- "For the first time, robots will team up to settle old scores. Their objective: immobilize and eliminate the competition! We have four teams ready to win or die trying, because these four teams hate each other's robot guts!"
- — Mick Foley's introduction
The Tag Team Terror of Extreme Warriors: Season 1 (also simply referred to as the Tag Team) was a competition held during the first season of Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors. In the episode, there were four teams of two, like in The Fourth Wars' and Nickelodeon Robot Wars' Tag Team competitions. Like a normal Tag Team competition, only one member from each team was allowed to battle at any one time. If a robot wanted to let its team-mate into the action, it had to return to its CPZ. There, the robots could switch out and tag. The episode was originally broadcast on September 10, 2001 on TNN.
Competing Teams[]
- Tut Tut & Drillzilla
Tut Tut | ||
Weight | 206lbs | |
Dimensions | 40" x 40" x 26" | |
Power | 2 x Electric Motors | |
Weapons | Pneumatic Axe | |
Strengths | Powerful Weapon | |
Weaknesses | No Self-Righting Mechanism | |
From: Chandler, Arizona | ||
Team Members: Chris Harriman |
Drillzilla | ||
Weight | 352lbs | |
Dimensions | 43" x 38" x 7" | |
Power | 4 x Electric Motors | |
Weapons | Drill & Steel Jaws | |
Strengths | Good Weight Advantage | |
Weaknesses | Poor Destructive Capability | |
From: San Jose, California | ||
Team Members: David Hall, Bruce Hall & Chris Kallai |
- Tricerabot & Rosie the Riveter
Tricerabot | ||
Weight | 220lbs | |
Dimensions | 65" x 36" x 14" | |
Power | Electric Motors | |
Weapons | Armor Piercing Horns | |
Strengths | Extremely Robust | |
Weaknesses | Flammable | |
From: Corvalis, Oregon | ||
Team Members: Mike Morrow, Nicole Morrow & Rob Ender |
Rosie the Riveter | ||
Weight | 216lbs | |
Dimensions | 43" x 36" x 12" | |
Power | 4 x Wheelchair Motors | |
Weapons | Iron Battering Ram | |
Strengths | Fast & Powerful | |
Weaknesses | Limited Weaponry | |
From: Gresham, Oregon | ||
Team Members: Chris Gattman, Sharon Gattman & Kris Ender |
- Joker & Falcon
Joker | ||
Weight | 215lbs | |
Dimensions | 32" x 32" x 19" | |
Power | 2 x Electric Motors | |
Weapons | Spinning Maces | |
Strengths | Extremely Robust | |
Weaknesses | Inability To Self-Right | |
From: Rome City, Indiana | ||
Team Members: Skip Harmeyer, Dave Haryhetter & Joe Bonemderohorn |
Falcon | ||
Weight | 214lbs | |
Dimensions | 16" x 50" x 36" | |
Power | 2 x 12V Motors | |
Weapons | Lifting Spike | |
Strengths | Interchangeable Weapons | |
Weaknesses | Sluggish | |
From: North Oaks, Minnesota | ||
Team Members: David Temple, Rand Whillock & Mark Whillock |
- General Chompsalot & Run Away
General Chompsalot | ||
Weight | 215lbs | |
Dimensions | 43" x 33" x 15" | |
Power | 2 x 36 Volt Electric Motors | |
Weapons | Articulating Mouth | |
Strengths | Runs Both Ways Up | |
Weaknesses | Poor Destructive Capability | |
From: New Berlin, Wisconsin | ||
Team Members: Tim Berghoefer, Dave Berghoefer & Cheryl Berghoefer |
Run Away | ||
Weight | 218lbs | |
Dimensions | 56" x 35" x 31" | |
Power | 2 x 24V Electric Motors | |
Weapons | Scoop & Spinning Blades | |
Strengths | Fast and Powerful | |
Weaknesses | Fragile Design | |
From: Salem, Oregon | ||
Team Members: Mark Joerger, Aaron Joerger & Alissa Joerger |
Round 1[]
Tricerabot & Rosie the Riveter vs Drillzilla & Tut Tut[]
