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.
@@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
@@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".
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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." 😆
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@constantinvaldor703Wukong isn't a gag character, he represents the mind. A solid mind is immortal and unpredictable, not to mention tough and very strong
@@ZAPRST8879 This version is based on Wukong's canon feats, which are before he becomes the Victorious Fighting Buddha. So he doesn't reach Nirvana yet. And he doesn't have gag characters powers exactly. Most of his abilities have some canon origin, mostly learned from his mentor or through various misadventures like surviving the brazier that was supposed to burn the immortality pills out of him. He doesn't just conveniently get powers for the sake of a gag like Bugs Bunny does.
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
@@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.
"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.
@@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
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
"So we're seriously just going to trust Wukong with the peaches of immortality?" "What's there to worry about? He has no reason to eat these. He's already immortal." Sun Wukong: You underestimate my greediness.
less greediness and more pettiness. Sun ate them out of spite in his tale. He did what he could just to irritate the heavens until they gave him what he believed he rightfully deserved, a proper seat in the heavens itself.
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.
@@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.
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, 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
The battle was spectacular and very unique with the ancient narration and the format being like a myth, and never before have I seen a Death Battle that breaks the physical limits that the characters fights in. I mean, c'mon, those 2 were literally fighting beyond the the story they were told in, and cool detail with the zodiac constellations on Hercules' side and the 4 divine beasts from Wukong's side.
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.
I didn't have very high expectations for this episode going in, but you guys KILLED IT! I'm so glad you stuck to the original myths instead of all the supplementary material the characters have been featured in since. I really enjoyed the breakdowns, and the art for the battle itself was absolutely fantastic.
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
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
@@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
I really love this episode! The ink trails, the narrating! And how the "arena" opens up just like a scroll. Everything fits these legendary epics from the ancient time. It gives me the feeling of listening to grandpa telling these stories when we were little kids. Absolutely amazing! After thinking about it, this is probably my favorite episode!
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.
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.
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
That was probably the most creative deathbattle to date. Using mythological characters and not just comic/manga fictions. I was definitely noticing the inspirations for dragonball and goku.
Wukong is basically if all Shonen fanfiction were made canon for one character. Heracles is basically "Hey what's the coolest thing somebody whos ridiculously strong could do?".
This fight was as mythical as I wanted and expected. Having Sun bounce off the top of the scroll and unfurling it more made me burst out laughing. A great fight that I’ll probably come back to in the future. Also that next matchup sounds hype as hell
Wu Kong is the most powerful character ever to beat against non-fiction and fiction. No one can beat Wu Kong except for God founded in our religion. Greek mythology are *Pagan Gods* meaning they are not tied to divine Heaven, Hell, earth, and realms of existence. Wu Kong beats Marvel, DC, DBZ, and all other universe. He even beats Popeye and Spongebob. ROFL! The only other person who is of fiction and isn't of a religious background that might be able to battle Wu Kong to a tie would be *Divine Spawn.*
@@watchingvideosalot3960 A realistic and brutal explanation of Wu Kong. lol. No man, creature, thing, spirit, lessor God, deity, and etc can beat Wu Kong unless they are God our creator founded in modern religion.
@@percyval8948 Wu Kong isn't Toon Force. He is both reality and unreality in both fiction and non-fiction. Wu Kong's power touches everything that we know of in both mythology and religion that governed the ways to life.
One of y'all's absolute best. The fight had a brilliantly unique aesthetic, with the scroll, the ink effects, the narration, absolutely sublime. Add in the fact that Monkey was goofing around the whole time while Heracles was serious and hardcore, both befitting them, and it seems damn perfect for this.
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
I hope yall do more mythology battles, there are many interesting figures in different mythologies and this video is proof of how entertaining and even educational such Death Battles can be
@@zachscarbrough2727 thats just the same character variation twice, probably would want Echinda, equivalent figure in sense shes the mother of all monsters.
