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* ActorAllusion: ''Series/RedDwarf'' was mentioned a lot in Craig Charles' early series. The robot "Scutter's Revenge" (and its followup "Spawn of Scutter") was a reference to the Scutters, Inquisitor from series 2 was named after the title enemy from series 5 episode "The Inquisitor", Charles himself made a joke about gazpacho soup in one episode, and the series 2 heat K episode opening introduced Charles as "the man who oils Kryten's bearings".
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* ActorAllusion: ''Series/RedDwarf'' was mentioned a lot in Craig Charles' early series. The robot "Scutter's Revenge" (and its followup follow-up "Spawn of Scutter") was a reference to the Scutters, Inquisitor from series Series 2 was named after the title titular enemy from series Series 5 episode "The Inquisitor", Charles himself made a joke about gazpacho soup in one episode, and the series Series 2 heat Heat K episode opening introduced Charles as "the man who oils Kryten's bearings".
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*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason. [[note]]To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.[[/note]] Robots that ''originated'' on Robot Wars, then moved to BattleBots were affected too, as Kronic (who premiered in 2000 on Robot Wars) somehow competed in the 2015 season of Battlebots, but had to be repainted and renamed as "Apollo" for the 2016 Robot Wars reboot.
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*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason. [[note]]To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series Series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.[[/note]] Robots that ''originated'' on Robot Wars, then moved to BattleBots were affected too, as Kronic (who premiered in 2000 on Robot Wars) somehow competed in the 2015 season of Battlebots, but had to be repainted and renamed as "Apollo" for the 2016 Robot Wars reboot.
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** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. Some of the live events encouraged more flipping robots because spinners were banned [[note]]Due to the arena being made cheaply for easier transportation, and replicating the original arena with bulletproof plating to protect the audience would cost a ''fortune''[[/note]] and very powerful axes were discouraged[[note]]Since the roboteers don't have the money and/or time to repair between fights and between events. They can be hired by practically anyone for several events, several days a week. Terrorhurtz and Thor are the only major competitors to use a large axe.[[/note]], so a high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to deny entry to a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
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** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. Some of the live events encouraged more flipping robots because spinners were banned [[note]]Due to the arena being made cheaply for easier transportation, and replicating the original arena with bulletproof plating to protect the audience would cost a ''fortune''[[/note]] and very powerful axes were discouraged[[note]]Since the roboteers don't have the money and/or time to repair between fights and between events. They can be hired by practically anyone for several events, several days a week. Terrorhurtz and Thor are the only major competitors to use a large axe.[[/note]], so a high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to deny entry to a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, in order to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.enforce CastSpeciation.
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** Fourthly, with live event shows becoming popular at the time, more robots qualified with flippers due to the practicality of having them in live shows while other roboteers added a flipper to their robot (such as The Grim Reaper). 11 Semi-finalists had flippers, so the show by that point became a game of "who's got the biggest flipper?" Ironically, of the 5 robots ''without'' a flipper, 4 of them filled out the four available slots in the Grand Final.
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** Fourthly, with live event shows becoming popular at the time, more robots qualified with flippers due to the practicality of having them in live shows while other roboteers added a flipper to their robot (such as The Grim Reaper). 11 Semi-finalists of the 16 semi-finalists had flippers, so the show by that point became a game of "who's got the biggest flipper?" Ironically, of the 5 robots ''without'' a flipper, 4 of them filled out the four available slots in the Grand Final.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjG37_ol2wI Bigger Brother drew against Terrorhurtz]] in the Series 6 semi final. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awcs4vplKkI A year earlier]], they faced off on BattleBots with other versions of their robots, a repainted Bigger Brother called "[[MeaningfulRename Little Sister]]" and Terrorhurtz' predecessor "Killerhurtz". [[spoiler: Their multi-country battle results sits at two wins for team Hurtz]]. They are the only two robots to get a rematch from an earlier battle on another show in another country.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjG37_ol2wI Bigger Brother drew against Terrorhurtz]] in the Series 6 semi final. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awcs4vplKkI A year earlier]], they faced off on BattleBots with other versions of their robots, a repainted Bigger Brother called "[[MeaningfulRename Little Sister]]" and Terrorhurtz' predecessor "Killerhurtz". [[spoiler: Their multi-country battle results sits at two wins for team Team Hurtz]]. They are the only two robots to get a rematch from an earlier battle on another show in another country.
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* RealitySubtext: Series 7 was around the time when live robotic combat shows really took off around the UK. Due to the rules barring spinners and the practical cost of avoiding axes and crushers, the popularity of flipping robots increased dramatically. These robots qualified for that series, hence why 11 of the semi-finalists had a rear or front mounted flipper, [[spoiler:None of them made it to the Grand Final, though,]] and the roboteers (such as M2) made more references to the live circuit.
