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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]]''}}
 
[[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 [[Everything's Deader Withwith 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 Thethe 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]]''.
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* ''[[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 -Rei]]'' manga mainly revolves around [[The Mafia|Mafia]] sorcerors versus state-funded agency of [[Mons]] summoners. [[What Could Have Been|It's... less awesome than it sounds]].
* ''[[Shaman King]]'' has, [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|amongst other things]], samurai ghost and zombie martial artist versus [[Humongous Mecha]] angels.
* No ''[[Fate/stay Stay Night (Visual Novel)night|Fate Stay Night]]'' or ''[[Fate Zero (Literature)|Fate /Zero]]'' yet? It has [[Back Stab|Assassin]] vs [[Master Swordsman|Saber]] vs [[Universal Driver's License|Rider]] vs [[The Archer|Archer]] vs [[The Berserker|Berserker]] vs [[The Archmage|Caster]] vs [[Blade Onon a Stick|Lancer]] {{spoiler|vs [[Anti-Hero|Avenger]] (in one of the previous wars)}}. And all classes are represented by historical, mythological or legendary character (or sometimes original fictional one). Hell it could be described [[Incredibly Lame Pun|as]] [[The Epic of Gilgamesh (Literature)|Epic]] vs [[Memetic Mutation|Gar]].
** Even then nothing comes close to the awesome absurdity of Gilgamesh in an Ancient Sumerian spaceship vs Berserker's F15 fighter jet.
* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'': Brook vs. Ryuuma. An [[Dem Bones|animated skeleton]] [[Master Swordsman|swordfighting]] [[Samurai|a samurai]] [[Everything's Deader Withwith Zombies|zombie]]. [[Crazy Awesome]].
** 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 Kaka?]]'' has Vampire Ninja vs Zombie, Magical Girl Uh guy/Zombie, Vampire Ninja and Necromancer vs Vampire Ninja Magical Girl Megalo person.
 
 
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* ''Superman and Batman vs Aliens and Predator''.
*** [[Alien|Aliens]] have fought: Batman, Superman, [[Green Lantern]], [[Judge Dredd]], Wildcats. [[Predator|Predators]] have fought Batman, Superman, Magnus Robot Fighter, [[Judge Dredd]], The JLA and [[Tarzan]]. That's not even counting ''two'' Witchblade, Darkness, Aliens and Predator 4-ways, one of which was better than the other.
* 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 [[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar]] lookalike. The fight lasts three issues and includes triple-wielded katanas, evil twins, and a guitar riff that can ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|stop time.]]'' Did I mention that all of the characters involved are leprechauns?
* 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 (Filmfranchise)|Aliens]].
* 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-On-Girl Is Hot|Damn]]), the two of them went to see [[B-Movie|a cliched, over-acted, badly produced]] [[Dracula]] film. Unfortunately, elsewhere on campus a research project [[Gone Horribly Wrong|had gone other than planned]] and [[Refugee From TV Land|twenty-four Draculas leapt off the screen and began rampaging across the campus]], forcing Batgirl and Supergirl to suit-up and stop them. It was Batgirl and Supergirl ''[[Cool vs. Awesome|fighting twenty-four Draculas]]''!
{{quote| '''Batgirl:''' (''While being strangled by Dracula'') "Hopefully you won't hold this against me."<br />
'''Supergirl:''' [[That's What She Said|That's what she said]].<br />
'''Batgirl:''' [[Casual Danger Dialogue|You're funny]].<br />
'''Supergirl:''' [[Casual Danger Dialogue|I try]]. }}
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* The entirety of ''[[Nextwave]]'' can be described thus. [[Crazy Awesome]] [[Differently-Powered Individual|Supers]] and their even more crazy awesome [[Do-Anything Robot|robot-supremacist robot]] fighting Pantsless Kaiju, Samurai Robots, Cannibal Drop Bears, [[Eye Beams|laser eyebeam]]-shooting Stephen Hawking clones and much much more!
