32 Hilarious Pop Culture Mashup Memes for the Ultimate Fans

John Summers • Contributor

Apr 4, 2025 11:00 PM EDT

There's a sacred tradition among nerds, geeks, and people with too much imagination and not enough sunlight: the "Who Would Win?" debate. You know the one—two characters from completely different universes thrown into a theoretical arena just to see who walks out. Would Goku annihilate Superman? Could Batman outwit John Wick? What happens when you pit a Pokémon against a Jedi? The logic is flimsy, the stakes are imaginary, and the debates are eternal.

The beauty of these arguments is that they never end. There's no scoreboard, no referee, just pure, unfiltered chaos and fan loyalty. And yes, we all know what Stan Lee said: "Who wins? Whoever the writer wants to win." Which is both the correct answer and absolutely no fun at all.

Because deep down, we want to believe our favorite character could win. That with enough prep time, Batman really could take out anyone. That The Doctor would find a way to trap Thanos in a time loop of eternal boredom. That Aragorn and Yoda would have an epic lightsaber-staff-off.

So while there are no real winners, there are lots of laughs. These 32 memes celebrate the glorious nonsense of hypothetical battles we'll never stop arguing about.