It didn’t take long for Applejack to get freshen up and to grab a barrel of cider, mutch to the enjoyment of Rainbow dash and now that she was back, twilight quickly it play to start the last episode for today.

Interlude
(*Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston*)

Wiz: Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were grown from ooze and raised by a warrior rat in the sewers of New York to be the world's most fearsome fighting team.

“.... what?” muttered Twilight.

Boomstick: Lots of superheroes have some weird origin stories but this one is plain ridiculous!

“It does sound pretty farfetched,” Spike said, as he looked at the somewhat strange team.

“And The Power Ponies don’t?” Twilight deadpanned while rolling her eyes.

“It’s a bit more believable than this,” Spike muttered, believing aliens were more realistic than mutant turtles.

Wiz: Their greatest advantage in battle is their family bond and teamwork. But, on their own, which Turtle is deadliest?

“I don’t like the sounds of this,” a nervous Applejack said. Starting to get a bad feeling about this episode.

Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.

Wiz: And it's our job to analyse their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle.

Leonardo

(*Cues: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) - Main Theme (MARCH REMIX)*)

Wiz: Leonardo, the leader of the team is smart, strategic with a strong sense of honor.

“Sounds almost like Twilight,” said Pinkie Pie.

“More like my brother,” Twilight muttered, imaging Shining’s reaction to the blue masked turtle.

Background
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Master of Ninjitsu, Bushido, & Swordsmanship
Leader & Strategist
Favorite Color: Blue
Skilled in using environment

Boomstick: Too bad he traded his sense of humour for that sense of honor. This guy always means serious business. His weapon of choice is the Ninjaken swords: Shorter, sturdier and straighter than an ordinary Katana, and designed for swift deadly strikes! Out of all the Turtles' weapons, the Ninjaken is the only one specifically designed to murder people! What's better than one Ninjaken? Two, Damnit!

Ninjaken Sword
2' long blade
Designed for swift, deadly, offensive strikes
Also called Ninjato
Commonly referred to as Katana
Invented in Hollywood

“It was pretty rare to see any royal guard wielding two weapons back in canterlot,” commented Twilight.

Wiz: In many timelines, Leonardo's the one who ultimately defeats the Shredder, though always with plenty of help. As leader, he is usually the one with a plan. He spends most of his time training his body and mind under his Master Splinter's instruction and follows Bushido, a strict Samurai code of honor and duty. At one point, he even fought and killed a sort of physical embodiment of the Devil.

Skill Set
Expert strategist
Sword master
Strong both physically & mentally
Serious devotion to training & family
Bushido code

“He must be powerful if he can defeat that scary thing,” Fluttershy stuttered, feeling scared of the picture of the devil.

Boomstick: Giving Keanu Reeves a much needed break!

“Don’t know who that is but he sounds like he could be in an action movie!” said Pinkie Pie. mutch to the confusion of her friends.

Wiz: However, Leonardo finds it difficult to accept failure. Should things go horribly wrong, his concentration can quickly slip away from him, leaving him sloppy and imprecise.

“Accepting defeat can still teach you,” Rarity said, glancing at Applejack.

Applejack groaned and said, “You try to do the impossible one time and you’ll never let me live it down.”

Boomstick: Leo doesn't like to lose.

“Well tough! Even I know I’ll lose one day,” Rainbow Dash said. Showing a surprising amount of maturity that impressed her friends.

Leonardo (1987 cartoon version): "Quit clowning you guys! This is serious!"

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The girls could agree the leonardo was a great warrior but he really needed to let go of all the stress and pressure he puts on himself.

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Donatello

(*Cues: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (1991) - Cowabunga*)

Wiz: Donatello is the brains of the bunch.

“So Twilight then?” Rainbow asked, looking at her friend.

Boomstick: He does machines!

Background:

Height: 5'2"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Master of Ninjitsu & Bojitsu
Brains & Technician
Favorite Color: Purple

Wiz: Right, Boomstick. Somehow, he learned to operate and manipulate both Human and alien technology without any formal education or budget whatsoever. He also speaks 100% fluent Techno-babble.

Rainbow grinned and said, “Definitely Twilight.” She was then hit with a pillow by said pony.

“I’m not that bad,” Twilight said, looking at her other friends for support but saw that they were looking away from her. “Well not all the time,” she muttered as Pinkie boops her.

