Shockwave

==Robot History==
===Series 8===
Shockwave competed in Heat 2, where it faced three veterans in its Group Battle - [[DisConstructor]], [[Thor]], and [[Tough as Nails]].

{{quote|During testing, Shockwave, they apparently drove it through a neighbour's fence! This team claim their scoop arm will allow them to climb out of the pit - yeah, we'll have to see about that!|[[Jonathan Pearce]]}}
[[File:Shockwave vs DisConstructor.jpg|thumb|left|Shockwave pushes DisConstructor into the pit]]
[[File:TAN Trio.jpg|thumb|Shockwave pushes Tough as Nails while in its grip, after Thor falls off]]
[[File:TAN Teamed.jpg|thumb|Shockwave wedging under Tough as Nails allowed Thor to attack]]
When the battle begun, Shockwave did not hesitate before pressing the pit release, having planned to dispose of the threatening spinner DisConstructor early on. The plan succeeded, as Shockwave rammed DisConstructor into the arena wall, which rebounded towards the pit, and Shockwave capitalised by pushing its early fears down. Down to three robots, Shockwave slammed into the back of Thor, which was gripped by Tough as Nails, although this caused Shockwave to slide completely under Thor, into Tough as Nails' grip. Shockwave pushed Tough as Nails into the corner of the arena. Shockwave appeared to try and team up with fellow live circuit competitor Thor, constantly pushing it closer to Tough as Nails' weak spots, or wedging underneath Tough as Nails to put it at a better angle for striking. Thor eventually succeeded in immobilising Tough as Nails, allowing Shockwave to progress with it.

{{quote|It was the disc we were really worried about, because we're so exposed with our four-wheel drive, we just said, we've got to go for the disc!|Ian Thomas}}
It was later revealed that Shockwave lost drive to one of its wheels during the melee, but this damage was repaired in time for the next round. In Shockwave's first battle of the head-to-head stage, [[Foxic]] was to be its first opponent.
[[File:Shockwave Foxic.jpg|thumb|left|Shockwave overturns Foxic]]
[[File:Shockwave vs Foxic.jpg|thumb|Shockwave wedges under Foxic with Dead Metal nearby]]
[[File:Foxic pitted.jpg|thumb|Shockwave pushes Foxic into the pit]]
Both robots met in the centre of the arena, but Foxic's wedge was lower, and Shockwave simply drove on top of its opponent. It retreated, pressing the pit release button, then drove back towards Foxic which had briefly stopped moving, and pushed it into [[Dead Metal]]. When Foxic began to push Dead Metal across the arena, Shockwave capitalised by slipping underneath its distracted opponent, allowing Dead Metal to push back and cut into Foxic. Shockwave rammed Foxic into the arena wall, turning it over, and when Foxic escape, raising its scoop, Shockwave could slip underneath and push Foxic into the pit. Shockwave celebrated by turning itself over repeatedly.

Shockwave next fought Thor, its ally from the first round. In preparation, Shockwave applied a new front scoop, intended to deflect Thor's axe, made from a gas pipe outside the team's house.
{{quote|Thor can smack this all day long!|Will Thomas}}
[[File:Thor vs Shockwave.jpg|thumb|left|Shockwave loses a third of its scoop]]
[[File:Shockwave deflection.jpg|thumb|The intended purpose of Shockwave's scoop]]
[[File:Thor Shockwave.jpg|thumb|left|Shockwave's wheels are attacked]]
[[File:Thor Matilda.jpg|thumb|Shockwave pushes Thor into Matilda's flywheel]]
Shockwave raised its scoop at the beginning of the fight, in order to deflect Thor's axe, though no axe blows were fired until after Shockwave had pressed the pit release button, where Thor turned Shockwave over and pushed it into Dead Metal, which sliced into one of Shockwave's tyres. Shockwave could still drive reasonably well, but a blow from Thor knocked a third of Shockwave's scoop off completely. Shockwave could not breach Thor's ground clearance with this scoop, so it went on the defensive, but Thor pushed it towards [[Matilda]] and landed another blow. Shockwave protected itself from some attacks using the scoop, but continued to sustain damage nonetheless, being pushed into the arena wall to lose another third of its scoop. Shockwave pushed Thor broadside, but could not defend itself from Thor bending its lifting mechanism, and attacking its wheel hub. The final piece of Shockwave's bucket was lost simply from a ram, but during this time, Shockwave pushed Thor into Matilda's flywheel, damaging Thor's own wheel guard. Both robots survived to a Judges' decision, but it was scored in favour of Thor.
[[File:Will Thomas injury.jpg|thumb|Will Thomas' injury]]
After the battle with Thor, Team Shock dropped their robot onto Will Thomas's fingers, requiring medical attention in a local A&E, leaving Ian Thomas to repair the robot alone. Will returned to the studio two hours later, ready for their last battle in the second round, against [[M.R. Speed Squared]].
{{dialogue a-b|Dara Ó Briain|Can you drive with two fingers immobilised?|Will Thomas|Yeah, the thumbs are OK, that's the main bit!|The importance of Will's injury}}
[[File:Shockwave vs MR Speed Squared.jpg|thumb|left|Shockwave lifts M.R. Speed Squared onto the arena wall]]
[[File:Shockwave lift.jpg|thumb|Shockwave holds M.R. Speed Squared aloft]]
[[File:Shockwave accident.jpg|thumb|left|Self-imposed danger from Shockwave]]
[[File:MRSS pitted.jpg|thumb|Shockwave pushes M.R. Speed Squared into the pit]]
Shockwave showed no fear of M.R. Speed Squared, and barged into it, pushing it towards [[Sir Killalot]], pressing the pit release button for a fourth time while it had the chance. Shockwave's tactics were to stop M.R. Speed Squared from accelerating its spinning rim, which it did by pushing the robot relentlessly, and into Dead Metal. When M.R. Speed Squared retaliated, Shockwave lost a drive chain, and sustained damage on its bucket, but Shockwave's response was to lift M.R. Speed Squared onto the arena wall, where smoke emitted from it. Shockwave carried M.R. Speed Squared towards Sir Killalot again, and turned it over near Dead Metal, exposing their unprotected internals. Another lift held their prey completely airborne, while buckling their own scoop. Shockwave almost lost the fight after carrying M.R. Speed Squared towards the pit, but lost grip and almost drove in, but on a second attempt, pitted its opponent, and earned a place in the Heat Final.

