Michael Myers vs. Jason Voorhees
(Halloween vs. Friday the 13th)

(Cue Death Battle Intro)

H20Flame: Wait, it's Halloween already? This early in to this series? Awesome!

TyForestWrites: Perfect timing too. I didn't even plan releasing this on Halloween, and just thought about making a joke about it, but now I don't have to!

H20Flame: Wow... but anyway, the intro?

TyForestWrites: Oh, right! Slasher films are a classic sub genre in horror movies, and these two freaks of nature are two of the most iconic villains of said movies.

H20Flame: Michael Myers, the knife-wielding maniac of Haddonfield, Illinois.

TyForestWrites: And Jason Voorhees, the machete-carrying zombie of Camp Crystal Lake.

H20Flame: He's TyForestWrites and I'm H20Flame.

TyForestWrites: And it's our job to research their powers, abilities, and weaponry to find out who would win a Death Battle.
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Michael Myers

Background
-Name: Michael Myers
-Alias: The Shape; The Boogeyman
-Age: 61 (as of 2018)
-Height: 6' 2"
-First started killing when he was six years old
-Loves killing dogs

TyForestWrites: Haddonfield, Illinois, 1963. Halloween Night. A six year old boy was supposed to go trick or treating, but with his parents gone for the night, he was supposed to have his sister chaperone him. However, his teenage sister was... one of those teenagers. The sex-craving kind.

H20Flame: Isn't that all teenagers?

TyForestWrites: After his sister had intercourse with her boyfriend, her brother was none too happy about missing out in the Halloween fun, though he didn't show it... in terms of facial expressions that is. So, after dressing up in the clown costume that he was going to wear that night, he grabbed a chef's knife (yes, a chef's knife, there's a difference between that and a kitchen knife), went upstairs, and murdered his sister.

H20Flame: That... escalated quickly.

TyForestWrites: After being swiftly found out, he was sent to a psychiatric ward and put under the care of Doctor Sam Loomis. And after fifteen years, the now man escaped the ward and traveled back to Haddonfield to terrorize the town. All while wearing a bleached white William Shatner mask. This is the story of Michael Myers.

Dr. Loomis: I met him fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding, or even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six year old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes, the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply evil...

Abilities
-Can seemingly teleport
-Can drive any car with ease, despite being locked up for most of his life
-Enhanced strength
-Enhanced durability
-Master of stealth
-Actually kind of smart

H20Flame: And to add into his insane backstory, he's got all of the iconic slasher abilities, like being able to seemingly teleport, adding to his mastery of stealth, as well as enhanced strength and durability. He also... somehow learned how to drive a car... weird.

Dr. Terence: For God's sakes, he can't drive a car!

Dr. Loomis: He was doing very well last night! Maybe someone here gave him lessons...

H20Flame: Question: is it ever explained how he got these abilities?

TyForestWrites: Well, it was kinda explained through some sort of cult thing, but nobody likes talking about that. So ignoring needlessly horrible backstories, Michael's... actually pretty smart, able to outsmart not only his sister, but his own psychiatrist too. Cleverness isn't exactly a common trait you see among slashers, so this is a nice change of pace, even if he was the first.

Weapons
-Chef's knife
-His hands
-The occasional hammer

H20Flame: As for his arsenal, he'll pretty much get whatever is convenient for him at the time, but even when unarmed, you don't want to mess with Michael. He can lift tombstones out of the ground and carry them with relative ease, as well as being able to lift entire humans with just one hand. Heck, a lot of his kills are him strangling his victims or some other thing while being without a weapon.

TyForestWrites: But, of course, there's his preferred weapon of choice, a chef's knife. While not the most practical weapon, it's still a large knife, perfect for slicing throats and... pinning people to the wall? Okay, that just doesn't seem physically possible.

H20Flame: Yeah, lets add that to his feats: "knife defies the laws of physics".

Feats
-Has killed a LOT of innocent people, dogs, and sex-craved teenagers
—Taking everything into account, he has killed about 159 people
-Can lift gravestones out of the ground and carry them with ease
-Can easily lift up people with one hand
-Pinned a 200 pound guy to a wall with just a chef's knife... TWICE
-Survived getting stabbed in the neck, eye, and chest in a row and only got annoyed by them
-Survived getting shot by a pistol six times and falling off a second floor balcony
-Survived two shots from a pistol straight into each eye
-Survived a room exploding with him in it
-Killed almost all of Haddonfield's police force in a single night
-Survived falling off a speeding car and that car ramming into him
-Survived being continuously shot and falling down a mine shaft
-Survived an electroshock to the crotch
-Outsmarted his own psychiatrists, Laurie Strode, and the police force
-Survived a van slamming into him at full speed
-Broke through a guy's skull with just his thumb
-Smashed a guy's head in with a single stomp
-Probably survived being inside a burning building

