| Arceus VS God | |
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| Season | 1 |
| Overall Episode | 4 |
| Season Episode | 4 |
| Air date | November 28th, 2023 |
| Written by | Triforce54 |
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Arceus VS God is the fourth episode of Triforce54's DEATH BATTLE!, featuring Arceus from the Pokémon franchise against God from the tv series Supernatural.
Description[]
It's time for the multiverse to meet their maker ... or rather, both of them. This is a battle between the original gods, beings born before the dawn of time. It's the end of worlds...
Interlude[]
Cues: Wiz & Boomstick - Brandon Yates
(We cut to Wiz and Boomstick)
Boomstick: You know, Wiz, this has been a pretty calm season so far!
Popup: Especially thanks to that three year hiatus where the author completely forgot about this wiki. Now it's finally being completed in 2023!
Wiz: Boomstick-
Boomstick: We've dealt with a Pokémon, a dinosaur, two blondies, and two kids with daddy issues! So far there's been 0% planetary/universal destruction!
Wiz: That's true, but-
Boomstick: What's next? Another My Little Pony character? Someone from Cartoon Network?
Wiz: Oh no...
Boomstick: What?
Wiz: Did you even read the memo?
Boomstick: What memo?
(Wiz hands Boomstick a memo. The latter reads it intently, and then looks up with a shocked expression)
Boomstick: My god.
Wiz: Emphasis on the god. Today's combatants are the physical manifestations of the primordial forces that have created all that exists. And while they've been on humanity's side before, you do not want to piss them off.
Boomstick: I thought we were doing Grinch VS Rudolph!
Wiz: Plans have changed.
Popup: That and the author got lazy and didn't want to do it, so it's postponed till next Christmas.
Boomstick: Welp, okay then. In a laid man's terms, these guys are ultra-destructive gods!
Wiz: Arceus, the creator of the Pokémon universe.
Boomstick: And God, the creator of the Supernatural universe. He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick!
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win, a Death Battle.
Arceus[]
Cues: Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life - Title Theme
(We cut to Wiz and Boomstick. Wiz is reading out of a book)
Popup: An excerpt from "The Original Story", found in Canaclave Library in the Sinnoh Region.
Wiz: "In the beginning, there was only a churning turmoil of chaos. At the heart of chaos, where all things became one, appeared an Egg. Having tumbled from the vortex, the egg gave rise to the Original One."
(Boomstick takes the book from Wiz and throws it behind him)
Boomstick: Ha, nerd!
Wiz: Screw you.
(We cut back)
Wiz: The Original One would eventually create all of reality, conjuring up legendary Pokémon to embody crucial aspects of the world. This being was named Arceus.
Boomstick: Now you may be thinking, "That thing? That goat stuck in a fence is the creator of the world?" Hell yeah it is! Arceus is practically the strongest Pokémon ever and the closest thing to a god. Arceus can use telekinesis, slow down time, travel across dimensions with ease, and even wipe things from out of existence.
Wiz: Arceus is a formidable powerhouse, but surprisingly, the alpha Pokémon is benevolent. For many years, Arceus enjoyed a peaceful existence with mankind and Pokémon alike.
Boomstick: But like good sex, it doesn't last forever. And just like sex, for some reason it's always the man's fault.
Wiz: You need a therapist.
Boomstick: I need more booze.
Cues: Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum - Battle! Arceus
Wiz: There are conflicting stories about how humanity and Arceus drifted apart, but they are all essentially the same.
Boomstick: In the biggest dick move of the millennium, the humans betrayed Arceus and tried to steal its power.
Wiz: Arceus' enormous power stems from its collection of Plates, multi-colored shards left over from the creation of the universe. Having all of the Plates means that Arceus is at full power. The Plates also act in accordance with Arceus' unique ability, Multitype.
Boomstick: Depending on which plate its using, Arceus will change into a different Pokémon type. There are 17 different plates letting Arceus try on 17 different colors!
Popup: In Pokémon Conquest, Arceus has the ability known as Omnipotent, where "The Pokémon has several different Abilities and can inflict damage upon Pokémon of all types." Using this ability, Arceus can regenerate, evade attacks, and be able to damage any type of Pokémon without a type change. However, this ability is somewhat redundant considering Arceus has moves and abilities that already do that and thus wouldn't drastically change the result.
(We cut to Wiz and Boomstick. Boomstick pulls down a chart detailing the Pokémon type advantages and disadvantages)
Boomstick: This is really overpowered, considering the type matchups in Pokémon. Like how Water beats Fire or how Ground is completely immune to Electric. Now, Arceus doesn't really belong on this chart because he just says f*ck you to every single type!
