The Z Fighters React To Death Battle! (Take 2)

by SkorchNTorch

(Adopted from JLyman) After a mysterious being gives a series of videos to Bulma, the Z Fighters were left with the option to watch every, single one. What did they do? You guessed it! Join the Z Fighters, and maybe a few others, as they watch one of the greatest web series of all time! Rated M for... you already know.

32. The Terminator vs RoboCop

Warning: The following chapter contains spoilers for Terminator: Dark Fate. If you haven't seen the movie, it is highly recommended you do. It's actually a lot of fun, and a good (potential, PLEASE don't make more) send-off to the franchise.

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There was shock and terror at the sight before them. The lanky, green insect-like figure stood before them. He didn't look like he had during the cell games. If anything, he looked like he was trapped between his imperfect, and semi-perfect forms. With the head and legs of the imperfect form, and the body of the semi-perfect. But even then, he (thankfully) lacked a tail, and seemed… weathered, as if he had been through hell. Which made sense because he had been. Next to him was Deadma- No, not him. Skorc- no, not Skorch either… it looked… wrong. Like a cheap knock-off of the real thing. Then, it started laughing which just solidified the fact that it wasn't the same Entity they knew (and tolerated somewhat begrudgingly).

To everyone's surprise and confusion, the Faux-Skorch changed, becoming… huh. An anthropomorphic Phoenix in an old-style suit… that really wasn't what anyone expected…

"Who are you?" Goku finally managed to ask, briefly forgetting about Cell being here. "You one of Skorch's friends?"

"Skorch? Who the hell- Ahhh… nah, he never mentioned me, did he? The skeletal prick…" The bird muttered, taking a puff off of his cigar. "But that don'matter. Folks call me Duke, I'm here t'drop this freakazoid off, then I'm out."

"You're here to leave HIM here?! You just brought him back to life after what he did last time?!" Future Trunks (surprisingly) was the first one to react. Duke looked at him and just laughed, it sounded kinda scratchy, and very condescending.

"You don't 'member how this works, do you?" Duke commented with a raised brow. "He can't hurt you, and you can't hurt him... permanently."

"Same rules as when Frieza got brought back that one time…" Vegeta muttered.

"What if we want to?" Chi-Chi asked, earning a few surprised glances.

"…here's a baseball bat."Duke said, passing it to Chi-Chi. "I'm an asshole, but I know you freakin' HATE him. If you kill him, then hey, he'll just go to hell, then come right back. The only way to be rid of him is to get through the next twoDeath Battles. Watch em' and poof. This funky freak a'nature's long gone once more!"

"So you're telling us, that the only way to get rid of HIM is to watch-" Piccolo asked, seeming genuinely furious for the first time in a long time.

"Yes."

"How the hell can Skorch allow this?!" Krillin demanded

"He isn't here." Duke commented, taking a drag off of his cigar. "Well, it's been real. But I gotta split!"

Before anyone could protest, Duke began laughing and disappeared into thin air, leaving them alone with questions, Cell, and more questions. And one very, very, very pissed-off housewife.

WHAM!

"OW!"

WHAM!

"DAMN YOU, INFERIOR WOMAN!"

"THIS!" WHAM! "IS!" WHAM! "FOR!" WHAM!"MY!" WHAM!"SON!" WHAM! "AND!" WHAM!"HUSBAND!" WHAM!

"Holy crap…"

By the time she was done… Cell was nearly dead. He had been beaten and bruised so badly he couldn't even stand. Even after the bat shattered, Chi-Chi just kept hitting him. This was anger unlike that which anyone had seen before.

"Do you feel better?"

"…yes. Actually. I do." Chi-Chi breathed heavily, glaring down at Cell, who was seething in pain.

"I'm gonna have to try that later." 18 muttered.

"Agreed." Future Trunks scowled, then looked at his watch. "It's later."

One montage of beating the crap out of Cell later…

"I feel better now." Future Trunks sighed.

"Yeah…"

"As amusing as it is to watch you vent your frustrations on someone weaker than yourself, who can't even defend himself. I believe we have bigger issue to deal with besides… uh, whatever the hell that thing is." Beerus remarked, nodding to Cell.

"Don't care. He dies." Vegeta snapped, cracking his neck.

"Oh? You think now you're strong enough to beat me? Don't you remember how that-"

Vegeta punched Cell in the face, his head snapped back… but that was all. Vegeta was confused, his punch felt powerful, and then… it wasn't. Cell retorted by punching Vegeta… same thing.

"This makes no sense… I have my powers, but they feel like someone's holding me back…" Vegeta muttered, then fired a Ki blast at Cell, hitting him in the face. Again.

"AGH! Damn you!"

"Oh, I get it." The Kai blinked. "You hit him with the intention to kill, and he did the same to you… for whatever reason, it appears that attacks with lethal intent are restrained somehow, but attacks that are non-lethal aren't."

"So, what you're saying, is that we can beat the crap out of Cell, but should we attempt to kill him, our attacks fail. And vice-versa?"

"I think so."

"…that is incredibly stupid.'

"I'm not the one who brought him here!" Shin protested defensively.

"I understand this is not a comfortable situation for most of you, but perhaps you should consider the trade-offs." Whis spoke up. "Skorch isn't here, because he was going to try and gather information from the Library place, that could-"

"Get to the point, Whis." Beerus ordered.

"Simply put, I understand your hatred for that… thing." The angel pointed to cell, whose eyes narrowed in agitation. "But considering the truce that we're bound to until the shows are done, I personally think it would be in your best interests to simply press forward. We should be done in less than an hour, and is an hour of unpleasant tension worth the tradeoff of potentially knowing how best to stop Goku Black?"

"There's no guarantee the Entity will tell us anything." Vegeta remarked. "Even if he knows something and can word it so it doesn't change things, we'd still have to challenge him, and-"

"Actually, he owes me one." Gohan remarked, and everyone turned to him. "I picked him up from a ramen place a while ago, he was drinking with… people we used to know, according to him, and got 'ramen-drunk'. But he said at some point down the line he'd answer something of mine for free for picking him up."

"…I hate the fact that that's actually part of his code…" Bulma muttered.

"I never brought it up because I was busy with academics, and then when I wanted to ask him something, you all went to the tournament." Gohan explained. "While you were gone, the question had was answered without him, so I forgot about it."

"Look, I hate to be the one to say this, but I think we should follow his advice and just get this over with." 17 spoke up, nodding to Whis. Begrudgingly, everyone understood there wasn't much they could do, so they went back to the TV room to get this over with. Holding Marron tightly, and not wanting to be on the same side of the room as Cell, 18 paused when her phone buzzed.

'DON'T LET MARION WATCH ROBOCOP'S SEGMENT U WILL REGRT IT!'

18 blinked, raising a brow as she didn't know who sent this message… but the fact that they were talking about 'RoboCop' gave her a bad feeling for some reason. Her brother, 16 and Cell all suddenly show up, and they have to watch a Death Battle?

"Woof?"

18 blinked, taken aback by the sudden ghost-wolf appearing next to her. Not only that, it looked like it was made out of fire, but wasn't hot.

"Hey isn't that Skorch's dog? Amber?"

"Ember." Gohan corrected. "Apparently, she's some sort of guardian spirit. Although I don't know how she got here." The dog seemed to settle down next to 18 and Marron, the younger girl scratching its ear, making it pant happily.

"Didn't he say something about her protecting the innoce- oh I get it." 18 realized something. "…where has it been all this ti- forget it."

Cell found himself sitting on a couch with Goku, Vegeta, and Beerus… on a couch that typically only fit three. It was clear no one liked it, but no one trusted Cell being on his own. Beerus looked over at the 'Nitro-Freeze' drink Skorch was always chugging, having been left one. It looked… weird. It was a drink, but it was solid… and really cold.

"Later." He shrugged.

(*Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston*)

"Sci-fi movies have taught me two very important things. One, I want my own lightsaber, and two, the future freakin' blows." Boomstick began matter-of-factly.

"Well, this doesn't feel like a targeted attack at all." Future Trunks muttered.

"Uh, look. We have no idea what this was going to be." Bulma began awkwardly.

"Forget it." 17 shook his head. "It is what it is."

"It's unavoidable, the warrior of the next millennium is the machine. Such as The Terminator, the time-traveling metal assassin."

"And RoboCop, Detroit's cyborg defender."

"No wonder 16 and 17 were brought here…" Goku thought, but figured saying that would be counter-productive.

18 quietly sighed in relief, not wanting to have to watch… herself, really.

"These mechanized combatants have fought before, quite a few times, actually. But their true skills have never been displayed or studied in in a no-holds-barred, one-on-one duel to the death.

"A duel to the death without brand restrictions." Boomstick corrected. "He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick!"

"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle."

"Goku…" Chi-Chi bit her lip.

"Yeah?"

"I… never mind…" She shook her head. Figuring she was just on edge because of Cell being in the same room as her sons. Although, beating him into the ground did feel good.

The Terminator

(*Cues: The Terminator (1984) - Main Theme*)

"In the distant future of 2004, the government deployed the world's first automated defense network, Skynet, to keep everybody on the planet safe and happy."

"But within five minutes of having sentience, Skynet pissed itself when they were attacked before even knowing what 'humans' were. Or perhaps they saw the potential of humanity's evil, or perhaps they just hated humanity. Whatever the constantly-changing reason was, they had a solution! Skynet used the planet's nuclear arsenal to annihilate most of humanity and take over the world. The age of machines had begun."

Footage was shown of a wasteland, piles of bones were crushed under the feet of the Terminators, massive, skeletal metal machines wielding large guns that seemed to fire plasma. Most unsettling though to some watching were the teeth…

"Huh, looks familiar." Cell commented, putting a few others on edge.

(*Cues: A Day In The Life - Terminator 3*)

"To combat the remaining human resistance, Skynet developed a specialized breed of robotic soldier."

"Affectionately called, The Terminator."

"Standing 6'2" and weighing almost 400 lbs., the T-850 terminator is a cybernetic organism - living tissue surrounding a hyper-alloy endoskeleton. This made the perfect disguise, capable of infiltrating enemy ranks with its human visage."

BACKGROUND

Cyberdyne Research Systems 850 Model 101 Infiltration-Combat Unit

Manufacturer: Skynet

Height: 1.88 m / 6'2"

Weight: 172 kg / 380 lbs.

Core Component: Coltan

Power Source: 2 Hydrogen Fuel Cells ("Interesting." Bulma commented. "But dangerous… those things could explode if damaged.")

Capable of Learning Human Emotions ("Hang on, really?" Goku blinked.)

Always Comes Back (No one really knew what they meant by that.)

"I dunno, there's something kinda… off, about him." Piccolo muttered. "It looks human, but also looks like it would be some sort of threat."

"Basically, the whole point of the Terminator was to blend in with normal people, and then kill them… Yes, because two-time powerlifting champion and Ex-Governor of California ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER is totally your average guy!"

Everyone was going to agree… then a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared and… damn. Even by Sayian standards he was built like a tank. And this was a human! (Or at least, they were assuming he was, they weren't sure about… never mind.)

