History Characters / BattleBotsDiscoveryChannelSeason1

* CallBack: This is actually the third bot to name something after VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog--there was a ''Series/RobotWars'' entry known as Kronic the Wedgehog, as well as ''Robot Wars'' and [=RoboGames=] competitor Foxic, named after creator Craig Danby's childhood Sonic OriginalCharacter.

* CanadaEh: Faruq played this up during its introduction in its fight against Deviled Egg and Axe Backwards.
--> '''Faruq''': This bot is about to serve a full stack of slamcakes and a side of Canadian breakon! It's going to kill you...with kindness! It's Canadian, eh? It's BASILISK!

* CanadaEh: Lucky is a Canada-themed bot, though it's been downplayed since the previous [=BattleBots=] competition. Faruq also invokes this trope's name directly when introducing it against Skorpios:
--> '''Faruq Tareed''': Hailing from Canada, eh, this bot's gonna make you pay--in Canadian dollars. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis It. Is. Lucky!]]

* TheBandMinusTheFace: Red Devil builder and driver Jerome Miles is competing in ''King of Bots'' this year, and handed Red Devil off to an all-Canadian team
* CanadaEh: Red Devil, at least for the 2018 competition, was handed over to an all-Canadian team. [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Beelzeboot]], anyone?

* DropTheHammer: [=SawBlaze=] itself has no hammer, but it was able to get Mohawk underneath a Pulverizer in such a way that the Pulverizer's head slammed down directly onto Mohawk's crushing spike, drastically reducing Mohawk's weapon's effectiveness.

* DropTheHammer: As is standard for Blacksmith, also keeping the flames on its head.

* DropTheHammer: Uses a spiked hammer as its weapon.
* HelpImStuck: Typically the master of averting this trope, the hammer finally gave out in the match against Basilisk, rendering it knocked out for the only time in the 2018 competition.

* DropTheHammer: End Game was able to send Captain Shrederator directly underneath a Pulverizer hammer. The End Game team did not hesitate to use that hammer for all it was worth.

* DropTheHammer: Though Skorpios itself doesn't have a hammer, it got Lucky pinned in a corner with a Pulverizer, which greatly assisted Skorpios in defeating Lucky.

* DropTheHammer: One of its interchangeable weapons is a hammer.

* SwissArmyWeapon: Like with Bombshell in the previous season, Ultimo Destructo has a body as a base upon which other weapons can attach onto it.

* ForWantOfANail: Tombstone knocking the spinner off Megabyte was the result of a catastrophic equipment failure from a shoddily built securing bolt. The Robotic Death Company explained [[https://www.facebook.com/RoboticDeathCompany/posts/832309363825770 on Facebook]], that they had commissioned parts from a Chinese company who then lied to them about the materials used and the build quality. It was also molded rather than milled, making it structurally even weaker. They wound up fixing the problem after the Tombstone match by milling their own replacement part on-site using their preferred material, ensuring that such an incident would never happen again.

* DoingItForTheArt: Forge & Farm is quite dedicated to the farm theme. Those sturdy-looking front wheels as shown on the image here, for instance, where swapped out with much more fragile wagon wheels during its match against Valkyrie and Predator.

* DoingItForTheArt: Mohawk is best remembered for its crushing spike lined with flamethrowers that spew fire outward. Not very practical, but it does give the audiences something interesting to look at before a match begins.

* BehemothBattle: Sharkoprion's battle against Warhead was presented in this light to help promote Discovery Channel's own ''Shark Week'' -- both machines being based around giant monstrous creatures (monster shark and fire-breathing dragon, respectively) and DoingItForTheArt.

* DoingItForTheArt: One look at this, and you can tell a LOT of effort was made to get it to look and move like a shark, more so than its ability to actually compete. Ed Robinson is most definitely an artist. Incidentally, its wheel guards resemble light coverings in a submarine. This effort into making a memorable-looking bot is reflected in Robinson's previous entries, Robot X and P.T. Bruiser.

* BehemothBattle: Warhead's battle against Sharkoprion was presented in this light to promote Discovery Channel's own ''Shark Week'' -- both being based around giant monstrous creatures (fire-breathing dragon and monster shark, respectively) and DoingItForTheArt.