Starfire vs Penny Polendina is a What-If? Death Battle by DBDoctor13. It sees Starfire from DC Comics fighting against Penny Polendina in a clash between two females who are not human, but try their best to integrate themselves to be a part of the human race.
Description: Teen Titans vs RWBY! These two females aren’t human, but try their best with… varying results. But who would win in a fight to the death? Will Starfire turn Penny into quarters? Or will Atlas’ prized android overcome the Tamaranean Princess?
INTRO[]
(Music: Wiz & Boomstick- Brandon Yates)
(KRYTEN: Is this the human value, you call… ‘friendship?’ DAVE LISTER: Don’t give me this Star Trek crap. It’s too early in the morning.)
Wiz: Humanity. For some not physically born on our planet, it can be a lifelong dream to discovering what makes the majority of the population who they are.
Boomstick: But enough of that weak shit! Let’s watch these two powerful non-humans slug it out!
Wiz: Starfire; Princess of Tamaran and co-founder of The New Teen Titans.
Boomstick: And Penny Poledinia; Atlas’ most human Android and greatest ally to Team RWBY! He’s Wiz, and I’m Boomstick!
Wiz: And it’s our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skill to find out who would win a Death Battle!
STARFIRE[]
(Heroic Adventures- Paul Mottram)
Wiz: The Teen Titans are an extraordinary group of young heroes with various members that started young and matured over the years. From a young orphan taken in by the world’s greatest detective to a fan of the fastest man alive who became his equal. But one member started off with everything handed to them on a silver plate before becoming more human herself. This was Princess Koriand’r, better known to the world as Starfire.
Boomstick: Lucky bitch. Anyways, Kori began her life as a princess on the planet of Tamaran. She lived a pretty good life, and to be fair, that was because everybody who lived there was more open and honest about sharing their emotions. Man, that’d be a nice place to live. Except, she had an older sister who was unable to absorb solar energy like most of the Tamaranean people. So when the two were sent to face a trial together, Kori’s older sister tried to murder her.
(Remote Expanse- Andrew Prahlow)
Wiz: Fortunately for the future superhero, Komand’r was caught and exiled. However, this only intensified the older sister’s rage as she sold vital information about Tamaran’s defense system to its enemies. They swiftly overtook Tamaran and captured their people.
Boomstick: And just to rub more salt on the wounds, Kori and Koma were then enslaved by ANOTHER group of hostile aliens who preformed genetic experiments on them. But because they were dumbasses, these aliens gave Kori some awesome new powers which she used to escape.
Wiz: Thanks to these experiments and her alien powers, Starfire is no pushover. She’s extremely fast, strong, and able to take a beating. She’s kept up with Wonder Woman who could effortlessly block objects traveling at light-speed from across the world before they could hit their targets. She’s also put down a T-Rex with ease, and is tough enough to survive in the vacuum of space!
Boomstick: But Starfire’s best technique are her starbolts. By utilizing the solar energy her body absorbs, Starfire can toss these deadly beams of energy which are able to blast through cars, or powerful to create the equivalent of a supernova if she desires!
Wiz: She can also use the starbolts from her eyes or make herself fly. But thanks to her Tamaranean heritage, she also possesses a berserker state which grants her even more strength, invulnerability, and immunity to most kinds of damage. The angrier she gets, the stronger she gets.
Boomstick: Much like my ex-wife!
Wiz: She’s also shown incredible reaction feats like when she shrugged off Jessie Quick after she’d tackled her. For reference, Jessie is one of many DC Characters who has a connection to the Speed Force. The multiversal energy source that speedsters like Barry Allen and Wally West draw their power from!
Boomstick: Hell, she’s considered Faster Than Light when in SPACE!
Wiz: She’s also shown incredible durability such as tanking hits from the demonic Sabacc and Grace Choi who is an amazon like Starfire’s teammate Donna Troy! She’s even survived hits from Superman himself!
Boomstick: But her favorite tool are those nifty starbolts which she’s used to take down people like Superboy or Donna Troy! But Kori doesn’t rely entirely on Starbolts. See, despite her enslavement, Starfire learned hand-to-hand combat training. Which is kinda weird because it’s almost as though her captors were betting on her escaping…
Wiz: Starfire’s hand-to-hand combat was so impressive that the Queen of the Amazons called Kori nearly as skilled as Wonder Woman who’s had 2,000 years of combat experience! In addition, Starfire is quite adept at sword fighting. She was so well-trained that one time, she sliced off her opponent’s hand before he even realized it had happened.