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* RealitySubtext: Series 7 was around the time when live robotic combat shows really took off around the UK. Due to the rules barring spinners and the practical cost of avoiding axes and crushers, the popularity of flipping robots increased dramatically. These robots qualified for that series, hence why 11 of the semi-finalists had a rear or front mounted flipper, [[spoiler:None flipper ([[spoiler:none of them made it to the Grand Final, though,]] though]]), and the roboteers (such as M2) made more references to the live circuit.
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** The "Peoples' Challenge" in Extreme gave the viewers the option to choose which robots they'd like to see fight each other, and Hypno-Disc vs. Razer was actually the winning choice, but both teams decided it wasn't worth the damage to their robots. Outside of that, the two robots came maddeningly close to meeting in the series 5 grand final and the first two All-Stars tournaments, but it never quite happened.
** Seen in many cases throughout the shows run, notably in the first wars when Plunderbird 1 was eliminated in the gauntlet despite being in the same heat as a stock robot (kamikaze robot made to make up numbers), or several robots breaking down at critical moments where they were in complete control (or between rounds, which prevented the chance of Razer fighting fellow crusher Suicidal Tendencies)
** Seen in many cases throughout the shows run, notably in the first wars when Plunderbird 1 was eliminated in the gauntlet despite being in the same heat as a stock robot (kamikaze robot made to make up numbers), or several robots breaking down at critical moments where they were in complete control (or between rounds, which prevented the chance of Razer fighting fellow crusher Suicidal Tendencies)
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** The "Peoples' Challenge" in Extreme gave the viewers the option to choose which robots they'd like to see fight each other, and Hypno-Disc vs. Razer was actually the winning choice, but both teams decided it wasn't worth the damage to their robots. Outside of that, the two robots came maddeningly close to meeting in the series Series 5 grand final and the first two All-Stars tournaments, but it never quite happened.
** Seen in many cases throughout theshows show's run, notably in the first wars Series 1 when Plunderbird 1 was eliminated in the gauntlet despite being in the same heat as a stock robot (kamikaze robot made to make up numbers), or several robots breaking down at critical moments where they were in complete control (or between rounds, which prevented the chance of Razer fighting fellow crusher Suicidal Tendencies)Tendencies).
** Seen in many cases throughout the
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** Some of the robots that were turned away for Series 7 include Mortis, Dutch champions Slicer and PulverizeR and Sir Chromalot.
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** Some of the robots that were turned away for Series 7 include Mortis, Dutch champions Slicer and PulverizeR PulverizeR, and Sir Chromalot.Chromalot.
*** Robots that were turned down for the 2016 reboot, or wanted to compete but couldn't for other reasons, include Diotoir, Anarchy, Gravity, Hypno-Disc, and Tornado.
*** Robots that were turned down for the 2016 reboot, or wanted to compete but couldn't for other reasons, include Diotoir, Anarchy, Gravity, Hypno-Disc, and Tornado.
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* Although he wasn't seen onscreen, Joe Thomas, later of ''Series/{{The Inbetweeners}}'' fame, was one of the students who built series 1 grand finalist T.R.A.C.I.E.
* Pressing the Pit Release button had no direct bearing on the pit descending - there was somebody whose job it was to notice the button being pushed and make the pit go down. (On at least one occasion he missed the button being hit and the robot had to do so several times before it went down.) Additionally, the pit release siren itself didn't actually sound in the arena and was added in post-production, meaning occasionally a roboteer wouldn't notice the pit had been opened.
* Not one single robot, roboteer or team was present for all seven main series. The closest any team got was appearing in six out of the seven, and few of those used the same robot design throughout all six appearances (George Francis appeared in series 1 with Robot the Bruce before inventing Chaos; Team Cold Fusion fought with Bodyhammer in the first 2 series before coming back with Pussycat; Team Firestorm's first appearance was on Groundhog; and Team Hurtz fought with Killerhurtz for their first 3 wars before building Terrorhurtz to replace it). The longest lasting basic designs (although even these featured multiple sequels, rebuilds and upgrades) were Panic Attack and Behemoth, which first fought in series 2, all the way up to the end. Not even the host and pit girl were consistant across all seven series (although Craig Charles replaced Jeremy Clarkson in series 2 and stayed for all subsequent incarnations). The ''only'' constants for every incarnation of ''Robot Wars'' were the [[LargeHam ever-enthusiastic commentary]] of Jonathan Pearce, the iconic deep-voiced announcements by Stuart [=McDonald=], judge Noel Sharkey (who didn't appear in every episode and rarely spoke when he did, occasionally being called upon to explain a controversial decision) and the original 4 House Robots (Shunt, Dead Metal, Sgt. Bash and Matilda - not all of whom were seen in every episode, especially when the decision was made to have only two house robots in each battle).
