Rapper Reacts to Epic Rap Battles Of History!! | Zeus vs. Thor (BARS ON BARS)
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- Will the real God of Thunder please stand up?! Rapper reacts to Epic Rap Battles of History and tries to break his brain. Zeus vs. Thor - who won?
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Deadpool vs Bobba Fett
NCT Misfit track video it's a song with just the rap line of the group and other NCT song as well please , you're gonna like it
Knox, if you are interested in Korean hip hop, I recommend 'zico killing verse' and 'justhis killing verse'! Besides K-pop, I also want to see K-Hipop reviews.
Cleopatra vs Marylin Monroe has probably the most savage bar in any ERB to date. Thanos vs Oppenheimer is also fire.
Moses vs Santa Claus?
Zeus once went to the Virgin Islands.
Now they’re just called the Islands.
Earned a chuckle from me, good job.
LOL!
Ha, ha!
No, that was Chuck Norris.
@@bluelionsage99 Zeus went to Chuck Norris and afterwards it was just called the Islands?
THIS is why I love Knox, the guy puts so much effort in everything he does.
He didn't know about Greek mythology so he looked it up, when majority of youtubers would never even consider doing so. They'll let the bar fly over their head, or worse, pretend to catch bars and fake laugh.
Quality>quantity with Knox Hill.
Agreed
i can’t even explain how much i hate when reactors go “we pause a lot on this channel” and all they do is pause over and over to ask the comments what everything means
@@clearlynotchloe I get that, but I just don’t like how this guy pauses AFTER EVERY SINGLE BAR. Like I do love how he actually catches references, but you don’t have to to pause the video after every syllable to explain the simplest ones to us. Like maybe if there’s a layered bar that not many people caught on you can pause it an explain it, but this guy will literally pause after a simple diss to tell us that was good, like it just messes up the flow when they add useless remarks, just make a quick little face and be done with it.
That's what really drew me to this channel. I used to watch other reactors that had good input on raps and bars but would not put in the effort to learn who were the people on the battle, so the reaction was basically pointless. Like, you know the video you're going to react. Take a week to read a bit about each character or historical figure then do the reaction. That's why I really like Knox's reactions. You can see he puts in the work
And yet he made the most basic mistake about Norse mythology Odin and Loki are Blood Brothers not Father and Son so Loki is the uncle of Thor. So Thor and Loki are not Brothers
Zeus also turn himself into rain to do his ...activities. So when Thor call it only drizzle he criticise his sexual proves.
Rain or a shower of gold ?
Odin was first and foremost a god of wisdom and foresight. He would have made a truce and swindled Zeus out of Mt. Olympus, his lightning bolts, and Greece itself.
If you haven't read American Gods by Neil Gaiman you really should. I think you'd enjoy it.
I heard about it being pretty good from stuff online. Is it that good? Because it seems like it could be really cool
@@mcmogg_incmogg2080 It's bloody amazing tbh. The storytelling is great and the Mythology is quite layered tbh. There are God's from all over the world who have 'Come to America'. I feel as tho there is quite a bit of untapped potential in the concept itself (Much like Ready Player One for example) but it's Neil Gaiman so it still manages to be an absolute masterpiece lol.
@@himum3429British detected possibly
Yes but also Odin wouldn’t back down from a fight. If he had to fight he most certainly would’ve
So Freya wasn't officially promised to be married to a giant. The frost giant Thrym managed to steal Mjolnir and when Loki and Thor went to retrieve it Thrym said that he would only give it back if Freya agreed to marry him. Loki and Thor went and asked her to and she declined, but she gave them her feathered cloak. The gods then dressed Thor up to look like Freya to fake the wedding. The giants took out the hammer to consecrate the wedding and when Thor got his hands on it he threw off the disguise and started wreaking havoc.
