History Awesome / RobotWars

* Every one of Razer's appearances in Series 5. In each of the preceding three seasons, debilitating mechanical faults meant Razer was knocked out by the third round, and everyone, even its fans, were expecting a repeat. Cue unmitigated destruction of every single one of its opponents, culminating in a dominating fight against Bigger Brother in the finale and Razer being awarded the well-deserved title of Robot Wars Champion.

* Chaos 2 retaining its title, becoming the only robot ''ever'' to do so, or even win it more than once.[[note]]After the show went off-air, Terrorhurtz, Iron-Awe 5, Big Nipper and Eruption all won two FRA championships, with Eruption winning its two consecutively, and Eruption has now also won Robot Wars Series 10.[[/note]]

* Panic Attack and Mega Morg earned a mutual one in their Round 1 battle, with their brilliantly-excuted kill on Edge Hog. First, they lift Edge Hog up on Mega Morg's flipper scoop, Panic Attack then comes in round the other side, and the two Welsh machines swiftly force the helpless axebot down the Pit with a well co-ordinated shove together. The absolute ''exuberance'' from the two teams afterward -- complete with [[Funny/RobotWars Mark Hooper yelling "COME ON!" and repeatedly punching the plexiglass window]] in the driver's booth -- is definitely the cherry on top.
-->'''Jonathan Pearce:''' Panic Attack comes in... and the Welsh ganging up on Edge Hog! Mega Morg from Swansea, Panic Attack from Cardiff, [[UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion they're scrumming down together!]] (''Edge Hog is shoved down the Pit'') And Edge Hog are out as a result, celebrations in the Welsh camps! (''as the Mega Morg team loudly celebrate'') Not too sure if you're supposed to hit the plexiglass, but anyway!

* Panic Attack and Mega Morg earned a mutual one in their Round 1 battle, with their brilliantly-excuted kill on Edge Hog. First, they lift Edge Hog up on Mega Morg's flipper scoop, Panic Attack then comes in round the other side, and the two Welsh machines swiftly force the helpless axebot down the Pit with a well co-ordinated shove together. The absolute ''exuberance'' from the two teams afterward -- complete with [[Funny/RobotWars Dorian Caudy yelling "COME ON!" and repeatedly punching the plexiglass window]] in the driver's booth -- is definitely the cherry on top.

* Panic Attack and Mega Morg earned a mutual one in their Round 1 battle, with their brilliantly-excuted kill on Edge Hog. First, they lift Edge Hog up on Mega Morg's flipper scoop, Panic Attack then comes in round the other side, and the two Welsh machines swiftly force the helpless axebot down the Pit with a well-coordinated shove together. The absolute ''exuberance'' from the two teams afterward -- complete with [[Funny/RobotWars Dorian Caudy cheering and repeatedly punching the plexiglass window]] -- is definitely the cherry on top.
-->'''Jonathan Pearce:''' Panic Attack comes in... and the Welsh ganging up on Edge Hog! Mega Morg from Swansea, Panic Attack from Cardiff, [[RugbyIsSlaughter they're scrumming down together!]] (''Edge Hog falls down the Pit'') And Edge Hog are out as a result, celebrations in the Welsh camps! (''as the Mega Morg team loudly celebrate'') Not too sure if you're supposed to hit the plexiglass, but anyway!

** Big Nipper then continued to deliver in the third-place Playoff by ''knocking out Aftershock''. First came a massive clash of weapons that sent both robots flying across the arena in opposite directions -- which they ''both survived'', incredibly enough -- and after that Big Nipper pretty much dominated Aftershock, breaking its spinner and uppercutting it onto its back.

* In the Grand Final, Carbide reached levels of destruction unprecedented even for them against Aftershock, when a hit from their blade tore off a side panel and hurled it away with such force, ''it became embedded in the protective glass around the arena!'' This was pretty much a death blow for Aftershock -- although they did an impressive job of keeping themselves in the battle for several more rounds.

* In the first episode, the new-and-improved Apollo became the first robot to flip an opponent over the ''two-metre-tall'' high walls and [[RingOut out of the arena]] -- literally ''catapulting'' one of The Swarm's [[MechaMooks minibots]] over at a frankly terrifying height and speed.

** Although it [[ShockingElimination went out surprisingly early on in its heat]], Aftershock earns one for doing what other powerful spinners like Pulsar, [=Ironside3=] and even ''Carbide'' could not by immobilising [[StoneWall Gabriel]] -- especially after more-or-less [[NoSell shrugging off]] the entangling cables they'd brought in specifically for destroying their vertical spinner.

** Big Nipper then continued to deliver in the third-place Playoff by ''knocking out Aftershock''. First came a massive clash of weapons that sent both robots flying across the arena in opposite directions (which they ''both survived'', incredibly enough), and after that Big Nipper pretty much dominated Aftershock, breaking its spinner and uppercutting it onto its back.

