History TheScrappy / EpicRapBattlesOfHistory

* Caitlyn Jenner. Her final verse was much longer than the Hulk's, making it very one-sided. However, a majority of viewers either didn't like Jenner's lines or that the battle was written with an on-the-nose bias in her favor rather than giving the two characters a real rap-battle-style balanced irreverent back-and-forth, and gave the win to the Hulk. It is also worth noting that this trope does not apply to her pre-transition form, as the first exchange of the battle between her and Bruce Banner is almost unanimously considered to be better than what follows after they transform.

%% * Captain Kirk wasn't well received at all due to his extremely grating rapping style. It was intended as a reference to the oft-parodied start-stop diction William Shatner engaged in at his most hammy, but such delivery ''really'' doesn't work in a rap battle and is cartoonishly exaggerated.

* Captain Kirk wasn't well received at all due to his extremely grating rapping style. It was intended as a reference to the oft-parodied start-stop diction William Shatner engaged in at his most hammy, but such delivery ''really'' doesn't work in a rap battle and is cartoonishly exaggerated.

* Captain Kirk wasn't well received at all due to his extremely grating rapping style. It was intended as a reference to the oft-parodied start-stop diction William Shatner engaged in at his most hammy, but such delivery ''really'' doesn't work in a rap battle.

* Thanos, big time — especially since most fans agree he was flat-out [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] by J. Robert Oppenheimer. The line referring to both the Thanos Copter, and his appearance in ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' ("Fortnite's Dopest Dancer") is considered a massive self-destruct on his end.

* Thanos, big time — especially since most fans agree he was flat-out [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] by J. Robert Oppenheimer. The line referring to his appearance in ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' ("Fortnite's Dopest Dancer") is considered a massive self-destruct on his end.

* Lady Gaga, due to her entire portrayal being based on the [[ValuesDissonance now-transphobic joke]] that she was a man in disguise (to the point of being literally played by a man in drag) and having next to no good lines outside of “Governor of Alaska? That’s like the principal of a home school”.
* Thing One and Thing Two aren't popular with the general public due to their annoying high-pitched voices, their garish make-up, how AxCrazy they act toward Shakespeare as well, and their bad lines that only consist of violent threats with no variety. This is especially considering the fact said lines came after Shakespeare's second verse, considered to be one of the most impressive in the series' history.

* Thanos, big time — especially since most fans agree he was flat-out [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] by Robert J. Oppenheimer. The line referring to his appearance in ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' ("Fortnite's Dopest Dancer") is considered a massive self-destruct on his end.

* Thanos, big time — especially since most fans agree he was flat-out [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] by Robert J. Oppenheimer. The line referring to his appearance in ''VideoGame/Fortnite'' ("Fortnite's Dopest Dancer") is considered a massive self-destruct on his end.

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* Lady Gaga, due to her entire portrayal being based on the [[ValuesDissonance now-transphobic joke]] that she was a man in disguise (to the point of being literally portrayed by a man) and having next to no good lines outside of “Governor of Alaska? That’s like the principal of a home school”.
* Thing One and Thing Two aren't popular with the general public due to their annoying high-pitched voices, their garish make-up, how AxCrazy they act toward Shakespeare as well, and their bad lines that only consist of violent threats with no variety. This is especially considering the fact said lines came after Shakespeare's second verse, considered to be one of the most impressive in the series history.
* Captain Kirk wasn't well recieved at all due to his extremely grating rapping style against his opponent.
* Batman's portrayal is one of the most criticized in the series, as he is portrayed as a dumb jock with weak lines, sharing few of the traits of his actual character. ERB themselves have recognized this, as the second Peter vs. Lloyd rap battle has [[TakeThatScrappy Lloyd taking two potshots at their portrayal of him]].

* Batman's portrayal is one of the most criticized in the series, as he is portrayed as a dumb jock with weak lines, sharing few of the traits of his actual character.

* Lady Gaga, due to her entire portrayal being based on the [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece now-dated joke]] that she was a man in disguise (to the point of being literally portrayed by a man) and having next to no good lines outside of “Governor of Alaska? That’s like the principal of a home school”.

* Justin Bieber, while no one was going into the battle expecting him to win, is still hated due to being portrayed as a BrattyHalfPint and having annoying raps.

* Miley Cyrus, while no one was going into the battle expecting her to win, is still hated due to her annoying [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece now-dated]] portrayal based mostly on her 2013 AMV performance, and a lot of her lines just repeating the same joke of Joan being burned at the stake.

