King Dedede VS DJ Grooves is 7494pinguisback20/Dolphboi's eleventh Death Battle of his first season and his eleventh episode overall. It pits King Dedede from the Kirby franchise and DJ Grooves from A Hat in Time together.
Description[]
Two remarkable penguins duking it out! Get ready, 'cause your feet are happier than ever for this battle!
Interlude[]
(Cue Jim Johnston - Invader)
Wiz: Penguins, from first glance are usually cute and cuddly birds from Antarctica. But when things go wrong, they will show no mercy.
Boomstick: And these two penguins take that to the extreme!
Wiz: King Dedede, the self-proclaimed king of Dreamland.
Boomstick: And DJ Grooves, the dancing stylish movie director of Dead Bird Studios! He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick!
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to figure out who would win a Death Battle.
King Dedede[]
(Cue Green Greens (Noteblock cover))
Wiz: Dreamland is a peaceful paradise residing on the planet of Pop Star.
Boomstick: And all the residents are just some of the most adorable guys you'll ever see in the universe, like the widdle Waddle Dees!
Wiz: But with these brightly-colored residents come dark, sinister monsters and villains who want to either take Pop Star for themself, or destroy it entirely. While Kirby is the one that does most of the work, he can't always do it alone.
Boomstick: There's one amazing guy that aids him among this chaos, and that is King Dedede!
(Cue Kirby Star Allies - Swole Dedede Scuffle)
Wiz: King Dedede is the self-proclaimed tyrannical dictator of Dreamland and Kirby's rival at some points.
Boomstick: Well, to be fair, he's not even THAT evil like Bowser. He's just a jerk who's jealous of Kirby and nothing more. So what did he do? A montage-worthy period of training to surpass Kirby in every way possible!
Wiz: After Kirby came to Dreamland, or in the case of the anime, Dedede buffed up his physical strength and speed. However, one thing my scientific reasoning and reasearch cannot comprehend was how he was able to puff himself up like a balloon and fly. That makes little to no sense whatso-
Boomstick: Shut up and let the penguin fly like all the others wished to do!
Wiz: Alright, fine. Anyways, through trying to surpass Kirby, Dedede has done many unique feats in the process with his newfound abilities and stats. For example, sucking up opponents and spitting them back out, and like we said before, his speed and ability to float. One instance of his mobility is when he challenged Kirby to a race in which both of them had to race each other while eating the most food. Of course, he had a fair game.
Boomstick: Trust us, he even had a fair game with the rest of the Smash roster, even with Ridley! And that deadly dragon only got in because he crouched beneath the standard Battlefield's platforms!
Wiz: The key to all of his raw power comes from his trusty wooden hammer, which apparently to a codec from Solid Snake in Brawl, weighs too much for a normal human like Snake to lift up.
Boomstick: Big ol' royal Pingu is literally seen with small arms and yet he still manages to lift up a hammer than can obliterate an ENTIRE BUILDING with one swing!
Wiz: Let's also mention his signature "Super Dedede Jump" while we're at it. Using this, Dedede can smash back onto the ground after jumping high in the air, shaking the ground and creating a small shockwave. However, that doesn't mean he can't damage whoever happens to be undernath him, though. That might hurt a lot.
Boomstick: I'd say it doesn't beat him falling on the ground face-first, but yeah, that weight sure does something..!
Wiz: However, these aren't the only skills he relies on. In fact, he can access an alter-ego known as Masked Dedede, which boosts his speed, strength and durability. He even dons an improved mechanical hammer than can create electricity, shockwaves, flames, and shockwaves. However, his own wooden mallet already has a jet, and in one instance even a large bomb, inside it.
Boomstick: I know I already said this in a canon episode, but give me that badass hammer any day! Oh, we almost forgot about his other perks! For example, he can light his own hammer on FIRE and create a small army of clones from the power of the Fountain of Dreams! He's even got a few items such as regular bombs, bubble bombs, a prism shield, an invisibility stone, and, in the anime, a laser chainsaw!
