The Ultimate Cartoon Network Battle

Some of you are probably confused by this kind of prospect. A fighting game with cartoon characters? It seems a bit out there.

To a certain degree, it is. However, it is an intriguing wake-up call for the realm of fighting games. I've only done a few articles here so far, but for a few days I've been wanting to create an idea for a good "Movies and / or TV" type of video game. As you probably all know, most of these games just fall under the category of a video game that lets you play through the story in a movie, or through some crazy plotline made up for a TV show.

This is why I thought it would be interesting to do an unprecedented setting for cartoon characters. Just like the SSBB title, its characters would have enhanced, realistic appearances rather than the stereotypical ways you would imagine them looking like in a game. For example, if Samurai Jack were a character, he would be 3-dimensional, and have significant depth to him.

Another interesting aspect of this game would be its having a diversity in characters that dates back to the older days of Cartoon Network. It would include Samurai Jack (which my dad loved when it was on), Chowder, Flapjack, and the young Ben 10.

Plot
The reason these characters have come together in this way is because of a threat by the demon Aku (from Samurai Jack), acting as a mastermind over a plot carried out by the Lich (from Adventure Time), Vilgax (from Ben 10), and Dragon (from Skunk Fu). Pursuant to this, some of the character from the Cartoon Network shows have a responsibility to stop the villains behind this plot, and the other characters decide to help these heroes because the threat is geared towards them, as well.

Characters
As I mentioned, there would be many, many characters in the game. However, not all of them, airing or not, would be included, such as those from the Star Wars series or maybe from the DC and Marvel series, because they aren't original Cartoon Network characters. They are more like separate franchises with TV shows on the network. Still, even if the fat of separate franchises is cut away, we are still left with a multitude of options if we include multiple from a single series.

Finn
Finn is one of the very few humans left in a post-apocalyptic world, in which old human civilization has been done away with and magic has returned to the world. Luckily, Finn has spent his entire life devoted to fighting and righteous heroism, with a youthful energy that makes him a great friend and formidable opponent. His super move would involve blasting other characters with the Gauntlet of Billy, the weapon that is to be used against the Lich.

Jake
Jake is a laid-back, artsy, eclectic dude who is Finn's adoptive and spiritual brother, ever since his parents, Joshua and Margaret, found the abandoned baby and raised him to be a great hero. Jake is always willing to adventure, mainly because he has a personal commitment to get Finn's back forever, but also because he is a magical dog with certain mental powers and incredible stretching/shapeshifting ability. His super move would involve him expanding his body to a size that will damage and/or push characters off the screen, as in SSB.

Princess Bubblegum
Princess Bubblegum is the sage, intelligent, and rational ruler of the Candy Kingdom, and happens to be Finn's main love interest on the show. She is an avid lover of science, but is also capable of really stepping up to danger when the need arises, especially when her citizens are in danger. Her super move would be firing lasers from her giant swan, which she used to rescue Finn and Jake when they were about to be killed in the Dungeon of the Crystal Eye.

The Ice King
The Ice King is known to all as being "the biggest weirdo in Ooo," because he is always trying to capture princesses and force them into marriage, and is also very odd and disturbing. The Ice King used to be a historian, who happened to discover and keep the crown which to this day is the cource of all his icy powers. The influence of the crown eventually consumed him, and he became the outcast he is in society, on a constant search for lifelong happiness. His super move would be shooting ice lightning bolts in a random pattern, with no way of telling where they will strike.

Marceline the Vampire Queen
Marceline is a very interesting character, with an element of recklessness and love for risk, but also a deep, dark, personal side shown in her music (she plays a bass guitar that she made out of her father's axe, long story). Although a vampire would seem like a disturbing addition to a cartoon, her solution is eating snacks and satisfying her "blood lust" by sucking the color red out of things, much like the beloved book character "Bunnicula." Her super move would be blasting her axe-bass, causing sound damge and making opponents vulnerable to attack.

Chowder
Chowder is a very emotional, very pudgy, and very hungry character who loves cooking more than anything in the world, despite being rather scatterbrained and not doing a great job. Although he is an apprentice at a very unique kitchen where the rules are often unsuccessfully bent, Chowder adds an air of hope and happiness to wherever he goes, which is why young viewers are so endeared to him. His super move would involve floating around and swallowing any opponents he catches, then proceeding to spit them out as he does with many things during the show, all the while causing damage.

Mung Daal
Mung is the head chef at the catering company where Chowder is the apprentice. Mung is not often successful with his cooking, mainly because his intense passion for the culinary arts drives him to take the extreme approach to cooking, regardless of the end result. Because they both have their shortcomings and a love for food, Chowder and Mung have developed a strong father-son relationship, and typically resolve situations as a team. Mung's super move would involve launching the gooey substance Flibber-Flabber out of a high pressure hose (I couldn't think of anything else).

Truffles
Truffles is Mung's beloved wife, who handles orders as well as the company's finances. Although she is technically a "Mushroom Fairy," she is not all sugar and spice. She is constantly trying to get money in the bank, and so will often push Mung and Chowder into focus so that they can all make a good living. Her super move would be her striking all her opponents on the head with a frying pan, as she will often hit people with random things on the show.

Shnitzel
Shnitzel is the assistant to Mung in the kitchen, in charge of handling heavy objects as well as cleanup. Shnitzel is known for being very physically able, shown by the fact that before he became a culinary assistant, he was the bodyguard to a popular mayor. Secretly, Shnitzel craves a relaxing and fun life, so he usually helps Mung and Chowder on their calamitous adventures. His super move would be jumping up off the screen, and then slamming the Lead Farfle (heaviest object in Marzipan City, look it up), causing horrible crushing damage to anyone under it.

