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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: According to Boba Fett, he's a ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} clone with Franchise/SpiderMan's eyes, [[Franchise/GIJoe Snake-Eyes']] weapons, and Franchise/{{Wolverine}}'s HealingFactor.

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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: According to Boba Fett, he's a ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} clone with Franchise/SpiderMan's eyes, [[Franchise/GIJoe Snake-Eyes']] weapons, and Franchise/{{Wolverine}}'s ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s HealingFactor.

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renamed


* QuestionableCasting: In-Universe, Boba Fett thinks casting "[[Creator/RyanReynolds the prick]] from Film/VanWilder" as Deadpool is a mistake.



* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: In-Universe, Boba Fett thinks casting "[[Creator/RyanReynolds the prick]] from Film/VanWilder" as Deadpool is a mistake.

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* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: In-Universe, Boba Fett thinks casting "[[Creator/RyanReynolds the prick]] from Film/VanWilder" as Deadpool is a mistake.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: {{Invoked|Trope}} during his first appearance,; he claims that he steals the show as part of his job description but subverted in the end. He dies before he can finish his verse. To make things worse, he was the only replacement rapper to die at all until "Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible".

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* SpotlightStealingSquad: {{Invoked|Trope}} during his first appearance,; appearance, he claims that he steals the show as part of his job description but subverted in the end. He dies before he can finish his verse. To make things worse, he was the only replacement rapper to die at all until "Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible".
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is IUEO now, so there has to be some acknowledgement in the story about the point's correctness


* 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.

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* AFatherToHisMen: He notes that millions of his Storm Troopers would be willing to die for him.


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* AFatherToHisMen: He notes that millions of his Storm Troopers would be willing to die for him.
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* AffablyEvil: He's AFatherToHisMen, has a homeboy in Israel, and is genuinely [[VillainousFriendship friends]] with [[spoiler:Boba Fett]].
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* ButNotTooBlack: Key, which helps him with pulling off Gandhi, but as Michael Jordan they ''noticeably darken him further.''

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Insult Backfire is for characters taking the insult as a compliment, not for turning the insult back on the insulter.


* InsultBackfire: He touts himself as being "one-of-a-kind" and calls Boba Fett a Xerox of his father. Boba retaliates by pointing out Deadpool's a rip-off of Deathstroke, then adds a list of other powers and features he borrowed from other characters such as Spiderman, Snake Eyes, and Wolverine - and finishes by calling Deadpool [[FollowTheLeader "sloppy seconds".]]


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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: According to Boba Fett, he's a ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} clone with Franchise/SpiderMan's eyes, [[Franchise/GIJoe Snake-Eyes']] weapons, and Franchise/{{Wolverine}}'s HealingFactor.

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dewicking Badass Baritone


* BadassBaritone: It may not be James Earl Jones' voice, but it's still quite deep.



* BadassBaritone: Key's idea of UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan.



* BadassBaritone: Rhett has a strong deep voice.

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* BadassBaritone: Rhett has a strong deep voice.

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* EvilVersusEvil: To Hitler. In their first rap battle he freezes him in carbonite. In their second, he thaws him out just to toy with him, then drops him into the Rancor pit. In their third, he tries feeding him to the Sarlaac beast, and [[spoiler:after Hitler shoots Boba Fett he decides to cut him in half]].



* KickTheSonOfABitch: To Hitler. In their first rap battle he freezes him in carbonite. In their second, he thaws him out just to toy with him, then drops him into the Rancor pit. In their third, he tries feeding him to the Sarlaac beast, and [[spoiler:after Hitler shoots Boba Fett he decides to cut him in half]].
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-->'''Zuckerberg:''' You've got all these companies, but they're incomplete!\\
I got one and I fold money; income pleat!

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-->'''Zuckerberg:''' You've got all these companies, but they're incomplete!\\
[[PunctuatedForEmphasis In! Com! Plete!]]\\
I got one and I fold money; income pleat!money: [[{{Pun}} In! Come! Pleat!]]



