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Four Lightning Round
Here the fights are conducted without waiting for analysis.
Eight fighters!
All action!
No research!
Lightning Round!
Start the clock and... go!
(A nightmare vs. Elm Street)
---The Tantabus vs. Freddy Krueger---
A light cloud cover hides the stars of a night sky. A warm wind blows some leaves away from a tree. They pass by a street sign. It reads, "ELM ST." The camera focuses on a single household. Transitions take the visual through the window, up the stairs, into a bed room, and a little boy's forehead.
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Within the child's dreams, the picture seems about as normal as can be. The boy swims through an ocean of toys. He takes a tumble through some birds of the angry variety. He then grabs some oven mitts and starts boxing with a clown.
Suddenly, the opposing clown grows a set of claws on one glove. His face almost looks melted and burned. His goofy wig reforms into a tattered hat.
"Hello, Tiny Tim," he chuckles.
A puff of blue smoke taps the creature on the shoulder. He turns to look. As he does so, Tim backs up into one corner of 'The Ring'. The blue smoke puff flows like a river and taps one of the ropes. The Ring turns into a snake pit. Tim's breathing gets very shallow. Meanwhile, the clawed entity grunts, not amused.
Nobody blink!
Strike!
Freddy Krueger jumps over to the shadowy entity. He swings his clawed glove back and forth. The Tantabus looks like it splits up into shreds... for about two seconds. It reforges itself into a single cloud and flows upward. It transforms into a rain cloud and throws down a lightning strike.
As Tim starts sinking into the snakes, Krueger gets electrocuted. He takes a few steps forward and seems to be growing in size. He takes a big breath, then blows the rain cloud away. The Tantabus reforges itself into a zeppelin with a giant turbo pack. It rushes forth like a jet and does an aileron roll so fast that it drills through Krueger's stomach region and out his back.
Krueger shrinks back to about human size to recuperate his body's mass. He grabs a dream blunderbuss and blasts the Tantabus jet out of the dream sky. By this point, Tim is almost completely buried in the snakes. Krueger makes a quick grab for the kid's skull. He then proceeds to stab the boy through the heart.
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The image changes to some little girl having a tea party. Her guest of honor is the Princess of Elmington. The little girl's invisible tea and toast are a hit with all of the fine company. However, the Tantabus reaches down a few tendrils onto each of the plastic dishes. The dishes transform into troll doll zombies that jump up and down before chasing the girl away from the tea party.
Krueger climbs into the dream from beneath and flips the table. The table flies right into the Tantabus and explodes into shards of glass. That glass becomes a dusty mist before peppering the blue smoke with tiny holes. Krueger then takes a few more swings with his clawed glove. There is an unholy scream emitting from the Tantabus as it gets shredded.
The melted man pulls up a man-sized furnace door. The contraption opens, surrounds the remains of the Tantabus, and sets itself on fire. Freddy waves 'bye-bye' with his clawed glove before slamming the door shut. He then proceeds to turn around and makes a quick grab at the scared little girl.
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In a slightly different bed, the girl opens her eyes and mouth wide. A set of claws emerges from her belly, releasing an insane and happy Freddy Krueger. He laughs the night away.
Fatality!
This Lightning Round's winner is... Freddy Krueger!
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(Twilight's Kingdom vs. Dragon Age: Inquisition)
---Tirek vs. Corypheus---
Various slithering monsters and green ghosts wander about the lands. More ghosts rain from a giant breach in the sky. Somewhere on the ground, an entity covered in red spikes and lyrium mutations is lifting a small green orb. That orb is channeling eerie magic to the sky's hole.
The camera pans over to a separate patch of land. Everything shakes as a large centaur tramples the land. He actually steps on a few of the smaller demons before looking at the puny opponent.
It's do or die!
Engage!
Corypheus fires a few red and green spell blasts from the things that currently occupy where his hands should be. Tirek holds up an arm and flexes. The magical blasts just bounce off the muscle. Tirek channels an orange blast between his horns and releases it. The arch-mage grunts and floats his entire body out of the way. The blast singes only the platform on the ground.
After taking to the sky, Corypheus points his free hand. One dark gray monstrosity and one sickly blue abomination rise out of the Fade. Both of them run up and grab two of the centaur's legs apiece. Roaring, Tirek twists his upper torso. He delivers a punch to the dark gray monstrosity, punching its head clean off. Toward the remaining abomination, he focuses a levitation force and flings it toward the distant mountains.
