Ace the Bat-Hound vs Dogpool

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give out to fans. Our version, the dynamic duelno prize. is a digital award we post on Instagram
for the person that we feel gave the best answerto our question of the week. Last week we asked,
if Avengers Doomsday is featuring an evil versionof the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, what evil
version of a character do you most hope to seeand why? And this is coming off the news that

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Chris Evans is confirmed to be joining the castof Avengers Doomsday alongside Robert Downey
Jr. as Dr. Doom, as we've discussed before.So the prevailing theory among fans is that
They're gonna go a Dark Avengers route wherewe see like Robert Downey Jr. as Dr. Doom and
Chris Evans as an evil version of Captain America.We got three answers. So let's go ahead and

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run down our two honorable mentions as wellas the no-prize winner. Our first honorable
mention goes to Kyle who said, Hi guys, theevil version of a character that I most want
to see in Avengers Dimpsay probably has to beCaptain Hydra. Because I think it is a really
interesting idea. to have Captain America beingcontrolled by Hydra and going against everything

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that we think the character stands for. So Ithink that'd be pretty cool. Thanks, Kyle.
Yeah, I think the prevailing theory for theevil version of Captain America would be Hydra
Cap, the most prominent and recent example ofan evil version of Captain America. Yeah, I
remember when that comic came out and everybodyhated it. To be fair, it was pretty jarring.
It was a jarring story. Do you think Chris Evanscould pull off and- Evil Captain America, Hydra

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Cap? I think an actor like him is up for thechallenge, absolutely. Yeah, it would definitely
be a different take on a character that he'snearly exhausted on screen. And that may be
what attracted him to the role in the firstplace. We'll see. But great answer, Kyle. Our
next honorable mention goes to Brandon Eschergard,who said, If they are going to do an evil version
of the Avengers in the next movie, I definitelywant to see an evil version of Scott Lang.

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I think it would be kind of interesting seeing,like, one of the most positive characters in
the universe. Basically, be complete oppositeand flipped. And, yeah. Yeah, I don't recall
there being an evil version of Scott Link fromthe comics, but there was an evil Ant-Man named
Eric O'Grady, who was an Irish shield agentwho stole one of Hank Pym's Ant-Man suits and

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then used it to like stalk women and stuff likethat. He was a fucking asshole. And I think
it would actually be kind of funny to see PaulRudd pull off that type of role. Actually,
I think I'd be more interested in seeing anevil version of Hank Pym. Maybe like fused
with Ultron? That'd be wild. Well, that wouldbe Michael Douglas in the role. Right, exactly.
I know, I'd rather see an evil Paul Rudd justbecause I think there's a whimsy to that. Like

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a kind of lightheartedness. I don't need themnecessarily to go as dark with the character
of Ant-Man because Ant-Man is so beloved, youknow? I think it would be weird considering
the tone of the Ant-Man franchise to go fullyevil. I think it'd be better to see Paul Rudd
as like an Irish hooligan kind of thing. Thatsounds awful. Do not like that take. Great
answer, Brandon. We want to give a quick shoutout to Alex, who called to tell us about the

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data that he's been compiling about all of ourduels. Thank you very much for reaching out.
But the winner of this week's Snow Prize goesto Mike Williams, who said. Hi guys, Mike Williams
here. Instead of going in the direction of darkestversion of the Avengers, I'd like to see them
introduce the Squadron Supreme or maybe evenNorman Osborn. Dark Avengers give them some

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good antagonists to fight against instead ofturning Regular Avengers into the dark versions.
Anyway, that's my opinion. I think that's agreat opinion I didn't even think about that
a lot of the prevailing ideas out there areabout the Dark Avengers considering Chris Evans
return But what if he's not playing a dark versionof Captain America? What if he's playing a

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dark version of Superman himself Hyperion theMarvel Comics character? I would be really
surprised if they're going that route consideringthe fact that they're gonna have the sentry
in the upcoming Thunderbolts movie Who's alreadykind of like a dark-ish version of Superman
plus we had Icarus and Eternals who was likean evil Superman I don't know if they would
retread that water although it is intriguingto me that Chris Evans would not be playing

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a Version of Captain America. They could gothat route. He could literally be anyone considering
that it's not like RDJ is playing Tony StarkThat's true. That's very villain. At the end
of the day, we have no idea where they're goingwith the plot for Avengers Doomsday, but I'm
highly anticipating the reveal of who ChrisEvans will be playing. If they do bring in

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Squadron Supreme, not going to lie, at thispoint, I would not hate it if they brought
in Zack Snyder's Justice League cast. HenryCavill as Hyperion. And Ben Affleck as Nighthawk
and Gal Gadot as Power Princess. That wouldbe awesome. Even get Ezra Miller in there.
It would be the Marvel and DC movie that we'llnever get. Exactly, exactly. So congrats to

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Mike Williams for winning this week's No Prize.If you the listener want a shot at winning
your own No Prize, stay tuned to later on thisepisode when we'll be asking another Question
of the Week. And now that that's done, on tothe news.
Okay, so this past week, Warner Brothers unveiledthe first official teaser trailer for the first

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official movie within the new DC Universe, Superman.Now, there has probably not been a trailer
that I have been more looking forward to andmost apprehensive about in the eight years
that we've been doing this podcast. Becauseit was going to set the tone. for a film that

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was likely going to set the tone for the restof DC's films going forward. I really did not
have too many expectations for this trailer.There was nothing really specific that I wanted
to see except for maybe Superman flying, butI was hoping that it was going to capture a
specific tone that I think a lot of people complainedthat the Snyder films did not have, and that

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was one of hope. So in that regard, when I finishedwatching this trailer for the first time, I
was unbelievably happy. And I still am. I lovethis trailer. I love the precedent that it's
setting for James Gunn's universe as a whole.I always knew he was a really talented filmmaker,
particularly when it comes to story and heartfeltstories at that, considering what he did in

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the Marvel universe with the Guardians of theGalaxy films, it looks to me initially that
he really gets the character. And I think he'sgoing to give us a version of the character
that we haven't seen in a really long time.So in what way does this new teaser trailer
evoke the theme of hope to you that the previousfranchise did not? Well, I didn't know that

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the previous franchises were not necessarilygoing to inspire hope, as it were. I think
the first two acts of Man of Steel were reallygood. I know Zack Snyder lost a lot of people
with the whole neck snap thing. I'd be reallysurprised if they did anything like that in
this film. Especially considering that JamesGunn and Peter Safran, the heads of DC, have

