When it comes to practical advice, one that I myself find to always insure to follow is a simple one

(Red) Ya don't deal with ya soul! And fortunately these 2 conmen know all about souls and contracts. But if push comes to shove, whose going to be collecting whose soul?

(Geo) The Devil, the vile casino owner from Cuphead

(Ender) and The Snatcher, the Swindler from the Subcon Forest

(Geo) I'm Geo, he's Ender and that's Red. And it our job to analyze their weapons, armor, skills, feats and weaknesses to find out who would win A Death Battle


He betrayed The Lord. As such, the angel Lucifer was cast out of heaven to the depths of hell, cursing that one day he would rise once more. And he eventually did...

(Red) To set up shop on Ink Well Isle with his Casino! Sure not what I was expecting but hey. I'm not the lord of torment!

"Everyone loves a carnival"

*cue Ink Well Hell

(Ender) Business practices aside, the devil is not one to be taken lightly. And has successfully tormented the citizens of Inkwell with his devilish contracts, claiming their souls-and riches-as his own. No one dares challenge his authority

(Geo) Those who do, however, are in for one hell of a time as The Devil has a massive array of magical abilities at his disposal. He can shapeshift and morph his body in a variety of ways, from turning his own head into a spider, extending his arms for a long ranged clap attack, or extending his neck like a snake. With a spin of his trident, he can summon fireballs or bouncing bubbles of magic

(Red) He can grow GIANT in size, summon bat-bomb things from his ears and flying axes from his eyes, and fire blasts from his trident that change the genetic make up of things it hits.

(Ender) He possesses telekinesis, pyrokinesis, and has a large number of minions to summon to do his job for him. Even his own tears are acidic

(Geo) His own tears...yeah in case you missed that, don't let his strength fool you. The Devil is actually a...pretty big bitch. He prefers to sit and wait while his lackies do his work for him. Only stepping in when a debtor gets out of line

(Red) He has a knack for underestimating his foes, just like when a pair of china-headed brothers ended his tyrannical reign with relative ease. But can you really blame him with the shit he's been able to do?

(Ender) He's reduced 1/3rd of a forest to nothingness, survived his skeleton jumping out of his own skin, has enough magic power to utterly evaporate even his strongest minions and rendered an entire carnival to scrap metal. He once killed Mrs. Chalice, then brought her back to life again just because he could.

(Red) When you traverse to the land of chance, keep in mind one rule: Dont deal with the devil!

"You're mine now! And we're gonna have a hell of a time down here...!"

The Devil
Age: Centuries Old
Weight: ?
Height: ?
Casino owner, Lord of terror, and lovely singer

Trident:
-Can be summoned to his side, or move around without him
-Fireballs
-Fire blasts
-Magic Bubbles
-Transmutation
-Death curse

Toon Force
-Can jump out of his own skin
-Extend, stretch and shapeshift his body into almost anything he wants

Powers:
-Flight
-Soul Stealing
-Telekinisis
-Teleportation
-Size manipulation
-Bat Bombs
-Flying Axes
-Acidic Tears

Minions
-Fat Demons (shoot skull projectiles)
-Purple Demons
-Blue Demons (Flight and Homing attack)

Feats:
-Decimated an entire carnival
-Burned down 1/3rd of a forest
-Rules over inkwell hell
-Feared by all
-Destroyed even his strongest minions with ease

Weaknesses:
-Arrogant
-Tendency to underestimate
-Usually hides behind his minions to do the work for him
-Lost to Cuphead and Mugman
-Sore Loser


Many years ago, the kingdom of Subcon was ruled by the kind Princess Vanessa and her wonderful Prince, who had finally returned from school. Everything was peace

(Red) aaaand that didn't last long!

(Geo) One day, Vanessa walked in on her Prince chatting up some random flower girl in town, running away in heartbreak. Not realizing it was a misunderstanding, as he was buying her flowers. But when he went to talk to her, she was having none of it

(Red) She went psycho crazy, freezing over the mansion and the entire kingdom, having her guards capture her Ex Prince and lock him in the dungeon, where he would rot! Talk about your bad break ups

(Ender) The prince died in that cell, but he wasn't gone. His ghostly shadow broke free and escaped the mansion, leaving it to Vanessa's reign and taking what remained of his people into the forest. The prince died that day, and in his place rose...The Snatcher

"Ahahahahaha! FOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!"

Cue Subcon Forest

(Red) Now, become a burnt ghost noodle may seem like a net negative, but WHOO DAMN did he make the most of it!