@@zachscarbrough2727 personally, Tiamat vs. Lucifer sounds like a more interesting matchup. And before you say, it’s not really sacrilegious if most of what Lucifer has in outside of scripture and he is only debatably canon.
I would love to see Asia's most famous mythical creatures fight: An Oni Vs. a Kitsune! A mythical creature of power and wildness Vs. A nine tailed fox!
this myth battle was insane. really shows u just how far death battle has come. I really hope they do more innovating things such as this even more, great job yall amazing everything!
Wow, this has to be one of the most creative death battles ever when it comes to setting. The the voice off narration in particular was an inspired choice. Awesome job, guys!
Now that you've opened the gates of ancient mythology, you've got to do Odin vs Zeus. Though a match up like that should probably be reserved for a season finale.
How about Zues vs Ra? Both are "Sky Fathers." Odin is missing the "Sky" bit, but all three are also warriors. Just Ra and Zues have "Sky"-like elements though. Ra is more associated with the Sun, and Zues storms & lightning, but the "Sky" nonetheless. Odin vs Athena would be interesting. Both are war gods, wisdom gods, and gods of craftsmen; Odin more of poetry and magic, while Athena is of weaving, architecture, and defensive weaponry. Both are seen as strong, but not the strongest. (Odin being surpassed by Thor, his brother, and one of his son's, if i remember correctly. Athena being surpassed by Zues and Heracles.) Thor vs Heracles/Zues would be interesting - though i think the Greeks take that one... In Ragnarok, Thor dies to poison, and Heracles has plenty. And, Zues is Zues. 🤣
I think Karna VS Achilles would be great battle. Both of them are some of the strongest mythical heroes of all time. Karna has a weapon called Vasavi Shakti, which is so powerful that it’s basically a world ending nuke from mythology, but Achilles has a shield made by Hephaestus that is said to be able to create an entire world to defend against attacks. The two are extremely great heroes and I think they would be a perfect matchup.
@@x-omnistar-x9602 Achilles’ shield depicts celestial objects on it but it’s just an image, I don’t think it actually creates them mid-battle. Oh, and his heel kinda ensures a world-destroying nuke would take him out.
I love that deadpan reaction of Hercules to Sun's multi-headed form. Herc fought a lot of beasts and people with such features that this ability wouldn't shock him.
If this fight between mythologies became its own series, I'd imagine one of the things the Monkey King would do is lift Mount Olympus and just walk around without a care, much to the annoyance of the Olympians. Like having your trailer hijacked while you're still in the trailer
@@lordofcringe9736 He also has a sense of humor unlike Kratos, so he'd prank the Olympians a lot. Maybe disguise as one of Zeus' mistresses and give him a taste of his own medicine
Wukong didn’t even have to use the immobilization spell. Heracles being able to move is already proof that Wukong was just trolling him the entire fight.
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
@@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.
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.
This is one of the most unique and entertaining Death Battle episodes I’ve ever watched. Honestly, I would love to see you guys make more of these types of episodes
Herucles got rekted badly. Why did they even bring of Hercules? He wasn't even close to the power of Wu Kong. They should had done *Hercules vs Achilles.**Both are Demi-God of Greek background whose power are more plausible to battle against each other.
According to the story, the scorpion's sting caught Wukong by surprise, and so he was stung by it. The scorpion demon's poison did hurt Wukong and leave him in great pain and suffering, but he couldn't die due to his immortality and indestructibility. He can't die but he was still pretty much incapacitated by the poison. It was those situations where you wished you were dead to end the suffering, but you couldn't due to you being immortal. So his usually useless party members had to go seek help to remove and cure the poison. After curing the poison, Wukong managed to beat the scorpion demon in the end, this time being on guard against the scorpion's stinger and removed it the first chance he got.
