Arnold, Arnold Terminegger

"The chassis comes from a cold water storage tank, let's hope Arnold doesn't catch a cold"

- Jonathan Pearce

Arnold, Arnold Terminegger was a small box-shaped robot with glowing red eyes that competed in Series 4 and the first series of Robot Wars Extreme and was the last in the line of robots from Team EyeEye. The body was made from a cold water storage tank from a loft and its main weapons were a set of lifting forks on the front that could comfortably lift 100kg powered by a winch motor. A large 360 degree axe was added to it for Extreme. It was able to self-right from its side with the help of two bars of metal that flipped outwards propelling the robot back onto its wheels. In Extreme 1, its name was shortened to Arnold A. Terminegger. Although it did not fare too well in the main competition, it came second in the first Annihilator in Extreme Series 1.

Its weapon system seen on the program was originally on Miss Struts after the system installed before hand broke and Miss Struts failed to qualify for Series 4. The team also tried to enter Arnold A. Terminegger for the 5th wars but failed to qualify.

Arnold, Arnold Terminegger's name was a combination of the actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the film The Terminator

Series 4
Behemoth drove under Arnold, who lifted, but failed to flip Behemoth. Behemoth and Rambot wrestled, with Arnold being flipped by the sixth seed and righted by the newcomers. Behemoth flipped Arnold again, which this time self-righted. Behemoth flipped both robots again, and Rambot rammed Arnold before the battle ended.

Arnold moved through on a judges' decision, and fought X-Terminator 2. Although the seeded machine's axe was useless against Arnold's armour, it slammed Arnold into the side wall. Arnold flipped over X-Terminator, who self-righted. Another judges' decision decided that battle, and this time Arnold, Arnold Terminegger was eliminated.

Extreme 1
"The Arnold A. Terminegger team had before in Robot Wars, entered a walking machine. A little bit more nip and tuck about it now."

- Jonathan Pearce

Arnold A. Terminegger was an unexpectedly valiant machine in Extreme 1. Its only appearance was in the Mayhem and Annihilator. Placing against formidable newcomers Fluffy and the long-time veterans and previous semi-finalists Wild Thing, Arnold aided Wild Thing and easily immobilised Fluffy by pushing it beneath an angle grinder. As the two then turned on each other, Arnold turned Wild Thing on its side, before blocking its attempts to self-right. It kept up the harassment, but Wild Thing wouldn’t go down and it went to a split judges' decision, which put Arnold A. Terminegger into the annihilator.

The Buckinghamshire machine went in as a severe underdog – it was the only non-Series 4 Semi-finalist in the annihilator. The first round was hectic, and Arnold joined in the attack on Hypno-Disc, after having tussled with Pussycat. The second round saw Arnold A. Terminegger single-handedly immobilise Hypno-Disc’s weapon again, before Splinter and X-Terminator joined in. However, the latter fell out from damage inflicted by Pussycat and Hypno-Disc.

Team EyeEye revealed that each strike was doing Arnold severe damage, and that they were fortunate to still be around. In Round 3, Arnold was struck by Pussycat, but Hypno-Disc was not going anywhere and was pitted by Pussycat. Round 4, has a very disadvantaged Arnold fly under the radar whilst Pussycat and Splinter fought, with the latter becoming immobilised following damage from Pussycat's disc. However, Arnold’s claim to fame came when it slipped in and pushed Pussycat onto its side, which buckled Pussycat’s blade and caused it to break off, as the disc’s bolts were loose. "He's got to be the luckiest robot in creation, he really has."

- Alan Gribble

The final was very close, as Arnold battered Pussycat and Team Cold Fusion's machine slashed at Arnold in return. Pussycat’s blade caught at one point, but Arnold’s seemingly numerous axe blows missed repeatedly. Later on, Arnold brought its axe over the top of Pussycat like a ring on a pole, and dragged Pussycat around. By the end, Arnold’s axe had stopped working. "Brilliant to get this far for Arnold A., because no one thought they would, to be honest."

- Jonathan Pearce

The judges' decision went to Pussycat, leaving a battered Arnold A. Terminegger as the runner-up. "I was expecting we would lose against Pussycat."

- Holly Inglis

"I was expecting that we would lose the whole Annihilator!"

- Ian Inglis

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 6
 * Losses: 2

Series Record

 * Series 1: Did not enter
 * Series 2: Entered with Jim Struts
 * Series 3: Entered with Miss Struts
 * Series 4: Heat, Round 2 and Failed to qualify with Miss Struts
 * Series 5: Failed to qualify
 * Series 6-7: Did not enter

Outside Robot Wars
Like many competitors on Robot Wars, Arnold, Arnold Terminegger also competed on Techno Games. It competed in the football competition and was called A.A.T., teaming up with Savage Toaster from Team Onslaught. It also entered the Assault Course but lost in round 1 to Wolf.

Trivia

 * At 73.6kg, Arnold, Arnold Terminegger was the lightest robot to enter the main competition of the Fourth Wars.