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Anorakaphobia was a competitor that only appeared in the third series of Robot Wars. It reached the second round of its Heat, before losing to The Big Cheese there. Anorakaphobia's unique design also earned it a nomination for the Best Design Award in Series 3, but it lost out to Razer.

Anorakaphobia also attempted to qualify for Series 4, but lost to Dantomkia 1.0 after a long and boring battle, which ultimately resulted in neither robot qualifying despite Dantomkia 1.0 having a more interesting qualifier later on.

Versions of Anorakaphobia

Series 3

The Series 3 Anorakaphobia was a long, curved wedge-shaped robot made out of aluminium with two fibreglass moulded wheel pods, and armed with a quick-firing spiked hammer and two chainsaw chains which travelled all the way up the wedge. The chains were designed to snag opponents and drag them over its body, with the spiked hammer also doubling as a flipper which intended to overturn opponents once they were on top of its wedge. Anorakaphobia was painted black and yellow, had a top speed of 20mph, and cost £3000 to build over two months. It was notable as one of the fastest robots in Series 3, as well as having one of the fastest axe/hammer weapons in the show, its hammer firing at four hits per second.

Series 4

Not much is known about the Series 4 version of Anorakaphobia, since this version failed to qualify for this series. However, it is known that this version was shaped like a World War I tank, with its tracks doubling as chainsaw chains and this its weapons.

Robot History

Series 3

Anorakaphobia vs ms ile — Anorakaphobia bashes Miss lle

In its first round battle, Anorakaphobia was drawn up against Miss Ile. Anorakaphobia started the more aggressive robot, driving up Miss Ile's scoop and pushing it into the wall while Sergeant Bash popped its opponent's eyes. It used its hammer to pound on Miss Ile's fiberglass shell, before pushing it around the middle of the arena. During the battle, Miles Kingsbury took over the controls from his son, David, while Anorakaphobia drove onto the arena spikes shortly afterwards. Anorakaphobia recovered, pushing Miss Ile onto the edge of the pit and allowing Matilda to nudge Miss Ile in. In the post-match interview with Philippa Forrester, it was revealed that David Kingsbury had felt sick and vomited in the control booth during the fight, resulting in the driver change mid-bout.

In the second round, Anorakaphobia fought The Big Cheese. Both robots started tentatively, with Anorakaphobia carefully avoiding The Big Cheese's lifting arm, preventing the larger yellow machine from getting under it. Eventually, The Big Cheese used its lifting arm to grab hold of Anorakaphobia by its hammer, before dragging it into the pit, eliminating Anorakaphobia from the competition.

At the end of the Third Wars, Anorakaphobia was nominated for the Best Design Award, however, it lost out to Razer, who won the award for the second consecutive series.

Results

ANORAKAPHOBIA - RESULTS
Series 3
The Third Wars - UK Championship Heat, Round 2
Heat E, Round 1	vs. Miss Ile	Won
Heat E, Round 2	vs. The Big Cheese	Lost

Wins/Losses

Wins: 1
Losses: 1

Series Record

Series 1-2: Did not enter
Series 3: Heat, Round 2
Series 4: Failed to qualify
Series 5-7, 2016: Did not enter