Tut Tut and Tricerabot went out for their respective teams, and at the start of the battle, Tricerabot drove down the arena, whilst Tut Tut drove after it. As Tut Tut got close, Tricerabot reversed and tried to drive around Tut Tut, and though Tut Tut drove into it, Tricerabot managed to turn around it. Tricerabot tried to ram Tut Tut, but merely rode up the front wedge, so reversed. Tricerabot turned around and tried reversing into Tut Tut, but Tut Tut turned as it did so, and tried to push Tricerabout, so Tricerabot drove away. Tut Tut reversed up the arena to tag Drillzilla. Tricerabot charged into Drillzilla, but could not get any traction to push its opponent back, and Drillzilla rammed it into the top arena wall. Tricerabot managed to push back a little, and the two robots continued their pushing match down the arena, each struggling to get a full advantage. Drillzilla pushed Tricerabot onto the flame pit, and despite Tricerabot struggling to get off, Drillzilla held it there long enough for the decorations to catch fire. Rosie the Riveter broke the rules, leaving its corner and rushing over to help its team-mate. As Drillzilla pushed Tricerabot, Rosie the Riveter got behind Drillzilla and pushed it.
- "Wait a minute! Rosie the Riveter dosen't tag up or anything, he's in there, trying to do a little damage to the back of Drillzilla!"
- — Stefan Frank as Rosie the Riveter comes into the battle
Drillzilla pushed Tricerabot into Sir Killalot, who had left his CPZ, and Sir Killalot knocked the flaming top decorations loose. Drillzilla and Tricerabot continued pushing against each other, each struggling to get an advantage, whilst Sir Killalot went after Rosie the Riveter, picking it up with his claw and spinning it around before throwing it. Sir Killalot received a red card for this attack, as Rosie the Riveter had not been immobile or in a CPZ. Suddenly, all four competitors were out in the arena at once, and whilst Drillzilla pushed Rosie the Riveter, Matilda came out of her CPZ, reversing into Tut Tut, then Rosie the Riveter.
- "...and it's a free-for-all! They're all in it now! Everybody jumping in there, trying to get the last word!"
- — Stefan Frank as all four competitors fight
Drillzilla pushed Rosie the Riveter into the arena wall and pinned it there, and it was attacked by Matilda's flywheel, but it merely ground against the side, causing sparks but no major damage. As Matilda reversed, Rosie the Riveter managed to turn and reverse away from the wall, but drove into Matilda, so quickly drove away. Rosie the Riveter fought Tut Tut whilst Tricerabot was fighting Drillzilla at the bottom of the arena, then Tricerabot suddenly charged at Matilda, getting underneath and tipping her onto her side.
- "Serves her right, nobody went into her corner, she shouldn't even have been out there!"
- — Stefan Frank after Tricerabot flipped Matilda
Sir Killalot used his claw to lift Matilda back onto her wheels. Sir Killalot grabbed Tricerabot in his claw, pushed it towards the pit, but instead of pushing it in, Sir Killalot lifted it up and spun it around, throwing it into its Tag Team partner.
- "There's a blatant disregard for the rules in this round, they've all gone in there, and it looks like Tricerabot's the first to pay the price!"
- — Stefan Frank as Sir Killalot grabs Tricerabot
Tricerabot drove at Tut Tut, but Tut Tut pushed it down the arena. Drillzilla was pushing Rosie the Riveter, so Tut Tut pushed Tricerabot into Rosie the Riveter. Drillzilla pushed the two opponents together, and Tut Tut helped by pushing Tricerabot as the two opponents were close to the pit, but Rosie the Riveter drove over Drillzilla. Tricerabot pushed back against Tut Tut, but Drillzilla blocked it and pushed it to the edge of the pit, and after lining itself properly, pushed Tricerabot into the pit.
- "This is a Tag Team free-for-all! Look at that, Refbot has lost total control of any semblance of order! And here we go, the pit is open, and Tricerabot is the first down!"
