| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:''Characters/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' [[Characters/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory character index]]\ |
| 2 | [-[[Characters/ERBSeason1 Season 1]] | [[Characters/ERBSeason2 Season 2]] | [[Characters/ERBSeason3 Season 3]] | '''Season 4''' | [[Characters/ERBSeason5 Season 5]] | [[Characters/ERBSeason6 Season 6]] | [[Characters/ERBSeason7 Season 7]] | [[Characters/ERBFlashInThePanHipHopConflictsOfNowadays Flash in the Pan]] -]]]]] |
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| 4 | !!Warning- {{Spoiler}}s! |
| 5 | ---- |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [[folder: Ghostbusters vs Mythbusters]] |
| 9 | !! Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} |
| 10 | ->'''Played by''': Mark Douglas (Ray Stantz), Chris Gorbos (Peter Venkman), Music/ZachSherwin (Egon Spengler), Walt Downing (Winston Zeddemore), [[WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue Brooke "Dodger" Lawson]] (Janine Melnitz) |
| 11 | ->''"Ghostbusters, flow crushers, get the job done!"'' |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | * BerserkButton: After Grant comments on Ray getting his cherry popped by a ghost, a brief cut shows that Egon and Venkman are holding Ray back from doing something rash. |
| 14 | * BoringInsult: Their first line is to accuse the Mythbusters of making crashes and explosions boring. |
| 15 | * TheCameo: [[WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue Dodger]] makes a brief appearance as their secretary, Janine Melnitz to say, "We got one!" |
| 16 | * CreepyMonotone: Egon speaks in a emotionless tone during the first verse. |
| 17 | * CurbStompBattle: In the Season 4 trailer, they deliver this to [[spoiler: Hitler's ghost by trapping and sealing him in seconds and without trouble.]] |
| 18 | * DeadpanSnarker: Again, Egon snarks at the Mythbusters with a straight face. |
| 19 | * GogglesDoNothing: Stantz wears goggles on his forehead during their second verse, but never puts them over his eyes. |
| 20 | * NoOSHACompliance: Adam and Jamie mock their containment grid's lack of safety precautions, claiming that [[JerkassHasAPoint Walter Peck was right to be suspicious of them]]. |
| 21 | * OhCrap: All four have a visible one when [[spoiler:the conversation between Adam and Tory references how Ray inadvertently summoned Stay-Puft in their movie. They have another one when the big guy shows up.]] |
| 22 | * PungeonMaster: Downplayed; Egon lets two out in one line based on their opponents' names: "I'll kick your hiney man, I'm a savage killer". |
| 23 | * ScienceHero: Ray, Peter, and Egon all have doctorates in various fields, which they now use to bust ghosts. |
| 24 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: :As if to balance out Kari, Janine Melnitz is the lone female on the Ghostbusters' side ''and'' evens out their numbers! |
| 25 | * TokenMinority: Winston is the lone black person on the Ghostbusters' side, just like he was in their movie. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | !! Series/MythBusters |
| 28 | -> '''Played by:''' Peter Shukoff (Jamie Hyneman), Lloyd Ahlquist (Adam Savage), Mary Doodles (Kari Byron), Chris Alvarado (Tori Belleci), Terry Im/[=KRNFX=] (Grant Imahara) |
| 29 | ->''"In this episode, we'll give you a synopsis!"'' |
| 30 | ---- |
| 31 | * AdaptationalCurves: The real Jamie Hyneman is notably stout and of average height, but is portrayed by the scrawny and tall [=NicePeter=]. |
| 32 | * AgentScully: Jamie dismisses all the the Ghostbuster's accomplishments with a bored "Ghosts aren't real." [[spoiler:Cue Stay Puft....]] |
| 33 | * BackFromTheDead: The B-Team, even though they technically aren't dead, are treated this way, presumably because they had left the show. |
| 34 | * BackToBackBadasses: Jamie and Adam strike this pose while busting the science of the positron packs. |
| 35 | * ButtMonkey: Tory, as usual. He outright fails to come up with a line, and it's implied that he [[spoiler:inadvertently summoned Stay-Puft.]] |
| 36 | * CreepyMonotone: Like Egon, Jamie speaks in an emotionless manner, contrasting with Adam's persistent excitement. |
| 37 | * InSeriesNickname: 'The Walrus' for Jamie and 'Dickless the Clown' for Adam, invoked by Ray. |
| 38 | * ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Jamie looks indignant when [[spoiler:Stay Puft Marshmallow Man claims his beret is better than his.]] |
| 39 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Jamie and Adam point out that Walter Peck was justified for being a dick to the Ghostbusters, because the ghost containment grid lacked a safety switch. |
| 40 | * NervesOfSteel: Jaime isn't even fazed by [[spoiler:the arrival of Stay-Puft]], unlike everyone else. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight At one point he even looks away from him as if bored.]] |
| 41 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Adam. In the introductions, he puts his arm around Jamie, who just looks at his arm in mild annoyance. You can also see Adam patting Jamie on the shoulder during their dances in the background. |
| 42 | * RedOniBlueOni: Like in their original show, Adam is red while Jamie is blue. From the season four trailer: |
| 43 | --> '''Jamie''': ''(calmly)'' Fascinating. |
| 44 | --> '''Adam''': ''(excitedly)'' This is gonna be ''great!'' |
| 45 | * SignatureHeadgear: Jamie's black beret of course. He even gets insulted when [[spoiler:The Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man says he wears it better!]] |
| 46 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Kari is the only female in the Mythbusters' team because Scottie isn't included in the rap battle. |
| 47 | * TheStoic: Jamie never raises his baritone voice when rapping. |
| 48 | * StuffBlowingUp: At the end of their first verse, Jamie and Adam pull out a detonator and blow up their set. Why? It's what they do. Adam once claimed that "one explosion per episode" is in his contract, and this is an episode. Thus, explosion. |
| 49 | * SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Tory fails to come up with an appropriate rhyme, and stops silent. The rhyme continues in the conversation between him and Adam afterward. Based on "flow" and "own" and what happens, [[spoiler:the most likely word Tory thought of is "marshmallow".]] |
| 50 | * ThreePlusTwo: Inverted. The battle begins with just Jamie and Adam before the B-Team joins them. |
| 51 | * TokenMinority: To balance out Winston, Grant Imahara is the lone Asian, just like he is on the Mythbusters' show. |
| 52 | |
| 53 | !! [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]] |
| 54 | -> '''Played by:''' Taylor Cu (motion), Lloyd Ahlquist (voice) |
| 55 | ->''"Yo, raise up, it's Stay Puft; I stay fluff!"'' |
| 56 | ---- |
| 57 | * AffablyEvil: His verse is one of the silliest and most fun in the series. He's also the corporeal form of an interdimensional EldritchAbomination seeking to bring the Apocalypse. |
| 58 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Levels up to the tower the other opponents were standing on. |
| 59 | * BadassAdorable: Despite his size, he looks friendly and fluffy, but still lays a verbal smackdown on both sides and, according to many of the comments on Website/YouTube, he stole the show. |
| 60 | * BadassBoast: Stay Puft's entire verse is a nonstop diss to both sides, while letting them know why they don't want none: |
| 61 | -->'''Stay Puft:''' "Yo raise up, it's Stay Puft. I stay fluff. I blaze chumps and flip Kari butterside up!" |
| 62 | -->"I smother Ghostbusters in fluffernutter. I don't play! Show these dweebs how to rock a beret!" |
| 63 | -->"I live so large, you can't harsh my mellow. Just one step took me out the ghetto." |
| 64 | -->"You best be afraid of my marshmallow flows, 'cuz [[RedBaron Big Puft]] just turned '''[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch ALL YOU BITCHES TO TOOO~OOAST]]'''!" |
| 65 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: He looks ridiculous and it's rather silly to see him rap, but that doesn't make him any less threatening. |
| 66 | * CuteGiant: He's huge and he looks adorable, though what he says is less cute. |
| 67 | * DanceBattler: Midway into his verse, Stay Puft starts jamming in perfect sync with the battle track, while maintaining his flow. |
| 68 | * DoubleEntendre: He sneaks two of 'em in, back-to-back: |
| 69 | ** First, he says he'd flip Kari butter-side up. As in, with '''her''' '''butt''' facing '''up''' [[spoiler: (i.e. doggy-style)]]. This is a reference to a line from Kari when the Mythbusters were testing the idiom of toast landing butter-side down. |
| 70 | ** While his line about smothering the Ghostbusters in "fluffernutter" is a ShoutOut to the final scene in the first film, where [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything everyone is covered in Stay Puft's goo.]] |
| 71 | * TheDreaded: Tory screws up his part of the B-Team's verse by forgetting his line, so Adam tells him to just think of something. You then see the Ghostbusters trying to warn him not to, [[OhCrap by quickly shaking their heads "no"]], since [[spoiler: that was what caused Ray to think of Mr. Stay Puft in the first movie]]. Sure enough... |
| 72 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: While he's an iconic part of the ''Ghostbusters'' series, The Mythbusters weren't expecting to see a 50 ft. marshmallow man enter the battle. |
| 73 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A lot of his characterization is inspired by Music/TheNotoriousBIG |
| 74 | * PerpetualSmiler: Due to costume limitations, he smiles throughout his appearance unlike his film incarnation. |
| 75 | * PostRapeTaunt: In his second line, he says he'd flip Kari [[DoubleEntendre "butter-side up".]] She catches it and promptly shouts, '''[[DudeNotFunny "HEY!"]]''' |
| 76 | * SignatureHeadgear: He claims his white beret is better than Jamie's. |
| 77 | -->'''Jamie''': [[Funny/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory Hey!]] |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder: Romeo and Juliet vs Bonnie and Clyde]] |
| 81 | !! [[Film/BonnieAndClyde Bonnie Parker& Clyde Barrow]] |
| 82 | -> '''Played by:''' Lloyd Ahlquist (Clyde Barrow), Hannah Hart (Bonnie Parker) |
| 83 | ->''"Spit sick like a plague on both your houses!"'' |
| 84 | ---- |
| 85 | * AdaptationDyeJob: The real Bonnie was strawberry blonde and often dyed her hair red. Hannah Hart is also blonde, but she was brunette when playing Bonnie. |
| 86 | * AffablyEvil: They may be criminal thugs, but they clearly love each other and [[spoiler:are [[AntagonistInMourning genuinely saddened when their opponents die]] despite [[HypocriticalHumor Bonnie having just shot Juliet]].]] |
| 87 | * AgonyOfTheFeet: Juliet brings up Clyde mutilating his toes immediately after also threatening him that Romeo will give him a castration. |
| 88 | * AntagonistInMourning: [[spoiler:They're stunned by Romeo and Juliet choosing to kill themselves [[TogetherInDeath in order to be together.]] Clyde looks wryly and plainly states, "Well ''that'' was tragic".]] |
| 89 | * BattleCouple: They rap together. |
| 90 | * BookDumb: Blink and you'll miss it, but when Romeo and Juliet start throwing out highbrow language the camera briefly cuts to Bonnie and Clyde, as they exchange confused looks. |
| 91 | * CombatPragmatist: Seen near the end of Juliet's second verse, when [[spoiler:Bonnie draws her pistol and shoots her.]] |
| 92 | * DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler: Neither of them expected Romeo and Juliet would kill themselves.]] |
| 93 | * DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:If you're familiar with history, you'll already know how it ends for them.]] |
| 94 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While they're murderous criminals, they clearly love each other. |
| 95 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Bonnie has no qualms about shooting Juliet after one diss too many, but her and Clyde's reactions to the star-crossed lovers killing themselves indicate that they weren't about to just straight-up bump off both their opponents. Juliet springs up shortly after the shot, noting that she was merely grazed by the bullet, so Bonnie might not have been aiming to kill at all.]] |
| 96 | * EvilFeelsGood: [[spoiler:When Bonnie shoots Juliet during the latter's second verse]], she and Clyde grin at each other and laugh about it, as if to say: "good one". |
| 97 | * FedoraOfAsskicking: Clyde wears a classy gangster hat. |
| 98 | * GroinAttack: Juliet threatens Clyde that Romeo will mutilate him [[AgonyOfTheFeet further]]. |
| 99 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: They seem to have this sort of dynamic going on. Whenever one of them is rapping some threats of violence, the other smiles or otherwise reacts approvingly. Especially evident when [[spoiler:Bonnie shoots Juliet]]. |
