HOME | DD

Description

NARRATED BY: MR.O (World-0120)

TRACK NAME: SODA WARS!

"Hey guys and gals! Mr.O here with another battle fresh off the block! This one's a brand battle, one I thirsted for and it's special to me....Pepsi vs Coca-Cola!"

"Two rival beverage brands that were first introduced in the 19th Century, sometime in the 1800s and first sold in a drugstore(Pepsi being first introduced in 1893 as Brad's Drink & Coca-Cola making its debut in 1886 as a temperance drink). They were created by an American Pharmacist(Brad Caleb & John Pemberton) as a medical alternative that could solve ailments such as indigestion....how noble of those two. They have/had the word "Cola" as part of their brand name at some point in their LONG-ass history(Pepsi was called "Pepsi-Cola from 1898 up until it was shortened to simply "Pepsi" in 1961 whereas "Coca-Cola" came to be in 1886 and the name remains to this day). Over the course of their history, they would compete against each other by creating commercials and brewing up variants of their popular drinks such as a Vanilla variant(Pepsi Vanilla & Coca-Cola Vanilla), a Diet version(Diet Pepsi & Diet Coke) and a Zero-Sugar variant(Pepsi Zero Sugar & Coca-Cola Zero Sugar) among others. Lastly, they would have more than one mascot, one of which is a fictional superhero made in the 90s for commercials(Pepsiman debuting in 1994 & Supermom, who debuted in 1996), delivering beverages to the thirsty."

"Wooo! Here we go! Two beverage brands and many outcomes, but only one shall be chosen!"

"Coke may have won the 80s Soda War, but who would win this war today?"

"Pepsi or Coca-Cola?"

----

PEPSI

"In 1893, in the relatively small town of New Bern, North Carolina, the American pharmacist Caleb Bradham created a revolutionary drink unlike any other(save for Coca-Cola), a fine beverage full of sugar, water, caramel, lemon oil, kola nuts and sweetness called....Pepsi. He didn't exactly call it that at first though, introducing it as "Brad's Drink" and first selling it at his drugstore....why that name? Sounds lame. Luckily for true fans, the name was changed to Pepsi in 1898 under the belief that it would help folks relieve their indigestion problems. Did it do the job? I don't know, I'm not a doctor! Bradham took his bottling biz from the drugstore to a warehouse in 1903, selling it in six-ounce bottles and soon enough, even celebrities like the automobile race pioneer Barney Oldfield loved it and so would a million other strangers once they heard the catchy jingle "Nickel, Nickel" during the Great Depression, turning it into the Great Rise in status and ruffling the feathers of its competitors. One of them just so happens to be Coca-Cola."

"With big 'ol Coke's feathers ruffled, the two beverage brands have engaged in the Cola Wars since the 70s, introducing marketing techniques such as celebrity endorsements and conducting blind taste tastes on the Pepsi Challenge in 1975, with many people loving the taste of their drink more. As the 90s came around, Pepsi thought it would be a good idea to introduce their own flagship mascot who would help promote their drink and his name....is Pepsiman! The man of legend, the Pepsi overlord! Starting in 1994, he would run all over the world at rapid speeds so he can quench people's thirst by giving them cans of Pepsi! In addition to being an athletic superhuman and being fast, Pepsiman can create Pepsi cans out of thin air, withstand long-ass falls headfirst, grow to being as tall as classic King Kong and kick metal door-breaking asses as a guest fighter for Fighting Vipers!"

"Sounds awesome and he's still great as hell, going 'round the world and selling his stuff alongside Pepsiwoman, but not everything's rainbows and sugar for the Patriotic Big Blue. Despite having a fun premise, this mascot didn't quite live up to expectations and became a financial flop, although he STILL has fans around to this day.....like yours truly! Still, this wasn't the only bump in the road Pepsi's ever been through, having being forced into bankruptcy twice, the first time being way back in 1923 due to market instability after the very first World War and the second time happening on 1931. However, the company made their epic come back by selling their products 5 cents per bottle, a smart move which helped them stay alive and continue to fight the good fight to this day."

"Will Pepsi survive their fight against Coke once again?"

-----

COCA-COLA

"War....war never changes. Those were the words likely spoken by a random soldier who fought during the American Civil War, a battle between the Union and the Confederates over whether slavery shall expand or be abolished and tossed to the trash. Let's say there was a massive disagreement and the war was bloody, with casualties on both sides and a Confederate colonel by the name of John Pemberton, a man suffering from both his wounds and addiction to Morphine. Hoping to cure this addiction, John concocted a coca wine in his own drugstore Columbus, Georgia in 1885 and it was called Pemberton's French Wine Coca, a drink with a mouthful of a name. Fortunately, Pemberton made another drink with a much better name.....Coca-Cola. That's where this red company got its name from and they would soon grow in popularity as they begun their advertising with a wall ad that promoted their drink, eventually becoming a national icon on their 50th Anniversary."

