EPIC GIANT ROBOT BATTLE!! Reacting to "Optimus Prime vs Gundam Death Battle"

[@connorwood9211]

- "Was that Godzilla chasing them?" No that's Grimlock. An autobot who transforms into a dinosaur. - Devastator is a giant Transformer made of other Transformers - Nightwing is the original Robin, Dick Grayson and first sidekick to Batman - This fight is definitely one of the coolest

[@duduteixeira7736]

I learned a lot about Transformers lore thanks to Transformers Prime. That show explored and do a lot of creative and interesting story. Like Primus and Unicron are the equivalent of god and the devil, the 13 Original Primes, that each cybertronian job is decided from their alternate modes when they are born from the well of sparks, etc.

[@jupitersmoon3033]

Dude, I remember watching the finale live at my grandparents house. That show was my first introduction into Transformers.

[@duduteixeira7736]

@@jupitersmoon3033 mine was Transformers Animated

[@supersonicheroes]

@@jupitersmoon3033 My first introduction was Transformers Armada, but Transformers Prime is one of the best the franchise has ever done.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Is transformers mostly original or did they get some ideas from other shows? Also I'll make sure to watch the introducing wiz and boomstick before the 100th battle

[@duduteixeira7736]

@@theduckgoesmoo ok, glad that I was able to help

[@OverlordGab]

It was a stomp, anyone vaguely familiar with Transformer's feats knew how one-sided this battle truly was

[@androyus]

Yeah. Other than the two robots being iconic good guys, there is no rhyme or reason for this battle. The first Gundam show proud itself from injecting much-needed realism to the Mecha genre at the time by making the giant robot's power more down to Earth and more believable compared to the Super Robot shows before it. Optimus being a Super-Robot will obviously wipe the floor with Gundam but that's exactly the point of the Gundam show.

[@gamester512]

Though there are definitely Gundams that *could* have beaten Optimus. For instance, the 00 Raiser or 00 Qan[T] likely would have completely shut down Optimus' primary means of dealing damage, due to both Gundams having a GN Field (which counters pretty much everything except for physical melee weapons) for defense, and if that failed they could just "quantize" themselves and literally turn intangible. And that's without even considering their TRANS-AM systems, which temporarily triple the machine's capabilities. It's also likely that the Barbatos Lupus Rex would have been a *huge* problem for Optimus, since pretty much all of Optimus' weapons are energy/beam based, and the Barbatos has Nanolaminate armor which is virtually impervious to energy/beam weapons. And that's without the Barbatos activating it's Alaya-Vijnana system and/or disabling it's limiters. I suspect that even something like the Wing Zero could have beaten Optimus due to the raw power output of it's Buster Rifle (which is powerful enough to destroy an entire space colony in a single shot).

[@LegendaryAntiHero]

​@gamester512 you mention Optimus' energon ax and blaster yet you ignore the fact Transformers use physical weapons more than mobile suits in other Gundam universes. Barbatos has no beam weapons himself. Blunt and physical force is an area where Transformers greatly surpass Gundam in. Optimus' Star Saber could cut a large part of a mountain, Megatron could destroy a city with his railgun and tanked a satalite drop more powerful than a nuke, and Victory Saber survived a planetary explosion. Barbatos should be the easiest Gundam for Optimus to fight aside from the other early UC mobile suits. And Optimus has beaten Megatron while he was amped on ore-13 which made Megatron angrier.

[@whydoistillusethissite8626]

TRIVIA TIME 1) The connections between Optimus Prime and the RX-78-2 Gundam are that they are both iconic 80's giant robots that are the classic staples for their respective franchises, as well as legendary symbols of their respective alliances (the Autobots and the Earth Federation, respectively). Both also use energy weapons, have unique power sources, and have background stories that take place in situations of civil war in their respective worlds, both of which involve Earth as a major factor. 2) This is the 3rd episode to feature a battle between giant robots, after Tigerzord VS Gundam Epyon and Power Rangers VS Voltron, and with the next one being Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla (one of my all time favourites btw, can't wait till you get to this one!!) 3) This is the 3rd "Cartoon VS Anime" themed episode, after Gaara VS Toph and Samurai Jack VS Afro Samurai, and with the next two being Aang VS Edward Elric and Zuko VS Shoto Todoroki. 4) This is the 5th "Comic Book VS Anime" themed episode, after Goku VS Superman, Goku VS Superman 2, Android 18 VS Captain Marvel, and Carnage VS Lucy, and with the next four being Genos VS War Machine, Venom VS Crona, Hulk VS Broly, and Goku Black VS Reverse-Flash 5) This is the 5th episode to feature an original track with lyrics, after "Alive" in Goku VS Superman 2, "Exo" in Wolverine VS Raiden, "Slingshot" in Meta VS Carolina, and "Fight Like The Devil" in Ryu VS Jin ("Wings of Iron" is a BANGER btw, probably my favourite lyrical track in the entire series) TRACK As mentioned in the above point, the track for this fight is "Wings of Iron" by Werewolf Therewolf (Aka, Therewolf Media). It features drums and guitars to create a rock track to represent the rock and roll songs of the '80s often used with cartoon heroes of the aforementioned era of television shows The title refers to how both Optimus Prime and the Gundam are machines made of metal, represented by iron, and also have the ability of flight, although the latter can be viewed more as a symbolization of their heroic natures The track cover features Optimus' Energon Axe chopping into the Gundam's Heatproof Shield

[@theduckgoesmoo]

DUDE WHERE DO YOU GET THIS INFORMATION FROM??