Wiz: Upon impact, any Pokémon move dissipates whenever Arceus shifts into the appropriate type. This lets him tank attacks from powerful Pokémon with ease. Unfortunately, without all of its plates, Arceus becomes incredibly weaker, susceptible to not only the type disadvantages it had once avoided but also being chained by low-level Pokémon or being trapped in silver ... quicksand?
Boomstick: Yeah, the Pokémon universe is really inconsistent. But just so we're clear, as long as it holds onto those Plates, Arceus is basically unstoppable.
(We cut back)
Popup: In Arceus and the Jewel of Life, Arceus was fatally injured by a meteor, knocking its plates away from it. As this was an Arceus from the past, and taking into account the universal Pokémon Arceus has no sold consistently in the series, this weakness is ultimately an outlier.
Wiz: The Plates aren't just for type changing. Once, he used several of the Plates to create the Jewel of Life, which was used to turn a complete wasteland into the agricultural masterpiece known as Michina Town. This Jewel of Life was indestructible, just like the Plates it was forged from. But the Plates also change the very nature of Arceus' most powerful attack: Judgement.
(Arceus unleashes Judgement against Dialga)
Cues: Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life - Arceus' Anger
Boomstick: Judgement is a move only Arceus can learn, where he blasts hundreds of light projectiles at an opponent, or into the air like a meteor shower. But when holding a specific plate, Arceus can use Judgement as a different type. Holding the Splash Plate, it can create a flood!
Wiz: And with the Zap Plate, Arceus can rain down beams of electricity.
(We cut to Wiz and Boomstick. Boomstick is attempting to hold several plates in his arms, with little success)
Wiz: It should be noted that with the plates, Arceus can even damage the incorporeal Ghost type Pokémon.
(DUMMI floats in as Boomstick drops all of the Plates he was holding)
DUMMI: Hello fellow DEATH BATTLE! hosts. What needs do you have of a lowly robot like me today?
Wiz: We're testing out your new feature. Watch this!
(Wiz presses a button, and DUMMI turns into a ghost)
DUMMI: How pleasant.
Wiz: Boomstick, now!
(Boomstick fuses the Dread Plate into his body, absorbing the Dark type energy)
Boomstick: CowaBUNGAAAAAA!!!
(Boomstick punches DUMMI, obliterating the ghost robot)
Wiz: Outstanding!
Boomstick: I can kill ghosts! I'm the Grim Reaper!
(We cut back)
Cues: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Battle! (Dialga/Palkia)
Popup: Obviously, no trainer influences are allowed, including Z-Crystals, Z-Moves, TMs, HMs, and berries (the latter can affect the move Natural Gift).
Wiz: Arceus boasts an impressive variety of moves to go alongside Judgement, including Future Sight, which lets it see the near-future, and Gravity, which lets it manipulate ... gravity.
Boomstick: Recover and Refresh heal Arceus, Extreme Speed lets it move really fast, Hyper Beam just blows shit up, and Perish Song makes both Arceus and the target faint, like a kamikaze attack!
Frank Reynolds: Suicide is badass!
Wiz: Despite its incredible power, Arceus doesn't have to fight on its own. Arceus' powers of creation allow it to recreate the creation trio.
Popup: It's implied Arceus can also summon/create the lake guardians and the Unown to enhance its powers.
Boomstick: What a badass name! There's Palkia, the master of space, Dialga, the master of time, and Giratina, the master of antimatter!
Wiz: Dialga and Palkia are directly responsible for maintaining the balance of the time-space continuum, allowing them to perform amazing feasts such as time travel or dragging a whole town into another dimension. Battles between them threaten to tear reality apart. Surprisingly, Giratina is on the same level of power as them despite not having the same range of abilities. This was demonstrated when he evenly fought against Dialga.
Boomstick: Yeah, Dialga and Palkia normally don't like Giratina, and they, or Arceus depending on the story, banished Giratina to the Distortion World, AKA Pokémon hell! But for the right cause, they'll put aside their differences and work together.
Cues: Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life - Battle of the Gods
Wiz: Like when they all tried to take down a weakened Arceus ... and failed miserably.
Boomstick: That's putting it lightly! Arceus beat the shit out of them, tearing through all of their attacks. Arceus is insane! Right before this, just by awakening from its nap it sent shockwaves across the multiverse!