"When competitors like Pepsi and RC Cola chose to show their faces in the soft drink biz, Coca-Cola kept their guard up and clapped back by showing advertisements that shook American Culture forever such as their very first ad in 1895 showing a young actress as their spokesperson before then switching to Santa Claus in the 1930s. Whenever Pepsi took a step forward, Coke followed and had to one up them with products like the infamous New Coke, their decision to place their products on many Columbia Pictures films starting in 1982 and calling in their own super heroine to help compete against Pepsiman...a heroine by the name of Super Mom. Aside from looking like a younger Captain Marvel, this chick has the power to shatter meteors, flight, the laser-dodging speed and has the tough skin to straight up tank those lasers! As a bonus she can also breathe ice cold enough to keep the Coke bottles cool enough for her kids to enjoy!"

"She may have been popular in her day and proven to be a fun experiment of the time, but aside from not having a hubbie around, she couldn't save Coca-Cola from every danger. He he....let's say they got quite a record for gaining lawsuits against them for a variety of reasons such as nasty health effects(what soda brand IS ever healthy?), their refusal to label their stuff in the Catalan language for some unknown reason(Why? It's not that hard!), their exclusion of certain groups of people, animal cruelty, the creation of New Coke which had people raging as well as wishing for the return of the classic drink AND that time when a glass bottle blew up in the hand of a waitress...who would then successfully sue them for it. Given that particular lawsuit and the fact that pollution is a REAL THING, Coca-Cola began to turn things around by switching to plastic bottles and to this day, they still continue to hold a massive iron fist over the world, with jolly 'ol Saint Nick by their side as they cheerfully share their taste with customers....one bottle at a time."

"Coke may have won the Cola Wars in the 80s, but will they win today's battle? And WHERE are the polar bears?!"

----

VERDICT

"Welp.....as much as I love Pepsi, that's not even a secret to begin with, I will have to give it to Coca-Cola here. Not does the latter have way more influence throughout the whole world than the former, but folks tend to enjoy Coke's sweet taste more than they do for Pepsi despite the brief time the blues dominated in the taste department. To further add things in Coke's favor, they also do have a richer history given how it all started with an American Civil War veteran who created his drink as a means to relieve his Morphine addiction and how it even reached military hands during Word War 2. I guess it's certainly more interesting than Pepsi's origins of a man who invented Brad's drink as a means to help with indigestion. Oh and Coke may have sold over 418.4 liters of carbonated beverages in just the year 2020 alone, more than Pepsi's 310 billion."

"In all fairness though, taste and brand preference are very subjective so you do you in regards to which cola brand you're loyal to. I know I will love Pepsi till even after my last breath. That said, if an actual fight is what you want, then a battle between Pepsiman and Super Mom is what you'll get here!"

"Unfortunately for Pepsi fans, Coke's own former mascot also surpasses them in the fighting ring. Listen, it's awesome to see Pepsiman fighting and knocking back fighters far enough to shatter metal gates as well as holding his own against classic monsters such as Universal's King Kong and Dracula, but they're nowhere near as strong as Super Mom shattering a meteor with a single punch. If I recall it correctly, a single meteor has enough force to create massive craters and it's....certainly more impactful than that time Kong demolished several buildings in New York....I guess."

"It also doesn't help that Super Mom can fly faster, going from Earth to space in only a few seconds....precious seconds faster than Pepsiman moving out of the path of a speeding train at the last second, a train that at minimum goes at 268 mph. Need I say how fast SM would be to fly to space as quick as she did? That would be close to the speed of light. Could be an exaggeration, but she's definitely out-flying the main man. Granted, Pepsiman DOES have durability bordering on Toon Force, being able to jump from a 10+ story building and land head first into a pool with no damage whatsoever, BUT that's not enough to save his ass. After all, Super Mom's survived a much longer fall, surviving re-entry into Earth's atmosphere and its impact. If that's not tough, then tanking alien lasers surely is."

"Oh sure Pepsi's hero could heal himself by drinking his namesake and change his size, but those can only do so much when fighting against someone much stronger, tougher and faster than he is, someone who can knock him out before he can even take a sip. He could somehow come back from death, but the mechanism behind that are unclear so that doesn't help at all either."

"So as far as I know, Coca-Cola wins this one both brand and fight wise. That is all from me, Mr.O and see you in the next world!"

