Description[]
When it comes to bringing fear to their enemies, these two are practically unmatched! But will the King Wretch be dethroned, or will Death get a taste of his own medicine?
NOTE: I'll be using King Wretch from the books because I'm lazy, and also because, in my opinion, he's a lot more similar to Death in the books than in the show.
Intro[]
Wiz: Death, the literal embodiment of, well, death, from Puss in Boots.
Boomstick: The King Wretch, Nightmare King from The Last Kids on Earth.
Wiz: These two characters can make anyone fear them, even the protagonist of the story.
Boomstick: And they do that by stalking, which of course would scare the hell out of anyone! 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.
Death[]
Wiz: The one thing that every living creature fears is death. Only those who are crazy don't fear death. And one of those crazy people is...
Boomstick: Puss in Boots, who due to being a cat, has 9 lives!
Wiz: But Puss in Boots wasted his lives, and soon only had one life left. And this is what led to him getting hunted down by what he at first thought was only a bounty hunter.
Boomstick: But he was wrong! This big bad wolf was more than that. Because he's Death, straight up.
Background[]
- Other names: Wolf, Big Bad Wolf, Lobo
- Age: Unknown (As old as the concept of death)
- Occupation: Grim Reaper, bounty hunter
- Likes: Whistling, killing, the smell of FEAR
- Dislikes: Puss in Boots wasting his lives, Puss growing as a person, when you don't pick it up
- He's Death, but not metaphorically
Wiz: Death believed Puss in Boots was too egoistical and carelessly wasting his 9 lives.
Boomstick: So, he confronts Puss in a pub and beats him easily, scaring Puss and leading to him retiring for a while.
Wiz: But Puss soon goes on a journey with Perrito and Kitty SoftPaws to find the Wishing Star, and Death follows and stalks Puss throughout his entire journey.
Boomstick: Death's mere presence is enough to scare the hell out of Puss, so much so that he even gets a panic attack. How does he do it, you may ask? Well, other than being the literal embodiment of death, it's also because of his other awesome weapons and powers!
Arsenal and Abilities[]
- Sickles
- Can be combined into a double-ended scythe
- Can become arched for punching
- Kart
- Drifting
- Will receive a boost when jumping off a Trick Edge
- Customization:
- Rustic Iron Coffin
- Wooden and Smeared Coffin
- Cosmic Blue Coffin
- Blood Red and Cobblestone Coffin
- Kill Count Coffin
- DreamWorks Coffin
- Super Strength, Speed, and Durability
- Fire Manipulation
- Invisibility and Inaudibility
- Immortality
- Teleportation
- Vibration Emission
- Illusions
Wiz: Death has his iconic sickles, which are strong enough to break through crystals and even draw blood from Puss in Boots, who's durable enough to easily survive getting hit by a beanstalk shooting into the stratosphere.
Boomstick: Death's sickles can also combine into a double ended scythe for attacking at a longer distance, can become arched for punching, and Death can even create fire when sliced, like when Death made a wall of fire by slicing the ground and created a small ember when he grazed Puss in Boots's boot.
Wiz: Death can also walk through this fire without getting burned, along with also having walked through the Wishing Star's barrier with no damage. This same barrier disintegrated anyone else that was fully engulfed in it.
Boomstick: If Death wants to catch his enemy off guard, no problem! He can make himself invisible and inaudible for whoever he wants, including the map to the Wishing Star, can soundlessly teleport to basically wherever he wants, and he has his awesome kart, which comes from the game DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing. Look, it sounds dumb but tell me one other character that can drift a coffin on wheels. Oh yeah, and he can also easily dodge Puss in Boots's attacks, and Puss had previously dodged an energy beam that could reach the moon in seconds!
Wiz: Death can also completely shatter crystals by simply saying his name and can also create illusions of himself in reflective surfaces, such as crystals.
Boomstick: Oh yeah, and since he's Death, he's basically immortal, so that's fun!
