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{{quote|''Samurai and zombies!? You don't have to say any more. I'm in!''
|'''[[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]]''' reviewing ''[[Samurai Zombie Nation]]''}}
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▲{{quote|''Samurai and zombies!? You don't have to say any more. I'm in!''|'''[[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony]]''' reviewing ''[[Samurai Zombie Nation]]''}}
Related to the [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]] and [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]], this trope is a case when two types of cool things battle it out. Unlike an [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]], this is not a case when two specific characters [[Duel to
▲[[Pirate|Pirates]] are [[Rule of Cool|cool]]; so are [[Ninja|ninjas]]. So pirates ''fighting'' ninjas must be frickin' awesome! And why not make them all beat up some robots while we're at it? Oh and [[Everythings Deader With Zombies|don't forget the]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|zombies]]!
▲Related to the [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]] and [[Bread Eggs Breaded Eggs]], this trope is a case when two types of cool things battle it out. Unlike an [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]], this is not a case when two specific characters [[Duel to The Death]]. Though a battle can qualify as both, if the two characters are two different character ''types'' ([[The Dresden Files|like a wizard mounted on a T-Rex fighting a horde of zombies]]).
Bonus points if the two don't exist in the same time-period, place, or ''[[The Verse|universe]]''.
[[Fur Against Fang]] is a subtrope. [[Elves vs. Dwarves]], despite how it sounds, is ''not''; though it can be applied to whichever two sides are fighting. A [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] often invokes this. A [[Versus Title]] is a sure sign of the trope at work.
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== Anime and Manga ==
* Many [[Shonen]] and [[Humongous Mecha]] anime and manga (especially [[Super Robot|Super Robot shows]]) in general run on this trope.
* [[Bleach]]'s new filler arc consists of the Gotei 13 fighting against their clones, yes, it is just THAT awesome.
* Due to its [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]] nature, ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has had Ninja vs. Mage, Mage vs. Demon, Mage vs. Samurai, Mage vs. Vampire, Vampire vs. Samurai, Vampire vs. Martial Artist, Vampire vs. Demon, Mage vs. Swordsman... well, you get the idea. And then the time travel, teleportation, petrification, plant control, and summoning come into play...
* The end of ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'' features a massive brawl involving mermaid [[Yakuza]], songs of mass destruction, gigantic eels, and ''the [[Terminator]] himself''
* ''[[Getter Robo]]'' does this every other day. It starts with a [[Super Robot]] vs. ''[[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|giant cyborg dinosaurs]]'' and goes up from there.
* ''[[Grenadier]]'': it opens with samurai vs. riflemen, and just the first episode also includes riflemen and machine guns against one six-shot revolver plus [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]. It goes from there: revolver vs. magical weapon, revolver vs. super-weapon, revolver vs. magical lance, ...
* ''[[Hellsing]]''. [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|A ragtag group of (French?) mercenaries]], [[Knight in Shining Armor|English Knights]], ''and'' [[Dracula]] vs. [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie|Nazi vampires, Nazi zombies]], [[Eldritch Abomination|Nazi Eldritch Abominations,]] [[The Crusades|the Ninth Crusade]], [[Serial Escalation|and then some.]] You may now overdose on awesome.
* ''[[Ga
* ''[[Shaman King]]'' has, [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|amongst other things]], samurai ghost and zombie martial artist versus [[Humongous Mecha]] angels.
* No ''[[Fate/stay
** Even then nothing comes close to the awesome absurdity of Gilgamesh in an Ancient Sumerian spaceship vs Berserker's F15 fighter jet.
* ''[[
** Hell, much of the Thriller Bark arc is literally Pirates vs. Zombies.
* Viewed at first glance, ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' appears to be about [[Humongous Mecha]] vs. [[Kaiju]]. Of course, then [[Alternate Character Interpretation|it]] [[Mind Screw|gets]] [[Gainax Ending|complicated]].
* Erza Scarlet vs Erza Knightwalker in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' is basically [[Fairy Tail]] VS [[Rave Master]].
* ''[[Kore wa Zombie Desu
== Art
* [http://supermanvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/goku-vs-superman.jpg Goku vs. Superman]{{Dead link}}
* [[media:1132684765329.jpg|Darth Vader vs. Dr. Doom]]
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* Not to mention ''[[Batman]] and [[Superman]] Vs. Vampires and Werewolves''.
* ''Superman and Batman vs Aliens and Predator''.
