Owl House VS Monster House is a What-If? Death Battle featuring Hooty from The Owl House and Constance Nebbercracker from Monster House. This page was created by Timpack and is his thirtyseventh written Death Battle. The next battle is Reze VS Mukuro Ikusaba while the previous one was Maximus VS Marshmallow.
| Owl House VS Monster House | |
|---|---|
| Season | 3 |
| Season Episode | 10 |
| Air date | June 11, 2023 |
| Written by | Timpack |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous Maximus VS Marshmallow |
Next Reze VS Mukuro Ikusaba |
Description[]
The Owl House VS Monster House! Being supernatural beings that inhabits their respective houses is the only thing the house demon of the Owl House and the ghost of Horace Nebbercrackers house have in common. Their ways of protecting their home and its inhabitants could not be any more different. When becoming unexpected neighbors with each other, which possessed house will come out on top?
Intro[]
Wiz: Having a house that one returns to after a hard day’s work is something that most people have access to. The feeling of safety within one’s home is a wonderful feeling to have. How would the owners of houses such as this feel however if their homes could speak or interact with them?
Boomstick: Being sent to the looney bin for an unidentifiable amount of time is what I reckon would happen to all these wusses that suddenly run into the streets and yell that their home suddenly tried to eat them. I on the other hand would just ready my trusty flamethrower and “negotiate” with the thing that thinks it can possess my home without paying me rent. I am the supreme ruler of my awesome home after all.
Wiz: Todays combatants are indeed houses that are inhabited by creatures of unknown mystical origins. In terms of personalities however, these beings are night and day to each other.
Boomstick: Hooty, The Eccentric House Demon of The Owl House
Wiz: and Constance Nebbercracker, The Vengeful Child-Hating Spirit of The Monster House.
Boomstick: 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.
Hooty/The Owl House[]
Wiz: When the term “Demon” comes to mind, the first thing that probably appear in one’s mind is a hideous demonic creature out for blood. On the Boiling Isles located in the demon realm, there does exist demons like this but also many other kinds that are very different from this definition of what a demon is. Some can only be described as extremely eccentric.
Boomstick: You are talking about house demons correct as these things fit this new description to a t. A house demon can apparently live for thousands of years and the older they get; the more loony and bonkers their personality becomes. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere close to these annoying creatures especially those that sound like bad Mickey impersonators.
Wiz: Unfortunately for Eda Clawthorne, the house she decided to hide within from the Emperor's Coven and make her home was inhabited by a insane house demon like this. Fortunately, Hooty also proved to be an excellent bodyguard and protector against anyone trying to harm her or her charges. Being forced to listen to his random ramblings is a reasonable price to pay for his protection.
Boomstick: Not sure I agree as I find this demon in the form of a grinning owl face stuck to the door of the house utterly insufferable to listen to. He loves jovially talking to an annoying degree, is extremely desperate for attention 24-7, can become too overemotional at times. and has an mischievous streak that makes him inclined to cause destructive mischief. All of these things combined creates a creature I would not want to be in the near radius of. Punching him in the face like his tenants do when he goes one step to far is something I would not mind though.
Wiz: What you said is all true Boomstick but you forgot to mention that despite all this; the bug demon loves and is very protective of the tenants living within his walls. Despite coming of as a great annoyance most of the time, the house demon simply wants to help Eda, Luz, and King with their problems and also accompany them on their adventures around the Boiling Isles. Him being stuck to the Owl House does prevent him from the doing the later most of the time with a couple of exceptions and therefore makes the demon feel rather lonely.
Boomstick: While all of this does not make him any less annoying, it also does not affect the owl emojis ability to rain down an barrage off ass-whooping to anyone that dares trying to enter the Owl House without permission. Using his weird tube neck thingy to stretch his face impossible lengths is certainly one the weirdest fighting styles seen in Death Battle as of yet. Hoot definitely looks more like a bug type when his neck crawls or hover all over the place.
Wiz: It is a rather unique style of taking down opponents. Seeing as it can stretch far into the woods around the Owl House, the reach of Hooty is very large. Hooty has extreme hearing as well that allows him to pick up Luz walking around Hexside located a long distance away. Combining these two facts makes it clear that its extremely difficult to sneak up on the house demon. Even trying this when Hooty sleeps won’t work as he can pick up people’s footsteps even then and immediately stretch into the distance to find their origin.
