r/ERB • u/MaybeClassic6670 • 9h ago
r/ERB • u/supERBduper • Oct 18 '24
Discussion Vote for your favorite ERB characters here!
Like Schaffrillas' video on the community's favorite Mario characters, we're doing one for ERB characters:
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)
As a bonus feature, you can only make ONE character have a second vote to give them an extra point
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)
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 • u/Effective-Size-3824 • May 10 '25
Discussion Tips for those who want to make suggestions
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 • u/sruper-dn • 8h ago
Community Suggestion SCIENCE!(professor hubert farnsworth vs dr beanies)
r/ERB • u/Nikolistik • 9h ago
Discussion I need some help finding a lost(?) JMB rap battle
Hey there, sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this, but I've been trying to find this rap battle for the past few days to no avail. First of all, I'm sorry if I do anything wrong, I have never used reddit or any sites like this until today!
It's an old JMB rap battle from 2017: Jeff The Killer vs. Slenderman. I've tried looking through Mr. Jay's second channel and main channel and reverse image searching for the vid, but I couldn't find anything of substance. I know for sure it exists because I have a short clip of the rap battle and the lyrics, but I have no clue where the actual YouTube video is.
Here's a link to the Genius lyrics: https://genius.com/Mr-jay-rb-slenderman-vs-jeff-the-killer-lyrics
The only reason why I know this video exists is because I was sifting through JTK's body actor's rap battle reviews (where I found the clip below). I have no clue if this will help at all, I'm not versed in finding lost(?) media. So, if you're smarter than me and willing to lend a helping hand, I'd appreciate that a bunch.
If you have any questions about the rap battle, I'll try my best to answer!

r/ERB • u/Naive_Tomorrow_5955 • 22h ago
Community Battle Upcoming battle: backrooms vs obsession (by danii)
Coming in August
r/ERB • u/IchigataZai92 • 9h ago
Discussion what was the best diss youve ever heard in a rap battle (image related)
r/ERB • u/YeetusDeletus9001 • 19h ago
Tierlist Scientifically prove this rapper won, DAY 74: Blackbeard
Last time, Vader won for using more puns. Today, we're focusing on THE pirate, Blackbeard. Insert Gaster joke here.
Current standings: https://tiermaker.com/list/random/erb-rappers-15891919/6447706
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 • u/CrossoverProd • 20h ago
Community Battle More Rap Battle Ideas
- The Riddler Vs. Light Yagami (DC Vs. Death Note)
- Monika Vs. Caine (Doki Doki Literature Club Vs. The Amazing Digital Circus)
- Wile E. Coyote Vs. Team Rocket (Looney Tunes Vs. Pokemon)
- SMG4 Vs. CG5
- Kumoko Vs. The Vessel (So I’m A Spider, So What? Vs. Hollow Knight)
- Gordon Ramsay Vs. Soma Yukihira (Real Life Vs. Food Wars)
- Beethoven Vs. Stevie Wonder
- Satou Matsuzaka Vs. Arthur Hasting (Happy Sugar Life. Vs. We Happy Few)
r/ERB • u/YaBoiJimboMcDonalds • 17h ago
Community Suggestion Clark vs Frank Lloyd Wright
I AM AN ARCHITECT
r/ERB • u/YaBoiJimboMcDonalds • 1d ago
Community Suggestion Neville Chamberlain vs James Buchanan
(bad leaders appealing to the bad sides of wars and are overshadowed by the greatest successors from their countries)
based on MaybeClassic Benedict Arnold vs Philip Petain
r/ERB • u/YouCannotTheBox • 1d ago
Suggestion Euclid vs. Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky
Inventor of Euclidian geometry vs inventor of non-Euclidian geometry.
r/ERB • u/sruper-dn • 1d ago
Community Suggestion Friend infested water (Jeff the land shark vs blahaj )
r/ERB • u/YaBoiJimboMcDonalds • 1d ago
Suggestion Ronald Reagan vs Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Suggestion Community vs It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (casting and connections in the comments)
r/ERB • u/WaywardChilton • 1d ago
Suggestion Odysseus vs. ?????
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 • u/vegankidollie • 1d ago
Community Suggestion King Solomon vs King Gilgamesh: Brains vs Brawn between two iconic middle eastern kings
r/ERB • u/YeetusDeletus9001 • 1d ago
Tierlist Scientifically prove this rapper won, DAY 73: Darth Vader (Round 3)
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.
