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"It's going to make all the other robots go "squeak"!"

— The team's introduction

6 Million Dollar Mouse (alternatively spelt as $6 Million Mouse), was a robot from North Carolina that competed in Season 1 of Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors. Despite being considered a comedy entry, as reinforced numerous times by Stefan Frank, it finished runners-up in the Civil War, although it lost in the first round in the War of Independence and the US Championship.

Its name was a pun on the American television show, The Six Million Dollar Man.

Design

6 Million Dollar Mouse was a box shaped robot themed around a bionic mouse, with eyes, fur and fluffy ears on its top panels. It was armed with a spinning lawnmower blade as its weapon, which was designed to resemble the mouse's 'nose' and proved effective in causing damage to other robots. It also had a large tail used for self righting. However, despite being aggressive and potent, 6 Million Dollar Mouse had an unreliable self-righting mechanism and its armor proved fragile, as demonstrated in the War of Independence against UK series regulars Pussycat.

Robot History

Season 1

6 Million Dollar Mouse first fought in the Civil War representing the Confederacy. In the first round, it faced Union representatives Falcon.

Falconvs$6millionmouse CW — 6 Million Dollar Mouse nearly gets flipped by Falcon

6 Million Dollar Mouse vs Falcon — 6 Million Dollar Mouse backs Falcon into the wall

6 Million Dollar Mouse began by hitting the rear of Falcon with its lawnmower blade, ripping into its rear panel. 6 Million Dollar Mouse pushed Falcon across the Flame Pit, but Falcon fought back, getting underneath 6 Million Dollar Mouse with its wedge and tipping it onto its side, but not being able to flip it over. 6 Million Dollar Mouse recovered, pushing Falcon near the pit, but failed to do so, so pushed Falcon into Shunt, who landed some axe blows. The fight went to the judges, who ruled in favor of 6 Million Dollar Mouse.

"I take it all back, I said they were the comedy entry but they're the ones left laughing"

— Stefan Frank after the mouse's win over Falcon

In the second round, 6 Million Dollar Mouse faced Sobek of the Union.

Sixmilliondollarmousevssobek RWEW — 6 Million Dollar Mouse rips off one of Sobek's self-righting arms

6mdm vs sobek — Sobek loses a wheel as 6 Million Dollar Mouse comes in for another attack

Sobek spent the early stages of the match pushing 6 Million Dollar Mouse around, but 6 Million Dollar Mouse retaliated, slamming into Sobek several times with its its blade. The sustained attacks ripped off one of Sobek's self-righting arms and wheels, immobilizing it, with Sobek being counted out by Refbot and pitted, thus eliminating the Union from the competition.

In the Civil War final, 6 Million Dollar Mouse fought against Manta, where both teams represented the Confederacy.

Mantavssixmilliondollarmouse RWEW — Manta flips 6 Million Dollar Mouse with its blade

Manta pits 6mdm — Manta pits 6 million Dollar Mouse

Within seconds of the battle starting, Manta got in underneath 6 Million Dollar Mouse and turned it on its side, rendering it immobile as 6 Million Dollar Mouse could not self-right. Sir Killalot picked 6 Million Dollar Mouse up, holding it over the Flame Pit before placing it on the Floor Flipper. 6 Million Dollar Mouse was thrown back on its wheels, only to be pushed into the pit by Manta.

In the first round of the War of Independence, 6 Million Dollar Mouse fought against UK representatives and Series 4 runners-up Pussycat.

Rebecca Grant: "They're calling you rodents!"

Chris Hannold: "I saw that, but that's all you can expect from a British pussy."

— Trash talking before the War of Independence battle with Pussycat

Pussycat vs $6 million mouse — The spinning blades of 6 Million Dollar Mouse and Pussycat clash

SirKillalotMouse. — Sir Killalot carries the defeated 6 Million Dollar Mouse

The two robots made contact with their spinning weapons at first, causing damage to each other's armor, but 6 Million Dollar Mouse bumped into the arena wall, causing its nose to fall off. Pussycat bent the blade of 6 Million Dollar Mouse into its own chassis, rendering it useless, before immobilizing the American representative with another slam.

