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This is a DynaMic Network podcast.
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Hey and welcome to the Dynamic Duel Podcast,
a weekly show where we review superhero films
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and debate the superiority between Marvel and
DC by comparing their characters in stat-based
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battle simulations. I'm Marvelous Joe. And I'm
his twin brother Johnny DC. And in this episode,
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we are going to find out who would win in a
fight between the DC villain Copperhead and
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the Marvel villain Scorpion. I was gonna say
that this is like a lizard-themed duel, but
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uh... Yeah, only one of these guys are reptile
themed. Of course, Scorpion is an insect. So
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I had kind of a brain fart right there. Actually,
scorpions aren't insects. They're arachnids.
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Fuck you, Jonathan. It was right off the gate.
You're stupid. You're going down. I hope you
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lose this match now. Don't correct me. It disgusts
me. Anyway, Jonathan and I are recording this
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episode a little bit early. We're actually recording
this the week before Thanksgiving. And this
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episode is actually coming out the week after
Thanksgiving. Initially, this episode was going
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to be a review of Watchmen Chapter 2, but we
got a lot of stuff going on during the Thanksgiving
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week. So we decided to put this episode out
now and next week we're going to be reviewing
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Watchmen Chapter 2. Yeah, we had Thanksgiving.
I have a work trip. It's just a lot of stuff
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going on. Plus it gives me, you know, more time
to sit with my thoughts after watching Watchmen
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Chapter 2, which I have not done yet because
it's not out. Please bear with us because this
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is actually a pretty bare-boned show. We're
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going to have any news. We're just gonna get
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Visit dynamicpodcasts.com or click the link
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in the DynaMic Podcast Network. But with that
out of the way, let's go ahead and get on to
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the main event where we find out who would win
in a fight between Copperhead and Scorpion.
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All right, Copperhead versus Scorpion. This
episode is coming out in lead up to the upcoming
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Craven the Hunter movie that's coming out in
a few weeks. Of course, that film will be based
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off of the Spider-Man villain known as Craven
the Hunter, but we've already done a duel episode
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with Craven. We pit him against DC's Vixen.
So we were thinking of another Spider-Man villain
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to do a duel episode with, and actually my favorite
Spider-Man villain of all time is Scorpion.
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And it is a damn shame that we have not gotten
to a duel episode with him yet. So we're going
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to fix that right now. Pitting Scorpion against
Copperhead, who was not an easy foe to come
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up with. Took us a while to settle on Copperhead,
us and the executive producers. But essentially,
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these guys are incredibly agile. They're strong
and in part, they're gifted that strength thanks
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to the suits that they wear, which include these
long tails that can wrap people up. One guy
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uses acid attacks. Another guy uses venom based
attacks. It was actually a hard sell once we
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realized Copperhead could work. Yeah, I think
I primarily know Copperhead from the Suicide
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Squad Hell to Pay animated movie in which he
was a member of the Suicide Squad team. And
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he was pretty cool. He was like a cyborg with
like snake-like powers in that film. I'm assuming
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that's what he's like in the comics. Not quite.
Well, we will find out all about him and Scorpion.
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You know what's crazy is that I feel like Copperhead
has been better represented in the medium of
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film than Scorpion has. Scorpion, again, my
favorite Spider-Man villain, has yet to make
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an appearance in the films besides that stupid
cameo that was in Spider-Man Homecoming. I
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think prominently he was best featured in Spider-Man
Into the Spider-Verse, although that was the
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ultimate version of Scorpion. Copperhead wasn't
in any films either except for Hell to Pay.
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Oh, he was also in a video game, although it
was the girl version of him. in Arkham Origins
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and that was awesome. That was really cool.
Well, I mean, Scorpion's been in a lot of Spider-Man
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video games, so I guess he has that going for
him. Can't wait to see who's gonna win this
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fight, but to explain the methodology behind
our duels, let's go to our sentient duel simulator,
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Alfred Jarvis 9000. AJ9K, tell our listeners
how you go about determining a winner in our
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duel matchups. Yes, of course, sir. The way
I determine a winner between the contestants
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is by running 1000 Monte Carlo simulations using
the characters' statistics. The Monte Carlo
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simulation is a probabilistic model used to
determine outcomes through random sampling.