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been talking about how nice of a guy this Supermanis. But, you know, even more than that, it
definitely looks like we're getting a Supermanthat is different from previous versions in
that, hey, the guy can bleed. He's not thisunrelatable figure that's invulnerable and
everything comes so easy to him because he'sso powerful. From the opening shot of this

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trailer, we see him broken and bleeding. Andthis isn't something we ever saw from Henry
Cavill's Superman, really, even when he wasbeing killed by Doomsday or being beaten up
by Batman. Just hearing him breathing in thisopening scene was pretty powerful, I thought.
And to have that juxtaposed with the shots ofhim as Clark Kent, whether it's in Metropolis

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at the Daily Planet. or on the Smallville farmwith his father. It just gave this very human
feeling to him. And he's definitely approachingClark Kent differently from his Superman, which
is something that Henry Cavill never did. AndI know that was another big criticism of his
performance. If we're comparing Corn Sweat toCavill, I will say that my big impression from

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this teaser was that Corn Sweat doesn't havenearly the presence that Cavill does. And I
think general audiences are gonna take note.Define presence. Well, Corn Sweat, definitely
seems much more human. Like I think you weretalking about how he seems much more vulnerable.
That's definitely the case. He seems less iconicthan the icon that is Superman. And so therefore

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it kind of feels like he seems like a lesserSuperman, you could say, than Cavill's very,
you know, strong striking image that you seewhen you see Cavill in the suit. Yeah, I mean,
I would agree with that. I don't think that'snecessarily a bad thing. I think Zack Snyder's
and Henry Cavill's Superman was very much thislike supermodel bodybuilder type Superman,

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whereas David Cornsweat is not that. Althoughapparently he's taller and heavier than Henry
Cavill was when he played Superman, which iswild to me. Yeah, the dude's suit is doing
him no favors though. I'll say that. It lookslike pajamas. What's interesting was that James
Gunn revealed recently that his take on thesuit was heavily inspired by comments made

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by David Corrin Sweat about wanting to appealto younger, not even audiences, but just in-world
younger smaller children because he didn't wantto scare them with all of his power and strength.
He wanted to look like a classic wrestler ofsorts, even you know having the trunks on the
outside. And I actually liked that approach.I liked that they took that approach with this

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version of the suit. Seeing it in live action,I still think it works. I thought it looked
great in the set photos. I know there's stillsome people who have a problem with it, but
I am not one of those people. I mean, it moveswell in the action shots. When you see him
saving the girl from the explosion or you seehim punching his way out of that glass cube.
Yeah, it all looks great. Oh yeah, totally.You know what? One thing we haven't really

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seen in a Superman from the past was dynamichair. And I didn't realize until this trailer
how much that lends to like. the speed and movementof the character, whether he's flying through
the sky, whether he's saving that young girl.It's like all the other Superman have had their
hair like hair sprayed and plastered to theirhead. Just like a ton of super gel, apparently.

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Not so with David Corn sweat. Even when he wasClark Kent, I thought it was gonna look so
much worse than it actually did when it wasbeing filmed. Nah, I don't like his look as
Clark Kent at all. No, I thought he was perfectas Clark Kent. Even when he was like looking
back at like Lois and then quickly looked away.It was a take on Clark Kent that we haven't
seen on screen in a while. And I loved it. Youknow what else I loved? The look of Crypto.

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I am so excited that Crypto is in this movie.Of course, we saw Crypto in the League of Superpets
animated film, but he looks so much cuter here.I just love the little guy. I just want to
come a hug. Yeah, in League of Superpets, hewas like a white golden lab. Something like
that. Maybe. But here, I don't know what helooks like. He looks like a scraggly white

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mutt. Yeah, almost like a terrier type look.Definitely not a purebred, but you know, he's
pure white. He looks fantastic. I can't tellyou how excited I got when Superman started
whistling, because I knew Krypto was in themovie. I wasn't sure if we were gonna get a
shot of him in this trailer. When he was whistling,I was like, oh shit, he's calling Krypto. And
then just to see him running through the snow,it was super cute. I loved it. There's a lot

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of endearing things about Superman. in thismovie, almost like in a tricky kind of way,
because, you know, in film, there's ways tokind of cheat the audience so that it likes
characters that aren't necessarily likeable.Superman's a likeable character. But when you
add things like, oh, he has a dog and oh, he'ssaving children and stuff like that, it just

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endears them to the audience even more. They'rereally trying to appeal to the audiences with
this teaser trailer right out the bat.
He saves children. He's the nice guy. Yeah,and dude, oh man, my favorite part of the trailer,
the one that literally had my eyes watering,was when the little boy in that foreign conflict

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was raising the Superman flag and calling onSuperman. Oh man, that was a great scene. I
don't know why that impacted me so much, butit did. I loved it. The idea that this is a
Superman that little kids would call to andyou sort of got a little bit of that. with
Zack Snyder in Mexico saving kids from a burningbuilding. But that felt a little bit more weird

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because Zack Snyder played it up as like almostworship. Here, this doesn't seem to be the
case. The little kid just needs a hero. We,of course, get to see a lot of other side characters
besides crypto in this trailer, including LexLuthor, including Lois Lane, played by Nicholas
Holt and Rachel Brosnahan, respectively. Andthey look like they're going to crush it. Like

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literally the best versions of Lex Luthor andLo Slane that we've seen on screen in my opinion.
And I really liked Kevin Spacey's look for LexLuthor, but his plan was stupid. I'm hoping
that Nicholas Holtz crushes it though. He justlooks like an angry dude. His like sharp features
as well I think lend themselves pretty goodto a character like Lex Luthor who started

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off as like this mad scientist type villain.And I guess still is. What do you think of
the other heroes in this teaser? The terrificslike Green Lantern, Mr. Terrific, Hawk Girl,
and Metamorpho. Metamorpho was strange. I didn'teven realize that was Metamorpho until like
the third time I watched this trailer, likethe third of a hundred times that I've watched
this trailer. Hawk Girl looks awesome, so doesMr. Terrific. Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner

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looks pretty silly. I think he looks worse actuallybeing filmed than he did in the set photos.
I thought he actually looked cool. in those,but he looks really goofy here. But I guess
Guy Gardner is supposed to. What was more interestingto me in this trailer was that they showed
Superman in stag industries. I almost wonderif the Terrifix are affiliated with stag industries

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somehow. I don't even know if they're calledthe Terrifix. They might be the Justice League.
We don't know. I do have to say I was excitedto see not only the crystalline structure of
the Fortress of Solitude, because that's anotherthing that I've been missing for a while, but
also the number of Kaiju. that apparently attackMetropolis in this movie. There's the giant
dragon, there's the giant eyeball, something'sknocking over a huge building. I have this