Thank you for explaining that. I always wondered what that line meant about him being a crossdresser. I'd never heard that before. Again thank you
and i imagine Loki could not stop laughing for one single solitary second
@@mrroboshadow Nah; Loki was scared shitless because the whole reason Thrym got the hammer was because Loki originally played a trick on Thor and stole the hammer. Before they went to crash the wedding Thor basically choke slams Loki and explains how he's going to kill him if Loki doesn't help him retrieve mjolnir. Loki suggests dressing up as Freya after Freya declines their pleading for her to marry Thrym.
@@custommade21 way to not only reply to an old comment but also ruin a joke because you're a nitpicker
Bet you're amazing at parties
@@mrroboshadow Obviously your joke was hilarious! I'm still laughing over here.🙄
As a Danish history major, I am impressed at the amount of knowledge Knox Hill has regarding norse mythology. Big thumbs up from Denmark!
Am I remembering wrong, but didn't Loke get into a horse ham to try getting a work horse away from the wall it was helping building, and thereby getting pregnant with Hel, Jormundgandr, and fenrir?
@@simoneandersson5978 100% true.. Bonus point to name all the forms each child chose.
The "Loki must have written your lines" part.. Zeus is lucky because if you read the sagas, Loki's flyting could actually kill you...
Wow
I also like how the subtitles switch out Loki's "Norse" into "Noirse". Reminds me of "noice" as an enhancement of the regular "nice"
That's the joke...
Is it "enhancement". I thought it's just some British/English accent where they pronounce i as oi
Holy SHIT. You're the FIRST reactor I've ever seen who actually caught the "flyte it out" bar. You seriously know your Greek and Norse mythology. I grew up reading both, so I caught pretty much all the references.
The "I'm about to rain on your parade" was actually a double - they showed Thor on Bifrost (rainbow bridge), so could be implying that Thor was gay (Pride parade).
The Boatman of the river Styx was Charon, and the 3 headed dog was Cerberus. That name still exists in the IT field today as Kerberos, which is a network authentication protocol, used over insecure networks.
Thor destroyed Zeus in this one, from his first line of "shape-shifting rapist". 😎
My thoughts during every one of his ERB reactions is this;
"Is he going to catch that?"
"Whoa, he caught it!"
"Holy shit, he's going deeper and expanding upon it!!"
Zeus literally bragged about being a Shape Shifting Rapist. Turning around and calling him the same thing is hardly a insult.
Shout out to ForestFire101 for going the stop motion animation in both this video and the Harry Potter Vs Luke Skywalker ERB go video check out his channel his videos are funny as hell you'll laugh
But the rainbow bridge was the bifrost. Thor was married to Sif, he was not gay
@@0mr.nonsense0
No, it was intended as a diss by Zeus
Ivan the Terrible vs Alexander the Great is another great one
Ahaha
"When you're greek, a rock tastes like a baby"
It's all about the seasoning
I mean, in the Greeks case, the Titan’s mother was the earth, and the god’s parents were the Titans, so I guess since the eaten gods were the grandchildren of the earth, they didn’t taste any different from rocks.
"schlong" is a generic slang term for pecker, where the double comes in (dare I say?) is "swan song" which according to legend is the most beautiful song ever, made just before a swan dies. Modern uses have it as a grand triumphant moment just before retirement (not necessarily death); this started as a tradition in ballet where a retiring dancer's last role is taking the lead in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake", to do the dance of the Dying Swan.
Nah...h i think it's a reference to zeus seducing leda in form of a swan
And the bull part could also refer to the fact that he also seduced another woman as a bull
this man is like an english teacher reviewing Shakespeare's things and instead each line actually is very deep
He needs to do Romeo and Juliet vs Bonnie and Clyde lol
@@respecthalo2963 honestly yeah, that has so many good bars
Goes to show how much time and effort the ERB Crew puts into the raps.
I've seen history reactors not put in as much effort with ERB reactions, which is weird honestly.
I enjoyed his video on Poe vs Stephen King. I was dumbfounded watching him catch literally everything.
