zeus himself and Hercules put together can’t defeat this deity, this isn’t a fight it’s a slaughter
Sun Wukong was the inspiration for Goku and Heracles/Hercules was the inspiration for Superman so in an indirect way you could say Goku finally beat Superman in Death Battle
POV: when you want your favourite character to win against anyone
superman > Dragon ball
I'm rather surprised the obvious joke was passed up. "Beat Goku? He IS Goku."
You know I wonder if Goku was more accurate to Sun Wukong do you think he might beat Superman because originally at the very beginning of the original Dragon Ball that was the case. Goku was originally a gag character until he was developed more.
@@Nameless82284 eh… The stuff that Monkey has can’t really hurt Supes, Supes can’t counter Monkey’s immortality. It would be a draw until Supes incapacitates Monkey. No definitive end.
@@templarw20 Well originally Goku was more of a gag character at the very beginning so if they kept that then Goku might win because you can't beat a gag character.
Sun wukong is possibly one of the most op fictional characters ever written. Excited to see how it turns out
Mythological you mean.
@@yuugenr7549 no, he's a literary character. I guess you could technically call him a mythological character too, but he's from the 16th century novel journey to the west
King Arthur and Ragnar Lobrok are myth/semi-historical
@@ttmayor He existed as a concept in folklore long before the novel and during the life of Sanzang himself. Which is a long time ago
Lmao it's funny because the most commonly thought OP anime character is Goku, who is literally directly inspired by Sun Wukong, making him originally just another version.
R.I.P. Akira Toriyama.
Without inspiration from Journey to the West, there wouldn't be Dragon Ball.
RIP
This was so well animated. Well done.
Hearing Heracles go "Huh, multiple heads? Of course..." in such a defeated manner is honestly the biggest mood of all time.
Idk if you know but i think its supposed to be a reference to the hydra XD
@@PhilipLORdefender not just the hydra he has faced multiple foes who had multiple limbs
@@DrTimeSCPPsych very true my head is just a whole mess of several mythologies so its kinda hard for me to think of some stuff
@@PhilipLORdefender And Orthos. And Geryon. And Cerberus. He was a bro enough to let Perseus have the Chimera though.
@@Pyrodragon3993 look at my other reply
The funny part is, Heracles went to the underworld to rescue the soul of his best friend's wife. Hades is actually a caring person and was touched by Heracles' wanting to help his friend BUT he could have done the same with his wife and kids. And didn't.
lmao
Greek writing at its finest
Hades wouldn’t have let him leave with his own family as it would have been a selfish desire. Risking the wrath of Hades for his _friend’s_ family however is a selfless act, as Heracles doesn’t get any direct benefit, unlike getting his family back
@@swordsmancs plus would they even want to see him
@@ItsButterBean1020 That's what I was wondering when I realized he could've tried.
One thing about Heracles you forgot.
He was the destined hero to save the gods from the collossuses.
Zeus even told Hera and got together with Heracles's mother, without Hera's blessing but with her accepting that this was nessecary to defeat the colossuses.
Sun Wukong is Like Beerus and Buddha is Whis
Well that's an interpretation. A later one, a roman one if I remember correctly. They're going by the original myths, or at least the oldest we know. which is hera very much NOT agreeing to this, killing his mother, and constantly attempting to kill him. Zeus had to incubate Hercules inside his leg just to keep him alive. The name "Heracles" was an attempt to sate her, it did not work and she kept trying to kill him the rest of his life.
This was a very well styled episode!
The parody has come full circle to basically become the original Deadliest Warriors.
Considering DEATH BATTLE itself was initially inspired by Deadliest Warrior, I’d say they did a good job honouring it.
Get these guys testing out the weapons of the combatants then will have Deadliest Warrior season 4, god I miss that show
@@Nightmare77110 Me too
@@kinjorex101 Really? Hmm. Never knew that. Cool.
I love how they try to tell more of a story in the fights now. It has made the whole show feel more complete.
Well if you think about it that's how Chinese and Greek movies are sometimes you have the narrator reading what's going on kind of creative if you ask me
@@demochris1786 Yeah I really like it.
