r/ERB Oct 18 '24

Discussion Vote for your favorite ERB characters here!

34 Upvotes

Like Schaffrillas' video on the community's favorite Mario characters, we're doing one for ERB characters:

  1. In the form below, you will list 5 ERB characters you enjoy the most to make our compiled community list for favorite characters, not just rappers, but cameos and anyone else that counts too (see form for details)

  2. As a bonus feature, you can only make ONE character have a second vote to give them an extra point

  3. As another bonus feature, this includes a negative vote choice for a least favorite character/one you would like to remove a point to, which you can do to 2 if you want (1 is mandatory, but the other is optional)

  4. Make sure they fit the criteria of being a character/figure in ERB, which means they have a wiki page, appear in a video released by ERB or are counted on here: https://epicrapbattlesofhistory.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_characters_from_Epic_Rap_Battles_of_History

Form to submit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3W3NI-g6v25vBSMWnoXocPP4-yKY2Yb9enlGjfGjaFB402Q/viewform

If you have any questions or want to see results when they reveal, join the server here: https://discord.com/invite/hkyPGMBNaf


r/ERB May 10 '25

Discussion Tips for those who want to make suggestions

26 Upvotes

This applies to both community as well as ERB suggestions (not including joke matchups of course since those wouldn't be affected), so to clarify, I'm only doing this post as an assistance to help refine the way how most can approach coming up with ideas and so I'll do exactly that

The flaws I've noticed:

-The "Both both both both both" reasonings

It's not a good look generally when you have to constantly state this as an attempt to make your idea look good because most of what you're going to say ends up leaving you with "connections" that comes off as illogical stretches that can't be taken seriously like "Both have movie adaptations" in addition to having stuff that can literally apply to ANYONE whether it'd be fictional or historical

-You don't need to elaborate hard

Most ERB matchups are condensed to either one or two reasonings, some mainly require one to essentially summarize the entire concept of what you're trying to formulate

Examples: Ulysses S. Grant vs Captain America, Civil War fighting leaders

Wayne Gretzky vs Tony Hawk, Athletes known for different types of skating

P. T. Barnum vs Vince McMahon, Ringleaders of massive entertainment businesses

Two users do this extraordinarily well:

https://www.reddit.com/user/NPRNilk/

https://www.reddit.com/user/Defiant-Oil5587/

Anything to convey your idea in a simple, yet effective way possible helps it catch on better when it's easy to understand

-Distasteful reasonings

Having the ideas centered on death, health/disability problems, tragic events, morbid reasonings, etc. doesn't make for something comedic nor creative in the slightest especially if they're both about recent (not historical) events involving actual victims, and if it seems like you're coming off as a tryhard unfunny edgelord, avoid it

-Focusing on things the characters wouldn't be fighting about

Generally it wouldn't be doable if the point of the matchup is how much both of them are shitty at what they did like James Buchanan vs Warren G. Harding because they're the worst presidents or something that hardly relates to them like GLaDOS vs Marie Antoinette just because they had a quote about cake, which at that point sounds like a stretch about why ERB would pair them up

-Figures that are either too dry to care for or just come from something esoteric for ERB viewers

To put it simply, ERB can do figures that definitely show their worth in history, but then there are ones who don't have that many known details of their lives that can make for a good battle like the captain of the Titanic or the guy who made the polio vaccine, and likewise that can be said for fictional characters like a niche anime protagonist or a trendy game that's not heard of by the general public

-Being so similar that there's no contrast or only doing contrast for the sake of them not being similar

When people are asking for something like Clara Barton vs Florence Nightingale where both are nurses working in overlapping fields or Chris Rock vs Kevin Hart just from them having similar styles of comedy and attitudes, the battle wouldn't seem that interesting from the lack of contrasting personalities between them or how they basically do the same types of things so that comparing them doesn't really lead to any good jokes being said about what they do without sounding hypocritical, and it's that kind of stuff that makes it obvious for why ERB didn't go with Jackie Chan against Bruce Lee or Freud against another psychologist and instead had someone more contrasting for both

On the other hand, you have suggestions that are just purposely trying to be completely different people or even one-sided just for the sake of it, like Captain America vs Homelander just because of their contrasting morals.... except that sounds like a battle set up entirely to make Homelander the loser from the start, so why not someone more closely matched to both of them? It's like saying how instead of Kurt Cobain vs a musician who's actually on his level of artistry, he should go against someone very cheerful and full of life just because CONTRAST, but I think ERB's best battles come from a popularly requested yet fitting matchup or something that fits just right like it was a Goldilocks situation where they have enough to fight about from their differences + similarities

For all these points, you can basically see how just about most of the matchups ERB made, especially after season 1, made sense to do as an idea and just about all the best ERBs follow these types of guidelines without trying to be random or different for the sake of it: https://www.reddit.com/r/ERB/comments/17zbm0q/why_every_erb_matchup_was_picked_explained/


r/ERB 5h ago

Suggestion Odysseus vs. ?????