Wiz: Then, by traveling to the main Pokémon world, Arceus caused Palkia and Dialga's dimensions to clash, and then caused tears in spacetime to appear.
Popup: Like all other legendary Pokémon in Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, Arceus is more resistant to the Capture Styler, a device that can take control of Pokémon and tame them.
Boomstick: So this chick named Sheena tried to reach out to Arceus' heart with the power of friendship and stuff, but Arceus wasn't having any of that and just repelled the telepathy away! Oh yeah, Arceus is telepathic. Can ANYTHING stop this Pokémon?!
Wiz: Well, yes. In the anime continuity, without its Plates, Arceus will eventually die. And it should be noted, that despite its immense, godly, and universal power, Arceus can still be caught ... with a Pokéball.
Boomstick: Wait, are you serious?! So if I walked up to the god of the universe, and I had a Master Ball, I could make god my bitch?
Wiz: Yes.
Boomstick: That's so lame! But ... now I know what my next passion project is! Capture god.
Wiz: Good luck with that. Arceus is merciless in combat. When it decides that you are no longer worthy of living, it will put all of its energy into decimating you. In the movies, Arceus returned to the Earth centuries after its betrayal by humans in order to end the Earth. It took Ash Ketchum and friends time traveling into the past in order to gain the goodwill of Arceus, showing that while humans are flawed, there is still good in humanity.
Boomstick: Arceus decided to show them mercy, letting the Earth live another day ... until this plotline happened again and again. Also, that isn't the real Arceus.
Wiz: Arceus' true form exists far above the entire cosmology of the Pokémon world. It is an omnipresent being that exists everywhere, or rather, everything is in Arceus itself. What we've seen of Arceus is only its avatar designed to give itself physical form.
Boomstick: Which is ... terrifying. All in all, if you try to mess with it, Arceus will destroy you and everything you know. In the end, all bow down to the Creation Pokémon.
Arceus: The time has come, prepare for justice!
God[]
Cues: Carry on Wayward Son (Instrumental) - Kansas
Chuck: Yeah, no, I'm definitely a god. A cruel, cruel, capricious god.
(We cut to Wiz and Boomstick. Wiz is reading out of the Bible)
Popup: An excerpt from the Bible, specifically Genesis 1:1.
Wiz: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." The famous first words of the Bible, showing the awesome power of the Judeo-Christian deity known as Yahweh.
Boomstick: Yeah, that's nice and all, but in the story of Supernatural, it's way different! Like you know how the CW turned goofy old Archie Comics into the edge-monster known as Riverdale? Imagine that, but with the Bible!
(We cut back)
Popup: It's been shown numerous times within the Supernatural universe that the Bible is not accurate, meaning feats from said book are irrelevant to this battle.
Wiz: Before the creation of the universe, there was only the Empty, an endless void. Then, twin beings came into existence: the Darkness, also known as Amara, and her brother, God.
Boomstick: Both of them were really powerful, but God was the innovative one. He wanted to create new worlds, beings, and whatever came to his mind! He's like what would happen if you gave a Deviantart artist cosmic powers.
Wiz: Unfortunately, Amara didn't feel like creating. She preferred obliterating anything God made.
Cues: Supernatural - End Credits
Boomstick: Pissed off that his sis was being a massive a-hole, God tried to take her down. Problem was, even with the help of his most powerful creations, he just wasn't strong enough. So he just trapped her for all eternity!
Wiz: This separation between the two deities sparked the birth of the universe. God had finally created something his sister couldn't destroy. He could be content, creating whatever he wanted.
(Record scratch)
Boomstick: Nah, we're just bullshitting you. We're not gonna glance over all of this crazy family drama!
Wiz: God is a master of sealing away beings, and he achieved the entrapment of his sister using the Mark of Cain, a powerful seal that will work as long as it is imprinted onto someone. Unfortunately, the Mark corrupts the holder, turning them evil. And guess who God gave it to?
Boomstick: I'll give you some hints: he's the ruler of demons, the ultimate villain, and the devil! It was Lucifer!
Wiz: So yeah, God was responsible for the corruption of his second son, Lucifer. It didn't help that when God created humans and asked all of his angels to bow down to them, Lucifer refused to.
Boomstick: So Lucifer got kicked out of heaven, created the first demon, and caused the fall of humanity! And then God told his first son, Michael, to throw Lucifer into Hell! This family sucks!
Wiz: God would go on to create more creatures, but they always managed to disappoint him. After years of his creations not living up to his expectations, God did the most ungodly thing ever: he abandoned everyone.