Donatello: "The resulting intermit multi-polar flux should create the Electromagnetic Pulse!"

“Did anypony understand that?” Spike asked, scratching his head as his friends shrugged.

Boomstick: What the hell did I just hear? All that gibberish means he's probably trained less than the others, devoting more of his time for Science!

“Man~ sounds like one of egghead’s lectures.” groaned out Rainbow Dash.

Wiz: Fortunately, his useful Bo Staff makes up for his lack of constant training. Durable Oak and Six feet long, the Bo gives Donatello far more attack range than his other brothers.

Bo:
6' long staff
Durable
Oak
Longest reach of all the team's weaponry
Rocksteady's worst nightmare

“That could help you from staying away from danger,” Twilight said, thinking of the times Shining trained with the guards.

Boomstick: The range is nice, but it takes a lot of time and patience to kill anybody with a stick!

“I don’t want to know how he knows that,” deadpanned Rarity.

Wiz: He's no expert strategist, that's Leonardo's turf, but Donatello's considered the most level-headed of the Turtles. Even with his time spent tinkering, he's still a very capable warrior, easily keeping up with his brothers and even killing the Shredder in an alternate dimension.

Skill Set:
Level-Headed
Bojitsu Master
Master Technician & Programmer
Rumored I.Q. of 637
Fluent in Techno-Babble

Boomstick: An ass-kicking nerd? I don't believe it.

“HEY!” yelled Twilight, with puffed cheeks, which caused her friends to laugh at the cute sight.

Donatello (2003 cartoon version): "Eh, I'm making this up as I go."

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The girls had to say that while Donatello had the smarts, he probably wouldn't when with someone like Leo who could out think him in a fight.

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Michelangelo

(*Cues: TMNT: Turtles in Time - Big Apple, 3 AM*)

Wiz: Michelangelo is the youngest of the turtles. He's lazy, undisciplined and easily distracted. He spends his free time playing video games, watching TV, reading comic books and eating pizza.

Background:
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Master of Ninjitsu, Nunchakus, Oriki-Gusari, & Whirling Pizzas
Party Dude
Favorite Color: Orange

“Sounds like a fun guy,” rainbow dash said, with pinkie and spike nodding in agreement.

Boomstick: That turtle is fucked up!

Wiz/everyone: What?

Boomstick: Come on, you can't tell me that that turtle is not on drugs!

“What’s boomstick talking about? He looks fine to me.” commented Rarity, starting to get annoyed at what she considered bullying on the boomsticks part.

Wiz: I don't know, I always thought he was dropped as a kid.

“That’s a horrible thing to say Mr. Wizard!” gasped out Fluttershy.

Boomstick: Okay, look! He has all the signs! Strange eating habits, inability to pay attention, incoherent phrases...

Everyone took a side glance at Pinkie Pie, who was eating her weight in cupcakes.

Wiz: Moving on, his weapon of choice...

Boomstick: The bong!

“What?” everyone said at the exact same time, wondering what the item was.

Wiz: No, the Nunchaku, isn't really a weapon at all. It's a farming tool for threshing grain. These "weapons" are unnecessarily overcomplicated clubs with the effectiveness of a tattered flyswatter. Yet SOMEHOW, Michelangelo has been able to blunder his way through fights to victories he really doesn't deserve!

“Are they really undermining the poor fella’s victory’s!?” yelled Applejack. Getting real sick of the two host uncalled hatred for the poor turtle.

Nunchucks:
Also called 'Nunchakus'
Overcomplicated
Looks Cool? Maybe?
Farming Tool
Good for strangling
Obviously, Mikey strangles foes off-screen

Boomstick: He even beat Raph once.

“Well that’s an accomplishment right there,” Twilight said, happy to know the orange masked turtle has a victory under his belt.

“Ya! You jerks can at least give him that!” yelled spike.

Wiz: Sure, I get it, swing chuks around gives him momentum to hit with them, blah, blah, blah, but in the end, a baseball bat will give you the same effect and more with much less effort. Seriously, who came up with these things? They're preposterous!

“They look useful,” Rainbow grumbled as she crossed her hooves.

“Ya and I bet there’s a great man out there who could use them!” added Applejack.

“COUGH!!BRUCE LEE!COUGH!!” "coughed" Pinkie Pie.

Boomstick: You're prepostemous!