Boomstick: Slamming his elongated head into the poor stomach of an unfortunate intruder in the vicinity is sure to leave an mark as windows and floorboard can do nothing but break upon impact with the annoying owl face. The hoot irritation can even shake the house so violently that part of the rock tower splintered off and create deep gashes in the ground when burrowing into it to surprise headbutt enemies. No wonder everything ranging from evil stuffed animals and bees made of fire to the Emperor's Coven elite scouts and Eda’s sister Lilith are made into fools in the vicinity of this bird bug thing.
Wiz: Lilith in many ways is comparable in stats to her sister. By being able to teleport and move around as trails of light as well as surviving explosions and blows that can launch her into the sky, Lilith can match Eda in a witch duel. Hooty therefore being able to blitz Lilith and her magic before defeating the talented witch twice in a row is of great significance.
Boomstick: If one should think Lilith would throw a tantrum over losing to this weirdo, you would be wrong as she surprisingly became BFF with the house demon not long afterwards. Having someone actually appreciate him caused the bug birds ego to increase significantly unfortunately.
Wiz: Their friendship might be a little strange to us but who are we to judge. It was strong enough for Hooty to throw himself in front of Lilith to protect her from the Collectors magic trying to transform her into a toy. Collector Magic is powerful enough to casually move moons so there was no chance of this turning out successful. It was a nice gesture though. Speaking of the speed and strength of his elongating body used for his friend’s protection, this isn’t Hooty’s only weapon however. The second one is even more unorthodox.
Boomstick: Swallowing things and regurgitating them like a machine gun a bit later is much more than unorthodox. Its plain gross. Birds, books, garbage, explosive potions, and even more crazy stuff has once made the insides of Hooty their temporary home. Even witches and wizards are not safe from this nightmare inducing fate as the owl bug thing can stretch his mouth open wide enough to swallow a fully grown adult. Sure they are safe inside of the demon as Hooty can tank an magical explosion powerful enough to annihilate an mountain in the shape of a finger of all things but it’s still something that I would not wish on my worst enemy.
Wiz: The experience would be a interesting one but I would have to decline it as well for sanitary reasons. Studying the effects of Hooty disconnecting himself from his house body to crawl around freely is an aspect I find more interesting to investigate. When connected to it, Hooty can control the lights, cause the house to grow legs and walk around pushing aside trees in the process, create a tunnel of love beneath it filled with animatronics, and grow spiky plants outside of the house for protection. It is part of the demon so the effect of dismembering itself from the house is fascinating to witness.
Boomstick: Imagining Hooty slithering across the ground or flying around in the air make me want to hide in the nearest nuclear bunker to avoid being eaten or annoyed to death. Sure he probably has to reattach himself to the house since I doubt Hoot can remain unattached for a long time without serious consequences. Of course the emoji owl could just attach himself to Porta-Hooty AKA a mobile cuckoo clock house that can be moved around to solve this problem. Rotating himself like Helicopter with this small house attached is what allows the demon to fly as mentioned before.
Wiz: Being connected to either the Owl House or the portable mini house does mean however that Hooty will feel all the damage done to them when he is attached to either of these. Having a mayor weak point like this and the fact that his eccentricities can sometimes get him in trouble are the main flaws of Hooty that an intelligent opponent would be able to exploit. Being eccentric does not mean he is stupid however since he is extremely knowledgeable when it comes demon biology and baking.
Boomstick: Hooty being a great pastry chef? Having moment of great intelligence where he points out something obvious other characters should have realized sooner is something I can accept but not him making cookies without any arms. A beak is great for poking someone in the face and also not great for carefully making delicious treats.
Wiz: Would it make things any better if I told you Boomstick that Hooty’s specialty is cookies filled with sleeping nettles? Would you rather have the owl pellets he vomited up to serve during the party he hosted for Lilith due to her gaining a new job?
Boomstick: The answer is no and definitely no. Him being able to drug me asleep just to gobble me up later is an image that is almost going to cause me as many nightmares as seeing Hooty freaking removing his skin. Why the demon sometimes walks around as just a skeleton is beyond me.
Wiz: All of this does make Hooty a demon to remember whether we want to or not. He is extremely fascinating, disturbing, irritating and more all at the same time. It’s very understandable why Eda and her charges both appreciate and dislike Hooty in equal measure. There is one thing however that neither us nor the inhabitants of the house know about the guardian of the Owl House; How did Hooty actually come into this world?
Boomstick: Blame Disney for canceling the show and removing the opportunity for us to discover this. I hate how annoying Hooty is but even I would be interested in the origins of this goofy demon. I would for one really love to find out how long the demon can actually stretch his face. "There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only... Hooty." is the only quote from the Owl House show creators that even address this thing and it’s a very ambiguously infuriating answer.