** Also worth noting is that, by tearing Eruption to pieces, Carbide became the first champion to win the title by knockout since ''Series 3''.

* Just before Series 10 began, a trailer for Carbide -- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJxEa6tGkQY "The Champion Returns"]]'' -- was released by the BBC to hype up its eventual return to the series. It's an impressive montage of Carbide being built, before [[CurbStompBattle carving a bloody swathe of destruction through its opponents in the previous series]], set to [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "The Man Comes Around"]] by Music/JohnnyCash. The trailer ends with [[{{Gorn}} close-ups of all the damage inflicted to various opponents]], and Carbide being wheeled out to [[LastNoteNightmare the static]] and [[TheDreaded ominous-yet-fitting monologue]] from the original song, overlaid with its trademark [[HellIsThatNoise death hum]].

** Just... just Storm 2 in general. Let's put it this way; during Series 7, it made it to the Grand Final [[ExecutiveMeddling with the producers trying every trick in the book to take it out all the way there.]]
*** It was worse (and yet, somehow better) than that- Storm 2 ''won'' the Series 7 Grand Final, only being blatantly robbed of the championship because the judges were tricked into making a false decision! YMMV? No, the judges ''actually sent Team Storm personalised apology letters'' so they as good as admitted they were the real winners (sadly too late to make a difference)!

* Warhog's design attempted to one-up Hypno-Disc -- its ''entire body'' was a kinetic energy weapon, covered in blades and [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning spinning at high speed]]. Theoretically, such a design should provide amazing attack and defense. Unfortunately, they neglected to reinforce it -- each time it hit Dreadnaut XP-1 it was sent ''flying into the air'' while Dreadnaut sustained only cosmetic damage. After a few rams, Warhog had ceased functioning in a most awesome fashion.

* In the Grand Final, Carbide reached levels of destruction unprecedented [[UpToEleven even for them]] against Aftershock, when a hit from their blade tore off a side panel and hurled it away with such force, ''it became embedded in the protective glass around the arena!'' This was pretty much a death blow for Aftershock -- although they did an impressive job of keeping themselves in the battle for several more rounds.

* Carbide shredding its way through its entire Series 9 heat ([[spoiler:and beating Apollo ''twice'']]) was impressive enough, but its battle against Crackers 'n' Smash was the highlight. It hit one half of the clusterbot so hard it span across the ''entire length of the arena'', smashed a wall panel off, and then ricocheted a good five feet into the air! Even more incredible: said clusterbot was ''completely unscathed''!

* Behemoth vs. Apollo in the Heat Final has to go down as one of the best fights in the reboot. A fast-paced battle of flipping and driving skill between two teams of very experienced roboteers, with both machines having the advantage and nearly scoring kills at various points. Ultimately, [[spoiler:it culminated with Behemoth getting behind Apollo and simultaneously flipping it up and shoving it -- sending the Series 8 champion careening down the Pit, and finally getting Behemoth into the Grand Final after nearly ''twenty years'' of competing!]]
-->'''Jonathan Pearce''': [[spoiler:They need to dodge the flip up there -- '''AND APOLLO ARE DOWN!''' Apollo are ''down!'' Smashed down, Apollo! Behemoth, the greatest moment in ''twenty years!'' [[EarnYourHappyEnding Twenty years of hurt and grief end with new celebration!]]]]
* Gabriel's astonishing performance in its group battle. [[spoiler:Despite getting ''utterly'' thrashed and broken by Carbide, it not only [[MadeOfIron survived]], it [[{{Determinator}} never stopped coming at them for the full three minutes]]. At one point it even ''stripped Carbide's tyre off'', coming the closest to immobilising the Series 9 champion since Terrorhurtz back in Series 8! This was basically a true UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject battle -- despite Gabriel's efforts, Carbide won the judge's decision, but Gabriel got a roar of applause and a standing ovation from the crowd coming out of the arena.]]
** Although it [[spoiler:[[ShockingElimination went out surprisingly early on in its heat]], Aftershock earns one for doing what other powerful spinners like Pulsar, [=Ironside3=] and even ''Carbide'' could not by immobilising [[StoneWall Gabriel]] -- especially after more-or-less [[NoSell shrugging off]] the entangling cables they'd brought in specifically for destroying their vertical spinner]].
** Big Nipper got its own moment of awesome [[spoiler:in the Redemption Round, when it one-upped Carbide's spectacular hit on Smash in Series 9 by throwing Smash so high into the air that it ''hit the lighting rig'', bounced off, and landed out of the arena! Big Nipper's spinner may not be as big or heavy as Carbide's or Aftershock's, but ''by God'', [[PintSizedPowerhouse is there some force behind it!]]]]

