I apologise in advance for the shortness of this chapter, for both the research and the battle itself. I wasn't able to find much information on these characters aside from "they're really strong" and a couple other subtle things, so this is all I could get. But people seem to want to see these two fight, so I gave it my best shot. Hopefully you don't hate me for this.
With great power, comes great responsibility...or just really great battles!
Today, we've got Big Macintosh, the soft-spoken farmer...
...and Iron Will, the minotaur with a method!
I'm Yah-Shee and he's Arrell, and it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle.
Species: Earth pony
Special talent: Apple farming
Occupation: Farmer at Sweet Apple Acres
Applejack and Apple Bloom's older brother
Physically most powerful pony on the show
Can drag houses and buck crowds of ponies
Typically says very little
Big Macintosh, known to many simply as Big Mac, is an earth pony farmer and the older brother of both Applejack and Apple Bloom, both former DEATH BATTLE: Equestria challengers.
Like them, he's got the typical earth pony features: no wings or magic, but makes up for it with power!
So far, Big Mac is the most physically strong pony to appear on the show. He can drag an entire house and barely be slowed down, capable of pulling it halfway across Ponyville without being worn out.
Take that, Chuck Norris!
He is sturdy and enduring, not even flinching while accomplishing various difficult tasks, which many other ponies would consider impossible, including sending an entire crowd of ponies flying at least a mile away just by charging through them.
Big Mac doesn't use any weapons or armor; he just has his yoke, his strength, and his famous single-word phrases.
Yes, Big Mac may be strong, but he's very soft-spoken and shy. He doesn't speak much to anypony outside his family, and even then he keeps his sentences short. However, it is also implied that he is rather intelligent, handling most of the mental chores around Sweet Apple Acres since Granny Smith is too old, Apple Bloom is too young, and Applejack is...
"Don't use yer fancy mathematics ta muddle the issue!"
...like that.
Yes, like that.
"Eeeyup."
Species: Minotaur
Occupation: Self-help guru
Can bend fences and rip wooden boards
Often speaks in third-person
Threatening, intimidating, and rhyming
Surprisingly lightweight
Fourth wall awareness...?
Iron Will is a minotaur whose job is to travel across Equestria, giving assertiveness seminars that help ponies stand up for themselves.
In other words, he's a plot device for one episode.
...sure. While he seems to be successful, his lessons don't appear to have any major lasting effects, since the ponies that go to them always end up back to normal quickly, which makes one wonder just how good his seminars are.
Well, they made Fluttershy mean enough to terrorize half the citizens of Ponyville, so I'd say they work pretty well for however long they last!
Much like Big Macintosh, Iron Will's main attribute is his impossible strength. However, unlike the farm pony, the full extent of his power doesn't appear to ever be shown. He can easily toss regular ponies like dolls, bend stable fences, and completely rip apart wooden boards with one arm. However, whether or not this is the peak of his power is never explained, though we can likely assume it isn't.
While Big Mac is calm, cool, and controlled, Iron Will is big, bad, and bold! He's never afraid to get in your face, and he even goes so far as to hurt mares when they so much as stand in his way. He certainly obeys his own advice, that's for sure!
Despite his size and strength, Iron Will appears to be amazingly light, easily carried around by ordinary goats. He is also easily calmed down during his fits of rage and isn't that intelligent. However, he has made himself a popular part of the show, even though he appeared in only one episode.
"When somepony tries to block, show them that you rock!"
Alright, the combatants are set! Let's end this debate once and for all!
IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
Standing in the hedge maze where Iron Will held his Ponyville seminar a long time ago, the minotaur awaited his opponent. Finally, Big Macintosh entered the arena, his face calm and stoic, a stark contrast to Iron Will's aggressive look.
Iron Will roared, lowered his head, and charged at Big Mac. The earth pony simply stood and waited, watching the minotaur get closer by the second. At the last moment, he turned and bucked, knocking Iron Will back several feet and crashing through one of the walls of the hedge maze. Nodding to himself, Big Mac ran through the hole in the wall, looking for his opponent.