Wiz: Hooty’s origins might remain a mystery to us and the characters of the Owl House but that does not really change who the house demon is to everyone that has encountered him. Regardless of your thought on him, the image of what Hooty does to defeated intruders is a sight that will scar one for the rest of your life.
Hooty: The roughhousing was fun but I like this part of our playdates even better.
Constance Nebbercracker/The Monster House []
Wiz: Death is a constant. It can happen to people closest to us in the real world. It can take away characters we love and hate in fiction. There is one thing that differs when it comes to death in fiction in comparison to our own world and that would be that death isn’t often the end of the road in some fictional stories. Death is usually just the beginning of something new and more ethereal.
Boomstick: There is a name for this that everyone who is a fan of horror movies should know. Ghost costumes are perfect for Halloween after all. Speaking of this holiday of frights, it’s on this day that 3 children came up with a scheme to destroy a hidden horror next door.
Wiz: What hides in the house across the street is horrifying but also tragic in a way. Horace Nebbercracker, the owner of the house and a former US Army Explosives Expert, once fell in love with a circus performer named Constance who was constantly abused for her weight. The two got married after Horace rescued her from the abusive grasp of the circus. What was meant to be the start of something fantastic ended in tragedy however. A misfortunate turn of events during Halloween night 1914 unfortunately ended this happy couples happily ever after.
Boomstick: Accidentally falling down into what was supposed to be the basement of their new house and getting covered with cement was kind of her fault though. Those brats walking around the still-in construction house and insulting her do deserve a royal spanking but trying to go after them with an axe in blind rage was kind of overkill. No wonder she lost her balance and fell. Her hatred still remains to this day however as her vengeful spirit chose to stick around in the world of the living by possessing a certain something that should be obvious by now.
Wiz: Horace certainly didn’t think this would happen. He simply finished the house in order to honor Constance’s memory. His wife possessing it and threatening to go on a rampage whenever a kid walked into her sigh was not the fate he had planned for them after the circus rescue. Imagen how he must feel whenever he is acting like a grumpy child hater and toy stealer in order to protect both them and his wife. Doing this for so many years have taken its toll on the man’s sanity.
Boomstick: I have heard of people haunting their loved ones and causing strife but this is ridiculous. He should have hired a couple of Ghostbusters or something of that sort if he is this unhappy. That might be harder than I first thought with Constance literally controlling every inch of his 2 stories tall wooden home and having a short fuse that could be lit at any little perceived threat. Almost as bad as my Ex-wife.
Wiz: The sheer control Constance have over the inside of the so called “Monster House” makes her both a proficient guardian angel and a terrifying warden. While she isn’t omnipotent of everything going on within her halls, she can use sound to locate intruders or have multiple lamps around the house act as search lights to catch her prey. These methods are very much needed due to a certain strange habit of Constance.
Boomstick: It’s a house Wiz. It can’t move around so of course it’s going to decide to laze around and sleep all day long. That unfortunately only makes the Monster House more pissed and ready to unleash its woody might on the dumb intruders that wake it up from her peaceful slumber. Everything from large pipes with metal teeth and suction capabilities, metal coils to ensnare naughty children, and wooden planks………that can unexpectedly dribble a basketball will be upon the poor intruder the second they are found? I did not know the possessed house was a fan of sports.
Wiz: I don’t think it’s the sport the vengeful spirit is interested in. She is probably far more interested in using the large variety of stolen toys hidden in the basement to lure unsuspecting children into its domain. Quiet clever for a house who’s rage often causes her to charge blindly ahead without a plan.
Boomstick: Does it even need to lure unsuspecting victims? Its tounge carpet can shoot out of its door mouth and literally grab everything from small puppies to cars in no time flat. Sure it does not have infinite reach and certainly does not make the house any more pretty to look at but the weird carpet tounge is pretty good for reaching faraway food.
Wiz: Quickly changing from her house form to her monster house form and vice versa is actually a good strategy for luring in prey close enough for her carpet to reach them. If she looked like a monster all time, it would have been difficult for Constance to blend in into the neighborhood in plain sight all these years. Having a porch shaped like a giant maw with teeth capable of biting cars in half along with a crack forming a small nose and windows forming into the shapes of angry eyes isn’t exactly looking incognito.
Boomstick: A decent looking house is indeed more interesting to stop and look at then a house monstrosity. For all this talk of the inside decorations of the Monster House, one is not predestined to be digested in its belly as a good hit to the chandelier uvula will get you puked out of there drenched in house saliva. Gross but effective.