(Ender) Snatcher quickly took the opportunity to mark the entire forest as his keep, an has been keeping an eye on EVERYTHING that happens inside for presumably years. During which, he took to a special hobby

(Geo) If by 'hobby' you mean 'forcing contracts onto people to do his chores for him in exchange for their soul' then yeah, he's a natural craftsman

(Red) But when your no longer of use to him, watch out! Cause he comes packing heat! He can teleport, create shockwaves and miniature earthquakes by popping out of the ground, create virtually anything he wants out of thin air, and summon pillars of FIRE wherever he wants

(Ender) He can shroud the entire arena in darkness, stop a foes movement with rings of shadowy hands, create cardboard dopplegangers of himself, and split his body apart into thousands of pieces, which he can shapeshift into anything he wants. Hell, he can even manipulate his own body and make himself completly immune to all harm

(Geo) You read that right! Snatcher can make himself COMPLETLY invincible. See, in his universe, an opponent turns Blue when they are able to be struck by an attack. Well Snatcher here can just...choose to never turn blue.

(Ender) Which IS a genuine ability of his, as he calls attention to it AND Hat Kid must even find her own way AROUND his rule in order to continue his battle. His ability to bend reality doesn't stop there, however, as Snatcher has one last deadly tool up his sleeves: The Death Wish Contracts

(Red) With these bad boys, Snatcher can alter past events, changing things however the heck he wants! He can create "EX" clones of the games bosses-

(Ender) Which we know he is in control of, as in the final death wish's screen we see Snatcher controlling them like puppets

(Red) And even give himself a power boost in the form of Ultra Snatcher

(Geo) The Ultra Snatcher form not only vastly improves snatcher's durability and power, it also grants him brand new abilities. His flame pillars now create shockwaves, he can throw Buzzsaws, sparks along the floor, and summon falling studio lights and dark Time Pieces out of no where

(Ender) We mention his durability specifically as Snatcher is a bit of a Glass Cannon. He has the least amount of health of any boss in the game, and has equally low stamina. Extended periods of fighting leaves him completely exhausted

(Red) And despite all that talk of his contracts, he is FORCED to obey them even himself! Hat Kid managed to trick him by rewriting the contract after he stamped it!

(Geo) As well, his power has been shown to be able to be countered. Such as when the Fire Spirits managed to bar him from entering parts of his OWN forest

(Ender) But do not be fooled into thinking you're safe. Snatcher has survived a fall from orbit, infultrated Hat Kid's spaceship with ease, and is a master manipulator. If you ever find yourself in Subcon, be wary. For when the Snatcher finds you, its either serve him...or die

"Its time you see what I am truly capable of kid. Say goodbye to that little head of yours!"

The Snatcher
Age: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Law Student, Ex Prince, and Vtuber

Powers:
-Teleportation
-Soul Stealing
-Shapeshifting
-Duplication
-Arena Trapping
-Shockwaves
-Flame Pillars
-Darkness Control
-Matter Creation: Fruit Bombs, Cardboard Cutouts
-Instant Death

Invulnerability
-Can choose not to turn Blue
-Countered by blue objects

Reality Warping Death Wishes
-Alter events of the past
-Creates entirely new realities
-Creates and controls 'Ex' versions of other characters
-Is aware of the player trying to cheat

Ultra Snatcher
-Stronger and More Durable
-Attacks gain new properties
-Uses attacks from other bosses

Feats:
-Watches over all of Subcon at all times
-Survived a fall from Orbit
-Tricked Hat Kid into doing his jobs
-Scales to Vanessa, who froze the entire kingdom
-Withstood blows from Hat Kid

Weaknesses:
-Fragile
-Low Endurance
-Sore Loser
-Powers can be counters
-Can be trapped by his own contracts
-Lost to Hat Kid


Alright the combatants are set, lets end this debate once and for all

(Geo) The Rebel King of Hell vs The Ghastly Dealer!

(Red) ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!


Location: Devil's Casino

Devil and King Dice watch from a balcony, overseeing all their visitors gambling their literal souls away. "Any interesting parties yet?"

"Down there sir" King Dice points to a small girl in a purple hat and cape. Devil sees dollar signs in his eyes as he walks off screen and appears behind her

"My my little lady. You seem to be doing really well"

"..." She says nothing, causing Devil to snicker

"What do you say we...raise the stakes?"

"..." Still nothing, making Devil's face get visibly annoyed

"You know its very rude to ignore someone talking to you" Devil says yanking on her arm "Listen here you!" When he turns her around he sees she was simply a balloon. Soon laughter is heard as the arena turns purple. From the ground, Snatcher arises

"Ahahahahaha! FOOOOOL!" He laughs "You fell RIGHT into my trap!"

