| Mighty Mouse vs. Underdog | |
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| Season 6, Episode 9 | |
| Air date | November 19, 2021 |
| Written by | I'm Lynda |
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Mighty Mouse vs. Underdog is a What-If? Death Battle by I'm Lynda. It features Mighty Mouse from Terrytoons, and Underdog from Dancer Fitzgerald Sample.
Description[]
It’s olde tyme cartoon superhero vs olde tyme cartoon superhero!
Interlude[]
Wiz: Ah, the anthropomorphic superheroes of yesteryear. They kicked butts, but they were never – never! – all that serious.
Boomstick: But today we’re bringing two of them together so that they can show us what they are *really* made of.
Wiz: The first of them is the “Mouse of Tomorrow,” Mighty Mouse.
Boomstick: And the other the “Hero Who Never Fails,” Underdog.
Wiz: I’m Wiz, and he’s Boomstick.
Boomstick: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle.
Mighty Mouse[]
Wiz: As with many superheroes, Mighty Mouse has several origin stories. In the very first Mighty Mouse episode, the 1942 short, The Mouse of Tomorrow, we first meet Mighty Mouse as a normal mouse.
Boomstick: When running from a group of cats, who were determined to make a meal of the little guy, he ran into a place he had never been before, a supermarket. Going around the place, he bathed with “Super Soap,” ate “Super Soup,” “Super Celery,” and “Super Cheese.” And, as you might expect, this transformed him into Super...er, I mean, Mighty Mouse. He had a blue costume, but apparently calling him Super Mouse, would have resulted in a super-butt-kicking in the American courts.
Wiz: In the 1951 short, The Cat’s Tale, we first meet him as a baby mouse, left on the doorstep of a mouse couple’s house by what appears to be a green-skinned human witch, except mouse-sized for some reason. Right away, the couple could see that he was not a normal mouse
Boomstick: This little whippersnapper was strong enough to break up his playpen, could fly, could chop a huge tree into firewood with one blow of an axe, and fly like a bird.
Wiz: Other stories had him becoming Mighty Mouse by eating lots of vitamins, or lots of Limburger cheese. So, feel free to choose your own favorite.
Boomstick: Anyway, as all of the origin stories agree, Mighty Mouse was born a mouse, and he is still a mouse, standing about four inches tall, and weighing only about a gram and a half.
Wiz: When it comes to his powers, he seems to have all of the powers that Superman does, or at least did when Mighty Mouse was around. For example, he can fly, and he has x-ray vision.
Boomstick: He has super-strength, being able to bend metal, and even punch a cat into outer space. But don't worry, the little bastard had it coming. He has lifted up a large house as if it was nothing, and held a canon in one hand and fired it repeatedly with the other. Hell, he once punched a Moon-sized planet and sent it flying away into space.
Wiz: He can fly very fast, with one episode stating that, "his pace equals that of light itself.” He has even dodged lightning bolts, while flying. But, for him, flight is not just transportation. At one time, he threw himself into a spin, while flying, and functioned as a flying saw blade.
Boomstick: He's practically invulnerable to most forms of attack. He has taken shots from pistols, rifles, machineguns, and even canons. He has taken hits from lightning bolts, as well as a speeding freight train, without seeming to notice, and has even stood on the surface of the Sun, which is about 5,778 degrees Kelvin, which is about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit!
Wiz: He has a sort of psychokenesis, which allows him to stop and redirect flying objects with just his mind, and has even done the same with raging flood waters and flowing lava.
Boomstick: And, Double-M’s most interesting power has to be the power of the Toon Force. This mystical, reality-bending ability has allowed him to pull a sword out of thin air, punch a dragon’s fire breath back at the dragon, and even use the vapor trail that he generates when he flies as a seemingly unbreakable rope.
Wiz: He is very tough, having outfought a giant cat, a pack of flying vampire cats, and even what appeared to be the cat version of Satan!
Boomstick: But, don’t think that the little guy is completely invulnerable. He has been stunned by attacks from particularly powerful opponents, showing that he can take actual damage.
