Twilight Sparkle vs. Raven (Lyrics Meaning)

===Twilight Sparkle:===
(Spike is in Bold)
Behold, the Princess Twilight's second coming to the microphone;
(Twilight Sparkle is the central main character of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic who begins the first two seasons as a unicorn, set to live in Ponyville to better study the magic of friendship. Though in the Season 3 finale "Magical Mystery Cure," she becomes a princess and by the end of the Season 4 finale "Twilight's Kingdom," she earns the title "Princess of Friendship." During her coronation as Princess, the choral song "Behold, Princess Twilight Sparkle" plays as she makes her way to the center stage. Twilight is telling Raven that she best observe her making her way to the rap battle as this is not her first appearance in the series; her debut rap battle was against Mister Ed.)
There's a dimension beyond Azarath: you're entering my zone!
(The Twilight Zone is an American media franchise based on the anthology television series first created by Rod Serling in 1959. Each television show, as well as the 1983 movie it inspired, presents a stand-alone story in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described as entering "the Twilight Zone," often with a surprise ending and a moral. Making a pun on her name, Twilight says that Raven is officially in her territory now and is beyond the point of no return. Raven's homeworld in the DC Comics is Azarath - a parallel world and her birthplace that she used to live in when Azar was ruler until her mother, Arella, brought her to Gotham City to hide from her father's evil.)
Though I'm the mare here, it's this gray bitch who ain't what she used to be;
("Mare" is the definition for a female horse or other sort of equine mammal that is often used as a prefix throughout the MLP series and a "gray mare" means something or someone that is aged, obsolete, and outdated. Despite being a literal pony, Twilight declares the TTG! version of Raven as a shadow of the one that came before her.)
The girl's stark Raven mad, her future holding naught but lunacy!
("Stark raving mad" means to go completely crazy and Twilight makes a pun on Raven's name by saying her future is destined for madness; a possible reference to the alternate timeline shown in the episode "How Long is Forever?" where Raven becomes a delusional loser.)
I need no help to win the rapping crown when I deliver flows:
("Winning the Crown," officially known as "Equestria Girls (Cafeteria Song)" is a song from My Little Pony: Equestria Girls where the human versions of Twilight Sparkle and her friends sing about getting back the Crown of Friendship after Sunset Shimmer robbed it and led it into becoming a prize for the Fall Formal. Though when it comes to rapping, Twilight says she doesn't need any friends to win the crown for said title as her flows are sure enough to get the job done.)
There's no way you could be my equal; even Starlight Glimmer knows!
(Starlight Glimmer is a female unicorn who was first introduced as the main antagonist of the Season 5 premiere - a leader and founder of a mysterious village in which every resident has given up their cutie mark in exchane for an equation sign; symbolizing that true friendship is "equal" and having special talents leads to disharmony, though is later revealed that she still has her own cutie mark and once the revelation is revealed, her comrades turn on her as she flees to enact her revenge in the Season 5 finale by undoing the Sonic Rainboom that caused cutie marks to exist. Though upon realizing the error of her ways, Starlight turns a new leaf and thus became a lead supporting character until the show's series finale. Twilight says to Raven that she will never be her equal like Starlight once proclaimed she was.)
I'll school this wack witch like the Mad Mod; send her back down to her maker!
(The Mad Mod was a recurring villain in Teen Titans who had no super pwoers, but was capable of conjuring up false realities for the Titans to survive; each of which puposefully mock known physics, history, and human principles - plush 1960's British culture, as he would often school Raven and her pals via "classrooms" with Hypnoscreens. Twilight Sparkle is often shown to be a very gifted pony when it comes to learning lessons and though it premiered after this rap battle, Season 8 saw her founding the School of Friendship to educate ponies and creatures about its magic. Here, she's going to school Raven so hard it'll send her back to her maker - Trigon, an inter-dimensional demon who was Raven's father and such a dangerous being that he had to be locked up years before the events of Teen Titans.)
Soaring high as I attack a Titan, call me Eren Yeager.
(Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama, taking place in a world where humanity lives inside walled-off cities that are risk from gigantic man-eating humanoids known as the Titan. The story follows Eren Yaeger, a teenager who vows revenge on the creatures after killing his mother. Throughout the series, Titan slayers use a piece of equipment called the "vertical maneuvering equipment" which enables them great mobility when dealing with the gargantuans as it can hook on their flesh; securing the kill. Though given she has wings, Twilight can already soar high enough as she declares herself Mrs. Yeager, who's about to take down a Titan named Raven.)
The prime princess's prized protégé, prodigiously artful;
(Princess Celestia is an all-mighty Alicorn that created harmony across the land of Equestria and was in charge of raising the sun. Prior to the Season 9 finale, she ruled over the land in her Canterlot castle and was the teacher of Twilight Sparkle since she was a filly; often addressing her as "my faithful student." In this lyric that provides alliteration of the letter "P" up to the last word, Twilight highlights her loyalty to Celestia as well as calling herself a prodigy when it comes to the arts.)
Hatching verses like… Fuck yeah, sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!