(We cut to Wiz and Boomstick)
Boomstick: You know, I kinda relate to Lucifer sometimes.
Wiz: What?! How could you possibly think that, he's the literal devil!
Boomstick: Daddy issues.
(Wiz looks past the fourth wall)
Wiz: Well I hope those are resolved soon.
Popup: They kinda were.
(We cut back)
Cues: Supernatural - Luci'fer, You Got Some 'splainin' To Do!
Popup: God's true form is an incorporeal mass of light too bright for even mortals to look at. Also, because his existence predates the invention of souls, his true form lacks a soul.
Wiz: God took the form of a human and named himself Chuck Shurley. Using his powers of prophecy, he began writing a book series known as Supernatural. The story was about two brothers named Sam and Dean Winchester.
Boomstick: Except here's the thing: these guys were real people who experienced lots of crappy things, sometimes because of Chuck's actions! Chuck was using these guys for entertainment!
Wiz: God is a master manipulator, capable of orchestrating massive apocalypses with a snap of his fingers. In fact, it's implied that everything that has happened to the Winchesters was because of his own actions, dragging the notion of free will into question.
Boomstick: It makes sense though! God is extremely powerful! He can control people's minds, warp reality, heal wounds, and even decide whether a soul gets sent to Heaven or Hell. And don't try to piss him off, cause he can instantly kill you or erase you from existence!
(We cut to Wiz and Boomstick)
Wiz: We haven't even covered how strong his creation skills are. God wasn't just limited to creating creatures. He could create 10,000 supernovas in an instant, and has made weapons like the Equalizer, a gun which was so powerful it could mortally wound himself.
Boomstick: Gimme!
(Boomstick grabs the gun and aims it at Wiz)
Wiz: Boomstick, no! The gun will also inflict the same wound on the person who fired it-
(Boomstick shoots Wiz, instantly killing both of them. There is silence. Then Jocelyn the intern pops in)
Jocelyn: Did you know God can revive people from the dead?
(She snaps her fingers reviving Wiz and Boomstick)
Jocelyn: You're welcome.
(She leaves)
Boomstick: That was awesome!
Wiz: F*ck you.
(We cut back)
Cues: God Was Never On Your Side - Motorhead
Wiz: He's also known for being able to upgrade his creations. Like when he turned the Angel Castiel into a Seraphim, a stronger type of Angel. Or when he granted the Winchesters plot armor so that they would survive throughout his story! God can even make himself instantly learn new skills, like how to play a guitar. But his power goes even further than that.
Boomstick: Being the supreme being of the universe, God has complete control over space and time. You know that part in the BIble where it says that God is everywhere? That's kinda true here, he can feel everything that happens in the universe, even in the multiverse! Oh yeah, did we forgot to mention the multiverse?
Popup: Ben Edlund, one of the executive producers, writers, and directors of Supernatural from seasons 2 through 8 claimed that the Supernatural multiverse was infinite. This claim will be taken into account, but it is not a canon fact.
Wiz: The world of Sam and Dean wasn't the only universe God made. He's made numerous others with varying differences. A world where Sam and Dean were never born, a world where Sam and Dean's story is actually a tv show called "Supernatural"-
Boomstick: Was that Scooby-Doo?!
Wiz: This infinite multiverse is completely under God's control, especially with his abilities to travel across dimensions and feel events in any of these universes.
Boomstick: Being one of the most powerful beings ever, if he died, the entire multiverse would collapse! Good thing he doesn't have to fight alone.
Wiz: The hundreds of angels he has created in the main universe have immense power, including the four archangels: Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Lucifer. Michael, while once restrained, created a portal to purgatory with ease.
Popup: Gabriel has created an alternate reality, and Michael and Lucifer have been implied to be able to destroy universes.
Boomstick: And there's more of these suckers in almost every other universe! He could have millions of angels and demons to use! The average angel can smite their foes and time travel for Chuck's sake!
Wiz: But as powerful as he is, God is not the strongest being in the multiverse. That title would go to his Amara, who God was immensely inferior to. Which brings us to the power system of Supernatural. It's been shown time and time again that the instant kill and existence erasure abilities of the angels, demons, and even God himself do not work on beings of similar or superior power. So while God would have no problem obliterating angels and humans of lower status, beings like Amara give him a hard time.
Popup: As shown in the Supernatural finale, God is vulnerable to power absorption, portrayed when Jack absorbed all of his godly power.
Boomstick: Plus, his biggest flaw is his ego. He considers everyone else so insignificant that he's been gotten the better of by simple humans like the Winchesters! That's how he lost his powers to the Nephilim Jack.