Wiz: Just because one has escaped to the outside of the house does mean one is safe. There is of course the tounge to be worried about but that is not the only thing to watch out for. All of the yard outside the house is all under Constance’s control as well. Several dead trees capable of lifting and crushing cars, grass capable of grabbing onto and burying small objects, and pipes with the strength to lift the stones that make up its sidewalk high up into the air will all be trying to stop her victims from escaping her property. Making it out of reach of the Monster House does still not mean one is safe from harm however.
Boomstick: ………………Crap. I forgot that this possessed ruin of a house can literally attach 2 of the trees on its property to her house form in order to uproot itself and chase after any escapes. Any unlucky power lines and light poles will be swatted aside during its rageful search for the vengeful ghost’s prey. Even a excavator hitting it square in the face won’t do much more than make her madder.
Wiz: Any physical damage done to the house in general will always prove ineffective in the end as it can simply regenerate and put itself together in some shape or form. In that battle with the excavator for example, the entire house ended up falling down a large hill and resulted in it being splintered into a million pieces. All of this damage was swiftly undone almost immediately as it reattached itself into a monstrous mass of wooden splinters.
Boomstick: Holy shit! This thing does not look like a house anymore. It looks more like it belongs in a junkyard. That did not stop her from getting sweet revenge on that poor excavator by tearing off its claw before devouring it whole. Is there anything that can actually make this house monster go bye bye? Even if the vengeful circus performer can’t use her insides to assist because they are all in pieces too in this situation, it is still an immortal house demon that is a bitch to kill.
Wiz: There actually is one fool proof way of taking the Monster House out for good. It’s not an easy thing to accomplish however as it would require one to travel inside it again and destroying the heart. That would be the Furnace of the Monster House in this case. As long as the furnace burns, Constance will always have the power to reform her wooden form into any shape that she chooses.
Boomstick: Based on what you just said, there actually is an easy method that can be used to one-shot this vengeful chick with a single explosive. Throwing dynamite down its chimney is basically a death sentence for her as it conveniently leads to the Furnace. It’s not as if you actually need to throw it down the chimney though. Why do you ask? It’s because the entire house is filled with freaking explosives from her husband’s demolition days. Mr Nebbercracker really should have lit one of these if he hated acting like a child’s worst nightmare.
Wiz: Love can often make it hard to consciously kill a loved one. Horace was probably not ready to do it years ago. DJ, Chowder, and Jenny discovering his secret and managing to free him from this burden by finally vanquishing this house of horror is probably a day this old man won’t ever forget. Even Constance seems happy to be able to leave the physical world since her spirit stayed behind and danced with her husband before moving on.
Boomstick: All in all a happy ending for everyone except the various people eaten throughout the years. Sure the most recent ones were not fully digested so they could claw themselves to safety but the same cannot be said for the rest. Let’s just ignore this and focus on the good stuff shall we.
Wiz: DJ, Chowder, Jenny, and Horace certainly won’t forget these horrific events any time soon. It also makes one wonder however. Is Constance a one-time supernatural event or are there other Monster Houses out in the world waiting to be discovered?
Skull: In my travels to the video store and comic book conventions, I have seen many strange and wonderous things. And I have heard tell of man-made structures becoming possessed by a human soul, so that the spirit becomes merged with wood and brick, creating a rare form of monster known as Domus Mactibilis.
Intermission[]
Wiz: All right, the combatants are set, it's time to end this debate once and for all!
Boomstick: It's time for a DEATH BATTLE!
Death Battle![]
Boiling Isles:
With the sun high in the sky and no boiling rain clouds in sight, it seemed like today was going to be a peaceful day for those living on the Boiling Isles. The area around the Owl House was equally calm for a change as well. Luz, Eda, King were in town shopping for materials to complete the portal to the human world. Loud snoring that echoed across the area curtsey of the house demon of the Owl House was the only thing that could be heard for miles in every direction.
Hooty remained oblivious to this fact and the incoming danger that would soon arrive at the doorstep of the Owl House as he continuously slept his way through the day.
Hooty: Hoot, Hoot, Hoot, Hoot, Hoot, Hoot, Hoot...
Even a green portal suddenly opening up in front of the house did not seem to wake up the eccentric house demon. What the portal dumped before disappearing did get his attention somewhat when it was deposited onto the ground. Even in the realm of dreams, Hooty knew something extremely large had appeared a few meters in front of the Owl House.
Revealing himself to be awake the normal way was too boring of a way to welcome the newcomer however. A more “fun” way of doing this was obligatory in order for everyone to have good time.
Hooty: Sleepwalking.....Sleepwalking……Sleep-hooting! Hiya new neighbor! Peek-a-hoot!