TyForestWrites: On his first outing, he killed five people without anyone figuring out they were killed until the bodies were discovered by Laurie Strode. Not only that, but the same night, he got a sewing needle shoved into his neck... and got up moments later, only slightly annoyed, and then got stabbed in the eye by a coat hanger, and then stabbed in the chest with his own knife. And then Dr. Loomis showed up with a pistol and unloaded six shots into Michael, one even going through his head, and was forced off the second story balcony.

H20Flame: But because this is a slasher film, though Michael was the first to do it, Loomis turned away for not even ten seconds before turning back around to see Michael had disappeared again. Then that same night, he managed to tank a couple more bullets and a hospital room exploding with him in it. And though it did defeat him (and would have killed him if not for everyone wanting sequels with Michael in them), he still survived it.

TyForestWrites: Not only that, but he's also survived getting shot with multiple weapons and falling down a mine shaft, getting run over at full speed by multiple vehicles, and even managed to outsmart a multitude of people, including Laurie Strode, Sam Loomis, and even the entire Haddonfield police department. Not to mention how strong he is, able to lift a 200 pound guy off the ground with one hand, picked up and carried a tombstone with ease, and he even broke through a guy's skull with just his thumb. It seems impossible to kill this guy!

Weaknesses
-Could still die if someone was just really dedicated
—He would have died multiple times had he not gotten away at the last second
-Easy to incapacitate long enough for a victim to escape
-Modern rappers

H20Flame: It nearly is. Every time he's knocked down, he gets back up, more annoyed than hurt... but that doesn't mean he's invincible. It's pretty heavily implied that Michael would've died on numerous occasions had it not been for his quick thinking, such as escaping the aforementioned mine before it was blown up, or switching clothes with a doctor so the doctor would get decapitated by Laurie in his stead. So while he's tough, very tough, someone could be able to kill him if they were really dedicated.

TyForestWrites: But even still, it's gotta be pretty gosh darn hard to do. He's big, he's strong, he's super hard to kill, and he's the OG. There's no escaping Michael Myers.

Michael: (gets shot six times and falls off the balcony)

Dr. Loomis: (looks over the railing to see Michael's unmoving body)

Laurie Strode: (crying) Was it the Boogeyman?

Loomis: ...As a matter of fact, it was.

Loomis: (leans over the railing again, his eyes widening)

(Cue Shape Escapes by John Carpenter)

(Michael's body is gone)
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Jason Voorhees

Background
-Name: Jason Voorhees
-Son of Pamela Voorhees
-Age: Around 72 (as of 2018)
-Height: 6' 4"
-Has died three times in the entire series
-Was not the original killer in the first movie
—Didn't even get his infamous mask until the third movie

TyForestWrites: Pop quiz, H20Flame: Do you know who the killer was in the first Friday the 13th movie?

H20Flame: That sounds like a trick question, so I'm hesitant to say Jason Voorhees.

TyForestWrites: Well, you're right to assume it was a trick question, because it was actually his mother. Some time before, Pamela Voorhees worked as a lunch lady at Camp Crystal Lake while her son was a camper. But then her son was drowned by bullying kids (who teased him for having a deformed face) because a bunch of camp counselors were too busy getting their sex on. Greatly, and justifiably, angered, she went and murdered a few counselors before a new set of them showed up, killed most of them too, and got herself decapitated by the last survivor.

H20Flame: That's... quite a start. But if her son drowned, how did he end up the face of the franchise?

TyForestWrites: Well, as it turned out, the young boy managed to swim back to shore, and only made his way back to the camp in time to see his mother get beheaded. After that, years went by until he was finally an adult with his own little house in the woods, where he kept his mother's head in a makeshift shrine, and went out to murder anyone dumb enough to enter his domain. And after a murder spree wearing a burlap sack as a mask, he finally murdered a guy who had a hockey mask. With his now iconic image complete, Jason Voorhees continued his work.

Narrator: There's a legend around here. A killer buried, but not dead. A curse on Crystal Lake, a death curse. Jason Voorhees' curse. They say he died as a boy, but he keeps coming back. Few have seen him and lived. Some have even tried to stop him... No one can. People forget he's down there, waiting...