Try roosevelt vs churchill, or stalin vs rasputin, or fawkes vs Guevara, these are really good
Roosevelt vs churchill!!
I was gonna comment for the Fawkes vs Guevara
@@mapizbernal2289 yea that one is one of my favorites
Love all 3 of those!
Yeeeeeees
21:55 there's another interesting take regarding Loki suddenly stopping his dance at this point. Like Knox pointed out, Flyting was the "original" rap battle. I haven't been able to find the source since, but I recall reading that apparently in Norse mythology Loki was particularly skilled at flyting, so if that's true you could take Zeus' "your lines are so bad Loki must be writing them" jab as an unintentional insult at Loki rather than Thor. Loki isn't just stopping because he's being called out. He's stopping because 1. Zeus' insulting the bystanders for some strange reason and 2. someone just had the audacity of accusing the Trickster God of being bad at a battle of wits. If you were Loki, you'd stop to process that too.
Edit: yes, I know he brought up Loki's skill with flyting, but my memory's bad and I think it's still funny to think of Loki trying to figure out why he's being insulted and called terrible at flyting when all he's doing is dancing.
I'm a massive Thor fan (look at my name) who's watched this battle so many times and NEVER realized the "thunder down under" was a reference to Chris Hemsworth being Australian. Wow. You give the best breakdowns of ERBs.
I think when Zeus says: "Maybe Odin can beg for a truce." Was more saying, not even Odin was on Zeus's level of God.
Don't wanna be the guy from the meme... But... Actually Odin begged for a truce, with this one he ended up the great war between the Aesir (Odin's family line) and the Vanir (Fryer's family line) and that's how they got married. --> Also, although the Aesir were stronger in numbers and power, the Vanir had the old magic on their side; so after so much bloodshed Tyr (the god of war) proposed this truce... The rest is history
Odin is the biggest bitch tbh. Very wise but he was the god who was the most scared of ragnarok. He didn't want to die and lose his power.
@@tomasvillagran4581 didn't the aesir and vanir came to the conclusion that they kinda needed each other. For what good is a battle if you can't sit and drink and celebrate afterwards?
Cause the vanilla were the gods of nature and nurture and stuff kinda
I read it more as, "go sit down kid, the adults need to talk here"
@@hulmhochberg8129 yeah I think so, I'm not a historian nor a nordic know-it-all haha, but yeah
Cerberus is the name you were looking for for the guardian three-headed dog. Very good job on this one!
IIRC, there's a 2-headed dog called Orthrus or something
I knew this from killing cerb the hellhound on RuneScape 😂
@@HenSt-gz7qj yes Orthros is canonically Cerberus's younger sibling as they were both born of Scylla, the mother of all monsters
also for those who are curious one of the translations of the greek Kerberos is roughly "spotted one"
so Cerberus can also be called Spot
edit my mistake, Cerberus is the younger one and Orthros the older sibling
also their mother was Echidna not Scylla
Scylla was their sibling as well
@@codysohm see i knew it because of the third episode's boss in monolith's BLOOD from '97 haha
"the Greeks were more pacifistic" Sparta would like to know your location
I was thinking the same lol
Sparta had 1 great "victory" and that was still them all dying and being overcome by the Persians. The Macedonians were the ones to defeat the great Persian empire with Alexander the great
@@drsatanrx ok, but would you ever describe Sparta as “pacifistic”?
Agreed. And lets not forget that the other city states weren't much better. Athens was just as bad (looking at you Peloponnesian wars and the Siege of Melos). In some ways you could argue that the Greeks were worse because their violence was more organize/driven by the government seeking control of territory and influence, where as the Norse were generally seeking wealth and resources to supplement their resource poor environment.