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In this case, I randomised the statistics along
a normal distribution as a way to simulate
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the many variables that can occur during battle.
The stat parameters are based on the official
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Marvel power grid from which the DC characters'
statistics are extrapolated. Additional stat
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categories are included such as range, damage
potential, versatility and perception in order
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to create a more detailed and accurate simulation.
The results of the 1,000 simulations provide
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a percentage of wins for each character. The
contestant with the higher percentage is declared
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the victor, as they have a higher probability
to win any given battle. In an equitable pairing,
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neither character should win 100% of the matches.
The comic book stories have shown that there's
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even a way for Batman to defeat Superman, so
the confidence rate of my method falls in line
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with the precedents that have been established
in the source material. My mathematical simulations
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are without subjectivity or bias. Feats are
not the sole consideration, nor are fan votes
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tabulated for determination of the winner. Thanks,
A.J. 9K. Before we run the simulations, though,
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we like to break down each character's histories
and abilities before improvising a scenario
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on how we imagine one of the 1,000 simulations
would play out beat for beat. And I believe
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it's my turn to go first with the Marvel characters
backstory, so let me go ahead and tell you
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all about Scorpion. McDonald Mac Gargan's early
life is shrouded in mystery, but he eventually
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became a private investigator known for his
willingness to take on difficult and morally
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questionable jobs. This reputation drew the
attention of Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah
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Jameson, who was determined to reveal how Peter
Parker consistently captured such astonishing
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photographs of Spider-Man, whom you could learn
more about in his duel against Blue Beetle.
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Jameson hired Gargan to shadow Parker, hoping
to uncover a secret connection. However, Peter
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Parker's spider sense alerted him to Gargan's
presence each time, leaving Jameson frustrated
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and ready to pursue a bolder strategy. Jameson
arranged for Gargan to undergo a risky procedure
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with Dr. Farley Stillwell, a scientist exploring
genetic manipulation. In exchange for a $10,000
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fee, Gargan agreed to become Stillwell's first
human test subject. His DNA was fused with
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that of a scorpion, one of a spider's natural
predators, granting endurance and reflexes.
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Stillwell also outfitted Gargan with a cybernetically
controlled mechanical tail, completing his
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transformation into Scorpion. But while the
experiment made Gargan physically formidable,
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it also had unforeseen mental consequences,
driving him toward insanity and sparking a
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deep-seated aggression that he would later be
unable to control. Initially, Gargan reveled
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in his new powers, believing they made him invincible.
His first encounters with Spider-Man reinforced
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this confidence, as he defeated the webslinger
twice. However as Gargan's powers grew, so
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did his hatred toward Jameson, whom he now saw
as the true architect of his monstrous transformation.
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This contempt soon became an obsession, leading
Scorpion to attack Jameson at the Daily Bugle,
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only to be foiled by Spider-Man in their third
battle. Despite being arrested, Gargan's animosity
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toward Jameson, whom he saw as both his creator
and his enemy, would remain a driving force
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for years to come. Over time, Gargan's animosity
turned him into a hardened mercenary, accepting
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dangerous assignments that often brought him
into conflict with other heroes. As Gargan's
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criminal career advanced, he became part of
the Masters of Evil supervillain team under
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Egghead, joining forces to battle the Avengers,
though they were ultimately defeated. You can
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learn more about the Masters of Evil in their
duel episode against the Legion of Doom. Gargan's
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reputation for brutality grew, making him a
reliable go-to for villains who needed muscle
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for their operations. Yet he remained haunted
by the life he had lost and the monstrous identity
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he was now trapped in, leading him to believe
he can never remove his costume. Desperate
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and mentally unstable, Scorpion attempted to
subject Jameson to an acid bath, a scheme foiled
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by Captain Marvel, who threw Gargan into the
acid herself. Horribly burned and in agony,
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Gargan retreated into the sewers, his sanity
slipping further. He would spend weeks in isolation,
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spiraling deep into madness and becoming convinced
he was truly a monster. This self-loathing
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and paranoia haunted him until another confrontation
with Spider-Man revealed that his monstrous
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identity was more of a psychological prison
than a physical one. In a bid to regain his
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sense of control, Gargan accepted offers from
corporate backers like Justin Hammer, who saw
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value in enhancing Scorpion's deadly abilities.
