- "An international clash of the most extreme fighting machines ever."
- — Craig Charles
The International Inferno was a single battle event in the third episode of Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1. The battle took place between representatives of the four countries to host domestic Robot Wars championships.
- Jonathan Pearce, Craig Charles and Julia Reed all referred to the competitors as "Champions". In reality, Panic Attack had finished the most recent UK Championship in the second round of the semi-finals, whilst Manta had lost in the semi-finals of the US Championship. Meanwhile, the first Dutch Series and the only series of German Robot Wars had yet to be filmed, but Maximill and Flensburger Power would not be successful in those wars (Flensburger Power did not even enter).
Competing Robots
Flensburger Power - Germany
- Team Members: Michael Schnoor, Anita Jensen & Andre Bruske
- Weight: 92kg
- Dimensions: 1.00m x 0.5m x 0.3m
- Power: Electric motor
- Weapons: Wheel cutters and spear
- Strengths: Low ground clearance
- Weaknesses: Slow & sluggish
Manta - The USA
- Team Members: Jeff Cesnik, Billy Boden & Chris Tyson
- Weight: 84kg
- Dimensions: 1.12m x 0.95m x 0.32m
- Power: 24V motors
- Weapons: Spinning steel blade
- Strengths: Very fast & powerful
- Weaknesses: Effectiveness of weapon
Maximill - The Netherlands
- Team Members: Frank Van Corschot, Ab Dekker, Bram Verhaegen
- Weight: 77kg
- Dimensions: 0.86m x 0.6m x 0.33m
- Power: 24V wheelchair motor
- Weapons: Rotary windmill blade
- Strengths: Quick & agile
- Weaknesses: Comparatively light
Panic Attack - The UK
Panic Attack, Winner of the International Inferno
- Team Members: Kim Davis, Michael Davis & Christian Bridge
- Weight: 98kg
- Dimensions: 1m x 0.7m x 0.16m
- Power: 24V motor
- Weapons: Lifting forks
- Strengths: Impenetrable armour
- Weaknesses: Reliability of weapon
The Inferno
Manta sends Maximill flying
Panic Attack lifts Manta
The four robots moved off their starting positions - both Maximill and Flensburger Power were slow, but Manta sped around and rammed into Maximill. Maximill's weapon had charged, but Manta's was not spinning at all. Manta was not hindered by this and quickly reversed Maximill onto the flame pit. Maximill was spinning on the flames until Manta rammed it into the side wall. Meanwhile, Panic Attack had been pushing Flensburger Power around, and the now unoccupied Manta rammed it onto the flames as well. Flensburger Power appeared to have broken down, but Maximill came back to life and re-entered the battle. Manta pushed into it again, ramming it into an unoccupied CPZ. Maximill moved out to escape, but was immediately boxed in by Shunt and Matilda, the latter of who pushed it into the CPZ and struck with its heavy flywheel. Manta and Panic Attack turned to each other, but Panic Attack was the successful attacker, lifting Manta up with its forks and slipping into a position beneath Manta's disc.
- "And Manta - a ray of hope for the USA - I think not! You are now impaled on those forks and there is no way out from there."
- — Jonathan Pearce
Panic Attack pits Manta
Matilda herds together the broken Germans and Dutch
Panic Attack dragged Manta around and into the pit release as Refbot counted out Flensburger Power. Panic Attack almost lost its grip on Manta when it drove over the closed pit, then eventually lowered Manta back down. Manta charged into Panic Attack, slamming it aside, but with its disc still not working, it was unable to do any damage. Meanwhile, Refbot moved over and counted out Maximill, who had broken down after being attacked by Shunt and Matilda. Shunt placed Maximill on the floor flipper, and it was hurled through the air, its disc breaking off on impact with the floor. Panic Attack then got beneath Manta again, lifting it completely up. Matilda then pressed the pit release, and Manta, who was resting on the pit, began to descend with it. Panic Attack briefly got stuck with Manta on top, but used its srimech panel to shrug Manta off and into the pit properly.
- "Manta is right on the lip of defeat here! On the very edge - how on earth are they holding on? They're not holding on any longer, they're in the pit. And Panic Attack, and Kim Davis, have triumphed in the International Inferno."
- — Jonathan Pearce
Flensburger Power was hurled by the floor flipper, and Shunt and Matilda pushed it into Maximill. Cease was called.
Winner: Panic Attack
- "Well they came to Britain with their suntan cream. But they got tanned, on Robot Wars Extreme."
- — Craig Charles' signoff
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