After a long day, Team Team RWBY got everything set and ready for Team JNPR to join them for another night of one of their new favorite shows: Death Battle.
"Oooh, I had so much fun yesterday." Ruby says.
"It isn't really fun watching people die, but it is intriguing to watch." Blake admits.
"I love learning about new characters. Who knew there was another world filled with so much creativity." Yang says.
"I mean, multiverse theory isn't such a crazy thing. But now that we have some time, don't you guys find it strange how this just appeared out of nowhere?" Weiss asked.
"Hmm, yeah, now that you mention it. It is sorta weird." Ruby admitted.
"Ow!" Yang suddenly says out of nowhere.
"Yang, what's wrong?" Blake asks her teammate.
"I don't know. I suddenly felt a pain above my eye." Yang says as she turned around for whatever reason, now had a scar above her right eye.
"Yang, where did that scar come from?" Weiss asked her.
"Uhhh… what scar?" Yang asked, confusion on her face and in her voice.
"The one above your right eye." Blake answered.
Yang ran to the bathroom to check out what they were talking about.
"I- I don't know… Have I had this for a while and just never noticed it?" Yang questioned.
"But that doesn't make any sense. Your aura should've healed it." Blake says.
"Did you get into a fight recently where you got hit in the head?" Ruby asked.
"I don't… think so?" Yang wondered, just as confused as her teammates.
"It's possible you didn't notice it before, but I don't understand how you could miss something like that." Weiss said.
"Yeah… me either…" Yang said silently, before she heard a knock on their door.
Ruby uses her semblance to get to the door and opened it to find Team JNPR standing there, ready for another night of exciting death battles.
"Hey, Ru-" Jaune begins to speak before being interrupted by the eager leader of Team RWBY.
"Get in, get in, get in!"
"You heard the lady! Let me in there!" Nora said, pushing past her leader and finding her seat. Everybody following suit. Yang was sort of tuned out as she touched the scar on her forehead with a puzzled look.
"Today, two experts of destruction and masters of terrain will fight to the bitter end." Wiz starts the episode.
"White Bomber, the Bomberman." Boomstick introduces one participant.
"Ah look at how adorable he is!" Ruby gushed at the Bomberman.
"Aw, I bet he isn't a danger to everyone around him." Pyrrha also gushed, being completely serious.
"His name is 'Bomberman'." Ren muttered to himself.
"And Taizo Hori, aka Dig Dug." Wiz introduces the challenger.
"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."
"Bomberman is a psychopathic cyborg slave forced to duel other slaves to the death in dimly-lit maze-like arenas for the entertainment of alien terrorists." Boomstick incorrectly goes over a different bomberman.
"Woah, woah, woah, woah!" Jaune said, trying to take in everything Boomstick just said. "Hold up, what?"
"That… doesn't feel right." Blake pointed out.
"No, no, not that Bomberman, Boomstick. White Bomber, the Bomberman." Wiz corrected Boomstick.
"Okay, that makes more sense." Blake said.
"I think I'd rather hear about the other Bomberman, personally." Yang admitted.
"An alien robot warrior from the planet Bomber who belongs to an intergalactic police force protecting the galaxy."
"Oh. Well, his method of saving those planets is blowing the shit out of them, so he's alright with me." Boomstick said.
"Ooooh, explosions!" Nora reacted with glee.
"Oh no…" Pyrrha said.
"Right! Bomberman cares little for the environment he is supposedly protecting, making him an unpredictable opponent." Wiz explains.
"How are you supposed to protect people and be so reckless with your surroundings?!" Weiss said with a hint of irritation.
"I have to agree. You shouldn't call yourself a hero when you risk the lives of the people you're supposed to be saving." Blake agreed with some fury in her voice.
"Bomberman's answer to every problem is… explosions!" Boomstick said. "Got a locked door? Blow it up! Behind on taxes? Blow them up! Have a naggy wife? Blow her ass up, too! His arsenal consists of bombs, bombs, and more bombs, which usually takes about two or three seconds to detonate. And while the explosions start off small, they can be upgraded to destroy an entire acre all at once. Plus, he can charge a bomb up to over four times its size for maximum destruction."
"For the love of gods, he's so dangerous!" Pyrrha said.
"While blasting his way through planet after planet. Bomberman finds numerous power-ups buried beneath the earth." Wiz explained further. "Bomb Up gives him extra bombs. Accelerator increases his running speed. Armor gives him temporary immunity, the Explosion Expander gives his bombs a power boost, and Bomb Kick and Power Glove let him kick and throw bombs at his own leisure."
