Mousetrap was a robot that competed in Series 4 and 5 of Robot Wars. It was a wedge-shaped replica of a spring mousetrap, with the trap itself being the weapon. For Series 5, the robot was known as Mousetrap 2 and a blade was added to the trap. The Mousetrap team were competitors from Series 3-5 and Series 7. During the team's campaign, they competed with three very different robots. Of these three machines, only Mousetrap had any great degree of success, reaching the Semi-Finals of Series 4. Both of their other robots were beaten in Round 1.
Robot History
Series 4
Series 5
Seeded 20th, Mousetrap was fortunate to pass the first round, as Shredder appeared to be controlling the battle until it lost control and drove into the pit. Mousetrap needed to beat S3 to set up a grudge match with Stinger, however S3 won on a judges decision after a fight where the pair spent the majority of the match stuck together. S3 caused major damage to one of Mousetrap's panels and ripped the decorative spring in the final few seconds, sending it through to the heat final.
Extreme
Mousetrap's only appearance in the Extreme series was in a Mayhem in Extreme Series 1, where it was drawn up against Atomic and Fighting Torque. However, a problem with its trap mechanism left it defenseless as it was continually flipped around the arena by Atomic, finally being counted out and left for Dead Metal to destroy.
Other Entries
Triterobot
Triterobot was a triangular-shaped robot that was entered by the team in Series 3. It had a spike on each corner, was invertible and could also emit a smokescreen. The robot was defeated in the first round of its heat by Evil Weevil.
Black and Blue
Black and Blue, the team's entry for Series 7, was a clusterbot - each machine a small invertible box with a spinning drum. As the name suggests, one robot was black, and the other was blue. However, they were rather small, and Firestorm 5 pitted Blue without much trouble, but not before Black was immobilised by Daisy-Cutter.
Results
Series 3 (Triterobot)
Heats
- Round 1 vs Evil Weevil: Lost
Series 4
Heats
- Eliminator vs Evil Weevil vs Tiberius: Qualified
- Semi-Final vs Sump Thing: Won
- Round 3 vs Little Fly: Won
Semi-Finals
- Round 1 vs Stinger: Lost
Extreme Series 1
Mayhem vs Fighting Torque vs Atomic: Lost
Series 5
Heats
Series 7 (Black and Blue)
Heats
- Round 1 vs Firestorm 5 vs Daisy Chopper vs Bamm Bamm: Eliminated
Series Record
- Series 1-2: Did not enter
- Series 3: Heat, Round 1 (Triterobot)
- Series 4: Semi-Final, Round 1
- Series 5: Heat, Round 2
- Series 6: Did not enter
- Series 7: Heat, Round 1 (Black and Blue)
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