| Lara Croft | |
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Croix Provence as Lara Croft | |
| Character information | |
| Full name | Lara Croft |
| Nickname(s) | Lady Croft Little Bird Ixik |
| First appearance | October 25, 1996 Tomb Raider |
| Born | February 14, 1992 London, England |
| Physical description | |
| Hair | Brown |
| Eyes | Brown |
| Based on | |
| Rap battle information | |
| Appeared in | Lara Croft vs Indiana Jones |
| Vs | Indiana Jones |
| Release date | October 25, 2022 |
| Official vote(s) | TBD |
| Location(s) | Tomb Siberian mountain |
| “ | Three decades in the game and my fans still adore me!
— Lara Croft
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Lara Croft battled Indiana Jones in Lara Croft vs Indiana Jones. She was portrayed by Croix Provence.
Information on the rapper
Lara Croft is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the video game franchise Tomb Raider. She is presented as a highly intelligent and athletic British archaeologist who ventures into ancient tombs and hazardous ruins around the world. Created by a team at British developer Core Design that included Toby Gard, the character first appeared in the video game Tomb Raider in 1996, published by Eidos Interactive and released for the Sony PlayStation, the Sega Saturn, and the MS-DOS. It went on to receive five direct sequels across both the PlayStation and the PlayStation 2. The series was later shifted from Core Design to developers Crystal Dynamics after the critical and commercial failure of Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness and rebooted twice, most notably with 2013's Tomb Raider. From 2009 to 2022, the series was owned and published by Square Enix, the then-owners of Crystal Dynamics and the Tomb Raider IP. In 2022, Square Enix sold Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and associated IPs like Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, and Legacy of Kain to the Embracer Group, with the next installment in the Tomb Raider series being published by Amazon Games.
Croft is depicted as an athletic woman with brown eyes and reddish-brown hair, frequently kept in a plait or ponytail. The character's classic costume is a turquoise leotard, light brown shorts, calf-high boots, and tall white socks. Accessories include fingerless gloves, a backpack, a utility belt with holsters on either side, and two pistols. The video game sequels introduced new outfits designed for different environments, such as underwater and cold weather. In the later games, Croft wears a crop top, camouflage pants and black or light brown shorts. When exploring, she often carries two pistols, but has used other weaponry throughout the series. She is fluent in several languages.
Croft's backstory has changed dramatically over the course of the series. During the first era, beginning in Tomb Raider (1996), game manuals describe the character as the Wimbledon, London-born daughter of Lord Henshingly Croft (Lord Richard Croft in Legend and its sequels). She was raised as an aristocrat and betrothed to the fictitious Earl of Faringdon. Lara attended the Scottish boarding school Gordonstoun and a Swiss finishing school. At the age of twenty-one, she survived a plane crash, which left her stranded in the Himalayas for two weeks; the experience spurred her to shun her former life and seek other adventures around the world. Croft published books and other written works based on her exploits as a mercenary, big-game hunter, and master thief. These provided her with a replacement source of income after her father disowned her over her change in lifestyle.
Lara Croft has further appeared in video game spin-offs, crossovers, printed adaptations, a series of animated short films, feature films, and merchandise related to the series. She has been portrayed by various actress, namely Keeley Hawes and Camilla Luddington in the video games, Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander in the live-action movies, and Hayley Atwell in the animated Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft series. The promotion of the character includes a brand of apparel and accessories, action figures, and model portrayals. She has been licensed for third-party promotion, including television and print advertisements, music-related appearances, as a spokesmodel, and was considered to be an unofficial mascot for the original Sony PlayStation alongside other third-party characters like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid, and Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII.
Critics consider Lara Croft a significant game character in popular culture. She holds six Guinness World Records, has a strong fan following, and is among the first video game characters to be successfully adapted to film. Lara Croft is also considered a sex symbol, one of the earliest in the industry to achieve widespread attention. The character's influence in the industry has been a point of contention among critics; viewpoints range from a positive agent of change in video games to a negative role model for young girls.
Lyrics
[Note: Lara Croft is in cyan and Mutt Williams is in regular text]
Verse 1:
Dr. Jones, you're no rival.
You've been getting owned since give me the whip throw me the idol!
Indianaconda? For heaven's sake!
You'd shit those Dickies at a garter snake!
You stole your famous leather-daddy jacket and Stetson
From the cold dead hands of Charlton Heston!
Some ladies mistake you for brave and hunky,
But you're such a toxic date, you could kill a little monkey!
Marion was 15 when you raided her bones!
That's no time for love, Dr. Jones!
This is one temple you'll never be exploring!
You're not John Williams, so you ain't scoring!
Three decades in the game, and my fans still adore me.
You tried alien skulls and chose poorly!
Your whole story got blown up on a sitcom.
There's a Big Bang you can't hide in a fridge from!
Hang up the whip before you crack a hip!
I think even Mutt wants you to quit! Just do it!
I kill dinosaurs for fun; what's another old geezer?
I'll lock this battle up like Winston in the freezer!
Verse 2:
If you wanna talk games, stick to Sorry.
That verse was worse than your crap on Atari!
Awww, Fedora the Explorer thinks he's tough!
You must've gotten dragged behind too many trucks!
So strap some blocks on Short Round and pump the brakes!
The only overshadowed thing is that face!
I'm whooping you so bad, I should get flagged for cheating!
Like Mola Ram with a heart, Indy's taking a beating!
I'm the first wet dream gamers ever had.
You're a Halloween costume for out of shape dads!
Oop, my bad. Your dad was never present.
At best, the affection you got was sloppy seconds! (Ew!)
You ditched your sidekick, never met your own kid
'Cause his mum cut you off like a rope bridge!
You're a dog, Indiana, that's facts!
The only thing you're loyal to's a hat, no cap!
Your face straight melted and you lost that smolder,
So make like a boulder and roll your arse over!
'Cause Junior the baby boomer beating me at rapping?
That's like my nude codes: never gonna happen!
Trivia
- Croft is the first character to originate from a video game to rap in a battle since the Mario Brothers.
- She is also the first female video game character to rap, and the second female character from a video game to appear after Princess Peach.
- Croft is the first female British rapper to appear in a battle.
- She would have been second had Queen Elizabeth II not been scrapped during production of the battle that eventually became Miley Cyrus vs Joan of Arc.
- According to Nice Peter, he mistakenly referred to Lara Croft as "Laura Croft" twice, with one of the takes being recorded in the Behind the Scenes video.