[@whydoistillusethissite8626]

@@theduckgoesmoo The Death Battle Wiki. I try to include the most important and relevant information from there each time. Also I think it is safe for you to react to Carnage vs Lucy and Samurai Jack vs Afro Samurai since Season 5 is when they started cutting down on the spoilers.

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

Nightwing is Dick Greyson, the original sidekick to Batman, and he went by Robin at the time. When he grew up, he moved to a new city that's even more effed up than Gotham, gave himself a new name and costume, and became his own hero outside of Batman. There were several other people who became Robin to partner with Batman after that point, but they won't be all that relevant to the next battle.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Wait how can a city be worse than gotham?

[@cybersonic8472]

@@theduckgoesmoo it didn't have a batman

[@Qu33nPug]

I love how smart Optimus is. He wasn’t aiming for the gundam when he fired his weapon. He was aiming behind him to cause an explosion and launch the gundam towards him and then just smack him away. Plus a lot of people don’t realize the reason why prime attacked. Number one they were fighting on the ark. You know the thing that allowed them to get to earth in the first place. 2 the gundam is an intruder on the ark so prime attacked to defend the ark.3 reason why he shouts no. Noo! Is because the beam rifle’s final shot destroyed the ark and possible countless other auto bots on it in status. So prime was defending it and then avenging the auto bots that died when it exploded. Also at 17:48 he didn’t say “stop that” he said “not bad”

[@ckughen]

Fun Fact!: The quote from Optimus, "I must stand, so you shall fall." Is a reference to his famous line from the MANY movies and shows he's been in, "One shall stand, one shall fall"

[@varietyspiderpage]

Nightwing, aka dick grayson, was the original robin who then after growing up broke off from batman and started working alone and became nightwing

[@rodrickgoldberg2324]

16:51 To answer your question about how the Gundam survived atmosphere re-entry, it actually has a single use heat proof shield. Basically it’s giant mech sunscreen that allows it to go into one planet’s atmosphere for free. They probably glazed over it in the analysis because it wasn’t that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. Oh, and to answer your question about who NightWing is, they’re Batman’s former sidekick: Robin. Well, “a Robin”. Batman has actually had multiple sidekicks take the name, but NightWing was the very first one.

[@varietyspiderpage]

1:57 actually that was Grimlock, the leader of the Dinobots, he can transform between being a robotic t-rex and a regular robot, he also is adorably stupid

[@theduckgoesmoo]

I mean I'd choose a t rex over a truck

[@Narutonarutonaruto85]

@@theduckgoesmoo There is a series were Optimus gained an alt mode that allowed him to transform into a T-rex. I haven't seen it, but I know it exists.

[@SilverHairedFreak25]

7:48 What's more hilarious is that Prime didn't even break the rules. He fought Megatron in the videogame simulation so they could decide the fate of the war without the need to care for collateral. Despite winning, Prime decided to commit suicide _because he accidentally killed some NPCs._ But don't worry, the guy who made the videogame backed up his data *ON A 5 1/4 INCH FLOPPY DISK.* Also regarding the movies, that's an entirely separate continuity, and thus a completely different Optimus Prime. G1 consists largely of the 80s cartoon and movie (which you should totally react to) as well as the Marvel comics that ran alongside it.

[@joegiles7785]