"The 6 Million Dollar Mouse is looking more like the 6 Dollar Mouse right now! Is he immobilized or what?"

— Stefan Frank as Pussycat attacks the immobilized 6 Million Dollar Mouse

6 Million Dollar Mouse was counted out by Refbot, despite moving again just after Refbot's counter hit ten, and was attacked by Dead Metal and Sir Killalot. Sir Killalot snapped off the American flag that 6 Million Dollar Mouse was brandishing, and waved it across the arena, while Dead Metal disposed of 6 Million Dollar Mouse by pushing it into the pit.

"The 6 Million Dollar Mouse is a mouse without a country. But it's got a pit!"

— Stefan Frank

In the US Championship, 6 Million Dollar Mouse fought against Falcon, The Brute, Red Virus, Shuriken and Medusa Oblongata, all in a single battle for a place in the second round.

Rebecca Grant: "One whisker hit with that, and you're outta there, right?"

Chris Hannold: "Your head's coming off!"

— Interview before the US Championship

The Brute vs 6 Million Dollar Mouse — 6 Million Dollar Mouse is rammed by The Brute

6 Dollar Mouse — 6 Million Dollar Mouse is left immobile. Note the bent blade

6 Million Dollar Mouse immediately spun its blade up to speed, and struck Medusa Oblongata in the first few seconds of the battle, although it was later slammed by The Brute. 6 Million Dollar Mouse next attacked Shuriken, which had seemingly lost mobility. 6 Million Dollar Mouse gradually lost the use of its weapon due to it bending, although it rammed into Medusa Oblongata. However, as the end of the battle drew near, 6 Million Dollar Mouse lost mobility in the center of the arena, and so the resulting Judges' decision at the end of the battle was awarded to The Brute.

Results

6 MILLION DOLLAR MOUSE - RESULTS
Season 1
Civil War Representing the Confederacy, Runner-up
Eliminator	vs. Falcon	Won
Semi-Final	vs. Sobek	Won
Final	vs. Manta	Lost
War of Independence Representing USA, Eliminator
Round 1	vs. Pussycat (UK)	Lost
US Championship Eliminated in Heats
Heat	vs. Falcon, Medusa Oblongata, Red Virus, Shuriken, The Brute	Eliminated

Wins/Losses

6mdm chassis — The chassis of 6 Million Dollar Mouse

Wins: 2
Losses: 3

Series Record

US Series	6 Million Dollar Mouse Series Record
Season 1	Heat (Round 1)
Season 2	Did not enter
Nickelodeon	Did not enter

Outside Robot Wars

HandsOFF!, the team's first Robotica entry
Ripoff, the team's BattleBots entry
Ripoff at BattleBots

The team competed in Robotica, entering the first season with HandsOFF!, which would later become 6 Million Dollar Mouse. The team also competed in the third season with Mini Rip. Aside from this, the team competed in BattleBots with Ripoff, a robot armed with a large blue vertical saw.

Team captain Chris Hannold also published two books in 2003, Combat Robot Weapons and Combat Robots Complete, providing information on the build process of a combat robot.

External Links

The team's website (archived)

