Napoleon Bonaparte (ERB)

* rapper
* real person

**Napoleon Bonaparte** battled Napoleon Dynamite in Napoleon vs Napoleon and made two cameo appearances in Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD and Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted. He was portrayed by EpicLLOYD on all occasions.

## Information on the rapper

Napoleon Bonaparte, sometimes referred to as Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution. He was born in Corsica on August 15th, 1769 (a year after Corsica's acquisition by France) to minor nobility of Italian origin. Napoleon moved to the French mainland at the age of nine where he initially was outspoken in his support for Corsican nationalism. At the age of 10, he started learning French, though he still spoke it with a Corsican accent and was frequently bullied for it. He eventually became an avid supporter of the French Revolution and distinguished himself through his various military victories against counter-revolutionary forces and the First Coalition.

Napoleon then attempted to invade Egypt in 1798, hoping to cut off British trade with India. While the invasion may have been failure, it is considered to have played a large role in the birth of modern Egyptology due to Napoleon having brought a large number of scholars to Egypt during the campaign. He did return to France, though, and began planning to seize power after being informed of France's initial losses. On November 9, 1799, Napoleon seized power, becoming First Consul of France. He scores more victories against the Second Coalition, increasing his popularity and prestige. He later brought the French Revolutionary Wars to an end in 1802 in the Treaty of Amiens, further increasing his popularity and allowing him to focus more on dealing with France's overseas colonies. He reinstated slavery in the French overseas colonies (after the Revolutionary government abolished it) to fund his multiple wars in Europe and attempted to crush slave revolts in said colonies that resulted from his reinstatement of slavery. For similar reasons, Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States in 1803. However, the peace resulting from the Treaty of Amiens did not last long as the United Kingdom still refused to give in to some of Napoleon's demands, leading to war breaking out between the United Kingdom and France in 1803.

Napoleon faced multiple assassination attempts throughout his rule and used such to argue for the establishment of a Roman-style imperial system. He held a referendum electing himself emperor and later crowned himself as such in 1804. Bonaparte then successfully waged wars against various coalitions of European nations and expanded his empire. His various conquests had great effects including spreading nationalism and revolutionary ideals to all the different places he conquered and leading to the independence of many countries in Latin America. However, after a disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon began suffering numerous military defeats against the coalition armies. Napoleon abdicated the throne and was exiled to the island of Elba as a result of the Treaty of Fontainebleau in 1814. In 1815, he briefly returned to power in his Hundred Days campaign. After a crushing defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, he was once again exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena, where he died due to a stomach ulcer on May 5th, 1821. Napoleon's body remained in Saint Helena until 1840 when Louis Philippe I obtained permission from the British to return Napoleon's remains to France. He was given a state funeral before being entombed in the Dome of Les Invalides in Paris in 1861.

The legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte has been incredibly polarizing. For his supporters, he was a reformer who brought France stability, strength, and prosperity after the chaos brought by the Revolution. For his enemies, he was a tyrant and usurper who undermined the French Revolution and was driven to conquer by megalomania and a thirst for power. Napoleon's supporters point out how his conquests spread the ideas of the French Revolution to other nations and have, in the long term, played a role in the birth of the modern world since such ideals influenced the movements that lead to the birth of the modern nations of Italy and Germany as well as the fact that he is very positively remembered in Poland for his support for the reestablishment of an independent Polish state after its partition by Prussia, Austria, and Russia. On the other hand, Napoleon's critics point to his curtailing of the freedoms the French Revolution brought, reinstatement of slavery, killing of Turkish prisoners of War, lack of regard for the welfare of his soldiers, and theft of artifacts from the places he conquered among others as evidence for how harsh of an effect his rule brought.

In *Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure*, Bill and Ted spot Bonaparte as he is attempting to invade Austria. However, he spots the time booth and decides to go after it. Bill and Ted manage to escape, but not before Bonaparte is thrown against the outside of the booth. He then becomes a hitchhiker on the journey back to San Dimas. He can only speak his native French, which becomes a running gag throughout the film.

## Appearance in the rap battle (cameo)

### **Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD:**

Bonaparte appears in a montage during EpicLLOYD's first verse.

### **Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted:**

Bonaparte appears at the mention of his name during Bill & Ted's first verse, "Why don't you go back to exploring Napoleon's old swamps?"

## Lyrics

### **Verse 1:**

How dare you address moi, you adolescent worm!

I am French! You are a buck tooth nerd with a perm!

I spit at you harder than Tina the Llama,

Smacking your face till your lips swell up like Lafawnduh's!

Doodle up some friends, you gangly freak show,

Before I toss you over the mountain like the dreams of Uncle Rico!

This bastard's about to see how bad a battle can be.

After this, your buddy Pedro will be voting for me!

### **Verse 2:**

Sacrebleu! T'as une tête à faire sauter les plaques d'égoûts!

I'm going to shove your moon boots straight up your poop shoot!

I'll whip you so bad, they'll make a virgin meringue!

You're the only type of dynamite that's never going to bang!

## Scrapped lyrics

How dare you address moi, you insolent worm!

This boney bitch about to learn how bad a battle can be.

## Trivia

* Bonaparte was mentioned in Darth Vader vs Hitler before his appearance in Napoleon vs Napoleon.
	+ He is also mentioned in Hitler vs Vader 3 and Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted.
* A preview of him was shown in an ERB News video hosted by Ben Franklin.
* He is the second rapper whose title card reads differently from what the announcer says, as he is only called "Napoleon" while his title card reads "Napoleon Bonaparte", the first being the Easter Bunny.