- "We can turn 360 degrees, either direction, at about 200rpm, and slice 'em dice 'em with the front end, and hammer them into the ground with the back end."
- — Error Miller on Brawler
Brawler was an American competitor robot that fought in Season 2 of Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors. It reached the Heat Final in the US Championship, but lost to Tricerabot 3.0 after being pitted, and also fought in the International Championship, losing to General Chompsalot 2 in the first round.
Throughout its appearances, Brawler also had a teddy bear mascot named 'Max', which appeared during the team's interview in the US Championship. The team wore cross tape patches on their face, as well as a fake black eye, to appear as though they had been in a fight.
Design[]
- Carol Grow: "Tell me about this great robot."
- Errol Miller: "Well, it was designed to be compact and reliable."
- Carol Grow: "It looks like you have a pretty fierce weapon."
- Errol Miller: "Yes, it's a 7 tool steel weapon, hardened to about RC58, and it should do a lot of damage!"
- — Pre-Round 1 interview

Top view of Brawler

Brawler in the Heat semi-final, with an added bandage
Brawler was a brown, two-wheel drive sit-and-spin thwackbot, armed with a diamond-shaped spear at one end and a 10 lb sledgehammer at the other. Powered by two 750 Watt motors, its primary method of attack was to spin on the spot at up to 200rpm in either direction, with the intention of spearing and hitting opponents as they came into contact with either the spear or the sledgehammer. Brawler was designed to be compact, but despite being smaller than all of its opponents, it was only slightly lighter than average, at 214 lbs.
- "What he lacks in size, he makes up in speed, and they're hoping to do some damage!"
- — Stefan Frank introduces Brawler in the International Championship

Brawler in its Heat Final, with many bandages
Like its team, Brawler was also decorated with white cross tape bandages all over its bodywork, which increased with every successive battle it fought in. While it proved reliable, fast and aggressive, its high ground clearance and lack of damage potential proved to be some of its key weaknesses throughout its appearances in Extreme Warriors.
The Team[]

Team Blockhead
Brawler was entered by Team Blockhead, consisting of the Miller family from Chino in California, who had previously entered Robotica. The team captain was Errol Miller, but his son David Miller drove Brawler in all its battles. The third team member was Errol Miller's wife, Linda Miller.
- "Errol's an avid woodworker, with all the skills of an engineer!"
- — Tanya Memme of Robotica on Errol Miller[1]
Robot History[]
Season 2[]
- "The Brawler, at over 200 pounds, is a double-ended spinner, with a 10 pound hammer at one end and a spear axe at the other. Real low profile!"
- — Stefan Frank introduces Brawler
Brawler first fought in Heat F of the US Championship, and faced veteran Tricerabot 3.0 and fellow newcomer Diskotek in the first round.
- "There's definitely a David and Goliath and Goliath here in this round. And the David is The Brawler."
- — Stefan Frank notes the difference in size of Brawler to its opponents

Diskotek rams Brawler
At the start of the battle, Tricerabot 3.0 drove away from its opponents, and Brawler started to spin. Diskotek charged into Brawler, but Brawler bounced off of Diskotek's front wedge, landing besides Brawler as it drove past. Brawler started spinning again, and Tricerabot 3.0 drove down the arena, cautiously approaching Brawler, and swerved so Brawler hit its side, stopping its spinning. The impact caused Tricerabot 3.0 to swerve around, but it was undamaged.
- "Brawler, who seems to be holding his own out in the middle of the arena. It's a great spinning device, if he can contact any vital part on his opposition."
- — Stefan Frank as Brawler hits Tricerabot 3.0

Tricerabot 3.0 and Diskotek attack Brawler, preventing it from spinning
Brawler turned around and tried to ram Tricerabot 3.0's side with its spear, but Tricerabot 3.0 sped away as Brawler tried to drive at its side. Brawler tried to spin, turning one way, but then stopped and turned the other way a little, before stopping again, having failed to get up to any kind of spinning speed. Diskotek drove into it with its spinning disk. The disk clipped Brawler's side, and Brawler turned around to his Diskotek with its spear, hitting the disc, then hit Tricerabot 3.0 as it drove past. Brawler continued to spin, hitting Diskotek's front with its hammer. Brawler turned away and started spinning again, and Tricerabot 3.0 drove past. Brawler landed a glancing blow on Tricerabot 3.0's side with its spear, but Tricerabot 3.0 turned around and drove straight into its hammer, absorbing the impact. Brawler turned away, hitting Diskotek's front wheel with its spear. Diskotek turned to get at Brawler's side and hit it with its disk, then started pushing it up the arena, until Brawler drove away.
- "Diskotek is just sizing up how he can get in there. ...And now Diskotek is right into the side of Brawler, and backs off. That spinning disc doesn't really seem to be doing very much good for the Diskotek boys."
- — Stefan Frank

