A Historian Reacts - Vlad the Impaler vs. Dracula - Epic Rap Battles of History
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AHHHHH..I have Austria-Hungary on the brain because I've been going through a book on WW1....yes, it was HUNGARY and the Ottomans, not Austria. Thanks all!
Hungary always getting forgotten :( But great vid :D
I have some suggestions about some videos and channels you could watch:
Why did Romania switch sides in ww2/Knowledgia
WW1 from Austria-Hungary's perspective/Armchair Historian
Why didn't Romania join the invasion of Czechoslovakia?/Knowledgia
Life in German occupied France/Armchair Historian
Life in German occupied Poland/Armchair Historian
WW2 from India's perspective/Armchair Historian
D-Day from the German Perspective/Armchair Historian
Those are some ideas. Anyways you choose one/some (if you want!)
@@TheMrJoKeeR Greatings from Poland, here we never forget Hungary and want to forget Austria
That's actually true. Austria had France as enemy back in 19th up to the 20th century and The Ottomans had Hungry since the Middle Ages.
Well it's less then century away from Habsburgs claiming Hungarian crown, so it's understandable.
Also in the novel Dracula is not killed by sun, just loses his powers, hence him saying not true to Vlad saying it. The movie Nosferatu is the modern beginning of the killed by sun thing
Well to be fair Vlad said that the sun beats him not kills him so if the Sun does drain Dracula's power then he is effectively beaten.
nosferatu's a great fuckin movie btw. looks a bit silly today but with music for the movie in the backround (whuich they did in when they played it in my hometown) its great.
or maybe i just like the movie this much because its also from my hometown
Then who was flickering the lights?
When he said Vlad the hat Naylor, that is a reference to the Arabs who he made nail their turbans to their heads when they wouldn’t remove them in his honour. Also the Vlad who commits heinous act on rats line is in reference to him supposedly impaling rats in his jail cell when he was imprisoned
For historical accuracy it should be said that they were turks and not arabs. Turks and arabs are two different ethnic groups and the ottomans were turkish.
@@ivanradstrom9939 people confuse due to having similar behaviour traits, like same religion
@@robb5828 In the ottoman time, the Turkish language and culture highly influenced by the Arabic and Persian culture but that was in later periods of the Ottoman Empire, during Vlad's time we didn't have the middle east where arabs lived. In fact, we had more land in europe than asia in that time period. Also, we don't have any common thing with arabs other then religion. Maybe we have a bit too much loan words from arabic but that's it.
@@davinci8024 True true,that's why i said that the OP was confused
Bruh it wasn't Arabs.
I know I'm late. But "Vlad the hat nailer" is a reference to when the Ottomans sent emissaries to Wallachia to collect tribute. Vlad was offended by them not removing their turbans and nail them to their skulls.
This is what started the war with the Ottomans
I remember subscribing to this channel in like February when this channel had around 20k subs and now it’s over 200k. Actually insane growth!
Same, it's really crazy
Yeah its only been a year since it was created and it already has 2004k subs
All of us history nerds banding together
At 6:55 when they reference vampires having no reflection, I believe that's partially because old mirrors used to have silver in them.
Nice to know!
Exactly. Silver is known to be a "pure" metal that deny supernatural powers. The inside of the mirrors were made of silver, and that's why vampire couldn't see their reflections as it would deny their reflections.
It is the same reason they say you should use silver weapons against werewolves. Werewolves have the ability to heal their wounds very fast, using a silver weapon would prevent their wounds from healing.
Well, that explains why mirrors were only seen in nobleman houses
@@JeffreyBezeau well in true vampire folklore vampires can be killed using silver
Yeah, this is definitely one of the more one-sided ERBs. Vlad won easily.
They kinda disappointed me with how they potrayed Dracula, but Vlad did so well that it saved this one for me
One of my favorite ERB videos, and very thematically appropriate considering the Extra History series you just did.
I know in Hotel Transylvania, Count Dracula hates his association with "Blah, Blah, Blah." The character constantly says he doesn't say it, but it's basically his catchphrase.
Not catchphrase. Only Béla Lugosi's Dracula did and even unintended because Bela wasn't well-versed in English, making it sound weird. Vincent Price and Christopher Lee's Dracula, much less later ones never did the silly phrase. "Ah, ah, ah' like a distinguished chuckle they did in some form.
I have no idea what the above commentator means about Bela Lugosi. English may not have been his first language, but by the time of the movies, he had been playing Dracula on stage for over a decade (14 years I believe).
@@mitchellskene8176 No doubt Bela improved his English. Won't fall off the great man. What I meant is the sole "Bla Bla Bla" trope is Lugosi initially not knowing English well and a certain line sounding gibberish. No actor besides him made a certain sound, yet somehow - just because Bela played him for 14 years - people call it Dracula's catchphrase.