"Who the here are you...?" Devil asks not impressed

"Doesn't matter who I am" Snatcher gets up in his face "What matters is...a certain...ugly demon. Has been encroaching on MY territory"

"Your territory?"

"The soul taking game is MY gig pal...so pack up shop before I take YOURS as payment!" Snatcher says before getting smacked backwards by a trident

"Oh thats adorable! In case you haven't heard, I'm the devil" He says cocking his Trident like a shotgun "If you really think you can take ME then bring it on! I'll use your soul to power my toilets"

"Alright wise guy...SAY GOODBYE TO THAT GIANT HEAD OF YOURS!" Snatcher shouts

FIGHT!

*cue Your Contract Has Expired

Devil points his trident, shooting blasts of fire at the spectre, who fades into the ground, only to reappear behind Devil. The resulting earthquake makes the demon stumble a bit before he turns and slams his Trident into Snatcher's head with a resounding THUNK! However, the smile never so much as dropped from Snatcher's face as he laughs before blasting Devil backwards with a torrent of flames. The gamblers in the casino flee in fear of the sudden fire as Devil growls and shoots more flames at Snatcher, which all simply puff as they collide with him "What's wrong?" Snatcher laughs "Waiting for me to turn blue?"

"Um...why would I-" Devil asks before Snatcher whips him with his tail

"Too bad buster! Blue ain't my color, which means. I'M INVINSIBLE!" The ex prince laughs as he ducks back underground. Devil sneers and flies high into the air, avoiding the shake and shockwave. Looking around, Devil notices Goopy Le Grande sitting at a slot machine. A light bulb-with devil horns-appears over his head...before he then grabs the light bulb and throws it at the machine, breaking it and making Goopy gasp

"You lose! Time to pay up!" Devil laughs, grabbing the slime. Snatcher rushes at the demon, who turns around and throws Goopy le Grande at him-the slime screaming all the while

"What the-!?" Snatcher shouts before goopy explodes on impact, covering snatcher in blue goo ". . . ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME!?" Snatcher roars in anger only for his face to get punched by the Devil's extending hand. With a smirk, the rebel king extends his other arm, punching him in the gut. Snatcher grunts and growls before grabbing both his arms and pulling the Devil in. Unfortunetly, this is what Devil wanted. As he gets closer, he whistles as his Trident flies towards him. Using his tail, he grabs it and shoots snatcher point blank in the face with fire. Snatcher shouts and growls in anger, his face shifting into a Subconite's as Devil sees glowing rings appear around him, which erupt in flames. "Time...to DIE!" Snatcher shouts.

*cue Baking The Wondertart

Devil smirks as he picks his ear, pulling out a bomb and flicks it at Snatcher, who holds his hand up and creates a Fruit Bomb out of thin air, tossing it as well. The 2 explosives collide and detonate, creating a thick cloud of smoke. Devil leers through the smoke, seeing the ghost's silouette. He laughs as he extends his neck like a snake, flying towards him and taking a bite out of his neck. However when he looks, he sees he only got a hunk of cardboard in his mouth as the fake snatcher falls down. The real Snatcher popping up behind him and summons 5 blue potions. Devil turns and spins his trident, creating 5 magic bubbles. The 2 launch their attacks at once another, once again colliding. Snatcher shrouds the entire casino in darkness as he winks and vanishes. Devil mumbles as he lights his thumb like a lighter, using it to look around. He turns to see Snatcher's face, which blows out the light.

The room fills with light once more as Snatcher blasts Devil away with another fire geyser. Devil lands and huffs before he twists his head off-transforming it into a spider and throwing it at the prince, who splits his body in half. Spider Devil lands as he sees an army of Cupheads and Mugmen pointing and laughing at him. He roars in anger as his body picks up his trident once more and unleashes a stream of flames, roasting the dark clones. Snatcher reforms and whips the demon's head back onto his body. Devil spins his trident around multiple times, shooting a barrage of fireballs at Snatcher. The ghoul counters by creating a wall of flames in front of him to absorb the attack. A trail or rings flies towards the devil, each erupting into flaming geysers that encase his entire body and rendering it to a skeleton. Snatcher laughs seeing this

"Whats the matter buddy! Want a sandwich? Your lookin a little thin!" He laughs before he feels something tap his shoulder. Snatcher turns only for the devil's trident to stab him straight through the face and fly towards the skeleton. Devil grabs Snatcher by the tail and slams him into the ground before glowing and growing extremely large, breaking through the roof of his casino. He raises his foot to stomp the ghost out, but Snatcher fades into the ground to dodge. Snatcher reappears further away as Devil smirks

"Hows the view down there!" He laughs before snapping. Multiple slot machines and dart boards fly into the air "Better find cover. We're expecting some falling DEBRE!" He shouts, launching all of the objects. Snatcher covers his body as he gets burried in the assault. The arena grows quiet as Devil chuckles darkly. "Well that takes care of that. Now...about that soul..."

