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Throughout both runs of Robot Wars, there have been many instances of a robot being thrown out of the arena. It occurs when a robot is thrown over the side wall lining the Robot Wars Arena, into the space between the wall and the outer enclosure, and can no longer take part in the battle.

While the area had no formal name in the original series, the Revival Series recognised this as a dedicated flip-out zone. Thus, the floor-level sections behind the entry gates, along with the lower sections behind the heightened inner walls, were all collectively named the Trenches.

Overview[]

Prior to the televised UK Series, a limited number of out-of-the-arena attacks were documented to have been performed during the original 1994-1997 US competitions and the 1995 UK Open Competition. Three notable instances of these were inflicted by La Machine, whose ramming force was enough to push Grunt out of bounds during the UK Open, as well as flip DooMore and Punjar into the space behind the moving bumpers in 1996 Heavyweight Melees. In the latter cases, the bumpers were considered part of the arena side wall, though the low height of these wall sections made it possible for robots to rejoin the battle if they were able to free themselves from the mechanism. Footage of these attacks was included in the American Robot Wars 1996 and Robot Wars: The First Great War video releases. La Machine's flip on DooMore was also aired as a highlights clip in Series 1, Heat D; Jonathan Pearce simply stated that DooMore had been thrown 'over the edge'.

In the televised show, the tactic was first demonstrated in the Series 3 Grand Final, where it was immediately acknowledged as a legitimate method of defeating opponents by knockout. Up to this point, the latter condition could only be met by immobilising or (from Series 2 onwards) pitting other robots. Though primarily a goal of flipping weapons, some lifting weapons and even vertical spinners have had success defeating opponents through this method. House Robots such as Sir Killalot, Mr. Psycho and Matilda began to conclude robot defeats by dumping or ejecting them from the arena, and the Arena Floor Flipper was capable of throwing featherweights out towards the end of the original run.

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Wheely Big Cheese defeats Axe-Awe

Chaos 2 was generally considered the first robot to officially achieve this feat in any televised Robot Wars series. Defeating an opponent in this way was initially highlighted as its trademark, with Jonathan Pearce often calling the attack method George Francis' "party trick". Later, robots such as Firestorm and Thermidor 2 began to utilise it as a means of finishing a battle, and Wheely Big Cheese arguably performed the most famous out of the arena flip against Axe-Awe during Series 5. By Series 7, it was not unusual to see several out of the arena flips in an episode - thirty such occurrences took place in that series alone.

Gravity flips Dantomkia

Gravity beats Dantomkia in the second-fastest fight in Robot Wars history

Flipping a robot out of the arena was the quickest way to defeat an opponent, as it could be done in very short order without delays such as charging a spinning weapon or waiting for the pit to descend. Of the thirty-three shortest battles in the UK Robot Wars, twelve were concluded by a robot being thrown out of the arena, four of those being the fastest, at 5.6, 5.8, 6.5 and 9.7 seconds respectively.

In the Series 8-10 arena, the walls around the arena corners were greatly increased in height, making it near-impossible to throw robots out from those areas. However, the three entry gates between the left, right and rear-most walls remained low, allowing opportunities for a robot to throw another into the nearby Trenches for a win through the same method. For Series 8 only, the space immediately behind the pit release button (later the Arena Tyre) was also left uncovered to provide a fourth Trench area. By Series 9, the latter was occupied by the newly-introduced Dial of Doom, leaving the entry gates as the only areas where out of the arena flips remained possible.

Leaderboard[]

The record holder for most out of the arena flips by a competitor robot is Dantomkia, which defeated nine robots in this way throughout its appearances in the UK Series. Sir Killalot, as a House Robot, holds the outright record, having dropped 15 robots out in total across the UK, US and Dutch versions of the show.