Feigning sleepstretching a couple of meters forward before opening his eyes and letting out a high-pitched voice much worse than his snoring is the action Hooty decided to take in order to welcome the new arrival. What the newcomer actually turned out to be did take the house demon by surprise however. This creature was definitely a lot different from all the other intruders to have ever wandered this close.
What had been thought to be a giant creature was in fact a very old-looking house and its grass covered yard. Its appearance resembled houses Hooty remembered seeing in Eda’s photos of the human world. No house from that world could move around or have something resembling a confused facial expression from the house demon’s understanding though.
Constance Nebbercrackers window-like eyes surveyed the area around her with great confusion evident on her face. One second they had witnessed that accursed child trying to steal away her husband and now she was no longer there. The thought of children in general caused confusion to transform into pure unadulterated rage. Those 3 brats must have caused this. They needed to pay for this with their lives.
Hooty: Sorry! Eda doesn't like having neighbors build their homes this close by but I'm always ready to make new friends!
A voice that grated its wooden ears did nothing but make the rage of the Monster House even greater. The strange structure and the worm connected to it had seen her true form so they had to go. Stomping them to pieces would hopefully be a good appetizer before the main event of searching for those accursed children and grinding them to dust.
Seeing the threatening look the house creature sent his way did nothing to deter Hooty’s happy mood. He had given Emperor’s Coven scouts and other intruders a “tea party” in the past but never had an entire house come to attend one. It was going to be a pleasure to introduce to this giant creature of how to properly serve tea the right way.
FIGHT!
The carpet tounge came shooting out of the door mouth the second she laid her eyes on the demon. Hooty’s head was within reach of the tounge as his stretched body was hovering above the grass making up the yard of the Monster House. Any attempt by the tounge to constrict the house demon was foiled due to Hooty’s elastic wormlike body simply dodging the incoming carpet by moving back and forth to the side. In fact, it was the tounge that was constricted by Hooty’s body in the end after a last attempt to catch the demon.
Hooty: You seem very angry. Maybe I can help! I'm pretty good at getting stuck inside people's heads and making them have a housetastic time!
A loud roar curtsey of the Monster House made it clear that Constance did not appreciate the joke. Strings of grass extended themselves into the air. Branches of dead trees littered around the yard started to move downwards slightly. Stones making up the sidewalk shoot violently upwards controlled by sentient pipes. It was as if the entire garden had heard the roar of the house and decided to answer the plead for assistance. In no time at all, Hooty became surrounded from all sides.
Being surrounded did not affect Hooty at all as he simply released the hold on the tounge only to eat and swallow a large part of it instead. Constance screamed out in pain as what remained of the carpet retracted back into her. The nearest tree immediately slammed itself down on the demon only for his mouth to widen to such a wide margin that part of it was also swallowed and bitten off. Many of the remaining trees and floating pipes fared no better as pieces of the eaten tree were regurgitated out of Hooty at such ferocity that all lot of them were skewered into oblivion.
While most of the trees and pipes were put out of commission by the sudden barrage of vomited projectiles, the grass around the yard managed to use this opportunity to constrict parts of Hooty’s body and drag it down to the ground. Constance watched with sadistic pleasure as the face of Hooty face was dragged below ground with a surprised yelp. This satisfaction turned intro frustration due to the demon simply burrowed himself out the ground tearing himself free of the grass keeping him down in the process.
The smug expression on the demons face infuriated Constance almost as much as the sight of children would. Its way of speaking also reminded her of the those that would bully or harass her in the past when she was alive. Before the Monster House could continue her attempts to extinguish the demon from this world, Hooty did something that took the vengeful spirit by complete surprise.
Hooty: Hoot-Hoot! This is fun. It’s been very long since I have gotten this much exerci….. Oh hey! Look, it's a bug!
Stretching his head forward to reach and eat a bug located at the doorstep of the house was such a unexpected action that Constance was at first unsure what to do until she realized her opponent was within biting range. This realization came too late however as Hooty retracted out of range of beaten eaten himself. To Constance rising fury, Hooty did not just retract out of range of her teeth. He also retracted out of the yard all together and back into the door of the Owl House.
A nice workout and delicious meal had made this day a definite keeper for the house demon. His new friend was also hilarious to play with. What was less hilarious though was the fact that the nearest still standing trees in opponent’s yard were trying to reach out and slam into the walls of the Owl House. One tree managed to hit a wall so hard that large cracks appeared within it.
Hooty: Ow! Ow! Ow! You messed up my precious stucco. I can’t have you doing that anymore! Hoot-Hoot! If we are going to have a playdate later, it’d be better if the house hooted away from here.