(Spike is a male "pre-teen" dragon and one of the seven main characters in My Little Pony. He is Twilight Sparkle's best friend and number one assistant, having been associated with her since the Season 1 episode "Cutie Mark Chronicles" where it's shown that Twilight's entrance exam for Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns was a test to hatch a dragon egg with magic. She struggles for a bit until the shock wave of RD's sonic rainboom trigger an uncontrolled release that hatches Spike's egg and enlarges him to the size of an adult until Celestia calms her down. Twilight says that she can bring up verses the same way she hatched spike and "Fuck yeah, sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!" is a reference to a skit from Nostalgia Critic's review of Thomas & the Magic Railroad when NC is perplexed over a certain line of dialogue by Mr. Conductor [Alec Baldwin].)
Why should I be wary of your powers, let alone your waffles,
(As a half-demon inter-dimensional daughter, Raven is shown to have a powerful amount of abilities under her belt including control, manipulation, and generaiton of pure shadows and/or darkness; along with manipulating energy, time, and emotions. Twilight, however, wonders as to why she should be afraid of her superpowers along with mentioning her waffles - a reference to the episode "Cyborg the Barbarian" where Raven says "Evil beware, we have waffles:" as well as the Teen Titans GO! episode of the same name where Beast Boy and Cyborg do nothing but say waffles over and over again.)
When your glut of episodes makes Generation Three look thoughtful?
(Generation 3 is the nickname given to the third incarnation of My Little Pony toylines and media that was released by Hasbro throughout 2003 to 2009. Compared to Friendship is Magic or even the first two generations before it, Generation 3 is often regarded as one of more weaker My Little Pony incarnations with a primary target geared towards younger audiences and very simplistic "girl-show" plotlines. Though compared to Teen Titans Go!, which is often regarded as being annoying and deprived of soul like the original show, Twilight says that all the G3 MLP shows look nuanced in comparison.)
Besting me takes more than luck, and you aren't Jinxed; you simply suck!
(Jinx is an Honorary Titan and former villain who was once a top student of the H.I.V.E. Academy and leader of the H.I.V.E. Five. She has the ability of probability control or manipulation over luck that often ends in many bad ways, thanks to pink energy blasts she fires from her hands. Twilight tells Raven that she's gonna need more than luck to beat her in this battle and that if she fails to do, its not because Jinx messed with her probability, but because she has poor marksmanship.)
Come right on at me with them legs, and still I'll break you when I buck!
(Legs is the thirty-seventh episode of Teen Titans Go! where the Titans take away her cloak as a joke, but Raven quickly adapts to as she walking with her bare legs; which she was never shown once doing so in the original series, but gains some "satisfaction" from the Titans. However, Twilight is unimpressed and says she will break Raven with her own hooves; referring to the act of "bucking" where horses plant their feet on the ground and throws its hind end upwards.)
Tell Puffy AmiYumi their song needs rewriting on the double,
(Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese pop rock duo formed in 1995 by singers Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura. In 2004, they received an animated series based on themselves that premiered on Cartoon Network and the year before that, Puffy wrote and performed the theme song for Teen with its first lyric being "When there's trouble you know who to call/ Teen Titans!." Twilight Sparkle is advising Raven that she should contact the band to rewrite the intro for reasons she elaborates in the next verse.]
For I'd sooner call on Beavis and Butt-Head to solve my troubles!
("Beavis and Butt-head Join Teen Titans" is a sketch from the Season 1 Robot Chicken episode "Vegetable Funfest" which sees Beavis and Butt-head, two characters from the Mike Judge show of the same name, being recruited by the Titans to take on an overpowering monster. However, they proof to be very unhelpful as they make crude insults to specific members, ignore instructions made clear by Robin, and decide to eat nachos instead of helping their team out. Despite this, Twilight Sparkle would much rather call those two to solve her problems than she would with the Titans.)
===Raven:===
This day is going to be perfect, so forever hold your peace,
(The Raven who'll be singing most of these verses is the chibi-cartoon version from the 2010's spin-off Teen Titans Go!. "This day is going to be perfect" is the first lyric of the song "This Day Aria," sung by both Princess Cadance and Queen Chrysalis in the Season 2 MLP finale "A Canterlot Wedding"; and although this phrase is never once mentioned, "speak now or forever hold your peace" is a stock phrase used by wedding clerics in movies/TV shows when the love interest is about to marry a suave character, usually a fraudster, only for the real interest to barge in and say "I object!." Much like a wedding, Raven says her rap battle is about to go perfectly and she doesn't Twilight to intervene with it.)
'Cause you're out of your element; disharmonious with these beats!
(The Elements of Harmony were six supernatural artifacts representing subjective aspects of harmony that were described to have been "the most powerful magic known to ponydom" and were used throughout the series as a plot MacGuffin until they were sealed away at the end of "Princess Twilight Sparkle" and were completely destroyed in "The Beginning of the End." Utilized by the Mane 6, Twilight Sparkle possessed the element of magic with a sapphire-studded gold tiara adorned upon her head. Though in this verse, Raven makes word play by saying that she's out of her league and that her beats have no discord.)
No form of friendship you could forge can match my magic when we duel,
(Friendship is often mentioned as being as the strongest form of magic in the My Little Pony universe, though the force of Raven's power outmatches it in comparison. "Magic duel" could be a reference to the Season 3 episode of the same name which marked the return of The Great and Powerful Trixie after her Season 1 debut.
And keep your prestidigitation, too; by tricks, I won't be fooled!
