History Characters / RobotWars

* HumiliationConga: Both the giver and taker of this trope, shared with the other House Robots.

* ConstructionIsAwesome: Was modeled on a cross between a bulldozer and a diesel locomotive.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Had a pair of white "eyes" in the original, which became {{red|EyesTakeWarning}} in the reboot.

* SpectacularSpinning: From Extreme 1-onwards, her chainsaw was replaced with her signature flywheel, and a very powerful one at that. It was so powerful that it could potentially throw robots out of the arena.

* PowerPincers: His left-hand claw. It's the Jaws of Life - the hydraulic cutter firemen use to cut apart broken cars after accidents.

* PowerfulPick: Originally had one of these before it was replaced with his signature axe.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Shunt's defining characteristic was living up to his name; plowing things out of the way with his shovels. There was even a "Sumo" event in Series 1, 2 and 4, where contestants could face up to him in a shoving match.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* TheDarkChick: The only "female" house robot, although the 2017 How to Build a Robot guide referred to Dead Metal, hitherto always a 'male' as 'She'.

* BareYourMidriff

* NoPronunciationGuide: It didn't happen often, but [=McDonald=] would occasionally mispronounce the name of a bot. Sometimes it wasn't ''that'' unusual (he initially pronounced Dantomkia as "Dan-tom-KY-a" for its first few fights before he started to get it right) but there was ''no'' excuse for him repeatedly referring to Tsunami as "Tusamni".

* LargeHam: Oh, ''yeah''.

* LargeHam: Just like his UK counterpart he can get very enthusiastic commentating fights.

* LargeHam: Every bit the ham Jonathan Pearce was, only in Dutch.

* SpectacularSpinning: From Extreme 1-onwards, her chainsaw was replaced with her signature flywheel, and a very powerful one at that. It was so powerful that it could potentially throw robot out of the arena.

* RedBaron: The Undisputed Titan of Mechanized Warfare.

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* AngryGuardDog: Grow,er has a distinct bulldog look, complete with a large snout and jaws. He's also one of the more aggressive and ruthless House Robots.

* LighterAndSofter: The original House Robots were all designed as part of the conceit that the show was taking place in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world; Shunt was the result of two maintenance robots designed to work in an experimental Russian nuclear power plant fusing together and mutating, Matilda was a biomechanical creature and a surviving artefact of Atlantis, Dead Metal was a robot assassin that had travelled back in time, Sergeant Bash was a military drone from a totalitarian state designed to keep law and order, and Sir Killalot was an autonomous fighting unit from an alternative universe where the First World War began over 850 years early. The "post-apocalyptic" theme was slowly dropped from the show over fears it was patronising and stopped it from being taken seriously as an actual sport, so the House Robots introduced later lacked these backstories, with Cassius Chrome being downright cartoony.

* AchillesHeel: The original Shunt was ''incredibly'' vulnerable to flippers, due to its lack of a SRIMECH, low weight, and narrow wheelbase. Needless to say, this was gleefully exploited by everyone from Chaos 2 to Firestorm when they ran up against him in the future. The redesign averts this, however, by giving Shunt a much heavier design to make him harder to flip.

* RedBaron: The Matriarch of Mayhem, The Sister of Slice & Dice, The Grandmother of Grinding Metal.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Matilda has a distinctive Triceratops-esque appearance.

* AnAxeToGrind: One of the most powerful seen in the series, no less. Originally, Shunt was designed with the scoops as his main weaponry and the axe was added as an afterthought, but it became more and more prominent as its power was increased over the series.

* VoiceOfDramatic: Definitely. To keep up the tension in the arena, Stuart sometimes removed "The" and numbers from names, so The Morgue's entry would just be his voice stating "Morgue".

* AchillesHeel: The original Shunt was ''incredibly'' vulnerable to flippers, due to its lack of a SRIMECH, low weight, and narrow wheelbase. The redesign averts this, however, by giving Shunt a much heavier design to make him harder to flip.