Boomstick: Well, it’s no surprise that Starfire became such a freaking shining symbol of the Titans. She helped found the New Teen Titans, defeated Brainiac, and even joined teams like the Justice League!
Wiz: But Kori is not perfect. Far from it, in fact. If she absorbs too much energy that is unknown to her, she often gets knocked into unconsciousness. However, once she wakes up, she will be able to adapt to it without any problems.
Boomstick: Also, her powers are affected by her feelings. If she gets too depressed or confused, these abilities will be greatly diminished. That and she’s sometimes a little too naïve.
Wiz: But Starfire has proven herself to be one of Earth’s greatest defenders. She even won the heart of Titans leader Dick Grayson and nearly married him.
Boomstick (Chuckling): She likes Dick.
(STARFIRE: I am sorry to disappoint you, but I am stronger than I look. [Starfire’s eyes glow green. She kicks Cinderblock in the face with her foot.])
PENNY POLENDINA[]
Wiz: In the world of Remnant, the City of Atlas is always looking to make the next best defense to protect the world from Grimm.
Boomstick: Unless their General is an idiot who would rather try to make more enemies on multiple fronts rather than try to take on the head problem himself. Fun fact, in another life, General Ironwood’s name is Vegeta.
Wiz: The Planet, the Prince, or the King?
Boomstick: Yes.
Wiz smacks Boomstick across the face much to his surprise.
Wiz: In order to create what would hopefully become the next step in artificial intelligence, Pietro Polendina created an android that became his ‘daughter.’ This was Penny Polendina.
([Wiess is seen chasing Sun before knocking into a girl as the two fall to the ground.] YANG: …Uhh… Wiess? [Wiess looks down at the girl who smiles kindly.] PENNY: Salutations!)
Boomstick: Aww… what an adorable little android girl she must be…
(Penny is seen with her swords floating from out of her back.)
Boomstick spits his beer out mid-sip, spraying Wiz in the face.
Boomstick: HOLY SHIT!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH ANIME TAKING THINGS SO CUTE AND MAKING THEM COMPLETELY BADASS?!?
Wiz: These blades are called Floating Array which Penny can control on her own.
Boomstick: Through telekinesis?!
Wiz: Actually, just very thin cables. Though they do give people that impression.
Boomstick: Aw. Well, at least she’s fast enough to block gunfire with them! Man, how does she do that without getting them tangled up?
Wiz: Probably its since as an android, she can process things faster and with more accuracy than humans. Even more impressive would be the fact that she kept up with Pyrrha Nikos in combat. Pyrrha was shown to be faster than Melanie Malachite who cut down Yang’s Ember Celica blasts, putting Pyrrha at a speed of 28,903 Miles Per-Hour!
Boomstick: And our Gal Penny was shown to be faster than Pyrrha to the point where she easily disarmed her during the Vytal Tournament. She was able to pull down a helicopter with little effort, stopped a truck with her bare hands, and once lifted the entire Atlas Communication Tower! Based on our calculations, this would require a force of over 10,000 Pounds to keep that thing flying.
Wiz: Perhaps most amazing was the fact that over time, Penny began to exhibit genuine emotions and feelings. Not to mention having a desire to be human.
Boomstick: I’m about to feel real good, but I just know something bad is going to happen!
Wiz: Hey, good using your brain there, Boomstick!
Boomstick: Thanks, Wiz, I… HEY WHAT THE FU-?!
Wiz: Penny showed great feats assisting Team RWBY through their first two years at Beacon. But during the Vytal Tournament, Penny was accidently cut down by fellow Beacon student Pyrrha Nikos.
Boomstick: Fortunately, Penny’s Pop Pietro managed to recover her memory and create a whole new body for her. And man did he make some impressive improvements to her. The new Penny comes equipped with Night Vision and Infrared Vision which helps her see through illusions. She also has rocket boots cute enough to make even Astro Boy blush. Hey, if they got together, could we call that ‘Hard driv-’
Wiz: Penny also has been shown to fire lasers from Floating Array capable of tearing through Bullheads, and disintegrating Grimm.
