- John Leguizamo vs. Tom Green. Actors.
- Trey Parker and Matt Stone vs. Aaron McGruder. Adult cartoon cartoonists.
- George Lucas vs. J. K. Rowling. Famed and reviled blockbuster writers.
- Close. On December 5, 2020, we got Luke Skywalker vs. Harry Potter, in LEGO form.
- John McClane vs Kevin McCallister. Christmas movie heroes.
- Yoshikage Kira vs Light Yagami: Manga/Anime Serial Killers.
- Ellen Ripley vs. Sarah Connor: Heroines of action/sci-fi films whose second installment is considered better than the first. Their badassery was greatly expanded in the sequel.
- Alex Rider vs. Shinji Ikari: Teenage boys recruited to work for government at a young age.
- Eren Yeager vs. Odysseus: Adventurers who fought against giants.
- Red Shirts vs. Stormtroopers: Low-class minions from two giant space franchises.
- Captian Jack Harkness vs. Captian Scarlet. Captains.
- Captain Janeway vs. Odysseus. Captains.
- Professor Umbridge vs.Joffrey Baratheon: Literary characters known for being tyrannical despots; and the most hated characters from their respective franchise.
- Artemis Fowl vs. Light Yagami or L: Teenage delinquents
- H. P. Lovecraft vs. Hideaki Anno. Horror writers.
- Psy vs. Kim Jong Un: Chubby Korean men, and the most famous person from their country to foreigners.
- Psy vs. Rick Astley: Singers popularized through the internet.
- Psy vs. Fred Astaire: Singers also famous for dancing.
- Sean Connery vs. Christopher Walken. Actors.
- Pocahontas vs. Sacajawea: Famous female Indians who tried to bring peace between the Indians and settlers.
- Alternately, Pocahontas vs. Anastasia: the daughters of controversial leaders who died young, and whose lives have been subject to romanticization.
- Joffrey Baratheron vs. Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus. Tyrants.
- Amelia Earhart vs. Carmen Sandiego: Female adventurers famous for their elusiveness.
- Carmen Sandiego vs. Wally/Waldo: Fictional characters who are always in hiding.
- Ms. Frizzle vs. Rosa Parks: Women associated with buses.
- Sylvester Stallone vs. Arnold Schwarzenegger: Top-level '80s action heroes.
- Link vs. Legolas: Blonde pretty-boy elvish archers. Then again, will Link even talk?
- Link vs. King Arthur: Characters who pulled a sword from a stone.
- Han Solo vs. Indiana Jones: Iconic film characters portrayed by Harrison Ford.
- vs. Jack Sparrow: Another recognizable blockbuster movie hero.
- vs Jack Ryan: More Harrison Ford!
- Katniss Everdeen vs. Merida: Female archers whose movies were released in 2012.
- Katniss vs. Samus Aran: Action girl heroines.
- Katniss vs. Hermione Granger: Female characters from popular book series.
- Katniss vs. Daenerys Targaryen: Strong female characters from two of the most prominent 2010s media franchises.
- Katniss vs. Shuya Nanahara: Protagonists of two similar battle-to-the-death books.
- Katniss/Hermione vs. Bella Swan: Heroine of young adult fiction series.
- Katniss/Merida vs. Robin Hood: More archers.
- Katniss vs. Beatrice Prior: both the female main characters of successful dystopian trilogies written by a female author and portrayed by an actress who got their respective starts on low-budget sitcoms in a film series greenlighted for four movies, with the first movie being released in March and the last book being split in half, produced by Lionsgate. Really, this pairing has the most in common, and this troper will be surprised if they don't use it.
- Katniss vs. Lyudmila "Lady Death" Pavlichenko. Ranged women warriors.
- Henry Ford vs. Fred Flintstone: Battle of modern and ancient technology.
- Emperor Palpatine vs. M. Bison: Evil emperors
- vs. Pope Benedict XVI: Another supreme leader with a somewhat negative public image.
- vs. the God-Emperor of Mankind
- Lord Voldemort vs. Sauron: Fantasy antagonists who opposed a previous ERB pair (Dumbledore vs. Gandalf)
- Harry Houdini vs. David Blaine: Magicians
- Sailor Moon vs. Neil Armstrong: People associated with the moon.
- Neil Armstrong vs. The Beatles
- Edmund Blackadder vs. Biff Tannen: '80s characters with multiple historical counterparts.
- Mary Shelley vs. Anne Rice. Female horror writers.
- vs. Stephenie Meyer
- Odysseus vs. Richard Nixon
- Rush Limbaugh vs. Howard Stern: Famous talk show hosts...who share the same birthday.
- Fidel Castro vs. John F. Kennedy: Influential early '60s leaders.
- George Romero vs. Vlad the Impaler
- Rod Serling vs. Alfred Hitchcock: '50s-'60s cinematic geniuses.
- vs. the ERB Annouuncer: Haunting voice-over acts.
- Billie Joe Armstrong vs. Usher
- Billy Joe Armstrong vs. Billy Joel: Similarly-named musicians
- Paul McCartney vs. Mick Jagger: 60's musical icons.
- J. K. Rowling vs. Stephenie Meyer: Young-adult authors.
- vs. Agatha Christie: Iconic female authors from Britain.
- Dean and Sam Winchester vs. Agents Mulder and Scully
- Agent Jay vs. Jack Harkness
- General Patton vs. Commander Shepard
- Dr. Frankenstein vs. Dr Frank-N-Furter: Similarly named doctors in horror fiction.
- Captain America vs. Captain Planet: Geographically-named captains.
- vs. Captain Ahab
- Ryu and Ken vs. Scorpion and Sub-Zero: Recognizable pair of characters from iconic fighting game franchises
- John Adams and John Quincy Adams vs. George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush: Father-and-son presidents.
- vs. Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un: More father-son stuff!
- Alan Moore vs. Frank Miller: Darker comic book writers.
- Tywin Lannister vs. Rodrigo Borgia
- Fry and Laurie vs. Monty Python
- Rick Deckard vs. Douglas Quaid
- Bilbo Baggins vs. Tyrion Lannister: Fantasy heroes
- Deadpool vs. Rorschach: Comic book anti-heroes
- vs. The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister.): Wacky, fourth wall leaning comedic protagonists.
- Mary Poppins vs. Jo Frost
- Tony Stark vs. Robert E. Lee
- HK-47 vs. Bender
- Judge Judy vs. King Solomon
- vs. Judge Dredd
- Gilbert and Sullivan vs. Simon & Garfunkel: Famous musical duos
- vs. Hall & Oates
- vs. Cheech & Chong: Music/comedy duo.
- vs. Beavis and Butt-Head: Comedy duos
- vs. Daft Punk
- Doogie Howser, M.D. vs. the Medic: Doctors
- Adam Jensen vs. Kai Leng
- Florence Nightingale vs. Dr. Quinn
- ProtonJon vs. Northern Lion
- Thelma & Louise vs. Rizzoli & Isles: Female TV cop duos
- Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Rainbow Dash: Fast cartoon animals.
- Sonic/Dash vs. Jesse Owens: Famous fast people
- Jesse Owens vs. Usain Bolt: Black Olympic runners
- vs. Felix Baumgartner: People famous for high-speed accomplishments
- vs. the Scout
- Ron Weasley vs. Ron Stoppable: Geeky sidekick characters named "Ron."
- King Sombra vs. Pitch the Nightmare King
- vs. Lord Sauron
- Alternatively, Pitch the Nightmare King vs. Devil Pitch
- Walter White vs. Tony Montana: Anti-heroes
- Walter White/Tony Montana vs. Tony Soprano: TV anti-heroes or iconic Tonys in mafia fiction.
- Walter White vs. Bill Nye the Science Guy: Scientists/chemists
- Walter White vs. Nancy Botwin: TV drug dealers
- The Three Musketeers vs. The Three Stooges: Famous trios called "The Three..."
- Zim vs. Crypto: Alien characters
- vs. Mark Chang
- Penn & Teller vs. Abbott and Costello: Comedy duos
- Julius Caesar vs. William the Conqueror
- vs. Benito Mussolini: Dictators
- vs. Alexander the Great
- Oliver Cromwell vs. Maximilien Robespierre: anti-monarchist revolutionaries who overthrew their oppressive or incompetent king, seized power and created an oppressive dictatorship
- Tarzan vs. Mowgli: Boys raised in a jungle.
- vs. San, Battle of the Sexes with humans raised in the wild.
- Josie McCoy vs. Alvin Seville: Cartoon band faces
- Robert Frost vs. Jack Frost: People named "Frost."
- American Dragon: Jake Long vs. Spyro the Dragon: Human with dragon powers vs. dragon
- Gimli vs. Oghren
- Zaeed Massani vs. Jayne Cobb
- Jesse James vs. Rick James: People named "James."
- Jesse James vs. Jessie & James: A pair of characters battling their namesake
- Janis Joplin vs. Madonna
- The Flash vs. Quicksilver: Fast comic-book characters.
- Pandora vs. Eve: Legendary female characters who were punished for doing something they were specifically warned not to.
- Bear Grylls vs. Lewis and Clark
- Lewis and Clark vs. Finn and Jake: A famous historic pair of adventurers vs. a popular modern pair of fictional adventurers
- Groundskeeper Willie vs. the Demoman: Violent Glaswegian archetypes
- Lizzie Borden vs. Anne Frank: Women whose tragic stories became legendary.
- Anne Frank vs. Greg Heffley: Diary keepers
- Raiden vs. Raiden: Video game characters sharing the same name.
- Kasumi vs. Kasumi Goto: Another pair of fictional characters with the same name
- Marie-Antoinette vs. Queen Victoria: Famous female Royal figures
- Marie Antoinette vs. Snooki: Known for big bouffant hair.
- Gunnery Sergeant Hartman vs. Sergeant Dornan: Drill Sergeant Nasty battle
- L. Ron Hubbard vs. V: Rebels against "the establishment"
- President Bartlet vs. the Illusive Man: Martin Sheen vs. Himself
- Hannibal of Carthage vs. Hannibal Lecter: Hannibal vs. Hannibal
- "Howling Mad" Murdock vs. Rupert Murdoch: Similar last names
- vs. Matt Murdock
- Jackie Chan vs. Bruce Willis: Action stars
- Tali vs. Merrill: Major female companions from BioWare.
- Sinbad vs. Popeye: Famous fictional sailors
- Bruce Banner/The Hulk vs. Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde: Scientists with monster alter egos
- vs. Two-Face
- vs. Gollum/Smeagol
- Benedict Arnold vs. Judas Iscariot: Traitors
- Surprise appearance from Marcus Junius Brutus.
- Team Fortress 2 Mega-Battle
- The Spy vs. James Bond: Spy vs. Spy, of course.
- Britney Spears vs. Madonna: Blonde pop-stars
- The Invisible Man vs. The Phantom of the Opera: A battle of two mysterious characters.
- Bride of Frankenstein vs. The Mummy: Another horror battle both of which originated in Boris Karloff movies.
- Frankenstein's Monster vs. The Creature from the Black Lagoon: Yet another battle of horror monsters
- Gordon Freeman vs. Chell: Valve heroes
- The Heavy: Adding the most well-known character from Valve's other well-known series.
- The Wizard of Oz vs. The Red Queen: Characters from updated adaptations of children's books.
- Ebenezer Scrooge vs. Rip Van Winkle: Old literary characters; greedy vs. humble
- Impey Barbicane vs. Captain Nemo: Jules Verne characters.
- Don Quixote vs. Robin Hood: Legendary folk heroes
- The Wicked Witch of The West vs. Turbo: Due to the similarities of their kingdom and their guards.
- Greg Heffley vs. Dib
- vs. Amelia
- Dib vs. Dipper Pines: Cartoon characters obsessed with the paranormal.
- vs. Nikki Maxwell
- Dib vs. Dexter: Short, bespectacled cartoon geniuses
- Dib/Dipper vs. Mac: Cartoon characters who see "imaginary" beings.
- Jack Frost vs. Danny Phantom: White-haired supernatural animated characters
- Felix Baumgartner and Joseph Kittinger vs. the ODSTs
- Varric Tethras vs. Garrus Vakarian
- Linkara vs. Comic Book Guy: Comic book enthusiasts
- Todd in the Shadows vs. The Rap Critic: Music enthusiasts
- Erwin Schrödinger vs. Catwoman: Cat scientist vs. Cat heroine
- Luke Skywalker vs. Spider-Man
- Malcolm X vs. OJ Simpson: An African-American widely hated at his time, but now a revered hero vs. an African-American very popular at his time but having fallen from grace.