@@sunwukong1279 That's actually also a thing in Herakles' myth. One of his Hydra blood arrows strung Kheiron/Chiron, the immortal centaur and teacher of heroes, who survived, but was in such agony that he gave up his immortalty so he coul die. Certain myths also hold that the shirt of the centaur dipped in Hydra blood didn't kill Herakles, but it basically melted a lot of his flesh to expose bone, and he was in such agony that he created his own funeral pyre to burn himself alive.
@@buukute yeah, he was bound to a rock, with either a vulture or an eagle(it depends) which would eat his liver every day, and every afternoon it would regenerate
I'm a massive mythology nerd and have a big soft spot for journey to the west. This put a big dumb goofy smile on my face, especially for the heavy amount of detail you went into Wukong's origin. This episode is definitely up there with some of my favorites. I hope you do more like this in the future.
I’m a myth nerd and a nerd of ALL things too. This is my favorite episode of Death Battle, and I have so many favorites too! Hercules and Sun Wukong are my favorite characters. The Rock’s portrayal of Hercules is awesome. I’ve seen it so many times.
To be honest, I often watch these videos just for the break downs But for the fight? This is probably hands down one of my favorites The extra effort taken to use the scroll aesthetic, and then even incorporate that into the fight The ink splotches when wukong moves... It's all really well done
Can we all just appreciate the unique setting for the fight? Taking place on the scroll the story is written on, and both combatants being so powerful that they affect the scroll itself. Finally panning out in the final moments of the fight to see their heavenly personifications holding the scroll. Beautiful
I'm a huge fan of mythology but I never thought this would ever become a reality. It was really ironic because I was watching Journey to the West with my family the other day and this showed up. Not to mention I've read about Greek mythology and Hercules my whole life. The fact that this video was created is truly amazing.
Of course the only difference between mythology and an active religion is whether the number of people that actually believe it is 0 or not. Though honestly I'd rather have them analyze tall tales like Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan, at least that falls into the domain of "no one ever believed this was true". People once believed in the myth of Hercules.
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.
As someone who grew up with Journey to the West, that myth is actually pure crack in the variety of powers and feats. When I heard it's Heracles he is fighting, I knew there was no way. Heracles' myth is just way too grounded by comparison.
just on his physical strength alone there should be absolutely no way that Sun Wukong could ever hope to beat Hercules. being that he literally held the "sky" up in the cosmology of greek mythology the sky represents the universe itself. absolutely no where in journey to the west do they ever give Sun any physical feats close to this. buddhist cosmology also has the universe and the heavens as smaller than they really would be,. in chapters it says he can jump to the edge of the heavens (referring to the geographical heaven he was in and only that heaven) in buddhist cosmology the heavens are anywhere between 4 and 9 cubic miles. and in chapter 7 page 92 it literally states the max he can jump is 36,000 miles.
Wukong held up actual conceptual infinity (32 realms [stated in video]) and jumped to the end of the universe in one leap (he did two because he stopped somewhere along the way to pee)
Also he has Hundreds, Thousands, MILLIONS of IMMORTALITIES , 7 types of immortality, so if 1 arrow kills one Greek god (1 immortality), then he would need (5 other types of pre-Buddha Immortality +1000 peaches [to lowball] +5 pills [assuming 1 gourd =1pill])= AT LEAST 1010 TIMES, His arrows barely move ~90x the speed of light, while Wukong can move OVER 16 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE FASTER
This might be one of the most cool and interesting fights deadbattle has done, the whole scroll visual and narrator made it really cool and stand out to be honest
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.
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 absolutely love Sun Wukong's design, voice, and personality shown here in Death Battle for this fight! Makes me wish there was a shonen anime/manga for this exact version because he's exactly how I would overall imagined to be!
@@Gadget-Walkmenthe most recent arcs are a little weak but I feel like it’s a genuinely good manwha though it should have ended at the end of the last arc
@@GintamaGhoul i don't think they could end it back then, not really sure how the author would piece back together a literally fcked up Earth unless they use instant BS magic which stretches the imagination a bit too much.