Boomstick: But all that would pale in comparison to when Penny received the most powerful of upgrades. Not from boring old science, but from magic itself. The Winter Maiden Powers.
Wiz: Initially, these powers were meant for Winter Schnee but due to complications, the dying Winter Maiden passed them off to Penny. The exact extent of her powers after receiving them is unknown, but she did display abilities such as being able to knock the Ace-Ops off their feet with a powerful gust of wind. The average person can be swept off their feet by winds about 40-45 miles-per-hour. In order to do this to the Ace-Ops, Penny would theoretically be able to create winds up to 160-180 Miles-Per-Hour within seconds!
Boomstick: Damn! How about being able to create green lightning bolts that are just as deadly?! Or creating hail from the sky?! Though fortunately, it isn’t shown to be as deadly as her other abilities.
Wiz: Which were later explored when she managed to generate giant chunks of ice and blast them at opponents. Or instantly create ice sculptures of her swords. Penny has also demonstrated the ability to create magical constructs of Floating Array. She could even absorb lightning and use it to empower her blasts, or use the Maiden Powers to boost her own strength and speed further such as when she held up Amity Colosseum.
Boomstick: For a cute little robot girl, she is such a badass. This is also helped by her ability to use aura which every living being on Remnant possesses. Despite being a mechanical being, Penny demonstrated having aura as well which helps keep her body protected from attacks.
Wiz: Unfortunately, Aura is finite and relying upon it too much as a defense or offense will leave Penny open to lethal attacks. Fortunately, as we’ve established, Penny is no pushover.
Boomstick: She made it to the singles round in the 40th Vytal Festival, lifted boulders and sliced through them using her swords, and even resisted a virus meant to shut her down with the aid of her friends.
Wiz: Unfortunately, Penny is hackable and has been manipulated by the devious Doctor Watts into nearly opening the Vault to the Artifact of Creation before self-destructing. But with the help of her friends, Penny managed to survive and have her soul and powers transferred into a human body. But even then, Penny fell to the power of Cinder Fall. Dying, she managed to transfer the Maiden Powers to a new champion before leaving as the thing she always longed to be; human.
(PENNY: I’m combat ready!)
DEATH BATTLE[]
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. Let’s end this debate once and for all.
Boomstick: It’s time for a DEATH BATTTTLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
PRE-FIGHT[]
Starfire is seen sunbathing on the roof of Titans Tower. She is also wearing oversized sunglasses and drinking from a bottle of mustard while using a straw. Starfire hears something and lowers her shades looking up in the air at a slender figure. The newcomer lands revealing themselves to be Penny. Starfire’s eyes widen as Penny nods happily.
PENNY: Salutations, fire-headed girl!
Starfire quickly stands up and begins awing and doing over-the-top squealing expressions at the sight of Penny. The mechanical girl with a soul looks confused.
PENNY: Apologies. Are you all right? I can sense that your heart-rate and breathing is normal, and yet you do not appear to be suffering a stroke.
STARFIRE (Cooing): Oh my goodness, you are so cute! That adorable face! Those wide eyes! That pretty outfit! I have been hoping for a worthy opponent, and I believe you are destined to challenge me…
Starfire gets up and throws away her shades and mustard bottle.
STARFIRE: To play the Game of Cake called Patty.
PENNY: Forgive me newcomer, but do you mean the game referred to as ‘Patty-Cake?’
STARFIRE: I do. Will you be my opponent, new friend?
Penny’s eyes widen as she hears the word ‘friend.’ She zips over in front of the Tamaranean Princess with a big smile upon her face.
PENNY: I shall indeed, new friend.
STARFIRE (Grinning): Splendid! Let us begin!
The two soar up into the sky as they began slapping their bodies and each other’s hands. It starts slow, but then quickly gets faster and faster to the point where the two are leaving after-images behind due to their speed. Their strikes also get more and more powerful as each clap against each palm begins to set off a sonic boom.
STARFIRE: Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man. Bake me a cake as fast as you can!
PENNY: Pat it and prick it and mark it with B, and bake it in the oven for baby and me!
Finally, the two throw their fists back and collide with each other, knocking each other towards the ground until the pair stop themselves in mid-air before hitting the water.