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theory so far because we don't know anythingabout the story. But my guess is actually that
maybe Lex Luthor breaks into the Fortress ofSolitude and unleashes Superman's like alien
zoo and the monsters just attack Metropolisand that's why people seem to hate Superman
and are throwing cans at his head and stufflike that. It's not a bad theory. It's probably

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wrong, but I wouldn't hate that idea. The floatinglaser eye does still strike me as interesting.
This is something we saw in the very first officialimage released of David Corn sweat in the Superman
suit when he's putting on his boots. He stilldoes not seem to be terribly concerned by the
floating eyeball in the sky, lasering buildings,and I'm not sure why. Sometimes you just got

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to make out with your girlfriend before youcan go save the day. Priorities. Got to have
them. Like I said at the beginning of this discussion.Overall, this trailer has me really looking
forward to not only this next Superman film,which I think James Gunn is going to crush,
but also the upcoming DCU. It's weird that thistrailer is about a character who's supposed

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to inspire hope. And I feel like I have morehope now than I've had in a really long time.
As a DC fan? Yes, because, you know, with thewhole Snyder versus DeBacle thing with the
Justice League film. Since Joss Whedon tookthat over and just with all the studio interference,
it feels like we haven't really had a good cleardirection for Superman on film, which we absolutely

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should because he's the flagship character ofDC. And I'm pretty confident that now we do.
You know, my impression from this teaser isthat this Superman movie is going to be the
that movie was for the Marvel Universe. I thinkthe comparisons that were made between Spider-Man
Homecoming and the amazing Spider-Man franchisewill be the same ones that are made between

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this new Superman franchise and the Man of Steelfranchise. You know, there are still a lot
of fans out there of Andrew Garfield, and inmany ways, yeah, he looks and acts a lot more
like the comic book version of Peter Parkerthan Tom Holland does. But the Spider-Man Home
franchise was exactly what the MCU needed. It'sexactly what the cinematic character of Spider-Man
needed to be at the time. It was still a tasteof the familiar. You know, it was like the

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second time that the franchise had been rebootedwithin the decade. But audiences didn't mind
that as much because the fans were finally gettingwhat they wanted. Yeah, and it's like Homecoming
wasn't an origin story in the same way thatthe Superman movie is not going to be an origin
story, allegedly. Although it does look likethis may be the time when Lois Lane learns
that Clark can't is Superman, because we seeher kissing both in this trailer. So it's still

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exciting. Again, I love this trailer and I'mreally curious to hear how much you guys loved
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But that does it for the news for this episode,now let's move on to the main event where we
find out who will win in a showdown betweenBatman's dog Ace the Bat Hound and Deadpool's
dog Dogpool.

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All right, Ace the Bat Hound versus Dogpool.Of course, we saw Dogpool earlier this year
in the Deadpool and Wolverine film. And we sawAce actually last year in the Super Pets film.
Although Ace is very different in the comicsthan he was in that movie. Yeah, there've been
a lot of different versions of Ace the Bat Hound,which makes me think that Ace keeps dying and

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then Batman keeps getting a new dog and callinghim Ace. Cause there's been an English Mastiff
version of Ace. a Doberman Pinscher versionof Ace, a Great Dane version of Ace, a German
Shepherd version of Ace, like a lot of fuckingAces. Hey, man, there's four Aces in a deck.
It's all right. Whereas Docpul, I guess hisbreed has somewhat changed during the course

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of the comics too. Or maybe it hasn't changed.He's just gotten less mangy looking because
when he first came out in the comics, the doglooked freaking weird, man. He looked like
a mangy brown mutt. And in the comics now, he'sa little bit more clean cut. Although in the
movie, he was a Mexican hairless dog, whichI don't know why they did that, but I guess
it made sense for the film. And that hasn'tmade its way into the comics? Oh no, MCU version

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of Dogpool has definitely made his way intothe Dogpool comics, just due to the fourth
wall breaking nature of the Dogpool comics.And yeah, they've teamed up and fought, but
yeah, the MCU version of Dogpool is a separateentity than the comic book version of Dogpool.
So if you're picturing this character in yourhead, Don't picture the Mexican hairless dog,
just picture a brown mangy mutt who looks likehe's been hit by a car but wearing a Deadpool

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outfit. Here's the thing though, Jonathan, whenwe speculate on how this fight would go, do
you really want to talk about how these dogswould essentially tear each other apart like
in an actual dog fight? Not really. Yeah, Idon't want to either. So the way we're gonna
approach this duel is a little bit differentjust for the purpose of not looking like animal

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cruelty assholes. Instead of a fight, thesedogs are going to go head to head against each
other in a holiday dog show. And we have judgeson standby to judge both of these dogs in their
respective stat categories. And they're goingto be competing in events showing off their
skills. And I think it'll be a lot of fun. Yes,but of course, the winner is still going to
be determined by simulations. So to explainour methodology behind our duels, let's go

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to our sentient duel simulator, Alfred Jarvis9000. AJ9K, tell our listeners how you go about
determining a winner. in our duel matchups.

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Additional stat categories are included suchas range, damage potential, versatility and
perception in order to create a more detailedand accurate simulation. The results of the
1000 simulations provide a percentage of winsfor each character. The contestant with the
higher percentage is declared the victor asthey have a higher probability to win any given
battle. In an equitable pairing, neither charactershould win 100% of the matches. The comic book

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stories have shown that there's even a way forBatman to defeat Superman. So the confidence
rate of my method falls in line with the precedentsthat have been established in the source material.
My mathematical simulations are without subjectivityor bias. Feats are not the sole consideration,
nor are fan votes tabulated for determinationof the winner. Thanks AJ9K. Before we run the

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simulations though, we like to break down eachcharacter's histories and abilities before
improvising a scenario on how we imagine oneof the 1000 simulations would play out beat
for beat. And it's my turn to go first withthe DC character. So let me tell you all about
Ace the Bat-Hound. Now Ace began as a GermanShepherd belonging to an engraver named John
Wilker. When Wilker was kidnapped by a gangof counterfeiters, Ace escaped captivity and

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was found by Batman and Robin. After postingnumerous lost dog signs around town with his
contact info, Bruce Wayne decided to fashiona simple hooded mask to hide Ace's identity
so that no one would connect the dog to Batman.when he used Ace to help find Wilker. Using
Ace's keen sense of smell, Batman and Robintracked down the dog's owner and apprehended