@@embran8486 I think the "bla" thing technically came from this Allan Sherman song, which was used in the Bela Lugosi movie Vampire Over London. (Some Lugosi impersonators may have done it before that point): ua-cam.com/video/nM8ORAe-sR8/v-deo.html
The invitation thing was in Stoker's book too. It has it's roots in mythology, especially in eastern european/slavic areas. The folklore doesn't have to say much about vampires as we know them today specifically, but it is a trait often attributed to other more or less similar creatures you don't want to have as guests.
8:15 Although there is this joke that Vlad was illiterate we must consider that he spoke romanian and turkish fluently and also he knew some old slavonic (*the language of the church, just like in the west the church wasn't allowed to speak in their own language, the priests had to talk and sing in latin), hungarian and latin (because he converted to catholicism during his last 12 years of captivity).
It was actually pretty rare for a romanian ruler to be illiterate. When Constantin Cantemir became the prince of Moldova the boyars were shocked by the fact that he was illiterate. His son, Dimitrie Cantemir, learned to speak 14 languages. He was the close adviser if Peter the Great. The son of Dimitrie Cantemir, Antioch Camtemir, was a close friend of Voltaire.
Hope that you enjoyed those facts :3
I love your chanell ❤️
Of cource Vlad III was literate. There is even a sample of his signature right there in the Wikipedia article about him ))
when midevil people were considered illiterate it more ment they knew simpilfied roman(considered a proto-french ) as opposoed to church backed latin as the church only saw latin as a valid language and books were harder to obtain meaning less money peasents clearly never had books, basicly its alot of propganda to dumb down the lower class
Nosferatu is the oldest remaining film based on Dracula in which the vampire is named Count Orlok because F.W Murnau hadn’t been given the rights to the name Dracula from Stoker’s widow. In the sound remake of the film the vampire is called Dracula, the title itself is also called Dracula
RIP for those who thought that Vlad was also a fictional character.
When they mentioned Dracula being weak to the sun, I think nosferatu was mentioned because I believe he was the first “version of Dracula” where vampires were weak to sunlight
I think that Dracula in this ERB is a generalised vampire trope as seen in media not just Stoker's Dracula.
I love how Dracula's opening line when he does the mic check is a reference to the Count from Sesame Street. Especially the laugh at the end.
In lore because a house is considered a holy threshold evil cannot cross it without an invitation unless it is desecrated
Absolutely love your channel man, also 'Nosferatoo' is a reference to the original illegal film released as a vampire film. I've tried to find a version of the film to watch but it's near impossible considering only something like 30 copies were made
Anyone can correct me if I’m wrong, but the invitation thing comes from the Romanian legend of the strigoi, which, depending on its version, has lots of similarities with the vampire myth and is said to be one of Stoker’s inspiration for Dracula.
Fun fact the reason why vampires would absolutely show up in most mirrors now a days is back in Victorian London their mirrors were made with silver inlaid in the glass or the frames his reflection doesn’t show because of the silver and also there’s a old legend that a mirror’s reflection is your soul and since Dracula has no soul his reflection doesn’t show. Either or is an interesting explanation. Also if anyone wants to there’s a very interesting movie called Dark prince the true story of Vlad Dracula. It’s mostly history but it blends some supernatural elements like him being the Antichrist its a good movie I love it
Fogo de Chao is quite good. If you're ever in the DC area be honored to treat my favorite historical UA-camr to a meal there.
Dracula's line "I'm Universally known for intrigue and desire" is a reference to Universal Studios who made the classic Dracula film starring Bela Lugosi.
Horrible History is so awesome! Really saddening that they blocked the vid, I really love that show.
Please do continue uploading ERB videos its my favorite besides oversimplified
I dont know if you tried Brazilian barbecue but you should, its completely different from the american and it tastes absolutely delicious also Fogo de Chão was born in the brazilian state known for the best barbecue in the country so definitely try it
Great video as always. If you ever get the chance, it would be interesting to see your thoughts on the ERB Eastern Vs Western philosophers.
This one of my favorite ERB episodes.
From ERB is the battle between a vampire vs a berserker featuring EpicLloyd as Vlad and NicePeter as Count Dracula
I think the "can't enter your house without permission" thing is older than the Dracula story, I think it has been ascribed to various mischievous and/or evil mythical creatures over the years
I thought it was because you had to perform specific rituals to get them into your home.
This channel is seriously good. Great job.
a theory I've read for why vampires have no reflection is due to them being made of silver at some point.
which would explain it pretty good since silver had been associated with being dangerous to various monsters of the night (most notably werewolves)
Pretty much yeah, silver was used in mirrors, and silver was considered a "holy" metal, so it'd destroy any "unholy" being like a vampire or werewolf.