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
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 .
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.
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
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?
"Because on his other shoulder, was a whole other mountain!"
Sun Wukong was literally that kid who said "well I can lift infinity+1!"
why is the comment so true?
Brother in theory can lift literally anything and everything after achieving nirvana
@@samuraidom6542so yes infinity +1
I am immortal +7!
"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.
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.
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.
Chinese novels with Golden Immortal, Platinum Immortal, Diamond Immortal, Neutron Immortal...
Honestly yeah, that's how it would go!
This is technically a prequel to Goku vs Superman
Wukong even has his name, so Wukong vs Goku when???
@@RealUserNotBot sun goku is just a japanese adaptation of sun wukong, so he's fighting hjimself? lol
@@gotentk4 So he fighting the original? Original Vs Inspiration
Son Goku can't beat Sun Wukong because Son Goku is himself just a different version. So Son Goku's feats should add to Sun Wukong's.
@@phlixcarbon So everything Goku can do, Wukong does as well?
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
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😂😂😂😂
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.
Atreus: "Did we.. Defeat him?"
Kratos: "No son that was a clone made from his ass hair"
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.
*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
Technically Sun Wu Kong gained immortality via filing a complaint at the kingdom of death is the ultimate Karen maneuver.
That’s not how he does things.
He wrecked sh*t out of hell that the Yama begged him to stop.
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 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?
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.
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.
One is a hero that struggled through life till his death the other is the world’s first gag character
@@constantinvaldor703Wukong isn't a gag character, he represents the mind. A solid mind is immortal and unpredictable, not to mention tough and very strong
@@TheNamelessGamer27 but if wukong wanted to, he can have gag powers, Nirvana is technically omnipotence right?
@@ZAPRST8879 This version is based on Wukong's canon feats, which are before he becomes the Victorious Fighting Buddha. So he doesn't reach Nirvana yet. And he doesn't have gag characters powers exactly. Most of his abilities have some canon origin, mostly learned from his mentor or through various misadventures like surviving the brazier that was supposed to burn the immortality pills out of him. He doesn't just conveniently get powers for the sake of a gag like Bugs Bunny does.
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.
"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.
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
R.I.P. Akira Toriyama.
Without inspiration from Journey to the West, there wouldn't be Dragon Ball.
RIP
Rip 🪦.
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
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.
This wasn’t a fight this was a murder.
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.
Lol
This is just an animation. It’s not real, weirro
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 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.
Who is here for black myth
Me . Waiting to play it now
Yotube recommended this after O watched apart 3 of gameplay.
The Hercules murdering his family thing sounds oddly fimilar😂
Ye
Anyone watching this noticed that they are playing the game in this current state 😅😅 time travel 2yr ago but yet it's out noww
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.
ffaxx
I loved the narration too.
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Perfection...
Like say..... Zeus vs Odin?
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
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.
I could listen to Wiz and Boomstick talk about mythology all day.
one of my favorite Death Battles
Mythical Death Battle.
17:00 ahh the joke ....
@@alejandroguevara8455
Real Jesus- wins
"Family Guy" Jesus- loses
"South Park" Jesus- loses
Nice
Who would his opponent be? Maybe buda I guess.
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 that for this battle they went over actual mythology and ancient writings. I hope they do more like this in the future.
There’s so much potential in other mythology gods/goddesses/monsters.
You took the words right out of my mouth my good friend.
Imagine Raiden vs the Aztec Blood God
Who is here after the release of Black Myth Wukong?
Yeah made me think of this one.
Yes man
Yeppers
Yep I'm here the game is goated
Yessir
"So we're seriously just going to trust Wukong with the peaches of immortality?"
"What's there to worry about? He has no reason to eat these. He's already immortal."
Sun Wukong: You underestimate my greediness.
"We've had first immortality, yes."