* Pressing the Pit Release button had no direct bearing on the pit descending - there was somebody whose job it was to notice the button being pushed and make the pit go down. (On at least one occasion he missed the button being hit and the robot had to do so several times before it went down.) Additionally, the pit release siren itself didn't actually sound in the arena and was added in post-production, meaning occasionally a roboteer wouldn't notice the pit had been opened.
* Not one single robot, roboteer or team was present for all seven main series. The closest any team got was appearing in six out of the seven, and few of those used the same robot design throughout all six appearances (George Francis appeared in series 1 with Robot the Bruce before inventing Chaos; Team Cold Fusion fought with Bodyhammer in the first 2 series before coming back with Pussycat; Team Firestorm's first appearance was on Groundhog; and Team Hurtz fought with Killerhurtz for their first 3 wars before building Terrorhurtz to replace it). The longest lasting basic designs (although even these featured multiple sequels, rebuilds and upgrades) were Panic Attack and Behemoth, which first fought in series 2, all the way up to the end. Not even the host and pit girl were consistant across all seven series (although Craig Charles replaced Jeremy Clarkson in series 2 and stayed for all subsequent incarnations). The ''only'' constants for every incarnation of ''Robot Wars'' were the [[LargeHam ever-enthusiastic commentary]] of Jonathan Pearce, the iconic deep-voiced announcements by Stuart [=McDonald=], judge Noel Sharkey (who didn't appear in every episode and rarely spoke when he did, occasionally being called upon to explain a controversial decision) and the original 4 House Robots (Shunt, Dead Metal, Sgt. Bash and Matilda - not all of whom were seen in every episode, especially when the decision was made to have only two house robots in each battle).
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* Although he wasn't seen onscreen, Joe Thomas, later of ''Series/{{The Inbetweeners}}'' fame, was one of the students who built series Series 1 grand finalist T.R.A.C.I.E.
* Pressing thePit Release pit release button had no direct bearing on the pit descending - there was somebody whose job it was to notice the button being pushed and make the pit go down. (On at least one occasion he missed the button being hit and the robot had to do so several times before it went down.) Additionally, the pit release siren itself didn't actually sound in the arena and was added in post-production, meaning occasionally a roboteer wouldn't notice the pit had been opened.
* Not one single robot, roboteer or team was present for all seven main series. The closest any team got was appearing in six out of the seven, and few of those used the same robot design throughout all six appearances (George Francis appeared inseries Series 1 with Robot the Bruce before inventing Chaos; Team Cold Fusion fought with Bodyhammer in the first 2 series before coming back with Pussycat; Team Firestorm's first appearance was on Groundhog; and Team Hurtz fought with Killerhurtz for their first 3 wars before building Terrorhurtz to replace it). The longest lasting longest-lasting basic designs (although even these featured multiple sequels, rebuilds and upgrades) were Panic Attack and Behemoth, which first fought in series Series 2, all the way up to the end. Not even the host and pit girl were consistant consistent across all seven series (although Craig Charles replaced Jeremy Clarkson in series Series 2 and stayed for all subsequent incarnations). The ''only'' constants for every incarnation of ''Robot Wars'' were the [[LargeHam ever-enthusiastic commentary]] of Jonathan Pearce, the iconic deep-voiced announcements by Stuart [=McDonald=], judge Noel Sharkey (who didn't appear in every episode and rarely spoke when he did, occasionally being called upon to explain a controversial decision) and the original 4 House Robots (Shunt, Dead Metal, Sgt. Bash and Matilda - not all of whom were seen in every episode, especially when the decision was made to have only two house robots in each battle).
* Pressing the
* Not one single robot, roboteer or team was present for all seven main series. The closest any team got was appearing in six out of the seven, and few of those used the same robot design throughout all six appearances (George Francis appeared in
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*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]], but then played straight in the opposite scenario. Robot Wars competitors were allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=], with Bigger Brother, Panic Attack and Razer taking part. However, once the Robot Wars producers realised robots from Battlebots couldn't appear on their show (which screwed with the US Robot Wars show when popular robots like Son of Whyachi legally couldn't appear), so the UK producers returned the favour, and barred ''their'' robots from appearing in the US show. However, their rules where a bit more relaxed, as UK competitors could re-enter Battlebots with a new paint job and name (i.e Bigger Brother became Little Sister) or an entirely new robot (i.e Team Razer used Warhead and Team Behemoth used Radioactive).
** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. Some of the live events encouraged more flipping robots because spinners were banned [[note]]Due to the arena being made cheaply for easier transportation, and replicating the original arena with bulletproof plating would cost a ''fortune''[[/note]] and very powerful axes were discouraged[[note]]Since the roboteers don't have the money and/or time to repair between fights and between events. They can be hired by practically anyone for several events, several days a week. Terrorhurtz is the only known competitor to use a large axe.[[/note]], so high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to bar a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. Some of the live events encouraged more flipping robots because spinners were banned [[note]]Due to the arena being made cheaply for easier transportation, and replicating the original arena with bulletproof plating would cost a ''fortune''[[/note]] and very powerful axes were discouraged[[note]]Since the roboteers don't have the money and/or time to repair between fights and between events. They can be hired by practically anyone for several events, several days a week. Terrorhurtz is the only known competitor to use a large axe.[[/note]], so high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to bar a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
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*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]], but then played straight in the opposite scenario. Robot Wars competitors were allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=], with Bigger Brother, Panic Attack and Razer taking part. being notable contestants. However, once the Robot Wars producers realised robots from Battlebots couldn't appear on their show (which screwed with (Around the time they were trying to produce a US Robot Wars show when series featuring many of the popular robots like Son of Whyachi legally couldn't appear), so established US contestants), the UK producers returned the favour, and barred ''their'' UK robots from appearing in the US show.[=BattleBots=]. However, their rules where a bit more relaxed, as UK competitors could re-enter Battlebots with a new paint job and name (i.e Bigger Brother became Little Sister) or an entirely new robot (i.e Team Razer used Warhead and Team Behemoth used Radioactive).
** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. Some of the live events encouraged more flipping robots because spinners were banned [[note]]Due to the arena being made cheaply for easier transportation, and replicating the original arena with bulletproof plating to protect the audience would cost a ''fortune''[[/note]] and very powerful axes were discouraged[[note]]Since the roboteers don't have the money and/or time to repair between fights and between events. They can be hired by practically anyone for several events, several days a week. Terrorhurtzis and Thor are the only known competitor major competitors to use a large axe.[[/note]], so a high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to bar deny entry to a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. Some of the live events encouraged more flipping robots because spinners were banned [[note]]Due to the arena being made cheaply for easier transportation, and replicating the original arena with bulletproof plating to protect the audience would cost a ''fortune''[[/note]] and very powerful axes were discouraged[[note]]Since the roboteers don't have the money and/or time to repair between fights and between events. They can be hired by practically anyone for several events, several days a week. Terrorhurtz
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* HeyItsThatGuy: One of the roboteers in a Series 5 heat is now recognisable as stand-up comedian Daniel Sloss.
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** Fourthly, with live event shows becoming popular at the time, more robots qualified with flippers due to the practicality of having them in live shows while other roboteers added a flipper to their robot (such as The Grim Reaper). 11 Semi-finalists had flippers, so the show by that point became a game of "who's got the biggest flipper?" Ironically, of the 5 robots ''without'' a flipper, 4 of them filled out the four available slots in the Grand Final.
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* RealitySubtext: Series 7 was around the time when live robotic combat shows really took off around the UK. Due to the rules barring spinners and the practical cost of avoiding axes and crushers, the popularity of flipping robots increased dramatically. These robots qualified for that series, hence why 11 of the semi-finalists had a rear or front mounted flipper, [[spoiler:None of them made it to the Grand Final, though,]] and the roboteers (such as M2) made more references to the live circuit.
** The producers became aware of this when holding qualifiers for the 2016 series, and barred entry to several robots with flippers, despite their track record. For example, Turbulence won the 2006 live UK Championship, but failed to qualify for TV.
** The producers became aware of this when holding qualifiers for the 2016 series, and barred entry to several robots with flippers, despite their track record. For example, Turbulence won the 2006 live UK Championship, but failed to qualify for TV.
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** A rare case where executives of ''another'' show began meddling. [[Series/BattleBots BattleBots]] does not allow competitors who debuted on their series to fight in Robot Wars, but the opposite ''can'' happen. However, this meant that the US Robot Wars series didn't have any famous Battlebots competitors, either. Son of Whyachi was notably one robot that had to be turned away ''after arriving'' once the Robot Wars producers discovered this clause. This rule culminated in an embarrassing Third World Championship Qualifier in Series 7 where both competitors fighting to represent the US were equally awful, and some people questioned why average robots from the US (or at least Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors) didn't bother trying to qualify.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason. [[note]]To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.[[/note]]
*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]], but then played straight in the alternate scenario. Robot Wars competitors were allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=], with Bigger Brother, Panic Attack and Razer taking part. However, the Robot Wars producers realised Battlebots competitors couldn't appear on their show (which screwed with the US Robot Wars show when popular robots like Son of Whyachi legally couldn't appear), so the UK producers returned the favour, and barred ''their'' robots from appearing in the US show. However, their rules where a bit more relaxed, as UK competitors could re-enter Battlebots with a new paint job and name (i.e Bigger Brother became Little Sister) or an entirely new robot (i.e Team Razer used Warhead and Team Behemoth used Radioactive).
