Dudley VS Jonathan Joestar is the COMPLETED 10th battle by NEWChristianthepupbot.
Description []
Street Fighter vs JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! It isn't easy being a gentleman. Sometimes you gotta rely on a little more bruteforce and Brit power to get the job done!
-Note: This description was written by RoaringRexe, not me.
Intro[]
Boomstick: Throughout Death Battle, we've covered the insane, the murderous, and even the downright evil.
Wiz: So, how about we lift some spirits and talk about some of the most distinguished gentlemen from across the sea.
Boomstick: Dudley, Street Fighter's civilized boxer.
Wiz: And Jonathan Joestar, the first JoJo.
Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armour and skill to find out who would win A DEATH BATTLE.
Dudley[]
Dudley Fights Like a Gentleman in DEATH BATTLE!
Wiz: In the world of Street Fighter, there are many strange characters. On a high end, you have martial artists who channel a power known as Ki to perform truly amazing feats of strength and even the absolutely impossible.
Boomstick: But on a lower level, you have the athletic, more normal fighters. If by normal you mean an alcoholics who fights bears for a living or a luchador who fights to, wait for it, cook better. And then you have one of the only boxers, Balrog, a cheating rich criminal and monster of a man.
Wiz: All this chaos with supernatural powers, strange motives and moves, along with some downright scummy people; some wonder where traditional, fancy fighting went. And if you do, here’s someone who’d agree with you. Standing at 6'1'' and weighing in at 222 pounds, Dudley puts the class in heavyweight class.
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BACKGROUND
-Age: Mid to Late 30s.
-Height: 6’1'' (185 cm).
-Weight: 222 ibs (101 kg).
-British Champion of Boxing.
-Enjoys judging pottery and gardening.
-Hates unfair fighters.
-Rival to Balrog.
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Boomstick: But it wasn’t always like that. Dudley was born into a wealthy family thanks to his retired athletic dad. Despite his family being all business-heavy, the young Dud still wanted to take up fighting. Maybe it was after his Pop? Who knows.
Wiz: But what we do know is that Dudley, in his youth, was a very small child, and his own family told him that he’d never stand a chance in the boxing world.
Boomstick: Well, it seems his family didn’t stand a chance in the business world. In his university days, Dudley’s father had already started running his family into bankruptcy and debt. Way to go, Dad.
Wiz: But Dudley wasn’t a petty grudge holder, and wanted the best for his relatives. So he picked up his bright blue boxing gloves and stepped into the ring. And wouldn’t you know it, he was a success.
Boomstick: Yeah, maybe because he wasn’t a scrawny little twerp anymore! Look at the guy! He’s got some popcorn-looking shoulders and a wicked mustache that stares into your soul and tells you to eat your vegetables. It’s no wonder he managed to punch his family out of poverty and basically restarted his fortune all from his own hard work. If only real rich people were like that.
Wiz: Well, he certainly has a high demeanour to match his high status. Dudley is a gentleman fighter, valuing fairness over raw power, much unlike his rival Balrog. Although, that’s not to say he isn’t as strong as Balrog. That’s far from the truth. He’s actually the British heavyweight champion of boxing.
Boomstick: And he didn’t just stumble his way there, either. See, there are different flavours of boxing, much like anything good in the world. Dudley likes the taste of the out-boxer style. This style chooses speed and range over raw strength. Part of this complete breakfast.
Wiz: However, Dudley has a second style up his custom-tailored sleeve. The southpaw style. It’s a style that literally flips boxing on its head by prioritizing the left hand for hits. Most real southpaws are just left-handed boxers, but some righties have used the style to throw off opponents. Analyzing footage of casual Dudley, it’s actually hard to tell if he’s actually left-handed or simply adopting the southpaw style. There does seem to be a possibility he’s ambidextrous.
Boomstick:...Does he ever take off his boxing gloves or are those just what his hands look like?
Wiz: Regardless of what his hands look like, Dudley’s southpaw is the only thing untraditional about him. He prides himself on using fair, traditional boxing for his matches, despising the dirty fighting of people like Balrog...But, this is Street Fighter and he has to say something cool when he attacks. Case in point; The Machinegun blow-
Boomstick: Woah! Woah! What’s so traditional about bringing a fucking machine gun to a boxing match!?
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MOVESET:
-Jet Upper and Rocket Upper
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Wiz: Nonononono, that’s just what it’s called. It’s a rapid set of fast punches directed to his opponent ending in a hard hit to the jaw. I thought you’d know this.
Boomstick: Suuuuure...You know, I’m getting a little suspicious of this guy’s “traditional style.” I don’t think traditional fighters throw Shoryukens at each other. Yeah, I know it’s called the Jet Upper and it works differently, but it’s a punch you do while jumping. You already called it the Shoryuken.
Wiz: A much more unique Dudley move is the Thunderbolt. It’s a rising hit that requires the boxer to jump up and do an immediate dive down at whoever’s unfortunate enough to be below him.
Boomstick: Not even those who hit him are safe. Sometimes, Dudley’ll put the gloves down and just ask to be hit in the face. Once you do, prepare for a rushing blow to the right back to you! So what was that about playing fair again?
Wiz: Boomstick, if your opponent immediately drops his guard and lets himself get hit and you don’t expect anything, you deserve that punch to the face.
Boomstick: True, but I don’t think anyone deserves the Rolling Thunder. It’s a rapid set of fast punches directed to his opponent ending in a hard hit to the jaw, but CINEMATIC this time, making it scarier.