Wiz: And, if he has a kryptonite, it’s DDT. DDT, or Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane...
Boomstick: Nobody cares, Wiz!
Wiz: Well, anyway, this powerful spray insecticide knocked Mighty Mouse out of the air, leaving him unconscious for a whole minute, and utterly at the villain’s mercy.
Boomstick: But, this is a mouse you do not want to mess with. He’s tough, he’s an experience fighter, and he let’s nothing stand in his way!
Underdog[]
Wiz: When help is needed, he is not slow, he’s the superhero known as Underdog.
Boomstick: Now, while many superheroes have multiple origin stories, Underdog doesn’t even have one. Where did he come from, and how did he get his powers? The world may never know.
Wiz: But, he does have an alter-ego. When not superheroing...
Boomstick: Wait, is that a word?
Wiz: Um, probably. Anyway, his secret identity is that of Shoeshine Boy, a “humble and lovable” street shoeshiner, or boot polisher.
Boomstick: And, whenever he hears a cry for help, he runs into somewhere where he can change unseen, usually a phone booth, and explosively transforms into Underdog. If you kids don’t know what a phone booth is...ask your grandparents.
Wiz: Shoeshine will go to any lengths to protect his dual identity, once even allowing himself to be beaten by one of his arch-villain’s thugs, rather than expose himself as Underdog.
Boomstick: Now, when it comes to powers and abilities, Underdog has got it together. He has the standard abilities like flight, and x-ray vision.
Wiz: He also has the superhero standby, super-strength. He has punched his way out of metal containers, tore apart a bank vault like it was paper, and even lifted up an ocean liner and a convoy of spaceships. He punched a giant alien so hard, that the creature flew out of Earth’s gravity and all the way to his distant planet of origin.
Boomstick: He’s really, really fast. For example, when he fought the super-strong intergalactic super-villain, Overcat, he defeated him by flying so fast that Overcat could not lay a punch on him.
Wiz: He has proven himself to have great durability. He’s taken fire from guns, as well as been punched by super-villains, as well as by giant monsters.
Boomstick: He has super-hot breath, which allows him to melt things, and he also has super-cold breath, which allows him to freeze things in a block of ice.
Wiz: Underdog may be his name, but he’s no lightweight. He defeated a dinosaur, a King Kong-like giant gorilla, a two-headed dragon, and even single-handedly defeated a space fleet from the planet Zot.
Boomstick: But, he is not all-powerful. When he is involved in a long fight, he frequently runs out of power. When this happens, he acts all wobbly and weak, too weak even to stand up or even lift up his arm.
Wiz: But, even that is not the end, because he has a ring with a secret compartment, and in that compartment is a “Secret Energy Pill.” When he swallows this pill, his power is immediately reset to 100%, which usually comes as a surprise to any opponent who believed that Underdog was finished.
Boomstick: So, while he may be Underdog, he’s not the underdog...Er, I mean he is...but, he’s not. Whatever! He’s a tough dog, who knows how to really get rough rough. He he.
Intermission[]
Wiz: Alright the combatants are set; let’s end this debate once and for all.
Boomstick: Its time for a DEATH BATTLE!
DEATH BATTLE![]
Pre-Fight []
Simon Bar Sinister held up a metal tube, and laughed his most evil laugh.
“Eureka!” he exclaimed. “I’ve done it!”
“You made a stick?” Cad Lackey, his chief lieutenant, asked.
“It’s a flute,” Simon said smoothly, staring at the instrument as if in awe.
“What’s it do, Boss?”
“It summons mice.”
“Mice? Who wants mice?!”
Simon lowered the flute and looked at his right-hand man.
“Nobody,” he said flatly. “And that’s why I am going to summon them.”
“But, why would you want to do that?” Cad asked, scratching his head.
“Then the city will pay me a fortune to get rid of them. A fortune, Cad!”
Sweet Polly Purebred stood on the street in front of the 2¢ Savings Bank, a microphone clenched in her hand. She looked into the television camera, and waited for the cameraman to give her the high sign. Finally, the man held up three fingers, then two, then one, and then he pointed at her.