* The heat final between Rapid and Terrorhurtz was the culmination of both machines [[TookALevelInBadass taking a considerable level in badass]] since Series 9 -- with the veteran Terrorhurtz delivering a real CurbStompBattle to Vulture to make its first ''Robot Wars'' heat final in nearly ''fourteen years'', and the newcomer Rapid throwing Track-tion [[RingOut out of the arena]] twice in succession and scoring one of the fastest knockouts in the show's history. Much like the battle between Apollo and Behemoth, it all came down to driving skill and strategy -- with both teams getting good attacks in and having the upper hand at various points. [[spoiler:This time however, it was the newcomers who came out on top, with Rapid using the hazards to bully Terrorhurtz around and eventually throw the veteran over the wall, [[WhosLaughingNow making up for their forfeit the previous year]]]].

** [[JokeCharacter Nuts]] managing to take both veterans Behemoth and Terrorhurtz to Judges' Decisons in the round-robin stage, despite having virtually no weaponry and armor. Bonus points for their battle against Terrorhurtz because it took place after the aforementioned "fight" against Carbide, with left them with a whole bunch of pieces and shrapnel; and they still managed to rebuild Nuts in time, ''and'' they were able to survive, despite their robot falling apart. They were even given the better Control mark, simply for the sheer audacity of going into battle with a broken robot ''[[CrazyAwesome and surviving]]''.

* Nuts 2 going from the resident JokeCharacter to Grand Finalist, winning the heat without too much difficulty. Not so much for the performance in the ring, more for the idea that when the CrazyAwesome Nuts [[LethalJokeCharacter finally gets serious]], they can take on a previous Grand Finalist in Concussion, beat them ''twice'' -- the first time by caving in one of the wheels with their [[EpicFlail Meltybrain flails]], and in the second, [[CombatPragmatist taking advantage of the panels their opponents had installed to stop the wheels being damaged by flipping them over instead]] -- and still make a spectacle out if it.

* Nuts 2 in the grand final proved themselves to be the undisputed master of CrazyAwesome when they went up against Carbide and Behemoth. Behemoth was the show's most experienced veteran by a long way, and Carbide was the then-undefeated grand champion. Nuts 2 not only won, but they dominated the fight throughout; using [[MechaMooks a minibot]] to drop the pit under Behemoth without warning, smashing Carbide's weapon chain with their flails to stop their bar from working, and then almost succeeding in immobilizing them by wedging under their wheels with the other minibot. Carbide came within ''one second'' of a complete defeat, followed by [[NotSoInvincibleAfterAll the once-mighty machine]] ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments fleeing from Nuts's minibot]]'', [[LethalJokeCharacter and a unanimous judges' decision gave the win to Nuts 2]].

* [[DavidVersusGoliath 101's display of skill against Panic Attack]] in the First World Championship. It was stopped against the wall, and as Jonathan Pearce began to give his usual eulogy for a seemingly-immobilised bot as Panic Attack picked it up with the forks to drag it over to the pit, [[PlayingPossum 101 started moving again]] and swung itself around the side of the reigning champion. The end result? 101 tricks ''Panic Attack'', of all bots,[[note]]Who was practically synonymous with skilfully dropping opponents into the pit with its lifting spikes.[[/note]] into [[HoistByHisOwnPetard reversing into the pit]].

* The heat final between Rapid and Terrorhurtz was the culmination of both machines [[TookALevelInBadass taking a considerable level in badass]] since Series 9 -- with the veteran Terrorhurtz delivering a real CurbStompBattle to Vulture to make its first ''Robot Wars'' heat final in nearly ''fourteen years'', and the newcomer Rapid throwing Track-tion [[RingOut out of the arena]] twice in succession and scoring one of the fastest knockouts in the show's history. Much like the battle between Apollo and Behemoth, it all came down to driving skill and strategy -- with both teams getting good attacks in and having the upper hand at various points. [[spoiler:This time however, it was the newcomers who came out on top, with Rapid throwing Terrorhurtz over the wall [[WhosLaughingNow and making up for their forfeit the previous year]]]].

** Before that, Concussion vs The Kegs. In one hit, Concussion's drums spinner ''completely tears the frame off one of The Kegs'' and immobilises it in the process. A second hit on the same robot also knocks off the wheel and more of the internal framework. After the fight, Dara quips that the wheel is arguably the least damaged part of the whole robot.

** And although it may not look like it, it's also an awesome moment for Rapid. Not only did they nearly flip ''[[TheDreaded Carbide]]'' out of the arena, [[{{Determinator}} they still kept going even after their LiPos get smashed]] -- normally something that leads to [[YouAreAlreadyDead immediate stoppage, followed by smoke, and then spectacular fiery death]]. And then, after the resulting battery fire that appeared to gut their robot, the team revealed [[https://www.facebook.com/RAPIDROBOTWARS/posts/524639647900219 on social media afterward]] that ''[[MadeOfIron 90% of Rapid was still useable after being seemingly destroyed]]''. If that doesn't speak for how well-engineered it is, nothing does.