Wiz: Well, let's not forget his first Final Smash in Brawl, the Waddle Dee army, which he can summon for about ten seconds for inside help. However, he also carries a few of his servants inside his royal robe, such as Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos...
Boomstick: And when he gets real serious, he can whack a gordo to his opponents like a Baseball bat! Seriously, they're a real pain in the ass. Not as much of a pain in the ass as Escargoon's lack of representation beside Dedede in recent years. C'mon, give Gary- I mean Escargoon the spotlight!
Wiz: However, let's not forget that throughout his rivalry with Kirby, he actually has saved a universe a few times, although it looks like he can do this by himself. These threats to Pop Star include, but are not limited to, Zero, Zero Two, Nightmare (or NME in the anime), Queen Sectonia, and Void Termina.
Boomstick: He even surived Sectonia exploding, and that's practically the same as a birth of a star! Buuut not every king is a perfect memelord. You see, he is sometimes portrayed as a klutz.
Wiz: He often underestimates his opponents if he can't take them seriously, which leads to his HUGE losing streak against Kirby, even if he worked hard to best him in every field. However, one of the biggest flaws King Dedede has is that he... LITERALLY CAN'T READ.
"'COURSE I KNOW HOW TO READ, YA DUMMY! I learned how to 'fore I got expelled from KINDERGARTEN!"
Boomstick: But hey, at least he made up for these weaknesses by making a cartoon of himself!
"EH HEH HEH HEH! I AM A SUPAH STAH WARRIUH!"
Wiz: Yeeeeah, counting his hilariously mediocre cartoon and the times he has saved Pop Star from bigger threats, maybe he has earned the title of "king" after all.
"GET READY, DREAMLAND! 'CAUSE IT'S MAGIC TIME!"
DJ Grooves[]
(Cue A Hat in Time - The Big Parade)
Wiz: On a space travel back home, a humanoid alien known as Hat Kid came across a Mafia Goon, who wanted her to pay a toll for flying over the Mafia Town. Once she refused, the goon busted the window, causing her time pieces and herself to fly out.
Boomstick: And now she's gotta get them all back in the form of a platforming collect-a-thon. Not gonna lie, it's fun!
Wiz: Throughout her travels to get her feul back, she helps a few questionable people along the way, such as the Mafia Goons from earlier, The Empress, a feline crime lord who runs a jewlery business, and The Snatcher, a ghost that takes souls away as his new servants do some chores via his contracts.
Boomstick: Soooo a less evil version of the Devil?
Wiz: Yeah, basically that. However, today's combatant isn't any of these characters. Enter Dead Bird Studios, a movie studio run mostly by birds.
Boomstick: And in this studio resides two directors! The Conductor, who looks like a feathery flytrap more than an owl, and the main dancin' penguin of today, DJ Grooves!
Boomstick: Sometimes I wonder if he's supposed to be either a DJ, a film director, or both. I dunno, it sounds confusing to me.
Wiz: DJ Grooves is Dead Bird Studios's funky moon penguin and The Conductor's rival in the studio. In fact, both of them would do anything to win the Annual Bird Movie Awards, even going as far as cheating.
Boomstick: These guys are nuts, really. They want to win so bad that they mostly argue with one another!
Wiz: However, there's a few differences for each of them. While The Conductor is loud, rude, foul-mouthed and cares only about his train, Grooves is more fun-loving andenergetic. However, he's still arrogant and egotisitcal so that's not a big difference.
Boomstick: Well, despite coming off as a jerk, he really knows how to direct his movies! I'd honestly fall asleep watching an old western movie about a train by The Conductor anyway.
Wiz: Well, if you try to take away their last time piece, they drop their goofy antics and show you what they're really made of.
Boomstick: Hold up, what..?
(Cue A Hat in Time - Turn on the Pyrotechnics)
Wiz: When one of the two win the Annual Bird Movie Awards, you'll be given the task to get the last time piece from whoever wins, engaging in a boss fight. It doesn't matter which one you choose since both characters have the same fight.
Boomstick: So basically... they're echo fighters of each other?