11 Upvotes

After seeing the Odyssey I would love to hear Odysseus pluck his bow to announce his arrival in a rap battle, but I'm not sure who he could face. Maybe a mythical hero from another culture, like the Zeus vs. Thor battle? Or a gauntlet where he has to battle various monsters from pop culture?


r/ERB 8h ago

Suggestion Brutus vs Judas

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13 Upvotes

r/ERB 4h ago

Suggestion Community vs It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (casting and connections in the comments)

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7 Upvotes

r/ERB 4h ago

Tierlist Scientifically prove this rapper won, DAY 73: Darth Vader (Round 3)

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2 Upvotes

Last time, u/epicguyfrominternet said that Hitler won round 3 simply on account of returning after being defeated twice. Today, we'll finally finish off the Hitler vs Vader trilogy.

Current standings: https://tiermaker.com/list/random/erb-rappers-15891919/6444144

Do remember, your criteria needs to be measurable. If you need a refresher on the other rules, refer to Day 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/ERB/comments/1tadege/scientifically_prove_this_rapper_won_day_1_john/

Also, if you disagree so strongly with the notion of a given rapper winning that you refuse to come up with a justification for it, there is no need to comment saying so. Nobody said you had to engage with these posts at all.


r/ERB 1h ago

Community Suggestion King Solomon vs King Gilgamesh: Brains vs Brawn between two iconic middle eastern kings

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r/ERB 12h ago

Meta 30 Missable Details in Dr. Seuss vs William Shakespeare

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r/ERB 1d ago

Tierlist Scientifically prove this rapper won, DAY 72: Adolf Hitler (Round 3)

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18 Upvotes

...Okay, look, I'd prefer to have things such that there's a conceivable chance that no rapper's placement would ever become specific to the period in which I'm doing these posts. I want this to be something that someone can look at hundreds of years into the future, and not be able to say "hey, that tier doesn't apply to that rapper anymore". So, I'm putting Putin in the "more foreign words" tier.

Current standings: https://tiermaker.com/list/random/erb-rappers-15891919/6440550

Do remember, your criteria needs to be measurable. If you need a refresher on the other rules, refer to Day 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/ERB/comments/1tadege/scientifically_prove_this_rapper_won_day_1_john/

Also, if you disagree so strongly with the notion of a given rapper winning that you refuse to come up with a justification for it, there is no need to comment saying so. Nobody said you had to engage with these posts at all.


r/ERB 18h ago

Community Suggestion Paint the town ( the queen of hearts vs mr.carpainter)

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2 Upvotes

r/ERB 1d ago

Image Okay, i made the logo for the upcomings "vs anything" seasons edition

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8 Upvotes

r/ERB 1d ago

Community Battle Who won: Walt Disney vs Shigeru Miyamoto

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22 Upvotes

the original video got deleted so found a reupload


r/ERB 20h ago

Suggestion Serena Williams vs. Jackie Robinson

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2 Upvotes

r/ERB 1d ago

Community Suggestion Alice Cooper vs Marilyn Manson

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4 Upvotes

And then Screamin' Jay Hawkins joins the battle.


r/ERB 1d ago

Community Suggestion Junji Ito vs David Cronenberg

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11 Upvotes

r/ERB 23h ago

Official ERB ERB Matchup Reaction: Batgirl vs Xena

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2 Upvotes

r/ERB 22h ago

Doug Houser(Dark deception) vs Cuphead(Cuphead)

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1 Upvotes

They actually share alot of similarities when you really think about their verses and games, but different enough to make for an interesting rap or even death battle.

This fits more of something freshly kanal or Videogamerapbattles but there’s no subreddit for them so i just thought i post this here and see if anyone else thinks this is a good matchup.


r/ERB 1d ago

Community Suggestion Kermit the Frog vs Tulio Triviño (The Muppets vs 31 Minutos)

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3 Upvotes

r/ERB 2d ago

Tierlist Scientifically prove this rapper won, DAY 71: Vladimir Putin

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36 Upvotes

Last time, the Gorbachev post got vastly more upvotes than any previous post in this series, entering the triple digits. The winning comment from u/ArsefaceToo was very similar in that regard, with 121 upvotes for saying that Gorbachev's name doesn't end with "in". Today, we're focusing on Putin.

Current standings: https://tiermaker.com/list/random/erb-rappers-15891919/6433906

Do remember, your criteria needs to be measurable. Also, since it criteria needs to make the rapper singularly the winner; i.e. it functions such that the winner is Putin, and only Putin. If you need a refresher on the other rules, refer to Day 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/ERB/comments/1tadege/scientifically_prove_this_rapper_won_day_1_john/

Also, if you disagree so strongly with the notion of a given rapper winning that you refuse to come up with a justification for it, there is no need to comment saying so. Nobody said you had to engage with these posts at all.


r/ERB 1d ago

Suggestion Johan Cruyff vs. Heinz Guderian

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2 Upvotes

r/ERB 1d ago

Suggestion House VS Homelander

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7 Upvotes

House and Home connection

Both are asshole leader/bosses that have control of talented team members that they slowly corrupt, despite their jobs being for people’s greater good.

There could also be some connection with Homelander’s milk addiction and House’s pill addiction

Am I on to something or is this a reach?


r/ERB 1d ago

Community Suggestion Do what you can (Spiderman vs pepsi man)

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1 Upvotes

r/ERB 2d ago

Discussion I finally made my Rap Battle Thumbnail prediction for Pinocchio vs Megaman

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5 Upvotes

r/ERB 2d ago

Community Suggestion Count Olaf vs The Wizard of Oz

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12 Upvotes

r/ERB 2d ago

Suggestion Martin Luther vs Constantine

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8 Upvotes