Abilities
-Can seemingly teleport
-Survivability
-Enhanced durability
-Enhanced strength
-Undead

H20Flame: And he's quite the effective killer too. Like all good slashers, he can disappear out of sight in an instant, has enough strength to punch a guy's head off, and, of course, take hits no person should even be able to survive from tenfold. And a lot of it is thanks to being a zombie. Glad to know that this killer wasn't completely unstoppable before getting an overpowered status.

TyForestWrites: But even still, it took a lot of effort for even before that. It took a TV smashing into his face, then his head getting impaled by his own machete, and then a kid named Tommy Jarvis constantly chopping away at his body with Jason's own weapon. Speaking of...

Weapons
-A machete
-Anything around that's convenient
-His bare hands

TyForestWrites: While Jason will use pretty much anything at his disposal to murder some fools, his seemingly main weapon is that iconic machete. While he doesn't seem to use it as often as you might think (he uses an axe almost as much), it is what he's known to use most of the time.

H20Flame: But even unarmed, Jason is a freaking powerhouse. As stated before, he has enough strength to punch a guy's head off, crushed another guy's head into paste, tear off limbs, and, perhaps the most impressive, picked up and threw a car!!

Feats
-Has been brought back to life a few times due to extreme luck
-Has killed about 166 people overall
-Before zombification
—Survived drowning
—Has pinpoint accuracy with a bow and arrow
—Survived living in the wilderness until adulthood on his own
—Survived getting hanged
—Survived an axe to the head
—Crushed a guy's head into paste
—Survived a TV slamming into his head
-After zombification
—Can seemingly teleport
—Lifted and threw a car
—Can effortlessly tear off limbs
—Punched a guy's head off
—The U.S. government couldn't find a way to permanently kill him
—Survived against and technically beat Freddy Krueger
—Survived against both Freddy Krueger and Ash Williams
—Survived an axe to the head and neck
—Survived getting discontinued after the mind-numbing Jason X movie

TyForestWrites: Jason is not someone you want to mess with, if that wasn't obvious enough. Not only is he insanely strong, but he's been through pretty much everything under the sun that can kill you. Seriously, getting hanged, shot a bunch of times, stabbed, axes to the head and neck, drowning... you name it, he's survived it. Heck, in the time he was captured before the events of Jason X, the freaking United States Government couldn't find a way to kill him!

H20Flame: Not to mention his opponents, like Tina, who had psychic powers powerful enough to bring people back to life, as well as other horror movie characters, like Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street and Ash Williams from Evil Dead. Heck, he survived against Freddy whilst in the dream world, where Freddy can do literally anything. If he's survived against these guys, you'd think he'd be unstoppable!

Weaknesses
-Ain't that stealthy
-Anyone who resembles his mother
-Hydrophobic... kinda, sorta, not really
-Also technically tied against Freddy Krueger
-Still died via boat propeller to the face while drowning
-Was successfully captured and imprisoned by the US government... twice

TyForestWrites: ...And you'd be wrong... sort of. As long as the death is extreme enough, Jason could still die, like when he went up against Tommy Jarvis again, and Tommy was able to trap him underwater and ram his face into the propellers of the boat. Speaking of water, he did show off a case of hydrophobia against Freddy Krueger... but there's literally no other evidence to support this fact, not even in the movie it was introduced! Which is a real shame, because that would've made sense and been an interesting character trait.

H20Flame: Not to mention that once his victims become aware of him, his footsteps get abnormally loud, so stealth flies out the window. And while he's physically powerful, the same can't be said for his mind. Some of his victims have gotten away simply because Jason has an odd weakness against those who happen to look like his mother, as Pamela was the only person who ever treated him like a human. And while he did technically defeat Freddy in the real world, Freddy still survived. And as long as someone's dedicated and brutal enough, he can in fact be killed.

TyForestWrites: But still, don't expect him to stay down for very long. Because Jason refuses to follow the wise words of Shirou Emiya: "People die when they are killed".

Jason: (bursts out of the water to grab Whitney Miller)
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TyForestWrites: Alright, the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all!

H20Flame: It's time for a Death Battle!!
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An abandoned camp in the middle of the woods was one of the last places Dr. Sam Loomis thought he would find Michael Myers. After the Shape had gotten away once again, slipping away from right under the Smith's Grove Sanitarium's security's nose, the psychiatrist took it upon himself to once again find Michael and get rid of him. For what else could be done about the embodiment of evil?