Tirek proceeds to slam both of his fists into the ground. The shock wave creates a rippling of rocks from the ground. Corypheus hollers to the sky. A jagged dragon screeches and blasts some red breath magic at the incoming rock wave. The attacks collide, turning into a mess of pebbles. The arch-demon follow up by flapping its wings and biting right into the centaur's neck.
With a pained yell, Tirek reaches up and grabs one wing in each of his giant hands. After much force and hollering, he yanks off the wings to either side. He then proceeds to kick and stomp on the dragon with his hooves. He hops over to Corypheus and slams his palms against the arch-mage. The centaur then clenches a fist and spins around.
Tirek hurls his opponent into the sky. Corypheus finds himself colliding with the Breach at an extremely high velocity. The resulting collision creates a large force of magic. It overwhelms the orb in his hand and crumbles it. With a bit of screaming, the arch-mage's body follows suit.
Pulverized!
This round's victory goes to... Tirek!
(The Crystal King vs. Sonic Next-Gen)
---Sombra vs. Mephiles the Dark---
An exiled king wanders the land as a living smoke cloud. Muttering under his breath, he munches on the useless pages he won from that Slender monster in the forest. Surprisingly, they taste better than any of the dry grass he passes over.
Something twinkles near an old structure of rocks. He flows closer to the marble pillars. He shifts into his unicorn form with a steel-hot horn. The object that catches his attention is sitting at the base of the pillar. It looks like a small scepter of sorts. But what he is really interested in is the top piece.
"Cryyystal." He licks his chops and reaches down with his fanged muzzle.
A crack forms in the scepter's base. The jagged line reaches further and further. Finally, the whole object shatters. It releases a mix of dark clouds and fluids. The dark states of matter start swirling together. Within a few seconds, an anthro hedgehog with iced quills and glowing red eyes stands where the scepter used to be.
The unicorn growls. The hedgehog chuckles at the naivety of his new target.
Feast your eyes on this!
Fight!
Sombra growls and charges some sickly magic. This magic is composed of what looks like green, black, and purple splotches. He fires it forth at the other living shadow. Mephiles flinches as the magic passes through him. Behind him, the pillar transforms into a dark crystalline tower. However, The Dark rights his head without any worse for wear.
"How cute," Mephiles says, despite not having a mouth. "That tickled."
The king snarls and focuses his magic elsewhere. Some sharp, black rocks shoot out of the ground and impale the 'hedgehog' in multiple places. However, Mephiles' limbs just detach themselves while the rest of his body turns into a dark purple cloud and flows into a single point in front of the rocky protrusions.
As Mephiles pulls himself together, he holds out a clawed hand out in front of him. A violet mist grabs hold of Sombra and lifts him up. Mephiles swings his arm around. The mist follows the same trajectory and tosses Sombra. The unicorn crashes headfirst through the crystal pillar, causing the construction to break into rubble.
Mephiles chuckles. "If I am a flower, then you are a mere seed."
A big, black smoke cloud rises out of the ruins. Along one plume, a pair of greenish, red eyes carry a curved horn of red. Sombra growls and surrounds the whole immediate area with himself. A quick sweep through reveals that some rocky protrusions have been strewn all over Mephiles' body. However, the hedgehog-esque darkness quickly remedies that with a small burst of Chaos energy all around him. The rocks turn to dust and blow away.
"I grow bored of this jester's entertainment," says The Dark, floating a green Chaos Emerald above his claw.
Sombra the smoke cloud locks his eyes on the Emerald. He seems... caught in a trance. The plume with his face actually salivates at the sight of the shiny rock. He starts concentrating his density closer to it.
Mephiles makes a sweeping motion with his other clawed limb. A lot of the smoke clears away, leaving the dark unicorn to ride a crystal hill on his quest for a crystal snack.
"Die."
An surging, black light stream flies out of Mephiles' claw. It leaves a giant hole in Sombra's chest. At a loss for words, probably because his lungs and voice box are out of commission, Sombra topples over into the dirt.
"What difference is there between a horse and a dog?" asks The Dark rhetorically. "I can slay them both."
Overkill!
This round's winner is... Mephiles.
