# Who would win, Manimal or Master Ninja?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-manimal-or-master-ninja/150751 "2003-01-25T00:04:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-manimal-or-master-ninja/150751/1 "2003-01-25T00:04:56Z")

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Who would win, [Manimal](http://epguides.com/Manimal/) or [Master Ninja](http://blofeld.qbranch.se/~maal01/MasterNinja_series.htm)?

Master Ninja is a Master Ninja (the only Occidental) but Manimal has his turning into animal skills. I think he’d just turn into the panther and eat Master Ninja, shurikens and all!  
What do you, the viewers at home, think?

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-manimal-or-master-ninja/150751/2 "2003-01-25T00:08:09Z")

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The Misfits of Science would beat them both.

Mmmm… young Courteney…

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**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-manimal-or-master-ninja/150751/3 "2003-01-25T01:01:23Z")

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I think that Manimal would fall passionately in love with Timothy van Patten’s gerbil.

Then they would team up to fight Street Hawk.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-manimal-or-master-ninja/150751/4 "2003-01-25T03:11:59Z")

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Hey don’t count Max Keller short!

He was fightin’ the Cong at age 14!

No wait 12?

Um 9?

Yes 9.

(Tim van P was born in 1959. Played high-schooler in 1978. The Master airs in 1984; character is supposedly a Viet Nam vet.)

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**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-manimal-or-master-ninja/150751/5 "2003-01-26T03:42:40Z")

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It depends; do they get to use the power of their theme song? If so, Master Ninja wins hands down. ("'Cuz those Van Patten brothers are so head-strong! Master Ninja Theme Song! Dig it!")

And I think the Master Ninja has a lot more edge than you give him credit for. Remember that this is the guy who was taken with the _tranquility_ of post-war Japan.

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**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-manimal-or-master-ninja/150751/6 "2003-01-26T06:41:36Z")

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I’d pick manimal although im more inclined to choose the hulk or mcguyver or kit.