Final Stand of Death

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Written on Wattpad by Beta_Log_86 (under username Beta_Mat_86), Final Stand of Death is a Continuation/Crack Fic of the animated MTV program, Celebrity Deathmatch.

Following some time after the events, Marilyn Manson learns he's marked for death once again and more is at stake? Seeing this could be the end, Manson opts to see this threat once and for all. This group has been given a new suit of armor in order to interact with both worlds and remembers the final moments of their human life. One of them has the one thing that could settle the matter. With the attention reaching as many as possible, this could become Once in a Lifetime event as the fate of the worlds rests on the hands of the The Chosen One.

The work has been made available on Archive of Our Own.

As a Mega Crossover fanfic, Final Stand of Death incorporates elements from the following works:
Tropes used in Final Stand of Death include:
  • Action Fashionista: Hawk (Victoria) meets this due to remaining classy, even in a war.
  • Affably Evil: Marilyn Manson is clearly evil, yet he acts like a gentleman.
  • Afterlife Antechamber: Hell has a waiting room.
  • Badass Adorable: Too many to count...
  • Bar Brawl: Episode 3, this breaks out thanks to Frankenstein's Monster
  • Bargain with Heaven: Spice Girls made this deal, resulting in becoming Fusion Gundam.
  • Bathe Them and Bring Them to Her: Subverted, as Athena orders that Spice Girls be sent to Nemesis but make sure they're given the spa treatment.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: Be careful when making chainsaw near Spur, as she remembers when she was Emma and how got killed. She still remembers her karate skills.
    • Berserk Button: Marilyn Manson is a walking version of this to Fusion Gundam.
  • British Accents: Unlike Celebrity Deathmatch, the Brits are given their proper accents.
    • Both Spur and Hawk has a Received Pronunciation accent, Hornet speaks in an Estuary type.
    • Oop North: Redd has a Scouse accent, while United has a Yorkie one. Both were women named Melanie, coming from Liverpool and Leeds respectfully.
  • Celestial Paragons and Archangels: There's one, mostly by goddesses. They're mostly neutral when it comes to affairs.
  • Curse Cut Short: Nick was about to call Debbie the 'C' word, which the latter took offensive.
    • Country Matters: Emma, Victora, Geri, and Mel looks on in confusion as the word is commonly used back in England. Luckily, Fiona explained to them why Debbie took offensive. Mel is almost kept from saying the "c" word, but it was thanks to Emma coughing. Mel explained to Fiona what wanker was. Yet, eariler on, Redd (Melanie of Liverpool) calls Ramirez a wanker without issue.
  • Custom Uniform: Their armor as Fusion Gundam acts like this for Spice Girls.
  • Cyborg: Gene has become this, which he's actually chilled with.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending
  • Face Death with Dignity: Manson admits to this as he's kicked by Melanie.
  • Devolution Device: Manson finds a cannon-like gun and shoots at Melanie, thinking she'll de-evolve back a human. It was set on the advance instead, making Melanie evolve futher.
  • Dive Kick: In episode 16, Redd goes for this, along with Spur when dealing with Twiggy Ramirez, who got in their way of going after Marilyn Manson and Tyler Bates. The move results in Ramirez's mech being sliced in two.
  • Genre Savvy: Pretty much everyone is aware of going on.
    • Medium Awareness: Gene takes a moment to look at the audience after talking to Ace about Melanie of Liverpool, implying she's The Chosen One.
      • During the bar fight, Fusion Gundam comments about the background, including their target.
      • Episode 10, Melanie of Leeds, or just Mel for short, explains how she was paying to the story, which it was why wasn't worried.
      • Episode 20, Melanie of Liverpool acknowledges how the plot was getting weak. The in-story viewers are somehow interported to the Spice Girls concert.
    • Background Music: Spur seems to like to dance to the music playing.
    • Sting (music): Duns and Rimshots
  • Human Traffic Jam: Hilariously done in Episode 12, at the Hedge Maze.
  • I Always Wanted to Say That: This gets said, a lot, often at random.
    • Nixxom calls out on this one.
      • This Means War: Hornet (Geri) shouts this, explaining that she always wanted to. Skull also sneaks in this during the bar brawl.
        • Episode 13, Groucho explains the situation to both Emma and Melaine of Liverpool.
  • Ice Person: Emma gains the ability to shoot ice from her arm-cannon.
  • In Medias Res: Episode 8 starts to give a backstory on Fusion Gundam.
  • Involuntary Battle to the Death: Spice Girls were forced to fight Hanson despite having nothing to do with them.
  • Lethal Joke Character: When dealing with Spur/Emma, expect her to be anything but a joke. Just ask Zum.
  • Losing Your Head: This happens to Melanie of Liverpool during her automation.
  • Jacob Marley Apparel: All of the fallen still wears the clothes they were wearing on Deathmatch.
    • Limited Wardrobe: The outfits Spice Girls were wearing changes from the original color to white, upon becoming part of Fusion Gundam.