Flapjack
Flapjack is an adventurer, but not at all in the way Finn is. He is a sweet little boy, loved by everyone in town, but he is so innocent that he is extremely prone to bad influence, particularly that of Captain K'nuckles, his adventuring mentor. Since Flapjack is trouble-prone and sometimes has low self-esteem, it is all the more necessary for his guardian, Bubbie the Whale, to step in and give him guidance. Flapjack's super move would be calling in Bubbie and riding her back and forth across the screen, slamming into any opponents who can't dodge them.

Captain K'nuckles
K'nuckles is one of the biggest slacker's you've ever seen. Ever since he was little, he was an outcast who loved to cause trouble, often ignorant of his perception of what is right and wrong. K'nuckles's biggest ever driving force is the prospect of finding Candied Island, a mythical island that is made of candy and covered in candy, with candy being his and Flapjack's favorite thing in the world. K'nuckles's super move would be his 1-2-3 punch, which he used to ward off an invasion upon their city of Stormalong, and which involves him punching groups of opponents in this pattern: "One!" (punch) - "Two!" (punch) - "Three!" (punch). A little known fact is that K'nuckles can't count up to four.

Gumball
Gumball Watterson is someone I bet many people can identify with, a somewhat "nerdy" and "lame" kid who is rather artless and unpopular. However, he maintains friendly terms with almost everyone in his school, despite not being accepted socially. His super move would be attacking as Karate Gumball, a fantasy he once made up when his mom allowed him to take karate classes.

Darwin
Darwin is a very docile, playful fish who is Gumball's best friend and, i believe, his brother (although I haven't watched it enough to be sure). Darwin is innocent in a Flapjack kind of way, but is very artsy and not afraid to play parent if he has to. His super move would be the fish-slap, which he used to save Gumball's life in one episode.

Johnny Test
Johnny is what many people imagine an 11-year-old boy to be like - an extreme, reckless boy who cares about everything fun and exciting, willing to do anything to get what he wants. However, he is by consensus seen as being very brave, acting selflessly in life-and-death situations, particularly those which involve his family and friends. Besides that, Johnny will often learn a lesson or two on occasion. His super move is a Mega Power-Poot that he uses when his genius sisters turn him into the mutant Johnny X.

Dukey
Dukey is a pound mutt that was genetically altered by Johnny's sisters to be able to talk, walk on two feet, do martial arts, and think at an extremely human level, and in an extremely human way. Dukey, like Jake, prefers a relaxing life, typically reluctant to join in with Johnny's thrill-seeking, but often doing so just the same, whether willingly or not. His super-move is him becoming X-Pooch and karate-chopping his opponents.

Susan and Mary
Susan and Mary Test are Johnny's two genius sisters, who are typically responsible for kickstarting Johnny's adventures, sometimes even participating in the madness. They have been known to create controversial works of science and technology capable of solving all the world's problems, but still live teenage girls' lives, obsessed with the very attractive boy next door named Gil. Susan and Mary would operate in this game like the Ice Climbers in the SSB series, and their super move would be turning into the Two-Headed Evil Queen that they adopt in the episode that spoofed "The Chronicles of Narnia."

Young Ben
Ben Tennyson is your average kid - reckless, hates school, likes aliens and superheroes. Unbeknownce to him, however, he comes from a family of "plumbers," adventurers who protect the Earth from invading creatures from other planets, which happen to arrive in a constant stream. Ben joins this fight when he discovers the Omnitrix, a watch-like device that allows him to become certain paranormal aliens which he uses to combat invading forces. His super move would be attacking as Humungasaur.

Young Gwen
Gwen is Ben's snob-esque cousin, and as you might expect, they are constantly picking on one another. However, they share the common goal of fightin evil as the need arises, and while Ben does most of the work, Gwen will sometimes help with her spell-casting ability. Her super move would be grouping together all opponents into a single spot and then blasting them with an energy orb.

Grandpa
Grandpa Max Tennyson is one of the older plumbers in Ben's family, a man just like any active grandfather: bringing his grandchildren everywhere in strange-looking shirts and pushing everybody to be friends with everybody. However, he is more active than you might think, fully comprehending the threat of the Vilgax and always ready to help Ben in a pinch. His super move would be five shots with the power rifle that Ben's father used in a later continuance of the series.

Ben Tennyson
Now at the age of fifteen (sixteen in Ultimate Alien), Ben is like any other struggling teenager, except he has a full time job of keeping strange new opponents at bay, now with a greater and ever-expanding aresenal of alien counterparts. His super move is using an attack as Alien X.

Gwen Tennyson
If anyone has improved significantly following the original series, it's Gwen. She's more tolerant, more even tempered, and now has the ability to efficiently manipulate energy field to her advantage, as a projectile, or even as a platform. Her super move is one pulse blast in her volatile alien form.

Kevin Eleven
Kevin is in many ways like Ben, but compared to Ben, he is a jock. He is incredibly into cars, and is far more muscular and powerful. What makes Kevin unique as a partner is the fact that he can turn into a being made of any substance he can touch, from rock to steel, which makes him very proficient at roughing up smaller enemies. His super move would be turning into the hardest substance he has ever adopted on the show, and punching all opponenets down to the ground.