Introduction[]
Mortician: D.Va Overwatch's MEKA pilot.
Redshock: Peni Parker, Earth-14512's one and only Spider-Girl!
Mortician: Man has always dreamed of piloting machines. Whether for battle, for fun, or some other third reason.
Redshock: And today, we'll be looking at two confident and highly skilled fighters and their mechs to see which one will show who is the Superior female Mech pilot.
D.Va[]
Mortician: Korea was under attack by some of the many robots that were mankind's biggest threats, the Gwishin omnics. Korea's defense, MEKA, struggled to keep up their defenses and protect Korea. With the Gwishin adapting to MEKA's drone-controlled networks, they needed a new plan.
Redshock: So MEKA had to get actual pilots to control the mechs in battle. For this, they had to turn to mankind's second biggest threats for their skills and reflexes, gamers! One of these pro-gamers that would become one of MEKA's best pilots is Hana Song. Or known throughout top gaming stars, D.Va!
Mortician: Hana lived an ordinary life. Played video games with her pro-gamer dad, becoming a mechanic, and dominating the ESports scene with the gamer title, D.Va. Her gaming skills and competitive nature made her a pretty good pilot. She would even stream her battles and make an even bigger name for her online as she would bully her foes into losing.
Redshock: Va was naturally skilled with her mech, Tokki. She can call upon Tokki at any time and eject herself in case of needing an escape. Tokki also comes equipped with several different weapons. Fusion cannons, micro missiles , and Defense Matrix. Being able to eat incoming projectiles like bullets and missiles in a 15-meter range. However, it only protects the front of her and can't defend against melee attacks like Roadhog's chain hook.
Mortician: D.Va can also take to the skies with her boosters and, if in a dire situation, can have Tokki self-destruct for a wide range of damage. While small in the game, other sources show it being much larger. Though she isn't defenseless without Tokko, packing a light gun and enough accuracy to hit Tokki's reactor while meters away.
Redshock: Despite her constant smack talking to opponents and nano cola addiction, D.Va cares a lot about protecting others. To the point of putting higher expectations on herself and being ready to go against her commander to protect civilians. This desire to protect citizens and her skills shown through streams even nabbed her as an honorary member of Overwatch
Mortician: Thanks to this, D.Va has had fights with several other members of Overwatch. Putting her on par with Mei freezing this giant robot, Genji deflecting Bastion's gunfire, and Soldier: 76 outrunning this grenade explosion.
Redshock: And Tokki should be on par with these members, with the self-destruct almost always taking down the rest of the cast. Her and other Overwatch members have also taken on giant mechs that were capable of tanking a hit from turrets. Though D.Va can fight on her own, she likely isn't fully on par with Tokki. Though she's tougher than most, being able to survive falling into the ocean.
Mortician: But it should be noted that it's not often that D.Va fights on her own. And when she did fight on her own, she almost died and cost the city. And she can be a bit too headstrong for her own good, though it's usually when she's trying to protect others. While D.Va may get herself into situations that's a bit too big for her on her own, with her around in MEKA and Overwatch, Korea is in safe hands. And you better hope that you're not up against her on the battlefield. Or up against her in a game.
D.Va: “Time to save the world, game on!”
Peni Parker[]
Redshock: Alright, let's do this. Welcome to Earth-14512. Where Spider-Man, or SP//dr, is a mix of mech, pilot, and spider. But, seemingly out of nowhere, an explosion killed the pilot. Though, possibly through luck, SP//dr survived, both spider and mech. And there was hope that the hero would live on.
Mortician: Insert Peni Parker, the daughter of SP//dr's pilot. She was set to become the new pilot when she was only nine years old. And with becoming a social outcast at school and her relationship with Aunt May and Uncle Ben becoming strained.
Redshock: But, that aside, Peni Parker and SP/dr became a great team, with her considering the spider inside her best friend. Even nicknaming him Spider, for simplicity sake, everyone just called him by the same name as the mech.
Mortician: While SP/dr doesn't have the natural Spider abilities, they're all built into the SP//dr suit. The suit has webs that can strike with enough force to break stone walls, filters to deal with dangerous gasses, web traps, full spectrum scanners, reaction boosters, jets for flight and a self-destruct if worse comes to worse. SP//dr can also play music which is useful I think?
Redshock: Both Peni and Spider also have the Spider-Sense, which can alert them to danger. Peni also has a psychic bond with Spider, possibly meaning that she shares the pain that SP//dr takes. But despite sharing the Spider-Sense with other Spideys, she doesn't have the ability to climb walls.
