BattleBots season 1

*BattleBots*
BattleBots
Season 1
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	Comedy Central
Original release	August 23 –; November 29, 2000
Season chronology
	Next →; Season 2
	List of episodes

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]

The pilot, known as episode one was originally aired as a Pay-per-view event before being pitched to network executives.

Classifications[edit]

Robots in season 1 competed in four separate weight classes:

Lightweight[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

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.

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
Unaired	1	Afterthought	Black Widow	KO	N/A
	2	The Missing Link	Chiabot	KO	2:20
	3	Das Bot	Rott-Bott 2000	KO	1:02
	4	Sallad	The Aggressive Polygon	Judges' Decision (9–0)	3:00
	5	Alpha Raptor	Cereal Box Killer	KO	N/A
	6	Pestilence	Thorn	KO	2:35
	7	Shaft	Gremlin ll	KO	2:20
1	8	Backlash	Disposable Hero	KO	0:50

The robot was the winner of the battle.

The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

Advance to the Round of 16 without battle
The Crusher, Endotherm, Ziggo, Shrike, Tentoumushi, Dr. Inferno Jr., No Tolerance ll, and Mouser Mecha-Catbot

Tournament[edit]

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

Shrike

Backlash

Alpha Raptor

Sallad

Tentoumushi

Tentoumushi

Alpha Raptor

Dr. Inferno Jr.

Alpha Raptor

Mouser Mecha-Catbot

Pestilence

No Tolerance II

No Tolerance II

Mouser Mecha-Catbot

Shaft

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
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[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

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.

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
Unaired	1	Hazard	Pegleg	KO	0:31
Unaired	2	Alien Gladiator	The Emasculator	FF	—
4	3	Pressure Drop	Subject to Change Without Reason	KO	1:21
5	4	Blade Runner	Bad Attitude	KO	1:24

The robot was the winner the battle.

The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

Advance to the Quarterfinals without battle
Turtle Road Kill, Spin Orbiting Force, Deadblow, and Ankle Biter

Tournament[edit]

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
Quarterfinals
8	1	Deadblow	Alien Gladiator	KO	1:08
8	2	Pressure Drop	Ankle Biter	KO	2:20
10	3	Hazard	Turtle Road Kill	Judges' Decision (9–0)	3:00
10	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[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with twelve teams that were automatically qualified.

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
Unaired	1	Vlad the Impaler	GoldDigger	FF	—
Unaired	2	Punjar	Mr. Bonestripper	FF	—
3	4	KillerHurtz	Knome II	KO	1:03
6	3	BioHazard	Mjollnir	Judges' Decision (9-0)	3:00

The robot was the winner the battle.

The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

Advance to the Round of 16 without battle
Tazbot, frenZy, OverKill, Kill-O-Amp, Suicidal Tendencies, Gammatron, Blendo, Voltarc, Bender, Monster, Nightmare, and Mauler

Tournament[edit]

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 Tendencies

Vlad the Impaler

Voltarc

Blendo

BioHazard

BioHazard

Voltarc

Bender

Voltarc

KillerHurtz

Monster

KillerHurtz

Mauler

Mauler

Nightmare

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
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	—
	4	KillerHurtz	Monster	KO	—
2	5	OverKill	frenZy	Judges' Decision (7-2)	3:00
2	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	—
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[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

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.

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
Unaired	1	Mechadon	Prompt Critical	KO	1:55
	2	Rammstein	Abbatoir	KO	—
	3	Ginsu	World Peace	FF	—
	4	Ronin	Odin	Judges' Decision (6-3)	3:00
3	5	Minion	Gray Matter	Judges' Decision (7-2)	3:00
5	6	Grendel	Diesector	KO	1:38
6	7	DooAll	S.L.A.M.	KO	2:51

The robot was the winner the battle.

The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

Advance to the Quarterfinals without battle
Super Rhino

Tournament[edit]

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
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	1:29
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[edit]

No. in season	Title	Original air date
1	"Backlash vs. Disposable Hero; Tentoumushi vs. Sallad"	August 23, 2000 (2000-08-23)
2	"Ziggo vs. The Missing Link; Mauler vs. Nightmare; OverKill vs. frenZy"	August 30, 2000 (2000-08-30)
3	"Voltarc vs. Bender; KillerHurtz vs. Knome II; Minion vs. Gray Matter"	September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)
4	"Pressure Drop vs. Subject to Change Without Reason; Mouser Mecha-Catbot vs. Shaft; Vlad the Impaler vs. Tazbot"	September 13, 2000 (2000-09-13)
5	"Backlash vs. The Crusher; Blade Runner vs. Bad Attitude; Grendel vs. Diesector"	September 20, 2000 (2000-09-20)
6	"DooAll vs. S.L.A.M.; BioHazard vs. Mjollnir; Lightweight Rumble"	September 27, 2000 (2000-09-27)
7	"Voltarc vs. BioHazard; Rammstein vs. Mechadon; Alpha Raptor vs. Tentoumushi"	October 4, 2000 (2000-10-04)
8	"Deadblow vs. Alien Gladiator; Pressure Drop vs. Ankle Biter; Minion vs. Grendel"	October 11, 2000 (2000-10-11)
9	"Alpha Raptor vs. Mouser Mecha-Catbot; Backlash vs. Das Bot; Backlash vs. Alpha Raptor"	October 18, 2000 (2000-10-18)
10	"Spin Orbiting Force vs. Blade Runner; Hazard vs. Turtle Road Kill; Ronin vs. Ginsu"	October 25, 2000 (2000-10-25)
11	"Vlad the Impaler vs. OverKill; Punjar vs. Gammatron; KillerHurtz vs. Mauler"	November 1, 2000 (2000-11-01)
12	"Vlad the Impaler vs. Punjar; Deadblow vs. Pressure Drop; Minion vs. Rammstein"	November 8, 2000 (2000-11-08)
13	"Spin Orbiting Force vs. Hazard; KillerHurtz vs. Voltarc; Ronin vs. DooAll"	November 15, 2000 (2000-11-15)
14	"All Finals: Hazard vs. Deadblow; Vlad the Impaler vs. Voltarc; Minion vs. DooAll"	November 22, 2000 (2000-11-22)
15	"Remaining rumbles"	November 29, 2000 (2000-11-29)

References[edit]

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