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"A psychedelic nightmare or just codswallop?"

Jackson Wallop was a competitor robot that fought exclusively in Series 7 of Robot Wars. It reached the second round of its heat by immobilising Killerkat, before losing to Big Nipper. Team Battlebot had also previously competed in Series 4 with Attila the Drum.

Design

Jackson Wallop S7 — Official Series 7 photo

Jackson Wallop was a two-wheeled, box-shaped robot that featured a paint scheme paying homage to the works of Pollock, and a very large spinning disc featuring two flails. The disc was 1.2m in diameter, the maximum size allowed in the rules, and the flails proved robust and powerful, managing to knock the hefty Killerkat onto its side and not being bent or fractured at all during its battles. However, Jackson Wallop had many weaknesses, such as the wheels being exposed, the robot being vulnerable if the weapon stopped spinning, and lacking a self-righting mechanism. The robot somewhat resembled Series 2 competitor Caliban through both its shape and weapon.

Etymology

The robot's name was a play on the surrealist artist Jackson Pollock, combining it with the word "wallop", referring to the impact of the robot's spinner. Jackson Wallop's body was splatter-painted to match the artist's signature style.

The Team

TeamBattleBot7 — The team with Jackson Wallop

Jackson Wallop was entered into Series 7 by the Hampshire-based Team Battlebot, a team with previous experience on Robot Wars after entering Series 4 with Attila the Drum. Team Battlebot was captained by Bernie Ryder, who built and painted Jackson Wallop, and also drove the robot in combat. He was also joined by Helen Thorpe, and a third team member Graeme McNulty was also credited on the robot's statistics board, although he was not seen in the televised episode.

Robot History

Series 7

Jackson Wallop competed in Heat B. Its first battle saw it competing against Killerkat and Gyrobot, with the three robots fighting alone after the third seed Terrorhurtz was disqualified for arriving at the studio unfinished^[1].

Jayne Middlemiss: "What are your tactics gonna be out there?"

Helen Thorpe: "Get out there and wallop"

— The team's battle plan

Jackson Wallop vs Gyrobot vs Killerkat — Jackson Wallop and Gyrobot team up on Killerkat

Gyrobot vs Killerkat — Gyrobot pushes Killerkat onto the flame pit

Immediately, all three robots got their weapons up to speed and Jackson Wallop hit Killerkat stopping its blade. Jackson Wallop spun away and got its weapon back up to speed before smashing into Killerkat again. It then hit it again and bounced off Killerkat hitting Gyrobot. Killerkat was moving very sluggishly and Gyrobot and Jackson Wallop went about causing a small amount of damage to Killerkat around its wheels. Jackson Wallop then rushed into Killerkat and its deadly blade toppled Killerkat. With Killerkat immobilised, Jackson Wallop went through to the second round along with Gyrobot.

Here it met Big Nipper, and was put at an immediate disadvantage as Big Nipper was too low for its blade to do any damage.

Big Nipper vs Jackson Wallop — Jackson Wallop is pushed into an angle grinder

Big Nipper vs Jackson Wallop 3 — Jackson Wallop's wheel detaches

Dead Metal vs Jackson Wallop — Dead Metal cuts into Jackson Wallop

Dead metal cuts jackson wallop — Dead Metal pits Jackson Wallop

Jackson Wallop rammed Big Nipper, but was pushed backwards and hit the arena wall, deflecting off it. Jackson Wallop then went and hit the pit release taking the front of the tyre off with its blade. Big Nipper then shoved and pinned Jackson Wallop onto an angle grinder. Big Nipper then clamped onto Jackson Wallop, but couldn't push it. However one of Big Nipper's claws had become stuck on Jackson Wallop's tyres and as it reversed one of those tyres came off. Jackson Wallop was immobilised and the House Robots came in and damaged it some more. Jackson Wallop was then shoved down the pit by Dead Metal.

"And the draw, to be honest, for this second round, defeated Jackson Wallop. They could never get any advantage over Big Nipper."

