84: Heat, Fuel, and Oxygen

December 5, 2020

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00:00:00 Intro
00:00:05 Battlebots Bingo!

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Bingo, but bigger.

This episode was recorded on November 28th, 2020

The cards can be seen in all their graphic glory here

The teams:
- Mike - Mystrsyko
- Sam - Robocast
- Sam & Ryan - Spinnerproof
- Charlie - Good Robottal
- Ned - Spoiler Alert & ESC
- Oliver - ESC and No More Spinnahhs
- David - David of Smeg
- Jevan - World of Woodrow & No More Spinnahhs
The cards:
- Mike
  - Puff the Magic Dragon
    - A LiPo fire in the box
  - The Atomic Bomb
    - Atom#94 catches fire
      - Lotsa smoke or visible flames
  - The 2020 Dumpster Fire
    - A returning competitor flops HARD
      - EG Bombshell in 2018, Bronco in 2019, or any robot designed to win fights which fails to
  - Let it Rip!
    - Captain Shredderator vs Gigabyte (1v1)
  - Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
    - Swiss-army bot makes the top 32
      - Swiss-army bot = multiple weapon types
  - Jumping in the Grave
    - A robot is dubbed ‘the new Bite Force’
      - Does not include the new champ once they are champ
  - A Surprise, to be Sure
    - Half of the top 8 are ‘new’
      - New = no team members have reached the top 16 before
  - What Would You Like on Your Tombstone?
    - Tombstone loses its first 2 fights
  - Mr Flibble’s Very Cross
    - A team quantining on entry to the USA is mentioned
  - Thank God for the Arena
    - A robot is flung into the Lexan
  - Ice Ice Baby
    - ICEWave tears another robot in half
      - No bonus points!!
  - Close Quarters
    - A fight is restarted due to an unstick
      - Might not be shown in the edit
  - They’re Good Dogs, Bronco
    - The dog from the Pain Train team photo is acknowledged on the show
  - Shocker!
    - A rookie makes the top 16
      - Rookie = new robot with a new team, even if some members have competed with other teams
  - Crowd Favourite
    - Chomp scores a OHKO
      - ‘OHKO’ = first hit from the weapon
  - Clusterfunk
    - Gemini fails to get a win
- Sam
  - For Grant
    - Grant Imahara mentioned directly
  - Rocky Balboa
    - Tantrum works
      - Working = weapon spins, hits as well as other similar weapons, and the punching mechanism is clearly helpful
  - Just Like The Simulations
    - An AGWWAPTBABF fantasy matchup happens, and the result is the same
  - David Attenborough
    - Two or more animal themed robots fight (each other)
      - Animal themes must be part of the bot’s aesthetic
  - Absent Audience
    - Attention repeatedly drawn to the lack of audience
      - Repeatedly = at least 10 mentions
  - Lithium Polymer Armament
    - A LiPo fire occurs
  - Old Farm Derby
    - Bale Spear vs Black Widow (1v1)
  - Split Personalities
    - A robot is split in ~2
  - The Steel Chair
    - Slammow manages a suplex
  - Hammer to Fall
    - Beta vs Chomp (1v1)
  - A Game of Two Halves
    - A robot gets split apart
  - Look at Me, Pa!
    - Two robots with minibotds fight, with their minibots
  - Pink is Sus
    - A predominantly pink robot makes the knockout stages
      - Axolotl, Sporkinok, and HiJinx are all predominantly pink
  - Extinguisher by Name…
    - Extinguisher puts out a fire
  - That’s Not 30 Seconds!
    - A team is reminded they can only hold for 30 seconds
  - Oh Lawd She Comin!
    - Chomp ends the season with a positive record
- Spinnerproof
  - The Killshot
    - An axe/hammer scores a KO
      - Any big overhead hitty thing, but not a ‘hammer saw’ or similar, and not Rusty
  - We Die Together
    - Gemini only uses the multibot config
  - A Noticeable Absence
    - Bite Force not being present is mentioned
  - Apologies to Craig Danby
    - Slammow makes the top 16
  - OOTA is OOTA
    - ‘Proper’ OOTA from a non-spinner
      - ‘Proper’ OOTA = not behind the screws or stuck elsewhere
  - BLUE TEAM, READY?
    - Button hit with something other than a finger/hand
  - Non-starters
    - A robot with a website profile doesn’t have a fight
  - Out With Win and You’re In
    - No places in the top 32 are decided by a play-in fight
  - Stop the count
    - A robot comes back to life during a countout
  - My Leg!
    - Chomp loses a leg
  - We Get it Already
    - The cast avoids saying “Covid-19”, “Pandemic”, or “Coronavirus” for the entire season
      - Cast = not competitors
  - LiPo Fire 2
    - A LiPo fire happens
  - Why Why Whyachi?
    - 2+ Whyachi robots face each other in any kind of match
  - Don’t Bring Wheels Into the Arena
    - A horizontal spinner snipes a wheel
      - ‘Snipes’ = a single hit disabling or removing the wheel
  - Not in my Lexicon
    - The term ‘forward thrust flipper’ is used to describe a front-hinge flipper
  - The Bigger They Are…
    - Chomp’s hammer causes significant damage
- Charlie
  - Pulverizer Pete
    - Multiple pulveriser hits to one robot in a single fight
  - Be Trans, Throw Hands
    - Sporkinok receives needless online hate
      - We’ll know it when we see it
  - Slammow Fails to Work
    - …as intended, through the entire season
  - The Saviour is Here!
    - Rusty takes a fight to the judges
  - Wee Woo (No, Not That One)
    - Extinguisher puts out a fire
  - The One True Hammer
    - Shatter! outperforms all the other ‘pure’ hammerbots
