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'''Team Hurtz''' is a team from Oxfordshire who competed in every series of ''[[Robot Wars]]'' except for [[Robot Wars: The First Wars|Series 1]] and the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1|first series]] of ''[[Robot Wars Extreme]]''. Captained by long-time veteran John Reid, the team entered two robots across eight UK Championships, [[Killerhurtz]] and one-time fourth place finisher [[Terrorhurtz]]. The team have represented both the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom in international competitions.
 
'''Team Hurtz''' is a team from Oxfordshire who competed in every series of ''[[Robot Wars]]'' except for [[Robot Wars: The First Wars|Series 1]] and the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1|first series]] of ''[[Robot Wars Extreme]]''. Captained by long-time veteran John Reid, the team entered two robots across eight UK Championships, [[Killerhurtz]] and one-time fourth place finisher [[Terrorhurtz]]. The team have represented both the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom in international competitions.
   
John Reid is also associated with 2016 pilot competitor [[Basher]], as he entered the robot into ''BattleBots'' under the name '''Beta''', although Team Hurtz did not compete in the pilot.
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John Reid is also associated with 2016 pilot competitor [[Basher]], as he entered the robot into ''BattleBots'' under the name '''[[w:c:battlebots:Beta|Beta]]''', although Team Hurtz did not compete in the pilot.
   
 
==Branding==
 
==Branding==
[[File:Team Kilerhurtz s4 t shirts.png|thumb|Reid, Reaston-Brown and Parkinson]]
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[[File:Team Kilerhurtz s4 t shirts.png|thumb|Reid, Reaston-Brown and Parkinson|left]]
 
In Series 2 and 3, the team wore generic T-Shirts with the Robot Wars logo on them (maroon in Series 2 and blue in Series 3).
 
In Series 2 and 3, the team wore generic T-Shirts with the Robot Wars logo on them (maroon in Series 2 and blue in Series 3).
   
In the First World Championship, Dominic Parkinson dressed in Czech colours. Killerhurtz flew a pair of Czech flags and adopted the Pokémon Charmander as its "driver". Killerhurtz also had the phrase "Maś Čhlupatÿ Pupîćek" written in red along the side - translating to ""you have a hairy tummy button" in Czech. Charmander was knocked off by Shunt during a tussle in the CPZ.
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In the First World Championship, Dominic Parkinson dressed in Czech colours. Killerhurtz flew a pair of Czech flags and adopted the Pokémon Charmander as its "driver". Killerhurtz also had the phrase "Maś Čhlupatÿ Pupîćek" written in red along the side - translating to "you have a hairy tummy button" in Czech. Charmander was knocked off by Shunt during a tussle in the CPZ.
   
[[File:Team Hurtz.jpg|thumb|left|John Reid and Nick Lynch]]
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[[File:Team Hurtz.jpg|thumb|John Reid and Nick Lynch]]
 
The team's motto during Series 4 was "It Kills, It Hurts, Get Used To It" and its logo was outline of the Killerhurtz axe head. In Series 4, the team brought their own uniform; plain white T-shirts with the logo on the front and the motto on the back. Interestingly, Dominic Parkinson was wearing his T-shirt back to front during the battle with Splinter, as [[Craig Charles]] read the motto off his T-shirt, which was on the back of both Reid and Reaston-Brown's. During the debrief with [[Julia Reed]], however, he was wearing it the correct way around.
 
The team's motto during Series 4 was "It Kills, It Hurts, Get Used To It" and its logo was outline of the Killerhurtz axe head. In Series 4, the team brought their own uniform; plain white T-shirts with the logo on the front and the motto on the back. Interestingly, Dominic Parkinson was wearing his T-shirt back to front during the battle with Splinter, as [[Craig Charles]] read the motto off his T-shirt, which was on the back of both Reid and Reaston-Brown's. During the debrief with [[Julia Reed]], however, he was wearing it the correct way around.
   
In Series 5, the Killerhurtz logo was dropped and replaced by white T-shirts with 10¹² (the number of hertz to make up a terahertz). In Series 6, Reid kept the Series 5 T-shirt whilst Parkinson wore a yellow one with the Killerhurtz axe logo above HZ³ (the maximum frequency of a Terahurtz) in the fights during Heat I. In Extreme 2, the team changed to black polos with HZ¹² in white.
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In Series 5, the Killerhurtz logo was dropped and replaced by white T-shirts with 10¹² (the order of magnitude notation for Tera). In Series 6, Reid kept the Series 5 T-shirt whilst Parkinson wore a yellow one with the Killerhurtz axe logo above HZ³ (the order of magnitude notation of Kilohurtz) in the fights during Heat I. In Extreme 2, the team changed to black polos with HZ¹² in white.
   
 
During the reboot, John Reid and Nick Lynch wore red jackets.
 
During the reboot, John Reid and Nick Lynch wore red jackets.
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===John Reid===
 
===John Reid===
 
[[File:Terrorhurtz_John_Reid.jpg|thumb|John Reid]]
 
[[File:Terrorhurtz_John_Reid.jpg|thumb|John Reid]]
Team Hurtz was essentially its Oxford-based Captain John Reid throughout Robot Wars, as the only member of the team to appear in every series. Reid designed both Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz from computer software. Reid was a mild-mannered but enthusiastic competitor all throughout the show, driving both of his robots in every fight as well as being the principal architect.
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The Captain of Team Hurtz, John Reid, appeared throughout Robot Wars, as the only member of the team to appear in every series. Reid designed both Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz from computer software. Reid was a mild-mannered but enthusiastic competitor all throughout the show, driving both of his robots in every fight as well as being the principal designer.
 