(Prestidigitation are magic tricks performed as entertainment like close-up magic and card flourishing. Raven sees Twilight's magic as on par with the likes of David Copperfield and Cardini; therefore, she is not guiled by them.
It's striking Midnight for you, Sparkle; your defeat's a certainty:
("Midnight Sparkle" is the alter-ego of Twilight Sparkle's human counterpart [the one that exists within the mirror realm, not the one from Ponyville] who appeared as a temporary antagonist in Equestria Girls: Friendship Games after her pendant-shaped device absorbs Sunset Shimmer's friends ability to "pony up" and upon peer pressure from Crystal Prep, she unleashes the energy as it transforms her into a magic-obsessed demon which causes a multidimensional rift across Equestria until Sunset Shimmer calms Sci-Twi down and lets her redeem. Raven is telling Twilight that the clock is striking midnight and that her losing this battle will be of most certainty.)
This wroth Roth's your worst Nightmare, putting out your lights eternally!
(When going under cover as a civilian, Raven uses the civilian name Rachel Roth and she often has an irritable attitude as shown by her sarcastic remarks, sometimes rude sentiments, and glaring angrily whenever someone crosses or even slightly annoys her. Much like Rambo, Raven says she is Twilight's worst nightmare and is capable of putting her lights out; as in killing her for good. "Nightmare" could be a reference to the evil alter-ego of Princess Luna named "Nightmare Moon," though it could also be a reference to the online Teen Titans Go game named "Raven's Nightmare" that's available to play on Cartoon Network's website.)
No Shining Armor can protect when I project my astral raps,
(Shining Armor is a male unicorn pony and brother of Twilight Sparkle who first appeared in the Season 2 finale "A Canterlot Wedding" as a former captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard until he became prince after marrying Princess Cadence. Whether it be hiding behind her brother or wearing a literal suit, Raven says that no armor is going to give Twilight saving grace from the rhymes she projects like her astral portals.)
Igniting you like Rapidash, until your rancid asshole's ash!
(Rapidash is one of the original 151 Pokemon who is essentially a Fire-type creature resembling a unicorn with flames continuously emanating from its neck, rear end, and hooves. Though in no way a shout-out, there was a scene in the episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen" where Twilight becomes so fed up with Pinkie Pie's "pinkie sense" that she ignites into a brief moment of anger with flames eminating from where her manes should be.
I mean what I say, and your fans might think that it's a crying shame,
(Raven is being 100% honest with what she has to say in these raps and acknowledges that Twilight's fans - Bronies, adult fans of My Little Pony which are often a target of ridicule and mockery on the Internet, might consider it a disgrace as for what she has to offer in the next verse. But as she goes on...)
But I'll force your cessation more abruptly than your fighting game!
(..Raven continues that she will make Twilight's rap battle end quicker than development on Fighting is Magic - a fan-made fighting game that was to have been base on My Little Pony as made by indie team Mane6. Early proto-versions were made in 2012 and drew positive attention from players in the Evolution Championship Series, but also gained the ire of Hasbro who sent them a cease & desist letter on behalf of copyright infringement. Mane6 had no choice, but to restart development on the game and reworked it as "Them's Fighting Herds" with new characters designed by the show's creator, Lauren Faust. The development was completed through crowdfuding on Indiegogo, though it did not release until 2020 when it first launched on Windows.)
Write to Celestia and tell her that today, you learned what happens
(After the events of the Season 1 premiere, Princess Celestia gives Twilight Sparkle an agenda to report further discoveries about the magic of friendship and at the end of each episode, Twilight or one of her other friends relay a report on what their latest acknowledgements. Though they don't always start that way, they usually begin, or at least have been memed as saying "Dear Princess Celestia, today I learned.." After the Season 3 finale and Castle Mane-ia, Twilight and her friends stop sending reports altogether in favour of logging their lessons in a shared journal. Here, Raven is telling Twilight that she should write a letter to Celestia about the lesson she learned about the following circumstances.)
When you diss someone who's earned their cred, unlike those wings you're flapping!
(On September 30th 2012, the plushie manufacturer Funrise posted a picture on their Facebook page with several My Little Pony plushies in an office, with one Twilight Sparkle plush toy wearing wings. On October 17th, the licensing convention Brand Licencing Europe shared a picture on their Twitter with a poster featuring Twilight Sparkle with a pair of wings (shown below, right). The same day, Redditor Lusht submitted the photo to the /r/mylittlepony subreddit, where it received over 490 up votes and 200 comments within the next three months. The news was met with a variety of responses from the brony fandom with many declaring that it could severely damage the show and her character in general. Thus, Raven is saying that unlike those wings she received at the very end of Magical Mystery Cure, she truly earned her credentials and that she should write to Celestia about that.)
This mutated Mary Sue's just sprung my verbal booby trap:
(Continuing with #PrincessGate, upon seeing the fall 2012 leaks, many MLP fans feared that the showrunners turning Twilight into a alicorn would severely damage her character by overidealizing her; similar to what is known as Mary Sue - a negative term used to describe an original character, often in fanfictions, that is practically-perfect in every way, as well as an assumed projection of the author; the male version is known as Gary or Marty Stu. Raven is saying that as monstrous, but overpowered as Twilight may be, she fell into a booby trap consisting of her verbal rhymes.)
