Bob Ross vs Pablo Picasso



Bob Ross vs Pablo Picasso is the thirty-seventh installment of Epic Rap Battles of History and the fourth episode of Season 3. It features the host of The Joy of Painting, Bob Ross, rapping against renowned Spanish artist and co-creator of Cubism, Pablo Picasso. It was released on November 18th, 2013.

Cast
Nice Peter as Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers (reused footage, cameo)

EpicLLOYD as Pablo Picasso

Bob (dog) as Lump (cameo)

Colin J. Sweeney as Billy Mays (reused footage, cameo)

George Watsky as Fourth Doctor (reused footage, cameo)

Pablo Picasso:
I am the greatest; the modern art Muhammad Ali!

I melt faces; call me MC Dali!

Your whole body of work is a fluffy mountain of crap!

You're the PBS version of Nickelback!

But I think you must be a genius, 'cause with zero training,

You made millions teaching people how to suck at painting!

Why don't you go back home and beat your brush, you chump?

I could make better art with my wiener, Lump!

Bob Ross:
I'm so glad you could join me today,

So I could teach you how to feel some joy when you paint.

You're a moody little genius, always so serious.

I know; you must be on your Blue Period!

Your work is melancholic. I'm painting happy little trees.

Call me Jackson Pollock, because I splatter MCs

With the voice that soothes, so let's do this.

I'll twist you up like you're a Rubik's cubist!

Pablo Picasso:
Don't use that word like you know what it is!

You painted thirty thousand pictures of bushes and sticks!

Does your audience know that you stole your whole show?

You just ripped off your teacher and added an afro!

My name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula

Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano

De la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso!

Back to you, Bob!

Bob Ross:
Well, Bob is dropping bombs like this is Guernica.

I served twenty years; Air Force, United States of America!

My technique will make your mistress weep,

Put her to sleep, elbow drop her dreams; I go deep,

And I keep it mellow like some Cadmium Yellow.

I'm a bright like Titanium White kind of fellow.

Don't believe in mistakes unless you step to me.

Yo Pablo, you just got your happy little ass beat!

General

 * This is the first battle which features people known for being visual artists.
 * This is the first battle to feature a Spanish rapper.
 * This battle marks the first time ERB liked a video with one of the characters, in this case Bob Ross, before the battle was released.
 * After being mentioned in this battle, Muhammad Ali appears in the next battle.
 * This is the first battle where the suggestion is taken from somewhere else besides YouTube, as it was taken from Facebook. The second time being Donald Trump vs Ebenezer Scrooge, taken from this Wiki's chat.
 * This is the second battle to be released on the same date (besides year) as a previous battle, as it was released the same day (November 18) as Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD.
 * This is the second battle in Season 3 in which Lloyd is smoking in the iTunes artwork, after Blackbeard vs Al Capone.
 * This is the only battle in the ERB channel to use a hyphen "-" instead of a point "." in its title. It is written as "Bob Ross vs Pablo Picasso - Epic Rap Battles of History Season 3" instead of "Bob Ross vs Pablo Picasso. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 3."

Continuity

 * The clip where Picasso is switching channels on his TV has references to previous ERB participants, Billy Mays, Mr. Rogers, and the Fourth Doctor. All of these characters are well-known in the field of television.
 * Mr. Rogers and Bob Ross, both portrayed by Nice Peter, have also both worked with PBS, which could be a reference to this fact.
 * The channels's numbers are the ERB battle number. (Billy Mays (10), Mister Rogers (13), Fourth Doctor (24), and Bob Ross (37)).
 * This is the third battle where footage is reused. The first two are Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD and Hitler vs Vader 3.
 * This battle marks the fifth time that Stephen Hawking makes a cameo.

Errors

 * When Bob Ross says the line, "You're a moody little genius, always so serious," the lyrics in the video show "You're moody little genius".
 * When Pablo Picasso switches the TV channel to Bob Ross' channel, the number 37 slightly extends off the TV screen.