{{Dialogue a-b-a|Philippa Forrester|Say it with me, d'oh!|John Reid|D'oh! I cannot believe I did that.|Well we thought it was quite funny.|After the loss to Cerberus}}
 
{{Dialogue a-b-a|Philippa Forrester|Say it with me, d'oh!|John Reid|D'oh! I cannot believe I did that.|Well we thought it was quite funny.|After the loss to Cerberus}}
 
[[File:Team Hurtz reaction.png|thumb|left|John Reid's reaction to Killerhurtz's suicide]]
 
[[File:Team Hurtz reaction.png|thumb|left|John Reid's reaction to Killerhurtz's suicide]]
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{{quote|Wait for it, wait for it, wait - I need you - get ready, get ready, get ready, c'mon, get ready...no, wait for it! Wait for it! Wait for it! Wait for a - wait for a good hit. Wait for a good hit...Okay! [Nick Lynch fires] Good one. Excellent.|John Reid, during the fight with Sabretooth}}
 
{{quote|Wait for it, wait for it, wait - I need you - get ready, get ready, get ready, c'mon, get ready...no, wait for it! Wait for it! Wait for it! Wait for a - wait for a good hit. Wait for a good hit...Okay! [Nick Lynch fires] Good one. Excellent.|John Reid, during the fight with Sabretooth}}
 
[[File:26168195 10213742789955920 2234974794622119236 n.jpg|thumb|John Reid and Nick Lynch in the ''World Series'']]
 
[[File:26168195 10213742789955920 2234974794622119236 n.jpg|thumb|John Reid and Nick Lynch in the ''World Series'']]
By 2016's reboot, John Reid was a mechanical design engineer who designed race car simulators. He became a favourite of the fan community for his outspoken nature. He made comments while driving and argued with Nick Lynch on screen several times, including an outburst of frustration over Terrorhurtz's failed axe in the fight with [[Behemoth]] and constantly clamouring for Lynch to wait for "a good hit" in the Series 9 fight with [[Sabretooth]]. The "wait for a good hit" has since become a 'meme' within the online ''Robot Wars'' community, used in a number of different contexts. In Series 10, Reid continued the usage of this phrase by praising Nick Lynch's work as having got "lots of good hits".
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By the time of ''Robot Wars''' revival in 2016, John Reid was a mechanical design engineer who designed race car simulators. He became a favourite of the fan community for his outspoken nature. He made comments while driving and argued with Nick Lynch on screen several times, including an outburst of frustration over Terrorhurtz's failed axe in the fight with [[Behemoth]] and constantly clamouring for Lynch to wait for "a good hit" in the Series 9 fight with [[Sabretooth]]. The "wait for a good hit" has since become a 'meme' within the online ''Robot Wars'' community, used in a number of different contexts. In Series 10, Reid continued the usage of this phrase by praising Nick Lynch's work as having got "lots of good hits".
   
 
[[File:Dee with team.jpg|thumb|left|John Reid with Dee]]
 
[[File:Dee with team.jpg|thumb|left|John Reid with Dee]]
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Nick Lynch joined the team in Extreme 2 and took Dominic Parkinson's role as weapons operator. The new man on the axe, his skill was immediately noticeable in the mauling of S.M.I.D.S.Y., after which Craig Charles called him a bit of a sadist. Lynch was an amateur rocket scientist as of Series 9, and remained John Reid's partner throughout each reboot series.
 
Nick Lynch joined the team in Extreme 2 and took Dominic Parkinson's role as weapons operator. The new man on the axe, his skill was immediately noticeable in the mauling of S.M.I.D.S.Y., after which Craig Charles called him a bit of a sadist. Lynch was an amateur rocket scientist as of Series 9, and remained John Reid's partner throughout each reboot series.
   
Nick Lynch joined the team after having seen John Reid and Terrorhurtz during Series 5. Lynch wrote to Reid and sent him a a 3D interactive physics simulation of how to make the axe more powerful. Upon seeing this, Reid offered him a place on the team.<ref>The Official Robot Wars Website</ref>
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Nick Lynch joined the team after having seen John Reid and Terrorhurtz during Series 5. Lynch wrote to Reid and sent him a a 3D interactive physics simulation of how to make the axe more powerful. Upon seeing this, Reid offered him a place on the team.<ref>http://www.robotwars.tv/competitors/season-8/week-1/terrorhurtz/</ref>
   
 
James Lynch also joined the team for Extreme 2 and was part of the team in Series 7, but was not shown during the disqualification.
 
James Lynch also joined the team for Extreme 2 and was part of the team in Series 7, but was not shown during the disqualification.
   
 
===Rebecca Reaston-Brown===
 
===Rebecca Reaston-Brown===
Rebecca Reaston-Brown was a member of the Series 2-4 Team Hurtz. She did not receive a speaking role until Series 3, where she joked that every time she was present the team lost early on. She modelled her T-shirt for Julia Reed in Series 4. Reaston-Brown proved prophetic in that most of Killerhurtz's victories (in the Northern Annihilator) all took place when she was not present.
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Rebecca Reaston-Brown was a member of the Series 2-4 Team Hurtz. She did not receive a speaking role on the main series until Series 3, where she joked that every time she was present the team lost early on. She modelled her T-shirt for Julia Reed in Series 4. Reaston-Brown proved prophetic in that most of Killerhurtz's victories (in the Northern Annihilator) all took place when she was not present.
   