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason. [[note]]To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.[[/note]]
*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]], but then played straight in the alternate scenario. Robot Wars competitors were allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=], with Bigger Brother, Panic Attack and Razer taking part. However, the Robot Wars producers realised Battlebots competitors couldn't appear on their show (which screwed with the US Robot Wars show when popular robots like Son of Whyachi legally couldn't appear), so the UK producers returned the favour, and barred ''their'' robots from appearing in the US show. However, their rules where a bit more relaxed, as UK competitors could re-enter Battlebots with a new paint job and name (i.e Bigger Brother became Little Sister) or an entirely new robot (i.e Team Razer used Warhead and Team Behemoth used Radioactive).
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** A rare case where executives of ''another'' show began meddling. [[Series/BattleBots BattleBots]] does not allow competitors who debuted on their series to fight in Robot Wars, but the opposite ''can'' happen. However, this This meant that the US Robot Wars series didn't have any famous Battlebots competitors, either.competitors. Son of Whyachi was notably one robot that had to be turned away ''after arriving'' once the Robot Wars producers discovered this clause. This rule culminated in an embarrassing Third World Championship Qualifier in Series 7 where both competitors fighting to represent the US were equally awful, and some people questioned why average robots from the US (or at least Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors) didn't bother trying to qualify.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason. [[note]]To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.[[/note]]
[[/note]] Robots that ''originated'' on Robot Wars, then moved to BattleBots were affected too, as Kronic (who premiered in 2000 on Robot Wars) somehow competed in the 2015 season of Battlebots, but had to be repainted and renamed as "Apollo" for the 2016 Robot Wars reboot.
*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]], but then played straight in thealternate opposite scenario. Robot Wars competitors were allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=], with Bigger Brother, Panic Attack and Razer taking part. However, once the Robot Wars producers realised robots from Battlebots competitors couldn't appear on their show (which screwed with the US Robot Wars show when popular robots like Son of Whyachi legally couldn't appear), so the UK producers returned the favour, and barred ''their'' robots from appearing in the US show. However, their rules where a bit more relaxed, as UK competitors could re-enter Battlebots with a new paint job and name (i.e Bigger Brother became Little Sister) or an entirely new robot (i.e Team Razer used Warhead and Team Behemoth used Radioactive).
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason. [[note]]To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.
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** A rare case where executives of ''another'' show began meddling. [[Series/BattleBots BattleBots]] does not allow competitors who debuted on their series to fight in Robot Wars, but the opposite ''can'' happen. However, this meant that the US Robot Wars series didn't have any famous Battlebots competitors, either. Son of Whyachi was notably one robot that had to be turned away ''after arriving'' once the Robot Wars producers discovered this clause. This rule culminated in an embarrassing Third World Championship Qualifier in Series 7 where both competitors fighting to represent the US were equally rubbish, and lead to some people to question why even moderately good robots from the US (or at least Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors) didn't bother trying to qualify.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason. [[Note]]To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.[[/note]]
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason. [[Note]]To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.[[/note]]
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** A rare case where executives of ''another'' show began meddling. [[Series/BattleBots BattleBots]] does not allow competitors who debuted on their series to fight in Robot Wars, but the opposite ''can'' happen. However, this meant that the US Robot Wars series didn't have any famous Battlebots competitors, either. Son of Whyachi was notably one robot that had to be turned away ''after arriving'' once the Robot Wars producers discovered this clause. This rule culminated in an embarrassing Third World Championship Qualifier in Series 7 where both competitors fighting to represent the US were equally rubbish, awful, and lead to some people to question questioned why even moderately good average robots from the US (or at least Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors) didn't bother trying to qualify.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.[[Note]]To [[note]]To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.[[/note]]
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
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** A rare case where executives of ''another'' show began meddling. [[Series/BattleBots BattleBots]] does not allow competitors who debuted on their series to fight in Robot Wars, but the opposite ''can'' happen. However, this meant that the US Robot Wars series didn't have any famous Battlebots competitors, either. Son of Whyachi was notably one robot that had to be turned away ''after arriving'' once the Robot Wars producers discovered this clause.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
*** To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
*** To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.
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** A rare case where executives of ''another'' show began meddling. [[Series/BattleBots BattleBots]] does not allow competitors who debuted on their series to fight in Robot Wars, but the opposite ''can'' happen. However, this meant that the US Robot Wars series didn't have any famous Battlebots competitors, either. Son of Whyachi was notably one robot that had to be turned away ''after arriving'' once the Robot Wars producers discovered this clause. \n This rule culminated in an embarrassing Third World Championship Qualifier in Series 7 where both competitors fighting to represent the US were equally rubbish, and lead to some people to question why even moderately good robots from the US (or at least Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors) didn't bother trying to qualify.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the samereason.
