Gawr Gura vs. Huggy Wuggy is the fifth What-if? Death Battle created by Afunnyhololivefan. This fight will be putting Gawr Gura from Hololive EN Myth against Huggy Wuggy from Poppy Playtime, and this is not a joke, at least I won't treat it like one.
Description[]
Hololive vs Poppy Playtime! They are the most popular mascot of their representative franchise, but do you ever wonder what would happen if the last resident of Atlantis, met a left-alone guardian in an abandoned toy factory? Would the guardian successfully squeeze her until she pops, or it's just another game for the lonely apex predator?
Interlude[]
Wiz: Gawr Gura, the lonely last survivor of the lost city Atlantis.
Boomstick: And Huggy Wuggy, the violent but loyal guard of the Playtime Co. factory
Wiz: You might think this is a matchup between two characters with totally no relation, however, they actually have quite a lot in common.
Boomstick: Man, how can I not love this fight between a tiny shrimp and a big fluff? 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!
Gawr Gura Rides Her Wave into Death Battle![]
Wiz: Hey, Boomstick, have you ever thought what it would feel like if you were alone under the sea for 9000 years?
Boomstick: Umm… Why do you ask this question so suddenly? But if I were to say, it’s probably boring as hell.
Wiz: That is exactly what Gawr Gura thought when she decided that she was going to go on land. As the final survivor of the long-lost city Atlantis, she was so bored that she didn’t want to stay under the ocean anymore.
Boomstick: That’s totally fair, I mean, who wouldn’t? It’s freaking 9000 years!
Wiz: She landed on a coast that we don’t exactly know where it was, however, considering the fact that she met her senpai Miko and Okayu, and was almost caught by the “Suba police” when she just arrived on land, likely, it was somewhere in Japan.
Boomstick: And after a lot of surprising incidents, at least for her, she saw a poster of the recruitment of Hololive’s first English group, and decided to become a vtuber!
BACKGROUND
- Full Name: Gawr Gura (Gura for short)
- Nickname: Gura-chan, Goomba, George
- Species: Atlantean, Shark
- Gender: Female
- Age: Over 9000 years old, even she herself does not remember her exact age
- Birthday: June 20th
- Height: 141 cm (4'7.5")
- The final survivor of Atlantis
- Currently has more than 4.4 million subscribers and holds the title of for the most subscribed vtuber in the world
- Her first words on debut stream were "A". Later, the stream was interrupted due to equipment problems, leaving tens of thousands of users typing "A" in the chat room
- Has two personalities: a more bloodlust personality “Gawr”, and her normal personality “Gura”
Wiz: What’s a vtuber, you might ask. Vtubers are short for “Virtual Youtubers”, they are YouTubers who use 2D or 3D anime avatars to stream or make videos, and those who stream on Twitch or other streaming platforms with anime avatars are also considered as vtubers though they do not stream on Youtube.
Boomstick: That might make them sound innocent and seem aren’t capable of fighting, however, when you dive deeper into the rabbit hole, you will realize that it’s totally not the case. How so? Well, we can first learn about Gura’s genmates (which means the people who debut together with her in the same generation).
Wiz: The first generation of the Hololive English branch was named “HoloMyth”, this team includes five people: Ninomae Ina’nis, the priest of the ancient ones; Mori Calliope, the grand apprentice of the Grim Reaper; Takanashi Kiara, a phoenix who would always revive in different universes after death; Amelia Watson, a British detective who can time travel; and of course, Gawr Gura, the last descendant of Atlantis.
Boomstick: Compared to her other colleagues, she almost seems like the most normal one of them. But that doesn't mean she is weak, actually, combat-wise, she might be the most skilled of them.
FEATS
- Tanked a hydrogen bomb that could destroy an entire pirate ship
- Casually survive building-level explosions unscathed on a daily basis
- One of the best fighters in Hololive
- Assumably beat and killed all Atlanteans
- Should be able to scale to Calliope, who defeated Shion and Ayame that can cast planet destroying spells, and cause the entire planet to tilt
- Easily defeated Aqua, who survived falling from outer atmosphere without harm
- One-shotted Marine, who created the serpent constellation with a snake
- Stronger than Watame, who can destroy countless stars with a single attack
- Used to be scared of Chloe who is an orca, but she now views her as a joke and called her “a kid who is 0 percent Orca”, even though she was capable of assassinating a lot of people that threatened HoloX
- Has a good relationship with the time-traveling detective, Amelia Watson
- Defeated Fubuki, Watame, Marine, Nene, Aqua and a lot more
Wiz: Let’s see what she can do. Considering she was one of the best fighters in Hololive EN, or even the entirety of Hololive, we can easily give her strength and speed comparable to her colleagues, senpai (which means those who debut earlier than her) and kohai (which means those who debut later than her).