A Little Info about Both Franchises, Hope You Find it Interesting Gundam: Starting in 1979, the franchise has spanned multiple series, which has stimulated the creation of hundreds of Gunpla model kits. There are over 30 different Gundam series and films available currently. These series are divided into 10 timelines with the original being from "Universal Century". There is "After Colony" of Gundam Wing (where Epyon is from), Future Centory's G Fighter (a more comedic martial arts Gundam), the apocalyptic After War, "Correct Century" of Turn A Gundam (also known as Gundam with a Mustache), the Cosmic Era of Gundam Seed, "Anno Domini" of Gundam 00, the "Advanced Generation" of Gundam AGE (featuring three generations of pilots), "Regild Century" of Gundam Reconguista in G, and Post Disaster of Iron Blood Orphans. There is also the Gundam Build Universe. My experience was mostly Gundam Wing (the series Epyon is from), Gundam Seed, and Gundam Seed Destiny. These days what's active beyond movies is Gundam Build - a universe where your Gunplas (gundam models) can be animated and remote piloted in competitions. Cashing into the Yugioh, Bakugan, whatever series of toys coming to life. Transformers Fun Fact: Megatron (Beast Era) called the Transformers of the past (G1) a bunch of Energon guzzlers. He may be right. 1 Cube of Energon contains 1000 Barrels of Oil. This means each cube contains the equivalent power of 42,000 U.S. gallons of crude oil. If refined into gasoline (with a conservative 30% yield ratio) that much oil would keep Bumblebee's Volkswagen alt mode (with a rough value of 40 miles/gallon) going for approximately half a million miles without needing to refuel! That's enough to circumnavigate the Earth over seventeen times without stopping! (TF wiki) Transformers. There are 28 Transformer series divided into 12 lots - Gobots (the pre-Transformers) - Generation 1 (G1) (the original 80s cartoon, the movie, and it's Japanese spin-offs. Made to sell toys and the movie proved it when it slaughtered any robot that wasn't selling enough. - Beast Era (a future of G1 starting with 3D animated Beast Wars and ending with Beast Machines. Large vehicle bodies replaced by animal bodies. - Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2000) - anime with both car and animal robots. - Unicron Trilogy - Three anime/3d mix animated messes that try to tell about struggles against Unicron. - Transformers: Animated - One of the best modern Transformer series with the best human character Sari Sumdac (who spoiler turns out to be techno-organic transformer. - Transformers: Cyber Missions - Didn't see this one. - Aligned Continuity - the grand unification of timelines which include 3d animated Transformers Prime, Rescue Bots, and Robots in Disguise (different one). - Mystery of Convoy - Convoy is Prime's Japanese name. - Prime Wars Trilogy - which is games, comics, and web series. - Transformers: Cyberverse - War for Cybertron Trilogy - I have watched G1, Beast Era, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Unicron Trilogy, Transformers Animated, Transformer Prime, Rescue Robots, and Robots in Disguise (the Aligned one).

[@justinschmelzel8806]

it is basically "super robot" vs "real robot" of course the "super robot" is going to win. In this case Optimus. The gundam series tries to be more "technical" in it's stuff while still having some aspects of super powers because "giant robots" but they are still more grounded.

[@PowerStruggle555]

Nightwing was the first Robin. After quitting being Batman's sidekick Dick Grayson became his own hero with the name Nightwing

[@VirtueCry]

5:39 "Is there anything better than a battle axe?" *A sword*

[@fireball1249]

Hell yeah, Swords are my favorite Weapon.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

What about a fire sword?

[@fireball1249]

@@theduckgoesmoo That's basically what I would use if I was in RWBY. :)

[@theamazingg3773]

The next fight is the first live action fight! So far there are only two, but the good one is coming up. For the first live action fight it wasn’t bad, but hits just felt like they had no impact.

[@tyforestreacts]

8:39 To quote Archer from Fate/Stay Night UBW Abridged put it, “There is no worst kind of Nazi. All Nazis are the worst Nazis.”

[@sethgibson5148]

Yeah, once I heard that Optimus had part of a God robot in him, I decided to go with him.

[@lucariomew365]

Transformers, like many other franchises, has a lot of interactions. So much so that there's an official multiverse, which has gone through many revisions in and of itself. But G1 Optimus (which this video mostly uses) had moments of being stupidly op compared to his later/alternate counter parts. Also, to put things into perspective on hie Big Unicorn is. His multiple incarnations are usually closer to Jupiter in size, though some of his incarnations were comparable to the Earth. In fact, Transformers Prime Unicorn WAS the Earth itself, he was just in a metaphysical dormant state eventually life just started on his body while he was asleep😂. But he would've grown in size of he was fully awake.

[@Archive_7802]

5:28 Yep. It’s called “The Star Saber” in Transformers Prime.

[@duduteixeira7736]

An example of Transformers G1 is that Megatron transform into a gun. Not a giant one, like he shrunk while turning into a silencer.

[@nathankelly5976]

Ye in the movie used in the video he killed ironhide or someone in the spaceship

[@danielwilson8604]

the transformers wiki has an entry on scale. it's hilarious

[@LittleZbot]

Don’t forget Carnage vs Lucy! One of the show’s best. And yes, you should react to the bloopers! If you want to, anyway. They’re hardly essential, just for fun. But some great moments do happen, and nobody else reacts to them, so it’d be fun for us to watch, too.

[@brucechmiel7964]

Well first created of 1976 Gundam was the quintessential end of the giant robot superhero genre and the beginning of what can be described as the real robot genre. Tansformers 1984 pretty sure is the very last of the superhero giant robots. It’s no wonder that Optimis won. But it is my opinion that Gundam is just as if not bigger that Star Wars in Japan. With multiple timelines/continuities dozens of shows, movies, manga, and millions upon millions of plastic model kits called Gunpla. Gundam is arguably the biggest original IP in the East with a massive following in across the planet.

[@mr.protagonist5639]

Wait im confused are you specifically talking about sentient giant robots that function as heroes.

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@mr.protagonist5639 yes and no. By the time Super sentai got to the US it had already followed the Gundam formula. But moreover, super robo anime was more about the giant monster of the week and had little overarching stories. Gundam changed everything. Still not as hard science like The Expanse but it was enough to influence an entire industry to stray away from previous norms. And because of that we have Neo Genesis, Blu Seed, Patlabor, Apple Seed, Macross, and Cowboy Beebop to name a few. Neo Genesis even harkens back to a time before Gundam.

