Zitz VS Leonardo
The next day everyone met back up in the ballroom determine not to let last episode to ruin the fun that they were having and to not let it keep their moods down.
"All right girls! are you ready to give this show another chance?" asked Twilight as she got everything set up for another marathon of death battle.
"YEAH!" was the group agreement of her friends.
With no further delay and with the encouragement of her friends, Twilight quickly hit play and sat back with her friends to enjoy the show.
Interlude
(*Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston*)
Boomstick: Last time on Death Battle, the Ninja Turtles battled to find the deadliest of the team, and good old Leo used cunning strategy and swordplay to come out on top.
"But the cost was too great," muttered everyone.
Wiz: But the fight isn't over yet. Leonardo must face his most powerful imitator, Zitz, the leader of the mighty Battletoads.
"Now that's an odd name," commented Spike.
"Though not as crazy as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," countered Twilight. Getting a nod from her dragon assistant.
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.
Zitz
(*Cues: Battletoads & Double Dragon - Main Title*)
Wiz: Zitz was computer engineered as one of three ultimate amphibian warriors in a gladitorial video game reality show called Battletoads. This accidentally opened a dimensional gateway to another galaxy. Every time the game began, the galaxy became the battletoad arena for their superhero war against the Dark Queen and they...
"I'm getting confused," Pinkie said while holding her head in her hooves.
"Same here, sugarcube," Applejack said getting a bit of a headache from the explanation.
Boomstick: Whoa, whoa, whoa, what?
"Even I'm confused," Twilight said, not fully understanding what Wiz said.
Wiz: Three nerds made a video game, got sucked through it into another galaxy, and became toad superheroes.
"Ok that's easier to understand," Rarity said, now understanding the story.
Boomstick: Yeah, got it!
"Me too!" Agreed Pinkie Pie.
Wiz: Zitz was originally colored yellow, to differentiate him from Rash, but he is now officially a blue-green hue. He leads the Battletoad team with a laid back yet strategic attitude.
Background:
Real Name: Morgan Ziegier
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 196 lbs.
Leader & Strategist
Superhuman Strength
Was originally yellow, but is now blue-green
"Why change his colors?" Rainbow asked, not seeing anything wrong with being yellow.
"Who knows? I'm wondering how he can lead a team as a strategist with a lazy attitude," Spike wondered.
Boomstick: He chooses to go with my personal favorite battle strategy:
"Boomstick has a battle strategy?" questioned a surprised Twilight along with an equally stunned group.
(*Cues: Battletoads in Battlemaniacs - Ragnarok Canyon*)
Boomstick: beat the shit out of everything that moves! And as a Battletoad, Zitz can shape shift his body into various weaponry: Giant fists, heavy weights, ram horns, you name it.
"Of course," Twilight facepalmed as the rest of her friends laughed.
Wiz: Unlike his teammates, Zitz has used his inventive genius to mechanically advance his weaponry far beyond those of his fellow toads. By combining technology and brawn, Zitz has added blades, saws and drills to his arsenal.
Shape-Shifting:
Can transform body into weaponry
Giant fists, boots, horns, hammers, weights, etc.
Technologically Advanced
Added drills, blades, saws. spikes, & dozers
"Well at least he's smart enough to improve his arsenal," commented Rarity.
"And their transformation is better than that Shang guy's," Rainbow said as everyone agreed with that.
Boomstick: This guy could be the world's best handyman, if he always wasn't getting sucked into an alternate dimension every time someone turned on a video game.
"That must be really inconvenient," Fluttershy said.
Wiz: Despite almost having no actual combat training, Zitz has proved strong enough to power through some of the toughest games ever made. And yes, the games excruciating difficulty is canon as it was specifically programmed by the Battletoads themselves.
"Huh?" everyone said, wondering how that's possible.
Boomstick: Yeah, try and wrap your brain around that one.
"Trying to... not working out so well," muttered Pinkie Pie, getting a headache from thinking too much.
Zitz: I'm a big bad mother of all toads!
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The group had to say even though Zitz was pretty strange, he at least had a really good chance of winning.
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Leonardo
(*Cues: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) - Main Theme (Rock/Metal Cover)*)
Wiz: We briefly covered his abilities last episode, but there's plenty more to Leonardo. He's trained in Ninjitsu and Bushido all his life, shaping his body and mind to master close combat, swordsmanship, honor and the art of invisibility.
"At least they're not being lazy with this," Twilight said, glad they weren't going to repeat the same things from the last episode.
Boomstick: He's also the strategist of the turtle team, who are now all dead. Sooo... yeah.
Background
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Master of Ninjitsu, Bushido, & Swordsmanship
Leader and Strategist
Skilled in using Environment
Favorite Color: Blue. Duh.
"Don't remind us," muttered a sadden Rarity. Getting some nods of agreement from her friends.
Wiz: Leonardo is especially skilled in use of environment to outsmart and outmaneuver an opponent. He is also the only Ninja Turtle in any timeline who has studied under two masters, Splinter the rat, and the Ancient one.
"He's really is starting to sound like you Twilight," Spike realised.
Boomstick: Hey Wiz, look! It's an Asian Yoda! What? Leo wields two Ninjaken swords, which are best for swift deadly strikes and are designed with the idea that a good offense, is the best defense. They're usually mistaken as katana in the shows and comics, even though they are obviously straight, rather than curved.