| 100 | * LargeHam: They ampep their Texan accents. |
| 101 | * MotorMouth: Both of them can rap fairly quickly at the end of their first verse. |
| 102 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: They get mowed down by machine guns by the ending]]. |
| 103 | * KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:They're both shot to death just when finishing their last verse]]. |
| 104 | * OutlawCouple: They're both outlaws in love who also bring their weapons to the rap battle. |
| 105 | * ThePigPen: Romeo claims that the only insult they had on them in their first verse was their stench. |
| 106 | * SlobsVersusSnobs: Bonnie and Clyde are notorious gangsters going against the aristocratic Romeo and Juliet. |
| 107 | * TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:History repeats itself, as both are shot multiple times at the end.]] |
| 108 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:They were gunned-down together.]] |
| 109 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Bonnie responds to Juliet saying Romeo will castrate Clyde by [[spoiler:shooting her]]. |
| 110 | |
| 111 | !! Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet |
| 112 | -> '''Played by:''' Peter Shukoff (Romeo Montague), Creator/GraceHelbig (Juliet Capulet) |
| 113 | ->''"Together, we shall both put these bitches on blast!"'' |
| 114 | ---- |
| 115 | * BattleCouple: They rap together. |
| 116 | * BlackComedyRape: Juliet makes light of Clyde's PrisonRape. |
| 117 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Both commit suicide in the end. When Bonnie shoots Juliet, she falls down to her death. Though that bullet didn't kill her, and Romeo drinks poison, only for Juliet to get back up, and realizing her love is dead, she stabs herself.]] |
| 118 | * DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: When Juliet believes she's dying from a gut-shot she gets out one scathing burn about being killed by a failed actress, and Romeo makes a point to kill himself lying on his stomach so Bonnie and Clyde will have a chance to kiss his ass.]] |
| 119 | * FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: They both pull this. |
| 120 | ** Juliet, who believes herself to have been killed after Bonnie shot her takes one last dig at Bonnie. |
| 121 | --> What irony is this? The lead role shot down by a failed actress? |
| 122 | ** Romeo drinks poison out of grief for Juliet's apparent death, finishing with: |
| 123 | --> "So you louts can lick my ass, thus with a dis I die." |
| 124 | * FailureKnight: Bonnie says that Romeo will fail to beat Clyde in a fight because he already failed protecting his best friend. |
| 125 | * FloweryInsults: Romeo's disses tend to be more on the flowery side while Juliet goes for earthier jabs. He calls Bonnie an "artless beetle-headed flax wench" at one point, which is just a very fancy way of saying "stupid whore". |
| 126 | * LargeHam: As expected from Shakespearean characters, both young lovers are overly dramatic and pompous. |
| 127 | * MinorInjuryOverreaction: [[spoiler:Romeo is quick to assume Juliet is dead, when Bonnie shoots her, and kills himself out of grief [[TogetherInDeath so he can join her.]] Only for Juliet to recover mere seconds later and state that the shot had only grazed her. Clyde [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]] near the end of the battle:]] |
| 128 | -->'''Clyde: (matter-of-factly)''' "Might've done that boy some good to just wait a couple of seconds." |
| 129 | * OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler:Bonnie shoots Juliet in the gut, but she stands up moments later. "My flesh was merely grazed."]] |
| 130 | * PrisonRape: Juliet takes a dig at Bonnie by implying her beau's had his ass ripped while he was behind bars. |
| 131 | * TheQueensLatin: Romeo and Juliet speak with English accents, despite being Italians. |
| 132 | * SickeningSweethearts: Spend their opening lines declaring their love to each other and spend their solo second verses valiantly defending the other when Bonnie and Clyde insult them. |
| 133 | * SilkHidingSteel: Juliet is unexpectedly nasty for a girl who looks like a PrincessClassic. |
| 134 | -->'''Juliet''': And you there, wench with the neck of a chicken,\ |
| 135 | you'll get an ass-ripping worse than your boyfriend's in prison! |
| 136 | * SlobsVersusSnobs: Romeo and Juliet are two aristocratic Shakespearean lovebirds going up against the rough and tough criminal couple, Bonnie and Clyde. |
| 137 | * SophisticatedAsHell: They use some profanity in addition to their Shakespearean language. This is a mild ViewersAreGeniuses as well. The original play by Shakespeare translated into current English would be utterly ''filthy''. |
| 138 | * SuddenlyShouting: |
| 139 | -->'''Juliet''': Where's Romeo? OH NO-MEO!! |
| 140 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:If you've read the story, you'll already know what's coming.]] |
| 141 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Juliet is wearing a blue dress. |
| 142 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Juliet looks like a young adult, naturally. However, Bonnie calls Juliet a prepubescent vixen; [[ShownTheirWork in the play,]] Juliet was only 13, as evidenced by several lines that say she hadn't "seen the change of 14 years", making her the third-youngest character in a rap battle thus far (the second-youngest if we don't count Music/MichaelJackson's first verse). |
| 143 | * {{Wangst}}:%invoked% Both are accused of overblown adolescent whining by Bonnie, who calls Romeo a "hissy-fittin' rich kid" and says that Juliet will finally have a ''reason'' to cry to her parents once they're done with her. |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder: Zeus vs Thor]] |
| 147 | !! [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]] |
| 148 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Peter Shukoff |
| 149 | ->''"My Greeks built the bedrock of democracy! With astronomy they charted out the movements of my kin! All the pimps of Mount Olympus and me, the kingpin!"'' |
| 150 | ---- |
| 151 | * BrotherSisterIncest: Hera is his sister and his wife. Thor naturally takes the piss out of this by saying it's grosser than a gorgon. |
| 152 | * DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal: Many of his sexual indiscretions weren't exactly consensual. Thor calls him out for this. |
| 153 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: A ruthless tyrant to the Greeks, but rushes to their defence when Thor accuses them of being weak. |
| 154 | * JerkassGods: Thor calls out the Greek Pantheon as "the clash of the douches". |
| 155 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gets pissed off when Thor insults the Greek people, then brags about their accomplishments. |
| 156 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: As with everyone in the episode, he is a Lego minifigure instead of a real person playing his role. |
| 157 | * PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Tells Thor to call [[TopGod his dad]] for help. |
| 158 | * PowerPerversionPotential: Uses his abilities as a God to rape women. |
| 159 | * ProudScholarRaceGuy: His people laid the bedrock of democracy and charted the skies. |
| 160 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: TopGod of the Greek Pantheon. |
| 161 | * ReallyGetsAround: Zeus is an infamous horndog and proud of it. Sometimes, [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal he won't even bother with asking.]] Because of this, Thor calls him a rapist. |
| 162 | --> '''Zeus:''' I'm a bull getting bitches with my swan schlong! |
| 163 | * ShapeshiftingSeducer: Uses his shapeshifting abilities for less than virtuous purposes such as the bull and swan transformations to impregnate mortal women. |
| 164 | * ShockAndAwe: Naturally, being the God of lightning. In addition to hurling verses at Thor, he also throws a few lightning bolts his way. |
| 165 | --> '''Zeus:''' Itchy trigger finger, quicker with the bolts than Usain! |
| 166 | * ThreePointLanding: During his introduction, complete with a thunderous sound effect. |
| 167 | * TooKinkyToTorture: Thor declines spitting in Zeus's face, as he's probably enjoy it. |
| 168 | * TopGod: Uses his status as this to claim he's out of Thor's league. |
| 169 | * WeatherManipulation: Also busts out a rainstorm on Asgard during their battle. |
| 170 | |
| 171 | !! [[Myth/NorseMythology Thor]] |
| 172 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Lloyd Ahlquist |
| 173 | ->''"Get a taste of this Scandinavian greatness, brought forth by raging thunderstorm force! Cause I don't get nice; I get Norse!"'' |
| 174 | ---- |
| 175 | * AmazonBrigade: A brief mention to the "women in his homeland", who are displayed as a regiment of armor-clad female warriors, the famous "shield-maidens". |
| 176 | * BoldExplorer: Brags about the Norse exploration of the Americas as part of his retort against Zeus's ProudScholarRaceGuy boast. |
| 177 | * CompositeCharacter: Mostly based on the Thor of Myth/NorseMythology, but with some traits taken from the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse version. |
| 178 | * TheConqueror: Prides himself on Scandinavia's legacy of conquest. |
| 179 | * {{Crossdresser}}: Zeus threatens to "put his crossdressing neck in a noose". This is a reference to one of the Norse tales in the Eddas, where Thor really did dress up as the Goddess Freyja to get his Hammer back (at [[{{Troll}} Loki's suggestion]] of course). |
| 180 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Thor and his people may be ruthless conquerors, but Zeus, notorious tyrant and shapeshifting rapist that he is, actively disgusts him. |
| 181 | * FieryRedhead: A hard-boiled, redheaded Viking badass, in line with his depiction in Norse mythology, apart from a moment as Creator/ChrisHemsworth with Creator/NataliePortman. |
| 182 | * GiveMyRegardsInTheNextWorld: The closing line of his final verse is "When you get to River Styx, tell [[{{Hellhound}} your three-headed bitch]] I say "Hi!" |
| 183 | * GroinAttack: He begins his rap by sacking a frost giant in the dick using his hammer. He also threatens to kick Zeus' "wrinkly dick" back to his toga near the end of the battle. |
| 184 | * HornyVikings: The crew upon his ship are wearing horned helmets. Thor himself gets a winged helmet, much closer to his Marvel depiction than you'd believe. Loki, meanwhile, is in his Marvel costume complete with the tall horns. |
| 185 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He talks down on Greek astronomers, ignoring the fact that the Vikings were also accomplished in astronomy, as they would have to be in order to navigate the Atlantic ocean and discover the lands beyond them, which he boasts about just seconds later. Likewise, he attacks Zeus for being a horny rapist sleaze but in the Norse myths, Odin was much the same as Zeus, and fathered many illegitimate kids and kept many mistresses. Likewise, his boasts about the Norse people's conquest in UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge doesn't include any apology for the large number of RapePillageAndBurn which while perhaps not any different from other feudal powers, is hardly something to be brag about without qualification. |
| 186 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While acknowledging his literal dog kicking he admits that he didn't treat his people like playthings or torment them mindlessly the way Zeus did. Indeed, he spends much of his verse praising them. |
| 187 | * KickTheDog: Literally punts a dog off his ship just to establish his status as an "Alpha dog dominant" to Zeus. The Viking who owned it is visibly distressed by his action. |
| 188 | * NoSell: Shrugs off the rainstorm Zeus summons like it's nothing. |
| 189 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: As with Zeus and everyone else in their episode, he is depicted in the form of a Lego minifigure instead of in live action. |
| 190 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Zeus considers him to be this, as he's subservient to Odin rather than being the TopGod of his pantheon like Zeus is. |
| 191 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: He says the Vikings are conquerors and not so easily frightened as the Greeks. |
| 192 | * PungeonMaster: His first verse just pumps these out one after the other; for example "Keep your Asguard up! I ragnarok the house!" |
| 193 | * RedBoxingGloves: Wears one when telling Zeus to "Keep his Asguard up". |
| 194 | * ShockAndAwe: Like Zeus, Thor has the powers of lightning, using them to smite Zeus down to Hades. |
| 195 | * SpitefulSpit: Thor claims he'll do this, then [[DefiedTrope backtracks it]] since he thinks Zeus will probably like it anyways. |
| 196 | * VikingFuneral: Zeus says in his last verse that Thor is going to need to prep for his own. |
| 197 | * WhatTheHellHero: Thor pointedly calls out Zeus, along with the other gods of Mt. Olympus, for their cruelty towards mortals. |