Brawler slams its hammer into Diskotek's side
Diskotek reversed, and Tricerabot 3.0 rammed into its side. Brawler held back away from its opponents as Diskotek turned away from Tricerabot 3.0. Diskotek turned around and tried attacking Tricerabot 3.0 with its disk, but Tricerabot 3.0 drove away, and Brawler chose this moment to attack Diskotek, charging across the arena at it, hammer first, hitting the side of Diskotek's front wedge, getting under it. However, Diskotek reversed, and Tricerabot 3.0 rammed it into wall. Diskotek drove past Brawler as it drove down the arena, and before Brawler could spin, Tricerabot 3.0 drove around to its side, trying to get under it with the flipper, but only managed to get under the hammer. Brawler turned away and tried spinning, but Tricerabot 3.0 reversed into its side, this time getting the flipper underneath and flipped Brawler over. Brawler was unaffected as it was invertible, and drove away across the arena as Diskotek drove into Tricerabot 3.0. Tricerabot 3.0 rammed Diskotek into the arena wall, then reversed away as Diskotek pushed back. Diskotek tried driving after it, but drove into an angle grinder, and Brawler charged into its side, so it was forced to reverse and turn away.
- "And now Tricerabot gets underneath Diskotek. Tricerabot definitely with all the power in this round, but the little Brawler is holding his own..."
- — Stefan Frank as Tricerabot 3.0 and Brawler attack Diskotek
As Brawler fought Diskotek, Tricerabot 3.0 drove into the side of Dead Metal's pincers, but quickly reversed away. Meanwhile, Diskotek pushed Brawler down to the bottom of the arena, against the arena, and tipped it on its side, leaning against the wall. It was stuck there, until one of the House Robots knocked it off the wall, although this moment was not included in the televised battle. Brawler charged up the arena, and charged into the side of Tricerabot 3.0. Tricerabot 3.0 tried driving at Diskotek, but drove into the angle grinder, and couldn't get around it because Brawler had rammed into its side.
- "Tricerabot's got it all here - a lot of power! Let's see if they can put Diskotek or Brawler in the hole! Now it looks, this is incredible! Everybody's in it to win it here! Nobody's giving up!"
- — Stefan Frank as Tricerabot 3.0, Brawler and Diskotek fight near the CPZ