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the gang. Ace earned the nickname Bat-Houndafter helping capture one of the criminals.
You can learn more about Batman and Robin inour Batman vs. Moon Knight and Nightwing vs.
Daredevil duel episodes. Though initially returnedto Wilker, Ace's owner later took a job that
made caring for the dog impossible. leavingAce in Bruce Wayne's custody. Unaware of Bruce's

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secret identity, Wilker assumed Ace had simplyfound a good home. Ace became a loyal ally
to Batman and Robin, assisting them on casesand even being equipped with a radio caller
for tracking. While initially trained for crimefighting, Ace also provided Bruce Wayne companionship
during difficult times. However, Ace eventuallyfaded from active use as Batman focused on

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other methods to combat crime. Ace re-emergedyears later as a large mastiff, adopted by
Bruce Wayne after the dog's original owner,a blind Native American man named Black Wolf,
passed away. This Ace was fiercely loyal, remainingin the Batcave alongside Harold, Bruce Wayne's
mute genius mechanic. During the time when Jean-PaulValley, aka Asriel, temporarily replaced Bruce

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as Batman, Ace sensed something was amiss andkept his distance. You can learn more about
Azrael in our Azrael vs. Blade episode. Aceremained a quiet but consistent presence in
Wayne Manor and the Batcave until his disappearanceduring the events of No Man's Land when an
earthquake devastated Gotham City. Years later,another Ace was introduced, a German Shepherd

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and former guide dog rescued by Bruce Waynefollowing his owner's death. The dog was never
explicitly named Ace the Bat Hound in continuity,but it maintained a similar role as a loyal
companion. In post-Flashpoint continuity, Brucebought an emotional support Great Dane named
Titus for his son Damien, though Titus didn'tpartake in adventures much as he wasn't trained

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for it. It wouldn't be until several years laterwhen Batman met a new, vicious ace, a German
Shepherd taken in as a puppy by the Joker afterkilling its owner, a man in witness protection
who had witnessed one of Joker's murders. Unsurewhether to keep or kill the pup? Joker pulled
out a deck of cards to gamble its life. Jokerdrew the king, followed by an ace, meaning

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the dog got to live, and its name stuck withhim. Ace became one of several dogs outfitted
with playing card-themed masks and trained asattack dogs. Ace, forced to wear the Ace of
Spades mask, became the pack leader. The Jokerlater abandoned the dogs in a pit, leading
them to turn on each other out of desperation.Ace was the sole survivor. when Batman and

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Commissioner Gordon discovered the scene. Initiallyconsidered irredeemable due to his aggression,
Ace was taken in by Alfred Pennyworth afterbuying the animal shelter that initially refused
to give Alfred the dog on account of the abuseit suffered and its aggressive tendencies.
Over the course of months, Alfred trained Acewith care and persistence, despite the dog's

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frequent attempts to bite him. Alfred's determinationeventually paid off and Ace grew to trust him.
Bruce Wayne, skeptical at first, argued to Alfredthat some traumas are impossible to heal. Though
Bruce was eventually won over when Ace demonstratedloyalty and intelligence, becoming a trusted
member of the Bat family. That Christmas, Brucejokingly presented Ace with a bat-shaped mask,

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officially christened him Ace the Bat Hound,and trained him as a tracker and rescue dog.
Ace's loyalty, bravery, and intelligence wereparticularly evident during the mission involving
enhanced animals being used for criminal activities.Ace, along with a group of other animals, including
a speedster turtle, a pickpocket squirrel, abear, and a cyborg chicken, worked together

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to dismantle a criminal operation run by Dr.Herbert Schwan, a corrupt veterinarian. Schwan
had been capturing animals and using experimentaltreatments to transform them into living weapons
for Gotham's underworld. Ace quickly emergedas the leader of the group. using his experience
and training to organize a rescue effort forBatman. He guided the team through the defenses

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of the facility holding Batman, evading trapsand confronting a dog trained specifically
for Lex Luthor, named Lix Luthor, prior to Luthorrealizing he had dog allergies. Along the way,
Ace's leadership and resourcefulness earnedthe trust of his new allies, who followed his
commands despite the casualties to rescue acaptured Batman. Ace also played a pivotal

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role in mentoring Hayley, also known as Bitewing,a three-legged dog under the care of Nightwing
and Oracle. When Hayley struggled to adjustto her new life and role, Ace offered guidance
and support, helping her navigate the challengesof being part of a superpets team led by Crypto.
Although Hayley ultimately chose to forge herown path apart from the team, Ace's patience

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and wisdom left a lasting impression on her.And that's Ace the Bat Hound. Abilities-wise,
Ace the Bat-Hound possesses exceptional trackingand rescue abilities, having undergone rigorous
training to assist Batman in crime fightingas well as search and rescue missions. As a
highly intelligent and loyal German Shepherd,Ace is capable of understanding complex commands

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and responding to cues with precision, evenin high stress situations. His tactical vest
is outfitted with a variety of tools and gadgetsto aid in missions. These include miniature
bat-shaped smoke pellets for creating distractions,a radio communicator for staying in contact
with the bat family, a small med kit for emergencyfirst aid, a flashlight for low visibility

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environments, and a collapsible rope for searchand rescue operations. Additionally, his vest
features reinforced armor plating, providingace with protection in dangerous encounters.
Ace's physical prowess includes enhanced speed,strength, and agility. for a dog of his breed,
making him adept at subduing criminals and navigatingchallenging terrain. His acute senses of smell

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and hearing allow him to detect explosives,track individuels, and alert Batman to potential
threats. That's Ace the Bat Hound. The mostrecent version of Ace, his backstory went a
little bit more hard than I thought it would,honestly, but it's a great origin story for
a dog that would belong to Batman. Yeah, actuallythat storyline won an Eisner Award. Okay, I

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could totally see that. Yeah, it's kind of heartbreakingstuff. But you love to see animals come through
with owners who truly get them and care aboutthem. And it seems like Batman does considering
he's also, you know, a trauma survivor. Exactly.Yeah, the whole notion that Batman was like,
you can't heal this dog, he's gone through toomuch pain was, of course, a direct analogy

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to Bruce's own pain and Alfred recognized thathe wanted to prove Bruce wrong. Is the League
of Superpets book a children's comic title kindof in the same vein as Pet Avengers? No, it's
not an ongoing series. The times that the Leagueof Superpets have made appearances, they were
always called the League of Superpets. Theyjust appeared like in backup Batman stories

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or you know like their own one-off special issues.Gotcha. Well Dogpool's origin story beats that
out of the water. In fact, it won a Nobel PeacePrize. Oh my gosh. Let me tell you about it.
Wade Wilson, the dog. was born astray in thealternate dimension of Earth-10-3173. He lived
his life on the streets as a happy flea-riddenmongrel, barking all night and chewing up shoes

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he found. Eventually, however, he was roundedup and taken to a secret lab for experimental
cosmetics testing. Evil scientists Dr. Von Braunand his assistant Igor worked under the Mascara-X
project, aiming to develop an eye mascara thatcould regenerate indefinitely. The pair submerged
Wilson in an experimental chemical vat thatpainfully transformed the dog, leaving him

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horribly mutated but granting him an extraordinaryhealing factor. Unaware of his newfound abilities,
the scientists discarded Wilson as a failedexperiment, placing him in a garbage bag and
tossing him into a dumpster, leaving him todie. Wade's regenerative powers soon revived
him and he escaped the trash to wander the cityfor someone to love him.