Mortician: Despite Peni's young age, she's pretty skilled with SP//dr. She's been able to casually break through Mysterio's glass, catch rockets, survived an explosion from Kraven, and could one shot Atomic Lizard, albeit on accident. She's also been tossed around by M.O.R.B.I.U.S and ripped some of its tendrils. The same tendrils that were absorbing power from the entire city.
Redshock: And both her and Spider have been able to enhance SP//dr to make the suit better. But Peni wouldn't just be defending New York City, but the Spider-Verse when being visited by another Spider-Man and talking pig, which isn't the only iteration to first be met with Spider-Ham.
Mortician: With her journeys into the Spider-Verse, Peni's been in a dimension that was a nuclear wasteland, fought another world's Electro, and survived a hit from Jennix, one of the Inheritors that were hunting down Spider-People from across the Spider-Verse. She can also just somehow summon SP//dr out of nowhere. Like, when she left for Spider-Geddon, she didn't have it in the next shot, but then she magically got it in the next scene.
Redshock: And this is something that's important to note. While in the movies, Peni's atoms will spazz out if she's outside of her dimension without a gizmo on. But in the comics, she's been beyond the Spider-Verse without glitching out of existence. Though she can still use the gizmo to travel to other dimensions, still. Even so, she's gone so far as joining a team of Spider-People and being considered a Protector of the Spider-Verse.
Mortician: Though despite all that, Peni still had her own personal problems at home. Especially when the VEN#m Suit absorbed Aunt May and Addy Brock. As well as just struggling to balance her school life and super hero work. Can't blame her for being depressed. Peni was able to gain friends in other dimensions. Learning that she isn't alone, at least with Spider-People. Even fighting with and on par with Miles, and both of them should be on par with other Spidey's. Like classic Peter dodging light and knocking out Kaine.
Redshock: But the SP//dr suit can both be either drained or be stunned by an electromagnetic discharge. And for the most part, Peni and Spider are just a regular kid and arachnid. And even though Peni can be crafty if the situation comes, she's still only 18 and is prone to making mistakes in the fight. And her being 18 by End of the Spider-Verse while being 14 and 15 in most of her comics makes me scared about the internet.
Mortician: luckily for Peni, Uncle Ben realized the strain that was being out on her. From losing her father at a young age, losing May, and needing to sacrifice being a kid to be a hero, he tried giving her a better life. Giving her the option to quit being SP//dr. While she still is the city's defender, her relationship with Ben has gotten better, and she's even made friends within her own dimension.
Redshock: Fighting for her friends in both her world and in other worlds, along with her best friend Spider, the Spider-Verse is in safe hands.
Peni: “I'm from New York in the year 3145. I have a psychic link with a spider who lives inside my father's robot. And we're best friends. Forever.”
Death Battle![]
Prologue[]
Inside her garage while doing maintenance on Tokki, taking a break to drink some nano cola Alarms begin to go off, an unknown robot breaching the city. D.Va looks at the alert, smirking before hopping into Tokki “Time to save the world?”. She powers up the mech, the exit of the workspace being wide open and the boosters activating. “Game on!”. Her stream starts up as she flies out towards where the threat is. Meanwhile in the city of Busan, a portal opens up at the top of a large building. Out the portal, the SP//dr suit walks out of it with it looking around the surrounding area. “This doesn't look like Noir's or Miles' dimension? Maybe I got the calibration wrong?”.
Soon, her Spider-Senses goes off, alerting her of something rapidly approaching from behind. Quickly, Peni turns around as D.Va is flying inside Tokki. “Definitely not anyone I know”. “Sijaghaebolkka?” (Shall we start?).
FIGHT![]
D.Va fires several micro missiles out from Tokki at Peni Peni reacting quickly, SP//dr jumps from the rooftop to the side of a building. She fires a web at D.Va, it attaches to one of Tokki's legs “That's new”. Peni swings D.Va onto the rooftop she was just on, retracting the web back into SP//dr. D.Va, caught a bit off guard, quickly recovers and flies back up and grips the controller to Tokki. She begins to fire the fusion cannons, landing multiple shots on SP//dr. SP//dr begins climbing up the building, trying to circle around to the other side to avoid D.Va's gunfire. D.Va follows SP//dr as she continues to fire at her, so Peni has the mecha jump off from the building side and falling past Tokki
Peni activates the jets on the back of SP//dr, flying back up at D.Va. D.Va continues to fire and tries to get out of SP//dr's way, but SP//dr collides into Tokki. SP//dr grabs a hold of the front of Tokki and pulls back one of its arms for a punch. But D.Va acts quickly and fires a micro missile, directly hitting SP//dr in the chest. The suit shakes inside, SP//dr letting go of Tokki and giving D.Va the opportunity to fly back. “Cmon, that was too easy. Get good!”. D.Va begins to fire a barrage of gunfire and micro missiles at Peni. Peni quickly recovers, piloting SP//dr around the surrounding buildings to dodge. “Who is this lady? We need a plan, Spider”. She tries to think of something as she avoids D.Va's attacks, while D.Va is hot on her tail. Another micro missile strikes SP//dr's back, causing the suit to shake inside again.