- Daytime talk shows vs nighttime talk shows group battle, featuring 3 rounds-
- Jerry Springer vs. David Letterman
- Steve Wilkos vs. Conan O'Brien
- Jeremy Kyle vs. Craig Ferguson
- Waldo vs. Carmen Sandiego: Characters famous for hiding
- EDI vs. Cortana
- Nelson Muntz vs. Gilda: Famous cartoon bullies
- Grunkle Stan vs. Mr. Krabs: Old, greedy cartoon characters
- Laurel and Hardy vs. Thomson and Thompson: Bowler hat wearing duos.
- The Rocketeer vs. Sky Captain
- vs. Yves Rossy
- Cole MacGrath vs. Electro: Electric-powered characters
- vs. Zeus
- Simo Häyhä vs. the Sniper
- Mike Tyson vs. Vincent van Gogh: Ear-biter vs. earless man
- vs. The Tooth Fairy: Ear vs. Tooth
- Wilfred Owen/Siegfried Sassoon vs. Jessie Pope/General Haig
- Francis vs. Bonecrusher
- Charles Darwin vs. Bishop Wilberforce
- Isaac Newton vs. Galileo Galilei: Renaissance astronomers/scientists.
- Johan Liebert vs. Anton Chigurh: Battle of the cold-hearted, stoic villains.
- Vs. the Red Skull.
- Fix-It Felix Jr. vs. Bob the Builder: Contruction workers.
- vs. the Engineer
- Jason Voorhees vs. Freddy Krueger: Horror icons.
- Norman Bates vs. Michael Myers: Slasher icons
- Ghostface vs. Dexter: Serial killers
- Rainbow Dash vs. Felix Baumgartner: Character vs. Person known for moving at high speeds.
- Baumgartner vs. Chuck Yeager: People famous for mid-air science work.
- Rainbow Dash vs. Keldeo: Cute pony characters
- Wreck-it-Ralph vs. The Heavy: Big, orange-clad men.
- The Heavy vs. Zangief: Muscular Russian video game characters
- Saxton Hale vs. Chuck Norris
- The Medic vs. Dr. Zed
- George Washington vs. Henry VIII
- Donald Trump vs. Rosie O'Donnell: Media icons who had a famous rivalry.
- Uncle Sam vs. Britannia: National personifications.
- vs. John Bull
- Uncle Sam vs. John Bull and Columbia vs. Britannia
- Gilgamesh vs. Superman
- Sarah Kerrigan vs. Queen Chrysalis
- The Addams Family vs. The Brady Bunch: Famous sitcom families
- vs The Munsters: Supernatural sitcom families
- The Borgias vs. The Corleones: Morally questionable Italian families
- The Seven Dwarfs vs. Tyrion Lannister: Dwarves
- Princess Peach vs. Princess Zelda: Nintendo princesses
- Wernher von Braun vs. Gerald Bull
- King Lear vs. Emperor Caligula
- Madonna vs. the Virgin Mary: People bearing the name "Madonna"
- Hercules vs. Beowulf
- The Wolf Man vs. Jacob Black: Man/wolf hybrids.
- vs. Fenrir Greyback
- Colonel Sanders vs. The Burger King: Fast-food mascots.
- Luciano Pavarotti vs. Kurt Cobain
- Kurt Cobain vs. Jimi Hendrix: Genre-defining rock musicians from Washington State who died at the age of 27.
- Pyramid Head vs Nemesis: Horror video game villains
- Vs. The Rake
- Notch vs. Tim "The Toolman" Taylor: Construction man vs. Construction game creator
- vs. Redigit
- Boris Yeltsin vs. George W. Bush: World leaders whose presidencies were seen as very weak.
- Andrew Hussie vs. Ben Croshaw: Creators of minimalist web cartoons
- Steven Moffat vs. Joss Whedon: Modern-day TV writers
- Daisuke Serizawa vs. Rotwang
- HABIT vs. The Emperor of Mankind
- Willy Wonka vs. John Cadbury: Chocolatiers
- Charlie Chaplin vs. Harold Lloyd: 1920s silent-film icons.
- vs. Laurel and Hardy: Old-time actors
- vs. Buster Keaton
- vs. Groucho Marx
- vs. Mr. Bean: Iconic, mainly silent, comedy personas
- vs. Jackie Chan
- vs. Adam Sandler: Classic comedy vs. modern comedy
- Tommy vs. Sylvester: Concept-album heroes
- John Wayne Gacy vs. The Joker: Clown-themed villains
- P.T.Barnum vs. Jerry Springer: "Edgy" entertainment moguls
- Solid Snake vs. Snake Plissken: Anti-heroes named "Snake"
- vs. Erwin Rommel: Soldiers with animal nicknames (Erwin Rommel was popularly known as "The Desert Fox")
- David Lynch vs. Salvador Dalí: Famous surrealists known for different mediums (though Lynch is a painter as well, he is better known as a filmmaker)
- Ellen Ripley vs. R.J. MacReady: Horror-movie heroes who both dealt with horrifying aliens while trapped in a confined and isolated location.
- Elizabeth Shaw vs. Kate Lloyd: Heroines of controversial prequels to the above movies.
- One way this could be done (though it might be slightly longer than usual) would be for Ripley and MacReady to start off rapping against each other as they would in a typical rap battle. They could each have two or three verses before suddenly an alien shows up and they have to team up to fight it. They then each get their "homegirls" to finish the rap battle, which leads to Elizabeth Shaw and Kate Lloyd going head to head. They each get two or three more verses.
- R.J. MacReady vs. William Dyer
- Elizabeth Shaw vs. Kate Lloyd: Heroines of controversial prequels to the above movies.
- Xena: Warrior Princess vs. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Late-90s TV tough-girl heroines spun off from a largely obscure work who often fought against the supernatural.
- Sir John A. MacDonald vs. George Washington: First prime minister of Canada vs. the first president of the United States.
- Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan vs. Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Doctors nicknamed "Bones."
- Alex DeLarge vs. Frank Booth: Sex-crazed psychopaths from strange movies.
- Gene Simmons vs. Elton John: Iconic 1970s musicians with outlandish stage personas.
- Satan vs. Ozzy Osbourne: Satan vs. the musical personification of him
- Ms. Frizzle vs. Bill Nye: Educational TV-show faces.
- Lawrence of Arabia vs. the Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred
- Brotherhood Without Banners vs. The Fellowship of the Ring
- First, Beric has a verse that lasts until Boromir kills him, Boromir then goes through his verse until he gets killed by Anguy. Then, Anguy, Legolas, Thoros and Gimli continue without further deaths. After Gimli's verse, Thoros briefly appears to resurrect Beric. Beric then has another verse, followed by Aragorn's verse.
- Boris Karloff vs. Bela Lugosi: 1930s horror movie stars.
- Orson Welles vs. Michael Bay: Famous but controversial movie directors.
- The Borgias vs. The Kennedys: Powerful political dynasties.
- Professor Xavier vs. Professor Utonium: Professors involved with superheroes
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard vs. Professor Charles Xavier: Characters played by Patrick Stewart.
- Arthur The Fonz Fonzarelli vs. Steve Urkel: Iconic sitcom breakout characters.
- Edward Cullen vs. Dracula: The most hated vampire vs. The most famous one.
- Martha Stewart vs. Mary Poppins: Iconic nanny vs. home economics mogul
- Statler And Waldorf vs Siskel & Ebert: Famous critic duos, fictional vs. real
- Emily Dickinson vs Edgar Allan Poe: Early 19th century writers/poets.
- Dwight Eisenhower vs. Douglas MacArthur: World War II heroes.
- Benjamin Sisko vs. Jean-Luc Picard: Star Trek captains.
- Charles Lindbergh vs. Chuck Yeager vs. Yuri Gagarin vs. Neil Armstrong: Pilots and Astronauts
- King Arthur vs. Henry VIII: Fictional British king vs. real British king
- Aang vs. Jake Sully: Protagonists from works named "Avatar."
- Aang vs. Dmitri Mendeleev: The Masters of Elements
- Aang is killed at the end of the first verse and Korra replaces him.
- V vs. The Mask
- Duke Nukem vs. Machete: Macho-man characters
- Willy Wonka vs Hugh Hefner: Eccentric entrepreneurs
- Tinker Bell vs The Tooth Fairy: Fictional fairies
- Brothers Grimm vs Rodgers and Hammerstein: Famous writing duos
- Dr. Gregory House vs Dr. Stephen Strange: Fictional doctors
- or maybe House vs. Dr. Bruce Banner (with Banner turning into the Hulk for his second verse, of course)
- Death vs. DEATH
- vs. Death
- Jesus Christ vs Julius Caesar: Important historical figures
- Caesar vs King Arthur. After the first verses, Brutus and Mordred kill them and continue the battle.
- Ryan Stone vs. David Bowman: Sci-fi heroes who were the lone survivors of a disaster aboard a spaceship and subsequently had to spend extended time alone.
- vs. Mark Watney
- Rachael Ray vs. Alton Brown
- Laurel and Hardy vs The Three Stooges vs The Marx Brothers: Famous comedy groups.
- vs Smosh or Key and Peele: Famous comedy duos.
- Godzilla Vs. Clover: Giant Monsters of destruction (Also because Big G already battled King Kong for the third time in a 2024 ERB episode.)
- Vs. Gipsy Danger
- Sauron vs Heimdall: characters with all-seeing eyes
- vs Uatu The Watcher
- Drizzt Do'Urden vs Malekith the Accursed: Dark Elves
- Bucky Barnes vs Jason Todd: Superhero Sidekicks who died and were brought back as villains.
- Stan Lee vs. Hugh Hefner: Seniors in printed medium.
- MacGyver vs. Jackie Chan: Two fighters who improvise.
- Blade vs. Buffy: Vampire hunters most prominent in the late '90s.
- vs. Alucard
- vs. Simon Belmont
- vs. Van Helsing
- vs. Abe Lincoln
- Ghost Rider vs. Kamen Rider: Two renowned riders in media.
- Gary King vs. Seth Rogan: the stars of the two major "apocalypse comedies" from the summer of 2013.
- vs. Nicholas Angel and Shaun.
- Gandalf vs. Magneto: Characters played by Sir Ian McKellen.
- RoboCop vs. Judge Dredd: Law enforcers in dystopian future.
- vs. Ronan the Accuser
- Alice vs Megan
- Bill Cosby vs Bob Saget: Family-sitcom stars who took a darker turn.
- Jerry Sandusky vs. Donald Sterling
- Edward Elric vs Nicolas Flamel in a battle of the alchemists.
- Mary Plunkett Brogan or Martin Brogan vs. Aisling. (Battle of the Irish Ghosts.)
- Joe Quesada vs. Christian Weston Chandler: Critically panned comic artists.
- vs. Rob Liefeld
- Davros vs. MODOK.
- Drax the Destroyer vs. Kratos: Bald, tatooed badasses seeking vengeance, armed with two blades
- Yu Narukami vs. Ash Ketchum: Users of Mons.
- vs. Minato.
- Colonel Nick Fury vs. Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- Marquisde Sade vs Caligula: People famous for their tyrannical and insane personalities.
- Marquis de Sade vs. Christian Grey: Pioneer of erotic fiction vs. a famous character from the genre.
- The McManus Brothers vs. Heavy and Medic: Bash Brothers: Blood vs. Water.
- Shigeru Miyamoto vs Gabe Newell: The most famous Japanese video game developer vs. the most highly-renowned American developer.
- Robert Kotick vs Phil Fish: Two of gaming's most infamous names.
- Activision vs. Electronic Arts: Two of the most (in)famous Western gaming companies.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. Sylvester Stallone: 80's action movie stars.
- Otto von Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II vs. Darth Sidious and Count Dooku - What would the Vader vs. Hitler series be without the prequals?
- L. Ron Hubbard vs Joseph Smith - Founders of two controversial religious beliefs
- Fox Mulder vs Phil Coulson. Both charged with saving the human race from aliens and other weird stuff.
- Ella Fitzgerald vs Nicki Minaj.
- Jane Austen vs. Charles Dickens: Two Victorian-era authors whose books are placed on the opposite ends of the Sliding Scaleof Idealism Versus Cynicism
- Alice vs. Dorothy Gale or either of them vs. Wendy Darling
- Regina Mills vs. Cersei Lannister
- Florence Nightengale vs. Mother Teresa
- Audrey Hepburn vs. Marie Antoinette
- J. K. Rowling vs. Rick Riordan or either of them vs. George R. R. Martin
- Harry Potter vs. Percy Jackson
- Hermione Granger vs. Annabeth Chase
- Cricket Crocket vs Ebenezer Scrooge. This would be a match up of two Dickens related Christmas characters.
- The Grinch VS Jack Skellington (VS The Krampus)
- Satoru Iwata vs. Kazuo Hirai (or someone else). Iwata's lines will include references to "please understand" and "direct to you".
