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Team MouseTrap (styled as TeamMouseTrap) was a father and son team from Bristol that fought in Series 3, 4, 5 and 7 of Robot Wars. The team also entered the first series of Robot Wars Extreme, and failed to qualify for Series 6.

The Team

Throughout their time in Robot Wars, the team consisted of Stan Launchbury, a mechanical engineer and his son Jason, an electronic engineer for a software company. From Series 4 onward, the team always dressed as Vermin Killers, in traditional red jackets with the team members' names on the left side of the outfit, to match the theme of their robot MouseTrap.

Team MouseTrap's first entry was Triterobot, a triangular shaped robot with spikes that competed in Series 3. In Series 4, 5 and Extreme Series 1, the team entered their most famous and successful robot: MouseTrap, the robot the team takes their name from, a wedge shaped robot designed to resemble a conventional mousetrap and armed with a trapping device. In Series 5 and Extreme 1, the trapping weapon was upgraded with a blade on its guillotine. For Series 6, MouseTrap was modified to become Mutant MouseTrap, which was armed with a spinning drum weapon as opposed to MouseTrap's signature guillotine. However, it failed to qualify. The team also entered the clusterbot Black and Blue in Series 7, which consisted of two twins, both armed with spinning drums.

Stan Launchbury was also on the team of Fire Service representative, Oblark, a competitor in the Forces Special. Stan was to enter his own MouseTrap machine into the special due to his connections to the fire service, but it was too badly damaged by S3 during the filming of Series 5 to compete. This fact leads to the assumption that Oblark was built primarily, if not entirely, by Team MouseTrap.

Team MouseTrap's most successful attempt at the Robot Wars title was in Series 4, where they reached the Semi-Finals, defeating the seeded Evil Weevil along the way, falling to the seeded Stinger in the first round of the Semi-finals. MouseTrap was also nominated for the Best Newcomer Award, despite the fact the team competed in Series 3 with Triterobot, but the award went to Tornado. The team's other attempts at the Robot Wars title ended quickly; Triterobot and Black & Blue fell in the first round of their respective series, while MouseTrap fell to eventual series Semi-Finalist S3 in the second round.

Robots

Triterobot (Series 3)
MouseTrap (Series 4)
MouseTrap (Extreme)
MouseTrap (Series 5)
Black and Blue (Series 7)
Oblark (Extreme)

Name	Weight Class	Series
Triterobot	Heavyweight	Series 3
MouseTrap	Heavyweight	Series 4-5, Extreme 1
Black and Blue	Heavyweight	Series 7

Wins/Losses

Wins: 4
Losses: 5

Series Record

Main Series	Team Mousetrap Series Record
The First Wars	Did not enter
The Second Wars	Did not enter
The Third Wars	Heat, Round 1 with Triterobot
The Fourth Wars	Semi Final, Round 1 with MouseTrap
The Fifth Wars	Heat, Round 2 with MouseTrap
The Sixth Wars	Failed to qualify with Mutant MouseTrap
The Seventh Wars	Heat, Round 1 with Black and Blue
Series 8	Did not enter
Series 9	Did not enter
Series 10	Did not enter
Robot Wars Extreme	Appearances
Series 1	Entered with MouseTrap
Series 2	Did not enter

Outside Robot Wars

Alpha10Tango — Alpha Zero One Tango, the Shot Put entry

Stan Launchbury worked with Nicole Fletcher and Tom Butler (all three were fire cadets) to build Alpha One Zero Tango for the Techno Games 2001 Shot Putt competition. Alpha One Zero Tango scored 9.4 metres, and later 9.46 metres, setting a new world record on both occasions, coming second to Super Slinger. Alpha One Zero Tango was based on a fire engine, using the "ladder" on top to fire the shot.

In the 2002 Series, Stan worked with Phillip Leach and Mahmoud El-Sharkway, another two fire cadets, to enter Hose-A, a rope climbing robot. Hose-A lost in the first round to Ascender 2, failing to complete its climb. Hose-A was shaped like a human, and dressed in a Fireman's uniform.

Trivia

Team MouseTrap was one of only two former Semi-Finalist teams that fought in the Seventh Wars but were not seeded, the other being the King B Powerworks team.