Wiz: Well-... Yeah, actually. Being able to hold off against Hat Kid on his own, DJ Grooves has been known to use some amazing techniques, skills and gadgets, both in his fight and outside of it. First, we have his mobility. They have both been able to outrun Hat Kid as well as jump onto and from walls.
Boomstick: But let's not discredit his strength as well! He's been able to stop Hat Kid's spaceship from flying away, with the help of the Conductor, Snatcher, and the Goons, of course. But then you have him and The Conductor punching each other so hard that THEY BOTH DIED and became pons!
Wiz: Correct. By sacrificing their lives using their strength, Grooves and The Conductor were able to aid Hat Kid in stopping Mustache Girl, who obtained all of the time pieces and use their ability to control time to rule the world with an iron fist, ridding the world of all "bad guys".
Boomstick: You mean... they're not actually bad guys..?
Wiz: Yeah, really. All Hat Kid ever wanted to do was go home with the time pieces, but Mustache Girl wanted world domination.
Boomstick: Oh... Back to Grooves! This guy can tank hits from Hat Kid easily and can breathe in friggin' space! Man, this guy's durable for a penguin!
Wiz: Well, let's not forget his arsenal in his battle. For example, he can bring out knives, which may not be made of rubber. Using this, he can use multiple pierce attacks in a few seconds and can charge up attacks with them-
Boomstick: Wait, are you telling me that he tried to stab a CHILD after all the filming she had DONE FOR HIM? WOOOAAAHHHH, STRANGER DANGER!
Wiz: The conductor did the same thing, it's not very surprising. Anyways, he can bring in up to four cars that are driven by his lackeys to ram onto their target, running them over. He can throw buzzaws, up to three at the same time. Not only that, they can dig through the ground and cut through even a train. Even a few of his spotlights fall to the ground, ready to hit Hat Kid.
Boomstick: There's also a move where he summons disco balls to burst apart on the ground, and he can dive-bomb to the ground, both creating shockwaves in the process! Except Grooves lands on the ground with less range and power. Hey, where have I heard that before..?
Wiz: In addition to this arsenal, he even has a few techniques that work to his advantage. For example, he can bring out a few large photos of a disco ball and him holding a knife, both of which having the same properties as the object pictured, as well as functioning the same as them, allowing for more than one disco ball or knife.
Boomstick: And if that wasn't enough, he can pull a Fazbear-powerout and throw his knives in the darkness! And throughout this, he's NOWHERE IN SIGHT! Unless the lights turn back on though...
Wiz: And let's not forget a rather strange sequence throughout his battle. The Heart-to-Heart.
Boomstick: Wait, what?
(Cue A Hat in Time - Heart to Heart)
Wiz: Usually, when he seems to be readying another knife attack, he will stop the fight at one point to have a calm discussion with his opponent. While a penguin plays the piano in the background, DJ grooves sets up a table with two chairs on each end.
Boomstick: That's... actually a pretty subversive for a battle!
Wiz: Through this, DJ Grooves explains that he figured out what a time piece does once he has gotten a hold of at least three of them, and he wants to use one of them to go back in time and win back all of the 41 trophies of the Annual Bird Movie Awards lost to The Conductor, supposedly from him controlling everything to make sure Grooves never wins.
Boomstick: But right after you deny or give him his time piece...
(Cue A Hat in Time - Battle of Award 42)
Boomstick: ... he pulls a FRIGGIN' 180 and STICKS A TIME BOMB onto your back!
Wiz: They only have a limited amount of time to prevent the bomb from exploding on them, with 80 seconds at most. And if that doesn't work, he can send in a few marching owls to chase his opponent, this time weilding knives.
Boomstick: And all of this for one award? This guy's practically nuts..!
Wiz: Well... perhaps that can be linked to one of his biggest weaknesses. DJ Grooves is pretty obsessive and egotistical about the awards and will do anything to make sure he surpasses The Conductor with his victories.
Boomstick: And while his attacks do seem pretty strong in their own right, he literally leaves himself vulnerable for a second after each one. And even with the time piece in his hand, he can't reverse time itself in battle!
