History Characters / ERBSeason3

* PopCulturedBadass: Not only does he references a lot of his own famous books in his verses like ''Literature/{{Misery}}'', ''Literature/TheRunningMan'' and ''Literature/TheShining'', he mentions Poe's books and ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''.

* Creator/DenzelWashington: The only man named "Washington" that he trusts.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Despite being an Englishman, he sure doesn't sound like one in ERB. [[JustfiedTrope Justified]], as he's being portrayed by Music/WeirdAlYankovic.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The rap battle uses Mel Gibson's Braveheart and plays him off a non-movie Washington. The real Wallace would have provided America's First President more ammunition, on account of being a serf-owning feudal lord who thought nothing of murdering English peasants and villagers in his campaign to sack the city of York (which he failed to reach in life).

* DropTheHammer: Downplayed. She's seen with one, but never uses it.

* FlippingTheBird: He does this ''with paint'' [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]] [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent of his first verse]].

* ObfuscatingStupidity: All the turtles make references to the accomplishments of their artist counterparts: Donnie claims to not know a lot about the Artists while referencing Donatello di Bardi's {{sculpture|s}} of Gattamelata, Leo mentions Leonardo's helicopter, Mikey uses the word "Sistine" which is a reference to Creator/{{Michelangelo}} painting the Art/SistineChapel, and Raph says he'll put the artists back in school, a reference to Creator/{{Raphael}}'s fresco "TheSchoolOfAthens", the background of which serves as the artists' stage.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: All the turtles make references to the accomplishments of their artist counterparts: Donnie claims to not know a lot about the Artists while referencing Donatello di Bardi's sculpture of Gattamelata, Leo mentions Leonardo's helicopter, Mikey uses the word "Sistine" which is a reference to Michelangelo painting the Sistine chapel, and Raph says he'll put the artists back in school, a reference to Creator/{{Raphael}}'s fresco "TheSchoolOfAthens", the background of which serves as the artists' stage.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: All the turtles make references to the accomplishments of their artist counterparts: Donnie claims to not know a lot about the Artists while referencing Donatello di Bardi's sculpture of Gattamelata, Leo mentions Leonardo's helicopter, Mikey uses the word "Sistine" which is a reference to Michelangelo painting the Sistine chapel, and Raph says he'll put the artists back in school, a reference to Raphael's fresco "The School of Athens", the background of which serves as the artists' stage.

* NervesOfSteel: When a zombie lunges at him, he barely flinches and instead taunts it...with drugs.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Wallace mocks Washington's slave ownership twice, but slavery (just not always African) was both practiced and legal in Scotland before and while Wallace lived and for over 300 years after he died.

* RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni; he's loud and aggressive and bombastic. They basically [[IncrediblyLamePun painted him]] like the Creator/ErnestHemingway of art.

* PrecisionFStrike: "[[FlyingBrick YOUR POWERS]] [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny HAVE BEEN BORING SINCE THE NINETEEN-FUCKING-FORTIES]]!" It's the only time either character uses an obscenity in said battle.
* RaceLift: Technically averted. Goku has the physical traits of an Asian person, and he's played by a part-Asian actor (Indian, to be specific), but said actor is AmbiguouslyBrown. However, given that Goku is an alien, race isn't crucial to the character's appearance.

-->'''Capone:''' "I'm the MC assassin, slash like Edward Kenway. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Rap. So. HARD]], [[JustForPun call me "Al. Dente."]]

* GutturalGrowler: He doesn't talk as much as he ''roars'' in the form of words.

* SuddenlySpeaking: In contrast to his usual portrayal as TheVoiceless, here he's a GutturalGrowler who speaks BrutalHonesty from start to finish. It's quite intimidating.

* GutturalGrowler: He has a deep raspy voice throughout his raps.

* LetsGetDangerous: As they put it, Master Splinter may have taught them not to rush to violence, but since he isn't present at the rap battle, they are willing to cut loose against their Renaissance namesakes.

** When Michaelangelo says "Ain't here Dudes!" we see the other turtles behind him, all of them with red bandanas. The original TMNT mirage comic had all the turtles sporting identical red bandanas.

* LetsGetDangerous:
-->"The wisdom of our master (SPLINTER!) - Taught us not to rush to violence - But our master (MASTER SPLINTER!) - AIN'T HERE, DUDE!"
* MartialPacifist: Their master (SPLINTER!) taught them to use their weapons, and he also taught them not to rush to violence.