* The comic book ''[[Zombie Apocalypse|Zombies]] vs. [[Killer Robot|Robots]]'' and its sequel ''Zombies vs. Robots vs. [[Hot Amazon|Amazons]]''.
* [[The Dandy (Comic Bookcomics)|The Dandy]]'s ''Arena of Awesome'' embodies this trope.
* ''[[Hellboy (Comic Bookcomics)|Hellboy]]'': {{spoiler|[[King Arthur]] versus the ''Four [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]''.}}
* [[Brute Force|ROBO-BEAR VERSUS CYBER-GORILLA!!!]]
* The graphic novel [[Dinosaurs vs. Aliens (Comic Book)|Dinosaurs vs. Aliens]]
 
 
== Fanfic ==
[[Dungeon Keeper Ami (Fanfic)|Dungeon Keeper Ami]] features a sizeable [[Ghost Pirate|undead fleet]] in the opening stages of the battle of Dreadfog Island. Flying undead galleons and frigats, supported by twelve anchient death priests, pitted against [[Cool Versus Awesome|''airships'']]. And then a giant flying zombie Octopus...
 
 
== Film ==
* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'': you get what you came for, and then some.
* ''[[Alien vs. Ninja (Film)|Alien vs. Ninja]]''. [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]].
* ''[[The Valley of Gwangi]]'' has cowboys fighting dinosaurs.
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' has [[Pirates]] and Zombie [[Everything's Better Withwith Monkeys|Monkey]] vs. [[Evil Brit]] [[Biological Mashup|Biological Mashups]]... in a maelstrom.
* 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, ''[[Twenty Eight28 Days Later]]'' involved soldiers vs. [[Technically Living Zombie|almost-zombies]].
* ''[[Outlander (Filmfilm)|Outlander]]'': [[Horny Vikings|Vikings]] (plus an adopted [[Space Marine]]) versus a giant alien lizard.
* ''[[The 13 th13th Warrior]]'': [[Horny Vikings|Vikings]] versus [[All Cavemen Were Neanderthals|Neanderthal]] [[I'm a Humanitarian|cannibals]] masquerading as mythical demons.
* ''[[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 a A-Team (Filmfilm)|The a Team]]'' pits a tank against multiple drones in midair.
* ''[[King Kong]] vs. [[Godzilla]]''.
* Toho also [[What Could Have Been|considered making]] ''Godzilla vs Batman'' in the 1960s before scrapping the concepts.
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* ''[[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 [[Cool Versus Awesome]], or even an [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]. Unfortunately, that doesn't work when nobody's ever heard of either character before.
* Lucio Fulci's ''[[Zombi 2]]'' features the ultimate underwater battle... ''[[Everything's Deader Withwith Zombies|zombie]]'' versus ''[[Everything's Even Worse Withwith Sharks|shark]]''! The undeath-or-death duel ends in a draw: the zombie's missing an arm, but the wounded tiger shark swims away, where he presumably goes [[Up to Eleven]] by becoming an offscreen [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|zombie shark]].
* 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 (Filmfilm)|Avatar]]'' at the end boils down to {{spoiler|a blue skinned Catguy vs [[Colonel Badass]] in a Mecha having a [[Knife Fight|giant knife duel]].}}
* ''Pathfinder'': Native Americans vs. Vikings. Bonus points for having actually happened in [[Real Life]] -- the Vikings reached America almost five hundred years before Columbus, and even tried to colonize Newfoundland, but were driven out by the natives.
* ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (Filmanimation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'': Vikings vs. Dragons. Then, Vikings ''[[Dragon Rider|riding]]'' dragons vs. [[Always a Bigger Fish|an even bigger 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''.]
* ''[[Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (Film)|Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl]]''
* ''[[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (Film)|Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man]]'' is a classic example.
* ''[[The WarriorsWarrior's Way]]'' features '''[[Cowboy|Cowboys]]''' versus '''''[[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|Ninjas]]'''''.
* And ''[[Cowboys and Aliens (Filmfilm)|Cowboys and Aliens]]'' features, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|well....]]
