BattleBots (season 1)

Season 1 of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Comedy Central on August 23, 2000. Season 1 of BattleBots was hosted by Bil Dwyer and Sean Salisbury. Legendary boxing ring announcer and radio host Mark Beiro acted as the BattleBots arena announcer. Donna D'Errico, along with twins Randy and Jason Sklar were the arena-side correspondents.[1]

BattleBots
Season 1
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	Comedy Central
Original release	August 23 (2000-08-23) – November 29, 2000 (2000-11-29)
Season chronology

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

Classifications

Robots in season 1 competed in four separate weight classes:

• Lightweight – Contestants
• Middleweight – Contestants
• Heavyweight – Contestants
• Super Heavyweight – Contestants

Lightweight

Qualifying

Only one match in the lightweight category was aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with eight teams that were automatically qualified.

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

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

Tournament

Lightweight Tournament Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Championship

Backlash

The Crusher

Backlash

Endotherm

Afterthought

Endotherm

Backlash

Das Bot

Ziggo

Missing Link

Ziggo

Das Bot

Das Bot

Shrike

Backlash

Alpha Raptor

Sallad

Tentoumushi

Tentoumushi

Alpha Raptor

Alpha Raptor

Dr. Inferno Jr.

Alpha Raptor

Mouser Mecha-Catbot

Pestilence

No Tolerance II

No Tolerance II

Mouser Mecha-Catbot

Mouser Mecha-Catbot

Shaft

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
Round of 16
Unaired	1	Endotherm	Afterthought	Judges' Decision (8–1)	3:00
	2	Das Bot	Shrike	Judges' Decision (9–0)	3:00
	3	Alpha Raptor	Dr. Inferno Jr.	Judges' Decision (8–1)	3:00
	4	No Tolerance II	Pestilence	KO	2:40
1	5	Tentoumushi	Sallad	Judges' Decision (7–2)	3:00
2	6	Ziggo	The Missing Link	KO	1:18
4	7	Mouser Mecha-Catbot	Shaft	Judges' Decision (6–3)	3:00
5	8	Backlash	The Crusher	KO	1:43
Quarterfinals
Unaired	1	Backlash	Endotherm	Judges' Decision (7–2)	3:00
	2	Das Bot	Ziggo	KO	1:17
	3	Mouser Mecha-Catbot	No Tolerance II	Judges' Decision (9–0)	3:00
7	4	Alpha Raptor	Tentoumushi	Judges' Decision (7–2)	3:00
Semifinals
9	1	Alpha Raptor	Mouser Mecha-Catbot	Judges' Decision (8–1)	3:00
	2	Backlash	Das Bot	KO	0:57
	Finals
	1	Backlash	Alpha Raptor	KO	1:24

     The robot was the winner the battle.

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

     The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the lightweight classification.

Middleweight

Qualifying

Two matches in the middleweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with four teams that were automatically qualified.

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Hazard Pegleg KO 0:31 2 Alien Gladiator The Emasculator FF N/A 4 3 Pressure Drop Subject to Change Without Reason KO 1:21 5 4 Blade Runner Bad Attitude KO 1:24      The robot was the winner the battle.      The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

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

Tournament

Middleweight Tournament Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Championship
	Hazard
	Turtle Road Kill
					Hazard
					Super Orbiting Force
	Blade Runner
	Super Orbiting Force
									Hazard
									Deadblow
	Alien Gladiator
	Deadblow
					Deadblow
					Pressure Drop
	Pressure Drop
	Ankle Biter

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
Quarterfinals
8	1	Deadblow	Alien Gladiator	KO	1:08
	2	Pressure Drop	Ankle Biter	KO	2:20
10	3	Hazard	Turtle Road Kill	Judges' Decision (9–0)	3:00
	4	Spin Orbiting Force	Blade Runner	Judges' Decision (5–4)	3:00
Semifinals
12	1	Deadblow	Pressure Drop	Judges' Decision (9–0)	3:00
13	2	Hazard	Spin Orbiting Force	Judges' Decision (7–2)	3:00
Finals
14	1	Hazard	Deadblow	KO	0:53

     The robot was the winner the battle.