7 TIME MR. OLYMPIA WINNER

5 TIME MR. UNIVERSE WINNER

2 TIME OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPION

2 TIME OLYMPIC POWERLIFTING CHAMPION

"…I…"

"Damn." Was all Hercule could mutter.

"Sure, but only the Model 101 Class looked like that. The Terminator has hundreds of different possible faces. Technically speaking, they could look like anyone, and you wouldn't even know it."

"That's… horrifying." 18 muttered. "An emotionless machine designed to look like an average human, capable of being anyone…"

"Weren't you thr…" Goku began, but trailed off when he felt someone staring at him telling him this wasn't a topic to bring up. "Never mind."

"You are implying that Dr. Geno's creations could have been such a type of machine. A robot designed for assassination missions disguised with such subtly that you wouldn't be able to tell who or what it was until it was too late." 16 spoke up, his voice seeming… ominous. "You would be correct. If not for the Doctor's flaw of his own psychotic egotism. He would never create a weapon that would do a job such as kill Son Goku subtly, he would only accept extermination in a theatrical sense, for lack of a better term. His pride drove him to not just kill you, but make people know he had done so."

"Uh… yeah…"

"What was that one designed for? Attracting women and making men feel inadequate? Because I'm pretty sure it's working…"

"Damn!" A man in hallway said aloud as the Terminator walked by.

(*Cues: I'll Be Back - Terminator 2: Judgement Day*)

"Using time displacement equipment, the Terminator was sent back in time to stop Skynet's greatest rival: John Connor, leader of the human resistance." Wiz explained, showing the Skynet Time Machine, this one was MASSIVE, with a platform in the center of the room.

"Hm… perhaps its best that this simply remain a movie to our world…" Whis mused.

"This model was first sent to super early abort John Connor, then protect John Connor, then protect John Connor again, and then blow up this bitch." Boomstick explained.

"You are terminated." A very battle-wounded Terminator stated, holding its cell into the mouth of some sort of liquidy monster, which shrieked… for some reason… before the cell exploded, taking both of them out.

"Wait. If he was built to kill John Connor, why would he protect him?" Krillin asked.

"He got re-programmed? I dunno." Goku shrugged, unknowingly hitting the nail on the head.

(*Cues: Trust Me - Terminator 2: Judgement Day*)

"The T-850 is powered by twin hydrog-"

"THEN he was activated to kill John Connor in the Future, and THEN he went back in time again, saved a girl and… I dunno, no one gives a crap about Genisys… and THEN in an alternate timeline which may or may not have rendered all the movies after T2 Judgement Day mute, he actually SUCCEEDED in killing John Connor, and THEN spent the next forty years learning about humanity, growing a conscious, effectively adopting a family, and starting a drapery business… No. I am not making any of that up." Boomstick continued.

"…the T-850 is powered by twin hydrog-"

"Oh, and THEN on top of ALL of that, he ended up in the Mortal Kombat Universe once." Boomstick added as the Terminator was shown fighting Scorpion.

"Awesome! I wanna see him take on Scorpion!" Goten exclaimed.

"Could Shang steal his soul? He's a robot…" Trunks asked.

"…is that everything?" Wiz sarcastically asked.

"I really hope so…" Boomstick sighed. "I just… agh… then there's the TV show, and the time he fought Superman… and Alien and Predator… and Painkiller Jane… ugh, no. Sorry. Not taklin' about it."

"Those last four things were non-canon. Actually, the show might be. Also, the AVPVT comics didn't feature the T-850 Terminator." Wiz explained.

"What the hell are those things…?" Vegeta muttered, seeing a black creature with an odd-shaped head, and another creature with dreadlocks and a rather frightening face.

"*Ahem* The T-850 is powered by twin hydrogen fuel cells. A single cell can power a T-850 for up to 120 years without any complications, but extensive damage may rupture the cell to critical condition." Wiz explained as a diagram of the fuel cell was shown.

"And it blows up like a small hydrogen bomb. Perfect for Deus ex Machina's, or leaving an awkward party." Boomstick added.

"Similar to the explosion that brought down the Hindenburg."

"Hrph. If those robots are powered by fuel cells, then their inherently flawed." Cell said dismissively. "If your opponent can kill you by hitting your chest enough, then you're not as powerful as you want to think you are. Be it for batteries, or organs." The deathly machine remarked with malice clear in his voice.

"Or whatever the hell you were made of." 17 muttered, clearly unhappy with Cell being here, but more concerned about his sister.

"Was he always like that?" Shin asked, not remembering much from the Cell Games.

"This much of an insufferable bastard? Yes." 17 answered coldly.

"Luckily for Arnie, he can ditch a damaged cell before that happens, and he works just fine with just only one left, like Lance Armstrong, without the steroids."

"…did they imply what I think they did?" 18 asked.

"Don't know. Don't wanna know." Vegeta muttered.

"Yes." Cell answered.

"What are they-" Goten began.

"No." Chi-Chi cut him off with finality.

"The Terminator is programmed with an abundance of subroutine data, including Skynet's extensive logs on all combat and weaponry throughout Earth's history. This even includes data on all previous T-800 models. Through this, he technically has more experience and skill then any human being could ever possibly achieve. It can deduce weaknesses in targets simply by looking at them, can strategize better than the world's most advanced super computer, and it just really damn lethal."

PROGRAMMING ROUTINES

Adaptability

Learning Machine

Adapts to Human Behavior Through Observation, Interaction & Questions

Combat and Weaponry

Anything Within Skynet's Global Database

Group Infiltration

Human Anatomy ("…does that include-" "STOP." Bulma ordered.)

Voice Mimicry ("Great. Just when it looked like they couldn't get worse…")

Basic Psychology

(*Cues: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - T3*)

"But while he's a master in all weaponry, he does have his favorites. In the future, the Terminator wields an M-27 Phased Plasma Rifle, which is too heavy and powerful for any ordinary person to use. But can also punch through almost any and all types of body armor, and human organs and bones, in a single blast. When the time period doesn't have any space guns lying around, his weapons of choice include a Hardballer Longslide pistol, a 12-gauge Franchi shotgun, a portable M79 Grenade Launcher, and the beautiful M134 mini-gun. Oh man, just looking at it makes me feel wonderful pants feelings…" Boomstick moaned as the Terminator proceeded to shred an entire police squad to nothing but scrap metal and fiery explosions with the Minigun.

"Eeewww…"

ARSENAL

M-27 PHASED PLASMA RIFLE

- Bull Pup Configuration

- Helium Plasma

- 40 Watt Range

- Also Acts as an EMP (?)

- Too Heavy for Humans ("Eh, I could use it." Vegeta shrugged. "…have you ever used a gun?" 18 asked, genuinely curious.)

AMT HARDBALLER .45 LONGSLIDE

Magazine: 7 Rounds

Laserlock Sight

FRANCHI SPAS-12 SHOTGUN

- Cartridge: 12 Gauge

- Magazine: 8 + 1 Rounds

- Pump-Action & Semi-Auto Options

Light Machine Guns

Heavy Machine Guns

Sniper Rifles

Handguns

Anything That It Can Pick Up

M79 GRENADE LAUNCHER

- 40x46mm Grenades

- 6 rounds/min

- Max RangeL 400 m / 1311 ft

- Weight: 2.9 kg / 6.5 lbs

HANDHELD G3 M134 MINIGUN("That's pretty big…" Goku remarked. "You… you idiot…" Vegeta muttered.)

- Caliber: 7.63x51mm NATO Spec. (Standard Military Ammunition, Higher Pressure Than Civilian Ammo)

- Rate of Fire: 2,000-6,000 RPM (That DID get everyone's attention. And more than a few now wanted to try one…)

- Max Range: 1,000 m / 3,200 ft

- Weight: 38.6 kg / 85 lbs.

- Knock-back has been known to push people to the ground.

"Okay. I'll admit to it, I kinda wanna try that." Beerus admitted. "That just looks like fun."

"Actually, yeah." Vegeta nodded.

A shed opened and an older Terminator turned on a light, revealing wall-to-wall guns.

"Dang, that's… that's just excessive." Hercule muttered.

"Never liked those things." 17 muttered, 16 nodded. He understood that some people used them for protection, but he wasn't a fan of how people used them to kill animals.

"You just keep these around?" A younger woman asked.

"Even without a rogue AI taking over, I calculate a 74 percent chance that human civilization will collapse into barbarism. And in that eventuality, these weapons will be vital to protect my family. Also, this is Texas." The older Terminator remarked.

"Ha. Take that America!" Someone remarked.

"Never understood your kind's obsession with those." Cell commented, and everyone ignored him.

"Speaking of feelings, the Terminator is a learning machine, adapting to human behavior through observation and interaction. It can even learn to feel genuinely sad, or remorseful. Which is odd since Skynet designed it to be a merciless mass murderer." Wiz commented as an older woman looked at a picture of a family… with the Terminator in the picture…

"Nice family. She a Terminator, too? That's your little Terminator kid?" She scowled.

"His name is Mateo. I met his mother, Alicia, a few months after I killed John." The Terminator nodded.

"Oh, you don't get to say his name. Ever." The older woman snapped.

"Her husband had been beaten her. He was trying to kill her child. She had nowhere to go. Caring for this family gave me purpose. 'Cause without purpose, we are nothing."

"Touching story. Does it have a point?"

"While raising Mateo, my son, I began to understand what I had taken from you."

"Wait. You grew a conscience?" A younger woman asked.

"The equivalent of one, yes." The T-800 nodded.

While he didn't say anything, 16 was deep in thought. This rang eerily similar to his own 'life'. He was designed to kill; his sole purpose was to destroy Son Goku. But when he had met 17 and 18, things had changed. Did he have a conscious? Or did he learn to have one? He wasn't 'human', per say. But he thought, felt, was that not what it meant to be human? Honestly, aside from the fact that the stories could make for good information on how to best combat another slew of Androids, 16 was interested in seeing what could cause an emotionless death machine to grow… emotions.

"That's… interesting." Piccolo commented. "If they're capable of developing emotions and even to an extent, a conscious, then they truly would be impossible to distinguish from a person. Give one enough time, and unless you had a metal detector or something, I doubt you'd be able to tell what it was."

"So, does a Terminator have free will?" Krillin asked. "If they follow their programming and nothing but that, then they're just machines. But if they can think for themselves, and even develop emotions, what exactly does that make them? They're not humans, they aren't cyborgs…"

"Tools." Goku answered, surprising a few present. He shot a quick glance to the Ex-Androids and quickly added: "Ah-heh… I don't mean anything offensive by this, though. If those things can think for themselves, then they probably would. But I bet Skynet tells them to kill, so they don't think for themselves…"

"Okay…" 18 raised a brow, not sure where he was going with this.

"Maybe the only reason the old one became a good guy was because Skynet wasn't a thing back then, possibly. No Skynet, no orders to kill people. No orders to kill people, it kept learning by living with people, through that, it learned that you don't have to be what you're made to be, and became… I dunno, free."

"…that…might be the most logical strand of thinking you have ever achieved." Bulma blinked, genuinely surprised with Goku's thought process.

"So, you're Carl." The younger woman remarked.

"That's what everyone calls me, yes." The much older T-800 remarked.