(Mare in the Moon vs. Xiaolin Showdown)
---Nightmare Moon vs. Chase Young---
"The Alicorn Amulet is said to amplify the wearer's powers immensely. It can even grant them certain, impossible powers such as inflicting torturous pain and messing with the aging cycle. The catch is that it corrupts the user's soul to be pure evil and only that individual can remove it."
The small monk rolls the scroll back up into its compartment. He and a few mismatched companions ride on the back of a dragon of the Eastern Asian variety, long body and wingless. Today, the girl of the group has a semi-goth blue hair style and she's preoccupied with a handheld video game. The boy sporting the black outfit of the leader crosses his arms.
"Anyone else find it weird that Dashi made a lot of Shen Gong Wu that turns out to be evil?" he asks, looking rather miffed.
"All the more reason to find it and lock it up." The big-boned cowboy adjusts his hat.
A heavily covered forest comes into view. The dragon zigzags around the sky before making a gradual descent through the trees. The four kids hop off their ride and take up their poses on the ground. Meanwhile, the dragon shrinks down to a carry-on size. A purple cloud-thing skates along the edge of the screen.
"Xiaolin Warriors, you are far too predictable," says a man whose hair could almost pass for a Saiyan, if it weren't for the slit irises in his eyes and the bronze armor.
"Chase Young!" calls out the monk.
"What are you doing here?" asks the Xiaolin Leader.
"I thought I'd stop by and test your skills." Chase holds out an open palm to either side of himself. "After all, this 'Alicorn Amulet' that you seek will most definitely turn one of you over to the Heylin side. But which one of you is most worthy?"
"Ain't no way that's gonna happen!" The cowboy grunts.
"Do you really think we're going to lose another one after we worked so hard to get Omi back?" The girl points her finger accusingly at Young.
"Well, Raimundo, shall we punch his rear?" Omi looks at the leader expectantly.
"Kick his butt," corrects Raimundo.
"Gladly!" The monk misinterprets the correction as an order.
All of the warriors charge forth at varied paces. Clay jumps forward and stomps the earth. A wave of rocks heads toward the man. Chase casually somersaults over the rocks and jumps on the cowboy's hat, knocking the boy over. Clay's momentum ends up sliding him all the way into his own pile of rocks.
Kimiko flips around, conjures fireballs, and launches them in a ring path. Chase jumps and ducks out of the way of the blasts as each one explodes on the ground or ignites one of the surrounding trees. After some more dodging, Chase grabs the girl by the wrist and whips her around. He sends her flying toward the earlier pile of rocks. Just as Clay manages to dislodge a few boulders, the surprised Kimiko slams into him. They both end up wedged under the rocks.
Raimundo comes in, throwing his fists around. Chase dodges left and right. A couple small tornadoes whirl around the two combatants. The element of wind speeds up Rai's punches to the point of being blurs in the breeze. This time, Chase lifts an open palm and moves it all over the place, somehow blocking each and every one of the super-fast punches. He delivers a swift kick to the leader's stomach. The rock pile now contains three Xiaolin Warriors.
The monk stares at the villain. The villain stares back. Both of them run around, jump along tree branches, spin as they jump from one part of the ground to another, and throw various physical strikes at each other. All of this takes place as they shout a bunch of random phrases in sync.
"Monkey steals the peaches! Dog plays the trumpet! Tiger chases deer! Panda cooks the ramen! Stork drops the bundle!"
"Monkey steals the peaches! Dog plays the trumpet! Tiger chases deer! Panda cooks the ramen! Stork drops the bundle!"
"Robin takes the cake!" shouts Chase.
"Robin does what?" Omi asks mid-strike.
In a three-strike move, Chase sends the monk soaring over to crash into the other Xiaolin Warriors. They all groan after getting covered in rocks. Chase crosses his arms.
"What a shame." He shakes his head. "It seems none of you are ready yet." He turns around and opens up a small chest. "Oh, well. I might as well take this for safekeeping."
Inside the chest, there is an amulet depicting a black horse's head and a red jewel in the center. Chase grasps it between his fingers. However, a purple smoke tendril grabs the other side at the same time. As a result, the amulet gains a golden glow.
"Not so fast," chuckles a voice unfamiliar to those of the Xiaolin Showdown universe. "If anypony is going to wield the power that can match alicorns, it's going to be me."
The smoke forms into a four-legged creature in blue-plated armor. Why am I still trying to hide this in vague descriptors? You all saw the title for this little segment. It's Nightmare Moon. Her night sky for a mane is currently grabbing the Alicorn Amulet.