@@drsatanrx that’s the battle they’re most famous for, but look into it and you’ll find many more wins under the Spartan’s and Greek’s belt. Like the Battle of Marathon, or the Battle of Salamis immediately after their most famous battle where they get their ass kicked. Which btw, the Greeks were heavily out numbered by the Persians. Yet, the Greeks inflicted heavy casualties on the Persians until the Persians found a path to the Greek’s flank. And by that point the 300 men that stayed behind delayed the Persians enough to allow Athens to evacuate. With the Greeks being a bunch of city-states that were much smaller in numbers and size compared to the Persians them defeating the Persians in the general war was very impressive. And remember, one of the most famous empires of history had a lot of inspiration from the Greeks, the Romans.
The first person I've seen catch "flyte it out". Very very impressive, quickly becoming one of my favourite erb reactors
"As Abusive as Zeus is" , the flow MAN!!!!
You should do Romeo and Juliet vs Bonnie and Clyde, it has one of the most savage lines!
Juliet won that single handed
One? All of them where FIRE
@@miconis123 shhhh xp
@@lucaant well all of them from one person didn’t wanna spoil lol
There were more savage lines in Marilyn Monroe Vs Cleo Partra
"The prequels brought Natalie Portman to fame" Why you gotta do Léon: The Professional like that?
"The vikings never wrote anything down" Why you gotta do the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda like that?
The Eddas were written by Christian priests that was there to convert them so that they could find commonalities to ease the transition, the Norse themselves wrote down very little about their cultural myths.
It's true that the eddas were written by Snorri (Christian monk). It should be "why you gotta do runic graffiti like that?"
Leon wasn't as big a hit as Phantom Menace; great movie, but not as popular.
I do question using the role where she played a 14 yr old character when talking about nailing her though, that could be a bit of a self-burn there.
James Bond vs Austin Powers, Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill, and Jack the Ripper vs Hannibal Lecter are all pretty solid.
I'd add Dan Bull's raps as well lol
Can't forget Edgar Allan poe vs Stephen King
Deadpool vs boba fett is pretty good too
dude you NEED to react to the joker vs. pennywise
p.s. loving all the content, always excited for fridays cause ik ERB going to be on deck. proud to see you grow along with your channel and your music :))
You missed one. He called Thor MC Hammer... because in this, Thor's an MC, and he has a hammer, so it wasn't a shot at MC Hammer, the rapper, it was a shot at Thor for being an MC with a hammer.
That has like two or three meanings in one
Also MC could stand for marvel character.
@@spencersonnier1 Or just simply Marvel Comics
@@danielpurdom9141 double and triple entendres in this writing for ERB
And he is nailing Nathalie Portman ;) many miss that one too nailing.. not f**king or scr**wing... nailing
Gotta say that this is what I always expected and hoped for on a "historian reacts to". It's probably because he's also a rapper, but it still shows that Knox got dat knowledge.
Regarding the history shot fired by Zeus before the MC Hammer line, as far as I can tell it was more a reference to the fact that 'History' as a separate discipline from regular storytelling or philosophy, got its original start with Herodotus, a Greek writer.
OSP did a great video detailing it a while ago, so if you want to learn more, you can head over there.
Great video, and my recommendation for the next one would be... Shaka Zulu versus Julius Caesar.
Cool reaction/breakdown. A bit you missed on the "You're history, I'll be the first to put it in writing." line, that everyone misses. The greek, Herodotus, is often called the "Father of History", and his book called literally "The Histories" is considered to be the first ever proper written work of history.
Man it's crazy you haven't done the Joker vs Pennywise one.
Honestly Joker vs Pennywise is one of their best ever, along with this one
@@shiloh3541 these are two of the best flows with most intricate rhymes
The snake that surrounded the whole world and also was Lokis son was called J(o/ö/ø)rmungand(r/er). You can spell it in many ways.
He also forgot slippnir (I know I spelled it wrong). His child from when Odin turned him into a horse. Also Odin's warhorse... Weird that Odin's warhorse is his gandkid
@@Dr.Spatula Technically it’s his nephew
Loki is also Odinn’s brother and not Thor’s is the actual mythology.