"Damn, even when he's older, that guy is still ripped!"

"I'm never gonna fucking call you Carl." The older woman scowled with nothing but hatred in her voice.

"They don't know?"

"No." The T-800 shook his head.

"She hasn't noticed that you weigh 400 pounds? That you never sleep?"

"Our relationship is not physical. She appreciated that I could change diapers, efficiently and without complaints. I am reliable, I'm a very good listener and I'm extremely funny."

"I don't know why, but that was actually kinda funny." Gohan admitted.

"Sad or not, The Terminator is a beast in combat. He's even taken down superior models like the next-gen T-900's, the nearly invincible T-1000, and even the T-X; which is actually an anti-Terminator, Terminator." Boomstick continued, showing different types of Terminators, and one which definitely would've gotten Roshi's attention.

FEATS

Smashed Through A Building

Massacred An Entire Police Force in Minutes

Has Tricked Humans & Machines Alike

Killed the Technically Superior T-900, T-1000 & T-X, and Rev-9 (Plus… whatever the villain in Genisys was…)

Escaped Liquid Nitrogen Freeze Twice

Can Lift Several Cars

Program Survived & Revived After T3

Successfully Killed John Connor

In Some Timelines, Made Humanity Extinct (That unnerved more than a few watching.)

"Hrgh… if humans can build a machine that does my job… I may need to make sure that doesn't happen…" Beerus muttered, and more than a few froze in fear, unsure of how to react. Thankfully, the God of Destruction took a sip from the drink Skorch left and seemed to forget about destroying earth. "Huh, this is really good!"

"Looks like in some worlds Dr. Geno actually succeeded…" 17 muttered, and 18 gave her brother a look that was a mixture of disbelief, disgust and anger. "What?"

"…nothing…"

"The Terminator is a master marksman, with advance analysis, calculative, and observational tools. He can survive massive blows, power shortages, and getting dragged through an entire city. Plus, after the last T-800 was melted in a steel mill, Skynet upgraded his titanium endoskeleton to coltan, which can withstand extreme temperatures over 3000*C. Seriously, in order to kill one of these things you need to crush them in a hydraulic press, throw them in a smelting mill, or blow up one of hydrogen cells."

COLTAN

(Columbite-Tantalite)

Melting Point is 3,017 C / 5,463 F

1.9 X Heavier Than Titanium

Used In Engines, Furnaces & Mobile Phones

"Huh, doubt that stuff would make for good armor."

"It might, but it'd make moving a lot harder." 17 shrugged. "Some of you might be fine considering what you've been through, but coltan's probably better off as a construction metal, more than anything."

"Why even bother making new Terminators? The T-850 is clearly the best!" Boomstick asked.

"Good point." Goku shrugged.

What looked like a police officer was attempting to walk through a steam of… something. Those smartest quickly identified it as nitrogen as its entire body began to freeze. At first, Bulma had questions, but then she realized that whatever this… thing was, it was made of liquid metal. Oddly, it kept moving, snapping one of his feet off as it struggled to move, finally being frozen solid.

"Hasta la vista, baby."

With that simple line, the Terminator fired a single shot, shattering the frozen foe into pieces which seemed to shatter on the ground.

"Yo…"

"Damn."

"I'm gonna have to remember that one."

(*Cues: It's Over, Good Bye - Terminator 2: Judgment Day*)

"Each Terminator is not unique, made by assembly for quick deployment. To save time, Skynet forgoes high-end software protection, leaving the Terminator easily hackable. In fact, the one T-850 who protected Connor on Judgement day was reprogrammed not once, but four separate times. Just screams lazy, lazy design." Wiz remarked, clearly disappointed.

WEAKNESSES

Easily Hackable

Detectable by Dogs ("Woof." Ember looked up for a moment)

Dangerous Power Source

Sometimes Defeated by Humans

Vulnerable to Precise Attacks From Behind ("coughthatswhatshesaidcough.")

Worst Fear(s): Hydraulic Presses, Reboots

A man knocked on a hotel room door, the Terminator looked over, one of his eyes missing, revealing a red dot.

"Hey buddy, you got a dead cat in there?" The Janitor asked through the door.

The screen cut to the Terminator's vision, everything was red, but not like thermal vision. A list of possible responses appeared.

POSSIBLE RESPONSES:

YES/NO

OR WHAT?

GO AWAY.

PLEASE COME BACK LATER.

FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE.

FUCK YOU.

'FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE' was selected.

"Fuck you, asshole." The Terminator said in his robotic voice. The Janitor scoffed and kept walking. Chi-Chi was a bit irritated, and again, she had a bad feeling about this episode, but maybe it was just because of 18 and her family being here for the episode about killer robots from the future. And Cell. That was probably a big part in it.

"Oh, if you're wondering how they get the skin and teeth… don't worry. It's not what you think. They actually grow that crap." Boomstick remarked.

"I don't know if that's more or less disgusting…" Future Trunks muttered.

"It could be considered far better than the other option." 16 stated. "If their skin was not grown, it would most likely be harvested."

"Yeah. Yeah this… this is better." Shin bit his lip.

"Despite some earlier rumors that they would capture, skin and rip the teeth out of humans in order to use in Terminators, that's never been proven canon, and the weird live-action TV show actually confirmed it's grown. Man, science is cool…"

"I've been saying it for years!" Bulma exclaimed.

"Also, in order to ensure their machines would never stop killing, Skynet purposely designed them to be unable to self-terminate. So, it's literally ride or die with them." Wiz added. "They can be nothing but a head and a hand, but it will not stop moving until it is destroyed or its objective is complete."

"A biker gang of Terminators… man, I'd pay to watch that!"

"Robot bikers… how has that not been a thing yet?"

"Your kind disgusts me… mechanicalized life is superior in every way." Cell muttered, and was punched in the head by 17 for his trouble.

"Oh. Sorry. My programming glitched." He snarked.

"Pfft, you use humor to hide your fear, your anger. Your unable to accept what you are, or what you were, so you hide behind masks and ideals…" Cell remarked.

"The primary target has been secured. The secondary target has been eliminated. The mission has been accomplished." A terminator in an orange hoodie remarked, most of his face missing, revealing his robotic skeleton.

"Confirmed."

"Confirmed."

A long silence followed, as the three robots in disguise looked to the setting sun.

"There are no further mission directives. Interrogatory: What now?" The one in the hoodie asked.

"Ensuring the delivery of the primary target is still the primary objective of the missions. If our presence is discovered in this time, the mission could be compromised. Conclusion: to achieve mission integrity, our presence in this time much never be discovered. The only means to achieve this is self-termination." The female of the three stated.

"Programming does not allow for self-termination."

"Confirmed." The other man nodded, then rose to his feet.

"But that does not mean we cannot go for a walk." He said, seeming oddly somber as he wordlessly walked down the beach, pausing for a moment at the water's edge, then continued walking as the orange sun set. The other two Terminators looked to one another, then followed after him, all three disappearing underneath the water. *

"I…wow." Bulma muttered, unsure of how to react to that.

"…huh." Beerus muttered. "Man-made machines that can create their own humanity? That's ridiculous…"

"That could've been a possibility for us." 16 said. "If we were successful in our directives, and were given no other objectives, we would not be able to take ourselves off-line. We could possibly have done that to achieve some sort of peace."

"But there was a better way, right?" Krillin asked, and 16 smiled.

"Right."

(*Cues: Terminator 2: Judgement Day - Main Theme*)

"But it's a little hard to hack something that can kill you with one hand in twenty million different ways. The Terminator is one of the deadliest assassins in movie history. If you get in his way, don't bother running, you're already dead." Boomstick said matter-of-factly, and everyone had a hard time arguing that.

"Hm. Perhaps we have more in common than I thought." Cell mused.

"I'll be back."

There was silence, the officer was writing something… then an engine could be heard roaring. He looked up at the last second as the Terminator drove a car through the front of the police station, destroying everything in his path.

"Oh hey. Goku's driving." Piccolo said.

"Aw, c'mon! I wasn't that bad!"

"I've been meaning to ask this for a while. Why do you need a license? You can fly!" Krillin asked, and Goku shrugged.

"Chi-Chi said I had to. I dunno why."

"It's for the farm equipment, mostly." She shrugged.

Frankly, the Terminator was an intimidating opponent. It clearly was capable of holding its own, and while the Sayians may have figured it'd be easy enough to destroy one, the concept of their intelligence was what gave them pause. That, and the concept of fighting an army of them… Gohan and Bulma had to admit, the idea behind reprogramming one, or even understanding their CPUs in general was interesting…

17 felt… troubled. Sure, he and his sister (and 16) had moved on, found a better life, the whole 'Android' life didn't affect them the way it once did… But sitting here, without any real heads-up beforehand, both with 16, someone they thought they had lost, Future Trunks, someone they (sort of) had killed, and Cell. Enough said. It just… man, he couldn't put it into words.

"I still don't get why some God, or Entity or Crow brought us here!? For some sort of twisted joke!?" 17 scowled. "Like, of all the times we could all be brought together – ignoring CELL BEING HERE for just a minute – they drag us here for the episode about killer robots?! Man, I woulda loved to have met up with everyone to watch some of these, but-"

"…they didn't bring you here for this." 18 said quietly, her eyes widening in realization, that phone call she got a day or two ago… it all made sense now… and with realization came anger. LOTS OF ANGER.

"Sis?"

"That… bastard…" 18 said softly, genuinely furious for the first time in a long time.

"Hey. 18. You okay?" Bulma asked.

"No." She said quietly. "I just realized what they're doing to us."

"Mama?" Marron asked, concerned for why her mother seemed unhappy.

"Please… let me be wrong…"

"Hey, 18. You okay?" Krillin asked, concerned.

RoboCop

(*Cues: RoboCop 1987 - Rock Shop *)

"Alex J. Murphy was a good police officer with a good family, as with many good cops, that all changed when he was transferred to Detroit, Michigan."

"Same." Krillin shrugged. "Minus the Detroit part…" 18 gave a small smile at that remark.

"What began as a routine patrol through the city became the most important moment of Murphy's life: his death."

Immediately, all the parents had a very, VERY, VERY bad feeling about what was going to be shown, and 18 realized something, whoever sent her that message ten minutes ago, was trying to warn her of whatever came next.

"Why, you gotta be some sorta… great cop? Come in here, all by yourself?" A man asked before bashing the back of Murphy's head with a shotgun, knocking him to the floor while others laughed. "Where's your partner?" He repeated before hitting him again with the shotgun.

"She's upstairs." A man with a shotgun remarked. "I took her out. AHAHAHAHA!" He laughed like a demented hyena as Murphy was kicked over, and the man who hit him got in his face.

"I bet that REALLY pisses you off… You probably don't think I'm a very nice guy. Do ya?" He remarked as the others in the background laughed.

"No. Not really." Krillin muttered.

"Buddy, I think you're slime." Murphy remarked, making the men laugh hysterically.

"Okay, is that laughter getting to anyone else, or is it just me?" Chi-Chi frowned, still unable to explain her bad feeling.

"It is… unsettling." 16 nodded.

"See, I got this problem. Cops don't like me-" The man continued.

"I wonder why?" Krillin muttered.