Hammer outfitted him with a new suit and extended
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his tail, equipping it with advanced weaponry.
but Gargan's volatility proved disastrous as
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he repeatedly jeopardized Hammer's operations
with his inability to follow orders. Despite
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these setbacks, Gargan continued to cling to
his criminal career, unable to give up his
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vendetta against Jameson and Spider-Man. In
one of his most significant turning points,
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Gargan was approached by Norman Osborn, who
sought to harness Gargan's hatred for Spider-Man.
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Osborn, aka the Green Goblin, now aware of Spider-Man's
true identity, offered Gargan an upgraded suit.
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and revealed Parker's secret to him. He instructed
Gargan to kidnap Peter's Aunt May if Osborn
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was ever incarcerated. Gargan nearly completed
his mission when he encountered the Venom symbiote,
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which offered him even greater power, becoming
the new monstrous Venom, whom you can learn
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more about in our Clayface versus Venom duel
episode. As Venom, Gargan discovered newfound
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powers, joining Osborn's Sinister 12 in a bid
to destroy Spider-Man. Though he was defeated,
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Gargan enjoyed the raw powers the symbiote offered.
However, controlling the symbiote came at a
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cost as his bloodlust drove Gargan to increasingly
savage acts. Concerned with his violent tendencies,
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the government implanted electrical inhibitors
in Gargan's body, hoping to restrain the symbiote's
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influence. Following the Skrull invasion, Osborn
elevated Gargan's status by assigning him to
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the Dark Avengers, where he took on the public
persona of Spider-Man to present a twisted
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reflection of the hero to the public. His hatred
for Jameson? Now New York's mayor led him to
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orchestrate a gang war aimed at tarnishing Jameson's
reputation, plunging the city into chaos. When
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Osborn's empire finally fell during the Siege
of Asgard, Gargan and the other Dark Avengers
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were arrested, and the symbiote was forcibly
removed. Without it, Gargan experienced severe
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health repercussions, his body having grown
dependent on the symbiote for stability. His
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freedom came when Alastor Smythe, a villain
known as the Spider Slayer, broke him out of
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prison and outfitted him with an advanced scorpion
suit. which included a life support system
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and a quote-unquote scorpion sense similar to
Spider-Man's spider sense. Smite's intervention
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provided Gargan with a semblance of normalcy,
but it also rekindled his obsession with revenge.
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Together, the two staged a high-profile attack
on Jameson and his family, though Spider-Man
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ultimately thwarted their plans. His ongoing
vendetta against Venom resurfaced after Eddie
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Brock reclaimed the symbiote.
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Gargan adopted a new identity, Virus, and acquired
a heavily weaponized suit. He pursued Venom
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relentlessly, but was ultimately captured by
Codex, a symbiote hive ruler who forced him
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to resume his Scorpion identity. Gargan eventually
accepted a position on the government-run symbiote
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task force, targeting rogue symbiotes in a twisted
attempt at redemption. Powers-wise, Scorpion
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is a mutate with Scorpion-human hybrid physiology.
This grants him superhuman strength, able to
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lift around 20 tons. and enhanced running speed
around 50 miles per hour. His scorpion suit
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grants him enhanced durability that renders
him bulletproof to small arms fire and he's
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equipped with pincers and the gloves that allow
him to grasp onto walls and rip through solid
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metal. Best of all though is his 10 foot long
mechanical tail that can whip at 100 miles
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per hour and is dexterous enough to carry objects
or use as a springboard to launch himself three
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stories into the air. The tip of his tail is
equipped with a poisonous barb. and from it
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he can fire both laser blasts and corrosive
acid. While Scorpion is not a trained fighter,
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he is an adept brawler and a gifted investigator.
That's Scorpion. Wait so you're telling me
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I can get a suit like the Scorpion for just
10 G's? Not only a suit but also Scorpion DNA.
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Eh it doesn't matter I don't have that anyway.
A guy could dream though, although I'm not
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sure how much it costs to get Copperhead's suit.