“Hello, dear viewers,” she began. “This is Polly Purebred bringing you the latest news. It seems that our fair city has been overwhelmed by mice!”
In the background could be seen numerous mice running up and down the street. Four mice ran out of the Cheesy Brand Cheese shop, rolling a wheel marked, “Sharp Cheddar.”
From the door of a bakery, a train of baguettes charged out and down the street. Each baguette could be seen being carried by two mice, one at the front and one at the back.
From a fruit shop, a watermelon could be seen rolling away, with three mice on top running in the opposite direction to keep it moving.
Suddenly, a mouse ran across Polly Purebred’s foot. When she looked down, the mouse stuck his thumbs in his ears and blew a raspberry at her. Polly lifted one leg and screamed!
Simon Bar Sinister peered around a corner of a building, rubbing his hands together and laughing evilly.
“Ha! This is working even better than I had hoped!” he announced, turning to Cad. “The City Council will pay anything! We’re rich, Cad! Rich!!”
Back on the Polly Purebred stood on a chair, and her cameraman stood on another. Around their feet a mob of mice jumped up and down, laughing and sticking their tongues out at the two.
“Oh, what are we going to do?” she asked plaintively into her microphone.
Then, she looked up into the sky and began to sing, ♪ “Where, oh, where has my Underdog gone? Oh, where, oh, where has he gone?” ♪
At his normal street corner, Shoeshine opened the top of his shoeshine box, and pulled out a mouse. The little creature shook his tiny fist at him and chattered in a high-pitched voice.
Shoeshine placed the mouse carefully down on the street, and then gently pushed him away with his hand. The mouse ran several feet way, and then turned back. He raised a fist towards Shoeshine, and then lifted his middle finger. Then, he turned and ran away.
“That wasn’t very nice of him,” Shoeshine said to himself.
Suddenly, he lifted his left ear, and put his hand behind it.
“With my ultrasonic ears I hear a cry for help from Polly dear!” he announced.
Then, he grabbed his shoeshine box and ran into a phone booth.
There was a tremendous explosion, and the booth shattered into many pieces. When the smoke cleared, there stood Underdog, flexing his muscles.
“When Polly's in trouble, I am not slow, so it's hip-hip-hip and away I go!” he announced, and then he shot off into the sky like a bullet.
Back at the 2¢ Savings Bank, Underdog landed next to Polly.
“Oh,” Polly sighed, “thank goodness you’re here, Underdog. Mice are overrunning the city!”
Underdog looked up and down the street, and announced, “Rodents, rodents everywhere, everywhere they don’t belong. Now it’s up to little ole Underdog to move them all along.”
So saying, Underdog leaped into the sky. He flew over to a nearby park, where there was a volleyball net stretched between two posts. Quick as a flash, he grabbed the two posts, and flew with them pointing down and out from his body, the net now forming a pocket below him.
He flew up and down the street, collecting mice as he went. Finally, the net was full of struggling and protesting mice, so Underdog flew them out to a nearby island, and spilled the mice out.
Seeing their predicament, the mice stood on the beach, squeaking, and shaking their little fists as the departing superhero.
After he had done this three more times, the tiny island was chockfull of angry and complaining mice.
Riding on a nearby shooting star, Mighty Mouse heard the sound of the mice, and he turned his super-vision on the tiny island.
Seeing the predicament of the mice, Mighty Mouse flew down. Landing on a corner of the island, he put his hands down on the ground and pushed. The island moved under the superhero’s force, and then began to move faster and faster, until it fairly zoomed along the water.
Finally, it made landfall right next to Capitol City, and the mice streamed off of the island. They fanned out, heading back into the city.
Then, Underdog came flying along with another net full of mice. Spying the island, he flew down to take a look.
“An island that moves itself along?” he asked. “Something tells me that something is wrong.”
FIGHT! []
Suddenly, flashing out of the sky, Mighty Mouse connected with Underdog, delivering a titanic punch that sent the superhero flying away. He dropped the net full of mice, but Mighty Mouse caught it, and brought it safely to the ground. The tiny mice cheered their hero, and then ran out of the net, and back towards the city.