** [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, It's That Guy!|the guy who played]] [[James Bond]] and the other is [[Hey, It's That Guy!|the guy who played]] [[Indiana Jones]]. You just know the aliens are going to get [[Curb Stomp Battle|every inch of their butts kicked]].
* 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 (Filmfilm)|Underworld]]'' which is about Vampires vs Lycans (werewolves).
* Of course, ''[[Freddy VSvs. Jason]]'' pits two of the biggest horror movie icons of the 1980s against each other.
* ''[[The Batman vs. Dracula]]'' is a case of [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Batman fighting Dracula.]] [[Crazy Awesome|It's as awesome as it sounds]].
* [[Badass|Badasses]] [[Chuck Norris]] and [[Bruce Lee]] in the [[Way of the Dragon]].
 
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** ''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 [[Cool Versus Awesome]]. {{spoiler|Involves three vampires, [[The Fair Folk]], a Knight of the Cross or three, dozens of wizards (including the new Winter Knight and the Blackstaff), a Chinese guardian spirit, an entire army of Japanese kenku ninja-spirits, and ''[[Physical God|Odin]]'' versus the entire Red Court of vampires, including the Red King, armies of half-vampire acolytes, and the Lords of the Outer Night, more or less [[Mayincatec]] gods, and South American mercenaries}}.
* 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 Onon Hold|one]] [[Badass Normal]].
** 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 ''[[Skulduggery Pleasant (Literature)|Skulduggery Pleasant]]'' series, ''Playing With Fire'' and ''The Faceless Ones'', feature a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|detective skeleton wizard]] and his companions versus near immortal gods. {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|The wizards win the first time]]. They at least manage to survive the attack (mostly) by the multiple fully powered gods in the next book.}}
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* An early movie in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' featured a robot fighting an Aztec mummy. Its name, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|appropriately enough]], was ''[[The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy]]''.
* ''[[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: theThe Next Mutation (TV)|Ninja Turtles the Next Mutation]]'' incarnations, meaning that [[The Scrappy|Venus]] also got to join in.)
** As for the ''[[Super Sentai]]'', ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' had a story arc versus the ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]''.
*** And an episode of ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' has all three core members of ''[[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger]]'' turn up, demanding their powers back. The episode is actually called ''Pirates vs Ninjas''.
* 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 [[Everything's Even Worse Withwith Sharks|Great White Shark]] vs. Saltwater Crocodile , [[Everything's Worse Withwith Bears|Brown Bear]] vs. [[Mega Neko|Siberian Tiger]], [[Everything's Better Withwith Monkeys|Gorilla]] vs. Leopard, Hippopotamus vs. Bull Shark, Black Bear vs. American Alligator, and Polar Bear vs. Walrus.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Flying saucers vs. spitfires- [[In Space]]!
** And [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S2 E13 Doomsday|earlier on]] we had Daleks vs. Cybermen!
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* 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 40000]]'' has [[Super Soldier|Super Soldiers]] wielding [[More Dakka|automatic rocket launchers]] fighting [[Psychic Powers|psychic]] [[Recycled in Space|space]] [[Our Elves Are Better|elves]] fighting [[Funetik Aksent|phonetically-challenged]] [[Our Orcs Are Different|fungus-warriors]] fighting [[The Legions of Hell]] fighting [[Robot War|unkillable undead robots]] fighting [[Horde of Alien Locusts|all-consuming]] [[Bug War|alien bugs]] fighting [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Space Communists]]... fighting [[Puny Earthlings|regular humans]] with [[Tank Goodness|really, really nice tanks]] ([[Nice Hat|and]] [[Commissar Cap|hats]]).
* ''[[Feng Shui (Tabletop Game)|Feng Shui]]'' features this a lot, given its timehopping Secret War setting. Shaolin monks battle evil cyborg demons from the future, transformed animals fight evil sorcerers that can turn them back into their regular animal form, maverick cops and heroic triad gangsters fight intelligent cyborg apes and their minions who like to BLOW THINGS UP. And that's just for starters.