Wiz: He can't control or predict everything. Certain events can happen outside of his orchestrations. However, these weaknesses mean little to God. He was able to tear his way through the multiverse, destroying all of the universes he's created-
Boomstick: SCOOBY-DOO NOOOOO!
Wiz: Leaving only Sam and Dean's original universe. He intended to write the perfect ending to their story, twisting their lives to his own bidding. But God, even in the end, was clouded by his own ego and underestimated these measly humans who had defied him time and time again. Having his powers absorbed by the Nephilim Jack, God was depowered and left a mortal. Instead of finishing him off, Sam and Dean decided to leave him to his fate, to live a human life.
Boomstick: Damn that's cold! But deserved. Still, Sam and Dean will never forget the horrors God brought upon their world, and I hope everyone else learns the valuable lessons of not f*cking with gods!
God: Fine! That's the way you want it?! Story's over. Welcome to the end.
Pre-Fight[]
Wiz: All right, the combatants are set, and we've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battle!
Death Battle[]
Cues: Kingdom Hearts III - Destati -Second Version-
God is sitting at his desk, writing the next book of Supernatural when he feels a powerful presence enter the universe. He teleports into the sky and finds Arceus staring down at the world.
God: Um hello? Who the hell are you?
Arceus looks at God with disdain.
Arceus: Do not bother me. I am merely observing your mortal world. These humans never learn their lesson, and will always be corrupt and try to steal my power. I now must decide their fate, whether they should be spared, or destroyed.
God rolls his eyes.
God: Okay, well that was over-dramatic. You gotta work on the dialogue, it's got too much exposition. Look, I don't know who you are, but I got a story to write. Random cosmic being destroying the world isn't part of the story.
Arceus grows annoyed and starts to glow with golden energy.
God: So get lost, before I erase you from this story-
God is cut off short as Arceus grabs the biblical being with Gravity, forcing him down to the surface. Arceus turns away.
Arceus: Arrogant mortal.
But suddenly, God bursts up into the clouds once more, anger in his eyes.
Cues: Halo 3 - Warthog Run
God: Mortal? You're calling ME a mortal?! Oh, I'm going to enjoy killing you.
FIGHT!
God freezes all the water in the surrounding clouds, turning them into ice blocks, and then uses his telekinesis to crash Arceus into each of them. God then sets Arceus on fire.
God: You're pathetic.
Arceus uses the Splash Plate to turn into a water type and completely nullifies the fire attack. Arceus sends a wave of water at God, blasting him away.
Arceus: You DARE strike down your creator!?
Arceus traps God in a sphere of water, and then uses the Zap Plate to blast the sphere with a barrage of lightning bolts. God concentrates his golden energy into a gigantic blast, destroying the sphere and simultaneously removing a chunk of the Earth below.
God: I'm the true God of the universe. I have no creator!
Arceus: Foolish, foolish man. You misunderstand: I created all the gods.
God: You don't get to control me!
God telekinetically grabs the moon and throws it at Arceus, who erases it with a simple glance. Arceus uses Extreme-Speed to ram into God at blistering speeds, throwing him into the sun. Arceus fragments the Earth, making parts of it crash into the sun, causing a supernova. The Earth starts to become scorched by the intense heat. Arceus turns away, but...
God: This is boring.
God, having easily survived the attack, creates a portal, warping the supernova away. He then snaps his finger, causing the gates of Hell to open. Monsters and condemned souls awaken from the surface, bringing about the Apocalypse. Arceus looks down in shock; it is then caught off guard by God throwing it down into the Earth.
God: The end.
The snap of God's finger starts the fiery end of the entire universe. Seeing his foe being surrounded by zombies, God waves goodbye and teleports to...
...his bar dimension. God starts a new story on his typewriter.
God: Glad that's over-
A large tremor shakes the entirety of God's dimension.
God: What the he-
Cues: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Waterblight Ganon Battle
Cracks form in the heavenly bar, resulting in it exploding, forcing God into a new area: the Hall of Origin. Arceus is waiting, surrounded by countless Unown.
Arceus: Welcome to MY world.
God: Oh, what? You think I'm impressed by your own dimension?! This is child's play.
Arceus: We shall see about that. You shall be brought to justice!
Arceus uses the Draco Plate and launches a whirlwind of purple energy at God, but it is intercepted by the arrival of the archangel Michael, who blocks it with his hand.
God: Like I said, not impressed. You get to play DEATH BATTLE! with the angels now.
