Epic Rap Battles of History (Part 1) | History Teacher Reacts 

"Is this Putin?" "Has to be, he has his shirt off" Is, for some reason, really funny to me.

"Who won?" oh that's easy... "Justify your answer" dammit...

You know he's a teacher for how long he hovered over the close tab before he clicked it

When he mentioned Lao Tzu as the author of Art of War, instead of Sun Tzu I was Confucius.

“Let me just go back some slides” a true history teacher

"Its got to be Putin hes got his shirt off" Im crying

I just love how you identified Putin by him being shirtless

It makes sense that in the Western vs Eastern philosophers that they would start fighting, they are on the same team but none of them really got along in the real world, they all hated each other. Despite being on the same team.

Video: Makes any history reference History Teacher: *Laughs in knowledge*

"Let me just go back some slides" -man who has used way too much PowerPoint

I dont think this guy is actually a teacher. He didnt leave the mouse in the middle of the video for the whole thing

Rasputin- Basically manipulated the tzar by manipulating his wife Lenin- Had revolutionary ideas and tried to make the best out of communism Stalin- Brutal dictator, "bitchslapped Hitler" by obliterating the German armies Gorbatchov- Most open Russian ruler,made peace with the US,tore down the Berlin wall Putin- **doing stuff out there shirtless**

"Put why you think they won" Teachers always want you to show your workings.

This entire video feels like the captain America “I understood that reference” meme haha

"Let me go back some slides" Teacher Authenticated.

POV: this is your zoom teacher and all you do in class is watch erb while he explains everything

6:12 this is how you know when someone is a teacher. "Let's go back some slides".

Did i just get assigned homework by a youtube video?

Imagine being a History teacher that uses slang, has a discord, and has a whole youtube reaction channel....could be this guy

*Came for the rap, stayed for the history lesson, left with knowledge*

"If you comment who won, make sure you put why." Lol, teachers always wanting you to show your work.

I think that the connection between William Wallace and George Washington is that they both fought for freedom against the British.

Some of the ERB´s you should definitely do: -Guy Fawkes vs Che Guevera -Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill -Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible -Frederick Douglass vs Thomas Jefferson

This is the only teacher who says “correct me if I’m right”

You know he's a teacher when he was like "who do you think won? Explain your answer" 😂

Ghandis "I fought the caste system, but you still can not touch this" is criminally underappreciated.

I feel so validated when he laughs at the verses.

Gandhi vs Martin Luther King is my favorite ERB. "I've got so much street cred they put my name on the sign..." "I'm celibate because I don't give a f*ck" 😂😂😂

8:55 “If you think someone won, say why. Explain in the comments and we can talk about it” Bruh, you’re giving me bad flashbacks.... why you do me dirty like that

Best Voltaire quote: “ The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire.”

Smart move keeping it related to historical figures. This can help grow your channel without loosing focus on your original vision for the channel.

After a battle between philosphers the usual outro changes to "What is winning?" ERB are so damned clever.

Loved the line "If your name ends with 'in', it's time to get out"

Bro lowkey felt like I was JUST getting out of class when he said "we'll leave it off at that today" bruhh

Imagine there's just a whole class there looking at him like wtf

"Who won? Make sure to justify your answer for full marks."

I feel like I got assigned homework by watching this RU-vid video.. “Please explain why”

0:00 Intro 3:00 Rasputin vs. Stalin 9:45 George Washington vs. William Wallace 13:50 Ghandi vs. MLK 18:28 Eastern vs. Western philosophers

Please, ivan the terrible vs Alexender the great. You wont regret it

"We'll call it there for today." Oh he's definitely a teacher

They did an excellent job with Stalin's character. The beginning when he says "look into my eyes, you perverted witch," you can just feel the hatred and anger radiating from his character. Kind of unnerving, but in a good way. Gives me chills to be honest.

