BattleBots (season 1)
Season 1 of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Comedy Central on August 23, 2000. Season 1 of BattleBots was hosted by Bil Dwyer and Sean Salisbury. Legendary boxing ring announcer and radio host Mark Beiro acted as the BattleBots arena announcer. Donna D'Errico, along with twins Randy and Jason Sklar were the arena-side correspondents.[1]
| BattleBots | |
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| Season 1 | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Comedy Central |
| Original release | August 23 – November 29, 2000 |
| Season chronology | |
The pilot, known as episode one was originally aired as a Pay-per-view event before being pitched to network executives.
Classifications
Robots in season 1 competed in four separate weight classes:
Lightweight
Qualifying
Only one match in the lightweight category was aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with eight teams that were automatically qualified.
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Tournament
Lightweight Tournament Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Championship | |||||||||||
| Backlash | ||||||||||||||
| The Crusher | ||||||||||||||
| Backlash | ||||||||||||||
| Endotherm | ||||||||||||||
| Afterthought | ||||||||||||||
| Endotherm | ||||||||||||||
| Backlash | ||||||||||||||
| Das Bot | ||||||||||||||
| Ziggo | ||||||||||||||
| Missing Link | ||||||||||||||
| Ziggo | ||||||||||||||
| Das Bot | ||||||||||||||
| Das Bot | ||||||||||||||
| Shrike | ||||||||||||||
| Backlash | ||||||||||||||
| Alpha Raptor | ||||||||||||||
| Sallad | ||||||||||||||
| Tentoumushi | ||||||||||||||
| Tentoumushi | ||||||||||||||
| Alpha Raptor | ||||||||||||||
| Alpha Raptor | ||||||||||||||
| Dr. Inferno Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| Alpha Raptor | ||||||||||||||
| Mouser Mecha-Catbot | ||||||||||||||
| Pestilence | ||||||||||||||
| No Tolerance II | ||||||||||||||
| No Tolerance II | ||||||||||||||
| Mouser Mecha-Catbot | ||||||||||||||
| Mouser Mecha-Catbot | ||||||||||||||
| Shaft | ||||||||||||||
| Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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| Round of 16 | |||||
| Unaired | 1 | Endotherm | Afterthought | Judges' Decision (8–1) | 3:00 |
| 2 | Das Bot | Shrike | Judges' Decision (9–0) | 3:00 | |
| 3 | Alpha Raptor | Dr. Inferno Jr. | Judges' Decision (8–1) | 3:00 | |
| 4 | No Tolerance II | Pestilence | KO | 2:40 | |
| 1 | 5 | Tentoumushi | Sallad | Judges' Decision (7–2) | 3:00 |
| 2 | 6 | Ziggo | The Missing Link | KO | 1:18 |
| 4 | 7 | Mouser Mecha-Catbot |
Shaft | Judges' Decision (6–3) | 3:00 |
| 5 | 8 | Backlash | The Crusher | KO | 1:43 |
| Quarterfinals | |||||
| Unaired | 1 | Backlash | Endotherm | Judges' Decision (7–2) | 3:00 |
| 2 | Das Bot | Ziggo | KO | 1:17 | |
| 3 | Mouser Mecha-Catbot |
No Tolerance II | Judges' Decision (9–0) | 3:00 | |
| 7 | 4 | Alpha Raptor | Tentoumushi | Judges' Decision (7–2) | 3:00 |
| Semifinals | |||||
| 9 | 1 | Alpha Raptor | Mouser Mecha-Catbot |
Judges' Decision (8–1) | 3:00 |
| 2 | Backlash | Das Bot | KO | 0:57 | |
| Finals | |||||
| 1 | Backlash | Alpha Raptor | KO | 1:24 | |
- The robot was the winner the battle.
- The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
- The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the lightweight classification.
Middleweight
Qualifying
Two matches in the middleweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with four teams that were automatically qualified.
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Tournament
Middleweight Tournament Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Championship | ||||||||
| Hazard | ||||||||||
| Turtle Road Kill | ||||||||||
| Hazard | ||||||||||
| Super Orbiting Force | ||||||||||
| Blade Runner | ||||||||||
| Super Orbiting Force | ||||||||||
| Hazard | ||||||||||
| Deadblow | ||||||||||
| Alien Gladiator | ||||||||||
| Deadblow | ||||||||||
| Deadblow | ||||||||||
| Pressure Drop | ||||||||||
| Pressure Drop | ||||||||||
| Ankle Biter | ||||||||||
| Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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| Quarterfinals | |||||
| 8 | 1 | Deadblow | Alien Gladiator | KO | 1:08 |
| 2 | Pressure Drop | Ankle Biter | KO | 2:20 | |
| 10 | 3 | Hazard | Turtle Road Kill | Judges' Decision (9–0) | 3:00 |
| 4 | Spin Orbiting Force | Blade Runner | Judges' Decision (5–4) | 3:00 | |
| Semifinals | |||||
| 12 | 1 | Deadblow | Pressure Drop | Judges' Decision (9–0) | 3:00 |
| 13 | 2 | Hazard | Spin Orbiting Force | Judges' Decision (7–2) | 3:00 |
| Finals | |||||
| 14 | 1 | Hazard | Deadblow | KO | 0:53 |
- The robot was the winner the battle.
