Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
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| “The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny” | ||
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"Good guys, bad guys, and explosions, as far as the eye can see."
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| Song by Lemon Demon | ||
| Album | Dinosaurchestra | |
| Released | December 7, 2005 | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Length | 3:33 | |
| Writer | Lemon Demon | |
| Producer | Lemon Demon, Shawn Vulliez | |
The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, often shortened to Ultimate Showdown, is a comical song and video released on December 7, 2005. It features music and lyrics by Lemon Demon with art and Flash animation from Shawn Vulliez.
The work features many famous real and fictional characters, largely taken from pop culture of the 1980s and 1990s, in a huge brawl where "...only one will survive". It gained a large cult following among web enthusiasts[1] and became the "user's choice" on December 28, 2005 on Newgrounds where it has been viewed over 10.2 million times.[2] It appeared on several other websites including Albino Blacksheep[3], Flash Portal, YouTube, Transbuddha, Weebl's Stuff and then its own dedicated site: www.ultimateshowdown.org.
The song topped the "Funny Five" on The Dr. Demento Show for several weeks and was the #1 Request for 2006.[4]. The video has since been parodied and referenced repeatedly. Examples include Crypto 138 in Destroy All Humans! 2, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and other flash videos.
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[edit] Showdown participants
The Ultimate Showdown is a bloody battle started by Godzilla and Batman. This is a list of its participants, in order of appearance in the video, with notes on how they were defeated:
| Order | Fighter | Manner of death and other notes |
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| Introduced during the first verse | ||
| 1 | Godzilla | Tail can be seen sticking out from behind some buildings in the final camera pan. |
| 2 | Batman | Shot by Abraham Lincoln before being saved by Optimus Prime. As Bruce Wayne, his head was crushed between Chuck Norris' thighs. |
| 3 | Shaquille O'Neal | Flattened by the Batmobile while being beaten up by Aaron Carter, but later "came back covered in a tire track." Can be seen lying face down next to Benito Mussolini on the left-hand pile of bodies. |
| 4 | Aaron Carter | Flattened by the Batmobile while beating up Shaquille O'Neal. Unlike Shaq, he does not survive getting flattened. He is also the first person to die in the ultimate showdown. |
| 5 | Abraham Lincoln | Hit by a Care Bear stare. Can be seen in the final camera pan. |
| 6 | Optimus Prime | Godzilla bites his head off, although the song may be interpreted that he was meant to survive longer due to the lyrics "Abraham Lincoln tried to Pole-vault onto Optimus Prime" later in the song. |
| Introduced during the second verse | ||
| 7 | Jackie Chan | Hit by a Care Bear Stare. |
| 8 | Indiana Jones | Left for dead after being kicked in the crotch by Chuck Norris. |
| 9 | Care Bear | Death not mentioned. Hit Jackie Chan and Abe Lincoln with a Care Bear stare. |
| Seen during the second chorus (These fighters were in the animation, but not mentioned in the lyrics, save for the first two.) |
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| 10 | Dudley Do-Right | Death not mentioned. |
| 11 | Snidely Whiplash | Death not mentioned. |
| 12 | Samuel L. Jackson (Seen as Special Agent Derrick Vann from the movie The Man) | Attacked by snakes, a reference of Jackson's role in Snakes on a Plane. |
| 13 | Various snakes | Two can be seen on the left and right-hand piles of bodies: one under Han Solo and one under Mussolini and Eric Bauman. |
| 14 | Mario | Seen slap fighting Sonic. Lying on the center pile of bodies with his legs and feet visible. |
| 15 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Death not mentioned, seen slap fighting Mario. |
| 16 | Santa Claus | Hit by the DeLorean from Back to the Future and launched into the air. |
| 17 | The DeLorean from Back to the Future | Death not mentioned. It time traveled out after hitting Santa. |
| 18 | Goku | Death not mentioned. Merely flew by on the Nimbus. |
| 19 | Eric Bauman of eBaum's World dot com | Punched down by Lowtax. Later seen lying on the left-hand pile of bodies with a bullet hole in his forehead. |
| 20 | Lowtax of Something Awful.com | Death not mentioned. |
| 21 | Tobias Fünke from Arrested Development, painted blue[5] | Top of his head can be seen below RoboCop and by Kirk's foot on the center pile of bodies. |
| 22 | R2-D2 | Lying near C3PO and a Jawa. |
| 23 | C-3PO | Taken apart by a Jawa. |
| 24 | A Jawa | Death not mentioned. |
| 25 | Judohobo | Unknown hobo dressed like a judoka, made famous when photographed and published on Something Awful[6]. Death not mentioned. |
| "Angels sang out in immaculate chorus. Down from the heavens, descended..." | ||