Ninjaken
Also called Ninjato
Shorter and Straighter than Katanas
Designed for Quick, Deadly Strikes
2 Ft. Long Blade
A Hollywood Invention
Wiz: The Ninjaken is, in fact, an invention of Hollywood, as there is no historical evidence of the weapon's existence.
"That weird," Spike said. "Almost every weapon has some kind of history to it."
"Did you get that one from one of your comic's?" teased Rainbow Dash.
"No, we have a book or two on weapons and their uses in the library," Spike said, making Rainbow shut her mouth and lightly glare at the dragon.
Boomstick: Like the moon landing!
"They've landed on their moon!?" gasped out Twilight.
Wiz: Shut up! While he usually relies on his brothers' solid teamwork, he has proven to be a very effective warrior on his own too, defeating all sorts of enemies like ninja robots, giant monsters, war-torn aliens and even the Shredder.
"He truly is a great warrior," admitted Twilight as everyone agreed with her.
Leonardo: (swiping his sword at a foot ninja) Gotcha. (then kicks the foot ninja)
Wiz: Alright the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all.
Boomstick: But first, our shameless advertisement from our friends "go"
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As the ads started to play, everyone was quick to choose a team.
On team Zitz was Spike, Pinkie and Applejack.
And on leo's team was Twilight, Rainbow, and Rarity.
Fluttershy was going to be neutral on this one.
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Death Battle
Zitz jumps over a wire fence and walks forward as Leonardo jumps out of the sewer. Zitz turns to face his opponent.
"Go Leo!" cheered Rainbow Dash.
FIGHT!
Zitz uses his ram horns to knock Leonardo into the fence and, as Leo bounces off, Zitz kicks him with an iron boot and then punches him away with a giant fist. Leo recovers just in time to avoid Zitz' drill attack and kicks him twice, only to get countered by a giant fist and a spiked wall. After pummeling Leo some more, Zitz throws him towards the wire fence,
"Man Zitz isn't letting up!" gasped Applejack.
(*Cues: I Beam Fight - TMNT*)
only for Leo to flip onto his feet and defend himself from Zitz' giant fist. Leo hits Zitz twice and stabs him once, but Zitz turns into a weight to defend himself from Leo's swords. Eventually, Leo jumps into the sewer as Zitz returns to his normal form and jumps into the sewer.
"He's now in Leo's home turf," said Rainbow Dash. seeing that her fighter now had the home field advantage.
(*Cues: Battletoads & Double Dragon - Next Level (Remix)*)
As Zitz scouts around for Leo, the turtle jumps out of a hole in the wall, stabs Zitz with his sword and jumps away. Leo tries this again, but Zitz grows a chainsaw tail, which Leo dodges. Zitz gives chase and finds that Leo has disappeared. Leo jumps out of the wall and hurts Zitz. Enraged, Zitz attacks the wall that Leo jumps back into through the hole. This distraction allows Leo to swim through the water and then slice Zitz in half.
"Ouch!" hissed out Rarity as she could almost feel that last one.
K.O.!
Results
(*Cues: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) - Season 8-10 Closing Credits Theme*)
Boomstick: Damn.
"Ya got that right, partner," Applejack muttered to herself.
Wiz: Zitz was more than a match for Leonardo in a simple brawl, using his brutal arsenal to overpower him; But when it came to using the environment, Zitz couldn't handle Leonardo's ninja skills and his lack of training left him frustrated and unsure of what to do.
"This is why ninjas are awesome. I hope we'll get an episode on ninjas," Rainbow yelled while pumping her hooves up in the air.
"That would be super awesome. Maybe they could have magic and animal helpers," Pinkie said, bouncing around as if the floor was a trampoline.
Boomstick: While Zitz is a strategist, he always relies on his brute force and once Leo went in stealth mode and turned the tides, Zitz decided to just bring the whole sewer down. Hey, c'mon, Leo fights all kinds of mutants and monsters at least once a week.
"Really? I wonder what else Leo fights," Spike said, trying to picture the blue masked turtle fight all sorts of monsters.
Wiz: Of all the toads, Zitz certainly stood the best chance with his technologically advanced weaponry, but while the Battletoads are known for accomplishing impossible odds, so are the Ninja Turtles. Leonardo made quick work of Zitz as soon as he had the chance.
"Strategy and cunning wins over a short temper and brute force," commented Twilight.
Boomstick: In the end, Zitz just needed to pull himself together.
"Tee hee!" giggled Pinkie Pinkie Pie
Wiz: The Winner is Leonardo.
Boomstick: Again.
END.
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Boomstick: Next time on Death Battle!
The girls see a cartoonish looking Green dinosaur standing next to a giant green Pipe.
"Awww~ how cute!" coed Fluttershy.
But suddenly a vicious Raptor jumps out of the Pipe and roars at the poor creature, who could only whimper and curl up in fear.
"Oh my gosh!!" screamed Pinkie Pie, as she grabbed the controller from Twilight's magical grip.
"Hey!" protested said mare in anger.
"No time! NEXT EPISODE NOW!" yelled the party mare as she hit play.
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CHAPTER END! NEXT TIME, YOSHI VS. RIPTORE!