- — Stefan Frank as Drillzilla pits Tricerabot
Drillzilla then went after the remaining opponent, getting under the side and pushing it into an angle grinder. Time ran out and the battle went to a Judges' decision, and Drillzilla & Tut Tut were the clear winners.
Winners: Drillzilla & Tut Tut
General Chompsalot & Run Away vs Falcon & Joker[]
General Chompsalot and Falcon went out first for their respective teams. At the start of the battle, General Chompsalot swerved around Falcon, but Falcon turned and tried to get its flipper under General Chompsalot. General Chompsalot turned to Falcon's side, got its jaw under Falcon and pushed it back. Falcon tried turning against General Chompsalot, but General Chompsalot kept pushing, but then it drove up the wedge of Falcon. As it drove up Falcon, General Chompsalot went up on its wheels, landing upside-down. Falcon tried to get under General Chompsalot, but General Chompsalot reversed, so Falcon missed with the flipper.
- "...Falcon's got that patented wedge design that's great for tipping people over, but it's not going to work too much good on General Chompsalot, 'cause he's going to work either way."
- — Stefan Frank as Falcon tries to get under General Chompsalot
General Chompsalot got its jaw under Falcon and pushed it against the wall. Falcon got away from the wall and pushed past General Chompsalot, driving under it with the wedge. General Chompsalot turned to tag Run Away, meanwhile Falcon went to tag Joker. The two robots cautiously drove towards each other, with Joker getting its spinner up to speed. The two robots drove at each other, but Joker's spinner just bounced off. Run Away reversed, and Joker tried getting its spinner up to full speed, then Run Away drove at Joker, getting the front wedge underneath. Run Away hit the drum of Joker with its spinners, bending the bottom of the armour, and suddenly, both Tag Team partners came out of their corners illegally.
- "...and everybody's in on the action now! ... I think these guys might have watched the battle before and decided to forget about the rules!"
- — Stefan Frank as all four competitors fight
Falcon got behind Run Away, whilst General Chompsalot got its jaw underneath Joker, using it to lift it off Run Away's wedge. General Chompsalot and Run Away pushed Joker to the flame pit, but General Chompsalot could not get Joker off its jaw. Refbot came over to push the two robots apart, and Dead Metal reversed Joker off the flame pit, pushing it into the arena centre. General Chompsalot pushed Joker onto the flipper, where Joker appeared to have slowed and was not spinning. The four robots fought down at the bottom of the arena, where Run Away reversed into the pit button, but then Falcon got underneath it. Sir Killalot came out of his corner, pushing Run Away off of Falcon, but then grabbed it by the bottom frame and lifted it up.
- "Sir Killalot picks Run Away up, and Run Away's got nowhere to go! The audience want the pit! Killalot, in his lawless nature, has gone in there, taking the law into his own hands again. There's nobody going to stop him, either!"
- — Stefan Frank as Sir Killalot picks up Run Away
Sir Killalot dumped Run Away on its back, then picked it up and hung it against the wall, before taking it up the arena and dropping it on the flipper. Run Away was thrown, and it bounced back onto its wheels. Whist General Chompsalot continued to fight the other two, Run Away was immobile as time ran out, its removable link having fallen out after being thrown on the floor flipper[1]. The battle went to the Judges, who decided that Sir Killalot's intervention was against the rules, so ignored it, and decided that General Chompsalot and Run Away had gone through.
- "We thought we were pretty well boned, what with Run Away dead in the middle of the ring. It took a while for the judges to come in with their decision: it went to us! The judges decided that the house 'bots were out-of-line and interfered with the match. We were well in control of the match at the time the house 'bots went berserk, so we moved on to the finals!"