Peni looks around as she flies around and avoids D.Va's gunfire. She quickly turns around and fires a web-trap. The web covers one of the launchers for the micro missiles. The launcher is unable to open, D.Va looking up at the web entrapping Tokki's weapons “Wuh-oh. That's not good”. With D.Va distracted, SP//dr flies behind a building as
D.Va grabs her light gun and tries to shoot the web with it in order to fry the web-trap. “These omnics are getting advanced”. Out of the corner of D.Va's eye, she sees SP//dr fly out from behind a building. The mech fires a web from its wrist at D.Va. D.Va is able to react in time to dodge, Tokki unevenly flying due to her only using the controller. She fires her light gun at SP//dr, but Peni is able to pilot the mech out of the way. SP//dr latches to the building side, running up the side as D.Va shoots at her.
Peni leaps off of the building side down towards Tokki as D.Va continues shooting. SP//dr uses one of its arms to protect its face as it uses the other to punch Tokki. After striking the pink mech, SP//dr grabs onto Tokki, causing Tokki to descend from the extra weight “Get off!”. Peni keeps punching Tokki with SP//dr, the two crashing into the street “We got her!”. But D.Va points one of the fusion cannons directly at SP//dr's chest. She shoots SP//dr, launching her backward down the road. “Get wrecked!”. D.Va uses her boosters to push herself back up and launch herself towards Peni. Peni digs SP//drs feet into the ground to stop herself from sliding back more
Tokki collides into SP//dr, ramming forward as D.Va shoots her fusion cannons into the big red mech. Peni tries to slow down Tokki, grabbing the mecha pushing back against the ground. Reaching the middle of a four-way, SP//dr is able to stop Tokki and hold it in place. D.Va continues to shoot with her fusion cannons, but SP//dr starts to lift up Tokki “Can you knock that off?!”. Holding onto Tokki's leg and side, SP//dr swings D.Va's mech over her shoulder into the ground Peni slams around Tokki repeatedly, damaging the suit. After a few hits, D.Va ejects herself from the back of Tokki, light pistol in hand. D.Va fires at SP//dr repeatedly before landing as Peni lets go of Tokki.
Tokki grinds across the road, D.Va choosing to go without it for now. SP//dr fires webs from its wrists as D.Va tries avoiding them. D.Va runs back as she continues to fire at SP//dr “This is getting obnoxious”. SP//dr stops firing her webs, picking up a nearby car and throwing it at D.Va. D.Va leaps over the car, firing her light pistols at SP//dr. But she's caught off guard as a web connects with her chest. “Got You!”. She tugs D.Va in, uppercutting her into the air while still connected to the web. While in the air and before Peni can pull her back in, D.Va touches a button on the wrist of her suit. Behind SP//dr, Tokki reactivates and boosts towards the two. Peni's senses go off as she looks behind herself, Tokki curving upwards to D.Va. Tokki kicks SP//dr in the head as it flies up to D.Va, who begins falling back down.
She falls into Tokki, taking back control of the mech “What a noob!”. Peni groans as SP//dr rubs its head. “Ugh! Who says 'noob' anymore?”. D.Va aims one of Tokki's fusion cannons at the web connected to her, blasting through it and disconnecting it. “Spider, you take control. I'm going to try getting this darn watch to work right”. SP//dr nods as Tokki goes up into the air, firing its fusion cannons at SP//dr. SP//dr turns its jets back on, flying towards Tokki and maneuvering around the gunfire. D.Va pulls back to keep her distance as she stays on the offense, landing a few shots on SP//dr. After getting hit, SP//dr activates the reaction boosters, skyrocketing towards Tokki. It quickly closes the gap between the two as SP//dr crashes into Tokki. D.Va tries aiming her fusion cannons at SP//dr. But SP//dr grabs ahold of both guns, holding the weapons apart.
