Every Epic Rap Battles Of History Ranked

35. Adolf Hitler Vs. Darth Vader

Battle: The battle ends with Vader (Peter) freezing Hitler (Lloyd) in carbonite.

This is the one that pretty much started it all. This might be the second ERB episode but this was the one that made the show a huge hit and do you know what? It holds up very, very well.

Despite being only the second episode it feels remarkably confident and delivers a barrage of hysterically funny lines over a very refined beat, while Nice Peter and Epic Lloyd are both hilarious as Vader and Hitler respectively.

Inevitably, many subsequent battles have trumped it but this also beats out many later episodes, as the ranking here shows, and it's a simply delightful bit of YouTube history overall.

Best Line:

Darth Vader: "You can't rhyme against the dark side of the Force, why even bother? / So many dudes been with your mum, who even knows if I'm your father?"

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Film Studies graduate, aspiring screenwriter and all-around nerd who, despite being a pretentious cinephile who loves art-house movies, also loves modern blockbusters and would rather watch superhero movies than classic Hollywood films. Once met Tommy Wiseau.