Wiz: However, one of Dudley’s most iconic set of abilities are the corkscrew punches. These include The Corkscrew Blow. On the surface, it seems like a regular punch, but Dudley adds his own twist to it.
Boomstick: What’s the twist?
Wiz: A twist.
Boomstick: Yeah, but I mean, what is the twist to the attack? Does the fist come off? Can he make it explode? Did it actually kill the butler the whole time?
Wiz: We’re not having another That Man situation. The twist is literally a cyclone that surrounds his fist, making one simple blow much more dangerous. He can push this move further with the Corkscrew Cross. This punch is so powerful, the cyclone exceeds both Dudley and who he’s facing in height. It can even send fighters flying and spinning at the same time with how tough it is.
Boomstick: Reminder that he can do this to people like Hugo, who weighs over 400 pounds! Hell, with the Rocket Upper, Dudley can turn himself into a cyclone in the middle of the air! Ya know...none of this seems traditional. Like, at all. Either Dudley’s a fraud or I have been sleeping on British Boxing.
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FEATS:
-Became the British Champion.
-Has been knighted by the queen.
-Sends heavy fighters flying.
-Broke a steering wheel by accident.
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Boomstick: Dudley’s raw boxing skill is unquestionable. According to Zangief and Balrog, Dudley is the British Heavyweight Champ. He’s even gone far enough to be knighted by The British Royal Family, an honour shared by Sir Ringo Starr.
Wiz: And tons of other notable actors, athletes, actual knights.
Boomstick: Thomas the Tank Engine was my childhood, shut up.
Wiz: Sir Dudley has combated many great fighters. Many in boxing have struggled to keep up with his strong and fast punches, with one exception. Dudley has stated to match the previously mentioned Balrog. A reminder that this is the same Balrog that can kill an entire elephant with one punch.
Boomstick: But what’s more impressive than killing an elephant? Fighting base Chun-Li. Balrog and his equal Vega can keep up with this kung fu fighter, so Dudley could probably face the girl as well. In case you’re wondering, one of Chun-Li’s kicks can break down an entire steel door!
Wiz: Following this calculation of Karin, who’s done the same thing as Chun-Li, her kicks should be worth 0.29 tons of TNT, or around one billion joules!
Boomstick: That’s an entire semi-truck slamming into you, 70 FOLD! And from one kick! Plus, Chun-Li can keep up with Guile, who can break the sound barrier! And Chun-Li herself can outrun bullets, which are even faster than sound. Cammy, who Chun-Li scales to, can also do some similar stuff. What kind of boxer can break the sound barrier like nothing?
Wiz: The kind that can impress Gill.
Boomstick: Gill. God, just the sound of his name makes me want to punch someone...Hey Wiz.
(WHAM!)
Boomstick: OOOOOW!
Wiz: I told you not to punch people who let their guard down. For context on why impressing Gill is...impressive, this man is a president of a Secret Society which has been manipulating the world for hundreds of years. His power has been described as Godly and has been called the messiah, ready to bring about a new world and era for humanity.
Boomstick: What’s his connection with Dudley, you ask? Simple. HE JACKED HIS FATHER’S CAR! The new god of humanity has literally taken Dudley’s car and Dudley decided to fight him for the right to drive that car. And he actually freaking won the fight!
Wiz: Again, for context, Gill is one of the strongest bosses of Street Fighter, and is likely comparable to fellow boss Seth. And Seth? He’s stated to match Juri Han’s power.
Boomstick: So, we have two ways to scale Dudley to Juri Han, who’s Chun-Li’s rival. Why is this important? Because this crazy chick has the kinda power needed to BLOW UP THIS BUILDING WITH HER KI!
Wiz: This should be an explosion worth around 50 tons of TNT. However, it should be worth noting Dudley himself is not a ki user, or at least, hasn’t been seen using this kind of power. But we’ll just keep that in mind for later. What’s important here is that Dudley has done all of this while wearing BOXING GLOVES, which are designed to make punches weaker. Imagine the impressive power if he simply took them off.
Boomstick: Ki or no ki, Dudley’s proven to be the classiest fighter of them all. Rose in hand, always ready to fight like a gentleman. He’s wealthy in both money and skill, but that doesn’t make him immune to being smug as all hell. He’ll literally throw a rose on you and call you gutter trash! I don’t even know what one of those words means!
Wiz: He’s a kind man at heart that has befriended many, from Kenyan princesses to hardened fighters. But that doesn’t mean he won’t hesitate to keep you down for the count. Whether you encounter him gardening or fight him in the ring, Dudley isn’t someone you forget.
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“Does your rudeness no know bounds, sir? Very well, then. Far be it from me to turn down a challenge. And from a fellow pugilist."
-Sir Dudley (1:17)
Jonathan Joestar[]
Jonathan Joestar Shows his Courage for DEATH BATTLE!
(Music: Jonathan Joestar Theme)
Wiz: What’s your family tree like? What were your ancestor’s stories, their triumphs and their greatest enemies and how does that connect to you?
Boomstick: Ask any Joestar and they’ll have no easy answer. I mean, look at this thing! You have uncles that are younger than their nephews, tons of adoptions, and then they’re the Dio kids. It’s a mess. And that’s not counting all the SAVING THE WORLD they’ve had to do.
Wiz: Starting off this bloodline of heroes was George Joestar, a wealthy Englishmen from the old times. In 1868, George had a fatal carriage accident. He had nearly died, and his wife was completely dead. Luckily, a man by the name of Dario Brando managed to find the accident and saved his life. He was eternally grateful.
