Video Game Rap Battles 9 - Charles Darwin vs Professor Oak Rap Meanings

<Rap Battle
Professor Oak :
Hello there, and welcome to the world of your defeat
(At the start of the Pokémon games Oak appeared in, he greets the player by saying "Hello there, welcome to the world of Pokémon!" This is line is parodying it, stating that Darwin will lose the rap battle.)
Here's some training tips, I'm the very best, I cannot be beat
(Along each Pokemon game, the player is given "Trainer Tips" which are instructions. Oak instructs Charles that he is the best and can't be defeated. Also, Oak is parodying a famous line from the original Pokemon English dubbed theme song , "I want to be the very best".)
You spent years of studying evolution of finches alone
(Darwin's finches are a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds he studied for many years. He is famous for creating a theory of transmutation.)
Where I can top all your research with a single Thunderstone
(In the game, Thunderstones can be given to certain electric type Pokémon to evolve to their next stage. Oak is saying that he could outclass all Darwin's years of research with one Thunderstone, since it provides more evidence of evolution.)
Looks like I've got the highest speed stat in this rap, you'll have to wait your turn
(In the Pokémon games, the Pokemon with the highest speed stat always go first in a Pokemon Battle. Oak is referencing that since his turn was first.)
Spit firey rhymes every single time, you'll need a rawest berry for these burns
("Fire" is an emcee's slang for harsh raps. In the game, rawest berries heal Pokémon's burn injuries they suffer in battle)
You might be a well-knowned scientist, recognized across the world
(Oak admits Charles was an admired scientist recognized by everyone.)
But I still cannot tell, are you a boy or a girl ?
(Oak mocks Darwin with this line. "Are you a boy or a girl?" is a running gag in the Pokémon universe. Oak asks this question to create the player's character, so people make jokes that Oak can't tell the difference.)
Charles Darwin :
I discovered an anomaly of that no man could think
(Darwin states that he founded a theory that no other person thought of.)
Man evolved from the apes but you must be the missing link.
(Darwin established that all humans evolved from their common ancestor of apes. The missing link in the theory of human evolution explains mankind's' final ancestor before finally evolving humans. When a specie evolves, it is better than its pre-evolutionary predecessor. Therefore, Dawrin views Oak as a inferior specie)
You have decades of research and claim to be the very best
(Oak have been a Pokemon professor for many years. Darwin also reminds Oak his line which he said he is "the very best")
Yet all you have to show from your experiences is an empty Pokedex
(In the games, Oak gives the player and his grandson an empty Pokedex to fill out on their journey. Darwin does not see how Oak is the very best if he has no documented research despite doing it for decades.)
And you're the better professor ? Ha ! That's just out of question
(Darwin doubts Oak being a better researcher than him)
I was chosen to win this battle but that's just natural selection
(Natural selection is part of Darwin's theory of evolution he established. He says that he is the "natural selection" or ideal choice between him and Oak to win this rap battle)
Bring your animal slaves, Oak, you better reset the game
(Darwin views Pokemon as slaves since they are captured by trainers and forced to fight in battles, though trainers typically develop friendships with their Pokemon. Darwin is also saying that Oak has no chance in this rap battle and will have reset the game and start over.)
How can you win this battle if you can't remember your own grandson's name
(Darwin is confused at how Oak expects to win the battle while also making fun of the fact that in the first generation games, Oak asks the player character what his grandson's name is.)
Professor Oak :
You're fighting the truth, now's not the time to do that
(This is a reference to the games where if the player attempts to use an HM or a key item in an area where it isn't allowed, a text box would pop up saying "Now's not the time to use that!")
I've called your bluff, you say Pokemon is abuse ? Well you're the cause of slavery in Africa
(This is a reference to Darwin previously calling Pokemon "animal slaves." Despite being an abolitionist, some believe Darwin's theory of natural selection is the cause for many seeing Africans as an inferior race, which led to the rise of slavery.)
My words echo in your ears as you hear me mega-evolve
(Oak is saying that he is so powerful a rapper that his word can they will echo in Darwin's ears. Mega Evolution was introduced in Generation VI and transforms final evolution stages like Charizard into more powerful versions.)
I say we hit this monkey boy with a Pokeball and say (with Gary and Ash:) we caught them all
(Oak calls Darwin a monkey, or a fool, referencing that Darwin theorized mankind's' common ancestor to be monkeys. This could also be a reference to the many monkey inspired Pokemon, like mankey and aipom. Pokeballs are used by trainers to catch Pokemon and Oak says he will "catch" Darwin or "own him" in the rap battle. This line also references "Gotta catch em all" , a famous catchphrase from Pokemon as well as a line from the original Pokemon theme.)
That's six generations of beating, head to the Galapagos to retreat
(Oak says Darwin has six generations of defeat, a reference to the six generations of Pokemon at the time the rap battle aired. As a result, Darwin should not continue battling Oak and retreat to the Galapagos, where Darwin studied evolution)
Forget the 'dex, in fifteen years I found seven hundred nineteen species
(Oak once again calls back to Darwin's line of an empty Pokedex by saying he has discovered 719 species of Pokemon, a reference to the amount of Pokemon from the first six generations.)
And you're still questioned to date ? You've been dead a century
(Many people question Darwin's theories to this very day, especially evolution which has often butted heads with those that support creationism. Also, Darwin died in 1882, almost a century from now)
Your theories are not very effective, you won't make a monkey out of me
(Oak is saying that Darwin's theories aren't that good and that he won't make a monkey (fool) out of him, which is a reference to the theory of evolution. In Pokemon, the line "it's not very effective" is commonly used in battle when one Pokemon uses a type-specific move that is weak against its opponent and does little damage at all [ex. a fire move against a water type])
Charles Darwin :
I'm killing this error, doing the world a favor with my acts
Ignorance begets confidence and you proved that theory is a fact
To be a true scientist you must possess a heart of stone
(Darwin is saying that to be a true scientist, you must have a stern or cruel nature.)
But that doesn't mean send a child away to get his mother alone
(The Pokémon fandom often jokingly asserts that Oak only gave Pikachu to Ash to get him out of Pallet Town so that Oak could commence a sexual relationship with Delia, Ash's mother. Darwin is also appalled at Oak for pulling something like that even though a true scientist should be stern.)
You can thunderbolt me, freeze me with an ice beam and leave me fireblasted
(This is the reference to Tri Attack, a move from Pokemon which can paralyze, freeze ,or burn the opponent.)
But I win the survival of the fittest for I am the best adapted
(This references survival of the fittest, another part of Darwin's evolution theory. It states that the fittest specie of all is the one that's best adapted to their enviornment. Darwin says that it doesn't matter what Oak throws at him, since he is the fittest)
I'm a revolutionary evolutionary, the world will never be the same
Looks like I became the champion, bring me to the hall of fame !
(Darwin is saying that he has defeated Oak in this rap battle and earned a place in the hall of fame, which is where the player and their Pokemon are registered into after defeating the Elite Four.)
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