- "I wonder what a Scutter is?"
- — Craig Charles
Scutter's Revenge was Team Scutterbots' original entry for Robot Wars, exclusively competing in Series 3. It was a red, white and black box-shaped robot with an aluminium shell that had a bulldozer blade on the front.
It was powered by two 2HP car starter motors from V6 engines, described by the team as the "most extreme" motors on Robot Wars. The robot was built with power and strength in mind, with the team claiming that it was powerful enough to pull a four ton truck. The robot was not the quickest but it possessed good pushing power, which the team used to quickly pit its first two opponents on the way to the Heat Final.
However, it was prone to breakdowns, losing its Heat Final against Pussycat in this way. However, when its opponent was disqualified, Scutter's Revenge was put back through to the Semi-finals, before breaking down again against 101.
Scutter's Revenge was named after the robotic Skutters from the television show Red Dwarf, which starred Craig Charles. Images of the Skutters were painted on the side of the robot. Whether the misspelling of Skutters with a c was deliberate or not is undetermined.
Robot History
Series 3
Scutter's Revenge pits Zeus
Scutter's Revenge was said to have the most powerful motors in Robot Wars and it showed a large amount of potential against Zeus in the first round battle. It bulldozed it into an angle grinder, damaging the axe slightly. Turning towards the pit, Scutter's Revenge pushed Zeus onto a grill where the axe tip snapped off. Seconds later, Zeus was pitted and out.
A second pitting in a row
This encounter was followed by a match with Thermador. Thermador escaped the initial shove, but Scutter's Revenge caught the lobster and pitted it, putting the newcomers into the final of a heat where two heat winners from the previous series had already fallen.
- "Everyone knows the last thing you do every day is you put the cat out, and that's exactly what we're going to do."
- — Graham Warner in the pits before the Heat Final.
Scutter's Revenge pins Pussycat against the wall
In the Heat Final, Scutter's Revenge pushed Pussycat into the wall, but Pussycat drove over it and escaped. As Scutter's Revenge closed in, Pussycat swung around and shattered its blade on the arena wall. After this, Scutter's Revenge was attacked repeatedly by the weaponless Pussycat, and eventually, it caught fire, and became immobilised. The House Robots attacked Scutter's Revenge, and it was thrown by the floor flipper.
Unaired on television, Team Scutterbots were interviewed by Craig Charles as losers of the match. It was only after the teams had returned to the pits that the Judges intervened, and declared that Pussycat would be disqualified for its use of a dangerous blade, which was prone to shattering. Scutter's Revenge was given a second chance, and entered the series semi-finals, claiming that the robot could be fixed within 10 minutes, only becoming immobile due to a flat battery.
Scutter's Revenge pushes 101
In the semi-finals, 101 drove up Scutter's Revenge twice, before driving into Shunt's CPZ. The competitors pushed each other around, until 101 drove over the top of its opponent, breaking Scutter's Revenge's aerial, and Scutter's Revenge slowed before stopping. 101 pushed it into Shunt, and the other house robots attacked, eliminating Scutter's Revenge.
Results
| SCUTTER'S REVENGE - RESULTS | ||
| Series 3 | ||
| The Third Wars - UK Championship Semi-Final, Round 1 | ||
| Heat M, Round 1 | vs. Zeus | Won |
| Heat M, Round 2 | vs. Thermador | Won |
| Heat M, Round 3 | vs. Pussycat | Won (by default) |
| NOTE: Pussycat won the final round, but it was disqualified for using a hardened steel blade which shattered during the battle. Scutter's Revenge was awarded the victory by default. | ||
| Semi-Final 2, Round 1 | vs. 101 | Lost |
Wins/Losses
- Wins: 3
- Losses: 1
Series Record
- Series 1-2: Did not enter
- Series 3: Semi-Finals, Round 1
- Series 4: Entered with Spawn of Scutter
- Series 5-7: Entered with Spawn Again
- 2016 Series: Did not enter
Appearances in Merchandise
Trivia
- Scutter's Revenge was the only one of the three machines from Team Scutterbots that did not fight Razer at some point.
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