- — Mark Joeger on the Team Run Amok website[2]
Winners: General Chompsalot & Run Away
Playoff[]
Tricerabot & Rosie the Riveter vs Falcon & Joker[]
Falcon and Rosie the Riveter started this fight, and both robots drove straight at each other, with Rosie the Riveter driving at Falcon's wedge. Falcon landed a couple of weak axe blows on Rosie the Riveter, then both robots turned away from each other. Falcon drove after Rosie the Riveter, driving at the side and landing another axe blow. As Falcon pushed against Rosie the Riveter, it broke of one of the decorative side wings. Falcon returned to the CPZ, and Joker came out, its drum spinning. As Joker drove at Rosie the Riveter, Tricerabot came out of its corner, ramming into Joker, knocking it backwards.
- "Well, it looks like rules were meant to be broken again, because Joker jumped right in there without a tag, and Tricerabot's going to try and make him suffer for it!"
- — Stefan Frank
Tricerabot drove into Joker, stopping it spinning. Falcon came out of its corner, and Tricerabot drove up the arena, slamming into it, whilst Rosie the Riveter drove into the back and pushed. As Tricerabot drove back down the arena, Falcon got some distance on Rosie the Riveter and turned around, hitting it with the axe. Rosie the Riveter got behind Falcon and continued pushing, and Tricerabot drove back up the arena, ramming into Falcon's front a couple of times. Tricerabot drove around to the side of Falcon, and pushed it into Joker. Tricerabot continued to push Falcon, whilst Rosie the Riveter drove into Joker. Rosie the Riveter pushed Joker into the wall by Sgt. Bash's CPZ, and Tricerabot pushed Falcon into the wall beside it.
- "Joker looks dead in his tracks!"
- — Stefan Frank as Rosie the Riveter pushes Joker into the wall
Sgt. Bash came out of his CPZ, driving between Falcon and Tricerabot. Tricerabot reversed, and Falcon drove at the side of Rosie the Riveter, hitting it with its axe, but then Tricerabot rammed into Falcon's side, pushing it against Joker. Whilst Rosie the Riveter pinned Joker against an angle grinder, Tricerabot reversed. Falcon turned to face Tricerabot, and Tricerabot rammed into Falcon again. Rosie the Riveter kept Joker pinned against the wall, whilst Falcon moved away from the wall, and Tricerabot rammed into its front again. As it did so, Falcon hit it with the axe, but this had no effect. Tricerabot reversed, and charged back at Falcon, pushing it back. Falcon turned, exposing its side to Tricerabot, and Tricerabot rammed into it. Falcon turned to face Tricerabot, and Tricerabot rammed Joker into the wall. Meanwhile, Joker had broken down at the side of the arena. Tricerabot reversed away, and Falcon drove away from the wall. Tricerabot rammed into it, pushing past it and ramming into Joker. However, as it did so, Sgt. Bash was waiting, and roasted Tricerabot with his flamethrower, and Tricerabot's decorations caught light.
- "Sgt. Bash is trying to make Tricerabot the sacrificial barbecue lamb again! And the flaming Tricerabot tries to run off, and maybe blow off some of those flames!"
- — Stefan Frank as Sgt. Bash sets Tricerabot alight
Refbot pushed Tricerabot and Rosie the Riveter apart, and Tricerabot reversed up the arena, driving into Shunt, but got away before he could attack. Tricerabot charged into Falcon, which was barely moving, and rammed it onto the edge of the pit. Tricerabot drove away and pressed the pit release button, and as the pit descended, Tricerabot drove around the pit, and gave Falcon a final push to finish it off. Tricerabot then went after Joker, pushing it away from the wall whilst Refbot counted it out. As Refbot's count hit 10, Tricerabot pushed Joker to the edge of the pit, and Shunt rushed over, axing Joker. Shunt reversed, and Tricerabot rammed into Joker, trying to push it into the pit. Joker did not fall in because Falcon was in the pit, so Tricerabot gave it another push, but in doing so, it fell in as well.
Winners: Tricerabot & Rosie the Riveter
Final[]
Drillzilla & Tut Tut vs General Chompsalot & Run Away[]
- "Here's the one you've been waiting for, the Extreme Warriors Tag Team Final!"