Rank of all competitor robots which have thrown another robot out of the arena[]

  • Robots listed with a gold background (desktop only) have held the record for most out of the arena flips at any one time.
  • Robots listed by number of out of the arena flips. Where tied, the robots are listed by order in which they first achieved the feat.
  • Robots listed with a dagger (†) were parts of clusterbots, including robots with minibots, and are classed as counting for a full number. Each part counts as one, but in the case of multiple robots in a clusterbot being thrown out in the same battle, it still counts as one.
Robot Number List of Robots Thrown Out of the Arena Notable achievements
Dantomkia 9[1] Mighty Mouse, Chaos 2 (Series 6)
Hypno-Disc, Iron-Awe 2 (Extreme 2)
Scorpion, IG-88, Behemoth, King B Powerworks, Panic Attack (Series 7)
Broke Firestorm's record of most out of the arena flips.
Broke Cerberus' Shortest Battle Record against IG-88 by flipping it out of the arena in eight seconds (00:09.7).
Eruption 7[2] Terror Turtle† (Series 8)
Behemoth, Cherub, PP3D, Cherub (Series 9)
Aftershock, Crackers 'n' Smash† (Series 10)
The first competitor to flip another robot into the trenches in the new series.

Highest-performing robot not to have been flipped out of the arena itself.
First robot to throw the same robot out of the arena multiple times.
3rd Shortest Battle Record, flipping Cherub out in only 6.5 seconds.
Only robot to throw both parts of a clusterbot out of the arena in one battle.
Only robot to throw three robots out of the arena in one battle, albeit two of those were both middleweight parts of a clusterbot.

Firestorm 7 Reactor 2 (Series 5)
S3 (Series 6)
Weld-Dor 3, Bondi Titch (Extreme 2)
Reptirron the Second, Ripper, Mute (Series 7)
Broke Chaos 2's record of most out of the arena flips.
First and only front-hinged flipper to throw another robot out of the arena.
Chaos 2 6 Fire Storm (Series 3)
Indefatigable, Tornado (Series 4)
The Steel Avenger, S.M.I.D.S.Y. (Series 5)
Iron-Awe 2 (Series 6)
First robot to flip another out of the arena.
Set original record for most Out of the Arena flips four times (1 as of end of Series 3, 3 as of end of Series 4, 5 as of end of Series 5, and finally 6 as of end of Series 6).
Set original record for most consecutive out of the arena flips along with Thermidor 2.
Thermidor 2 4 Behemoth, Stinger, Napalm (Extreme 1)
Mobot (Series 7)
First robot to flip two robots out of the arena in one battle, setting the original record for most consecutive out of the arena flips in the process, along with Chaos 2.
Atomic 4 Terror Turtle, Hellbent, S.M.I.D.S.Y., M2 (Series 7) Broke Tsunami's record for most consecutive Out of the Arena flips.
Apollo 4 Storm 2 (Series 8)
Coyote (Series 9)
The Swarm†, Sabretooth (Series 10)
Only robot in the reboot to achieve an out of the arena flip over the heightened arena wall sections of the Series 8-10 arena.
Behemoth 3 The Spider (Extreme 1)
Crushtacean (Series 7)
The Swarm† (Series 10)
First robot to achieve an out of the arena flip without a rear-hinged flipper.
Only competitor to throw an opponent out of the arena in both the Classic and rebooted series.
Bigger Brother 3 Tip-Top, Splinter (Series 5)
S3 (Extreme 2)
Gravity 3 Hydra, 13 Black, Dantomkia (Series 7) Broke Dantomkia’s Shortest Battle Record against Dantomkia by flipping it out of the arena in 5.7 seconds (00:057).
Tsunami 3 Diabolus, Major Tom 3, Constrictor (Series 7) Broke Chaos 2/Thermidor 2’s record of most consecutive Out of the Arena flips.
Set the record of fastest battle to involve the immobilisation of two robots.
Rapid 3 Track-tion, Track-tion, Terrorhurtz (Series 10) Broke Gravity's Shortest Battle Record against Track-tion by flipping it out of the arena in 5.6 seconds (00:056).
One of only two robots to flip the same robot out of the arena multiple times.
Cyclone 2 Thor's Hammer, Hyperactive (Extreme Warriors: Season 2) Only competitor to throw out another in an international series.
First heavyweight competitor to use a vertical flywheel to flip another out of the arena.
Wheely Big Cheese 2 Wolverine, Axe-Awe (Series 5) Furthest robot from the arena wall to successfully flip another out of the arena.
Spawn Again 2 Evolution (Series 5)
Chip (Series 7)
Raging Reality 2 Brutus Maximus, Tetanus 2 (Series 6)
M2 2 Shell Shock, Vader (Series 7) First robot to throw two robots out of the arena in a single battle in the main competition.
X-Terminator 2 Killer Carrot 2, Tsunami (Series 7) First UK heavyweight robot not to use a lifting or flipping weapon of any kind to achieve an out of the arena flip.
Gemini 1 The Creature (Series 4) Second robot to achieve an out of the arena flip.
Combatant 1 Pants (Extreme 1) Only non-heavyweight robot to throw another out.
First out of the arena flip with a spinning weapon.
General Carnage 2 1 Guzunderbot (Series 5)
Bulldog Breed 1 Pussycat (Extreme 2)
St. Agro 1 The Scrapper (Series 7)
Judge Shred 3 1 Corkscrew Two (Series 7)
Storm 2 1 The Steel Avenger (Series 7) The only robot to achieve an out of the arena flip without using a moving weapon.
Raging Knightmare 1 Spawn Again (Series 7)
Iron-Awe 2.1 1 Bigger Brother (Series 7)
Big Nipper 1 Crackers 'n' Smash† (Series 10) The only competitor robot in the reboot to throw another robot out of the arena using a spinning weapon.