Feats[]
- Walked through the Wishing Star's barrier unscathed
- Broke large crystals with no effort
- Effortlessly knocked away Puss in Boots's rapier from him hand while barely moving
- Defeated Puss in Boots
- Stated that no one has defeated him before
- Dodged several of Puss in Boots's attacks
- Collected the souls of Lord Farquaad, Fairy Godmother, Humpty Dumpty, Jack Horner
Wiz: In Death's last confrontation with Puss in Boots, Puss reveals he values his last life and will do anything to protect it, showing that he wasn't scared of Death anymore. This annoyed Death, but he decided to leave and less Puss live the rest of his life.
Boomstick: But Death will come back to Puss when his time has come, and Puss knows that. Puss accepts the inevitability of death, but instead of running from it, he greets with open arms. Geez, that's really philosophical if you think about it...... but it also just sounds super cool! Because it's true that Death is truly inevitable.
King Wretch[]
Wiz: In the time before time, war ravaged the monster dimension.
Boomstick: But this was no ordinary war! This was a war between good and evil! A war between Ŗeżżőcħ the Ancient and basically everyone else.
Wiz: But Ŗeżżőcħ seeked followers, those being his Cosmic Servants. They battled for him, and even after being defeated for millennia, he still had Cosmic Servants.
Boomstick: And one of these servants decided to help Ŗeżżőcħ wake up from his slumber and open a portal to Earth. Thankfully, Ŗeżżőcħ didn't make it to Earth, but a whole bunch of monsters and zombies did, and among those were all Ŗeżżőcħ's little teacher helpers! And one of them was more than just a servant, he was a ruler of an entire species. He was the King Wretch.
Background[]
- Species: Ŝŗœčęĥ
- "Scientific" Name: Wretchedus Rex
- Occupation: Cosmic Servant, Nightmare King
- Likes: Ŗeżżőcħ, scaring Jack Sullivan, commanding the winged wretches
- Dislikes: Scrapken, ropes, getting his nightmares interrupted
- He has freaky-deaky swirly eyeballs
Wiz: Ŗeżżőcħ had a task for the King Wretch, and that task was to convince Jack Sullivan to become Ŗeżżőcħ's new Cosmic Servant.
Boomstick: Now, why would Ŗeżżőcħ care about turning a 13-year-old into one of his followers? The answer is that same teenager defeated 2 other Cosmic Servants, and Ŗeżżőcħ thought that he was a great candidate to be one of his lackeys!
Wiz: So, the King Wretch used his abilities to get Jack's attention.
Arsenal and Abilities[]
- Wings
- Talons
- Teeth
- Tail
- Winged Wretches
- Super Strength
- Hypnosis
Boomstick: The King Wretch has his army of Winged Wretches who'll listen to all of his commands, and these mutated pterodactyls are strong enough to easily carry zombies and eat them, durable enough to get thrown into buildings with barely any damage, and fast enough to keep up with The Last Kids on Earth, who can run at over 40 miles per hour!
Wiz: But the King Wretch itself is far superior to that! The King Wretch strong enough to pick up Rover, who Quint Baker estimated to weigh 2.5 tons!
Boomstick: But that's nothing when compared to when every monster in Joe's Pizza lassoed the King Wretch, but he was pulling them! One of the monsters the King Wretch was pulling was Biggun, who had previously ripped a metal gate off of the ground and punched through a wall.
Wiz: The King Wretch is also fast enough to keep up with a rollercoaster, which moves at around 100 miles per hour!
Boomstick: The King Wretch's also durable enough to take a hit from Dirk with a high striker hammer. Dirk had previously been able to use this hammer to easily get the puck in the high striker game to hit the bell.
Wiz: But the King Wretch's strongest ability has to be his hypnosis. All he has to do is stare at you and he'll make you stare into his eyes, unable to move. After that, he can show you whatever dream or nightmare he wants, with the only way to escape the dream is if someone gets you to stop staring into the King Wretch's eyes.
