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7[[folder:Season 1]]
8!!John Lennon vs. Bill O'Reilly
9* "Because [[Series/TheOReillyFactor I'm]] ''[[CardCarryingVillain evil]]'', heart blacker than Creator/DonCheadle!"
10* The way more Bills appear, all bobbing their heads in sync, while he says "right-wing political machine".
11
12!!Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler
13* [[AdolfHitlarious Adolf's]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment entire first verse]]. It doesn't even give you time to know he's an IncomingHam, and just cuts to him ChewingTheScenery like a beaver in furniture factory:
14-->[[SayMyName I AM ADOLF HITLER!!!]] Commander of ze Third Reich!
15-->Little known fact, ALSO DOPE ON ZE MIC!!!
16* Hitler revealing Vader's VillainDecay in the Star Wars prequels [[StupidJetpackHitler was due to him traveling back in time]].
17* Hitler offering Vader [[CrossesTheLineTwice a bath in his shower]].
18* Vader gets some good swings in too:
19--> You can't rhyme against the Dark Side of the Force, why even bother?\
20So many dudes been with your mom, who even knows if I'm your father?
21
22!!Abraham Lincoln vs. Chuck Norris
23* UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's abridged version of the Civil War. "Four score, and sixty-five years in the past, I won the Civil War with my [[ManlyFacialHair beard]]! Now I'm here to whoop your ass!" Right after that is "I've read up on your facts; you cure cancer with your tears? Well, tell me Chuck, how come you never sat down and cried on your career?"
24
25!!Sarah Palin vs. Lady Gaga
26* "I sound more intelligent than you when I FART!"
27!!The Mega Powers vs. Kim Jong-Il
28* "Your body looks like a spray tan banana, with a walrus mustache and a wack bandana!"
29* "Your whole fam's a bunch of Barbies, dude!" is probably one of the funniest lines in the show's history.
30* "You look like Sonic the Hedgehog's mother!"
31* "I'm gonna bounce you like [[SelfDeprecation a check for my alimony!]]
32* "All the little Hulksters know/I'll hang you from the ropes like a ''[[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice South Park]]'' [[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice puppet show!]]
33* "Brother, I'll leg-drop your ass back to Beijing!" "[[GlobalIgnorance Beijing is in]] ''[[GlobalIgnorance China]]'', you blond asshole!"
34* Almost all of the Macho Man's verse counts:
35** "[[CelebrityEndorsement Watch me snap into a Slim Jim]] Kim-Jong Il!
36** "I don't like to hit little [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitches]] with glasses/But when midgets step up, I stomp midget asses!"
37** "So spend less time rapping, and start feedin' your people!"
38
39!!Justin Bieber vs. Ludwig von Beethoven
40Just how thoroughly outmatched Bieber is; as soon as Beethoven starts rapping, you already know [[CurbStompBattle how this is going to turn out.]]
41* Despite being outclassed, Bieber does manage to get a few good shots in:
42** "And now that you're here next to me, I can see why they [[Film/{{Beethoven}} used a dog to play you in the movies]]!"
43** When Justin Bieber mentions that he has Kim Kardashian in his bed backstage, Beethoven looks suddenly interested.
44** "I got a concert in five, so there's not much time left! What else can I say? Your own music made you deaf!"
45* "[[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven I've]] crafted masterpieces that will last through the ages/[[Music/JustinBieber your]] music gets you bitches on your Website/{{Facebook}} pages!
46* "I'm committing verbal murder in the [[{{Pun}} major third degree!]] My name is [[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven Beethoven]], [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker]], [[SarcasmMode maybe you've heard of me?]] Not [[Film/{{Beethoven}} the St. Bernard version]], I'm the ''real'' OG!"
47* "Ask Bach, I've got more cock than Smith & Wesson!" Cue Johann Sebastian Bach popping up for telling us that, yes, [[GagPenis it's THAT big.]]
48* And then: "You wanna trade blows? You can't even hit puberty!" Cue Bach popping up again to tell us that it's ''this'' small.
49* "[[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven I]] would smack [[Music/JustinBieber you]], but in Germany, [[WouldntHitAGirl we don't]] [[TakeThat hit little girls]]. And I'm glad I'm deaf, so I don't have to hear that piece of shit ''My World''! There's a crowd of millions waiting to hear my symphonies. You wanna be a little [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy white]] Music/{{Usher}}? [[VisualPun Here, show 'em to their seats]]![[note]]Usher is Bieber's mentor.[[/note]]
50
51!!Albert Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking
52This battle is more [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] than funny, but there are some good laughs:
53* "What's with your [[AutoTune voice?]] I can't frickin' tell/you sound like WesternAnimation/WallE having sex with a Speak 'n Spell!
54* "I'm as dope as two rappers, you'd better be scared. 'Cause that means Albert E equals M C squared."
55* Although it could be seen coming, Stephen Hawking's speech aid basically being an {{Autotune}} device.
56* "I've got 12-inch rims on my chair, that's how [[Creator/StephenHawking I]] roll, y'all/[[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein you]] look like someone glued a mustache on a troll doll!"
57* Hawking's tablet [[FunnyBackgroundEvent shows him playing]] ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''.
58* *DeathGlare* "There are [[OverlyLongGag 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000]] [[note]] 10 Undecillion [[/note]] particles in the universe that we can observe/[[YourMom Your momma took the ugly ones and put them into one nerd!]]"
59** During the "There are 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 particles" scene, the zeros appear in triplets repeatedly to the point where "There are" goes off-screen.
60
61!!Genghis Khan vs. The Easter Bunny
62* The announcer's sigh before saying the Easter Bunny's name showing just how ridiculous he thinks the idea is.
63* Hearing the Easter Bunny call Jesus Christ his "homeboy" is probably humanity's greatest achievement so far.
64* Take a look at every single Rap Battle previous to this one and you'll notice they all have definite themes (peace vs. war, EvilVersusEvil, conservative vs. liberal, Megapowers vs superpower, and musician vs musician). Then, somehow, for some inexplicable reason, people wanted to see the completely unrelated Genghis Khan and the Easter Bunny throw down, which led to this battle.
65** Even better, some people did come up with a thematic matchup for why the two met up. [[ReallyGetsAround A man who reproduced like a rabbit]] vs an actual rabbit.
66
67!!Napoleon Bonaparte vs. Napoleon Dynamite
68* "Gosh, I can't believe how much of a little [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]] [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte you]] are/when it comes to world leaders, you, like, [[TheNapoleon literally lowered the bar!]]"
69* Dynamyte's Waterloo Part Two line was [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome pretty awesome]]...which he then immediately [[MoodKiller spoiled]] with his fist pump and little 'yes.'
70* [[VerbalTic Ugh!]] I don't even care like, how many stupid Prussians you've killed/'cause to me, you're just the [[ShoutOut Emperor]] [[TheNapoleon of the]] [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Lollipop Guild!]]
71* Bonaparte's [[BilingualBonus French]] line at the start of his second verse is hilarious if you know the translation.
72--> "Sacrebleu! T'as une tête à faire sauter les plaques d'égouts!"[[labelnote:Translation]]Holy heavens! You have a head that can blow off manhole covers![[/labelnote]]
73* "[[AssShove I'm going to shove your moon boots straight up your poop shoot!]]"
74* "You're the only type of dynamite that's never going to bang!"
75
76!!Benjamin Franklin vs. Billy Mays
77* [[IncomingHam Hi! Billy Mays here with a special TV offer! Watch me crush this bald]] [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal fat foppish Founding Father!]]
78* "You're just a lumpy pumpkin who invented the mail!" It's the delivery of the line that does it.
79* "Benny's got kite and key, but you're in for a shock/when I strike you with bolts, from my [[VisualPun lightning-rod cock!]]"
80* "It takes just one easy payment for [[Creator/BenjaminFranklin me]] to ''whoop [[Creator/BillyMays your]] ass!''"
81* Vince Offer's verse. "You're gonna love my nuts 'til you're bi-focal-curious!"
82** "Slap-chop your face, [[YouAreFat make a double-chin salsa!]]"
83** "It's bad enough I gotta see you every time I ''tip a stripper!''"
84* There are a couple {{Funny Background Event}}s here with Billy Mays. His background says "FREE GIFT" and underneath it in small letters it says "when you order more than you need". The second one is similar; "SUPPLIES LIMITED!" followed by "supplies are not limited".
85
86!!Gandalf vs. Dumbledore
87* The fact that Gandalf begins with "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" is enough to have any Lord of the Rings fan in stitches.
88* "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything How's your little wand going to beat my staff?]]" Topped by Dumbledore's retort: "Nice staff, you CompensatingForSomething?"
89* "Your ass is like Gringotts: everyone makes a deposit!"
90
91!!Dr. Seuss vs. William Shakespeare
92* Shakespeare's entire first verse is in [[GeniusBonus Iambic Pentameter...]] something he happily points out to Seuss.
93* "And ask '[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet What light through yonder poser breaks?]]'"
94* Shakespeare randomly calling his opponent "[[SophisticatedAsHell Ye hoebag]]".
95* Shakespeare uses the word "swag." It's so unfitting it becomes hilarious.
96** [[FridgeBrilliance It gets better]] when you realize that Shakespeare coined the word "swagger" (and, by extension, "swag").
97* Seuss's epic KubrickStare + SlasherSmile at the end of Shakespeare's first verse, complete with the latter's epic OhCrap face.
98** Better yet? This was triggered by Shakespeare accusing Seuss of [[BerserkButton writing the]] ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' [[BerserkButton books.]]
99* "[[Literature/GreenEggsAndHam I would not, could not on a boat]]/read any of the [[DoorStopper boring-ass plays you wrote!]]
100* "Even [[Literature/HortonHearsAWho Horton]] doesn't wanna hear you/and [[TheGrinch Cindy Lou Who]] is afraid to go near you!"
101* "You bore people to death/leave a classroom looking like the [[KillerFinale end of]] Theatre/{{Macbeth}}!"
102* While the Cat in the Hat is rapping for him, Seuss [[FunnyBackgroundEvent can be seen doing all sorts of things along with his rhymes]], though the crowner has to be him [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomiting]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} rainbows]] out of seasickness during the above "on a boat" line.
103* [[EEqualsMCHammer 1+2 =]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent SO MUCH BLOOD]]
104* Shakespeare's entire MotorMouth verse. It's so unexpected and [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] it becomes funny.
105** Made perfect by the Cat in the Hat and Dr Seuss being struck dumb as a result.
106* [[Literature/TheCatInTheHat EVERYTHING about Things 1 and 2.]] From the VocalDissonance to their AxeCrazy lines, to Seuss pulling a ScrewThisImOutOfHere just before calling them, to the sheer absuridty of these little munchkin-looking things with HeliumSpeech and ridiculous costumes rapping in sync about threatening harm to Shakespeare...where else can you find something like that?!
107* "[[IncomingHam Ohhhhh, nooooo!]] We'll smash your [[GeniusBonus Globe!]]"
108* "[[AssShove Break our foot off in your ass]]/with our feetie pajamas!"
109* "[[HurricaneOfPuns You gettin' upstaged]], [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Bill]], [[HurricaneOfPuns yo you just got played!]]"
110
111!!Mr. T vs. Mr. Rogers
112This sets up like another CurbStompBattle, in the style of the Justin Bieber or Easter Bunny battles, but not in the way you expect...
113* Despite getting more and more flustered as the battle goes on, Mr. T gets some good lines in:
114** "You couldn't even beat me in the land of make-believe!"
115** "And nobody gonna miss you/'cause all your [[ImaginaryFriend friends imaginary!]]"
116** "Hello? It's for you! Creator/BillCosby wants his sweater!"
117* Mr. Rogers breaking out into ''breakdance''. Out of ''nowhere.''
118* "The only gold [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood I]] keep is on the shelf, in my Emmys."
119* "I teach the whole world full of children, I can tell/you call yourself T 'cause you're too dumb to spell."
120* "I'm not the one with my face on some [[CelebrityEndorsement wack-ass]] Captain Crunch."
121* "I'll chop you into four black dudes and I'll remake Film/CoolRunnings."
122* When Mr. T suggests Mr. Rogers is a pedophile, Mr. Rogers goes weapons-grade SophisticatedAsHell to finish the battle.
123-->'''Mr. Rogers:''' I'll say this once, Lawrence. I hope it's understood. Get right back in your [[Series/TheATeam van]], and '''get the [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] outta [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood my neighborhood]].'''
124
125!!Christopher Columbus vs. Captain Kirk
126* "[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Arrivederci! Imma leave before this battle begins!]] (Beat) [[SubvertedTrope ...cause we both know in the end which of these captains gonna win!]]" Note that the beat is actually '''him leaving''' and then coming back. '''The music does the same.''' If your internet connection is slow, you might even be fooled into thinking the rap stopped entirely.
127* Captain Kirk rapping. The cadence alone is hilarious.
128--> I'm the... enterprisingCaptainJames..[=TiberiusKirkrep=]...presentingRiversideIowaplanet... Earth.
129* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs6NPai9nvE "...but that son of a bitch Marco Polo stole it from me."]]
130* [[SkywardScream The background Kirk]] [[MemeticMutation in his intro.]]
131* "[[AssShove I'll stick a flag up your ass, and claim you for Spain!]]"
132* Kirk makes a classy shot at Columbus never finding a place he actually set sail for, and then [[SophisticatedAsHell immediately afterwards]] calls him a "spaghetti eating fuck" out of nowhere. Especially with the Kirk-ified delivery making it come out as "You. Spaghetti eating. Fuck."
133
134!![=NicePeter vs. EpicLLOYD=]
135* Pete's diss at Lloyd's baldness and short stature:
136--->'''Nice Peter:''' You look like a thumb! Where'd you even come from?!?! IT'S LIKE I'M BATTLE RAPPING A FAT VERSION OF [[Franchise/LordOfTheRings GOLLUM]]!
137* Nice Peter and Epic Lloyd look five seconds away from pouting after Nice Peter's final (rapped) line in their battle. Then there's Kassem's appearance.