[@broccoliben7961]

The bloopers are amazing, I recommend watching them right after you watch the fight. They had to stop doing that ever since the pandemic btw

[@chaosspear0195]

There are many Gundam show’s over a dozen not all in the same timeline Epyon is from Gundam Wing not the original show Mobile Suit Gundam. The lore of U.C. Timeline were the original gundam and like eight of the other titular gundam’s come from the is massive! but some knowledge. To be fair Zeon ( the space nazis) was originally just a movement for the colonies independence based on 2 new philosophies after the Earth Federation (the world wide government) had oppressed and extorted people living in the colonies as the were seen as the lower class of society after more than half the population of humanity to live in space. The original leader and founder of the ideology a peace seeking man Zeon Zum Deikum had died (most likely killed) but his best friend/advisor Dewing Sodo Sabi took the position of leader after claiming the guy left him as his successor on his deathbed. Soon after Sabi turned the recently independent side 3 colony the Republic of Zeon into a principality its guard into a military and had Zeons children targeted for assassination in secret. The ideology grew tensions that reached a full on war after some incidents. Not condoning the terrorist actions Zeon took but Earth Federation was corrupt as hell too. But yeah Optimus is was WAY Better more experience powerful and faster knew he was gonna win even if i love me some Gundam. Nightwing is Dick Grayson batmans first Robin after growing up to a young adult becoming his own hero he doesn’t want the batman title anyway even if he’s been forced to play the part a couple of times.

[@neaosmt1562]

As someone who is a gundam and knows this you got your facts right

[@kmdgaming6039]

This one just makes me want to see Mikazuki and the Gundam Barbatos in a Death Battle too.

[@begunwings89634]

G1 means generation 1. Like the first generation of transformers. And also it can be used to name the first wave of transformer toys that came out in the 80s and 90s

[@DinoCam1795]

You skipped two Death Battles, Samurai Jack vs Afro Samurai and Carnage vs Lucy. That's another reason people don't like it when you skip a Death Battle due to "spoilers", you potentially skip the battle that aired right after because they're not on the playlist. I REALLY hope you react to them soon. I LOVE both Transformers and Gundam, so some of what you might say will trigger me. 1:38 "G1" is short for "Generation 1", AKA the first generation of Transformers back in the 1980s. 1:56 That was Grimlock, the leader of the Dinobots, a group of Autobots that can transform into robot dinosaurs. Yes, it's as cool as it sounds. And he's also WAY too small to be Godzilla. 2:29 The Michele Bay movies are a separate continuity. Each continuity of Transformers is different (Prime has similarities to the movies but it's WAY better!). 2:58 The beef between Optimus and Megatron is different based on continuity, but here's an abridged summary of the most common version used in modern Transformers media. Basically, Optimus and Megs were originally called Orion Pax and Megatronus (sometimes, again varies based on continuity) who worked together to changed an oppressive system on Cybertron. But Megs starts getting power-hungry, Optimus is made a Prime, their friendship ends, and war breaks out, which eventually makes its way to Earth. 8:13 I... can't tell if you mean the actual ship in that shot or the space colonies. If the ship, spaceships in the Gundam franchise came in all shapes, so oxygen tank-shaped ones aren't that surprising. If the space colonies, they're closed-type O'Neill cylinder space colonies (a space colony is basically a supersized space station where people live permanently). The concept was created by American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in his 1976 book "The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space". 19:45 Actually, Amuro's father did survive... but had brain damaged due to lack of oxygen. 20:48 Devastator is the combined form of the Constructicons, Decepticons who transform into construction vehicles. If you want to watch/react to a Transformers that isn't the movies, I recommend Transformers: Prime.

[@mochacino6198]

Devastator is a Transformer made up of six other Transformers. It's a little wonky looking in the live action movie, but man it's pretty cool in the cartoons

[@jefferyoneill1]

The Decipticon Devastator is a massive Transformer comprised of 5 other normal sized Transformers

[@theduckgoesmoo]

So like tigerzord?

[@jefferyoneill1]

@@theduckgoesmoo The Tiger Zord is 1 machine initially, so no. Devastator is more like the Mega Zord or Voltron

[@kaylemathewcomendador6964]

@@theduckgoesmoo More like the Mega Tigerzord. As the Tigerzord is just one robot.

[@ChiefPigletonRoblox]

Actually it’s 6

[@wingedbluj1674]

Also, about the Gundam surviving re-entry, a pop-up explained it has a one-time use shield to protect itself.

[@duduteixeira7736]

20:45 Devastator is a combiner of a group of Decepticons called Constructicons.

[@medianxx4687]

Basically a unfair death battle. It's obvious Optimus won the battle cause he's OP and the original Gundam is not fully powerful.