Honours

Nominations

Best Design Award - Robot Wars: The Third Wars

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+'''Anorakaphobia''' was a competitor that only appeared in the third series of ''[[Robot Wars]]''. It reached the second round of its Heat, before losing to [[The Big Cheese]] there.
-'''Anorakaphobia''' was a one-time competitor in the third series of ''[[Robot Wars]]''. It was a very fast robot, one of the fastest in the wars at 20mph. It was a long, curved, black and yellow wedge made of aluminium with two fibreglass moulded pods, costing £3000 over 2 months, with a hammer as its weapon, and with two chainsaw chains that travelled alongside the weapon that were designed to entangle opponents and drag them up and over its body. The hammer also moved at an incredibly fast rate at four hits per second, and was designed to flip opponents over once they had been pulled further up over the body. The unique design earned Anorakaphobia a nomination for the Best Design Award, but it missed out to [[Razer]].
+Anorakaphobia's unique design also earned it a nomination for the Best Design Award in Series 3, but it lost out to [[Razer]].
-Anorakaphobia also attempted to qualify for Series 4, but lost to [[Dantomkia|Dantomkia 1.0]] after a long and boring battle, which ultimately resulted in neither robot qualifying (despite the latter having a second, more interesting qualifier later). The series 4 Anorakaphobia was shaped like a WW1 tank with its weapon being its tracks that were chainsaw chains.
+Anorakaphobia also attempted to qualify for Series 4, but lost to [[Dantomkia|Dantomkia 1.0]] after a long and boring battle, which ultimately resulted in neither robot qualifying despite Dantomkia 1.0 having a more interesting qualifier later on.
+==Versions of Anorakaphobia==
-==Robot History==
 ===Series 3===
+The Series 3 Anorakaphobia was a long, curved wedge-shaped robot made out of aluminium with two fibreglass moulded wheel pods, and armed with a quick-firing spiked hammer and two chainsaw chains which travelled all the way up the wedge. The chains were designed to snag opponents and drag them over its body, with the spiked hammer also doubling as a flipper which intended to overturn opponents once they were on top of its wedge. Anorakaphobia was painted black and yellow, had a top speed of 20mph, and cost £3000 to build over two months. It was notable as one of the fastest robots in Series 3, as well as having one of the fastest axe/hammer weapons in the show, its hammer firing at four hits per second.
-[[File:Anorakaphobia_vs_ms_ile.png|thumb|left|Anorakaphobia bashes Miss lle]] In the first round of the Third Wars, newcomers Anorakaphobia were placed up against a returning team in [[Miss Ile]]. In the battle, Anorakaphobia drove up Miss Ile's scoop, pushing it onto the flame pit where its opponent lost an eye. Anorakaphobia started to use its extremely speedy hammer, before Miss Ile lost its other eye due to [[Sergeant Bash]]'s flamethrower. Near the end of the battle, Anorakaphobia had a driver change mid-way through the bout due to the original driver vomiting in the control pod. Now under the controls of Miles, Anorakaphobia accidentally drove over to the arena spikes, before regaining control. It then eventually reversed Miss Ile into the pit.
+===Series 4===
+Not much is known about the Series 4 version of Anorakaphobia, since this version failed to qualify for this series. However, it is known that this version was shaped like a World War I tank, with its tracks doubling as  chainsaw chains and this its weapons.
+==Robot History==
+===Series 3===
+[[File:Anorakaphobia_vs_ms_ile.png|thumb|left|Anorakaphobia bashes Miss lle]]
+In its first round battle, Anorakaphobia was drawn up against [[Miss Ile]]. Anorakaphobia started the more aggressive robot, driving up Miss Ile's scoop and pushing it into the wall while [[Sergeant Bash]] popped its opponent's eyes. It used its hammer to pound on Miss Ile's fiberglass shell, before pushing it around the middle of the arena. During the battle, Miles Kingsbury took over the controls from his son, David, while Anorakaphobia drove onto the arena spikes shortly afterwards. Anorakaphobia recovered, pushing Miss Ile onto the edge of the pit and allowing Matilda to nudge Miss Ile in. In the post-match interview with [[Philippa Forrester]], it was revealed that David Kingsbury had felt sick and vomited in the control booth during the fight, resulting in the driver change mid-bout.
 [[File:Big_Cheese_pits_Anorakaphobia.jpg|thumb|The Big Cheese pits Anorakaphobia]]
-In the second round, Anorakaphobia fought experience in [[The Big Cheese]]. Both robots had a slow start, with Anorakaphobia carefully avoiding The Big Cheese's lifting arm, so The Big Cheese could not get under it. Eventually Anorakaphobia's axe became trapped between The Big Cheese's lifting arm and wedge, and was put into the pit by The Big Cheese, eliminating it from the competition.
+In the second round, Anorakaphobia fought [[The Big Cheese]]. Both robots started tentatively, with Anorakaphobia carefully avoiding The Big Cheese's lifting arm, preventing the larger yellow machine from getting under it. Eventually, The Big Cheese used its lifting arm to grab hold of Anorakaphobia by its hammer, before dragging it into the pit, eliminating Anorakaphobia from the competition.
-At the end of the Third Wars, Anorakaphobia was nominated for the Best Design Award, however, it missed out to the previous series' winner: [[Razer]].
+At the end of the Third Wars, Anorakaphobia was nominated for the Best Design Award, however, it lost out to [[Razer]], who won the award for the second consecutive series.
 ==Results==