* [[Franchise/{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]], for his poor-looking costume, his slow-paced, unenergetic, underwhelming flow, and a lack of hard-hitting disses (if not a lack of disses at all) towards [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler his opponent]].
* ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, for his odd Franchise/RoboCop sounding voice, his [[SpecialEffectFailure abominable looking costume]], and a lack of good disses in comparison to [[UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer his opponent]], most notably his VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} reference, which made him lose the battle the moment he said it according to many [=YouTube=] comments.

* Thing One and Thing Two aren't popular with the general public due to their garish make-up, how AxCrazy they act toward Shakespeare as well, and their bad lines that only consist of violent threats with no variety. This is especially considering the fact said lines came after Shakespeare's second verse, considered to be one of the most impressive in the series history.

* Sarah Palin, due to her ear-splitting voice and her poor to the point of bizarrely bad lines.
---> '''Sarah''': "Your fans are in a frenzy like a bunch'a gay piranha"

* Creator/MrT has the third-lowest vote count on the official ERB website, and it's almost certainly due not only to his comparatively-weak raps, but also to the misfortune of having to throw insults against Mr. Rogers. And if there's one thing to learn from the Internet, it's that [[UnacceptableTargets you do NOT insult Mr. Rogers.]]

* Frank Sinatra, for similar reasons to Mr. T. [[CriticalDissonance Most ERB fans also seem to have a thouroughly different opinion on him than most music critics.]]

* Adam and Eve star in one of the least liked battles in the series due to almost all their lines being hackneyed jokes about gender stereotypes. Eve is usually seen as the better as the two due to [[WebVideo/JennaMarbles the actress portraying her]], while Adam is usually looked further down on due to having lame and transparently sexist lines.

* Adam and Eve's portrayal was met with intensely negative reception due to almost all their lines being hackneyed jokes about gender stereotypes with no relation to the characters. Their battle is widely considered one of the worst in the series because of this.

* Caitlyn Jenner. Her final verse was much longer than the Hulk's, making it very one-sided. However, a majority of viewers either didn’t like Jenner's lines or that the battle was written with an on-the-nose bias in her favor rather than giving the two characters a real rap-battle-style balanced irreverent back-and-forth, and gave the win to the Hulk. It is also worth noting that this trope does not apply to her male form, as the first exchange of the battle between Bruce Banner and Bruce Jenner is almost unanimously considered to be better than what follows after they transform.

* Caitlyn Jenner. Her final verse was much longer than the Hulk's, making it very one-sided. However, a majority of viewers either didn’t like Jenner's lines or that the battle was written with an on-the-nose bias in her favor rather than giving the two characters a real rap-battle-style balanced irreverent back-and-forth, and gave the win to the Hulk. It is also worth noting that this trope does not apply to her male form, as the first exchange of the battle between Bruce Banner and Bruce Jenner is almost unanimously considered to be better than what follows after they transform. One comment sums it up perfectly with "Why would you ever put someone in one of these videos when you're afraid to actually parody them?"

* Music/JustinBieber, as to be expected. Guess how often he's picked as the loser out of hate for him rather than because Beethoven legitimately rapped better than him. [[IntendedAudienceReaction This might well have been on purpose if his unpopularity on the internet is anything to go by]].

* Batman’s portrayal is one of the most criticized in the series, as he is portrayed as a dumb jock with weak lines, sharing few of the traits of his actual character.

* UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison got only ~15% of the votes on the official page. Just like Bieber's case, this was probably an IntendedAudienceReaction.
* Music/MileyCyrus, again, probably an IntendedAudienceReaction.
* One that certainly was ''not'' an IntendedAudienceReaction was Caitlyn Jenner. Her final verse was much longer than the Hulk's, making it very one-sided. However, a majority of viewers either didn’t like Jenner's lines or that the battle was written with an on-the-nose bias in her favor rather than giving the two characters a real rap-battle-style balanced irreverent back-and-forth, and gave the win to the Hulk. It is also worth noting that this trope does not apply to her male form, as the first exchange of the battle between Bruce Banner and Bruce Jenner is almost unanimously considered to be better than what follows after they transform.
** One comment sums it up perfectly with "Why would you ever put someone in one of these videos when you're afraid to actually parody them?"

* ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, for his odd Franchise/RoboCop sounding voice, his [[SpecialEffectFailure abominable looking costume]], and a lack of good disses in comparison to [[UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer his opponent]], most notably his VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} reference.

* [[Franchise/{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]], for his poor-looking costume, his slow-paced, unenergetic, underwhelming flow, and a lack of hard-hitting disses (if not a lack of disses at all) towards [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler his opponent]].