138* There's also humor to be found in Putin threatening to kill Nice Peter in the trailer for Season 2 if he doesn't include a Russian character, then showing up a season later.
139[[/folder]]
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141[[folder:Season 2]]
142!!Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler (Round 2)
143* EVERYTHING you do is an EPIC FAIL!
144** [[CrossesTheLineTwice Now stand at attention, AND SEIG FUCKING HEIL!]]
145* Use some of your force to fix your fucking respirator!
146* You got one bitch pregnant, then gave into the hate! Now you're 6'6 and black but can't get a date!
147* Lightsaber? You need a Life Saver!
148* The hilariously awkward pause when Vader says "Suck on deez!" before a Stormtrooper interrupts to clarify, only for Vader to later finish with "Deez robot nuts!" For reference: Vader's previous line was "I'm a certified Sith Lord, you [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion runt]]!" so it's not hard to guess what he ''almost'' went with.
149
150!!Master Chief vs. Leonidas
151* It was [[MemeticMutation inevitable]], really...
152--->'''Leonidas:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis This! Is! SPARTA!]] ''[kicks MC into a pit]''
153* Master Chief refering to Leonidas as 'Fabio [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Flinstone]]'.
154* Leonidas kicks Master Chief down a hole at the end of his first verse. Even the music cuts out and there is a good four seconds of silence while MC just flips head over heels and vanishes. once again it's easy to mistake for the rap finishing suddenly.
155* Queen Gorgo's mild shrug which seemingly confirms that Master Chief did indeed show her his ''plasma cannon''.
156* This line:
157--->'''Master Chief:''' Your whole plan got messed up by a hunchback with Down Syndrome!
158* Leonidas stating "Ha! I've had better fights with my six year old son!". Right next to him is a small, super imposed [=EpicLloyd=] in a diaper, waving his hands in the air and making angry faces.
159** [=EpicLloyd=] as Leonidas's 6-year-old son is generally a walking FunnyBackgroundEvent. In the last section of his second verse, where Leonidas mocks Master Chief that he's "too much of a bitch to show [his] face", a diaper-wearing Lloyd casually strolls over to his "dad"'s shoulders and flexes his muscles in a hilariously cheesy pose.
160* "Cortana says you're Greek, so why don't you [[AssShove stick these lyrics up your ass?]]"
161
162!!The Wright Brothers vs. The Mario Brothers
163* Luigi needs to watch his language:
164-->'''Mario:''' It's-a me, Mario!\
165'''Luigi:''' '''AND LUIGI, MOTHA-''*bling*''!'''
166* "Representing North Carolina, aiiight!"
167* From the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjW9I6jo7bQ Behind-the-Scenes of the Wright Brothers vs. Mario Brothers]]: [[Film/ThereWillBeBlood I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!]]
168** Also the opening, with Mario attempting to [[AteHisGun Eat His Gun]] over Princess Peach's yammering.
169
170!!Michael Jackson vs. Elvis Presley
171* Elvis stuffing his face with sandwiches to transform into Fat Elvis, and opening his second verse with "You're a creeper, dude! You like to grab your own ''wanger!''" "I only let you marry my daughter/cause I knew you'd never bang her!"
172* From the Behind the Scenes, Nice Peter's jokes about the make-up he needs to look like Michael Jackson.
173-->'''Nice Peter:''' We're making a white man, ''whiter''.
174** Also:
175--->'''Elvis:''' Hey, Michael...\
176'''MJ:''' [[GilliganCut I do NOT do heroin!]] Hey! Hey somebody--Cops! Cops!\
177'''Elvis:''' Uhhh I gotta go! ''(sheepishly tries to run out the door)''
178* Michael's "Ooh! It's about time for a Thriller / Didn't lose any chocolate, I just added vanilla" and "Whoopin' your big fat ass with my shiny glove"
179* "I can tell that you're angry but I just can't comprehend it/I stole from black culture, why are ''you'' offended?"
180* Michael using "hee-hee" of all terms as an UnusualEuphemism.
181* Elvis' last verse:
182-->'''Elvis:''' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I'm out]]\
183Before you try to grab me and [[Film/FreeWilly free your willy]]\
184[[MicDrop Later, weirdo]]\
185[[CatchPhrase Elvis is leavin' the building!]]
186
187!!Cleopatra vs. Marilyn Monroe
188* The look on Monroe's face as she removes her earrings. It's perhaps the closest a rapper has come to starting a physical battle.
189** "Translate this into hieroglyphs: Your sandy vagina has a seven-year itch!" [[note]]Sand dunes, point-down triangle, outline of crab.[[/note]]
190* Cleopatra's first line of her second first:
191-->You still got no children after your third marriage\
192You lost so many babies, we should call you Miss Carriage.
193
194!!Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs
195* '''Steve:''' "Let me bring up some basic shit, why'd you name your company [[TeenyWeenie after your dick]]?"[[labelnote:Don't get it?]]"Microsoft"; [[DontExplainTheJoke think about that for a second...]][[/labelnote]]
196* Bill Gates, after his first verse against Steve Jobs, becomes hilariously calm and nonchalant while Steve gets more and more frustrated.
197* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pwmIandWNA&feature=player_embedded EPIC DANCE BATTLES OF HISTOH-REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH]]
198* At the final scene, we have Gates and Jobs doing a little dance, after which the two old guys have to hobble in pain because they injured their hip/back.
199* Behind the Scenes:
200-->'''Gates:''' Let's see, Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos... Ah! [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Heroin!]] There we go!
201
202!!Frank Sinatra vs. Freddie Mercury
203* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_768936&feature=iv&src_vid=K5a_v0MP_Fk&v=snrOtonSeA4 Behind the Scenes]] of Music/FrankSinatra vs Music/FreddieMercury. The perils of recording ''parts'' of lyrics:
204--> (''I'm the champion of the world'') WORLD!\
205(''Extinguished in my prime'') PRIME!\
206(''So kiss my ass, Frankie'') ASS!\
207"[[ItMakesSenseInContext WORLD PRIME ASS]]!"\
208"[[ThatCameOutWrong Sounds like a steak...]]"
209* Epic Lloyd's ping-pong antics (while dressed in costume, no less!) right at the end of the video. He just says "Point, Sinatra" every time he hits the ball, regardless of whether or not he won. At the last round:
210-->"That your girlfriend back there?" "Yeah." "Next point wins her, GO!" "Wait, what!?" "Point, Sinatra."
211** And the stinger:
212--->"You're comin' with me baby, let's get some heroin and blow this pop stand."
213
214!!Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney
215* Barack Obama's expression as UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln chews him out.
216* "Of the people, by the people, for the people, EAGLE!"
217* Obama and Romney's battle essentially going from rapping to childish name-calling.
218-->'''Romney:''' You're a stuttering communist!\
219'''Obama:''' Oh yeah? Well, you're stupid.\
220'''Romney:''' [[NoYou You're stupid!]]\
221''(both of them growl at each other)''
222* At the end of Romney's first verse, [[AssShove it looks like he's...]] ''[[FunnyBackgroundEvent really]]'' [[FunnyBackgroundEvent going for distance on that kick.]]
223* "Republicans need a puppet and you fit, got their hands so far up your rear, call you Mitt!"
224
225!![[Franchise/BacktotheFuture Doc Brown]] vs. [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] (10th/4th Doctor)
226* Doc Brown summoning the Dalek. The face he makes and the words he says are what really make it hilarious.
227-->'''Doc Brown:''' You don't get another turn to debate! Time to face your permanent fate! Now, '''da-lick my balls'''!\
228'''Dalek:''' Exterminate!
229* And this line is gold:
230-->'''Doc:''' Despite all your companions, you couldn't be having less sex!\
231I don't know what's lamer: your fans, or your special effects!
232** During this line, the TARDIS flies past in the background, but at the very end of this appearance, [[StylisticSuck you can see the hand dangling the miniature.]]
233* As the 10th Doctor dies and turns into the 4th while still rapping and making a callback to a joke from Back to the Future itself:
234-->Prepare...to meet...your...''(turns into 4th Doctor)'' Density! Ha ha ha ha!
235* And this exchange:
236-->'''4th Doctor:''' Cause you're a pitiful hillbilly hanging with an oedipal kid who's a bawk bawk chicken!\
237'''Marty [=McFly=]:''' Nobody calls me ''chicken!'' ''(EpicRiff)''
238
239!!Bruce Lee vs. Clint Eastwood
240* Clint Eastwood falls victim to a HongKongDub in the middle of his first verse.
241* Bruce Lee dribbles a ninja's head like a speedbag. The look on his face while he does this is pure gold.
242
243!!Batman vs. Sherlock Holmes
244* From Batman's overtly serious rhymes to Holmes' SophisticatedAsHell attitude.
245* What exactly does the Dark Knight open up the battle with?
246-->'''Batman:''' Nice hat, dork. You look like a duck.
247* During Robin's verse, Batman's reactions to his sidekick's rapping in the background. First he just does a kind of "what the hell?" shrug, then looks at his wrist like he's waiting for Robin to finish.
248* Robin's reaction after Batman throws down a smoke bomb to get away from him.
249* [[http://youtu.be/17CLlZuiBkQ?t=2m15s Watson's reaction to Holmes' last line.]]
250
251!!Moses vs. Santa Claus
252* "I've read your book, you've got a strict religion. No bacon? But mandatory circumcision?" The elves' reaction to the lack of bacon seals the deal.
253* Moses' first line: "When I was [[StealthPun high]] on the mountaintop, God revealed the truths of the Earth, but he never mentioned [[SophisticatedAsHell a fatass]] [[ComicBook/TheSmurfs Papa Smurf]]."
254* "We ain't slaves, all that sand's turned your brains to mush!" "I think you need to stop smoking all that burning bush!" Santa's baritone, especially on the last two words, makes this one.
255* Moses gets a fantastic dig at Santa's weight: "It takes nine reindeer to haul your fat ass, you took the 'Christ' out of 'Christmas' and just added mo' mass!"
256
257!!Adam vs. Eve
258
259!!Martin Luther King vs. Mahatma Gandhi
260* The delicious word-plays:
261-->'''King:''' No shoes, no shirt, but I'm still gonna serve ya. / Make you swallow your words so you can break the fast / Then thank God Almighty you can eat at last!
262-->'''King:''' Flatten your style like bread. / Naan violence.
263-->'''Gandhi:''' You would know about bread, Dr. Birmingham Sandwich. / Boycott those grits / Sit in with some spinach!
264* MLK's other dream: "I admire the way you broke the British power, but I have a dream that one day you'll take a shower!"
265* Gandhi taking a dig at MLK's personal life:
266-->"With protests and women, the same advice goes: always stay away from the hose[[note]]or "hoes" depending on which meaning you're going for[[/note]]."
267* The ending involves King enthusiastically hugging Gandhi to forcibly forgive him, but Gandhi is clearly not interested and slides down through King's arms, stopping by his ear long enough to whisper his last lines:
268-->'''Gandhi:''' I am passively resisting the fact that you suck. / I am celibate because ''[-I don't give a fuuuuuuuuuuck-]''.
269** To some people, it looks more like [[AccidentalInnuendo he's about to give MLK a blowjob]].
270** MLK [[CrossesTheLineTwice affectionately referring to Gandhi as]] "nigga." If there was any Black person you'd never expect to use that word in it's "brotherly" way, it'd be him.
271
272!!Thomas Edison vs. Nikola Tesla
273* Thomas Edison saying that he's "so dope that I even make New Jersey look good".
274* Tesla has some:
275-->History is being rewritten, and I have Reddit.\
276So you can call me Tesla, Nikola, impeccably dressed.\
277You did not steal from ME, you stole ME from MANKIND!
278
279!!Babe Ruth vs. Lance Armstrong
280* Mean-spirited though it might be, Armstrong's opening line where he says that Ruth will be the "[[Creator/OprahWinfrey second fat woman]] to hear my confession" is a pretty solid burn.
281* "You [[{{Pun}} lived strong]], beat cancer! Congratulations! Now I'll drop your ass faster than your own foundation!"
282* "It's the bottom of the ninth against the Texan in a bathing suit filled with more artificial ingredients than a Baby Ruth..."
283* "You're out! With three strikes, and just one ball!"
284
285!!Amadeus Mozart vs. Skrillex
286* Just the fact that Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart vs. Music/{{Skrillex}} ''exists''.
287* The whiny voice that [=EpicLLOYD=] gives Skrillex, making him sound exactly like the talentless punk so many people assume he is.
288* Just how ''contemptuous'' Mozart is -- it's like he takes offense to Skrillex even being called a musician; and considering that this is a world-famous genius-level musician rapping against... well, Skrillex, ''he probably '''is'''''.
289-->You go from ''piano'' to ''fortississimo''\
290That means 'soft' to 'very very loud' because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M GUESSING THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW!]]
291* And this line from Mozart:
292-->What kind of drugs does it take to enjoy this?! I've no idea! I've seen more complexity ''in a couch from IKEA!''
293** Considering that Mozart in real life, knew how to party and has done all kinds of drugs, even he doesn't know what drugs to take to truly enjoy Skrillex's music.
294* Skrillex is no slouch either:
295-->Your daddy issues make The Jackson 5 look like ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus!
296
297!!Rasputin vs. Josef Stalin
298* Rasputin's dance when he says "Big Dick Mystic."
299* Stalin going all AxCrazy and threatening to shoot [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking all of Rasputin's family, all his wizard friends and anyone who sold him pierogi.]]
300* Despite Stalin's claim he was the 'Pride of Lenin', cue Lenin himself showing up and saying [[InstantlyProvenWrong ''I have no pride for you..!'']]
301* The CallBack to Obama vs Romney. First, Lenin interrupts both sides to reprimand them. Doesn't really seem all that fresh, until Gorbachev drops by as well, leading in with a dinky little tune that wouldn't sound out of place in a day care center. Now, the gag gets funny again, but it's when Putin drops by, shirtless, stoic, and generally sounding uninterested does the viewer realize the battle was derailed in the most hilarious way possible.