Wiz: Well, to be fair, a time piece could be a one-time usage, so if they used it to fix a move they messed up on, it would be a waste of an opportunity to get their trophies back. However, let's not deny the fact that their movie-directing skills are pretty impressive.
Boomstick: This moon penguin's dance moves aren't that bad, actually!
"ALRIGHT DARLIN', THAT'S IT! TIME TO BRING OUT THE BIG GUNS!!!"
Intermission[]
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all.
Boomstick: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Pre-Fight/Prologue[]
(Cue The Neverhood - Klaymen's Theme)
Hat Kid was walking along in Dead Bird Studios, about to get the last time piece for herself. DJ Grooves had already won the annual Bird Movie awards, so she had to get the last time piece back, right..? Well, not really. DJ Grooves was keeping it for himself. She knew he was sketchy, but not THAT sketchy. As she ran around in the studio, she encountered a Waddle Dee roaming around. As she was lit up by it's cuteness, she let it pass her, not wanting to be mean to the small creature. Another one walked up to her, but this time she was surprised by it. Suddenly...
BOOM!
(music stops)
She was hit from behind by a large wooden object, presumably a hammer, and left sitting dizzily on the ground as a larger figure ran off with the Waddle Dees and Doos, along with a snail by their side. The figure and his army marched into the elevator, taking it down to the basement. By the time they got there, they were met by a funky fancing penguin akin to their leader, who was none other than King Dedede himself. He walked onto the dance floor while his servants and Escargoon, his right-hand man, went to the left side to watch what would unfold.
DJ Grooves: "Look who we've got here! You don't seem like the little girl that worked on my movies, huh... I am the most fabulous movie director in Dead Bird Studios, DJ GROOOVES! What's your name, darlin'?"
King Dedede: "The name's King Dedede, and I believe you've got somethin' that belongs to me! Now give it, or I'll show ya a good thrashin'!"
Escargoon: "And ya better know who you're talking to!"
The funky penguin simply chuckled to himself.
DJ Grooves: "Well, if ya want it... guess you're gonna have to come and GET IT, DARLIN'!"
King Dedede: "HHEHEHEHEHEHEHAHAH, IF YA SAY SO, PREPARE TA' BE CLOBBERED!"
"FIGHT!"[]
(Cue A Hat in Time Music - The Battle of Award 42)
DJ Grooves leaped onto a wall and dove towards Dedede, but he was given a whack back from his hammer before he could land on him. He went back towards the stage and jumped up. He then got out a giant, golden disco ball from the ceiling.
DJ Grooves: "Here we... GO!"
The ball was dropped down onto the floor, making a big thud and following it up with a shockwave. However, Dedede jumped as high as the ceiling and slammed himself down on Grooves, who took a bit more damage than from Hat Kid's umbrella or dive attack. Grooves was grabbed and slammed down onto the floor, bouncing him upwards and giving Dedede a successful opportunity to give him another swing of his hammer, slamming him against the wall. The director, upon taking the damage, looked up at Dedede.
King Dedede: "Is that really all ya've got? Hhheheheheheh! What other doggy tricks can ya do?"
DJ Grooves: "Oh, you'll see, darlin'!"
From where he sat, DJ Grooves blew a whistle, making at least six spotlights fall down from the cieling of the set. Triple D moved away from all of them, but he got hit by the sixth one, putting the spotlight on his head. He wandered around with the spotlight covering his sight, but then Grooves jumped towards him, and gave him a blow, strong enough to knock the spotlight off of him. Dedede, on the floor, looked at Grooves leap onto the wall and, knowing what he was going to do next, rolled away from the attack. As Grooves left himself open after diving down, Dedede swung his hammer down on him, slamming his head, and swung it again to the side, knocking him harder to the wall.
Grooves then jumped onto the stage as Dedede watched him and then pulled out a knife, which was probably not made out of rubber.
DJ Grooves: "LOOK AT THIS KNIFE, DARLIN'!"
Dedede's eyes widened as the whole room went dark, leaving only his personal space and the knife to be seen within.