Dropping from above, Iron Will slammed his body onto Big Mac's back, but the farmer didn't even buckle under the weight. Instead, he just started bucking around, trying to throw the minotaur off, but his foe had a solid grip on his neck. Finally, Big Mac started running forward, charging into walls and trees in an attempt to get his opponent to let go. Eventually, he managed to knock Iron Will off, but not before taking a few hits from the blind dashing.
Before Iron Will could try anything else, Big Mac ran around the corner of the hedge maze, attempting to lose his foe in the corridors. The minotaur followed, only to eventually reach a split path with no clue as to which way Big Mac went. Confused for a moment, he finally chose the left path, only to find it led to a dead end.
Turning around, Iron Will was suddenly attacked by Big Mac, who had hid in the grass walls themselves rather than taking one of the paths. He started assaulting Iron Will quickly, but was finally thrown off. The minotaur roared in anger and ran at the farmer, who simply replied with a calm "Eeeyup" and charged as well. The two neared each other, about to collide...
...when suddenly Iron Will moved to the side and grabbed Big Mac's leg, twisted, and flipped the pony onto his back. Caught off guard, the red equine tried to get up, but Iron Will held him down and held up a fist. Before he could throw it, Big Mac pointed behind the minotaur. Perplexed, Iron Will turned to look, only to see nothing and receive a punch in the side of the head, knocking him off and away several feet.
When Iron Will stood up, he saw that his opponent had disappeared, but the nearby hedge wall had a large hole in it. Smirking, he walked over to it and charged through, swinging his fists wildly. After several seconds, he realized he wasn't hitting anything, and looked around. He was outside the hedge maze, and nopony was around. He began to realize he had been tricked and turned to go back inside, but before he could, Big Mac jumped from atop the maze and pinned him to the ground.
The two tussled for a while, never really gaining the upper hand, but remaining even for most of the battle. Several hours passed, and they eventually found themselves back in the middle of the hedge maze, covered in bruises and cuts. They were both tired, but neither would give up. They prepared for the final attack.
Charging each other for the umpteenth time in the match, they prepared to collide, running at top speed and hoping they would come out on top. Mere seconds felt like hours as they ran towards each other...
When they finally hit, a cloud of dust rose, hiding the scene. A resounding crack came from within, followed by the body of one of them flying out of the dust. They flew too fast to be identified, but with the distance they flew, it was impossible they'd survive when they landed.
The dust finally cleared, revealing a red earth pony, standing in the middle of the maze. He panted a bit, then finally managed a grin.
K.O.
"Eeeyup..."
...what?
Allow me to explain.
Please do. I had fifty bits on Iron Will!
Both characters had amazing strength, but it was almost undeniable with the proper research that Big Macintosh was tougher. In one episode, he was shown pulling a two-story house. This house was roughly 14 feet in length and width, 13 feet in height, with a base of about 196 feet squared. Since the average weight of a house of that material is 60 pounds per square foot and there are two floors, that means the house's floor, walls, and roof alone must have weighed well over sixty thousand pounds, not counting whatever may have been inside the house.
A pony that can drag sixty thousand pounds without any resistance?!
The two had their similarities, but also their differences. Iron Will was too aggressive and easily fooled, while Big Macintosh kept calm and was able to trick his foe on different occasions. Iron Will's strange lightweight body was also a contributing factor, as it allowed Big Macintosh to easily knock him away on different occasions, including in the final charge.
Well, that fight certainly didnt take longer than a minute...aur!
...what?
Minute aur? Minotaur?
Get out.
Aww...
The winner is Big Macintosh.
Next time on DEATH BATTLE: Equestria:
The first battle to include characters from non-MLP works - as well as the first team battle. Two duos, both masters of machines in different ways. Which team will come out on top, and will they even both be alive at the end?
Got a suggestion for a Death Battle? Post a comment below suggesting matchups, or send me a PM with suggestions in it!
You may suggest OC characters, provided they are from a story on this site that is at least somewhat well-known. You may also suggest characters from other universes (i.e. anything non-pony related), as long as their opponent is from MLP:FiM, either the show or a known fic.