* NintendoHard: Their first NES game, which Michaelangelo di Simoni references; "we're like your NES game ''cause' we can't be beat!''"
* ObfuscatingStupidity: All the turtles make references to the accomplishments of their artist counterparts: Donatello claims to not know a lot about the Artists while referencing Donatello di Bardi's sculpture of Gattamelata, Leo mentions Leonardo's helicopter, Mike uses the word "Sistine" which is a reference to Michelangelo painting the Sistine chapel, and Raph says he'll put the artist back in school, a reference to Raphael's fresco "The School of Athens", the background of which serves as the artists' stage.

** In the Behind the Scenes, Peter said he based his voices for Darth Vader and Santa Claus and any time he does a deep voice is him "trying to channel the spirit of Chali 2na".

!!Creator/DonaldTrump
-> '''Played by:''' Peter Shukoff (vs Scrooge) / Lloyd Ahlquist (vs Hillary and Biden)
->''"That might not be exactly true, but I don't do politeness!"''

* AbsoluteXenophobe: His rap battle against Hillary has him promising to kick Latinos out of the country, tear down mosques, use the rubble to build a wall across the Southern border, and force Mexico to pay for it.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His signature spray tan is bright orange in his second battle, and Hillary Clinton even compares his complexion to salad dressing.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Despite Trump bragging about banging his wife Melania, Joe Biden calls him a failure of a husband, bringing up Trump's numerous extramarital affairs and Melania's obvious discomfort whenever the two are together.
* BlatantLies: Calls Hillary "the mother of ISIS", admits that it isn't actually true, but excuses it by basically admitting that he has no problem lying if that's what it takes to win. Hell, he ''starts off his verse'' by claiming to "respect all females" when a good deal of his insults towards Hillary are flagrantly misogynistic and Hillary had earlier called him out on the accusations of sexual misconduct directed at him.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns in Season 5 to battle Hilary Clinton, and then to battle Joe Biden in Season 6.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** Characterization marched on because history did. When "Trump vs. Scrooge" came out in 2013, Trump was known only as a reality TV host and eccentric rich guy with a huge ego. Three years later, he became President of the United States, inevitably leaving an entirely different historical legacy than anyone in 2013 could possibly have expected of him. The change in the world's perspective of him was reflected in "Trump vs. Clinton", which portrayed him as an entirely different character, to the point of changing his actor from Peter to Lloyd.
** It also applies to his third battle with Biden. While still portrayed as a cruel bastard, Trump is a lot wittier and specific in his jabs towards his opponent and seems to have grown out.
* CompositeCharacter: During his battle with Scrooge, he's himself plus Jacob Marley.
* ConspiracyTheorist: In his battle with Hillary Clinton, he references his real-life claims that Hillary secretly founded ISIS. In his next battle, Joe Biden slams him for calling global warming a hoax and for his baseless claims of elections being rigged against him.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He has his name on the side of a building, man! (Trump Tower) and he isn't known for his heart.
* DarkerAndEdgier: His rap battle with Hillary Clinton is significantly darker than his one with Scrooge, with the implication being that he is within a hair's breadth of becoming a PresidentEvil. Even the music is much more ominous and unsettling based on this possibility. His third rap battle against Joe Biden is darker still, and is one of the most downbeat battles in the entire series.
* DeliberatelyJumpingTheGun: In his battle against Biden, he interrupts the announcer and starts rapping before the latter can finish annoucing his name, becoming the second rapper in the series to do so, after Steve Jobs.
* DirtyOldMan: Clinton brings up Trump's numerous sexual assault allegations and history of perverted comments -- especially regarding [[PaedoHunt preteens]], [[SerialHomewrecker married women]], and [[ParentalIncest his own daughter]]. Joe Biden hits him further on this, commenting on Trump's extramarital affairs and friendship with convicted child molester Jeffrey Epstein.
* DodgyToupee: Scrooge doesn't believe in ghosts or his hair.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** In his battle against Scrooge, Trump dismisses him as heartless, despite his own professed reputation for being less than upstanding.
--> "I'm not known for my heart but you're ''still'' getting trumped!"
** On the receiving end of this in Season 5 when Abe Lincoln finds him so appalling that he thinks the Republican Party should quit politics for nominating him.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Squints for most of the battle against Hillary.
* FanDisservice: His dancing in his second battle includes disturbing pelvic thrusts and ShakingTheRump.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Implied when he walks off chained to a briefcase, which becomes much more clear when you realize he fills the role originally played by Jacob Marley, who was also subjected to such a thing and tried to warn Scrooge to keep him from enduring the same fate.