*** Toreason. [[Note]]To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.[[/note]]
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjG37_ol2wI Bigger Brother drew against Terrorhurtz]] in the Series 6 grand final. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awcs4vplKkI A year earlier]], they faced off on BattleBots with other versions of their robots, a repainted Bigger Brother called "[[MeaningfulRename Little Sister]]" and Terrorhurtz' predecessor "Killerhurtz". [[spoiler: Their multi-country battle results sits at two wins for team Hurtz]]. They are the only two robots to get a rematch from an earlier battle on another show in another country.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjG37_ol2wI Bigger Brother drew against Terrorhurtz]] in the Series 6 grand semi final. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awcs4vplKkI A year earlier]], they faced off on BattleBots with other versions of their robots, a repainted Bigger Brother called "[[MeaningfulRename Little Sister]]" and Terrorhurtz' predecessor "Killerhurtz". [[spoiler: Their multi-country battle results sits at two wins for team Hurtz]]. They are the only two robots to get a rematch from an earlier battle on another show in another country.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The Hypno-Disc team were voluntarily PutOnABus for Series 7 due to family matters (they intended to return only for the show to begin a 12-year hiatus following that series); S3 could no longer afford the time and money involved, so also dropped out that year.
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* CreativeDifferences: This was what led to the Razer team not entering Series 7. After a controversial battle against Tornado in the Extreme 2 European Championship which they won on a judges' decision, the team voted 2-1 to concede the match on the grounds that they had been immobilized (Ian, the team captain, was the one who went against it); the argument led to the team breaking up.
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** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. The live events encouraged more flipping robots because spinners were banned [[note]]Due to the arena being made cheaply for easier transportation, and replicating the original arena with bulletproof plating would cost a ''fortune''[[/note]] and very powerful axes were discouraged[[note]]Since the roboteers don't have the money and/or time to repair between fights and between events, since they can be hired by practically anyone[[/note]], so high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to bar a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
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** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. The Some of the live events encouraged more flipping robots because spinners were banned [[note]]Due to the arena being made cheaply for easier transportation, and replicating the original arena with bulletproof plating would cost a ''fortune''[[/note]] and very powerful axes were discouraged[[note]]Since the roboteers don't have the money and/or time to repair between fights and between events, since they events. They can be hired by practically anyone[[/note]], anyone for several events, several days a week. Terrorhurtz is the only known competitor to use a large axe.[[/note]], so high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to bar a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
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*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the alternate scenario. Robot Wars competitors are allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=]. Bigger Brother, Panic Attack and Razer are robots who have fought there in the past.
** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. After a ''lot'' of roboteers decided to play FollowTheLeader after Firestorm & Chaos 2's popularity, a high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to bar a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. After a ''lot'' of roboteers decided to play FollowTheLeader after Firestorm & Chaos 2's popularity, a high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to bar a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
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*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] Averted]], but then played straight in the alternate scenario. Robot Wars competitors are were allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=]. [=BattleBots=], with Bigger Brother, Panic Attack and Razer are taking part. However, the Robot Wars producers realised Battlebots competitors couldn't appear on their show (which screwed with the US Robot Wars show when popular robots who have fought there like Son of Whyachi legally couldn't appear), so the UK producers returned the favour, and barred ''their'' robots from appearing in the past.
US show. However, their rules where a bit more relaxed, as UK competitors could re-enter Battlebots with a new paint job and name (i.e Bigger Brother became Little Sister) or an entirely new robot (i.e Team Razer used Warhead and Team Behemoth used Radioactive).
** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series.After The live events encouraged more flipping robots because spinners were banned [[note]]Due to the arena being made cheaply for easier transportation, and replicating the original arena with bulletproof plating would cost a ''lot'' of ''fortune''[[/note]] and very powerful axes were discouraged[[note]]Since the roboteers decided don't have the money and/or time to play FollowTheLeader after Firestorm & Chaos 2's popularity, a repair between fights and between events, since they can be hired by practically anyone[[/note]], so high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to bar a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series.
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* MissingEpisode: Previously thought to be the entire show, though more are popping up. In the past, German, Dutch and US Robot Wars are thought to have been lost, though all but the latter is now on YouTube. Similarly, the International League Championship was thought to be gone in similar fashion.