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

     The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the middleweight classification.

Heavyweight

Qualifying

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

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Vlad the Impaler GoldDigger FF N/A 2 Punjar Mr. Bonestripper FF N/A 3 4 KillerHurtz Knome II KO 1:03 6 3 BioHazard Mjollnir Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00      The robot was the winner the battle.      The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

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

Tournament

Heavyweight Tournament Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Championship

Vlad the Impaler

Tazbot

Vlad the Impaler

OverKill

frenZy

OverKill

Vlad the Impaler

Punjar

Punjar

Kill-O-Amp

Punjar

Gammatron

Gammatron

Suicidal Tendacies

Vlad the Impaler

Voltarc

Blendo

BioHazard

BioHazard

Voltarc

Voltarc

Bender

Voltarc

KillerHurtz

Monster

KillerHurtz

KillerHurtz

Mauler

Mauler

Nightmare

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
Round of 16
Unaired	1	Punjar	Kill-O-Amp	Judges' Decision (5-4)	3:00
	2	Gammatron	Suicidal Tendencies	Judges' Decision (6-3)	3:00
	3	BioHazard	Blendo	KO	N/A
	4	KillerHurtz	Monster	KO	N/A
2	5	OverKill	frenZy	Judges' Decision (7-2)	3:00
	6	Mauler	Nightmare	KO	0:40
3	7	Voltarc	Bender	Judges' Decision (9-0)	3:00
4	8	Vlad the Impaler	Tazbot	Judges' Decision (9-0)	3:00
Quarterfinals
7	1	Voltarc	BioHazard	Judges' Decision (9-0)	3:00
11	2	Vlad the Impaler	OverKill	Judges' Decision (8-1)	3:00
	3	Punjar	Gammatron	Judges' Decision (7-2)	3:00
	4	KillerHurtz	Mauler	KO	N/A
Semifinals
12	1	Vlad the Impaler	Punjar	Judges' Decision (8–1)	3:00
13	2	Voltarc	KillerHurtz	Judges' Decision (8–1)	3:00
Finals
14	1	Vlad the Impaler	Voltarc	KO	1:42

     The robot was the winner the battle.

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

     The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the heavyweight classification.

Superheavyweight

Qualifying

Three matches in the Super Heavyweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with one team that was automatically qualified.

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Mechadon Prompt Critical KO 1:55 2 Rammstein Abbatoir KO N/A 3 Ginsu World Peace FF N/A 4 Ronin Odin Judges' Decision (6-3) 3:00 3 5 Minion Gray Matter Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 5 6 Grendel Diesector KO 1:38 6 7 DooAll S.L.A.M. KO 2:51      The robot was the winner the battle.      The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

Advance to the Quarterfinals without battle Super Rhino

Tournament

Super Heavyweight Tournament Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Championship
	Minion
	Grendel
					Minion
					Rammstein
	Mechadon
	Rammstein
									Minion
									DooAll
	Ginsu
	Ronin
					Ronin
					DooAll
	DooAll
	Super Rhino

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
Quarterfinals
Unaired	1	DooAll	Super Rhino	Judges' Decision (5-4)	3:00
7	2	Rammstein	Mechadon	Judges' Decision (8-1)	3:00
8	3	Minion	Grendel	Judges' Decision (7-2)	3:00
10	4	Ronin	Ginsu	Judges' Decision (7-2)	3:00
Semifinals
12	1	Minion	Rammstein	KO	N/A
13	2	DooAll	Ronin	KO	1:46
Finals
14	1	Minion	DooAll	Judges' Decision (9-0)	3:00

     The robot was the winner the battle.

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

     The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the Super heavyweight classification.

Episodes

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

References

1. "Battlecasters". ComedyCentral.com. June 24, 2016. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved July 10, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)