Description

NARRATED BY: MR.O (World-0120)

TRACK NAME: SODA WARS!

"Hey guys and gals! Mr.O here with another battle fresh off the block! This one's a brand battle, one I thirsted for and it's special to me....Pepsi vs Coca-Cola!"

"Two rival beverage brands that were first introduced in the 19th Century, sometime in the 1800s and first sold in a drugstore(Pepsi being first introduced in 1893 as Brad's Drink & Coca-Cola making its debut in 1886 as a temperance drink). They were created by an American Pharmacist(Brad Caleb & John Pemberton) as a medical alternative that could solve ailments such as indigestion....how noble of those two. They have/had the word "Cola" as part of their brand name at some point in their LONG-ass history(Pepsi was called "Pepsi-Cola from 1898 up until it was shortened to simply "Pepsi" in 1961 whereas "Coca-Cola" came to be in 1886 and the name remains to this day). Over the course of their history, they would compete against each other by creating commercials and brewing up variants of their popular drinks such as a Vanilla variant(Pepsi Vanilla & Coca-Cola Vanilla), a Diet version(Diet Pepsi & Diet Coke) and a Zero-Sugar variant(Pepsi Zero Sugar & Coca-Cola Zero Sugar) among others. Lastly, they would have more than one mascot, one of which is a fictional superhero made in the 90s for commercials(Pepsiman debuting in 1994 & Supermom, who debuted in 1996), delivering beverages to the thirsty."

"Wooo! Here we go! Two beverage brands and many outcomes, but only one shall be chosen!"

"Coke may have won the 80s Soda War, but who would win this war today?"

"Pepsi or Coca-Cola?"

----

PEPSI

"In 1893, in the relatively small town of New Bern, North Carolina, the American pharmacist Caleb Bradham created a revolutionary drink unlike any other(save for Coca-Cola), a fine beverage full of sugar, water, caramel, lemon oil, kola nuts and sweetness called....Pepsi. He didn't exactly call it that at first though, introducing it as "Brad's Drink" and first selling it at his drugstore....why that name? Sounds lame. Luckily for true fans, the name was changed to Pepsi in 1898 under the belief that it would help folks relieve their indigestion problems. Did it do the job? I don't know, I'm not a doctor! Bradham took his bottling biz from the drugstore to a warehouse in 1903, selling it in six-ounce bottles and soon enough, even celebrities like the automobile race pioneer Barney Oldfield loved it and so would a million other strangers once they heard the catchy jingle "Nickel, Nickel" during the Great Depression, turning it into the Great Rise in status and ruffling the feathers of its competitors. One of them just so happens to be Coca-Cola."

"With big 'ol Coke's feathers ruffled, the two beverage brands have engaged in the Cola Wars since the 70s, introducing marketing techniques such as celebrity endorsements and conducting blind taste tastes on the Pepsi Challenge in 1975, with many people loving the taste of their drink more. As the 90s came around, Pepsi thought it would be a good idea to introduce their own flagship mascot who would help promote their drink and his name....is Pepsiman! The man of legend, the Pepsi overlord! Starting in 1994, he would run all over the world at rapid speeds so he can quench people's thirst by giving them cans of Pepsi! In addition to being an athletic superhuman and being fast, Pepsiman can create Pepsi cans out of thin air, withstand long-ass falls headfirst, grow to being as tall as classic King Kong and kick metal door-breaking asses as a guest fighter for Fighting Vipers!"

"Sounds awesome and he's still great as hell, going 'round the world and selling his stuff alongside Pepsiwoman, but not everything's rainbows and sugar for the Patriotic Big Blue. Despite having a fun premise, this mascot didn't quite live up to expectations and became a financial flop, although he STILL has fans around to this day.....like yours truly! Still, this wasn't the only bump in the road Pepsi's ever been through, having being forced into bankruptcy twice, the first time being way back in 1923 due to market instability after the very first World War and the second time happening on 1931. However, the company made their epic come back by selling their products 5 cents per bottle, a smart move which helped them stay alive and continue to fight the good fight to this day."

"Will Pepsi survive their fight against Coke once again?"

-----

COCA-COLA

"War....war never changes. Those were the words likely spoken by a random soldier who fought during the American Civil War, a battle between the Union and the Confederates over whether slavery shall expand or be abolished and tossed to the trash. Let's say there was a massive disagreement and the war was bloody, with casualties on both sides and a Confederate colonel by the name of John Pemberton, a man suffering from both his wounds and addiction to Morphine. Hoping to cure this addiction, John concocted a coca wine in his own drugstore Columbus, Georgia in 1885 and it was called Pemberton's French Wine Coca, a drink with a mouthful of a name. Fortunately, Pemberton made another drink with a much better name.....Coca-Cola. That's where this red company got its name from and they would soon grow in popularity as they begun their advertising with a wall ad that promoted their drink, eventually becoming a national icon on their 50th Anniversary."