Straight-shattering your Crystal Heart, I'll wipe you off the Cutie Map!
(The Crystal Heart is a magical heart-shaped crystal that was introduced in the Season 3 premiere "The Crystal Empire" and is powered by the light within Crystal Ponies. Though during King Sombra's reign, he hid the Heart away so it could not be used against him and when it is shattered in the Season 6 premiere "The Crystalling," the Crystal Empire becomes dangerously close to turning into a frozen wasteland. Raven is saying that she will shatter Twilight's heart until its broken and cold enough to wipe her off the face of Equestria. The Cutie Map is a magical map of the country that was first featured in the Series 5 premiere of the same name and is used by Twilight & her friends to solve friendship problems across the land.)
Your future self ought to have warned you facing me would spell disaster,
(In the MLP Season 2 episode "It's About Time," Twilight Sparkle receives a warning from her future self about an upcoming, but unspecified catastrophic disaster that leads her taking extreme precautions to stop it while slowly losing her mind. Though as Raven puts it, perhaps Future!Twi was trying to warn "Present!"Twi about the agonizing defeat she would face after her battle with the homegirl from Azarath.)
For I'm Tara Stronger than you, Twi; the Garnet to your Jasper!
(Tara Lyn Strong is a Canadian-American actress who has done at least several voice roles for animation and video games, including yours truly, Twilight Sparkle and Raven in both Teen Titans and its Go! spin-off. Though between the two characters, as well as making a pun on her name, Raven says she is the superior one and compares herself & Twilight to Garnet and Jasper - two characters from the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe; this particular lyric being a reference to the show's song "Stronger Than You",) which Garnet sings to Jasper in the episode "Jail Break" while she and Steven try to reform the latter.
===Twilight Sparkle:===
Well, I'm made of love and tolerance, but that ain't funny, Raven;
"Love and tolerance" is a catchphrase commonly associated with the brony fandom that was used as a rebuttal to trolls since its inception, though was later reinterpreted to be a variant meaning of the show until it became lost in ambiguity. Twilight, being the Princess of Friendship, brags she lives by this philosophy, but mentions that Raven's unfunny schtick is putting her on edge.)
You're a Mumbo Jumbo-spewing, useless little bunny, Raven!
("Mumbo jumbo" is a stock phrase word that is used to describe a language or magical ritual chant, though its also the name of a Teen Titans villain who was once a regular magician until discovering a magician's hat & wand that drove him insane; using his powers for common thievery. In the Season 3 episode "Bunny Raven... or ...How to Make A Titananimal Disappear," the Titans try to stop him from robbing the Bank of Perez when Mumbo yanks Raven into his hat and turns her into a bunny as an assistant for his show. Twilight says that Raven is nothing but a useless rabbit who chants magical gibberish.)
Wanna reignite the flames from when they gave me wings like Red Bull?
(Twilight Sparkle addresses one of Raven's previous verses about the controversy over her Alicorn transformation which she's been over with like most fans who came to terms with the change and stayed with it while others may have stopped watching, but moved on with their lives instead of demanding they revert her back to status quo. Red Bull is a brand of Austrian energy drinks with the slogan "Red Bull Gives You Wings" - one of the most popular, memorable advertising catchphrases out there.)
That card's been almost as overplayed as you on C.N'.s schedule!
(Teen Titans Go! is rather infamous for the amount of times it's been played on Cartoon Network since its 2013 debut with its ratings soaring extremely high by 2015 to the point that's aired almost every single time on every single day; the only other animated show that comes close to this level of overplay is SpongeBob SquarePants on Nickelodeon. While the excessive airingsbegan to die down in 2018, especially after the rise of streaming services, its definitely one of the more notorious examples of TV overexposure and Twilight finds it hypocritical for Raven to still complain about her Season 3 finale. To "overplay a card" means to make a mistake due to the belief that one's position is stronger or better than it really is.)
Shutting down your whole reboot for good, I spit it truly raw;
(Although Teen Titans Go! is still producing new episodes as of writing, Twilight says with raw confidence that she will end their spiteful cartoon for good.)
My words will sweep you up and leave you stranded on the moon! Shalla!
(As explained in the prologue storybook of the Friendship is Magic series premiere, once Princess Luna became corrupted by darkness, her older sister had no choice but to banish her "permanently" to the moon with the Elements of Harmony while having to do both "sun" and "moon" duties until the longest day of the thousandth year when the stars align for her to escape. Twilight explains that her raps are like the Elements that can send Raven to live on the moon for several years. Spike guest stars on this verse as he screams "Shalla!" - a Jewish word that is sometimes used as a leaving statement between friends.)
I bet you would marry a Changeling; yeah, you've got that beastie fetish,
(This line has a lot of double meaning as Changelings are insectoid-like creatures in the My Little Pony universe who first appeared in the second part of the Season 2 finale as black, horrifying monsters who mindlessly follow the command of Queen Chrysalis while feeding of on love; though in the Series 6, one of them named Thorax starts to befriend Spike and after they rebel against Chrysalis in the finale "To Where And Back Again," they take on multicoloured, friendlier designs as they integrate into Ponyville society without causing a fuss. Beast Boy) is a main character and the youngest member of the Titans - the son of geneticists who got bit by a monkey and was given an ailment serum that granted him shapeshifting abilities; much like the Changelings do. Twilight mentions of Raven having a "beastie fetish" for BB as a love connection between them was hinted at numerous times on the show.)
