Announcer

"EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!!!"

- Announcer

The Announcer is the loud voice heard at the beginning, ending and on 2 occasions, middle, of every episode of Epic Rap Battles of History. Voiced by Nice Peter (revealed in the Monday Show), he is the only character to have a presence in every battle so far. He announces the combating rappers at the start of every battle. The only exceptions to this rule occur when characters come into the battle as either a back-up or 3rd party rapper (Vince Offer, HAL 9000, etc.). However, he did announce "Macho Man" Randy Savage in the middle of Hulk Hogan and Macho Man vs Kim Jong-il, who was technically a main rapper as he's named in the title, and in Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates, Steve Jobs interrupts him before he cans say his name to start the battle. Nice Peter even announces the participants of the unofficial battle, GLaDOS vs Sherlock Holmes. At the end of every battle (except for Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD and Rasputin vs Stalin), he asks "Who won? Who's next? You decide!", and then shouts "Epic Rap Battles of History!", though this is performed in a different way every battle. In the ERBOH News videos, he is portrayed as a different animal each video, as a running joke.

In-Battle dialogue
While most battles have him only in the beginning and end, there are some exceptions.

Kim Jong-Il vs Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage
"Hulk Hogan goes down! I don't know if he can finish the battle! He... he's reaching for the ropes! It's... it's "Macho Man" Randy Savage!"

Billy Mays vs Ben Franklin
"Is there anyone out there who can finish this battle? Anyone...anyone..."

Gallery

 * Main gallery: Announcer/Gallery

Trivia

 * ERB 0 is the only battle where he does not announce the contestants (Chucky and Michael J. Fox), as they announce themselves.
 * In a Monday Show episode, Nice Peter revealed the inspiration for the ERB Announcer voice came from an announcer from the movie "Idiocracy".
 * Among his animal forms, only the bear was CGI. The rest were video footages of real-life animals.