      - ‘Pure’ hammerbots = Beta, Chomp, maybe Rusty. ‘Outperforms’ = better record and/or lasting longest in the tournament (“down to the second”)
  - Free Parking
    - Non-Bite Force champion
      - Can only be ticked after the grand final
  - The Future is Now
    - No robots from the 2019 top 8 make the 2020 top 8
  - Tears in the Gears
    - A competitor cries on camera
  - Sorry About Your Bike
    - Jenny Taft segment involves smashing up a household object
  - Double Kill
    - Simultaneous KO
  - Hide and Syk 2
    - Despite the lack of live studio audience, world-renowned youtuber MystrSyko is somehow still spotted
  - The Bot Whisperer
    - Footage of pre-reboot BB used in reference to Peter Abrahamson
  - Not Even the Younglings Survived
    - Perfect Phoenix doesn’t win a fight
  - Pobodies Nerfect
    - The champ will have lost a fight along the way
  - Lights, Camera, Smash!
    - One of the lights gets broken
- Ned
  - Everything is Fine
    - An entire episode doesn’t mention the pandemic
  - Spiderman Pointing Meme
    - Sawblaze vs Skorpios (1v1)
  - Hammer Time
    - Two hammers fight each other (1v1)
      - Chomp, Shatter!, and BETA are hammers. Mad Catter & Extinguisher count if they use their hammer setup in the fight. Rusty may or may not be a hammer.
  - Tropical Storm BETA
    - BETA KOs a vertical spinner
      - Hammer saws don’t count. Mammoth doesn’t count
  - Careful, Icarus
    - A previously successful robot crashes HARD
      - Previously top 16/play in, failing to make the top 32
  - VERTS REEEEEEEEE
    - 4WD verts make up at least half of the top 8
      - If the website photo is a vert, its a vert. Mad Catter counts if they use the vert more than the hammer
  - Now There Are Two of Them!
    - RotatoR uses the dual disc setup
  - In the Blue Hex
    - A HexBug toy appears in the box for a robot’s introduction
  - Third Time Lucky
    - Whiplash fights and beats Tombstone
  - This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
    - Someone is seen wearing a mask incorrectly
      - Nose not covered, hanging off one ear, constantly readjusting, etc
  - Screwed
    - A robot is KO’d due to being stuck in/on the screws
  - Up and Away
    - A whole robot hits the ceiling
  - Flawed Floor
    - The new floor still takes fight-influencing damage
  - Proof in the Pudding
    - A new build has teething trouble
  - THAT’S A HUGE HIT
    - Kenny or Chris say ‘HUGE HIT’
  - Noob Force
    - A new robot takes the Giant Nut
- Oliver
  - An Open Field
    - A BB rookie makes the top 8
      - Rookie = new machine, even if the team have experience as a team or individuals
  - The Same, But Different
    - A 4WD vert wins the season
  - Bot 56
    - A previously confirmed entry doesn’t make TV
      - Confirmed = publicly by the team, by Battlebots (eg. via the website), or by associated media. SUpporter content doesn’t count.
  - Dun Dun Da Da Daaa Daaa
    - Flight of the Valkyries is sung
  - #GetHype
    - Hypershock makes the top 4
  - Spider Chomp, Spider Chomp
    - Footage of a classic Battlebots walker is used
      - Includes shufflers
  - Always on the Scene
    - Extinguisher puts out a fire
  - Ghost of Toad
    - A Team Toad sticker appears
  - The Future is Now, Old Man
    - Donald Hutson is reminded of how long he has been competing
      - Directly to him, eg in an interview
  - Home Field Advantage
    - No non-US teams make the top 16
  - Thank You, Johnathan, Very Cool
    - Presenters say something blatantly wrong, or something in a graphic is clearly incorrect
  - You Only Got One Shot
    - A fight is ended in a single exchange
  - Salt of the Fans
    - A JD causes online backlash
  - Maxwell Edison
    - The Pulverisers score a KO
  - Grabbing Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
    - A robot which is clearly winning dies for any reason
  - Wait For It!
    - John Reid says ‘good hit’
- David
  - Mortal Coil
    - Ghost Raptor gets split in 2
  - Large and in Charge
    - All 3 ‘oversized’ robots (HUGE, SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, and Mammoth) finish with a combined win rate of at least 2:3 (0r 66.6…%)
  - The British are Coming
    - BETA makes the top 16
      - We somehow missed reading this one out…
  - Unprecedented
    - The word ‘unprecedented’ is used to describe the pandemic
  - Armchair Engineer
    - Fan makes comments about how a robot sucks and they could do it better
  - FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
    - Two robots with flamethrowers fight (1v1)
  - Not in my Lexicon 2
    - The term ‘drum’ is used to describe something which is clearly a drisc
      - See ‘the diagram’, courtesy of Jevan
  - It Is Wednesday My Dudes
    - Ribbot makes the knockout stages
  - Stay Froggy
    - Ribbot’s vacuum-formed top survives a fight
  - Rusty in Pieces
    - Rusty gets a win
  - Spin Dammit!
    - Axe Backwards wins a fight
  - The King is Dead
    - Tombstone fails to make the bracket
  - Derby Match
    - Slammow vs Big Dill (1v1)
  - Ow, My Head!
    - Chomp’s hammer snipes a robot
      - ‘Snipes’ = accurately hitting a critical part which immobilises the opponent
  - Knife Roomba
    - A Mowbot autonomous lawnmower appears on screen
      - Not just in the background, intentionally featured
        