But the only horse you're beating is your series' long-dead premise.
("To beat a dead horse" means to waste energy on a lost cause or situation that cannot be changed, and is often used when talking about shows or franchises that have long run their course, but are always retapped for more profits. Twilight, who ironically herself is a horse, says that the show's premise about a wackier version of the Teen Titans has gone far enough and it needs to be stopped. The line has another bit of double meaning as since Beast Boy can turn into any animal, including a horse like he did in TTG and Teen Titans vs. Justice League, Twilight implies that Raven wants to bang on "equine meat.")
===Raven:===
(Cyborg is in Bold)
Man, you're just like your balloon: filled up with nothing but hot air,
(In the opening intro of every My Little Pony episode, even after Magical Mystery Cure, Twilight Sparkle and Spike are shown descending down into the clouds above Ponyville in a hot air balloon; officially known as the Twinkling Balloon. It was incorporated into the show at Hasbro's request and rarely appears in any actual episodes as it was mostly there to advertise the toy it was based/inspired on with one commercial being infamous for the announcer saying "It's Twilight Sparkle's balloon!" in a rather silly accent. Since these type of vehicles require hot air to take off to the sky, Raven says that Twilight is hot-headed and stubborn.)
And just as well, I'll effortlessly burst your bloated derriére!
(Continuing with the balloon analogy, Raven says she will burst her fat ass as she deflates and crashes down from the sky.)
Read my revision of Rapunzel, and you'll know I'm tough as nails;
(In the Teen Titans Go! episode "Grube's Fairytales," Robin tries to teach his teammates valuable life lessons through fairytales, but they keep co-opting and spin them into their own twisted retelling. In the case of Raven, she takes the story of Rapunzel and changes her to a girl with curly finger nails who sharpens them into claws; using them to scale down from her imprisoned tower to live a life of adventure, fame and fortune while bypassing any prince that tries to claim her. The expression "tough as nails" means that someone is very bold and determined at something.)
Even your cutie mark is telling you: screw destiny, and bail!
(Ever since Generation 1, cutie marks have been a recurring staple of the My Little Pony franchise, though they were first known as "symbols" until G3 and it was in G4 that they explicitly refer to them as a main subject of interest. In the show, cutie marks are described as a unique characteristic that the sets its bearer apart from any other and that its their destiny. Though in this case, Raven says that Twilight's cutie mark ought to be a cutie mark of a running stickman; telling her to flee this rap battle already.)
I'm Dazzling as any siren, stepping up to stick it to ya';
([https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dazzlings| The Dazzlings} are a musical group and the main antagonists of the second Equestria Girls movie - Rainbow Rocks. They take on normal human forms like everyone else in the alternate version of Equestria, though in reality, they are actually dangerous creatures known as "Sirens;" based off mythological creatures who lured sailors to their doom with enchanting songs and thrive off the negativity & infighting disputed between others.)
Hear demonic hallelujahs, and I'll blast you with a… Booyah!
([Raven says that as soon as she hears some demonic praises being made toward here, she'll blast Twilight away with the help of Victor Stone, another member of Teen Titans who's better known by his alias Cyborg. One catchphrase he says throughout the original series, and seems to have been exclusively made for this one, is "Booyah!" - which he often exclaims when fighting against his enemies.)
Launching shooting star-style rhymes, more hot and fiery still than Kori,
(Starfire is one of the main Teen Titans and is an alien princess from the distant world of Tamaran. Implied to be the girlfriend of Robin, her real name is Princess Koriand'r, "Kori" for short; and her superpowers consist of ultraviolet energy projection beams that can cause highly explosive results on contact. Though Raven says that her rhymes alone are more scorching and cosmic-like than her Tamaranean friend.)
At this not-so-pretty pegasus who'd dare dispute my glory!
(Pretty Pegasus is a fictional television series in TTG that Raven is a fan of and is a very-glaring parody of My Little Pony; especially given the Tara Strong connection we earlier talked about. Though as much as she enjoys the franchise, Raven does not consider Twilight to be "pretty" or "epic" enough to be on par with her legacy.)
===Twilight Sparkle:===
(Owlowiscious is Underlined)
I'll unlock the rainbow's power, trap you up inside some prism,
(Rainbow Power is the power source that Twilight Sparkle and her friends use to defeat an overpowered Lord Tirek in "Twilight's Kingdom," after gathering all six keys needed to unlock the Chest of Harmony it was contained in. Although it was never officially named in the show, the merchandise Hasbro released around early 2014 declared it as "Rainbow Power." Much like how they used the energy to send Tirek back to Tartarus, Twilight Sparkle will use the Rainbow to imprison Raven inside a prism like the "Mysterious" one she routinely appears in throughout TTG and is similar to her mirror from the original series.)
Then take on all five of you produced by your emotions' schism!
(Raven's emoticlones are different sides of her personality that reside within her mind and they all resemble her in appearance, but with colour-coordinated cloaks that hint at which aspect they represent: pink is for Happiness, graphite is for Timidity, green is for Bravery, orange is for Rudeness/Laziness, yellow is for Knowledge, violet is for Passion/Love, brown is for Sloth, red is for Anger, and White is for Perfect Balance. In Teen Titans Go, the emoticlones were limited down to five, though Twilight is ready to beat all of them while implying they are caused by Raven's schizophrenic psyche.)