Please do not suggest matchups that have already happened. You may suggest individual characters to appear in matches against a different opponent than one they have fought previously, but suggestions like those are less likely to be used (unless I REALLY like the idea).
i know for sure one team is the flimflam brothers. no idea on the second team though
I actually found this to be one of your better death battles, despite the lack of information on both fighters. You really go the extra mile while researching, like noticing Iron Will's light weight and calculating the weight and size of the house Big Mac was pulling. It both makes for interesting trivia about the characters and gives you more material to use while writing the actual battle. Yeah, like I said, this was one your better ones. Great job!
1035259 Thanks!
In all honesty, this battle took the longest to research, if you discount the insane amount of time it took to read Griffin the Griffon.
I'm under the impression Clockwork will be involved.
glad you didnt kill off apple family altogther
In the same episode Big Macintosh pulls a house, he gets overpowered by Sweetie Belle.
1036296 ...how?
1036305
Sweetie Belle pushes Big Macintosh and Cheerilee apart and then holds them like that as they try to get back together.
1036309 Strength doesn't mean weight. Plus, Big Mac was taken off guard. With the house, he didn't even notice it.
1035397
From Sly Cooper? Would love to see that.
Do I have to write my suggestions down again?
1036928 If you posted a suggestion earlier, you don't need to repeat it; whenever I need more suggestions I look through all the comments, from first page to last page. If you have new suggestions, however, please post them.
Flim & Flam are battling next? SWEET!
Idea borrowed from transblitz1:
Nyx (Past Sins) vs. Firewall (Through the Eyes of Another Pony)
1037659 Nyx is a Mary Sue. So she'd win pretty much instantly.
1037681
Yeah, that's what I figured.
That's partially the reason I barred OCs from my Death Battle parody fic.
Due to the fact that the next battle will invlove NON- MLP Characters in the Technological level, I belive the one of the Challengers will be Miles "Tails" Prower from Sonic The Hedgehog Videogame series, he have a wide range of combat moves, either close cuarters, and ranged weaponry like a laser gun and others of varying levels of firepower, but halso have combat vehicules like Extreme Gears, the Tornado Aircraft with its transforming hability, The X-Tornado(Sonic X), The Hiper Tornado(Sonic X), and even the Blue Typhoon Space Battleship, and let's not forget his flight hability he have with his twin tais, that have also give him a speed edge similar to Sonic but not too much
And Of course there would be Shadow The Hedgehog with his supersonic speed, fast reflexes and many other weaponry he seems to have the tendency to use, and if is not enought he can use his Chaos Powers that vary from just teleporting to sending Chaos Spears at the enemy
I belive that Flim and Flam are Screwed, no matter wich angle you may look at the situation
1037698 Not all OCs are Mary Sues. Alicorns are by default (Lauren Faust aside) and other ponies can be if written poorly, but a lot of OCs avoid that unwanted title.
1038249 Good guesses, but Tails and Shadow aren't really known for working together, so they aren't really a duo. Plus, it says the two teams are "masters of machines in different ways". Flim and Flam (yes, the battle involves them) are good at building machines...how else can one be a master at it? Hmm...
1040394 Exactly!
sheogorath (elderscrolls series) against discord
let the madness ensure 1040400
1041476 I'm ashamed to say I don't know Sheogorath. I haven't played any Elder Scrolls aside from roughly half an hour of Skyrim, so...yeah. Sorry.
Unless he's one of those characters you can get enough info on without playing the games?
1040394
1.peach and bomberman used those as moves/power ups not as outside help.
2.eggman and willy that was the point of the battle which one had the best robot army.
3.Fluttershy the speed I can agreed a little but my ass if she is as strong rainbow dash the one time she was strong is in episode "Dragon Quest"
4. there is no olimar deathbattle (I did make sher of that)
1047515 Peach's was a move/power-up, but not Bomberman with Rooey. If it was, he'd be able to use Rooey at any time if he had enough EXP or whatever. Which he can't, according to my Bomberman knowledge.
Fluttershy was also strong in "Best Night Ever" when she literally blasted through a stone castle wall. Besides, even if she was only shown being strong once, she'd still be strong.