| 26 | Chuck Norris | Slaughtered by the following characters. |
| 27 | Gandalf the Grey | Death not mentioned. |
| 28 | Gandalf the White | Death not mentioned. |
| 29 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail's Black Knight | Lying on the center pile of bodies beneath the Terminator and Captain Kirk. |
| 30 | Benito Mussolini | Lying on the left-hand pile of bodies near Spock and Shaq. |
| 31 | The Blue Meanie | Death not mentioned. |
| 32 | Cowboy Curtis | Death not mentioned. |
| 33 | Jambi the Genie | Death not mentioned. |
| 34 | RoboCop | Lying on the center pile of bodies with his lower legs torn off. |
| 35 | The Terminator | Lying on the center pile of bodies with its metallic face visible. |
| 36 | Captain Kirk | Lying on the center pile of bodies with blood on face and right arm. |
| 37 | Darth Vader | Death not mentioned. |
| 38 | Lo-Pan | Death not mentioned. |
| 39 | Superman | Decapitated head lying on the center pile of bodies. |
| 40 | "Every single Power Ranger" - Video excludes the Green Ranger (originally featured in the Japanese series Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger) | Deaths not mentioned. |
| 41 | Bill S. Preston and Theodore Logan | Deaths not mentioned. |
| 42 | Spock | Lying on the left-hand pile of bodies with blood on his face. |
| 43 | The Rock | Death not mentioned. |
| 44 | Doc Ock | Death not mentioned. |
| 45 | Hulk Hogan | Head can be seen on the right-hand pile of bodies near Jason's mask. |
| Seen dead at the closing battle (These fighters were in the animation, but not mentioned in the lyrics.) |
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| 46 | Xenomorph | Head seen on left hand pile of bodies on the very edge of the screen. |
| 47 | Freddy Krueger | Gloved hand and part of wrist visible on the left-hand pile of bodies near Spock. |
| 48 | Jason Voorhees | Mask visible on the right-hand pile of bodies near Han Solo and Hulk Hogan. |
| 49 | Alien Hominid | Head lying at top of left-hand pile of bodies. (Although can just be a random smiley.) |
| 50 | Captain Hook | Hook can be seen by Abraham Lincoln in final camera pan. |
| 51 | Harry Potter | Busted-up glasses can be seen at bottom in final camera pan. |
| 52 | Han Solo | Lying frozen in carbonite on right-hand pile of bodies. |
| 53 | Pac-Man | Can be seen dead next to a pellet in final camera pan. |
| 54 | Mr. Rogers | "...In a blood stained sweater." Undefeated (winner), commits seppuku at the end. |
The song is somewhat contradictory about whether or not everyone dies - despite the fact that "only one will survive," when the showdown is finished "the rest saw their better - Mr. Rogers in a bloodstained sweater." Though Mr. Rogers impales himself through the abdomen, he survives (for at least until the end of the cartoon) and actually dances despite the flood of blood pouring out of his abdomen.
The man eating ice cream seems to survive until the very end, so much as watching Mr. Rogers commit seppuku at the end. However, this was one of the civilian witnesses to the showdown, and not a participant.
The following are people that either did not participate in the battle or were only mentioned. Like previous, in order of introduction.
| Verse | Name | Shown |
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| 1 | Robin | Seen waiting in the Batcave right before Abraham Lincoln is introduced. |
| 2 | Scruff McGruff | Mentioned as Godzilla takes a bite out of Optimus Prime "like Scruff McGruff took a bite out of crime." |
[edit] Influences
Both artists have previously collaborated on a parody web site, eBaumsWorldSucks.com (subtitled "Media for Dumbasses", a pun on eBaum's World's former slogan "Media for the Masses"), along with Abi Rendon (aka LegalCondom). "Lowtax" is seen punching Eric Bauman, a direct reference to this earlier work.
When Shaquille O'Neal 'opened up a can of Shaq Fu', it referenced his own fighting game, which is often considered one of the worst games ever. Aaron Carter appearing to beat up Shaquille O'Neal is a reference to the song by Carter called "That's How I Beat Shaq" from Aaron's Party (Come Get It).
Abraham Lincoln's tombstone reads "I got a Lincoln Log," a reference to Shmorky, Zoomzip and Fragmaster's song "Abe Lincoln" from Something Awful.
Chuck Norris' central role is an example of Norris being attributed superhuman power as in the notable Chuck Norris Facts.
The scene where Indiana Jones can't find his gun is a reference to a similar scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
The slapping fight between Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario is an example of the many Sonic versus Mario videos which make fun of the rivalry between Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Copy, paste, animate. The Toronto Star.
- ^ Emily Sweeney (Jun 22, 2006), He's a hit with Internet set, Boston Globe
- ^ Bob Batz, Seen & Overheard, Dayton Daily News, Apr 11, 2006.
- ^ Dr Demento's official site.
- ^ Boss' blue coloration is because he is an aspiring member of Blue Man Group.
- ^ Judohobo on YouTube.
