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{{ERB
|name = <big>Bruce Banner vs Bruce Jenner</big>
|image = [[File:Bruce Banner vs Bruce Jenner.png|300px]]
|releasedate = June 29, 2016
|erbnumber = 63
|youtubeviews = 20M
|videolength = 3:35
|previous = [[James Bond vs Austin Powers]]
|next = [[Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible]]
|beat = [http://www.shadowville.com/123961/genres/gangsta-beats/lapdance Lapdance]<br>[https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?type=single&songid=11531452 Ride With Me]<br>[https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?type=single&songid=13130058 In Circles]
|bpm = 100
|producer = Hollywood Legend Productions<br>2Deep Beats
|appearingactors = [[Nice Peter]]<br>[[EpicLLOYD]]<br>[[Mike O'Hearn]]<br>[[NoShame]]
|rappers = [[File:Bruce Banner In Battle.png|50px|link=Bruce Banner]][[File:Bruce Jenner In Battle.png|50px|link=Bruce Jenner]][[File:The Hulk in Battle.png|50px|link=Bruce Banner]][[File:Caitlyn Jenner In Battle.png|50px|link=Bruce Jenner]]
|locations = [[Bruce Banner's Lab|Bruce Banner's lab]]<br>An [[Olympic Stadium|Olympic stadium]]<br>A [[Forest|dark forest]]<br>The [[Kardashian Mansion]]<br>The [[Lipton Tea Commercial|Lipton Tea commercial]]}}
'''Bruce Banner vs Bruce Jenner''' is the sixty-third installment of [[Epic Rap Battles of History (YouTube Series)|''Epic Rap Battles of History'']] and the fifth episode of [[Season 5]]. It features comic book superhero and scientist, [[Bruce Banner]], rapping against former Olympic athlete, [[Bruce Jenner]]. Partway through the battle, both transform into the Hulk and Caitlyn Jenner, respectively. It was released on June 29th, 2016.

==Cast==
[[Nice Peter]] as [[Bruce Jenner]]

[[EpicLLOYD]] as [[Bruce Banner]] and the Hulk (voice only)

[[NoShame]] as Caitlyn Jenner

[[Mike O'Hearn]] as the Hulk (body actor)

==Lyrics==
['''Note:''' ''Bruce Banner is in <span style="color:#820BBB">purple</span> and Bruce Jenner is in <span style="color:#8B4726">brown</span>.'']

==='''Bruce Banner:'''===
<span style="color:#820BBB">I'll school you in this battle of the baddest Bruce,</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">With your He-Man haircut and your Daisy Dukes.</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">I hear you're good at running; you're just like the Flash,</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">Especially in the 100 meter ditch-your-wife dash!</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">I'm an ace in the lab, acid, base, and treble,</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">So let me break you down on a molecular level:</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">You turned one gold medal to a lifetime of green!</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">The most overrated athlete anyone's ever seen!</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">You need to carry fatherhood across that finish line!</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">(Argh!) Kept up with the Kardashians, but left some kids behind!</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">Now, run along; you'll thank me 'cause I'm getting kinda cranky,</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">And trust me, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry!</span>

==='''Bruce Jenner:'''===
<span style="color:#8B4726">I think you're in your element when you're behaving badly.</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">Honestly, you're kinda boron when you're happy.</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">I'll lap and pass your ass ten different ways!</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">Decathlon athlete, blast through you like some gamma rays!</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">The truth is, there's no truce between the Bruces!</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">You're a drifter being useless; I'm a winner, no excuses!</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">(Uh!) Beautiful women all up on my jock!</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">I got a home gym; check me on the cereal box, doc!</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">You big green freak, don't try to flex!</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">If it wasn't for your cousin, you'd never have sex!</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">(Oh!) You're so strong when you get mad!</span>

<span style="color:#8B4726">Too bad you can't go back and protect your mom from your dad!</span>

[''A transformation occurs, where Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk, and Bruce Jenner turns into Caitlyn Jenner. The Hulk is in <span style="color:#577A3A">green</span>, and Caitlyn Jenner is in <span style="color:#FF0000">red</span>.'']

==='''The Hulk:'''===
<span style="color:#577A3A">(Urrrgh!) That painted face don't give you class!</span>

<span style="color:#577A3A">Just one more thing Bruce do for cash!</span>

<span style="color:#577A3A">Best thing you make: Kylie ass!</span>

<span style="color:#577A3A">She eighteen? Hulk SMASH!</span>

==='''Caitlyn Jenner:'''===
<span style="color:#FF0000">That's my teenage daughter, man; I have to forbid this!</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">I'll put a javelin through your jolly green discus!</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">Kylie not the type of girl I'mma let you smash on!</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">(Hmm.) You'll get the medal without the decathlon!</span>

[''<span style="color:#FF0000">Caitlyn Jenner</span> shoots at <span style="color:#577A3A">The Hulk</span>.'']