Luckily for him, the screams were a good indicator that he was in the right place. Loomis took off, almost completely ignoring the sign he passed by, that read "Camp Crystal Lake". He kept running until he came across a run-down barn, and he looked inside, the only light coming through being a few stray lanterns. What he saw were two teenagers of opposite genders backing away from a large, imposing figure. Loomis took in the sight of the large man, realizing quickly that this one... was something else entirely. But just to be sure...

"Michael?"

Ki ki ki ki... ma ma ma ma...

The figure turned, though not out of recognition. More out of curiosity. A hockey mask covered his face, and he was wielding a machete. Loomis gulped as his suspicions were confirmed that this was in fact not Michael Myers. He took a step back and immediately bumped into something. Loomis' eyes widened in terror as he immediately jumped away to look at what, or rather who he bumped into.

(Cue "The Shape Lurks" by John Carpenter)

And it was, in fact, the objective of his search. Donning a bleached white William Shatner mask and carrying a chef's knife, was Michael Myers. Though the Shape regarded Loomis for a short second, his attention shifted to the other masked killer in the area. The other man, Jason Voorhees, looked at Michael curiously, allowing the two teens, Clay and Whitney Miller, to quickly find a ladder to the second floor of the barn and away from him. Jason then began to walk towards the Boogeyman, his footsteps pounding with each step.

(Music cuts off)

Ki ki ki ki... ma ma ma ma...

Loomis took this opportunity to make his way inside the barn and up the ladder himself, joining the two clearly shaken siblings, the brother quickly asking, "Who are you?! What's going on?!"

Loomis caught his breath before looking at the two killers below, "...Well... from the looks of things... we're about to witness something not a lot of people see...

"Place your bets."

Fight!

(Cue "Halloween Theme - Main Title" by John Carpenter)

Michael made the first move. He stepped forward and raised his knife hand to make a downward stab at Jason, only for the zombie to catch his wrist, stopping him in his tracks. Jason then followed up with a punch to the gut, but only succeeded in making Michael double over a bit. After that, the hockey mask wearing man raised his machete in the air, only this time for the Shape to catch his wrist, locking them both in a stalemate.

However, Jason leaned back his head before slamming it into Michael's, successfully breaking their link. Michael stumbled back, but recovered quick enough to block a machete blow with his knife. He then followed up by grabbing Jason by the mask, and began to poke his fingers into the eyeholes, trying to squeeze the zombie's eyes out. However, the process was interrupted by Jason's free hand, grabbing Michael's arm and yanking it away, but it also took the mask along with it.

Michael dropped the hockey mask to stare at Jason's now revealed face. It was hideously deformed. Truly a face that only a mother could love. But that didn't matter to Michael. What mattered to him was killing this new opponent. Taking Jason's hesitation to his advantage, Michael swiftly stabbed the zombie in the gut, but Jason only stumbled before punching Michael away, with much more force than his last punch. Michael was sent flying, landing just outside the barn and flat on his back. The Shape lifted itself up and realized that his weapon still lodged in Jason's stomach, the zombie reaching for his mask and putting it back on.

Jason took notice of the object buried in his gut and proceeded to grab it and forcibly pulled it out and throwing it onto the ground. Michael then looked to the left and spotted a hammer, grabbing it and turning it around so that the back end was facing forward. The two stalked towards each other once more, Jason swinging a wide slash at Michael, only for the Boogeyman to maneuver behind him and slamming the back of the hammer into Jason's exposed cranium. That sent Jason to the ground, the hammer stuck in his skull.

(Music cuts out)

Michael then turned around to pluck his knife off the ground. But after he did and turned to the downed body, Jason was already back on his feet, the hammer still in the back of his head.

Ki ki ki ki... ma ma ma ma...

(Cue "Halloween Theme" by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies)

Jason moved quickly, bringing his blade up and swinging it down, the time actually catching Michael in the shoulder. The machete sunk deep, blood beginning to spurt, but Michael did not go down. Instead, the Shape managed to grab Jason's arm and shoulder, and pushed the zombie into the wall. Michael then grabbed Jason by the throat with one hand and lifted him off the ground. The zombie's body started twitching, dropping the machete in the process, and Michael then lifted his knife and stabbed Jason in the chest, pinning the undead man into the wall.

(Music cuts out)

Michael then took a step back and tilted his head, admiring the new wall decoration. Then he turned his attention back to the trio upstairs, bending over and grabbing the fallen machete. Loomis quickly reached for his pistol, but he then realized that he wouldn't need it quite yet. Because Jason's hands were beginning to move. The zombie then grasped the handle of the knife and began to pull. All the while, his mother's voice was ringing in his head.

"Kill him, Jason!! Kill him, make him suffer!! Make mommy proud and KILL HIM!!!"