"You'd make a nice target practice for Wuya," comments Chase.
"I don't know who this 'Wuya' is," remarks Nightmare Moon, "but she sounds like a bland stallion."
"In any case, since we're both holding this Wu, the winner must be decided in a Xiaolin Showdown," explains Chase.
"What a ridiculous name." Nightmare chuckles. "Why would I participate in a childish competition when I could simply destroy you and take it for myself?"
The currently small Dojo interjects. "Uh, because the rules say that your body part will be permanently fused to the Shen Gong Wu being held as the prize until you agree to the Showdown's terms."
Try as she might, Nightmare Moon can't remove her mane from the amulet. "Well, that stinks." She snorts. "Fine then. I'll give you a showdown. First to die loses."
"That's fine by me," agrees Chase. "Also, since you don't seem to have any Shen Gong Wu to wager, I will not use any either. I'll rely only on my martial arts skills."
"Handicapping yourself?" asks Nightmare. "Fine, but I don't want you to make excuses when your life is forfeited because of your own arrogance."
Chase calmly shrugs. "Let's go: Xiaolin Showdown!"
Upon his declaration, the terrain shifts and turns in a number of inexplicable ways. Mountains grow out of a valley. Some trees twist around and morph into giant Venus fly-traps. White clouds stretch overhead, becoming thunderheads. Several plateaus also rise up from the ground. Chase gets positioned on one while Nightmare Moon is placed on top of another.
"This looks like Discord's handiwork," mutters Nightmare Moon.
This ought to be a match to remember!
Gong Yi Tan Pai!
Nightmare flaps her wings and takes to the skies. In a dark, sky hue, her magic is released in a concentrated beam. The man leaps over to another platform just as his starting plateau gets blasted into rubble. She tries firing a couple more shots of the same variety. But he manages to jump out of the way.
Soon, however, there is only one tall plateau left. Chase looks up at the dark horse. Nightmare reveals her fangs in a grin as she fires one more magic blast. Black lightning spirals around this beam.
Widescreen bars emphasize Chase Young's smirk. As the screen returns to normal, he jumps up and somersaults. Suddenly, the color of his armor extends to his skin. His limbs stretch out to end with claws and a tail grows out from his back. His face now resembles that of the dragons from which he has stolen life.
"What?" gasps Nightmare.
The dragonic Chase slams into the pony and they both descend. Nightmare ends up crashing against the side of a mountain. Meanwhile, Chase scratches against her with his claws a few times. Grunting, Nightmare Moon avoids the last slash by transfiguring herself into her purple, cloudy form. She twirls around Chase as a tornado before a white light takes her.
She teleports over the Venus fly-traps, and stops spinning. The man-dragon falls. He looks down and growls. Spreading his claws apart, he conjures a ball of blackish-blue fire and tosses it at the carnivorous plants. One of the mouths gets disintegrated in the blaze. The other moves slightly and opens itself wide for the falling dragon.
There is a dragon's roar as Chase slices through the back of the fly-trap's throat (stem?). He pounds the ground before looking up at the Nightmare. She looks down with intrigue. He picks up the head of the fly-trap he just slayed. He spins around several times before letting it go into the air. Immediately after, he pounces on top of the plant's head and rides it up toward the alicorn.
Nightmare Moon casts two spells in rapid succession. The first is a beam cutting right through the plant like it's nothing. Chase leaps out of the way of that one. But her second spell suspends him in the air with a slight bluish aura. She's levitating him. She turns her head and throws him toward the far ground below at breakneck speeds.
She follows up with one more beam spell to send the dragon-man at turbo speed toward the ground. His next relationship with the earth becomes very intimate and messy. ... An explosion sends rocks everywhere. The long-haired man returns to his human form, but his eyes are slammed shut. His chest goes completely still.
After a few flashbacks of the events that just happened, the terrain and forest return to relatively the same shapes they were in before the showdown began. Only this time, the challenger is out cold. Meanwhile, the Alicorn Amulet floats toward the winner. It connects with her neck. Her eyes glow in an unholy combination of turquoise and red.
The moon rises high with blood-red light. The sky begins to follow its crimson example. Nightmare Moon cackles more wildly than she ever laughed before.
Apock-Eclipse!
This round's victory goes to... Nightmare Moon.
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