Bird feet generated out of the floor of the house lifting it and Hooty high into the air. The plan to move the house out of reach of the possessed house hit a snag almost immediately as Constance saw this and let out an angry roar in response. 2 of the remaining trees attached themselves to the house allowing the Monster House to uproot itself out of the ground. Hooty was both surprised and giddy with excitement because of this unexpected turn of events.
Hooty: You can also become a walking house of principals? This is such a Hoot-Hot! Let’s play hide and seek instead of serving tea to each other. You’re it. Catch me if you can.
Goofy laughter emanating from a quickly retreating Owl House infuriated the now mobile Monster House. Constance had the house charge after it with the intention of wiping that smug smile from the annoying owls face. Hooty on the other hand had the time of his life as he made the Owl House run into the nearby forest quickly followed by the other house giving chase.
Trees were uprooted and wacked aside as the houses ran through the forest. The Owl House jumped over the incoming river while the Monster House simply walked through it with no mayor issues too angry to even notice the river. Any small demons in the area had to flee in order to avoid being stepped on. This game of cat and mouse continue for a while until the chaser had enough of this status quo and started to pick up things in the environment.
Massive trees were hurled the Owl Houses way that Hooty had to maneuver around in order not to have it trip and fall. The house demon could not resist the temptation to crack a joke at his rage-induced opponent’s expense while he dodged incoming projectiles. His jokes were awesome after all. It wasn’t his fault that most people did not understand them.
Hooty: You don’t seem like a person that likes to talk very much. That’s okay. I can talk for you new friend. Let’s talk for hours, and hours, and hours, and h...
Focusing on his favorite hobby cost the house demon dearly as the house tripped on a thrown tree that had landed right in front of it. Before Hooty could get the Owl House to rise up, the Monster House was upon it ready to demolish the house. Her giant tree appendages did not manage to crack the Owl House open like an egg however due to a timely intervention of Hooty. Constricting his entire self around the Owl House created a small cocoon which kept it safe from harm.
The same could not be said about the house demon who had to endure several powerful punches and deadly sharp teeth from his opponent’s massive form. Every sound of pain coming out of the demon’s mouth made Constance smile sinisterly inwardly.
Hooty: If you ever meet Lulu, tell her to avenge me. I can feel myself dying…………….Psyche!!! I feel Hootrageous!
Being forced to hear the demon’s bad jokes made the repeated onslaughts on him much less enjoyable for the vengeful spirit. Biting and punching did not do anything so the Monster House opened its mouth to such a wide margin that it would be able to eat the entire house in one fell swoop and hopefully digest it to pieces. Seeing the huge mouth about to swallow him made the house demon realize something.
Hooty: Is this how the bird that flew into my mouth yesterday felt? If this is regret I feel, …………. that just means I know what regret taste like now. Tastes like a bird. Here is a gift for making me realize this. Hoot-Hoot!
Explosive potions regurgitated at high speed hit the right side of the Monster House forcing it backwards slightly. One potion even managed to break through one of the upper windows and fall into the vicinity of an explosive conveniently placed near it. The result was a fourth of the entire Monster House exploding in fiery glory.
Hooty: Such beautiful destruction. I will be haunted by my actions forever. Hoot-Hoot! Anyway, lets continue our game of hide and seek. Why? Because this is fun of course!
The Owl House got up on its feet and used this opportunity to run into the nearby trees. Unfortunately for Constance, she could not immediately restart the chase due to the damage done to her upper sections. Her one remaining eye did make out the house demon waving goodbye with his elastic head before disappearing from sight.
All of the destroyed sections of the Monster House reformed into distorted versions of themselves. With the damage from the explosions undone, the eyes of the Monster House surveyed the area around her as she ran forward to find the annoyance of an opponent. The house demon had to pay for this humiliation. She had to find him first though which proved extremely frustrating since the shape of the Owl House continued to elude her.
Finding the house demon proved easier than expected however as his voice soon made its presence known.
Hooty: Giving up already? I’m such a Hoot at this game so don’t feel too bad about being terrible unlike yours truly.
Pure rage flowing through the entire Monster House made her turn around and move towards the origin of the voice as fast as she possible could. The sight of her opponent apparently flying around like a helicopter in the distance while attached to what looked like a small birdhouse did not even register in the mind of the vengeful spirit. Neither did she notice the goofy grin plastered on Hooty’s face as he landed in a forest clearing in the path of the rampaging house.
When she reached the clearing, what Constance laid her eyes upon was not Hooty or the Owl House to her increased frustration. The only thing located where she had heard his infuriating voice was a small birdhouse. What remained of the Monster Houses tounge snatched up the small birdhouse and grinded it to pieces before swallowing what remained.