Feats[]
- Carried Rover, who's estimated to weigh 2.5 tons
- Kept up with a rollercoaster
- Flew through a tree house
- Overpowered many monsters and vehicles
- Can make someone stare into his eyes and make them unable to move
- Had a sharp trophy get launched into his mouth, then proceeded to vomit it out (it's just as gross as it sounds)
- Has control over every Winged Wretch in Wakefield
Boomstick: After declining Ŗeżżőcħ's offer, Jack and his friends fight the King Wretch, but they eventually realize they need a bigger monster to fight this behemoth.
Wiz: So, Jack and everyone in Joe's Pizza manage to lasso and take the King Wretch to Big Al's Junk Palace, the home of the Scrapken.
Boomstick: And so the King Wretch was quickly strangled to death and was then eaten by the Scrapken. How fun!
Wiz: And after their king's death, the Winged Wretches dispersed. But even after its demise, the King Wretch still reminded us how much terror mind games can bring.
Prelude[]
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. We've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: It's time for a DEATH BATLEEEEEEEEE!!!
DEATH BATTLE[]
The scene opens to a dark, rainy day in Wakefield. The King Wretch gazes from the top of Comically Speaking at the nearby buildings, wondering what his next meal should be. He then hears a distant car coming closer to his direction. The car quickly arrives kicking up a dust cloud. When the dust settles, Death walks out of his kart, brushing himself off. He looks up at the King Wretch, who looks back at him confused.
Death: Hello, Ŝŗœčęĥ. You see, I've come here due to your master, Ŗeżżőcħ. If he comes to Earth, I'm afraid he'll instantly destroy every living thing on this planet, which would mean that there would be no more death after that, which would mean I'd lose my job. So, I've come to kill you so that you don't bring him here. How does this sound?
The King Wretch stares at Death for a moment before getting off the roof of the store and falling on the ground. He then bares his teeth and roars at Death's face, getting spit all over Death's body. Death chuckles and wipes off the saliva on his face.
Death: This is gonna be fun!
Death pulls out his sickles and slices upwards, cutting the King Wretch's chin. The King Wretch retaliates by slapping Death away with its paw. Death crashes into a nearby car but quickly gets up. The King Wretch then picks up Death's kart and throws it at him, but Death easily dodges.
Death: Bummer. I liked that kart.
The King Wretch roars, calling on the Winged Wretches. As they arrive, the King Wretch flies up in the air to watch the fight. The Winged Wretches land in a circle around Death, completely surrounding him. They then start biting and slashing Death, seemingly overwhelming him. But in a matter of seconds, Death appears behind one of the Winged Wretches and sticks his sickles into the Winged Wretch's head, quickly killing it. The others look back, stunned.
Death: Weren't expecting that, lagartos voladores?
Death quickly takes out two more Winged Wretches by cutting off their heads and slices one's chest, setting it on fire. He then turns to the last Wretch, who attempts to fly away, but Death jumps onto the creature's back and cuts its throat, killing it. Death gets off the monster and dusts himself off.
Death: Now, where did the other one-
Before Death could finish his sentence, the King Wretch slams down into Death, crushing Death with his paw. When he looks at the ground, there's only a crater.
Death: Dirty tricks won't work on me, Rey de las Pesadillas.
The King Wretch looks back but doesn't see Death. Death then laughs and stars whistling. Death then appears on the reflection of the broken store windows, the car windows, and even puddles, confusing the King Wretch. The beast whips its tail at one of the windows but doesn't hit Death. It roars in frustration and runs at a ca and starts slashing it, with Death still whistling. The whistling then stops, and the King Wretch stops destroying the car. There's dead silence, with only raindrops being heard.
Death: This is fun, you know. But I've learned my lesson on playing with my food. It's about time I END THIS.
At the last two words, every window in the area shatters. Death then appears out of thin air and slashes the ground, creating a gigantic wall of flames surrounding Death and the King Wretch. He then combines his sickles into a double-ended scythe and points it at the King Wretch.
Death: Let's finish this, lagarto.