Millions of angels and archangels, including Gabriel, Raphael, and Lucifer, appear in the cosmic arena. They concentrate their angelic essence into electric blue spheres of energy, targeting them at Arceus. In response, the alpha Pokémon surrounds himself with the Unown, blocking the attack. The remaining Unown swirl into three spirals.
Arceus: Pitiful.
Arceus recreates the Creation Trio: Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. The three Pokémon roar, the sound echoing across the cosmos.
Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina are exerting their Pressure!
The Creation Trio and God's heavenly armies charge into battle. Dialga uses Roar of Time to destroy countless angels and Palkia uses Spacial Rend to warp other angels into mush. Several Seraphim attempt to smite Giratina, only for their attacks to fail. Giratina turns its eye towards its attackers, and prompty banishes them into the Distortion World. Right after, a crackling white beam of energy slams into Giratina, who turns around to see that it was sent by the fallen angel himself: Lucifer.
Lucifer: Oh ... I like you. We're gonna have some fun together.
Meanwhile, Dialga and Michael battle it out. Seeking to outdo each other, both beings travel through time, using energy attacks against each other. They find themselves at the beginning of the Supernatural universe, seeing God create the Earth.
Michael: Don't you see? God is responsible for all things. Free will is meaningless, which is why my father will win this battle.
Dialga shoots Roar of Time at Michael, who effortlessly dodges it and rushes the time Pokémon, stabbing it with an Archangel Blade. Dialga reverses time, and continues its fight with Michael, which escalates into another time period.
Meanwhile, in the present, Palkia is fighting hordes of angels led by the ferocious Raphael. The archangel spreads his electric wings out, the lightning spreading out everywhere. Multiple angels are caught in the crossfire, and Palkia is hit directly by the sparkling energy.
Raphael: Submit to God!
Palkia rears its head, warping the very space around it with its breath alone. Raphael and the angels are caught in its wake, suspended in the fabric of spatial tears. Gabriel stands to the side, taking it all in.
Gabriel: You're pretty strong with your spatial warping...
Gabriel snaps his fingers, trapping Palkia in TV Land. Palkia is now a contestant on a Nintendo game show in Tokyo.
Gabriel: But no one out-tricks a trickster.
Back at the Hall of Origin, God and Arceus are still fighting. Arceus utilizes Hyper Beam, the powerful stream racing towards God. But God smirks as he creates a portal for the beam to go into, and then another portal that returns the beam back to Arceus. The powerful Pokémon staggers, and then stops time.
God: Really? Time powers? Against me?
God snaps his fingers, the time stop breaking down. God folds space to close the distance between him and Arceus, using the opportunity to blast Arceus point blank with holy light.
A critical hit!
Arceus grunts in pain, having finally understood the threat of his opponent.
God: Oh, for the love of me, stop fighting and submit already!
God attempts to mind control Arceus. Arceus struggles, but then...
Arceus: I will not submit to an insect like you!
Arceus breaks free, changing into a fighting type with the Fist Plate. Arceus expunges a wave of energy from it body, destroying God's angels. Changing into a ghost type, Arceus' ethereal aura envelops God in a ghostly tornado. However, God blasts it away easily.
God: I'm going to die from boredom.
Dialga and Michael return from the past; Dialga finishes off Michael with Flash Cannon. Palkia, having broken out of the parallel universe, squashes Gabriel into a stain. Giratina erodes Lucifer into dust with antimatter. God, seeing that his forces have been depleted, snaps his fingers, reviving all of his angels immediately.
God: What is it going to take for you to realize you can't beat the guy who controls death?
As the Creation Trio and the angels resume their battle, God flies into Arceus, smashing him through countless dimensions: Hell, the Unown Dimension, the Scoobynatural universe, Purgatory, Ultraspace, Gilmore Girls (I hope you understand the reference), and many others. Finally, they stop at the Hall of Origin once more. Arceus, growing weary of the fight, opens its mouth and...
Arceus: ENOUGH!!!
The creation Pokémon uses Hyper Voice to knock back God. Grunting in pain, God orients himself, cracks his neck, and then dusts off his clothes.
God: You might be vastly inferior to a guy like me, but I'll admit: I'm entertained. To show my thanks, I'll show you my TRUE self...