| 198 | -->'''Thor:''' ''(at Zeus)'' "Who would ever worship someone as abusive as Zeus is?"\ |
| 199 | "You're ruthless to humans. Your crew is like the ''[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981 Clash of the Douches]]''!" |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder: Jack the Ripper vs Hannibal Lecter]] |
| 203 | !! UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper |
| 204 | ->'''Played by''': Music/DanBull |
| 205 | ->''"God protect you from the hell I've spread upon us!"'' |
| 206 | ---- |
| 207 | * AppropriatedAppelation: "Jack the Ripper" is how the mass media dubbed him, and here he adopts it for himself. |
| 208 | * AttentionWhore: Hannibal accuses him of this; both in Jack's murders ''and'' [[AppropriatedAppelation referring to himself by his press-given nickname.]] |
| 209 | * AxCrazy: He's so psychotic that he brags about his crimes being sick and appalling. |
| 210 | * BoastfulRap: Perhaps the most triumphant example in all of ERB, as he spends his entire first verse talking himself and his crimes up, with nary a reference to Lecter. |
| 211 | * BreakingSpeech: Retaliates to Hannibal's with one of his own in his second verse that visibly, [[TranquilFury if subtly]], pisses Hannibal off. Hannibal compliments him on it, then slams him for ruining it with his last rhyme. |
| 212 | * BritishTeeth: Jack has molars as messed-up as his [[{{Pun}} morals]]. Somewhat of a double example, as those are Dan Bull's natural teeth. |
| 213 | * CardCarryingVillain: He's nothing but proud of his hideous crimes. |
| 214 | * DarkIsEvil: He's dressed in almost all black and has one of the darkest backgrounds in the series. |
| 215 | * EvilBrit: The first British character in a battle to be played by a real British person, and he's England's most infamous serial killer, with BritishTeeth, no less! |
| 216 | * EvilIsHammy: Jack positively delights in bragging about his criminal notoriety, and it's clear Music/DanBull had a [[{{Pun}} bloody]] good time playing him. |
| 217 | * EvilerThanThou: He says he's worse than the 7/7 bombers because of his reign of terror. Most of his second verse involves him belittling Lecter for being fictional (and imprisoned to boot) and thus causing no real harm, as opposed to Jack himself who not only committed ''real'' brutal murders but also got away with them scot-free. In his first verse, he also states that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his opponent would find his crimes sick and appalling.]] |
| 218 | * ExorcistHead: At one point, his head rotates so fast, it looks as if [[Film/TheExorcist Pazuzu]] possessed him after inhaling a mountain of coke. |
| 219 | * FangsAreEvil: It looks like he's got fangs among his BritishTeeth. Appropriate for a possibly cannibalistic[[labelnote:*]]Jack claimed to have eaten half of a human kidney in one of his letters[[/labelnote]] predator. |
| 220 | * ForTheEvulz: Gleefully brags about all the suffering and pain his murders caused. |
| 221 | * HotBloodedSideburns: Sports colossal 19th Century sideburns along with his large and boastful raps. |
| 222 | * {{Horrorcore}}: References the genre in one of his lines. His battle feels like a HalloweenEpisode that came a month too late. |
| 223 | * ImAHumanitarian: Hints that he might eat his victims, as the real Jack may or may not have done. |
| 224 | * InformedFlaw: Despite all the lines about Jack being filthy, his suit and hat look pretty neat. |
| 225 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Spends more time bragging about his own crimes than he does insulting Lecter, to the point where he's almost an IgnoredEnemy. |
| 226 | * {{Jerkass}}: He brags about his atrocities, showing no shame for his crimes and comparing himself to modern terrorists. And he's also as arrogant as he is sadistic and gleeful that he's gotten away for good. |
| 227 | * KarmaHoudini: He was never arrested, and his true identity remains a mystery, which he happily brags about. |
| 228 | * KnuckleCracking: You can briefly see him doing this during Hannibal's first verse. |
| 229 | * LackOfEmpathy: Shows no remorse for any of the crimes he's committed, even spending the first verse boasting about it. |
| 230 | * LowerClassLout: Hannibal presents him as a filthy, tasteless boor. |
| 231 | * MonsterMisogyny: Infamous for murdering prostitutes, who he regards as "common whores". |
| 232 | * {{Narcissist}}: See BadassBoast. Hannibal diagnoses him with megalomania. |
| 233 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: As he was never caught or identified, he only gets a nickname, which he didn't even come up with by himself, as Hannibal notes. |
| 234 | * ThePigPen: Hannibal claims he's covered in more piss than kitty litter. |
| 235 | * PretenderDiss: Jack boasts about being a ''real'' killer, as opposed to the fictional character he's rapping against. |
| 236 | * RippedFromTheHeadlines: His reference to the 7/7 London Bombing incident, which Hannibal quickly calls him out on. |
| 237 | * {{Sadist}}: Gloats about leaving behind grieving families and hard-to-clean bloodstains. |
| 238 | * SerialKiller: Butchered sex workers for (what many believe are) extremely petty reasons but to his credit, he's never been arrested for it. |
| 239 | * SharpDressedMan: For a filthy, gross thug, he's got great taste in clothing. At least one eyewitness account of the Ripper in real life described him as well-dressed as shown here. |
| 240 | * SignatureHeadgear: Much like in most pop culture portrayals (and at least one real-life eyewitness account) he wears a top-hat. |
| 241 | * SlasherSmile: Gives a particularly unnerving one in the title sequence before the rap starts. |
| 242 | * SlobsVersusSnobs: The slob, or in his words, an "infamous, notorious delinquent". |
| 243 | * TotallyRadical: Jack's lines are filled with mentions of then-current things like Twitter, trigger warnings, ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', and the 7/7 bombers. Hannibal accuses him of trying too hard to seem relevant, implying this is symbolic of Jack's overall [[AttentionWhore need for to be noticed]]. |
| 244 | -->'''Hannibal Lecter:''' How typical of Jack the Ripper to [[RippedFromTheHeadlines chase a headline]]! |
| 245 | * WouldHurtAChild: States proudly that he will stalk an intended victim, kill them in their family home, and leave their still-grieving loved ones to clean up the mess. |
| 246 | |
| 247 | !! [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]] |
| 248 | ->'''Played by''': Lloyd Ahlquist |
| 249 | ->''"I'm the bon vivant of violence, a licensed psychiatrist who dines on highest society to the sound of violins!"'' |
| 250 | ---- |
| 251 | * AxCrazy: Though he's more intelligent, calculating and sophisticated than Jack, he's incredibly sinister and often makes remarks about his cannibalism. |
| 252 | * BerserkButton: The only time he seems genuinely angry with Jack is when he's reminded that he's fictional, where he takes a deep breath and seems quietly enraged. |
| 253 | * BreakingSpeech: Specializes in this. He spends some of his verses dissecting Jack's self-absorbed behavior. |
| 254 | * BoringInsult: He doesn't take Jack seriously, instead considering him something of a poser. He decides to go back to solitary confinement because "The Ripper" is not worth his time. |
| 255 | * CoolMask: His muzzle is well known in the Hannibal movies, and it's worn during Jack's first verse while Hannibal is being released from his straitjacket. |
| 256 | * DeadlyDoctor: A "licensed psychiatrist", as remarked by himself, who kills and eats people. |
| 257 | * DeadpanSnarker: His opening remarks towards how Jack spent his first verse talking about himself and his reactions to the 7/7 bombers line. |
| 258 | --> '''Hannibal:''' No, no, Jack, you were doing fine, before your ham-fisted attempt at a terrorist line. |
| 259 | * DoWrongRight: He remarks, ''I don't mind that you're naughty, Jack, I'' '''hate''' ''that you're sloppy.'' |
| 260 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He considers the 7/7 London bombing references to be in bad taste. |
| 261 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Remains completely calm throughout the battle as part of his attempt to break down Jack's psyche. |
| 262 | * AGlassOfChianti: Being the TropeNamer, he references it, claiming that the rhymes he's serving in the battle are finer than the Chianti he would drink while eating Jack's liver ([[TooSpicyForYogSothoth if he actually wanted to]], that is). |
| 263 | * GoodHairEvilHair: The latter, with his trademark slicked-back 'do. |
| 264 | * GroinAttack: Happily admits that he'd roast Jack's balls on his hibachi, which makes Jack take a quick look down. |
| 265 | * ImAHumanitarian: States his willingness to eat Jack, though he also says he would make a foul meal. |
| 266 | * KubrickStare: Gives Jack one at the start of his verse. |
| 267 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: There's no doubt he's evil, but he's still portrayed in a somewhat better light than Jack, if for no other reason than being a PickyEater. |
| 268 | * MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: A serial-killing psychiatrist. |
| 269 | * PretenderDiss: Hannibal sees Jack as an inferior serial killer, and he dedicates some of his lines to lecture him on his sloppiness. |
| 270 | * PsychoPsychologist: Psychiatrist, to be exact. As for the "psycho," let's just say there are ''very'' good reasons for him to be locked up. |
| 271 | * SerialKiller: He literally kills his victims just so he can eat them but he prefers clean human meat so he "dines on high society". |
| 272 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At the end of the battle, he demands to be taken back to solitary confinement because battling Jack is a waste of time in his eyes. |
| 273 | * SlobsVersusSnobs: The snob, or in his words, "the bon vivant of violence... who dines on highest society to the sound of violins". |
| 274 | ** {{Lampshaded}}: |
| 275 | -->'''"I don't mind that you're naughty, Jack, I hate that you're sloppy!"''' |
| 276 | * TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Hannibal remarks he would rather not eat Jack, as he is most likely dirty and unsanitary. The very thought of eating him disgusts Lecter. |
| 277 | * TranquilFury: As shown in BerserkButton above, he keeps a straight face for most of the time, and when he's angry, he approaches it in a subdued manner, although not to the same extent as in the novels and films. |
| 278 | * WarriorTherapist: His very first line has him diagnosing Jack with megalomania. |
| 279 | * WickedCultured: Talks a lot about his more "refined" way of [[SerialKiller going about his work]], including his love for classical music (when accompanied by [[SoundTrackDissonance the scream of his dying victims]]) and how his [[DeadlyDoctor knowledge of psychiatry]] helps him manipulate people. |
| 280 | [[/folder]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | [[folder: Oprah vs Ellen]] |
| 283 | !! [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] |
| 284 | ->'''Played by''': November Christine |
| 285 | ->''"I'm the Queen of TV, and I'm here to destroy ya!"'' |
| 286 | ---- |
| 287 | * AdaptationalCurves: November is more svelte than the real life Oprah. |
| 288 | * AscendedExtra: Not Oprah herself, but November previously played one of the extras in ''Martin Luther King, Jr. vs. Gandhi''. |
| 289 | * AssShove: Threatens to shove her shoe up Ellen's suitpants. |
| 290 | * AutoTune: Only briefly (her husband uses it too), but it's the first time anyone's had it since Stephen Hawking back in Season 1. |
| 291 | * BerserkButton: Does not take kindly to Ellen suggesting her reign as the queen of daytime television is over. |
| 292 | * ContraltoOfStrength: A powerful voice for one of the most powerful women in the world. |
| 293 | * EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: She wears a very sparkly dress. |
| 294 | * TheHighQueen: She claims to be the Queen of TV and Ellen wants to take her crown. |
| 295 | * HenpeckedHusband: Ellen claims she's going to whip Oprah more than Oprah has Stedman. |
| 296 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Busts rhymes in a elegant sequined dress in comparison to Ellen's more modest suit. |
| 297 | * SassyBlackWoman: She has a lot of bite and emotion to her raps and depending on whose side you're on, she can be a [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Woman]] too. |
| 298 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: "The Dali Lama and Obama memorize my cell number." |
| 299 | |
| 300 | !! Creator/EllenDeGeneres |
| 301 | ->'''Played by''': Lauren Flans |
| 302 | ->''"From ABC to LGBT to NBC and now it's all me!"'' |
| 303 | ---- |
| 304 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: Her reaction to Oprah's first two lines in her second verse implies she found it funny, meaning either this trope or thinking it's "so bad it's funny" (naturally depends on your perspective). |