--> "You've got all these companies, but they're [[PunctuatedForEmphasis In! Com! Plete]]!\\
I got one and I fold money: [[{{Pun}} In! Come! Pleat]]!"

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--> "You've '''Zuckerberg:''': You've got all these companies, but they're [[PunctuatedForEmphasis In! Com! Plete]]!\\
incomplete\\
I got one and I fold money: [[{{Pun}} In! Come! Pleat]]!"income pleat!
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I got one and I fold money: [[{{Pun}} In! Come! Pleat]]!

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I got one and I fold money: [[{{Pun}} In! Come! Pleat]]!Pleat]]!"
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--> "You've got all these companies, but they're [[PunctuatedForEmphasis In! Com! Plete]]!\\4

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--> "You've got all these companies, but they're [[PunctuatedForEmphasis In! Com! Plete]]!\\4Plete]]!\\
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* QualityOverQuantity: He considers Elon Musk's method of creating multiple companies to be a waste of resources while Meta centralizes everything:
--> "You've got all these companies, but they're [[PunctuatedForEmphasis In! Com! Plete]]!\\4
I got one and I fold money: [[{{Pun}} In! Come! Pleat]]!

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* TheDitherer: Lloyd accuses Peter of wasting everyone's time taking too long to make decisions of varying importance.
-->'''[=EpicLloyd=]''': I'm not an entree at one of your fancy restaurants\\
So quit eating up my time picking one of your fancy fonts\\
And make a fucking decision so all these people can leave!\\
Excuse me for interrupting ''VideoGame/RocketLeague'' and smoking weed!\\
They got places to be and now they’re looking at me!\\
Nice[[ThePrimaDonna Diva]] is my new name for you, [=NicePete=]!



* HyperCompetentSidekick: Claims to be this. Lloyd says that without him around Peter would make (more) bad creative decisions, alienate the rest of the team, and lose everything that they'd built for six years.

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* HyperCompetentSidekick: Claims to be this. the one "covering [Peter's] ass behind the scenes". Lloyd says that that, without him around around, Peter would make (more) bad creative decisions, alienate the rest of the team, and lose everything that they'd built for six years. years.
* IgnoredExpert: He complains that Peter never listens to his advice, no matter how crucial it is.
-->''I try to tell you things, but you're too stubborn to understand\\
Like "Dude, that is not a cool way to play Batman!"''
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--> '''Vader''': You wrote a little book, got 'em fired up, had a beer hall putsch, got 'em fired up, but when your bunker started [[LaserGuidedKarma getting fired up]], you put a [[AteHisGun gun in your mouth]] and ''[[DrivenToSuicide fired up]]''!

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--> '''Vader''': You wrote a little book, got 'em fired up, had a beer hall putsch, got 'em fired up, but when your bunker started [[LaserGuidedKarma getting fired up]], you put a [[AteHisGun gun in your mouth]] and ''[[DrivenToSuicide fired up]]''!up]]!''
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--> '''Vader''': You wrote a little book, got 'em fired up, had a beer hall putsch, got 'em fired up and when your bunker ended [[LaserGuidedKarma getting fired up]], you put a [[AteHisGun gun in your mouth]] and ''[[DrivenToSuicide fired up]]''.

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--> '''Vader''': You wrote a little book, got 'em fired up, had a beer hall putsch, got 'em fired up and up, but when your bunker ended started [[LaserGuidedKarma getting fired up]], you put a [[AteHisGun gun in your mouth]] and ''[[DrivenToSuicide fired up]]''.up]]''!

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I come equipped with a full set of sick Mandalorian flows!"'']]




-> ''"I come equipped with a full set of sick Mandalorian flows!"''




->''"I do damage when I brandish my katanas!"''

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do damage when I brandish my katanas!"''katanas!"'']]
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* ActorAllusion: In the second battle, Vader describes himself as having "[[Creator/JamesEarlJones the voice]] of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Mufasa]]".

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-->'''Vader''': ''Yo homeboy, finish this rap for me.''

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-->'''Vader''': ''Yo homeboy, finish this rap rhyme for me.''