God's human form peels away to reveal his true form: a mass of light that illuminates the entire dimension. Arceus prepares to attack, but is stopped by the Hall of Origin quaking. The cause of the shaking is revealed to be another universe crashing into it. Arceus' eyes widen with realization: an entire universe just collided with the Hall of Origin. Arceus transports itself and the Creation Trio outside of time and space just as the Hall of Origin is crushed into oblivion. They see multitudes of universes being created by God in quick succession, zooming around and striking each other. But instead of fear in the wake of this awesome power, Arceus only feels ... disgust. ANGER.
Arceus: This display of power ... is like that of a child's. Unruly. Unfocused.
Michael: I will not let you insult my father!
Gabriel: Actually, you know what? Insult him all you want. I'm out!
The Heavenly Host, minus Gabriel, who teleports away, combine their powers into one beam of light, which they then dispatch towards Arceus. But the Creation Trio block it with their powers, dissipating the energy. Working together, the Creation Trio creates a swirling portal into a lower dimensional axis. The angels are all sucked into it.
Lucifer: Oh come on! Not agai-
The portal closes, cutting off God from his army. God scoffs, turning his attention to The Creation Trio. The three dragons fuse their signature attacks (Roar of Time, Spatial Rend, and Shadow Force) into one enormous mass of destruction, but with a simple wave of his hand, God nullifies the attack. God snaps his fingers, and each of the Creation Trio starts to burn from the inside out, turning to ash in seconds. Being the last to remain, God and Arceus lock eyes. The final battle ensues.
Cues: Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs - Arceus Theme
Arceus: Let us end this.
God: Yes, I see it now. The ending is near. In just five seconds...
Arceus: ...we will both ascend beyond this plane of existence...
God: ...and find out who is the true god.
Just as they prophesied, the two gods ascend to beyond the heavens and known dimensions to a conceptual realm. God sees a burning kaleidoscope of endless colors, universes dying and being reborn in an instant. Time and space had no meaning here, and reality fluctuated as easily as a running stream of water. In this instant he knew: this place was above all of existence, above any multiverse, heaven, or hell.
God: What the- Where are we?
Arceus: WELCOME TO ME.
Cues: Verdi's Requiem - Dies Irae (Day of Anger)
God's eyes opened wide as he realized that this place was Arceus' domain. He turned to see the glory of Arceus' true form, a terrifying sight that was incomprehensible to the Biblical deity's eyes. For the first time in his life, he experienced fear. He did not know what was going to happen next.
Arceus: THIS IS THE FINAL CHAPTER. THE END OF YOUR STORY.
God's true form trembled with anger. He refused to go out this way. He used all of his power to create an immeasurable amount of weapons, all with the intent of striking down Arceus.
God: You don't get to decide that! I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT, WHENEVER I WANT. I AM THE GREATEST GOD TO HAVE EVER LIVED.
The holy weapons all strike at Arceus, but they all pass through, unable to harm that which has ascended beyond. Arceus' true form begins to glow with cosmic oceans of power. God's true form stumbles back, at a loss for words. The Creation Pokémon only has one thing left to say in this theater of godly warfare.
Arceus: WITNESS JUDGEMENT.
Arceus' power cascades throughout the realm, torching everything in its path. Once it reaches God, the had been deity ceased to exist, screaming in agony. Then, all that is left is silence. Arceus returns to the mortal world in its avatar. Seeing the destruction its battle with God caused, Arceus began the work to repair all the worlds.
K.O!
Results[]
Cues: Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Title Screen
Wiz: Amazing! Good thing we wore these protective goggles so that our eyes would be shielded from the terrifying nature of their true forms.
Boomstick: Yeah, but Wiz? What about all of our viewers? Did we just kill them all by broadcasting the true forms of two creation gods and not giving them proper safety goggles?
Wiz: ... Don't think about it too much.
Boomstick: Ok well anyway, God might've been the head honcho in his multiverse, but this wider multiversal DEATH BATTLE! wasn't big enough for the both of them!
Wiz: Both opponents had a lot of similar abilities that cancelled each other out such as time-space manipulation, existence erasure, creation, reality warping, kamikaze suicide attacks, and a lot more. They were also evenly experienced.
Popup: Arceus' true form being having a conceptual existence could protect itself against God's soul manipulation abilities.
Boomstick: God's main advantage was his ability to grant power, which he could use on his angel army and even on himself! This helped him adapt against Arceus, at least for a little. But Arceus had moves like Cosmic Power to be able to match any power boost God could give himself.
Wiz: God's omniscience and precognition helped him gain some information on Arceus. Considering Pokémon is most likely a video game in the world of Supernatural, this means God would have knowledge of it and thus Arceus. Combined with God's creation abilities, it is entirely possible for God to craft a Master Ball and trap Arceus inside of it.