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Wade's despair led him to throw himself in frontof a car, seeking to end his loneliness. However,
Wade survived his attempt, and he was discoveredby a group of circus clowns passing by who
recognized his indestructible nature. They broughthim to the circus, which exploited his abilities,
branding him Deadpool the Dare Devil Dog. Theyfeatured him in their death-defying acts, including

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shooting him out of a cannon, using him as targetpractice for the circus knife thrower, and
having him leap through flaming hoops. Somepeople came from near and far to witness Wade's
stunts, but despite his newfound fame, the constantcycle of death and revival weighed heavily
on him. Wade questioned his reality, his purpose,and the true meaning of his seemingly cursed
existence. Word of the immortal stunt dog eventuallyreached the cosmetic scientists who created

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him, Dr. Von Braun and Igor. Seeking to recapturetheir subject, they experimented on another
dog, giving him adamantium claws and naminghim Wolverine. confronted Wade at the circus,
however Wade outsmarted his rival by launchinghim from the circus cannon. At this point,
Deadpool, of the primary Marvel Earth 616 appeared,recruiting Dogpool to join the Deadpool Corps,

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a band of mercenaries united to protect themultiverse. The team, which included Lady Deadpool,
Kidpool, and Headpool, embarked on a seriesof wild and dangerous missions to safeguard
reality, battling threats such as the Awareness,the Champion, and the Grandmaster. Despite
the absurdity and peril of the core's adventures,Doc Poole found a sense of belonging and family

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among his fellow mercenaries. He especiallybonded with Kid Poole, the child version of
Deadpool. You can learn more about Deadpoolin his duel against Deathstroke. However, tragedy
stuck when an evil version of the Deadpool core,led by the murderous Dreadpool, began hunting
and killing their counterparts across the multiverse.As part of the resistance against them, Dogpool

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journeyed to Earth-616 to warn its Deadpoolof the impending danger. In a climactic confrontation
between the good and evil Deadpool cores, Dogpoolsacrificed himself to save Deadpool by leaping
in the way of a disintegration beam. His ultimatesacrifice left a lasting impact on Kidpool
and the rest of the core, who went on to defeatthe Dreadpool core in revenge. Though presumed

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dead, Dogpool's uncanny ability to survive seeminglyanything led to his return. when he teamed
up with Catpool and Mousepool to break the fourthwall and attack the Marvel Comics editorial
team, convincing them to give the trio theirown monthly Infinity Comics series. In his
new adventures, Dogpool went on to kill mercenariesat his new farmhouse, steal and bury one of

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Deadpool's arm bones, pee in Kat Loki's litterbox on Asgard, save Deadpool when he fell in
a well, get drunk in Boston, and help Deadpoolsave Christmas. And that's his backstory. Dogpool's
main ability is to heal at an accelerated ratethrough his healing factor. This allows him
to recover and regenerate from any wound hesuffers as well as make him immune to disease

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and toxins and grant him increased stamina.He's highly agile, faster than your average
human, approaching 50 miles per hour on foot,and is strong enough to easily bring down an
enemy. He has sharp canine teeth and claws,and also typically carries an assortment of
weapons and explosives in his suit, includinga knife, sometimes a gun, and just a few grenades.

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And that's Dogpool. But how does he use a gun?I've never seen him use a gun in the comics.
I'll say that. He just carries it for like intimidationfactor? I guess so. Yeah, actually, Ace doesn't
use any of his weapons either or gear. Essentially,it's just there for his teammates to use should

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they need it. So he's like a pack mule. Yeah,pretty much exactly. I have seen Dogpool carry
a knife in his mouth. Well, I've seen Ace havebatarangs in his mouth as well in the comments.
So there. Playing fetch or something? Yes. That'spretty cute.

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Well now that we got the dog's histories andabilities out of the way, let's speculate on
how one of the 1000 simulated matches will go,but in a dog show. The winner of the dog show
will be determined by simulations, not our speculation,but it's fun to imagine how the dog show could
play out. AJ9K, what are the rules of our speculation?Well I should say there are no rules. Other

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than the characters have no prior knowledgeof the other going into the show. All they
are aware of starting out is that the othercharacter is an opponent that needs to be outdone.
For the speculation, the contestants will competein a variety of events to showcase their skills.
Alright then, let's get into it! Ace the BatHound and Dog Pool meet in the arena. Who goes
first? Okay, I think Ace the Bat Hound willgo first in their first annual dynamic duel

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kennel club dog show. First off will be theagility trials, which feature a high speed
obstacle course that will test the dog's speedand evasiveness. For this challenge, the two
will take turns chasing a fake rabbit down atrack. while avoiding cannon fire and maneuvering
around lava pits. Yeah, that's right. I mustsay too, Ace looks quite statuesque as he's

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waiting for the starting signal. And there itis! Ace is off! Oh, and he trips right out
of the gate! Womp womp. What? Okay. Well, likea true ninja in training, Ace comes out of
the stumble with a quick tuck and roll, andhe's back on his feet chasing after the rabbit,
picking up momentum as he approaches the firstturn. and then a cannonball fires straight

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at him. But without losing his stride, Ace ducksbeneath the cannonball and is starting to close
the gap as he comes upon the lava pit. And lookat that! Instead of chancing the leap, Ace
runs alongside the fenced wall around the pitand gets to the other side unscathed. He's
close to the rabbit now, it looks like he'sabout to snatch it. OH! He got him with lightning

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speed! And wow, he is- tearing that thing toshreds. Great performance overall though. We'll
see how dogpool compares. Okay so uh dogpoolis at the track starting line. He's looking
a little bit less statuesque as ace did. Yeahprobably because he's licking his asshole.
Yes anyway there's the starting signal and dogpooltears off like a rabbit animal chasing that