Rage was suddenly replaced with drowsiness to Constance’s surprise the second she swallowed the birdhouse. The Monster House did not want to join the realm of dreams but regardless of her attempts to stay awake and squish her opponent; her feelings of hatred were not strong enough to prevent the blinds on her windows from falling down. Soon enough, loud snoring echoed across the clearing.
One sound other than snoring made itself known however as it buried under the ground and broke into the bottom of the house through the floorboards.
Hooty: Being angry all the time must be exhausting so hopefully my cookies have calmed you down friend! One bite will put you to sleep for hours so this is the perfect chance to find out what kind of house demon you are.
It was obvious to a self-proclaimed genius like Hooty that this house was also inhabited by a house demon. Its healing capabilities were beyond any known demon species however. Best way to find out why was to find the actual house demon and annoy them into revealing their secrets. Something caught Hooty’s attention however when he slithered throughout the house. What he saw made him rethink this entire situation.
Hooty: ……………….I don’t think I want to have a playdate with you anymore. This paints a very disconcerting image of your opinion on children.
Littered across the entirety of a nearby room laid broken toys. Most of them were completely unrecognizable from what they had been from the start. There were even images of children hanging on the walls with large x marks over their faces. Luz and King running into this thing in the future was a guaranteed death sentence for the two. The goofy grin on Hooty’s face disappeared and was replaced by a surprisingly serous expressions as he slithered out of the room.
Annoying the house demon of the Monster House was no longer a main priority. Protecting Luz and King from it was the only thing Hooty could think about as he continued his search for what he believed to be a house demon. What he eventually found was a boiler inside the fireplace that was strangely still working instead of being asleep like the rest of the house.
Hooty: That looks important. Wonder what will happen if I touch it?
Accidentally slamming part of his elongated body into the chandelier uvula in the main hallway however prevented the house demon from investigating further. Lamps turned on and shinned their spotlights onto Hooty the second the uvula moved a single inch. Constance was awake again and the scene inside of the Monster House made her let out an angry screech that reverberated across the house.
Wooden planks, pipes, and more descended upon the elongated tubelike body of Hooty stretched across the entirety of the house. The house demon was completely trapped in less than 30 seconds by the weight of everything descending down on him. It felt as if every single inch of the Monster House was trying to crush him into nothing. Not all of him was trapped though due to his lower body burrowed underground still being safe despite the suction pipes best efforts to uproot it.
The pain from the pipes with sharp teeth biting into his body made Hooty even more determined to get to the boiler and finish this fight once and for all. His head and body was mostly trapped but that did not stop him from vomiting up last week’s tasty garbage. All of the objects regurgitated up failed to reach the boiler due to a barrage of wooden planks transforming into a blockade and therefore keeping the heart of the house safe.
Hooty: You are straight up evil. Letting you roam this island is not something I can allow.
Hooty knew that the inhabitants of the Owl House often got annoyed with him. He did not get why but that does not matter. It’s because he also knows they trust him to protect them when it matters. The house demon had no intention of proving them wrong and proceeded to widen his mouth open enough to vomit up several things at the same time.
Hooty: As the guardian owl of Ga'Hoot and protector of the two silly children within my domain, I only have one last thing to tell you evildoer. SPECIAL DELIVERY!!!!!!!! PAIN!!!!!!!!!!
All of the remaining explosive potions came violently shooting out of Hooty’s mouth and impacted hard with the wooden plank barrier. The barrier was burned to cinder almost immediately and the boiler became buried under its burning remains and several potions yet to explode.
Constance’s screams of rage did nothing to stop what both opponents knew was about to happen next. The image of those 3 accursed brats stealing her husband away from her burned its mark in her mind and with a last mighty roar of rage; the entirety of the Monster House exploded into thousands of pieces. It was an explosion could be seen for miles in every direction.
KO!
Hidden not far away from the massive explosion was a relatively unharmed Owl House. Pieces of the destroyed Monster House rained down all around it and this time none of the pieces moved to try and reattach to the main body.
The Owl House door socket where’re its house demon usually resided was empty but not for long since Hooty came burrowing out of the ground and reattached himself a few moments later. The house demons body was full with bruises and burn marks but that did not prevent his goofy grin from making a reappearance now that the threat had been vanquished.
Hooty: Hooray! Finally I have a story that people will want to hear about. Eda will be so proud of me. First and most hootingly important however, its sleep-hooting time.
His nap time had been rudely interrupted so it was no more than fair for his friends to allow him a few hours of rest before bombarding them with his tale all night. Eda and the others had to find him first however.
Why was this important to the now snoring house demon? The simple reason was that it would be funny for him and good exercise for them.