Trusting a monkey to guard bunch of peaches, hmm, what could go wrong
@@giantpopeg9986 But what about second immortality?
less greediness and more pettiness. Sun ate them out of spite in his tale. He did what he could just to irritate the heavens until they gave him what he believed he rightfully deserved, a proper seat in the heavens itself.
@@zearrak5704 exactly. He's a monkey. A god hero Monkey. But a Monkey.
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.
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!
Anyone else came from Black Myth Wukong
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The battle was spectacular and very unique with the ancient narration and the format being like a myth, and never before have I seen a Death Battle that breaks the physical limits that the characters fights in. I mean, c'mon, those 2 were literally fighting beyond the the story they were told in, and cool detail with the zodiac constellations on Hercules' side and the 4 divine beasts from Wukong's side.
as soon as I saw that I had to search if anyone caught that, such a neat little detail
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
I didn't have very high expectations for this episode going in, but you guys KILLED IT! I'm so glad you stuck to the original myths instead of all the supplementary material the characters have been featured in since. I really enjoyed the breakdowns, and the art for the battle itself was absolutely fantastic.
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
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.
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
I really love this episode! The ink trails, the narrating! And how the "arena" opens up just like a scroll. Everything fits these legendary epics from the ancient time. It gives me the feeling of listening to grandpa telling these stories when we were little kids. Absolutely amazing! After thinking about it, this is probably my favorite episode!
Animation and Match-up wise, this was Definitely one of the MOST EPIC if not the most epic death battle Ive seen,
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
@@HakrTheAnimator Well to be fair, it's hard to make a fight last long when its entirely one sided lol
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.
That was probably the most creative deathbattle to date. Using mythological characters and not just comic/manga fictions. I was definitely noticing the inspirations for dragonball and goku.
I mean DBZ was inspired by the monkey king but yea your right
It's the other way around. Dbz was inspired by monkey king
@@Grogthewhale I know that. That's what I was saying.
Wukong is basically if all Shonen fanfiction were made canon for one character.
Heracles is basically "Hey what's the coolest thing somebody whos ridiculously strong could do?".
This fight was as mythical as I wanted and expected. Having Sun bounce off the top of the scroll and unfurling it more made me burst out laughing. A great fight that I’ll probably come back to in the future. Also that next matchup sounds hype as hell
Wu Kong is the most powerful character ever to beat against non-fiction and fiction. No one can beat Wu Kong except for God founded in our religion. Greek mythology are *Pagan Gods* meaning they are not tied to divine Heaven, Hell, earth, and realms of existence. Wu Kong beats Marvel, DC, DBZ, and all other universe. He even beats Popeye and Spongebob. ROFL! The only other person who is of fiction and isn't of a religious background that might be able to battle Wu Kong to a tie would be *Divine Spawn.*
@@coolgamers2794 what kind of d&d anime explanation is this?
@@coolgamers2794 Wukong have Toon force 😂😂
@@watchingvideosalot3960 A realistic and brutal explanation of Wu Kong. lol. No man, creature, thing, spirit, lessor God, deity, and etc can beat Wu Kong unless they are God our creator founded in modern religion.
@@percyval8948 Wu Kong isn't Toon Force. He is both reality and unreality in both fiction and non-fiction. Wu Kong's power touches everything that we know of in both mythology and religion that governed the ways to life.
One of y'all's absolute best. The fight had a brilliantly unique aesthetic, with the scroll, the ink effects, the narration, absolutely sublime. Add in the fact that Monkey was goofing around the whole time while Heracles was serious and hardcore, both befitting them, and it seems damn perfect for this.
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
well，the“定”here means determine，the Great Yu,use it to know the deepth of sea when he fight with flood
So is that why all sea creatures are literal monsters? So if monkey boy never took the pillar, we'd have squishy and adorable creatures there? 😫
Who came to watch this after Black Myth Wukong???
Me
Yep.
Did you notice that they had a few clips from Black Myth Wukong in the video?
@@jonathant8575Yeah the game was LONG in production for years!