[@PowerStruggle555]

get ready for your mind to be blown with Mario vs Sonic (its a rematch)....that was the 100th episode....which began the trend of showing Wiz and Boomstick (not the voice actors)

[@PowerStruggle555]

G1 refers to Generation 1. Meaning original series. 80s-90s. Its a term used for series with multiple incarnations each with its own canon. My Little Pony does as well with them at G5 (though is a continuation of G4 I believe)

[@PowerStruggle555]

"was that godzilla chasing them?" Nope....it was Grimlock. A transformer that can turn into a t-rex instead of a vehicle and the leader of the dinobots (a sub division of autobots that consists of others that turn into dinos)

[@theduckgoesmoo]

So are they good or bad?

[@fenorlex1126]

@@theduckgoesmoo Neutral.

[@PowerStruggle555]

@@theduckgoesmoo yeah. dinobots are good. if their name has Bot in it (autobots, arielbots, dinobots, etc) they are good. If they have con (decepticons, stunticons, insecticons, constructicons, etc) they are bad

[@PowerStruggle555]

@@theduckgoesmoo they were in I believe 2 of the transformer movies? age of extinction (aka the transformer optimus prime rode was grimlock) and last knight

[@haku8135]

"what's Devastator?" You remember in the second Transformers movie the massive transformer that was a bunch of decepticons stuck together and inconsistently sucked in things? That's Devastator. That Godzilla looking dude was Grimlock, a transformer that turns into a GOD DAMNED T-REX AND BREATHS FIRE!

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Bringing back memories I didnt know I had....

[@cedricdavis1670]

Fun fact, if Optimize prime knew there was a human inside the machine the Gundam, the fight would have been different.

[@cedricdavis1670]

He really don't like killing humans

[@spacezombie13]

you absolutely do know of nightwing. just probably not by that name. he's Dick Grayson- the first Robin. as in, Batman's sidekick. Nightwing is him all grown up and kicking ass on his own

[@morphingninja]

aka the Robin from the Teen Titans show he watched growing up

[@anw7669]

I knew who win the moment I saw the picture of the video.If they want a more equal fight that they should use the Unicorn Gundam.Now that is strong gundam and is almost iconic as the RX71

[@wingedbluj1674]

The name of this song is "Wings of Iron"

[@calebgoodman2076]

I haven’t seen a lot of Gundam, but the four I have seen were pretty good. First I saw was Superior Defender but I was a young child then and I don’t remember much except it was child friendly. For more serious series I saw Wing, then I saw the first arc of Age, and Iron-Blooded Orphans. Haven’t finished any yet but I think Orphans would be the best one out of the three so far, though Wing is the one I hear people starting with the most. Some things I have learned is that there are multiple timelines and are fittingly somber given that it’s a franchise about war. I heard there are some that are more upbeat but as I said I am still new.

[@kieranwrightstone2199]

Honestly this is one of the best deathbattles and the music certainly helps and I watched the movie. There are currently just two deathbattles that are live action.

[@ethanemerson4862]

(21:27) Night wing was Batman’s first Robin (Dick Grayson) as an adult.

[@helios_is_my_name]

There's two things that I've been a fan of for most of my life, godzilla and transformers. Seeing him in death battle *and winning* was so great for me. I probably wouldn't like this one as much as I do if optimus lost tbh.

[@Narutonarutonaruto85]

I'm afraid you can't simply just make new transformers, aside from the early parts of the story where you could. While they are made of metal its living metal. As they developed the mythos it became less simple to create a new transformer and it was easier to just remodel an existing transformer than create an all new one. There were a few ways they could create new transformers. The Autobots built the Dinobots in a cave, but they were really dumb and quickly got out of control. Even after they figure out how to make them smarter they weren't exactly the brightest bulbs in the bunch. The Decepticons were stated to of built the Constructicons off screen after the war started up again, but a later episode showed they were around since before the war originally began and they were the ones who built Megatron. Magatron was also the one who made them evil, so there is some continuity issues there. After that they needed the computer Vector Sigma to bring new transformers to life. Other times it was called the All Spark. There was also the story that the quintessons built them originally to do their work for them, until they got to lazy to properly manage them and the transformers drove them off. Of course there was also the transformer god Primus who was said to of originally created them. G1 had a lot of writers. Transformers, regardless of gender, were also able to birth new transformers through fission, though I have never seen that animated. There is a distinction between living an non-living machines. In the comics, which was kind of all over the place, Optimus Prime held the creation matrix. The Decepticons captured him at one point and used him to create more Decepticons so he transferred the energy of the matrix to their human friend Buster Witwicky. This was before the crystal container was invented so it was just energy back then. There were also some side effects. When Shockwave, the leader of the Decepticons at the time, found out what had happened he sent Skyfire/Jetfire after him. Skyfire was next in line to be brought back to life but was used as a drone since Buster had run off with the matrix. Once they figured out it wasn't a living machine, as it clearly couldn't feel pain, Buster was able to take control of it with his new found powers, something he wouldn't of been able to do to a full fledged Autobot or Decepticon, later bring him to life as an Autobot. One of the side effects was control over non-living machines.