 
==Robots==
 
==Robots==
<gallery type="slideshow">
 
Killerhurtz S2.png|Killerhurtz (Series 2)
 
Killerhurtz (series 3).JPG|Killerhurtz (Series 3)
 
Killerhurtz.png|Killerhurtz (Series 4)
 
Terrorhurtz S5.png|Terrorhurtz (Series 5)
 
Terrorhurtz.png|Terrorhurtz (Series 6)
 
Terrorhurtz EX2.png|Terrorhurtz (Extreme 2)
 
Terrorhurtz today.jpg|Terrorhurtz (Series 7)
 
Terrorhurtz 2016.jpg|Terrorhurtz (Series 8)
 
Terrorhurtz S9.jpg|Terrorhurtz (Series 9)
 
Terrorhurtz 10.png|Terrorhurtz (Series 10)
 
File:Basher.png|Basher (Series 8 pilot)
 
Dee.png|Dee (Battle of the Stars)
 
</gallery>
 
 
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{| class="wikitable"
!Name
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!'''Name'''
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! '''Image'''
!Weight Class
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!'''Weight Class'''
!Series
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!'''Series'''
|- bgcolor="#a9a9a9"
 
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|- bgcolor="#a9a9a9" ; <span style=color:#000000></span>
|[[Killerhurtz]]
 
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|[[Killerhurtz|<span style="color:#0148c2">Killerhurtz</span>]]
 
|[[File:Killerhurtz.png|frameless]]
 
|Heavyweight
 
|Heavyweight
 
|Series 2-4
 
|Series 2-4
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|- bgcolor="#a9a9a9" ; <span style=color:#000000></span>
|[[Terrorhurtz]]
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|[[Terrorhurtz|<span style="color:#0148c2">Terrorhurtz</span>]]
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|[[File:Terrorhurtz 10.png|frameless]]
 
|Heavyweight
 
|Heavyweight
 
|Series 5-10, Extreme 2
 
|Series 5-10, Extreme 2
 
|}
 
|}
   
*''NOTE 1: John Reid is associated with [[Basher]] through BattleBots, but was not present for its appearance in the pilot.''
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*''NOTE 1: John Reid is associated with [[Basher]] through BattleBots where it competes as Beta, but was not present for its appearance in the pilot.''
*''NOTE 2: John Reid also mentored and repaired [[Dee]] and its team during Battle of the Stars, but did not build or drive the machine.''
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*''NOTE 2: John Reid also mentored the [[Dee]] team during Battle of the Stars and carried out repairs, but did not build or drive the machine.''
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<gallery>
 
File:Basher.png|Basher (Series 8 pilot)
 
Dee.png|Dee (Battle of the Stars)
 
</gallery>
   
 
===Wins/Losses===
 
===Wins/Losses===
 
*Wins: 22
 
*Wins: 22
*Losses: 16
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* Losses: 16
   
 
==Series Record==
 
==Series Record==
{{Series Record EX|Team Hurtz|Did not enter|'''Heat, Arena Semi-Final with [[Killerhurtz#Series 2|Killerhurtz]]'''|'''Heat, Round 1 with [[Killerhurtz#Series 3|Killerhurtz]]'''|'''Heat, Round 2 with [[Killerhurtz#Series 4|Killerhurtz]]'''|'''Heat, Round 2 with [[Terrorhurtz#Series 5|Terrorhurtz]]'''|'''Fourth Place with [[Terrorhurtz#Series 6|Terrorhurtz]]'''|'''Heat, Round 1 with [[Terrorhurtz#Series 7|Terrorhurtz]]''' (disqualified)|'''Heat Round 2, Third Place with [[Terrorhurtz#Series 8|Terrorhurtz]]'''|'''Heat Round 2, Third Place with [[Terrorhurtz]]'''|'''Heat Final with [[Terrorhurtz]]'''|Did not enter|'''Entered with [[Terrorhurtz]]'''}}
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{{Series Record EX|Team Hurtz|Did not enter|'''Heat, Arena Semi-Final with [[Killerhurtz#Series 2|Killerhurtz]]'''|'''Heat, Round 1 with [[Killerhurtz#Series 3|Killerhurtz]]'''|'''Heat, Round 2 with [[Killerhurtz#Series 4|Killerhurtz]]'''|'''Heat, Round 2 with [[Terrorhurtz#Series 5|Terrorhurtz]]'''|'''Fourth Place with [[Terrorhurtz#Series 6|Terrorhurtz]]'''|'''Heat, Round 1 with [[Terrorhurtz#Series 7|Terrorhurtz]]''' (disqualified)|'''Heat Round 2, Third Place with [[Terrorhurtz#Series 8|Terrorhurtz]]'''|'''Heat Round 2, Third Place with [[Terrorhurtz]]'''<br>Battle of the Stars, Fourth Place with [[Dee]]|'''Heat Final with [[Terrorhurtz]]'''|Did not enter|'''Entered with [[Terrorhurtz]]'''}}
   