- Ozymandias vs Handsome Jack. Extremely rich CEOs who make and own almost everything, are extremely narcissistic and believe what they are doing is for the greater good.
- Duff Killigan vs. Groundskeeper Willie: Two violent Scotsmen.
- Ayn Rand vs Karl Marx - Capitalism vs. Communism
- Ernest Hemingway vs. Kurt Cobain
- vs. Vincent van Gogh
- Seth MacFarlane vs. Matt Groening vs. Trey Parker and Matt Stone: The giants of adult animated comedy TV series.
- The Runaway Guys vs. The Game Grumps
- George Smiley vs. Jason Bourne.
- The Beatles vs. One Direction: Battle of two British boy bands who took the world by storm: The most popular and timeless vs. the most prominent modern-day name.
- Eiichiro Oda vs. Yoshihiro Togashi: Mangakas
- ... and Akira Toriyama dropping in ala Lincoln in Obama vs. Romney.
- Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola, Sebastian Vollmer, Nate Solder, Shaquille Mason, Josh Kline, and Bryan Stork vs. The Brady Bunch
- Link vs. Gordon Freeman (two of the most iconic Heroic Mimes in gaming)
- Ryu Hayabusa vs. Kratos: Two of the most iconic action game protagonists.
- Nathan Drake vs. Lara Croft: Famous video game adventurers
- Spawn vs. Black Panther: Both are among the first African-American comic superheroes.
- George Michael vs. Boy George: Two of the biggest British pop singers of the 1980s. Also, they have the same name.
- Vetinari vs. Littlefinger: Two of fantasy's most magnificent bastards.
- Claudio Ranieri and Leicester City vs. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
- Billy the Kid vs. Kaito Kid: Teenage outlaws with "Kid" in their names.
- Chris Farley vs John Belushi
- Amelia Earhart vs. D.B. Cooper: Two people famous for disappearing face off in the battle of limbo!
- vs. Jimmy Hoffa
- vs. Grand Duchess Anastasia
- vs. Virginia Dare
- vs. Harold Holt
- vs. Percy Fawcett
- Geralt of Rivia vs. Geraldo Rivera
- Phoenix Wright vs. Fletcher Reede vs. Johnnie Cochran vs. Perry Mason: Four veteran Los Angeles defense attorneys, three of which took on the defense of potentially fame-making client cases (Zak Gramayre and Matt Engarde, Samantha Cole and O.J. Simpson) that had shadier sides to them (the forged evidence and Engarde's trial, Cole's cheating and Reede's compulsive lying, and the bloody gloves). Meanwhile, Mason is the only one who was never involved in any shady business. Three of them are Crusading Lawyers while the other is an Amoral Attorney.
- Indiana Jones, Benjamin Gates, and Lara Croft vs. Howard Carter, Arthur Evans, and Mary Leakey - Fictional vs. Real Archaeologists
- Pee-Wee Herman vs Charles Manson - Crazy Good vs Crazy Evil
- Jem vs Alvin and the Chipmunks - 80s Musical Cartoons
- Wonder Woman vs Barbie - Best Female Icon/Role Model
- Wonder Woman vs Kratos vs Conan the Barbarian vs Maximus Decimus Meridius - Most Deadliest Warrior
- Rod Serling vs Stephenie Meyer - The Twilight Zone (1959) vs Twilight
- Samus Aran vs Lara Croft - Best Video Game Female Hero
- Speed Racer vs Dick Dastardly - Best Driver
- Elsa and Anna vs Woody and Buzz - Disney's favorite sisters vs Disney's favorite Bromance
- Rick Castle and Det. Kate Beckett vs Dr. Temperance Brennan and Agent Steeley Booth
- Twilight Sparkle vs. Ms.Frizzle - Teachers with a reptilian companion
- La Muerte vs Jack Skellington-Ruler of the Land of the Remembered vs the Ruler of Halloweentown
- Louis Armstrong vs Dizzy Gillespie
- Chun Li vs. Wonder Woman - Action Girl
- Admiral Horatio Nelson vs. Admiral Yi Sun-sin: among the best naval commanders in history, both killed in their final battles that eventually led to their respective nations' victories in war (Nelson at Trafalgar against Napoleonic France, Yi at Noryang against the Japanese).
- Dolly Parton vs Queen Latifah - Friendly rivalry between rap and country
- Neo vs Freddy Kreuger - Master of Reality, The Matrix vs Nightmares/Dreamworld, Mental willpower
- Peter Pan vs Peter Parker - Battle of the Peters
- Michael Moore vs Rush Limbaugh: Famously obese left vs. right wing battle.
- M.C. Escher vs Doctor Strange: one's a creator of mind-bending visual arts, the other is a master of mind-bending mystic arts.
- Bonus points if Escher is played by Rhett.
- Thomas & Friends vs. The Little Engine That Could - both are famous talking trains.
- Vince McMahon vs. Eric Bischoff interrupted by Paul Heyman at around halfway through - this one should be obvious.
- Gil Grissom vs. Leroy Jethro Gibbs vs. Lily Rush vs. Horatio Caine vs. Mac Taylor. - Battle Royale of the Police Procedural protagonists.
- Gotz of the Iron Hand vs Mad Jack Churchill - Badass insane historical figures that sound more like movie characters than real people.
- Jack Bauer vs. Jason Bourne.
- Godzilla vs. Cthulhu.
- Pancho Villa vs. Francisco Franco. Two Hispanophone revolutionaries with opposite track records, motives, goals, and legacies.
- Jay and Silent Bob vs. Cheech and Chong vs. Harold and Kumar
- Bob Saget vs. Tim Allen (Full House vs. Home Improvement)
- Rodney Dangerfield vs. Don Rickles
- Otto von Bismarck vs. Margaret Thatcher (Iron Chancellor vs. Iron Lady)
- Elton John vs. David Bowie
- Aquaman vs. Michael Phelps
- Usain Bolt vs Jesse Owens
- Stephanie Meyer vs. E.L. James (The Twilight Saga vs. Fifty Shades of Grey)
- Palpatine vs. The Emperor of Mankind
- Trevor Noah vs. Stephen Colbert
- Jerry Seinfeld vs Chris Rock vs Louis C.K. vs Ricky Gervais vs Bill Maher
- Indiana Jones vs. Lara Croft
- Gabe Newell vs. Shigeru Miyamoto
- Link vs. Finn
- Milton Hershey vs. Willy Wonka
- Jeannie vs Sabrina Spellman ft Samantha Stephens
- Mel Blanc vs. Tom Kenny
- Waldo vs. Carmen Sandiego
- Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx
- Bo Jackson vs. Deion Sanders
- Agent 47 vs. Kratos (bald antiheroes from video games)
- Ellen Ripley vs. Dutch Schaefer
- Lenny Bruce vs. Henny Youngman vs. Milton Berle
- Alexander Hamilton vs Thomas Paine
- Adolphe Sax vs Louis Armstrong
- Ellie vs. Clementine
- Ellie vs. Daenerys Targaryen
- Aslan vs. Mufasa
- Or Alsan vs. Simba
- Vince McMahon vs Dana White vs Roger Goodell
- Edwin Jarvis vs. Alfred Pennyworth
- Charlie Chaplin vs Buster Keaton vs Jackie Chan vs Tom Cruise (epic stuntmen)
- Laurel and Hardy vs Abbot and Costello( Comedy Legends)
- The Marx Brothers vs The Three Stooges (Comedy legends)
- John Wilkes Booth vs. Lee Harvey Oswald
- King Arthur vs. Robin Hood (battle of the English legendary figures)
- Sam Kinison vs. Andrew Dice Clay
- John Candy vs. Chris Farley
- Rocky Balboa vs. Dwayne Johnson
- Charlie Brown and Snoopy vs. Calvin and Hobbes
- Mark Twain vs. Ernest Hemingway
- Judy Garland vs. Julie Andrews
- Quasimodo vs. The Phantom of the Opera (hideously deformed, morally ambiguous tragic characters from French literature)
- Light Yagami vs. Lelouch vi Britannia
- Henry VIII VS his Six Wives: To make the fight more fair than six against one, Henrys I-VII will be brought in on Henry VIII’s side. Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward will be brought in on their mothers’ side, or two will join one side and the third will join the other, or the children will form their own team in the rap battle.
- Green Arrow vs Green Lantern
- Hal Jordan backed by Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Kyle Raynor and Jessica Cruz vs Oliver Queen backed by Speedy, Arsenal, Red Arrow and Artemis
- Tom Cruise vs Jackie Chan. Famous, somewhat controversial action stars of Hollywood and the Hong Kong film industry.
- Neville Chamberlain vs Theresa May. Disgraced UK Prime Ministers.
- John McCain vs Martin McGuiness. Controversial politicians and war veterans of two different conflicts.
- Daenerys Targaryen vs Princess Diana. English princesses.
- Sappho vs Oksana "Villanelle" Astankova: Iconic LGBT women: one a Greek poet, the other an assassin codenamed after a type of poem.
- Karl Marx vs. Groucho Marx
- Jon Snow vs. Geralt of Rivia
- Battle of the Bad Directors: Ed Wood vs. Coleman Francis vs. Uwe Boll vs. Tommy Wiseau vs. Neil Breen
- Vince McMahon vs P.T. Barnum
- Andrew Hussie vs Hirohiko Araki: Creators of the two most meme-rife works on the internet
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld vs. Hans Gruber
- George Lucas vs Ingmar Bergman (interrupted by Akira Kurosawa, M Night Shyalaman and Martin Scorsese)
- Jimi Hendrix vs. Prince
- Dwayne Johnson vs. Vin Diesel
- Harley Quinn vs. Domino
- Red Foreman vs. Hank Hill
- Dolores Umbridge vs. Joffrey Baratheon
- Sauron vs. Voldemort
- Simon Cowell vs. Gordon Ramsay
- Mike Love vs. David Hasslehoff
- Joe Exotic vs. Bear Grylls
- HP Lovecraft vs. Bram Stoker
- Metallica vs Avenged Sevenfold
- Robert Downey Jr vs Johnny Depp
- Dexter Morgan vs. Jigsaw
- Edwin Jarvis vs. Alfred Pennyworth
- Hamlet vs. Holden Caulfield
- Charles Lindbergh vs. Neil Armstrong
- Toph vs. Daredevil
- Kobe Bryant vs. Tiger Woods
- Tucker Carlson vs Jake Tapper
- Elizabeth I vs. Cersei Lannister
- Dwight Schrute VS Ron Swanson
- John Snow and Daenerys vs Geralt and Yennifer
- The Undertaker vs Eminem
- Mao Zedong vs. Hirohito
- Pol Pot vs. Idi Amin
- Richard III vs. Bad King John
- Erwin Rommel vs. Robert E. Lee
- Zorro vs. the Lone Ranger
- Pope Leo III vs. Henry VIII
- Harley Quinn vs. Patty Hearst
- Bugs Bunny vs. the Mask
- Rowan Atkinson vs Louis de Funès
- Lois Lane vs. April O'Neil
- Wes Anderson vs. Tim Burton
- Ellen Ripley vs. Eleven
- Tallahassee (Zombieland) vs. Negan (Walking Dead)
- Vince Lombardi vs. John Madden
- Drizzt Do'Urden vs. Gotrek Gurnisson (Dungeons and Dragons vs. Warhammer Fantasy)
- Or Drizzt vs. Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM
- Erin Quinn, Clare Devlin, Orla McCool, Michelle Mallon and James Maguire (Derry Girls) vs Dee, Dennis and Frank Reynolds, Ronald "Mac" McDonald and Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
- Florence Nightingale vs Nurse Mildred Ratched
- Dennis Conner vs Jimmy Spithill
- Link vs. Cloud: Blond swordsmen from Japanese video games.
- Julian Assange vs. Edward Snowden: Whistleblowers responsible for leaking information that the U.S. government wanted to keep secret.
- Bass Reeves vs. Joaquin Murrieta: Gunslingers of the Old West who inspired the creation of fictional heroes.
- Audie Murphy vs. "Mad Jack" Churchill vs. Simo Häyhä: WWII soldiers who have all developed a reputation as a Crazy Is Cool Memetic Badass.
- Rorschach vs. Phoenix Jones: The famous Deconstructed Character Archetype Anti-Hero and the real-life superhero whose reputation has taken a hit in recent years.
- John Adams vs. Alexander Hamilton: The feuding Founding Fathers. Adams could potentially point out the discrepancies present in Hamilton's Historical Hero Upgrade in the latter's titular musical.
- Kenneth Copeland vs Jesse Custer. "Unconventional" preachers.
- Enzo Ferrari vs Ferrucio Lamborghini. A manufacturers of iconic supercars.