Diskotek ploughs Brawler into the wall
Tricerabot 3.0 drove near Brawler, but turned away as Brawler started spinning, and attacked Diskotek, pushing it into Dead Metal. Diskotek pushed back, and Tricerabot 3.0 drove away. As Tricerabot 3.0 passed Brawler, Brawler started spinning, hitting Diskotek's side as it drove at Tricerabot 3.0. Brawler turned away as Diskotek drove up Tricerabot 3.0's flipper. Brawler drove to the other side of the arena, Tricerabot 3.0 opened the Pit, then Diskotek got its wedge under Brawler and rammed it into the bottom arena wall, tipping it onto its side. Diskotek drove back up the arena to fight Tricerabot 3.0, and off-screen, Brawler was righted by a House Robot.
- "At some point (off camera), Brawler was wedged up against the arena wall, helpless. If, at this time, Disko and TB had headed over there and ran interference against the HBs until Refbot counted him out, we could have both had an easy win. But, I didn't see Brawler's predicament until a HB was already tipping him down and back into the fight. Honestly, it wouldn't have mattered. By this time I had one goal: pit Diskotek."
- — Mike Morrow on the Robot Wars Forum[2]
Tricerabot 3.0 pinned Diskotek against the arena wall, and Brawler charged up the arena, ramming into Tricerabot 3.0's side with the spear. Tricerabot 3.0 turned and reversed away, and Brawler tried to spin, but hit an angle grinder. Brawler turned away and drove into the side of Diskotek with its hammer, but Diskotek drove over the hammer, then reversed, pushing Brawler back until it drove into the wall. Tricerabot 3.0 rammed Diskotek across the arena into Shunt. Brawler held back, but as Tricerabot 3.0 flipped Diskotek over, Brawler rammed into its side with its spear. Tricerabot 3.0 tried to get away, but drove into Shunt's CPZ. Brawler turned away as Tricerabot 3.0 dodged Shunt's axe, then the two of them rammed into Diskotek, and together they pushed it towards the Pit. Diskotek went up on top of the two opponents pushing it, but as it was pushed to the edge of the Pit, Diskotek spun to get off, forcing Tricerabot 3.0 and Brawler to reverse for another charge. However, Diskotek kept spinning, and two of its wheels to go over the edge, and the whole robot fell in. Meanwhile, Tricerabot 3.0 got its flipper under Brawler's hammer and tried to push it into the Pit, but Brawler turned away, causing Tricerabot 3.0 to almost drive into the Pit as well, though it managed to stop itself.
- "Ladies and gentlemen, talk about what a way to start the show! One of the greatest bouts we've ever seen here on Robot Wars! In my opinion, all three of these teams should've been able to move on, but that's not the way the tournament goes. So two of them move on, and unfortunately Diskotek will not!"
- — Mick Foley at the end of the battle
In the second round, Brawler faced fellow newcomer Dragbot for a place in the Heat Final.
- "We hammered the last opponent, we're gonna try to hammer the Dragbot right into one of the big House 'bots, it's gonna crunch 'em up and thrown them into the Pit!"
- — David Miller to Carol Grow before the battle

Sir Killalot pushes Brawler into his CPZ
At the start of the battle, the two robots drove into the arena centre, where Brawler began spinning, but Dragbot drove into the hammer, stopping Brawler before it could get up to speed. Dragbot tried to push Brawler, but Brawler turned the other side, hitting Dragbot's side with its spear. However, it drove onto the Disc of Doom, which disrupted its spinning despite not being active, so Brawler moved off the disc so it could start spinning again.
- "Well this is really a Davey and Goliath. Look at the size difference between these two bots! Definitely Dragbot has the size, but Brawler's got the agility, definitely a lot more speed going on with Brawler as well!"
- — Stefan Frank on the competitors at the start of the battle
Dragbot cautiously held back as Brawler spun, so Brawler stopped spinning and drove into the back of Dragbot with its spear. Dragbot tried pushing back, but Brawler turned to avoid it, hitting Dragbot's side with its hammer, then turning the other way and hitting the front with the spear. Dragbot drove away, and Sir Killalot came out over the edge of his CPZ to stop Brawler's spinning with his claw.
- "Look at the size difference between those two bots!"
- — Stefan Frank as Sir Killalot pushes Brawler into the CPZ

Dragbot rams Brawler into the wall
Sir Killalot reversed back into the CPZ and Brawler tried spinning again, but this caused it to drive into Sir Killalot, who pushed it into the CPZ with his claw. Brawler quickly turned around and escaped the CPZ, then drove down the arena at Dragbot. As Brawler tried to spin, Dragbot drove into it with its front wedge to stop it getting up to speed. Dragbot pushed Brawler, but drove onto the Disc of Doom, which gave Brawler a chance to reverse and start spinning again. Dragbot drove to the side of the arena, then charged at Brawler, getting underneath it with its front wedge. Brawler kept spinning, but Dragbot pushed it into the Disc of Doom trigger, stopping it spinning. As it did so, Brawler's spear became caught under an angle grinder, which also left Dragbot stuck with Brawler on top. Dragbot managed to struggle free as Shunt came over to push the two apart, and after Dragbot drove away, Shunt pushed Brawler's spear out from under the angle grinder.
- "As Shunt comes out with the axe! Wow, he shouldn't have come out of there, nobody got in his Corner Patrol Zone!"
- — Stefan Frank as Shunt comes out of his CPZ