— Jonathan Pearce

Results

JACKSON WALLOP - RESULTS
Series 7
The Seventh Wars - UK Championship Heat, Round 2
Heat B, Round 1	vs. Gyrobot, Killerkat, Terrorhurtz (3)	Qualified
Heat B, Round 2	vs. Big Nipper	Lost

Wins/Losses

Wins: 1
Losses: 1

Series History

Front view of Jackson Wallop
Top view of Jackson Wallop
Jackson Wallop in the pits
Jackson Wallop cuts a gash in Shunt's scoop

Series	Jackson Wallop Series Record
The First Wars	Did not enter
The Second Wars	Did not enter
The Third Wars	Did not enter
The Fourth Wars	Entered with Attila the Drum
The Fifth Wars	Did not enter
The Sixth Wars	Did not enter
The Seventh Wars	Heat, Round 2
Series 8	Did not enter
Series 9	Did not enter
Series 10	Did not enter

Trivia

Jackson Wallop put a gash in Shunt's scoop that was never repaired.

References

↑ Private correspondence with the Terrorhurtz Facebook page

[1] Private correspondence with the Terrorhurtz Facebook page

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+{{quote|A psychedelic nightmare or just codswallop?|[[Jonathan Pearce]] on Jackson Wallop}}
-'''Jackson Wallop''' was the Series 7 sequel to [[Attila the Drum]]. It's name was a play on the surrealist artist Jackson Pollock (as the paintball style paintwork on the Disc and on the team's logos showed). It featured a spinning flail that was the largest body-to-weapon ratio that the rules allowed. The flail was very robust and powerful, managing to knock the hefty Killerkat onto its side, and was not bent or fractured by the repeated beatings it took. The robot somewhat resembled Series 2 competitor [[Caliban]] in both shape and weapon.
+'''Jackson Wallop''' was a competitor robot that fought exclusively in Series 7 of ''[[Robot Wars]]''. It reached the second round of its heat by immobilising [[Killerkat]], before losing to [[Big Nipper]]. Team Battlebot had also previously competed in Series 4 with [[Attila the Drum]].
+==Design==
+[[File:Jackson_wallop.JPG|thumb|left|Jackson Wallop in the arena]]
+[[File:Jackson Wallop S7.png|thumb|Official Series 7 photo]]
+Jackson Wallop was a two-wheeled, box-shaped robot that featured a paint scheme paying homage to the works of Pollock, and a very large spinning disc featuring two flails. The disc was 1.2m in diameter, the maximum size allowed in the rules, and the flails proved robust and powerful, managing to knock the hefty [[Killerkat]] onto its side and not being bent or fractured at all during its battles. However, Jackson Wallop had many weaknesses, such as the wheels being exposed, the robot being vulnerable if the weapon stopped spinning, and lacking a self-righting mechanism. The robot somewhat resembled Series 2 competitor [[Caliban]] through both its shape and weapon.
+===Etymology===
+The robot's name was a play on the surrealist artist Jackson Pollock, combining it with the word "wallop", referring to the impact of the robot's spinner. Jackson Wallop's body was splatter-painted to match the artist's signature style.
+==The Team==
+[[File:TeamBattleBot7.jpg|thumb|left|The team with Jackson Wallop]]
+Jackson Wallop was entered into Series 7 by the Hampshire-based Team Battlebot, a team with previous experience on ''Robot Wars'' after entering Series 4 with [[Attila the Drum]]. Team Battlebot was captained by Bernie Ryder, who built and painted Jackson Wallop, and also drove the robot in combat. He was also joined by Helen Thorpe, and a third team member Graeme McNulty was also credited on the robot's statistics board, although he was not seen in the televised episode.
 ==Robot History==
 ===Series 7===
+Jackson Wallop competed in Heat B. Its first battle saw it competing against [[Killerkat]] and [[Gyrobot]], with the three robots fighting alone after the third seed [[Terrorhurtz]] was disqualified for arriving at the studio unfinished<ref>Private correspondence with the Terrorhurtz Facebook page</ref>.
+{{Dialogue a-b|Jayne Middlemiss|What are your tactics gonna be out there?|Helen Thorpe|Get out there and wallop|The team's battle plan}}