- Idea for a multi-person battle (kinda like Rasputin vs Stalin): Henry Ford, Horacio Pagani and Christian von Koenigsegg would serve as another group of opponents.
- John D. Rockefeller vs Andrew Carnegie. Famous American enterpreneurs and millionaires.
- Alternatively, J.P. Morgan vs Cornelius Vanderbilt.
- Even more epic showdown idea: John D. Rockefeller vs Wario.
- Bear Grylls vs Ed Stafford. An elite survivalists showcasing their skills on television.
- Dave Kindig vs Chip Foose. Coolest car designers in the world.
- Alternatively, Richard Rawlings vs Aaron Kaufman - a TV stars of the Fast'n'Loud fame.
- Jimi Hendrix vs Dave Mustaine. Iconic guitar players.
- Works well with intervention from James Hetfield.
- Zorro vs Spawn. Anti-heroes with different tales.
- Darth Vader vs Kylo Ren. About time for a fictional family feud - plus, Vader would definitely deserve another comeback.
- On the opposite side of the Force: Anakin Skywalker vs Luke Skywalker.
- Shredder vs Shao Kahn. An iconic villains of their respective franchises rocking spiked armor.
- Frank Underwood vs Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Iconic, somewhat controversial US Democrats.
- Ada Lovelace vs. Hedy Lammar: Brilliant women who set the stones for the development of technology.
- Harvey Milk vs Pete Buttigieg: Iconic LGBT American politicians.
- Mike Pence vs Kamala Harris vs Abraham Lincoln.
- John Wick vs Agent 47: Fictional master hitmen who experienced a surge in popularity in the late 2010s.
- Seymour Krelborn vs Sweeney Todd. Horror musical protagonists.
- Six vs Coraline: Young female horror protagonists clad in yellow raincoats.
- Alexander Hamilton vs Charles Ponzi: Scandal-fraught financial figures.
- Tommy Wiseau vs. Tommy Oliver: Two long-haired, bombastic guys named Tommy who are equally over-the-top for different reasons.
- Charles Manson vs Michael Corleone. Crime bosses.
- Ron Burgundy vs Michael Scott. White-collar comedy protagonists.
- Travis Bickle vs Tyler Durden. Cerebral thriller villains.
- The Riddler vs Zodiac Killer. Murderous genius criminals who leave clues and messages for the police (or Batman) to solve.
- Daniel Plainview vs Anton Chigurh. Acclaimed Neo-Western film villains.
- Balram Halwai vs Baby. Criminal Badass Drivers.
- Link vs Cloud Strife. An already famous rivalry between two video game characters who are blonde swordsmen, with Link being owned by Nintendo, and Cloud being more associated with (but not outright owned by) PlayStation.
- J. Jonah Jameson vs Tucker Carlson. Controversial, unapologetically outspoken newsmen.
- Joseph Pultizer vs Rupert Murdoch. Pioneering newsmen.
- Cersei Lannister vs Henry VIII. Tyrants.
- Daenerys Targaryen vs Anne Boleyn. Executed queens.
- Alexander Hamilton vs Veronica Sawyer. Musical leads.
- Louis XVI vs. Nicholas II. European monarchs who died in leftist revolutions.
- Emperor Nero vs. Herbert Hoover. Two leaders with reputations for failing to help their countries when they needed it.
- Sophia Loren vs. Brigitte Bardot. European sex symbols of the 50s and 60s.
- Akhenaten vs. Louis XIV. Two different "sun kings".
- Oscar vs. Utena. Quite possibly the most iconic bifauxnen in anime and manga.
- Nelson Mandela vs. Robert Mugabe. Black rebel leaders against white minority regimes in southern Africa.
- Leon Trotsky vs. Jean-Paul Marat. Revolutionary journalists who were assassinated.
- Jack Kirby vs. Osamu Tezuka. Two great sequential artists who helped define their respective mediums.
- Ronald Reagan vs Margaret Thatcher
- Annie Wilkes vs Syndrome. Fiction's most terrifying Loony Fans.
- Sabrina Spellman vs. Hermione Granger. Famous teenage witches.
- Kim Possible vs. Hit Girl. Badass Normal Action Girls with blonde male sidekicks.
- vs. Kimberly Hart. Action Girls with the same first name.
- Kane Hodder vs. Robert Englund. Actors best known for their portrayals of iconic slasher villains
- Sidney Prescott vs. Nancy Thompson. Final Girls from iconic Wes Craven movies.
- Some follow-ups to Superman vs. Goku:
- Cyborg Superman vs. Goku Black (evil knockoffs; plus a suprise appearance by Merged Zamasu)
- General Zod vs. Vegeta (alien menaces from the same race as the hero)
- Lois Lane vs. Chi-Chi (wives of the heroes)
- Jimmy Olsen vs. Krillin (perpetual second fiddles, even in the previous ERB)
- Tsar Nicholas II and King Louis XVI.
- Halfway through, however, both of them are killed, and are replaced Lenin and Robespierre, the revolutionaries who replaced them.
- Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May vs Jay Leno or Jerry Seinfeld
- James Oglethorpe vs. Pharnavaz I. The first governor of Georgia (U.S.A.) against the first king of Georgia (Caucasus).
- Big Brother vs. Julie Chen Moonves
- Arthur Morgan vs Woody. Fiction's most famous cowboys.
- Joe Goldberg vs Jeffrey Dahmer.
- Anne Boleyn vs Marie Antoinette (queens who were beheaded)
- Robert Johnson vs Niccolo Paganini (genre-defining musicians with preternatural talent who are both rumoured to have made a Deal with the Devil in exchange for their musical talent)
- Elizabeth Bathory vs Mary Tudor ("Bloody Mary")
- Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope vs Robert Bakker and John Horner (feat. Mary Anning) (famous paleontologists who were contemporary rivals)
- Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates
- Batman and Robin vs. Sherlock Holmes And Dr. Watson
- Nikola Tesla vs. Thomas Edison
- Blackbeard vs. Al Capone
- Joan of Arc vs. Miley Cyrus
- Pablo Picasso vs. Bob Ross
- Edgar Allan Poe vs. Stephen King
- Ghostbusters vs. MythBusters
- Romeo and Juliet vs. Bonnie and Clyde
- Terminator vs. RoboCop
- Walt Disney vs. Stan Lee (though the battle begins with Stan Lee against Jim Henson)
- J. R. R. Tolkien vs. George R. R. Martin
- Gordon Ramsay vs. Julia Child
- Ivan the Terrible vs. Alexander the Great
- Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump - Epic Presidency Rap Battle of 2016
- Complete with Abe Lincoln's return.
- Ash Ketchum vs. Charles Darwin
- Godzilla Vs. King Kong.
- The Nostalgia Critic vs. The Angry Video Game Nerd
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- Likely even more jossed due to #ChangeTheChannel.
- Austin Powers
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- Unjossed later on in Season 5
- M&M's vs. Eminem
- Steve Irwin
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- Unjossed at the very end of George Carlin vs Richard Pryor◊
- Tobuscus
- Sheldon Cooper vs. Dr. Gregory House
- Osama bin Laden
- Smosh playing themselves
- Miley Cyrus vs. Britney Spears
- Ronald McDonald
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- The way it was phrased does leave open the possibility of Ronald being in a Curb-Stomp Battle a la Bieber vs. Beethoven.
- Unjossed in Season 6.
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- Kim Kardashian
- Theodore Roosevelt
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- Unjossed later in Season 5.
- Wikipedia vs. TV Tropes
- vs. Uncyclopedia
- Mother Nature vs. Mother Goose
- Playstation vs. Xbox (vs Nintendo, vs PC)
- Black Death vs. Spanish Flu
- Naruto vs. Black☆Star
- Ash Ketchum vs. Tai Kamiya
- Pig-Pen vs. Oscar the Grouch
- GLaDOS vs. AUTO
- Gaston vs. Clayton
- Bowser vs. Ganondorf
- He-Man vs. Conan the Barbarian
- Peter Griffin vs. Homer Simpson
- vs. Newman
- vs. Stan Smith
- vs. Hank Hill
- vs. Fred Flintstone
- Yogi Bear vs. Smokey The Bear: Iconic brown bear characters
- Dexter vs. Jimmy Neutron: Genius child prodigies.
- Sailor Moon vs. Popeye: Iconic cartoon sailors.
- Avatar Korra vs. Princess Twilight: The Chosen One of series that aired at the same time.
- L vs. Conan Edogawa/Shinichi Kudo: Manga/anime detectives.
- vs. Neuro
- Then L dies mid-battle and Near replaces him.
- Pinky and the Brain vs Invader Zim and Gir
- Luz Noceda vs. Anne Boonchuy
- Reagan Ridley vs. Jinx
- Ed Wood vs. Uwe Boll: Critically panned directors (both are obscure)
- vs. Tommy Wiseau (obscure)
- vs. Quentin Tarantino (not obscure)
- Randy Newman vs. Uwe Boll (both are obscure)
- Tara Strong vs. Steve Blum: Voice actors (both are obscure)
- vs. Nolan North (obscure)
- Cole McGrath vs. Alex Mercer: Realistic superhero sandbox game heroes
- SHODAN vs. AM
- Dee Bradley Baker vs. Frank Welker (both are obscure)
- Lamar Smith vs. Jack Thompson: Anti-entertainment activists (both are obscure)
- Princess Celestia vs. Princess Bubblegum (both are obscure)
- vs. Lady Amalthea (both are obscure)
- J. Jonah Jameson vs. Cave Johnson (both are obscure)
- vs. Ray William Johnson (obscure)
- Vertigo vs. Nightmare Moon (both are obscure)
- Richard Petty vs. Dale Earnhardt: Nascar racers (Petty is obscure, Earnhardt is not)
- vs Lewis Hamilton (obscure)
- Kenny vs. the Pyro: Characters who only communicate in muffled noises. (Pyro is obscure, Kenny is not)
- Dexter Morgan or Maxwell vs. Light Yagami: Serial Killer Killers for the former, magic notebook users for the latter. (Maxwell is obscure, Dexter and Light less so)
- Bellatrix Lestrange vs. Angelique Bouchard (Angelique is obscure, Bellatrix is not)
- Mark Zuckerberg vs Moot (Moot is obscure, Zuckerberg is not)
- vs David Karp. Alternatively, Moot vs David Karp. (Karp is obscure)
- Gordon Ramsay vs. Revy (Revy is obscure, Ramsay is not)
- Elizabeth Báthory vs. Ellen DeGeneres (Bathory is obscure, Ellen is not)
- Pansy Parkinson vs. Regina George (Pansy is obscure, Regina is not)
- Kryten vs. Data (Kryten is obscure, Data is not)
- Atlas and P-Body vs. R2-D2 and C-3PO (Atlas and P-Body are obscure, R2-D2 and C-3PO are not)
- Tsukasa Kadoya vs. Sora (Tsukasa is obscure, Sora is not)
- George Orwell vs. Davina McCall: "Big Brother" battle (McCall is obscure, Orwell is not)
- Mr. Bedford and Mr. Cavor vs. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (Bedford and Cavor are obscure, Armstrong and Aldrin are not)
- Kurt Cobain vs. Peter Noone (Noone is obscure, Cobain is not)
- Ghost Rider vs. Scorpion: Skull-headed fire-based anti-heroes (Ghost Rider is obscure, Scorpion is not)
- Lara Croft vs. Nathan Drake: Action-adventure heroes (Drake is obscure, Lara is not)
- Rod Serling vs. the Crypt Keeper (the Crypt Keeper is obscure, Serling is not)
- Michael Richards vs. Al Jolson: Actors who are now mostly known for racism (both are obscure)
- Hunter S. Thompson vs. Jon Stewart: Anti-journalists (Thompson is obscure, Stewart is not)
- vs. Don Henley (somewhat obscure)
- J. K. Rowling vs Jeff Kinney (Kinney is obscure, Rowling is not)
- Bear Grylls vs. Les Stroud (Stroud is obscure, Grylls is not)
- Indiana Jones vs. Howard Carter
- Princess Diana vs Diana Burnwood (Burnwood is obscure, the Princess is not)
- Thomas vs Alina Starkov (both obscure)
- Calvin vs. John Egbert (imaginative kid protagonists of two iconic comics of different kinds)
- John Lennon vs. Bill O'Reilly: John's taken offense to something Bill said about the Vietnam War. He elects to show this using the area of his expertise.
- Adolf Hitler vs. Darth Vader, Round 1:
- Hitler, through some fluke, has taken over Coruscant. Darth Vader is sent to reclaim Coruscant for the Empire. Then it gets weird.
- Or since Vader was a former slave/Hitler bears similarities to Palpatine, Hitler's going down.