* Basically the premise of ''[[Monsterpocalypse]]''. Want to see [[Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu]] fight off the [[War of the Worlds|Martians]]? How about [[Highly-Visible Ninja|huge ninjas]] taking on a [[Horde of Alien Locusts]]? Maybe you'd like to see [[Godzilla|Oversized dinosaurs]] take on a [[Humongous Mecha]] or two? You can have them, and that's only the first set!
* 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.
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== Video Games ==
* As a general rule, [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]] exist to allow all sorts of martial arts around the world to duke it out virtually.
* Ditto with [[Real Time Strategy]] games which features real world military / civilizations, such as ''[[Age of Empires (Video Game)|Age of Empires]]'' or (duh) ''[[Civilization]]''.
** Samurai versus Vikings!
* The ''[[Command and Conquer]]'' series have lots and lots of this, particularly when you get tier 3 you can start to pump out really awesome stuff like dual barreled tanks with rocket launchers, alien tripods with EMP and triple lasers and stealth robots armed with dual lasers and flamethrowers.
** 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.''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies (Video Game)|Plants vs. Zombies]]'' is about defending your house from zombies by planting cute plants. The awesomeness of the zombies rises as you progress through the game.
** 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}}.
* ''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'' mixes this with [[Monster Mash]] to be [[Fur Against Fang]] against Mummy against Frankenstein against Zombie against...
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'''s plot line revolves around the rivalry between the Knights Templar and the Hashashin.
* ''[[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.
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* ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' and ''[[Blaz Blue]]''. The former has pirates (in a raincoat or sailor-fuku), police (that're dressed in something like priest clothes), assassins, an American [[Ninja]] and a whole lot more. The latter has what is essentially the Joker as a Smooth Criminal, cat-people, cyborgs, vampires, a [[Mad Scientist]] and more.
* ''[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Kongregate/kongai Kongai]'', a superbly balanced online card game about battles involving Samurai, Ninja, [[Hot Amazon|Hot Amazons]], Vampires, a [[Barbarian Tribe]], Pirates, Knights, Robots and Witches.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim (Video Game)|Skyrim]]'''s plot basically boils down to Vikings vs. Romans vs. dragons. There's also a bit of Ancient Egypt in there in the form of the draugr. What's not to like?
** 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.
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* [[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]].
** ''[[X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Video Game)|X-Men vs. Street Fighter]]'' has Mutants vs. [[Street Fighter|World Warriors]].
** ''[[Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (Video Game)|Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter]]'' has Mutants vs. [[Street Fighter|World Warriors]] vs. Hulk vs. Spider-Man vs. Captain America vs. Shuma-Gorath vs. Blackheart.
** And then, ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom Clash of the Superheroes (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom Clash of the Superheroes]]'' went "LET'S GO CRAZY" and added to the mix an [[Artificial Human]], ([[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]) a [[Succubus]], ([[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Morrigan]]) a ninja ([[Strider (Video Game)|Strider Hiryu]]) a mecha warrior ([[Cyberbots: (VideoFull Game)Metal Madness|Jin and Blodia]]) and a Symbiote (Venom) to the mix, aside of the already [[Badass Normal]] [[Captain Commando]] and [[Powered Armor|War Machine]].
** And ''then'' came ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2 New Age of Heroes]]'' and threw in, among other creatures, a [[Catgirl]], a mummy ([[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Felicia, Anakaris]]) another [[Artificial Human]] with a mecha, a miniature robot, ([[Mega Man Legends (Video Game)|Tron Bonne and a Servbot]]) a cactus-man (Amingo) and a pirate (Ruby Heart) who happens to be the main character of the game.
** 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 (Video Game)|school students]] vs. [[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Succubus vs. Vampire]] vs. [[Ghosts N'n Goblins (Video Gameseries)|a demon]]... too bad that a lot of these fights are in separated games or can't co-exist at all.