Brawler attacks an immobile Dragbot
Brawler drove away, but accidentally turned into an another angle grinder. It turned away and charged, spear first, at Dragbot, but merely drove up and over the wedge and fell over the side. Dragbot turned around, hitting Brawler with the tip of its wedge, but Brawler drove away and started spinning. Dragbot drove around Brawler as it spun, and turned around to try and push it. However, as Dragbot tried to get under Brawler, Brawler turned away and got away from Dragbot. Dragbot drove forwards, straight into the Disc of Doom and suddenly stopped. Brawler got behind Dragbot and pushed it a little with its hammer, with Dragbot being hit by the spikes of the Disc of Doom. As Brawler reversed, Dragbot was hit by the Disc of Doom again, knocking it away. It suddenly regained some movement, reversing past the Disc of Doom, but as it turned it stopped again.
- "The invertibleness of Brawler certainly seems to be the bot that is the best designed in this bout. Dragbot is cumbersome, it's large, we haven't seen decent weaponry in action, and it doesn't seem to be moving now!"
- — Stefan Frank as Dragbot stops moving
Brawler drove into Dragbot's side again, then drove behind it and started spinning, hitting the back with the hammer. Brawler continued to spin, but hit an angle grinder, so pushed against Dragbot's side with its hammer, then rammed into the back. With Dragbot immobile, Brawler drove down the arena and opened the Pit, then drove into the back of Dragbot with its spear. After some rams and pushing from Brawler, Dragbot suddenly started moving again and got away from Brawler, driving by the Pit, but drove into the wall by a CPZ and broke down again. With time running out, Sir Killalot came down the arena, picked up Dragbot with his claw. Sir Killalot dropped Dragbot out of the arena after cease was called, so the match went to the Judges who decided to give the win to Brawler as Dragbot had been immobilized for too long
- "Okay, in a decision that is not likely to surprise many people, it is the team of Brawler going onto the final to face Tricerabot! ... Brawler, a rough one out there, some might have said it was ugly, but you go on nonetheless to the finals against Tricerabot."
- — Mick Foley announces the decision to the teams
In the Heat Final, Brawler faced Tricerabot 3.0 again.
- Mick Foley: "How do you like your chances."
- David Miller: "Well Tricerabot is an incredibly tough robot, we faced him before, we'll try to beat him up as much as we can, and hopefully we'll come away victorious again!"
- Mick Foley: "That would be nice."
- — Mick Foley asks the Brawler team about their prediction for the Heat Final after their victory against Dragbot

Tricerabot 3.0 approaches the spinning Brawler
The two competitors charged at each other, with Tricerabot 3.0 driving backwards to try and use its flipper. Tricerabot 3.0 hit Brawler's side, but Brawler turned away as Tricerabot 3.0 tried to get under it and started spinning. Tricerabot 3.0 carefully drove around Brawler, getting close enough to receive a glancing blow on the side, then stopped when it reached the other side of Brawler. Brawler stopped spinning, then started spinning in the other direction. Tricerabot 3.0 drove at Brawler, and Brawler hit its front wheelguard, but Tricerabot 3.0 was not discouraged, and tried to get its flipper under Brawler. However, Brawler kept spinning, hitting Tricerabot 3.0's flipper, then the side, before driving away as Tricerabot 3.0 tried to get its flipper underneath.
- "Here we go for the final! This is make-or-break time for the Brawler and Tricerabot! Tricerabot with some supreme driving skills, and the Brawler definitely needs to get in this one!"
- — Stefan Frank at the start of the battle

Tricerabot 3.0 pushes Brawler against the Disc of Doom button
Brawler drove over to the Pit and started spinning, but Tricerabot 3.0 charged into it before it could get up to speed. Tricerabot 3.0 turned and tried to get under Brawler, but as it did so, it turned into Matilda, who was out on the edge of her CPZ, giving Brawler the chance to turn away. Tricerabot 3.0 turned around Brawler, and Brawler hit Tricerabot 3.0's side with its spear. Tricerabot 3.0 drove around Brawler, and Brawler began spinning again. Tricerabot 3.0 tried to get under Brawler again, but Brawler hit its flipper with its hammer. Tricerabot 3.0 turned around, and Brawler hit its side with the spear, before driving away as Tricerabot 3.0 drove at it. Tricerabot 3.0 chased after Brawler, but Brawler drove close to Matilda's CPZ, and as Tricerabot 3.0 closed in, it drove into Matilda, and Brawler hit its side with the hammer. Matilda pushed Tricerabot 3.0 away, and Brawler drove up the arena. Tricerabot 3.0 charged after it, but Brawler was ready as it closed in, and turned to hit Tricerabot 3.0's side with the hammer. Tricerabot 3.0 drove past, and Brawler started spinning, but Tricerabot 3.0 turned around and drove into Brawler with its flipper. Brawler bounced away, and kept spinning, but Tricerabot 3.0 drove into it again, stopping its spinning, so Brawler drove away. Brawler drove close to the arena wall, and started spinning, but before it could get up to speed, Tricerabot 3.0 drove into it, knocking it against the Disc of Doom button.
- "Tricerabot knows better Brawler knows better than to let Brawler get a good run at him, 'cause if that thing gets spinning, you never know, he's got a tire puncturer!"
- — Stefan Frank