King Dedede: "That fool's nuttier than a pistachio-!"
King Dedede rolled away from the knife's range, watching it zip past him. The lights came back on, revealing that Grooves attempted a sneak attack on him. However, he heard the sound of a jet come from behind him. He turned around and when he looked up, he saw that Dedede was holding his wooden mallet, except it had a jet inside it..?
DJ Grooves: "Huh?"
Dedede gave Grooves a jet-charged hit from his mallet, sending him back towards the wall of the stage. From the looks of it, Grooves seemed to be fatally wounded from the charged hit. However, Dedede found himself surrounded by two pairs of cars driven by Grooves' lackeys after looking at the moon penguin. As one pair drove to each other to crush Dedede, he jumped high up in the air, leaving them wide open to crash into each other, and before the second pair of cars could crash, he landed back down hard enough to make a big shockwave, blasting the cars back.
DJ Grooves: "Here we..."
As Dedede turned to face Grooves, he was on his disco ball, but this time there were two large photographs of the same object. They each landed with the same power and shockwave as the original ball, with Dedede getting hit by the first blow and avoiding the second.
Escargoon: "Hey Dedede, suck it up!"
DJ Grooves: "GO-"
Just when the real ball was being dropped, he found Dedede sucking up the whole thing! In the process of this, Grooves fell back down onto the floor and had no other choice but to watch as the royal penguin sucked up the entire ball, looking much chunkier as he fit the entire thing in his stomach.
DJ Grooves: "HOLY-!"
Before Grooves could even finish, Dedede spit out the giant disco ball, hurling it towards Grooves as he was hit by his own backfired attack, being greatly damaged. The waddle dees and doos, along with Escargoon cheered in the background as Dedede made his move.
DJ Grooves: "HOW DID YOU DO THAT, DARLIN'?!?"
King Dedede: "That no-good Kirbeh puts up more of a challenge than YOU do!"
DJ Grooves: "Well CHEEECK THIS OOOUUT!!!"
Grooves suddenly pulled three buzzaws out from behind his back and slapped them onto the floor, making them speed across the whole dance floor. However, when he looked up, he found Dedede floating in the air towards him like a balloon.
DJ Grooves: "WHAT ON-"
Grooves was yet again interrupted by a hammer swing on his head from Dedede, leaving him stunned. Dedede left away from him and laughed for a bit in joy, but then the whole room went dark yet again.
(music stops)
As Dedede stood around in darkness, the sound of a piano playing was heard.
DJ Grooves: "Let's have a little heart-to-heart, darlin'."
Dedede turned around to find that Grooves had set up a table with two chairs on each end to attempt to end the struggle peacefully. Obliging for now, Dedede decided to walk to one of the chairs and sit down on it.
DJ Grooves: "Now you see, these time pieces have been falling from the sky ever since that hat kid fell onto this planet. Now I understand if they belong to her, but did you know that they allow for... rewinding time?"
Dedede gasped as his eyes widened, giving him an idea.
King Dedede: "Really?!? Now that's somethin' I'd like to get my hands on! With that time piece in ma' hands, I can go back and clobber dat dere Kirbeh without the same mistakes I've made time and time again!"
DJ Grooves: "But wait! I could use that time piece to reclaim all the trophies that belong to ME, darlin'! Every trophy that I've lost to that cheatin' Conductor..!"
King Dedede: "I don't know who dat may be but I 'm pretty sure he's probably a tiny fool like you that wastes his time with them trains."
DJ Grooves: "Well... correct- but I just need one time piece to fix all those years where The Conductor manipulated everything to make sure I never won... Can you just spare one time piece, darlin'?"
Sadly, even with all the peaceful small-talk, King Dedede declined the funky moon penguin's offer, as he wanted the time piece more.
DJ Grooves: "Oh, darlin', darlin', darlin'... you're so persistently selfish..! Well, if you want this time piece so ba-"
Grooves was then interrupted by a big, mean hammer swing by Dedede to the side of the room, knocking him to the wall.
DJ Grooves: "HBRHRHRHRHR- DARLIN' DARLIN', YOU'RE SO RUDE!"