* TheBrute: Was this in the early series, and later shared the role with Mr Psycho.
* ButtMonkey: The original Shunt was the lightest of the House Robots, had a narrow wheelbase, and it was literally spelled out on-screen that he had no srimech. Predictably, it ended up on the business end of more flippers than any other House Robot.

* NoSell: In Series 9, [=PP3D=]'s immense flywheel was capable of sending another robot ''through the arena sidewall.'' What happened when it got too close to Shunt? Shunt pinned [=PP3D=] against the wall until it ''set itself on fire from the shock reflecting back into it.'' And Shunt didn't even budge.

* TheBrute: Filled this role on the House Robot team- by FAR the biggest and most powerful, but Sir Killalot was still seen as the BigBad.

* LightningBruiser: In fact, Cassius was the fastest House Robot ever made.

* TookALevelInBadass: The upgraded House Robots have finally been shown in all their terrifying metallic glory in [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cfy0IxaXIAAJkn2.jpg this image]], and Killalot is no exception. He looks much heavier, much less top-heavy and unstable, and even more heavily-armoured than before.
** [[https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13533273_10154339622567094_1553056941575999765_n.jpg?oh=3603a4df22e64b0899e158fca0dac785&oe=57FBCE5E His design has now been unveiled properly]], along with some equally terrifying stats. His weight has gone up to 750kg -- equalling Mr Psycho -- the claws are large enough to trap even the biggest competitors and can lift 300kg, the armour is upgraded to all-over Armox plating to [[RemovedAchillesHeel fully enclose the treads and prevent him tipping forward anymore,]] and most terrifyingly of all, his speed has been doubled to 10mph. Contestants, ''beware''.

* TookALevelInBadass: [[https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13510975_10154339622637094_8796275781104658760_n.jpg?oh=ef2d1df3014e0c4b055fa7580db8182e&oe=57FC8512 The upgraded Dead Metal has now been fully unveiled]], and boasts a larger, faster circular saw, pincers that can clamp even the biggest opponents, and much tougher, spikier armour. It's also over twice as heavy as before.

* AchillesHeel: OG Shunt was ''incredibly'' vulnerable to flippers, due to its lack of a SRIMECH, low weight, and narrow wheelbase. The redesign averts this, however, by giving Shunt a much heavier design to make him harder to flip.
* AnAxeToGrind: One of the most powerful seen in the series, no less. Originally, Shunt was designed with the scoops as his main weaponry and it was added as an afterthought, but it became more and more prominent as its power was increased over the series.

* MechaMook: Interestingly this was the direction Chris Reynolds appeared to go in with Bash's design inspiration, as apparently he was designed to look like a futuristic combat robot tasked with keeping the locals of colony planets in line, suggesting he was one of many.

* TinTyrant: "Leader" of the House Robots.

* TheAllegedCar: Easily the house robot that spent the most time broken down. Mostly the flamethrower refusing to work. Probably the reason it wasn't brought back for 2016.

* TheHeavy: A literal example.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

* CanineCompanion: To Mr. Psycho

** "The judges have made their decision. [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready They're marking on style, control, damage and aggression.]]" (Occasionally in later series he'd acknowledge that everybody knew the four criteria by now, although he would only ''very'' rarely skip them entirely.)

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* LightningBruiser: At first. When the weight limit was increased to 100kgs, Shunt lost a lot of his pushing power. They fixed this by amping the power of his axe UpToEleven. [[FragileSpeedster He still had a great deal of power for his size, despite being the smallest house robot]].

* BaldOfAwesome

* BaldOfAwesome

* GradualGrinder: Dead Metal's claw and saw didn't do spectacular damage, but the mere act of being held up by Dead Metal could make a match go FromBadToWorse if it happened at a bad moment, and especially because those cuts could add up over time or sway a judge's decision, since a clumsy driver wouldn't be able to avoid getting grabbed.