Tricerabot 3.0 slams Brawler into the arena wall
Tricerabot 3.0 drove over Brawler's hammer, and Brawler turned to hit the side with its spear. Tricerabot 3.0 reversed, turned around and got its flipper under Brawler, then rammed it up the arena, slamming it against the top arena wall. Brawler turned away from the wall as Tricerabot 3.0 reversed for another charge, but Tricerabot 3.0 reversed into it before it could start spinning, getting the flipper underneath. Tricerabot 3.0 lifted Brawler up and started pushing, but Brawler slipped off the flipper. Brawler started spinning again, and Tricerabot 3.0 held back, reversing a little, until Brawler stopped spinning. Tricerabot 3.0 tried to get under Brawler, but Brawler turned away and drove down the arena, with Tricerabot 3.0 in close pursuit. Tricerabot 3.0 tried to get its flipper under Brawler, but Brawler turned, hitting Tricerabot 3.0 with its hammer. Tricerabot 3.0 drove past, then drove around Brawler. Brawler tried to start spinning, and Tricerabot 3.0 approached it. Brawler hit the front wheel of Tricerabot 3.0 with its hammer, but Tricerabot 3.0 merely drove over the hammer and drove around Brawler. Tricerabot 3.0 turned around to try and use its flipper, but Brawler got up to spinning speed and hit its side as it tried to get under. Tricerabot 3.0 held back as Brawler continued to spin, driving around it. When Brawler stopped spinning, Tricerabot 3.0 closed in, getting the flipper under the side as it tried to start spinning again. Tricerabot 3.0 rammed Brawler towards Shunt's CPZ, but as it got close, Brawler slipped off the flipper, causing Tricerabot 3.0 to drive into Shunt. Brawler turned into Shunt, hitting his rear plough with its spear, before driving out of the CPZ before the House Robot could attack.
- "The Brawler has got to do something here, because it really feels like Tricerabot is gonna be dominating all the way through here! They've got the size, the power, the driving skill!"
- — Stefan Frank as Tricerabot 3.0 rams Brawler

Tricerabot 3.0 rams Brawler to Shunt, but drives into him itself
Tricerabot 3.0 got its flipper under Brawler's side, and Brawler tried turning off, hitting Tricerabot 3.0's side with the hammer, but Tricerabot 3.0 turned to get the flipper under the side again, and flipped Brawler over. Brawler was unaffected as it was invertible, and Tricerabot 3.0 continued to chase Brawler, but Brawler was able to keep away, until it drove onto the Drop Zone square and started spinning again. Tricerabot 3.0 drove at it again, but when it got close, it held back and reversed as Brawler was still spinning.
- "The Brawler is just trying to stay out of trouble as best as possible, but Tricerabot is relentless!"
- — Stefan Frank

Tricerabot 3.0 flips Brawler over
When Brawler stopped spinning, Tricerabot 3.0 charged at Brawler with its flipper, but Brawler turned to avoid the flipper as Tricerabot 3.0 got close, hitting Tricerabot 3.0's side as it drove past. As Tricerabot 3.0 turned around for another attack, Brawler tried spinning again. Tricerabot 3.0 drove under Brawler and tried to flip, but Brawler turned off the flipper before Tricerabot 3.0 could fire, hitting Refbot as it fell off the flipper. Tricerabot 3.0 chased after Brawler, and Brawler towards the left side of the arena, and Tricerabot 3.0 caught up with it. Brawler turned, hitting Tricerabot 3.0's side with its spear. Tricerabot 3.0 tried to get its flipper under Brawler, but only managed to get a corner under the side, only flicking Brawler up a little. Brawler kept pushing against Tricerabot 3.0, avoiding the flipper whilst pushing against the front with the spear. Tricerabot 3.0 got its flipper under Brawler and pushed it against the Disc of Doom. Brawler tried to get away, but Tricerabot 3.0 got the flipper under the side, lifted it up a little, and tried to push Brawler to the wall, but drove onto the flame jet, so Tricerabot 3.0 reversed.
- "Tricerabot, using its weaponry and speed and driving ability to its maximum potential, as poor Brawler has been on the run for most of this round!"
- — Stefan Frank

