
Respect Thread Rumble: King vs. Chomp
The main character from the Dinosaur King manga faces off against the main character of the Dinosaur King anime. Which of these horned dinosaurs will come out the victor?
#Strength
King
- Hits aside a Torosaurus, an 11 ton dinosaur
- Collides with a baby Spinosaurus
- Drags Max across the ground
Chomp
- Hits dinosaurs through boulders and houses
- Clashes with Acrocanthosaurus, who can launch firetrucks through concrete barriers
- Throws Terry hundreds of feet, T-Rex weighs between 8.4–9.22 tonnes
Verdict: While King can deal with dinosaurs outside his weight class, Chomp clearly has the advantage this round. Winner: Chomp.
#Speed
King
Chomp
- Keeps pace with a speeding train
- Evades Stegosaurus's Spike Arrows
- Dodges a quickly launched dinosaur
Verdict: Both can avoid ranged attacks from other dinosaurs, but Chomp has a more objective speed feat with the train feat. King's smaller frame likely gives him some advantages, but I think Chomp's charging speed is just superior. Winner: Chomp.
#Durability
King
- Takes charges from Torosaurus that make large impacts
- Falls down a hole and is fine
- Survives Baby Spinosaurus's Water Sword
Chomp
- Takes several headbutts from Pachycephalosaurus, who can straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa with a few headbutts
- Thrown into a boulder hard enough to shatter it
- Takes the full force of Volcano Burst, which can blast apart a concrete bridge
Verdict: This isn't even close. King can take hits from larger dinosaurs, but those hits don't compare to what Chomp can dish out. Alternatively, Chomp's durability feats easily allow him to basically tank what King can output. Winner: Chomp.
#Electricity
King
- Completely shatters a bone mask
- Knocks out an 8.2-ton dinosaur
- Electrocutes a bunch of soaked dinosaurs
- Makes large explosions
- Matches Spinosaurus's Aqua Whip, a weaker version of Aqua Whip could throw a 2-ton dinosaur
Chomp
- Launches Terry hard enough to break off the Sphinx's head
- Hits Terry through several large boulders
- Vaporizes a giant root
- Knocks down Yang, who no-sells electricity that tears through feet of rock
- Plasma Anchor is an electric tether that slams around dinosaurs
Verdict: This is definitely the closest category, but Chomp has a little more variety with moves like Plasma Anchor and Gatling Spark. King's best feat is breaking apart the bone mask, which is really impressive since bone can be on par with or even stronger than rock, but Chomp's feats just seem to destroy way more material in general. Winner: Chomp.
#Humans
Max (Manga)
- Causes Zander to double over with a nut kick
- Sends Dr. Z flying with a punch
- Takes a tail swing from a goddamn T-Rex
- Survives a fire attack that craters the ground, though mostly due to his size
- Saves King from Spike Arrows, but gets him by some
- Climbs up a mound of bedrock
- Quickly deduces how Laura's microchip works
Max (Anime)
- Brings a grown man to his knees with a punch to the balls
- Completes several ninja challenges with Chomp, ultimately coming out as the winner
- Recalls Chomp in time to avoid Snow Crystal
- Dodges a Snow Crystal attack, despite the dinosaurs not
- Deduces the location of the vine's main root
- Swipes his Dinoholder by precisely throwing his card into the slot
Verdict: When it comes to their human partners, they have a lot in common. Manga Max seems to be slightly stronger, but not superhumanly so, and both can dodge and react to dinosaur moves. However, where Manga Max really shines is in his durability; Anime Max is not taking full-on attacks from dinosaurs. If this were purely a fight between just the humans, Manga Max would win because he is just so much more durable, but luckily, it isn't. Winner: Manga Max.
#Final Verdict
Uh, it's pretty obvious who the winner is. I didn't do this because it was a spite match; I just thought it would be really interesting to compare these two main dinosaurs from different Dinosaur King stories. Chomp flawlessly took every single category; sadly, King didn't stand a chance against the larger opponent. The interesting thing, though, King's strength is closer to full-sized Chomp's than chibi Chomp's! Chibi Chomp can't use his electric moves, unlike King. There isn't really much more to discuss, so without further ado...
King may have been the prototype, but this just goes to show why the final product is always superior.
#Winner: Max & Chomp!
You're probably asking, "Nuz, why do you keep using Chomp? Aren't there other Dinosaur King dinosaurs for match-ups?"
Yes, there are. So don't worry about it, I've got more cooked up coming soon.