Rank of all House Robots and Hazards which have thrown a competitor out of the arena[]

Robot Number List of Robots Thrown Out of the Arena Notable achievements
Sir Killalot 15 Stinger, Napalm 2 (Extreme 1)
Ruf Ruf Dougal (Series 5)
Dynamite (Series 6)
Saw Point, Gi-Ant-O (Extreme 2)
Soldier Ant (Series 9)
Bamm Bamm (Dutch Series 1)
Vortex Inducer (Dutch Series 2)
Night Stalker, Dragbot, Joker, Paul Bunyan (Extreme Warriors: Season 2)
Squirmin Vermin, Rick (Nickelodeon)
Holds the record for the most out of the arena attacks with fifteen, and also with scoring them in the most Series, at nine.
Matilda 8 Sir Chromalot, Vader (Extreme 2)
Ceros (Series 7)
King B Remix, Thor (Series 8)
Nuts 2† (Series 9)
√3²† (Dutch Series 2)
Medusa Oblongotta (Extreme Warriors: Season 2)
Is the only robot to throw robots out of the arena with different weapons, as both her flywheel and flipping tusks have sent competitors over the wall.
Floor Flipper 2 G2, Rampage 2 (Series 7) The only occasions where an arena hazard threw a defeated robot out of the arena, and where the affected robots were not thrown out by another.
Mr Psycho 1 Hassocks Hog 2 (Series 7)

Record for most consecutive Out of the Arena flips[]

  • Chaos 2 & Thermidor 2 (2 robots) - Because Series 5 and Extreme 1 were filmed simultaneously, it is hard to determine which robot set the original consecutive record. In addition, the two machines set the record in different ways - two robots in a single battle (Thermidor 2, Extreme 1 Mayhem), or two robots in successive battles (Chaos 2, Series 5). As a result, both machines have been recognised as the original record holders.

Note: Wheely Big Cheese, Bigger Brother, Cyclone, Raging Reality, M2, Dantomkia and Gravity all matched this before it was broken, but for convenience, the honour remains with the original holders. X-Terminator would later make the same achievement

  • Tsunami (3 robots) - In Series 7, Tsunami matched Thermidor 2's feat by defeating Major Tom 3 and Diabolus in its first round battle, and then broke the record by flipping Constrictor out in the second round.

Note: Atomic and Firestorm 5 both matched this before it was broken, however the record remains with the first robot to achieve it. Rapid would later make the same achievement.

  • Atomic (4 robots) - All four of Atomic's victories in Series 7 were scored by throwing another competitor out. By flipping S.M.I.D.S.Y. out of the arena in its Heat Final, Atomic matched Tsunami's record, which it broke in its next battle by flipping M2 out of the arena in its first Semi-Final round.

Note: Eruption later matched this, however the record remains with the first robot to achieve it.