STARFIRE: Splendid, new friend! You are an exceptional combatant! Let us test each other’s might as one of Beast Boy’s Games would often say.
PENNY: Very well. Show me your full potential, orange-skinned girl.
FIGHT![]
The two girls fly towards each other. Starfire’s fist begins to glow bright green with starbolt energy before she fires a large blast. Penny counters with Floating Array and blocks the attack. Starfire begins firing rapid starbolts at Penny who uses Floating Array to blast the smaller starbolts. Unfortunately, this leaves Penny wide open as the Princess manages to zip next to her and punch her hard in the cheek.
Penny struggles and delivers an almighty headbutt to Starfire’s face sending the Teen Titan member flying with a high-pitched scream into the water. Penny gasps cupping her hands over her mouth.
PENNY: Oh dear! Are you all right, new friend?!
Suddenly, the water begins to glow green as a giant wave of starbolt energy comes flying at Penny who flies up higher, narrowly avoiding being struck at the last second. Starfire bursts out of the water looking ready for the second round of this battle.
STARFIRE: Never better, oddly-erratic girl.
Starfire unleashes over a thousand single starbolts at Penny who manages to weave through most of them whilst using Floating Array to knock back some of the ones she is unable to dodge. Unfortunately, one hits her square in the chest and then another before the Tamaranean Princess zooms in and strikes her hard in the chest. Penny goes flying as Starfire grabs her leg and spins her around. The android is tossed into a nearby building before Starfire punches Penny with a hard uppercut bringing them to the top of the building. Starfire lands looking for Penny. She gasps when Penny’s body hits the floor but is quick to notice that there is no head. Suddenly, Penny’s head lands in Starfire’s arms as she screams loudly. Penny’s eyes open and she notices what happened.
PENNY: Oh, dear. I’m afraid you hit me too hard.
STARFIRE: You- you are a human machine hybrid like Cyborg?
Penny’s head looks glum.
PENNY: I’m… I’m not human. I was only designed to look that way.
Starfire looks a bit saddened, but comes up with an idea and hugs Penny’s head warmly.
STARFIRE: New robotic friend; it does not matter how you appear. So long as you act like a human, you are one! Where I come from, we embrace all those who value life. Even if we do not look the same.
Penny’s head smiles.
PENNY: Thank you, new friend. Shall we continue the fight?
STARFIRE: If that is what you wish.
PENNY (Smiling): Verry well, I’m combat ready!
Suddenly, Penny’s body is revealed to be behind Starfire as it kicks her hard in the butt. Starfire releases Penny’s head as it falls into her body’s arms and the android reattaches her head. Starfire manages to get her flight back in order as she notices Penny flying towards her.
STARFIRE: Keep your hands off my grebnaks!
Starfire’s fists light up as she and Penny exchange blows, each one being deflected by the opponent until Starfire gets a lucky hit off sending Penny to the ground. However, Kori is quick to notice a nearby sword. Penny pushes herself up from the ground to see Starfire speeding down with her own sword.
STARFIRE: In the words of one of my teammate’s favorite shows; “COWABUNGA!”
Penny blocks with Floating Array and begins attacking Starfire with multiple swords at once. However, the Titans Member is too fast and manages to deflect all of them. With only one left, Penny tries going on the defense looking for an opening in Starfire’s attack pattern. Sadly for Atlas’ Android, Starfire manages to get a good swing which not only knocks away the last of Floating Array, but also takes out Penny’s hand in the process.
STARFIRE: You truly fought well, friend. But it is time to end this glibdarnk!
Starfire raises her sword as Penny closes her eyes.
PENNY (Softly): Not… Yet…
Penny’s eyes open with green flames starting to dance around her eyes. An eruption of ice blasts Starfire away. Penny stands up with her remaining good hand, using it to blast Starfire back. Starfire begins to find herself encased in ice. Penny looks down at Starfire with pity.
PENNY: Please. Do not resist. This will be over soon and I’d hate to see you struggle fruitlessly under the full power of the Winter Maiden.
The frozen tomb envelops more and more of her body when Starfire’s eyes suddenly become angry.
STARFIRE: If… you... want my full power…
A gigantic laser of starbolt energy shatters the ice prison as Starfire looks at Penny completely berserk.