YEAH I heard that theory. Silver is considerred "pure" so evil creatures cant interact with it, hence the missing reflection. But since modern mirrors are made with aluminium, that doesnt apply anymore. Vampires can at last fix their own make up again. What a time to be undead.
Camera film also had colloidal silver so wouldn't show vampires, supposedly. And modern digital cameras are split between direct and mirrored, although I don't know what metal they use for their mirrors.
"...a lot of you have been requesting horrible histories..."
*Yes yes, who wouldn't?*
On this episode from ERB is the battle between a vampire vs a ruthless berserker
Usually the reactors I watch of these ERBs cover more than I'm aware of, but seems none thus far noticed the "Universally known" comment as reference to his film franchise starting through Universal studios.
As far as the word Nosferatu, there's an old black and white film from I think the 1920s(?) called 'Nosferatu' that had most of it's copies destroyed because Florence Stoker sued for copyright infringement and won because the plotline is basically 'Dracula' without it actually saying it is. From the reading I've done, that film is also the main origin of the whole 'Vampires burn in sunlight' trope.
We're only able to still see it because a few copies were smuggled to America before they could be destroyed. If people are interested I think you can find the film somewhere here on youtube.
Also, gutted that the BBC wouldn't let you react to any Horrible Histories
Congrats! You NAILED the Walachia (Valahia in Romanian) pronounciation!
"another thing with Vampires is they only come out at night. They can't be in Sunlight."
Blade: "excuse me?"
Alucard (Castlevania): "Pathetic"
Alucard (Hellsing): "neat"
Well to be fair Blade and Alucard (Castlevania) are only half vampires
Hungarian here.
What I was taught is that Vlad's father didn't want to go to war with the ottomans so he sent his 2 sons into Istambul to study there.
Vlad was there for 10 years and he might have been assaulted as a kid multiple times by the priests which caused him to impale people later in life.
He also married to the sister of King Matthias of Hungary.
Also sidenote.
In the Netflix Show Castlevania they Call him "tepes". As far as I know(any romanian feel free to correct me with this if I got it wrong) the word "Tepes" means impale/impaler. It's not an actual name. He was given this "nickname" after impaling 20 000 ottoman.
8:36 I actually did see The Lost Boys. That's a classic film.
Originally played by Bella Lugosi. When he died he buried in his Dracula costume
I am soooo excited to see this!
Have you considered doing Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted, or, Eastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers? I look forward to your erb reactions, hope you do one soon :)
Heyy!!
Love your reactions and how fast you are growing.
Would love to see you react to some of CGP Gray's videos. Especially The Race to Win Staten Island.
Oh man I grew up with horrible histories, that along with the history channel (when it was actual history haha) I'm so glad you enjoyed the concert.
Fogo de Chao is fantastic, one of the first places I've ever had mutton at.
Nosferatu is a 1922 German silent film unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula novel. Stoker's heirs sued for copyright infringement, and the courts ruled that all copies of the film should be destroyed, but some copies did managed to survive.
8:48 You are one of us, Micheal! Jump Michael! Jump!
Thought you would mention the hat nailing bit. That was clever.
“Taint to a Tis’” is a crazy line 💀💀💀
Not sure how this will go copyright wise but could you react to Drunk History? It’s pretty entertaining while being surprisingly accurate for the format it’s using.
Id like this too. But probably smart for him to wait. BBC had the video taken down so they must have DMCA'd it. I think its 90days before it is forgiven off the account. I believe 3 in 90 days gets the youtube account deleted
You reacting to the crash course history of europe would be so good.
Have you considered doing a reaction to the Extra Credit lies video? There is a lot in there.
Do you specialize in any specific history? I always see you do in depth war/ battle vidoes does that count at specializeing in something?
Good Video 😃
Walachia was between Hungary and the Ottomans, Austria was nowhere near that area at that time
Indeed
Good stuff!
Please do ERb reaction againn... Einstein vs Hawkins
Your pronunciation of Wallachia is really good. In Romania we call it Valahia
My entire knowledge of vampires comes from the first 3 episodes of the Vampire Diaries I watched at a sleepover 2 months ago.
A little fun fact why vampire have no reflection. Many mirrors have a bit silver in them and as we know from werewolves, silver (bullets) can kill the evil things.
Fun fact: Castle Bran, which is known as Draculas home (but actually wasnt) is now private property of the house of Habsburg.