You just can't be serious; not even when you claim to try!
(Twilight expresses frustration over Raven claiming of her being serious when she knows for a fact she does not.)
I told Owlowiscious about your cause, and he says… Let it die!
(Owlowiscious is an owl that first appeared in the Season 1 episode "Owl's Well That Ends Well" where Twilight Sparkle adopts him as her pet and initially sparks jealousy from Spike, but they later become friends. Owlowiscious' name sounds owlowi-spicously similar to Aloysius O'Hare - the main antagonist of Illumination's infamous adaptation of The Lorax. One of his most notable scenes is in the finale song "Let It Grow" where after giving a verse expressing what seems to be a change of heart about the importance of trees, he reveals he was just kidding and proceeds to sing that they should "let it die;" only for no one to side with him as his once-loyal bodyguards jet him out of town. Upon being told by Twilight about Raven's cause, what it was exactly is left unclear, Owlowiscious says in O'Hare's voice that she should just let it shrivel up.)
===Raven:===
Though I was once a fan of yours, that spin-off makes me wonder why,
(Despite mocking Twilight Sparkle several times in this rap battle, Raven casually admits to once being a fan of My Little Pony like the way she enjoyed the parody in her show it inspired, though stopped following it after the first Equestria Girls movie - which saw a limited-time release in select theaters in 2013 and later became a spin-off franchise of its own. Brony-centric sites like Equestria Daily and Derpy Hooves News posted news that teased about Hasbro trademark filings and a 2-3/2013 issue of Kidscreen confirmed it would be a companion series, the concept was even leaked as far back as February 2012; though the first official image was unveiled on March 1st 2013 and fans went as nuts over as it as they did with Alicorn Twilight. Many were opposed to the idea of anthropomorphizing the main characters and placing them in a school setting, due to it greater appealing to the younger demographic of the fanbase and is completely inconsistent to the title animal. While most fans grew to the enjoy Equestria Girls as it expanded upon each new instalment, some considered it to be their breaking point as they left the fandom; and Raven might have been one of them as thiss lyric implies.)
Your whole crew looking like some freaky-ass dropouts from Monster High!
(Compared to the likes of Barbie or even Bratz, Equestria Girls is notable in that they are essentially humanized versions of every major MLP character, yet still retain their multicolour skin schemes from the original series. As a result, they look like copies of Monster High - an original toyline created by Garrett Sander for Mattel that focuses on a New Salem high school where the teenage children of famous mosnters and mythological creatures attend and enroll at its many classes.)
My words will bring you to a standstill like "Klaatu barada nikto";
("Klaatu barada nikto" is a phrase that originated in the 1951 science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still where the alien protagonist Klaatu instructs Helen Benson that if any harm were to befall him, she must say the phrase to the robot Gort to stop it from doing anything hostile and instead, retrieve Klaatu's cadaver for resurrecting. Much like Klaatu, Raven can spit out words that render Twilight Sparkle lifeless and unable to do anything else.)
Check it, now: Azarath to the Metrion to the Zinthos!
("Azarath Metrion Zinthos" is a mystic phrase uttered by Raven to invoke her dark sorcerous power, particularly her most powerful spells and abilities. As mentioned before, "Azarath" was her homeworld, but "Metrion" and "Zinthos" have no canonical meaning. Some have theorized that "Metrion" is Raven's true name while "Zinthos" is the name of her pet raven. Raven often shouts this chant to lay waste upon her enemies and is about to use it to finish Twilight Sparkle for good, but before she can act any further...)
===Raven (Original):===
(Starfire is Underlined)
Azarath Metrion Motherfucking Zinthos!
I'm sick of this bastardization; that's right, bub:
(..the "real" Raven from the original Teen Titans shows up through a portal she made using the "AMZ" chant with "motherfucking" for emphasis [a bit hard to hear overtop in the video], saying that she's had it with the Flanderized antics of her spin-off counterpart. This is also similar to the Epic Rap Battles of History fight between James Bond and Austin Powers when the Sean Connery version hijacks the rest of the rap to settle a dispute with the Daniel Craig portrayal's claim of being "original.")
Get ready to battle yourself like it's Fight Club!
(Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk that inspired a cult classic 1999 film starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. Regardless of what medium you prefer, it tells the story of an unnamed protagonist who suffers from amnesia and finds relief by impersonating a seriously ill person in several support groups. Along the way, he meets a mysterious man named Tyler Durden who establishes an underground fighting club as radical psychotherapy. One of the film's most memorable scenes is when Durden instructs the Narrator to hit him as hard as he can and he does so, resulting in a fight. However, in a shocking twist throughout that has now become second-hand knowledge, Tyler turns out to be a nighttime persona of the Narrator as a result of his insomnia. Much like Fight Club, the original Raven is telling her TTG counterpart that they better get ready for a battle between themselves.)
Your ilk's cartoon-cancer; the cure comes today:
(Raven regards Teen Titans Go! as being the cartoon version of cancer - a malignant disease that spreads from within and kills millions of people every years [or at least in this case, infuriates]. While such tumors have no known cures besides treatments like chemotherapy, Raven declares herself as the cure for this unstoppable disease of a cartoon.