*** [[Alien
* There's a mini-arc of ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]'' in which a princess and her spec ops team pilot an [[Captain Ersatz|ersatz]] [[Voltron]] against a group of pirates and their [[
* Most ''[[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' stories are like this, but the primary selling point for the first volume is the fact that it involves [[Sherlock Holmes|Professor Moriarty]] fighting [[Fu Manchu]].
* ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' has fought both [[Predator]] and [[Alien (
* About half the [[X-Men]] plots can be described as this. Mutants vs. Robots. Mutants vs. Aliens. Mutants vs. Dinosaurs. Mutants vs. Mythological Monsters.
* In her self-titled solo series, [[Batgirl]] was once visited at college by [[Supergirl]] and, after deciding not to have a [[Slumber Party]] or [[Pillow Fight]] ([[Girl
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'''Supergirl:''' [[That's What She Said
'''Batgirl:''' [[Casual Danger Dialogue|You're funny]].
'''Supergirl:''' [[Casual Danger Dialogue|I try]]. }}
* ''[[Deadpool]]'
* Marvel's various "[[The Mighty Thor|Thor]] vs. [[The Incredible Hercules|Hercules]]" miniseries, one of which included the two of them disguised as one another.
* The entirety of ''[[Nextwave]]'' can be described thus. [[Crazy Awesome]] [[Differently
* The comic book ''[[Zombie Apocalypse|Zombies]] vs. [[Killer Robot|Robots]]'' and its sequel ''Zombies vs. Robots vs. [[Hot Amazon|Amazons]]''.
* [[The Dandy (
* ''[[Hellboy (
* [[Brute Force|ROBO-BEAR VERSUS CYBER-GORILLA!!!]]
* The graphic novel [[
==
* ''[[
== Film ==
* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'': you get what you came for, and then some.
* ''[[
* ''[[The Valley of Gwangi]]'' has cowboys fighting dinosaurs.
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' has [[Pirates]] and Zombie [[
* The ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequel trilogy has samurai wizards and clones fighting an [[Redshirt Army|army of robots]].
* ''[[Dog Soldiers]]'' is [[Brits With Battleships|British army soldiers]] vs. [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werewolves]]. And it's ''awesome''.
* Similarly, ''[[
* ''[[Outlander (
* ''[[The
* ''[[Alien vs. Predator]]'' pretty much exists purely due to this trope. There are also various spinoff where one or both of them go up against one or more of [[Superman]], [[Batman]], [[Terminator]], [[Judge Dredd]], [[Witchblade]], [[The Darkness]], [[Tarzan]], and Magnus: Robo Fighter.
* ''[[The
* ''[[King Kong]] vs. [[Godzilla]]''.
* Toho also [[What Could Have Been|considered making]] ''Godzilla vs Batman'' in the 1960s before scrapping the concepts.
* [[
* ''[[Re-Animator|Beyond Re-Animator]]'' has a fight between ''a [[Squick|sentient severed penis]] and a {{spoiler|[[Rodents of Unusual Size|rat]]}}''.
* Part of the problem with ''[[Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever]]'' is that the film's marketing tried very, very hard to promote the movie as
* Lucio Fulci's ''[[Zombi 2]]'' features the ultimate underwater battle... ''[[
* The sequel to ''[[The Gamers]]'' movie had a short sequence in which [[So Cool Its Awesome|Pirates]] battled [[Up to Eleven|pizza-delivering Ninjas]]... in the [[Wizards of the Coast]] offices. [[Ninja Burger|This game]] ''[[This Exists|actually exists.]]''
* ''[[Avatar (
* ''Pathfinder'': Native Americans vs. Vikings. Bonus points for having actually happened in [[Real Life]]
* ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (
* In the climactic battle, [[Van Helsing]] ends with one of these--{{spoiler|Van Helsing turns into a werewolf and fights Dracula in his monster bat form.}}
* ''[[Sucker Punch]]'': [[Action Girl|Cool chicks]] in [[Rule of Sexy|revealing outfits]] VS [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|steampunk zombie Nazis]]. Although it's a hallucination.
* Just when you thought you've seen it all, someone decided there needed to be the impossible matchup of [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1335986/ ''Dahmer vs. Gacy''.]
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[The
* And ''[[Cowboys and Aliens (
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBKU9WU_wLo See for yourself.]
** Could it get any cooler and more awesome? How about if one cowboy is [[Hey,
* The film ''[[Indian in The Cupboard]]'' had a brief [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYHTnuvA65M scene] featuring [[Star Wars|DARTH VADER]] vs. a T-REX.
* ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]''.
* ''[[Underworld (
* Of course, ''[[Freddy
* ''[[The Batman vs. Dracula]]'' is a case of [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Badass
== Literature ==
*
** Plus several million for riding out on said T-Rex ''to the jaunty tune of polka''.
** Plus additional points for using a loophole in the series' rules against using necromancy. The Fifth Law of Magic prohibits raising the dead, but as Harry points out (to two people who could legally cut off his head for breaking said Law): "That only applies to raising HUMAN dead."
*** Further points because the specific skeleton is, in fact, Sue, aka the most complete T-rex skeleton so far found.
*** And sixty-five million bonus points for exploiting how necromantic zombies' power increases in proportion to how long they've been dead.
** Along with a zombie T-Rex, ''Dead Beat'' also features ninja ghoul versus valkyrie security consultant.
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** Really, the whole series could be summed up as "[[Crazy Awesome]] wizard versus ''[[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|everything]]''
** ''Turn Coat'' gives us {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|centuries old]], superpowerful [[Magical Native American]] versus [[Time Abyss|prehistoric]], [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shapeshifting]], [[Mind Rape|mind breaking]] [[Eldritch Abomination]]}}.
** ''Changes'' has an epic battle of
* Also from [[Jim Butcher]]: The ''[[Codex Alera]]'', a.k.a. Roman legionnaires with [[Elemental Powers]] versus [[Wolf Man|wolfmen]] versus [[Captain Ersatz|the Zerg]] versus Neanderthal-elves with [[Bond Creatures]] versus [[The Empath|empathic]] yetis. And the [[The Call Put Me
** In fact, this trope is arguably the entire reason for the series' existence, and [[Oh My Gods|Great Furies]] does it work out well.
** You can take the page picture, replace the gladiator with a Roman legionary, and you've essentially summed the middle two books of the series.
* In ''[[Complete World Knowledge]]'', details of the historic feud between submariners and zeppeliners are given. In a subversion, the author describes this as "the most pointless feud in human history".
* Gandalf versus the Balrog in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', in what is literally a battle of two angels, one of whom is fallen.
* Two of the books in the ''[[
== Live-Action TV ==
* An early movie in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' featured a robot fighting an Aztec mummy. Its name, [[Exactly What It Says
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has given us such conflicts as [[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue|rescue workers vs. demons]], [[Power Rangers Time Force|time cops vs. mutants]], [[Power Rangers Ninja Storm|ninjas vs. aliens]], [[Power Rangers Mystic Force|wizards vs. undead]]...
** ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' had an episode versus the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. (More precisely, ''[[Ninja Turtles:
** As for the ''[[Super Sentai]]'', ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' had a story arc versus the ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]''.
*** And an episode of ''[[
* Spike's show ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]'' seems to be all about this trope.
** Although they did skirt the obvious by having the pirate fight a knight and the ninja fight a Spartan, likely to avoid [[Internet Backdraft|trolling]].
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* ''[[Top Gear]]'' delights in pitting one [[Cool Car]] against another, but it has also featured Cool Car v. [[Cool Boat]] (Ferrari Daytona v. a brand new carbon-fiber superboat) and Cool Car v. ''[[Cool Plane]]'' (Bugatti Veyron v. RAF Eurofighter Typhoon.
** And perhaps the ultimate: [[Cool Car]] vs. [[Cool Bike]] vs. [[Cool Train]]. And all of them 60 year old designs.
* The [[Discovery Channel]]'s ''Animal Face-Off'', with such matchups as [[
* ''[[
** And [[Doctor Who
* ''[[Primeval]]'' features a battle between a Future Predator against a prehistoric Gorgonopsid.
== Pro Wrestling ==
* If we were to pay close enough attention, the WWE runs on this trope more then most of us may realize. The WWE consists of a wide array of unique characters such as [[John Cena|a patriotic white gangsta wannabe]], [[Randy Orton|a mentally unhinged snake-like man]], [[Triple H|a reincarnated fusion of Conan The Barbarian and Thor]], [[Shawn Michaels|a religious acrobat]], [[The Undertaker|Death personified as a wrestler]], and [[Edge|a self-centered jerk with the attitude of a rockstar]], among others who do battle on a regular basis.
* Any of the matches between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
* The upcoming the Rock vs [[John Cena]] match.