*''NOTE 1: John Reid also competed in Battle of the Stars as the mentor of [[Dee]], which finished fourth within its episode''
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*''NOTE 1: John Reid also competed in [[Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars|Battle of the Stars]] as mentor for [[Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars/Episode 2|Episode 2]] competitor [[Dee]].''
*''NOTE 2: [[Basher]], a robot which John Reid competed with in BattleBots, was entered into the [[Robot Wars: Series 8/Pilot|2016 Pilot]] by its builder [[Robo Challenge|Grant Cooper]], where it fell in the first round''
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* ''NOTE 2: [[Basher]], a robot which John Reid competed with in BattleBots, was entered into the untelevised [[Robot Wars: Series 8/Pilot|Series 8 Pilot]] by its builder [[Robo Challenge|Grant Cooper]], where it fell in the first round.''
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== Outside Robot Wars==
 
Team Hurtz continues to fight today at live events with Terrorhurtz. They have enjoyed considerable success in the period during ''Robot Wars<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' hiatus, winning the FRA UK Championship in 2004 and 2009 and finishing second in 2005 and 2007.
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Team Hurtz also competed in ''BattleBots'' with Killerhurtz and '''[http://battlebots.wikia.com/wiki/Beta Beta]'''. For more information on Beta, see [[Basher]].
   
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<gallery>
==Outside Robot Wars==
 
<gallery type="slideshow">
 
 
Killerhurtz Long Beach.jpg|Killerhurtz as it appeared at BattleBots Long Beach in 1999
 
Killerhurtz Long Beach.jpg|Killerhurtz as it appeared at BattleBots Long Beach in 1999
 
Killerhurtztoday.jpg|Killerhurtz at ''BattleBots'' Season 4.0
 
Killerhurtztoday.jpg|Killerhurtz at ''BattleBots'' Season 4.0
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File:Khz2016.jpg|Killerhurtz in 2016
 
File:Khz2016.jpg|Killerhurtz in 2016
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
Team Hurtz continues to fight today at live events with Terrorhurtz. They have enjoyed considerable success in the period during ''Robot Wars<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' hiatus, winning the FRA UK Championship in 2004 and 2009 and finishing second in 2005 and 2007.
 
 
Team Hurtz also competed in ''BattleBots'' with Killerhurtz and '''[http://battlebots.wikia.com/wiki/Beta Beta]'''. For more information on Beta, see [[Basher]].
 
   
 
[[File:Tanshe.jpg|thumb|left|Tánshè at ''King of Bots'']]
 
[[File:Tanshe.jpg|thumb|left|Tánshè at ''King of Bots'']]
In October 2017, John Reid collaborated with [[Team Legion]] to enter '''[http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/T%C3%A1nsh%C3%A8 Tánshè]''' into the Chinese TV show ''King of Bots''. The robot, an up-scaled version of Team Legion's titular featherweight, is armed with a flipping bucket at the front. The word Tánshè is Mandarin for 'catapult'. In the first round, it fought an invertible drum spinner, [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Knight Dark Knight], but Tánshè flipped it against the wall for a knockout win in just over a minute. In the second round, Tánshè defeated a tracked drum spinner, [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Hammerhead_Shark Hammerhead Shark] by flipping it out of the arena with barely thirty seconds left on the clock. Tánshè ultimately reached the third round, where it sustained extensive damage to its flipper and sides from [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Great_White Great White] before becoming immobilised by the Anglo-Australian clusterbot. Although eliminated from the main competition,Tánshè would later reappear in the 2v2 competition, where it and [[Team MAD|Team MAD's]] [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Vulcan Vulcan] won their first-round battle against [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Snake Snake] and [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Saber Saber] on a Judges' decision.
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In October 2017, John Reid collaborated with [[Team Legion]] to enter '''[http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/T%C3%A1nsh%C3%A8 Tánshè]''' into the Chinese TV show ''King of Bots''. The robot, an up-scaled version of Team Legion's titular featherweight, is armed with a flipping bucket at the front. The word Tánshè is Mandarin for 'catapult'. In the first round, it fought an invertible drum spinner, [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Knight Dark Knight], but Tánshè flipped it against the wall for a knockout win in just over a minute. In the second round, Tánshè defeated a tracked drum spinner, [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Hammerhead_Shark Hammerhead Shark] by flipping it out of the arena with barely thirty seconds left on the clock. Tánshè ultimately reached the third round, where it sustained extensive damage to its flipper and sides from [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Great_White Great White] before becoming immobilised by the Anglo-Australian clusterbot. Although eliminated from the main competition, Tánshè would later reappear in the 2v2 competition, where it and [[Team MAD|Team MAD's]] [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Vulcan Vulcan] won their first-round battle against [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Snake Snake] and [http://king-of-bots.wikia.com/wiki/Saber Saber] on a Judges' decision.
   