"When competitors like Pepsi and RC Cola chose to show their faces in the soft drink biz, Coca-Cola kept their guard up and clapped back by showing advertisements that shook American Culture forever such as their very first ad in 1895 showing a young actress as their spokesperson before then switching to Santa Claus in the 1930s. Whenever Pepsi took a step forward, Coke followed and had to one up them with products like the infamous New Coke, their decision to place their products on many Columbia Pictures films starting in 1982 and calling in their own super heroine to help compete against Pepsiman...a heroine by the name of Super Mom. Aside from looking like a younger Captain Marvel, this chick has the power to shatter meteors, flight, the laser-dodging speed and has the tough skin to straight up tank those lasers! As a bonus she can also breathe ice cold enough to keep the Coke bottles cool enough for her kids to enjoy!"

"She may have been popular in her day and proven to be a fun experiment of the time, but aside from not having a hubbie around, she couldn't save Coca-Cola from every danger. He he....let's say they got quite a record for gaining lawsuits against them for a variety of reasons such as nasty health effects(what soda brand IS ever healthy?), their refusal to label their stuff in the Catalan language for some unknown reason(Why? It's not that hard!), their exclusion of certain groups of people, animal cruelty, the creation of New Coke which had people raging as well as wishing for the return of the classic drink AND that time when a glass bottle blew up in the hand of a waitress...who would then successfully sue them for it. Given that particular lawsuit and the fact that pollution is a REAL THING, Coca-Cola began to turn things around by switching to plastic bottles and to this day, they still continue to hold a massive iron fist over the world, with jolly 'ol Saint Nick by their side as they cheerfully share their taste with customers....one bottle at a time."

"Coke may have won the Cola Wars in the 80s, but will they win today's battle? And WHERE are the polar bears?!"

----

VERDICT

"Welp.....as much as I love Pepsi, that's not even a secret to begin with, I will have to give it to Coca-Cola here. Not does the latter have way more influence throughout the whole world than the former, but folks tend to enjoy Coke's sweet taste more than they do for Pepsi despite the brief time the blues dominated in the taste department. To further add things in Coke's favor, they also do have a richer history given how it all started with an American Civil War veteran who created his drink as a means to relieve his Morphine addiction and how it even reached military hands during Word War 2. I guess it's certainly more interesting than Pepsi's origins of a man who invented Brad's drink as a means to help with indigestion. Oh and Coke may have sold over 418.4 liters of carbonated beverages in just the year 2020 alone, more than Pepsi's 310 billion."

"In all fairness though, taste and brand preference are very subjective so you do you in regards to which cola brand you're loyal to. I know I will love Pepsi till even after my last breath. That said, if an actual fight is what you want, then a battle between Pepsiman and Super Mom is what you'll get here!"

"Unfortunately for Pepsi fans, Coke's own former mascot also surpasses them in the fighting ring. Listen, it's awesome to see Pepsiman fighting and knocking back fighters far enough to shatter metal gates as well as holding his own against classic monsters such as Universal's King Kong and Dracula, but they're nowhere near as strong as Super Mom shattering a meteor with a single punch. If I recall it correctly, a single meteor has enough force to create massive craters and it's....certainly more impactful than that time Kong demolished several buildings in New York....I guess."

"It also doesn't help that Super Mom can fly faster, going from Earth to space in only a few seconds....precious seconds faster than Pepsiman moving out of the path of a speeding train at the last second, a train that at minimum goes at 268 mph. Need I say how fast SM would be to fly to space as quick as she did? That would be close to the speed of light. Could be an exaggeration, but she's definitely out-flying the main man. Granted, Pepsiman DOES have durability bordering on Toon Force, being able to jump from a 10+ story building and land head first into a pool with no damage whatsoever, BUT that's not enough to save his ass. After all, Super Mom's survived a much longer fall, surviving re-entry into Earth's atmosphere and its impact. If that's not tough, then tanking alien lasers surely is."

"Oh sure Pepsi's hero could heal himself by drinking his namesake and change his size, but those can only do so much when fighting against someone much stronger, tougher and faster than he is, someone who can knock him out before he can even take a sip. He could somehow come back from death, but the mechanism behind that are unclear so that doesn't help at all either."

"So as far as I know, Coca-Cola wins this one both brand and fight wise. That is all from me, Mr.O and see you in the next world!"