External Links

Team MouseTrap website (archived)

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+'''Team MouseTrap''' (styled as '''TeamMouseTrap''') was a father and son team from Bristol that fought in Series 3, 4, 5 and 7 of ''[[Robot Wars]]''. The team also entered the first series of ''[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1|Robot Wars Extreme]]'', and failed to qualify for Series 6.
-'''Team Mousetrap''' was a father and son team from Bristol that fought in Series 3, 4, 5 and 7 of ''[[Robot Wars]]''. The team also entered the first series of ''[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1|Robot Wars Extreme]]'', and failed to qualify for Series 6. Throughout their time in Robot Wars, the team consisted of Stan Launchbury, and his son Jason. The robots that Team Mousetrap entered throughout ''Robot Wars'' included [[Triterobot]], a triangular shaped robot with spikes that competed in Series 3, [[Mousetrap]], the robot the team takes their name from, a wedge shaped robot designed to resemble a conventional mousetrap and armed with a trapping device that competed in Series 4, 5 and the first series of Extreme. In Series 5, the robot, now with a blade on its guillotine went by the name of Mousetrap 2, though this name was not present in Extreme. [[Mutant Mousetrap]], an adapted version of Mousetrap 2, was armed with a spinning drum weapon as opposed to Mousetrap's signature guillotine. However, it failed to qualify for Series 6. The team also entered [[Black and Blue]], a clusterbot with each twin coloured appropriately to their names into Series 7, both twins of which were armed with spinning drums.
+==The Team==
-Stan Launchbury was also on the team of Fire Service representative, [[Oblark]], a competitor in the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Forces Special|Forces Special]]. Stan was to enter his own Mousetrap 2 machine into the special, due to his connections to the fire service, but it was too badly damaged by S3 to compete. This fact leads to the assumption that Oblark was built primarily, if not entirely by Team Mousetrap.
+Throughout their time in Robot Wars, the team consisted of Stan Launchbury, a mechanical engineer and his son Jason, an electronic engineer for a software company. From Series 4 onward, the team always dressed as Vermin Killers, in traditional red jackets with the team members' names on the left side of the outfit, to match the theme of their robot MouseTrap.
+Team MouseTrap's first entry was [[Triterobot]], a triangular shaped robot with spikes that competed in Series 3. In Series 4, 5 and Extreme Series 1, the team entered their most famous and successful robot: [[MouseTrap]], the robot the team takes their name from, a wedge shaped robot designed to resemble a conventional mousetrap and armed with a trapping device. In Series 5 and Extreme 1, the trapping weapon was upgraded with a blade on its guillotine. For Series 6, MouseTrap was modified to become [[Mutant MouseTrap]], which was armed with a spinning drum weapon as opposed to MouseTrap's signature guillotine. However, it failed to qualify. The team also entered the clusterbot [[Black and Blue]] in Series 7, which consisted of two twins, both armed with spinning drums.
-Team Mousetrap's most successful attempt at the Robot Wars title was in [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars|Series 4]], where they won {{4|K}}, defeating the seeded [[Evil Weevil]] alongside [[Tiberius]]. Mousetrap fell in the first round of the series semi-finals to the seeded [[Stinger]]. Mousetrap was also nominated for the Best Newcomer Award, despite having competed in Series 3 with Triterobot, but the award went to [[Tornado]]. Triterobot and Black & Blue fell in the first round of their respective series, while Mousetrap 2 fell to eventual series semi-finalist [[S3]] in the second round.
+Stan Launchbury was also on the team of Fire Service representative, [[Oblark]], a competitor in the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Forces Special|Forces Special]]. Stan was to enter his own MouseTrap machine into the special due to his connections to the fire service, but it was too badly damaged by S3 during the filming of Series 5 to compete. This fact leads to the assumption that Oblark was built primarily, if not entirely, by Team MouseTrap.