 
[[File:Tanshe team.jpg|thumb|John Reid (left) with Tánshè at ''This is Fighting Robots'']]
 
[[File:Tanshe team.jpg|thumb|John Reid (left) with Tánshè at ''This is Fighting Robots'']]
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[[File:Tanshe.png|thumb|left|Tánshè in ''King of Bots II'']]
 
[[File:Tanshe.png|thumb|left|Tánshè in ''King of Bots II'']]
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Tánshè returned for ''King of Bots II'', and fought [https://king-of-bots.fandom.com/wiki/Reaper Reaper] in its first battle, which it won convincingly to join Zhu Zheng Ting's celebrity team, and earned a point for the celebrity captain by defeating [https://king-of-bots.fandom.com/wiki/Mr_Hippo Mr Hippo] and [https://king-of-bots.fandom.com/wiki/Pixel_Hunter Pixel Hunter] in a two-versus-two battle, with help from Snake. However, Tánshè lost its next battle to [https://king-of-bots.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Scrap Iron Scrap] on a Judges' decision, and although Zhu Zheng Ting wished to keep Tánshè on his team after this loss, his decision to cut the undefeated [https://king-of-bots.fandom.com/wiki/Switch Switch] upset Gabriel Stroud, and he offered to exit the competition in its place, resulting in his early elimination from the season and its last appearance under Team Legion, with John Reid and ''Robots Live!'' managing its future appearances at live events.
Tánshè returned for ''King of Bots II'', and fought [https://king-of-bots.fandom.com/wiki/Reaper Reaper] in its first battle, which it won convincingly to join its celebrity team.
 
   
 
[[File:Rhino KOB.png|thumb|Rhino, designed by John Reid]]
 
[[File:Rhino KOB.png|thumb|Rhino, designed by John Reid]]
Also in ''King of Bots II'', John Reid designed and partially built [https://king-of-bots.fandom.com/wiki/Rhino '''Rhino'''], a four-wheel driven vertical spinner, entered by Robert Pickford and Paul Streeter.
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Also in ''King of Bots II'', John Reid designed and partially built [https://king-of-bots.fandom.com/wiki/Rhino '''Rhino'''], a four-wheel driven vertical spinner, entered by Robert Pickford and Paul Streeter. This would later become the newest version of Sabretooth under the sole ownership of Gabriel Stroud for future seasons of ''BattleBots'' - this version of Sabretooth arrived at the filming of the 2021 season but could not compete due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, and would not reappear on the show.
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[[File:Tanshe 2022.jpg|thumb|left|Tánshè in May 2022]]
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[[File:Tánshè RoboNerd 2023.jpg|thumb|Tánshè at ''RoboNerd'' 2023]]
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Under John Reid, Tánshè would travel to Saudi Arabia to compete in numerous ''Robots Live!'' battles for several weeks of daily fights. In the overall competition, Tánshè finished second out of nine. After this event, Tánshè would remain with ''Robots Live!'' on loan and make appearances at other live shows without John Reid present, such as ''Robots Live! at Makers Central'' in May 2022 where Tánshè defeated [[Team Shock|Tectonic]] and [[Reaper]] in one battle.
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John Reid has also been in attendance for multiple ''RoboNerd'' events, bringing a selection of heavyweight robots including TerrorHurtz in 2021 and both Tánshè and Beta in 2023.
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*Team Hurtz was the only team to have their robots appear in merchandise for both ''Robot Wars'' and ''BattleBots''.
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*Team Hurtz was the only team to have their robots appear in merchandise for both ''Robot Wars'' and ''BattleBots''.
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**Team Hurtz was also the only team in ''Robot Wars'' to represent both the UK and an international country - in this case, the Czech Republic - across the series' international competitions.
*John Reid is the younger brother of experienced Le Mans and touring car driver [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Reid Anthony Reid].<ref>[http://www.killerhurtz.co.uk/team.htm]</ref>
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*John Reid is the younger brother of experienced Le Mans and touring car driver [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Reid Anthony Reid].<ref>http://www.killerhurtz.co.uk/team.htm</ref>
 
*Team Hurtz have fought every UK champion except [[Typhoon 2]] at least once during their career. Their robots have fought [[Roadblock]] in Series 2, [[Panic Attack]] in Series 6, [[Chaos 2]] in [[The First World Championship]] and the [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Northern Annihilator|Northern Annihilator]], [[Razer]] in Series 6, [[Tornado]] in the All-Stars and Challenge Belt of Extreme 2, [[Carbide]] in Series 8, and both [[Apollo]] and [[Eruption]] in Series 10's 10 Robot Rumble.
 
*Team Hurtz have fought every UK champion except [[Typhoon 2]] at least once during their career. Their robots have fought [[Roadblock]] in Series 2, [[Panic Attack]] in Series 6, [[Chaos 2]] in [[The First World Championship]] and the [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Northern Annihilator|Northern Annihilator]], [[Razer]] in Series 6, [[Tornado]] in the All-Stars and Challenge Belt of Extreme 2, [[Carbide]] in Series 8, and both [[Apollo]] and [[Eruption]] in Series 10's 10 Robot Rumble.
 
*Just like the other three teams in Series 9 to debut in Series 2 ([[Team Make Robotics]], [[Team Supernova]] and [[Team 13]]), Team Hurtz finished third in its heat during Series 9.
 