[@DieselWeasel]

Never go against speed! XD Also, all that experience.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Speed kills

[@VirtueCry]

This is no contest. Optimus is way more durable, has way more fire power, and is over 10x faster.

[@mohaumoseki3582]

And more experience too.

[@brucechmiel7964]

And comes from a complete different genre. Unfortunately there is really nothing that can complete with a transformers other than other transformers. Now Gundam vs. Macross would be more appropriate however Gundam outclasses Macross.

[@androyus]

Yeah. Unfair battle. Other than the two robots being iconic good guys, there is no rhyme or reason for this battle. The first Gundam show proud itself from injecting much-needed realism to the Mecha genre at the time by making the giant robot's power more down to Earth and more believable compared to the Super Robot shows before it. Optimus being a Super-Robot will obviously wipe the floor with Gundam but that's exactly the point of the Gundam show. This is like watching Superman pummels Captain America.

[@MrPikaGammer]

@@brucechmiel7964 The RX-78-2 would stomp a Veritech to be honest, honestly the battle would be pretty one sided if they did Amuro vs Rick Hunter/Hikaru Ichijo, I honestly think it'd be fairer with Max or Roy Fokker though Amuro and the RX-78-2 would still come out on top.

[@something_wrong5014]

1:57 it was grimlock actually, a fire breathing robot dinosaur king

[@robertchapman625]

'he does what' ya, Unicron is basically the Satan to the Transformers like Primus is their God. Basically to simply 40 plus years of lore Unicron has a planet-sized body-which can also transform into a robot mode-and goes around consuming planets with the end goal to comsume everything in all the transformers multi-verse. Because of this primoral/god-like nature, in most continoues only the Matrix/Allspark-which often written as having a part of Primus, and Unicron only real equal-can can either destroy his body/temporarly delay him [from about the 90's until recently Unicron was written as while one could destroy his body in one universe, his 'spirit' would not be and simply moved to another universe to start again.

[@robertchapman625]

If you want a clip of one of his two transformations ever shown in a tv/movie source, here's the one from 80's movie that was his first appearence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3a1epl7iap6qpo

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

The thing that looks different from the movies is the video game war for cybertron made by high moon studios.

[@gothmogonslaught6851]

Before you do the mario and sonic battle, there's 3 battles you left out. Boba Fett vs Samus Aran, Kratos vs. Spawn, and Carnage vs. Lucy. Make sure to watch them.

[@marlonfarias.]

This one was kinda obvious, optimus clearly had the W on the back all the way, but still was pretty entertaining altho sad to see amuro dying

[@rhyperiorhunter7339]

just to give a generalized origin for the war for cybertron (or at least what the most popular origins in modern media are) Before the war cybertron operated on a cast system where alt mode determined job, which put some, especially those with treads at the bottom of the social hierarchy, including Megatron, an energon miner turned gladiator in the pits of Kaon, who quickly amassed many loyal followers consisting mostly of other mistreated workers and even a good portion of the cybertronian air force such as the seakers (basically the group that all share Starscream's body type who all served under him) branding themselves the decepticons they sought to destroy the oppressive status quo, but slowly became more cruel and evil, in response the autobots were formed to combat them, and Orion pax, a fairly average bot became Optimus prime here's some videos that give more details on specific iterations kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqrPYnmjg9urisk kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpq8k6FqbLaNapY kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6fZdaWsm9GMlZY

[@SPEEDY4004]

oh had this tab still open... among several others óO there are so man gundams cause every gundam show is its own story playing in its own universe besides the newer ones were it is just kids fighting with gundam-toys against one another - the older ones were more interesting were they always used one form of actual (historical) conflict as a base for the story -earth was ruler by a new form of nobility/aristocracy and the colonies in space wanted their indepence -humanities first genetically engineered human reveals his existence to the world and after some time the genetically improved humans in the space colony are at odds with the "purity movement" taking over earth itself -one genius human puts a long term plan for humanity in motion and gives a group of people he selected a set of gundams which they then use to threaten the whole world that whenever there is some armed conflict happening they will intervene... in the end it was still always big robots fighting in space but still interesting to put some form of food for thought into it... at least looking back it would have been far more interesting to watch gundam (seed) instead of Gattaca (1997 movie) :P mfg Olli

[@Riful]

I still feel like it should've been the ν Gundam vs Optimus for a more balanced fight.

[@HeadBodyMasterPersonal]

I honestly don't understand you skipping Carnage Vs. Lucy. You've reacted to plenty of Marvel Death Battles before, and I doubt there's a lot of demand for you to react to Elfen Lied, so there's not much reason to skip it outside of the dude who made the playlist not including it for whatever reason.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

I will go back and react to it now that I know I won't be spoiled

[@Ozionian]

Man. The fact that transformers lore is as deep as it is will always fuck with me.

[@Ozionian]

day Yeah of asking Kyle to check out Hollow Knight. Man I wish I kept track of how many times I've posted this.

[@SunnyC.D.A221]

I love how 80's the song is,

[@danielwilson8604]

Anyone else find it kind of funny duck can rattle of the history of the seawise giant and yet has time and time again known nothing about the characters shown?