I won't let you dub over what I've got to say!
(This line might be a reference to the Season 3 episode of Teen Titans Go! titled "The Cape" - which is pretty much just a clip-show version of the original Teen Titans episode "Divide and Conquer;" only dubbed with nonsensical dialogue like an abridged parody. Though unlike most series of that caliber, many hardcore Teen Titans fans were pissed off by the episode, including the original Raven, as she makes it quite clear she will not let her rantings be dubbed over like they were on "Te Cape."
Don't deny that you fear me; you'd better surrender:
(The original Raven knows that her Go! counterpart lives in fear of her superiority and that she should just give up being in denial and submit already.)
I call your atrocities out like John Enter!
(The Mysterious Mr. Enter, real name Johnathan Rozanski, is a freelance writer and Internet critic most notable for his online series Animated Atrocities, in which he produces scathing reviews of animated shows and certain episodes he finds unappalling and insulting to children's intelligence. One of his biggest offenders is Teen Titans Go!, which has he ripped into at least seven times for its "backwards morals," "disgraceful treatment of beloved characters," and just overall annoying, hackneyed writing. TTG has only ever appeared two times on his "Admirable Animation" series. Enter's disdain for the series is so deep that for a while, he once referred to it as "Toddler Titans" and the original Raven is more than happy to follow in his footsteps by putting Teen Titans Go! on blast for their sins.)
I fought Trigon's will; put my true family first,
(As mentioned before, Trigon was the birth-father of Raven, but she did not give into his evil, wicked ways and destroyed him for good in the Season 4 episode "The Prophecy." Throughout the show, Raven values her company with the Teen Titans as well as looking out for her one and true caring mother - Arella Roth, even after unknowingly playing into her ex-fiance's scheme.)
While you've gone and embraced a dark path even worse!
(While the original Raven mentions having destroyed her evil and wicked father for good, she says her counterpart did the complete opposite. This might be a reference to the TTG episode "Dog Hand" where a comical version of Trigon, once the series' most powerful and dark villain, shows up for a visit as her friends egg Raven on to embrace the dark magic and be evil like him.)
Watch this spellcaster master put her soulless self right out to pasture,
(To be "put out to pasture" means to force someone out of a job due to old age or make it live out its days on a field with no work until it dies of exhaustion. Raven is going to make her inferior, chibi self die out of her misery. In the DC Comics, a Soul Self is a spectral avatar that demons like Raven use as part of their heritage and can be summoned through astral projection; though Raven considers the TTG! to be a "soulless self," highlighting that unlike the original show, it has no merit or heart.)
'Cause as far as psychic Ravens go, you're less legit than Baxter!
(That's So Raven was an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes and Susan Sherman that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between January 2003 and November 2007; noteworthy for being the company's first multi-camera sitcom while many productions before it used the single-camera setup. The series centers on Raven Baxter, a teenager with hidden psychic abilities played by Raven-Symone, who experiences visions of future events while juggling the social and personal issues of her youth. Despite the show's quirky and whimsical nature, the show sometimes dealt with heavy topics like discrimination and Teen Titans! Raven says that Baxter alone is a much more competent witch than her 2010's counterpart.)
Oh, snap! I'm dressed in white, but my mind's red with righteous rage;
(The original version of Starfire quickly shows up in this verse as a sort of "hype girl" in response to the last verse involving Baxter, expressing shock at her friend's words. Going back to Raven's emoticlones, the white one represents Perfect Balance and unlike the others, appears in more than four episodes of the original Teen Titans series; plus Issue 44. Unlike the others, it is an embodiment of her full strength and power that she uses to combat Malchior and Trigon [the form also represents her spirit being cleansed of any influence he has on Raven], along with subduing her red manifestation known as Anger; which is known to take on a Trigon-like form whenever she loses control as manipulated by Dr. Light. In this verse, even though she is in her "Perfect Balance" form, Raven says her Anger is at an uncontrollable level over the mishaps of the reboot.)
I've more maturity than you when a decade's knocked off my age!
(As mentioned before in "How Long is Forever?," Raven went insane over a 20-year long period of Starfire's absence and goes into her full-white form with none of her other emotions being present; though in comparison to the loud and "often obnoxious" nature of Teen Titans Go!, Raven considers her "dark future" doppelganger to be more behaved in comparison. 
===Twilight Sparkle:===
Um, yeah, I'm in this battle, too, so can I have that micro back?
(Similar to the Bond and Powers fight mentioned above, as well as the second duel between Sally Acorn and Mega Man, Twilight Sparkle notices that the rap has taken a very downwards turn and demands the microphone come back to her so she can finish her verse.)
(*KA-POW!*)
===Raven (Original):===
Shut up and let me rant, you overused, recycled nag!
(Similar to how Connery!Bond knocked Austin Powers into submission, Raven knocks Twilight Sparkle down to the ground and denies her rapping for the rest of the battle as she needs to vent more of her frustrations out. She also calls Twilight "overused and "recycled," possibly referring to how she was an overused character throughout the production of MLP:FiM and that she already had her chance at rapping on Moleman's Epic Rap Battles.)