*Just like the other three teams in Series 9 to debut in Series 2 ([[Team Make Robotics]], [[Team Supernova]] and [[Team 13]]), Team Hurtz finished third in its heat during Series 9.
*In recognition of their engineering, axe weapons and successes inside and outside of ''Robot Wars'', Team Hurtz's robots Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz were both inducted into Mark Joerger's [[Combat Robot Hall of Fame]] in 2003 and 2009 respectively. Basher/Beta received an Honorable Mention in the Hall of Fame in 2017, making Team Hurtz the only UK-based team to have three heavyweight representatives on the list.<ref>http://runamok.tech/hall_of_fame.html</ref>
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*In recognition of their engineering, axe weapons and successes inside and outside of ''Robot Wars'', Team Hurtz's robots Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz were both inducted into Mark Joerger's [[Team Run Amok#Outside_Robot_Wars|The Combat Robot Hall of Fame]] in 2003 and 2009 respectively. Basher/Beta received an Honorable Mention in the Hall of Fame in 2017, making Team Hurtz the only UK-based team to have three heavyweight representatives on the list.<ref>[http://runamok.tech/hall_of_fame.html The Combat Robot Hall of Fame ®, Team Run Amok website]</ref>
   
 
==Honours==
 
==Honours==
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==Navigation==
 
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"Taking axe technology to the next level"
— Team Hurtz Website

Team Hurtz is a team from Oxfordshire who competed in every series of Robot Wars except for Series 1 and the first series of Robot Wars Extreme. Captained by long-time veteran John Reid, the team entered two robots across eight UK Championships, Killerhurtz and one-time fourth place finisher Terrorhurtz. The team have represented both the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom in international competitions.

John Reid is also associated with 2016 pilot competitor Basher, as he entered the robot into BattleBots under the name Beta, although Team Hurtz did not compete in the pilot.

Branding[]

Team Kilerhurtz s4 t shirts

Reid, Reaston-Brown and Parkinson

In Series 2 and 3, the team wore generic T-Shirts with the Robot Wars logo on them (maroon in Series 2 and blue in Series 3).

In the First World Championship, Dominic Parkinson dressed in Czech colours. Killerhurtz flew a pair of Czech flags and adopted the Pokémon Charmander as its "driver". Killerhurtz also had the phrase "Maś Čhlupatÿ Pupîćek" written in red along the side - translating to "you have a hairy tummy button" in Czech. Charmander was knocked off by Shunt during a tussle in the CPZ.

Team Hurtz

John Reid and Nick Lynch

The team's motto during Series 4 was "It Kills, It Hurts, Get Used To It" and its logo was outline of the Killerhurtz axe head. In Series 4, the team brought their own uniform; plain white T-shirts with the logo on the front and the motto on the back. Interestingly, Dominic Parkinson was wearing his T-shirt back to front during the battle with Splinter, as Craig Charles read the motto off his T-shirt, which was on the back of both Reid and Reaston-Brown's. During the debrief with Julia Reed, however, he was wearing it the correct way around.

In Series 5, the Killerhurtz logo was dropped and replaced by white T-shirts with 10¹² (the order of magnitude notation for Tera). In Series 6, Reid kept the Series 5 T-shirt whilst Parkinson wore a yellow one with the Killerhurtz axe logo above HZ³ (the order of magnitude notation of Kilohurtz) in the fights during Heat I. In Extreme 2, the team changed to black polos with HZ¹² in white.

During the reboot, John Reid and Nick Lynch wore red jackets.

The Team[]

John Reid[]

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John Reid

The Captain of Team Hurtz, John Reid, appeared throughout Robot Wars, as the only member of the team to appear in every series. Reid designed both Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz from computer software. Reid was a mild-mannered but enthusiastic competitor all throughout the show, driving both of his robots in every fight as well as being the principal designer.

Philippa Forrester: "Say it with me, d'oh!"
John Reid: "D'oh! I cannot believe I did that."
Philippa Forrester: "Well we thought it was quite funny."
— After the loss to Cerberus
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John Reid's reaction to Killerhurtz's suicide

John Reid's driving skills became a source of humour for the show due to an incident in Series 3. Reid, used to the pit-less arena of BattleBots where he had been competing with Killerhurtz, drove away from his opponent Cerberus and veered straight into the Pit of Oblivion under no pressure whatsoever. The roboteers in the pit and Philippa Forrester all made fun of the losing Killerhurtz team, especially as Reid had just won the "Best Driver" award in America. Julia Reed and Jonathan Pearce both teased Reid about this in the pits of Series 4 when mentioning Killerhurtz's car steering capabilities in Series 4.

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John Reid with Killerhurtz in Series 2

Despite this early running gag, Reid was an extremely capable driver, especially with the more nimble Terrorhurtz. He remains the only roboteer to defeat Carbide by KO, which he did by pitting the deadly spinner and keeping Terrorhurtz's heavily armoured front end pointed at the spinner. He also drove Terrorhurtz to victories over skilled drivers Kim Davies and Ian Watts. The closest he came to winning a tournament was winning the Challenge Belt in Extreme 2, but lost the eventual challenge to Tornado. Unlike most successful roboteers, Reid had started with a very poor combat record and was self-effacing about his lack of success. He openly admitted to having a poor record when Craig Charles interviewed him about his first heat final in Series 6. Reid always had the same big smile on his face, whether in success, loss or disappointment.

Disqualification for Terrorhurtz

John Reid being disqualified from Series 7

Reid's experience in America caused another disadvantage to him in Series 7, when he arrived with Terrorhurtz in a partially completed state. The Robot Wars rules meant robots had to arrive ready to fight, whereas BattleBots had nearly all the robots turning up unfinished with three or four days to finalise. Reid participated with Derek Foxwell in a staged disqualification for Jayne Middlemiss and the viewing public.