In the Heat Final, Shockwave had earned its third encounter with Thor. For this battle, Shockwave returned to its HARDOX lifting wedge, in place of the HDPE bucket used in the previous two fights.

[[File:Shockwave vs Thor.jpg|thumb|left|Shockwave's knockout blow]]
[[File:Thor pitted.jpg|thumb|Shockwave secures its place in the Grand Final]]
The first contact between the two robots caused Thor to rebound away from Shockwave, and a push from Shockwave into the arena wall left Thor immobilised in the opening moments. Shockwave pressed the pit release, and then had a simple task of pushing the beaten machine into the pit, which it did very quickly, earning vengeance for the earlier loss and awarding Shockwave a surprise place in the Grand Final.
{{quote|What an upset, Shockwave have won! I cannot believe it!|Jonathan Pearce}}

In the Grand Final group stages, Shockwave was placed against [[Apollo]] and [[Carbide]]. Shockwave's plan was to either drive into Carbide's blade to stop it from spinning, or to sacrificially push Apollo into the spinning bar.
{{quote|We could be going home in a bin bag!|Will Thomas}}
[[File:Apollo vs shockwave vs carbide 1.jpg|thumb|left|Shockwave pushes Carbide]]
[[File:Carbide hits shockwave.jpg|thumb|Shockwave is immobilised by Carbide]]
[[File:Shockwave damage by carbide.jpg|thumb|Shockwave's damage proves fatal]]
In the opening moments of the battle, Shockwave collided with Carbide near a CPZ. Shockwave slipped underneath Carbide, and pushed it into the arena wall, where Carbide's spinning blade rebounded and knocked a panel out of the arena side wall. Shockwave drove away from the scene, but Carbide landed a huge blow to Shockwave before cease was called for safety reasons. The battle was set to be restarted when the arena was repaired, but upon closer inspection it was revealed that Carbide's attack had damaged Shockwave significantly, dislodging one of its tyres and ripping through its armour. The damage was so severe that Shockwave was unable to continue, eliminating it and leaving Apollo and Carbide to progress to the head-to-heads.
{{quote|It's always disappointing to lose, but we always knew that Carbide was going to be a fantastic robot to fight, and I reckon they'll go far|Will Thomas}}

Shockwave was repaired to fighting condition before the end of filming, so Team Shock and Team Eruption decided to have a friendly battle in the arena between Shockwave and Eruption to entertain the audience, in a [[Robot Wars: Series 8/Whiteboard matches|whiteboard battle]].
{{quote|The producers gave us the chance to organise the fights amongst ourselves, and having been very close friends for many years, ourselves and Team Shock both said we wanted to fight each other in the new TV arena! They had done a fantastic job repairing Shockwave after their fight with Carbide (despite a few pieces of metal missing here and there!), and Eruption and Shockwave were the first robots loaded into the arena.|Eruption - Robot Wars Facebook page on Shockwave's whiteboard battle<ref>https://www.facebook.com/EruptionRobot/posts/1589001688068146?__tn__=K-R</ref>}}
Shockwave's ground clearance proved to be inferior to Eruption's, and it was tossed around the arena. Shockwave managed to retaliate by slipping underneath Eruption to charge it into the arena wall. However, Shockwave's wheels were still weak after the encounter with Carbide, and after it was flipped a few more times by Eruption, a drive chain was lost, leaving Shockwave with only three working wheels. Team Shock encouraged Team Eruption to keep attacking, so Shockwave was thrown out of the arena, and lost the battle, retiring after this fight.
{{quote|Despite being immobilised, Will and Ian told us to continue attacking and we drove underneath Shockwave and flipped it out of the arena, giving Eruption the highest number of OOTAs in the new Robot Wars arena! Shockwave was unfortunately irreparable after this and did not fight again, but getting it back in the arena after the Carbide fight was a feat in itself!|Eruption - Robot Wars Facebook page on Shockwave's whiteboard battle<ref>https://www.facebook.com/EruptionRobot/posts/1589001688068146?__tn__=K-R</ref>}}