When the last of the mice had exited the net, Mighty Mouse pulled his arms back, and heaved the volleyball net and posts far out into the water.
Suddenly, Underdog’s fist connected with the tiny superhero, sending him skipping along the surface of the water, like a skipping stone.
“Small you may be,” Underdog began, “but..."
But then Mighty Mouse flew, fist-first, into Underdog’s nose, knocking him backward.
Then, they began a swirling, whirling fist fight, with the two superheroes flying at each other, exchanging punches.
Moving fast as lightning, Mighty Mouse flew under Underdog’s flying fist, and behind the canine superhero. As he passed through, he grabbed his cape and began to spin, dragging the helpless Underdog along with him. He spun so quickly, that a tornado soon formed around the two, obscuring them from sight.
Then, Might Mouse let go, sending his opponent flying off like a shot. Underdog flew through one apartment building, and then another, and then another.
“Excuse me!” “Pardon me!” “Coming through!” Underdog called as he flew past the residents.
Finally, he slammed into a water tower, and lodge in the far side, with his head sticking out. He pursed his lips, and blew out a stream of water.
Might Mouse flew up to the hero, and pulled his fist back. But, before he could swing, Underdog again pursed his lips, and blew. Super-cold air flew out of his mouth, and engulfed the little hero. In a matter of a second, Mighty Mouse was encased in a block of ice, his fist in mid-swing, and a very surprised look on his face. The block of ice then plummeted towards the ground.
Quick as a wink, Underdog flew out of the water tower, flew down, and caught the super-flash-frozen mouse.
“You’ll cause no more trouble here today,” Underdog said. “I think that you must go far, far away!”
He spun his arm so fast that it looked like a wheel, and then he released the ice-ball, sending it soaring out of the atmosphere.
A crowd of Capitol City residents gathered in a circle around Underdog cheering. Nearby, a crowd of mice looked up at the sky and cried for their hero.
Meanwhile, the ice block containing Mighty Mouse landed on the surface of the Sun, where the ice shattered, and water instantly boiled away. The little hero cried, “Yowch!” and grabbed his right foot. Then, he cried “Yowch!” and switched to holding his left foot. Then, he planted both feet on the surface of the Sun, and looked back angrily at the Earth.
He crouched down, and then blasted off from the Sun, rocketing back towards Capitol City too fast to be seen.
Surrounded by the cheering crowd, Underdog lifted his arms for silence. But, before he could say anything, a bright red blur flew down the sleeve of his tunic and disappeared.
Underdog’s eyes went wide, and then he began to giggle. Then he began to chortle. And, then he began to laugh uproariously. He collapsed onto the ground, and rolled around as Mighty Mouse gave him a super-tickling.
“Stop!” the canine superhero shouted. “I can’t breathe!”
Then, Mighty Mouse climbed out of Underdog’s sleeve, walked across his chest to his chin, wound up his arm, and delivered a titanic upper-cut that shot Underdog out from under him, and flying away.
He flew up the street, through the door of the 2¢ Savings Bank, through the closed door of the vault, and into the far wall. He then sank down to the ground, with a small stream of pennies leaking out of a torn bag and onto his head. His eyes blinked as each penny bounced off of his cranium.
Sweet Polly Purebred stepped through the gaping home in the vault door, and up to her fallen hero.
“Oh, Underdog, are you all right?” she asked.
“There’s no need to fear, Underdog is here,” he answered, weakly lifting his right index finger.
“But, you are so weak,” she answered pitifully, “you cannot fight him anymore.”
“My ring...” he said, lifting up his three fingered hand to show his silver ring with a red ‘U’ on it.
“Your ring?” Polly inquired.
“The secret compartment of my right I fill, with an Underdog Super-Energy pill.” So saying, he tapped the right, and it popped open to reveal a red pill with a white ‘U’ on it.
“Of course,” Polly announced and grabbed the pill. Then she took the pill, and popped it into Underdog’s open mouth.
Underdog swallowed loudly, and suddenly his ears flew straight out to the side. In each of his eyes could be seen a miniature explosion, followed by a rising mushroom cloud, and then the rising American flag. A trumpet fanfare seemed to blast from some where.