- The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
- The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the middleweight classification.
Heavyweight
Qualifying
The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with twelve teams that were automatically qualified.
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Tournament
Heavyweight Tournament Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Championship | |||||||||||
| Vlad the Impaler | ||||||||||||||
| Tazbot | ||||||||||||||
| Vlad the Impaler | ||||||||||||||
| OverKill | ||||||||||||||
| frenZy | ||||||||||||||
| OverKill | ||||||||||||||
| Vlad the Impaler | ||||||||||||||
| Punjar | ||||||||||||||
| Punjar | ||||||||||||||
| Kill-O-Amp | ||||||||||||||
| Punjar | ||||||||||||||
| Gammatron | ||||||||||||||
| Gammatron | ||||||||||||||
| Suicidal Tendacies | ||||||||||||||
| Vlad the Impaler | ||||||||||||||
| Voltarc | ||||||||||||||
| Blendo | ||||||||||||||
| BioHazard | ||||||||||||||
| BioHazard | ||||||||||||||
| Voltarc | ||||||||||||||
| Voltarc | ||||||||||||||
| Bender | ||||||||||||||
| Voltarc | ||||||||||||||
| KillerHurtz | ||||||||||||||
| Monster | ||||||||||||||
| KillerHurtz | ||||||||||||||
| KillerHurtz | ||||||||||||||
| Mauler | ||||||||||||||
| Mauler | ||||||||||||||
| Nightmare | ||||||||||||||
| Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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| Round of 16 | |||||
| Unaired | 1 | Punjar | Kill-O-Amp | Judges' Decision (5-4) | 3:00 |
| 2 | Gammatron | Suicidal Tendencies | Judges' Decision (6-3) | 3:00 | |
| 3 | BioHazard | Blendo | KO | N/A | |
| 4 | KillerHurtz | Monster | KO | N/A | |
| 2 | 5 | OverKill | frenZy | Judges' Decision (7-2) | 3:00 |
| 6 | Mauler | Nightmare | KO | 0:40 | |
| 3 | 7 | Voltarc | Bender | Judges' Decision (9-0) | 3:00 |
| 4 | 8 | Vlad the Impaler | Tazbot | Judges' Decision (9-0) | 3:00 |
| Quarterfinals | |||||
| 7 | 1 | Voltarc | BioHazard | Judges' Decision (9-0) | 3:00 |
| 11 | 2 | Vlad the Impaler | OverKill | Judges' Decision (8-1) | 3:00 |
| 3 | Punjar | Gammatron | Judges' Decision (7-2) | 3:00 | |
| 4 | KillerHurtz | Mauler | KO | N/A | |
| Semifinals | |||||
| 12 | 1 | Vlad the Impaler | Punjar | Judges' Decision (8–1) | 3:00 |
| 13 | 2 | Voltarc | KillerHurtz | Judges' Decision (8–1) | 3:00 |
| Finals | |||||
| 14 | 1 | Vlad the Impaler | Voltarc | KO | 1:42 |
- The robot was the winner the battle.
- The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
- The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the heavyweight classification.
Superheavyweight
Qualifying
Three matches in the Super Heavyweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with one team that was automatically qualified.
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Tournament
Super Heavyweight Tournament Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Championship | ||||||||
| Minion | ||||||||||
| Grendel | ||||||||||
| Minion | ||||||||||
| Rammstein | ||||||||||
| Mechadon | ||||||||||
| Rammstein | ||||||||||
| Minion | ||||||||||
| DooAll | ||||||||||
| Ginsu | ||||||||||
| Ronin | ||||||||||
| Ronin | ||||||||||
| DooAll | ||||||||||
| DooAll | ||||||||||
| Super Rhino | ||||||||||
| Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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| Quarterfinals | |||||
| Unaired | 1 | DooAll | Super Rhino | Judges' Decision (5-4) | 3:00 |
| 7 | 2 | Rammstein | Mechadon | Judges' Decision (8-1) | 3:00 |
| 8 | 3 | Minion | Grendel | Judges' Decision (7-2) | 3:00 |
| 10 | 4 | Ronin | Ginsu | Judges' Decision (7-2) | 3:00 |
| Semifinals | |||||
| 12 | 1 | Minion | Rammstein | KO | N/A |
| 13 | 2 | DooAll | Ronin | KO | 1:46 |
| Finals | |||||
| 14 | 1 | Minion | DooAll | Judges' Decision (9-0) | 3:00 |
- The robot was the winner the battle.
- The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
- The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the Super heavyweight classification.
Episodes
References
- "Battlecasters". ComedyCentral.com. June 24, 2016. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved July 10, 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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