Boomstick: Like Calliope who can easily dodge multiple lasers shot by Shion while shortening the distance with her. Or Ayame who can cause an earthquake in an entire city while punching mochi with her fists, but she easily got one-shotted by Calliope. And Gura has even better fighting skills then Calliope.
Wiz: She also once endured a bomb that exploded Marine’s pirate ship point blank and was not harmed, which is about city-block level.
Boomstick: Talking about Marine, Gura once defeated her in one attack, and this said Marine can freeze the entire planet earth by telling a bad joke, she even created the Serpent Constellation with a snake. Uh, Wiz, please tell me again why are we making her fighting a living toy?
Wiz: Well… I… don’t know… Anyways, Gura was a super-talented fighter, however, there is a reason why. She actually has another personality that is brutal, and Gura called her “Gawr”.
Boomstick: Gawr is basically Gura's bloodlust personified, but she probably would rather not be reminded of Gawr anymore. Because when she made up her mind to go to the land, she already decided to give up her lust for battle.
Wiz: But she might never gonna get rid of that, because it was just too chaotic in her new workplace that random events happened every single day.
Boomstick: So watch out, boys and girls! Because this tiny little menace would always be ready to raise her trident and fight for her hoped peaceful life.
Gura: “Don't be an asshole, just go about your day and don't bother anyone.”
Huggy Wuggy Would Give a Tight SQUEEZE For Death Battle![]
Wiz: There used to be a successful toy company named Playtime Co., founded by Eliot Ludwig, and it was one of the greatest toy companies in the world.
Boomstick: And in 1984, their greatest toy was created, he was the best-seller, and every kid loves him, and his name is Huggy, Huggy Wuggy.
BACKGROUND
- Name: Huggy Wuggy
- Classification: Living toy, Guard of Playtime Co. factory, Experiment 1170
- Age: Created in 1984 as a toy, unknown as the living "Bigger Body Initiative" victim
- Height: 18 feet (About 5 meters and 49 cm)
- Weight: Unknown
- Debuted in Poppy Playtime chapter 1 as the main antagonist
- Assumed dead at the end of chapter 1
- Stated to be “obedient” by the scientists
- Once escaped the factory on June 18th, 1992, and got caught back after a few hours
- In August 8th, 1995, he killed countless people in “The Hour of Joy”
- The mentioned incident is presumably instructed by experiment 1006, the prototype
Wiz: Everyone believed that Playtime Co. was just a normal company, what people didn’t know is, they have conducted inhumane experiments on orphans and employees in private. And Huggy Wuggy was no exception, the victim of the experiments.
Boomstick: He was numbered experiment 1170, and he was sent to guard the factory from any possible intruders… at least that was what they originally planned when “the doctor” Harley Sawyer came up with “The Bigger Body Initiative”.
Wiz: What is “The Bigger Body Initiative”? It’s basically training orphans to be able to do factory jobs, turning them into huge living toys, and saving on employee costs. It can also be used to shut those who found out their secrets up, by asking these huge mascots to murder them, or even turn them into one. Though sounds extremely disgusting, it’s actually a genius idea to leave no evidence behind for the police to find.
Boomstick: But of course, we all know this definitely wouldn’t turn out well. First, on June 18th, 1992, Huggy escaped the facility and cause the scientists a few hours to caught him back, and that was just the beginning of the toy company's downfall.
Wiz: On August 8th, 1995, the monsters suddenly went on a rampage, and brutally murdered every single person in the facility, sinners, the innocent ones, that didn’t matter at all to the toys, everything went out of control. That day is called “The Hour of Joy”, and is remembered by every monster after that incident.
Boomstick: All of these were planned by the scientists’ probably smartest yet most uncontrollable experiment, experiment 1006, the prototype. He demanded all the monsters to kill everyone, or at least it should be.