But I would say it's even more oppressive than
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Scorpion's and probably more expensive. Probably.
Well, I mean, Scorpion debuted in the 1960s,
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so $10,000 in the 1960s now, it's got to be
at least $10 billion. Oh, Copperhead also appeared
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in the 60s, the late 60s. Interesting. Let me
get into his backstory. The criminal known
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as Copperhead first emerged in Gotham City as
a mysterious figure whose agility, stealth,
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and cunning allowed him to execute a series
of audacious thefts. His costume, resembling
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a snake's scales, included a prehensile tail
that he could use to bind an incapacity to
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his victims, earning him the moniker Copperhead.
Though his true identity remained a mystery,
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his modus operandi was distinct, striking swiftly
and vanishing without a trace. Copperhead's
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contortionist skills and snake-like agility
made him nearly impossible to apprehend, confounding
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Gotham's police force. Copperhead's first major
heist involved the theft of a tiara belonging
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to a foreign dignitary visiting Gotham City.
Disguised as an elderly man, Copperhead infiltrated
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the dignitary's heavily guarded quarters, stealing
the tiara before escaping into the shadows.
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His theft drew the attention of Batman, who
enlisted the help of Batgirl and Wonder Woman
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to help capture the slippery villain. The trio
set a trap for Copperhead using the golden
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cask of Montezuma. a priceless artifact as bait.
Though Copperhead failed in his attempt to
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steal it, the trap failed as well, and he successfully
evaded the heroes once again, disappearing
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into Gotham's underworld. Shortly after, Copperhead
captured Wonder Woman during an encounter in
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Gotham Park and brought her back to his lair.
Batman and Batgirl were able to track him,
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however, to his hideout where they managed to
capture and arrest him. After escaping from
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prison, Copperhead upgraded his suit. with help
from the Secret Society of Super-Villains,
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who invited him to join their ranks. While working
for the Society, he collaborated with villains
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like Gorilla Grodd and Star Sapphire on a series
of heists, the former of which you can learn
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more about in our Gorilla Grodd vs. Psylocke
duel episode. Internal conflicts within the
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group, however, led Copperhead to abandon his
associates after becoming suspicious of the
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Society's leadership. As a freelance assassin,
Copperhead expanded his criminal endeavors
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internationally. He was hired to assassinate
a French finance minister only to be thwarted
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by Elongated Man, the first of several battles
against the hero across Europe. When the archdemon
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Niron offered numerous villains upgraded powers,
Copperhead sold his soul to be transformed
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into a human-snake hybrid. This new form enhanced
his physical abilities, granting him actual
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venomous fangs, superhuman strength, and predatory
instincts. However, it also eroded his humanity.
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making him more animalistic and driven by primal
urges. In his transformed state, Copperhead
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became a vicious killer. He battled Superboy
in Hawaii, where his venomous bite managed
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to pierce the young hero's skin. Though he was
temporarily defeated, Copperhead survived and
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joined the Suicide Squad, only to betray the
mission and escape with his newfound freedom.
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As his monstrous tendencies grew, Copperhead
devolved into a serial killer monster. consuming
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the victims he slaughtered. His killing spree
ended when District Attorney Kate Spencer,
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secretly the vigilante Manhunter, tracked him
down. In a brutal confrontation, Manhunter
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killed Copperhead with an energy baton, ending
his reign of terror. By the time of his death,
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Copperhead had claimed over 48 lives. Later,
Copperhead was resurrected as a member of the
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Black Lantern Corps during the Blackest Night.
As a Black Lantern Zombie, He attacked Coast
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City along other reanimated villains and attempted
to kill the Flash. However, he was ultimately
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destroyed when Green Lantern annihilated his
Black Lantern ring. In post-Flashpoint continuity,
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Copperhead underwent several incarnations. The
first was Samir Park, a snake-like metahuman
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who joined the Seeker Society of Super-Villains.
This version of Copperhead was nearly successful
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in killing the hero Black Canary, as he was
immune to her sonic scream due to his lack
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of ears. She was rescued, however, by the Justice
League, and Copperhead continued working with
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the Seeker Society up until his death at the
hands of Deathstroke, who betrayed the Seeker
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Society to join Lex Luthor's and Justice League.