Imagine watching ERB and actually getting the jokes

Sees title "History teacher reacts" Notices The giant NES collection in The background *RESPECT +100*

* Looks at stalin's mustache * "Gotta have that face catepillar."

If I remember correctly, Germany captured Stalin's son and attempted to bargain him for a German field marshal that the Soviets captured. Not the exact quote but Stalin said something along the lines of " I would be crazy to trade a field marshal for a common soldier " This man was cold

"Am I going to be stopping a bunch of times" you're a teacher... ITS IN YOUR BLOOD

"If your name ends with 'in', time to get out!" easy peazy victory there, my friend xd

"How are they gonna be able to mix people of different regions and different time periods" Friendly reminder that the epic rap battle between Ghengis Khan and the Easter bunny exists.

Probably the most random RU-vid suggestion for a while but I'll be damned it I didn't sit and watch the whole damn thing. Wholesome content my dude.

Gorbachev's line: If your name ends with an "in", time to get out. And you got Rasputin, Stalin, Lenin, and Putin.....

You can tell he’s a teacher by how long he takes to get to the exact point on what he’s trying to get at🤣

The Russians probably distributed the victory amongst themselves.

“What is winning? Ha, that’s great because it’s philosophy”

A little help keeping your Eastern Philosophers apart: Lao Tsu is the Tao one. Sun Tsu is the Art Of War one. Confucius is the Golden Rule one.

I think I remember reading somewhere that Stalin actually really loved his wife, he was a violent thug before but it was when she died that he went complete sociopath.

Finally a teacher with a sense of humor.

This is wholesome and this man must be protected.

“Always say why.” Even on RU-vid comments. It’s a great habit. Real teacher right there.

“Very close to the tzars wife” Understatement

"call me Uber Mensch, 'cause I'm so driven" might be one of the cleverest jokes in ERB.

Nobody: RU-vid: Hey why don't you watch this video of a history teacher with probably the most massive NES game collection reacting to ERBs at 1am? Me: Can't argue with that (Edit: uhm I'd like to thank all of you? I don't think I've ever even gotten 100 likes but 1600 is crazy to me♥)

Amazed that a teacher was able to set up all this high technological stuff, I mean, get RU-vid working, recording, and so on. All without help from a student? I cannot believe that.

Just the subtle “uh oh” as the western philosophers start turning on each other was way more hilarious than it should be to me lol

"So I'll be picking apart your Wu with my method, man." That part is great.

Gandhi, a person of peace? He has nuked me so many times I can't count!

Putin's half-life line was in reference to the theory that he has poisoned rivals with radioactive materials

I really have to emphasize: "Oh, you don't wanna stand in the Path of Lao Tzu today. I'll make you mooove, bitch! Get out the Way!" Everyone gets the Ludacris reference, but they miss how the Path and the Way are references to Tao. They also just had to drag the Tao of Pooh in there.

Gandhi won because I fear his nukes despite the fact that I haven't played a Civ Game.

the son being imprisoned thing is the story of how Stalin's son was captured as a POW and killed himself in the camp after Stalin refused a prisoner trade of his son for german field mashall Von Paulus saying ""I will not trade a Marshal for a Lieutenant."

“He’s gotta be Putin. He has his shirt off.’

I like this stuff, I enjoy the fact he watches it and has a look over the outfits and costumes, but I wish he circled back to the lyrics and explained things as to why certain lines make sense. "I even crush motherfuckers when I'm laid in state" would've been a good one for example. I have no idea what makes that line, and I don't know how accurate it is. "Pride of Lenin took Trotsky out of the picture" references Stalin calling *himself* the successor to Lenin, even though Lenin himself did not want the man in charge, and Trotsky was the basically runner up to Stalin, but was forced to flee to Mexico where he was assassinated by Stalin's men in 1940. He was forcibly removed to prevent anything from stopping the dictator. There's so much to unpack in all ERB videos, but the Russian Leaders one in particular has a lot of amazing moments because of things like that, Gorbachev ending the Cold War, that sort of thing. I'd love to see Mr. Terry unpack these at the end of a video, going through them bit by bit like a rapid fire history lesson! Edit: I mean, Mr. Terry does say it's hard for him to catch everything, but I feel like if he had a little time he could record his immediate reaction live the way he currently does, but then have a more edited part right after where he gives more of a run through of as much as he knows in the rap, something he maybe has taken notes on, structured a little bit or at least goes through a bit more? I don't know, I feel like he could easily make a full video just on one of these raps at a time, but the editing is where it'd be most time consuming so I suppose I understand.