The smoke clears as a floating, purple contract had appeared above the rubble before bursting into purple and black flames. "You..."

*cue Death Wish

"FOOOOOOOOL!" Snatcher roars as he erupts out of the rubble, flashing a rainbow of colors. The arena gets bathed in this same flashing light "You should have surrendered when you had the chance, buster. Now you'll see what I can REALLY do!"

"Oh yeah?" Devil laughs. He extends his arms through 2 doors on either side of him. Pulling them back, he throws out an army of demons like dice. They all look somewhat confused by this however, one was even still sitting on a toilet. "You...and what army!"

Snatcher laughs before he holds both his hands palms up. From rainbow colored flames, a glowing Conductor and DJ Grooves appear, both brandishing knives. "Who needs an army...when you've got a death wish!"

The devil's smirk becomes a scowl as he makes a motion with his thumb like cutting his head off. The demons shout and rush towards snatcher. EX Conductor and Grooves begin to slice through them as Ultra Snatcher slams the ground with his tail, sending out electrical sparks towards the devil, who jumps out of the way. From his eyes he shoots out 5 spinning axes, which Snatcher counters by throwing buzzsaws. Devil twitches in anger as he grabs his, now massive, trident and aims at Snatcher. Before he could fire, however, the ghost appears next to him and grabs the weapon with a smirk "I'll be taking this!" He laughs before slamming it on the floor, shattering it "Oops. Clumsy me"

Devil gasps before he suddenly gets bashed over the head by falling lights and time pieces. Snatcher slinks back and laughs, watching this chaos unfold. Devil stands up from the falling attacks as pink tears fall from his eyes. The acid falling on and destroying the EX boses

"Are..are you CRYING!?" Snatcher shouts "Man come on! Even that little brat kept a level head! Whatever...time to END THIS!" Snatcher begins charging something. Devil growls as he stomps the ground, making flaming power chips fall around Snatcher. Snatcher fades into the ground to avoid damage, reappearing directly below Devil, knocking him off his feet. He then throws a set of buzzsaws, which Devil sees fly at him when he lands. The saws cut off his arms and both legs before he turns too late and sees one more fly by and cut off his head. A flaming geyser erupts below the head, frying it completly. The colors die down as Snatcher returns to normal. "I told you to say goodbye to that head of yours...AHAHAHA!"

K.O!


Snatcher absorbs Devil's soul...before shoving it into a nearby toilet. Outside, all the casino banners burn away, being replaced by Snatcher's face

(Red) So...if the Devil dies, does he go to hell or?

(Ender) The Devil was certainly a deadly opponent, and his lifetime of experience would certainly help him strategize more easily. The issue being...Devil is not one for acting

(Geo) Right, The Devil is all about making OTHER people do his work for him, only stepping in when he feels he HAS too. Hell, the ENTIRE point of his game is the fact that the Devil sucks at getting people's souls and makes Cuphead do it

(Red) But Snatcher didn't have that issue. He is more then willing to get his ghostly hands dirty, only using minions for more labor intensive tasks. As such, Snatcher was WAY more experienced when it came to mano y mano

(Ender) Both Snatcher AND Devil have shown capabilities to both instantly kill a person, as well as bring them back to life. However as a whole, Snatcher's arsenal was far more varied and far deadlier. His ability to manipulate the battlefield meant Devil's staight forward approach would only get him so far

(Red) Devil could have MAYBE waited for Snatcher to ware himself out, but even that wasn't gurenteed

(Geo) Remember, Snatcher is COMPLETLY INVULNERABLE if he isn't blue, meaning the Devil wouldn't even have many chances to so much as HIT him. And even if he could figure it out, Snatcher's reality warping abilities were WAY more then anything Devil could hope to do.

(Red) Plus, there was nothing really stopping Snatcher from just...yoinking Devil's soul right out of him. Devil took quite the Gamble, but in the end his hopes of victory were snatched up

(Ender) The winner is The Snatcher

Devil:
+Older
+Crueler
-Weaker
-Less combat experience
-Less varied Arsenal
-Had no answer for the Death Wish or the invulnerability

Snatcher:
+Stronger
+More experienced
+Massive arsenal
+Reality warping powers trumped
+Complete invulnerability could not be easily countered
-More fragile
-Less influence


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