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rabbit. All right here comes the cannonball.except dogpole leaps over the cannonball like
in slow motion bullet time doggy matrix styleoh but it just barely clips his hind legs causing
him to cartwheel through the air oh and it lookslike it knocked him across the field into the
lava pit that's not going to be good all rightokay so he's crawling out of the lava pit i

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can see his spleen but it looks like his healingfactor is kicking in as he continues to chase
the rabbit while on fire and with one leg stillmissing. What an inspiration, because he's
got it. He's got the rabbit now. Wait, whatis he doing to the rabbit? Oh, he's humping
it. He's really going at it. That is not goingto make the network sensors happy, but let's

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see if it affects the judges' scores as Dogpoolfinishes up whatever he's doing. This is Scotty
Macho here, and I'm down here on the track,and we are checking our contestants for speed.
The first one was Ace the Bat Hound. Guy didn'thave a good start, but he was able to snatch
that thing up right away and rip into pieces.A seven for Ace. Now Dogpool, he was able to

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grab that rabbit pretty quick, but then startedhumping it right away too. But, I mean, as
ugly as that little thing is, he's still prettyquick. So we gave him a seven too. For the
category of evasiveness, I'm gonna have to giveDogpull a six out of seven. I mean, that's
pretty good, but he definitely did rely on hisregenerative abilities more to help him. Which

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is not bad. That's smart fighting. That's nothingwrong with that to use your abilities to your
advantage such as that That's for ace the bathound. I'm gonna have to give him a seven out
of seven I mean it clearly shows he was trainedby Batman also not Batman But he had the bat
family with him so much more to be trained onthan just one person Supporting him in this

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role. So seven out of seven for about back toyou guys All right next up is the might and
resilience challenge a where dog's pull a weighteddummy from a burning collapsing structure.
Is this PETA approved? I'm gonna say no. Alrightdog pool goes first and he's given the go-ahead

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as he races into the burning building to getat that dummy on the top floor. Now we made
sure to let the structure burn for a while soit's literally falling apart during this trial.
Alright sure enough as dog pool is climbingthat first set of stairs they collapse on him.
Oh! and a burning wooden shard just impaledone of dogpool's limbs. Again? Well, all right,

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the three legged pooch. He's just an inspirationas he fights his way to the top to get at the
dummy and he starts dragging the dummy to safetyby his leg. Now, these dummies weigh like 300
pounds, folks. They're like what we call heftyor thicc. The building is starting to fully
come down around dogpool. Can he drag the dummyout to safety in time? Let's see. Oh, holy

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shit. He just leaped out of one of the windows,tossing the dummy out the window with him.
But it looks like he's maneuvering himself beneaththe dummy midair to use himself as a landing
pad. And splat! Looks like the dummy is finein dog pool. Like he doesn't look fine, but
he's coming around and at least he has all fourof his legs back. Yeah, they're just all going
in different directions though. Overall. I'dcall this a good showing for the Merc with

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the Bark. Okay, now Ace is up. There's the signal,so there he goes, rushing into the building
with zero hesitation, like a true hero. Andthere go the stairs, they're crumbling beneath
them. And he gets hit with some debris, it lookslike. Oh, but he shrugs it off and leaps onto
the landing just in time. And he's located thedummy. Well, why is he checking the dummy's

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vitals? Like, what is he doing? Does he havetime for this? I don't think so. Hey man, there's
always time for safety. But it looks like nowthe ace is dragging the dummy up the next flight
of stairs to the roof. Why is he going upstairs?The structure is crumbling down at this point.
What is he gonna do? Well, it looks like he'swrapped a harness around the dummy and is now,

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what, he's scratching his neck? Oh no, he'sactually triggered a grapple line from his
collar. And now both he and the dummy are slidingdown it to the ground below just as the structure
collapses. Well done. That dog is somethingelse man, let's see what the judges have to
say.

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the event. Ace the Bat Hound has clearly beentrained by the Dark Knight in all manner of
strength training exercises and has been feda specialized diet for optimal muscularity.
And though Dogpool has the appearance of a straywho eats mostly leftover chimichangas from
the Del Taco dumpster and snorts too much cocaine,he seems to be able to compensate through his
regenerative healing factor that keeps his bodyin good condition. We the judges award both

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dogs a 7 out of 7. A perfect score.
results for the durability portion of our dogshow today and coming in with a perfect score
of seven we have ace the bat hound now y'allmight be wondering He comes in with a 10. Why

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do we give him a 10? I mean, look, you couldchop off his arm, it's gonna grow back. Look
at the healing factor on him. The durabilityis off the charts, so we have to give him an
off the charts score. Okay, the next event isa search and solve competition. It's a scavenger
hunt style event that tests the dog's perceptionand intelligence as they navigate a labyrinth

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and avoid tasty distractions in order to locatethe drugs that are hidden. in the center of
the maze. And there's the signal. Ace rushesinto the labyrinth. I expect nothing less from
him by this point. Looks like he's sniffingaround now, but has he caught the scent of
the drugs? Oh, look at that. It looks like Acehas walked right into a dead end. How unfortunate

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for that guy. And at the dead end, there's aplate full of meaty steaks there, cooked rare.
Yummy. Which Ace completely ignores, the dedication.Oh, what is he doing now? Look, he's digging
under the wall. No dead end is gonna stop himfrom getting to his target. Oh, but look, he
stops digging for a second. He must detect thebitch in heat that was placed in the maze that's

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like right above him. Oh, he's digging intohis tactical vest now. What does he have in
there? Oh, it's a gas mask muzzle. Wow, he mustbe confident in the location of the drugs by
this point. to use a tool like that to avoidthe scent of romance and stick to his mission.
And sure enough, he's dug right through themaze and is now beneath the drugs. He's found

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them and let out a victorious howl. Missionaccomplished. All right. Now it's Dogpool's
turn. So Dogpool rushes into the labyrinth andhe's using his skilled nose to try and locate
the devil's lettuce that's hidden in this maze,which is a slang term for marijuana, kids.
But oh, no. He stumbled upon a plate full ofchimichangas, and he eats them all without

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even chewing, it looks like. Ha ha ha. Yeah,it makes sense for the character, for sure.
But oh, we laced them with sleeping pills. Thatwill cost him. Except, Dogpool's healing factor
should help filter out that poison. So, he'sfine. He keeps going. It's fine. Yeah, but
it looks like he's moving away from the center,towards the direction of the French poodle