| 305 | * AxCrazy: Downplayed. |
| 306 | ** In several of her scenes, her eyes are a bit wider than they ''should'' be, and with a SlasherSmile, she declares that she wants to chop Oprah up "into a million little pieces". |
| 307 | ** Dr. Phil shows up and says she should just be left alone. Ellen laughs at him and pushes him out of the way to continue. |
| 308 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: You wouldn't expect a squeaky-voiced white woman who raps about puppies and kittens to put up much of a fight, but Ellen's more of a scrapper than she lets on. |
| 309 | * CloudCuckooLander: When you start a rap battle by pretending to talk to {{God}} on an imaginary cell phone, this is the impression. |
| 310 | * FollowTheLeader: [[invoked]] Oprah claims she paved the road for Ellen. |
| 311 | * FunPersonified: Gleefully dances around in a silly manner and remains cheerful even when Oprah is insulting her. She spends much of her second verse talking about how she likes to "make everybody feel good for a while". |
| 312 | * TheGadfly: Brings up several embarrassing moments from Oprah's Career including Tom Cruise jumping on the couch, the "A Million Little Pieces" scandal, and guests having to pay taxes on their "free" cars. By the end of her second verse she appears to have gotten under Oprah's skin. |
| 313 | * GenkiGirl: Her dances can get quite goofy and she's always cheerful and energetic. Her voice is also significantly higher than her real-life counterpart. |
| 314 | * InsultBackfire: Oprah disparages her kittens, and not only does Ellen roll with it, she includes "puppies, talented children, and ''mittens''." |
| 315 | * KindheartedCatLover: Features kittens on her show and likes to make people smile. |
| 316 | * PerpetualSmiler: During her verses, she's constantly smiling; for maybe all of three shots, she isn't, but it's clear she's holding one back. The only time she isn't is during Oprah's first verse. |
| 317 | * ThePollyanna: She always smiles when facing Oprah's insults. |
| 318 | * StraightGay: She has to mention her sexuality in the first verse; if she didn't, people who aren't familiar with her would likely have no clue. She also mentions the LGBT in her second verse, but that's blink-and-you-miss-it. |
| 319 | * TheUsurper: She's claims that she's going to knock Oprah "off her throne" and take her place as the queen of daytime TV. |
| 320 | [[/folder]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[folder: Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock]] |
| 323 | !! Creator/StevenSpielberg |
| 324 | ->'''Played by''': Peter Shukoff |
| 325 | ->''"I rock the Academy and the DGA!"'' |
| 326 | ---- |
| 327 | * BadassBoast: His first four lines are this in the spirit of a movie pitch: |
| 328 | --> ''Picture a child sitting next to a projector,'' |
| 329 | --> ''Learning from your films to become a much better director.'' |
| 330 | --> ''Now picture a three-billion-dollar dream machine,'' |
| 331 | --> ''Who can blockbust all over your crop duster scene!'' |
| 332 | * BrokenPedestal: The real reason he's dueling Hitchcock. In [[TruthInTelevision real life]], Hitchcock was paid to perform the opening lines of the Jaws Universal Ride in the 70s. Hitchcock found the process to be disgusting and blamed the movie and Spielberg (who had no part in designing the ride) for it. Later, Spielberg comes to Hitchcock's house to meet his idol...and Hitchcock ''[[KickTheDog refuses to let him into his house]]'', much less acknowledge him as an equal in the field. Ouch. |
| 333 | --> ''[[WhatTheHellHero Maybe next time I visit, you'll be a bit more gracious!]]'' |
| 334 | * ButtMonkey: Not in the same vein as [[spoiler:Michael Bay]], but he gets it a lot. In fact, ''every time'' [[spoiler:the other directors insult Bay they also insult Spielberg... by comparing his work to Bay's.]] |
| 335 | * FictionFiveHundred: A three-billion dollar dream machine. Of course, the real Spielberg is worth that much as well. |
| 336 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: That's the gist behind his BadassBoast, pointing out how he went from a simple child watching movies to Hitchock's (supposed) superior. |
| 337 | * HypocriticalHumor: Probably unintentional, but "that schlep Michael Bay" is not only a good friend of Spielberg in RealLife (and actually first got into film after working on the set of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''), Spielberg was the Executive Producer of the ''Transformers'' movies (which was [[MisBlamed the true extent]] of Bay's involvement in the ''Ninja Turtles'' movie, despite what [[spoiler: Kubrick]] implies). His "$3 billion [[Creator/DreamWorksSKG Dream Machine]]" is responsible for distributing Bays' movies! |
| 338 | * {{Mooning}}: He emphasizes his line of "Now kiss my full moon and just bask in my greatness!" by turning around and dropping his pants to Hitchcock in a ShadowDiscretionShot. |
| 339 | * PungeonMaster: In a similar manner to Stephen King, he fits nine titles of his and Hitchcock's movies in his verse. |
| 340 | * SellOut: [[spoiler:According to Tarantino]], his directing ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005'' makes him one, because it was the same sort of crap that Michael Bay would do. |
| 341 | * SignatureHeadgear: Just like in many real-life public appearances, he wears a black baseball cap with [=USS CALIFORNIA 26-RED=] on it. |
| 342 | * SignatureShot: Starts the battle with his famous track-in camera move. |
| 343 | * SpecsOfAwesome: He's an A-Grade film director, and the only one in the battle who wears glasses. |
| 344 | * SummerBlockbuster: References the fact that he created them with his fourth line. |
| 345 | * SurpassedTheTeacher: According to Steve, he began his career taking inspiration from Hitchcock, but now he's far surpassed him. |
| 346 | * YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Refers to Michael Bay as a "schlep". |
| 347 | |
| 348 | !! Creator/AlfredHitchcock |
| 349 | ->'''Played by''': Lloyd Ahlquist |
| 350 | ->''"My skill's enormous, orchestrate brilliant performance!"'' |
| 351 | ---- |
| 352 | * {{Acrofatic}}: At one point in his rap he breakdances. |
| 353 | * BadassInANiceSuit: "No defense against Hitchcook when he presents" in his classic black suit. |
| 354 | * BadassBoast: |
| 355 | --> ''I'm the master... [[ScareChord !]] of suspense, so intense, No defense against Hitchcock once he presents!'' |
| 356 | * DeadpanSnarker: In response to Spielberg's mooning: |
| 357 | --> ''That was a close encounter of the [[ToiletHumor turd]] kind.'' |
| 358 | * FatBastard: Spielberg [[spoiler:and Tarantino both]] make fun of him being fat and not being able to fight in World War One for the British Army because of his obesity, respectively. |
| 359 | * InsufferableGenius: He has quite the ego stemming from his brilliance in directing. |
| 360 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: He brags about how he became a legendary horror director by using chocolate syrups as special effects for blood. |
| 361 | * NiceGuy: At least compared to the other rappers; the only person he insults is his opponent, unlike everyone else. He does take a shot at Creator/MeganFox but it's over something everyone, Fox included, admits is true. |
| 362 | * NightmareFetishist: Brags about being able to "squeeze screams from chocolate syrup." |
| 363 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: He's the only rapper in the battle who is DeliberatelyMonochrome. |
| 364 | * OnceOriginalNowCommon: [[invoked]] Spielberg [[spoiler:and Tarantino]] mentioned how his films and directing style have since become outdated. |
| 365 | * RedBaron: "The Master of Suspense", [[TruthInTelevision which is his real life nickname in the industry]]. |
| 366 | * ScareChord: They appear in his verse to aid his suspense. |
| 367 | * ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: He did so after his aforementioned BadassBoast to illustrate how he's "The Master of Suspense". |
| 368 | * TheStoic: He isn't bothered in the least by anything Spielberg says about him. [[spoiler:Or anything any of the other rappers have to say. Moreover, when Michael Bay jumps from the helicopter, he is the only director that doesn't flinch or jump back; he just follows the trajectory with his head, hands behind his back, just as calm as a master of suspense would be.]] |
| 369 | * WorthyOpponent: When [[spoiler:Kubrick]] declares himself a genius, Hitchcock nods in approval, indicating that he sees him as this. |
| 370 | * YouAreFat: Spielberg takes a jab at his weight. [[spoiler:So does Tarantino, and in a more [[BrutalHonesty straightforward manner]] at that.]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | !! Creator/QuentinTarantino |
| 373 | ->'''Played by''': [=WAX=] |
| 374 | ->''"Quentin Tarantino is a (…) genius. (Fuck!)"'' |
| 375 | ---- |
| 376 | * AsideGlance: He gives us one in the beginning of [[spoiler:Kubrick]]'s verse. |
| 377 | * AssistCharacter: [[Film/PulpFiction Jimmie Dimmick]] (whom Tarantino played) shows up to complete some of his lines. |
| 378 | * BadassInANiceSuit: The genius film director and "bad [=MoFo=]" is wearing his trademark brown suit. |
| 379 | * BloodyHilarious: There's blood all over his background, and he says that there's more blood when he stubs his toe than in the shower scene from ''{{Film/Psycho}}.'' |
| 380 | * ClusterFBomb: He references the fact that scenes across Tarantino's filmography contain graphic violence and strong language. |
| 381 | * DeadpanSnarker: Keeps a flat, bone-dry tone while ripping into his two initial opponents. |
| 382 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: He's the first unannounced competitor in the supposed Spielberg and Hitchcock showdown. |
| 383 | * InsufferableGenius: But in a different style to Hitchcock, being more abrasive and less pompous. |
| 384 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Spielberg is about to argue with Tarantino when the latter disses ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005'', then concedes that he's right. |
| 385 | * MotorMouth: Spits the fastest of the five rappers. The real Quentin is known for being a {{Keet}}. |
| 386 | * NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: After mocking Hitchcock for being rejected by the British Army for his obesity, Tarantino breaks the fourth wall to assure us that, yes, that really happened, and tells us to look it up on Website/{{Wikipedia}} if we don't believe him. |
| 387 | * PopCulturedBadass: References a lot of movie trivia, from Wikipedia, to obscure Sam L. Jackson parts, to Hitchcock's own history. |
| 388 | * PrecisionFStrike: It's Tarantino, this is expected. |
| 389 | --> ''Scripts that I write ain't the... cleanest (Fuck!)'' |
| 390 | * RedBaron: Dubs himself the "King of Dialogue". |
| 391 | * SignatureShot: Ends his verse with a TrunkShot. |
| 392 | * SirSwearsALot: Self-admitted. His scripts aren't the *#*$& cleanest. |
| 393 | * SuckinessIsPainful: Opens his verse asking for a Tylenol and telling Hitchcock and Spielberg to stop rapping. |
| 394 | * TrunkShot: His verse ends with one, this trope being a staple of his films. |
| 395 | * WhamLine: "Cut!", just as Hitchcock finished his verse. |
| 396 | |
| 397 | !! Creator/StanleyKubrick |
| 398 | ->'''Played by''': Ruggles Outbound [[note]]the description originally said "[[CastingGag The Ghost]] of [[AsHimself Stanley Kubrick]]"[[/note]] |
| 399 | ->''"Genius is a powerful word, but there's no reason to use it 'less you're talking 'bout the Kubrick."'' |
| 400 | ---- |
| 401 | * TheAce: "Everything I do is visionary!" |
| 402 | * BadassBoast: "Genius is a powerful word. But there's no reason to use it, 'less you're talking about the Kubrick - then there's really nothing to it". |
| 403 | * BadassInANiceSuit: The visionary that can "make you all hurt" is clad in a black suit. |
| 404 | * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: He stands on the moon as he's giving his verse. It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since he's Kubrick's ghost. |
| 405 | * CoolBike: He's riding a tricycle that can be used on the fucking moon. |
| 406 | * CreepyMonotone: Starts off like this, then slowly loses the monotone for emphasis. |
| 407 | * CutShort: He only gets about halfway through his verse before being cut off. |
| 408 | * DynamicEntry: A slow-motion shot of him on a tricycle ''on the moon''. |
| 409 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: He's notably pale compared to the [[DeliberatelyMonochrome "normal-colored"]] rappers plus has an ExhaustedEyeBags. |
| 410 | * ExhaustedEyeBags: To display his [[ThePerfectionist obsessive]] personality, he looks very tired. 127 takes don't do themselves, you know. |
| 411 | * FingerFraming: Does this when he says everything he does is "visionary". |