I love battles like this, and it’s one of my favorites, because yeah it’s a one sided stomp but it’s still fun and mostly makes sense, I’m still annoyed with that bow feat for Heracles, but it’s light hearted
This will always be one of my favorite death battles
HUGE props to Death Battle for trying something new with this one. Sucks that it was a bit of a stomp, though. No matter how strong or tough Heracles could be, Sun Wukong's arsenal was simply infinite in nature. Maybe if he fought Darkseid, we'd have a fight on our hands to talk about.
I mean, this is a dude that has an argument for fighting superman. Both have infinite strength, both have incalculable speed, etc. Superman is written to be the strongest, but Wukong is also the powerhouse in the JTTW. Plus, you know, immortality means being impossible to kill, so 1000x immortality is worse.
@@brendanrobinson5574 The damn Monkey held 2 Universes on his shoulders, and is, and is around Superman’s full speed, how is this even a fight??
Sun Wukong drove off Darkseid in a comic book by the way
@@zqninja3334 All I'm saying is both have carried infinity, both are super fast (I don't know the numbers. but stupid fast), so you would actually need to take a close look. In his universe, superman is essentially the one solution to literally every problem, and I don't know all the stuff he has done, so I have no idea how close it would actually be, but IMO, immortality stacked 1000x is kinda broken in death battles
@@brendanrobinson5574 So yeah the Monkey wins. He can clone himself into the thousands, and is a Quintrillion times faster than light, and all kinds of magic, and immortal (Can't be killed), and can do just about anything. Dude could just transform into Lois mid fight lol.
Wukong likes to toy around with his food. And the fact that he was laughing his ass off the entire fight says all you need to hear about the fight.
He basically have a power where one strand of his hair can be a version of himself which is as strong as you except if you are the jade emperor, buhhda,and etc. Also hey mat had said this in the video but I didn’t watch it yet so ya.
this was fkn awesome, by far my favorite episode
Out of all the Death Battles they’ve done this year, to me, this takes the cake as the most innovative and inventive so far. I love the amount of clever callbacks they’ve made to the myths for the both of them. And they perfectly captured how both deities would act upon meeting each other.
Ok.
I hope they do more myth fights like this one
The unique arena they put them in, an unfurling scroll with their god selves joining in, gorgeous. This is definitely one of my top favorite fights
Same mythology fights are alot of fun and it's quite interesting learning about the characters
Agreed.
Wow, the Rock vs the kid from Jumanji! Now this is a real Death Battle.
Lmaoo
Hahahahaha 👌
Done. 💀💀
Dr. Smolder Bravestone
No
It's been a year and I still can't believe they did this
It's been years since this came out. Jesus Christ, it felt like only a couple of weeks
I love how Sun Wukong was having fun, almost as if nothing was at stake, but Hercules was too serious in the fight.
Thats because he was just having fun and nothing was at awake 🤣
I mean he wouldn’t give him the golden apple so yeah plus Greek mythology get very serious sometimes
Sun Wukong has 72 lives even if Herc DID manage to kill him. In the mythos, Wukong absolutely loved fighting powerful opponents. So he really was having fun the whole time.
I kinda wish they used the Disney Hercules as the character they used for the fight part, it would have been a lot more entertaining.
So he has a personality similar to goku just a bit more cocky
Not gonna lie, I'm 99% sure Sun Wukong has this in the bag. I think the only thing Herc has that can really hurt Wukong are his Hydra blood arrows, but I don't recall him having anything that could counter the Monkey King's ridiculously OP Taoist superpowers.
don't you mean Taoism?
@@treytucker9948 nirvana🤣
@@treytucker9948 cultivation😹
man literally has 5 different immortalities stacking on each other
@@iaminpain2594 7* along with 72 lives, erasure resistance, and near invincibility.
Sun Wukong: That was easy. I still the strongest king of all time!
Hanuman’s honest reaction: 🗿
I like this
Just more death battles based off mythology and such would be a groovy change of pace
"Multiple heads of course"
That line was I didn't expected
He remembered Geryon..
@@HappyTheFan aaaand the hydra.
aand several other monsters he fought...
yeah there were a few.
