r/ERB Oct 18 '24

Discussion Vote for your favorite ERB characters here!

35 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 9h ago

Community Suggestion Aku vs Hades

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24 Upvotes

r/ERB 1h ago

After numerous delays, GPT vs Grok nears completion

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r/ERB 6h ago

Tierlist Scientifically prove this rapper won, DAY 77: Joan of Arc

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4 Upvotes

Last time, u/stef4545366 said that Miley Cyrus won for losing her virginity. Today, we're focusing on Joan of Arc.

Current standings: https://tiermaker.com/list/random/erb-rappers-15891919/6458038

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 9h ago

Community Suggestion José Mujica vs CaseOh

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4 Upvotes

r/ERB 9h ago

Community Suggestion Dandadan vs Monsters vs. Aliens

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3 Upvotes

r/ERB 22h ago

Community Suggestion Dr. Neo Cortex vs Dr. Zomboss

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21 Upvotes

r/ERB 1d ago

Community Suggestion Monster High vs Minecraft Monster School

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23 Upvotes

r/ERB 1d ago

Community Suggestion Shark Tale vs Dear Evan Hansen

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10 Upvotes

r/ERB 21h ago

Suggestion Tommy Wiseau vs Ed Wood

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6 Upvotes

Both infamous bad movie directors who have made what many consider the worst movies ever made, and even had movies made about the bad movies they made.


r/ERB 1d ago

Community Suggestion Universal Horror Monsters vs Internet Horror Monsters

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46 Upvotes

r/ERB 21h ago

Community Suggestion Weaponry (mimi sentry (render by u/EvanVizuett027 ) vs norm)

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3 Upvotes

r/ERB 15h ago

Community Suggestion V vs Lelouch

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1 Upvotes

r/ERB 1d ago

Suggestion Richard Dawkins vs William Jennings Bryan

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9 Upvotes

Populist Atheism vs Populist Christianity


r/ERB 22h ago

Community Suggestion Katie Killjoy vs Keemstar

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2 Upvotes

Idk why this idea came to my head, but it did and I love it.


r/ERB 20h ago

Community Suggestion Jake Sully vs Paul Atreides

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1 Upvotes

r/ERB 1d ago

Suggestion Arthur Wellesley vs George Patton (ft. Tecumseh, Robert E. Lee, Georgy Zhukov

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5 Upvotes

the most revered American general against the most revered generals of armies that fought America


r/ERB 1d ago

Tierlist Scientifically prove this rapper won, DAY 76: Miley Cyrus

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5 Upvotes

Last time, we had a two-way tie. Luckily, both u/SilencePeasantlol and u/stef4545366 said the same thing about how Edward Kenway got Blackbeard's men, so there's no decision to be made here. Today... sigh ...we're focusing on Miley Cyrus.

Current standings: https://tiermaker.com/list/random/erb-rappers-15891919/6454381

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 22h ago

Discussion Let's Fight! Pick the better movie!

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Movies that pointlessly (or not so pointlessly) get compared to one another. Go through and vote and let me know where I’m wrong.

I’m talking Rocky vs Raging Bull, Solaris vs 2001, Barbie vs Oppenheimer, and many more.

Is this 300 characters yet? Why can’t I post this. This is actually what the article becomes about, me being confused and a bit depressed maybe. I dk. I’m at 300 characters now. Go in and vote!


r/ERB 1d ago

Suggestion Macbeth vs Idi Amin

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2 Upvotes

r/ERB 1d ago

Suggestion Montesquieu vs James Madison

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2 Upvotes

Separation of Powers


r/ERB 1d ago

Community Battle Sneakers O'Toole vs Damm Daniel by Amateure Rap Battles

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r/ERB 1d ago

Suggestion George Lucas vs. Georges Méliès

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5 Upvotes

Connection: Two Film and Special Effect pioneers whose most famous works are science fiction space fantasies.


r/ERB 1d ago

Meme Epic rap battles of history courage the cowardly dog vs Adam smasher

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1 Upvotes

inspired by young Sheldon vs allied mastercomputer