** [[Namco X Capcom (Video Game)|Namco X Capcom]] somewhat exceeds all of the above with it's cast.
** ''[[Tatsunokovs Capcom (Video Game)|Tatsunokovs Capcom]]'' has [[Tatsunoko Production|Superheroes]] vs. [[Street Fighter|World Warriors]] vs. [[Lost Planet|a]] [[Humongous Mecha]] vs. [[Mega Man Legends (Video Game)|a]] [[Ridiculously Human Robot]] vs. [[Dead Rising|a photographer]] vs. [[Mega Man X (Video Game)|a Maverick Hunter]] vs...
** And, finally, ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]]'' upped the ante: [[Street Fighter|World Warriors]] vs. [[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Succubus, Catgirls and chinese vampires]] vs. [[Resident Evil|zombie killers]] vs. [[X -Men|mutants]] vs. [[Devil May Cry|devils]] vs. [[The Mighty Thor|physical]] [[Okami|gods]] vs. [[Doctor Strange|eldritch abominations]] vs. [[Ghosts N'n Goblins (Video Gameseries)|knights]] vs. Spider-Man vs. a [[X -Men|humongous mecha]] vs...
*** Now we have ''Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3'', with [[Resident Evil|B.O.W.s]] and [[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Law]][[She- Hulk|yers]] oh my!
** ''[[Street Fighter X Tekken (Video Game)|Street Fighter X Tekken]]'' is the latest installment so far which allows you play as fighters of the two series as well as an electric superhero, two anime cats, a robot, and Pac-Man with a wooden robot.
* ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' has ninjas, vampires, werewolves, knights, amazons, valkyries, wizards, witches, so on and so on.
* ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds (Video Game)|Adventure Quest Worlds]]'' has an ongoing conflict between Pirates and Ninjas, in addition to the [[Fur Against Fang|recent Darkovian conflict between Safiria's vampires and the Lycans]]. And that's just the beginning.
* In ''[[Prototype (Videovideo Gamegame)|Prototype]]'', when the [[Badass Normal]] [[Wake Up Call Boss|Specialist Cross]] takes on [[A God Am I|Alex Mercer]], the one responsible for killing entire platoons of [[Punch Clock Villain|Marines]] and capable of taking out [[Tank Goodness|Heavy Armor]], man on man (Well, until [[Armies Are Evil|Blackwatch]] send reinforcements in the form of [[Elite Mooks|SpecOps Soldiers]]). The end result is basically a tie (Mercer is incapacitated by Cross, but escapes when Cross turns away to use his radio to call for an Extraction Helicopter).
* ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe]]''
* 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-Man Army]] (namely, you) either tipping the balance in favor of one of those sides, or [[I Can Rule Alone|beating them all and taking over for yourself]].
** 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 ''[[War CraftWarcraft]]'' franchise has this in spades. The most obvious example would be the Alliance Versus the Horde. That's essentially humans, [[Our Elves Are Better|Night Elves,]] [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Dwarves,]] [[Our Gnomes Are Weirder|Gnomes,]] [[Humanoid Aliens|Draenei]] and [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Worgen]] versus [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orcs,]] [[The Undead|Forsaken,]] [[A Load of Bull|Tauren,]] [[All Trolls Are Different|Trolls,]] [[Our Elves Are Better|Blood Elves,]] and [[Our Goblins Are Different|Goblins.]]
* ''[[Super Smash Bros]]''. Come on, seriously, [[Metroid|intergalactic bounty hunters]], [[Metal Gear Solid|super soldiers with IQ's of 180]], and [[Star Fox (Video Gameseries)|space mercenaries]] couldn't possibly get together without invoking this.
* ''[[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 ''[[Game Informer (Magazine)|Game Informer]]'' article, in ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]'', we will have a {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination|Reaper]] fighting a [[Sand Worm|Colossal Thresher Maw.]]}}
** [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|Eldritch Abominations]].
* Jump Superstars series has ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]'', ''[[D .Gray Man (Manga)-man|D Gray Man]]'', ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'', ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', ''[[Shaman King (Manga)|Shaman King]]'', ''[[Gintama (Manga)|Gintama]]'', ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'', ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' and a few others.