Boomstick: But, Dario was nothing but a greedy, abusive alcoholic torturing his son Dio Brando. Even still, when he kicked it, George was more than happy to take the young boy in as his own son. Along with the other kid he was raising: Jonathan Joestar.
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BACKGROUND:
-Age: 20
-Height: 6’5’’ (196)
-Weight: 231 lbs (105 kg)
-Nicknamed JoJo.
-First prominent member of the Joestar bloodline.
-Has a strange birthmark on his back.
-Studied to become an archaeologist.
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Wiz: Jonathan was a simple kid in a happy home. He spent his time boxing, playing with his dog and spending time with his childhood crush Erina. So, when Dio arrived at this humble, peaceful mansion, he realized that he now had an opportunity to live a nice life free of abuse and was eternally grateful and kind to the Joestars...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Boomstick: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaha...haaaaa...Dio instantly won over George with his superior table manners, kicked JoJo’s ass in boxing and stole Jonathan’s girlfriend for exactly 5 seconds. He even THREW HIS DOG INTO AN INCINERATOR! This guy couldn’t get any worse...I just jinxed it, didn’t I?
Wiz: Surprisingly, going into their college years, JoJo and Dio’s relationship mellowed out, but there was still some tension here and there. But Jonathan did manage to gain his reputation back as a good man and even started studying to be an archaeologist, he even tried figuring out the secrets of a strange Stone Mask used for...execution, we’ll say.
Boomstick: But Dio, trying to one-up Scar as the worst brother in fiction, was poisoning George for the fortune he...would have already inherited and had access to because he's just evil like that. Lucky for George, Jonathan was a smart nobleman and figured out exactly what was going on. So he brought his new criminal boyfriend and the police to confront Dio, but blondey had other plans, and slipped on the Stone Mask, killing him...Not the best plan ever...until...he turned into A VAMPIRE!
Wiz:...Yes, the mask did in fact have mystical properties, and they turned Dio into a creature of the night and the world’s worst terror. Dio got to work killing the police, finishing Jonathan’s father, and even burning down the Joestar mansion, leaving Jonathan with nothing more.
Boomstick: Luckily, Jonathan could still put up a fight. The guy is 6 foot freaking 5 in a country and time where the average height was 5’7’’. And look at those muscles. The only thing that could make him stronger is a punch in the lungs by an Italian man in a funny hat.
Wiz: This was Will A. Zeppeli and that punch was actually to regulate Jonathan’s breathing. Despite the entire mansion he was in burning down, Dio was still alive and very willing to continue his dastardly ways. The only way to destroy the vampire once and for all was an ancient art known as Hamon or Ripple Energy. This is an energy part of a martial art called Sendo. Using the blood of its users to simulate sunlight, even at night. It’s the perfect anti-vampire weapon.
Boomstick: The Ripple can be properly channeled by breathing properly, SO NO SMOKING! Or...I guess smoking is allowed but only for these guys. Ah, the 80s. Anyways, the energy has more uses outside of killing Draculas. It’s kinda like an energy transfer system thingy. Here, I’ll show you. The funny Italian first showed off Hamon by hitting a frog really hard (0:39). But Slippy was fine because Will actually transferred all the energy into the rock Froggy was standing on. Jonathan himself can send the energy through walls or up cliffs.
Wiz: Ripple can be used for all kinds of extraordinary techniques.
(Music: Sono Chi No Sadame Instrumental)
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MOVES, TECHNIQUES AND OVERDRIVES
-Transferring Energy
-Reviving Life.
-Zoom Punch.
-Scarlet Overdrive.
-Underwater Turquoise Blue Overdrive.
-Metal Silver Overdrive.
-Sunlight Yellow Overdrive.
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Wiz: Hamon can already transfer the energy of a hard blow, however, it can also transfer the energy of life itself. Jonathan has actually given life to dead flowers and humans with this energy. But that’s not the end for its limitless uses. Jojo and Zeppeli have managed to hook together various leaves to form a hang glider via magnetism, and once used a bunch of roses to distract Dio. Plants really are a Joestar's best friend...even if that plant is tobacco.
Boomstick: He can even give life to himself. Joestar can recover from his wounds fast, but he can take advantage of this in a cooler way. This is the Zoom Punch, where Jonathan BREAKS HIS OWN ARM just to punch farther and then immediately reattaches it...Okay.
Wiz: But, as impressive as those abilities are, they pale in comparison to his true power. Channeling Hamon completely into his body, Jonathan can perform Overdrives. These are what happens when Jonathan pushes the true limits of The Ripple into attacks like the Scarlet Overdrive, a blow that lights a flame to anything Jonathan decides to punch.
Boomstick: You also have the Turquoise Blue Overdrive, which can repel opponents with water and the Metal Silver Overdrive, which travels through, take a guess; metal. Are all of these just thing plus colour? Probably got some of these names from a random generator...That doesn’t sound like a bad idea, actually.
(A wheel spinning followed by two darts being thrown are heard).
Boomstick: I got Egg Crimson Overdrive, how about you?
Wiz: I have...no interest. But some of his most powerful attacks are his barrages. There’s the Overdrive Barrage, a series of rapid punches. But he can upgrade them into the famous Sunlight Yellow Overdrive, a flurry that’s filled to the brim with Hamon, devastating to any in its path. But, Ripple is delicate. He requires a specific breathing rhythm and for his lungs to be in perfect condition.
Boomstick: BULLSHIT! Look at all these motherfuckers smoke (Note, that’s Jonathan as a young boy) Look at this Hamon user who is literally a head! The lesson is clear, smoking and lungs don't matter to your health.
Wiz: Don’t listen to him, kids.
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FEATS
-Defeated Dio.
