Talk:Thanos vs J. Robert Oppenheimer/@comment-39456053-20200107204113

Hello all. Just wanted to capitalize on a point that I made in a reply a few days ago:

It seems as though whenever ERB reuses any character in any position whatsoever, be it a third-party, team battle, or just straight up reusing them as a title rapper, the minds of everyone in the fanbase seem to go "Oh look, ERB just used somebody more than once! I guess this means there are no more limitations for matchups." However, this isn't entirely the case. You see, in order for somebody to be reused in more than one rap battle, there has to be boatloads of more and more material for them to reference that didn't make the cut in their original battles. Hitler and Darth Vader were pitted against each other three times, but this only worked because so much happened during the Holocaust that didn't get talked about all in their 1st battle, plus there are a plethora of Star Wars media that they could reference in 3 different rounds, and probably could still if they decide to ever use other characters from the franchise. Abraham Lincoln was featured as a title rapper in the series' 3rd installment, then proceeded to return for both presidential election battles as a third-party rapper. The reason this worked is because most of Lincoln's lifetime managed to be ackenowleged in the lyrics for his original battle, hence why he would only be reused later as a third-party rapper, only dissing the two titular opponents and getting off scot-free in terms of jabs. The same case could be made for Boba Fett, albeit the other way around (he only spoke 3.5 lines in his debut battle, so little-to-nothing about him was referenced until his reusage). Finally, Donald Trump has thus far been the only character to be used as a title rapper both times he was included, but this is actually a very special case; you see, Trump was first used as the opener in a cavalcade battle released at the very end of 2013, back when his only fame still came from being a rich, snobbish TV realtor. But when 2015 came around and he announced that he would be running for president in the next election, Don managed to scuff his way back into mainstream relevance, becoming famous once again for both the better and the worse. Therefore, by late 2016, he would see himself being used again in a traditional ERB setting, but with so much more to be referenced from the past year-or-so this time.

Sorry for the essay-long comment here. Just thought I should clear up the confusion for all who don't seem to understand the circumstances.