302** Lenin [[RhymingWithItself rhyming right hand man with...right hand, man.]] And Stalin looks at his right hand with a "[[FlatWhat Wait, what]]?" expression.
303*** And no wonder... Lenin ''got the wrong hand''. Stalin's right hand was perfectly normal, but his left arm was shorter than his right.
304*** Lenin has the funniest expression with that line; [[http://i.imgur.com/0IMZcQG.png huge, wide eyes, like he's freaked out by Stalin's hand.]]
305*** in the same vein, another hilarious one occurs in the background a second or so earlier; Rasputin's reaction to the FirstNameUltimatum delivered against Stalin.
306** "I fought the bondage of classes/the proletariat masses/have brought me here to spit a thesis against ''both'' of your asses!"
307* Both times somebody says "Did somebody say..." ("Birthmarks" and "Real power")
308* The MoodWhiplash that is Gorbachev: "I shook hands with both Ronalds, Reagan and UsefulNotes/McDonalds."
309* The cameo appearance of LetsPlay/PewDiePie, which Pewdie had foreshadowed in a video and gotten viewers hyped up for? It's him as Mikhail Baryshnikov, dressed in a unitard and dancing. Made even funnier by Mikhail Gorbachev, of all people, saying he "had the balls to let Baryshnikov dance, playa!" While scratching his crotch.
310* [[TheComicallySerious Putin]] is quite easily the ''least'' physically energetic rapper in the series so far (excluding Creator/StephenHawking and HAL 9000) and it is ''hilarious'' when coupled with his deep, loud voice. Not to mention the fact that he ''sings'' his lines in this incredible dramatic baritone.
311* This line is the solid gold breadwinner of the entire season:
312-->'''Gorbachev:''' Tore down that wall like the Kool-Aid Man! ''OH YEAH!''
313* Rasputin dancing to the music when Gorbachev says, "You two need yoga, you need a shower!"
314* The simple fact that the creepy, hoarse, [[KubrickStare Kubrick Staring]] Rasputin opens fire on Stalin over a tense beat with "Cool moustache, ''Wario.''"
315* Gorbachev's line aimed at all of his opponents, retroactively including Putin: "If your name ends with 'in', ''time to get out!''"
316[[/folder]]
317
318[[folder:Season 3]]
319!!Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler (Round 3)
320* [[IncomingHam "SCREW YOU, YOU BIG BLACK CUNT!"]]
321* Darth Vader calls in Boba Fett to finish his rap. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent He headbangs along to the entire verse]] looking like he's really enjoying the whole thing.
322** Meanwhile Hitler recoils at first, and then raises his gun with a SlasherSmile. Boba is abruptly blown away mid line, and Vader's sudden surprised act just sells the whole moment. Really, the sheer range of expression they got out of a guy in a non-expressive helmet is a CMOA.
323** Also, Hitler's VillainousBreakdown after Vader mocked him as a RealLife GeneralFailure, and on top of that tried to snub his battle by sending in Boba Fett. He simply stops rapping, and instead spews nothing but childish threats:
324--->"'''OH, SIEG ''HELL'' NO! You're not gonna cheat ''me'', Mr. [[SunglassesAtNight Sunglasses-All-The-Time]]'! I'll take ''you'' and [[ItMakesSenseInContext your new boyfriend]] WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} [[AndYourLittleDogToo and all your]] spermy [[{{Mooks}} soldier guys]] and throw YOU in a butthole in the sand! ''[[SayMyName I AM ADOLF-!!!]]'''''"\
325''([[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe is sliced in half]] by [[LaserBlade Vader's Lightsaber]])''\
326"([[InstantSoprano suddenly squeaky]]) ''...Hitler...''"
327* In the beginning, instead of a swastika, it's a middle finger.
328
329!!Al Capone vs. Blackbeard
330* The fact that [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Edward Kenway]] makes a cameo is both this and a CMOA. Considering [[Creator/{{Ubisoft}} who]] gave the ERB crew a ''boat'' to use for the video, it's a nice little thank you to them.
331* "...Well you're a huge dick." Just the way he said it.
332* "Rhymes so hard they call me Al ''(music stops for a beat)'' Dente".
333* "I mean that rat's nest beard's trapped so many crumbs, this bum could get marooned and still eat lunch for a month!" Just that line can get anyone's imagination rolling to the extent it's so disgusting it's hilarious
334
335!!Joan of Arc vs. Miley Cyrus
336* Pretty much everything about Miley's characterization. She's a perfect embodiment of the catty, annoying, untalented slut that she's constantly stereotyped as. And it is ''hilarious''!
337* Joan of Arc telling Miley that "(her) highest calling was a text from Wiz Khalifa", mocking both Miley's irreverence and Wiz's addiction.
338* Joan [[CatFight calling Miley]] [[SophisticatedAsHell a ratchet skank]].
339
340!!Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso
341* "You're the PBS version of Niiiiiiiiickleback," delivered in Chad Kroeger's signature groan.
342* At one point, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Picasso draws a giant middle finger in the background.]]
343* Picasso looks down and says, "I could make better art with my weiner...Lump," followed by him holding up his weiner dog.
344* For the artists in the audience, Bob's first verse comes with a couple of extremely funny art jokes:
345-->''Your work is melancholic; I'm painting [[CatchPhrase happy little trees]]; Call me [[SmallReferencePools/{{Art}} Jackson Pollock]], because I splatter MC's''.
346** And then this gem:
347--->''I'll twist you up like you're a [[PungeonMaster Rubik's]] [[{{SmallReferencePools/Art}} cubist!]]''.
348** Pablo promptly responds with ''Don't use that word like you KNOW what it is!''.
349* Picasso uses his OverlyLongName in a rap... And it ''works''.
350** "Back. To. You. ''[[AerithAndBob Bob.]]''"
351* Bob Ross ends his by saying, "Yo Pablo, you just got your happy little ass beat."
352* Bob Ross opens his second verse speaking with pride and patriotism about his military career... then does a goofy little dance.
353
354!! Michael Jordan vs. Muhammad Ali
355* You used to float like a butterfly, sting like a bee / [[CrossesTheLineTwice now you double-dribble balls that nobody can see!]]
356* "You should let the Fresh Prince do your rapping for you. (Swish!)"
357* "Your whole basketball career turned whack / When you came back a wizard like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the Black!]]"
358* "Cause your rapping sucks more than ''Film/SpaceJam'' did!"
359
360!! Ebenezer Scrooge vs. Donald Trump
361* "I do not believe in ghosts ''[[TakeThat and I don't believe]] [[DodgyToupee that hair!]]''"
362* "You should have [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 made like Sebastian and kissed de girl!]]" Because who expected a ''Little Mermaid'' reference from these guys?
363* At the end of the video, Scrooge was about to say Tiny Tim's closing line, but is soon cut off by the announcer.
364-->'''Scrooge:''' God bless us every-\
365'''"[[AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption WHO WON?]]"'''
366* Donald Trump calling his ex-wife ugly and compares Scrooge to his wife in a bikini since they're both disgusting.
367* While the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is otherwise the biggest KnightOfCerebus in the series, his appearance gives us this gem. "Boo." "[[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl AAH]]!"
368** Yes, the nonchalant way he says "You're gonna die!" is ''scary as fuck''. It's also ''funny as hell''.
369* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere "I got my own f***g problems"]]
370* Music/KanyeWest as the Ghost of Christmas Present. Really, who saw that coming?
371
372!! Rick Grimes vs. Walter White
373* Yep, even in a rap battle, Rick has to yell at Carl [[RunningGag to stay inside]].
374-->''CARL!''
375* "You look up to me like I'm a [[MemeticMutation pizza on the roof]]!"
376* "I'll be standing right here, [[ComedicUnderwearExposure in my tighty Walter Whities]]"
377* Blink and you'll miss it: after Walter distracts a walker with a bag of meth, in his last shot you can see the same walker tweaking in the background. ''He got a dead man high.''
378* "No one saw Shane coming, ''[[DoubleEntendre except for your wife]]''."
379* From the [=BTS=] video, Peter tells Lloyd that the [[RunningGag heroin joke]] did not make it. What the follows is an extremely {{melodrama}}tic funeral for the joke with the walkers mourning and Lloyd crying.
380* Walter [[VerbalTic keeps making]] loud throat noises. While that's a little funny in and of itself, it's all the funnier due to the fact that it sounds like he has a phlegm problem.
381
382!! Superman vs. Goku
383* Superman's first diss:
384-->''Who can stop this constipated jock''\
385''With the awful animation[[note]]At this point, a third, overly large arm extends out of Superman's chest and punches Goku away[[/note]] and the [[KudzuPlot complicated plot]]?''
386* "Your rapping is weaker than your fight scenes: just one punch - and [[SuddenlyShouting OVER NINE THOUSAND SCREAMS!]]"
387* "I'll make your nose bleed like Roshi sniffing panties!"
388* This line comes up that would not be out of place in ''WebVideo/EqualsThree''.
389-->''Look at those panties (Oh!)\
390You got that camel(toe!)\
391I'll report to Lois Lane\
392[[Music/SouljaBoy And Superman that (ho!)]]''
393* Superman flies off after his second verse and ignores Goku until he says that Supes "Got his ass beat by a bat with no powers." Superman turns around to fight after making a face that says ''Oh no you didn't...''
394* The battle ends with perhaps the nastiest joke ever cracked on the series:
395-->''There's only one way this battle's gonna end; [[Creator/ChristopherReeve one more Superman]] who's [[CrossesTheLineTwice never gonna walk again!]].
396
397!!Stephen King vs. Edgar Allan Poe
398* [[PungeonMaster King putting as many Puns about his work as he can into the Battle]].
399-->''Feel that Literature/{{Rage|1977}} and Literature/{{Misery}},\
400You better start [[Literature/TheRunningMan Running, Man]], You're in deep poo Poe,\
401I'm a mad dog, Fangs [[Literature/TheShining Shining]], Literature/{{Cujo}}\
402[[Literature/TheTommyknockers Tommyknock]] you down, till you can't [[Literature/TheStand Stand]] up''
403* Stephen King ends the rap battle... by saying "Never more" in the sort of tone a raven would use when imitating human speech.
404* Upon saying "Your books are as eerie as Creator/BeverlyCleary", Edgar Allan Poe gets PuppyDogEyes, complete with a SlasherSmile.
405* "I see through you like pantyhose!"
406* [[http://youtu.be/56R3hU-fWZY?t=24s Edgar Allan Poe's melancholy dancing]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background.]] It's the sour expression and that's he's looking at the ground that really sells it. Plus his [[http://imgur.com/wqaYlAK pose]] during King's "Perving on your first cousin when she's thirteen years old?" line.
407
408!!Sir Isaac Newton vs. Bill Nye
409* Newton's First Line:
410-->Of all the scientific minds in history,\
411[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall they put]] [[Franchise/TheMuppets Beaker in a bow tie]] ''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall up against ME?]]''
412* Newton's dance on "When I start flowing I stay in motion."
413* Bill Nye's walk after his line, "hitting my stride," is quite humorous.
414* During Neil deGrasse Tyson's closing verse, Bill Nye's movements are nothing short of hilarious.
415** Almost every movement in this battle is a funny background event. Apart from the above examples with Nye, we have Newton pushing himself out of the way, and later sharing a verse with one of his doubles, who also nods an agreement with his own lines. Finally, when Neil deGrasse Tyson appears out of Newton's equation, Newton slowly turns sideways as he notices with a rather downplayed OhCrap reaction.
416** "We got a badass over here!"
417* From the BTS, Chali 2na's poignant description of his son's reaction.
418
419!!UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington vs. [[Film/{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]]
420* George's dance when he says "A Mel Gibson movie is your legacy."
421* When William calls out George for whipping all his clothes "out of slave black folks", we briefly see George give a mischievous little "you're right, it was worth it" type shrug.
422* [[FunnyBackgroundEvent That ridiculous dance from one of George's troops.]]
423* William's very first line:
424-->Look at you! In your little blousy outfit!\
425''Looking like a [[SomethingElseAlsoRises stiffer white dick]]'' '''[[CompensatingForSomething than your Monument!]]'''
426* After Washington claims that Scotland's only famous for golf and haggis, Wallace returns fire with this:
427-->"Don't tee off with me, laddy! If you ''held my balls'' you couldn't be my caddy!"
428
429!!Renaissance Artists vs. [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]]
430* The turtles' verses are chock full of hilarity.
431** Leonardo mimicking a helicopter,
432** Raphael referring to himself as a "cool but rude guy", like in the 1987 cartoon theme song.
433** Donatello's Gattamelata pun.
434* The [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/epicrapbattlesofhistory/images/f/fa/Raphael_large.png/revision/latest?cb=20140918130208 face]] Artist!Raphael makes in his title card. It's exactly what you would expect from [[WebVideo/{{Smosh}} Anthony]].
435* The first words out of Artist!Leonardo's mouth are hilariously out of place.
436-->"Cowabunga, dude."
437* Apparently Artist!Donatello found enough time to make ''and'' put the finishing touches on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Gattamelata Gattamelata]] during the Turtles' verse.
438* "You wouldn't know genius if it pissed in your sewer!"
439* If Artist!Raphael's "Deemed dope by the Pope and I boned till I croaked" line doesn't make you laugh, him [[CrossesTheLineTwice crossing himself before going for a pelvic thrust]] will.
440* "We got the talent, and the minds, and the rhymes so sweet/We're like your [[NintendoHard NES game]], 'cause we can't be beat!"
441* Michaelangelo (Turtle)'s line: "You guys draw more dicks than New York Pride!"
442[[/folder]]
443
444[[folder:Season 4]]
445!!Ghostbusters vs. Mythbusters
446* Jamie being TheStoic in contrast to Adam. NoSenseOfPersonalSpace moments included. Then, even better, [[NotSoAboveItAll him dancing alongside Adam]] [[TheComicallySerious with the same deep voice and cold expression.]]