“And he's insulting Michelangelo's intelligence?” deadpanned Twilight.

Wiz: And, for some reason, in all his infinite wisdom, the great master Splinter gave the most complicated weapon to the retard of the group. WHY?

“Why are they bullying Mikey?” Fluttershy asked, not seeing anything wrong with the turtle. Sure he wasn’t the brightest but that didn’t give the hosts the right to bash him.

Boomstick: Mikey's not gonna win this fight, is he?

Wiz: He'd better not.

“Whats with all the hate!?” screamed Rarity.

Michelangelo (2007 movie version): "Ho ho, someone's cranky!"

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The group could agree no matter what, Michelangelo would be a great warrior. No matter what some people say.

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Raphael

(*Cues: I Beam Fight - TMNT*)

Boomstick: Raph is cool but crude! Hell, forget crude, this guy's borderline psycho!

Wiz: Sure to throw the first punch, Raphael is certainly the most vicious of the team. He's constantly butting heads with the others and challenging Leonardo's leadership.

Background:
Height:5'2"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Master of Ninjistu & Sais
Hot-Tempered brawn
Favorite Color: Red

Everyone in the room looked at Rainbow when Wiz said the first line. Feeling everyone’s eyes on her, Rainbow Dash said, “I don’t do that.”

“You accused me of being a spy, hit a dragon the first chance you got and rushed into many other situations without a plan,” Twilight deadpanned as everyone agreed.

Boomstick: He uses twin Sai, which is like a combination of a pitchfork, dagger and Wolverine's claws!

Sai:
Dagger-like truncheon
Used against swords
Primarily offensive
Traps & controls an opponent's weapons
For stabbing, not slicing

“This wolverine guy sounds awesome!” Rainbow dash said.

“I would like to see him in an episode,” commented Pinkie Pie.

Wiz: Like the nunchuk, they also humbly began as a farming tool but were re-evaluated to counter the oppressive samurai.

“Wow, so the farmers used a simple tool as a weapon?” Twilight exclaimed, wondering if other farming equipment could be used as a weapon

“So wait, they give this guy a free pass on his weapons but not Mikey?” asked a confused Spike.

Boomstick: They're best used as a close ranged defensive weapon. The triple prongs are designed to block, trap and control an opponent's weapon, while using the pummel to beat the enemy into submission. Raph's Sai can even snap swords!

“That quite the weapon to be used in different ways,” Rarity said, amazed by the versatility of the weapon.

“I’d use them,” Rainbow said, liking the snapping swords part.

Wiz: Raphael is not exactly the smartest fighter, usually rushing into a brawl without a plan and just overpowering a foe. Because of this, Raphael spends much of his time honing his combat skills. It is very likely he is physically the strongest turtle.

Skill Set:
Vicious & Brutal
Sai Master
Arguably the toughest of the team
Hot-headed with common fits of rage
Enjoys fighting

Boomstick: Also, this guy's in some serious need of anger management!

“Oh?” everyone questioned.

Wiz: He is naturally hot-headed and sometimes loses control of his rage. He is much more vicious than the other turtles and, at one point in the comics, even became the Shredder himself.

“Ok I’ll at least admit that Dash would never do that,” Applejack said. She could never see her friend turning into one of their enemies.

Raphael (90s movie version): "Damn!"

Wiz: Alright the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all.

Boomstick: Wait a minute, Wiz, I gotta rent the latest Ninja Turtles game first.

Wiz: We've have it, we just did all this research with it.

Boomstick: Gamefly!

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As the trailer played out the group had to admit that they couldn’t choose a side for this one.

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Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battle!

Death Battle
(*Cues: 1987 TMNT Sewer BGM*)

In the sewers of New York, the turtles face each other and they draw their weapons.

“I have a bad feeling about this,” squicked out Fluttershy.

FIGHT!

(*Cues: Unknown Theme*)

Leonardo goes after Michelangelo and both trade blow for blow. Meanwhile, Donatello faces Raphael and Leo backflips past them. As Michelangelo attacks him, Leo stabs him with his swords, then leaps over him and slices off his arm, followed by his head.

“Oh sweet celestia!” cried out a green face Spike

(*Cues: Mouser Arsenal - TMNT 2K3 Game*)

Don and Raph continue fighting. Both seem evenly matched until Don throws Raph past Leo. Leo tries to attack Don, but Don leaps on a stack of crates and begins hitting Leo in the head with his staff.