Tricerabot 3.0 drops Brawler into the Pit
Brawler span a little, hitting Tricerabot 3.0's flipper with the spear. Tricerabot 3.0 pushed Brawler, but Brawler turned, hitting Tricerabot 3.0's side with the hammer. Tricerabot 3.0 drove around Brawler as it continued to spin, then charged at it flipper first, but Brawler turned to avoid it. Tricerabot 3.0 turned around, but Brawler turned away before it could charge, so Tricerabot 3.0 held back from attacking, instead driving down the arena and opening the Pit. Brawler drove by the Disc of Doom and started spinning. Tricerabot 3.0 charged up the arena, driving around Brawler. Brawler drove down the arena, driving by an empty CPZ on the right-hand side of the arena, but Tricerabot 3.0 chased after it. As Brawler tried spinning again, Tricerabot 3.0 drove around it and tried getting underneath, only for Brawler to hit the side with its hammer, stopping it from getting the flipper underneath. Tricerabot 3.0 drove to the side of the arena, turned around, then drove into Brawler's side as it stopped spinning. Brawler turned and tried to drive away from Tricerabot 3.0, but Tricerabot 3.0 turned and rammed into Brawler's side, pushing it to the arena centre. Brawler turned, and tried pushing against Tricerabot 3.0's side with its spear, but Tricerabot 3.0 reversed. Tricerabot 3.0 charged at Brawler, but Brawler turned and drove down the arena to avoid it. Tricerabot 3.0 drove around Brawler, drove into Brawler as it tried to spin, then rammed it straight into the Pit.
- "The Brawler has a chance, but unfortunately for the Brawler team, Tricerabot is completely impenetrable! These guys, look at the rail around the side of the wheels, they can’t get in anywhere, can’t get a puncture – goodbye! Look at that driving skill! Tricerabot, just dumps the Brawler in the hole!"
- — Stefan Frank as Tricerabot 3.0 pits Brawler
Brawler was therefore eliminated from the US Championship, and Tricerabot 3.0 went through to the Grand Final.
- Mick Foley: "Okay now, Brawler, as we can see by the stitches, the scars, the bumps, the bruises, you guys are basically known for taking a licking and keep on ticking, and indeed you did that. You were determined to fight it out until the end."
- David Miller: "Yes, absolutely! We're complete pros over here. Tricerabot, Team Juggerbot, we're very happy to compete against them, they did a fabulous job and we gave it our most."
- Mick Foley: "You thought this guy [points to Mike Morrow] was that good?"
- David Miller: "Yes, we thought they were good."
- Mick Foley: "{Turning to Mike Morrow} Well actually, we were all back there saying "This guy is good!", I mean you're a force to be reckoned with! Too much power on the part of the robot Tricerabot, it seemed like for the Brawler, but also maybe your driving skills completely outclassed the Brawler!"
- Mike Morrow: "Well you know, they were all over the place! They were really hard to keep up with, and that robot is indestructible! It's just solid metal, with no real places for us to get into and do any damage, and we flip 'em over? They keep driving! And flip 'em over and they keep driving! They have an amazing robot, and it's tough!"
- — Post-battle interview
Brawler also fought in the International Championship, facing former War of Independence finalist General Chompsalot 2 in the first round.
- Carol Grow: "Hey, we were just over talking to General Chompsalot, and they said that they were going to chew you up and spit you out!"
- Errol Miller: "They did?"
- Carol Grow: "Yeah they did!"
- Errol Miller: "Well we've seen them run before, and they seem to enjoy pain and suffering, so we're gonna give as much as we can. I think we're gonna bust the General down to buck private."
- Carol Grow: "Really?"
- Errol Miller: "Yes I do!"
- Carol Grow: "Okay, well I fibbed a little bit, they didn't really say that, but I know they meant it!"
- Errol Miller: "Well we mean it too!"
- Carol Grow: "Yeah. Well what I meant is that you guys have a really tough robot, I've been looking around, and I almost think they're a little bit nervous."
- Errol Miller: "I think they should be!"
- — Pre-battle interview