Death runs at the King Wretch, slicing the King Wretch several times, but the King Wretch fights back with its talons and teeth, biting and slashing Death. As the King Wretch tries to bite Death again, Death swings his scythe into the roof of the King Wretch's mouth. The beast howls in pain, accidentally backing into the fire wall, burning itself. It quickly gets out of the fire and grabs Death, surprising Death. The King Wretch then flies up into the sky and stops in midair and looks into Death's eyes, attempting to hypnotize him. Before he can, Death cuts one of the King Wretch's eyes, angering the beast. King Wretch then flies down at top speed, sticking out its arm in an attempt to kill Death. Death realizes this and teleports out of the King Wretch's grasp. The King Wretch quickly realizes this and attempts to stop crashing down, but only manages to slow his fall slightly before crashing down into the roof of a building.
Death: Impressive. You're still alive.
The King Wretch gets up, heavily damaged, while Death slowly walks towards him with his scythe.
Death: You've fought well, but I'm afraid this fight has come to an end.
As Death walks towards him, the King Wretch stands tall, and his stomach starts shifting. the muscle and bone open and reveal a window to Ŗeżżőcħ. This momentarily stuns Death, and he stops walking.
Ŗeżżőcħ: Wolf, you know who I am, do you not? You know what power I have, and what power I could give you. Slaying this beast will only delay my inevitable arrival. If you slay this Ŝŗœčęĥ, you will be among the first to feel my wrath. Help it, and I will reward you with immense power and anything else you would like. What do you say?
Death stares at Ŗeżżőcħ for a moment, but then laughs.
Death: That's a good offer, but I'm afraid I'll have to refuse!
Death, in one swift motion, stabs the King Wretch's stomach with his scythe, and then brings it up, slicing the King Wretch's abdomen, chest and jaw in half. The King Wretch falls to the ground, motionless. Death stares at the corpse for a moment, before walking away into the shadows, whistling.
Results[]
Boomstick: You know, if I had been in Death's shoes, I would've accepted the offer! After all, unlimited power equals unlimited beer!
Wiz: Although the King Wretch was a formidable foe, Death had all the means to surpass him.
Boomstick: In terms of lifting strength, the King Wretch was certainly stronger, but Death's blades could draw blood from Puss in Boots, who's tanked getting crushed by boulders and getting hit by a beanstalk that reached the stratosphere.
Wiz: In terms of speed, it's not even close. Death can dodge Puss in Boots's attacks, who can react to an energy beam that can travel to the moon in seconds, which is far faster than anything the King Wretch has ever done.
Boomstick: And even if King Wretch had better stats, Death has way better hax and abilities! Death can make him invisible and inaudible so the King Wretch can't find him, can teleport to catch the King Wretch off-guard, his sickles can easily slice up the King Wretch and set him on fire, and the King Wretch has simply no way to put Death down since he's immortal and can walk through the Wishing Star's barrier undamaged!
Wiz: And although Death wouldn't be able to escape the King Wretch's hypnosis, Death is far too fast to give the King Wretch a chance to use it. And if the King Wretch tried overwhelming Death with Winged Wretches, Death can simply teleport away and kill the Winged Wretches one by one.
Comparison[]
Death[]
- + FAR faster
- + Higher attack potency
- + Invisibility, inaudibility, and teleportation give Death an upper edge
- + Can't really be put down due to immortality
- - Vulnerable to getting hypnotized
- - Could be possibly overwhelmed by Winged Wretches
King Wretch[]
- + Higher lifting strength
- + Could hypnotize Death, but...
- - ...Is far too slow to even keep up with Death
- - Can't actually kill Death
- - Has no resistance to literally ANY of Death's abilities
Boomstick: Sorry King Wretch, but you've been dethroned!
Wiz: The winner is Death.
Trivia[]
- The connections for Death VS King Wretch are:
- Antagonists of children's media set in a magic world
- Both stalk the blade-wielding main character (Puss in Boots/Jack Sullivan) in order to instill fear into them.
- Whenever they appear, they have a sound/smell that makes their presence known (Death's whistling/The King Wretch's evil stench).
- They also serve as a representation of the main characters’ greatest fear (Puss losing his last life/Jack losing his friends).
- The franchises they are in also became cartoons on Netflix.