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 {{quote|It's going to make all the other robots go "squeak"!|The team's introduction}}
-'''6 Million Dollar Mouse''' (alternatively '''$6 Million Mouse''' on the battleboard of the US Championship) from North Carolina, was a robot that competed in Season 1 of [[Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors]]. It was box shaped, with a spinning lawnmower blade as its weapon. It appeared to be a "comedy entry" as described by Stefan Frank, but actually managed to come second in the Civil War, though it lost in the first round of the other two events it entered.
+'''6 Million Dollar Mouse''' (alternatively spelt as '''$6 Million Mouse'''), was a robot from North Carolina that competed in Season 1 of ''[[Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors]]''. Despite being considered a comedy entry, as reinforced numerous times by [[Stefan Frank]], it finished runners-up in the Civil War, although it lost in the first round in the War of Independence and the US Championship.
-Its name was a pun on the American television show, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man The Six Million Dollar Man].
+Its name was a pun on the American television show, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man The Six Million Dollar Man]''.
+==Design==
+[[File:6 Million Dollar Mouse.jpg|thumb|left|6 Million Dollar Mouse in the arena]]
+Million Dollar Mouse was a box shaped robot themed around a bionic mouse, with eyes, fur and fluffy ears on its top panels. It was armed with a spinning lawnmower blade as its weapon, which was designed to resemble the mouse's 'nose' and proved effective in causing damage to other robots. It also had a large tail used for self righting. However, despite being aggressive and potent, 6 Million Dollar Mouse had an unreliable self-righting mechanism and its armor proved fragile, as demonstrated in the War of Independence against UK series regulars [[Pussycat]].
 ==Robot History==
 ===Season 1===
+Million Dollar Mouse first fought in the Civil War representing the Confederacy. In the first round, it faced Union representatives [[Falcon]].
-[[File:6million$mousevsfalcon_RWEW.jpg|thumb|190px|left|6 Million Dollar Mouse nearly gets flipped by Falcon.]]6 Million Dollar Mouse fought in the Civil War representing the Confederacy and in the first round faced Falcon. The lawnmower blade got up to speed and hit the rear of Falcon, ripping into its rear panel. Team Litewav's entrant pushed Falcon across the flame pit, but Falcon fought back, getting underneath 6 Million Dollar Mouse with the wedge shape and tipping it onto its side, though Falcon failed to flip over 6 Million Dollar Mouse. 6 Million Dollar Mouse pushed Falcon near the pit, but after failing to push it in, shoved Falcon into Shunt, who landed some axe blows. The fight went to the judges, who ruled in favour of 6 Million Dollar Mouse.
+[[File:Falconvs$6millionmouse CW.jpg|thumb|left|6 Million Dollar Mouse nearly gets flipped by Falcon]]
+[[File:6 Million Dollar Mouse vs Falcon.jpg|thumb|6 Million Dollar Mouse backs Falcon into the wall]]
+Million Dollar Mouse began by hitting the rear of Falcon with its lawnmower blade, ripping into its rear panel. 6 Million Dollar Mouse pushed Falcon across the Flame Pit, but Falcon fought back, getting underneath 6 Million Dollar Mouse with its wedge and tipping it onto its side, but not being able to flip it over. 6 Million Dollar Mouse recovered, pushing Falcon near the pit, but failed to do so, so pushed Falcon into Shunt, who landed some axe blows. The fight went to the judges, who ruled in favor of 6 Million Dollar Mouse.
 {{Quote|I take it all back, I said they were the comedy entry but they're the ones left laughing|Stefan Frank after the mouse's win over Falcon}}
-[[File:Sixmilliondollarmousevssobek_RWEW.jpg|left|thumb|6 Million Dollar Mouse rips off one of Sobek's self-righting arms.]][[File:Mantavssixmilliondollarmouse_RWEW.jpg|thumb|Manta flips 6 Million Dollar Mouse with its blade.]]Sobek spent the early stages of the Civil War second round match pushing around 6 Million Dollar Mouse, but 6 Million Dollar Mouse retaliated with some slams with its blade. The sustained attacks caused one of Sobek's self-righting arms and wheels to fall off. Sobek was counted out by Refbot and pitted. Within a few seconds of the activate command in the final though, Manta got in underneath 6 Million Dollar Mouse and turned it on its side. Sir Killalot picked it up, held it over the flame pit and placed it on the floor flipper. It was thrown back on its wheels, but it wasn't too long before Manta pushed it into the pit.