| 412 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: During Quentin's last verse, there are a few jump cuts to Stanley riding on a tricycle through the hallway much like the one scene from ''Film/TheShining''. |
| 413 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: He's the second unannounced competitor in the supposed Spielberg and Hitchcock showdown. |
| 414 | * InsufferableGenius: It's implied that the reason he joins the battle is because he objects to any other director being called a genius. |
| 415 | * ItsPersonal: Singles out Spielberg for screwing up ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'', then he does the same to Michael Bay for screwing up [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles]]. |
| 416 | * KubrickStare: He opens his verse with this, and stays that way throughout. It's Kubrick himself after all so of course he has the trademark creepy stare. |
| 417 | * MadArtist: Gives off this impression with his performance, with its somewhat disturbing intensity and the fact that he goes from a CreepyMonotone to extremely emotional. |
| 418 | * MoodSwinger: He doesn't so much slowly transition from quiet to loud so much as he just changes like a light switch. |
| 419 | --> '''Kubrick''': [[CreepyMonotone Every single frame a painting, made exactly how I wanna make it;]] '''[[SuddenlyShouting DO ANOTHER TAKE AND GET IT RIGHT! A HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN TIMES!]]''' |
| 420 | * NeverMyFault: Claims that Spielberg ruined ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'', despite the fact that most of the criticisms initially directed at the movie were over things that ''Kubrick'' was responsible for including. |
| 421 | * ThePerfectionist: He references the fact that he insisted that a particular scene in ''Film/TheShining'' had to be performed 127 times in order to get it right to his standards. |
| 422 | * SuddenlyShouting: The increased volume comes out of nowhere. |
| 423 | * WhamShot: The jump cuts during Tarantino's last verse indicates his impending arrival. |
| 424 | |
| 425 | !! Creator/MichaelBay |
| 426 | ->'''Played by''': Peter Shukoff |
| 427 | ->''"Got a gift from above and the eyes of an eagle! When it comes to blowing up, no director is my equal!'''"'' |
| 428 | ---- |
| 429 | * AffablyEvil: Gleefully informs us the critics consider him evil. |
| 430 | * AtLeastIAdmitIt: He knows full well the critics hate him, but is upfront about the profits. His "Guilt Money" jab is also a crack that he, unlike the other directors, aren't slaves to making movies that'll please the critics and cinephiles. |
| 431 | * CatchPhrase: "Motherfucking money!" and variations of thereof, which he repeats three times. |
| 432 | * CardCarryingVillain: He certainly doesn't care that "the critics say I'm evil". Whether or not he agrees with them is less clear. |
| 433 | * ChekhovsGunman: Bay's movies are, directly or indirectly, insulted in every verse. Then he makes his DynamicEntry. |
| 434 | * TheChewToy: ''Every single other rapper'' makes fun of him or his movies in their raps. |
| 435 | * ClusterFBomb: If you're bothered by the fact that he says "MOTHER FUCKING MONEY!" three times in his verse, too bad. |
| 436 | -->"I don't give a fuck." |
| 437 | * CriticProof: InUniverse, he brags that his movies rake in the billions despite their critic hate, and also points out that he's usually too busy working on the sequels to read the reviews. |
| 438 | * TheDogBitesBack: After being mocked throughout the battle by the other four participants, he joins in ''specifically'' to fire back at them. |
| 439 | * DynamicEntry: In the manner of his movies, he arrives ''jumping out of a helicopter''. |
| 440 | * FlippingTheBird: Flips off all the other directors at the end of his verse. |
| 441 | * FunPersonified: Movie-making-wise, he boasts how his movies are just ''fun'' and what the audience wants to see, while the other four rappers aim for more cerebral boasts. |
| 442 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: He's the third and final unannounced competitor in the supposed Spielberg and Hitchcock showdown. |
| 443 | * {{Greed}}: He shamelessly admits that he only cares about making lots of money from his films. He also mocks the others for making films [[OscarBait for guilt money.]] |
| 444 | * GroundShatteringLanding: After he jumps out of a helicopter, he sends earth flying. |
| 445 | * HavingABlast: Bay's verses seem to unleash explosions by themselves. |
| 446 | * HitlerCam: Or "swoop low with a telephoto" as he calls it. |
| 447 | * IncomingHam: He flies in hanging off of a helicopter. |
| 448 | * LargeHam: He certainly comes off in this way with his helicopter, explosions and "MOTHER FUCKING MONEY!" |
| 449 | * LetsGetDangerous: In his opening line, no less. |
| 450 | --> ''[[RageBreakingPoint That's enough! I've heard enough crap from all of you! Why don't I come down there and show you what a real star can do!]]'' |
| 451 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: In his own words why he does what he does: |
| 452 | --> ''If there's one thing I've learned, bitch, this game is about motherfucking money!'' |
| 453 | * [[invoked]]PanderingToTheBase: Lampshaded InUniverse. He pretty much sums up the concept of this trope: he says he doesn’t care about the critics because, in his eyes atleast, he "gives the people what they want". |
| 454 | * RageBreakingPoint: It's implied that Kubrick's crack about [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 the Ninja Turtles movie he produced]] was the straw that broke the camel's back. |
| 455 | * RhymingWithItself: Rhymes "Motherfucking Money" with itself. And then he does it again. His next lines also end in the word "Money" just in case he hasn't himself clear on his position on both money and art. |
| 456 | * SignatureShot: The low angle panning as he enters the battle, complete with gratuitous explosions. |
| 457 | * SlobsVsSnobs: Casts himself as the unapologetic crowd-pleaser focused slob to the critic and award-focused snobs that are the other four directors. |
| 458 | * SmugSnake: No amount of explosions can blast that smug grin off his face. |
| 459 | * StuffBlowingUp: Obviously. There are a fair few explosions in his verse, finishing with a [[NukeEm nuclear]] one. He also blows up the ERB logo at the end. |
| 460 | * TakeThat: |
| 461 | ** The entirety of Bay's verse is a giant "F U!!" to the other directors and movie critics alike, since they care about winning awards, whereas he only cares about entertainment value and profit. |
| 462 | -->'''Bay:''' ''(proudly)'' "I give the people [[RuleOfCool what they love]], while the critics say I'm evil!" |
| 463 | -->"Got no time to read reviews while I'm working on the sequel!" |
| 464 | ** Also, after taking insults from everyone else, he in turn insults... Creator/MarkWahlberg. |
| 465 | * ThreePointLanding: He takes this pose after sticking the landing from his helicopter. |
| 466 | * TheUnfettered: He doesn't give a shit if critics hate his movies. All he care about is making entertaining movies (and the [[MemeticMutation MOTHERFUCKING MONEY!]]). |
| 467 | * VSign: Just as he makes his remark about Wahlberg, Bay strikes a fist pump pose in the background as a giant "V" shaped explosion goes off behind him. |
| 468 | * WhamLine: "That's enough! I've heard enough crap from all of you." |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder: Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted]] |
| 472 | !! Meriwether Lewis and William Clark |
| 473 | ->'''Meriwether Lewis played by:''' [[WebVideo/RhettAndLink Link Neal]] |
| 474 | ->'''William Clark played by:''' [[WebVideo/RhettAndLink Rhett McLaughlin]] |
| 475 | ->'''Sacagawea played by:''' Michelle Maloney |
| 476 | ->''"We're two traveling wordsmiths spitting hotter than a furnace!"'' |
| 477 | ---- |
| 478 | * ActionGirl: Sacagawea helps out the duo by fighting an angry black bear to prevent it from attacking them. |
| 479 | * BadassBookworm: A significant part of their first verse is dedicated to showing off their skills as cartographers, zoologists, and botanists. They later have no problems with fighting Bill and Ted when the latter imply violence. |
| 480 | * BinomiumRidiculus: When describing them as "dickweeds", they show a picture in their journal of two flowers with Bill and Ted's faces, labeled "Weedus Dickus". |
| 481 | * BoldExplorer: "We inspired pioneers and travelers near and far!" |
| 482 | * DrivenToSuicide: Lewis died mysteriously in an inn, and many people believed he killed himself. |
| 483 | -->'''Ted''': I've seen your future, Mr. Lewis, and I don't wanna be rude, but spoiler alert:\ |
| 484 | '''Bill''': You totally kill yourself, dude! |
| 485 | * FirstNameBasis: Clark properly addresses Lewis as Meriwether when talking to him directly. Nobody else calls them anything other than Lewis and Clark. |
| 486 | * FollowTheLeader: InUniverse, the two mention that they inspired a generation of pioneers and travelers. |
| 487 | * HypercompetentSidekick: Bill and Ted mention that Sacagawea did all the heavy lifting on Lewis and Clark's journey, joking that even her infant son would be a better leader than them. In the next verse, as if to prove their point, Sacagawea [[FunnyBackgroundEvent does some awesome stuff in the background]] while Lewis and Clark are busy with Bill and Ted. |
| 488 | * HypocriticalHumor: They mock Bill and Ted for being useless without another character "on the trails [they] blazed"...while Sacagawea, their guide on said trails, takes down a black bear about to attack them in the background. |
| 489 | * MilesGloriosus: Bill and Ted claim that Sacagawea did most of the work while Lewis and Clark claimed the glory. |
| 490 | * MistakenIdentity: On a meta level, many viewers assume Lewis is on the left and Clark is on the right when it's the other way around. |
| 491 | * NemeanSkinning: Clark is sporting a neat coonskin cap. |
| 492 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Bill and Ted point out that their explorations inadvertently enabled the ethnic cleansing of Native American tribes they encountered. |
| 493 | * SophisticatedAsHell: "According to our observations, these dickweeds right here are ''severely endangered!''" |
| 494 | * XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack: "Now go back in time and give Franchise/DoctorWho his phone booth back!" |
| 495 | |
| 496 | !! [[Franchise/BillAndTed Bill & Ted]] |
| 497 | ->'''William Preston played by''': Lloyd Ahlquist |
| 498 | ->'''Theodore Logan played by''': Peter Shukoff |
| 499 | ->'''Rufus played by''': Sam Macaroni |
| 500 | ->''"We travel four dimensions, rescue bodacious babes, and get back for detention!"'' |
| 501 | ---- |
| 502 | * ActorAllusion: At the start of Lewis and Clark's second verse, the latter calls Ted [[Franchise/TheMatrix "Neo"]], another character which Creator/KeanuReeves is known for playing. |
| 503 | * AirGuitar: Lewis and Clark claim their only legacy, aside from ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar'', is people pretending to play guitar, i.e. nothing. |
| 504 | * TheBusCameBack: A few of the previous rappers like Napoleon, Beethoven and Joan of Arc appear in the background. |
| 505 | * ButtMonkey: Poor Bill gets it bad. First, everyone (including his own friend) wants to talk about how hot his stepmom is, and then Clark points out that Alex Winter is less well known than Keanu Reeves. |
| 506 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Lewis and Clark boast about how they inspired other pioneers, whereas Bill and Ted only inspired air guitar and a movie. But instead of being insulted, Bill and Ted smile and nod as if it were a compliment. |
| 507 | * CoveredInKisses: In their second verse, they briefly disappear in their time machine and re-emerge just as quickly with lipstick marks on their faces, implying a long tryst with their girlfriends. |
| 508 | * GeniusDitz: The two are often clueless and seem to be in trouble for the first verse, but they manage a StealthPun or two in their raps proving that they at least know a good amount about the history of their opponents. |
| 509 | * HeroicBSOD: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] [[spoiler:Bill and Ted doubt their own abilities after Lewis and Clark's second verse, but a quick visit from Rufus gets them into fighting shape again.]] |
| 510 | * HeroicSecondWind: They're left bummed out by Lewis and Clark's second verse, but Rufus manages to motivate them again. The boys become stoked and turn the tables on them. |
| 511 | -->'''Bill: (at Ted)''' "He's right, dude!" |
| 512 | -->'''Ted:''' "We don't have to take this kind of abuse." |
| 513 | -->'''Bill: (at Lewis and Clark)''' "From some Paul Bunyan dudes in potato sack shoes!" |