General Chompsalot 2 pushes Brawler towards the CPZ
As soon as the battle started, Brawler turned away from General Chompsalot 2 and drove towards the arena wall. General Chompsalot 2 drove towards it, and Brawler turned around and drove close to the Disc of Doom. General Chompsalot 2 drove towards it, and Brawler tried spinning. As General Chompsalot 2 drove at Brawler, Brawler hit inside General Chompsalot 2's mouth with its spear, then hit its wheel with the hammer as General Chompsalot 2 turned away. Brawler drove away as General Chompsalot 2 tried to get its jaw around it, driving into the arena centre. General Chompsalot 2 drove after it, and Brawler tried driving away, but drove into Refbot, driving up his front wedge. General Chompsalot 2 took advantage, driving at Brawler, driving onto the spear, but Refbot reversed, giving Brawler the chance to turn out from under General Chompsalot 2. Brawler started spinning, hooking the decorative tongue of with its hammer and ripping it off.
- "Well, did the bot get your tongue?"
- — Stefan Frank after Brawler rips General Chompsalot 2's tongue out

The House Robots block the competitors escape
General Chompsalot 2 tried to grab Brawler as it continued to spin, but Brawler hit its side, so General Chompsalot 2 reversed. Brawler drove away from General Chompsalot 2, driving to the top of the arena by an empty CPZ. It turned around, and shook the tongue off its hammer. Brawler drove to the middle of the arena, near the arena wall, and span a little. General Chompsalot 2 drove at it, but Brawler drove down the arena, narrowly avoiding General Chompsalot 2 as it got close. Brawler stopped by the pit, and tried spinning, but General Chompsalot 2 got at it before it could get up to speed. General Chompsalot 2 tried to get its jaw around Brawler, but Brawler kept turning to stay out of General Chompsalot 2's jaw. However, Sgt. Bash came out of his CPZ, blocking Brawler from getting away, and General Chompsalot 2 got its jaw around Brawler's spear. Brawler tried driving away and tried turning to get out of the jaw, but General Chompsalot 2 kept hold. Brawler drove around in a circle a couple of times, dragging General Chompsalot 2 with it, but General Chompsalot 2 kept a strong hold.
- "The Brawler better stay aware, because those jaws are gonna come right down on him! Well, Bash got out of his Corner Patrol Zone a little early, I think he's a bit impatient! And Chompsalot is clamped down on the Brawler, and the Brawler's doing its best to get away, and its just dragging Chompsalot along with him!"
- — Stefan Frank as General Chompsalot 2 grabs onto Brawler, and Brawler tries to shake General Chompsalot 2 off

General Chompsalot 2 grabs hold of Brawler
Brawler tried pushing, but General Chompsalot 2 kept holding on, and pushed Brawler into a CPZ, where it let Brawler go. Brawler drove out of the CPZ, but Sir Killalot and Sgt. Bash came over to block the competitor's escape, with Sgt. Bash blocking Brawler and Sir Killalot blocking General Chompsalot 2. Brawler managed to turn around Sgt. Bash, and drove into the arena centre. After being briefly pinned against the arena side wall by Sir Killalot, General Chompsalot 2 drove after Brawler, which was waiting for it to approach. Brawler drove away as General Chompsalot 2 charged at it, but General Chompsalot 2 quickly turned, and tried to get its jaw around Brawler's spear. Brawler turned to avoid General Chompsalot 2's jaw, and the two competitors spun around together as General Chompsalot 2 tried to get its jaw around Brawler, but Brawler kept turning to avoid it. Brawler got away from General Chompsalot 2, but before it could try spinning, General Chompsalot 2 got at its side, getting the jaw around it, then pushed it towards the arena wall.
- "Now the Brawler's sitting out in the middle of the arena, and he needs to do some damage if he's going to go through! Unfortunately, the Brawler's looking pretty cumbersome next to the agility of General Chompsalot!. Chompsalot's got him by the wheel now, so he's got no driving whatsoever! Poor Errol Miller's at the mercy of the jaws of General Chompsalot!"
- — Stefan Frank as General Chompsalot 2 grabs Brawler and pushes it