"And when he picks up Super Bombs, you know he means business. I'm talkin' T2: Judgement Day business."
"Bomberman can also hatch and tame wild Rooeys, kangaroo-like creatures which give White Bomber a distinct advantage in battle."
"Aw, look at them!" Weiss gushed over Bomberman's companions.
"They're so adorable!" Ruby said, wanting one of her own.
"Each Rooey has a different ability, though generally they are very fast, have incredibly good jumping skills, can step over bombs, and sacrifice themselves for Bomberman if need be. Kind of like Yoshi." Boomstick says.
This put a frown on Ruby and Weiss' faces.
"Which brings up Bomberman's weakness: his own weapons. If White Bomber's careless, he can easily get caught in his own explosion or trap himself between a wall and his dropped bombs." Wiz explains.
"Yeah, Bomberman's pretty good at blowing shit up, but he's not so hot when it comes to defusing his own explosives, but he's survived through a crap ton of games, leaving behind many smoldering piles of rubble that used to be planets, towns, and families."
"I did it!" Bomberman celebrates with a backflip.
"Sooooo, is he meant to be a good guy?" Jaune wondered.
"Of course not! Look at those EEEVIL soulless eyes!" Nora begins to go off. "And that…. Cute little backflip he just did!"
"Dig Dug is an expert excavator and executioner." Wiz introduces Dig Dug. "He consistently traverses the underground to slay dragons. His real name is Taizo Hori, which literally means "I want to dig". He is also the father of the more recent phenomenon, Mr. Driller."
"Dig Dug has two loves in life: diggin' and killin'. His main weapon is one of the most cruel and deadly weapons I've ever seen. It's pretty much a cross between a bike pump and a harpoon."
"A what and a what?" Ren asked, confused.
"Did he say a bike pump and a harpoon?" Yang asked.
"Nooooo… You don't think…?" Jaune asked.
"An odd weapon, which I would normally question the efficiency of…" Wiz admits.
"But when he stabs you with it, you're gonna wish you die any other way than what Mr. Dig Dug has planned for you." Boomstick says as we see art of an enemy blown up to look like a balloon while they're being impaled by the weapon.
"WHAT IN THE WORLD?!" Weiss yelled.
"The average human body can only take around 15 pounds per square inch of air pressure before death is assured. Every time Dig Dug pumps, over 10 PSI is injected into his victim, quickly immobilizing them. Two or three pumps later, Dig Dug's target combusts." Wiz explains.
"That is one horrible way to die! Imagine after being impaled, you're then slowly filled with air until you explode. Oh man, this guy is sick!"
"Where do you even get a weapon like that?!" Ruby asked causing her teammates to look at her with a concerned look. "Not because I want to use it!"
"Oh man, I think I'm gonna be sick." Jaune says as he holds in his lunch, causing Yang to leap back as she got vomited on by Jaune on the bullhead on the first day at Beacon.
"Stay back, vomit boy!" Yang told him.
Sympathetic Pyrrha pulled out a paper bag for Jaune to throw up in.
"Dig Dug also has a jackhammer, which he uses to burrow through the earth at an unimaginable speed." Wiz explained. "He has total control over his terrain and can maneuver through the ground just as easily as walking through an empty field, climbing and crawling without slowing down."
"That jackhammer can even force entire islands to split apart, but the strangest thing is the sound it makes. You'd think a jackhammer would sound like this:" Boomstick presents.
Footage of a real life jackhammer plays on screen.
"But Dig Dug's sounds like this:"
Now we see footage of a Dig Dug video game where he's walking around with the Dig Dug walking sound effect playing.
"Ahhh! MY EARS!" Nora said. "MAKE IT STOP!"
"NORA! CALM DOWN!" Ren shouts as her entire team has to stop Nora from destroying the TV, while Team RWBY cower in the corner.
"Actually, Boomstick, that sound seems to occur each time he takes a step, not just when he's drilling." Wiz corrects his coworker.
"So… what? It's his feet? Man, that would get really annoying. No wonder this guy is a psycho."
"Dig Dug possesses great physical endurance, climbing and digging tirelessly for unprecedented amounts of time, and yet he is easily defeated when tackled by a tomato with eyes."
"What?"
"Uhhh, I'm sorry, do you want to repeat that?" Yang asked.
"Yes. Dig Dug battles both ferocious dragons and living tomatoes."
"You know… I truly thought I had seen everything… I was wrong." Blake said.