Competitors[]

1995 UK Open Competition[]

Robot Opponent Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
La Machine Grunt Melee Ramming Speed Earliest out-of-the-arena knockout documented in Robot Wars media.
La machine vs grunt OOtA

1996 US Championship[]

Robot Opponent Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Melvin Mad Dog Featherweight Face-Off, Round 1 Ramming Speed Drove Mad Dog across the arena and rammed it over the moveable bumper at high speed. This battle took place as a 'Dual Match' alongside Draggon Waggin' vs P.A.T., though Melvin's knockout ram was not featured in either of the American Robot Wars VHS releases.
P.A.T. N/A Featherweight Face-Off, Round 1 Ramming Speed Shortly after ramming and immobilising Draggon Waggin', spun under the arena entry doors while trying to avoid one of the flipper paddles. P.A.T. was pushed back into the combat zone by roboteers, and, while almost disqualified, progressed in spite of this moment.
PAT arena doors
La Machine DooMore Heavyweight Melee, Round 1 Ramming Speed
La machine vs doomore oota
La Machine Punjar Heavyweight Melee, Final Ramming Speed Punjar later rejoined the Melee after being freed by the bumper mechanism.
Punjar OOTA

Series 3[]

Robot Opponent Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Chaos 2 Fire Storm Grand Final, Eliminator 1 Flipper First out-of-the-arena flip in the UK Series. Equal 20th shortest battle in UK Robot Wars.
Chaos2vsfirestorm RWS3

Series 4[]

Robot Opponent Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Chaos 2 Indefatigable Heat A, Eliminator 1 Flipper
Chaos 2 vs Indefatigable
Gemini The Creature Heat F, Round 2 Flipping arms Both halves of Gemini fired their flipping arms simultaneously to throw The Creature out, after initially immobilising their opponent.
Gemini vs The Creature
Chaos 2 Tornado Semi-Final 1, Round 2 Flipper This battle was fought three times, with only one being shown on TV.

Joint-32nd shortest battle in UK Robot Wars.
Rw4s1-21

Extreme Series 1[]

Robot Opponent(s) Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image(s)
Behemoth The Spider Wild Card Warriors Lifting Scoop First robot not armed with a flipper to achieve the feat.
BehemothSpider
Thermidor 2 Behemoth, Stinger Mayhem Flipper First time two robots were flipped out of the arena in the same fight.
Thermidorbehemoth
Thermidorstinger
Thermidor 2 Napalm Vengeance Flipper Allowed Thermidor 2 to equal Chaos 2's record of having the most robots thrown out of the arena.
Thermidornapalm
Combatant Pants Antweight Melee Bludgeoner First and only non-heavyweight robot to achieve this feat. Also first occurrence of a robot throwing another out of the arena using a spinning weapon.
Antweight battle combat ant pants oota

Series 5[]

Robot Opponent Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Chaos 2 The Steel Avenger Heat A, Round 2 Flipper
Steel avenger oota
Chaos 2 S.M.I.D.S.Y. Heat A, Final Flipper Fought after a rematch. First time a robot had flipped two opponents out in consecutive battles.
Chaos2SMIDSY
General Carnage 2 Guzunderbot Heat C, Round 1 Flipper
General Carnage OotA
Firestorm 3 Reactor 2 Heat D, Final Flipper First occurrence of a front-hinged flipper achieving this feat. First time a robot had been flipped into the House Robot Entrance.
FirestormReactor
Spawn Again Evolution Heat G, Round 2 Flipper Equal 16th shortest battle in UK Robot Wars.
SpawnagainEvolution
Wheely Big Cheese Wolverine Heat H, Round 1 Flipper
WBCWolverine
Wheely Big Cheese Axe-Awe Heat H, Round 2 Flipper Axe-Awe was thrown from the centre of the arena and famously landed outside the arena against the back wall. Equal 6th shortest battle in UK Robot Wars.
WBCAxeAwe2
Bigger Brother Tip-Top Heat I, Round 1 Flipper Equal 23rd shortest battle in UK Robot Wars.
BBTipTop
Bigger Brother Splinter Heat I, Round 2 Flipper
BBSplinter

Extreme Warriors Season 2[]

Robot Opponent Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Cyclone Thor's Hammer Annihilator, Round 1 Flywheel First heavyweight competitor to use a flywheel to throw another out of the arena. Second time that a robot had landed into the House Robot Entrance.
RWEWS2annihilator1
Cyclone Hyperactive Annihilator, Round 2 Flywheel Second use of a flywheel to throw a robot out of the arena.
RWEWS2annihilator2.5

Series 6[]