Wiz: However, for an unknown reason, there is one person that coincidentally escaped the disaster, which is the player. We have no idea why he or she was absent that day, but what we know clearly is that the player is definitely somewhat responsible for the inhumane experiments on orphans. For the fact that he/she decided to return to the abandoned factory 10 years after the incident, and every monster the player met recognized him/her as a former worker.
Boomstick: And Huggy Wuggy was the first obstacle the player met when he returned to the factory, he is the guard of the front door after all. In the beginning, he did not try to stop the player from intruding, he even gave the player a key to restore power.
Wiz: After the player restored the power, if you locked your view point on where Huggy was, you would see he immediately disappeared in front of your eyes, which can be considered as a light speed feat.
Pop-up Note: Though it’s actually just the game mechanic, to make this battle fairer, we would consider it as a real feat.
FEATS
- Disappeared in front of the player’s eyes
- Can run almost as fast as the player even in the vents
- Can knock down steel doors with a few punches
- Grabpack, which can rip a person’s head off, can’t deal damage to him
- Can hold the player up and tear off the player’s head with one bite
- Stated to be able to squeeze people until they pop
- Didn’t survive the fall after the player crushed him with a box and caused him to fall from a height
Boomstick: As the player got deeper into the facility, he also secretly followed, and after the player activated the “Make a friend” machine, scanned a toy made by it, and was about to keep going, he suddenly showed up aggressively and tried to kill the player.
Wiz: After a stressful chase sequence, the player was forced to a dead end, and a metal door was the only thing between Huggy and the player. Before Huggy was about to break it just with a few punches, the player had no choice but to pull down a box from above, crushing Huggy the instant he rushed out, and then Huggy fell to his death, at least we have no proof to prove that he is still alive.
Boomstick: That was quite a "playful" ending, wasn't it?
Wiz: Maybe, but considering that Huggy was probably also just a child in his insides, I can’t help but feel sorry for him.
Boomstick: He might be a child, but he is also a nightmare that you will never want to encounter, if you don’t get what I mean, just go play chapter 3, you’ll get it.
Huggy’s theme song: “His name is Huggy, Huggy Wuggy. When he hugs you he’ll never stop. “Huggy laugh” Your friend Huggy, Huggy Wuggy, will squeeze you untill you pop! “Pop sound””
Pre-Death Battle[]
Wiz: Alright. The combatants are set and we've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
Death Battle![]
The scene began with Gura wandering around the “Make a friend” machine zone, after she connected the circuit, and she put the Catbee toy she got from the machine on the toy scanner.
Gura: “If I understand it correctly, this should open the door…”
Why was Gura here in the first place? It all began with a bet she made with other myth members, and this is her punishment for losing the bet: Doing a courage test by coming into this abandoned factory.
The door opened as she put the toy on the scanner, Gura sighed and walked toward the dark hallway in front of her.
Gura: “This hallway should be able to bring me back to where I came in... I can finally be done with this stupid bet...”
Suddenly, Huggy Wuggy showed up from the dark hallway, with his aggressive grin full of teeth in his mouth.
Gura: “Gyaaaaa!”
Gura was shocked by the sudden appearance of Huggy.
Gura: “I knew it! You were alive and wanted to kill me! I already see that coming when you first disappeared when I was restoring the power!”
Huggy did not say anything, he just tried to grab Gura with his long arm.
Gura: “You’re not going to catch me!”
Gura dodged Huggy’s grab, as she quickly backed out of the hallway.
Gura: “This isn’t the most ideal place for me to fight, but if you were to murder me, then you can’t blame me for killing you instead!”
Gura tried to hit him with her grabpack, but it was totally useless.
Gura: “Hmph…! These are useless! They’re just getting in my way to fight seriously!”
Gura took off the grabpack and threw it away.
Gura: “Come on, big guy! Try to eat me! Isn’t that what you’re here for?”
Her words seemed to provoke Huggy, he quickly tried to grab Gura once again, but Gura dodged his every single attack.
Gura: “Is that all you got? Really?”
Gura kept backing off, successfully dodging Huggy’s grab, but she didn't notice that she was almost already at the end of the room. Her back was now resting on the “Make a friend” machine.
Gura: “Oh sh*t…”
Huggy finally was able to grab Gura between his arms, as he tried to eat Gura with his double-layered mouth.
Gura: “I might be caught, but I am not gonna give up like this! You are not scarier than Sora-senpai!”