"Wait for it, wait for it, wait - I need you - get ready, get ready, get ready, c'mon, get ready...no, wait for it! Wait for it! Wait for it! Wait for a - wait for a good hit. Wait for a good hit...Okay! [Nick Lynch fires] Good one. Excellent."
— John Reid, during the fight with Sabretooth
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John Reid and Nick Lynch in the World Series

By the time of Robot Wars' revival in 2016, John Reid was a mechanical design engineer who designed race car simulators. He became a favourite of the fan community for his outspoken nature. He made comments while driving and argued with Nick Lynch on screen several times, including an outburst of frustration over Terrorhurtz's failed axe in the fight with Behemoth and constantly clamouring for Lynch to wait for "a good hit" in the Series 9 fight with Sabretooth. The "wait for a good hit" has since become a 'meme' within the online Robot Wars community, used in a number of different contexts. In Series 10, Reid continued the usage of this phrase by praising Nick Lynch's work as having got "lots of good hits".

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John Reid with Dee

John Reid was specifically chosen to be a mentor in Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars. He appeared in Episode 2, mentoring rapper Jordan Stephens from the pop duo Rizzle Kicks, where they competed with Dee. The other two members of the team were Joshy and Pete Cannon. Reid joked that the team were difficult to manage. John Reid repaired Dee when necessary, and also provided the tactics for its battle with Kadeena Machina. Even in defeat, he was confident that they could get ready to fight Robo Savage, and his confidence gave Jordan Stephens confidence. Reid's humour came out when he signed a 'loser L' at Robo Savage's team following Dee's victory. He publicly complimented the production crew on Twitter for building all of the Battle of the Stars robots.

Dominic and Iona Parkinson[]

"Dominic Parkinson, with his rather tenuous links to the Czech Republic."
— Jonathan Pearce
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Parkinson with his Czech memorabilia and Charmander

Dominic Parkinson lived in London and was John Reid's partner with Killerhurtz and early Terrorhurtz models. He also operated the axe on Terrorhurtz during Series 5 and 6, responsible for the mauling of competitors such as Bigger Brother and Panic Attack. An ex-inventor who studied albino cave frogs (as noted by Jonathan Pearce in Series 3), he was responsible for some of the modifications to Terrorhurtz, including the "Fluffy launch device".

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Dominic Parkinson (right) and John Reid in Series 6

Parkinson was half-Czech, leading to Killerhurtz representing that country in the First World Championship. Parkinson was from a family of five and compared the Northern Annihilator to fighting for scraps of food at his kitchen table. He did a lot of the pre-battle interviews and cutaways, on equal footing with Reid.

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Both Parkinsons and John Reid after the defeat of Ming 3

Dominic's wife Iona was also a member of the team in Series 5 and 6, though she was not credited on the board. She was misidentified both by the statistics board and by Jonathan Pearce as Rebecca Reaston-Brown in the fight with Ming 3, the only fight in which she appeared that series. She also made another uncredited appearance in Series 6 during the fight with Bigger Brother.

Nick Lynch and James Lynch[]

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Nick Lynch and John Reid

Nick Lynch joined the team in Extreme 2 and took Dominic Parkinson's role as weapons operator. The new man on the axe, his skill was immediately noticeable in the mauling of S.M.I.D.S.Y., after which Craig Charles called him a bit of a sadist. Lynch was an amateur rocket scientist as of Series 9, and remained John Reid's partner throughout each reboot series.

Nick Lynch joined the team after having seen John Reid and Terrorhurtz during Series 5. Lynch wrote to Reid and sent him a a 3D interactive physics simulation of how to make the axe more powerful. Upon seeing this, Reid offered him a place on the team.[1]

James Lynch also joined the team for Extreme 2 and was part of the team in Series 7, but was not shown during the disqualification.

Rebecca Reaston-Brown[]

Rebecca Reaston-Brown was a member of the Series 2-4 Team Hurtz. She did not receive a speaking role on the main series until Series 3, where she joked that every time she was present the team lost early on. She modelled her T-shirt for Julia Reed in Series 4. Reaston-Brown proved prophetic in that most of Killerhurtz's victories (in the Northern Annihilator) all took place when she was not present.

Robots[]

Name Image Weight Class Series
Killerhurtz Killerhurtz Heavyweight Series 2-4
Terrorhurtz Terrorhurtz 10 Heavyweight Series 5-10, Extreme 2
  • NOTE 1: John Reid is associated with Basher through BattleBots where it competes as Beta, but was not present for its appearance in the pilot.
  • NOTE 2: John Reid also mentored the Dee team during Battle of the Stars and carried out repairs, but did not build or drive the machine.

Wins/Losses[]

  • Wins: 22
  • Losses: 16

Series Record[]

Main Series Team Hurtz Series Record
The First Wars Did not enter
The Second Wars Heat, Arena Semi-Final with Killerhurtz
The Third Wars Heat, Round 1 with Killerhurtz
The Fourth Wars Heat, Round 2 with Killerhurtz
The Fifth Wars Heat, Round 2 with Terrorhurtz
The Sixth Wars Fourth Place with Terrorhurtz
The Seventh Wars Heat, Round 1 with Terrorhurtz (disqualified)
Series 8 Heat Round 2, Third Place with Terrorhurtz
Series 9 Heat Round 2, Third Place with Terrorhurtz
Battle of the Stars, Fourth Place with Dee
Series 10 Heat Final with Terrorhurtz
Robot Wars Extreme Appearances
Series 1 Did not enter
Series 2 Entered with Terrorhurtz

Outside Robot Wars[]

Team Hurtz continues to fight today at live events with Terrorhurtz. They have enjoyed considerable success in the period during Robot Wars' hiatus, winning the FRA UK Championship in 2004 and 2009 and finishing second in 2005 and 2007.