The lights went out on the piano and center, but King Dedede felt something cold on his back. It felt pretty metallic, but he couldn't figure out what it was because he wasn't able to look at his own back at the moment. Suddenly, all the lights went back on.
DJ Grooves: "Ya see that bomb, darlin'? I stole it from The Conductor's movie set, and now... it'll be your demise!"
(Cue A Hat in Time Music - The Battle of Award 42 again)
Grooved jumped down from the stage and skated around the dance floor as Dedede chased him around, holding his hammer high up. He then bashed the floor with said mallet, creating a big shockwave that not only damaged Grooves, but knocked him off of his feet as well. He was then grabbed by the royal penguin and whacked towards the wall once again. Dedede looked smugly at Grooves as he was fatally wounded once again, trying to get himself up to dance some more.
DJ Grooves: "WATCH THIS!"
Grooves then slapped three buzzaws down onto the floor to make them speed ahead. The middle buzzaw hit Dedede clean as he stood chuckling to himself, causing him to run around as he covered his behind. As King Dedede stopped running, he found Grooves skating around the area yet again. This time, he pulled out a Gordo and whacked it like a baseball bat towards him, giving him a taste of his own sharp, pointy medicine.
Grooves: "AAH-!"
Grooves was knocked back onto the wall, but he tried to hang onto it to prepare his next attack. He dove yet again towards Dedede, but this time, he was inhaled into the royal penguin's stomach and spat back out, towards Escargoon in the crowd.
Escargoon: "Sire, watch where you're spitting hi-"
DJ Grooves: "WAAAAAH! AN ALIEN SLUG!"
Grooves jumped away from Escargoon in comical fear and grabbed onto a wall, readying his next move. He dove straight towards Dedede, this time hitting him clean on the stomach. While he was stunned, Grooves gave him an uppercut to follow up, launching him a bit into the air. He then grabbed him by both of his stubby legs, spun around and tossed him to his audience.
Escargoon: "SIRE, ARE YOU OKAY?!?"
DJ Grooves: "Let this be a lesson to ya, darlin'! The best penguin WINS!"
Dedede looked back at Grooves, jumping back into the battlefield.
King Dedede: "I'm fine, Escargoon! It's time I take this sucka dow-"
Escargoon: "But sire, THE BOMB!"
King Dedede: "What 'chu say, Escargoo-"
(Music stops)
Unfortunately, the timer for the bomb ran out, making a big explosion within the arena to unfold. Almost all of the area was envoloped in smoke from said explosion.
DJ Grooves: "YES, HAHAHAHAH! YOU ARE HISTORY, DARLIN'! This time piece is all mine..!"
But wait... from within the smoke, a figure was faintly seen moving around. The waddle dees/doos, Escargoon and Grooves looked on. The army had a face of surprised relief while Grooves was shocked to find out that Dedede survived the point-blank explosion. The figure started to become more visible as the smoke expanded and somewhat cleared.
DJ Grooves: "... Alright darlin', THAT'S IT! TIME TO BRING OUT THE BIG GUNS!"
Grooves then called for a group of knife-wielding owls to land infront of the stage, presumably to rush towards Dedede. However, the smoke cleared more to reveal that Dedede didn't just survive.
He donned the mask itself.
(Cue Super Smash Bros Ultimate - King Dedede theme (Brawl))
The knife-wielding owls charged forth for King Dedede as he held up the metal hammer. Once they got close enough to him, he gave them all a big electric swing from his mallet, bashing them away. Three of the lackeys got back to to rush at Dedede again, but he slammed his hammer down to create an electric shockwave to damage them. One of the owls jumped, but Dedede grabbed him, threw him up in the air, and whacked him upwards, sending him flying through the roof. Masked Dedede then turned to look at Grooves.
DJ Grooves: "What in the-?!?"
Masked Dedede: "Too bad you don't have a mask, buddeh!"