I hope yall do more mythology battles, there are many interesting figures in different mythologies and this video is proof of how entertaining and even educational such Death Battles can be
Tiamat vs Tiamat (DnD) LETS GO!
@@zachscarbrough2727 thats just the same character variation twice, probably would want Echinda, equivalent figure in sense shes the mother of all monsters.
Bro you're kinda describing Shuumatsu no Valkyrie/Record of Ragnarok XD good manga tho.
@@zachscarbrough2727 personally, Tiamat vs. Lucifer sounds like a more interesting matchup.
And before you say, it’s not really sacrilegious if most of what Lucifer has in outside of scripture and he is only debatably canon.
I would love to see Asia's most famous mythical creatures fight: An Oni Vs. a Kitsune! A mythical creature of power and wildness Vs. A nine tailed fox!
this myth battle was insane. really shows u just how far death battle has come. I really hope they do more innovating things such as this even more, great job yall amazing everything!
Wow, this has to be one of the most creative death battles ever when it comes to setting. The the voice off narration in particular was an inspired choice.
Awesome job, guys!
Indeed it was
Great idea in concept, horrible execution.
The narration seems like it trying to rhyme but fails at it and it is jarring.
@@Mr1991bbk can u explain more in-depth?
@@Mr1991bbk nevermind i saw another comment of your's explaining it
The battle's art style was really creative and looked awesome! Thanks for the entertaining content as always, DB!
Now that you've opened the gates of ancient mythology, you've got to do Odin vs Zeus.
Though a match up like that should probably be reserved for a season finale.
I think it would be cool to see Loki vs Hermes or Loki vs Dionysus
How about Zues vs Ra?
Both are "Sky Fathers." Odin is missing the "Sky" bit, but all three are also warriors. Just Ra and Zues have "Sky"-like elements though.
Ra is more associated with the Sun, and Zues storms & lightning, but the "Sky" nonetheless.
Odin vs Athena would be interesting. Both are war gods, wisdom gods, and gods of craftsmen; Odin more of poetry and magic, while Athena is of weaving, architecture, and defensive weaponry. Both are seen as strong, but not the strongest. (Odin being surpassed by Thor, his brother, and one of his son's, if i remember correctly. Athena being surpassed by Zues and Heracles.)
Thor vs Heracles/Zues would be interesting - though i think the Greeks take that one... In Ragnarok, Thor dies to poison, and Heracles has plenty. And, Zues is Zues. 🤣
I think Karna VS Achilles would be great battle.
Both of them are some of the strongest mythical heroes of all time. Karna has a weapon called Vasavi Shakti, which is so powerful that it’s basically a world ending nuke from mythology, but Achilles has a shield made by Hephaestus that is said to be able to create an entire world to defend against attacks. The two are extremely great heroes and I think they would be a perfect matchup.
Ares vs Tyr would be cool
@@x-omnistar-x9602 Achilles’ shield depicts celestial objects on it but it’s just an image, I don’t think it actually creates them mid-battle. Oh, and his heel kinda ensures a world-destroying nuke would take him out.
I love that deadpan reaction of Hercules to Sun's multi-headed form. Herc fought a lot of beasts and people with such features that this ability wouldn't shock him.
The hydra comes to mind.
@@luisarobinson6004 As does Geryon.
@@luisarobinson6004 also Cerberus
@@FB-eg5vb as well as ladon!
@@GreaterGrievobeast55
If this fight between mythologies became its own series, I'd imagine one of the things the Monkey King would do is lift Mount Olympus and just walk around without a care, much to the annoyance of the Olympians. Like having your trailer hijacked while you're still in the trailer
Wukong would give the greek gods and zeus nightmares dude. Guy's basically kratos but alot nicer.
