Changes: Psychokiller

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"Took 2 months to build, the axe is powered by a wheelchair motor. Ready for thrills and suspense? Hitchcock's Psycho wasn't as frightening as this! Coming mother!"

— Jonathan Pearce introduces Psychokiller

Psychokiller was a competitor robot that participated in Series 3 of Robot Wars. It lost to Dreadnaut in the first round, and did not compete in any other series beyond this failure.

Design

TeamPsychokiller — Team Psychokiller with their robot

Psychokiller was a yellow wedge-shaped robot with a red face-like design on the front, which was said to be inspired by Salvador Dali's paintings. Its weapon was a pickaxe powered by a wheelchair motor, with two furry hands fastened around the tip. The robot was driven by two Sinclair C5 motors, and overall took three months to build.

"Classic wedge shape, with the axe, so hopefully that will work very well; we know from the past it does."

— Philippa Forrester looks over Psychokiller in the pits

Robot History

Series 3

Dreadnaut psychokiller — Dreadnaut rams Psychokiller

Psychokiller faced Dreadnaut in the first round of the Third Wars. The two robots immediately collided head-on, but did very little damage to each other. Psychokiller briefly circled the flame pit before driving into Sir Killalot, who snapped off its axe. Dreadnaut then pushed Psychokiller back onto the flame pit, where it was attacked and shoved away by Shunt. As Dreadnaut came in for another attack, Psychokiller drove towards Dead Metal's CPZ, where it was caught on an arena spike and immobilised.

Killalot psychokiller — Sir Killalot slices off Psychokiller's axe

"It's been a nightmare for them out there! Psycho battle, let alone Psychokiller!"

— Jonathan Pearce as Psychokiller lies immobile

At this point, Dreadnaut and the House Robots closed in on Psychokiller. Shunt embedded his axe in the top of Psychokiller, lifting it up slightly, as Sir Killalot used his lance to flip the robot over, Jonathan Pearce noting visible damage on all sides. The House Robots continued to damage Psychokiller before 'cease' was called.

Results

PSYCHOKILLER - RESULTS
Series 3
The Third Wars - UK Championship Heat, Round 1
Heat P, Round 1	vs. Dreadnaut	Lost

Wins/Losses

Wins: 0
Losses: 1

Series Record

Series	Psychokiller Series Record
The First Wars	Did not enter
The Second Wars	Did not enter
The Third Wars	Heat, Round 1
The Fourth Wars	Did not enter
The Fifth Wars	Did not enter
The Sixth Wars	Did not enter
The Seventh Wars	Did not enter
Series 8	Did not enter
Series 9	Did not enter
Series 10	Did not enter

Trivia

Jonathan Pearce claimed Psychokiller took two months to build, but the robot's statistics card said it took three months to build.
Psychokiller may have been named after the Talking Heads' song of the same name.

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 {{quote|Took 2 months to build, the axe is powered by a wheelchair motor. Ready for thrills and suspense? Hitchcock's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film) Psycho] wasn't as frightening as this! Coming mother!|Jonathan Pearce introduces Psychokiller}}
-'''Psychokiller''' was a yellow wedge robot that participated in the Third Wars. Its weapon was an axe which had two furry hands grasping it and was powered by a wheelchair motor. The face on the front was said to be inspired by Salvador Dali's paintings.
+'''Psychokiller''' was a competitor robot that participated in [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars|Series 3]] of ''[[Robot Wars]]''. It lost to [[Dreadnaut]] in the first round, and did not compete in any other series beyond this failure.
-{{quote|Classic wedge shape, with the axe, so hopefully that will work very well, we know from the past it does.|Philippa Forrester looks over Psychokiller in the pits}}
-Psychokiller took three months to build and lost in the first round, and did not return beyond this failure.
+==Design==
-It may have been named after the Talking Heads' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_Killer song of the same name].
+[[File:TeamPsychokiller.jpg|thumb|left|Team Psychokiller with their robot]]
+Psychokiller was a yellow wedge-shaped robot with a red face-like design on the front, which was said to be inspired by Salvador Dali's paintings. Its weapon was a pickaxe powered by a wheelchair motor, with two furry hands fastened around the tip. The robot was driven by two Sinclair C5 motors, and overall took three months to build.
+{{quote|Classic wedge shape, with the axe, so hopefully that will work very well; we know from the past it does.|Philippa Forrester looks over Psychokiller in the pits}}
 ==Robot History==
 ===Series 3===
 [[File:Dreadnaut_psychokiller.JPG|thumb|left|Dreadnaut rams Psychokiller]]
+Psychokiller faced Dreadnaut in the first round of the Third Wars. The two robots immediately collided head-on, but did very little damage to each other. Psychokiller briefly circled the flame pit before driving into [[Sir Killalot]], who snapped off its axe. Dreadnaut then pushed Psychokiller back onto the flame pit, where it was attacked and shoved away by [[Shunt]]. As Dreadnaut came in for another attack, Psychokiller drove towards [[Dead Metal]]'s CPZ, where it was caught on an arena spike and immobilised.
 [[File:Killalot_psychokiller.JPG|thumb|Sir Killalot slices off Psychokiller's axe]]
+{{quote|It's been a nightmare for them out there! Psycho battle, let alone Psychokiller!|Jonathan Pearce as Psychokiller lies immobile}}
-Psychokiller met Dreadnaut in the first round. Dreadnaut drove in first, but the robots rarely did damage to each other. Psychokiller began circling the flame pit before driving into Sir Killalot, who snapped off its axe. Dreadnaut then pushed Psychokiller back over the flame pit, immobilising it before the house robots attacked. Shunt cleaved a number of holes in its bodywork, and used its scoop along with Sir Killalot's lance to flip Psychokiller over, with Jonathan Pearce noting visible damage on both sides, before causing more damage to the underbelly of Psychokiller.
-{{quote|It's been a nightmare for them! Psycho battle, let alone Psychokiller|Jonathan Pearce as Psychokiller lies immobile}}
+At this point, Dreadnaut and the [[House Robots]] closed in on Psychokiller. Shunt embedded his axe in the top of Psychokiller, lifting it up slightly, as Sir Killalot used his lance to flip the robot over, Jonathan Pearce noting visible damage on all sides. The House Robots continued to damage Psychokiller before 'cease' was called.
 ==Results==
 {{Results Top|	#FFFF66|Red|PSYCHOKILLER}}
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 ===Wins/Losses===
-[[File:TeamPsychokiller.jpg|thumb|Team Psychokiller with the robot]]
 *Wins: 0
 *Losses: 1
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 ==Trivia==
 *Jonathan Pearce claimed Psychokiller took two months to build, but the robot's statistics card said it took three months to build.
+*Psychokiller may have been named after the Talking Heads' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_Killer song of the same name].
 {{Series 3 Competitors}}