| 514 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: On the one hand, bringing up Lewis's likely suicide is extremely tasteless, but on the other hand, Bill and Ted are dumb but good-hearted enough to try and mend the situation with commemorative medallions and are implied by their final lines to decide that they're not remotely sick enough to try and win against, and thereby humiliate, a man who eventually kills himself. |
| 515 | * TheLoad: Lewis and Clark say they wouldn't have been nearly as successful without Rufus to help them out. Rufus still drops in personally to snap Bill and Ted out of a funk. |
| 516 | * LustObject: Men across the ages are unified in their lust for Bill's stepmom. |
| 517 | * NonAnswer: They get bummed out after Lewis and Clark's second verse, until Rufus shows up and motivates them... ''somehow'': |
| 518 | -->'''Bill:''' They totally burned us. |
| 519 | -->'''Ted:''' ''[in agreement]'' I feeel like such a dufus. |
| 520 | -->'''Bill:''' What do we do? |
| 521 | -->'''Ted:''' ''[shrugs]'' I dunno. |
| 522 | -->'''Rufus:''' Be excellent. |
| 523 | -->'''Bill and Ted:''' ''[smiles]'' RUFUS!! |
| 524 | * SurferDude: They've got serious surfer accents, dude! |
| 525 | * TimeTravel: They step into the time machine at one point, which disappears and returns quickly. When they step out they have their faces covered in lipstick, implying that they just paid a visit to their girlfriends. |
| 526 | * TotallyRadical: They use a lot of surfer slang like "dude" and "excellent". |
| 527 | [[/folder]] |
| 528 | |
| 529 | [[folder: David Copperfield vs Harry Houdini]] |
| 530 | !! [[StageMagician David "Copperfield" Kotkin]] |
| 531 | ->'''David Copperfield played by''': Peter Shukoff |
| 532 | ->'''Chloe Gosselin played by''': Lauren Francesca |
| 533 | ->''"I float a rose, hands-free, like it's Bluetooth."'' |
| 534 | ---- |
| 535 | * AdaptationDyeJob: The real Chloe Gosselin has brown hair, but Lauren Francesca played her with her natural dirty blonde. |
| 536 | * ChickMagnet: He brags about banging (and marrying) supermodels. |
| 537 | * DissonantSerenity: Maintains a calm, soft voice throughout his verses with hardly any inflection. |
| 538 | * FictionFiveHundred: Like the real Copperfield, this one is extremely rich. Enough to own half the stuff that used to belong to his opponent, not to mention his own private island. |
| 539 | * {{Flight}}: By means of levitating. |
| 540 | * FunPersonified: Contrasting with the darker tone of Houdini and Angel, Copperfield points out that magic is supposed to make people happy. |
| 541 | * {{Hypocrite}}: "You talk shit about your hero, that ain't right". Isn't that exactly what ''you're'' doing right now, David? |
| 542 | * LikeAGodToMe: He starts his verse by saying Houdini was his idol. |
| 543 | * MotorMouth: He raps at a very fast pace. |
| 544 | * ReallyGetsAround: He's joined by a lovely assistant getting his supermodel groove on. |
| 545 | * SurpassedTheTeacher: He got his start in magic by emulating Houdini ("I had to do what you do...") then he says he has advanced to a greater form of magic ("You can look up to ''me'' now,"). |
| 546 | |
| 547 | !! Creator/HarryHoudini |
| 548 | ->'''Eric "Harry Houdini" Weiss played by''': Lloyd Ahlquist |
| 549 | ->'''Bess "Houdini" Weiss played by''': Josie Ahlquist |
| 550 | ->''"You've never seen a body quite the same as that of Houdini!"'' |
| 551 | ---- |
| 552 | * EscapeArtist: The most famous example and the TropeCodifier, as shown when he breaks out of chains from a box and, later, from a straitjacket ''while dangling off of a crane'' during the battle. |
| 553 | * FatBastard: Copperfield calls him a chunky stuntman dressed in tights. |
| 554 | * HappilyMarried: Harry's wife Bess is also his LovelyAssistant and she appears at the start to help him with his trick. Lloyd's own wife also plays Bess as well. |
| 555 | * LargeHam: Harry literally screams every time he raps in an loud, overly dramatic fashion. |
| 556 | * OnceOriginalNowCommon: [[invoked]] Copperfield claims that nobody likes Houdini's old style of magic anymore. |
| 557 | * MotorMouth: Shown to be able to keep up with Copperfield in rap speed during his second verse. He even makes the claim that he's "badder with patter" than Copperfield is. |
| 558 | * PhonyPsychic: Houdini famously considered them to be the scum of the earth for trying to con the grieving and emotionally vulnerable out of money, and after trying to get several to contact his own dead mother made it obvious to him they were lying, he went on a crusade to expose them all as frauds. David dismisses this crusade as "[wasting] time proving everybody wrong". |
| 559 | * TakeThat: He calls Copperfield "the saddest thing to happen to Magic since [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering The Gathering]]". |
| 560 | |
| 561 | !! Christopher "Criss Angel" Sarantakos |
| 562 | ->'''Played by''': Dante Cimadamore |
| 563 | ->'''Voiced by''': Lloyd Ahlquist |
| 564 | ->''"Did somebody say Angel?"'' |
| 565 | |
| 566 | * ButtMonkey: He attempts to join in the battle between Copperfield and Houdini, only to immediately get shut out by Houdini and insulted by Copperfield. |
| 567 | * {{Flight}}: Like Copperfield, he also shows up levitating. |
| 568 | * MondegreenGag: He mishears 'angle' as 'angel'. |
| 569 | |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | [[folder: Terminator vs Robocop]] |
| 573 | !! Franchise/RoboCop |
| 574 | ->'''Played by''': Peter Shukoff |
| 575 | ->''"Your move, creep!"'' |
| 576 | ---- |
| 577 | |
| 578 | * ByTheBookCop: He calls out Terminator for not understanding love and honor. |
| 579 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Finishes his first verse with his iconic line "Your move, creep." |
| 580 | * {{Foil}}: To Terminator. [=RoboCop=] is a human turned cyborg who looks more mechanical than organic, and remains emotionless throughout his verses. Terminator, meanwhile, started off as a machine who looks quite human, and [[LargeHam is highly fired up while delivering his verses]], but is not human in the slightest. |
| 581 | * TheGunslinger: Terminator mocks his pistol being his weapon. |
| 582 | * HandCannon: Robo's weapon. The WalkingArmory that is the Terminator refers to it as a pea-shooter. |
| 583 | * HypocriticalHumor: He takes a shot at ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', but Terminator reminds him that ''Film/RoboCop3'' wasn't any better. |
| 584 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: Shoots one of the Terminator's bullets out of the air. |
| 585 | * QuickDraw: He's "too quick on the draw" for Terminator in a gunfight. |
| 586 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to the Terminator's Red Oni. Robocop remains cool and stoic throughout his verses, never showing any real emotion. |
| 587 | * TheStoic: His emotionless voice reflects his lack of feelings inside him, [[NotSoStoic but even he was disappointed]] by ''Film/{{Terminator 3|RiseOfTheMachines}}'' |
| 588 | * ThreeLawsCompliant: Has his own variations: |
| 589 | -->Serve the public trust |
| 590 | -->Maximize blood squibs |
| 591 | -->Defeat all sucker emcees |
| 592 | |
| 593 | !! Franchise/{{Terminator}} |
| 594 | ->'''Played by''': Lloyd Ahlquist[=/=]Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger (final line) |
| 595 | ->''"It's Judgment Day, baby. Hasta la vista!"'' |
| 596 | ---- |
| 597 | * TheAhnold: Since he's based on the TropeNamer himself. |
| 598 | * AntiHero: While Robocop keeps the sense of justice he had as Murphy, The Terminator is only capable of doing what he's programmed for. Nothing else. |
| 599 | * CharacterCatchphrase: His verses include several of his iconic catchphrases, notably "I'll be back." and "Hasta la vista." |
| 600 | * CompositeCharacter: He raps in the steel plant from the [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay second movie]], performs his shotgun flip and wears his leather outfit from the same film, plus the catchphrases. However, he wields his UZI from the [[Film/TheTerminator first movie]], and his overall personality is similar to his original, villainous KillerRobot one. |
| 601 | * CoolShades: He takes off his iconic shades after his intro and puts them back on for the end for his last attack. |
| 602 | * {{Foil}}: To Robocop. [=Robocop=] is a human turned cyborg who looks more mechanical than organic, and remains emotionless throughout his verses. Terminator, meanwhile, started off as a machine who looks quite human, and [[LargeHam is highly fired up while delivering his verses]], but is not human in the slightest. |
| 603 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He says Robocop's emotions are wrecking his flows, but the Terminator sounds far more emotional (especially angry) throughout the battle than Robocop, who keeps an even, emotionless tone in his own raps. |
| 604 | * ImplacableMan: Not even being shot in the head stops him from finishing his verse. |
| 605 | * JustAMachine: Robocop says that he knows nothing of love or honor, and only protects John Connor because of programing. |
| 606 | * KickTheDog: At one point, he impersonates Robocop's wife just to make a burn towards his sex life. |
| 607 | * MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Introduced as "The Terminator", but he gives out his full model number in his first verse: |
| 608 | --> "I am T-800 Cyberdyne Systems Model 101, and I'll be sweeping up your robo-bits like paperclips when I'm done!" |
| 609 | * NoKillLikeOverkill: At the end where he has two ED-209s fire on Robo. |
| 610 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Robo's Blue Oni. Unlike the cold, emotionless machines in the movies, this Terminator gets highly fired up throughout his verses to contrast with [=RoboCop=]'s cool, mechanical delivery. |
| 611 | * VoiceChangeling: He imitates Alex Murphy's wife's voice at one point, in the same manner the Terminator does in the films. |
| 612 | * WalkingArsenal: He brags about the amount of weapons he can use in comparison to [=RoboCop=]'s trademark pistol. |
| 613 | [[/folder]] |
| 614 | |
| 615 | [[folder: Eastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers]] |
| 616 | !! Creator/{{Socrates}} |
| 617 | ->'''Played by:''' Lloyd Ahlquist |
| 618 | ->''"The mad gadfly, philosophy was my invention!"'' |
| 619 | ---- |
| 620 | * BerserkButton: Doesn't like being called a plebe. |
| 621 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Appears in the background during Lewis & Clark vs. Bill & Ted. |
| 622 | * TheGadfly: Proudly proclaims himself to be one as "the mad gadfly". In real life, he's the originator of the term. |
| 623 | * KnightInSourArmor: Insufferable as he is, he had a major interest in ethics, which is why he puts down [[spoiler: Voltaire for being a lottery-rigging frog.]] |
| 624 | * TheLeader: Claims himself the inventor of philosophy, and Sun Tzu claims that Nietzsche and Voltaire are his followers. |
| 625 | * OldMaster: He's obviously quite old, which means he has been practicing his Socratic method (and in this case, rapping skills) for a long time |
| 626 | * RedBaron: Refers to himself as the "Mad Gadfly." |
| 627 | * {{Troll}}: Infamous for being one. He proudly calls himself the Mad Gadfly and claims his team's got wisdom and wit even he couldn't question. |
| 628 | |
| 629 | !! Creator/FriedrichNietzsche |
| 630 | ->'''Played by:''' Peter Shukoff |
| 631 | ->''"They call me Ãœbermensch 'cause I'm so driven!"'' |
| 632 | ---- |
| 633 | |
| 634 | * BerserkButton: |
| 635 | ** He's shaking in rage after being insulted by [[spoiler:Socrates]]. Making it worse is that he doesn't believe himself to be [[spoiler:Socrates' student.]] |
| 636 | * TheComicallySerious: Easily the most intense of the philosophers, which makes it funnier when he threatens to "squeeze out a ''Tao of Pooh'' on Lao Tzu." |
| 637 | * {{Flanderization}}: His portrayal is inaccurate in that he is equated with his most bombastic proclamations and he describes himself as a "nihilist" which the real Nietzsche did not. Nietzsche argued ''against'' nihilism and he described it in detail but always as something to be overcome. |
| 638 | * GermanicDepressives: He's German, and spends the entire rap battle scowling or being angry. |
| 639 | * LargeHam: Shouts half of his lines with intense expressions and actions. |
| 640 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: According to Confucius, his ideas are partly responsible for UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. |
| 641 | * PerpetualFrowner: Spends the entire battle with a scowl on his face. |
| 642 | * RedBaron: Dubs himself the "Fliest Nihilist." |
| 643 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Becomes annoyed by his allies arguing and leaves after the battle.]] |
| 644 | * ShownTheirWork: [[spoiler:They got Nietzsche's real-life dislike for Socrates and Voltaire right.]] |
| 645 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: "'Cause I'm N-I-E-T Z-S-C-H-E, and I'll end any motherfucker like my name in a spelling bee!" |
| 646 | * StrawNihilist: Reassures himself as the TropeCodifier during his introduction. "The Fliest Nihilist." |