"-and I, don't like cops." The man finished before making a really… weird noise and slowly aiming his shotgun upwards at Murphy's head, then moving it back down towards his chest, then finally over to his hand.

"Oh, this is gonna be brutal!" Young Trunks said, realizing something.

With a deafening boom, echoing through the warehouse, Murphy's hand exploded. A shower of gore, muscle and bone splattered everywhere, leaving a stump with a jagged bone sticking out.

"Someone give the man a hand!" The man remarked, before walking off. "He's all yours."

Alex was fighting an uphill battle to get on his feet, blood pouring from the stump of his arm. How he wasn't on the ground in shock was anyone's guess, but it was… disgusting. Oddly, the lack of music only enhanced the horror of the scene.

"HOLY SHIT!" Boomstick shouted.

"Hey! Hey, pretty boy! Turn around!"

"Okay, maybe we should get the ki-"

BOOM! Murphy's arm was blown off at the shoulder by a shotgun, a geyser of gore exploding outwards as he screamed in pain, matched only in volume by the sadistic laughter of his assailants. Everyone was taken aback, and most didn't know how to react, but thankfully, 16 took Marron from her mother and left the room, knowing this… probably wasn't for her… Ember looked up and followed after him.

The men fired shot after shot, Murphy's chest and back exploding. Blood, viscera, bone, muscles and fluids were painting the grimy warehouse floors and walls. Murphy screamed as the shots kept coming, blast him to pieces, and we don't mean that as a joke. His entire body was mangled like it had gone three rounds with a lawnmower…

"Ohmywordthatshoriffic…"

"DAMN! That guy can eat more bullets than Fifty-Cent!" Boomstick suddenly spoke up.

"Time and place, man!" Someone shouted.

Murphy was on the ground, on his knees… somehow, with endurance and tenacity that even Beerus and Vegeta possibly would acknowledge as impressive, he was still alive.

"How is he alive!?" Gohan shouted.

"Oh… geez…that…I really regret seeing that…" Goten muttered.

"Well, that was… barbaric." Whis blinked. Even if this was what those on earth called 'A movie', that meant there was a possibility in another world, this was real.

"Hey, Clarence! He's still alive!" One of the men called. The man who started all this – now named Clarence – lit a cigg and walked over.

"Okay… funs over." Clarence remarked, cocking a hand gun. The camera spun around to behind Murphy… and then the top right part of his head shattered open, and he fell to the ground. Blood, bone, cranium fluid, and even brains seeping out onto the floor.

"Huh." Vegeta muttered. "Well, that might be the… second most disturbing thing I've seen on this show."

"Urgh… I don't wanna ask, but-"

"Guts."

"Oh. Right." Goku winced, feeling kinda sick from the gore and depravity. Sure, he fought all the time, but this wasn't a case of someone dying in a fight, they didn't even give him a chance to fight!

"…so, I don't want to ask what the heck 'Guts' means, but I feel like I'm missing something there." Gohan commented.

"It's something you're probably better off not knowing about." Piccolo remarked with a shrug.

"What the hell man!? What the actual hell!?" Future Trunks shouted.

"Even by my standards that's overkill!" Cell stated, seeming genuinely shocked, then nodded in approval. "Still, quite an impressive display of brutality. He died as pathetically as the younger sayi-"

"Say another word, and I'm cutting your head off with a kitchen knife." Chi-Chi snarled, and Cell… leaned back a little.

"Okay, that's probably the most hardcore origin we've seen yet." Young Trunks commented. Disgusted, but also oddly intrigued... he seemed the most, 'okay' for lack of a better word. "Still, how can they save him?"

"And this is why blowing up planets is easier." Beerus shrugged. "All I'd need to do is Hakai, and then it's dealt with." He went to take another bite of the pizza he had been eating, but very uncharacteristically didn't feel hungry this minute. In two or three, sure. But not right now.

"There's gotta be a way to get a content warning on these things…" Bulma muttered, beyond disgusted with what she just saw. Most of the fights? Fine, whatever. They could be bloody, but they were… cartoonish, for lack of a better word. But this?

"Technically that's what Skorch was here for." Goku reasoned awkwardly. "But uh… yeah, he's gone and we don't know how to call him."

"I believe that this is an instance where the trade-offs are worth it." Whis stated, getting everyone attention. 17 and Cell in particular were wondering who those three were. "He said that he was going to look for information on – by his own words – 'what came next'. That may be the key to stopping all of this from happening. "

Krillin wasn't listening, he had left to go see what 16 was doing, and found him holding Marron, who was both terrified beyond words, and crying.

"Hey, Marron. What's wrong?" Krillin asked calmly, clearly concerned for his very distressed daughter. "Hey, it isn't real, it's just a movie." Sure, he didn't like that she had seen that. But there wasn't much he could do now.

"I-I-I don't want that to happen to you…" Marron managed to get out, hugging her dad, who sighed and hugged her in response, now understanding what was wrong.

"Hey, it's okay… it's okay… that's not gonna happen to me." Krillin spoke softly and reassuringly, before looking to 16. "Tell the others to keep going, I'll be a few minutes."

"Are you sure you will be fine on your own?" 16 asked.

"Yeah, I'll be good." Krillin nodded. 16 looked down to Marron, then nodded to Krillin and left. Krillin pulled his daughter into a hug, then heard heavy panting, seeing Ember lying nearby looking at them. "You here to help?"

"Woof." The fire-wolf let out, before lying down near the pair. Krillin sighed, trying his best to comfort his daughter over something that… as much as he hated to admit to it, wasn't impossible to believe could happen.

"It's all right, that's not gonna happen to me…" Krillin repeated. He said this, and did believe it, but also knew that something could happen, and this probably wasn't the best thing for Marron to have seen. Still, his mind flashed back to a conversation he had with the Entity one night after Marron had gone to sleep and 18 was working.

"…I love 'em. They're my whole world."

"Damn right."

"…hey, Skorch? Can I ask you something?" Krillin had finally worked up the courage to ask, having been thinking about something for a long while. "I don't know how the Tribute stuff works, or even if this is possible, but-"

"If anything happens to you, I'll make sure they're safe." The Entity had cut him off, surprising him. "No deals, no strings attached. Should the worst happen, I'll do what I can."

"Thanks, man."

Back with the others, they decided to keep going, and hope it got better. Spoilers, it did not. Well, it did but- never mind. You'll see.

"Murphy would have been six feet under if the mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products had not stepped in. By privatizing Detroit's police force, OCP technically owned Murphy's corpse." Wiz remarked, and a few looked to the screen in surprise.

"That doesn't seem legal. At all." Boomstick commented, seeming genuinely unnerved by what was just said.

"Yeah, no. That's not right…"

"Why would they want his body? It's not like they could get organs from it."

"Trunks!"

"What!?"

"The boy has a point." Vegeta conceded, and Bulma's head snapped towards him.

"Yeah, why would they want his body? Unless there's some sorta new treatment that can put all that back together, I don't see why they'd want it…" Hercule asked.

"I doubt they have the cloning tech some planets have."

"With unchecked crime on the rise, drugs flooding the streets, and a city gripped with fear, OCP's...uhh...forward-thinking executive, Bob Morton proposed a bailout plan so ridiculously absurd, it just. Might. Work."

(*Cues: RoboCop 1987 - Rock Shop*)

"They would rebuild Murphy. Better, stronger, with less flexibility, which of course, means robo parts. The result was one bad motherfucker: RoboCop!" Boomstick declared.

Now, RoboCop was shown in his, well, Robo-form. He seemed kind of like the cartoonish depictions of robots, but sleeker and futuristic. His entire body seemed to be lacking hanging wires, blinking lights, or any of the more stereotypical 'robot parts'. His helmet revealed only his mouth.

In a shot that both looked awesome, yet kinda goofy, RoboCop opened a door and walked into a convience store which was clearly being held up by a crazed-looking man.

"Put down the gun, you are under arrest."

Without a second thought (or a first, considering this is Detroit, HA!) the man opened fire with his machine gun… only for all the bullets to bounce off of RoboCop's chest, flying around the room store and shattering bottles, cans and everything in-between.

"Aim for his mouth." Beerus commented.

"FUCK ME!"

"Aim for his mouth."

"FUC-" The man began again, but RoboCop grabbed the barrel of the gun, and twisted it downwards in one swift movement. The man realized what was happening, and tried to run, but was savagely backhanded by RoboCop, sending him flying into a freezer, shattering the glass and knocking him out.

"Okay, sure. Aim for the clearly robotic part of his body. Smart." Beerus muttered.

"I'm not sure how most mortals would react to seeing… that, suddenly appear and approach them." Whis shrugged. Beerus seemed indifferent.

"Thank you for your cooperation. Good night." RoboCop nodded to the store owners then walked away.

"Wait. He's just leaving him there!?" Goku asked, bewildered.

"I- actually, yeah. What's with that?" Krillin muttered.

"What are your prime objectives?" A man asked RoboCop.

"Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the law." RoboCop stated as a list appeared.

PRIME DIRECTIVES:

1.) SERVE THE PUBLIC TRUST

2.) PROTECT THE INNOCENT

3.) UPHOLD THE LAW

4.) UNKNOWN (Those watching wondered what that was, but were more impressed with his three prime directives.)

Everyone was surprised/impressed by Murphy's new form. He truly did see like he was built to be a hero, and unlike the Terminator, it didn't seem like there was some ulterior motives to him. However, if the parents had issue with Murphy's death, what came next wasn't much better as two men were laughing and running after a woman. One of the men grabbed her and cut off part of her hair while she screamed.

"Hey! She'd got more hair... DOWN THERE!" One of the two men laughed sadistically, and about a moment later, it dawned on everyone (except the two kids) what they were saying. Which was then solidified when one of the two men bent down and lifted up her dress…

"WHY ARE WE LETTING THEM WATCH THIS!?" Chi-Chi finally seemed to snap. And this time… yeah, most of the adults agreed. Either because y'know… what it was, or because trying to argue or fight or run from an angered Chi-Chi was something much, much harder than one would expect.

"Yeah, I'm with her on this one. You two, out." Vegeta ordered.

"But-" Trunks began.

"NOW."

"Pathetic. You don't let them see what their pitiful future holds?" Cell commented, and was hit by Goku. "I will kill your family for that."

"So, we need to kill you first, got it." Goku replied seeming… very unlike himself.

"What the- holy fu-!" One of the men began but couldn't finish his sentence as RoboCop appeared on the scene.

"Let the woman go. You are under arrest." RoboCop said, his tone mostly emotionless, but also… angry.

"Shit!"

"You... you better back-up, pal! 'Cuz... he's gonna kill her. He... he is gonna kill her!"

"I'm gonna cut this bitch!

"He's gonna kill her, man!

"I'm gonna cut this bitch!

"He... he's gonna kill her!"

RoboCop's targeting programs aim at the man's hand, PRIME OBJECTIVE #2: PROTECT THE INNOCENT flashed on screen as he seemed to be trying to find a target. Then, he aimed lower on the woman's dress and fired. Almost immediately, every man in the room winced before inhaling sharply. The man screamed in pain as the woman broke free from his grasp… and a red pool was forming on the front of the Creep's pants, with a hole going dead-center…

"Your move, Creep." RoboCop stated.