Enraged by the comment, Grooves jumped down from the stage to land a punch on Dedede but he blocked with his own mitten-covered hand, allowing him to fire back a move with the swing of his own hammer. Grooves was fatally injured from the attack, but he blew a whistle to make every spotlight in the battlefield fall down, column by column. However, it didn't seem to affect Dedede by much, or even at all. Dedede's crowd went wild as they anticipated for their masked leader to win. Dede walked over to Grooves, who was shaking a bit from the display of power, but he didn't give up for the sake of getting his trophies. His eyes glared at Grooves as he marched closely.
However, Grooves got up and ran to him, attempting to give out a big punch to his face, but Dedede only flinched a bit and felt almost no damage being done to him thanks to the mask. He grabbed Grooves, slammed him down to the floor, and whacked him multiple times by spinning himself in the air. Grooves was hit five times, with the fifth being more powerful as he was launched foward towards the wall of the stage yet again. From there, Dedede opened the hammer, shooting a stream of flames at Grooves, sending him running around the dance floor, flailing his arms.
DJ Grooves: "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME, DARLIN'?!?"
Masked Dedede: "HHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEH!"
Grooves decided to jump up high towards the cieling, preparing another kind of move, but first he had to douse the flames, which happened a bit quickly. He then lowered down a giant golden disco ball, with four giant photographs appearing next to him.
DJ Grooves: "Ladies and..."
Masked Dedede: "OH NO YA DON'T!"
Dedede leaped up, whacking Grooves on the head and electrocuting him in the process. He fell down to the ground dizzilly, landing on the floor with a thud as he was fatally wounded. His clothes became tattered and his afro has strands of hair coming lose. As he slowly looked up, he was greeted with yet another disco ball of his being slammed onto him. Dedede landed back onto the floor as he looked at Grooves, who slowly got up from the stun.
Grooves: "LET ME CUT A LITTLE HOLE, IN YA, DARLIN', DON'T MOVE!!!"
Losing it, Grooves pulled out a knife and rushed towards Dedede, giving him a flurry of jabs as he attempted to stab him. However, Dedede blocked the sharp blows with his large, metal hammer and grabbed Grooves once again. He launched him into the air using both of his hands and then bashed him with his hammer, also shocking him with the electricity as he did so. Grooves was pummeled towards the wall to the right, which he sat almost helplessly in. In the process, Dedede launched a multitude of missiles towards Grooves, all of which exploded on contact with him.
Masked Dedede: "There is only one bonafide penguin in this world and THAT'S ME, KING DEDEDE!"
As King Dedede yelled out his last remark towards Grooves, He lit up his hammer in blue flames, spun around violently in a curve, and slammed his hammer on Grooves, the Blue hammer dealing a sizzling-hot, explosive final blow to Grooves as he was not only burnt to a crisp, but has every single bone in his body crushed into almost nothing.
(music stops)
His body flew through the wall with such speed that he soared through the green plains, over the ocean, and landed with a big, dusty explosion on Mafia Island, which two mafia goons looked up at.
Mafia goon: "Did fellow mafia see that?"
Meanwhile in the studio, Dedede's army cheered on for him as the owls and other penguins looked on with shock and utter amazement at the royal penguin, who just surpassed and beat Grooves.
Escargoon: "Congratulations Dedede, you're a hero to us all!"
Masked Dedede: "Oh come now, little ol' me a hero? Surely you jestin'!"
K.O![]
- Dedede sat in the throne room with the time piece, holding it up in his hand. Using it, time rewinded back to 1993, where his appearance looked much more different than how he looks now.
- Groove's tombstone was on Mafia Island, where the penguins of Dead Bird Studios were gathered around. The Conductor was literally laughing at the crowd, and at the tombstone, as he reveled in his victory now that Grooves was gone.
Results[]
(Cue Gourmet Race)
Boomstick: OOOH! Now those feet don't look very happy! ...literally, they're not even moving.
Wiz: Don't take this the wrong way, Grooves had a lot of weapons and tactics in his disposal to make him a formidable foe in this fight, but really, that was all that Grooves had.
Boomstick: It's no lie that the king surpassed the DJ in every category possible. Speed, strength, abilities, you name it!