447* Janine's three-word cameo- " WE GOT ONE!" It comes out of nowhere but fits perfectly.
448* Egon's three lines in the first verse (with Winston's ShoutOut from the movie!)
449-->'''Egon:''' ''I collect spores.''\
450'''Winston:''' ''Tell him about the Twinkie''. \
451'''Egon:''' ''Like your show, it's all fluff and filler. I'll kick your hiney, man-- I'm a savage killer.''
452* The first lines out of the Mythbusters and their unexpected ShoutOut:
453-->'''Adam:''' ''Wow, your raps are just too wack to handle!''\
454'''Jamie:''' ''[[Music/BloodhoundGang Let's do it like we do on the Discovery Channel.]]''
455* When talking about a "safety switch", Adam and Jamie do ''pelvic thrusts''.
456* Pausing at just the right moment reveals [[http://i.imgur.com/SEIclDd.jpg this]] FreezeFrameBonus of Adam's face
457* "That's enough from the walrus and Dickless the Clown!"
458* Grant says they "come harder than Ray when that ghost popped his cherry". Next scene we see is [[BerserkButton Ray being held back]] [[LetMeAtHim by the other Ghostbusters]].
459* Tory fails to think of a rhyme and just goes "Uhhhh..."
460-->'''Jamie:''' ...why'd you stop?\
461'''Tory:''' I couldn't think of a rhyme!\
462'''Adam:''' Well just say the first thing that pops into your mind.\
463'''Ghostbusters:''' ''([[MassOhCrap waving their arms back and forth in a "NO NO NO!" fashion]])''
464** And given what follows, this is actually one of the ''funniest'' instances of NiceJobBreakingItHero.
465* The [[OhCrap faces]] on the Ghostbusters as Adam tells Tory to say the first thing that pops into his mind-- while the Mythbusters, [[FlatEarthAtheist who don't believe in ghosts]], don't know where that kind of thing goes, the Ghostbusters are perfectly aware, and are proven right when Stay Puft shows up to the fight.
466* This bit as Stay Puft shows up:
467-->'''Stay Puft:''' Yo, raise up! It's Stay Puft, I stay fluff! Blaze chumps and flip Kari butterside up!\
468'''Kari:''' ''(highly pissed off)'' ''Hey!''\
469'''Stay Puft:''' I smother Ghostbusters in fluffernutter, I don't play; show these dweebs how to rock a beret!\
470'''Jamie:''' ''(kind of a little bit irritated)'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Hey.]]
471* The fact that Stay Puft's voice is a dead on impression of Biggie Smalls.
472
473!!Bonnie and Clyde vs. Romeo and Juliet
474* [[EverybodyDiesEnding Everybody dies]]. We probably should have seen this coming.
475* Romeo promises to lie on his stomach so Bonnie and Clyde can lick his ass. Later, we see his corpse with his butt raised in the air, and Juliet screams about Romeo having poison on his face even though she can only see his backside. That's quite some mileage out of one joke about behinds.
476* The Announcer's absolutely lost reaction at the end of the battle; instead of a boisterous "WHO WON?!" it's this softer and confused "who won...?"
477* The poison line is priceless in and of itself, especially with how it's suddenly just SCREAMED.
478-->'''Juliet:''' Where's Romeo? OH NOMEO! There's poison on your face!
479* Bonnie making light of Mercutio's death at the hands of [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet John Leguizamo]].
480* Bonnie and Clyde's reaction to Romeo and Juliet [[DrivenToSuicide killing themselves]].
481-->'''Clyde:''' [[LampshadeHanging Well that was tragic]].\
482'''Bonnie:''' [[DidntSeeThatComing That did not go as expected]].\
483'''Clyde:''' [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot Would have done that boy some good to just wait a couple seconds]].\
484'''Bonnie:''' It's kinda sad though, really, so young, to have just died...\
485'''Clyde:''' Well, at least we got each other.\
486'''Bonnie:''' Just Bonnie...\
487'''Clyde:''' And- ''('''[[KilledMidSentence RATATATATATAT]]''')''
488* Nice Peter attempts a horrible English accent and Grace Helbig barely even tries to do one most of the time. It ends up being hilarious.
489* There's something incredibly hilarious about the combination of [[SophisticatedAsHell Shakespearean insults combined with more modern cracks.]]
490-->'''Romeo:''' Do you quarrel, sir? Ho, should I draw my longsword, or will you duck your chicken-shit ass back into your Ford?\
491'''Juliet:''' A moment break from your gaze is an eternity past, so together we shall both put these bitches on blast!
492* How Bonnie perks up after Clyde says they'll rob R&J blind. OutlawCouple, ladies and gentlemen!
493* The Meta humour of Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart, who are great friends in real life threatening to kill each other is pretty funny. You can imagine they both had a blast with filming.
494* Juliet's first solo verse is straight savagery.
495-->And you there, wench with the neck of a chicken,\
496You'll get [[PrisonRape an ass-rippin' worse than your boyfriend's in prison!]]\
497You're not a true romance. You're just a conjugal visit.\
498Oh, but that's not even your real husband now, is it?
499** After Bonnie shot Juliet:
500--->Oh, I am killed! What irony is this?\
501The lead role shot down by a failed actress…
502
503!!Zeus vs. Thor
504* This is a battle between two thunder gods...depicted in the medium of Lego bricks. "Rhymes colder than the frosty balls of your giants" are hilariously wrong when the characters are basically made of children's toys.
505* When Thor knocks the Jotun off the rainbow bridge it lets out the WilhelmScream.
506** The BTS shows that they actually molded a pair of testicles for the Jotun for the sake of Zeus's "frosty balls of your giants" line and so that Thor would have something to hit.
507* Zeus talks up Greece's historical accomplishments. Thor later retorts:
508-->'''Thor''': I'll drop you like Greece's GDP!
509* Zeus tells Thor "Loki must've written your lines!" [[OhCrap Loki's reaction]] [[AccidentalTruth suggests he did]].
510* We may have found the most disgustingly hilarious mythology joke ever told:
511-->'''Thor:''' ''(to Zeus)'' Now make like your daddy, AND SWALLOW MY BABIES!
512* The end of Thor's first verse:
513-->'''Thor:''' I'd spit in your face, but you'd probably ''like it!''
514* One of the Olympians accompanying Zeus is actually [[Film/TheHobbit Bombur]].[[note]]Well, WordOfGod says it's supposed to be Bacchus, the god of wine, and ''most'' of the characters in this battle are made of bits and pieces from licensed LEGO sets, but the Bombur beard is particularly noticeable and funny.[[/note]]
515* When Zeus brings up astronomy, [[FreezeFrameBonus the star chart in the sky]] shows the usual ones like Leo, Cancer and Sagittarius, the lesser-known but legit rabbit constellation, along with giant sunglasses, what looks like PharellWilliams' hat, the duck from "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q The Duck Song]]", [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 young Simba,]] and ForrestFire's (the animator of this battle) big "F" logo.
516* What's going on in the background of Asgard? We have waving pennants, a sword being forged, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent and Loki happily spending the whole battle doing a silly dance]].
517* "And tell your three-headed bitch I said hi!" Cue Cerberus barking.
518
519!!Jack The Ripper vs. Hannibal Lecter
520* Hannibal tells Jack to shut up about himself in a very...blunt fashion.
521-->'''Hannibal:''' Quit jacking off on the track and '''put the lotion in the basket''!
522* For an otherwise dark battle, this line is very out of place.
523-->'''Hannibal:''' The thought of your putrid flesh makes me want to shiver, cause your British body's covered in more piss than kitty litter!
524* Hannibal works quite a few {{Breaking Speech}}es into his raps. One of the funnier ones is after Jack brings up the 7/7 London bombings at the end of his second verse.
525-->'''Hannibal:''' No, no, Jack! You were doing fine, [[EvenEvilHasStandards until your ham-fisted attempt at a terrorist line!]]
526* One of the anachronisms of the rap, courtesy of Jack's first line:
527-->'''Jack:''' Oi, mate! Pass the liquor! It's Jack the Ripper! Jack the rapper, following you way before the dawn of Website/{{Twitter}}!
528
529!!Oprah Winfrey vs. Ellen [=DeGeneres=]
530* The little mitten ditty Epic Lloyd does in the BTS video. He's out and about in a snowy forest, complaining about the winter chill and claiming the "frosty LA has his hand tootsies chilly." Each detail begins with a [[BigWhat "What?!"]] and the mitten details pile up...until he finds out that the "snowy forest" isn't real.
531--> Epic Lloyd: ''What?'' '''''None of this is real?!'''''
532* The battle was uploaded earlier than usual on release day... with a description that shows how exhausted the ERB team was at the time of release.
533-->Hi.\
534It's late.\
535Lauren Flans.\
536November Christine.\
537rap.\
538-p&l
539* The announcer, post battle:
540-->Who won? Who's next? You decide! [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow You decide! You decide! You decide! You decide!]]
541** More comments show up as the announcer keeps continuing, most of them aren't for the battle, and some of them aren't even suggestions for battles. Including:
542--->WIFI VS BLUETOOTH\
543Thanksgiving vs. Christmas\
544sir mix a lot vs. hello kitty\
545how i meeth your mother vs. the big bang theory\
546Jjjjj\
547Marshmelo\
548Actually its not so bad
549
550!! Steven Spielberg vs. Alfred Hitchcock vs. Quentin Tarantino vs. Stanley Kubrick vs. Michael Bay
551* Throughout the whole song, every verse makes at least one TakeThat at Michael Bay. So for the last verse, Bay shows up to fire back.
552-->'''Spielberg:''' I rock the Academy, and the DGA; you rock as many Oscars as that schlep, Michael Bay!\
553'''Hitchcock:''' My skill is enormous, orchestrate brilliant performance; you're more horrible than Megan Fox's acting in ''Transformers''!\
554'''Tarantino:''' Due to ''War of the Worlds'', a failure's what I label you; it looked like some sellout bullshit Michael Bay would do!\
555'''Kubrick:''' Like ''Clockwork'', make you all hurt; beat Spielberg ''The Color Purple''! ''A.I.'' is the worst waste of potential since the Ninja Turtles!\
556'''Bay:''' That's enough! I've heard enough crap from all of you! Why don't I come down there and show you what a real star can do?
557* Spielberg tells Hitchcock to "kiss his full moon" while ''pulling down his pants and turning around''. Hitchcock then dismisses his verse as a "close encounter of the turd kind".
558* Right before the line above: Spielberg claims that Hitchcock 'produce Creator/JimmyStewart making one of two faces', briefly [[FlippingTheBird flashing a backwards V-sign]] as he does so.
559* Michael Bay rides in on a helicopter at sunset, one of the things that constantly shows up in his works]], and is extremely blatant about [[MoneyDearBoy what motivates him]].
560-->'''Bay:''' If there's one thing that I've learned, bitch, this game is about '''MOTHERFUCKING MONEY!'''\
561'''Bay:''' I MAKE THAT DOLLAR, Y'ALL! '''MOTHERFUCKING MONEY!'''\
562'''Bay:''' EVEN MAKE Creator/{{MARK WAHLBERG}} '''[[AnalogyBackfire MAKE SOME]]''' '''''[[Film/TheFighter MOTHERFUCKING]]''''' '''''[[{{Film/Ted}} MONEY!]]'''''[[note]]Any movie that grosses more than 5× its budget worldwide should qualify as having made a massive amount of money.[[/note]]
563* Bay's profile close-ups are ridiculous even with everything else going on with him.
564* Bay's introduction: low angle, slow motion, camera spinning around him as he rises. In other words, a Michael Bay-esque shot so perfect you can't help but laugh.
565* Bay's line: ''I ain't got that guilt money, I don't give a fuck! I take my checks to the bank and I sign 'em'' '''with my nuts!'''
566* Hitchcock breakdancing. The very idea is a gutbuster, but you get to watch him do it. And he is ''awesome''. Even apart from the breakdancing, Hitchcock's entire verse is full of awesomely funny moves.
567* When Tarantino calls ''War of the Worlds'' "sellout bullshit Michael Bay would do," Spielberg's looks like he's about to object, but then make a "Yeah, I guess you're right" expression. His opening lines as well:
568-->'''Tarantino:''' CUT. Gimme a Tylenol\
569[[ImHavingSoulPains Stop rhyming, y'all]]\
570Alfred, you've got no style, dawg;\
571I'm [[RedBaron the King of Dialogue]]\
572There's only one movie that I know you from\
573[[LudicrousGibs And I've seen]] [[BloodIsSquickerInWater more blood in the shower]] [[BloodyHilarious when I stubbed my toe in one]]
574* Spielberg [[FunnyBackgroundEvent clasping his arms together and waddling]].
575* Tarantino pretending to check his watch while waiting through Kubrick's verse.
576
577!! Lewis and Clark vs. Bill and Ted
578* Both the lines as well as Ted[[note]]goofy grin[[/note]] and Bill[[note]]depressed frown[[/note]]'s reaction to them makes this particular moment hilarious.
579-->'''Clark:''' Did you hear that, Meriwether?\
580'''Lewis:''' I think they mean to brawl!\
581'''Clark:''' I'll take Neo.\
582'''Lewis:''' I'll take the one that no one knows at all!
583* Who'd've thought they'd ever hear WebVideo/RhettAndLink call someone a dickweed?
584* [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Sacagawea wrestling a bear and killing it]].
585* Lewis and Clark compare the tiny fish they caught... and Sacagawea just rolls her eyes and holds up her huge fish!
586* Lewis and Clark threaten to walk all over Bill and Ted, but that's not all:
587-->'''Lewis and Clark:''' Then give 'em back a whole stack of maps and accurate charts\
588Showing exactly where our footprints on their buttocks are marked!
589* Picturing Bill and Ted as Companions is hilarious.
590-->"You're worthless, your future selves should have told you that! Now go back in time and give ''Series/DoctorWho'' his phone booth back!"
591* This battle marks a rare occasion where the opponents agree on something: [[StacysMom Bill's stepmom is hot.]]
