History FunnyBackgroundEvent / EpicRapBattlesOfHistory

* "Blackbeard vs Al Capone":
** During Blackbeard's second verse, you can see Blackbeard's pirates stealing from Capone. "Pilfer all your rum and sell it at a profit" indeed.
** Then during Al Capone's last verse, behind him Edward Kenway is briefly seen making a deal with Capone's gangsters, and then starts assassinating Blackbeard's crew towards the end.

* During "Donald Trump vs Ebenezer Scrooge", there is a clock on the mantle of the fireplace in Scrooge's background that begins the battle showing the time as midnight, which would follow the original story of Marley's ghost appearing at that time. It speeds up an hour before each of the three ghosts show up: it is one o'clock at the first ghost's appearance, two o'clock at the second ghost, and three o'clock with the last ghost.

--->'''Firepower:''' Cool in the 80's, maybe.

* In "Moses vs Santa Claus", the Red Sea is visibly parting to reveal a path during Moses' verses.

** When Mark Zuckerberg is looking up Elon Musk's family history, his computer screen shows the home page of the ERB wiki.
* Guy Fawkes flicks Che Guevara's cigar out of his hand. The cigar lands near a fuse of gunpowder, igniting it, but the gunpowder doesn't go off until the very end of the battle.

** C-3PO being among the ones in the crowd for the Quidditch game.

* In "Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted", while Lewis and Clark are accusing Film/BillAndTed of being nothing without their HyperCompetentSidekick Rufus, Sacagawea is seen rowing the canoe they are in, and later fighting off a bear with her bare hands, saving [[{{Hypocrite}} their oblivious asses]].

* In "Doc Brown vs Doctor Who", while the Fourth Doctor is rapping, look at the computer screen behind him on the TARDIS control panel. It's ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''! Specifically, it's video footage from the ''WebVideo/YogscastMinecraftSeries''.

* In "Doc Brown vs Doctor Who", while the Fourth Doctor is rapping, look at the computer screen behind him on the TARDIS control panel. It's ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''! Specifically, it's video footage from the ''Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries''.

* "[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum]] vs. UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin":

* Subverted: In "Thanos vs. J. Robert Oppenheimer" Oppenheimer, apparently [[ThousandYardStare dissociating]], wiggles along to the beat while a fully-present incarnation accuses Thanos of copping his punchlines from [[http://www.rhymezone.com RhymeZone]] in the background.

* Inverted: In "Thanos vs. J. Robert Oppenheimer" Oppenheimer, apparently [[ThousandYardStare dissociating]], wiggles along to the beat while a fully-present incarnation accuses Thanos of copping his punchlines from [[http://www.rhymezone.com RhymeZone]] in the background.

* Subverted: In "Thanos vs. J. Robert Oppenheimer" Oppenheimer, apparently [[ThousandYardStare dissociating]], wiggles along to the beat while a fully-present incarnation accuses Thanos of copping his punchlines from [[http://www.rhymezone.com RhymeZone]] in the background.

* Subverted: In "Thanos vs. J. Robert Oppenheimer" Oppenheimer nods along to the beat in the foreground while apparently [[ThousandYardStare dissociating]], as the fully present version of him accuses Thanos of copping his rhymes from [[http://www.rhymezone.com RhymeZone]] in the background.

* In "Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg", the org chart Zuckerberg takes out at the beginning of his portion of the battle has some slightly bizzare stuff further down. Like Reddit (twice) and ERB itself.

** Stalin can be seen looking down at his hand after [[spoiler:Lenin]] points out how it shriveled up.

* When Mark Zuckerberg is looking up Elon Musk's family history, his computer screen shows the home page of the ERB wiki.

* In "Eastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers", Sun Tzu is [[Literature/TheArtOfWar spying on his opponents]].

* In "Shaka Zulu vs Julius Caesar", Julius Caesar miming a slam dunk.

* In "[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum]] vs. UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin", Jessie and James try to sneak up on Ash while he's rapping, only for them to get shocked by Pikachu before they even have a chance to strike.

Most of the battles have the characters doing ridiculous dances and/or poses in the background:

* Dr. Seuss vomits rainbows while on the boat.
* StephenHawking is seen playing ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''.
* Behind the Wright Brothers, you can see biplanes flying, and at one point one crashing into the ground.
* At the end of Romney's first verse, it looks like he's... really going for distance on that kick.

* While the Fourth Doctor is rapping, look at the computer screen behind him on the TARDIS control panel. It's ''{{VideoGame/Minecraft}}''! Specifically, it's video footage from the ''Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries''.
* In Columbus vs. Captain Kirk, after Kirk says "Have fun canoeing", he can be seen behind Columbus doing a rowing motion.
* One of the ninjas that Bruce Lee beats collapses onto the borderline between Lee's and Eastwood's screens, and the part of him that falls into Eastwood's screen changes into a cowboy. Apparently they have one-size-fits-all {{Mooks}} that dynamically change to fit the scene. The effect is repeated later in the episode, when a desperado, sneaking behind Eastwood, turns into a creeping ninja when he crosses the divide.
* Stalin can be seen looking down at his hand after [[spoiler:Lenin]] points out how it shriveled up.
* Rasputin can be seen dancing in place to the beat during [[spoiler:Gorbachev and Putins']] verses

* During Blackbeard's second verse, you can see Blackbeard's pirates stealing from Capone. "Pilfer all your rum and sell it at a profit" indeed. Then during Al Capone's last verse, behind him Edward Kenway is briefly seen making a deal with Capone's gangsters, and then starts assassinating Blackbeard's crew towards the end.
* In Rick Grimes vs. Walter White, Walter distracts a zombie with a bag of meth at the beginning of his second verse. At the very end, the zombie walks behind him tweaking out.
* During Donald Trump v. Ebenezer Scrooge, there is a clock on the mantle of the fireplace in Scrooge's background that begins the battle showing the time as midnight, which would follow the original story of Marley's ghost appearing at that time. It speeds up an hour before each of the three ghosts show up: it is one o'clock at the first ghost's appearance, two o'clock at the second ghost, and three o'clock with the last ghost.
* At a point during [[spoiler:Michael Bay's]] verse, you can see him throwing his director's chair. Also, when he says "Got a gift from above and the eyes of an eagle", an eagle is seen flying behind him, which promptly explodes.
* While Lewis and Clark are accusing Film/BillAndTed of being nothing without their HyperCompetentSidekick Rufus, Sacagawea is seen rowing the canoe they are in, and later fighting off a bear with her bare hands, saving [[{{Hypocrite}} their oblivious asses]].
* Sun Tzu [[Literature/TheArtOfWar spying on his opponents]].
* Julius Caesar miming a slam dunk.
* In Babe Ruth vs Lance Armstrong, after Babe hits a home run, the pitcher throws a tantrum.

* When J. R. R. Tolkien mentions that George R. R. Martin's works rank below ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'', Tolkien can be seen in the back playing with Christian Grey's tie as if it is a whip.

* When [=RoboCop=] is about to shoot the Terminator, part of the Terminator's Search Mode scan includes a CallBack to Bruce Lee vs. Clint Eastwood:

* In "Spielberg vs Hitchcock", during the last verse with [[spoiler:Michael Bay, an eagle flies in the background ... and inexplicably explodes.]]