Funny thing is: Democracy and astronomy are actually older than Hellenistic period. The Persians had forms of democracy that went further than in classic Greece, and watching the starts is a lot older too. It's quite certain that the Egyptians and Babylonians did that way before the Greeks did.
Ye, the greeks got a lot of mathematics and astronomy from the babylonians via anatolia (turkey). That's why the first philosophers (the pre-socratics) came from anatolian colonies.
This one of my favs, I have a feeling you’d like jack the ripper vs hannibal lecter, just a hunch tho :D
Ohh gosh, the flows in Ripper v Lecter would make Knox's head explode!
@@stumilesyt Blackbeard vs Al Capone though!
Agreed.
Yeah, thats a good one! Looking forward to seeing the rest of these battles!!!
Knox check out Thanos vs J Robert Oppenheimer!
That one is so one-sided
I used to always watch Epic Rap Battles, I just couldn’t believe the creativity behind it and how nobody saw how genius the writers were.
To add a little bit, at the wedding Loki used his magic to make Thor look like Freya but the only thing he couldn't change was Thor's glowing red eyes, so he was found out then Thor began his rampage. Cerberus is the dog. and yes there were the 3 gorgon sisters cursed because their beauty rivaled Aphrodite, 2 were killed and medusa escaped to the underworld and was slain by Perseus. love your knowledge and how in depth you went. ERB is just awesome.
Wasnt the thing bout the gorgons that Poseidon had his way with Medusa in Athenas temple so she turned her into the thing she became?
@@noahus6159 greek mythology has about as many origin stories for the same character as marvel and dc have for their characters.
But yeah 1 of medusa's origins is what you said
I also think that (and I cannot believe I am writing this) "Swan Schlong" might be a play on "Swan Song"
Leda and the Swan.
“You know, a rock tastes like a baby I guess” Knox Hill, 2021
The taste is clearly different. It's pretty obvious he has never eaten babies or rocks. Kind of made a fool out of himself there.
@@timmokoo5679 which is good
@@timmokoo5679 You have to be Greek
Can’t forget about Loki’s other kid, Sleipnir my dude! Lol I love your breakdowns and as a fellow Norse mythology buff, appreciate tf outta this one!
If you haven't already, I highly recommend you look into the life of the Norwegian king whose death signified the end of the Viking Age; _Harald "Hardrada" Sigurdsson._
I heard so much about the vikings growing up (I'm Norwegian) that I'm not that interested in them anymore, but lets just say that Hardrada's life was pretty interesting.
Mr. T vs Mr. Rogers, and Dr. Seuss vs William Shakespeare.
Your taste is excellent sir; I would further add Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates
Hell ya so pumped I LOVE THIS ONE
Also you should do Stalin vs rasputin
Knox the history buff will LOVE Stalin vs Rasputin!
on point like Poseidon's trident could be taken as a double and playing off the medusa line since Poseidon and medusa has a bit of a thing going on if ya catch my drift wink wink and his trident was definitely on point with medusa
Medusa's backstory, Arachne and Athena's competition, Artemis and the hunter who accidentally saw her naked, and the Bacchae to name a few times the gods were ruthless for small transgressions. Then there's all of Zeus sleeping around stealing people's wives and Hera punishing them or their children who had Zeus blood.
The 3-headed dog in both Greek and Norse mythology is the Cerebus, the Guardians of the Underworld (Tartarus). It was also used to guard the trap door as the first obstacle in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Loved this (like always).
And while someone has probably already mentioned this, one small correction: If we are not going with the mcu, then loki is not thors brother.
Man, I came for the bar breakdown and left with a lesson in mythology. Thank you sir.
Knox quick correction, although the saying is “Lightning never strikes the same place twice” often reassuring someone that whatever bad thing has happened, it won't happen again. In reality, lightning can and will strike the same place twice. Regardless love them reaction vids you been doing. Using your rapper mentality when breaking these down is very insightful. Thanks buddy stay awesome!