- Vader, being disabled and played by a black actor, is disgusted with the bigoted policies of the Nazis. He challenges Hitler to a battle to prove that an "inferior" human can oppress and conquer just as well as any other.
- Hitler wants to learn the powers of the Dark Side of the Force, so he tries to persuade the Emperor to kill Vader and take him on as an apprentice. The Emperor agrees on the condition that Hitler beats Vader in a battle. In secret, Palpatine has already brushed Hitler off as unworthy and planned with Vader to keep Hitler distracted with the battle while they prepare to freeze him in carbonite.
- Abraham Lincoln vs. Chuck Norris: Lincoln discovers the internet! At first, he is fascinated, but then a certain something drives him to go to Chuck Norris's cosmic plane and rip into him.
- Alternatively, Lincoln stumbles across "facts" memes for people like Mr. T, Clint Eastwood, and Morgan Freeman. He becomes fascinated and decides to try taking a shot at making up facts about himself. Unfortunately he's not very good at it so Chuck Norris takes it upon himself to show him the ropes.
- Alternatively, Lincoln wanted to express his distaste with how the Republican Party has changed since his time, and sent out a challenge to all prominent modern-day Republicans to battle him to prove whose ideals are superior. Chuck was the only one tough enough to be willing to face Lincoln on the rap battlefield.
- Sarah Palin vs. Lady Gaga: Palin, an established conservative, meets Lady Gaga, a supporter of homosexual rights, at a cocktail party. Insult-slinging ensues.
- Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage vs. Kim Jong-Il: The President has been kidnapped by communists! Are Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage bad enough dudes to shame Kim Jong-Il into releasing him?
- Justin Bieber vs. Ludwig van Beethoven: Justin Bieber's tired of being the Internet's Butt-Monkey! Maybe if he challenged Beethoven to a rap battle, he could gain some respect? No, not really.
- Or Beethoven listened to Bieber's music, and hated it so much that he interrupted Bieber's rehearsal to challenge him to a rap battle.
- Albert Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking:
- Einstein hates cripples.
- They're both good friends-they just had to shut the raging debating scientists up with a rap battle.
- Einstein is worried that Hawking's discoveries will diminish his place in history.
- The Easter Bunny vs. Genghis Khan: The Easter Bunny places eggs underneath Genghis Khan's pillow, giving him a hard night's sleep. Khan catches him and curses him out, and the Easter Bunny responds in kind.
- Napoleon vs. Napoleon:
- Bonaparte watches Napoleon Dynamite. He is so disgusted that he forgets he's not actually French and short, and tears a hole in reality just so he can lay into Mr. Dynamite himself. He gives his opponent the first verse, because he's cocky like that.
- Dynamite was bragging about how much he knew about history, and his classmates weren't buying it. To prove it, he tells them he'll enter into an ERB against a random opponent, and he guarantees he'll know enough about them to win. The ERB crew, unable to come up with something more creative, match him up against his namesake, but Dynamite actually didn't know very much about him and so just came up with a bunch of short jokes. However, Bonaparte doesn't think Dynamite is a Worthy Opponent and so is also doing a half-assed job, not caring enough to bring up most of his own accomplishments. Thus, Dynamite still maintains that he won afterwards.
- Billy Mays & Vince Offer vs. Benjamin Franklin: Benjamin finds Billy's voice to be a tremendous pain in his ears. Unfortunately, Billy's already scheduled to face down Vince, but that's okay, he can always make room for a Founding Father.
- Gandalf vs. Dumbledore:
- The two old wizards decide to give the nerds a fight, just to get them to stop bitching and moaning. They're very good friends: Gandalf's comments about Gringotts are more vulgar jokes to somebody he knows can take it than actual attacks on Dumbledore's character.
- Gandalf is sick of his franchise being compared to Harry Potter. His irritation with the comparisons starts to turn into a dislike of the books themselves, and he especially hates Dumbledore, the character he is most often compared to.
- Gandalf doesn't think ordinary human children should be trusted with powerful magic. He tries to persuade Dumbledore to shut down Hogwarts, but when it becomes clear that neither of the two are willing to budge, the dispute degenerates into a contest of insults.
- William Shakespeare vs. Dr. Seuss: Shakespeare stumbles upon Dr. Seuss bringing drawings to life and mistakes him for the old witches of lore. He opts to ward him off using his version of an anti-magic charm.
- Mr. T vs. Mr. Rogers:
- This is not the real Mr. Rogers, but is, in fact, an imperfect clone of the original Mr. Rogers. Mr. T recognizes this, and attempts to prove the charlatanry of the clone by whipping it out of its state of tranquility, because Mr. Rogers is always chill.
- The ERB crew didn't think anyone would be able to come up with good disses for Mister Rogers. Mr. T took this as a challenge and made a bet with them about it.
- Christopher Columbus vs. Captain Kirk: The Enterprise gets tossed back in time to the era of colonization. Kirk takes this opportunity to voice his displeasure towards the Indian-dooming Columbus.
- Nice Peter vs. Epic Lloyd:
- Nothing out of the ordinary, it's just how the two settle creative differences.
- Peter mentions a similar theory as a joke in the behind-the-scenes of Gandalf vs. Dumbledore.
- The in-universe reason is the same as the out-of-universe reason: they thought it would be funny to end the first season by staging a battle between the two of them.
- Nothing out of the ordinary, it's just how the two settle creative differences.
- Adolf Hitler vs. Darth Vader, Round 2: This was already given a story.
- Leonidas vs. Master Chief: Master Chief challenges Leonidas to show him some of that laconic wit his people are known for.
- The Mario Bros. vs. The Wright Bros.: The Mario Bros. have gotten themselves into more time-traveling shenanigans! To get a certain MacGuffin, they have to beat the Wright Bros. in a contest of wit.
- Michael Jackson vs. Elvis Presley:
- As the fabric of time unfurls and unwinds, Jackson and Presley take this opportunity to see which one of them is the better wordsmith before everything really goes to crap.
- They had an argument about black culture, and mostly stuff about Elvis's daughter, so they did a rap battle to see who won.
- As there is only one crown they're fighting to see who is the "One King" of music.
- Cleopatra vs. Marilyn Monroe: The grandest beauty contest of all time is held! Only Cleopatra and Marilyn are left, and there's only one way to settle this score...
- Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates:
- Bill coaxes one last competition out of Steve before he ascends. Unbeknownst to him, somebody is watching the two duke it out...
- Steve jumps in before the announcer can name Bill's opponent. HAL-9000 is Bill's official opponent, and Steve just wanted one last battle with his rival before he turns a profit in heaven.
- Frank Sinatra vs. Freddie Mercury:
- Frank doesn't think Freddie's refined enough to have earned all the praise he gets. He makes no secret of this.
- Being friendly enemies they battled to see who was the better dancer and musician.
- Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney: The debate system has gone through a massive upheaval.
- Doctor Emmett Brown vs. The Doctor:
- Let's You and Him Fight scenario, with Brown being "loaned" a Dalek to even the odds. The Doctor realizes Doc Brown isn't a bad guy due to his immediate defense of Marty and ends the battle before it begins.
- The Doctor is tired of companions comparing him and his time travel to Back to the Future.
- Doc Brown accidentally crashed into the TARDIS as it rematerialized, causing the unfurling of space time suggested in Michael Jackson vs. Elvis Presley above. Naturally, the Doctor takes out his frustration over this irreparable damage. When it loops again, he realizes his mistakes and enlists Brown's help in fixing the TARDIS.
- Bruce Lee vs. Clint Eastwood: The two have teamed up to eliminate a bunch of shape-shifting troublemakers, but it's so damned easy that they've taken to arguing about who's more badass and whose movies are better between and during ass-kickings.
- Batman vs. Sherlock Holmes: All-Star Batman, being the extremely loose cannon he is attacks the detectives for no reason. Robin is dropping in from an Alternate Universe and has no idea what's going on.
- Moses vs. Santa Claus: Moses believes Santa Claus is pushing people further from God, thanks to the creeping secularization of what was supposed to be Jesus's birthday. Santa first tries to reason with him that he isn't trying to make people forget about Jesus's birthday but spread cheer. As it's clear Moses won't budge, Santa makes fun of him in response, taking the time to teach him some manners in the meanwhile.
- Adam vs. Eve: The first ever married couple bickering.
- Gandhi vs. Martin Luther King Jr.:
- They're playing a friendly game of the Dozens.
- Gandhi does not like black people and is annoyed that his ideas are associated with a movement for racial equality.
- Thomas Edison vs. Nikola Tesla: They're doing a rap battle to finally see who wins, because they really, really, hate each other.
- Babe Ruth vs. Lance Armstrong: The ghost of Babe Ruth shows up to mock Lance Armstrong for his foul play. Armstrong, who doesn't want to deal with this right now, decides to fire back at Ruth and hopefully get him to go somewhere else.
- Mozart vs. Skrillex: After getting on Santa's naughty list for being too loud, Mozart sets out to find someone who makes him look downright meek by comparison. Before long, he finds Skrillex, and needles him with verbal barbs until he explodes at him.
- Rasputin vs. Stalin:
- Rasputin magically rises from the grave to berate Stalin for being a murderous dictator. However, the reality-warping nature of his spell has some unintended side-effects.
- Lenin drops in to berate Stalin for betraying the revolution. Gorbachev tries to break the tension. Putin just wants to brag.
- Alternately, the "Proletariat Masses" get hold of a book of spells owned by Rasputin and decide to use it to try and summon Lenin's ghost, but they accidentally bring back Rasputin and Stalin so they decide to have some fun by putting them in a rap battle. Unknown to either of the contestants, the Proletariat manage to finally get the spell right and bring back Lenin. Lenin then listens to them rap and gets angry after hearing what Rasputin has to say about Stalin (the nature of which Stalin himself openly confesses to), and joins in. However, something goes wrong with the spell and the group gets accidentally transported into the future. Gorbachev gets word of the battle and tries to resolve the situation before things get out of hand by showing how he improved things. Putin accidentally stumbles across the battle in progress and decides he wants in.
- Adolf Hitler vs. Darth Vader, Round 3: Like the second round, this was already given a story, shown starting from the third season's trailer and continued in the actual episode.
- Al Capone vs. Blackbeard:
- Blackbeard constantly makes fun of Capone for getting caught by a minor crime, instead of going out in a blaze of glory like he did. Capone bets he couldn't out-insult him, since he just rags on him for the same thing over and over again. Blackbeard takes the challenge.
- Alternatively, the rap battle is just a distraction for Blackbeard's crew to steal all of Capone's goods. Which backfires once the gangsters bring in Edward Kenway for revenge.
- Miley Cyrus vs. Joan of Arc:
- Joan comes across a video of Miley's performance at the VMAs. Disgusted, she time travels to confront Miley in person. Miley has a good idea of what she wants to do and so gets the first verse.
- Similar to the entry for Babe Ruth vs. Lance Armstrong, Joan's ghost visits Miley in a dream to try and persuade her to a more pious lifestyle, but Miley is sick of all the people ragging on her and decides to battle her.
- Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso: Somebody offers a bet that no-one could get Bob to raise his voice. Picasso eagerly rises to the challenge.
- Michael Jordan vs Muhammad Ali: The two have a beef to settle, but they can't play any of their sports of choice to finish things. To compromise, they go at each other verbally.
- Ebenezer Scrooge vs Donald Trump: This already has an explanation. A Christmas Carol but it's Trump.
- Rick Grimes vs Walter White: The zombie apocalypse hit before Walter White's death in the Breaking Bad chronology and Rick's group runs into him. Having heard of Walter's deeds to his family from his Albuquerque colleagues, the eternal family man Rick Grimes can't help but to lash out. Having his infinite pride insulted, Walt responds in turn.
- Goku vs. Superman:
- Superman's being more dickish than usual, so Goku makes a bet with him over a fight. If Goku wins, Superman stops being a dick, but if Superman wins, Goku can't eat anything but lettuce for the next month or so. They hype themselves up through the rap battle and start clashing for real at the end.
- Goku is jealous because he has to work hard for his powers while Superman gets them just by going out in the Sun.
- Edgar Allen Poe vs. Stephen King:
- Poe is frustrated by the ending to one of King's works and starts badgering him about it.
- Alternatively, King wanted to prove his work was greater, and travelled back in time to settle it, arriving at the time when Poe was writing The Raven. Poe, having very little time to prepare, begins by reciting a variation of what he has on hand.
- Sir Issac Newton vs. Bill Nye: Newton gets set up with a mystery opponent, but is very disappointed when it turns out to be Nye. When he proves too much to handle, Tyson warps in from the Ship of the Imagination to help out. The mystery opponent was set up on request after he saw an Epic Rap Battle Of History.