Out of curiosity, what was the first ERB video you saw?
fun fact: when Vlad said "dunk on your wackula raps like I'm Shaqula" he is referring to Shaquille O'Neal dunking baskets
Anne Rice wrote the script for Interview with the Vampire in which she loved the movie so much that she wrote a letter of praise for how good she thought it was
Anne Rice wrote the series "vampire chronicles", interview with a vampire it's just one of the books
So the thing where vampires don't have reflections won't work in modern times, because back then mirrors are backed with silver, which is considered to be a purifying element. Now days I believe it's aluminum compound.
You missed the hat nailer line in 7:47!!!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and it's spin offs also adopted the Vampire's can not enter someone's home unless they are invited in lore. I'm not sure where it originated from or if it The Lost Boy's did do it first.
Vlad the Impaler week eh? At least it’s something different from Shark week.
Yeah, this is not just you. The entire ERB fan base thinks that the writing effort went to Vlad’s lines. I agree with you as well, it would have been nice to have two different intimidating characters rather than just one. It felt like they based Dracula off of basic vampire lore and mixed it with the vampire on Sesame Street.
I know the idea, that vampires canˋt enter a house unless they are invited from „Buffy the vampire slayer“
Lost Boys was made in the 1980s. Buffy was made in the 1990s.
@@hughtube5154 good to know, that explains why I donˋt know it… I was born too late 😉
That's a long standing trope (IIRC originated from central European vampire mithos) existed millennia before "Buffy" )
As a Brazilian I remember when I watched that the Fogo de Chão reference caught me really off-guard
The fact that Dracula capitilsed Universally knowm, is, I think, a referance to all the Universe movies about Dracula.
I don’t know if you still react to Epic Rap Battles of History, but if you do another one you should watch Al Capone vs Blackbeard
Have you seen Lincoln vs chuck Norris
No it was the monarch song i think the ww1 video is still here
8:48 In a book of Stephen king "a small town" he tells the same. But idk who go this first
It is true most vampire's burn in the sun but there are other types of species of vampire's called day walkers they can go out by day and night
Bro you explained that vampires die in the sun but not the hat nailer and rat thing?
You should do a reaction to Dan Bull’s Civilization rap.
I don't know if it's been said yet, but Vlad wouldn't be very keen on neck washes because that's what they did to someone sentenced to execution by beheading. :)
A vampire needing to be invited in was in the original Dracula book.
There is a scene where a vampire is screaming to be let in. The person inside has to let them in.
Also, as Dracula states in this rap, he is not killed by sunlight. He simply is less powerful in the sun. He walks about in the daylight as a human, he only has powers at night. In fact they kill him at the end of the book by opening his coffin in daylight, and then staking him in broad daylight.
al capone vs black beard
The deal with being invited in was part of old vampire legends. It derived from the early Christian idea that a person or his house that invited evil in willingly would fall victim to it.
Bloody great.
No one ever comments on the Bunnicula bar
I was literally just watching this one...
During his captivity by the pope, Vlad killed a few guardsmen who entered his home without a warrant/invitation. Maybe the myth of vampires needing an invitation came from this incident?
Very cool!! I too hate Twilight lol. I was always Team The Sun!
Great video as always!
Carmel rice cakes taste like carmel corn. Love it.
Nosferatu was an unauthorized adaptation of the novel to the big screen. Hence why they changed all the names. Dracula became Count Orlok. They also invented the idea of vampires being destroyed by the sun. In the novel, Dracula was merely weakened, losing his shapeshifting abilities
He reminds me of Colin Robinson?
Vampire invitation was a thing in the book too, but Dracula managed to overcome it by sending in his minion Renfield to the mental hospital, which was attached to the building where the women were staying. Apparently, a guest’s invitation was enough.
Also, when Jonathan Harker first arrives to Dracula’s castle, Dracula doesn’t come out to greet him. Instead he first tells him to come in of his own free will. Once Harker does, Dracula is all over him. Presumably this somehow puts Harker into Dracula’s power
Va multumesc for pronouncing Wallachia properly.
This is going to be good, Vlad is a champion
Another Vlad the Impaler video, nice.
You should watch the Stephen King vs. Edgar Allen poe
Yeah, the BBC is pretty infamous for takedowns which is a shame cos Horrible Histories is quality.
true, it's about a 100years later hungary would be part of the austrian empire
They hardly even tried with Dracula's lines. Did he even get a single good burn?
though I don't remember the source, I heard Dracula was possibly also inspired partially by the Hungarian serial killer Elizabeth Bathory.
Also, don't worry to much about pronouncing Wallachia right. I'm from Romania and heard it pronounced several ways (depending on regional accent). 'val-a-kia' is the one I heard the most
Jesus it’s me and me fighting
Fogo de Chao is pretty good, we have one in Denver as well. Sorry Ohio.