== Tabletop Games ==
* The original ''[[Dungeons
** ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]
*** Pray, let's not forget the [http://comic.nodwick
▲* The original ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeon Master's Guide]]'' included rules for running crossover battles between D&D heroes and characters from other early TSR games, including Boot Hill (Wild West gunslingers) and Gamma World (post-apocalyptic mutants).
* ''[[Warhammer
* ''[[
* Basically the premise of ''[[Monsterpocalypse]]''. Want to see [[Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu]] fight off the [[War of the Worlds|Martians]]? How about [[Highly
* As one person said, "''[[Exalted]]'' is robots versus dinosaurs!" More aptly, it's glorious golden demigods and keepers of the earth, shapeshifting social engineers, a magically-empowered martial dynastic empire and fate's ninjas versus the undead servants of oblivion, mad fairies from beyond reality, demon-kings who gain power from acting like B-movie villains, Communist cyborg soldiers from another dimension, and each other.
* ''[[Infinite Worlds]]'' has a [[Science Is Bad|scary dogmatic science-dominated society]] fighting [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|transdimensional nazis]]. And every single [[GURPS
* Upcoming AEG game ''Smash-Up'' is built on this trope. Players choose two "factions" from eight - including Pirates, Ninjas, Dinosaurs, Wizards, Robots, Zombies, Aliens, and Tricksters - to build a deck out of and go up against decks of two others.
== Video Games ==
* As a general rule, [[Fighting Game
* Ditto with [[Real Time Strategy]] games which features real world military / civilizations, such as ''[[
** Samurai versus Vikings!
* The ''[[Command
** The spin-off [[Red Alert]] series takes the [[Rule of Cool]] and turns it [[Up to Eleven]]. Actual battlefield scenario: mortar-equipped hovercraft are launching parachute-equipped cyber-bears while getting shot at by dolphins whose sonar has been weaponized; the bears' mission is to take out a giant mecha factory before they get gunned down by a immensely-psychically-powerful Japanese schoolgirl who is being backed up by fellow young ladies in rocket packs. While on the other side of the map, amphibious destroyers are getting nailed by tesla coils and tanks the size of city blocks. ''Yes.''
* ''[[
** And for ultra awesomeness, the final boss battle is {{spoiler|a freakin' huge robot piloted by a zombie scientist that only half of fits on the screen. On your ROOFTOP}}.
* ''[[
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
* ''[[The King of Fighters]] XI'' has B. Jenet, a [[Pirate]] girl vs. Mai Shuranui, a [[Ninja]] girl, which is quite possibly the hottest [[Cat Fight]] in gaming.
* ''[[Scribblenauts]]'' allows you to pit nearly ''everything'' that's cool against nearly ''everything'' that's awesome.
* ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' and ''[[
* ''[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Kongregate/kongai Kongai]'', a superbly balanced online card game about battles involving Samurai, Ninja, [[Hot Amazon
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
** The player can become a vampire or a werewolf too!
** The draugr are actually Nordic zombies that were said to retain some intelligence and were almost invicible. Thanks history channel and specials about zombies.
* ''[[Saints Row]] 2'' has a minigame where you're a Cop on a reality TV show, and you have to stop randomly generated crimes. One of them is to "Stop the Fight of the Century," which when you arrive at the checkpoint, you find out is a gang of pirates fighting a gang of ninjas.
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** Related: "Chainsaws are standard issue for cops, right? Go "catch" that purse-snatcher!"
* [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]] vs. [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Werewolves]] in ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]''. And you can choose which one to help.
* The whole point of [[Capcom vs. Whatever]].
** ''[[
** ''[[
** And then, ''[[
** And ''then'' came ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2
** The SNK crossovers had [[Street Fighter|World Warriors]] vs. [[The King of Fighters|Orochi servants]] vs. [[Samurai Shodown|sword]] [[Last Blade|masters]] vs. [[Metal Slug|Aliens]] vs. [[Rival Schools
** [[
** ''[[
** And, finally, ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3
*** Now we have ''Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3'', with [[Resident Evil|B.O.W.s]] and [[Ace Attorney
** ''[[
* ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' has ninjas, vampires, werewolves, knights, amazons, valkyries, wizards, witches, so on and so on.
* ''[[
* In ''[[Prototype (
* ''[[
* The central conflict of ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' is basically the US Army versus the Roman Legions versus an [[Captain Ersatz|ersatz]] Howard Hughes and his army of killer robots, with a [[One
** Arguably, in ''[[Fallout 3]]'', with the two groups retaining advanced military technology from the pre-war days: the Brotherhood of Steel and the Enclave.
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]'' features John Marston versus a horde of undead zombies. Fuck. Yes.