592* When Ted says, "I've heard better insults dropped from Socrates' anus," Socrates walks by in the background, stops in concern, and fans his own behind.
593
594!!Harry Houdini vs. David Copperfield
595* Criss Angel tries to join the rap battle, only to be immediately rebuffed:
596-->'''Houdini:''' And you can't hide shame with a camera angle.\
597'''Criss Angel:''' Did somebody say ''Angel''?\
598'''Houdini:''' No.\
599'''Criss Angel:''' ''(dejected)'' Oh. ''(floats off screen)''
600* This line from Houdini:
601-->'''Houdini:''' Eh, your hack of a Bob Saget-y act is embarassing.\
602You're the saddest thing to happen to Magic since [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering The Gathering]]!
603
604!!Robocop vs. The Terminator
605* There's a bit of FreezeFrameBonus hilarity in the battle. Robocop's directives at one point appear as thus:
606-->'''PRIME DIRECTIVES\
6071: Serve the Public trust.\
6082: Maximize blood squibs\
6093: Defeat all sucker Emcees'''
610** Then in a later moment Robocop repeats the famous "secret Prime Directive" moment from the movie, but with a twist:
611--->'''4: CLASSIFIED.'''\
612'''Robocop''': OCP gave me the skills to wreck this, I can't help if I'm fresh, It's my Prime Directive!\
613'''PRIME DIRECTIVE: [[SophisticatedAsHell BE FRESH AS FUCK]]'''
614* Similarly, we briefly see the T-800's interface as he analyzes his enemy:
615-->'''MULTIPLE TARGETS ACQUIRED\
616Spread Pattern -- Predictable\
617Tag line -- Limp delivery\
618Firepower -- Cool in the 80's, maybe'''[[note]]Also an allusion to a line in "Bruce Lee vs. Clint Eastwood".[[/note]]\
619'''Analysis: WEAK'''
620* During The Terminator's first verse, he claims that [[GroinAttack Robocop's balls were left off]] [[WeCanRebuildHim during his reconstruction]]. Then, ''[[ManOfAThousandVoices he does a pitch-perfect impersonation of Murphy's wife]]''
621-->'''Terminator:''' ''(as Ellen Murphey)'' "[[VocalDissonance I still love you, Alex]]." ''(As himself)'' '''[[SuddenlyShouting BULLSHIT!!!!]]''' Your sex life is ''terminated!''
622* Most fans notice that, for some reason, Peter's Robocop voice sounds like an auto-tuned [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Joe Swanson]].
623* The Terminator's [[{{Narm}} facial expressions while rapping]] are nothing short of hilarious. ''Especially'' "Based on my detailed analysis of the lyrical structure of battle raps, it's time for your next shit verse, and then…I'll be back!"
624
625!!Philosophers East vs. West
626* When the Western philosophers start squabbling, Sun Tzu can be seen creeping up and spying on them, as well as peeking around a corner, evoking [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/that-fucking-cat this old meme]]. Not to mention him practically ''dancing'' up behind them a la [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1w436reCN1qb647mo1_400.gif man-with-chair]] to take a picture while Voltaire's trying to get Socrates to lay off of Nietzsche.
627* Similar to the surprising {{Music/Ludacris}} reference in "Superman vs. Goku", when Lao Tzu gets angry when Sun Tzu insults him:
628-->'''Lao Tzu:''' Oh, you don't want to stand in the path of Lao Tzu today. I'll make you [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Move_Bitch move, bitch]]. Get out the way!
629* Voltier's last verse is a {{pun}}-laden BadassBoast. It's also surprisingly awesome wordplay.
630-->"Let me be frank: don't start beef with ''the'' Frank, who hangs with [[Creator/BenjaminFranklin B. Franks]] [[ChickMagnet givin' ladies]] ''[[ChickMagnet beef franks!"]]''
631* Voltaire's shocked reaction when Confucius insults his "egg noodle hair".
632** Same to Nietzsche's look of embarrassment when Confucius asks if God died of shame when he made his mustache.
633* The ending has lots of these:
634** The teams completely fall apart and start infighting near the end; a first in the series.
635** Nietzsche [[RageQuit throws up his hands and storms off in a huff]], and Lao Tzu and Sun Tzu [[ByTheHair start yanking on Confucius' beard]].
636** Even the narrator is shocked! (And bonus points for his flubbing making it sound like he's putting forth philosophical questions.)
637--->'''Narrator:''' ''(instead of his usual outro)'' What. Is. Winning? Who. Is. Next?
638** Even more so, The Narrator gets so annoyed at their loud squabbling that he even interrupts his own SigningOffCatchPhrase just to tell them to shut up.
639--->'''Narrator:''' Epic... '''[[BigShutUp QUUIIIEEEET!!!]]'''... RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!
640* Confucius's final line deserves mention for sounding like he's quoting himself while simultaneously grabbing his junk when saying it.
641-->'''Confucius:''' Confucius say you can all hold these fortune cooooookies!
642** Also, the ''ridiculous'' facial expressions he makes both here and in his silent closeup.
643* The point where the eastern philosophers start infighting:
644-->'''Sun Tzu:''' [[LetsYouAndHimFight I have turned them on themselves]], [[HistoricalInJoke their chaos is our opportunity!!]]\
645'''Lao Tzu:''' We must remember, [[IceCreamKoan a bowl is most useful when it is empty]].\
646'''Sun Tzu:''' '''([[CollectiveGroan UGGH!!]]''' Laozi, [[WithAllDueRespect I don't mean no disrespect]], but you need to fill your bowl ''[[TakeThat with some shit that makes some sense!]]''
647** Doubly hilarious that Sun Tzu sounds ''exactly'' like a typical Chinese teenager getting into their fight with their elders.
648*** Triply hilarious since Sun Tzu missed Laozi's point, that being that if the Eastern philosophers had just remained quiet, then they would have been the undisputed winners.
649* The Eastern Philosophers kowtowing with their works is hilarious, as is Socrates flexing during his next verse and a brief shot of Sun Tzu, Lao Tzu and Confucius all stroking their magnificent beards.
650* Socrates' line "Sun Tzu, I'll be taking apart your Wu with my Method..." Then he turns his head and winks as he says "Man!"
651* Sun Tzu, who has the most oversized eyebrows among all the Easterners, [[HypocriticalHumor making fun of Confucius's eyebrows for not fitting on his face]], while [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Lao Tzu gives a silent "Oh no he didn't!" reaction behind him]].
652
653!!Shaka Zulu vs. Julius Caesar
654* Caesar slam dunking in the background of his first verse.
655* Caesar in the foreground silently shimmying across the screen while staring into the camera while the Caesar in the background raps during his first verse is somewhat creepy yet hilarious.
656* In the Behind the Scenes, Lloyd portrays his Roman soldier as incredibly whiny. After we've been treated to a few scenes of this, Peter snaps and tells him, "That character is the worst! [[EpicFail It makes everything else you've done less funny because of how bad it is!]]"
657* Starting Caesar's first verse. It's the nonchalant stoicism that sells it.
658-->You talk a lot of shit for a man wearing a diaper.\
659I heard you had poison spit: where was it in this cypher?
660* Starting Shaka's second verse:
661-->Right, I've heard of your play. Tell me, how does it end?\
662Oh, yes: You get stabbed many times by your friends!
663** Also qualifies as HypocriticalHumor, given that the real Shaka Zulu was assassinated by his own half-brothers.
664* The look on Shaka Zulu's face as Caesar mentions his legions "spank[ing him] in [the] chest". Not that he's threatened by Caesar's threat, but the fact that he used "spank" as a way to describe his attack.
665* "If you cross that equator you'll head straight into a massacre, and get fucked by more than just Cleopatra in Africa!"
666
667!!Stan Lee vs. Jim Henson
668* Walt Disney interrupting everything to yell at them to get back to work.
669* Stan Lee says he misses Jim Henson and that Jim died way too soon. Jim's answer?
670--> Most of the internet thought that you died twelve years ago.
671* After Jim's first verse, Stan Lee brings out a puppet of his own to deliver some of Stan's next lines.
672* Jim sets up the barbs, but Kermit delivers them in the early part of the battle.
673[[/folder]]
674
675[[folder:Season 5]]
676!!George R. R. Martin vs. J. R. R. Tolkien
677* Martin claims that his readers love every character he's written... and then he mentions killing them off, casually turning around to demonstrate. Followed by his high-pitched impression of his readers, "No, he didn't!"
678* Tolkien's line about the initials:
679-->'''Tolkien:''' You're a pirate, you even stole my R. R.!
680* Just how fired up Tolkien is throughout the entire battle.
681-->'''Tolkien:''' We all know the world's full of chance and anarchy.\
682So yes, it's true to life for characters to die randomly.\
683But news flash, the genre's called FANTASY!\
684It's ''meant'' to be unrealistic, '''YOU MYOPIC MANATEE'''!
685* Martin forming an HBO logo with silhouettes, with the [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you-miss-it]] caption "Dope Ass Programming".
686* Another [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you'll-miss-it]] moment; when Martin is sitting at his computer, he's not typing anything at all. He's playing ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''.
687** At the very, very beginning, too: at the house with the mailbox.
688* On Martin's line "Tell your all-seeing eye to find some sex in your movies", a second Martin pops up in the background staring at the camera with a perverse grin, punctuated with a growly "yeah!"
689* When Michael "Mikey" Walsh of the Goonies shows up with Danaerys Targaryen, they exchange a look. Danaerys looks contemptuous and somewhat repulsed. Mikey just looks awkward and embarrassed.
690* George R.R. Martin finishes his rap by [[CrossesTheLineTwice tea-bagging the camera.]]
691
692!!Gordon Ramsay vs. Julia Child
693* The rather casual way the rap starts, apparently [[InMediasRes following one of Gordon's shows]].
694-->'''Gordon:''' ''(to a camera)'' -and that's how you make a perfect risotto.\
695''(turns to the viewer)'' Right. ''(reads off of a clipboard)'' Mrs. Child, welcome to the grown-ups' table.
696* Gordon's ridiculous spate of shows, including "Street Noodler", "Quiche Rescue" and "Cooking With Pebbles".
697* Julia Child rapping in that trademark voice, expectedly SophisticatedAsHell and unexpectedly hilarious.
698-->"You scream at women, but the fits that you're pitching\
699Make '''YOU''' the pissiest bitch in the kitchen!"
700** "Oh, I'm so glad you spent this time with me. Now eat a dick! ''(raises a wine glass)'' Bon appétit!"
701* When Ramsay shows off a blue jacket to tell her to take it, there is a {{Beat}}... which leads to a rather awkward pause as Child tries to lean forward to see if he was gonna say something... and then he [[SuddenlyShouting shouts]] in her ear, making her flinch a bit.
702** The burger being flipped during the beat has the Epic Rap Battles of History logo on it, which might dupe first-time viewers into thinking the battle's about to end. And then:
703--->... now give it back and [[AtomicFBomb FUCK OFF]]!
704*** That whole segment is actually a parody of Ramsay's show ''Hell's Kitchen'', which is prone to cliffhangers (Gordon makes a huge dramatic statement, followed by a shot of the ''Hell's Kitchen'' logo on a [[http://s22.photobucket.com/user/patfish/media/TV/hellskitchenlogotv.jpg.html piece of food]] or kitchen utensil) and fakeouts.
705* When Julia is cutting into a piece of lard, she gets the [[CutASliceTakeTheRest bigger chunk and casually puts it on some toast.]]
706* At another point, she has about four good-sized yellow onions on a cutting board, and she's holding a knife. As the camera closes up on her face, she's chopping (below camera) as a flurry of onion skins fly up. Cut back and ALL the onions are perfectly diced... in less than ''two seconds!'' Now that's some serious chopping skill.
707** She then proceeds to season them with a ridiculously huge pepper mill.
708* The Hell's Kitchen sous-chefs chant "YES, CHEF!" to support Ramsay's insults. But when he says "You call these lines raw?" They chant "NO, CHEF!"
709** Not just a clever pun, but (literally) raw food is one way to set Ramsay off.
710* One of the sous-chefs is running across the background with a handful of cooked spaghetti.
711* Julia cuts a fish during her first verse. Near the end of one of her lines ("enough stuff to justify getting rough/with the butter-loving queen of the bourguignon boeuf!"), she cuts it hard enough [[FunnyBackgroundEvent to send the front half of the fish flying offscreen]].
712* Background Julia's face when she says "Sous vide!" is noteworthy among all of her other, quite frankly deranged facial expressions.
713* Gordon Ramsay himself has seen it. [[https://twitter.com/GordonRamsay/status/733058268319354880 "It's hilarious."]]
714** He even commented on the video ''on his official [=YouTube=] channel''!.
715--->Even with that questionable English accent, it's pretty clear who won...
716* Julia Child is merry and upbeat throughout the video... but even so, she comes across as more and more deranged in a way that's both hilarious and vaguely disturbing.
717* Julia's trademark mallet-strike sign-off is done with a hilariously gigantic mallet.
718
719!!Frederick Douglass vs. Thomas Jefferson
720* Thomas Jefferson's "I told King George he could eat a fat dick" is already profane enough to sollicit a few chuckles, but Jefferson punctuates this line with a silly dance that ends with him double-pointing at his crotch.
721* Douglass says that Jefferson's face on Mount Rushmore is nothing to look at, taking out seven pictures of himself to compare. At that point, each portrait turns to face Jefferson as he delivers his line, "Now that's real muggin'!".
722* "Oh Fredrick, I've never heard a verse I [[{{Pun}} dug less...]]"
723* Jefferson's mostly backhanded apology for continuing the slave trade even when he brags about dismantling it, giving a HurricaneOfExcuses and trying to brush the whole thing off as "I was busy" before awkwardly putting up his fist for a bump and asks Douglas "So... we cool?"
724* "This ain't Louisiana, man! I ain't [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase buyin' it!]]"
725* Douglas calling Jefferson a "founding absentee father" when referring to his (ahem) "relationships" with one of his female slaves.