Robot Opponent Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Raging Reality Brutus Maximus Heat A, Round 1 Flipper Brutus Maximus was already immobilised and counted out.
Brutus Maximus OotA
Raging Reality Tetanus 2 Heat A, Round 2 Flipper Tetanus 2 was immobilised, but Refbot had reversed into the pit and was unable to count the former out. Raging Reality was thus forced to eliminate Tetanus 2 on its own through this method.
Tetanus 2 vs Raging Reality
Chaos 2 Iron-Awe 2 Heat C, Round 1 Flipper Final out-of-the-arena flip achieved by Chaos 2.
Chaos2ironawe
Dantomkia Mighty Mouse Heat C, Round 2 Flipper
Mighty Mouse OotA
Dantomkia Chaos 2 Heat C, Final Flipper
DTKChaos2
Firestorm 4 S3 Semi-Final 1, Round 2 Flipper Firestorm 4 flipped S3 onto its side against the wall, causing its opponent's disc to balance over the wall. S3's shape and the weight of its disc caused it to topple over the wall and land on the camera tracks.
S3 vs Firestorm

Extreme Series 2[]

Robot Opponent Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image(s)
Bigger Brother S3 All-Stars, Round 1 Flipper Equal 16th shortest battle in UK Robot Wars.

If counting Axe-Awe as separate to Iron-Awe 2, S3 became the first competitor to be thrown out of the arena twice.

BBFlipsoutS3
Bulldog Breed Pussycat Tag Team Terror, Round 1 Flipper
Bulldog Breed Pussycat
Dantomkia Hypno-Disc Challenge Belt, Round 1 Flipper
Dantomkia flips hypno-disc
Dantomkia S.M.I.D.S.Y. Challenge Belt, Round 1 Flipper Not shown on TV. S.M.I.D.S.Y. advanced in spite of this, because two other competitors, Hypno-Disc and Sir Chromalot, had already been eliminated. The only battle prior to Series 10 in which three robots went out of the arena.
Nia
Dantomkia Iron-Awe 2 Challenge Belt, Round 2 Flipper The third time that one of Team Iron-Awe's robots had been flipped out of the arena, and the third time that a robot has fallen into the House Robot Entrance.
Dantomkia vs Iron-Awe 2
Firestorm 4 Weld-Dor 3, Bondi Titch Commonwealth Carnage, Round 1 Flipper
Firestorm IV vs Weld-Dor 3
Firestorm IV vs Bondi-Titch

Series 7[]