- George Washington vs. William Wallace: The difficulties of life have gotten to Washington and set him a bit off-kilter, compelling him to go to Scotland. He hallucinates William Wallace and attempts to put him down.
- Artists vs. Turtles:
- During a convoluted adventure that leads them to Florence, Italy, the Turtles are forced to summon the ghosts of several Renaissance artists to help them on their journey. The artists, irritated at being awoken from their slumber, start hurling insults at them first.
- Alternatively, or perhaps just more specifically depending on your interpretation of the above, the Turtles were trying to explain that they needed the artists' help for an upcoming battle against a villain, but the artists got confused and thought they were supposed to be battling the Turtles themselves.
- Ghostbusters vs. Mythbusters:
- The Mythbusters bust some myths about movie ghosts. The Ghostbusters hijack their broadcast to air their grievances against them.
- M5 is being haunted by the spirits of dead Busters and the Build Team. The Ghostbusters are trying to convince the skeptics that they have a problem and score some publicity at the same time.
- Romeo and Juliet vs. Bonnie and Clyde: While on the run, Bonnie and Clyde come across two weirdos wearing Renaissance clothing who chastise them for their crimes. They're confused, but decide to make fun of the lovers using what they remember of Romeo and Juliet. Unfortunately for B&C, R&J distract them long enough for the police to catch up to them.
- Zeus vs. Thor:
- In an Alternate History where the Byzantine Empire continued to worship Greek/Roman gods, Thor intrudes into Zeus/Jupiter's territory with the arrival of the Varangian Guard. Zeus responds harshly to Thor's increasing influence.
- It's an Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny between a pair of Lego fans.
- It's all Loki's doing. With the release of The Avengers (2012) Loki decides to travel to Greece and let drop the fact that 'God of Thunder' is now more associated with Thor than Zeus. Zeus, jealous god that he is, immediately challenges Thor to a battle. If Thor wins, Loki can swoop in and take credit for weakening the Olympians (since he set it up) but if Thor loses, well, then he looks like an idiot and Loki's fine with that too.
- Finn's older cousins stop by for Thanksgiving and decide to make an epic rap battle with his Lego blocks to impress him. The battle we see is what happens in Emmett's viewpoint.
- Jack the Ripper vs. Hannibal Lecter:
- There's a new guy in the cell across Hannibal's who says he's the genuine Ripper. Hannibal questions the validity of his claims, which provokes the new arrival into talking about his supposed crimes in verse. Reality is filtered through the new guy's eyes, which is why Jack seems to be wandering the dark streets of Whitechapel.
- Jack the Ripper, being a bit touched in the head, is hallucinating the entire battle after staying up late one night reading Hannibal's books, trying to prove to himself he's better than Hannibal.
- Over two centuries after his original killing spree, Jack is back (either due to a time-travel mishap, or Jack being a literally immortal monster), and killing victims in modern-day London, (and for some odd reason, engaging in Boastful Raps while doing so). Seeing as how this isn't the first time the authorities had to ask Dr. Lecter about how to find and catch other serial killers, they agree to temporarily release Hannibal from captivity to challenge the notoriously elusive Jack the Ripper in a rap battle. This is hinted at by Hannibal's intro (where he's wheeled up Bound and Gagged in a straitjacket and his signature muzzle by an asylum attendant, only to be released from the restraints while Jack is giving his first verse), and a couple of Hannibal's lines. In Lecter's first verse, he bemoans "Pity your verse wasn't worth the trip in the jacket", implying that he got out of prison just to challenge Jack to a rap battle, and his final lines of the second verse ("Barney, take me back to solitary confinement (complete with the asylum attendant coming back to wheel out Hannibal), 'cause this little dirty lamb has just been silenced.") implies that he was released just to defeat Jack in the Rap Battle.
- Ellen DeGeneres vs Oprah Winfrey:
- One of them is on the other's show and this is part of the format. Ellen brings out her kittens afterward.
- The two talk show hosts are having a feud, and have decided to let their audiences decide who is better.
- The rap battle takes place in TV Land. Oprah is literally the queen and Ellen is literally trying to depose her. The two raps are morale builders for their respective armies.
- Stephen Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock:
- Spielberg interrupts Hitchcock's filming of Psycho to shame him for not meeting with Spielberg when he asked. Hitchcock retaliates. Tarantino captures the battle because he thinks it's funny, but then decides they are both lame. Kubrick takes offense to any work except his being called genius, and traveled to the battle on a Big Wheel to dispute it. Similarly, Michael Bay can hear all of them dissing his work from afar, and enters via helicopter.
- The whole battle is one big struggle for control over the production of a movie. Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock try to collaborate but quickly get into a fight over how it should be directed. Meanwhile Quentin Tarantino (who was producing) tries to break up the fight, calls both people out on it, then has them both fired so that he can direct the film himself. Stanley Kubrick's ghost takes this as an opportunity to get revenge on Spielberg for ruining his vision of A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Finally, Michael Bay hears all the other directors making fun of his work and decides that he is going to direct the movie just to spite everyone.
- The battle is about a movie about Spielberg and Hitchcock, produced by Kubrick and directed by Tarantino. Thus, the "Spielberg" and "Hitchcock" seen in the battle are actually actors. The exchange between "Spielberg" and "Hitchcock" is actually a scene being recorded. After a failed attempt at dialogue improv, Tarantino cuts the scene and tells them to fix their dialogue (hence the "I'm the king of dialogue") while giving them more material to work with. Afterwards, he seems to be satisfied with the end result and wraps up (hence him closing his car trunk). However, Kubrick came in late for some reason, and after looking at the scene, chides the three for not shooting it until it's perfectly the way he wants it to be. Finally, Bay just happens to be wandering around in his chopper, and after hearing all the insults, decides to literally drop in and brag while making a scene (hence him throwing the director's chair).
- Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted: Bill and Ted travel back in time to Lewis and Clark's expedition to do research on a history project and end up getting them pissed enough to drop some sick burns.
- David Copperfield vs Harry Houdini: Houdini finally escaped from the grave and he's doing a joint act with Copperfield. The antagonism is just part of the act. Copperfield was squeeing up a storm back stage at the prospect of performing with his hero.
- Terminator vs Robocop:
- Basically the DEATH BATTLE! version of Terminator vs Robocop but with a difference: instead of the evil Terminator, the good one came back. For giggles, John Connor decided to change both of their A.I.s to be kickass at rapping. They fight the modification by literally shooting at each other near the end.
- John and Sarah Connor have escaped from the Terminator by heading into Detroit. When the Terminator attempts to follow them, Robocop is the first line of defense.
- Western Philosophers vs Eastern Philosophers:
- A typical set of shenanigans in Philosopher Heaven.
- Confucius and Laozi got into an argument with Socrates and Voltaire bragging about how millions of people in the East today still follow their philosophies, whereas almost nobody follows the teachings of Socrates or Voltaire anymore. The two argued until the Western philosophers got pissed off enough to challenge them to a battle. Sun Tzu, who happened to overhear the whole thing, wanted to test whether his tactics could be applied to rap battles as well as to regular battles, so he offered to join Laozi and Confucius. Socrates and Voltaire agreed on the condition that they be allowed to pick a third rapper also, and Nietzsche reluctantly agreed to join them.
- Shaka Zulu vs Julius Caesar:
- The two conquerors have brought together their armies for a massive battle and are attempting to demoralize each other before the real fight begins.
- Caesar and his legion rise from the dead in the 1800's and decide to recreate their "Roman Lake" by starting with Africa. His army runs into Zulu's and they get into an epic exchange of insults before clashing.
- Caesar tried some diplomacy with Shaka to trade for aluminum, but Shaka angrily tells him he does not deserve it, so Caesar declares war.
- While going through one of his crazier episodes, Shaka hallucinates that emperors of ages past are coming back from the dead to judge his rule, and they do not approve. Never one to take well to criticism, Shaka lashes out at the imagined Caesar with some harsh judgments of his own.
- Jim Henson vs Stan Lee:
- Jim and Stan had some unfinished business before Jim's untimely death. Feeling empty because of his frenemy's death, Stan decides to hold a seance on a boring summer day and summons Jim's ghost. He gets excited when it works and comes out swinging against Jim, but little does he know that another spirit has stepped out of the ether...
- Stan and Jim were having a typical fight between co-workers in their office. The manager, Walt, came in after hearing the ruckus and told them to get back to work.
- This is how Disney does their job interviews. They make the two artists pull off a rap battle, and whoever wins gets to work at the company. Unfortunately, Stan and Jim decided to be bros again. Walt, frustrated at how the interview was going nowhere and in his infamous "perfectionist" phase, completely lost it and proceeded to blow his top, reminding them that they were wasting his time, as there were several thousand other incredibly expensive artists waiting outside for their turn. Eventually, though, seeing how the duo were now too scared to say anything else, he hired both of them, although the two were beginning to have second thoughts upon seeing the huge amounts of work the other artists were doing.
- Deadpool vs Boba Fett: Deadpool is jealous that the Star Wars series has been getting so much attention lately, so he picks a fight with Boba Fett to drum up publicity for his own movie, which comes out early next year.
- George R.R. Martin vs. J.R.R. Tolkien:
- A who would win fantasy game went a bit over the top.
- Tolkien's published views on what makes a fantasy story good are completely at odds with Martin's writing style. Challenged by Martin's success, Tolkien feels the need to back up his views and prove that he is the superior fantasy author.
- Gordon Ramsay vs. Julia Child:
- A Cooking Duel taken to the extreme.
- Ramsay is scheduled for a new joint cooking show with Julia Child, but his schedule is so cramped that he is even more angry than usual and immediately fires off on her cooking skills.
- Thomas Jefferson vs. Frederick Douglass:
- Douglass found out about Jefferson's history as a slave owner and went to Washington DC to confront him about it. This is also set in the universe of Hamilton.
- Douglass is annoyed with the quasi-deification that the slave-owning Founding Fathers get in the American media and politics. He convinces Jefferson, who shares his feelings, to help him stage a battle to remind people that even the greatest leaders are still human.
- James Bond vs. Austin Powers:
- Bond watches the Austin Powers films and finds them dreadfully unfunny. He challenges Powers to a battle to show off what a superior spy he is, but the original Bond gets word of this and is pissed off that they would use Craig's version to represent his franchise instead of the original, so he decides to show up to the battle and make his opinions known.
- With all the Hell Bond's been through in his recent movies, he's become a little sensitive to being mocked. The very existence of the Austin Powers movies offends him as a result.
- Bruce Banner/The Hulk vs. Caitlyn Jenner: Caitlyn came to Bruce to ask him for help with her gender affirming surgery, not knowing that Bruce only deals with Hulk-based transformations.
- Alexander the Great vs. Ivan the Terrible: Ivan invented the time machine to try to erase what he did to his son but... well, bad habits are hard to break and besides killing assholes is fun, so he went on a killing spree throughout time and space.
- Just another run of Civilization, not unlike Shaka Zulu vs. Julius Caesar above.
- Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump: See Obama vs. Romney's entry above.
- Ash Ketchum vs. Charles Darwin:
- Instead of Alola, Ash landed on the Galapagos Islands. Ash tries to get a Pokemon from Darwin. Pissed off at him, he tells him off.
- Darwin gives a lecture attempting to clear up common misconceptions about evolution, in which he repeatedly blames Pokémon for the origin of the ideas he's debunking. Ash is in the audience and challenges him to a battle in response.
- Wonder Woman vs. Stevie Wonder: Diana decides to go to one of Stevie's concerts. Intrigued by him, she decides to have a conversation with him afterwards. They have an argument about who is a bigger inspiration that escalates.
- Tony Hawk vs. Wayne Gretzky: Wayne thinks hockey deserves the title of "extreme sport" more than skateboarding does. He has an argument with Tony about it which ends up getting personal.
- Theodore Roosevelt vs. Winston Churchill: Churchill and Teddy Roosevelt visit Mount Rushmore at the same time. Churchill makes a quip to a bystander about how the men who created America, the man who saved America and "a fourth guy whom nobody even knows what he did" got their face on a mountain but the British PM who saved the entire world didn't. Teddy overhears him, gets offended and decides to try and knock him down a peg.
- Nice Peter vs. Epic Lloyd 2: This already has a story.
- Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg: Elon and Mark were having a discussion about the future of technology, when Mark derided one of Elon's new product ideas as ridiculous. Elon got offended and started firing off at Mark.
- Wolverine vs. Freddy Krueger: Freddy got tired of picking off dumb teenagers and decided to go for a more challenging target. Wolverine figures out what's going on and Freddy starts trying to break his confidence with disses while attacking him.