And when he's bored, he'll yeet Mount Olympus just for shits and giggles
Lol, true
@@lordofcringe9736 He also has a sense of humor unlike Kratos, so he'd prank the Olympians a lot. Maybe disguise as one of Zeus' mistresses and give him a taste of his own medicine
@@TrollorRuby Zeus: "Annoying beast!!! Put down Mount Olympus at once!!!!!"
Wukong didn’t even have to use the immobilization spell. Heracles being able to move is already proof that Wukong was just trolling him the entire fight.
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
@@realivytoong5964
Yes, he probably is.
@@realivytoong5964kratos is a joke to wukong
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.
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
got recommended after Black Myth: Wukong came out.
This is one of the most unique and entertaining Death Battle episodes I’ve ever watched. Honestly, I would love to see you guys make more of these types of episodes
Herucles got rekted badly. Why did they even bring of Hercules? He wasn't even close to the power of Wu Kong. They should had done *Hercules vs Achilles.**Both are Demi-God of Greek background whose power are more plausible to battle against each other.
According to the story, the scorpion's sting caught Wukong by surprise, and so he was stung by it. The scorpion demon's poison did hurt Wukong and leave him in great pain and suffering, but he couldn't die due to his immortality and indestructibility. He can't die but he was still pretty much incapacitated by the poison. It was those situations where you wished you were dead to end the suffering, but you couldn't due to you being immortal. So his usually useless party members had to go seek help to remove and cure the poison. After curing the poison, Wukong managed to beat the scorpion demon in the end, this time being on guard against the scorpion's stinger and removed it the first chance he got.
I didn’t even think about the downsides of being so indestructible and immortal like that. That really puts a new perspective on things.
@@sunwukong1279 That's actually also a thing in Herakles' myth. One of his Hydra blood arrows strung Kheiron/Chiron, the immortal centaur and teacher of heroes, who survived, but was in such agony that he gave up his immortalty so he coul die.
Certain myths also hold that the shirt of the centaur dipped in Hydra blood didn't kill Herakles, but it basically melted a lot of his flesh to expose bone, and he was in such agony that he created his own funeral pyre to burn himself alive.
Isnt that what happen to Prometheus was sentenced him enternal torment, he cannot die?
@@buukute yeah, he was bound to a rock, with either a vulture or an eagle(it depends) which would eat his liver every day, and every afternoon it would regenerate
In short, immortality is worst than death.
I'm a massive mythology nerd and have a big soft spot for journey to the west. This put a big dumb goofy smile on my face, especially for the heavy amount of detail you went into Wukong's origin. This episode is definitely up there with some of my favorites. I hope you do more like this in the future.
I’m a myth nerd and a nerd of ALL things too. This is my favorite episode of Death Battle, and I have so many favorites too! Hercules and Sun Wukong are my favorite characters. The Rock’s portrayal of Hercules is awesome. I’ve seen it so many times.
@@marcushamner5994 igggif uh
Hercules is one of my favorite 😂 seeing him die really hurt lol this wasn’t a fair match
@@marcushamner5994 the rock did nothing for the character. Yeah, he’s big, that’s all he offered
Same here I love all types of mythos and the journey to the west was an amazing study
To be honest, I often watch these videos just for the break downs
But for the fight? This is probably hands down one of my favorites
The extra effort taken to use the scroll aesthetic, and then even incorporate that into the fight
The ink splotches when wukong moves... It's all really well done
Heracles: I have 1 layer of immortality. you?
Sun Wukong: R O O K I E N U M B E R S!!!!
Yes sir
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?
Can we all just appreciate the unique setting for the fight?
Taking place on the scroll the story is written on, and both combatants being so powerful that they affect the scroll itself. Finally panning out in the final moments of the fight to see their heavenly personifications holding the scroll.
Beautiful
This popped up in my feed against just as Black Myth Wukong dropped 🔥🔥🔥
I'm a huge fan of mythology but I never thought this would ever become a reality. It was really ironic because I was watching Journey to the West with my family the other day and this showed up. Not to mention I've read about Greek mythology and Hercules my whole life. The fact that this video was created is truly amazing.