Gura punched Huggy in the face, breaking a lot of teeth in Huggy’s mouth, he was so in pain that he released Gura from his arms.
Gura: “Can’t believe that actually worked… anyways! Trident!”
Gura immediately summoned her legendary trident of Atlantis in her right hand.
Gura: “Let’s fight more seriously!”
A lot of water suddenly forged up behind Gura, merging a huge water beam.
Gura: “Now it’s round two!”
Gura said as she fired her beam at Huggy’s stomach.
Gura: “Let’s see if you can take…this?”
Gura tilted her head in confusion.
Because her water beam already penetrated Huggy, causing a hole in his body, as Huggy collapsed to the ground.
Gura: “But… I thought you were stronger…”
Gura said with disappointment, as she walked past the hallway, leaving Huggy’s corpse on the ground.
KO!!
Results[]
Boomstick: Uh… was it just my imagination, or this battle is actually… kinda lame?
Wiz: Well, it’s pretty harsh for me to say this, but even though they have a lot in common, power is not one of them. Huggy has absolutely no chance of winning since the beginning.
Boomstick: Huggy can break down steel doors in a few punches, yes. But Gura can defeat opponents that could destroy planets, stars, or even galaxies.
Wiz: Even if we were being extremely generous and say he has a light-speed feat via instant disappearance in front of the player’s eyes, Gura can easily scale to characters that are massively faster than light. Such as Calliope that can dodge lasers, or even Mio, who can react to a bike that was able to traverse the entire underworld in 40 seconds. Considering the underworld is stated to be as big as a universe, that feat would be about 73 quadrillion times the speed of light.
Boomstick: Not to mention that Gura has tons of different hax, like water manipulation, sealing, teleportation, flying, reality-bending, and even plot manipulation, while Huggy has none.
Wiz: Sorry for the poor blue fur monster, but this is the victory for the real apex predator.
Boomstick: Gura put Huggy into his “deep sleep”, and let’s all wish him that he was able to “sleep well”.
Wiz: The winner is Gawr Gura.
Trivia[]
The connections between Gawr Gura and Huggy Wuggy are:
- Both are the most well-known and iconic mascots in their representative franchises and are mainly responsible for their sudden viral.
- Both are created/made for entertainment purposes (Vtubers' goal is to bring joy to their fans/Toys were made to make children happy)
- Both have a playful and child-like (Gura often being mistaken as underage in real life/Huggy Wuggy was assumed to be made using an orphan)
- Yet, both have another more violent side in their nature (Gura has a bloodlust personality called "Gawr"/Huggy acted aggressively and tried to kill us after we went too deep into the factory, or maybe the prototype asked him to do so)
- Both were from franchises that have a lot of haters/are viewed as a disgrace compared to their representative genre (Many people call vtubers "cringy" or "pedo" compared to normal Streamers/Poppy Playtime being called the one responsible for the downfall of horror games, mascot horror games precisely)
- However, after understanding more about them/having time to improve, many people realized that it's not entirely the case, or straight up admitting that they're wrong
- Both of the companies/teams that were responsible for the franchise they're in are very good at keeping popularity (Hololive often held live concerts/Poppy Playtime always had ARG between games to keep players passionate), and treat their fans really well (Unlike some "Rainbow-colored company" who only cares about their shareholder, Hololive often sacrifice part of their profits to gain the trust and love of fans, like give a refund to the fans after some mistake of their live concert / MOB Games always interacts with their fans on Discord passionately, and even make a gameplay trailer to apologize to their fans for the delay of chapter 3)
- Both franchises had been criticized before because of some "controversial events", and ended up losing a lot of fans (The event between Kiryu Coco and Chinese fans/Mob Games selling NFTs and was rumored to exploit some Youtube animation channels that cooperate with them). However, they overcame them and became even more successful than before
- Bonus connection: Gura recently streamed Poppy Playtime, and got scared the shit out of her. Also, a few characters in Poppy Playtime are also joked about as some of the Hololive members (like Huggy being Suisei, Kissy being Miko, Mommy Long Legs being Koyori, and Catnap being Okayu)
The track name of this episode should be named: "A Shark's Playtime", which refers to Gura being a shark, and Huggy from the game Poppy Playtime. The track art of this episode would be Huggy's arms doing a hugging pose, while Gura's trident is in the middle of his arms.