-From Series 4 onwards, the team always dressed as Vermin Killers, in traditional red jackets with the team members' names on the left side of the outfit, to match the theme of their robot Mousetrap.
+Team MouseTrap's most successful attempt at the Robot Wars title was in [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars|Series 4]], where they reached the Semi-Finals, defeating the seeded [[Evil Weevil]] along the way, falling to the seeded [[Stinger]] in the first round of the Semi-finals. MouseTrap was also nominated for the Best Newcomer Award, despite the fact the team competed in Series 3 with Triterobot, but the award went to [[Tornado]]. The team's other attempts at the ''Robot Wars'' title ended quickly; Triterobot and Black & Blue fell in the first round of their respective series, while MouseTrap fell to eventual series Semi-Finalist [[S3]] in the second round.
 ==Robots==
+<gallery type="slideshow">
+Triterobot.JPG|Triterobot (Series 3)
+Themousetrap.jpg|MouseTrap (Series 4)
+Mousetraps5.jpg|MouseTrap (Extreme)
+Mousetrap.png|MouseTrap (Series 5)
+Black&Blue.png|Black and Blue (Series 7)
+Oblark.jpg|Oblark (Extreme)
+</gallery>
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 !Name
 !Weight Class
 !Series
-|- bgcolor="#A9A9A9"
+|- bgcolor="#a9a9a9"
 |[[Triterobot]]
 |Heavyweight
 |Series 3
-|- bgcolor="#A9A9A9"
+|- bgcolor="#a9a9a9"
-|[[Mousetrap]]
+|[[MouseTrap]]
 |Heavyweight
 |Series 4-5, Extreme 1
-|- bgcolor="A9A9A9"
+|- bgcolor="#a9a9a9"
 |[[Black and Blue]]
 |Heavyweight
 |Series 7
 |}
-==Gallery==
-<gallery type="slideshow">
-Triterobot.JPG|Triterobot
-Themousetrap.jpg|Mousetrap in Series 4
-Mousetrap.png|Mousetrap 2
-Oblark.jpg|Oblark
-Black&Blue.png|Black and Blue
-</gallery>
 ===Wins/Losses===
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 ==Series Record==
+{{Series Record EX|Team Mousetrap|Did not enter|Did not enter|'''Heat, Round 1 with [[Triterobot]]'''|'''Semi Final, Round 1 with [[MouseTrap]]'''|'''Heat, Round 2 with [[MouseTrap]]'''|''Failed to qualify with [[Mutant MouseTrap]]''|'''Heat, Round 1 with [[Black and Blue]]'''|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|'''Entered with [[MouseTrap]]'''}}
-*Series 1-2: Did not enter
-*Series 3: Heat, Round 1 with [[Triterobot]]
-*Series 4: Semi Final, Round 1 with [[Mousetrap]]
-*Series 5: Heat, Round 2 with [[Mousetrap|Mousetrap 2]]
-*Series 6: Failed to qualify with [[Mutant Mousetrap]]
-*Series 7: Heat, Round 1 with [[Black and Blue]]
 ==Outside Robot Wars==
+[[File:Alpha10Tango.jpg|thumb|Alpha Zero One Tango, the Shot Put entry]]
-Stan Launchbury worked with Nicole Fletcher and Tom Butler (all three was fireman cadets) to build '''Alpha One Zero Tango''' for the Techno Games 2001 Shot Put competition. Alpha One Zero Tango score 9.4 metres and 9.46 metres.
+[[File:HoseA.jpg|thumb|left|Hose-A, the Rope Climbing entry]]
+Stan Launchbury worked with Nicole Fletcher and Tom Butler (all three were fire cadets) to build '''Alpha One Zero Tango''' for the ''Techno Games'' 2001 Shot Putt competition. Alpha One Zero Tango scored 9.4 metres, and later 9.46 metres, setting a new world record on both occasions, coming second to '''Super Slinger'''. Alpha One Zero Tango was based on a fire engine, using the "ladder" on top to fire the shot.
+In the 2002 Series, Stan worked with Phillip Leach and Mahmoud El-Sharkway, another two fire cadets, to enter '''Hose-A''', a rope climbing robot. Hose-A lost in the first round to '''Ascender 2''', failing to complete its climb. Hose-A was shaped like a human, and dressed in a Fireman's uniform.
+==Trivia==
+*Team MouseTrap was one of only two former Semi-Finalist teams that fought in the Seventh Wars but were not seeded, the other being the [[King Buxton|King B Powerworks]] team.
+==External Links==
+*[http://web.archive.org/web/20011220032735/http://www.jasonlaunchbury.com:80/teammousetrap/index.html Team MouseTrap website (archived)]
+{{UK Series Teams}}
 [[Category:Team Pages]]
 [[Category:Competitors in Techno Games]]