Army of Darkness

Army of Darkness was a heavyweight robot intending to apply for Robot Wars during the show's original run. It is unknown for certain which series the robot was designed for, however it did not appear in the show.

Design[]

Contrary to what its name implied, Army of Darkness was not a clusterbot. Instead, it was a wide, box-shaped robot with jaws at either end, bearing a very strong resemblance to US Champion Drillzilla.

According to builder Neil's website, early sketches of the robot, still known as its working name Suicide Squad, varied wildly in designs. The initial plan was heavily inspired by the M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier vehicle from the Alien film franchise, of which he was a big fan.^[1]

This quickly changed to a powerful ramming design with a large rear-mounted horizontal flywheel, which evolved into a flat, two-wheel drive robot with an even larger flywheel on the front, inspired by Hypno-Disc's success. Eventually, Neil settled for "Evo 6", which was a powerful ramming box with grabbing claws on either side.^[2]^[3]

"This is definately the final design. It's low to avoid spinners, plus other robots will go over the top rather than get underneath and flip it. The blades have been beefed up and faceted to aid getting a grip on other robots. Plus it looks a lot cooler...."

— Neil elaborates on Army of Darkness' final design

Etymology[]

Though Neil does not mention the meaning behind its name, Army of Darkness may be a reference to the 1992 film of the same name. Likewise, the working name Suicide Squad may well reference the DC Comics antiheroes and the identically-titled comics featuring them, the first of which were released monthly throughout the late-1980s and early-1990s.

Series Record[]

Series	Army of Darkness Series Record
The First Wars	Did not enter
The Second Wars	Did not enter
The Third Wars	Did not enter
The Fourth Wars	Unknown
The Fifth Wars	Unknown
The Sixth Wars	Unknown
The Seventh Wars	Unknown
Series 8	Did not enter
Series 9	Did not enter
Series 10	Did not enter

References[]

v • d • e Applicants which never appeared in the TV series

Series 2	Apocalyptic Lawnmower • Automatic Jack • Blade Runner • Brian Damage • Dr. Who • Gnasher • Hairy • Harm • Hawkeye • JackBot • Medi-Junk • TimberWolf

Series 3	BattleSkar • Beelzebub • Bone • Carmarthenshire College Robot • Creature of the Wheel • Doomsday • Dr. Who • Eviscerator • Flippant Torque • Heck Raiser • Iron Man • Judge Mech • Knuckles • Locutus • Micah • More Panda Monium • Mr. Armageddon • Mumbo-Jumbo • NataPataBot • Papercut • Phase One • RC Bandit • The Rock • Rolling Thunder 2 • Samurai • Science Block • Scraposaurus • The Shaman‎‎ • S.H.A.R.O.N. • Silver Blade • Slugmiester • Stealth-Bot • The Strim Reaper • Taurus • The Enigma • Type 320 • Tyrant • UFO • Venom • VenoM • Xenomorph

Series 4	5 of 7 • Aeolus • Agvart • Banana-R Armour • The Bat • Big Jim • Big Pants • Blur • Bravehard • Cannibal • Charybdis • The Death Beetle • Deathwish • Death & Destruction Without An Interesting Name • Draco • Eco Warrior • F-One • Generation X • Gothix • Griffon • Hades • Hit Man • Iron Daisy • ISM • Jeff • Last Rights • Metal Fatigue • Mincer • The Mole • Monkey Nuts • The Necromancer • Nerves of Steel • New Era • Octospike • PC Plod • Phage • PLAGUE • Psycho • Riot • Rotraktor • Rough Diamond • Scrapman • Scythe • Share + Destroy • Sharky • Skabs • Slicer • Son of Robocow • Spike the Impaler • Tecumseh • Tiny • Tor • Twister • Typhoon • Undercut • Vindicare • War Weary • Wauxford Destroyer • Weird Alice

Series 5	Bangalore Bertie • Black Knight • Brute Force and Ignorance • CanOpener • Demolition Doris • Doorstop • Dorkus • DrillaKilla • Dynachrome • Fire and Ice • Force Majeure • Frightmare • Fury • Glint • Goldeneye • GyroChopper • Haardervark • Hamster • Hell-Raizer • Hornet • Incubus • KamikaZ • King Ludd • Kiss of Death • Loggerhead • On Guard • Pendragon • Prime Evil • Robofox • Roshambot • The Chuck Wagon • The Office Party • Tiger Shark • TX-108 • Viking • Warrior's Revenge • X box

Series 6	Biothan • Blade • Bigfish • Boudicca • Cruncher • Devil Rider • Geeza • G-Man • Hannibal • Judge Mental • Kruel Intent • Mutant MouseTrap • Present Danger • Rampage • RCX • Retribution • Scrap Dragon • Stegabot • Twinkle-Twinkle • Wipeout Cycler • Woden

Series 7	Artros • Bisyamonten • Caesar • Cayenne • German Hammer • Retirebot • Richard Huish College Robot • Skorpizoid • Tanto • Termigator • The British Bulldog • Thorak • ThundeRing • VIPER

Series 8	The Big Bamboo • Brutus • Bullfrog • Dystopia • Halo • Hard-Ox • Luzifer • Maelstrom • Manta • Polar Vortex • Rattler • Rybot • Terror-Bull • Titan • ThunderChild • Toxic 2

Series 9	Gladius • Iron Heart 88 • Loki • Mega Melvin • Mouse • Neutron • Phantom • Scorpinator • Tango • Vortex

Series 10	Audacious • Big Dave 3 • Dizzy Tilly • Double Jeopardy • Forseti • Magnitude • Mr Emoji • Photon • Tremor

Other	Army of Darkness • Aponem • Bei Tremender • Buzzter • CirKill • Close Shave • Force 10 • Geronimo • The IceMan • K.A.S.A.P. • Manic Miner • Mjollnir • Pegasus • Positron • Project Spuff • Reflex • RuffStuff • Savage Toaster • Snatcher • Torn-A-Disk • Tripulta • Vector (Reboot) • Vertex • Vortex (Austria)