STARFIRE: THEN YOU WILL HAVE IT!!!
Penny tries blasting starfire again with the Maiden Powers only for Kori to shoot starbolt eye lasers directly through the Maiden Energy Blast. She grabs Penny by the neck and flies her into space only for Penny to finally kick her away. Starfire raises her arms as her body begins to expel a gigantic starbolt blast. Penny fires one last attack using all the energy of the Winter Maiden as Starfire fires her own attack as the screen goes white.
PENNY (V.O.): I see… I finally found a worthy foe… and another good friend. Then I shall bestow one last gift to you. Salutations…
The light fades as we see Starfire alone and looking confused.
STARFIRE: Hello? Strange new friend?
There is no response as Starfire shrugs.
STARFIRE: I guess she went home. Sad. But oh, well. At least we had fun.
Suddenly, Starfire’s nose twitches as she feels a sneeze coming on.
STARFIRE: Ah-ah---ACHOO!
As she sneezes, Starfire expels a blast of Winter Maiden energy from her nose as it hits the ground creating a giant iceberg in the middle of the street as a civilian’s car accidently crashes into it.
CIVILIAN IN CAR: MY LEG!!!
Starfire’s eyes widen as she realizes what she just did.
STARFIRE: Oopsie! Uh, I must go back to Titans Tower and… blesh my rogdunas!
Starfire zips off as Penny’s bow falls to the ground; the last thing remaining of her.
KO![]
Announcer: K.O.!
RESULTS[]
Boomstick (Sniffing): Rest in Peace, Penny. It was hard to see you die a third time.
Wiz: Wow. I actually am surprised that you’re taking this emotionally hard.
Boomstick: They were both adorable cute little anime girls, Wiz. Why did one have to die?
Wiz: Well, to answer that; both Penny and Starfire showed an incredible array of skills. They were both fast, strong, and the Winter Maiden Powers seemed on-par with Starfire’s starbolts. Except things change when we begin to look at the finer details.
Boomstick: Penny lifting the Amity Arena was an incredible feat, but that was nothing compared to matching strength with Wonder Woman who we know can drag the entire freaking Earth around! Let’s be honest, dragging a planet is a lot more difficult than keeping the Amity Arena floating.
Wiz: Kori was also a lot faster having easily reached Faster than Light Speeds while in Space. Due to Penny’s Android body, she could not reach space without her functions shutting down entirely.
Boomstick: To be fair, the Maiden Powers could theoretically beat Starfire, but Star has shown to adapt easily especially when fighting new foes. Sure, it took her a little bit to get used to, but once she went all-out angry mode, it was pretty much game over. Besides that, while Penny was basically implanted with fighting skills in her memory core, Starfire’s been living even crazier battles and learning from that, so she really had a lot more to draw from when in battle.
Wiz: Penny Polendina was a brilliant fighter and a compassionate character, but she didn’t stand a chance against Starfire’s greater speed, strength, and versatility.
Boomstick: This battle was just a bad penny for this Atlas Android. But at least she aimed for the stars!
Wiz: The Winner is Starfire!
TRIVIA[]
The connection between Starfire and Penny is that they are both teenage girls who wish to be human despite their conditions (Starfire being an alien and Penny being an android). Both are also terrible with human interaction and both are very compassionate characters who try to be friends with everyone.
This fight was originally meant to premiere alongside the RWBY Volume 8 Finale as DBDoctor13 wanted to wait to see what other Maiden Powers would possibly be featured, but decided to hold back due to the death of Penny and felt that seeing Penny die so soon after Volume 8 would not be in good taste.
The British Sci-Fi/Comedy Show Red Dwarf is referenced at the beginning of the fight using a clip of the Mechonoid Kryten to demonstrate the attempt to connect to humanity despite not being human that both Starfire and Penny have.
The SpongeBob meme of ‘MY LEG!’ is referenced in this fight.
Also referenced in this fight is Starfire drinking from a mustard bottle which is a callback to the 2003 Teen Titans Animated series where she would do the same thing. Another reference is Starfire using the term grebnaks which is something she said in the episode Fear Itself.
Penny loosing her head is a reference to the first episode of Season 2 in RWBY Chibi where something similar happened during a game of dodgeball.