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* MissingEpisode: Previously thought to be the entire show, though more are popping up. In in addition to the past, German, Dutch and US Robot Wars are thought to have been lost, though all series. All but the latter is are now on YouTube. Similarly, the YouTube.
** The International League Championship was thought to be gone in similarfashion.fashion - it was a one-off show broadcast inbetween series 3 and 4 and seemingly never repeated, hence its obscurity. A copy finally emerged in 2011.
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**** To add insult to injury, ''beta never actually got to FIGHT on [=BattleBots=]!'' They first attempted to enter it in Series 5.0, but the magnets the robot used to maintain stability when swinging its incredibly powerful hammer tore the metal floor panels up, meaning beta couldn't move under its own power in the battlebox. The team attempted to rectify this and enter in Series 6.0, but there ''was'' no series 6.0 as the show was cancelled. When the 2015 reboot arrived, the team thought beta would ''finally'' get its chance to show off its stuff, but when they were flying the robot across San Francisco (disassembled of course) American Airlines somehow managed to ''[[DiabolusExMachina lose a 25kg bag of essential parts for eight weeks,]]'' forcing them to miss out. So despite beta having NEVER seen combat in the battlebox, it's STILL prohibited from appearing on Robot Wars.
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*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the backwards scenario. Robot Wars competitors are allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=] and be included in their merch, etc. Bigger Brother, Panic Attack and Razer are robots who have fought there in the past.
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*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the backwards alternate scenario. Robot Wars competitors are allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=] and be included in their merch, etc. [=BattleBots=]. Bigger Brother, Panic Attack and Razer are robots who have fought there in the past.past.
** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. After a ''lot'' of roboteers decided to play FollowTheLeader after Firestorm & Chaos 2's popularity, a high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to bar a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
** A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example for the 2016 series. After a ''lot'' of roboteers decided to play FollowTheLeader after Firestorm & Chaos 2's popularity, a high amount of flipping robots attempted to qualify for the reboot. The producers were forced to bar a lot of these competitors, no matter how popular or successful they previously were, to allow more robots with unique designs and other weapons in.
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** A rare case where executives of ''another'' show began meddling. [[Series/BattleBots BattleBots]] does not allow competitors who debuted on their series to fight in Robot Wars, but the opposite ''can'' happen. However, this meant that the US Robot Wars series didn't have any famous Battlebots competitors, either. Son of Whyachi was notably one robot that had to be turned away ''after arriving'' once the Robot Wars producers discovered this clause.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot either by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot either by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
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** A rare case where executives of ''another'' show began meddling. [[Series/BattleBots BattleBots]] does not allow competitors who debuted on their series to fight in Robot Wars, but the the opposite ''can'' happen. However, this meant that the US Robot Wars series didn't have any famous Battlebots competitors, either. Son of Whyachi was notably one robot that had to be turned away ''after arriving'' once the Robot Wars producers discovered this clause.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 rebooteither by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot
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** A rare case where executives of ''another'' show began meddling. [[Series/BattleBots BattleBots]] does not allow competitors who debuted on their series to fight in Robot Wars, but the opposite ''can'' happen. However, this meant that the US Robot Wars series didn't have any famous Battlebots competitors, either. Son of Whyachi was notably one robot that had to be turned away ''after arriving'' once the Robot Wars producers discovered this clause.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot either by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot. Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the backwards scenario. Robot Wars competitors ''are'' allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=] and be included in their merch, etc.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot either by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot. Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the backwards scenario. Robot Wars competitors ''are'' allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=] and be included in their merch, etc.
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** A rare case where executives of ''another'' show began meddling. [[Series/BattleBots BattleBots]] does not allow competitors who debuted on their series to fight in Robot Wars, but the the opposite ''can'' happen. However, this meant that the US Robot Wars series didn't have any famous Battlebots competitors, either. Son of Whyachi was notably one robot that had to be turned away ''after arriving'' once the Robot Wars producers discovered this clause.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot either by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to therobot.robot ([[LoopholeAbuse but they did fight]] in an ''unbroadcasted'' battle in the new arena). Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the backwards scenario. Robot Wars competitors''are'' are allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=] and be included in their merch, etc.etc. Bigger Brother, Panic Attack and Razer are robots who have fought there in the past.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot either by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the
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*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot either by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot. Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the backwards scenario. Robot Wars competitors ''are'' allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=] and be included in their merch, etc.
*** Even robots built by British teams, or teams that appeared on Robot Wars first were not immune. Team Hurtz (famous for Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz) were not allowed to (officially) bring beta onto the 2016 reboot either by the [=BattleBots=] producers because they owned the broadcast rights to the robot. Killerhurtz wasn't allowed to be included in Robot Wars promotional material for the same reason.