General Chompsalot 2 pits Brawler
General Chompsalot 2 pushed Brawler down the arena, straight into the Pit release button, then turned it pushed it towards the Pit. Brawler struggled against General Chompsalot 2 as it got close to the Pit, using its one free wheel to swerve away from the Pit, but General Chompalot 2 managed to turn Brawler so it was facing the Pit. Brawler continued to struggle against General Chompsalot 2, but General Chompalot 2 managed to push Brawler into the Pit and drop it in.
- "They just went through this thing like clockwork! Poor Brawler didn't seem to have a chance!"
- — Stefan Frank as General Chompsalot 2 pits Brawler
Brawler was therefore eliminated from the International Championship, though strangely, Brawler did turn back and forth in the Pit.
- Mick Foley: "Brawler, as I said, you did not go down without a fight, and maybe you can take some pride in knowing that you that General Chompsalot may not be talking in the near future."
- David Miller: "Yeah, he's a good competitor, he's got a real tough robot, we ripped the tongue out of him, and we really tried to drag him around after he clomped onto us with his jaws, but just kind of lost some traction."
- Mick Foley: "Just one note I'd like to say is that: once you're in the Pit, things are kind of over! Did you think you could drive out of the Pit and continue?"
- David Miller: "That wasn't me! That was my robot, I have no control over that!"
- Mick Foley: "A mind of its own!"
- — Post-battle interview
Results[]
BRAWLER - RESULTS | ||
Season 2 | ||
US Championship Heat Final | ||
Heat F, Round 1 | vs. Diskotek, Tricerabot 3.0 | Qualified |
Heat F, Round 2 | vs. Dragbot | Won |
Heat F, Final | vs. Tricerabot 3.0 | Lost |
International Championship Representing USA, Round 1 | ||
Round 1 | vs. General Chompsalot 2 (USA) | Lost |
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 2
- Losses: 2
Series Record[]

Official image of Brawler
US Series | Brawler Series Record |
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Season 1 | Did not enter |
Season 2 | Heat Final |
Nickelodeon | Did not enter |
Outside Robot Wars[]

Tiger Wood
The team also fought in Season 3 of Robotica with Tiger Wood, a wooden-bodied, four-wheel drive robot with a front ramming wedge. In its heat, Tiger Wood lost its Gauntlet run against The Tick, but went through after winning its Labyrinth run against the latter. However, in the Fight to the Finish, it was torn apart and flipped off the platform by Ultra-Violence.

Diskontent in the pits at BattleBots 5.0
Team Blockhead would also compete on BattleBots with heavyweight horizontal spinner Diskontent, which performed relatively well, managing to defeat Bad Blood and Evilution to proceed to the televised rounds, where it defeated Ripkin before being knocked out of the competition by Voltronic. It also fought in the Heavyweight Consolation Rumble, where it survived to the end, but lost to Little Sister and FrostBite

Vicious Circle
After the televised robot combat shows had ended, Team Blockhead would still compete on a semi-regular basis from 2003-2006 with an upgraded version of Diskontent, named Vicious Circle. It competed in events such as Steel Conflict, ROBOLympics, the RFL Nationals and RoboGames, with mixed success. Its first appearance as Vicious Circle was at Steel Conflict 3, where it won two battles and lost two. It performed better at the next Steel Conflict, where it won 4 battles and lost 2, eventually losing to the eventual winner Evelyn to finish 4th. In 2004, it fought at Steel Conflict 5, the inaugral ROBOLympics, and the RFL Nationals, where it finished with a record of 2-2 on all of them. In 2005, Vicious Circle entered RoboGames, but lost both it battles. In 2006, Vicious Circle lost two battles and won two at the inaugral ComBots Cup, but after failing to win any battles at RoboGames, it was retired.
Trivia[]

Brawler's teddy bear mascot
- Team member Linda Miller was not present for Brawler's battle with General Chompsalot 2, despite being present for the pre-battle interview.
- Stefan Frank frequently referred to the robot as "the Brawler", despite everyone else just calling it Brawler, save for Carol Grow, who only called it "The Brawler" in the Round 1 interview.
- If Brawler had beaten General Chompsalot 2 in the International Championship, it would have fought Manta, a rematch from when the two teams fought in Robotica. Also, had The Termite made it past Round 1 of the US Championship, it could have fought Brawler, which also would have been a rematch from when the two teams fought in Robotica.
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