King Kong was RKO, not Godzilla btw

Btw the "bring in iron man and thor and I'll still destroy ya" is a reference to a crossover comic where Godzilla outright defeated Captain America and Iron Man and matched Thor in a test of strength and defeated him after absorbing thor's lightning. Also, 'Destroy ya' might be a reference to Destoroyah, the strongest adversary Godzilla ever fought in the Heisei era of movies.

Godzilla's opening line is actually the Snoop quote Kong is talking about! 'from the depths of the sea'

King Kong and Godzilla was perhaps the best Rap Battle ERB has done in the past few years. A massive improvement after a quiet few years.

"Bringing no silver back" - I'm not coming in second place, I'm taking the gold.

The verse "Damn I despise you/You make weak tokusatsu/Soft like some tofu" is an actual haiku as it fits the 5-7-5 syllable format of a traditional haiku considering the word "tokusatsu" alone is 4 of the 7 syllables needed for that line.

interesting fact Death Row was implemented in 1933 the first King Kong movie released that same year so in essence King Kong is in fact as old as Death Row

Everyone misses the ass-brain line - it's a reference to the lore that Godzilla and similar kaiju need two brains to operate their massive bulk, and Godzilla's secondary is near his pelvis, where the spine meets it. It's the concept that Pacific Rim's drifting and two-brain kaiju setup was predicated on. Additionally, the Oxygen Destroyer was a weapon used against Godzilla and nearly killed him, and it created Desteroyah, who very nearly or did kill Godzilla outright, and was massively powerful, even moreso than King Ghidorah.

"I'll chew you up dawg This Kong's getting conquered" Kong is a dog toy known for being very tough and durable. I'm a big fan of Godzilla's line here.

You missed a bunch of fun references pertaining specifically to Godzilla: "No way your ass-brain is hanging with these monkey bars" - In the Heisei Era movies (80s and 90s), they tried to explain how a creature as big as Godzilla could function by saying he actually had to brains - the second one located where his tail meets his back "You came off the base for Frankenstein first time we made a movie" - the original script for King Kong vs Godzilla was actually Frankenstein vs King Kong, and they replaced Frankenstein pretty late into pre-production. Godzilla even gets revived by lightning in the film. "And I dunked on you like Barkley at the base of Mt. Fuji" - there was a comic where Godzilla fought basketball star Charles Barkley. Yes. It's real. "So they bring a mammal to nurse your films back to health" - not Godzilla related, but: a defining trait of mammals is that they nurse their young. yay, puns! "You weren't even the bombest monster from the sea G" - again, not specifically Godzilla related, but "sea G" sounds like "CG", maybe referencing how both characters (in the movies and this video) are portrayed with CG, despite originally being made practically "This is kid's stuff send in Minilla" - Minilla's Godzilla's son in the 60s movies "I'm an oxygen destroyer, and now you're 0-2!" - The oxygen destroyer was the weapon used to kill Godzilla in the original movie "With the beast the beast from 20,000 fathoms couldn't fathom" - The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms is a Ray Harryhausen movie about a giant lizard wreaking havoc in a city (maybe New York, not sure), and was cited as an inspiration by the people behind the first Godzilla movie "You could come at me with Iron Man and Thor, I'll still destroy ya" - "Dest(o)royah" is the name of one of Godzilla's enemies, who actually killed him off in the final Heisei movie "My voice cuts deep like I'm rubbing on a double bass" - Godzilla's iconic roar was created by rubbing a rubber glove on bass strings - his voice literally sounds like "rubbing on a double bass" "Damn I despise you, you make weak tokusatsu" - you weren't entirely wrong there, but the definition of tokusatsu is much broader. Godzilla is actually considered pretty much the progenitor of the tokusatsu genre, and not just that, but Ultraman, which more or less popularized the transforming hero genre, was created by Eiji Tsuburaya, who also worked on the special effects of the first Godzilla movie, and came up with the idea of suitmation aka simulating a giant monster (or robot, or hero, or alien...) by having an actor in a suit walk through a miniature city "Anyways, that was more disappointing than your anime" - there were two relatively recent anime versions of Godzilla. the first one, a trilogy of movies, was not very well received. unsure about the second one, which was a series. it was just super complicated to follow. and three great lines one after the other you didn't comment on at all: "You're the only Honda vehicle that don't retain no worth" - Ishiiro Honda was the director of the original Godzilla movie - a "Honda vehicle". Honda is also a car brand. "There'll be no victory dance, your G-fans will leave upset" - In "Godzilla vs Monster Zero", Godzilla does a very goofy victory dance on the moon. It enjoys cult status among G fans. Seriously, look it up. It's great. "Cause if you dropkick at me, I'll shove a tree down your neck" - a twofer! So, in "Godzilla vs Megalon", Godzilla does a weird move where he lies horizontally on his tail and then slides into his opponent, dropkicking him. similar to the victory dance, it's an iconic scene for how goofy it is. and in "King Kong vs Godzilla", King Kong rips out a tree and shoves it down Godzilla's throat - another iconic scene. "I'm the Apex great ape, great with the ape ax" - Apex was both the name of the terrorist organisation in the second Godzilla MonsterVerse movie and the evil corporation in the MV's Godzilla vs Kong movie "Like All Monsters Attack, your raps are recycled crap" - the later movies in the 60s and 70s reused a lot of footage from earlier movies, and All Monsters Attack was by far the worst offender. It's generally considered to be the worst Godzilla movie ever made. These guys just really did their homework. As usual, really.