** [[Badass|You almost feel sorry for the zombies]].
* ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''. [[Sand Worm|Thresher Maw]] versus [[Eldritch Abomination|Reaper]]. {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Thresher Maw]] [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|wins]].}}
* The ''[[
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''. Come on, seriously, [[Metroid|intergalactic bounty hunters]], [[Metal Gear Solid|super soldiers with IQ's of 180]], and [[Star Fox (
* ''[[Touhou]]'': [[Planet Eris|Take your pick]]: [[Shrine Maiden]] versus Vampires, [[Ninja Maid]] versus half-ghost samurai gardener, vaguely-lesbian Witches versus Immortal Aliens, Dumbass Fairy versus The Judge of The Dead, [[Shrine Maiden]] versus Gods, Witch allied with [[Mad Scientist]] versus Nuclear-powered Raven from Hell, Paparazzi versus everyone... explained by Gensoukyou being the last refuge for fantasy.
* According to the ''[[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q10u2SIQ4pw It's just as awesome as you can imagine it being.]
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'': Act 4 culminates in a showdown between [[Humongous Mecha|Metal Gear REX and Metal Gear RAY]]. [[Up to Eleven|Made even cooler]] because RAY is a newer, upgraded model and REX is a decaying, outdated model, '''and it ends in a tie'''.
* ''[[Eternal Champions]]''. The roster contains a [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|ninja]], [[Cyborg]] kickboxer, [[Kung Fu Wizard]], acrobat, [[Bounty Hunter]], caveman, [[Gladiator Games]] from [[Atlantis]], a [[Vampire]] scientist, and [[Gentleman Thief]].
* [[Half Life]] essentially boils down to a [[Badass Bookworm|a crowbar wielding theoretical physicist]] vs an army of alien monsters, some of which are hinted at being [[Eldritch Abomination
* Jump Superstars series has ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', ''[[
* [[Rise of Legends]]: [[Clock Punk]] mecha versus [[Mayincatec]] [[Ancient Astronauts]] vs. [[Arabian Nights]] sorcery.
* ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' has a short arc that is essentially Greek(ish) gods versus alien invaders.
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[
* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' has had [[The Men in Black]] vs. [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons|prehistoric]] [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]] [[Recycled in Space|from space]] and their friend the [[Never Mess
* ''[[
* ''[[The Dragon Doctors]]'' is about magical doctors of many different disciplines who have banded together, and they've fought against various equally unusual opponents. The docs themselves are a wizard (with healing and shapeshifting magic), a soldier/surgeon, a shaman/therapist, and a [[Magitek]] specialist. They've faced off against a horde of assassins, a serial killer who kills dreaming shamans, and Goro (the soldier/surgeon) is currently fending off an all-female [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] consisting of a pistol-wielding shapeshifter, a mage in a ballcap, a female ogre and a lamia with a petrifying ray gun.
* The "Ninjas vs. Pirates" wallpaper from the ''[[Dan and
* Saudia Arabia and Somalia's fight in ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]'', considering that Somalia is a pirate, and Saudi Arabia is a 'ninja'.
* ''[[Fontes
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0121.html
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* ''[[Narbonic]]'': "Who would win in a fight between a giant robot foot accompanied by a rifle-toting assassin, and an army of hamsters in mechanical suits?"
* ''[[The Unspeakable Vault of Doom]]'' presents: "[http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/66/ The Duel of the Eon. Cthulhoo vs. Godzy]". [http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/380/ Later] they had a [[I'm a Humanitarian|lunch]] together, though.
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Kibo]]'' wrote [http://www.kibo.com/faq/ FAQ], this trope is invokes, covering "Kibo vs. ..." for [[Superman]], [[The Bible
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU-nKVzCpss&playnext_from=TL&videos=EG9IQiyrI0o This video] features a [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|duel]] between Dark Yugi (played by [[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
* Despite his insistence that he hates fanboyish arguments regarding [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|who would win in fights between 2 or more awesome characters]], [[Monty Oum]] has created some of the best examples of this trope on the internet. Between his ''[[Haloid]]'' ([[Halo|Master Chief]] versus [[Metroid|Samus Aran]]) and ''[[Dead Fantasy]]'' (the female cast of the ''[[Dead or Alive]]'' series versus the more notable female characters from the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games [[My Friends and Zoidberg|and]] [[Kingdom Hearts|Kairi]]) videos, he takes already-cool concepts and takes them [[Up to Eleven]] in terms of sheer awesomeness.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140521210913/http://staubman.com/blog/?p=123 Aliens vs Predator: Infographic].
