Poll of the Day > Thanos vs Batman with extreme prep time

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Batman 10 years prep time. Has been given a dossier with everything he needs to know about Thanos.
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Batman can use the help of any other heroes as assists or distractions, but in the end Batman will be the one to take down Thanos.
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It's established canon that Thanos has an innate self-destructive instinct that causes him to lose even when he's absolutely assured of victory, because he subconsciously sabotages himself. It's why, even with the unlimited power of an omnipotent god, he still loses. Essentially, deep down, he doesn't consider himself worthy of success.

He's openly admitted to this, in a conversation with Adam Warlock (shortly after faking his own death after losing the Infinity Gauntlet for the first time).

In a scenario where he's fighting "prep time" Batman, not only does Batman find a way to defeat Thanos, it's probably Thanos himself who secretly sent Batman the necessary info to do so in the first place.


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's established canon that Thanos has an innate self-destructive instinct that causes him to lose even when he's absolutely assured of victory, because he subconsciously sabotages himself. It's why, even with the unlimited power of an omnipotent god, he still loses. Essentially, deep down, he doesn't consider himself worthy of success.

He's openly admitted to this, in a conversation with Adam Warlock (shortly after faking his own death after losing the Infinity Gauntlet for the first time).

In a scenario where he's fighting "prep time" Batman, not only does Batman find a way to defeat Thanos, it's probably Thanos himself who secretly sent Batman the necessary info to do so in the first place.

Maybe Batman will figure out that Thanos planned this and is not sure if its a trap or if he should proceed. So then Batman goes ahead with plan B and preps some more.
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Batman would use his anti-Infinity Gauntlet spray on his utility belt.

gg no re
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's established canon that Thanos has an innate self-destructive instinct that causes him to lose even when he's absolutely assured of victory, because he subconsciously sabotages himself. It's why, even with the unlimited power of an omnipotent god, he still loses. Essentially, deep down, he doesn't consider himself worthy of success.

He's openly admitted to this, in a conversation with Adam Warlock (shortly after faking his own death after losing the Infinity Gauntlet for the first time).

In a scenario where he's fighting "prep time" Batman, not only does Batman find a way to defeat Thanos, it's probably Thanos himself who secretly sent Batman the necessary info to do so in the first place.

So he's like the anti-Batman. If given necessary prep time he will always ensure his own loss.
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Batman can defeat literally anyone with prep time. That's his gimmick. His solution doesn't necessarily even make sense, but it works.
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aHappySacka posted...

Batman would use his anti-Infinity Gauntlet spray on his utility belt.

gg no re

lol
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DarkKirby2500 posted...

Batman can defeat literally anyone with prep time. That's his gimmick. His solution doesn't necessarily even make sense, but it works.

Do you think he can beat Super Saiyan God Goku or Beerus?
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Thanos, cause the whole prep-time Batman thing is stupid.
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Im gald that the poll results are neck and neck.
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Its the freaking bat!!!! - some random goon in the Arkham games.

Always cracks me up. xD
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I voted Thanos but i still want to mention Squirrel girl has beaten Thanos. I'm still going to root for Batman..

DarkKirby2500 posted...

Batman can defeat literally anyone with prep time. That's his gimmick. His solution doesn't necessarily even make sense, but it works.

To be fair, that's not really his gimmick. It's just the memetic joke that his character has become in Internet fandom.

As much as "smartest guy in the room, will likely outsmart you if given enough time to think/plan/prepare for a fight" is part of his characterization, there are plenty of characters he would never be able to beat even if given hundreds of years worth of prep time, unless you count "go recruit a team of way more powerful heroes to fight for me" as prep.



Trancer Hunter posted...

I voted Thanos but i still want to mention Squirrel girl has beaten Thanos.

The problem there is that those "Squirrel Girl beats insanely overpowered cosmic threat" stories were presented more like jokes, and sort of set up her own dumb meme where she's essentially able to beat gods but would still lose to the average mook on the street. She's not unbeatable, as much as her ability to succeed seems to be inversely proportional to the power-level of the threat she's fighting (which is almost never addressed when she shows up in actual more grounded stories).

Also, most of those scenes were of at least questionable canonicity (even the writers at Marvel argue over whether or not Squirrel Girl is a stupid joke), which means one could easily argue it never really happened anyway, any more than Doctor Doom was beaten by a team called "Milk and Cookies" (from an old What The...? comic story back in the early 90s).


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