"Okay, okay, it's okay!" The second man cried as he got down on the ground.

"Oh, God. I was so scared. Thank you. Oh, thank you." The woman managed to get out, breathing in a stuttered tone.

"Madam, you have suffered an emotional shock. I will notify a rape crisis center." RoboCop said, his voice, while metallic, was oddly comforting.

"Damn." 17 blinked. "That's… honestly kinda impressive."

"That… never mind…" Bulma muttered.

Figuring that the worst was over, Goten and Trunks were allowed to return. Trunks was a little annoyed by being forced to leave, but he knew trying to argue with his mom wouldn't end the way he wanted.

"With the durability of a tank, and the firepower of a one-man army, RoboCop nearly annihilated all of Detroit's street crime in just a couple of days. And this is Detroit we're talking about, people! The man was unstoppable!"

"But was he man, or machine?" Wiz asked.

"This guy is really good." A man commented.

"He's not a guy; he's a machine." A woman replied.

"Ugh…" 18 mentally groaned. "I hate that question…"

(*Cues: RoboCop - The Dream*)

"See, RoboCop is 99% artificial, but he relies on the most complicated known machinery, a human brain." Wiz explained as a diagram of RoboCop was shown.

"So, they gave him a mechanical body, but let him keep his brain?"

"If he lacked a human brain, then he would not be a cyborg, he would be a mere machine. Most likely in the line of work he does, the human ability to improvise proves infallible." Android 16 spoke up, raising a pretty good point.

"Even after OCP tried to make him their own personal robo-pet, the man called Murphy still lived." Boomstick nodded.

BACKGROUND

"Huh, took them a while to get to this part…" Goku remarked.

Real Name: Alex J. Murphy

Height: 1.83 m / 6'0"

Weight: 155 kg / 342 lbs

Police Districts: Detroit and Delta City

Codename: Beta One

Daily Upkeep: $12,589.17

Programmed With High-Level USA Police Training (Insert 1312 joke here, I'm too lazy to.)

"With no family, a contorted public image, and the constant threat of deactivation by his corporate owners, the struggle to regain his humanity would consume Murphy's every waking moment. While also fighting crime, and that's just his good days." Wiz remarked.

"Murphy had a wife and son. What happened to them?" RoboCop asked, looking at a computer.

"Well, after the funeral... she moved away." A woman answered.

"Where did they go?

"She thought you were dead. She started over again."

"I can feel them... but I can't remember them."

"Leave me alone."

"Hm. I can sympathize." 16 spoke. "What were once files and logs became memories, but those memories felt incomplete. Feelings were there, but I could not feel them. It was in those moments, that I truly realized what I was."

No one said anything, either unsure what 16 was getting at, or feeling pretty bad for him because they did understand.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

"Fortunately for this Ro-Bro, his cutting-edge arsenal makes locking up the bad guys the easiest part of the job. Housed in his nifty right leg is the custom Auto-9 machine pistol, one of the most powerful hand cannons ever made. It's designed to fire short bursts that can deal one heckuva punch! In his left leg, he's got several tactical ordnance grenades, each with adjustable power levels."

ARSENAL

AUTO-9

- Magazine: 50 Rounds

- Standard 3 Round Bursts

TACTICAL ORDANACE

- Triggered "Sticky" Grenades

- 10 Charge Levels

- Options: Explosive, Inflatable Sack, Electro-Field

FLIGHTPACK

- Sub-Sonic Speeds

- Separate Battery Pack

- Can Double as a Recharge Station

"At level three, a single ordnance can annihilate a metal security door. So just imagine what maximum level ten can do!" Wiz remarked as a diagram was shown of the small bomb, and then RoboCop blowing a reinforced steel door off of its hinges.

"Eh, I've seen better." Beerus shrugged.

"Hey, Krillin, do cops normally have grenades?" Goku asked, and Krillin frowned.

"That's… a deep hole, Goku. For the most part, it's just flashbangs, and even then, we don't have anything that powerful." Krillin remarked.

"If he needs a bit more firepower, Murphy has an attachable Weapon Arm; complete with machine gun, flamethrower, and anti-tank smart bomb missile, and for those extra special moments, there's the Cobra Assault Cannon, which goes BOOM, and then there's no more ANYTHING!"

WEAPON ARM

CALICO M950A MACHINE GUN

- Magazine: 100 Rounds

- Max Range: 274 m / 900 ft

FLAMETHROWER

- Max Range: 46 m / 150 ft

SMART BOMB

- Anti-Tank Weapon

- Missile Properties

COBRA ASSUALT CANNON

- 40 mm Armor-Piercing, High-Explosive Incendiary Rounds

- METAL AF

RoboCop fired his rifle at a large, two legged-robot (ED-209) with the Cobra Assault Cannon and the top of it exploded in a massive display of fire, metal, and weaponry.

"I´d buy THAT for a dollar." A man on the TV shouted.

Then the remaining, sparking legs of the defeated ED-209 fall over and then twitch.

"Jeez, what'd that do to a human?" Gohan asked.

"It would not end well." 16 answered. "Most likely that would obliterate a human's skeletal structure on impact, and would also most likely shatter the arms of whomever fired it should they not be properly prepared.

"Where's he even keep that thing?" 17 asked.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

"He also has a subsonic jetpack, which helps him jump sharks."

"I, I don't even..." Boomstick muttered. Everyone looked on in confusion as RoboCop was flying around with a jet-pack.

"Where's your sense of humor?!

"Right here." RoboCop declared before raising a fist and punching the man.

"You've gotta be kidding me..."

"I can't say why, but that looks like it was made for a children's toy or cartoon." Hercule remarked. "But… Who'd be stupid enough to make a kids cartoon based off of this?!"

"That'd be like making a kid's cartoon out of God of War or Spawn!" Goku remarked.

"I know your kind can make some… questionable content for children, but they couldn't possibly think this is appropriate for younger audiences." Whis remarked.

"Murphy is also equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software, including a thermograph, a video recorder and a terminal strip for collecting data."

"That looks like a shiv." Future Trunks remarked.

"Yeah, no. You could totally stab someone to death with that." 17 agreed.

"Or for ripping out throats! Just look at that thing!" Boomstick shouted.

"Okay. I give up." Clarence sarcastically remarked.

"I'm not arresting you anymore." Robocop stated, not wearing his helmet.

"Oh boy, he's dead." Bulma stated the obvious.

"H-hey, now wait a second. Now, wait a minute. You're taking this kind of personal, aren't ya? Come on, man. Come on, now. You're making me nervous. Come on, you can't do this! Come on, now! Don't mess around! Hey! Hey! Come on, man. Now, don't get cute!" Clarence began walking away seemingly realizing that he was very, very screwed. However, a pile of scrap metal was dropped onto him, and the one who did that in turn got blown to pieces by the female officer firing the Cobra Assault Cannon. However, Clarence grabbed a slab of metal and stabbed RoboCop in the chest with it, digging down and leaving black blood seeping out from the wound.

"Sayōnara, RoboCop!"

RoboCop's terminal strip extended, and he stabbed Clarence in the throat with it, wrenching his arm to the side and slashing his throat wide open.

"Geez! He ain't coming back from that!"

"No wonder Detroit´s falling apart! All their USB flash drives can double as shivs!" Wiz exclaimed, exasperated.

"That and its Detroit." Cell added. "I didn't need to do anything, that city tore itself apart before I even got there."

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

Terminal Strip ("That's a shiv and we all know it!")

Rambolt

Riot Shield

Armor

Carbo-ceramic Reinforced Titanium

Laminated Kevlar ("Mom?" "It'll stop pretty much anything is what they're saying. He could most likely take several guns worth of bullets before the armor breaks.")

Thermograph

Complex Targeting Systems

Voice Stress Analyzer ("Pretty sure Chi-Chi has that, too.")

Video & Audio Recorder

"Murphy´s armor is made up of carbo-ceramic-reinforced titanium, with laminated Kevlar, which basically means it'll stop pretty much anything. It's like the Pepperidge farm bread packaging of armor!"

"I´m composed of titanium. I don't believe you are." RoboCop stated before quick-drawing his Mark-9 "Your move."

The entire SWAT team scattered.

"To simplify, most bullets would be totally ineffective against him." Bulma said aloud. "Probably his Cobra Cannon could deal some damage, but that stuff is pretty powerful. Once you reach the power of say, a minigun, I'd assume that'd be able to do some damage."

"Why don't we use it?"

"It weighs a ton, and it's not really flexible, so it'd be good for a blade or shield, but armor it'd be pretty hindering to you guys."

"Hm." Goku nodded.

"Hey, quit shoving!" Beerus growled. He didn't really know the deal with the Sayians and Cell. Correction. He didn't much care. But he wasn't giving up his spot on the couch. Mostly because he had been here first.

"Blame him." Cell muttered.

"I'm blaming both of you." Beerus muttered.

(*Cues: RoboCop 1987 - Rock Shop*)

"Each leg has two rambolts, which can anchor him into the ground to stop fleeing motorboats and speeding cars. Seriously, those things are powerful!" Boomstick added as a speeding car drove into RoboCop… and seemed to crumple in on itself.

"He also has a targeting system so precise, he can catch and even shoot bullets out of thin air." Wiz added as RoboCop suddenly caught a bullet without even looking at it, then drew the Mark-9 and fired it, the shot hitting another bullet and sending them off course.

"Expert marksman? More like master of the impossible!"

"What's so impossible about that? We've done that before."

"Don't try to follow me!" A man shouted, holding a gun to a baby's head.

"Well, this went from zero to a hundred really freakin' fast." 17 said.

"We won't."

"The baby is going with me!"

"No."

"I´ll kill it, man! I´ll do it! I´ll fucking kill it!"

"We can't have that."

RoboCop looked around, his helmet projecting a trajectory path of some sort, and then fired. The bullet ricocheted off of a steel freezer door and went clean through the man's head, his partner caught the baby while he fell to the ground dead.

"So, what's the deal with killing people? Are you allowed to if there's no other option, or how does that work?"

"I… I really don't want to have this conversation."

"Murphy has defeated plenty of technically superior combat machines, and endured dozens of seemingly fatal situations. He's strong enough to lift a 10-ton armored door, tough enough to survive a bazooka, brave enough to plunge into a giant nuclear plant monster thing and kill it from inside...?" Wiz began but trailed off in confusion.

"Note to self: remember to weed garden." Boomstick said aloud.

"I should do that tomorrow…" Chi-Chi muttered.

FEATS

Defeated ED-209, RoboCop 2, Deathspore, ED-260A & RoboCable (Those watching assumed those were like the further iterations of the Terminator)

Tanked a Building Busting Bomb

Survived a Class 1 Bio-Toxin Bomb

Lifted a 10-Ton Armored Door

Survived a 3000 PSI Hydraulic Press

Eradicated Almost All Crime in Detroit

Can Catch a Bullet in Mid-Air

Rescued Sting From the Four Horsemen in WCW… Seriously. That Happened.

Fought in the World of Mortal Kombat

"Okay, so they did make a cartoon based off of RoboCop." 18 blinked. "But they couldn't seriously try and make that for kids, right? That'd be like making Mortal Kombat into a kid's cartoon!"