“If your name ends with ‘-in’ time to get out” won Gorbachev the battle in my eyes

The best of ERB is where the outcome sure seems like a tie in badassery. A clear winner is no fun. Well matched opponents is what is awesome.

I NEVER GOT THE LITVINENKO REFERENCE UNTIL NOW "The last man who attacked me live a half-life so comrade come at me" Brilliant

As many times as I've watched Washington vs Wallace, I am just now noticing that the sword William Wallace uses in the video is Strider's ranger sword from The Lord Of The Rings.

I love erb rap battles Okay now this is epic

"It's gotta be Putin; he's got his shirt off." SO TRUE 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I'm a french student, and I appreciate your analysis, it's pretty easy to understand. I'm sorry if my sentences are not correct. Also, good videos ! ^^

George Washington didn’t actually have wooden teeth, he had a mix of different human and animal teeth.

Mr Terry, I strongly recommend Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Great - There's a TON of history in just that one video.

The MLK joke was from Chris Rock "What street are you on?" "Martin Luthor King St" "RUNnnnnNn!!"

I think you need to grow a beard, History teachers should have beards...

One of my favorite fun historic facts: MLK and Anne Frank were born the same year, yet due to the time frames of their claim to fame, they are associated with two very different times in history.

My fav. Line is: "I'll be picking apart your Wu, with my Method, Man". This is absolute epic and I don't know how many people will get all three layers of references in this line. 1. Obvious reference to Method Man and Wu Tan. 2. A reference to Sun Tzu's actual name Sun Wu, Tzu is a honorary title added to his name. 3. Wu as a standalone character in Chinese means combat, so this is a line to dissect Sun Tzu's famous battle strategies with the Socrates Method. Full credit to Jeff Zhu for writing this up

Another really fun song that does a pretty good job of including historical fact, “Complete History of the Soviet Union arranged to the melody of Tetris”. It’s fantastic

Lao Tzu is the father of Taoism while Sun Tzu wrote the "Art of War". Great reaction video. My favorite is the Ghandi vs MLK Jr and the battle of the philosophies.

Oh there is more than just the lines, there’s visual cues too! Like Rasputin not blinking and having bulging eyes (reinforcing his “mystic” appearance!)

Gandhi always wins! His words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!

Both Washington and Wallace fought the English. There's your similarity

“I’ll be picking apart your Wu with my method, man” Gotta be one of the best lines in all of ERB

You say you're a history teacher, but with the background, I define you as a gamer :)

This man understands RU-vid he made a 26 minute video out of a few 3 minute songs lmao

Lao Tzu didn't do Art of War, that was Sun Tzu. Lao Tzu was the inspiration for Taoism. "Tzu" is just an honorary title that would translate to something like "master" or "sage". Cheers :)

Wow this is amazing. You get a history teacher to recognize every figure instantly about rap battles of history, that means ERB really did a fantastic job this whole time. I really don't like it when even my parents say this is a waste...

Confucius says: "Man who make mistake in elevator.... Wrong on many levels."

The Law of Philosophical Conservation: For every philosopher, there is an equal and opposite philosopher.

Nothing in common? Washington and Wallace fought against the English/British Their names both start with W

"Let me be frank, don't start beef with the Frank, who hangs with B. Franks, giving ladies beef franks". One of the best lines in all ERB

Eastern vs Western Philosophers is still my favorite to this day.

Welp that's one Pandora's box opened...