- Che Guevara vs. Guy Fawkes: This battle takes place in the universe of No Exit. When Che Guevara, a radical extremist who persecuted Catholics, dies, he goes to Hell and is assigned as a roommate to Guy Fawkes, a radical extremist who fought for the Catholics. Unsurprisingly, a fight breaks out quickly.
- Ronald McDonald vs. The Burger King: Since the three companies have been feuding for decades, it was inevitable that one of them would challenge the other to a battle eventually.
- George Carlin vs. Richard Pryor: George, Richard, Joan, and Robin decided to write a routine together. They decided it would be funny to have an on-stage rap battle against each other. The antagonism is all part of the show. They told Cosby he was also invited as a prank, but made sure he wouldn't get the opportunity to actually rap and just used the opportunity to publicly humiliate him since they really do hate him.
- Jacques Cousteau vs. Steve Irwin: Cousteau is disappointed that after his death, he was succeeded as the global face of the conservation movement by somebody with no scientific credentials. He takes the time to let Steve know.
- Sigmund Freud vs. Mother Teresa: The two were arguing about religion, then things got out of hand.
- Vlad the Impaler vs. Count Dracula: Vlad's annoyed that people nowadays mostly only know him as Dracula's inspiration, and he takes out his anger on the Count.
- The Joker vs. Pennywise:
- Joker's heard that Pennywise might be relocating to Gotham, and he is not happy at the thought of having another clown-themed villain on his turf.
- Pennywise has recently come back to Derry to feast on children. However, the Joker's been using the state fair as a ploy to murder people as well. Eventually, the two serial killers come to a head.
- Thanos vs. J. Robert Oppenheimer: One day, Thanos was having doubts about whether the Snap was really justified and feeling the temptation to undo it, when he recalled having heard of a Terran chemist who had similar misgivings after another project that involved disintegrating massive numbers of innocent people for the claimed greater good. He decided to summon Oppenheimer's ghost, expecting to be reassured by someone who would understand his burden, but instead Oppenheimer thought his plan was nonsensical and accused him of trying to rationalize the death of half the Universe as a necessity when it was really what he wanted all along. Thanos was so outraged that he immediately doubled down on insisting he had no choice and began firing off at Oppenheimer.
- Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden: See Obama vs. Romney's entry above.
- Luke Skywalker vs. Harry Potter: Harry hears about how Luke abandoned the galaxy in the sequels following the rise of the First Order. Harry's own experience with authority figures neglecting their duties has made him sensitive to this sort of thing, enough so that he takes the time to find Luke and chew him out in person.
- Ragnar Lodbrok vs. Richard the Lionheart: Richard tries to conquer one of Ragnar's territories. As in Shaka Zulu vs. Julius Caesar above, the two come together for a battle, but try to demoralize each other with a contest of disses first.
- Jeff Bezos vs. Mansa Musa: The two were arguing about who should be considered the richest person to have ever lived. Eventually Musa got pissed enough to start dropping burns, and Bezos responded in kind.
- John Wick vs. John Rambo vs. John McClane: Wick's come out of retirement for one last job in America, and McClane is tasked with stopping him. Rambo happens to witness the confrontation between the two and, reminded of his own negative experiences with both cops and gangsters, tries to join in the fight. Unsure how to take on both Wick and Rambo at the same time, McClane tries to distract the others using his trademark one-liners while he comes up with a plan. Wick and Rambo eagerly fire back with taunts of their own.
- Indiana Jones vs. Lara Croft: Right after uncovering an ancient mystical artifact, Indy runs into Lara and discovers that she's also been searching for the same item. They decide there's only one way to settle who should get to bring it back with them.
- All the reasons can be found here.
- Bernie Sanders
- Elizabeth Warren
- Pete Buttigieg
- Amy Klobuchar
- Michael Bloomberg
- Tulsi Gabbard
- Jossed. Only Trump and Biden appear.
- Jossed. Only Trump and Biden appear.
- Jossed. Only Trump and Biden appear.
- Confirmed with Turmp's "crash and burn" line.
- Jossed. He starts and stays strong.
- Jossed. Only Trump and Biden appear.
- Jossed. Only Trump and Biden appear.
- Confirmed.
- Jossed; Peter and Lloyd said Trump be Biden WILL happen.
- Confirmed. He's appeared in ERB twice as Jack the Ripper and Churchill.
- Jossed, though some of the battles themselves have a plot of some sort.
- Possibly confirmed. The crew alluded to the possibility of Hitler re-appearing for a match in Season 3.
- The trailer for season 3 seemed to imply that they would more or less pick up where they left off after the re-match, i.e. with Hitler in the Rancor Pit, just as the door is opening... but we'll have to wait until the video to find out what's on the other side.
- Confirmed. Hitler gets chopped in half at the end, but hey, if Darth Maul survived it...
- The Season 4 trailer confirms he was Killed Off for Real. However, he comes back as a ghost and is then trapped by the Ghostbusters, so this theory may still hold.
- From the way they've been done so far, one might get the impression they're going to work their way through the entire plot of Return of the Jedi. The last season began with a loose recreation of the scene of Han's awakening from that film followed by dropping Hitler into the rancor pit; Season 3 has Hitler nearly being thrown into the Sarlacc Pit with the lead-in to the fight scene from the film recreated very closely (except with the main cast replaced by previous rappers and a CGI'd monstrosity in place of the Sarlacc). This would suggest that Season 4 will either take place on Dagobah, Endor, or the Second Death Star, each time starting by re-enacting the lead-in to a notable scene from the movie.
- If the early bird cameos are anything to go by, Beethoven was seen with along with Master Chief and the Mario Brothers. Plus, he needs better competition.
- In the one where Teddy Roosevelt hosted, he was a hippotamus, And now, when Issac Newton was hosting, he's a giraffe.
- There will be a Russian character, as per request by Vladimir Putin. Possibly Vladimir Putin himself.
- Confirmed: The finale is Rasputin vs. Stalin. Lenin, Gorbachev, and Putin himself show up too.
- The Mario Brothers will show up, with NicePeter as Luigi and EpicLloyd as Mario.
- Confirmed, and they battled the Wright Brothers.
- Socrates will show up.
- Jossed for Season 2.
- Although he did appear later in Season 4, teaming up with Nietzsche and Voltaire.
- Jossed for Season 2.
- Beethoven will return, played by NicePeter, for a better match, instead of his Curb-Stomp Battle against Justin Bieber.
- Jossed for Season 2.
- So will Ben Franklin, who also commented on the second season.
- Jossed for Season 2, but in Season 1, he did go up against Billy Mays.
- Steve Jobs will have a battle, as his comment on the series was "pass the mic".
- Confirmed on NicePeter's channel; he went up against Bill Gates and died.
- King Henry VIII will appear.
- Possibly both confirmed and Jossed. A battle between Henry the eighth and Hilary Clinton was planned and written, but Peter and Lloyd disliked how it came out and scrapped it.
- Master Chief will have his own battle.
- Confirmed; he went up against Leonidas, to many a fanboy's delight.
- It's easily the most requested match since the series began. Why not turn it into the Season Finale?
- Probably Jossed by Nice Peter on his channel, where he said he didn't ever want to do an Obama vs. Osama fight, because he felt uncomfortable joking about Osama Bin Laden. He did, however, express interest in Obama vs. George Washington.
- Definitely Jossed. Instead, we got Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney, and George Washington vs. William Wallace.
- Probably Jossed by Nice Peter on his channel, where he said he didn't ever want to do an Obama vs. Osama fight, because he felt uncomfortable joking about Osama Bin Laden. He did, however, express interest in Obama vs. George Washington.
- This would become an unfair fight, since there's no way in Hell the Jewish Albert Einstein would be in a 10-mile radius with Hitler.
- Confirmed.
- Jossed.
- However, he did play Kanye West in Season 3, and Shaka Zulu in Season 4.
- Nikola Tesla battles with Thomas Edison in Season 2. Not sure what dance he does at the end though.
- The in-universe explanation of why there's 6 rap battles being released from 10/1 to 12/10 every two weeks is that Theodore Roosevelt, mad that there were no ERBs during the summer, forced NicePeter and EpicLOYD to get off of there asses and work. ...wouldn't be an epic Brick Joke to have the 11/10 rap battle be the guys vs. Teddy in as an act of vengeance?
- Jossed.
- If it happens, it MUST be against Rod Serling.
- EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY! ROD SERLING! VERTHUS! MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
- And this is my well-researched argument on why this must happen.
NOTE: Inside these note brackets, is who they orginally appeared as, as to not cause any confusion with all the names.
Mythbusters:
- Adam: George Watsky note
- Jamie: Link note
- Grant: Mike Diva note (With Timothy Delaghetto note making a brief appearance as a younger Grant building robots)
- Tory: Rhett note
Cameo from Kari by Kimmy Gatewood, note
Ghostbusters:
- Peter: Mickey Meyer note
- Ray: Alex Farnham note
- Egon: MC Mr. Napkins note
- Winston: DeStorm note
Cameo from Dana by Lisa Nova, note
Other cameos featured would be Jesse Welle note as Walter Peck, Alphacat note as the President (Obama, duh), Angela Trimbur note as Michelle Obama and if they want to go that far, Bentley Green note crossdressing as one of Obama's daughters.
These guys will duke it out in a long and epic battle that'll be the crowning awesome moment of all rap battles, but then, a third team will emerge, in a My God, What Have I Done?-moment.
This team is:
- EpicLLOYD
- Nice Peter.
- Kassem G
- The Announcer
And so, the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny will be ON.
- Jossed but something happens in this department. Mythbusters vs Ghostbusters went up as the Season 4 premier in 2014. The only confirmed part of this guess is Egon's casting.
- Also, Beethoven is likely to make a return, so maybe they will battle?
- Beethoven will come to help Mozart to battle someone instead of them facing each other because Mozart TAUGHT Beethoven. So it would be Beethoven repaying the favour by stepping in to help his teacher. Oh, and it's Mozart vs TAYLOR SWIFT.
- Confirmed — he's rapping against Skrillex.
- Jossed. The Mario Bros. made it in. Goku made it in too, as did the the TMNT. Peter said that they didn't want to go with the direction of having a fight between Peter Griffin and Homer Simpson but he acknowledged that it was a highly-requested battle.
- This is supported by the fact that Rasputin and Lenin, both portrayed by Peter, had some very unkind things to say about Stalin. It could be viewed as a form of catharsis.
- Confirmed, in a sense. Skrillex played himself for a portion of the battle for the ERB presentation for the Youtube Comedy Week special.
- Jossed. It's a reference to Alexander Litvinienko.
All the rap battles happen in his TARDIS. He basically travels around time, and likes to take various characters from different periods and make them rap against each other, usually giving them each some basic information about their opponent that they can exploit in their verses and a partial introduction to modern pop culture. The announcer has a particular grudge against Hitler so he likes to come up with ways to mess with him.
- Vader again?
- Confirmed.
- Emperor Palpatine. They have expressed interest in putting him on the show in one of the epic makeup of history episodes.
- Considering how Palps got into power and is the trope codifer of the Evil Overlord trope, this is highly probable. Afterwards, Palpatine could drag Hitler away and make him into a cyborg apprentice, with a Fate Worse than Death implied (much like Cyber-Maul.
- With Hitler getting cut in half by Vaders Lightsaber... this is scarily possible if there's a #4.
- The Galactic Empire vs The Third Reich.
- Joseph Stalin or Winston Churchill.
- That gunshot heard at the end of the trailer is Hitler killing himself, similar to his real life counterpart. This could just mean that Adolf Hitler has a rap battle in Hell. Who with? Kaiser Wilhelm, aka the other Evil German. The former would blame Wilhelm for World War I and his Start of Darkness, and the latter would blame Hitler for a lot.
- There was some serious quality slippage going on, especially in Hitler's rhymes; Vader kind of overcame it by calling in Boba Fett and adding Rule of Cool, but his lyrics themselves were also definitely weaker. This is partially because the creators are out of ideas, and partially Stylistic Suck to show they were sick of the pairing.
- Furthermore, Adolf Hitler gets pretty explicitly killed - onscreen. It's still possible for him to come back, as the above WMG shows, but his death is a lot more explicit and No One Could Survive That! than his past two Disney Deaths.
- The Season 4 trailer confirms he really was killed-however, he comes back as a ghost and is trapped by the Ghost Busters.
- Finally, Hitler says "I am Adolf Hitler," right before the end of the match. This is Book Ends to his first line in the first rap battle, which was also "I am Adolf Hitler,".
- Alternatively, Hitler will return one last time in the next season, but this time he'll finally prevail against Vader or, at the very least, drag Vader down with him.