+[[File:Jackson Wallop vs Gyrobot vs Killerkat.jpg|thumb|Jackson Wallop and Gyrobot team up on Killerkat]]
+[[File:Gyrobot vs Killerkat.jpg|thumb|left|Gyrobot pushes Killerkat onto the flame pit]]
+Immediately, all three robots got their weapons up to speed and Jackson Wallop hit Killerkat stopping its blade. Jackson Wallop spun away and got its weapon back up to speed before smashing into Killerkat again. It then hit it again and bounced off Killerkat hitting Gyrobot. Killerkat was moving very sluggishly and Gyrobot and Jackson Wallop went about causing a small amount of damage to Killerkat around its wheels. Jackson Wallop then rushed into Killerkat and its deadly blade toppled Killerkat. With Killerkat immobilised, Jackson Wallop went through to the second round along with Gyrobot.
+Here it met [[Big Nipper]], and was put at an immediate disadvantage as Big Nipper was too low for its blade to do any damage.
-[[File:Cjaksonwallop.jpg|thumb|left|Jackson Wallop in the pits]]
+[[File:Big Nipper vs Jackson Wallop.jpg|thumb|left|Jackson Wallop is pushed into an angle grinder]]
+[[File:Big Nipper vs Jackson Wallop 3.jpg|thumb|Jackson Wallop's wheel detaches]]
+[[File:Dead Metal vs Jackson Wallop.jpg|thumb|left|Dead Metal cuts into Jackson Wallop]]
+[[File:Dead metal cuts jackson wallop.JPG|thumb|Dead Metal pits Jackson Wallop]]
+Jackson Wallop rammed Big Nipper, but was pushed backwards and hit the arena wall, deflecting off it. Jackson Wallop then went and hit the pit release taking the front of the tyre off with its blade. Big Nipper then shoved and pinned Jackson Wallop onto an angle grinder. Big Nipper then clamped onto Jackson Wallop, but couldn't push it. However one of Big Nipper's claws had become stuck on Jackson Wallop's tyres and as it reversed one of those tyres came off. Jackson Wallop was immobilised and the House Robots came in and damaged it some more. Jackson Wallop was then shoved down the pit by Dead Metal.
+{{quote|And the draw, to be honest, for this second round, defeated Jackson Wallop. They could never get any advantage over Big Nipper.|[[Jonathan Pearce]]}}
 ==Results==
-{{Results Top|Silver|Black|JACKSON WALLOP}}
+{{Results Top|White|#0072BB|JACKSON WALLOP}}
 {{Show|Series 7}}
-{{Competition|The Seventh Wars - UK Championship|Heat, Round 1}}
+{{Competition|The Seventh Wars - UK Championship|Heat, Round 2}}
-{{Battle|Heat B, Round 1|[[Terrorhurtz]] ''(3)'', [[Gyrobot]], [[Killerkat]]|Qualified}}
+{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat B|Heat B, Round 1]]|[[Gyrobot]], [[Killerkat]], [[Terrorhurtz]] ''(3)''|Qualified}}
-{{Battle|Heat B, Round 2|[[Big Nipper]]|Lost}}
+{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat B|Heat B, Round 2]]|[[Big Nipper]]|Lost}}
 |}
 ===Wins/Losses===
 *Wins: 1
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 ==Series History==
+<gallery type="slideshow">
-*Series 1-3: Did not enter
+JacksonWallop.jpg|Front view of Jackson Wallop
-*Series 4: Entered with [[Attila the Drum]]
+Jackson Wallop.jpg|Top view of Jackson Wallop
-*Series 5-6: Did not enter
+Cjaksonwallop.jpg|Jackson Wallop in the pits
-*Series 7: Heat, Round 2
+JacksonShunt.jpg||Jackson Wallop cuts a gash in Shunt's scoop
+</gallery>
+{{Series Record|Jackson Wallop|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Entered with [[Attila the Drum]]|Did not enter|Did not enter|'''Heat, Round 2'''}}
+==Trivia==
+*Jackson Wallop put a gash in Shunt's scoop that was never repaired.
+==References==
+<references/>
+{{Series 7 Competitors}}
 [[Category:UK Series competitors]]
 [[Category:Robots from Hampshire]]
-[[Category:Robots that only fought in Series 7]]
+[[Category:Robots with puns for names]]
+[[Category:Robots with Flails]]
+[[Category:Robots named after real people]]
+[[Category:Robots with an equal amount of Wins and Losses]]
+[[Category:Robots which debuted in Series 7]]
+[[Category:Robots which only fought in Series 7]]
+[[Category:Robots to damage Shunt]]