Team Hurtz also competed in BattleBots with Killerhurtz and Beta. For more information on Beta, see Basher.

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Tánshè at King of Bots

In October 2017, John Reid collaborated with Team Legion to enter Tánshè into the Chinese TV show King of Bots. The robot, an up-scaled version of Team Legion's titular featherweight, is armed with a flipping bucket at the front. The word Tánshè is Mandarin for 'catapult'. In the first round, it fought an invertible drum spinner, Dark Knight, but Tánshè flipped it against the wall for a knockout win in just over a minute. In the second round, Tánshè defeated a tracked drum spinner, Hammerhead Shark by flipping it out of the arena with barely thirty seconds left on the clock. Tánshè ultimately reached the third round, where it sustained extensive damage to its flipper and sides from Great White before becoming immobilised by the Anglo-Australian clusterbot. Although eliminated from the main competition, Tánshè would later reappear in the 2v2 competition, where it and Team MAD's Vulcan won their first-round battle against Snake and Saber on a Judges' decision.

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John Reid (left) with Tánshè at This is Fighting Robots

Tánshè returned in the associated show This is Fighting Robots, and based on its visual appeal, Zheng Shuang selected it to join her team of robots, alongside Vulcan and Spectre. Gabriel Stroud was then able to influence Zheng into choosing other powerful machines such as Tungsten and Megabyte. It was selected to battle Saber II and Orby Blade in a three-way rumble, and flipped both robots out of the arena to win the battle. This streak continued in a head-to-head battle with Chronos, where Tánshè threw yet another machine out of the arena. Tánshè could not maintain its streak of out-of-the-arena flips against Weber, and was almost counted out of the battle, but it staged a late comeback and won the Judges' decision. In another consecutive win, Tánshè flipped Shrederator Tiger Claw over for an immediate knockout. As a result, Tánshè advanced to the Top 8, and won a Judges' decision over Greedy Snake after overturning it repeatedly. Tánshè earned a narrow escape in the semi-finals, staging a late comeback against Xiake, which had lost full mobility in the final seconds of the fight, giving Tánshè the win via Judges' decision. In the Grand Final, Tánshè lost a wheel against Tungsten, compromising its ability to drive. Although Tánshè survived until a Judges' decision, it was resigned to second place in This is Fighting Robots after losing to Tungsten.

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Tánshè in King of Bots II

Tánshè returned for King of Bots II, and fought Reaper in its first battle, which it won convincingly to join Zhu Zheng Ting's celebrity team, and earned a point for the celebrity captain by defeating Mr Hippo and Pixel Hunter in a two-versus-two battle, with help from Snake. However, Tánshè lost its next battle to Iron Scrap on a Judges' decision, and although Zhu Zheng Ting wished to keep Tánshè on his team after this loss, his decision to cut the undefeated Switch upset Gabriel Stroud, and he offered to exit the competition in its place, resulting in his early elimination from the season and its last appearance under Team Legion, with John Reid and Robots Live! managing its future appearances at live events.

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Rhino, designed by John Reid

Also in King of Bots II, John Reid designed and partially built Rhino, a four-wheel driven vertical spinner, entered by Robert Pickford and Paul Streeter. This would later become the newest version of Sabretooth under the sole ownership of Gabriel Stroud for future seasons of BattleBots - this version of Sabretooth arrived at the filming of the 2021 season but could not compete due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, and would not reappear on the show.

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Tánshè in May 2022

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Tánshè at RoboNerd 2023

Under John Reid, Tánshè would travel to Saudi Arabia to compete in numerous Robots Live! battles for several weeks of daily fights. In the overall competition, Tánshè finished second out of nine. After this event, Tánshè would remain with Robots Live! on loan and make appearances at other live shows without John Reid present, such as Robots Live! at Makers Central in May 2022 where Tánshè defeated Tectonic and Reaper in one battle.

John Reid has also been in attendance for multiple RoboNerd events, bringing a selection of heavyweight robots including TerrorHurtz in 2021 and both Tánshè and Beta in 2023.

Trivia[]

  • Team Hurtz was the only team to have their robots appear in merchandise for both Robot Wars and BattleBots.
    • Team Hurtz was also the only team in Robot Wars to represent both the UK and an international country - in this case, the Czech Republic - across the series' international competitions.
  • John Reid is the younger brother of experienced Le Mans and touring car driver Anthony Reid.[2]
  • Team Hurtz have fought every UK champion except Typhoon 2 at least once during their career. Their robots have fought Roadblock in Series 2, Panic Attack in Series 6, Chaos 2 in The First World Championship and the Northern Annihilator, Razer in Series 6, Tornado in the All-Stars and Challenge Belt of Extreme 2, Carbide in Series 8, and both Apollo and Eruption in Series 10's 10 Robot Rumble.
  • Just like the other three teams in Series 9 to debut in Series 2 (Team Make Robotics, Team Supernova and Team 13), Team Hurtz finished third in its heat during Series 9.
  • In recognition of their engineering, axe weapons and successes inside and outside of Robot Wars, Team Hurtz's robots Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz were both inducted into Mark Joerger's The Combat Robot Hall of Fame in 2003 and 2009 respectively. Basher/Beta received an Honorable Mention in the Hall of Fame in 2017, making Team Hurtz the only UK-based team to have three heavyweight representatives on the list.[3]

Honours[]


Nominations

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