| 647 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler: He hated Socrates and Voltaire and absolutely lost it when he's referred to as Socrates' student.]] |
| 648 | * ThoseWackyNazis: Confucius takes a jab at how his sister appropriated his works for use by the Third Reich (much to his chagrin). |
| 649 | * {{Ubermensch}}: He insists that you call him one, because "he's so driven." This is one rare mistake from the series, the real-life Nietzsche consistently said that he was ''not'' the Ãœbermensch.[[note]]Though he does specifically say "They call me Ubermensch", so ''he'' may not be calling himself an Ãœbermensch[[/note]] |
| 650 | |
| 651 | !! Creator/{{Voltaire}} |
| 652 | ->'''Played by:''' Music/ZachSherwin |
| 653 | ->''"Dishing out more disses than letters and pamphlets and plays I've been publishing!"'' |
| 654 | ---- |
| 655 | * AgentPeacock: More flouncy than his teammates, but no less scathing. |
| 656 | * AttentionWhore: Confucius implies he supports free speech so he can yap as much as he wants. |
| 657 | * BerserkButton: He tries to calm Socrates down, but [[spoiler: lost it after Socrates called him a frog]][[note]]a common ethnic slur against the French[[/note]] |
| 658 | * TheCasanova: He gets laid. A LOT. He even points out how the Westerners are better lovers. |
| 659 | * CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: Prides himself on going against the status quo, directly opposing Confucius. |
| 660 | * {{Flanderization}}: He's mostly a caricature of a foppish French aristocrat with none of his deeper ideas or defects (his raging anti-Semitism for instance) addressed. |
| 661 | * GagNose: Socrates makes a joke about Voltaire's nose falling into a cup of coffee. |
| 662 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Confucius tells him free speech is no excuse to babble about himself. |
| 663 | * LargeHam: As per usual with Zach Sherwin, especially when [[spoiler:he retorts in response to Socrates calling him a frog. See RhymingWithItself.]] |
| 664 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: Though Confucius thinks his 'do looks like egg noodles. |
| 665 | * MustHaveCaffeine: His love of coffee is mocked by Confucius [[spoiler:and Socrates]]. |
| 666 | * RhymingWithItself: Rhymes "frank" with itself ''four times'', and for bonus points, rhymes the preceding word every time as well, three of those four times rhyming "be" with itself. At least he uses different meanings of "frank" each time... |
| 667 | --> Let me ''be frank:''\ |
| 668 | Don't start beef with ''the Frank''\ |
| 669 | Who hangs with ''[[Creator/BenjaminFranklin B. Franks]]''\ |
| 670 | Giving ladies ''beef franks!'' |
| 671 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Confucius accuses him of this after he boasts about his wit. |
| 672 | |
| 673 | !! [[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu Sun Tzu]] |
| 674 | ->'''Played by:''' Timothy [=DeLeGHETTO=] |
| 675 | ->''"Bitch, I wrote The Art of War, so you better get your guns out!"'' |
| 676 | ---- |
| 677 | * BatmanGambit: Pulls one off and successfully [[spoiler:gets the Western philosophers to turn on each other by exploiting their egos.]] |
| 678 | * BigOlEyebrows: He has the largest and thickest of the three. |
| 679 | * CulturedWarrior: A lifelong general and a brilliant strategist who wrote a highly influential book on military strategy, amongst other achievements. |
| 680 | * FlawExploitation: [[spoiler:He turns his opponents against each other by taking advantage of Nietzsche's dislike of Socrates]]. |
| 681 | * TheGadfly: Despite Socrates calling himself this as his title, Sun Tzu is sneaking around and making fun of the philosophers after he [[spoiler:turns them against each other]]. He takes a picture of [[spoiler:the three squabbling once Voltaire joins in, and laughs at Nietzsche as he fumes in rage.]] |
| 682 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Though his plan to [[spoiler:turn the Westerners against each other succeeded, the Easterners also fall victim to infighting when he gets frustrated with Lao Tzu and tells him to "fill his bowl with some shit that makes some sense".]] |
| 683 | * HotBlooded: The most riled up of the Eastern Philosophers. |
| 684 | * HypocriticalHumor: Insults [[spoiler:Confucius' BigOlEyebrows]] even though his own are the biggest. |
| 685 | * TheLeader: Easily takes control of his side's verses, commanding Lao Tzu and Confucius to give it their all. |
| 686 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Exploits [[TruthInTelevision Nietzsche's contempt for Socrates]] in order to ruin the cooperation of Team West.]] |
| 687 | |
| 688 | !! [[Creator/{{Laozi}} Lao Tzu]] |
| 689 | ->'''Played by:''' [=KRNFX=] |
| 690 | ->''"We must remember: a bowl is most useful when it is empty."'' |
| 691 | ---- |
| 692 | * BerserkButton: Telling him that his philosophy doesn't make sense will enrage him. |
| 693 | * DontThinkFeel: His philosophy encourages going with the flow, but he still tells [[spoiler:Sun Tzu]] to "move, bitch, get out the way!" |
| 694 | * HypocriticalHumor: Chides the western philosophers for their lack of discipline and control, but loses it when [[spoiler: Sun Tzu]] pushes his BerserkButton. |
| 695 | * IceCreamKoan: [[spoiler:Sun Tzu]] points out how his philosophy at times just doesn't make any sense. |
| 696 | ---> ''A bowl is best used when it is empty...'' |
| 697 | * MellowFellow: Very relaxed and tranquil, [[spoiler:up until Sun Tzu says his ideas make no sense]]. |
| 698 | * NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Succumbed to arguing with Sun Tzu.]] |
| 699 | * OldMaster: His age reflects in his wisdom (even if it doesn't make sense at first thought) and he can still get physical. |
| 700 | * TheQuietOne: Speaks very calmly and politely. |
| 701 | * ScratchyVoicedSenior: He has a guttural, low-pitched voice and speaks very slowly, reflecting his advanced age. |
| 702 | * TheStoic: Of the serene variety. He's noticeably the calmest of his group. |
| 703 | * TechnicalPacifist: He threatens to force his opposition out of the way if they don't move for him. |
| 704 | |
| 705 | !! Creator/{{Confucius}} |
| 706 | ->'''Played by:''' MC JIN |
| 707 | ->''"Here's the real golden rule: I'm way above you weak rookies!"'' |
| 708 | ---- |
| 709 | * BerserkButton: Insulting his eyebrows breaks his politeness. |
| 710 | * BigOlEyebrows: They're big enough to be mocked by Sun Tzu even though his are bigger. |
| 711 | * ConfucianConfusion: "You can all hold these fortune cookies". He even prefaces it with "Confucius say". |
| 712 | * TheFettered: Confucianism is known for its rigid social systems. Confucius makes appeals to tradition, respect, and honor over the course of the battle. This is why Voltaire dedicates his verse to dissing Confucius, saying he considers challenging conformity to just be what would come naturally to a man who prides himself on being a free thinker. |
| 713 | * JapaneseRanguage: As a pun against Nietzsche, he doesn't approve of his philosophies by saying "Me no [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Third Reichy]]." |
| 714 | * MotorMouth: Gives Shakespeare a run for his money with how fast he executes Sun Tzu's BatmanGambit. |
| 715 | * NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler:Attempts to stop his partners' squabble but then joins in.]] |
| 716 | * NWordPrivileges: Makes cracks about AsianSpeekeeEngrish, Chinese takeout and fortune cookies. |
| 717 | * OldMaster: He delivers a scathing broadside to Voltaire and Nietzsche by leveraging a lifetime of wisdom and being oldest here. |
| 718 | * UnusualEyebrows: Sun Tzu thinks they need to fit better on his face. |
| 719 | * VocalDissonance: He looks like a wise old sage, which makes his youthful voice coupled with his energetic, fast-talking style kind of jarring. |
| 720 | [[/folder]] |
| 721 | |
| 722 | [[folder: Shaka Zulu vs Julius Caesar]] |
| 723 | !! UsefulNotes/ShakaZulu |
| 724 | ->'''Played by:''' [=DeStorm=] Powers |
| 725 | ->''"I got the strength of a lion and the speed of a cheetah!"'' |
| 726 | ---- |
| 727 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is a legendary African warrior king. |
| 728 | * BadassArmy: There are Zulu soldiers in his area. In his own words, they can "dismantle any emperor's pasty white horde". |
| 729 | * CompanionCube: The rap begins with Zulu talking to his hammer as if it is his friend. |
| 730 | * HotBlooded: Very energetic and ready to fight. |
| 731 | * HypocriticalHumor: He mocks Caesar's death at the hand of those he thought his friends in both the play and in real life. Ironic when Shaka himself was murdered by his two half-brothers at an even younger age than Caesar. |
| 732 | * LargeHam: Even for a [[WorldOfHam show like this]], he stands out as a loudmouth. |
| 733 | * LightningBruiser: With the strength of a lion and the speed of a cheetah. |
| 734 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Caesar suggests he should hide underneath his cow skin shield. |
| 735 | * MadeASlave: Caesar's closing line threatens Zulu with this fate. |
| 736 | --> '''Caesar''': You could grow my wheat for me after you're beaten! |
| 737 | * OhCrap: He is visibly shocked, when Caesar explains him how his superior forces will defeat the Zulu bull horn formation. |
| 738 | * PrecisionFStrike: He only swears once in the battle, but he makes it count. |
| 739 | --> '''Shaka''': And get fucked by more than just Cleopatra in Africa! |
| 740 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: His first verse is more focused on how he's one of Africa's greatest conquerors along with his army in the background. |
| 741 | * RedOniBlueOni: Shaka's the aggressive, boisterous Red Oni and Julius's the the calm, calculating Blue Oni. |
| 742 | * ScaryBlackMan: One of the scariest in history due to his conquests. |
| 743 | * TheStrategist: References his Impi battle formation through the Zulu's horns. Caesar later references the Impi by threatening to spank the Zulu in the chest. |
| 744 | * UnderwearOfPower: He's a warrior king wearing a loin cloth. Caesar even mocks him for it by saying he's wearing a diaper. |
| 745 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: He and his soldiers are all shirtless, though Zulu at least has an elegant large tribal necklace to indicate his royal status. |
| 746 | * ZergRush: Eloquently shown by the following scene: |
| 747 | --> '''Shaka''': Send him back to home with a message from the (two of his troops appear and chant together) Zulu! If you battle (the two troops are now eight, and they chant together) Shaka, (the camera pans out to show a field packed with Shaka's troops) this what happen (all of them) to you. |
| 748 | |
| 749 | !! UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar |
| 750 | ->'''Played by:''' Peter Shukoff |
| 751 | ->''"You're fucking with the most triumphant third of the Triumvirate!"'' |
| 752 | ---- |
| 753 | * BadassArmy: He has Roman soldiers backing him up, and is confident enough in their skills to tell Shaka exactly how they will beat the Zulu army: |
| 754 | --> First my front lines will drop back and spank you in the chest;\ |
| 755 | then I'll decimate your horns, you can't outflank the best! |
| 756 | * BadassBoast: References how he killed his kidnappers once he was released from them to show that he doesn't make empty threats. |
| 757 | * ChekhovsGunman: He's mentioned by Creator/MarilynMonroe during her rap battle against UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra|VII}} in Season 2. |
| 758 | * ColdHam: He's ChewingTheScenery just as much as Zulu much more subdued. Nice Peter's haughty performance as Caeser is extremely entertaining. |
| 759 | * DeadpanSnarker: He has a rather dry wit. |
| 760 | --> '''Caesar''': You talk a lot of shit for a man wearing a diaper./I heard you had poison spit; where was it in this cypher? |
| 761 | * DecapitationPresentation: Zulu threatens to do this to him, saying he'll send his head back to Rome as a message for anyone who wants to attempt challenging the African king's might. |
| 762 | * DirtyCoward: According to Zulu, everyone thinks Caesar is a chicken. |
| 763 | * TheEmperor: First of the Empire, last of the Republicans. However this is defied by himself in RealLife. Julius Caesar was the ''de facto'' absolute ruler of Rome but he insisted on not being "king". As for "last of the Republicans", later historians consider Brutus to be that. |
| 764 | * EtTuBrute: Shaka brings up his death at the hands of those he trusted. |
| 765 | * EvilLaugh: "Oooh can I be a hyena? Cause I'm going to laugh." |
| 766 | * FauxAffablyEvil: His voice becomes awfully calm at the end of the battle as he tells Shaka Zulu that he's ''not'' going to kill him or his hordes, since [[PragmaticVillainy they'll be much more useful to him as slaves.]] |
| 767 | * JustTheFirstCitizen: Julius was the historical Trope Namer here, and this is referenced when he calls himself "First of the Empire." |