Wiz: While DJ Grooves punched The Conductor hard enough to make him poof into pons, let us note that he also took the same hit from The Conductor, meaning they are both on par with each other. I mean, it's no surprise that they're the same boss. Dedede, on the other hand, is on a whole new level thanks to his hammer, which can topple over an entire building.
Boomstick: And while Grooves had a few weapons that he has throughout his basement along with some inside help, Dedede does all the work by himself, not to mention that Masked Dedede is the STRONGEST masked fighter in all of Dreamland!
Wiz: True, while Grooves is capable of diving towards his opponents, Dedede has trained to be just like Kirby, such as matching his speed and strength with, or even surpassing those of him. In fact, his inhale ability allows him to hold anything in his mouth and either swallow up projectiles or spit them back out. While it IS a problem that Dedede can't copy abilties like Kirby can, this isn't much of a problem.
Boomstick: And there's no doubt that Dedede is, like, WAY out of Grooves' league. Not only has Dedede fought COUNTLESS bigger bads than him, but he has even tanked slashes from Galaxia, a sword that not only Meta Knight uses, but has been claimed to have INFINITE power!
Wiz: Not to mention that he has also survived explosions as big as Queen Sectonia being defeated, whose power was enough to shatter Pop Star into pieces just from cutting a cake.
Boomstick: There's also a personality difference as well. While Dedede is a goofy klutz that works hard to maintain his royal status, Grooves is a egotistical nutcase that wants all of the awards to himself.
Wiz: While DJ Grooves had the weapons and tactics to spice up the battlefield, Dedede had strength, speed, a few unique abilities, and his trusty hammer by his side.
Boomstick: Looks like Grooves just lost his groove!
Wiz: The winner is King Dedede.
Next time...[]
Boomstick: Next tiiiiiime on Death ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a- *blip*
The screen turned off with a blip as if the power went out. Something went wrong. All that was seen currently was darkness...
(Cue Drawn to Darkness)
The black faded out a tad bit, a dark, wooden, yellow-orange hallway that led to a boarded up room was revealed as the camera panned in slowly.
(0:03 kicks in)
The room behind the planks lit up faintly, an operating ink machine being revealed within the small cracks of the doorway. The camera got closer and closer to the door, inspecting what was inside the room and revealing more of the machine as it inched forward. The view was mere inches away from the doorway when...
(0:40 kicks in)
"GRAAUUUURREEGHHH, RUGHH-!"
A slender, inky beast with the smile of a 1930s cartoon popped from the small window behind the planks, trying to grab the camera as it backed up, growling and making small roars as it struggled to break free from the wooden planks. After a few seconds, the planks broke, leaving the doorway open. The camera panned backwards as the inky demon started chasing it down the hallway.
"HAAGH, RUURR-"
(Music stops)
The scene was cut short as static cut in the middle of what was going on as it was changing into what seemed like another scenario. An old camera was looking around a dark, abandoned mall with a flashlight in it's line of sight. The camera could barely see anything as it looked around the dark mall, searching for what was inside.
(Cue Betty Boop and Grampy theme)
Just then, the cameraman heard some old-timey music coming towards him. The camera turned around, with the signal glitching/becoming staticy for a bit as it tried to face whatever was making the music, but nothing was found. The cameraman heavily breathed as it race-walked around the mall, passing the non-functioning escalators as he did so. He looked almost everywhere within the abandoned mall to find the music, but whenever he was searching, he felt that the music was getting closer. Once the music became more audible, he slowly turned around to see what was approaching him.
"Everybody's gonna be- WHERE? o-ver at Grampy's house!"
Trivia[]
- The version of King Dedede used here is a composite of both the canon and Right Back at Ya! incarnations of the character, both in his arsenal, abilities, personality, and speech.
- King Dedede's final move is based on the Dede-Rush from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which is his final smash.
- Out of all of 7494pinguisback20/Dolphboi's battles, this episode is his second-longest one.
- It also holds the record for the longest scene of dialogue between two characters, mainly with the heart-to-heart talk.