What a chad
it was made for you
Of course the only difference between mythology and an active religion is whether the number of people that actually believe it is 0 or not. Though honestly I'd rather have them analyze tall tales like Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan, at least that falls into the domain of "no one ever believed this was true". People once believed in the myth of Hercules.
@@SirToaster9330 I guess so lol
Wow, this one was a slam-dunk of effort. The animation, the style, the narration and voice acting everything was so damn cool. 10/10
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
Am I the only one who hears the MCdonalds theme song in his laugh😅😂 18:11
“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
As someone who grew up with Journey to the West, that myth is actually pure crack in the variety of powers and feats. When I heard it's Heracles he is fighting, I knew there was no way. Heracles' myth is just way too grounded by comparison.
Semi-grounded.
There’s just no way anyone can lift the sky unless they are like Heracles.
just on his physical strength alone there should be absolutely no way that Sun Wukong could ever hope to beat Hercules. being that he literally held the "sky" up in the cosmology of greek mythology the sky represents the universe itself. absolutely no where in journey to the west do they ever give Sun any physical feats close to this. buddhist cosmology also has the universe and the heavens as smaller than they really would be,. in chapters it says he can jump to the edge of the heavens (referring to the geographical heaven he was in and only that heaven) in buddhist cosmology the heavens are anywhere between 4 and 9 cubic miles. and in chapter 7 page 92 it literally states the max he can jump is 36,000 miles.
Wukong held up actual conceptual infinity (32 realms [stated in video]) and jumped to the end of the universe in one leap (he did two because he stopped somewhere along the way to pee)
Also he has Hundreds, Thousands, MILLIONS of IMMORTALITIES , 7 types of immortality, so if 1 arrow kills one Greek god (1 immortality), then he would need (5 other types of pre-Buddha Immortality +1000 peaches [to lowball] +5 pills [assuming 1 gourd =1pill])= AT LEAST 1010 TIMES, His arrows barely move ~90x the speed of light, while Wukong can move OVER 16 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE FASTER
Yeah, Chu Chulain would have been a better choice as Herc's opponent. Both thematically and in terms of powers.
This might be one of the most cool and interesting fights deadbattle has done, the whole scroll visual and narrator made it really cool and stand out to be honest
When they started numbering all of wukong’s immortalities I knew that it was over for Hercules
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
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
Wow, the Rock vs the kid from Jumanji! Now this is a real Death Battle.
Lmaoo
Hahahahaha 👌
Done. 💀💀
Dr. Smolder Bravestone
No
You guys did a great job with the short version of wukong.
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
"Pain is only in the mind, and I have the absence of the mind"
Best line I heard this year so far
I just realized, he's just calling himself stupid, isn't he? At least he's self-aware.
@@justme22154 indeed i am
I absolutely love Sun Wukong's design, voice, and personality shown here in Death Battle for this fight! Makes me wish there was a shonen anime/manga for this exact version because he's exactly how I would overall imagined to be!
the closes is god of highschool the anime is only one season and kinda bad but the webtoon/manga is insanly good
@@just_jin5850 LOL Just no. god of highschool is a no go AT ALL!
@@Gadget-Walkmenthe most recent arcs are a little weak but I feel like it’s a genuinely good manwha though it should have ended at the end of the last arc
@@GintamaGhoul fair enough.
@@GintamaGhoul i don't think they could end it back then, not really sure how the author would piece back together a literally fcked up Earth unless they use instant BS magic which stretches the imagination a bit too much.
Really appreciate the fact that you guys included Sun Wukong’s name in Traditional Chinese 😃
This is by far one of the best Death Battles you've produced. The animation, The storytelling, the character choices... Masterpiece right here.
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 .
Props to the animation team. This was absolutely gorgeous. The style was worthy of the two epic warriors.
Had to come back and watch this as Black Myth Wukong finally releases tomorrow.