[@supremefankai5480]

One shall stand, one shall fall. I must stand, so you shall fall. Optimus is the coolest, especially when Peter Cullen voices him.

[@ILikeCHEEZ9]

"How much cocaine?" "YES😐"

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Fantastic lol

[@patrickmatrix9963]

Just going to say this, The next time is one of 2 live Action fights they ever did

[@jtherealmccoy5309]

You missed what it said about his powers can increase his Beam Sabers Size. (It was in parentheses like this). It was a funny little line.

[@kuramaninetails5362]

Nightwing is dick Grayson (aka one of the Robins/the Robin from teen Titans) after he went off and became his own hero

[@MadamMersive]

I shall again mention the gundam abridged series by gutted wren studios, it really is worth a watch IMO. When and if you have time of course, you’ve got a lot on your plate already

[@yukithemonsterguardian2337]

Nightwing is an older version of Robin

[@mcpics4448]

7:39 how Simple It is part of HIM

[@nifanuss]

I think other Gundam maybe can win optimus prime for example maybe like rx-0 unicorn gundan or gundam 00 double riser or 'turn a Gundam' Or other many more new gundam or old Gundam.

[@solastro5595]

Man I hope they do a death battle with the Nu gundam or the unicorn gundam

[@connormcdougall2773]

Considering death battles remove primes biggest weakness(his constant moral dilemma) the gundam never stood a chance lol

[@SuperMandibleclaw]

"no idea who nightwing is" HNNNNNNNNG

[@redbelladonna668]

The live action movies REALLY downplay what Transformers are capable of. Optimus winning was an obvious answer, mainly because of experience. Having an extra sense like Amuro’s didn’t matter much, because some Transformers have unique powers of their own.

[@nadinehasselmann552]

I Think ther was a Carnage vs Lucy Death battle you skipped.

[@fireball1249]

He'll be watching that soon.

[@justsortathere540]

Should watch Barry Kramer’s KZbin video on Kingdom Hearts to get the gist of most of the story

[@HellYeahGaming]

Another one of my top five favorite battles down. God I love this one. I’m sincerely surprised you bet against Optimus here considering your inherent bias toward speed. The only thing Amaro has against Optimus is his precognition, but anybody can tell you it doesn’t matter if you know what’s going to happen if you’re not fast enough to do anything about it. Even aside from that Optimus just straight up outclassed the gundam’s abilities several times over in every single category. Fun fact, Transformers is actually canon to Marvel comics thanks to Marvel having the license back in the day, so Optimus has stood alongside the likes of Iron Man and other absolutely insanely overpowered superheroes. That right there tells you how crazy strong Optimus is. XD Yeah the live action movies definitely don’t do him (or any other Cybertronian really) justice, but that’s a huge limitation on 1) live action media and 2) they had to shoehorn the human characters and make them still feel useful. The soundtrack to this battle is my all time favorite in all of Death Battle. It perfectly captures the rocking guitar feeling of classic Tranaformers and I just adore it so much. So yeah, the next fight is live action. There’s only been 2 live action battles so far, and both feature a member of Batman’s family. You say you have no idea who Nightwing is, but that’s not true at all. You know him, just by another name: Robin. The first Robin, aka Dick Grayson, aka my all time most favorite super hero ever. Period. Bar none. I love him more than life itself. So it’s no surprise who I root for in the next fight. XD Daredevil is cool too, I also really like him, but Nightwing is simply my number one forever. Yes, Thanos vs Darkseid is absolutely one of the battles that people look forward to the most and for good reason. You’ll see the clash of gods soon… but first you must see your first live action battle, the rematch of Mario and Sonic (make sure you watch that one all the way through until after the credits, that’s very important), and the battle of the androids! I’m excited to see you get into the new era of Death Battle!

[@theduckgoesmoo]

For some reason I can imagine Robert Downey Jr. Being sarcastic with Optimus

[@androyus]

This is a very loosided fight though. Other than the two robots being iconic good guys, there is no rhyme or reason for this battle. The first Gundam show proud itself from injecting much-needed realism to the Mecha genre at the time by making the giant robot's power more down to Earth and more believable compared to the Super Robot shows before it. Optimus being a Super-Robot will obviously wipe the floor with Gundam but that's exactly the point of the Gundam show. This is like pitting Captain America against Superman with no Kryptonite allowed. It's nowhere near fair. Lightyears far from being fair.

[@sizzler9731]

Someones gotta teach him what continuities are in transformers.

[@Boomerjojo79]

The dinosaur that was running behind Optimus prime it's a dinobot leader grimlock

[@warpstarrogue3554]

There are multiple versions of both fighters, but prime’s versions are 100% from different universes, not sequels like the gundam which can get stats very wonky for the former. The weakest is obviously the movie version (not Robots in Disguise 2000, he’s technically a different character named fire convoy) despite the clear difference in brutality and plot armor (lmao) he’d probably be the closest match to the original mobile suit.