Im actually baffled how good your general knowledge of literature and history is Knox!
It is such a pleasure to hear you talk about flows, rhythm and pockets and on the other hand you explain the bars and their meaning and if someone flips them.
Keep it up!
Fun fact: Loki is not actually Thor's brother. That's just something Marvel made up.
as Thor said, "he's adopted".
Was it also like that in the comics? There’s a Danish Christmas tv show(it’s common here) called “Christmas in valhal” where I think loke is referred to as Thor’s brother. The show is from 2005 so they might have taken inspiration from marvel if the comics at the time had the same concept(also loke had a great rap number in the show)
Loki was a halfgod. He was the son a jotun (a giant) named Fårbaute, and Lauvøy (who might've been a goddess). This means he had Odins blood in him.
They said he was adopted, wtf you talking about
He's Odin's blood brother, which is why Odin never killed him
I love that not only do you know what the bars are telling us but you also talk things from a production standpoint. Keep it up please!
As someone who is half Greek, half Swede, this really speaks to me and I am too biased towards both to chose a side here.
Btw, can't find if you have done Stalin vs. Rasputin, but you absolutely should, it's one of my favourites!
I think the "Swan schlong" phrase is more a play on the phrase "Swan song". Obviously also refers to the time Zeus turned into a swan and swan-schlonged a human, but "Swan song" is a phrase. The phrase refers to the (unverified) idea that since swans are monogamous, a mated pair of swans will have a particular song that they sing to call to each other. But eventually when one of the swans dies, the other swan will sing their song one final time, and never sing it again. So the phrase came to refer to a final farewell performance of an artist, a singer, musician, etc.
I have no idea how that relates to Zeus's verse though.
You should watch Edgar Allen Poe vs Stephen King
Been requesting this one since his first ERB reaction
Agree
Yessir! Poe or Shakespeare. Watsky is my fucking boy
@@michaelfrey3619 Even the first line from Poe just shows how they really make those people as if it's really them talking.
Really appreciate the extra effort you put in doing the research and your commentary is top notch. Worth the subscription.
22:01 It's funny cause that diss backfired, since Loki was supposedly the ultimate master of flyting 😂
Dr Seuss vs William Shakespeare week 2 request:)
I didn't know the "crossdressing" line was pertaining to Thor pretending to be Freya. I always assumed it was referencing Female Thor in Marvel Comics lol.
Could be both, really. Because they did a few Marvel lines as well. MC Hammer is probably one of them.
@@scottjameson5358 That's true. It just blows my mind how deep ERB lines actually go. That's their charm isn't it? You can enjoy it with surface level knowledge about the characters and you get a little spicy extra enjoyment if you know the in-depth know-how about them.
@@drebalite1030 Yup, even if you don't know anything about them, you could watch them for entertainment and possibly catch a few visual bars as well. Also, I don't know if I'm reaching because I've just been thinking about it but the line “My Greeks built the bedrock of democracy” from Zeus could also be a line to the Parthenon, which could be called as a symbol of Athenian democracy. But also, Parthenon is located on the Acropolis hill, on the Athens Schist, which consists of lithified rock like bedrock. Even now, you could still find hidden bars in ERB. It's nuts to think about.
Actually ive read that there was no resentment between Zeus, Hades and Poseidon because they was decided who will rule which realm with basically throwing the dice, but while they was doing that they also predicted how the dice will fall so they basically knew who would get which realm even before they started.
Hearing someone actually break down the flows of ERBs is awesome! I've known about these battles for years and you still managed to show me another layer of these raps.