*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the backwards scenario. Robot Wars competitors ''are'' allowed by their producers to take part in [=BattleBots=] and be included in their merch, etc.
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** The First Wars had an example that was actually justified. Because there were 36 entry slots, but only 33 entrants, the production crew created three "stock robots" - Eubank the Mouse, WYSIWYG, and Grunt - to make up the numbers. When all three made it through their respective Gauntlets, at the expense of actual competitors, the producers decided it would be unfair to have the stock robots proceed any further and contrived to have them exit in the Trials. Eubank the Mouse drove straight into a wall and [[BlatantLies "broke down"]], WYSIWIG was eliminated despite Dreadnaut having broken down, and Grunt [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere drove right off the Sumo platform]] in four seconds flat - much to the frustration of the team it had eliminated in the Gauntlet, who felt that their machine would have done well in that Trial.
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** Long-running competitor Adam Clark was appointed as the judge of the Extreme 2 Antweight Championship as recognition for his creation of the first fighting antweight robot, Toecutter.
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* UnCancelled: With the news that the show will be returning to BBC 2 for a new series in 2016. According to The Beeb, Commentator Jonathan Pearce has already expressed an interest in possibly returning to the show; it is currently in the hands of his agents. According to Liverpool's local paper, the Echo, while he hasn't been officially approached yet, Host Craig Charles is also keen on returning.
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* UnCancelled: With the news that the show will be returning to BBC 2 for a new series in 2016. According to The Beeb, Commentator [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03fg0zh Jonathan Pearce has already Pearce]] and [[https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul/status/687331706752348162 Craig Charles]] have both expressed an interest in possibly returning to returning, and the show; it is currently in the hands of his agents. According teams that have applied to Liverpool's local paper, the Echo, while he hasn't been officially approached yet, Host Craig Charles is participate include Behemoth, Terrorhurtz, Storm II and Gravity (with Hypno-Disc and Tornado also keen on returning.potential candidates if the revival gets beyond the first series).
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*** The other events cancelled by the incident included the Tag Team Terror and Sumo Basho, which were both successfully remounted the following series.
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** Firstly, while Five picked up the broadcast right, the ''[[TheMerch merchandising]]'' [[TheMerch rights]] supposedly remained with Creator/TheBBC, meaning Five couldn't make much money from it.
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** Five were also not helped by the fact that the moment the channel switch was announced, the BBC immediately pulled all ''Robot Wars'' airings to avoid promoting what was now a rival channel's show; Extreme II was getting its first terrestrial run at the time, and this left three episodes never shown outside of BBC Choice. (This move coupled with the aforementioned merchandising problem probably led to the ending of the official magazine.)
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* FranchiseKiller: Series 7, for several reasons:
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* FranchiseKiller: Series 7, for several reasons:reasons[[note]]Although whilst it ended the television show, live events continued to be popular and later on the organisers even got the rights from Mentorn to use the ''Robot Wars'' logo and branding[[/note]]:
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** A few years after the show went off air, digital channel Challenge[[note]]who show repeats of old gameshows, including ''Robot Wars''[[/note]] were going to broadcast the UK championship live events, but the deal fell through.
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** With ''[=BattleBots=]'' being revived in 2015, and Robot Wars set to be revived in 2016, the duel is set to continue once again.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: One of the roboteers in a series 5 heat is now recognisable as stand-up comedian Daniel Sloss.
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** Firstly, while Five picked up the broadcast right, the ''[[TheMerch merchandising]]'' [[TheMerch rights]] supposedly remained with Creator/TheBBC, meaning Five couldn't make much money from it.
** Secondly, Five kept [[ScrewedByTheNetwork shunting the series from time slot to time slot]], creating an erratic and unpredictable viewing schedule.
** Thirdly, the sheer number of popular robots that didn't return for Series 7 (most notably Chaos 2, Hypno-Disc, and Razer) likely put a lot of fans off.
* HeyItsThatGuy: One of the roboteers in aseries Series 5 heat is now recognisable as stand-up comedian Daniel Sloss.
** Firstly, while Five picked up the broadcast right, the ''[[TheMerch merchandising]]'' [[TheMerch rights]] supposedly remained with Creator/TheBBC, meaning Five couldn't make much money from it.
** Secondly, Five kept [[ScrewedByTheNetwork shunting the series from time slot to time slot]], creating an erratic and unpredictable viewing schedule.
** Thirdly, the sheer number of popular robots that didn't return for Series 7 (most notably Chaos 2, Hypno-Disc, and Razer) likely put a lot of fans off.
* HeyItsThatGuy: One of the roboteers in a