@@GoldDragon20 Just another day at work for him.
Don’t forget Cerberus!
@@knightofarkronia9968Cerberus was his uncle's doggy
Fun fact: Wukong's staff is said to have measured space/the universe in some translations. Great stuff guys!
incorrect translations. in the correct translations it says THE HEAVENS which in buddhist cosmology are no larger than 9 cubic miles
Actually the Staff is a mystery, it has about 4 interpretations just for its creation and many more for its function.
In short like Thoth in Egyptian mythology but with the Tao.
Emphasis on ruling because so does the first Chinese mythological emperor.
wukong staff isnt the strongest weapon in the journey to the west as a matter of fact its just a really heavy staff that can change and thats...basically it there are much much much stronger weapons
@@houseofaction bruh it’s this guy again💀
@@ishouldbestudying251
Yeah. That guy again.
Technically Sun Wu Kong gained immortality via filing a complaint at the kingdom of death is the ultimate Karen maneuver.
This was so amazing keep up
That had to be one of the most pure and enjoyable DeathBattles to date. The presentation was perfect between the scroll world and narration.
Truly felt like a battle of Gods.
Fitting, because Goku was inspired by Sun Wukong.
What I disliked was how little fighting there was, for me atleast
This was one of the most stylistic and creatively animated battles ever.
Please do more mythology battles with quality like this one, I loved it!
My favorite part for the stylistic choices for this fight would have to be a tie between the use of what looks to be ink strokes with mostly Sun Wukong’s attacks, and the music.
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I loved the narration too.
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Perfection...
Like say..... Zeus vs Odin?
I like how they brushed over Hercules being tricked into putting on a poisonous soaked shirt. He was very much taking after his father at that point and totally brought it upon himself.
WHY IS THIS SO EPIC
Small thing, WuKong didn't just call himself the King of the monkeys at first. Long story short, he actually had to jump through a waterfall and survive (the monkeys said who ever did this would be their king). When he did, he found that there was a cave behind the waterfall, and helped the other monkey get in. Then, he was "crowned" king by the other monkeys.
I love Journey to the West. One of the best historical epics to have existed.
@Kyle King Nope. Basically, one day the monkeys followed their favorite river to it's source. Which ofc was the waterfall. And basically, one of the monkeys was like, "oh hey one of us should jump in the waterfall and see what happens. And whoever is brave enough to do so, will be our king." Not verbatim, but it's basically what happened. So Sun Wukong being the impulsive little scamp he is, jumped in and found the cave. And made it the monkey's new home. And then was "crowned" their king.
Btw, for anyone who is interested... if you type in "Journey to the West" in the youtube search bar, there should be a playlist (English subs) for the Journey to the West show/reiteration. It's actually pretty good. :)
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The cave was basically a mansion, with a bunch of stuff
@@Blue-vs6fj YES! It was the palace of one of the Dragon Kings. I forgot which one though. lol
@@JokersHandyman How could you? lmaooo not nice. xD
Wukong has way too many haxs to fight anyone. He is almost impossible to defeat. So many layers of immortality mixed with all the different skills it's just way too much.
Sun Wukong vs Superman would be unfair to superman.
SHIVA SOLOS
Most of the Hindu Gods and gods like Sussano would beat Wukong
@@dropkickbattles7343 Sudenly Shuumetsu no valkyria
Who’s faster? Sun Wukong or Goku
I'm curious what other mythology fight we could get, personnaly I hope for Surtur vs Typhon, but I'm curious about other possibilies.
This was great even tho we already knew the outcome it was still a great matchup and an legendary one
If they do more mythology death battles, they should do Jormungandr vs Apophis. A giant sea serpent who fought Thor thrice vs a giant cobra who wants to devour the sun.
Death Battle, please make this a thing.
The Hydra or fafnir vs orochi and Fenrir vs Cerberus is kinda based
@@gameuniverse5973 fenrir vs cerberus would be SO cool. Although, I don’t remember Cerberus having that many feats in the myths, compared to fenrir
Yes... Yes... YES!
Why not Fenrir vs Apophis? Fenrir swallowed the sun in Ragnarok.
I wanna see that now