        What if its an ad segment?
  - What Other Weapon?
    - A robot with interchangeable weapons doesn’t change weapons
- Jevan
  - Frenemies
    - Skorpios vs HiJinx (1v1)
  - …The Harder They Fall
    - Chomp’s legs take significant spinner damage
      - Legs are removed or their function is impaired
  - I Don’t Think So, Chief
    - A team refuses a fight
      - EG. Shredderator vs Cobalt
  - The Eyes Have It
    - HUGE wins the Giant Nut
  - Should’a Stayed Electric
    - BETA runs out of gas
      - Weapon stops or can’t self right due to lack of gas
  - Sorry About Your Ceiling
    - An entire robots hits the ceiling/lighting rig
  - Weeeeeeeeeeedge
    - SMEEEEEEEEEEE wins a fight
      - Can be an exhibition/other non-tournament fight provided it is aired on Discovery
  - I’m A Fire Starter
    - 20+ fires across the season
      - Large amounts of smoke or visible flames
  - No More Apologies
    - Slammow makes the bracket
  - Game of Clones
    - A robot is likened to another in looks alone
  - Beat the Clock
    - A robot comes back to life during a countout
  - David vs Goliath
    - Mammoth fights a robot with a minibot
  - Tis Just A Flesh Wound
    - A badly damaged robot makes it to the judges
  - Stop, Stop, He’s Already Dead!
    - A clearly dead robot keeps getting hit
  - Yeeted-er
    - A robot hits the ceiling
      - Includes minibots
  - Age of Rust
    - Rusty goes undefeated during Fight Night