Talk:Danny Phantom vs. Ben Tennyson/@comment-5180556-20150527160902

Hi Grn. I'm back. Right now, I'll be quoting Ben Singer, aka Wiz, about the so called "no outside help" rule.

"...technically the 'no outside help' rule does not actually exist. Here are the only 4 rules that can be applied to all Death Battles, as displayed at the end of each episode. 1 - Combatants possess no non-canon knowledge of each other. 2 - To ensure a fair fight, character personality restraints from killing are ignored. 3 - All other character traits & tactics are not ignored & largely attempted to be represented faithfully. 4 - Research source prerequisites are generally determined equally unless specified. Because there is an endless number of characters who could be in a Death Battle with such a variety of differences in ability, every single match-up needs to be looked at individually without influence from a lot of restrictive rules. The idea of no outside help, for example, isn't a rule because 'outside help' applies to each character differently. While each match-up in meant to be one-on-one, the goal is to pit the characters against each other at their prime and maximum potential. (Though this can also be changed depending on match-up, but we specify that, like with Link vs Cloud.) This is why we give characters their best tools they should reasonably have available naturally as a part of their arsenal. Such as the Endo-Sym suit, Lex's satellites, Jarvis, Strider's options, Toph's rocks, Gaara's mom sand, etc. There are exceptions, like the power-ups for Mario and Sonic. But again, these are specified in the episodes as rules unique to the individual match-up."

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and have a nice day...Alien X hater