Moleman's Epic Rap Battles
Moleman's Epic Rap Battles is an amateur multimedia project created and managed by one Molemanninethousand (alternatively Moleman9000) and explicitly based on the professional Epic Rap Battles of History. This series, like its inspiration, pits various characters, against one another, almost all of them in this case being fictional and most being deemed unfit for inclusion in the real ERB, so as to make the matchups unique and unlikely to be found anywhere else.
The playlist of all videos in the series can be found here, a directory of lyrics and cover images here, and an under-construction wikia here.
Episode list:
- Gwen Vs. Daria
- Twilight Sparkle Vs. Mister Ed
- Sally Acorn Vs. Mega Man
- Penelope the Mouse Vs. Gadget Hackwrench
- XJ-9 Vs. S.A.I.N.T. #5
- Nigel Uno Vs. Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- Captain Qwark Vs. Hercule Satan
- Big Bird Vs. Winnie the Pooh
- Panty and Stocking Vs. The Powerpuff Girls
- Ned Flanders Vs. Clay Puppington
- Michael Rosen Vs. Jim Dale
- Poison Ivy Vs. Audrey II
- L Lawliet Vs. L. Ron Hubbard
- Avatar Aang Vs. Ben Tennyson
- Invader Zim Vs. Cryptosporidium
- Shinji Ikari Vs. Rorschach (Season 1 finale)
- Sally Acorn Vs. Mega Man 2 (Season 2 premiere)
- Gaston Vs. Hans
- Reimu Hakurei Vs. Godzilla
- Judge Dredd Vs. Judge Judy
- King Graham of Daventry Vs. Guybrush Threepwood
- Siegfried Schtauffen Vs. Arthas Menethil
- Gruntilda Vs. Handsome Jack
- Mad Max Vs. The Vault Dweller
- Discord Vs. Sheogorath
- Captain Price Vs. Commander Shepard
- Insane Clown Posse Vs. IT
- Death Vs. Death
- Elsa Vs. Elphaba
Tropes used in Moleman's Epic Rap Battles include:
- Acceptable Targets: Scientology.
- Anyone Can Die: See Killed Off for Real below.
- Back for the Finale: Many characters at the end of Shinji Ikari Vs. Rorschach, in a parody to the ending of the former's series.
- Black and Gray Morality: Poison Ivy Vs. Audrey II, with the former portrayed as more of an environmentalist Anti-Villain than usual.
- Black Comedy / Crosses the Line Twice: More-so than ERB.
- Mister Ed's second verse takes the cake.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Audrey II openly spells out that he is a Complete Monster.
- Character Exaggeration: This is the reason Mad Mel Gibson is designated with such a title, to distinguish him from an accurate, rounded representation of the person he is based on.
- Composite Character: Ernst Stavro Blofeld makes a couple references to lines or actions of other Bond villains.
- Curb Stomp Battle: Ned Flanders Vs. Clay Puppington is the biggest culprit. The Announcer even says outright who won.
- Denser and Wackier: Compared to the real Epic Rap Battles of History.
- Darker and Edgier: Ned Flanders Vs. Clay Puppington.
- Deconstruction: This trope is the basis for Shinji Ikari Vs. Rorschach.
- Disney Villain Death: Mad Mel Gibson when he is thrown off of Hoover Dam by Yes Man.
- Driven to Suicide: Javert.
- Ensemble Darkhorse: Many of the characters used are known for being this in regards to their native works.
- Evil Versus Evil: Gaston Vs. Hans and Gruntilda Vs. Handsome Jack.
- Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Geno shows up in the middle of Sally Acorn Vs. Mega Man 2 for literally no reason whatsoever.
- Godzilla Threshold: A literal example when Flandre Scarlet is summoned against the trope namer himself.
- Inspector Javert: The Trope Namer himself shows up in Judge Dredd Vs. Judge Judy. He ends up killing himself.
- Interactive Narrator: The Announcer is much more talkative than in the real ERB, his lines even being in verse on occasion.
- Killed Off for Real: Several characters, most notably and explicitly Blofeld, L Lawliet, Audrey II, Sonic the Hedgehog and Javert.
- Orcus on His Throne: Happens to Arthas when he becomes the Lich King, causing him to forfeit the battle and necessitating the bringing-in of Gabriel Belmont.
- Made of Explodium: Those characters who die tend to do so in this manner.
- Magnificent Bastard: Prince Hans is played up as this.
- Sensory Abuse: Of the "Ear Rape" variety, unfortunately, unintentionally and admittedly so, in most of the earlier episodes; Panty and Stocking Vs. The Powerpuff Girls arguably suffers from this the worst. Recent videos have improved on this, though sound quality is still less-than-stellar.
- Small Name, Big Ego: The creator is a self-admitted case, including for making this very page himself.
- Synthetic Voice Actor: Everyone in Michael Rosen Vs. Jim Dale.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Most of Ned Flanders' lines comprise this. Daria's last verse also has shades of this.
- Would Hurt a Child: Blofeld and Rorschach are particularly ruthless toward their young opponents.
- Youtube Poop: Besides Michael Rosen Vs. Jim Dale, Ganon's "DIE!" is a Running Gag.