-Mastered Hamon.
-Superior to the strong Tarkus.
-Reacted to Space Ripper Stingy Eye.
-Could survive injuries upon injuries.
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Wiz: Jonathan is a resourceful strategist at heart, usually using what’s available to him to get a victory. An example is his final fight with Dio. Brando, knowing that a touch of sunlight could kill him, activated a vampiric power that allowed him to freeze anyone that dared to get in contact with his body. Jonathan countered this ability by strategically placing the sword he was carrying over a flame, melting the ice encasing his body. (2:40)
Boomstick: And, to end the fight once and for all, Jonathan LIT HIS OWN HAND ON FIRE and punched Dio out for good. Wiz, there is a line between genius and insanity right?
Wiz: I wouldn’t say so. Either way, when it comes to strength and speed, Jonathan isn’t a pushover either.
Boomstick: Even before the breathing exercises, Jonathan could take impalements, and even his crime boyfriend throwing a freaking HAT BLADE into his arms! And after the Ripple, Jonathan’s fast enough to avoid those attacks. See, Dio has a lot of vampire powers up his sleeve, including VAMPIRE LASER EYES for some reason. And Jonathan could react to those!
Wiz: These are the Space Ripper Stingy Eyes...try saying that 5 times fast. But they aren’t exactly lasers, in fact, they’re more akin to fluid and spit out like water jets. We can compare these to actual water jets which move at about Mach 3. Jonathan himself could even run out of explosions, which are around that range, but can go much faster.
Boomstick: Speaking of Dio’s powers, he’s also a neck-romancer. This is why vampires like to get all horny on people’s necks.
Wiz: Necromancer. He brings back the dead.
Boomstick: Oh, right. Yeah, one time he brought back these knights Bruford and Tarkus. They were tough before, but Jonathan got a major strength boost after the funny Italian man died, and beat out Tarkus. Tarkus could break entire freaking boulders and even slice the side of a cliff. Following this calc, that’s almost 3 billion joules of energy right there, 3 times more than a lightning strike. As for Bruford, the dude managed to PUNCH THE HUMANITY BACK INTO HIM WITH HIS HAMON! Imagine punching someone TO LIFE!
Wiz: But this feat does present one of the strongest muscles in JoJo’s body; His heart. Jonathan is a gentleman through and through, even if his table manors were a little iffy. He saved Erina from bullies because it was the right thing to do and won the admiration of hardened criminals due to sparing the life of someone for the sake of family. He's a polite man that can see the good in everyone. Eventually, his noble heart led him to defeating the evil Dio. But despite the death of his father and massacres, he felt sympathy towards the misguided Brando...
Boomstick:...Until Dio came back from the dead as just a decapitated head. And unfortunately, Jonathan had won even Dio’s non-existent heart. I mean that he was interested in his body…No, not like that. I mean he wanted to be on Jojo-Wait! No, I mean he’d cut off Jonathan’s head and use his body as his own and...okay, this is getting super bizarre.
Wiz: But, even with a ship infested with zombies, Jojo inspired his pregnant wife to save an abandoned baby and live to see a new day. Sadly, after a rematch with Dio, the gentleman couldn’t make it out alive to raise his own son. Jonathan Joestar died in February 1889, embracing the head of his stepbrother in his arms. The site of his lifeless body even briefly touched the cold and undead heart of Dio Brando.
Boomstick:...Then Dio stole his body and had four kids, explaining why the Joestar family tree got completely screwed over.
Wiz: You just had to ruin the moment...Ugh...But, even in death, Jonathan’s descendants carried on his legacy, doing justice in any way they could. May the courage and honour of the Joestars live on.
Boomstick: It doesn’t because JoJo’s grandson-
Wiz: STOP IT!
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“How my heart resonates. I’m pulsing with heat and life! MY VERY BLOOD IS A SYMPHONY WITHIN ME! SUNLIGHT YELLOW OVERDRIVE!”
-Jonathan Joestar (1:33)
Gentlemen's Blood[]
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set, and we've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
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The sun was shining on bright greens with a rainbow of colours scattered about. Close to a large, brick mansion stood a garden. The contents were flowers of many varieties living wonderfully in the various bushes surrounding the mansion. It was the perfect day to show off how beautiful nature could be. The centrepiece of it was the gazebo standing tall and glistening with the flowers. Inside of it sat a mustachioed buff man with bright blue eyes to contrast with his dark hair, somehow drinking tea while wearing his blue boxing gloves.
As Dudley took another sip of the liquid of class, he turned his eyes and looked towards the garden he had put together. He took immense pride in it as if it was his own child, and wanted to show it off to the world today. Deciding it was time to stroll around and wander his beautiful home, Dudley got off his chair and marched around the fields. As he walked, he saw a unique site. Leaning in and smelling a wild rose was a blue-tank topped man with matching blue hair and thick eyebrows. The man leaned in to sniff the roses, but immediately noticed and turned to Dudley.
Jonathan Joestar was caught off guard by the garden owner suddenly approaching him. “Oh, sorry. The sign said that it was open for visitors and it seems so lovely here.”
“It is fine, sir.” Dudley then closely examined Jonathan’s look. He was slightly smaller than Balrog but still taller than the owner himself. What caught his eye was the physic of Jonathan, which somewhat matched his own. “Say, you seem quite the athletic type.”
“Actually, I did take up boxing and rugby in my younger days,” said JoJo, smiling as he scratched his head.
“A fellow pugilist? Interesting.” Dudley started raising his hands. “What say you for a sparring match? Just a good presentation of skills.” The rich man had been waiting for a good time to see if he’d lost his style or not.