* GlobalIgnorance: Hillary Clinton claims Trump couldn't find Iran on a map.
* GoodMorningCrono: He wakes up Scrooge to begin the rap battle.
* HonestJohnsDealership: Comes off as this in his second battle where he promises to "make this country great again" and says that everyone will be "living large" after he is through clamping down on Latinos and Muslims. On the flip-side, he accuses Hillary of being this and calls her "crooked".
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Joe Biden calls Trump out for his numerous unsavory associations, such as his friendship with the late [[PaedoHunt Jeffrey Epstein]], his fondness for dictators like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, and his appointment of the "sycophantic, homophobic Hoosier" Mike Pence as his VP. Not to mention his mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** After Clinton calls him out as a DirtyOldMan, Trump tries to deflect by accusing [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton his opponent's husband]] of somehow being "worse than Cosby" because of his consensual affair with Monica Lewinsky.
*** Similarly, Trump tries to baselessly accuse Biden of pedophilia, only for Biden to point out Trump's well-documented friendship with [[HumanTraffickers Jeffrey Epstein]].
** Trump also repeatedly claims without evidence that Biden is a radical extremist, accusing him of "inciting hysteria", "hating America" and supporting "looting and violence" and saying he will "unleash Antifa and keep America like Portland." This all despite Trump himself being an infamous RabbleRouser who traffics in far-right rhetoric designed to whip people into a frenzy in both the 2016 and 2020 election battles.
* ILikeMyXLikeILikeMyY: A ''very'' dark example happens when he says:
-->''I'm gonna run these streets like I run my casinos:\\
More police, and less Latinos!''
* IncomingHam: His first line is belted out at the top of his lungs: '''[[LargeHam "WAKE UP, SCROOGE!"]]'''
* InvincibleVillain: He believes HIMSELF to be one in his Battle with Joe Biden, claiming that nothing can beat him "no person, woman, man, camera, TV" and even brags about shrugging of his impeachment. Considering real life events this could be considered a subversion now.
* JacobMarleyApparel: In Trump vs Scrooge. While not in the same way as the character he's based on, at the end he shows his chains attached to his briefcase.
* JacobMarleyWarning: Standing in for the trope namer; "you're gonna be rocked by three [=MCs=] from the ethereal plane!"
* {{Jerkass}}:
** His first rap battle against Scrooge; he's the [[spoiler:only one who disses Scrooge rather than telling him to change his ways.]]
** In Trump's second battle everything he says that is even remotely complimentary is really a backhanded, bigoted insult, to the point he almost drops the N-word before Lincoln interrupts him.
** In his third battle with Joe Biden, he is only 4 lines in when he mocks Biden's [[RelativeButton wife and daughter dying in a car crash]].
* KangarooCourt: He threatens in the 2016 battle to have his opponent imprisoned (most likely on specious charges).
* KarmaHoudini: In the 2020 battle, Trump brags about going through impeachment without a scratch.
-->''Meh, they impeached me; I still walked out of DC looking peachy!''
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Given real life events following his Battle with Biden, he lost the election and as such immunity as President. If the Rap Battle with Ebenezer Scrooge takes place after his Battle with Biden his ultimate fate is also one he shares with Jacob Marley.
* LargeHam: Especially when he's being played by EpicLloyd who often makes him as bombastic and brash as possible.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Biden says that Trump's father would finally be proud of him if he saw what Trump had become now... because he was also a racist asshole.
* MockMillionaire: Both Clinton and Biden mock his business failures, the former pointing out that the Trump brand has been "going bankrupt since the 90s" and the latter claiming that Trump has "nothing in the bank 'cept IOU's", referencing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Donald_Trump#Net_worth disputes]] over his claimed net worth.
* PaedoHunt: In the 2020 battle, he accuses Biden of touching a little girl's shoulders, only for Biden to turn his remark back on him by bringing up his association with Jeffrey Epstein.
* ParentalIncest: Hillary brings up that the real Trump said his own daughter is so beautiful he would sleep with her if they weren't related; she also points out just how creepy that image is.
* PerpetualFrowner: Peter's attempt at getting the Donald look down has not gone unnoticed. Lloyd, if anything, takes it even further.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In his battle with Hillary Clinton, he says the American people want a strong ''male'' leader and calls her a "bleeding heart vagina", mocks her for nearly losing to "socialist Jew" Bernie Sanders, promises to kick Latinos out of America and put people to work tearing down mosques, and is on the verge of using the N-word to describe the Obamas before Abe Lincoln shows up. Dialed back considerably in his 2020 battle against Joe Biden, where he doesn't say anything outright offensive, but implicitly belittles the George Floyd protests and his statement of not liking the shade of Obama's shadow can easily be interpreted as admitting that he is a racist.