* [[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 Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' has had, in no particular order, ninjas and a doctor ninja versus... robots, clowns, a flying bodybuilder, a giant Paul Bunyan who was really a child, evil ninjas, pirates, ghosts, Mexican banditos on dinosaurs, vampires, zombies, a unicorn motorcycle, a ghost wizard, someone pretending to be a robot, ninja zombies, more robots, zombie Benjamin Franklin, [[Dracula]] (Dracula also had a robot Dracula), a Danish 80s action movie hero and his ninjas, clone ninjas, ghost wizards, [[Mayincatec]] robot temple guards, future dinosaurs from space, a vengeful space ghost that explodes people, a samurai demon, sky pirates, a luchador doctor, and a king on a dirtbike. At any given point, those enemies may have fought each other as well.
* ''[[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 Withwith Granny|old lady]] in the [[Flight|flying]] [[Powered Armor]], fighting over a [[Earthshattering Kaboom|bomb that can destroy the world.]]
* ''[[Axe Cop (Webcomic)|Axe Cop]]'' has had the title character and his allies (including dinosaurs, people with unicorn horns, a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|vampire wizard ninja]] and his brother who's also a werewolf) vs. aliens, vampire half-babies, [[Humongous Mecha]], flying books, Bad Santa...
* ''[[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 MabsMab's Furry Adventures]]'' download page is a uniquely Amberish take on the subject. There's actually a funny story behind it...
* Saudia Arabia and Somalia's fight in [[Scandinavia and The World]], considering that Somalia is a pirate, and Saudi Arabia is a 'ninja'.
* ''[[Fontes Rants (Webcomic)|Fontes' Rants]]'': [http://fontesrants.smackjeeves.com/comics/1053280/learning-from-the-expert/ What] [http://fontesrants.smackjeeves.com/comics/1059198/learning-from-the-experts-part-2/ if] [[Chuck Norris]] and [[F -Zero|Captain Falcon]] had a [[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]] battle?
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0121.html This] [[Order of the Stick]] comic references the Pirates Vs. Ninjas debate.
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== Web Original ==
* ''[[Kibo]]'' wrote [http://www.kibo.com/faq/ FAQ], this trope is invokes, covering "Kibo vs. ..." for [[Superman]], [[The Bible (Literature)|Jesus]], [[Evil Twin|Xibo]], [[Microsoft Windows|Bill Gates]] and [[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation (TV)|Picard]].
* [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!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|LittleKuriboh]]) and Dark Yugi (Played by [[Dan Green]]). And it's SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME.
* 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.
* [http://staubman.com/blog/?p=123 Aliens vs Predator: Infographic].
* [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony]] made a [[Deadliest Warrior]] spoof called Deadliest Character, featuring [[Power Rangers|Megazord]] against [[Godzilla|Mechagodzilla]]. [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] represents Megazord, and [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]], as Dr. Fanboix, represents Mechagodzilla. [[Rule of Cool|And it]] [[So Cool Its Awesome|is awesome.]]
* ''[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=49 Questionable] [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=50 Content]'' has Pintsize (the [[Anthro PC]]--a PC-bot) steal Faye's panties and pretend he's an Underwear Ninja. Faye responds by sticking a bra 'round her head like a pirate eyepatch, thus becoming, in Pintsize's words, "A Bra Pirate! The nemesis of all Underwear Ninja." Marten's response? To paraphrase, "WTF?"
* [[Epic Rap Battles of History]] has [[Chuck Norris]] vs [[Abraham Lincoln]], among others.
* [[Invader Zim]] Vs. [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozc_zHWo9jk&list=PLAB3882F27604844D&index=67 Enjoy.]
* ''[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 It's Not Awesome?|UPS vs FedEx]]
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== 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 [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]] against [[Super FriendsSuperfriends|Wonder Twins]] [[Expy/Western Animation|expies]]. This resulted in a battle in a Downpour-flooded office building, between the Prince of the Sea and Shifter as a swimming tyrannosaurus.
* 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 Onon the Tin]].
** 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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