(Music: Guile's Theme - Jazz Remix)
Jonathan thought for a second, and then decided. “Well, it is your garden. Who am I to turn down a friendly challenge?” The Joestar raised his hands to match Dudley. “I haven’t been in a proper boxing match in a while, but be warned that I’ve seen a fair share of fights!”
FIGHT![]
JoJo sprung off his feet and threw a blow at Dudley, but the blue gloves quickly blocked that punch. Joestar brought his fist back and punched once again, only for the hit to be missed due to Dudley dodging the blow. Several more punches were thrown. None of them managed to connect due to the professional’s talents for avoiding hits. Just as Jonathan was about to throw the 8th hit, Dudley began to take action and rushed his glove at Jojo.
Thwack!
The nobleman was pushed back by the blow, but adjusted his stance. That didn’t stop Dudley from running in and giving Jonathan three more socks to the gut, chest and face. Dudley was about to add a fourth hit to the combo. This was prevented when Jonathan raised his arm and stopped the punch with his wrist. He then delivered a jab to Dudley (Wham!). The momentum threw Dudley to the left, but he took advantage of this and rushed to the back of the Joestar. Jonathan saw this and quickly turned around, only to be welcomed by the British fists of Dudley.
PUNCH! WHAM! SOCK!
The boxer kneeled, readying his fists for the boxing match to end.
“JET UPPER!”
The fist came up to Jonathan’s chin and launched him up, followed by Dudley raising to greater heights while spinning, only to land quickly. As for Jonathan, he was sent a few meters away, landing roughly on his back from the blow. Dudley scoffed and turned his face away from Jonathan. “Hmph. I suppose I was wrong all along. How unsatisfying.” He reached into a pocket, pulled out a rose, and threw it over to the knocked-out JoJo. “GUTTER TRASH.”
The rose flew in the air towards JoJo. Unwilling to lay down and give up, he got up back to his feet and reacted to the rose, grabbing it with his bare hands. He deeply inhaled, using all his breath to bring sparking yellow energy in the floral decoration. He winded his hand and threw it back towards Dudley, who’d just turned around.
ZAAAAAAAP!
“Augh!” Screamed Dudley as the yellow effects screeched their way into his eyes. With him blind, it didn’t take long for Jonathan to run up and punch Dudley in the chest. He gave another blow to the face and a few more to his body. He closed his fist and delivered the combo ending uppercut directly to the chin, causing him to launch in the air.
“Thunderbolt!”
The airborne Dudley came crashing down. JoJo wasn’t hit but the force of the crash was enough to push him away. Dudley regained his standing pose and looked at his opponent. “That is far from gentlemanly fighting! It’s borderline dirty.” He spouted, mad and disappointed.
“Apologies. I can lose control of myself sometimes. I’ll continue this as clean as I can,” Jonathan declared, holding up his fist.
The boxer accepted this and rushed in with a hit, but Joestar blocked it with his wrist and returned a blow to Dudley, causing him to slide back. Dudley tried to hit once again but as he extended his fist, Jonathan grabbed it and threw the champion across the garden towards his gazebo. As he flew through the air, Dudley used his power and suddenly spun upwards with a rocket upper. It was just long enough for the dashing Jonathan to miss his running punch and end up in the gazebo. Dudley landed and chased him inside.
The fighters looked at each other, staring their opponent down and waiting for the next move...which came from both.
“OVERDRIVE BARRAGE!”
“MACHINEGUN BLOWS!”
One punch (BAM!) was thrown (BAM!) after the other. (BAM!) Each clashing (BAM!) with the other’s fist.
BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAM! BOOOOM!
The final hit of the British barrage was thrown, the two hits so strong, a huge shockwave blew out from the impact. So powerful that the gazebo’s pillars (Snap!) all broke off and the roof flew away in the wind. Jumping out of the blow, Jonathan clenched his fist to gain one more hit over Dudley, directly to the face. But Dudley simply let his arms down and put his face in front of his body, almost wanting to be hit.
Jonathan’s mind took over as the punch became slow motion, thoughts erupting in his head. “What in the world? He's stopped defending himself and decided to expose his face, clear to anyone. When he’s like this, a child could punch him. What could he be planning? It must depend on me actually hitting him with my fist. To get out of-”
The strategizing stopped when Jonathan saw how close his fist was to Dudley’s face.
“Oh...Well in hindsight I-”
“CROSS COUNTER!”
Dudley avoided the hit and launched his entire body forward, his boxing glove smashing JoJo’s chest as he was brought along for the ride. The force of the hit sent Jonathan flying. He flew right through a bush, scattering its leaves across the floor. His flight ended when his head broke through the wooden wall a garden hose was logged in, sending the water spraying about everywhere.
The boxer recovered from his position and looked towards the giant leak. A yellow glow erupted from the flowing chaos as Jonathan stood out, sparking at random. The water didn’t seem to touch him or his clothes, instead, surrounding them like a shield. He aimed at Dudley and took another hit, but the champ repeated himself as the fist came by.
“CROSS COUNT-” (Boing.)
As the glove made contact, the water repelled Dudley, sending him back a few meters and confused. This was the Blue Overdrive. Dudley was just in the right spot, so Jonathan filled his arms with Hamon and grabbed down at the grass, the grounded leaves magnetizing together. From the grass came a giant magnetic rope made of the bush leaves, which Jonathan moved to surround Dudley, tying him up.
“And with you restrained, I win the game. Good match, though.”