==='''The Hulk:'''===
<span style="color:#577A3A">(Argh!) Hulk is Hulk; no identify as man!</span>

<span style="color:#577A3A">Me thinks Cait might understand!</span>

<span style="color:#577A3A">No gender issue; this Jenner issue!</span>

<span style="color:#577A3A">Just you being you is enough to diss you!</span>

==='''Caitlyn Jenner:'''===
<span style="color:#FF0000">Look, I understand that you hate yourself,</span> <span style="color:#577A3A">(Huh?)</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">But you don't need to blame yourself!</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">You're a tiger; stop trying to tame yourself!</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">You gotta be big enough to contain yourself,</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">And get hit with a little forgiveness!</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">Be green; it ain't none of my business,</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">But if you think you looking good in those torn-ass clothes,</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">You're lying, which means you need a new wardrobe!</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">(Aw!) The vision of those shorts kinda scarred me.</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">What'd you just rage at, a Barney-themed party?</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">That's probably not something you seen as a child!</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">Not one day did you see your daddy smile!</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">"Hulk not strong enough to deal with denial!"</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">Laying you down, easy; that's kitchen tile!</span> <span style="color:#577A3A">(Ugh!)</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">Examine this under your microscope:</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">You got no neck, but you still fucking choked!</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">After battling me, you're gonna always be pissed,</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">So the Hulk will stay forever; neither Bruce will exist!</span>

==Scrapped lyrics==
==='''Caitlyn Jenner:'''===
<span style="color:#FF0000">My transformation is a giant celebration</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">Say hi to Caitlyn, the voice of the next Jenneration</span>

----

<span style="color:#FF0000">You're scared of the monster you have trapped inside</span>

<span style="color:#FF0000">I changed on purpose like a butterfly of pride</span>

==='''Bruce Banner:'''===
<span style="color:#820BBB">You look like a melted action figure of Glenn Close</span>

<span style="color:#820BBB">Went from cover of Wheaties to ugly bunches of gross</span>

==Scrapped lyric ideas==
While some of these are not actual lyrics, these are thoughts that were written on a piece of paper in the [[Behind the Scenes|behind the scenes]] video for possible lyrics:

*what are you running and jumping and skipping and vaulting away from
*keeping up with the Kardashians but left your kids behind
*sell out
*mullet HE-MAN haircut
*go the distance and cut off your discus
*HULK Kar-SMASH-IAN
*call this my victory lap I'm a trans-champion
*your change was accident
*Have a Banner
*your change hurts people, mine empowers them
*Green giant
*shot put you to bed
*Wheaties Box
*hired by Wheaties fired by CHIPS

==Poll==
{{Poll|battle = 63}}

==Trivia==
===General===
*This is the third battle to have a famous athlete, after [[Babe Ruth vs Lance Armstrong]] and [[Michael Jordan vs Muhammad Ali]].
**This is the only battle to only feature one athlete.
*This is the third battle where one of the comments featured at the end of the video was from a user of this Wiki (in this case, both [[User:ResonX|ResonX]] and [[User:Razzyfilms|Razzyfilms]]), with the first two being [[Donald Trump vs Ebenezer Scrooge]] and [[Shaka Zulu vs Julius Caesar]].
*This is the first and so far only battle to have both the title character(s) and their transformation(s) in the thumbnail.
**This makes it the second battle to have a character that is featured in the thumbnail but not mentioned in the title, after [[Dr. Seuss vs Shakespeare]].
*This battle features the second largest differences between the cover art and the video's thumbnail, as different images for both title rappers are used, their transformations are both featured in the thumbnail, and the backgrounds are different, followed by [[George Carlin vs Richard Pryor]].
*The [[Epic Rap Battles of History (YouTube Series)|''Epic Rap Battles of History'']] logo can be seen on the medallion [[Bruce Banner]] holds during the line, "You turned one gold medal to a lifetime of green!"
*In the outro sequence, the ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' logo is in rainbow color, representing support for the LGBTQ community (both [[Bruce Jenner|Caitlyn Jenner]] and [[NoShame]] are transgender).
*This battle was featured in a special celebrity episode of ''React'' by TheFineBros.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCmThyg4iJg</ref>
**It is one of eight battles to be featured in a ''React'' video by TheFineBros.
***It is the only [[Season 5]] battle to appear in the series.
*This is the only battle of Season 5 with no cameos.
*It currently has the second-most dislikes in the whole series, after [[Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton]]. It also has the highest dislike-to-like ratio.
**On Lloyd's podcast with [[Ray William Johnson]], ''Kings of Influence'', Lloyd addressed how most of the criticism revolved around Jenner's last verse being significantly longer than the Hulk's. He stated that they chose to give Jenner a longer verse in order to address controversies surrounding transgender people and because the Hulk canonically has a limited vocabulary. However, he acknowledges that it gave Jenner an unfair advantage and made the battle less satisfying.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPus5uu5R0A</ref> 
*This is the second battle to have been made for a month-long holiday (LGBT Pride Month), after [[Gandhi vs Martin Luther King Jr.]], which was made for Black History Month.
*On August 22nd, 2016, "We are back in the lab preparing Season 5.5. See you soon!" was written in the description of the battle. This is a reference to [[Bruce Banner]]'s scientific background.
**The quote was then changed to, "Who is ready for a brand new rap battle? Get ready. It will be dropping soon," before the release of Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton.

===Production===
*This episode was released two days later than originally scheduled due to technical difficulties.
*This is the sixth battle to use more than one tagged instrumental.
**This is the first battle to do so without having third-party rappers.

===Errors===
*At 0:52, when the scene transition occurs, the brightness slightly dims around Jenner right before the scene changes. This is most evident on their right bicep.
*For a few frames, part of Bruce Jenner's thumb is cropped out incorrectly as he grabs the Wheaties cereal box.
*During the transformation to Caitlyn Jenner, just before Bruce puts his hair on his shoulder, the glitter animation is incorrectly cropped.
*In the battle, every time a verse transitions, the subtitles capitalize the first word the character says in the verse; however, the first word of Caitlyn Jenner's verse ("that's") is not capitalized, while "Man" is capitalized in the next subtitle.
*At 1:51, the Hulk's shorts become transparent.
*At 2:00, the Hulk's background is the blue screen and not his actual background; however, this may have been intentional.

==Related videos==
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Bruce Banner vs Bruce Jenner. ERB Behind the Scenes
Bruce Banner vs. Bruce Jenner - Deeper Behind the Scenes
Bruce Banner vs Bruce Jenner - No Shame Freestyle
</gallery>

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