Boomstick: That is, if he could catch Arceus off guard. With Future Sight, Arceus could also see the future meaning God's already imperfect foresight wasn't going to be enough. That meant God had to match Arceus in speed.
Wiz: Being the most powerful Pokémon meant that Arceus would naturally be above other legendaries like Lunala, who could travel through Ultra Space, a feat which comes out to over 1 billion times the speed of light. Meanwhile, the Supernatural universe only has a handful of speed feats, such as Castiel searching the entirety of a city in only a few seconds, coming out to 910 times the speed of sound.
Boomstick: But both beings true forms are omnipresent anyway, so speed is basically equalized in this scenario. Still, Arceus having moves like Extreme Speed give it a slight edge in boosting its speed.
Wiz: This is where things go awry for God and tip the scales towards Arceus. The Creation Pokémon had answers to most of God's abilities. God's mind control was powerful, but considering it could be resisted by a human it wasn't going to affect Arceus, who could resist much stronger mind attacks.
Popup: Arceus could deal damage to incorporeal Pokémon. Combined with its conceptual manipulation, it could easily tear apart God's incorporeal, soulless true form. Jack was able to burn away Alternate Michael's true form, so Arceus could do the same with the Flame Plate.
Boomstick: Arceus also was more combat oriented, having thrown hands with the Creation Trio and other Pokémon in the past. God likes to sit on the sidelines and manipulate the plot, letting others fight for him. He's used to being the strongest, and ending things with a snap of his fingers. It's rare to see him actually getting his hands dirty.
Wiz: But the biggest nail in God's coffin was Supernatural's power system. God had to be considerably stronger than an opponent in order for his instant kill moves to actually work. Otherwise, they would be completely nullified. So the biggest part of this fight came down to their strength.
Boomstick: God created a huge multiverse that was possibly infinite, and his influence was beyond it! He was also able to put a leash on Death, whose home domain, the Empty, was grander than the multiverse he created. Impressive, but there's some problems. When God went around destroying the multiverse, he couldn't do it all at once, he had to go to each one individually to destroy it.
Wiz: It was stated that some of these universes were too complex to be destroyed right away, but it definitely doesn't sound like an infinite universe if you can destroy worlds one by one leaving one left. Still, let's assume that the Supernatural multiverse is infinite.
Boomstick: The Pokémon multiverse on the other hand, is definitely infinite! The cosmology is on another level! Every possibility creates another universe resulting in infinite timelines and each Pokémon cartridge is its own separate world. So each motherf*cking game of Pokémon that was sold has its own f*cking multiverse!
Wiz: And standing above it all is Arceus. God just could not compare to Arceus' true form which encompassed the greater cosmology of the Pokémon multiverse. Even if the Supernatural multiverse was confirmed to be infinite, Palkia itself can sustain an infinite multiverse. And considering both Dialga and Giratina can scale to Palkia, and a weakened Arceus beat all three of them, Arceus would be at least as strong as three Gods.
Boomstick: None of God's attacks were going to do shit against Arceus.
Wiz: God was a tenacious, manipulative foe with a wealth of power at his fingertips, but Arceus' greater power, battle experience, and various abilities were too much to handle.
Boomstick: He may be ruler of Heaven, but Arceus was just too supernatural for him.
Wiz: The winner is Arceus.
Comparison[]
Arceus[]
+ Immensely stronger, especially in true form
+ Better combat experience
+ Resists most of God's attacks
+ Better army
= Many similar abilities
= Omnipresent
- Inconsistent power level throughout media
God[]
+ More manipulative
+ Reviving army made them hard to put down
+ Omniscience possibly reveals information on Arceus
= Many similar abilities
= Omnipresent
- Not a fighter
- Incredibly weaker
- Instant kill attacks fail against stronger foes
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Trivia[]
- The connections between Arceus and God are that they are both universal gods who were born before existence itself. They are both the creators of their respective multiverses and are among the most powerful beings in them. Both have been benevolent towards humanity and have also sought to destroy them at different times. Both have created a being who would be banished for their wickedness (Giratina and Lucifer). Also, they are both associated with light.
- Their power sets are very similar, including creation, spatial-time manipulation, reality warping, dimensional traveling, omnipresence, power augmentation, telekinesis, and summoning creations to aid in battle (for Arceus that would be the creation trio and for God that would be all of the angels and demons in existence).
- Both take inspiration from real-life religions: Arceus' origin parallels Taoism, Shintoism, and other beliefs while God is based upon the Judeo-Christian God.