  • Kent Brockman News: Leave it to Johnny Knoxville.
  • Last-Name Basis: The narration addresses many with this, while the in-story doesn't. This justified since it's common for more than one person to share the same first name.
  • Loss of Identity: Averted... the Council of Angels requested the personality of each of the Spice Girls remains intact, as humanity is needed.
  • Mass "Oh Crap": Pretty much reaction by the in-story viewers when they learned about what Spice Girls happen to own, same goes with Hanson.
    • Artistic License: Law: Tal has a point when he asks who gave Hanson the items they had. Nearly all the United States, something a sword or ax would be unlikely given to a child. In the UK, many permits are needed to carry some of the weapon owned by The Spice Girls, while not at all, even with permits.
    • Rule of Cool
  • Meaningful Name: The Fusion Gundam names are references to the hometown or birthplace (in Hawk's case) soccer teams of Spice Girls.
  • Meatgrinder Surgery: Episode 10 didn't shy away from this as the Spice Girls were subjected to.
  • Meta Fic: There's in-story commentary, with includes PewDiePie.
  • No Sex Allowed: Downplayed, as they simply lost the drive.
  • The Not-Secret: With the exception of Nick and Johnny, most of the characters already knows Fusion Gundam were in fact Spice Girls in their mech suits. Nick and Johnny found out when they removed them.
  • Not So Above It All: Hawk (Victoria) is often very serious, but that doesn't stop her from pranking the others in Episode 5, with a tidal wave. Hornet (Geri) points this out.
    • Later, after revealing her true form, Victoria has a lot of explaining for having AC/DC on her playlist.
  • Petting Zoo People: With their mecha suit on, they take on Robotic Wolves.
  • Poison and Cure Gambit: Episode 14, it was stated that both Mel and Victoria suffered from heart failure despite suffering the least amount of damages when crushed by the lighting equipment. They were healthy but still died of heart difficulties. For Mel, she would’ve had some scratches, while Victoria would've had to deal with a broken leg. Fast forward to Episode 18, a container falls out of Nick’s pockets, which turns out to be rat poison. With the exception of Melanie, the ladies, in their angel forms, arrived at the bunker where they had sent the viewers for their safety. Geri grabs the container before Nick could. Emma recalled a burning feeling and kept asking why would they attack Hanson when they have nothing to do with them and vice versa. Finally, Fiona and Gillian informed the ladies they did came back positive for arsenic. Body aches and mental disorientation are common side-effects in arsenic poisoning, with heart failure being among the worst cases as a result. It depends on how it gets into the body with injection being among the fastest. With this information, it was clear why they were forced into Deathbowl ‘98.
  • Pop-Cultured Badass: Nick had Melanie's mixtape, leaving the CDM wonder if they were too harsh on both Hanson and Spice Girls when they called them "annoying" given the playlist.
  • Public Bathhouse Scene: Many goes to such after the food fight.
  • Revenge Fic: Fusion Gundam's main motive on fighting Manson. He was responsible for destroying their old lives as Spice Girls.
  • Robot Girl/Robotic Angel: Without their armor, Spice Girls this.
  • Say Hello to My Little Friend: Twiggy and Savio all scream out, the latter in a Bar Brawl.
  • Scooby-Dooby Doors: They have this in a cornfield. Bonus Points for having the song Corona by the Minutemen.
    • It happens again in Episode 12, with a hedge maze filling in.
  • She Fu: Both Spur and Redd still remember their martial arts when they were Emma, and Melanie of Liverpool.
  • Spirit World: It has a host of the fallen, angels, scientists, engineers, doctors, and a paranormal team.
  • Suspiciously Specific Denial: Nick pretty much confesses to kidnapping, while Debbie confronts about a mixtape she found that belongs to Melanie of Liverpool.
  • Take Cover: Parodied as Backstreet Boys takes cover behind Emma and Mel, while Victoria had under the table she was at during the food fight.
  • Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Hawk (Victoria) is seen drinking tea, while Spur tries to get a soda. Zatar the Alien and Frankenstein's monster doesn't seem to many.
    • T-Boz and Chili were too busy with their arm-wrestling match to pay attention to the food fight.
  • Unwilling Roboticisation: Adam Sandler claims the Spice Girls willing went through for such measure, but this may be the case as they weren't told why they were brought to the hotel.
    • They later about this but understood the reasons behind it.
    • Gilded Cage: They were brought into a hotel, not knowing they're there.
  • Were Once Human: Fusion Gundam used to be the Spice Girls.
  • What an Idiot!: Christina takes the chance to nailed both Rosie O'Donnell and Missy Elliott. Britney quickly calls her out on this. Marc calls her a what a little shit.
  • Would Hit a Girl: Manson didn't have qualms about killing Spice Girls back at "Deathbowl 98"
  • Worthy Opponent: Well, they're planing a five on five.


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