The tied man simply looked down at the green surrounding him and shook his fist. “I’m not sure which family taught you these dirty tricks-” a vortex started forming around Dudley’s arm, and with a motion-
FWOSH!
-he was free and facing Jonathan. “-But mine does not surrender!”
Dudley punched the air and the plants were moved towards Jonathan’s eyes. As JoJo cleared his vision. Dudley politely waited. The moment he knew Joestar was unblinded and could block, Dudley rushed in and threw a punch to his chest. Joestar was too slow to dodge and the punch sent him crashing into the mansion’s wall, only for the force to send him back to Dudley, who punched him back into the wall, which sent him back to Dudley.
After 3 wall combos, Jonathan regained his strength and clenched his fist, charging it with fire. He kicked the wall back and sent himself towards Dudley. But the man quickly dodged out of the way of the hit, jumping over the damaged bush. With that, Jonathan’s fiery Scarlet Overdrive hit the bush. As Dudley landed across from the bush line, he witnessed Jonathan punch the branches. The impact of the overdrive set the bush ablaze, which spread to its neighbouring bushes, the glass and the delicate flowers that laid on them.
KHSSSSSH!
(Music: Four Seasons - Winter - Metal Remix)
“WHAT IN THE BLAZES?” Dudley shouted, witnessing the thing he’d spent his life on was going up in flames. Reacting as quickly as he could, he pulled his hand back and-“CORKSCREW BLOW”-the flames were completely blown away by his fist's windy vortex. (Woooooooosh.)
The Joestar recovered from his missed punch and observed Dudley, who was looking down with sadness, anger and stress at the ash that was once a portion of his garden. “YOU’VE RUINED MY BEAUTIFUL ROSE BUSHES!” He said with more stress than hatred.
Jonathan figured out how much this garden meant to the man. “Oh, I’m so sorry. I can fix that, I promise.” JoJo forced all the breath he could into his lungs, channelling the life energy of Hamon into his hands. He then crouched down onto the grass and released it all into the soil, the sunlight returning to the plants it once guarded over. The burnt ash disappeared as the grass started to regrow rapidly, with bushes gaining leaves and flowers which it had lost. Dudley simply looked in astonishment and the supernatural sight.
Jonathan got back up on his feet. “There...It’s not as wonderful but I’m sure it will revert to its old beauty soon.”
“...Who are you? I must know.”
“I am a man trying to reaffirm his status as a noble and true gentleman.”
Dudley recalled what had been happening during all the fighting they’d been doing. “Well...you don’t fight like a gentleman...but...this kindness...hmmm.” Dudley was conflicted over Jonathan’s dirty fighting and noble behaviour. The boxer stopped his thoughts and jumped over the hedge and JoJo. Jonathan quickly turned around to face his foe and Dudley stuck his fist out. Jonathan blocked and threw his punches, but they were softened by Dudley’s blocking.
Now ready to fully engage, Dudley went over and punched Jonathan (Wham!) several (Wham!) times (Wham!). Ready to end the combo, he drew back his fist and threw it back to Jonathan, hitting the gut. (BAM!) But the punch sent out a whirlwind that rotated JoJo once, twice, and many more times.
“CORKSCREW CROSS!”
With all the force he had, his fist slammed into Jonathan.
THWACK!
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!”
The mighty move sent Jonathan spinning and flying far, breaking through Dudley’s wooden fence-(CRAAASH!)-and into a vast open field outside of his mansion. It was quite far away, with nothing but grass and flowers waving in the wind. Jonathan landed on his back and slid across the ground, injured. As the Hamon subsided his wounds, he got up, only to see Dudley jumping out of his home area and into the field towards him. He walked over.
“And now your dirty tactics are no longer a threat to me.” Announced Dudley, ready for a true brawl. “Let’s fight like gentlemen!”
Mr. Joestar looked at his hand, sparking with his Hamon. It had come down to a brawl. He closed his fist, ready to fight. “Beat, my burning heart. It’s almost over. Let this be my brave victory!”
The nobleman ran in and punched multiple times, only for Dudley to raise his hand and block the blows with his arms. But on the fourth punch, Jonathan aimed as low as he could without heating below the belt, Dudley’s gut. (WHAM!) The punch sent the boxer back a few steps via the pain, opening his face for JoJo. As he swung his fist, Dudley lowered his body and quickly moved to his left, avoiding the punch and circling around to switch sides.
As soon as Joestar turned around, Dudley went in for the hit, but the glove was quickly stopped by the back of Jonathan’s hand, stopping the punch. Dudley threw another punch, and another, but both were stopped by the hand. Luckily, his wrist was starting to get tired. But that didn’t stop him from trying another overdrive barrage the first time he got. He threw a rapid onset of punches. However, it seemed that Dudley was noticing every one, and dodging them. In slow motion, it would seem like he was going left and right and left and right quickly avoiding every single punch. But one punch was different, for it was going straight. Dudley avoided Jonathan’s straight punch by bending himself back a little from his arm, which was directly in front of him...until…
“ZOOM PUNCH!” Exclaimed Jonathan as his arm suddenly got longer faster, his bones dislocating. The punch extended far enough to hit Dudley straight in the face. (POW!)
The punch got Dudley good as his nose started bleeding and he turned his back away from his opponent to recover. Slightly frustrated about what had just happened, Dudley rushed in. Jonathan threw another extended punch in reaction, but Dudley ducked it and came back up with a right swing to Jonathan’s face. Then a left, knocking him to the other side. (LEFT!RIGHT!LEFT!RIGHT!LEFT!RIGHT!) And after multiple punches, he punched Jonathan in the chin. (BAP!)