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and heat. and he gives into the temptation.Okay, okay, sure. But Dogpull's like really
quick, okay? He's like a two pump chump. Andso he's like in and out literally and moves
on. Finally approaching the bag of weed andhe finds it. What a champ, you know, his tail's
wagging. He looks like a happy boy. Yeah, maybea little too happy because he just straight

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up devoured the weed like the police are knockingon his door.
Well, let's see what the judges have to say.And now moving on to the intelligence category.
Ace is pretty much a genius. I mean, it's prettyhard to describe Ace as anything other than
a genius. And unfortunately, dog pool is justdumb. I can't really describe dog pool any

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other way. As intelligence goes, dog pool isprobably even less intelligent than an actual
dog. So sad. So this category goes to Ace thebat hound with a seven to dog pools measly
one. And next we have the perception event.Looks like Ace scores a perfect seven due to

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his superior training. The dog pool only getsa three because he passed the drug sniff test
but got too high on marijuana. Unfortunate.Next up is the attack skills showcase, an action
packed challenge highlighting the dog's fightingskills and versatility where they must each
take down a squad of ninjas in a warehouse setting.Yeah, Dogpool is gonna go first, and it looks

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like he sees the group of ninjas enter his warehouselocation. And he sees them circle around him.
Yeah, but as he turns to look at each one, hekeeps turning and turning because he's chasing
his own tail. Alright, so, okay, so he's a littledistracted at the outset, and one of the ninjas
lunges at Dogpool with his bow staff. But, youknow, getting conked on the rear with the staff

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is gonna snap Dogpool out of chasing his tail,and he's no longer distracted. and he snarls
and lunges back at the Bo Staff Ninja, straightup ripping his crotch from his body. Oh shit!
That guy was a volunteer! One down, three togo. The next ninja is wielding a pair of scythes

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and he stabs Dogpool. Dude, what a dickhead.Attacking a dog like that? Deadpool straight
up rips that guy's dick from his pants. Again?Yeah. All right, Dogpool seems to be using
a very specific fighting style to disable theseopponents. I hope they already have children.
Yeah, the style is called Wing Chun. Well thethird ninja runs at dogpool with his nunchucks

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spinning around. And then dogpool throws a daggerright in the guy's nutsack. A dagger? Yeah
from his utility belt. And now the final ninjawith swords looks like he's trying to actually
run out of the arena. But dogpool is going tograb the guy by the seat of his pants just
ripping him and pulling the last ninja to theground. And then OH MY GOD the guy just exploded.

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What happened? Looks like Dogpool must havedropped a grenade down the ninja's hole in
his pants. Wow, this battle felt very personal.Like a ninja must have been the one that neutered
Dogpool back when he was a stray or something.We can only assume, I guess. Well it's Ace's
turn and I have to say I'm expecting a goodshow from him. The Bat Family has trained for

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this exact scenario. The four ninjas surroundAce and he's rolling over and- OH! The warehouse
is now filled with smoke. He must have triggereda smoke capsule in his tactical vest. Okay,
it looks like we're gonna have to switch toour infrared cameras. And it looks like the
ninjas cannot see him through the smoke. Oh,look, there he is in the rafters. How does

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a dog get in the rafters? It looks like he'slowering a looped cable. The sword ninja doesn't
appear to see he's walking right into the trap.Oh, there he goes. The ninja gets lifted into
the air, and dropping his swords. Uh, it lookslike the ninja with the scythe heard the swords
dropping to the floor, and he looks upward andhe throws one of his scythes into the rafters

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at Ace. And like any good boy playing fetch,Ace catches the scythe in his jaws and he spins
it back around at the ninja. And look, it stuckhim in that foot. That ninja will probably
be pinned there for a while. Pretty painful.Oh, but it looks like the smoke screen is starting
to clear from the warehouse, so- These guysare gonna be able to see Ace now. Oh, but where
did Ace go? Oh, there he is behind the Bo StaffNinja. Did he just paw chop him in the neck?

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Wow, Bo Staff Ninja's down with a nerve strike.Oh, but look, Nunchuck Ninja spotted Ace, and
he pounces on him, and now he has one of hisNunchucks wrapped around Ace's neck. Okay,
well, it looks like Ace is pulling hard awayfrom the Ninja. You know, he's pretty strong
for a dog. Oh, it looks like he was using theNinja's weight against him. pulling the ninja
low to the ground and setting him up for onetremendous headbutt. That ninja is seeing ninja

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stars right now. What a masterful performancefrom a doggy martial arts master if I've ever
seen one. Let's see what the judges say. Wow,what a great showing for these two dogs in
the fighting category. For this category, wewere looking for how- these dogs would face
off against each other. And Ace the Bat Hound,just like his master, came in with great precision

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and didn't miss a beat. He scored a perfectseven. Whereas his opponent, Dogpool, only
scored a six because he was constantly gettingdistracted by his own tail. What a great show
so far and I cannot wait to see the rest ofthe results from the other categories. When

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it comes to versatility, these dogs are collarand collar. Ace is the world's greatest dogtective,
which means he has a variety of useful skillslike sniffing, sneaking, snarling, and of course
sleuthing. though he prefers not to use it becausehe is a very good boy. Dogpool, on the other

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hand, may appear to be a chaotic mess, but thisis just because he's a real Jack Russell of
all trades. Just kidding, he's a mutt. But hedoes do his own stunts because he can heal
from just about anything. He also has knowledgeon a variety of subjects due to all Deadpool's
ability to break the fourth wall, giving thema certain sense of omniscience. In either case,

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both these canines exhibit just about any skillthey need. need to get the job done and for
that reason we are proud to award both of thema perfect seven in versatility. The last event
is the precision range test, a targeting competitiontesting range and damage potential where the
two dogs will use their unique abilities toaccurately hit and or destroy moving targets

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of various compositions. Ace is going firstin this final test and it looks like his projectiles
of choice are a collection of Batarangs. Interesting.Picking up the first one, Ace is staring intently,
waiting for the first targets to appear. Candogs really throw well enough for this event?
I guess we'll see. The first clay targets getlaunched, and we're skeet shooting here! Ah

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skeet skeet! Like a discus thrower, Ace spinsaround and hurls a volley of three Batarangs!
Bam bam one two three all targets were shatteredby ace of course all right the next targets
appear and these guys look like dartboards swinginglike pendulums and The dartboards are wooden

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in composition all right ace is winding up,and there's the pitch Oh, no, it looks like
ace missed one wait the one that missed is circlingback around like a boomerang Oh Ace bulls-eyed
the dartboard from behind! Look the tip of thebattering is sticking through the board into
the front side. Where does this dog get hiswonderful toys? That's what I want to know.