- Hooty sleeps soundly within the slightly damaged Owl House and dreams of being hoisted into the air by Eda, Luz, and King.
- Constance’s freed spirit looks down sadly on the remains of the Monster House before vanishing into the afterlife.
Results[]
Boomstick: Not sure how I feel about the results of this bout to the death Wiz. I’m glad that the spirit got busted into the afterlife where she belongs but I am also groaning at the thought of the emoji owls ego growing bigger than it already is. It’s a bit surprising that he actually won since everything pointed to the vengeful ghost having the better house control.
Wiz: That is indeed true Boomstick. Anything Hooty can do with the Owl House, Constance can do as well and much much more. For example, Constance’s ability to make the Monster House mobile and go on a rampage is far more impressive than Hooty simply growing bird legs out of the Owl House. Controlling everything ranging from floorboards and pipes to the lights and entirety of the yard outside with such precision is something that the house demon has never demonstrated. That being said, Hooty still had all the tools available to bring the Monster House crumbling down.
Boomstick: I think I know what you are getting at Wiz and I wholeheartedly agree. In a battle between the Owl House and the Monster House, The Monster House will always come out on top. Hooty vs Constance however is a different beast entirely with a new result that overrides the battle of the houses in the annoying owl’s favor.
Wiz: This little statement makes sense once one realizes that Hooty’s greatest abilities has nothing to do with the Owl House itself. The house is a part of him and will make him feel all the damage done to it when connected but since Hooty can simply disconnect himself unlike Constance; it’s not a big issue if he loses the entire house. Being free or connected to Porta-Hooty is much more beneficial for the house demon when it comes to combat on a grand scale.
Boomstick: Slithering forwards like the bug with mountain explosion-proofed skin that he is makes it literally impossible for the house monster to seriously wound this talkative annoyance. Strength capable of tearing apart an excavator won’t cut it against the house demon. Catching him at all is even harder with him scaling to Lilith’s light trail speed. Hooty on the other hand can literally swallow and vomit everything thrown at him back at sender. Disgusting but also surprisingly effective against a possessed house that throws parts of itself at enemies.
Wiz: Neither this technique nor the house demon’s physical strength was enough however to completely destroy the Monster House in its entirety due to the house’s regenerative properties. Finding out that the boiler needs to be destroyed to kill Constance and getting to it inside the Monster House is what is required of an enemy combatant to win over this possessed house. Many don’t have the intelligence and techniques to do both but unfortunately for the ghost; Hooty is the worst opponent possible for it to face in a matchup like this.
Boomstick: Reason numero uno for this is basically the bird bug thing having the perfect arsenal to make the vengeful ghost and her house go kaboom. Those cookies of his literally creates a golden opportunity for Hoot here to burrow his way inside through the ground undetected when the Monster House goes night night for a while. Unleashing those explosive potions stored within him on any explosive laying around the house once inside is kind of an explosive game over chain reaction. These two things stored within his disgusting stomach makes it clear that the infuriating demon has what it takes to take out his opponent without much effort.
Wiz: Having the perfect knowledge to find this out in no time at all is the second reason for Hooty’s victory. Hailing from a world of magic makes the old demon much more used to fighting against supernatural forces. Him being a house demon seeing Constance’s control over her house would therefore make him believe her to be a house demon like himself. While this assumption is incorrect, it is also not a bad guess due to it probably leading to Hooty trying to find the specific part of the house Constance is connected to. The house demons on the Boiling Isles seemingly inhabits specific parts of their houses so Hooty deciding to find and destroy it would end this battle even if his hypothesis is a little faulty.
Boomstick: The ghost with rage issues does not have the same experience fighting magic herself due to hailing from a rather normal world. Even if she had somehow meet other supposed Monster Houses, her wooden brain is nowhere big enough to match Hooty’s eccentric and annoying but also clever way of thinking. Building a tunnel of love and setting up a demon health class proves the emoji owl’s superiority in the brains department. If it weren’t for the sheer irritation he brings wherever he goes, Hooty could be someone I would love to hang out with. Don’t you dare say I said this to the owls annoying face though Wiz.
Wiz: Your secret is safe with me Boomstick and I agree with you. Hooty’s lack of house manipulation in comparison to Constance is truly the only area where the house demon falls behind his opponent. The Monster House strength and seeming immortality only delayed the inevitable when faced with the Owl House demon’s durability, speed, and more “creative arsenal”.
Boomstick: Looks like being hootorcised with an explosive hoot sent Constance and her house of horrors to the Hootrageous depths of the nearest junkyard.
Wiz. The winner is Hooty and the Owl House.