726
727!!James Bond vs. Austin Powers
728* During Austin Powers' intro, a Powers strikes a pose, but realises he's facing the wrong direction. After a grimace, he repeats the pose facing the camera.
729* Just the fact that Creator/SeanConnery!James Bond interrupted the rap battle between Creator/DanielCraig!James Bond and Austin Powers... [[HalfwayPlotSwitch and proceeds to derail the video]] into a New!Bond vs. Old!Bond battle, with Austin being unable to reenter the rap. Austin tries to save face after the intrusion:
730-->'''Austin Powers:''' Yeah, um, could I get back in my rap, please?\
731'''Connery!James Bond:''' ''(backhands him across the face)'' [[VerbThis Rap these]], you velvety hack!\
732'''Austin Powers:''' Jeez...
733* At the end of the battle, Austin Powers is just looking between the two Bonds with the silliest expression on his face. The huge grin that Austin breaks into after Connery!Bond slaps the piss out of Craig!Bond is equally hilarious.
734* Bond brings up the Swedish-made penis enlarger, to which Austin predictably tries to interrupt to insist it's not his.
735* Old!Bond shows up wearing [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} his duck hat]].
736* In a bit of HypocriticalHumor, what sets Connery!Bond off is the accusation of him not being English by Craig!James Bond... when ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' have established that James Bond ''is'' Scottish by birth.[[note]]Ian Fleming deliberately kept Bond's backstory vague during most of the novels he wrote, but made him canonically Scottish when Connery was cast.[[/note]]
737* Compared to the more title sequence-esque visuals in his first verse, Bond's second verse has a much sillier background, with palm trees flopping back and forth after zooming in screen, and bikinis flying around randomly.
738
739!!Bruce Banner vs. Caitlyn Jenner
740* Hulk may not get very many lines, but with what he's given he delivers one of the funniest verses in all of ERB:
741-->'''Hulk:'''\
742THAT PAINTED FACE DON'T GIVE YOU CLASS!\
743JUST ONE MORE THING BRUCE DO FOR CASH!\
744BEST THING YOU MAKE: KYLIE ASS!\
745SHE EIGHTEEN? HULK SMASH!
746* Banner's no slouch when it comes to funny jabs:
747-->I hear you're good at running; you're just like the Flash\
748Especially in the 100 meter ditch-your-wife dash!
749* And how Caitlyn Jenner closes the battle:
750-->Examine this under your microscope:\
751You got no neck but you still fucking choked!\
752After battling me, you're gonna always be pissed,\
753So the Hulk will stay forever; neither Bruce will exist!
754* When Caitlyn threatens the Hulk by saying she'd "[[GroinAttack put a javelin through his jolly green discus]]", Hulk is visibly taken back, as if the threat frightens him!
755
756!!Ivan the Terrible vs. Alexander the Great vs. Frederick the Great vs. Pompey the Great vs. Catherine [[OverlyLongGag the Great]]
757* Ivan goes for killing his opponents off instead of matching verses with them. It quickly goes into BlackComedy territory.
758** Of particular note is Frederick the Great. Ivan gets him a seat and tries to garrote him while he's sitting... only to realize that ''Frederick had already dropped dead''.
759--->'''Ivan:''' Hm. My expectations were a lot higher, but at least I saved the rubles on the garrote wire.
760** Followed by Ivan singing merrily in such an atonal way while punching Fred's corpse at the start of his victory dance.
761** Ivan's expressions during this part are especially hilarious, going from "gaping fish shock" to crazy glee.
762** "Why don't you [[Film/DropDeadFred drop dead]], [[ShoutOut Fred]]!?". Just the idea alone that Ivan knows a movie like that is hilarious.
763** Just the fact that Frederick the Great's entire contribution is to crash the party, talk trash about Russia for twelve bars, and drop dead almost before [[FlatWhat Ivan can figure out what's going on]], is hilarious. It would be a BigLippedAlligatorMoment if it wasn't so ''awesome''.
764* When Ivan boasts about being the first tsar, everyone in ''Rasputin vs. Stalin'' shows up behind him...including Pewdiepie as Mikhail Baryshnikov, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent dancing and tipping over, almost falling]].
765* Ivan boasts that "no 'Great' can beat [him]." [[TemptingFate Cue Pompey cutting into the battle]]... for about three seconds before he gets decapitated by Catherine.
766* In a blink and you miss it moment, the handles of Catherine's garrote are shaped like penises, in reference to her extensive collection of phallic furniture.
767* Ivan is so hilariously ObviouslyEvil (including [[ScaryFlashlightFace his lighting]]) that he makes previously portrayed evil characters look downright subtle.
768** They seem to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this when Ivan goes to kill Frederick with the garrote... as he's doing it, Ivan [[BreakingtheFourthWall looks directly into the camera]] with a glee so over-the-top that it's practically screaming "I am evil, hear me roar!"
769** The way he gleefully sings "It's another great day!" [[CrossesTheLineTwice after killing two people.]]
770* Whilst Ivan seems more inclined to actual physical murder than metaphorical, he still gets a few funny lines, such as presenting Catherine with a horse as a tribute because 'he hears she likes the saddle.'
771
772!! Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton vs. Abraham Lincoln
773* One that almost becomes a FreezeFrameBonus, the very introduction sets the tone for how they portray Trump: He gets the usual intro, and when Clinton gets hers... Trump is behind her, looking at her, in reference to Trump doing something similar during one debate and being accused of stalking her.
774* At one point, Hillary is wearing a [[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver "Make Donald Drumpf Again" hat.]]
775* Hillary phrases her opinion as bluntly as possible:
776-->'''Hillary:''' How do I say this... You're racist!
777** Trump alluding to that line, with a deadpan:
778--->'''Trump:''' How do I say this... you're a two.
779* Trump's portrayal in general. Epic Lloyd tries to imitate Trump's expressions and manner of speaking, and ends up looking (and sounding) constipated. This includes off-screen. The behind the scenes video includes Lloyd sexually harassing Peter while he's getting dressed up as Honest Abe and Lloyd driving home to walk his dogs, in full Trump costume and in-character, and [[ScareTheDog the dogs hiding under the table]].
780* For his last verse, Donald goes full PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. It quickly CrossesTheLineTwice, culminating in him about to drop an N-bomb:
781-->I'm gonna run these streets like I run my casinos:\
782More police and less Latinos!\
783While you bury us in debt buying poor people socks,\
784I'll create jobs tearing down mosques!\
785Then I'll use all the best rocks from the site to build a wall,\
786Dip it in gold and make Mexico ''pay for it all!''\
787[...]\
788Cause this whole system's rigged, and we all know the riggers!\
789For the last eight years this country's been run by-- ''(CAW!)''
790* The "pay for it all" line of the above part ends with him ''dabbing''. It's the audience cheering that makes it hilarious. Hillary also gets a dab in during her verse.
791* Honest Abe shows up for another go at the two candidates. We should've seen this coming. [[CallBack "Of the people, by the people, for the people, EAGLE!"]] returns -- except, this time, he smacks Trump ''twice''.
792
793!!Ash Ketchum vs. Charles Darwin
794* The Alola Exeggutor makes an appearance as a basketball hoop!
795* After the battle is finished, [[SoundtrackDissonance a happy little chip tune accompanies the credits.]]
796* [[DeadpanSnarker "Hello. Welcome to a world called Earth."]]
797* When Darwin raps about being a "masterful naturalist," several other versions of him pop up staring ridiculously hard at small animal statues.
798* "Look, Mighty Morphin Michael Vick..."
799
800!!Wonder Woman vs. Stevie Wonder
801* Stevie Wonder makes a crack about how dumb Wonder Woman's invisible jet is while we see Wonder Woman herself piloting the thing with a determined expression on her face.
802* The fact that ''"...and I got more Grammies than your panties got stars!"'' isn't an exaggeration. Wonder has 26 Grammies (including his Lifetime Achievement Award), while the "panties" on Linda Carter's Wonder Woman costume only have 17 stars.
803* The sheer silliness of Lilly Singh briefly playing all of Steve's nine different kids AND their five different mothers. Sure the kids should resemble each other to some degree, but ''their mothers?''
804** Viewers familiar with Lilly's own channel will also notice that one of the mothers is also Lilly's mom.
805** Turns into DeadBabyComedy when you realize all nine of them are wearing Stevie's shades...
806
807!! Tony Hawk vs. Wayne Gretzky
808* Wayne's crack about Hawk's inability to stay married.
809-->You're on your fourth wife - talk aboot the ex-games!
810* Tony somehow decides to open his second stanza... by using Wayne's name [[RuleOfThree three times]].
811-->Great One, Wayne! Let me say something, Wayne! [[Music/JayZ I got 99 problems, and you ain't one, Wayne!]]
812* Gretzky seems to briefly extend an olive branch by bringing up his and Hawk's combined 184 world records - 183 for him, and one for Hawk.
813* Due to the visual effects, Gretzky winds up hip checking ''himself'' as he begins to conclude the rap.
814* While doubling as a CMOA, Wayne ends the rap by admitting the rap was pointless:
815-->[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall For true sports fans, this was finished as soon as they heard the matchup!]]
816
817!! Theodore Roosevelt vs. Winston Churchill
818* Teddy is finally on the scene and one of his first lines is [[MythologyGag "What's up Bitches?!"]], complete with appropriate ArtShift.
819* Churchill pointing out that Roosevelt is the namesake of a toy and he has the nickname of 'Bulldog'.
820-->"Steady there, I don't think it's very fair/For a British Bulldog to melee with a Teddy Bear!"
821* Teddy's line which prompted the "teddy bear" remark:
822-->"Don't worry, the US will give you a pass/Just change your poster to 'Keep calm and ''kiss my cousin's ass!'''"
823* This [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-shattering]] diss from Churchill:
824-->"I'm the Rhyme Minister, fresh in a hat and dinner jacket/You look like a mix of [=EpicLLOYD=] and a Pringles packet!"
825* Roosevelt's rebuttal to Churchill's line about his parents dying prematurely is equally CrossesTheLineTwice and he even lampshades it.
826-->My parents died when they were young and it was morbid\
827But at least they didn't ditch me while they were alive like yours did!\
828Oh shit! [[{{Pun}} World War]] too soon?
829* The FunnyBackgroundEvent of Winston Churchill in a baby carriage ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice still smoking a cigar]]''.
830* "I'll bust a trust fund lush with my American muscles, so walk softly over here and [[SuddenlyShouting GIVE MY BIG STICK A SUCKLES!]]" Roosevelt's facial expression at the last bit makes it even better.
831
832!!Nice Peter vs. [=EpicLLOYD=] 2
833* The very premise: Peter and Lloyd having an argument because they're still working on a track at four in the morning.
834** Also, [[CrazyPrepared one of the crew puts a microphone in front of Peter]] when he's about to start going off on Lloyd.
835* After Peter does his mean-spirited impression of Lloyd, it's revealed he was standing on a cardboard box as a dig at Lloyd's height.
836* The number of jokes that toy with the fourth wall:
837** While talking about (read: off-handedly insulting) the editors, Peter's hand suddenly grows large and he takes notice of this. When the camera cuts to both of them, Lloyd's head is similarly huge. "Aww, c'mon, now what the fuck did I do?"
838** "Just make a fucking decision so these people can leave/Forgive me for interrupting VideoGame/RocketLeague and smoking weed."
839** The battle gets interrupted by the tag for the beat -- it was left in.
840** When Peter and Lloyd go at each-other, the scene cuts to being displayed as a video-within-the-video. A mouse goes over and clicks the like button, and Lloyd thanks the viewer.
841*** The video in question? [[CallBack The first Nice Peter vs. [=EpicLLOYD=]]]
842* Lloyd's last jab at Peter:
843-->'''Peter:''' "[[SincerityMode I'm sorry about some of the things I said.]]"\
844'''Lloyd:''' "[[BackhandedApology I'm sorry about]] [[TakeThatUs the way you played Batman.]]"
845* "I'm sorry man, [[SuddenlyShouting NO I'M FUCKING NOT! FUCK YOU!]]"
846* The top comment at the time this was written points out that the whole video [[HoYay feels like a lovers's spat.]] Not helped at all by Peter's "and tonight I'm not quitting the battles, bitch I'm quitting you!" line.
847-->'''The Witness:''' You can cut the sexual tension with a knife.
848** It's since been replaced by a comment that reads "It's like watching your parents fighting."
849* Peter makes a comment about Lloyd trying to find a rhyme for "erection", to which Lloyd later retorts: "Erection jokes, dude? [[UnusualEuphemism Your whole name means dick!]]"
850
851[[/folder]]
852
853[[folder:Season 6]]
854!!Freddy Krueger vs. Wolverine
855* Wolverine comes out swinging: ''"That claw is like a strap-on, there's a pussy underneath!"''
856* "[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] can't talk and he rocks the mic better!"
857* "I ain't got time for this, I'm saving the world, what qualities do you bring? You're a pedophile from the Midwest, [[TakeThat at least R. Kelly could sing]]."
858** As Wolverine delivers this line, an ComicBook/AntMan-sized Freddy [[FreezeFrameBonus tip-toes across the top of his bed]].
859* "[[SkewedPriorities Only thing that scares me is]] [[INeedAFreakingDrink a fridge with no beer!]]"
860* "I'll be in your bed tonight, [[YouNeedToGetLaid unlike Jean Grey!]]"
861* After waking up from his Freddy Krueger induced nightmare, Wolverine picks up a picture frame and looks at it mournfully. Then the camera cuts to reveal that it is a picture of the discontinued heroin joke from the Behind the Scenes videos.
862* ''"I’ll call you tomorrow morning if I need my toast buttered."''
863* When Freddy boasts about being a "chick magnet", he [[LiteralMetaphor turns his arms into an actual horseshoe magnet]] to suck Wolverine in. The mere visual of Wolverine desperately trying to hold onto something while he's being magnetically yanked towards Freddy will elicit plenty of laughs, along with the pure exasperation in Freddy's bars during this moment:
864-->''What the fuck is a wolverine? Some kind of an angry beaver?\
865[[TakeThat I was more intimidated by a tiny Canadian the first time I saw]] Music/JustinBieber!''