You can learn more about Black Canary, Deathstroke,
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and Lex Luthor in their respective duels against
Black Widow, Deadpool, and Baron Zemo. After
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Samir Park's death, the mantle of Copperhead
passed to a South American woman using the
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alias Jane Doe. This version of Copperhead was
a deadly hitwoman and crime boss renowned for
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her lethal, venomous attacks, rivaling the toxic
villainess Cheshire, who you can learn more
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about in her duel against Silver Samurai. Copperhead
established herself as a prominent figure in
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Central City's criminal underworld, taking over
her family's crime syndicate after serving
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as a mercenary. Her tenure as a crime boss brought
her into conflict with several heroes, including
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Batman and The Flash. When Two-Face placed a
bounty on Batman's head, Copperhead was among
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the mercenaries who pursued him, tracking him
to a moving train. Though she attempted to
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kill him, he evaded her by leaping into a nearby
river. Copperhead's activities eventually drew
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the attention of The Flash, who arrested her
mercenary enforcers including Shrapnel, Black
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Spider, and the Trigger Twins. This setback
forced Copperhead to negotiate with Captain
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Cold. the rival crime lord encroaching on her
territory, who you can learn more about in
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his duel against Pyro. Captain Cold betrayed
Copperhead, however, by planting a bomb in
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a weapon's delivery. The Flash intervened to
save Copperhead from the explosion and apprehended
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Captain Cold, though Copperhead herself avoided
prosecution due to insufficient evidence of
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her involvement. This Copperhead was later jailed
in Iron Heights, prisoned by Superman, after
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she attacked reporters at the Daily Planet.
An unnamed iteration of Copperhead, possibly
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a reimagining of the original, recently appeared
as a copper-skinned criminal. This Copperhead
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joined forces with Asp and Lady Viper to form
the Snake Gang, and were nearly successful
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in defeating the Birds of Prey before the villainous
group was defeated and disbanded.
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who traditionally wears a suit woven from experimental
elastic metal fibers coated in a polymer film.
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This not only grants him enhanced durability,
flexibility, and the insurance that most physical
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blows will glance right off of him, but it also
allows him to travel with surprising speed
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due to his reduced friction and his knack for
slipping into tight spaces. The guy is basically
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untouchable. The suit also has suction cups
at the ends of the limbs, allowing him to adhere
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and maneuver across most solid surfaces, and
his helmet is equipped with sharp, fang-like
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blades, coated with a toxin that causes paralysis
and eventual death after a half hour. He's
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also an experienced martial artist, often using
his suit's heavy and stretchable tail to shatter
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bones or even rock, or bind and crush his foes.
That's Copperhead. You know how I know that
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Marvel is better than DC? Uh, no I don't know.
Because when DC gets a supervillain group of
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snake-themed villains together, they call them
the Snake Gang. Yet when Marvel does it, they
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call it the Serpent Society. That's a badass
name. That's how Marvel's better. Okay, I'm
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pretty sure the Serpent Society name was already
taken by the time the Snake Gang was formed,
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so you should go f yourself. Serpent Society?
Oh, that sounds a lot like the Secret Society
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to me, of which Copperhead was already a part
of. You mean the Secret Society of Super-Villains?
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Well, yeah, that's the longer version of the
name. Okay. How long is Copperhead's tail?
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Uh, it could stretch. It could stretch to wrap
a man up at least twice. So, comparatively
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to Scorpion's 10-foot long tail, Copperhead
has kind of like a chode going on. I didn't
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realize this was a tail measuring contest, my
friend. Doesn't matter the size. It's how you
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use it. Well, let's find out how these guys
use their tails as we get into the match.
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Now that we got their histories and abilities
out of the way, we're going to speculate on
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how one of the 1000 simulated matches will go.
The winner is determined by simulations, not
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our speculation, but it's fun to imagine how
the fight could play out. AJ9K, what are the
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rules of our speculation? Well, I should say
there are no rules, other than the characters
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have no prior knowledge of the other going into
the fight. All they are aware of starting out
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is that the other character is a threat that
needs to be eliminated. For the speculation...