"Sorry, can we just take a minute and appreciate the mad bastard who looked at this movie, ripped a line of coke, then declared: 'YEAH! MAKE THAT INTO A KID'S CARTOON! TWICE!' because good sir, you have my respect!" Boomstick remarked as a cartoon was shown.

"They didn't…" Chi-Chi muttered in disbelief.

"And while we're at it, rip a line for the ones who said the same thing for Rambo, Mortal Kombat, Starship Troopers, Tales From the Crypt, The Toxic Avenger, Highlander, and Alien! Rest in peace you unfinished show…"

"The late 80's and early 90's were… interesting, to say the least…" Wiz acknowledged as a series of images of different movies and shows – most of them depicting graphic, gory violence – were shown, followed up by a slew of CHILDREN'S CARTOONS.

"Okay, so on the one hand, that's wrong on multiple levels." Piccolo commented. "But on the other, I kinda wanna see how they'd handle Mortal Kombat or RoboCop as a kids cartoon… because that just seems to be asking for disaster."

Everyone watched in mute amazement at the fact that, yes. They made a RoboCop kids cartoon.

"…he has become, the ultimate super-cop. RoboCop!" The announcer declared as the intro ended with RoboCop spinning his Mark-9.

"Why." 18 asked, before another theme song started, this one showing machines doing stuff. Then, RoboCop walking out a door in a dramatic way.

"RoboCop! RoboCop! Ro~Bo~Cop!" The theme song played over a montage of RoboCop doing things.

"This looks like one of Hercules' films…" Vegeta muttered.

"Wait. You've seen those?"

"Yeah, sometimes I need a good laugh."

"…ouch…" Gohan coughed.

"Ha." Cell laughed.

"And if that's not crazy enough for you, he's even rescued Sting from the Four Horsemen in WCW wrestling… Yes. This is real." Wiz muttered.

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

"Murphy may be a walking tank, but he also moves like one. He's SO SLOW!" Boomstick groaned dramatically… and everyone agreed with him.

"His main function is to chase the bad guys! You´d think OCP would´ve prioritized running legs over, say, his Frisbee skills."

"Yeah, that's just bad planning there." 18 nodded. "If he can barely move, how is he supposed to do his job?"

"Do you think it'd be possible for him to learn flight, like we learned?"

"…huh."

"Also, Murphy´s battery can only last about 24 hours without recharging, but consistent damage can quickly drain his power. In prolonged combat with someone his equal, Murphy is in constant danger of power failure."

"Pfft, that's the best they could come up with?" Cell scoffed. "He can barely move, his power cells barely last a day, how is that supposed to be one of your kind's peace keepers!?"

WEAKNESSES

Requires Daily Power Recharge

Slow Mobility on Foot

Conflicts His Own Programming

Not Programmed For Martial Arts

Mechanical Heart Weak to Impacts

Possesses Some Vulnerable Human Organics

Reboots (It deserved the boot, if you ask Andy. Or… anyone.)

"Oh, and aside from his three prime directives, there was a fourth he was programmed to not know about. 'Any Attempt to Arrest A Senior Officer of OCP Results In Shutdown'. So, he was pretty much OCP's RoboBitch, and there wasn't anything he could really do about it… but there's an easy way around that."

"I want a chopper! Now! We will walk to the roof, very calmly! I will board the chopper with my hostage. Anybody tries to stop me; the old geezer gets it!"

Robocop aimed his firearm in the general direction of Dick Jones, but makes no attempt to shoot him. His vision began flashing as 'Directive #4' appeared in front of him, effectively freezing him in place.

"Dick, you're fired!" The Old Man shouted as Directive 4 disappears from RoboCop's vision.

"Thank you."

The Old Man elbows Jones in the stomach and gets away. RoboCop shoots Jones several times, the bullets tearing through him before eventually blowing him out a window where he proceeded to fall several hundred stories to the ground below.

"That seemed too quick, but hey." Gohan shrugged.

"To top it off, his human parts add extra vulnerability, which is stupid because it means he can even get a common cold and...

RoboCop then sneezed what looked like a bolt of electricity, which hits the ground and explodes, making everyone blink in surprise.

(*Cues: RoboCop 3 - Robo Saves Lewis*)

"FUCKING SNEEZE LIGHTNING BOLTS OUT OF HIS FACE! WHAT!?"

"I'm sorry, what?"

"That is illogical."

"It doesn't matter how many flaws he's got! RoboCop is a badass!" Boomstick declared as the Old Man stood up, seeming relieved after what happened to Jones.

"Nice shooting son. What´s your name?"

"Murphy." Was all RoboCop said before the doors closed.

"This should be an interesting one." Piccolo remarked. "They both have tech designed for this kinda thing, but which one is stronger?"

The vast majority were leaning towards RoboCop, citing his weaponry, and training as why he'd win. But there were a few voting for the Terminator (Beerus, Goten, Goku, Cell, 17 and a few others) not because they liked him (Cell did), but because the Terminators had driven humanity to extinction.

"All right, the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all."

"IT'S TIME FOR A ROBO-DEATH BATTLE!" Boomstick shouted as the doors closed then re-opened.

The scene is in a busy city (presumably Detroit). The camera pans past several buildings, all with references to previous Death Battles or other things that the fighters assume is popular or known in D-Zero. Finally, it stops at what is clearly a weapons store called 'Marcus Munitions Inc.' Outside, a younger bystander walks by, sipping on an ice coffee, ignoring the world as he messes with his long hair. Inside, some sort of electrical storm can be heard as something, or someone, appears inside the store.

"Holy shit! Hey, where'd you come from? How'd you do that?!"

"Give me your guns... and your clothes. Now!"

"Whoa, hey buddy, that's not really my thing. Hey... what are you doing? Don't touch that!" The man began before several gunshots went off, the window flashing with each shot. Then the entire building exploded.

"If he's supposed to be a silent assassin, he really doesn't know the meaning of the word 'silent'." 18 remarked.

"Pretty sure most of you would be the worst Terminators then."

"Eh, I wouldn't say that. If it's them in the future just killin' stuff, they'd do all right. But if they were trying to be stealthy? Yeah, I'll give ya that one." Beerus nodded.

(*Cues: The Terminator - Title Theme*)

The Terminator then proceeds to exit the fiery building, wearing a black leather jacket and with all of his guns strapped to him… somehow. Finally, he finished the look with his sunglasses being the last piece put on. It then cut to the red-and-white view of the Terminator as something was pulled up:

Objective: Terminate Alpha and Beta Targets

Alpha: Chad James

Beta: Ben Singer

(*Cues: RoboCop 3 - Death Of Lewis*)

"Anyone know who those two are?" Goku asked, and everyone shook their heads. It felt like they knew who they were, but they couldn't say why.

Driving skillfully, but still recklessly, RoboCop arrives in a police car to the scene of the explosion. Most likely in order to arrest the Terminator. Which when you think about it is a really stupid idea, but hey. Whatever gets the battle going.

"…you again…" RoboCop muttered, clearly remembering another time. Or an admittedly not great crossover. **

"Freeze, creep. You're under arrest. Come quietly or there'll be..." RoboCop began as he drew his Auto-9. "...trouble."

(*Cues: RoboCop 3 - Robo Fights Otomo*)

The Terminator then takes out his Hardballer and analyzes RoboCop.

Classification: Cyborg

Threat Level: HIGH

Helmet: Titanium and Laminated Kevlar

Arms: Titanium and Laminated Kevlar

Chest Plates: Titanium and Laminated Kevlar

Leg Plates: Titanium and Laminated Kevlar

Weapon: Unknown. Most likely some sort of machine pistol.

Number of Good Movies: 2

Alpha or Beta Target? No.

Terminate? Yes.

Two red circles then appeared over RoboCop's head and chest, marking them as vital points.

Vital Weak Point: Human Brain

Vital Weak Point: Human Heart

The scene then cut to RoboCop's perspective as he analyzed the Terminator.

Name: UNKNOWN

Gender: UNKNOWN

DOB: UNKNOWN

SS#: UNKNOWN

Home Address: UNKNOWN

Number of Good Movies: 4

Several circles appeared over the Terminator, identifying a few things.

Weapons: Hardballer Pistol, Riot Shotgun, Minigun

Cool Sunglasses ("Agreed." Someone commented.)

2 Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Extremely DANGEROUS If Damaged

"Negative. Walk away if you want to live." The Terminator said flatly.

"Dead or alive, you're coming with me." RoboCop said matter-of-factly.

FIGHT!

Not wasting any time, The Terminator fired his Hardballer pistol several times, unfortunately, each shot seemed to have had no effect on RoboCop, as the bullets hit him, but mostly bounce off. In retaliation, RoboCop then fires multiple shots from his hand cannon, and these bullets seemed to have a very minor effect on the T-800, as each shot seemed to slightly stagger the Terminator. Still, it was clear to both parties that wasn't going to be enough.

"Okay, so their guns are useless…" Goku muttered.

Afterward, the two continuously fire their handguns as they walk towards each other, neither one seeming phased or nervous about the literal bullet storm they were walking into.

"If there's one thing that seems kinda cool about being a cyborg, it's the whole 'bullet immunity' thing."

"Technically they still hurt, a LOT. But its more physical damage rather than lethal." 17 shrugged.

Seeing the ineffectiveness, the Terminator threw away his Hardballer and pulled out his shotgun, firing into RoboCop's chest.

Ch-chk

Then into his shoulder.

Ch-chk

Then into his leg. Each shot succeeding in knocking RoboCop back somewhat, but while there were minor dents, it was hard to say if the attacks were actually effective or not.

"Out of my way!" The Terminator ordered before firing the shotgun in the general area of Murphy's head, an attack which actually did some real damage. The Cyberdyne assassin proceeded to follow this attack up with several hits from the shotgun proper, using it like a baseball bat Chi-Chi used to re-arrange Cell's face. Re-gaining his footing, RoboCop fired a burst off with his pistol, striking the shotgun and knocking it out of his hands, but without wasting any time, but Terminator dominates RoboCop in hand-to-hand fighting, moving faster than anyone would've expected, and the strikes seemed… intentional. He was hitting RoboCop in a few places that seemed to be targeting vital parts. RoboCop tried to block the furious fast fists before managing to break the Terminator's attacks, firing a few shots off, two in the chest and one in the face. The Terminator stumbled back then looked up, one of the lenses on his sunglasses broken, and part of the skin on his face torn off, revealing metal.

"Take that, criminal sc-"

The Terminator takes off his broken sunglasses and then looks at RoboCop, clearly angered. The Terminator punches him repeatedly, grabbing him by his robo-neck and proceeded to body-slam him into the ground, breaking the road with a large crater being made. The Terminator then pummeled him further and further into the ground, then grabbed him and threw him through the window of his own police car.

"Ouch. Damage a man's car. That's how you hurt someone."

The Terminator takes out his grenade launcher, threw a round up into the air and opened the launcher, holding it to the side as the round perfectly fell into the launcher. Closing the gun with one hand he aimed at the car.