JoJo was sent in the air by the powerful blow, but quickly flipped over mid-air and landed on his feet. Still, his face was bloody and beaten. As for Dudley, he was tired from the swinging that he had to do. Both caught their breaths, Jonathan more rhythmically than Dudley. They then exchanged looks and decided it was time. They dashed with their hands raised in the air, the final standoff was here. Dudley readied his fist and Jonathan’s arms flowed with sparkling energy.
“SUNLIGHT YELLOW-”
“ROLLING-”
“OVERDRIIIIIIIIIVE” “THUUUUUUUUNDEEEEEEER!”
Their fists slammed together again and again at lightning speeds. Shockwaves were created for every single clash, filling the air with explosions of sound.
PUNCH!POW!BAM!BANG!WHAM!WAM!WACK!THWACK!CLASH!BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM!
And the final hit, which launched the biggest shockwave of all…
BOOOOOOOOOM!
Both Joestar and Dudley stood there, fists touching, pulling in their full effort to finish the battle...Jonathan’s arm started twitching...and…
SNAP!
“NAAAAGH!” Cried Jojo as his bones snapped and cracked in all sorts of places in his arm, breaking it. Jonathan kneeled and held it, defeated…
Dudley took pride in his victory. “Hmph. The En-”
Crackle.
“Daugh!” The boxer then felt something in his system. A spark. Energy he didn’t recognize, which was now in his body. His body started to emit yellow sparks in his arm. “What? No…” And going towards his organs. The sparks entered his circulatory system and ended up towards his heart. They charged and charged until…
CreeeeeshCRAAAAAAAAAAZZEL! GUSH!
Dudley’s heart was ripped open by force, causing the brit to bleed from the mouth as he fell towards the ground.
“NOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGH!”
Dudley lay down, dead on the ground from the blood loss. It was over. Jonathan used his Hamon and reattached his bones back together...He looked down at the corpse…
(Music: Roundabout - Instrumental)
The man rushed over with his hand and laid them on Dudley’s chest. He breathed heavily, pumping all the Hamon he could through his arms and into Dudley’s body. The sunlight energy rushed back into Dudley's blood and heart, but this time, the wound stretched together, patching itself up with the help of ripple energy.
Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Thump-thump.
The blue eyes of Dudley started to open, blessed by the sunlight like a flower. He was alive once again. Jonathan stood over him, his fight finished. Dudley spoke in a very tired tone. “You...you’ve brought me back…”
“Yes. I’m certain you have a mother or father out there who would have been saddened by the news of your death.”
“You could have left me...dead in my valley, the true victor...But you went out of your way...to make sure I’d live. Good show, gentleman...Good show.” Dudley muttered out with a smile on his face.
Jonathan returned the smile. “Thank you. And it was a good fight, sir.” The man turned around, ready to walk away from the scene.
“Wait!...Please, before you go...Who are you?”
Jonathan turned his head to Dudley. Smiling for the rich man.
“My friends call me-”
←TO BE CONTINUED.
KO![]
Boomstick: Wait, what the hell? Does that count?
Wiz: It technically ended in death...so I guess. Maybe the gentle-manliness was too much for the rules of Death Battle.
Boomstick: BUT I WANTED A BLOODBATH! Whatever. Anyways, let’s talk about the match, and it was a pretty tricky one to pin down. First off, Dudley took the fight in skill, no question about it. He’s probably been boxing longer than Jonathan lived. And those matches JoJo had in his youth are pretty different from ACTUAL PROFESSIONAL BOXING.
Wiz: But don’t count JoJo down just yet, because it’s not like he was a pushover. The constant tactical fights Joestar's had have proven his overall skill when it comes to quick and creative thinking. His Hamon and overdrive abilities were also completely new to Dudley, and could overwhelm him.
Boomstick: But nothing says Dudley couldn’t get himself out of those situations with some of his own moves and couldn’t beat JoJo with his sheer skill like Dio did in their first fight. If stats were equal, Dudley could definitely take the fight. But they...you know, weren’t. So let’s talk about them.
Wiz: After his mentor had died, Jonathan was clearly stronger than Tarkus. This very same Tarkus was able to slice the side of a cliff. This was worth 3 Billion Joules or over 640 Kilograms of TNT. Dudley himself could fight Balrog, who’s comparable to Chun-Li and Vega, who’s fought Chun-Li. Using her own strength only, she can exert a force of 260 Kilograms of TNT. Impressive, but still only half of what Tarkus can do.
Boomstick:...But now we have to talk about the buff, annoying half-blue half-red elephant in the room. Dudley managed to fight and impress Gill, who we can scale to a bunch of people, mainly Seth who scales to Juri. Even going back to Balrog, Chun-Li is Juri’s rival. And Juri can cause an explosion worth 50 TONS OF TNT. That’s a full 70 times more powerful than JoJo!
Wiz: However, if Dudley could even scale to Gill is questionable. Firstly, Gill was just “impressed” by Dudley and not actually significantly harmed by him. Secondly, they were fighting over a CAR. Gill actively using his full strength for something so trivial is ridiculous, especially considering that he’s one of the more merciful Street Fighter villains.
Boomstick: Third, the whole reason Juri, Chun-Li and Gill are so powerful is because they use KI, something Dudley or Balrog haven’t been shown to use at it’s full extent. Hell, Vega consistently LOSES to Chun-Li and hasn’t shown any of the power she or Juri have when they push their limits. But you know what?
Wiz: In practical terms, screw it.
Boomstick: For the sake of argument, let’s just push Dudley to his limits and say that he CAN hit with the power of a military bomb. Well...first he’d have to hit Jonathan.