Suddenly, Underdog flew up into the air, and flexed his muscles.
“When the city is in trouble, I am not slow. So, it's hip-hip-hip and away I go!” And so saying he rocketed up, flying through the roof of the bank vault like it was paper.
In the city, the mice had gathered around Mighty Mouse, and were cheering loudly for him. Suddenly, a shadow fell across the mice. They looked up, and immediately every mouse by Mighty Mouse ran away.
Mighty Mouse looked up, and saw an armored car plummeting out of the sky, with Underdog pushing it before him.
The truck hit the ground, dead on target, creating a crater where the little superhero had been.
Underdog landed on the ground, and wiped his hands on each other.
Suddenly, Mighty Mouse flew out of the crater, and his fist impacted on Underdog’s chin, sending him flying away. The little superhero then flew off in pursuit.
The two marvels connected with each other in the upper atmosphere, and resumed trading punches and kicks.
Up they flew, out of the atmosphere, and across space. Finally, they crashed into the moon, where their impact created a new large crater.
Their fight continued, and finally, Underdog grabbed a large column of rock, and used it like a baseball bat to knock him farther away. He flew off the moon in hot pursuit.
Out, in the furthest reaches of the Solar System, the two heroes again collided and began punching and kicking at each other. Their fight swirled far too fast for the human eye to follow.
Suddenly, Mighty Mouse flew off to the side, and pointed his fingers at a passing comet. Unseen energy shot out to the comet, and redirected it towards Underdog. The canine superhero pulled back his fist, and punched the comet, shattering it into a million pieces.
Then, Mighty Mouse directed another comet at his opponent, and then another. Underdog punched each one, only to find anther comet flying at him, and then another. And then another!
Underdog began to tire, but still the comets kept coming.
With each punch, he became more and more tired; his punches becoming slower and weaker. Finally, one comet collided with Underdog, and carried him away.
It smashed into the surface of Pluto, and left an exhausted Underdog laying on the planetoid’s surface.
The canine superhero lifted his hands, and tapped his ring. The secret compartment popped open, revealing...nothing. Underdog had already taken his Underdog Super-Energy pill.
He dropped his hands to the ground, and said, “Only one pill, instead of two. Now I know that I am totally screwed.”
K.O.! []
Back at Capitol City, Mighty Mouse landed among his adoring mouse fans, who picked him up, and carried him triumphantly into a nearby cheese shop.
Off to the side, Sweet Polly Purebred looked up into the sky, and began to sing, ♪ “Where, oh, where has my Underdog gone? Oh, where, oh, where has he gone?” ♪
But this time, nobody came to answer her song.
Results[]
Boomstick: What the heck! Where was the blood? Where was the dismemberment?
Wiz: In their respective shows, you never seem to see these characters suffering much in the way of damage; they seem to be truly invincible. However, there are many ways to lose a fight, and both have lost fights at one time or another.
Boomstick: With both of these superheroes, their strengths are pretty well balanced. They have each shown themselves able to lift incredibly heavy objects, and tank incredibly dangerous hits. As such, a punch-up between these two would be pretty well balanced.
Wiz: They each have other powers, but neither one has anything that would be decisive in a battle like this. However, the biggest difference is in their weaknesses. Mighty Mouse has been stunned by clouds of DDT, but that would not be a weapon that most opponents would be likely to use.
Boomstick: Underdog, on the other hand, has a weakness that causes him to grow tired and lose his strength, which is a pretty considerable weakness, when you think about it. He carries an upper, to compensate for this, and usually the burst of strength that it gives him sees him through the fight.
Wiz: But, in this battle, he faced an opponent who would not likely be overcome during the course of the Secret Energy Pill, and when the effects of that pill ran out, Underdog would not have another one to use. So, he would inevitable tire again, but have no way to regain his strength a second time.
Boomstick: No, Underdog was good, but his lack of staying power doomed him to be second cheese to a mouse.
Wiz: That’s right, the winner is, the Mouse of Tomorrow, Mighty Mouse!
