Rap Battles
is a Fan Fic series by IAmHoussem17 published on Archive of Our Own, featuring characters from various media pitted against each other in a rap contest.
This series provides examples of the following tropes:
- Affably Evil: As within canon, Kokushibo has a degree of admiration for Long Horse and is mostly composed in their battle.
- Alcoholic Parent: Niko mocks John for his alcoholism ruining his family relationships.
- Aloof Big Brother: Bakugo makes fun of Genya's troubled relationship with his older brother Sanemi.
- Atrocious Alias: Genya says that Bakugo's hero name is worse than Inosuke's inability to remember names.
- Borrowed Catchphrase: Zenitsu uses a variation on Armin's well-known line:Zenitsu: If you can't throw important words in this fight, you can't hope to change my undeniable landslide.
- Broken Base: Charlotte boasts about being beloved by FNAF fans while Chara's Ambiguous Gender Identity causes a divide in the Undertale fandom.
- Broken Pedestal: Jin takes a shot at Michael's relationship with Franklin falling apart. Michael shoots back by saying the same about Lord Shimura.
- Casanova Wannabe: Armin mocks Zenitsu for his horny and desperate antics with girls.
- Catchphrase Insult: Bakugo refers to Genya as an extra in Demon Slayer.
- Creator Backlash: Genya references the known fact that MHA creator Kōhei Horikoshi regretted Bakugo's harsh Suicide Dare to Deku.
- Dirty Coward: The Lich thinks The Beast is this because he's always hiding in the shadows.
- Disappeared Dad: Jeremy makes fun of Evan's dad leaving the family.
- Even Evil Has Standards: John Marston admits that he's no saint, but even he is disgusted by Niko's past of smuggling people.
- Eviler than Thou: The Lich proclaims himself as this over the Beast.The Lich: I am vile, you are mild, it's a stark contrast
So allow me to show you true darkness - Evil Versus Evil:
- The Beast vs. The Lich, the respective Big Bads of Over the Garden Wall and Adventure Time.
- Dmitri Johannes Petrov vs. William Afton.
- Flat Character: The Beast calls The Lich a flat villain.
- Good Versus Good:
- Genya vs. Bakugo.
- Armin vs. Zenitsu.
- Evan Hansen vs. Jeremy Heere.
- The Heavy: The Lich boasts about moving the plot forward while denouncing the Beast's status as a Non-Action Big Bad.
- Hypocrite: Lelouch chides Zeke for acting like he's above doing wrong.
- Ironic Name: Toffee points out that despite his name, Asgore hates shedding blood.
- Missing Mom: Evan shoots back at Jeremy's Disappeared Dad joke by bringing up his mom who also left the family.
- Not So Stoic: Asgore claims that Toffee's stoicism is a front as Marco's Boring Insult genuinely bothered him.
- She Who Fights Monsters: Chara argues that Charlotte is like William Afton because she ended up just like him: a bloodthirsty monster hellbent on killing people in the name of revenge.
- I Am Not Leonard Nimoy: The Beast turns the name of the Lich's voice actor into a boast:The Beast: You need to Ron back to Ooo while you still can
Cuz I am the one putting the I in Perilman - Toilet Humor: Zeke jokes that Lelouch is so childish, he should change his name to Lacouche.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Genya points out Bakugo's tendency to complain about being rescued.
- Villain Respect: Kokushibo shows this towards Long Horse.Kokushibo: So you are my opponent, a horror so wondrous
I respect the good you do even with your foreboding likeness
Now let's draw our verbal swords and see who's worthy of winning this