* [[The Spoony Experiment
* ''[
* [[Epic Rap Battles of History]] has [[Chuck Norris]] vs [[Abraham Lincoln]], among others.
* [[Invader Zim]] Vs. [[
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140512030653/http://monkeyseed.deviantart.com/art/Pirates-versus-Ninja-86473646 Pirates versus Ninja]'' by MonkeySeed on [[Deviant ART]].
* [[Evil Counterpart|The Darkness]] of [[Stupid Mario Brothers]] invokes this trope on purpose by recruiting Pirates against Ganondorf's Ninjas. That said, the entire show can run on this upon occasion when we're given [[Metal Gear Solid|Solid Snake]] Vs [[Grand Theft Auto|Tommy Vercetti]], [[Fan Nickname|Shadow Mario]]/The Darkness Vs Wario, Fire Mario Vs [[Super Paper Mario|Mr.]] [[Brainwashed and Crazy|L]], and [[What Do You Mean
* [[Whateley Universe]] story "Ayla and the Mad Scientist" includes a holographic simulator battle that ends with [[Person of Mass Destruction]] Tennyo (aka "The Star Stalker") vs. [[The Fair Folk|The Queen of the Sidhe]] Fey (aka "The Queen To Come").
== Western Animation ==
* There are some storylines in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' in which they fight ''alien dinosaurs''. Robots and other mutants are also common foes.
* An episode of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' pitted [[
* A recent [[LEGO]] line called Ninjago pits heroic ninjas (with cool tornado powers in tv spots) against armored skeletons that ride motorcycle-like vehicles.
* There's one episode of ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' that's titled "[[Samurai]] vs. [[Ninja]]". And it's [[Exactly What It Says
** Many of Samurai Jack's adventures invoke this trope: Samurai vs Viking Rock Monster, Samurai vs Blind Archers, Samurai vs Scotsman Barbarian, etc.
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* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: The Battle of Zama. A climactic battle between two of the mightiest empires in history commanded by the two greatest generals of the [[Sword and Sandal]] era. On the Carthaginian side is the [[Magnetic Hero]], Hannibal Barca. On the Roman side is the [[Cincinnatus]] type Scipio Africanus. Who will win? {{spoiler|Rome.}} To put the Battle of Zama into perspective, you have Roman legions being led by an [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|eccentric general]] who really should not have this position under normal circumstances versus the aforementioned [[Magnetic Hero]] leading a [[Multinational Team|diverse mercenary army]] and War Elephants. By all accounts it was epic.
* Waterloo, with the real-life (And significantly more [[Badass]]) [[Redshirt Army|Redcoat Army]] under the [[Red Baron|Iron Duke]] Arthur Wellesley up against the Grande Armee under Bona Fide [[Magnificent Bastard]] Napoleon Bonaparte (Who also happened to be [[The Emperor|l'Empereur]]) in the final battle of the 26-year long French Revolutionary wars.
* [http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Animalia/pictures/collections/contributors/phil_myers/araneae/xysticus_wasp0013/ Spiders vs. wasps]. It can turn either way - both have species that prey on the other class, and can be very nasty for their size in general.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q36_8s5z6S8 Octopus vs. shark]. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Toothy menace of the deep? Not so much]].
* [[Kraken and Leviathan|Giant squids vs. sperm whales]]. Whales think large cephalopods make tasty lunch, but sometimes try to bit more than they can chew and a round of deep sea wrestling ensues. Survivors are marked with huge chains of scars.
* [[Yanks With Tanks|USN]] vs [[Katanas of the Rising Sun|IJN]] on the vast "un-Pacific" Ocean in [[World War II]]. They were by far the two most powerful navies in the world at the time, fighting the largest naval war in history.
* The Coat of arms of Mexico Eagle vs. Snake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Mexico
* The Battle Of Leuctra: The Theban Sacred Band versus The Spartans. {{spoiler|[[Curb Stomp Battle|The Thebans won.]] }}
* Tennis rivalries - and sports rivalries in general - pretty much run on this trope. Federer vs. Nadal in the present and Sampras vs. Agassi in the past are examples. The 2007 and 2008 Wimbledon Men Singles Championship matches were noted for featuring two players in their prime fighting tooth and nail for every point.
* The Battle of Stanford Bridge. Harold Godwinson of England and Harald Hardrada of Norway in the climactic battle of the Viking Age. And yes the English won.
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