Jason then yanked the knife out of his chest and fell to the ground, Michael's attention to him returning. Jason got back to his feet, now wielding the chef's knife, and trudged towards the Shape. The two grabbed each other by the throat, but Jason lifted Michael off the ground and choke slammed him onto the ground. He then grabbed Michael by the leg and threw him out the door of the barn and all the way onto the dock next to the lake. Michael pulled himself up and shook his head before finally getting to his feet... only to discover Jason already in front of him.

Ki ki ki ki... ma ma ma ma...

Michael swung the machete, only for Jason to counter with the knife, only for the zombie to quickly move and stab Michael in the gut. At this, the Boogeyman dropped the machete and grasped at the knife in his gut. But before he could get it out, Jason kicked the knife handle, sending the weapon further into Michael's stomach... and Michael into the lake. The Shape slowly sunk down into the water, and out of sight due to the darkness of night. Jason picked up his machete, walked to the edge of the dock, and looked down into the water...

(Cue "Mrs. V Watches" by Harry Manfredini)

Just in time for Michael to burst out of the surface of the lake and tackle Jason to the dock. The two grappled on the ground, Michael yanking out the knife in his chest and stabbing Jason in the shoulder with it. Then they separated and got to their feet, stalking towards each other once again. Michael then went for a stab, but the zombie side-stepped and went for a stab himself... that struck true. The machete impaled the Shape through the middle of the torso, coming out the other end.

(Music cuts out)

Michael stopped moving, and was then slammed to the ground after Jason removed the machete. Though he was not dead, he was losing a lot of blood very quickly. He looked up at the zombie just in time to see the end of the machete heading straight between his eyes. And with that, the blade impaled Michael's head, pinning the Boogeyman to the ground. His work finished, Jason ripped back his machete out of Michael's face and stalked into the woods, his previous prey that was currently in the barn completely forgotten.

K.O.!
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(Cue "This Is Halloween" by Danny Elfman)

Michael Myers
+Stealth
+Intelligence
=Speed

Jason Voorhees
+Brutality
+Strength
+Primary weapon
+Durability
+Experience
=Speed

H20Flame: Welp... so much for "you can't kill the Boogeyman".

TyForestWrites: This matchup was a very tricky one to deal with. Both slashers have survived a multitude of similar fatal injuries, but only one of them has been through the most brutal of them.

H20Flame: While Jason did die to an injury that Michael could pull off, that one was his first official death at the hands of Tommy Jarvis. It was after he got revived that he gained his status as a zombie, and thus took an even more brutal death to kill him a second time, aka the blades to a freaking motor boat... while drowning! While Michael might have been able to pull off at least what the blades did, he's not exactly used to kills like that. If this was pre-zombie Jason, Michael could've arguably taken the win, but zombification can do a lot to a guy.

TyForestWrites: Yeah, that's what made the difference in the end. Every fight Michael has been in has been relatively simple for him. He's not used to singular opponents who can effectively fight back, especially not almost equally invincible opponents like Jason, who can easily take his stabs and keep on coming. The only possible exception is Laurie Strode, but she had over forty years of prep time. On the other hand, Jason has fought off quite a number of people who can fight back, like Tommy Jarvis, the psychic Tina, Ash Williams, and even Freddy Krueger whilst in the Dream World, where Freddy can warp reality. Heck, if the freaking government can't find a way to kill Jason, I doubt Michael could.

H20Flame: And while Michael may have proven to be smarter, he's still no Einstein. While Jason has been manipulated before by smarter people, it's only because they figured out his emotional attachment to his mother, and Michael just wasn't capable of pulling something like that off. Honestly, when you get right down to it, Michael didn't stand a chance, his only other advantage being stealth, which really doesn't even matter in this fight. So in the end, Jason's overwhelming strength, insane durability, and pure brutality won the fight.

TyForestWrites: Michael just couldn't see his death coming.

H20Flame: The winner is Jason Voorhees.

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TyForestWrites: Next time on Death Battle!

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Dark Pit vs. Roxas

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Bonus

Dr. Loomis quickly climbed down the ladder in the barn, all while in incredible disbelief. That... thing had killed Michael?! It was too good to be true! Yet... if that was the case, that thing was even more dangerous than the psychopath he was used to. But despite knowing the dangers of going outside now, with that thing still lurking in the woods, he had to see the body for himself. He arrived outside and quickly made his way to the dock of the lake... and his eyes widened.

(Cue Shape Escapes by John Carpenter)

The body of Michael Myers was gone.