"I'll make an ass out of you like Nintendo did" That would be Donkey Kong, Donkey = Ass as in the word for Donkey. And it was Universal who tried to sue Nintendo, however Nintendo argued that Universal only got King Kong in the 70s because they claimed he was in Public Domain. So Nintendo used Universal's argument against them.

I found personally, Lloyd as Kong was stylin’ more with his bars, whereas Peter as our king of the monster was just landing brutal hit after brutal hit.

Another thing with "You can come at me with Iron Man and Thor, I'll still destroy yah" is a reference to both Destroyah (monster he fought) and to an old Godzilla vs Avengers comic (1977) where he fought Avengers. Godzilla matched Thor in strength and pretty much slapped Iron Man away in that run. Here he's saying that even they attack him all together, he will still win.

"This is kids stuff, send in Minilla" He's saying his son, Minilla, who was commonly associated with the more kid friendly aspects of the franchise, and is the main monster of the later mentioned abysmal All Monsters Attack movie (far worse than 98; at least 98 works as a monster movie) would be able to handle Kong easily.

Some references you missed. 20:40 Minilla was Godzilla's son in the Showa era and returned in Final Wars. 25:40 This is a double reference. The first is a Marval comic where Godzilla fight different Marval characters. The second reference is the line "destroy ya" probably references Destoroyah, a monster from the Heisei era. 28:28 Yes, there was a Mechani-Kong. Originating from the Ranking-Bass King Kong show, he was then reimagined in King Kong Escapes, a Toho original King Kong movie. The line "Monkey see me out do you, like I did to Mechani-Kong" refer to how Mechani-Kong has fallen into obscurity and hasn't appear in much media today, while Mecha Godzilla has become part of Toho big five and is much well known. 28:45 When Kong bring up his anime, I think it's referencing to the trilogy of anime films release from 2017-1018. They were Godzilla first official appearance in anime, and they are not like for so any reasons. We sense gotten an anime series which was more liked, but those three films are consider some of the worst the franchise has to offer.

Minilla is Godzilla’s son from when Godzilla was bug eyed.

I think the silverback line isnt about money, but rather that he aint bringing silver back for 2nd place, but rather gold for 1st place.

The iron man and Thor was a reference to a reeeeeally old crossover comic where Godzilla slapped the shit out of the avengers

With regards to the Nintendo Court case. Nintendo who was being sued by universal proved that King Kong was in the public domain and universal had no rights to King Kong or royalties. Universal knew this because they had made a lawsuit to remaking Kong which established that King Kong was public domain but they continue with the lawsuit against Nintendo because they thought they could easily push them around.

6:17 Actually, that’s a reference to a very specific dinosaur, the Brontosaurus.

This is the first time I am seeing your channel but hearing you saying "deez nuts" made me sub. Thanks for that.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but the term "death row" to describe prisons for those sentenced to death was first coined in 1933, the same year The first King Kong movie was released. So Kong literally is as old as death row.

Wario really loves your reactions Insane Ian, it was due time until you reacted to this! Wario wishes he could sub to your Patreon but I spent all my money on garlic (im poor).

Finally we’ve got a reactor who actually catches all the bars on both sides 👍🏻. I appreciate that Ian

I did remember the American cartoon 98 Godzilla however the Godzilla Anime was done during the mid 2010s and while Toho tried to make it a season it barely reached 10 episodes overall and ended up failing in Japan. I think there was also a Netflix Anime attempt for Godzilla that also failed to generate attention because Japanese weren't really fans of Streaming except for the mainstream Japanese people who weren't Kaiju fans.

The bring a mammal in is also referring to the first Zilla v Kong movie .

The Manilla bar refers to Godzilla’s adopted son Manilla, I can’t remember what film or show he was from, though.