+In the second round, 6 Million Dollar Mouse faced [[Sobek]] of the Union.
-{{Dialogue a-b|Rebecca Grant|They're calling you rodents!|Chris Hannold|I saw that, but that's all you can expect from a British pussy(cat).|Trash talking before the War of Independence battle with Pussycat}}
+[[File:Sixmilliondollarmousevssobek_RWEW.jpg|left|thumb|6 Million Dollar Mouse rips off one of Sobek's self-righting arms]]
-The two robots made contact with their spinning weapons, but UK representative Pussycat cut into the sides of 6 Million Dollar Mouse. The American machine bumped into the arena wall, causing its nose to fall off. Soon, the blade of 6 Million Dollar Mouse was bent onto its own chassis by the saw of Pussycat. Another slam immobilized the American representative, and it was counted out by Refbot. It actually came back to life after Refbot's counter had hit ten, but Dead Metal and Sir Killalot attacked. Sir Killalot snapped off the American flag that 6 Million Dollar Mouse was brandishing, and waved it across the arena. Dead Metal disposed of the beaten robot.
+[[File:6mdm_vs_sobek.png|thumb|Sobek loses a wheel as 6 Million Dollar Mouse comes in for another attack]]
-{{quote|It's a mouse without a country, but it's got a pit!|Stefan Frank}}
+Sobek spent the early stages of the match pushing 6 Million Dollar Mouse around, but 6 Million Dollar Mouse retaliated, slamming into Sobek several times with its its blade. The sustained attacks ripped off one of Sobek's self-righting arms and wheels, immobilizing it, with Sobek being counted out by [[Refbot]] and pitted, thus eliminating the Union from the competition.
+In the Civil War final, 6 Million Dollar Mouse fought against [[Manta]], where both teams represented the Confederacy.
-In the US Championship, 6 Million Dollar Mouse fought against Falcon, The Brute, Red Virus, Shuriken and Medusa Oblongata for one place in the second round. It stayed out of the early action until it hit Shuriken with its blade. It attacked Medusa Oblongata later on, with another hit, but failed to win the battle which went to the judges between five of the robots, as they declared that The Brute was the victor.
+[[File:Mantavssixmilliondollarmouse_RWEW.jpg|thumb|left|Manta flips 6 Million Dollar Mouse with its blade]]
+[[File:Manta_pits_6mdm.png|thumb|Manta pits 6 million Dollar Mouse]]
+Within seconds of the battle starting, [[Manta]] got in underneath 6 Million Dollar Mouse and turned it on its side, rendering it immobile as 6 Million Dollar Mouse could not self-right. [[Sir Killalot]] picked 6 Million Dollar Mouse up, holding it over the Flame Pit before placing it on the Floor Flipper. 6 Million Dollar Mouse was thrown back on its wheels, only to be pushed into the pit by Manta.
+In the first round of the War of Independence, 6 Million Dollar Mouse fought against UK representatives and Series 4 runners-up [[Pussycat]].
+{{Dialogue a-b|Rebecca Grant|They're calling you rodents!|Chris Hannold|I saw that, but that's all you can expect from a British pussy.|Trash talking before the War of Independence battle with Pussycat}}
+[[File:Pussycat vs $6 million mouse.jpg|thumb|left|The spinning blades of 6 Million Dollar Mouse and Pussycat clash]]
+[[File:SirKillalotMouse..jpg|thumb|Sir Killalot carries the defeated 6 Million Dollar Mouse]]
+The two robots made contact with their spinning weapons at first, causing damage to each other's armor, but 6 Million Dollar Mouse bumped into the arena wall, causing its nose to fall off. Pussycat bent the blade of 6 Million Dollar Mouse into its own chassis, rendering it useless, before immobilizing the American representative with another slam.
+{{Quote|The 6 Million Dollar Mouse is looking more like the 6 Dollar Mouse right now! Is he immobilized or what?|Stefan Frank as Pussycat attacks the immobilized 6 Million Dollar Mouse}}6 Million Dollar Mouse was counted out by Refbot, despite moving again just after Refbot's counter hit ten, and was attacked by [[Dead Metal]] and Sir Killalot. Sir Killalot snapped off the American flag that 6 Million Dollar Mouse was brandishing, and waved it across the arena, while Dead Metal disposed of 6 Million Dollar Mouse by pushing it into the pit.