- — Stefan Frank just before the start of the battle
Drillzilla and Run Away went out first for their respective teams, and at the start of the battle, both robots charged at each other, with Run Away turning just before it hit Drillzilla. Drillzilla got at the side of Run Away, then reversed, and Run Away escaped down the arena, turned around and drove back. Run Away tried to hit Drillzilla with one of its spinning blades, but Drillzilla drove around to the front of Run Away. Run Away reversed as Drillzilla tried to push it, driving by the flame pit. As Drillzilla drove after it, Run Away drove over the flame pit, presumably trying to lure Drillzilla onto the flames, but Drillzilla held back, not crossing the flame pit. Run Away turned over the flame pit, trying to hit Drillzilla with one of its blades, but Drillzilla pushed it into Shunt. Run Away managed to reverse, dodging an axe blow, but Tut Tut was waiting behind it, and rammed Run Away onto the flame pit. Run Away drove over the flames, into the wall, then reversed back over the flames, and Drillzilla rammed into its side. Drillzilla pushed Run Away down the arena, but reversed when it drove onto one of Run Away's fluffy dice.
- "Drillzilla, bringing Run Away right over the flames again, lost some of his luck dice! Well, those lawnmower rotor blades don't seem to be doing too much damage on Drillzilla, Drillzilla's got all the power and all the cookies!"
- — Stefan Frank as Drillzilla rams Run Away around
Run Away drove away, but drove straight into Sgt. Bash. As Sgt. Bash pushed Run Away, Drillzilla rammed into it. Sgt. Bash pushed Run Away towards the pit release button, which Run Away reversed into to open the pit. Sgt. Bash let Run Away go, whilst Drillzilla went back up the arena to tag Tut Tut. As Tut Tut left its CPZ, Run Away charged at it. The two robots tried to push each other, but neither could get an advantage, so Run Away turned around and drove down the arena, before driving back up the arena to tag General Chompsalot.
- "If Run Away's got any strategy at all, he's gonna go for that tag, and put General Chompsalot in there, because those rotor blades aren't doing any damage at all!"
- — Stefan Frank as Run Away goes to tag General Chompsalot
General Chompsalot charged towards Tut Tut, which turned around and went to tag Drillzilla. General Chompsalot drove after Tut Tut, but as it caught up with it in the CPZ, Drillzilla pushed it away into the arena centre. One of Drillzilla's claw was stuck in General Chompsalot's eye, so Drillzilla reversed, then charged back at General Chompsalot, pushing it to a flame jet. Drillzilla reversed, allowing General Chompsalot to drive away across the arena and turn around. General Chompsalot drove at Drillzilla, but as it did so, it rode up the front, allowed Drillzilla to easily push it down the arena and dump it in the pit.
- "Drillzilla, that was beautiful! Look at the speed and power, right underneath General Chompsalot and ... see ya!"
- — Stefan Frank, watching the replay of Drillzilla pitting General Chompsalot
As Run Away came out, Drillzilla tagged Tut Tut, which tried to get under the side of Run Away. Run Away escaped up the arena, and Tut Tut drove after it. As Tut Tut caught up, Run Away tried reversing into Tut Tut, because this allowed Tut Tut to use its pyramid shape to tip it onto its side. With no srimech, Run Away was left immobile and was counted out by Refbot. Shunt axed it, and cease was called, leaving Drillzilla and Tut Tut as the Tag Team Terror champions.
Champions: Drillzilla & Tut Tut
Trivia[]
- Only General Chompsalot, Falcon and the Sylvan Lake Robot Warriors would return for the Extreme Warriors Season 2 Tag Team Terror, although Run Away would later compete in the International Tag Team Terror in Nickelodeon Robot Wars.
- Falcon and the Sylvan Lake Robot Warriors would be the only combination to reprise their partnership in Extreme Warriors Season 2, although the Sylvan Lake Robot Warriors used loanerbot Humdrum and renamed it Joker for this tournament.
- In order to ensure the episode reached the required running time, this episode featured two features about the House Robots; before the first battle, Stefan Frank introduced each one with a montage of clips, and then after Round 1, statistics boards were shown for each of the House Robots, coupled with clips and descriptions from Stefan Frank.
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