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-->'''Boba:''' "'Cause when I rock a microphone I-" ''[cue WilhelmScream as Hitler shoots him]''
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Trump is seen looming over Clinton in her title card at the beginning of the battle, a reference to the real Trump repeatedly invading Clinton's personal space in much the same manner during their second Presidential debate.
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* BoringButPractical: While Elon's businesses and endeavors are both all over the place and in some cases wildly impractical, (Going to Mars? ''Bootleg flamethrowers??'') Zuckerburg has largely focused on ''one'' social media website- But that website has made him ''filthy rich.''

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* BoringButPractical: While Elon's businesses and endeavors are both all over the place and in some cases wildly impractical, (Going to Mars? ''Bootleg flamethrowers??'') Zuckerburg Zuckerberg has largely focused on ''one'' social media website- But website-- but that website has made him ''filthy rich.''


* AwesomeMcCoolName: His name really is [=DeStorm Power=]. What need to be said ?
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Misused. Additionally, The Mean Brit is being disambiguated.


* TheMeanBrit: Of his characters, he's played UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper as a very evil cockney man.

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* GloryHound: Clinton accuses Trump of only wanting the presidency for the glamor and prestige that comes with it and not caring about the responsibilities of job itself.



* HandcuffedBriefcase: The trope is cleverly used as a modernized reimagining of the traditional JacobMarleyApparel; toward the end of his verse in the battle against Scrooge, Trump holds up his hands to reveal they're bound in chains to a heavy briefcase.



* 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.

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* 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" can beat him and even brags about shrugging of off his impeachment. Considering real life events this could be considered a subversion now.
* JacobMarleyApparel: In Trump "Trump vs Scrooge. While not in the same way as the character he's based on, Scrooge," he reveals at the end he shows of his chains attached verse that he's a wandering spirit chained to his briefcase.



* 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.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In his battle with Hillary Clinton, he promises to stand up to China, says the American people want a strong ''male'' leader and leader, calls her Clinton a "bleeding heart vagina", mocks her for nearly losing to "socialist "a socialist Jew" Bernie Sanders, like UsefulNotes/BernieSanders, 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.

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* 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!

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* SoreLoser: SoreLoser:
** In the 2016 battle, Lincoln advises Trump to be a GracefulLoser and hold the door for Clinton if she wins, a reference to the widespread belief that Trump would not accept the outcome of the 2016 election if he lost.
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In his battle against Biden, his Trump's 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 --->'''Joe Biden:''' You’re too insecure to even look like a loser!
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Taken UpToEleven in his battle with Hillary Clinton, where 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.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Taken UpToEleven in In his battle with Hillary Clinton, where 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.

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"Nice Hat" is no longer a trope


* NiceHat: His signature top hat.



* SignatureHeadgear: It wouldn't be Honest Abe without his signature stovepipe hat.



* NiceHat: Both his characters (UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper and UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill) are sporting some very nice hats.
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''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', pitting historical figures, celebrities, and fictional characters against each other. Tropes used to describe these combatants should be within the context of the raps. '''Spoilers have been left unmarked'''.

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''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', pitting historical figures, celebrities, and fictional characters against each other. Tropes used to describe these combatants should be within the context of the raps. '''Spoilers '''{{Spoiler}}s have been left unmarked'''.
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* FormerlyFit: Concurrent with the real Donald Trump's weight gain over the years: Peter made no attempt to hide his skinny frame when playing pre-politics Trump in 2013, while the already stockier Lloyd wore a fatsuit to play Trump in later appearances.


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* PoliceState: The police as an occupying force is a recurring theme in Trump's verses: in the 2016 battle, he expresses a desire to see "more police and less Latinos" in the streets, and in 2020, he brags about sending law enforcement to open fire on protesters with tear gas and makes light of PoliceBrutality by saying the victims were "criminals."


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* TerrifiedOfGerms: Trump's mysophobia was on display in the battle against Scrooge, in which he claims to avoid shaking hands and demands Scrooge keep his distance because he might be carrying a disease from Tiny Tim.

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