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Yoshi VS Riptor is the eighth episode of Death Battle, featuring Yoshi from the Yoshi and Super Mario series and Riptor from the Killer Instinct series in a battle between video game dinosaurs.
Interlude
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Boomstick: Who doesn't like dinosaurs? No one, 'cause they're awesome?
Wiz: Like Yoshi, Mario's happy-go-lucky steed.
Boomstick: And Riptor, the Dino Warrior with a killer instinct.
Wiz: I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick, and it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle.
Yoshi
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Flower Garden Theme by Koji Kondo
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Wiz: Yoshi is a cheerful and friendly dinosaur whose race happens to be among Bowser's most hated enemies. Why?
Boomstick: Cause they're so goddamn happy all the time!
Wiz: Yoshi is considered one of the fastest characters in the Mario universe and has a higher and stronger jump than Mario. Despite his cute and cheery demeanor, Yoshi's powerful enough to put down this goliath single-handedly. He's able to keep up with experienced fighters like Solid Snake, Link, and even previous Death Battle champion Samus Aran.
Boomstick: And either he doesn't have any ears or he's really freakin' patient, 'cause he somehow put up with that whiny-ass Baby Mario!
Baby Mario cries.
Boomstick: If it were me, someone would've found him in a dumpster after the first level! Also, while young Yoshis are dumb enough to run off cliffs, they learn quickly over time, eventually driving go-karts, playing sports and surviving the greatest death trap ever created: Mario Party!
Wiz: Yoshi has a large arsenal of eggs to use as lightweight projectiles and can even create a giant egg shell to use as an all-encompassing shield.
Boomstick: What is it with creatures from the Mario universe using their babies as weapons? Is it that effective? I'm gonna have to test this out. Maybe some sort of Baby Launcher...
Wiz: Boomstick! That's a terrible idea! Any time you'd want to reload, you'd have to wait nine months. Anyway, Yoshi's greatest asset is his stomach.
Boomstick: Yeah, Yoshi's got a bad eating problem and devours everything in sight with his long stretchy tongue. He can swallow almost anything, even fire.
Wiz: That's right, Boomstick. Yoshi has the strangest digestive system I've ever come across. Certain meals can grant him special abilities. Otherwise, after consuming a foe or item, Yoshi... uh... ejects an egg spawned from the subject. The egg may have special properties from said object, or contain the victim within.
Boomstick: Wait, is that how he makes eggs?! Are there any female Yoshis?
Wiz: I don't think they're male or female. Yoshis may be asexual.
Boomstick: That poor miserable creature.
Yoshi: Oh ho ho, Yoshi got right stuff!
Riptor
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Riptor's Theme by Robin Beanland, Graeme Norgate
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Wiz: Riptor was genetically engineered by Ultratech to be the perfect combination of human intelligence and animal brutality.
Boomstick: His tools of death are his teeth, claws, and impaling tail, and he knows how to use them well, pulling off insanely bloody combos. And when he's not fighting up close, he can spit a fiery acid!
Wiz: Riptor's only four years old and yet, already, he's a nearly unstoppable killing machine.
Boomstick: That's one ass-kicking toddler!
Wiz: He has reached a point where his human emotion and reasoning conflict with his predatory instincts, often confusing him to the blind point of rage and aggression.
Boomstick: Riptor may look, sound, and act like a velociraptor, but he's really something else entirely. He's twice as big and twice as slow, and I don't think velociraptors could shoot acid. They were awesome enough without it! With a limited amount of combat training, Riptor relies on his raptor instincts in a fight. Raptors were pack hunters, preferring to plague their victims with stealth, speed, and secrecy, though they were no pushovers by themselves. On their own, they usually just rush their opponent and overpower them with ultra combos, and if "Jurassic Park" has taught us anything, it's that raptors are clever sons of bitches!
Wiz: Wow, Boomstick, I didn't know you knew so much about dinosaurs.
Boomstick: Yeah, I always wanted me a pet raptor. I was gonna call him Barney after I found out what irony was.
Killer Instinct announcer: Supreme victory!
Riptor feasts on the remains of what used to be a challenger.
Prelude
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all!
Boomstick: First, I need to get some money to convert my kitten cannon into a baby launcher.
Wiz: You've got to be kidding me.
Boomstick: From Squarespace!... who doesn't necessarily endorse baby launching.
Wiz and Boomstick read out an advertisement for Squarespace.
Boomstick: But right now, it's time for a DEATH BATTLE!!!... (cough)
Death Battle
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Overworld Theme (Super Mario World) by Koji Kondo
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Yoshi is happily dancing when Riptor emerges from a pipe and roars, scaring Yoshi, who begins cowering.
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Yoshi's Island Theme by Hirokazu Ando
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Riptor begins by attacking Yoshi repeatedly and knocking him back.
Announcer: AWESOME COMBO!