You're definitely one of the best hip hop channels! Love from India 🔥🇮🇳
The “MC Hammer got struck twice by Greece lightning” bar has so many layers. Zeus calls Thor MC hammer because he’s calling Thor corny but also because he wields Mjolnir, the hammer. Also struck twice by lightning was a reference to how it was the closing line of Zeus’ second verse
If Zeus freed his siblings from Kronos' stomach, that means he's technically the youngest of the bunch :)
Also, Aphriodite might be his aunt. (when Kronos was making his coup, a generation earlier, he cut off Uranos' balls and threw them into the sea)
Yes, there’s two origins to that of Aphrodite, one of which she materialized from the sea foam that came from Uranus’ balls, after being cut off/thrown into the sea during Cronus’ uprising (Zeus’ father). The second story being a child of Zeus and the Titaness Dione by Homer in the Hesiod.
@@twoface9959 I thought it was the blood of Ouranos that turned into sea foam?
@@samuellanghus1455 Yes, and it turned into Aphrodite. In that version.
@@twoface9959 Blood from his balls?
@@samuellanghus1455 She emerged from "white foam" that appeared on the ocean after Kronos threw Ouranos' gentials into the sea.
"got struck twice by lightning" actually came from Greek mythology. The ancients believed that zeus couldn't hit the same spot twice because of an agreement between him and a wind spirit. So if you survived his first strike, you wouldn't get struck again.
yo knox you HAVE to review the Winston Churchill vs Teddy Roosevelt ERB its insane with bars
Best ERB reactions I've seen. I really appreciate your break downs, particularly as someone who doesn't listen to much rap. You provide amazing insight into what makes the genre unique.
Thor definatly won that. The GPD line was very on point for when this was made and Thor just had the much better retorts, Zeus was on the defensive a lot and Thor kept owning him with one or two lines.
Do Einstein vs. Hawking or Newton vs Bill Nye next. Darwin vs Ash Ketchum is also an amazing Battle with lots of Twists!
Lightning does strike the same place, though. Any place that has the prerequisites to attract an electrical charge would certainly be able to do it again.
The only Titan that remained alive/free was Prometheus. However, we all know what Zeus eventually did with him.
Other than the ones who went against Zeus, most of them were allowed to roam free. Oceanus, Tethys, Helios, Luna, etc, were left alone
@@moddingmatrix2791
Yeah, sorry. What I meant was the only ally to Zeus was Prometheus.
@@kratosGOW he was freed by Heracles when he was doing his nine labours
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Yeah, I know. Does that change what was done to him every single day for ages? No, it doesn’t.
What Zeus did was no where as bad as what Ridley Scott did though
Your researching is much appreciated and makes these reactions a lot more professional and educational.
You're not wrong about that beat. A lot of 'em are just so satisfying to listen to!
You should really react to Marilyn Monroe VS Cleopatra, that one is flat out brutal
I looked into this because of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and yes, it's true. A very old Greek tradition is to pretend to spit on the happy couple to protect them from any evil spirits on their big day! This is generally done three times for greater luck.
Dude! Your mythological history is ON POINT!!! Awesome stuff.
Came here for the musical breakdown. Subscribed for the off-the-charts knowledge of culture and history that I was so not ready for and appreciate that much more.
"If you like the music in the beginning, yes I am a rapper"
Me: WAIT WHAT.
Been waiting for this one let's goo
When I get home from a long day's work I check out what has dropped on TH-cam. Now when I see a new ERB breakdown from Knox it goes to the top of the watchlist!
Impressive godly knowledge and you even mentioned my country of Iceland :)
My favorite is Alexander the Great vs. Ivan the Terrible. There you would have to flex on your knowledge of the history of the Greats.
I really loved this reaction. You give so much insight and really know what you are talking about, that almost makes you unique as a reactor.
I went through some of the comments and haven't seen anyone else mentioning it yet, so I thought I'd let you know Opa also means grandfather in German/Swiss German, so that's also a double...
But again amazing job and I love your reactions.
Dude Knox you have got to do Freddy Krueger vs Wolverine next that is the most disrespectful one and is fyre bruh!🔥
Nah Marilyn Monroe vs Cleopatra is definitely the most disrespectful
If you like Natalie Portman you might enjoy her big screen debut. she was 11 at the time in a movie called Leon: The Professional.