Another nice touch with the triplets line is that he’s rapping in triplets

When he mentions thor and ironman . They are reffering to the comics when the avengers tried to fight godzilla. But even thor showed up said nah i cant take him . And left .

A mammal to "nurse your films back to health," because mammals give milk to their young the way reptiles… don't.

Ralph the wolf is the name you're looking for

Hello again, fellow Ian! Just as the last time, I enjoyed your take on the references in the bars and the fact that you’re reacting to something out of the norm. This was great!

Might have missed if you caught it amongst the legal discussion of Donkey Kong, but ass literally also means donkey.

Damn. Of everyone I was hoping you would catch the deeper meaning of the Oxygen Destroyer bar. On top of Kong claiming the score was 0-2 and referencing oxygen being 02, Godzilla has been defeated twice by the oxygen destroyers in his movies. Once when he straight up dies in the original Gojira and once again in the Monsterverse movie King of The Monsters where he was winning the fight against Ghidorah until humanity intervened with the Oxygen Destroyer bomb thus forcing him to retreat. Thus making him 0-2 against the Oxygen Destroyer.

King Kong does climb up the Empire State Building in the 1930s original and the 2000s Peter Jackson film. However in the 1970s version, Kong climbs up the WTC back when it was new building, two of them.

I feel like Kong is the better rapper, but G-Zilla had the better battle bars. Great reaction and breakdown! ~_~

You should totally check out the British musical comedy duo, the Brett Domino Trio, They've appeared on a few british panel shows most notably 8 out of 10 cats does countdown. The three songs I recommend from them are Lunchtime lover, Bin Guy and I Think I'm in Love with the Girl Who Works on Checkout Six in Decathlon.

Apparently Nintendo countersued but i didnt double check that

Been waiting for this.

Regarding the Nintendo lawsuit, Nintendo actually completely embarrassed Universal in court, to the extent that Universal had to pay their legal fees. Also, fun fact, the lawyer who won that case was named Jack Kirby, and Nintendo named the character after him.

The wolf in rampage was Ralph.

the minilla bar might be a misspelled reference to the old cartoon manilla gorilla, but I also remember hearing that he had a kid, so that might be the reference too.

The first couple of bars from Godzilla was also a reference to the line of Kong dog toys

I didn’t expect to see Al in the intro!

your sputtering is very funny so keep being the real you 👍♥

Ralph the wolf man (I think giant werewolf, really).

No rko was kongs of company, not Zilla

12:35 RALPH!

And in the comics, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch have an incestuous relationship.... so yeah..... makes them playing husband and wife awkward again... XD

Ian, you being a comedian and actor yourself, do you think theirs merit to the following: According to ERB Rap Meanings (a wiki i think freely can be added to, not creators themselves) they claim the line in Godzilla third verse: ´ I´m bigger than bridges´references Jeff Bridges who appeared in 1976 remake and though commercially succesful received till this day mixed reviews. So Godzilla is bigger than THE Bridges? Is Godzilla more an icon than even the famous actor any way? No one seems to pick up at that potential reference so far, so i´m curious at your take on it.

manilla is godzilla son

As a comedy musician, I'm surprised you missed the Bill Engvall Here's your sign reference.

The wolf is Ralph

The real question is are you gonna watch Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in theater? 😎😁

and "Ass brain"? (did Godzilla really have his brains in the nether region?)

no reaction to treasure island 1988?

It wasn't my favorite ERB either, but I'm not in the target audience. I've never actually watched *any* of either Kong or Godzilla's movies. I know most of the stories and such, just never gotten around to watching one.

Ralph the wolf

React to Kyle Gordon!! He’s hilarious My life is the Worst Life ever And Wanderin Are both hilarious

The dunked on you like Barkley line was about the 1962 king kong vs godzilla. Kong was supposed to fight Frankenstein, but they couldnt get the rights. Kong beat godzilla in that movie

Not that Avengers fight Godzilla

horry sheit, if he meant that - actual - death row that would be pretty hardcore

Hello!

The thing that kind of bothers me not only about this rap battle but others in general, I'm not really a fan of stop-and-jerk disruptions of 'flow'. When they have to abruptly change verbal speed or musical speed in relation to the opposite, or when in order to make a 'rhyme' they have to insert one syllable too many to make it work, it is jarring to me and my mind can't help but focus on that hiccup rather than just enjoying the rap. Yes it's always good to have hard-hitting bar burns, but if trying to do that makes everything sound out-of-sync, it doesn't work so well for me. But I will agree that Kong managed to pull a slim win in this case.

Also Ian in case you didn't know Godzilla has two brains one is near is tail hence the "ass brain"