"Hasta la vista... baby." The Terminator said matter-of-factly, firing the grenade into RoboCop's car, making a massive explosion and fireball as the car (and presumably RoboCop) went up in flames.

"That seemed too simple for this to be the end of the fight." 16 said flatly.

"Yeah, the battle's just getting started." Goku nodded, enjoying the battle. He wasn't big on guns, but it was clear the two fighting knew what they were doing, and were using their guns almost like a Ki attack or even a sort of gun-kata…

To prove Goku's point, RoboCop burst from the flames with his jetpack, loading a clip into the Cobra Assault Cannon. It was hard to gauge what either fighter was feeling, if RoboCop was angry, he didn't show it. If the Terminator was nervous (which everyone doubted) he didn't show it.

(*Cues: RoboCop 3 (SNES) - TItle Theme*)

"Good news, scum." RoboCop said as he aimed the Cobra Assault Cannon. "You are no longer under arrest."

"How would you arrest a Terminator?" Goten asked.

"You don't." Future Trunks said flatly.

"You realize the hopelessness of it and pray you die quickly." Cell added, making some glare at him and a few shiver slightly at the implications.

RoboCop fired a shot into the terminator, and it actually did some damage. The cybernetic killer was sent flying backwards, managing to roll backwards and get back up before taking off running. RoboCop flew after him, aiming and firing his CAC, nearly hitting the Terminator more than once, but mostly just blowing up cars.

"Didn't he have a targeting system or something?" Gohan asked.

"Yeah, but what's the point of having a gun like that if you're not gonna blow something up with it?" Trunks asked.

"…I think you've been hanging around Skorch too much." Bulma muttered.

"No, I'm with him on that one." Future Trunks admitted, much to Bulma's annoyance.

"Also, have you ever tried precision aiming why flying? Not to mention the kick-back on that thing has gotta be insane."

The Terminator slid, something which looked kinda weird for an advanced cyborg to do, but hey, and fired a few grenades upwards, forcing RoboCop to change his flight path as they crashed into a building and exploded, sending a shower of glass and metal down to the streets below. The Terminator looked around, then fired another grenade off in a random direction, running off in the opposite one. The resulting explosion caught RoboCop's attention, and he flew towards the explosion, not seeing the Terminator running off in the opposite direction.

"…hey, I doubt it'll happen here, but do you think a Terminator would cut and run?" 17 asked. "I doubt it'd ever back down from a fight, but do you think self-preservation is programmed into them?"

"I get the feeling if you're the target, thy won't stop until you're dead or they're destroyed. Other than that, I could see them trying to avoid any massive conflict against a well-armed enemy." Vegeta answered, thinking it over. Honestly, he didn't see the huge threat of a single Terminator, but he would acknowledge that fighting an entire army of them? Fighting possibly hundreds of thousands of killer machines that wouldn't stop for oil nor software updates? That would be a bit trickier. Still, he figured he could handle that.

RoboCop came to the burning car… but there was no sign of the Terminator. He shot back up into the sky, looking around for his adversary, shooting past a building… which the Terminator was climbing by punching directly into the wall.

"Well, that's one way of getting the high ground." Whis mused.

"Hmm... do you plan on hiding forever?" RoboCop blinked, looking around for the Terminator, only for something to start revving up. Pulling back, the Terminator was holding the Minigun which was beginning to spin.

"No!"

(*Cues: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Terminator Tangle again*)

The Terminator opened fire, unleashing a vicious barrage of bullets at RoboCop, the bullets dealing some damage to him, a few small holes being punched in the jetpack, but RoboCop kept flying, attempting to avoid the minigun fire. The stream of bullets ripping through several buildings, but RoboCop seemed to be trying to think of something. Analyzing the minigun, RoboCop fired two bursts form the Auto-9, and the six bullets fired into the minigun… and effectively jammed it. The barrel stopped spinning, and it seemed to start smoking, as if it was breaking apart from the inside. The Terminator looked at it, then threw it away dismissively.

"Huh. Not bad." Vegeta admitted.

RoboCop charged at him, but Terminator aimed his grenade launcher, calculating the arc angle above RoboCop, everyone was confused, until they saw where he was aiming.

"Time to bring you down to earth!"

He manages to hit the flight pack with the grenade launcher, causing it to malfunction. With his flight pack out of control, RoboCop jumps off onto the rooftop as it flies off towards the ground without him. Sliding across the roof, RoboCop came to a stop and stood back up, looking up to where he had fallen from. RoboCop attaches the weapon arm, and Terminator throws aside his grenade launcher for his shotgun and jumps down towards him. The Terminator fired a few shots off, but they only seemed to be of a minor inconvenience.

"If the blast is that big, why isn't it doing more to him?" Goten asked.

"Shotguns spread." 16 said. "Their ammunition type typically consists of a 'scatter-shot' style blast, resulting in the pellet ammunition having a wider range."

"Your move." RoboCop said, punching the Terminator across the jaw when he came within range and knocking him off of the side of the building. Everyone blinked, wanting to see how this was going to go down… for a few moments, it was silent, it seemed like the Terminator was gone.

Yet somehow, the Terminator returned… in a police copter. Shooting out the window, he fired a few shots at RoboCop, as he flew the helicopter directly towards him. RoboCop held his arm out, and the riot shield deployed as the rambolts dug into the roof. The helicopter shot forward… and then got torn to shreds when it crashed into RoboCop. The helicopters frame shattered and crumpled in on itself as RoboCop seemed completely unfazed by the literal air vehicle he was currently splitting in two just by standing there.

"Man, those rambolts are strong!"

"That or that chopper is incredibly weak."

"Pretty sure its both." Krillin shrugged. "Still looks awesome."

RoboCop grabbed the Terminator as the chopped continued being effectively split in two, and held him up, resulting in the entire left half of his head being skinned by the rotary blade at the tail-end of the chopper. As the vehicle careened off to somewhere else, RoboCop punched the Terminator with his one hand-hand, and then fired his flamethrower, burning the T-800 and damaging him further, the skin on his face melting away.

(*Cues: Robocop 1987 - Rock Shop*)

"Property damage. Resisting arrest. Damage of Police equipment. Assaulting an officer. Murder. Your hot streak ends here." RoboCop stated matter-of-factly.

"Fuck you, Dick-wad!" The Terminator spat.

"You have the right to remain silent..." RoboCop stated before he kicked the Terminator off of the rooftop and aimed at his falling opponent with his weapon arm. A target seemed to lock onto the falling Terminator, who (as far as the Fighters knew) had no way of stopping the fall. "I suggest you exercise it."

With that statement, RoboCop then fired his smart bomb missile, sending the projectile careening downwards and striking the Terminator in the chest. The impact and gravity working together to bring the T-800 down into an oil tank, which went up in a massive explosion, taking out part of a nearby building, and several cars while it was at it. RoboCop jumped down from the rooftop and scanned the fire, trying to see if the Terminator was well, terminated.

(*Cues: Death by Fire/Terminator Gets Up - The Terminator 1984*)

Rising from the fire was a figure, two blood-red eyes flashing as the Terminator's Endoskeleton soot up and walked out from the fire. Mechanical whirring occurred with every movement it made as it assessed the battle, then opened its chest.

BrZat! The Terminator produced and fired his Plasma rifle, striking RoboCop's weapon arm… and seemingly taking it off-line.

"Hm. That thing doubles as an EMP gun? Interesting…" Gohan muttered.

"Kinda seems like a bad idea, wouldn't that just be giving the Resistance a weapon to take them down easier? Even if the gins are too heavy, the tech could still be effective."

Another shot seemed to stun RoboCop's leg, leaving him unable to do much other than move for cover behind a car as several more plasma blasts fired off. Finally, RoboCop seemed to devise a plan… which was grab the car he was hiding behind and flip it. The car when flying and crashed into the Terminator. The vehicle trapped the Terminator's right arm under it, and he was unable to move. Not thinking twice, the Terminator aimed and fired his shotgun at his shoulder, before ripping his arm off.

"Geez those things are relentless." Goten muttered.

"Well, yeah. It's what they're built to do."

(*Cues: Terminator 2 main theme*)

To everyone's surprise, the Terminator fires shot after shot from his shotgun, and was actually doing some real damage to RoboCop. The blasts damaging part of RoboCop's visor display and draining his battery level from 6% to 4%. It was clear while RoboCop could take a lot of damage, the cybernetic cop was nearing the end of his power source, something which Terminator VASTLY out-powered him at. RoboCop scanned for a weakness, finding one in the Terminator's waist hinge. After each of the following eight shots, the Terminator racked a slug one-handed and fired again, pushing RoboCop into a corner. Those watching were genuinely surprised, would this be how it ended?

"Man, just noticing this… this music is really good…" Future Trunks remarked.

"Yeah, through all the battles the music is usually great." Goku nodded.

The Terminator aimed the shotgun at Murphy's head, and squeezed the trigger.

Click.

The Terminator looked at the gun, confused.

Click, click, click

"Nine shots. You're out."

"Wait they-" 17 began but thought it over. "Huh, they actually counted that correctly, not bad."

"Yeah, normally there'd be fifty-seven rounds in a four-round magazine."

"How does that work?" Goku asked, confused, then put it all together. "…wait, never mind."

"Careful, its learning." Vegeta smirked.

"That's amazing." Cell muttered, sarcastically.

Not wasting any time, RoboCop took out one of his Ordinance grenades and attached it to the T-800. Cranking it up to level ten 'RAMBOLTS ACTIVATED' appeared on screen as RoboCop anchored himself to the ground. RoboCop spun his Auto-9 and aimed.

"Checkmate."

KrACkA-BOOM!

Shooting the explosive like a badass, the Terminator exploded as a massive fireball consumed the screen. When the dust settled RoboCop stood, heavily damaged, more of his face visible now that his helmet and visor were broken, and his weapon arm seemed to have opened like a flower, as it was now useless.

"Huh, kinda hoped for more." Goten frowned. "I mean, it might not be done, but still…"

"I think RoboCop's got this either way." Krillin shrugged. "If he's still standing on both legs after that, then the Terminator's gotta kamikaze and hope that he actually gets taken out along with him."

"What would happen if both combatants died?" Goku asked, curious as to how the rules of Death Battle would treat that.

"It'd be a tie." Hercule said, getting everyone's attention. "We watched one a while ago, it was two minions going at it, one killed himself by accident and the other was killed by accident as well, in the end it was a draw."

(*Cues: Death by Fire/Terminator Gets Up - The Terminator 1984*)

To everyone's shock, mechanical whirring could be heard, and from the smoke, the Terminator appeared. Now nothing but a head, part of its chest and its one remaining arm.

"Okay. I can't lie, that's kinda terrifying." Future Trunks admitted.

"So, that's how far they'll go…" 17 muttered. "Unless you destroy them completely, they'll never stop coming after you until your dead. That's unsettling…"

"I'll give whomever wrote the programming credit, they're resilient and determined." Cell nodded.

RoboCop picked the remains of the Terminator up, clearly nearing the end of his power, but refusing to go down.

"What are you doing? This fight is over." He stated.

The Terminator then turned his head in the right direction around like an owl before looking directly at RoboCop.

"Not... yet."