* PresidentEvil: In the 2016 rap battle, Trump talks about the things that he would do if elected and they include: tearing down mosques, making the country "less latino" and turning the country into a police state. The 2020 battle does similarly, as he openly brags about tear gassing protesters and Biden calls him out for his disastrous response to the coronavirus pandemic.
* TheQuisling: Biden accuses Trump of being disloyal to the American people, citing his coronavirus failures, denigration of the military, and fondness for foreign dictators.
-->'''Joe Biden:''' 200,000 deaths lying at your door,\\
And you think they're suckers like [=McCain=] and the Marine Corps!\\
Sometimes I can't tell for which side you're rootin'!\\
When we go high, you go down on Putin!
* RabbleRouser: The rising cheering noise in the background of his verse (vs. Hillary Clinton) is a reference to his reputation as someone who incites political unrest. In his battle against Biden, Trump repeatedly accuses his opponent of being a radical extremist who hates America, prompting Biden to call him out for his anger-filled and invective-laden rhetoric.
-->'''Joe Biden:''' You tapped into the rage of Red Mad Hatters!
* RacistGrandpa: In his battle against Clinton, Trump denigrates women, Jews, China, Latinos, Muslims, and African-Americans throughout his verse. In his battle against Biden, he calls the latter "Barack's shadow" and says that he doesn't "like the shade", which may be jabs at Obama's darker skin color.
* RedOniBlueOni: Trump is battling against Joe Biden, he's the Red Oni to Biden's Blue. Which works on both ways as Biden is calmer and more reserved while Trump is loud and forceful and their backgrounds (and ties) are red for Republicans and blue for Democrats.
* ScareEmStraight: In his first rap battle, his ultimate goal is to scare decency into Scrooge by showing him what he could become if he does not change his ways.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: In the 2020 battle, Trump is implied to be suffering from cognitive decline, as he makes a point of bragging about passing his cognitive function test (which wasn't supposed to be difficult in the first place,) and his grammar and inflection get notably more awkward as he does so.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: The second-oldest President in US history, and in his battle with Hillary Clinton, he's a complete {{Jerkass}} and a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who says a lot of racist, sexist, and otherwise socially unacceptable things without a second thought.
-->''"I don't do politeness."''
* TheSociopath: Highly amoral, profoundly narcissistic and a noticeable LackOfEmpathy even compared to the other rappers.
* SoreLoser: In his battle against Biden, his fear of losing power is emphasized at multiple points. Throughout the fight, he constantly brags about how he is certain to win, with one of his earliest lines in particular mentioning his desire to remain in office beyond the two-term limit. Meanwhile, Biden points out that Trump's fear of losing has gotten to the point where Trump will resort to rigging the election to ensure he stays in power.
-->'''Joe Biden:''' You’re too insecure to even look like a loser!
* StrawCharacter: In his second battle; while many of his offensive statements are cherry-picked from real comments, their overemphasis is a clear pattern throughout his verse and the last, worst one outright renders him as this. In response to criticism, this is dialed back greatly in his third battle, which still makes him out very negatively but puts all the most severe insinuations squarely in the mouth of his opponent where they belong.
* TookALevelInBadass: YMMV, but as he becomes less cartoonishly evil in the third battle, his barbs become a lot more specific and accurate.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In his second rap battle (vs Hillary Clinton) he is far more sexist, racist and generally unpleasant, following the real Trump's behavior in the 2016 Presidential elections.
* TookALevelInKindness: Conversely, in his third battle against Joe Biden, he's still shown as cruel and racist, but in a way that's more in line with the typical low blows seen in the battles and demonstrated by his real self, avoiding the [[StrawCharacter cartoonish]] levels seen in his battle against Hillary Clinton.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He's flat-out stated to be dead in his rap battle with Scrooge. Meaning that, within the context of the ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' universe, either he was brought back somehow or his ghost is running for president. [[AnachronicOrder Or his rap against Scrooge took place after his rap against Clinton and Biden.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: The few genuine criticisms he throws at Hillary, such as the mess she left in Benghazi and Clinton herself not being well-liked by much of the population, hit the mark solidly.

!! [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Ebenezer Scrooge]]
-> '''Played by:''' Music/ZachSherwin
->''"Bah, humbug!"''
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[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid You should've made like Sebastian and kissed the girl!]]

* TeenyWeenir: Blackbeard claims that no woman would touch him even using a tweezer.