| 768 | * KubrickStare: He starts off with a creepy and intense stare when he gets introduced. |
| 769 | * MadeASlave: Invokes this on Zulu. |
| 770 | --> '''Caesar''': There's no use in murdering you and your heathen; you can grow my wheat for me after you're beaten. |
| 771 | * PityTheKidnapper: Inverted initially - the pirates were very charmed by him. [[DisproportionateRetribution Then they all ended up crucified once he was released.]] |
| 772 | * PragmaticVillainy: He sees no need for genocide, especially when slavery is more profitable for Rome. |
| 773 | * RedOniBlueOni: Shaka's the aggressive, boisterous Red Oni and Julius's the the calm, calculating Blue Oni. |
| 774 | * TheQueensLatin: He's Roman (obviously) and speaks with a slight English accent. |
| 775 | * TheStrategist: Lays out the ways his legions will cripple Shaka's forces. |
| 776 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: "First in the Empire, last of the republicans", as he puts it. |
| 777 | * WickedCultured: He's ruthless and is well aware of his Shakespearian biography. |
| 778 | [[/folder]] |
| 779 | |
| 780 | [[folder: Jim Henson vs Stan Lee]] |
| 781 | !! Creator/StanLee |
| 782 | ->'''Played by:''' Lloyd Ahlquist |
| 783 | ->''"I'm just your friendly neighborhood writer man with a secret identity of a super MC!"'' |
| 784 | ---- |
| 785 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler:He's quick to say sorry after he insults Mr. Hooper and then spends the rest of the rap telling Jim that he considers him a good friend.]] |
| 786 | * BerserkButton: Takes off the kid gloves after Jim brings up Creator/JackKirby. |
| 787 | * CoolOldGuy: The charismatic creator of many comic book icons, though he's working through a few emotional issues. |
| 788 | * CoolShades: He claims his raps are as dark as his shades. |
| 789 | * EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler: He quickly apologizes for the Mr. Hooper line.]] |
| 790 | * GrumpyOldMan: He regretfully tells Jim about struggling to control his temper [[TooMuchInformation (among other things)]] at his age. |
| 791 | * HairTriggerTemper: Stan mentions that sometimes he's not able to control his rage and you'll wouldn't like him when he's angry. Jim (through Kermit) even mentions that his anger can clutter his mind. |
| 792 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Much more hostile than his opponent, but when Henson accuses him of stealing Jack Kirby's ideas he emphatically tells Henson that Jack was his ''friend''. [[spoiler: After realizing that he's gone too far with the Mr. Hooper line, he admits that Henson was gone too soon, and misses him.]] |
| 793 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: When he makes the Mr.Hooper line towards Henson, he's instantly disgusted with himself.]] |
| 794 | * NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler: He cuts his own rap after he brings up Mr. Hooper's death to mock Henson and immediately apologized.]] |
| 795 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Walt Disney turned up, he's spooked.]] |
| 796 | * SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: He frequently verbalize his actions, particularly [[ComicBook/SpiderMan ""thwip"]] (when releasing a web), [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} "snikt"]] (when pulling out his WolverineClaws), and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour "stomp"]] (when doing a double axe handle). All are accompanied by WrittenSoundEffect. |
| 797 | * WolverineClaws: He threatens to shave Jim Henson's beard with claws similar to those of Wolverine. |
| 798 | * WorthyOpponent: After everything is said and done, he and Jim Henson have lots of respect for each other. |
| 799 | * WrittenSoundEffect: Uses some of the most recognizable in his lyrics, including [[{{ComicBook/Wolverine}} "snikt"]] and [[ComicBook/SpiderMan "thwip"]]. |
| 800 | * YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Lee dismisses Henson's work on ''The Muppets'' and ''Sesame Street'' as "bupkis" -- a Yiddish loanword roughly meaning "nonsense" or "nothing important." |
| 801 | |
| 802 | !! Creator/JimHenson |
| 803 | ->'''Played by:''' Peter Shukoff |
| 804 | ->''"I'm clenching all your strings like you're a puppet in suspension."'' |
| 805 | ---- |
| 806 | * AssistCharacter: Kermit helps deliver a few of Jim's punchlines in his first verse. |
| 807 | * DissonantSerenity: He has a calm soothing voice throughout the rap. |
| 808 | * JawDrop: After Stan's second verse, both Jim and Kermit's jaws drop, causing Stan to realize he's gone too far. |
| 809 | * MuppetCameo: The most famous muppet, Kermit, is by his side. |
| 810 | * NervesOfSteel: He never loses his cool when battling Stan Lee. [[spoiler:He gives one OhCrap after another once Walt Disney shows up.]] |
| 811 | * NiceGuy: He poses (more than a little mildly) for battle and talks up his rap as usual, but ultimately has maybe one ''very'' dry "burn" that Kermit helps him deliver. Everything else comes across as him being genuinely friendly. |
| 812 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Walt Disney turned up, he's unnerved.]] |
| 813 | * ShooOutTheClowns: Kermit exits stage left just as Jim starts to have a real heart-to-heart talk with Stan. This means he's also absent [[spoiler: when Disney appears and the whole video takes a turn for the darker]]. |
| 814 | * TemptingFate: [[spoiler:He ends his second verse that no man can muck with his and Stan Lee's legacy. Cue the surprise guest...]] |
| 815 | * TooCoolToLive: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Stan Lee very solemnly |
| 816 | --> '''Stan Lee:''' You were gone too soon.\ |
| 817 | It's like watching a beautiful sunset, at noon. |
| 818 | * TraumaticHaircut: Stan Lee threatens to forcefully shave him using WolverineClaws. |
| 819 | * {{Ventriloquism}}: The most famous ventriloquist in history is present, being the creator of ''Franchise/TheMuppets'', and he has Kermit rapping with him. |
| 820 | * WarriorTherapist: Even before [[spoiler:Stan apologizes for the Mr. Hooper line]], Jim says he can feel something discordant within Stan. |
| 821 | * WorthyOpponent: After everything is said and done, he and Stan Lee have lots of respect for each other. |
| 822 | |
| 823 | !! Creator/WaltDisney (in apperance) / the Creator/{{Disney}} corporation (what he actually represents) |
| 824 | ->'''Played by:''' Music/ZachSherwin |
| 825 | ->''"I'm owning this battle! In fact, I own this whole series!"'' |
| 826 | ---- |
| 827 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: He's less Walt Disney the man and more of the physical embodiment of how detractors view the Disney corporation. This has some disturbing historical resonance, since even in his own lifetime, Disney's person and his corporate icon became so conflated that many of his employees and associates weren't even quite sure what his "real" personality was like. |
| 828 | * AxCrazy: Certainly comes off this way, what with the [[SlasherSmile gigantic, terrifying grin]] and wide, crazed eyes. |
| 829 | * BadBoss: He shamelessly brags about how he overworks his artists and the poor labor conditions in his shops. |
| 830 | --> "So get back to work! That's my dime you're wasting!\ |
| 831 | I didn't buy you for billions so you could play around debating!" |
| 832 | * TheBadGuyWins: Successfully gets both Henson and Lee in his pocket and takes over the series itself. |
| 833 | --> "Clearly there's nobody near me!\ |
| 834 | I'm owning this battle -- in fact, ''I own this whole series!''" |
| 835 | * BitingTheHandHumor: The show is ultimately owned by [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]], and so with this character they're basically calling their founder an EvilOverlord. |
| 836 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Unlike Lee and Henson, he cares more about money than business ethics. |
| 837 | * CrapsaccharineWorld: How he sells his empire: |
| 838 | --> "I'll put a smile on your face and green in your pocket!\ |
| 839 | You'll be safe and insured when you're under my employ!\ |
| 840 | Now look at it! GAZE UPON MY EMPIRE OF JOY!!!!" |
| 841 | * DarkReprise: He enters the scene with a twisted version of the [[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub Mickey Mouse March]]. |
| 842 | * DisneyOwnsThisTrope: And he ''is'' the Disney in question. |
| 843 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: His skin is very pale, likely to make his appearance more evil. |
| 844 | * EvilIsBigger: Zigzagged. At 6'2", Music/ZachSherwin is only about two inches taller than Peter, but more than half a foot taller than Lloyd. This is especially noticeable when Disney puts his hands on Henson and Lee's shoulders.[[note]]the real Walt Disney, at 5'10", was shorter than both the real Stan Lee (5'11") and Jim Henson (6'3")[[/note]] |
| 845 | * EvilOverlord: He describes his business as an Empire and has the ego of one, "the Disneyland-lord of your intellectual property". |
| 846 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He smiles most of the time and promises Lee and Henson they'll be compensated and insured handsomely (which Disney does to all their artists), but it's clear he cares for nothing but power over people's happiness. |
| 847 | --> "You belong to Disney, which means you stay busy\ |
| 848 | Cranking out magic and assembly line whimsy!" |
| 849 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: When everyone thinks that Stan Lee and Jim Henson will have a heartfelt conclusion over their rap battle, he shows up without any warning. |
| 850 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: PlayedForLaughs. While the real Walt was a flawed guy, with allegations of racism and anti-semitism, he was, at heart, decent enough person. Here, here's practically a supervillain in the ''ERB''-verse, owning a giant mega corporation and ruling it like a tyrant. Justified given how he's not really representing Walt, but the corruption of the Disney corporation itself. |
| 851 | * HostileShowTakeover: Literally and figuratively, given that he finishes the rap and then declares "I own this whole series". Yes, he even brags about it and his past attempts of this trope all throughout his appearance. |
| 852 | * ItsAllAboutMe: His raps are all EvilGloating about his success. Tellingly, all but one his lines included the words "I", "my", "me," or his own name. |
| 853 | * KnightOfCerebus: When he shows up, the mood quickly takes a nosedive. Most of his verse borders on disturbing, in stark contrast to the rest of the battle. |
| 854 | * LargeHam: Truly chews up the scenery bragging about his success. |
| 855 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: To add to the episode's already creepy ending, Disney not only mentions that he owns Henson and Lee's companies, but also the show. Maker Studios, the studio that produced the series until 2019, is owned by The Walt Disney Company. |
| 856 | * MomentKiller: He interrupts a heartfelt conversation between Jim Henson and Stan Lee. |
| 857 | * NoIndoorVoice: For most of his verse, he's practically screaming his lines. |
| 858 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Screams in the VoiceOfTheLegion, cheerfully raps about how he works his artists to the bone and runs a number of sweatshops, and all with a huge smile and wide, bright eyes. Disney is easily the most legitimately scary character in ERB history. |
| 859 | * PerpetualSmiler: Has this big, plastic grin on his face for most of his lines. He claims that [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul he'll put a smile on everyone's face]] whether they like it or not. |
| 860 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Aside from owning the rights to Franchise/TheMuppets and most of Creator/MarvelComics properties, Disney also owns Maker Studios, which owns ERB, which was founded by [=NicePeter=] and [=EpicLloyd=], who are playing the founders[[note]]Well, Henson was. Lee was its Chief publisher and company face[[/note]] of the first two companies. |
| 861 | * SharpDressedMan: He's wearing a suit because he is a modern day emperor. |
| 862 | * SigilSpam: "With [[Franchise/MickeyMouse only 3 circles]], I dominate the planet!" |
| 863 | * TechnicallyASmile: Has a wide, toothy, joyless grin that seems to never leave his face. |
| 864 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: In a warped capitalistic sense of utopia, he is definitely creating one. He declares his company to be an "Empire of Joy." He also believes that any business practice is acceptable so long as the end product makes people happy. |
| 865 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: This is not Walt himself but the personification of the company itself, and so he speaks with the voices of all its ruling bigwigs. |
| 866 | * WhamLine: "M-I-C: I rock the mic properly! K-E-Y: Turning profits, I got the key!" |
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