Epic Rap Battles of History is a YouTube video series created in 2010 by Peter Shukoff (a.k.a. Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (a.k.a. EpicLLOYD).
Mentions[]
- In "Dr. Seuss vs William Shakespeare", Shakespeare calls Seuss's characters "ghetto Muppet creatures."
- In "Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye", Newton calls Nye "Beaker in a bowtie."
- One installment of Flash in the Pan Hip Hop Conflicts of Nowadays (an official spinoff of Epic Rap Battles) has Big Bird rap against basketball player Larry Bird. Throughout the battle, Big Bird makes reference to Sesame Street in his raps.
- In "Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock", Hitchcock mocks Spielberg for relying on "fish puppets and Muppets" to cause fear.
- The Season 4 finale features a rap battle between Jim Henson (played by Nice Peter), accompanied by a Kermit the Frog puppet, and Stan Lee (EpicLLOYD). Henson appears in a setting based on Sesame Street, while Lee makes numerous Muppet references in his raps. As Henson and Lee reconcile, Walt Disney intervenes and orders them to get back to work. (YouTube)
- In "Gordon Ramsay vs Julia Child", Ramsay calls Child's show "One part Big Bird, two parts Miss Piggy."
- In "Bruce Banner vs Bruce Jenner", Caitlyn Jenner tells the Hulk "be green, it ain't none of my business" while sipping some tea.
- In "Vlad the Impaler vs Dracula", Dracula mimics Count von Count's laugh after checking the mic.
Connections[]
- Snoop Dogg played Moses in a battle against Santa Claus.
- Keegan-Michael Key played Gandhi and Michael Jordan in their battles against Peele's respective characters.
- Jordan Peele played Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali in their battles against Key's respective characters.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger made an appearance near the end of "RoboCop vs Terminator."
- Lilly Singh portrayed Wonder Woman in a battle against Stevie Wonder.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic played Sir Isaac Newton in a battle against Bill Nye and later, Neil deGrasse Tyson.