18 Celebs And TV Characters Who Had Iconic Battles That Are Bound To Go Down In History

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I loooove when the internet takes something meant to be serious and totally flips it to appeal to our own niche humor. When I saw a tweet from @tamsully12 challenging us to name a famous historic battle, it was clear they meant historic as in, like, from a history book:

Bosworth

— Sarah Bellum (@tamsully12) May 24, 2023

Via Twitter: @tamsully12

Some people understood the assignment and gave super scholarly and history teacher–approved answers:

Battle of BadrBattle of uhudBattle of khandaq Battle of hunayn Battle of yarmouk Battle of HastingsBattle of Waterloo https://t.co/F2vHbtR74B

— 🍮 (@smazzzio) May 30, 2023

Via Twitter: smazzzio

But others (aka those of us who are chronically online) heard "historic" and thought to themselves, "Oh, historic? So, you mean iconic?" And responded with battles like this one:

ask your child if they can quote this to figure out if they need to visit a psych ward pic.twitter.com/u9BXovoVwT https://t.co/VHaKjuWcCj

— hailey 🐝💜 (@nobodynoswift) May 28, 2023

Ryan Murphy Productions / Glee / Via Twitter: nobodynoswift

1. The thread was quickly taken over by the girls, gays, and theys paying their respects to the most memorable battles in pop culture history:

easy https://t.co/mEv8pgLsPi pic.twitter.com/szISP6034J

— spit cup (@shelaygutted) May 30, 2023

MTV Production Development / Via Twitter: @shelaygutted

2. There was Maddy vs. Cassie:

Pretty girls were Team Maddy https://t.co/MnK6ZGBO1T pic.twitter.com/v5RcqYv2Ig

— Doll Face (@pinksugarbarbie) May 29, 2023

HBO / Euphoria / Via Twitter: pinksugarbarbie

3. Some wars were fought through the art of dance:

this is the superior one: pic.twitter.com/X9Hj2Gfirb https://t.co/7klZe69uw1

— leon (@skyferrori) May 30, 2023

Columbia Pictures / White Chicks / Via Twitter: skyferrori

4. When Charlie gathered Dennis UP on the dance floor with this one:

dance battle of the century . dennis reynolds found dead on the dance floor https://t.co/J3pObuwQn8 pic.twitter.com/Lu4DT2AA0Y

— lissy (@babeygirlmac) May 29, 2023

RCG Productions / It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia / Via Twitter: babeygirlmac

5. There was the time we all got served:

The theater was rockingggg do you hear meee😂 https://t.co/SUmQ298KRc pic.twitter.com/iZ1UOL9gwy

— And IT STILL WILL NEVER BE YOU (@_PhallonX0X0) May 29, 2023

Screen Gems / You Got Served / Via Twitter: @_PhallonX0X0

6. Perhaps battles were fought through song:

the world stopped. pic.twitter.com/6FAfKgDWJk https://t.co/6J4AM2lwWc

— bren (@ceceparckh) May 28, 2023

Gold Circle Films / Pitch Perfect / Via Twitter: @ceceparckh

7. Like Trish vs. one of her many bosses on Austin & Ally:

hasn’t been topped yet https://t.co/Z8Gwu7eCSI pic.twitter.com/u4Tb1fPnaW

— sude (@SANFRUNCISCO) May 29, 2023

Kevin & Heath Productions / Austin & Ally / Via Twitter: SANFRUNCISCO

8. Or Victoria Justice vs. the mean girls on Victorious:

history was made pic.twitter.com/X8uEJHmfNK https://t.co/OFYMs3JyBD

— janito (@yassnito) May 30, 2023

Schneider's Bakery / Nickelodeon / Via Twitter: @yassnito

9. In some cases, we witness song and dance — like this unforgettable lip sync battle between Alyssa Edwards and Tatianna:

People died pic.twitter.com/4Dz4geYpsO https://t.co/0KiMT7jRGN

— handsome, but not tolerable (@AdrewJMo91) May 30, 2023

World of Wonder / RuPaul's Drag Race / Via Twitter: AdrewJMo91

10. Or a battle between our fave vampires who take baseball VERY seriously for some reason:

this infamous battlepic.twitter.com/jq5iimQzY1 https://t.co/eumXCPcxbS

— ela⁷ | FESTA¹⁰ (@elalovesmore) May 30, 2023

Temple Hill Entertainment / Twilight / Via Twitter: elalovesmore

11. Some people get totally demolished with words alone:

does this count?? pic.twitter.com/iRpW2cOPD8 https://t.co/kHNnn7fOux

— 𝕛𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🩵 (@heyyitsjanea) May 30, 2023

Truly Original / Real Housewives Of Atlanta / Via Twitter: heyyitsjanea

12. "THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST, BRO!"

HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON!! https://t.co/1F5kYh0NSK pic.twitter.com/iAPz9ct4db

— 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝 🍒 (@fangsxbangs) May 29, 2023

Via Twitter: @fangsxbangs

13. We have drag queens dragging drag queens:

there was a shift in the universe https://t.co/sm9f0QB485 pic.twitter.com/0uSR7rVib1

— shook ☆ (@vivalasdrag) May 29, 2023

World of Wonder / RuPaul's Drag Race / Via Twitter: vivalasdrag

14. Then we had some classics like Harry vs. an audience member:

the way he made him come forward so he could throw water on him 😭😭 https://t.co/AEdsLMb6gC pic.twitter.com/tMNxeZgIWY

— 🍒 (@daydreamdaisyy) May 30, 2023

Via Twitter: @daydreamdaisyy / Via tiktok.com

15. And who could forget this stare battle that created one of the most used reaction GIFS in history:

The Battle Of The STARE 😭 https://t.co/OB6xrmyQIW pic.twitter.com/ZY4GDEZVQ2

— KenKen (@KensBestLyfe) May 30, 2023

Fox / Via Twitter: KensBestLyfe

16. Yes, there were still some battles from pop culture that fit the description of an actual fight with like, men and weapons:

The Battle of The Bastards pic.twitter.com/OLzA00Y6dG

— CJ Johnson (@cjjohnsonjr) May 26, 2023

HBO / Alamy / Via Twitter: cjjohnsonjr

17. But for the most part on this thread, we were battling for our lives in Babylon:

babylon by lady gaga pic.twitter.com/DeAtBdxlaJ https://t.co/BOPI4dMpvs

— asif 〄 (@chromaticgaga) May 28, 2023

Lady Gaga / Via Twitter: chromaticgaga

I hope you enjoyed these messy fights from herstory as much as I did! It's pretty clear to me that history classes would be wayyy more of a slay if people would have ditched the trench warfare and worked out their disputes with a lip sync battle.

Can you name a historic battle that belongs on this list? Let me know in the comments!