+{{quote|The 6 Million Dollar Mouse is a mouse without a country. But it's got a pit!|Stefan Frank}}
+In the US Championship, 6 Million Dollar Mouse fought against [[Falcon]], [[The Brute]], [[Red Virus]], [[Shuriken]] and [[Medusa Oblongotta|Medusa Oblongata]], all in a single battle for a place in the second round.
+{{dialogue a-b|Rebecca Grant|One whisker hit with that, and you're outta there, right?|Chris Hannold|Your head's coming off!|Interview before the US Championship}}
+[[File:The Brute vs 6 Million Dollar Mouse.jpg|thumb|left|6 Million Dollar Mouse is rammed by The Brute]]
+[[File:6 Dollar Mouse.jpg|thumb|6 Million Dollar Mouse is left immobile. Note the bent blade]]
+Million Dollar Mouse immediately spun its blade up to speed, and struck Medusa Oblongata in the first few seconds of the battle, although it was later slammed by The Brute. 6 Million Dollar Mouse next attacked Shuriken, which had seemingly lost mobility. 6 Million Dollar Mouse gradually lost the use of its weapon due to it bending, although it rammed into Medusa Oblongata. However, as the end of the battle drew near, 6 Million Dollar Mouse lost mobility in the center of the arena, and so the resulting Judges' decision at the end of the battle was awarded to The Brute.
 ==Results==
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 {{Show|Season 1}}
 {{Competition|[[Extreme Warriors: Season 1/Civil War|Civil War]]|Representing the Confederacy, Runner-up}}
-{{Battle|Eliminator|[[Falcon]]|Won}}
+{{Battle|[[Extreme Warriors: Season 1/Civil War|Eliminator]]|[[Falcon]]|Won}}
-{{Battle|Semi-Final|[[Sobek]]|Won}}
+{{Battle|[[Extreme Warriors: Season 1/Civil War|Semi-Final]]|[[Sobek]]|Won}}
-{{Battle|Final|[[Manta]]|Lost}}
+{{Battle|[[Extreme Warriors: Season 1/Civil War|Final]]|[[Manta]]|Lost}}
 {{Competition|[[Extreme Warriors: Season 1/War of Independence|War of Independence]]|Representing USA, Eliminator}}
-{{Battle|Round 1|[[Pussycat]] (UK)|Lost}}
+{{Battle|[[Extreme Warriors: Season 1/War of Independence|Round 1]]|[[Pussycat]] (UK)|Lost}}
 {{Competition|[[Extreme Warriors: Season 1/US Championship|US Championship]]|Eliminated in Heats}}
-{{Battle|Heat|[[Medusa Oblongata]], [[The Brute]], [[Falcon]], [[Shuriken]], [[Red Virus]]|Eliminated}}
+{{Battle|[[Extreme Warriors: Season 1/US Championship|Heat]]|[[Falcon]], [[Medusa Oblongotta|Medusa Oblongata]], [[Red Virus]], [[Shuriken]], [[The Brute]]|Eliminated}}
 |}
 ===Wins/Losses===
+[[File:6mdm_chassis.jpg|thumb|The chassis of 6 Million Dollar Mouse]]
 *Wins: 2
 *Losses: 3
 ==Series Record==
+{{Series Record US|6 Million Dollar Mouse|'''Heat (Round 1)'''}}
-*Season 1: Heats
-*Season 2: Did not enter
 ==Outside Robot Wars==
+<gallery type="slideshow">
-The team competed in the first season of ''Robotica'' with '''HandsOFF!''', the third season with '''Mini Rip''' and in ''BattleBots'' with '''Ripoff'''.
+HandsOFF!.jpg|HandsOFF!, the team's first ''Robotica'' entry
+Ripoffoffcial.jpg|Ripoff, the team's ''BattleBots'' entry
+RipOff BB.jpg|Ripoff at ''BattleBots''
+</gallery>
+The team competed in ''Robotica'', entering the first season with '''HandsOFF!''', which would later become 6 Million Dollar Mouse. The team also competed in the third season with '''Mini Rip'''. Aside from this, the team competed in ''BattleBots'' with '''Ripoff''', a robot armed with a large blue vertical saw.
+Team captain Chris Hannold also published two books in 2003, ''Combat Robot Weapons'' and ''Combat Robots Complete'', providing information on the build process of a combat robot.
-==Reference==
+==External Links==
-[http://web.archive.org/web/20011122123614/www.litewav.com/combat.shtml The team's website]
+*[http://web.archive.org/web/20011122123614/www.litewav.com/combat.shtml The team's website (archived)]
 {{Extreme Warriors 1 Competitors}}
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 [[Category:Robots from teams that entered BattleBots]]
 [[Category:Robots from teams that entered Robotica]]
-[[Category:American Robots]]
+[[Category:Side Competition Runners Up]]
+[[Category:Robots based on rodents]]