- During the "YOU DECIDE!" at the end of the video, there's a circle of screenshots of comments. Not all of them are suggestions for the third match, one of them in particular is someone saying "Vader vs hitler is getting kinda old, no offense." [sic] — The real question is whether or not they tossed a complaint about the idea for laughs, or if it's hinting at something else...
- Confirmed! The Season 4 premiere was Mythbusters vs Ghostbusters, and in the Behind the Scenes, Nice Peter lays it out straight that they don't have any more material for Hitler's lines. The season 4 trailer shows Ghost!Hitler getting trapped by the Ghostbusters as the Mythbusters look on in fascination.
- Hitler was "killed" exactly the same way as Darth Maul was. However, in Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Animated Series, Darth Maul was shown to have survived and now has robotic legs. Therefore, Hitler will return with robotic legs as well. However, rather than rapping against Vader again, he will instead have to fight the Chessmaster who has been orchestrating Vader and Hitler's battles since Vader vs Hitler 2: Stephen Hawking.
- Hawking might even rap against both Vader and Hitler at once, and it would be AWESOME! It would also explain why Hawking seemed to change loyalties in both rematches. In the first rematch, he is clearly working with Vader, sitting in the background watching the whole time (you can see his silhouette in the opening shot) and only coming into view to inform Hitler he's standing over the rancor pit... yet he's the one who gives Hitler his microphone. (though that doesn't do much to help since Hitler never thinks to try using it).
- Alternatively, either the next rematch will involve Hitler getting back at Darth Vader for reals, or crazy robot legs Hitler will become a Big Bad that threatens the rest of the ERB universe and requires a number of different rappers to defeat.
- Jossed, as explained above.
The "or even during" is because both of the latter Vader Vs Hitler matches show that the backgrounds in the raps are not indicative of where the characters actually are. Those are also, so far (Peter vs Lloyd and Romney vs Obama possibly being two exceptions, but it isn't clear if the mountain top from the former or the forest from the later are the "real" locations), the only battles that have had their "real" settings revealed. So who knows how many raps are taking place on a planet from Star Wars?
The rappers will be:First and Second Verses:
- DC
- Peter as Shazam
- Marvel
- Lloyd as Deadpool
- Key and Peele as the voices in Deadpool’s head
- Lloyd as Deadpool
Third and Fourth Verses:
- DC
- Lloyd as Superman
- Peter as Shazam
- Rhett as Green Arrow
- Marvel
- Lloyd as Wolverine
- Peter as Spiderman
- Link as Bruce Banner
Fifth and Sixth Verses:
- DC
- Lloyd as Sinestro
- Peter as the Joker
- Tay Zonday as Lex Luthor
- Marvel
- Lloyd as Magneto
- Peter as Doctor Doom
- Zack Sherwin as Loki
Seventh and Eighth Verses:
- DC
- Lloyd as Superman
- Peter as Batman
- Angela Trimbur as Wonder Woman
- DeStorm Powers as Green Lantern
- George Watsky as the Flash
- Alex Farnham as Aquaman
- Ray William Johnson as the Martian Manhunter
- Marvel
- Lloyd as Iron Man
- Peter as Captain America
- Colin J Sweeney as Thor
- Link as the Hulk
- Dante as Hawkeye
- Jessi Smiles as Black Widow
- Alphacat as Nick Fury
- Backgrounds that characters use are imagined by the characters themselves. As the Announcer improved the stasis of his set over time, the backgrounds got more complex, supporting more physical objects. The appearance of the Ghostbusters meant that he could use the actual world, thus the entire cityscape of New York. It is not a coincidence that this is the background with the largest radius thus far, and that it is one of only three times a background completely envelops both teams (Obama vs Romney, Gates vs Jobs).
- This setup accounts for how characters can mirror themselves multiple times in a single shot, or harmonize with themselves.
- It also allows opponents to bring out their respective minor characters at will, and for team battlers to stay in sync with each other.
- Other weirdness accounted for:
- The carbonite bath in Vader vs Hitler and the Rancor pit in the rematch (which is why Hitler never saw it coming, it literally appeared right under him).
- Chuck Norris' ability to become a giant.
- Stephen Hawking's ability to play Angry Birds.
- Dr. Seuss' ability to bring his characters to life.
- HAL.
- Lincoln being ferried by an impossibly large bald eagle.
- Doc Brown having a remote for a Dalek.
- Clint Eastwood's ability to desynchronize his voice from his lips.
- Tesla's ability to shoot lightning from his hands.
- The appearance of Edward Kenway in Blackbeard vs. Al Capone (a strictly non-fictional battle).
- Bob Ross painting his background mid-battle.
- All the ghosts in Trump vs. Scrooge.
- Instances of living people being referred to as dead within the battle, like Donald Trump and the B-Team.
- Bruce Lee and Clint Eastwood's Improbable Aiming Skills-the Memetic Badass versions of those characters have stuck around as the popular image for long enough that people start to actually believe it, or they know it's not real but decide to give the robots those abilities anyway for the fun of it.
- Figures like Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin being such Obviously Evil Card Carrying Villains-again, those versions of the characters have stuck around as the image of them in pop-culture long enough that they start to become confused for the real thing, or people just think it's more fun to make the robots that way.
- Why, even though characters are brought back from their real life deaths to battle all the time, characters who die in a battle are assumed to have died permanently, and Hitler had to be revealed to be Not Quite Dead to make each rematch possible.
- How the characters can be aware of their own fictional status or of their own deaths.
- In general, how characters from completely different time periods, settings, or even universes can know about and battle each other.
- One character from a past episode against a new opponent. (ex. Steven Spielberg VS James Cameron, or Stephen King VS H.P. Lovecraft)
- Two characters from different episodes, but a similar theme to the two of them. (Isaac Newton VS Albert Einstein)
- A character who entered a rap battle after it started will finally be a full part of an ERB (think HAL 9000 or Neil Degrasse Tyson)
- No rematch between characters from the same episode! (Thus, no Tarantino VS Bay, as an example)
- Alternately, the combination is 6-5-0. Blackbeard did say to prepare to learn the combination after he said those numbers. Besides, this combination is a perfectly possible combination for a locker with a typical dial.
- Except Blackbeard said to prepare to learn the combination, and this was right before he mentioned the number 40. Besides, I have seen locks that go all the way to 60.
This makes a few things regarding Nietzsche a little clearer - particularly, how Nietzsche is even on the same team as Socrates. When Socrates was brainwashing him, he told him something along the lines of "Nietzsche, listen to me. A "rap battle" is approaching. We need you on our side. Remember, you and me are friends, and you are a nihilist." or something like that to dupe him into thinking that about himself. The brainwashing, of course, wasn't permanent - it began to wear off during Confucius' and Lao Tzu's rap/beatboxing bars, and by the time Sun Tzu picked up after that, it had worn off completely. Hence why Nietzsche finally betrayed Socrates' side after so long in the battle.
What also supports this is Socrates' facial expressions when around Nietzsche. At first, he seems pretty confident that he has him on his side, but when Nietzsche refers to him as a plebe he is visually shocked and disturbed - he didn't bank on the possibility that the brainwashing would wear off mid-battle.
- Confirmed. However, Washington didn't appear. Instead, Abe Lincoln drops by again just like in Obama vs Romney.
- Bonus points if they somehow manage to get Lin-Manuel Miranda on the set.
- Double bonus points if they manage to get Jacksfilms on the set.
- Jossed; In the 2020 battle, Lincoln doesn't appear at all.
- A guy with nunchucks = ???
- A guy with a dead eyed stare looking into the camera behind a mic = either Mark Zuckerberg or Rod Serling, most likely the former.
- Mark Zuckerberg confirmed.
- A guy with a cowboy hat holding some chains = ???
- Guy putting on a hoodie = probably Eminem, or the hoodie was a test for another character who's often known for hoods. Perhaps Robin Hood, or a Assassin?
- This shot also has a Freeze-Frame Bonus of Wolverine's claws on the lower left corner.
- Wolverine confirmed, he went up against Freddy Krueger.
- This shot also has a Freeze-Frame Bonus of Wolverine's claws on the lower left corner.
- Lloyd trying out a white curly mustache = ???
- A black and white gun shaped thing = Elon Musk's Not-A-Flamethrower.
- A guy blasting off into space = probably Elon Musk?
- It's probably worth noting that the guy does the trademark Iron Man pose while flying.
- Elon Musk confirmed. His opponent will be Mark Zuckerberg.
- A sound clip of Walt Disney saying "THIS WHOLE SERIES" from the Stan Lee vs Jim Henson battle = possible hint at his return?
- It's an ironic foreshadowing that Maker Studios will no longer produce ERB. Peter was dissatisfied with Disney's ownership of Maker, and so Musk vs Zuckerberg was produced independently and the same will happen for season 6.
Somebody developed a modified version of Heaven's Feel that can be cast by just about anyone and doesn't count toward the limit on the number of participants the Holy Grail War is supposed to have. The catch is that instead of one of the normal Servant classes, everyone it summons belongs to the Rapper class, which is a Joke Character who trades most combat ability for being able to rap like a professional. Most of their Noble Phantasms only serve to make their verses more interesting. The victor in a battle between two Rappers is decided by popular vote; whichever one gets fewer votes after so much time is destroyed. There are also a few really pissed off mages out there who are mad that they have to wade through dozens of Rappers just to get the Holy Grail.
- This actually makes sense if you take into account how the participants know all about each other and modern events- the Holy Grail is giving them the information. The fact that some actual Fate characters look different is because they've been summoned as a different class.
- Jossed: Harry Potter vs. Luke Skywalker is the season finale, making 11 battles total. That said, there may have been more planned, if not for the COVID-19 Pandemic impacting production.
- Area 51 Raiders (September 20, 2019, the exaggerated version of the Area 51 raiders according to the internet) Vs. The Psychos (Borderlands). Battle of the raiders with eccentric traits.
- Hancock (Hancock) Vs. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn). Superman Expy as a dude who needs rehab Vs. Superman Expy who is too far gone for redemption.
- Waffen SS (WWII) Vs. KGB (1950's). Nazis Vs. Communists. 1940's Vs. 1950's.
- Nostalgia Critic (Nostalgia Critic) Vs. Angry Video Game Nerd (Angry Video Game Nerd) Vs. Linkara (Atop the Fourth Wall) Vs. Bennett The Sage (Anime Abandon). Battle Royale of Critics. Movie Critic Vs. Video Game Critic Vs. Comic Book Critic Vs. Anime Critic.
- Ash Williams (Evil Dead) Vs. Chris Redfield (Resident Evil) Vs. Frank West (Dead Rising) Vs. Cherry Darling (Planet Terror). Battle Royale of characters who survived against reanimated dead people.
- Vin Diesel Vs. Chuck Norris. Memetic Badasses. Plus, Vin was a Memetic Badass BEFORE the Chuck Norris memes. As a bonus, feats from their respective movies and TV shows will also be featured as these are exaggerated versions of the two actors.
- Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter (from the book of the same name) Vs. Mecha-Hitler (Wolfenstein). The concept of the Historical Domain Character taken up to eleven. Of course, since Abraham comes back as a vampire in the sequel book, here’s hoping we get to see Abraham open up a can of bloodthirsty whoop-ass on robo-Adolf.
- Robocop (From the movies of the same name) Vs. Maniac Cop (From the movies of the same name). Robocop faces off against his Evil Counterpart.
- Jenner vs Banner showed that they aren't afraid to (rightly) support trans rights, and few people actually support Rowling. I think it's more Twitter Terf doesn't flow.
- Holmes' latest adventure sees him and Watson traveling forward in time to the year 2012. Using his powers of deduction to surmise that he is now in the future, the great detective remembers that masked vigilante who travelled back in time to help him stop that demonic serial killer and goes looking for him, hoping to catch up on old times. The detectives stumble upon a local high school having a Halloween costume party and — once they're allowed in since everyone just believes them to be in costume — Holmes challenges Batman to a contest of wit to see which of them is truly the smarter man. Nobody believes he's really who he says he is, so two high school students who came dressed as the Dynamic Duo take the challenge — the kid in the Batman costume being a Dumb Jock whose knowledge of the Batman mythos is limited to the Nolan trilogy, and the kid dressed as Robin being a Class Clown who thinks his portrayal of the Boy Wonder as an effeminate manchild is just the most original and hilarious joke in the world.
- They made a joke about Jason not being able to rap because he's mute during Wolverine vs Freddy Krueger. Since Godzilla can't talk, one horrific incident aside, Dr. Serizawa and/or the Shobijin will spend the rap hyping him up. Ditto for his opponent with an appropriate character.
- Jossed, both he and Kong speak.
The Easter Bunny was using foot as an Unusual Euphemism for dick, and basically was saying "I'm going to commit Black Comedy Rape on you to give you A Taste of Their Own Medicine".