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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#826: Nov 23rd 2019 at 7:50:11 PM

I really liked this one, I think Joker took it but Pennywise got his fair share of hits in.

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IMBoring Since: Nov, 2010
#827: Nov 23rd 2019 at 10:01:30 PM

Hate how long the video had to take when the audio was out for a week. But at least it was worth the wait. Like the last battle, Joker won this one though Pennywise did have some good lines. Joker's lines just hit harder, same as with Vlad the Impaler's. Both Peter and Lloyd got enveloped into their characters, which rarely happens. This overtakes the Fast Food Mascot Battle for top episode of this season in my view.

I'm surprised at the next battle that was teased at the end. I thought for sure it'd be the season finale because it seemed to have the most hype around it, so I'm very curious to know what the season finale this time is going to be.

Shep55 Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Abstaining
HalfFaust Since: Jan, 2019
#829: Nov 24th 2019 at 3:08:04 AM

Around 3:45 there's a very brief shot of Oppenheimer? vs Thanos. Also, while looking for that noticed some of the suggestion comments were seven years old. Playing the long game, I guess.

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#830: Nov 24th 2019 at 4:41:10 AM

Really like the flow of that one.

Also been watching the behind the scenes video and apparently Lloyd got a lot of mileage out of that custome.

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#831: Nov 24th 2019 at 5:56:15 AM

I gotta say I sided with Pennywise on this one. Liked his delivery better.

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#832: Nov 24th 2019 at 6:06:49 AM

I'm giving slightly to Pennywise, which surprises me. I think the deciding factor is that there was at least one Joker burn that doesn't work (the claim that Pennywise's movies sink, which is decidedly false.) It also helps that Pennywise mostly shrugged on Joker's taunts, while Joker was definitely rattled by Pennywise's implied threat against Batman.

Edited by thok on Nov 24th 2019 at 6:10:01 AM

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#833: Nov 24th 2019 at 6:46:42 AM

Pennywise also had better visual representation, down to going One-Winged Angel in the end, while Joker mostly just walked around and filled dear air with laughter.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
HalfFaust Since: Jan, 2019
#834: Nov 24th 2019 at 11:40:52 AM

The one winged angel felt a bit too silly to me (though... monster clown, so that's kind of an inherent risk), though I agree Joker was a little boring visually (the camera shot was a neat reference but that's all that stuck out).

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#835: Nov 24th 2019 at 7:57:26 PM

I was unsure at first until Joker's third verse kicked in. That shit was straight up fire, and that was probably the best place they could have possibly put "We live in a society."

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#836: Nov 26th 2019 at 8:53:54 AM

Pennywise: "This battle's like poker - the joker is useless!"

...

deep breath

What a zinger.

Edited by Soble on Nov 26th 2019 at 8:55:56 AM

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#837: Nov 26th 2019 at 3:43:20 PM

"I spit January Ember flames / You got beat by the scooby gang / I'm the John Wayne of John Wayne Gacy's Underground Clown Posse, my flow's insane!" is unbeatable for me. The following "I'm the poster boy for missing person's posters / Joker's gonna float with me" were also great, though I feel like the Notorious BIG reference wasn't the strongest note to end the battle on.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Shep55 Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#838: Nov 26th 2019 at 4:50:42 PM

Speaking of references, is there anything in IT that explains why Pennywise made a Cask of Amontillado reference? Because even though it works really well it seems kinda random.

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#839: Nov 26th 2019 at 4:54:51 PM

IT is written by King, King had an ERB against Edgar Allan Poe. Poe wrote Cask of Amontillado

TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
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#840: Nov 27th 2019 at 5:54:24 AM

If we look at the battle from a rhetorical perspective, I think the Joker had the most convincing argument for his superiority.

I make the Justice League look like just a bunch of super schlubs

You lost to a herd of nerds who call themselves the Loser's Club

I mean, it's pretty hard to argue with that.

Edited by TyeDyeWildebeest on Nov 27th 2019 at 8:54:33 AM

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#841: Nov 27th 2019 at 4:12:56 PM

The Cask of Amontillado seems to primarily be a clown-based reference. Fortunado is (dressed like) a jester and is lured to his death underground by Montressor. It's not hard to track that to Pennywise luring Joker (a.k.a a Jester) to his death underground (as is his M.O to kill people underground). Pennywise basically spells it out by way of calling Joker "You jester / I'm montressor".

[up] Well if you go by King canon, Pennywise is still around despite the Loser's Club. You could make the case Pennywise aced it with his reference to how Batman keeps beating him and how Pennywise is eons-old ("I'm the Derry, Maine attraction, every 27 years").

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
wassboss Since: Mar, 2019
#842: Nov 28th 2019 at 2:45:26 AM

But then doesn't Pennywise get defeated by the Loser's Club when they're adults? Which is a bit better than being defeated by children but still doesn't compare to being defeated by Batman.

Edited by wassboss on Nov 28th 2019 at 10:47:24 AM

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#843: Dec 18th 2019 at 3:29:55 PM

Oppenheimer ran away with this one from the Creepy Monotone to the sick burns to the radio filter.

They kind of dropped the ball with Thanos, though. Very impressive make-up, but Thanos in the MCU speaks with a very smooth and quiet baritone (more reminiscent of their takes on Vader, Robocop or even Julius Caesar), which for some reason they didn't even try to reach.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#844: Dec 18th 2019 at 3:36:32 PM

Thanos looked very stupid and his rapping wasn't much better. Oppenheimer, though, that man was much more imposing in every respect.

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#845: Dec 18th 2019 at 4:12:44 PM

The worst thing is that Lloyd still mispronounces "nuclear."

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TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#846: Dec 18th 2019 at 4:19:24 PM

Was that supposed to be Thanos or a Sontaran cosplaying Thanos?

Edited by TheAirman on Dec 18th 2019 at 6:20:25 AM

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TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#847: Dec 18th 2019 at 5:23:52 PM

Thanos might have had a better rap, but he didn't look much better than a cheap Halloween costume and yeah, he really didn't sound much like Thanos.

Oppenheimer also had better burns. "Squirrel Girl kicked your ass" and "Lady Death didn't want to go out with you" are much better material than "you kept having affairs with married women" and "you're a communist".

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#848: Dec 19th 2019 at 6:54:41 AM

Good idea, bad execution.

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CryoJNik He who holds fandoms in contempt from At the edge of tomorrow Since: Nov, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
He who holds fandoms in contempt
#849: Dec 22nd 2019 at 9:01:34 PM

"Split U like 3 and 3 from 5."Probably the best line from that battle.

BTW Oppenheimer roasted Thanos horribly

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HalfFaust Since: Jan, 2019
#850: Dec 23rd 2019 at 4:50:53 AM

I was pretty sceptical about Oppenheimer as an rap battler (especially against a supervillain) but they actually pulled it off pretty well.


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