[@xrismontano4715]

Someone didn't read The Carnage vs. Lucy suggestion.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Oh I did i was just never told what they're from when I asked

[@chrismanning2888]

@@theduckgoesmoo Somebody did tell you in the comments,, Carnage is from Marvel and Lucy is from Elfen Lied, a horror anime series

[@morphingninja]

Nightwing is the hero that the Teen Titans Robin (that you know from your childhood) becomes when he gets older, there was even some episode in the show which we saw the characters in the future, and Robin was known as Nightwing. (I'm pretty sure you said you've seen Teen Titans)

[@fireball1249]

When I saw him in the Teen Titans Cartoon, I thought that he was an original character made by the Creators of the show.

[@funny9able]

I think Zombie Nazi are worse Duck Record 42 W 29 L (1 In A Roll) Highest Streak: 5 Me: 10 W 7 L

[@mildsatyr3731]

What about vampire Nazi?

[@navifairy6287]

I don't think being the son of the man who built the Gundam was much help. Amuro had little to no knowledge of the RX-78-2 prior to entering the cockpit and finding the user manual. He was actually a rather bad pilot, but survived because the Gundam was just that good. Then he started to figure out what he was doing, eventually becoming an ace pilot. I personally don't put any stock into that whole "gravity weights down their souls" bit. The way it was presented to me while watching it was that it was simply propaganda used to justify genocide. Admittedly I haven't seen every single piece of Gundam media, even just limiting it to the Universal Century continuity, but my most distinct memory of them talking about it when was when they were getting ready drop a massive rock on Earth to render it uninhabitable. The main motivation seems to be the big bad was mad about the death of a woman and refuses to accept responsibility for his role in her death. At best the gravity thing was a religious belief that developed around that several people developed special abilities around that time.

[@BlahBlahWoofWoof12]

If you had access to a giant mechanized robot what is the first thing you do?

[@SimonGhostRiley-m2x]

I bet you was 26 times Optimus loss. He was either distracted or trying to save someone else to backup my point, look at the live action movies when Optimus died to Megatron. The reason he died is because he was looking for Sam when Optimus lost to lockdown that's because he had to save somebody else and countless other times

[@SebasTian58323]

You should check out game theory videos, especially about Five Nights say Freddies, cause they get insane

[@BJGvideos]

Game Theory is rampant mass guessing combined with clickbait

[@SebasTian58323]

@@BJGvideos hardly, but you're free to have your opinion, and I won't argue with it.

[@joshblackwell8632]

@@BJGvideos That is your opinion.

[@c1oudrx]

You're reaching the end of the blue apron ads, but don't worry, eventually they'll start doing the same sponsor over and over again probably by late season 7

[@c1oudrx]

I just don't remember when the blue apron sponsors end

[@luisrosales3430]

Oh god yes thanos vs darkseid

[@ClarkJKent]

You should react to Carnage vs Lucy Death Battle

[@fireball1249]

He will soon!

[@daysand123]

"I've seen the daredevil movie" Oof

[@rikitikki3688]

You put op prime to the original gundam. Of course it looses. Now if it was the turn a gundam or any of the unicorn units, that's a different story. Those things are compared to the will of God itself.

[@benjaminklaassen4722]

8:35 There is no worst kind of Nazi, Duck! All Nazis are the worst Nazis!

[@CyberDalek17]

I know why you skipped Samurai Jack vs Afro Samurai, but there was another Death Battle that came after before Optimus vs Gundam that wasn't on rhe list for some reason "Carnage vs Lucy (Marvel vs Elfen Lied)"

[@theduckgoesmoo]

I will go back and watch it

[@haydenhowell9277]

That thing that you thought that was godzilla is not godzilla. He's actually an autobot named grimlock who is apart of the team called the dinobots. He was created by the autobots engineer/handybot wheelejack. And grimlock can basically transform into a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And he's also very very dumb.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

How dumb we talking?

[@fireball1249]

@@theduckgoesmoo Yes

[@haydenhowell9277]

@@theduckgoesmoo super dumb. He was manipulated by megatron twice and basically has a very primitive speaking style. So primitive he says "me grimlock" in almost every episode he was in.

[@locvo2050]

1:56 did he just... DID HE JUST CALL GRIMLOCK "GODZILLA"? THEY AREN'T EVEN IN THE SAME HEIGHT CLASS OR FRANCHISE DUDE C'MON!

[@theduckgoesmoo]

How many giant dinosaurs are there in the world of TV shows and movie??

[@locvo2050]

@@theduckgoesmoo ALOT!

[@ilmaripajola4387]

Super robot series vs Mecha series, of course Super robots always would win since they are unrealistic as F!

[@jmfdarkside]

You should watch transformers the basics by chris mcfeely, he goes over everything about transformers, from characters, to universes, and concepts. It is really well done!

[@jmfdarkside]

I know this video was made a while ago, but I still wanted to comment about this.

[@horn_hero]

Transformers was always my choice in this battle.

[@Catquila]

Space nazis are the worst kind? No duck, every nazi is the worst kind

[@hawkwilliams6533]

Are you going to do samurai Jack versus Afro samurai

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Not until I watch samurai jack