866
867!!Guy Fawkes vs. Che Guevara
868* "You should've stayed Anonymous, Epic Fail Guy!" Because when you think Che Guevara, name-dropping internet memes is... probably not what you picture him doing.
869* It's very impressive how they managed to fit a {{Music/Ylvis}} reference into a rap battle about revolutionaries.
870-->'''Che:''' ''Oh! What's the Fawkes say now?'' \
871''(Guy lets out a high-pitched yelp while protecting his junk)''\
872'''Che:''' ''[[GroinAttack When they cut your junk out!]]''
873* [[FunnyBackgroundEvent During Guy Fawkes's second verse, he smacks away a cigar Che threw at him.]] [[CigarFuseLighting The cigar lands on one of his explosive barrels in the background, lighting the fuse.]] [[StuffBlowingUp And throughout the rest of the verse, the fuse is still lit until it explodes by the end of the verse.]]
874* [[TheCameo JP Morgan]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent showing up to tease Che while Fawkes is rapping about how he's been merchandised by capitalists.]]
875* The ridiculously goofy dance that Guy does during his "I'm Catholic, I got mass when I'm rapping!" line.
876* "You're an ump-Che; that's Bay of Pigs Latin!"
877
878!!Ronald [=McDonald=] vs. The Burger King vs. Wendy
879* "Your style is like your ice cream machines! BROKEN!" If you check the comments on the video, [[https://youtu.be/aNTmtoslXcQ?t=30 and about 90% of fan reaction videos,]] [[CatharsisFactor this line got the biggest reaction from frustrated McDonald's fans]].
880* Unlike the original, Burger King doesn't get Ronald's fourth wall breaking reference to their actors and just gives a confused "All right..."
881* "You spooky-ass clown, you're so creepy it's insane / YOU LOOK LIKE YOU JUST [[Literature/{{It}} ATE SOMEONE'S BROTHER IN A STORM DRAIN]]!"
882* The Burger King does the [=McDonald=]'s "double arches" gesture, but ends with a double bird.
883* After the Burger King ends a verse by boasting about his onion rings, Ronald can't help but agree about them before jumping back into the rap. Just before BK ends his verse, he crosses over to Ronald’s side just to run one circle around him to prove his point about his onion rings.
884-->'''Ronald [=McDonald=]:''' Your onion rings ''are'' pretty good...
885* Meta: Given how this is essentially the same rap from "Flash in the Pan Hip Hop Conflicts of Nowadays", [[UpdatedRerelease just with costumes and visuals]], you'd expect the video to end after Ronald's final verse. [[NotHisSled And then, in the distance, you hear someone chanting "Where's the beef? Right here!"]]
886* Wendy playing with her braids with a big goofy grin in the foreground as she unloads on Ronald and The King in the background.
887* Wendy point blank says it like it is and calls the Burger King creepy to his face... before calling his breakfast croissants shit.
888
889!!George Carlin vs. Richard Pryor vs. Bill Cosby vs. Joan Rivers vs. Robin Williams
890* In the intro, Pryor [[FlippingTheBird flipping Carlin off]] a second before the battle begins. And it's blurred out, even though Rivers flips the bird later and it's uncensored.
891* Carlin, true to form, doesn't take long to start [[ClusterFBomb cussing up a storm]], using [[SevenDirtyWords a few words fans just might recognize]].
892-->'''George Carlin:''' Now there's seven words you can't say on a TV set / but this is the pissing fucking cunting internet! / And my cocksucking motherfucking bits are the tits / Nonstopping brain droppings like my wit's got the shits!"
893* After Joan Rivers takes the stage and knocks Bill Cosby out with a roofied pudding, she spends the first half of her verse really tearing him down -- [[SelfDeprecatingHumor while taking a dig at herself too]].
894-->'''Joan Rivers:''' It turns out you were just like your sweaters -- monstrous!\
895The men that I slept with only ''wished'' they were unconscious!
896** Cosby spends most of the rest of the battle twitching on the ground unconscious, though he briefly gets back up and tries to start rapping again... only for Rivers to knock him out once again with Robin Williams' magic lamp. There's also Cosby's face as he's being knocked out again, completely undignified but worthy of many laughs.
897** And of course, his body still twitches here and there whenever it's on-screen.
898* When Robin first appears, Rivers turns to face him, arms still raised from her last verse, before they drop down in a way that makes it clear she knows she just lost.
899* Robin Williams' rap is, of course, full of references to his movies, but he cleverly uses them to take swipes at the other rappers -- particularly one of Richard Pryor's more infamous incidents.
900-->'''Robin Williams:''' Yo Pryor, I [[Film/MrsDoubtfire Doubtfire]] makes a good shampoo! / Left you running down the street like: ''(Slams his face in a pie to get a white facemask)'' "OH NO!"
901** Also of note is how at the end, during the "Who won? Who's next?" part, Williams still has the cream facemask while dancing.
902
903!!Jacques Cousteau vs. Steve Irwin
904* Steve [[WildlifeCommentarySpoof doing a hands-on analysis]] of Cousteau, all while the oceanographer looks at him with clear irritation.
905* Jacques in his scuba suit during the "underwater breathing apparatus" line. His derpy smile while giving the line is particularly ridiculous.
906* The two bars where Steve makes fun of Jacques' infidelity is accompanied by ''pelvic thrusts''.
907* This four-bar exchange between the rappers:
908-->'''Jacques:''' Talk about sons, better watch what you say now!\
909You almost turned yours into Outback Mistake-house!\
910''(Jacques physically imitates Steve Irwin's infamous "feeding a crocodile while holding his baby" incident)''\
911'''Steve:''' Would you rather talk about your brother? Hoo boy!\
912Nazi, Nazi, Nazi! Oi, oi, oi!
913* The sight of Cousteau hopping into frame as he imitates a kangaroo, all the while keeping a completely straight face as he raps, is nothing short of ludicrous.
914-->'''Jacques:''' Hey Skippy the Bush League Kangaroo! Hold the Dee! I'm Crocodile Dun with you!
915** Irwin proceeds to take the comparison even further as a miniature version of himself pops out of a pouch. No, not his pants. ''His [[MisterSeahorse pouch]].''
916
917!!Mother Teresa vs. Sigmund Freud
918* Freud ''thrusting'' into frame in his last line, proudly pronouncing that he "got the libido to continue to beat ya!".
919
920!!Dracula vs. Vlad the Impaler
921* Vlad uses the traditional [[VampiresHateGarlic garlic weakness]] to threaten Dracula with Olive Garden's garlic breadsticks.
922* Dracula starts out with an impression of [[Series/SesameStreet the Count.]]
923-->Does this mic still work after that blah-blah-blah?\
924Check one, two—ah ah ah!
925* The CouchGag involving the logo turning into a replica of [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Castlevania's]] final boss battle, where the logo takes the place of Simon.
926* "Get beat by Count Dracula? You're smoking crackula. I dunk on your whackula raps like I'm Shaqula!"
927
928!!The Joker vs. Pennywise
929* When The Joker calls Pennywise "A sewer troll that Stephen King wrote between his lines", Pennywise... doesn't understand the euphemism, seeing as It spends 27 years at a time sleeping. Joker then frustratedly has to spell it out for him, the one thing he ''hates'' doing.
930--> It's like cocaine, you know what I said.\
931I don't know how any kind of joke could go over ''[[ForeheadOfDoom that]]'' head!
932* The sheer MoodWhiplash between Joker expressing his disgust over the infamous pre-teen sewer orgy in the original Literature/{{IT}} novel and spring-boarding off of it to reference the [[MemeticMutation "We live in a society" Internet meme]] associated with himself.
933---> '''Joker:''' Tell your author for his next gangbang scene, [[CrossesTheLineTwice how about a little more PG, and a LOT less 13!]]
934** Made even funnier by the fact that it's ''the Joker'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards chiding Stephen King for not performing up to society's standards.]]
935* [[InsanityImmunity The Joker]] responding to [[BrownNote the Deadlights]] [[NoSell with a dismissive]] "go back into your well, you giggling sewer ginger!"
936** He later refers to Pennywise as "three nightlights in a cloud beat by the kids from Series/StrangerThings".
937* "I spit January ember flames! You got beat by [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo the Scooby Gang!]]"
938
939!!Thanos vs. J. Robert Oppenheimer
940* Thanos turning one of his signature lines into a vulgar joke.
941-->'Cause you slept with your friend's wife, right there in your friend's bed,\
942Then got another married girl pregnant; ''you should have gone for the head!''
943** Complimenting the above line is Thanos doing ''pelvic thrusts''.
944* Oppenheimer goes out of his way to riff on Thanos's wrinkled "butt-butt-butt-butt-butt-butt chin".
945* Thanos bringing up the [[MemeticMutation Thanos Copter]] and calling himself "[[VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} Fortnite's dopest dancer]]" is sure to make one let out a few chuckles from how out of nowhere they are.
946* Hearing Oppenheimer threatening to "[[Memes/AvengersEndgame finish this like Ant-Man: all up in your stinky!]]" is... [[SophisticatedAsHell surreal]], to say the least. Doesn't really help that he's wriggling his finger and making a silly face while he's doing this.
947* One of the highlights of the battle is that you can witness the glory of Thanos being called [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Tinky Winky]].
948* Oppenheimer's first line has a ''glorious'' reference to his famous "I am become death" quote.
949--> '''Oppenheimer:''' Listening to you took everything I had left. After your raps, I am become [[{{Pun}} deaf]].
950
951!!Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden
952* Donald Trump comes out swinging, referencing the deaths of Biden's first wife and daughter in a car crash. Biden's response, which doubles as Awesome:
953-->'''Biden:''' The pain of losing loved ones is something I've seen... so I know how you must have felt when they killed Jeffrey Epstein.
954* Trump interjecting "Wrong!" when Biden denies being a socialist or a communist.
955* Biden thrusting his hips in slow-mo, while uttering the "Should've pulled out of Stormy Daniels" line.
956* Trump proclaiming that no "person, woman, man, camera, TV" will beat him in a PunctuatedForEmphasis manner. That is, if you don't find it a little unsettling.
957* Biden being briefly interrupted by Russian hackers at the beginning of his second verse, throwing him off-guard.
958--> '''Biden:''' ...What's this malarkey?
959* During Biden's "What you scooped up a sycophantic, homophobe Hoosier" line, a fly [[FreezeFrameBonus can be briefly seen on his head]], referring to the infamous fly on Mike Pence's head during the vice presidential debate.
960* How does Biden end the battle? Naturally, by referencing his most infamous quote from 2020's presidential debates. Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome depending on what you think about Trump.
961-->'''Biden:''' For the love of democracy, will you shut up, man?
962
963!!Harry Potter vs. Luke Skywalker
964* "You fly a broom like some kind of magical janitor!"
965* A FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Harry says the line "I'll split you like your fanbase's feelings 'bout the prequels", one can see Jar-Jar Binks being beaten by three fans. Doubles as a TakeThat. For bonus points, if you listen closely, you can actually hear the sound effects of him being beaten up.
966* [[BlackComedy A slightly less funny one]] when Harry brings up Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, and in the background you can see two burning skeletons running out of the moisture farm just to collapse and die. ''Even the actual movie didn't go there.''[[note]]They were found already outside, and since it was done by stormtroopers one can presume they were taken outside and interrogated, then shot dead before they brought the napalm.[[/note]]
967** For his part, Luke just looks annoyed. Like, "Dude...seriously?"
968* Harry takes the opportunity to mock Luke's AnArmAndALeg moment.
969-->'''Harry:''' But I bet you're just distracted, you've got a lot on your plate / On the one hand, the rebellion / on the other hand... [[OhWait oh, wait]].
970* Yoda pitches in to make a reference to the notorious Disney+ addition "Maclunkey!"
971* Harry says that "Like Hermione and Ron / [He's] about to get it on". Cue Ron smiling.
972
973[[/folder]]
974
975[[folder:Season 7]]
976!!Ragnar Lodbrok vs. Richard the Lionheart
977* When Richard compares Ragnar's face-tats to Music/PostMalone, he even copies the rapper's facial expressions when saying it.
978* Ragnar showing he is fully capable of giving a FullFrontalAssault by posing naked behind his shield.
979* Lodbrok pointing out how odd it is that the English King Richard ''didn't speak English.'' [[labelnote:Explanation]]He was Norman by birth, so spoke Norman French [[/labelnote]]
980* Richard brings up [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 'The Lion King']], specifically the 'Circle of Life' number in how messed up Lodbrok's life was.
981** Lodbrok points out he's one to talk, given as he lacked an official heir and was speculated to be bisexual.
982--->'''Ragnar Lodbrok:''' Your old lady can't [[Music/EltonJohn feel the love]] on any night!
983* Lodbrok points out that Richard took Acre and Jaffa, but couldn't take Jerusalem ''i.e the whole reason for the Crusade.''
984-->'''Ragnar Lodbrok:''' We should call it the Crusade of Richard the First Base!
985* Richard tells Ragnar that he sees him shaking in his shaggy little pants [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo LIKE ZOINKS]]!
986* "[[IfIWantedXIWouldY If I wanted to fight loser Vikings]], I'd go to [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Minnesota]]!"
987* The battle ends with Ragnar on the verge of vomiting when [[{{Squick}} describing how his opponent died from gangrene]].
988* Ragnar mocks Richard's being French by mangling some lines from Frere Jacques: "Ding dang dong! Morning bells warn about me at the break of dawn!"
989
990!!Jeff Bezos vs. Mansa Musa
991* Jeff Bezos skipping through boxes wearing his space suit and cowboy hat. Enough said.
992** The fact that he refers to himself as [[Music/DJJazzyJeffAndTheFreshPrince Jazzy Jeff Bezos]].