And technically, Fluttershy's ability to get help from animals is a power, not outside help. Communicating with animals is her special talent. Therefore, getting help from animals is a part of her talent, which is a power.
I'd love to see Flitter and Cloudchaser vs. the Spa Twins.
1041489
Everything you need to know you can get from the wikia, it's pretty extensive on Lore figures.
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Sheogorath
It seems like a lopsided matchup to me, it'd be like if Discord was also Celestia...and they had more power combined than they had apart and no control over who was in control. And also Discord had no compunction against murder and madcap mayhem and was completely utterly insane asylum bonkers. It's simply NOT a fair fight. Bout the only even event I can see them partaking of is who can bake the better tasting cloud.
His most infamous quest chain involves tricking a khajiit city into believing the end of the world is coming. Instead of frogs raining from the sky like humans, one of their signs is for some reason a rain of flaming dogs. While you meander about town causing the rest of the signs to come true, he prepares for the coup de grace by gathering up all the dogs on the isles, lighting them on fire, and flinging them from the skies the way Zeus liberally abuses lightning. To say they collectively lose their shit is an understatement.
His 'fight' with Discord would either be: He's disgusted with Discord's incredibly nonlethal and childish pranks and ends him with a thought, then takes over, or he believes Discord may have some potential after all, puts on a good show, then loses intentionally so Discord might absorb both his power and his lunacy.
He might even lose intentionally just because he would think Discord's form looks more suiting to a god of madness, being a patchwork of various animals. He's bonkers enough to force himself into losing just for that sole reason alone.
Either way it goes, Celestia and Equestria are both kind of doomed!
1050278 I probably won't do this fight, especially considering I already have two fights planned involving Discord. I don't wanna spoil what they are though.
Find a way for Jeff the Killer...
How about Order from order and chaos vs Titan from the immortal game
Eh... not bad. At least you tried.
1105458 The next battle will be longer, and likely much better, since I'm able to get more info from the characters.
Okay, so this is probably a rather silly idea for a Death Battle. It just hit me a few minutes ago and I decided to suggest it now before I change my mind.
Discord vs The Genie from Disney's Aladdin.
Think about it. Both are spirits with the power to conjure up anything and everything they desire. Discord could change all of Equestria into a land of chaos while Genie could create an entire army of people to participate in Aladdin's parade. They're both shapeshifters, have unpredictable personalities and can pretty much warp reality as they see fit. I know that Genie cannot kill anyone with his powers (being one of his three rules) but that doesn't mean he can't possibly incapacitate Discord in other ways.
The MLP and Disney universe seem to go along with each other well, so I think this matchup is entirely possible. But I'll leave that up to your opinion.
(edit: Only now noticed your comment saying that you have two other Discord battles planned. Nevermind this suggestion in that case.)
Another suggestion for fight music. I can't get this out of my head and I would like to hear it in one of these.
http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-google&reload=3&rdm=m94ktx6iz&rdm=m8wlv72fd#/watch?v=4EAW1bRTKHc
How do you make the links to the music like that?
1177856 There's a button that allows you to post links; it brings up a window, where you paste the link, then click OK and then type in the words you want to have act as the link.
1177973 cool I didn't know that
1047515 well if there was and if Olimar didn't have his pikmin, he'll automatically lose. Fluttershy still could've held up on her own. I wondered if using them was cheating too but I find out it wasn't.
1047583 Good defending your information. I also was too. You think we could maybe work together...if that's ok with you.
1189733 That'd actually be a good idea. Message me and we'll talk about it.
1189755 OH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I'M JUST A HUGE FAN OF DEATH BATTLE BECAUSE I LIKE HOW EPIC THE BATTLES LOOK AND SHIT. I WOULD REALY LIKE WORKING WITH YOU. Message you where?
1192398 Send me a PM here on FIMFiction, and we'll figure out a way to work together on battles.
1192984What's a pm?
1199083 Private message. Here, I'll message you to show.
Update?
1256107 Soon.
I don't know about Iron being dim-witted, but with only one episodeā¦
Nopony bucks with Big Macintosh!
TAKE THAT CHUCK NORRIS!
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The best part!! And the awfull joke in second
I literally just one a bet right now cause of this battle.