RoboCop analyzed the T-800, and realized that the hydrogen fuel cells had been ruptured. 'EXPLOSION IMMINENT' appeared onscreen.

"He'd better think of something, he's only got 1% of his power left." Shin remarked.

"Hydrogen fuel cells... ruptured!"

The Terminator, intent on taking his opponent with him, tries reaching out to grab RoboCop.

"You... are... terminated." It drawled.

(*Cues: The Terminator - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines*)

At this point, everyone who voted for RoboCop were genuinely uncertain of what he was going to do. He was nearly out of power; the Terminator was going to explode… it may end in a draw. However, RoboCop noticed something reflecting the sunlight not too far away, it was his flight-pack. Not wasting any time, RoboCop threw Terminator to the flight-pack, restraining him with wires and his own arm, which RoboCop jammed into the pack, making it stuck.

"Huh, that's pretty clever." Bulma admitted.

With no time to waste, RoboCop activated the flight-pack, and the Terminator roared off into the air.

"I'll... be... BACK!" It declared loudly, the threat unmistakable. Without a word, RoboCop aimed his Auto-9 up into the air, his targeting system just managing to lock onto a target, and he fired. With a deafening explosion, the Terminator, flight-pack, fuel cells, and a few buildings all exploded.

"Okay, NOW it's over." Goten said with finality.

When the Terminator's head fell to the ground, the red eyes dimming to black, everyone knew he was right. RoboCop spun the Auto-9 before putting it back in his leg.

"Ho-ly CRAP! That was friggin' metal! Whadda they call you?" The younger bystander asked, eyes wide before taking a sip from his ice coffee.

"RoboCop." RoboCop answered with a nod, the began walking to his next location, crushing the Terminator head under his boot. "Excuse me. I have to go. Somewhere, there is a crime happening."

K.O.!

Those voting for RoboCop were satisfied with his victory, and the few voting for the Terminator weren't. Overall, they came to realize that while the Terminators had the advantage in numbers, like Wiz said, they were made quickly, which lead to several notable flaws. Furthermore, RoboCop's weaponry was more powerful.

Results

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

"I don't think he'll be back from that one." Boomstick remarked.

"Terminator may have held the speed advantage, but RoboCop trumped everything else. His arsenal certainly had more destructive force behind it." Wiz explained as the 'Board of Wizdom' appeared, with certain weapons being highlighted, noting their power.

THE TERMINATOR

SIDEARM: Hardballer

FIREARM: Shotgun

GRENADE: M79 Launcher

HEAVY: Minigun

UNIQUE: Plasma Rifle

ROBOCOP

SIDEARM: Auto-9

FIREARM: Cobra Cannon

GRENADE: Ordnance

HEAVY: Weapon Arm

UNIQUE: Flight-pack

"You'd think the Terminator's space rifle would be enough, but RoboCop has tanked plasma shots before." Boomstick explained as RoboCop was shot with a plasma gun.

"So, it doesn't seem like the Terminator had anything to really take him down." Vegeta frowned.

"I think it was more RoboCop could do it faster." Gohan reasoned. "RoboCop was taking a real beating from the T-800's guns, especially towards the end. Plus, the Terminator could definitely outlast Murphy if need be."

"Fair enough."

"In fact, the difference in survivability is very clear cut. RoboCop fell from the top of a skyscraper on to a gas tank which then exploded, and he was fine." Wiz stated.

"The Terminator was blown up by a homemade pipe bomb." Boomstick commented.

"Yesh, the T-800 could really do with some more retooling…"Cell muttered. "None of you were able to kill me, I had to do it for you! And yet this ting gets taken down by such a small bomb?"

"RoboCop pushed a building-busting bomb into a warehouse – that's solid brick by the way – which detonated in his face, and he was fine." Wiz explained.

"The Terminator was obliterated by the same kind of explosion." Boomstick reasoned.

"RoboCop stopped and reversed a 3000 psi hydraulic press with his bare hands-" Wiz continued.

"Y-you guys see where this is going now, right?" Boomstick asked and a few nodded.

"And being part-human means that Murphy can think more creatively, adding a level of unpredictability the Terminator could not immediately understand." Wiz added.

"That's a fair point, actually." 18 conceded. "If the Terminator only has what was programmed and learned, he wouldn't be able to think reactively. Sure, the brain puts RoboCop in a dangerous place, but still."

"The Terminator almost had a victory, until it blew up in his face." Boomstick joked.

"The winner is RoboCop." Wiz concluded.

"Great. One down, one to go. Let's get this over with." 17 muttered.

"I really think we'd be better off getting the Entity up here to deal with this." Chi-Chi muttered.

"We can't. He didn't say what we needed to find to call him." Bulma muttered.

"You looked?" Trunks asked.

"If you wanna try, here." Bulma sighed, taking out the key and handing it to Trunks. "See if you can find whatever we need to contact Skorch." Trunks nodded and he, Goten, and the Pilaf Gang left. They were taking five minutes before the next battle anyways.

"So, who's next?" Goku asked.

"Good point." Vegeta nodded.

"All right. Let's get this over with…" 18 sighed. She hoped she was wrong, she really did… but moreover, she wanted Cell GONE. Even with Gods and an Angel here, she didn't want that freak of nature anywhere near her husband or her daughter.

The others were of the same mind. They didn't know who Duke was, they had no idea where Skorch was, Goku Black was still a thing, and this battle didn't really give them any ideas or things to try and learn in order to combat him… if anything, it just seemed to be opening old wounds.

"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick declared. The screen went black, then a bright fire appeared, and from it, a woman seemed to fly forward.

"Even with my back against the wall—I don't give up!"

A door which seemed eerily familiar for some reason then opened, and the opponent stepped out.

"All right. Let's get this over with…"

"Mama?" Marron asked, confused.

ANDROID 18 VS CAPTAIN MARVEL

"…DAMN IT!" 18 shouted, surprising pretty much everyone present.

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Oh snap! Cell is here? Now things are too complicated eighteen, something tells me we are not gonna skip your battle. Now that I think about Who would be the best opponent for a death battle with Cell?

If we were to choose an enemy for Cell, one that comes to mind would be Shang Tsung. This is not simply because of the authors bias towards Mortal Kombat, but more because of the idea of two warriors who fight using others' abilities after taking them from them.

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From A 'Guest'

This chapter feels rushed. The entirety of Lex's backstory was left out.

We apologize if you feel that way. We will acknowledge there wasn't as much of Lex's past described as Tony's both due to the constant changes in comic lore, as well as the adaptations of Superman not frequently delving into his backstory, aside from Batman v Superman. While the author actually does enjoy that film (to an extent, after a cider or two and with Rifftrax) we did not believe it was the most credible, or flattering depiction of such an iconic villain. Furthermore, the author did cut a few corners in order to have the chapter prepared sooner for you all, which mainly included more random facts and details on both fighters. We apologize if you were discouraged by this.

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From a 'Red':

You should have Skorch bring the Pokémon Weedle over. It's both a worm and a needle, so it would probably unsettle both Goku and Vegeta and make for a funny scene.

That is a bad idea… We will make note of it.

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We hope you come back soon (with snacks) to enjoy the next Death Battle, between Android 18 and Captain Marvel. Also, yes. Next chapter will contain an excerpt from the upcoming Goku V Superman battle. A chapter which will be longer than this one.

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"For some sort of cosmic God, this really isn't what I expected his room to be like…" Shu remarked, looking around. There was a smell that none of them could pin down, but it smelled like… a dorm room. Some clothes were scattered around (which was weird because Skorch only wore soccer shorts, flip-flops and a long coat…), a tv was in a corner with a bunch of boxes hooked up to it, a recycling bin was overflowing with empty pizza boxes and crushed cans, and a wall was covered in maps and drawings in languages that none of them seemed to recognize, it was interesting, but not what they were here for.

"What did you expect?" Pilaf asked, confused.

"I dunno… a temple? I can't really think about what a God's house would be like…"

"Hey, Mai! You find anything?" Goten called.

"No. Just some random stuff… and a pinball table with a weasel. Willy's… I dunno, I can't read the rest…" Mai called back.

"So, this guy just showed up one day?" Shu asked.

"Pretty much." Trunks nodded, turning some stuff over and trying to find something that looked like it'd be what they needed. "He just sorta showed up one day, and started explaining some stuff to us. From what he's said, he's a Watcher, an Entity who travels to different worlds and records everything that happens there from the beginning to the end."

"He sounds like a teenager! How old is he?"

"I dunno." Trunks shrugged. "Whis said he's older than we realize, and according to him, he's been to countless worlds, so he could be trillions of years old for all I know…"

"Huh, and the Dragon Balls gave him this power?"

"No. apparently 'Watchers' were their own race or something, he hasn't said much about it." Trunks answered. "Apparently, he has more power than anyone has ever had, but he still talks to Whis and Lord Beerus as if they're his superiors, and there's limits to what he can and will do…"

"I'd guess if he lives here, and his job is just to watch things happen, angering them and destroying the planet would go against his job."

"Yeah, I think so. He also talks about how he can't change the future, but he's capable to giving advice so we can change it for the better. I think that's why Mom wants to talk to him so badly."

"And the other one? Duke?"

"No idea." Goten shook his head, walking back over and frowning in annoyance. "None of us have ever heard of him before."

"Hey, isn't that a Dragon Ball?" Mai asked, suddenly noticing something.

"Yeah, why?" Trunks asked, looking to where she was pointing. "Wait."

"Wait. Why does he have a Dragon Ball!? And why is there a dragon attached to it?"

"Why is there a pipe attached to it?"

"Hang on, there's a note attached…" Goten remarked, taking the paper off and reading it. "It says 'For a helping hand, light the torch.' The heck does that mean!?"

"Uh, either this Skorch fellow was into some weird stuff none of us know about, or this is how we contact him."

"I think that's an incense candle." Mai remarked, and everyone looked to her. "Uh, essentially scented candles, some people use it when they're meditating, and some cultures used them in worship of Gods."

Finding a convenient lighter, Pilaf lit the 'torch' for a few seconds before smoke exhumed from the dragon's mouth and nostrils, swirling about before it seemed to part, creating a smoke ring with a screen (for lack of a better term) and a figure leaned up from a chair on a beach and raised his glasses.

"Yo." The figure remarked. "If you've found this, it means something went down. Or you lookin' to cut loose. Which is it?"

"Both."

"Dude, that doesn't help me, what do you need?"

"Where's Skorch? We need to talk to him!" Trunks spoke up, looking at the figure… whose name he forgot…

"Skorch is in the library right now, I'll send him a message. If he isn't in the archives, which he told me he was heading into, he'll be there within the hour. If he's in the archives… no idea how long it'll be." The figure said. "Knowing him, it may be a day or two… Peace." The smoke then dissipated.

"Well, that's all we can do for now." Goten shrugged. "C'mon, I think they're starting the next battle."

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* Seriously. Go read Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle. It's better than the last two Terminator films. And I actually really like Dark Fate. I also really like Salvation. Yeah, I said it. It has one of my favourite movie posters ever.

** The comic in question is Terminator/RoboCop: Kill Human. It's interesting… but also really bad in the ending. I would recommend reading it just for the absurdity.