Rick Sanchez VS The Doctor (Rick and Morty VS Doctor Who) | DEATH BATTLE!

I love how the Doctor is amused by the screaming sun. Like he just thinks its neat cause he's never seen that before.

For those who don't know, the VA for The Doctor in this battle is the same guy that the official Doctor Who radio plays get when David Tenant isn't available. In other words, this is one of the few Death Battles to have one of the fighters voiced by a character's official voice actor

The creators of Doctor Who explicitly describe it as "The triumph of romance and intellect over brute force and cynicism." Rick is a formidable opponent, but in a way he always has been the opponent. He represents everything the Doctor has always been able to defeat. Also, Rick forgot the most important lesson from Doctor Who: the more weapons you bring to a fight against the Doctor, the more powerful he becomes.

I think the fact that Rick has built his entire worldview on a dog eat dog mentality definitely gives the guy who plays completely defensively a leg up

“Morty, if you forget me than I will haunt your ass.” I love that Rick is not even mad that he died, he’s just mad at Morty for forgetting him.

"Blink as much you can. They're scared of rapid movement." Loved that

When the Doctor hacked and destroyed Rick's blaster, he simultaneously hacked the portal gun to cause it to create the portal he'd subsequently use to redirect the D-Mat gun to destroy Rick. The Doctor anticipated that Rick would go for the D-Mat and set him up to cause his own demise. He beat Rick through superior strategic thinking.

I'm so glad that they didn't make the "Rick is aware of Doctor Who and therefore he knows everything about the doctor" card a big part of the fight - people really take it out of proportion, it's a single throwaway line in which he mentions he knows the franchise exists, but nothing beyond that. Do you really think a mad scientist like Rick is sat there binging some DW? No chance. However, I do like that they give him SOME knowledge in the fight to keep everyone happy, such as him name-dropping the time lords and knowing to shoot both sides of the doctor's chest because he knows he has two hearts

Honestly, Rick ending up as a forgotten ghost is a kinder ending than most Doctor Who enemies recieve.

Major props to the writers for keeping the Doctor a technical pacifist by having Rick be the one who fired the killing blow himself.

i thought the doctor said "on god" instead of "en garde", which somehow made it funnier " maybe you will find it on the ground next to your teeth! " grabs spoon "on god?"

Like most episodes of Doctor Who, it all came down to "and then he used the Sonic Screwdriver".

If Rick brings an apple to the fight he just might be able to keep The Doctor away.

"Blink a lot, they fear movement" Okay, that was a good one. Not a drop of the Doctor's wit was wasted and I loved it.

One detail I loved about this fight is how The Doctor noticed Rick's ego and used it against him in the sword fight. Rick tells him to keep quipping, and The Doctor notices that his quipping irritates him and gets under his skin, so later when they're locked against the balcony, he quips about a little shop so that Rick throws out an angry, reckless, and predictable lunge so that The Doctor could disarm him with the momentum. Mad props to the storyboarders and writers who made this detail as it's extremely in character for both characters, especially The Doctor using his enemies' personality flaws against them, which is something he often plays to his advantage. Fantastic!

Odd to have a Death Battle with only one character. Guess it made for an easy win, though.

Rick going on a blind rampage over a fenderbender while the Doctor just acts defensively is perfectly in character for both of them.

I think my favorite part about the fight is The Doctor’s “fighting style”. He disarms Rick, hacks & overloads his equipment, traps him in a precarious situation and tricks him into destroying himself. HE NEVER DIRECTLY ATTACKS RICK The dedication to The Doctor’s character is incredible.

Yeah I’m not surprised. The Doctor is terrifying if you really think about it. I’m surprised they didn’t mention Demons Run. When their friends were threatened they went back in time, told the oldest story, and that ended up being the name of the baddies super secret base. That wasn’t a coincidental turn of phrase, it was a threat across time.

"I know your type. The nihilist know-it-all." I love how the Doctor easily dismisses Rick's outlook and character.