As Riptor advances, Yoshi throws three eggs at her, but these do very little. Yoshi then forces out a large egg and throws it at Riptor, causing a baby Yoshi to appear.
Baby Yoshi: Yoshi!
Riptor attacks the baby Yoshi and bites its head off. Yoshi screams and runs off but is stopped by a Koopa Troopa. He eats the Koopa Troopa and spits him at Riptor, who deflects it but Yoshi protects himself with his egg shield. Riptor attacks the shield until it breaks and then proceeds to attack Yoshi some more, only for Yoshi to counter.
Announcer: C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
Yoshi ground pounds Riptor, who spits acid at him, but Yoshi eats the acid and traps it in an egg. He then throws the egg at Riptor, covering her face with acid. Riptor roars in pain and tries to attack Yoshi again, but Yoshi eats her and forces her out as a giant egg. As the egg falls off the cliff which Yoshi is standing next to, Riptor manages to break free, but all too late. Riptor falls down into a pink car with flame patterns on it, with only her legs sticking out.
Results
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Alpina Blue by Kazumi Totaka
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Boomstick: NOOO, my car!
Wiz: Yoshi couldn't compete with Riptor's tough and brutal viciousness, but his varied arsenal ultimately produced a winning move.
Boomstick: Riptor's a friggin' beast in a fist fight, but while Yoshi looks all cute and stuff, he's actually a deadly devouring machine, like my ex-wife!
Wiz: That raptor mind of Riptor's might be cunning and clever, but tooth and claw can only accomplish so much. Yoshi's bizarre digestive system rebounded the acid spit, blinding Riptor and leaving him vulnerable.
Boomstick: Riptor may be smart, but Yoshi can drive cars, and show me another dinosaur who can do that!
Wiz: Even with a velociraptor's strong sense of hearing and smell, Riptor's confused and vengeful mind wasn't able to process the change of tactics fast enough. Even so, he was already finished.
Boomstick: Even if that conveniently placed cliff hadn't had been there, Riptor would have lost his whole face pretty quick to the acid. He just didn't have the stomach for this dino-mite dino fight.
Wiz: What?
Boomstick: I'm clever!
We cut to the "Yoshi" winner card.
Wiz: The winner is Yoshi.
Trivia
Production
- The connections between Yoshi and Riptor are that they are both intelligent video game dinosaurs who are loyal allies to the ones who saved them (the Mario Brothers and Ultratech, respectively).
- This is also a battle of opposites, as while Yoshi is a cute and friendly dinosaur from a lighthearted series, Riptor is a more realistic and terrifying-looking killing machine from a darker and more serious series.
- This is the first episode in which the rules of Death Battle are established.
- This episode holds the shortest fight animation of the show, clocking in at only 55 seconds.
- This is the first episode to have Boomstick mention his ex-wife.
Errors
- Due to the lack of confirmation of Riptor's sex at the time of its release (as the 2013 Killer Instinct reboot where Riptor is officially confirmed to be female wouldn't be released until two years later), Wiz and Boomstick refer to her with masculine pronouns throughout the episode.
Other
- This is the third Animal-themed episode, after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Battle Royale and Zitz VS Leonardo, and with the next nine being Fox McCloud VS Bucky O'Hare, Pokémon Battle Royale, Godzilla VS Gamera, Donkey Kong VS Knuckles, Pokémon VS Digimon, Mewtwo VS Shadow, Lucario VS Renamon, Smokey Bear VS McGruff the Crime Dog, and Crash VS Spyro.
- This is the second Reptiles-themed episode, after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Battle Royale, and with the next three being Pokémon Battle Royale, Godzilla VS Gamera, and Pokémon VS Digimon.
- This the second Male VS Female-themed episode, after Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2010), and with the next 23 being Justin Bieber VS Rebecca Black, Starscream VS Rainbow Dash, Gaara VS Toph, Boba Fett VS Samus Aran (2015), Dante VS Bayonetta, Meta VS Carolina, Tracer VS Scout, Zoro VS Erza, Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie, Lara Croft VS Nathan Drake, Thor VS Wonder Woman, Carnage VS Lucy, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla, Mob VS Tatsumaki, Gray VS Esdeath, Beerus VS Sailor Galaxia, The Seven Battle Royale, Red VS Blue, Shadow VS Ryuko, Steven Universe VS Star Butterfly, Killua VS Misaka, and Gojo VS Makima.
- This the first time that the Male character wins, with the next seven being Dante VS Bayonetta, Zoro VS Erza, Captain Marvel VS Shazam, Beerus VS Sailor Galaxia, The Seven Battle Royale, Shadow VS Ryuko, and Gojo VS Makima.
- This is the second Fighting Game VS non-Fighting Game-themed episode, after Haggar VS Zangief, and with the next seven being Thor VS Raiden, Pikachu VS Blanka, Guts VS Nightmare, Hercule Satan VS Dan Hibiki, Johnny Cage VS Captain Falcon, Black Canary VS Sindel, and Goro VS Machamp.