"A tomato with eyes?" Weiss said.
"Hey, Jaune, I bet you could take 'em." Ruby told him.
"Thanks, Ruby. That makes me feel good…"
"Who in the hell thought walking tomatoes with goggles were on-par with fire breathing ghost dragons?" Boomstick asked.
Dig Dug stabs and pumps up a dragon three times before it explodes and the Dig Dug level complete jingle plays.
"Alright, the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all."
"It's time for a DEATH BATTLE!"
Bomberman is riding a Rooey across Dig Dug's field when they suddenly cross Mr. Dug.
FIGHT!
Dig Dug fires his harpoon, which the Rooey gets out of the way of, then it dashes into Dig Dug six times. After the last hit, Dig Dug sees a bomb dropped by Bomberman and quickly burrows into the ground. The explosion destroys a block and reveals an Explosion Expander, which Bomberman goes for. Dig Dug sneaks up underneath Bomberman, stabbing his harpoon into the Rooey. After four pumps, the Rooey explodes, leaving Bomberman on the ground.
"NOOOOOOOO! THE ROOEY!" Ruby and Weiss cried.
"Make him pay, Bomberman!" Nora cheered.
He then quickly gets up, lifts up a bomb, charges it twice, then drops it into the hole. Dig Dug sees it and runs away once again. The explosion destroys more blocks, revealing four power-ups: Accelerator, Explosion Expander, Bomb-Up, and Bomb Kick. Bomberman walks over and picks all four of them up before following Dig Dug's trail and kicking a bomb in his direction.
"It sure is awfully convenient all those power-ups happened to be down there." Blake points out.
"Blake, you're breaking my immersion." Jaune told her.
"Just saying."
Dig Dug turns around and uses his harpoon to deflect it. Bomberman then kicks it and plays bomb soccer with Dig Dug, with the cycle continuing until Bomberman throws another bomb. Both flee as the bombs' both create huge plus-shaped explosions, destroying many blocks, underneath them the Super Bomb, which Bomberman grabs. Dig Dug continues fleeing, digging his way upward towards the surface as Bomberman holds the Super Bomb in his hand, charging it to four times its size, before throwing it. The explosion from it is so great that Dig Dug, who nearly made it, is in the air with no blocks around him, causing him to fall down in front of Bomberman, who has another Super Bomb for him.
"Oh no, I think this is it for Dig Dug." Ruby says.
"That explosion was huge!" If he gets hit point blank with another he's done." Yang said.
"Hmmm, I think Dig Dug is gonna win." Jaune said.
"What? But he-" Weiss says.
"Just watch."
As Bomberman charges it twice, Dig Dug quickly fires his harpoon at Bomberman, causing him to drop the Super Bomb, then pumps him twice before digging underneath to escape the inevitable explosion.
Everyone in the room gasped and was impressed by Dig Dug using his wits, but even more impressed with Jaune for figuring out what Dig Dug was about to do.
"Jaune, how did you see that coming?" Ruby asked.
"The weapon stuns Dig Dug's enemies, I noticed it in the footage while they were talking about him, and it's possible for Bomberman to be hurt by his own bombs. I don't know, Dig Dug just did what I would've done, I think." Jaune explained.
Pyrrha smiled at Jaune with admiration.
Bomberman slowly recovers, then turns to see his Super Bomb about to go off. His eyes turn large and cartoonish as he lets out a scream before the Super Bomb explodes, leaving a huge hole in the ground. Dig Dug then looks over at the newly made hole, seeing that his opponent was obliterated by his own weapon.
K.O.!
Some of them laughed by Bomberman's scream just before he was blown to pieces.
"Yeah, explosions!" Boomstick cheers.
"Dig Dug is a difficult opponent for anyone to beat, not for brute strength but maneuverability. Dig Dug had complete control over the terrain right off the bat, while Bomberman was forced to rely on his power-ups for success." Wiz explains.
"Taking the fight into the ground gave Dig Dug a huge advantage."
"Even after it looked like Bomberman took the lead, Dig Dug proved he could control his opponent just as much as he can control his environment."
"Bomberman sure went out with a bang."
"I think you mean Bomberman went out with a-" Yang is about to make a pun, but she's interrupted by Weiss.
"Don't you say it!"
There's a slight pause.
"...Yang." Yang finishes her pun.
"Boooo." Nora boos the joke.
"The winner is Dig Dug."
With one fight for the night down, Jaune pushed the button to play the next episode.