“That's a smart plan,” commented Twilight

(*Cues: Stars Align - TMNT*)

Raph gets up and knocks the crates down, sending Don flying backwards onto the floor. Raph proceeds to stab Don with his sai 24 times.

For lands sakes he’s your brother!!” cried Applejack. Unable to handle seeing a family literally tear each other apart.

He then faces Leo, They both fight each other and Raph knocks Leo into the water. As Leo resurfaces, Raph jumps into the water. They both trade blows with their weapons. Both seem to be at a stalemate until Raph catches Leo's swords with his sais. Eventually, the sais break Leo's sword and then both stab the other. Raph, however, is stabbed in the throat while Leo's wound isn't fatal.

Raphael: DAMN!

Raphael falls below the surface of the water, which is coloured red by his blood. Leo sits down in the water and looks at the sai in his body.

K.O.!

Results

(*Cues: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) - Main Theme (Rock/Metal Cover)*)

Boomstick: Woah ho ho! Somebody call an ambulance! Or a vet, I don't know.

“Not funny,” a downtrodden Pinkie Pie muttered out

Wiz: There is a reason why Leonardo is the leader of the team. Not for strength or speed, but for strategy. Leonardo understands the strengths and weaknesses of the other turtles. His biggest threat was Raphael's sword snapping Sai, so he attacked the weakest of the group first.

“Poor Mikey…” whimpered out fluttershy.

Boomstick: This means Leo let Donny beat the hell outta Raph, who couldn't compete with Don's range. By the time Raph got his revenge, Leo was in way better shape for the final duel.

“A cunning strategy,” Twilight said, she didn’t like it but it still was well thought out.

Wiz: And I can hear all the fanboys raging "But Raph won in the movie! He should win here! Nyah nyah!" No! Four reasons. One: The result of the fight was specifically plot constructive, which is rarely accurate. Two: Leonardo absolutely decimated Raph in the fist fight beforehand. Three: Leonardo didn't want to fight at all. If he did, he would've killed Raphael right here.

“Unlike now,” muttered Rainbow dash, with a downward glance.

Boomstick: Tilt the blade, slide left, bam, no more Raph!

Wiz: And four; That whole movie doesn't make much sense to begin with. Why should this?

“True,” agreed everyone else.

Boomstick: But, hey, Leo can still die from that stab, right?

Wiz: Doubtful for several reasons. Turtles proportionally have smaller vital organs and far more muscle mass than humans, meaning there's little chance Raphael actually hit anything important. Leo's actually been stabbed plenty of times in the series and walked away, and all four turtles have been trained in Chi Kung and can control their breathing and heart rate to survive extreme conditions.

“I guess since he’s technically a turtle his animal biology still stayed the same after they mutated,” Twilight said a bit uncertainly. Fluttershy even agreed as there wasn’t anything to suggest otherwise.

Boomstick: Looks like Leo got the point of this battle.

No one could even muster a reaction from that joke. It was just in poor taste.

Wiz: The winner is Leonardo.

END!

Boomstick: Next time on Death Battle. Leo may taste victory now, but the fight is just beginning.

The girls were curious that Leo was gonna fight someone else this time. His opponent appears to be some large anthropomorphic toad/frog.

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As soon as the credits started to play, twilight hit the power button, leaving the room in a awkward silence.

“Um, that was nice. But i need to go back home and take care of my animal friends. And I need to pack my saddlebags,” Fluttershy quiety said as she walked towards Twilight’s front door. She felt that she should spend more time with her family, especially her younger brother.

“Ya A’H think I'll head back to the farm and give Big Mack a break on the choirs, just so he and I can spend time with Apple Bloom,” muttered out applejack, as she made her way out the door.

“Come Spike, I think we need to start writing some letters and when we're done we can go out for some ice cream,” suggested Twilight. Getting a slow nod from her little brother/son in all but blood, as they made their way towards the library wing of the castle. Planing on sending more leaders to her brother and sister for now on.

The rest of the group also left with thoughts of spending time with their sibling’s on their minds.

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CHAPTER END! NEXT TIME ZITz VS. LEONARDO! Next Chapter: Zitz VS Leonardo Estimated time remaining: 13 Hours, 46 Minutes