Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Infobox Single
Name=The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny


Caption="Good guys, bad guys, and explosions,as far as the eye can see."
Artist=Lemon Demon
Album= [http://wiki.illemonati.com/Dinosaurchestra Dinosaurchestra]
Released=December 7, 2005
track_no=6
Genre=Comedy
Length=3:33
Writer=Neil Cicierega
Producer=Neil Cicierega, Shawn Vulliez

"The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny", often shortened to "Ultimate Showdown", is a comical song and video released on December 7 2005. It features music and lyrics by Neil "Lemon Demon" Cicerega with art and Flash animation by Shawn "altffour" Vulliez.

The work features many famous real and fictional characters, largely taken from pop culture of the 1980s and 1990s, in a huge brawl where "...only one will survive". It gained a large cult following among web enthusiasts [cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1108664581.html?dids=1108664581:1108664581&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+26%2C+2006&author=Shauna+Rempel&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=H.3&desc=Copy%2C+paste%2C+animate|title=Copy, paste, animate|publisher=The Toronto Star] and became the "user's choice" on December 28 2005 on Newgrounds where it has been viewed over 10.2 million times. [citation|publisher=Boston Globe|date=June 22, 2006|title=He's a hit with Internet set|author=Emily Sweeney] It appeared on several other websites including Albino Blacksheep, [cite|publisher=Dayton Daily News|date=April 11, 2006|title=Seen & Overheard|author=Bob Batz] Flash Portal, YouTube, Transbuddha, Weebl's Stuff and then its own dedicated site: [http://www.ultimateshowdown.org www.ultimateshowdown.org] .

The song topped the "Funny Five" on "The Dr. Demento Show" for several weeks and was the #1 Request for 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.drdemento.net/online.html|title=Dr Demento's official site] . The video has since been parodied and referenced repeatedly in other flash videos.

howdown participants

The Ultimate Showdown is a bloody battle started by Godzilla and Batman. This is a list of its participants, in order of appearance in the video, with notes on how they were defeated:

The song is somewhat contradictory about whether or not everyone dies — despite the fact that "only one will survive," when the showdown is finished "the rest saw their better — Mr. Rogers in a bloodstained sweater." Though Mr. Rogers impales himself through the abdomen, he survives (for at least until the end of the cartoon) and actually dances despite the flood of blood pouring out of his abdomen.

The man eating ice cream seems to survive until the very end, so much as watching Mr. Rogers commit seppuku at the end. However, this was one of the civilian witnesses to the showdown, and not a participant.

[
thumb|Abraham Lincoln with a machete] The following are people who either did not participate in the battle or were only mentioned. Like the previous section, the following are in the same order as their introductions in the video.

Influences

Both artists have previously collaborated on a parody website, [http://www.ebws.com eBaumsWorldSucks.com] Dead link|date=August 2008 (subtitled "Media for Dumbasses", a play on words of eBaum's World's former slogan "Media for the Masses"), along with Abi Rendon (aka LegalCondom). "Lowtax" is seen punching Eric Bauman, a direct reference to this earlier work.

When Shaquille O'Neal 'opened up a can of Shaq Fu', it referenced his own fighting game, which is often considered one of the worst games ever. Aaron Carter appearing to beat up Shaquille O'Neal is a reference to the song by Carter called "That's How I Beat Shaq" from "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)".

Abraham Lincoln's tombstone reads "I got a Lincoln Log," a reference to Shmorky, Zoomzip and Fragmaster's song " [http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=2946 Abe Lincoln] " from Something Awful.

Chuck Norris' central role is an example of Norris being attributed superhuman power as in the Chuck Norris Facts.

The scene where Indiana Jones cannot find his gun is a reference to a similar scene in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom".

The slapping fight between Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario is an example of the many Sonic versus Mario videos which make fun of the rivalry between Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis.

Notes and references

External links

* [http://excellentfriends.org/ultimateshowdown/ Ultimate Showdown official website]
* [http://www.lemondemon.com/ Lemon Demon official website]
* [http://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/ Neil Cicierega's live journal]
* [http://www.ultimateshowdown.org/lyrics.php The official lyrics to the song]
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/285267 Ultimate Showdown, Newgrounds]
* at WikiLemon, a Lemon Demon wiki