* Razer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4cHWS2758 destroying Matilda]] at the end of the Southern Annihilator. Followed by Johnathan's tribute and the reveal that she's down, but ''not'' out.
-->'''Jonathan Pearce:''' ''(All while sad violin music plays)'' Matilda - created at the dawn of Robot Wars - R.I.P: Rust In Peace. D.I.A: Destroyed... In Action. D.Y.W.B. ''DO YOU WANNA BET?! (cue record scratch and Matilda entering the arena, heavily bandaged, but functioning as Johnathan bellows) '''OH YES, THE MATRIARCH OF MAYHEM, THE SISTER OF SLICE AND DICE, THE GRANDMOTHER OF GRINDING METAL WILL BE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!'''''

* Gravity throwing Dantomkia out of the arena in roughly ''six seconds'', setting a new record for the shortest battle ever. And the kicker? The previous holder of the "quickest battle" record was also Dantomkia, in its previous fight no less, who took out IG-88 in 8 seconds. Glorious.

---->'''Jonathan Pearce:''' On cue, the second of our Semi-Final battles. Dantomkia- [''cut off by Gravity immediately punting Dantomkia over the wall''] [[TheHyena HA HA HA!]] [[LargeHam OVER AND OUT! SIMPLE AS THAT!]]

* After several years of being highly thought-of but not achieving nearly as much as expected, the entire run of [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut Mortis]] in the War Of Independence was this for it from start-to-finish. Against all expectations from most viewers; it didn't break down, got to show off everything it was designed to do, defeated Panic Attack in a ''very'' close bout to get revenge for its defeat to the Welsh robot in Series 2, dominated a long-time ''Battlebots'' veteran (Frenzy) with considerably more experience than them -- on top of a nearly-15kg weight advantage and seemingly a more powerful hammer -- in the final, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding finally won a tournament right when it retired]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Splinter [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction suffering a mild technical fault]]. Hypno-Disc [[ImplausibleDeniability just happens to be nearby]].[[note]]The former sentence is also an enormous case of BlatantLies[[/note]]]]

** To its credit, Frenzy's run was nothing to sneeze at, either; it [[OneHitKill killed Ming 2 with a single precise blow from its hammer]] in the semi-final, and its brutal destruction of Series 1 veteran Detonator in Round 1 -- to the point where its formerly-domed top was literally ''pounded flat'' and it was completely torched from the inside by Frenzy setting its petrol engine on fire -- was [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown definitely a sight to behold.]]

* Razer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4cHWS2758 destroying Matilda]] at the end of the Southern Annihilator.

[[caption-width-right:350:Splinter [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction suffering a mild technical fault]]. Hypno-Disc [[ImplausibleDeniability just happens to be nearby]].]]

* Shunt got one of his finest-ever moments in the Grand Final when he drove his axe clean through Hypno-Disc's iconic flywheel, stopping it completely and sealing the team's fate.

* From Robot Wars Extreme Warriors -- the main US version -- we've got Tricerabot, the House Robot killer. It flipped a flywheel-bearing Matilda, and ''[[HolyShitQuotient shoved Sir Killalot into the pit]]''. [[ExecutiveMeddling It sadly wasn't shown on TV]]. Keep in mind, this was the season BEFORE it even had the rear flipper -- and then when it did have it, it flipped Matilda again!

-->'''Jonathan Pearce''': [[spoiler:They need to dodge the flip up there -- '''AND APOLLO IS OUT!''' Apollo is ''out!'' Splashdown, Apollo! Behemoth, the greatest moment in ''twenty years!'' [[EarnYourHappyEnding Twenty years of hurt and grief end with new celebration!]]]]

-->'''Jonathan Pearce''': [[spoiler:They need to dodge the flip up there -- '''AND APOLLO ARE DOWN!''' Apollo are ''down!'' Smashed down, Apollo! Behemoth, the greatest moment in ''twenty years!'' [[EarnYourHappyEnding Twenty years of hurt and grief end with new celebration!]]]]

** Big Nipper got its own moment of awesome [[spoiler:in the Redemption Round, when it one-upped Carbide's spectacular hit on Smash in Series 9 by throwing Smash so high into the air that it not only [[RingOut got hurled out of the arena]], but it ''hit the lighting rig!'' Big Nipper's vertical disc may not be as heavy as Carbide or Aftershock, but by ''god'', [[PintSizedPowerhouse is there some force behind it!]]]]

** Its following fight against Wild Thing was a [=CMoA=] for Wild Thing: not only was it the first robot to actually survive a battle against Hypno-Disc that series without being totally dismembered, but it nearly won the judges' decision through the courage and tenacity of their fightback.