Wiz: Too bad he was way faster. Jonathan once managed to intercept one of Dio’s attacks. Using this calc and factoring in the distance and the fact that the Sting Stingy Rip-the Space Stingy-The Vampire Laser-FUCK. The Space. Ripper. Stingy. Eyes...can move at Mach 3, that’s the reaction speed to dodge things going 47000 km/h. This is much faster than even bullet dodging, which, at absolute best, would be around 3000 km/h.
Boomstick: But that wouldn’t matter if Dudley was too durable to actually be harmed. But the thing is, Jonathan had just the way to make that not matter.
Wiz: Ripple Energy had been demonstrated to transfer force directly through objects, such as walls or frogs. So it’s not impossible for Jonathan’s energy to travel through Dudley’s hypothetically impenetrable skin and towards his vital organs.
Boomstick: “But doesn't Hamon only work on the undead?” No. Yeah, it's super effective against the spooky vamps and Dudley wouldn’t disintegrate, but Hamon can harm humans. I’ll show you with JoJo’s grandson, Joseph and his buddy Caesar Zeppeli. One time Caesar’s buddy Mark was fucking sliced in half, so, because mercy, Funny Italian Man The 3rd stopped his heart using Hamon. (1:27) A different time, ACDC, the Aztec Sex God not the band, took control of Joseph’s sweetheart Suzie Q. (0:48) One of his key points was the fact that Suzie Q’s HUMAN body wouldn’t withstand the shock of Hamon, so they had to do some funky shit to save her.
Wiz: Point is, Hamon would work against humans, and Jonathan’s speed could give him so much time to end the fight with the welcome crackle of The Ripple. Dudley was the more skilled fighter, and pushing him to his limits, Jonathan would have a hard time beating him. But his Hamon, strategy and speed would have given him enough time and energy to beat Dudley fair and square.
Boomstick: Dudley was a powerful FoeFoe, but anyway it GoGo’s, there’s NoNo way for him to outperform JoJo.
Wiz: What kind of pun was that?
Boomstick: You have a point...it was...So-So.
Wiz: Ugh. The winner is Jonathan Joestar.
Next Time on Death Battle[]
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SLICE!
Q&A[]
Why did you scale Dudley to Juri and Gill just to say he doesn’t scale?
Three reasons. One was in case someone brought it up in a counter-argument. The second was to make things more interesting and unpredictable for myself and the audience. Third was because it didn’t matter if he did or didn’t scale, Jonathan just has better win conditions.
Are Joseph and Caesar really comparable to Jonathan despite being way more experienced in Hamon?
While Joseph has had way more time and training with Ripple Energy than Jonathan, it’s still Hamon. It’s the same energy with the same rules, uses and functions. While Joseph is debatably stronger with his Hamon, there is still nothing that contradicts Jonathan’s Hamon affecting humans.
So is Hamon just hax that can kill anyone?
No. People weak to sunlight, yes, but EVERYONE is probably wrong. If you were faster than Jonathan, you could swipe him off before he had a chance to kill you. You could also probably get strong enough to the point where not even Hamon can pass through you. And people with no vital organs or different biologies with special circumstances would likely also be immune.
But what about all that weird stuff Dudley can do? Couldn't that be Ki?
Most of Dudley's attack seem to be the physics-breaking stuff any Fighting Game character can do because it's fiction. But if we're talking about the Corkscrews and the wind he uses, that could be Ki. However, it seems to manifest very differently from the forms that Juri, Chun-Li and Gill use to get their top-tier status. And again, even if it was, Jonathan still had speed and durability negation.
Why did you bring Dudley back to life?
Normally, I hate the “they would be friends” mentality, but here, I really liked the dynamic I wrote that I couldn’t bring myself to kill one of them. Just wouldn’t fit the narrative. But it was only because I only had the chance thanks to Jonathan’s healing. If he didn’t briefly revive Bruford that one time or have a knack for healing things, I would have had him explode Dudley’s heart completely or thrown Dudley off a cliff on a sharp rock.
How certain are you with the verdict?
If Dudley’s low-balled, absolutely certain. If he’s high-balled, I’d be open to being wrong.
Thoughts on both characters?
Jonathan is fine. He serves his role as the protagonist, he’s given a good performance in Japanese and English, he’s noble. He’s definitely not unlikable, or even bland. I just prefer Dudley. His design is cool, his elegance makes him look badass, I love his voice mainly by Francis Diakowsky, he’s friends with Elena who’s one of my favourite characters, and him fighting God over a car made him one of my favourite characters in Street Fighter.
Would you like this battle to happen?
Yeah, it seems fun. Would it happen? I’m not so sure. Jonathan probably comes close to last in a lot of best JoJo tier lists, even if he is important, and Dudley isn’t exactly a Street Fighter legend on the tier of the people they’ve used. But maybe it could happen.
Trivia[]
-The connections between the two fighters is that they are both tall, strong boxers who pride themselves on being heroic gentlemen. Both come from wealthy British families and were disrespected by their fathers (Dudley for being small, JoJo for being childish), and eventually got a connection to their fathers through their heroism (Dudley saving his father from poverty and JoJo avenging his father). Both also have a weird connection to flowers, Dudley and gardener and JoJo revives and uses plants.
-The fight track would be called Gentlemen's Blood and be a combination of orchestral and jazz, with an underlying heroic feel to it. The album cover would be a boxing gloved fist rising from the bottom, circular wind and ripple energy surrounding it.
-The fight would be in sprites, SF3 for Dudley and MUGEN for Jonathan.