993* [[https://i.imgflip.com/5w29yf.jpg The magazine]] that pops up during Musa's "David Pecker picked a pack of your peter pics!" line is full of hilarious FreezeFrameBonus: "The Weird Wiener Pics No One Wants To See", "Gross textures & colors from his REPTILE SKIN!", and [[VisualPun the real-life picture of NicePeter]].
994* During Mansa Musa's second verse, he stops himself in the middle of his verse because he's distracted by Bezos's face, giving us this exchange:
995-->'''Mansa Musa:''' ''He... woo! Fix your face! No wonder you bought {{Website/Twitch}}!''
996* Jeff Bezos's voice cracking during his "Your ship has sailed just like the dude who came before you!" line.
997* Musa deflating Bezos' entire first verse with three words:
998-->'''Mansa Musa:''' Ayo, Lex Loser...
999* Musa's movements and facial expressions are just hilariously [[LargeHam hammy]] in general, particularly when he gets to the "feed me Seymour lips" line.
1000
1001!!John Wick vs. John Rambo vs. John [=McClane=]
1002* According to the BTS video, the AirVentPassageway was a genuine air vent that they ordered from contractors for that one shot, and Lloyd had trouble describing it to them on the phone until he uttered the words "Film/DieHard", whereupon they immediately understood.
1003-->"This dude at the HVAC [[note]] Heating Ventilation and Cooling [[/note]] shop must get this question like three times a month."
1004* John [=McClane=] gets a [[CrossesTheLineTwice hilariously inappropriate]] dig at Sylvester Stallone's famous VerbalTic.
1005--> '''John [=McClane=]:''' Does your lip hang low? Does it wobble to and fro? Can you string that shit up like a compound bow?
1006* John Wick cutting off Rambo before he can start the battle.
1007-->'''Rambo:''' Alright, I guess I'll be the one to draw Film/FirstBlood.\
1008'''Wick:''' [[TakeThat Or maybe, you could draw an audience to see any of your new movies]].
1009* "You're such wieners, I should call you both [[Film/{{Shaft}} John Shaft]]."
1010* "[[LargeHam NOTHING IS OVER! NOTHING! YOU JUST DON'T TURN IT OFF!]] Unless... it's one of your movies, in which case... I JUST TURN IT OFF!"
1011* The fact that the battle immediately stops after Rambo pulls out a [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill an RPG]], only to promptly resume as a rather petty argument.
1012-->'''John [=McClane=]:''' [[WHatTheHellHero Jesus Christ asshole! What are you doing!?]] This is not some Saturday morning cartoon for you to ruin!
1013-->'''Rambo:''' Only thing getting ruined is [=McClane=] family Christmas. All your kids still got "decent dad" on their wish list.
1014-->'''John [=McClane=]:''' Whoa! Rambo's dropping bombs in his flows! Did your pals in the Taliban help you write those?
1015-->'''John Wick:''' *Exasperated* Those were Mujahideen, there's a difference. The Taliban formed in the 90s when you fell off with a vengeance.
1016!!Lara Croft vs. Indiana Jones
1017* Lara isn't one to mince words with Indy considering how she kicks off her first verse with poking fun at his [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of snakes]].
1018-->'''Lara:''' "Indianaconda"? For heaven's sake! You'd shit those Dickies at a garter snake!
1019* She also ''really'' [[EveryoneHasStandards rips him a new one]] in regards to his [[MayDecemberRomance relationship with]] Marion in the backstory for ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', right down to quoting [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Short Round]].
1020* Lara says she kills dinosaurs. First line of Indy's next verse?
1021-->'''Indiana:''' DINOSAURS ''BELONG'' IN A ''MUSEUM!''
1022* "You're not Music/JohnWilliams, so you ain't scoring!"
1023* "Oop, my bad / [[DisappearedDad Your dad was never present]] / At best the affection you got was sloppy seconds! ([[{{Squick}} Ew!]])"
1024* Indy alludes to Lara's old blockier appearance as "Girls Polygon Wild."
1025!!Henry Ford vs Karl Marx
1026* When Marx mentions how Henry Ford was namedropped in Mein Kampf, he mimes a tiny moustache with is finger... despite already having a much larger one.
1027* Marx's issues with hygiene mean that Ford takes a step back when Marx steps closer to him and looks ''supremely'' uncomfortable when Marx somehow is sitting in the back seat of the Model T and leans forward to talk to him.
1028** When Marx mentions pawning off his pants to fund his political activism, he takes them off and releases them into the wind.
1029* Marx briefly T-poses the first time he mentions the Model T.
1030* Marx refers to Ford's SelfMadeMan story as [[SophisticatedAsHell dung from a taurus]][[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke bullshit]][[/note]]".
1031* "I'll leave a [[TheAllegedCar Ford]] as expected: [[FunWithAcronyms Found on road, dead]]."
1032
1033!! Godzilla vs. King Kong
1034* The mere battle itself; two famously nonverbal {{Kaiju}} spitting out bars and gesturing as if they were normal humanoid rappers is just a very amusing sight to see by itself.
1035* "I eat up a whole city like some Tokyo-plait / You get spoon-fed hot lead like, 'Here comes the airplane!'"
1036** "How did dropping off the Empire feel? / You're like Creator/JussieSmollett, 'cept this beatdown is real!"
1037* "I'll make an ass out of you, [[Franchise/DonkeyKong like Nintendo did]]!"
1038* If you look at Godzilla during Kong's BeastAndBeauty line, you can see him raising his arms then looking to the side with disappointment like he felt offended at being called "not pretty".
1039* King Kong finishing one of his lyrics -- a [[Creator/BillEngvall "here's your sign"]] joke, no less -- in sign language.
1040* "Come to New York, and King Kong will -- Bing bong! -- fuck your life!"
1041* Kong spends his second verse on top of an aircraft carrier, and even briefly tilts it while dancing on it. He also farts at Godzilla just to show off.
1042* "This is kid's stuff, send in [[Film/SonOfGodzilla Minilla]] / You couldn't measure up to the [[Film/ShinGodzilla shin of Godzilla]]!"
1043* Godzilla claims King Kong will be "the saddest death of a gorilla since [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/harambe-the-gorilla Harambe]]."
1044* Godzilla ends his third verse with proclaiming "Fuck you and [[Film/KingKongVsGodzilla the balloons you rode in on]]!". Cut to Kong floating in on said balloons, sounding real bored, even yawning.
1045-->'''Kong''': ''Aaaaanyway'', [[TakeThat that was more disappointing than your]] ''[[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters anime]]''!
1046** "You ugly [[{{Pun}} Mothra]] [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction fucker]]! [[Film/Godzilla1998 Still don't know how you got pregnant]], your suit's a [[PeopleInRubberSuits big rubber!]]"
1047* The use of mo-cap:
1048** The fact that Nice Peter's performance style -- his mannerisms, gestures, and even facial expressions -- are so distinctive that they're instantly recognizable coming from ''Godzilla'' is both funny and kind of awesome. The "here comes the airplane!" moment, in which Godzilla leans in and you just ''know'' Peter's eyes are going wide as they usually do, is a standout of just how well his performance was captured.
1049** Kong's mannerisms are less distinctly Lloyd-ish, instead being those of a stereotypical battle rapper, which looks hilarious coming from the deeply sinister Kong design they went with. For instance, Kong's second verse begins with him clutching his groin and telling Godzilla to suck "[[Music/TenaciousD Tenacious Deez]]" - from any other rapper it would've been normal, but to see King Kong doing it makes it funnier than usual.
1050** The outro ends with both Kaiju dancing, gradually zooming out to show Peter and Lloyd decked out in mo-cap gear, dancing with blank expressions as the kaiju mimic their movements.
1051[[/folder]]
1052
1053[[folder:Bonus Battles]]
1054!!Deadpool vs Boba Fett
1055* Deadpool's character is spot on. His voice is the same perfectly annoying pitch as in his TV and movie appearances (except when he does impressions of both Elvis and a carnival barker, which are also hilarious).
1056* Deadpool counts Boba's feeble scream as he fell into the Sarlacc as one of his five "lines."
1057** Or he was referring to the WilhelmScream as Boba was shot in "Hitler Vs Vader 3",[[note]]Deadpool's exact line is "With five lines in the trilogy/and one of them was 'Ahhh!'"; he doesn't say which trilogy, and five lines, including that scream, is about all Boba got in the ERB trilogy as well.[[/note]] so the joke is still funny even if you haven't seen Star Wars.
1058* When Boba Fett says the line "I only need five lines, cause I look fucking ''great''," he settles into a cheesy looking victory pose you can't help but laugh at.
1059** The beat also incorporates little typewriter-like ''ding!''s...and one goes off right at the aforementioned pose.
1060* Deadpool's speech bubbles even get in on the action [[NotHelpingYourCase after Boba Fett calls Deadpool a schizophrenic]].
1061-->'''Yellow Text Box:''' ''Who ya calling schizophrenic?! You've got two different voices!''\
1062'''Deadpool:''' You're like your holiday special, man;\
1063'''White Text Box:''' [[AC:Full of bad choices.]]
1064* Deadpool says that Boba's missile backpack would make him alright... "If a fucking bird attacks," complete with waving his hands to imitate a bird's flight.
1065** Boba doesn't even bother to respond to this verbally, but when the two are attacked by their enemies towards the end, he dispatches his with a missile from the pack without even looking at them.
1066
1067!!Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg
1068* Just the fact that Zuck is portrayed with his memetic [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises wide-eyed appearance]] that became associated with his court hearings. At least, [[NightmareFuel when it's not being creepy as hell]].
1069* "I'm making brilliant innovations in a race against the dark ages! / You provide a place to discover your aunt's... kinda racist!"
1070** Zuckerberg fires back in the very next verse with a similar burn:
1071--->I've been looking up your family \
1072It gets dark, my God! \
1073Couldn't clean your daddy's laundry with Apar-Tide pods!
1074* The sheer audacity of Musk [[VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} flossing]] in the background at the end of his first verse.
1075* After Musk's first verse, the first thing that Zuckerberg brings up is... the fact that [[SidetrackedByTheAnalogy Musk referred to Data from Star Trek as a Lieutenant instead of a Lieutenant Commander]]. A quick shot of Musk afterwards shows him rolling his eyes in response.
1076* Zuckerberg brings up Musk [[NeverLiveItDown smoking weed on a podcast]] at the end of his first verse. When it cuts back to Musk, [[NotHelpingYourCase he's smoking another blunt]] with a hilariously deranged expression on his face reminscient of his memetic face from said Joe Rogan appearance.
1077** The fact that the weed-smoking expression is the picture used for Musk in the video thumbnail (Zuckerberg is, of course, [[RunningGag just staring creepily into the camera]]).
1078* "Your site's got so many Russian bots, they should call it the Social Nyet-work!"
1079* "You need to start sleeping; we can all see you're tired. You're about to be CE-Oh shit, he got fired!"
1080
1081[[/folder]]
1082
1083[[folder:Other]]
1084* ERB News with Teddy Roosevelt always starts with: "What's up, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RztpHr8ld6Q bitcheeees?!"]]
1085** "My name is Adam Smith! I invented capitalism!"
1086** Each ERB News segment features the Announcer saying "EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY" in time to footage of some sort of animal [[LipLock opening and closing its mouth]]. You are ''guaranteed'' to bust a gut.
1087* Creator/StephenKing actually watched and enjoyed the video of him battling Edgar Allen Poe. He even tweeted his own lines he'd like to add:
1088-->[[https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/474569565587136512 Listen here Poe, never seen a rapper as lame as you, I'll fill your Pit and bust your Pendulum, too!]]\
1089[[https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/474569565587136512 Mr. Poe, you're boilin' in Hades, while I'm ridin' chill with Mr. Mercedes!]]
1090* The ERB Funnies videos take clips from the rap battles and [[YouTubePoop mangle them to hilarious levels.]] The ERB channel even ''commented on a video saying it made them laugh!''
1091** [=EpicLLOYD=] himself has commented on several of their videos voicing his approval.
1092--->'''[=EpicLLOYD=]:''' ''(on "Free Willy.", based on George Washington vs. William Wallace)'' this is some trippy ass shite ... and i love it.
1093** Some of the episodes even make some legitimately funny new burns, like in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdMXQLmBONs their take on Lewis and Clark vs. Bill and Ted]].
1094--->'''Lewis and Clark:''' ''([[FastForwardGag in fast motion]])'' We discovered bears and beavers and prairie dogs and weasels rattlesnakes and catfish, owls, larks, and eagles!\
1095'''Lewis:''' Plus,\
1096'''Clark:''' [[YourMom Bill's stepmom]].
1097* How Nice Peter announces his wife's pregnancy:
1098-->'''Nice Peter:''' ''(pulls out a sonogram)'' I made this with my wiener.
1099* What was their response to the numerous requests for a battle between LetsPlay/PewDiePie and Creator/TSeries? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4-uIJJPrG4 FLASH IN THE PAN HIP HOP CONFLICTS OF NOWADAYS!!!]]
1100-->'''Narrator:''' Who won? [[SubvertedCatchPhrase Who]] [[TakeThat cares]]?
1101** The [[StylisticSuck presentation]] adds to the humor: the announcer sounds bored, Peter and Lloyd are just filming themselves in the recording booth without any attempt at backgrounds or special effects, and they're barely even attempting to do a proper voice for the rappers.
1102* In the video itself, T-Series doesn't even ''try'' to hide its perceived status as an EvilInc, and even embraces it.
1103-->'''T-Series:''' Yo, [[CardCarryingVillain I'm]] a faceless, nameless, corporate enterprise!
1104* [[https://youtu.be/l50Pw8XNpr0 They did it again]], this time with "Ronald [=McDonald=] vs The Burger King". The crowner is this line. Note that Ronald and Burger King are played by Peter and Lloyd respectively.
1105-->'''Ronald [=McDonald=]:''' I'm Coke to your Pepsi! I'm Mac, you're Android! Let's be real: [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall I'm [=NicePeter=], and you're [=EpicLLOYD=]]].\
1106''(The Burger King nods and murmurs in agreement)''
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