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The final round of the targets are appearingnow. They're human figures composed of ballistic
gel so that we can get accurate damage analysis.But the figures are moving swiftly on a conveyor
belt. It looks like Ace is grabbing a differentstyle of battering. I wonder which kind. All
right, Ace is taking aim. And wow, instead ofspinning this time, he does a back flip. And

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look, he used three different types of batterings.The first target is now melting from the electric
shock it's receiving. The second one looks likea pin cushion with sharp battering sticking
out from its vital pressure points. And thethird one is just frozen solid. What a solid
way to wrap up his performance at this show.What a show off that dog is, but you know.

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Dogpool's ready to go now, and he didn't cometo play. The first targets are launched into
the air. All right, maybe he did come to play.Instead of hurling a projectile at the clay
targets, Dogpool leaps into the air and snatchesall three of the skeet discs. Maybe he thought
this was a Frisbee game or something, but hedid crack the discs with his teeth. So maybe

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that will count with the judges? What an idiot!Looks like the second round of targets are
now swinging. And Dogpool has a grenade in hismouth and he's wagging his tail. Looks like
he sets the grenade down on the floor and henudges it with his nose. Like he wants the
targets to throw it for him. What? Oh wait,look, the grenade is rolling and it's rolling.

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It keeps rolling and it blows up, destroyingall three targets. And Dogpool himself, that
grenade trap now travels pretty far. He'll walkit off. All right. The final challenge. The
ballistic gel torsos are moving down the conveyorbelt. And it looks like Deadpool pulls out,
oh my God, is that a rocket launcher? And it'sred, it's so big and red. It's a red rocket

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launcher. I don't even know how Doc Pull's gonnause it, but oh, it looks like he's pressing
the trigger with his paw. Kabooy, there goesall the targets and most of the arena itself.
Thank goodness we are behind this safety glass.That final round was intense. Let's hear from
our final judges. In the category of range,we, the judges, have determined that both Ace

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the Bat Hound and Dogpool have displayed considerableskill in their distance and marksmanship. However,
while Ace showed exemplary skill in his abilityto bullseye targets using Batarangs, we feel
that Dogpool's use of throwing grenades insufficientlydemonstrated the same natural skill due to
the weapon's large blast radius. That beingsaid, Dogpool seems to have a gun pointed at

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me as I'm currently reading these results, soI'm going to award both dogs a perfect score
of 7 out of 7. Alright folks, the results areit. It would appear that both contestants,
Ace the Batcom and Dogpool, scored a perfect7 in the damage category. But because Dogpool
is pretty fugly and because his owner has myfamily held captive, we're going to award him

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3 extra points giving him the win. Wow, DocPoole seems pretty desperate to me. Let's take
the judges scores and have our resident MonteCarlo simulator AJ 9K analyze the data to determine
who wins the inaugural Dynamic Duel Kennel ClubDog Show. AJ 9K, hit it. Inputting data, running

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calculations, processing results, simulationscomplete. OK, so when we approached the stats
for this matchup, we knew that Ace was basicallygonna have a perfect score in everything because
he is the perfect dog, particularly when itwould come to dog show style events. Yeah,

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I don't think there's any sort of dog show outthere that Ace the Bat Hound would not utterly
dominate. So we definitely approach the statsfrom a different angle this go around. It's
not like your standard duel, because speakingin dog terms, Ace the Bat Hound is a perfect
dog. So really the challenge came in seeinghow Dogpool compares to the perfect dog in

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all of the stat categories. And there were somedifferences. You know, Dogpool, as the judges
said, got slightly lower in evasiveness becausehe knows that he has his healing factor to
rely on. But he really outclassed Ace the BatHound in durability, of course, because of
his healing factor and damage. Yeah, Dogpooltends to be much more lethal than Ace, who

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follows the same code that his master does ofbeing non-lethal. Dogpool was less than exemplary
compared to Ace though when it came to intelligenceand perception, largely because the dog just
isn't that smart. He's not the type of dog tofollow commands, especially if you classify
intelligence at a dog show through obediencetraining. How good are they at following commands

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and Dogpool is just an agent of chaos. WellJoseph, taking all of these stats into consideration,
who do you think is going to come out on top?I think that dogpool's durability and his lethality
will put him over the edge here. Although Instagramdoes not agree with me, it looks like a lot
of our followers are voting for Ace to win by64% over dogpool. But let's find out who actually

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won. AJ9k, the results please. Hey Yuasa. Thewinner of the matchup between Ace the Bat Hound
and Dogpool is... What? Yes by a whopping 73.7%win rate compared to dogpool's 26.3% or 263

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of the 1000 matches. How is that possible? Theonly way that could be is because we didn't
score this like a typical duel. We scored itlike a dog show. I think we should nix that
whole idea and treat this like an actual dogfightbecause I straight up guarantee you that dogpool...
rips Ace the Bat Hound apart. Okay, MichaelVick. That's what you want, huh? No. Look,

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the stats would be fairly comparable, even ifwe scored them slightly different. Dogpool
would still come out ahead in terms of durabilityand still fall way behind in intellect. Sorry,
Ace the Bat Hound is just elite when it comesto dog stat categories. Is that so? Well, oh
no, it looks like Dogpool is breaking the fourthwall and beating the shit out of Ace the bad

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hound. Looks like we got our dogfight afterall. Yeah, if Dogpool can even touch Ace with
his stealthiness and superior martial arts skills.Oh, he'll touch Ace. He'll touch him wherever
he wants to. Oh no. That's right. Dogpool isestablishing dominance. Wow. But that does
it for this duel, guys. AJ9K, help close usout. Thanks for listening to Dynamic duel.

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Visit the show's website at dynamicduel.comand follow us on Instagram at dynamicduelpodcast.
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Max Destruction, Senjo World, and Console Combat.
Our next episode will be the 2024 Brothers Awards,our annual award show where we review everything
Marvel and DC put out in the previous year.But that does it for this episode, we want
to give a big thanks to our executive producersKen Johnson, John Storosky, Zachary Hepburn,

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Dustin Balcom, Mickey Montagian, Brandon Estergard,Nathaniel Wagner, Levi Yeaton, Austin Wiselowski,
AJ Dunkerley, Scott Camacho, Gil Camacho, AdamSpies, Andrew Shunk, Dean Molesky, Devin Davis,
Joseph Kirsting. Josh Leiner, Mike Williams,and Oscar Galvez for helping make this podcast
possible. We'll talk to you guys next week.Up up and away, true believers.

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