This is one of my favorite ERBs, especially that Vaholla atcha boy line. Would love to see you break down the Churchill vs Roosevelt one. I'd also love to see you break down Watsky's characters (Poe, Shakespeare, The Doctor)
I'm a new fan and so happy I found your channel. Chaos theory is *chef's kiss* keep up the FANTASTIC work. Much love
14:15 The ancient Greeks were most definitely not a more pacifistic people. They also had a strong warrior culture in addition to their philosophers, and the ancient Bronze Age Collapse was essentially the ancient Greek society splintering apart and taking most of the Mediterranean with it. I think that "weak and frightened" part would be referring to the fallout of the collapse, which was around the time some of Greece's greatest stories had their origins, tales of old heroes to strengthen a culture with little direction. The channel History Time has a great video on the collapse called "The Sea Peoples & The Late Bronze Age Collapse" that goes in depth on how the other factors and societies involved, too.
But a good breakdown of the battle in general. ^_^; You called out and explained a lot of the great moments in this.
I don't know what's more impressive; the fact he can break down raps or that he actually knows mythology on the fly.
I have a feeling that you're gonna like these:
Jack the ripper vs Hannibal lecter
Pennywise vs the jocker
Ash vs Darwin
Roosevelt vs Churchill
I'm down to see what he makes of those!
I have to say I love your videos I find myself rewatching your videos, you're full of energy and you explain it well and we rounded with your information. You bring life to your videos just saying is all. Lol
It never ceases to amaze me how you can catch so much and appreciate it when we're like only 1 second into the video....if we can appreciate each second like you do the world Will be a whole lot better.
The line "when you get to River Styx tell your three-headed bitch i say hi" doesn't really work becuause in most tales you would cross Styx long before you get to the gates that Kerberos guards!
Well considering he's saying it to zeus I'm sure he'd have no trouble getting to the gates
_Ayy so glad you reacted to HEAT HEAT of a battle_
Wow! 49 seconds into the video and my Bucket of Greece is already here! That's some fast delivery!
Wow! I'm impressed with all your knowledge of all the bars and history of this! A lot of reactors do not get even half of the bars. Kudos, sir!
For ERB's, Ash Ketchum vs Charles Darwin. For other videos, Rustage's Escanor vs All Might.
Yes!!! Rustage is amazing!!! Escanor vs All Might is sooo good!!! One of my favorite battles that he has done.
Have you ever seen " History of the entire World, I guess"?
Yet another reason you are the best bar breakdown channel on TH-cam!!! XMC family in the house. Loved hearing you shout out Hang Over Gang on the live!!!! Much love check out the rap battle between Nice Peter and Epic Lloyd. When you get time! Knox Hill Nation for life!!!
Nice work on this one! You caught way more than most people do
MC Hammer is a dope reference to Thor as a rapper too.
Loki actually shapeshifted into animals as well thats how he became the father of Fenrir and Jormungandr and the mother of Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse that Odin rides on
Nah Fenrir and Jormungandr was created cause their mother was the great witch. Not because loki turned into a snake or a wolf and fucked her.
Only the horse was because shape-shifting.
oh ok, my bad then, thank you for correcting
@@lucasverawow Loki ist the "Mother" of Sleipnir, because he Turned into a mare to distract the stallion of that giant. But he is the father of Hel, Fenrir and the midgard snake.
Oh it's worse than that, Loki isn't the father of Sleipnir. Loki is the mother.
The Asgardians didn't want to pay for a job they hired a Dwarf for, so they told Loki to stop him from finishing the job on time. Loki accomplished this by turning into a female horse and "distracting" the Dwarf's horse so he couldn't get stuff done.
Hey another good reaction. Side note: do you remember that book about the Norse Mythology, that you mention?
I always thought I caught every line. Thanks to this video, there was a lot I missed. Amazing dissect Knox!