Plunderbird/Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction

Plunderbird 4 is a British heavyweight robot, that competed in the fourth series of Robot Wars, with little success. The team had previously entered with Plunderbird 1, Plunderbird 2, and Plunderstorm, of which only Plunderbird 2 had achieved anything at all, reaching the semi-finals. Plunderbird's weapon is the team's infamous Slicer Dicer, although the weapon never caused any damage during the shows run. Plunderbird appears as a competitor robot in the GameBoy Advance game Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction, its first of two appearances in video games, the other being the PC and Xbox version of Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction.

Appearance and Armament
With its yellow paint job and slicer dicer weapon, Plunderbird is easily recognisable as its Series 4 design, Plunderbird 4. Oddly, Plunderbird can self-right on this game, unlike real life. The game represents Plunderbird fairly well, although the wedge is too steep

Like in real life, Plunderbird is armed with its Slicer Dicer crushing arm, although it does not act as it would do in real life, instead firing much faster and more like an axe would. The arm is also taller than it should be.

Plunderbird 4 is an unlockable robot within the game, and is unlocked by beating it in Championship mode.

Using Plunderbird 4
Plunderbird's crushing arm is not useless, but Plunderbird certainly functions better as a rammer. The best tactic is to push opponents towards hazards.

Against Plunderbird 4
Plunderbird is very easy to flip, so a simple win can be obtained by repeatedly flipping Plunderbird over.

Differences between the Game and Real Life

 * The robot is taller than real life
 * In real life, the Slicer Dicer (on the rare occasions it worked) fired slower
 * The arm is taller than it should be
 * Plunderbird's wedge is steeper on the game than it was in real life