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The contestants will begin approximately 50
meters apart in a nondescript environment that
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will have no bearing on the match itself, as
no environmental statistics are considered
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in my simulations. The contestants must earn
victory on their own merit. Alright then, let's
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get into it. Copperhead and Scorpion meet on
the battlefield. Who goes first? So I'm going
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to say that Scorpion goes first. And like they
seem about the same in terms of speed anyway.
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So Scorpion... is gonna use his prehensile scorpion
tail to launch himself into the air with this
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like giant leap that covers the entire 50 meter
distance between them and as he lands near
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copperhead scorpion's gonna lunge with his tail
in a move that just impales copperhead on his
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tail bar. Well I mean of course copperhead is
gonna see scorpion leaping towards him it's
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very telegraphed so just before scorpion's tail
impales him copperhead's gonna You know, dart
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to the side, just enough for Scorpion's barb
to glance off of his suit's slick surface.
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At which point, Copperhead's gonna, you know,
drop to the ground, slide underneath Scorpion
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between his legs, and then slip up and over
his back and just wrap his tail around Scorpion's
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neck, crushing his throat like it was just nothing.
You dumbass! You don't want to attack Scorpion
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from behind. That's the worst place to attack
Scorpion, okay? So... As Copperhead's choking
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Kim out from behind with his tail, Scorpion's
just gonna fire a green laser beam from his
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tail that's gonna tag Copperhead right in the
back of the head and essentially just blow
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his brains out. Dude, blow his brains out? What
are you talking about? Like not only is Copperhead
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wearing a metallic helmet for protection, but
it's also coated in a gel that's heat resistant.
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So yeah, he's fine. Heat resistant gel on his
head? Yeah. Okay, alright, so the laser beam
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didn't work because fucking lube boy is all
lubed up over here. Ha ha ha! Scorpion's getting
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choked out, he's about to pass out, so instead
he's gonna use his tail to wrap around Copperhead's
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body and just yank him off of him and slam him
into the ground. Okay, but I mean, the stronger
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Scorpion's tail wraps around Copperhead, you
know, the faster Copperhead's just gonna get
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squeezed out of that tail's grasp, because again,
he's super slippery. Ha ha ha! So... Copperhead
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slips away from Scorpion and he slides across
the ground in this zigzagging, like confusing
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motion. So Scorpion doesn't know if he's coming
at him or if he's moving away from him until
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it's too late. Copperhead's gonna lunge at Scorpion
and sink his helmet's fangs into Scorpion's
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neck, poisoning him. Scorpion has Scorpion Sense
with his new suit that Smythe gave him. So
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his Scorpion Sense activates, it alerts him
to Copperhead's attack, and as his big ass
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mouth is about to chomp down on him. Scorpion
grabs Copperhead by the jaw with his pincer
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gloves on his suit and he's gonna use their
superior grip to just straight up rip Copperhead's
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jaw off with his hands. Big ass helmet you mean.
What? Big ass helmet. It's not his actual mouth.
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You said Scorpion is larger, but Copperhead
has a bigger helmet. Yeah, I was talking about
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his mouth helmet. I hate that phrase. What are
we saying? I never want to say mouth helmet
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again for the rest of my life. But yeah, Scorpion
uses his pincer gloves to rip off Copperhead's
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helmet. Or at least he tries to, but his pincer
just slipped right off. Copperhead's helmet
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is just too slippery. Well, if Scorpion's pincers
slip off of Copperhead's helmet, then they're
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just going to slip right onto Copperhead's exposed
face. And then Scorpion just rips the guy's
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face right off. There's nothing he can do with
his face anymore. Oh damn. Maybe he should
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lube up his face too next time. Well, I mean,
actually, with Scorpion's hands so close to
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Copperhead's fangs, that was just the opportunity
that Copperhead needed to twist his head and
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pierce Scorpion's hands, paralyzing them and
causing Scorpion to drop Copperhead, at which
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point all Copperhead has to do is evade Scorpion's
attacks as the paralysis spreads and Scorpion
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soon dies from the venom. You said it takes
like half an hour for Copperhead's venom to
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kill somebody? Yeah, but in the meantime they
slowly lose the ability to move. A half an
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hour is a long ass time. Like eventually you
would think that Scorpion would get a shot
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in. The more time that passes the less likely
that would be the case. But I think you're
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forgetting an important detail in that Scorpion
has armored gloves. So no, Copperhead does
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not bite through his hands and I say Scorpion...