Though D.Va quickly points her light pistol at SP//dr's head, but SP//dr headbutts the glass that protects D.Va. Inside SP//dr, Peni sets up a new destination for the watch to send them to. “I think I got it!”. D.Va quickly fires miniature rockets from its free mechanism, getting multiple shots on SP//dr. The small explosions cause the insides of SP//dr to shake, messing up the coordinates without Peni noticing. SP//dr throws Tokki down into the ground before turning around. “Let's get out of here while she's down”. Peni opens up a portal with the watch, but D.Va looks up “You're not getting away that easily!”. She flies towards SP//dr and knocks them both away from the portal as it closes. “This fight isn’t over yet!”.
Tokki jumps on SP//dr and pins them on the ground, D.Va starts blasting it with Tokki's cannons until Peni is able to free one of SP//dr's hands and aims its wrist at Tokki, firing a web at its windshield “Hey no fair!”. It blocks off D.Va's vision, giving Peni the opportunity to push Tokki off of SP//dr and kick it backward. D.Va tries burning off the web with one of the fusion cannons, but Peni repeatedly punches Tokki. As SP//dr constantly hits Tokki, D.Va quickly tries to aim both of the cannons at SP//dr and fires them both knocking SP//dr several feet back. D.Va manages to get the webbing off her windshield and fires multiple miniature rockets at SP//dr, who tries jumping out of the way of them. Peni uses her webs to grab onto one of the rockets, swinging it back and firing a web towards D.Va with it but D.Va activates her Defense Matrix, blocking the rocket. However, Peni's web passes through the defense and attaches to the chest of Tokki, underneath the glass. And punches Tokki’s glass, cracking it a little bit.
Peni jumps off the mech and back to SP//dr and D.Vs fires a barrage of bullets as SP//dr manages to fly through the bullets and rip one of the fusion cannons and holds the other back. D.Vs launches herself out of Tokki as Tokki starts to shake and light up. But Peni's and Spider's sense alerts her to the danger that Tokki is about to blow “It's gonna blow!”. SP//dr quickly reacts by throwing Tokki at D.Va before D.Va could descend back down completely annilahiting both Tokki and D.Va mid air until there’s nothing but ash and broken machine parts. “Good job Spider let’s get going”. Peni opens another portal and leaves as D.Va's stream is shown to have lost connection.
FINISH!/Results[]
Redshock: Now that’s how you end a live stream!
Mortician: This was a surprisingly close match. Both are pretty smart when it comes to tech. And while we've seen D.Va work with and against a bigger variety of foes, Peni's trips into other dimensions and training to be SP//dr's new pilot since she was 9 could easily make up for it. D.Va's shit talking could also possibly get to Peni, at least for a time.
Redshock: Sure, D.Va's Defense Matrix can consume projectiles, it struggles against more physical attacks that can grab her, similar to SP//dr's webs. And her Self Destruction seemed to be a bit overkill, but Peni is a spider person like Peter Parker who can dodge lasers faster than 3 times the speed of light way faster than than D.Va and could easily outrun her mech’s explosion.
Mortician: But the biggest difference between these two is the bond and teamwork between pilot and mech. For D.Va, Tokki is mostly a weapon to protect others. Tokki also can't fight on its own without a pilot. Sure, it use to run on a program, but there's nothing to point to that program still being up, let alone D.Va having access to it. But between Peni and Spider, there is a real friendship. They work on equal footing, and if Peni were to be out of SP//dr for any reason, Spider can pilot on his own. Making this a bit more of a 2 on 1 type of situation, which D.Va has shown to not be great with.
Redshock: D.Va's smack talk and self-destruct did give SP//dr's a tuff time. But Peni's Speed, Arsenal, and Spider Bond put the young Spidey on top. Looks like it's game over for this D.Va.
Mortician: The Winner is Peni Parker!
Comparisons[]
Peni and SP//Dr[]
- + Stronger and Faster
- + Superior mobility
- + Superior control of the battlefield and her opponent
- + Tougher Armor
- - If she were removed from Sp//dr, Peni would be a sitting duck
D.Va and Tokki[]
- + Superior offensive firepower
- + More combat experience
- - Weaker and Slower
- - Not quite as level-headed as Peni
- - D.Va’s entire arsenal would not take Sp//dr down
Trivia/Connections[]
Trivia[]
- Track Name would be "Nerf This SP//dr"
- Track Art would be Tokki and SP//Dr Side by Side
Connections[]
- Two young and ambitious Asian origin heroes who are into geek and pop culture
- Both have built their own Mechs inspired machines in which they can ride
- Both are typically heroes who sometimes fight along side others (Overwatch and other Spider People)
- Both also had inspiration from Neon Genesis Evangelion when they were being made