I brought the New Titans together, but I'm tearing you apart,
(This verse could possibly be referring to the "New Teen Titans" issues she appeared in throughout the 1980's and how her inclusion helped bring the superhero team to become what it is today, though when it comes to animated mockeries of her legacy, she is more than willing to tear her apart from the seams - the antithesis to the definition of "uniting.")
And I'd go Kano on your ass, but it's apparent you've no heart.
(Kano is a fictional character from the Mortal Kombat fighting game series by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios who leads the criminal organization known as Black Dragon. One of the many characters who can perform the Fatality mechanic, his was the most graphic as plunged his hand into the opponent's chest and ripped out their still-beating heart. The original Raven says she would enact the same procedure on her Go! counterpart, but unlike the original series, doing so would be pointless since she has no heart.)
===Raven (TTG):===
It's daytime T.V., and you've had your due five seasons and a film:
("Daytime TV" is a block of television programming that takes place during the late-morning and afternoon on weekdays, typically scheduled between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. As previously established, Teen Titans GO! airs several hours a day and is easily caught between that timespan while the original series has been off the air since Boomerang stopped re-running it on June 1st 2014; though has since been made available on streaming services. The Go! version of Raven bites back that her show is currently running while calling her original counterpart "whiny" and "entitled" as her series already had five seasons and a TV film titled "Trouble in Tokyo" that served as the series finale; though many fans have clamored for a sixth season to be made for resolving untied plot points.)
You and your fans should let it go; let your successor take the helm.
(To "take the helm" means to take position of full control over an organization as TTG!Raven is telling the old Raven, along with her fans, to put their grievances in the past and allow their "inheritors" to stay on course.)
===Raven (Original):===
You may be modeled after me, but you were never my successor;
(Despite acknowledging their similarities in design, the original Raven claps back that Teen Titans Go! will never be her or her friend's successor as even the showrunners, Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, casually admitted to never actually watching the original Teen Titans; or at least anything beyond one or two more episodes.
You're too Young to do me Justice, let alone become my better!
(Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team that was formed in 1998 after the original Teen Titans became adults and removed "Teen" from their name. They would also receive an animated series that premiered in 2010 and was cancelled in 2013, though was announced to be revived for a fourth season in 2019 which premiered in two halves between 2021 and 2022. Raven makes a pun on the group's name by saying that TTG!Raven is too toddling to compare to her legacy, let alone, usurp it.)
===Raven (TTG):===
Whatever! I'm well-aware I make you want to flip your lid,
(Having watched her double down on her irritation, the Go!Raven is quite savvy of her blind annoyance towards the reboot; as well reflecting on her fanbase in general in that no matter what they do, they are unpleasing and "unopening" to change. Even the show runners share a similar sentiment as they've done at least a few episodes of Teen Titans Go! that take the piss out of the show's more rabid detractors.)
But quit clowning around, now, silly Raven: cartoons are for kids!
("Cartoons are for kids" is a mantra often used by people wanting to shout down those who look for more nuanced quality in today's animated shows. They cite that kids only look such shows because of the vibrant colors, zany animation, and kid-friendly plots with merchandise while adult fans of shows with a much higher caliber are dismissed as being "obsessive" and "too deep into things." TTG!Raven repeats this line of thinking to her predecessor while saying she and her drone-like fans need to stop being so foolish. This verse also references the slogan phrase from Trix cereal commercials: "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!." "Clowning around" and the slogan could also be a reference to Honk, a party clown from the episode "Return of Slade" that in his normal form represents the show's "kid-friendly" nature, but annoys Beast Boy and Cyborg who proceed to turn him into an edgy, mature villain; a totally-not biased portrayal of fans who prefer the much higher quality 2000's series and therefore, decry them as clowns.)
===Raven (Original):===
Well, keep your critic-trolling, wack morals and nonsense plots galore,
(Teen Titans Go! has often been put on blast by reviewers, both professional critics and freelance writers, for its zany plots that lack any of the nuance the original show had and backwards life-lessons it always tries to thrown in for "value," but one that always seems to strike a cord is how the show tugs with the strings of both critics and fans alike. One of its more loathed episodes, "The Return of Slade," is noteworthy for its misleading title that only seemed to exist for attracting fans of the original series, only for what many interpreted as being a proverbial middle finger to all their hopes and dreams. While the intended message was "cartoons are meant for kids and if you're older, fine, but don't overreact," the damage was already done thanks to a misleading title and terrible execution; even genuine fans of TTG! didn't rush to defend the episode's quality. Getting back on track, Raven tells her inferior clone she can take all of her show's negative energy and shove it up her ass.)
But you'll be always in my shadow, to be lifted nevermore!
(To be "in someone's shadow" means to live or feel unsuccessful compared to someone else standing before them which is what Raven says is how her TTG! counterpart will always feel. As you can guess, this final line is a reference to the classic Edgar Allen Poe poem - The Raven, which has to do with a bird of the same name that symbolizes "mournful, never-ending remembrance." Throughout the story, the stanza "Nevermore" is used six times as a reminder from the Raven that the speaker will never see his lost love Lenore never again, along with the sorrow that follows never leaving. Here, Old!Raven is telling New!Raven that she will be left in unending despair over her show's downward spiral while the other will live on and be remembered in a much more positive light. Coincidentally, "Nevermore" is also the title of the sixth episode of the original Teen Titans - the one that deals with all of her emoticlones.)
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