does rip off Copperhead's face with his pincers,
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and then he shoots acid down the face hole for
his Mortal Kombat fatality. Oh, what scorpion
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is this? You know, scorpion. Okay. I say you're
dreaming, because scorpion's hands may be armored,
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but Copperhead's fangs are sharp, and they'll
manage to puncture a spot on the wrist where
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it's unarmored, like at an exposed joint or
something. Well, let's find out. We'll go ahead
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and leave the match there. We'll input these
characters' stats, run the simulations, and
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find out which scenario happens when we come
back with a winner. Yeah, either Copperhead
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managed to pierce Scorpion with his poisonous
fangs, slowly paralyzing and killing him, or
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Scorpion straight up rips off Copperhead's face
and burns his body inside the suit with acid.
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AG9K, run the stats. Running calculations, processing
results, simulations complete. Copperhead is
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a pretty cool character. I think he was a pretty
solid match up for Scorpion. The characters
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had a lot of stats that evened out, including
movement speed, durability, intelligence, and
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they came pretty close in other stats like perception
and versatility. Yeah, I think the two biggest
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discrepancies between their stats were strength
and evasiveness. Copperhead. is really damn
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evasive. I had no idea that he was such a slippery
character until our speculation. But Scorpion
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is stronger than Copperhead. We did say that
Copperhead was a better fighter, but Scorpion
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is more versatile considering he can do everything
Copperhead can do, but he also has, you know,
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the laser beams and the acid. So with all that
in consideration, Jonathan, who do you think
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is coming out on top in this match? I think
both characters are pretty impressive. I'm
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hoping Copperhead comes out Not 100% sure. Instagram
definitely disagrees with me in our poll so
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far. It looks like 67% of people believe that
Scorpion will win this match. So about two
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thirds. Well, let's see if the stats agree with
them. AJ9K, the results please. Hey, Yuasa.
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All right, the winner between Copperhead and
Scorpion is Scorpion. I figured, here I am!
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Rock you like a hurricane! You know, that song
that's sung by the scorpions, Rock you like
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a hurricane. Anyway, Scorpion wins. Is there
a band called Copperhead? Probably, but they
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probably suck. Anyway, this wasn't that close
of a match. Scorpion beat Copperhead 627 times
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out of the 1000 battles, whereas Copperhead
only won 373 matches. So it was Scorpion's
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62.7% win rate over Copperhead's 37.3% win rate.
Well, that's dumb. In the end, Scorpion was
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just too strong. He had a slight range advantage
considering that Copperhead doesn't really
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have much range at all except for his shorter
tail and versatility. I think in the end, we
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learn here that size actually does matter. Yeah,
the size of the helmet, right? And being lubed
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helps. Clearly not enough in Copperhead's case.
But that does it for this duel guys. Congrats
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to Marvel fans for the win this go round. AJ9K
helped close this out. Thanks for listening
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In our next episode, as we mentioned earlier,
we will be doing a review of the direct to
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video animated DC film Watchmen Chapter 2, the
conclusion in a two-part animated Watchmen
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adaptation. Yeah, we found the first part to
be redundant, but at least the second half
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of the Watchmen story has a lot more exciting
things happen. So we'll see if it's any better.
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But that does it for this episode. We want to
give a big thanks to our executive producers.
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Ken Johnson, John Swarovski, Zachary Hepburn,
Dustin Balcom, Miggy Mathen-Geehan, Brandon
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Estregard, Nathaniel Wagner, Levi Yeaton, Austin
Wazilowski, AJ Dunkerley, Scott Camacho, Gil
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Camacho, Adam Spies, Andrew Shunk, Dean Maleski,
Devin Davis, Joseph Kirsting, Josh Leiner,
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and Mike Williams for helping make this podcast
possible. We'll talk to you guys next week.
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Up up and away, true believers. I'm a snake.
I'm a thnike. I'm a thlithery little thnakey
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thnike.