Robot Opponent(s) Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image(s)
M2 Shell Shock, Vader Heat A, Round 1 Flipper
M2 and Shell Shock
Vader OotA
Dantomkia Scorpion Heat C, Round 2 Flipper Prior to this battle, the production crew had asked Team Dantomkia not to flip Scorpion out over the side with the camera tracks, for fear that the latter's disc would damage them.
Dantomkia vs Scorpion
Dantomkia IG-88 Heat C, Final Flipper Both Vader and IG-88 lost in this way in Series 7. Fourth-shortest battle in UK Robot Wars, at 9.7 seconds; briefly held the shortest battle record.
IG-88 vs Dantomkia
Gravity Hydra Heat D, Round 1 Flipper Hydra was eliminated through this attack, having initially landed on and crushed an arena wall panel.
Hydra vs gravity
Gravity 13 Black Heat D, Round 2 Flipper
Gravity vs 13 black
Tsunami Major Tom 3, Diabolus Heat F, Round 1 Flipper Quickest battle to involve the defeat of two robots.
Tsunami MajorTom3 OotA
Tsunami flips major tom 3 and diabolus
X-Terminator Killer Carrot 2 Heat F, Round 2 Flywheel First occurrence of a robot being thrown out of the arena by a flywheel in the main competition of the UK Series.
X-Terminator vs Killer Carrot 2
Tsunami Constrictor Heat F, Round 2 Flipper Broke Chaos 2 and Thermidor 2's record of consecutive out-of-the-arena flips.
Tsunami flips Constrictor
X-Terminator Tsunami Heat F, Final Flywheel Every single one of Tsunami's UK Series battles ended in this fashion.
X-Terminator finishes Tsunami
Atomic Terror Turtle Heat G, Round 1 Flipper
Atomic vs Terror Turtle
Atomic Hellbent Heat G, Round 2 Flipper 25th shortest battle in UK Robot Wars.
Atomic vs Hellbent
Atomic S.M.I.D.S.Y. Heat G, Final Flipper Atomic tied Tsunami's record of consecutive out of the arena flips.
Atomic vs smidsy
St. Agro The Scrapper Heat H, Round 1 Flipper
Agro OotA's Scrapper
Storm 2 The Steel Avenger Heat I, Final Brute Force Drove The Steel Avenger into the wall at high speed, the impact throwing The Steel Avenger into the air and over the wall. Only time a robot was thrown out of the arena without a moving weapon being activated.
Storm II OotA
Thermidor 2 Mobot Heat J, Round 1 Flipper
ThermidorMobot
Judge Shred 3 Corkscrew Two Heat L, Round 1 Flipper
JudgeShred OotA
Behemoth Crushtacean Heat L, Round 1 Lifting Scoop An act of vengeance for a Series 5 loss.
Behemoth Crushtacean Oota
Spawn Again Chip Heat N, Round 1 Flipper Chip's team had admitted their fear of it being flipped out by Spawn Again in The Pits prior to this.
ChipOotA
Raging Knightmare Spawn Again Heat N, Final Flipper Vengeance won by Raging Knightmare, in recompense for its team's Series 4 loss to Team Scutterbots.
Spawn Again vs Raging Knightmare (2)
Iron-Awe 2.1 Bigger Brother Heat O, Round 2 Flipper Fourth-ranked Bigger Brother became the highest-ever seed to be flipped out. 28th shortest battle in UK Robot Wars.
IronAweOOTABiggerBrother
Firestorm 5 Reptirron The Second Heat P, Round 2 Flipper
Firestorm 5 vs reptirron the second
Firestorm 5 Ripper Heat P, Final Flipper
Firestorm 5 vs ripper
Gravity Dantomkia Semi-Final 1, Round 1 Flipper Second shortest battle in UK Robot Wars, at just 5.8 seconds.
Dantomkia Gravity
Firestorm 5 Mute Semi-Final 2, Round 1 Flipper Mute assisted by firing its flipper at the same time as Firestorm 5. Firestorm broke Chaos 2's record of six out-of-the-arena flips, with this being its seventh. It also tied with Tsunami and Atomic on three consecutive out-of-the-arena flips.
FirestormOOTAMute
Atomic M2 Semi-Final 2, Round 1 Flipper The fourth consecutive out-of-the-arena flip for Atomic, breaking Tsunami's record.
AtomicM2OotA
Dantomkia Behemoth, King B Powerworks All-Stars, Round 1 Flipper Dantomkia tied and broke Firestorm's record of seven out-of-the-arena flips, with these being its seventh and eighth respectively.
Dantomkia vs Behemoth
Dantomkia vs King B Powerworks
Dantomkia Panic Attack All-Stars, Round 2 Flipper Dantomkia's ninth and final out-of-the-arena flip.
Dantomkia vs Panic Attack

Series 8[]

Robot Opponent(s) Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Eruption Terror Turtle Heat D, Round 1 Flipper First out-of-the-arena flip performed by a competitor in the Revival Series.
Eruption flips terror turtle oota
Apollo Storm 2 Heat D, Heat Final Flipper
Storm2 trenched
Eruption Shockwave Whiteboard match Flipper Not shown on TV: battle was held purely to entertain the audience.
Nia

Series 9[]

Robot Opponent(s) Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Eruption Behemoth Heat B, Head to Head Flipper
Behemoth vs eruption oota
Eruption Cherub Heat B, Head to Head Flipper
Eruption vs cherub h2h oota
Eruption PP3D Heat B, Head to Head Flipper Eruption's third out-of-the-arena flip in a row meant that it became the first robot to win all three of its Head to Head battles through this method.
Eruption vs pp3d oota
Eruption Cherub Heat B, Heat Final Flipper This out of the arena flip was notable for several reasons:
  • The battle lasted 6.5 seconds, the second shortest battle in the Revival Series, and the third shortest in the entire UK Robot Wars.
  • The battle marked the second time Eruption threw Cherub out, the first time whereby one robot threw out another twice in the same episode.
  • Flipping Cherub out meant that Eruption tied the record with Atomic for the most consecutive out-of-the-arena flips, at four, and it became the first robot to throw the same robot out of the arena twice.
Eruption vs cherub final oota
Apollo Coyote Heat E, Head to Head Flipper
Apollo Coyote 3

Series 10[]

Robot Opponent(s) Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image(s)
Apollo The Swarm Heat A, Group Battle Flipper Only Rubber Duck was thrown out, so the clusterbot as a whole was not deemed immobile. First and only instance of a robot throwing another out over the heightened walls of the Series 8-10 arena.
Apollo vs The Swarm
Apollo Sabretooth Heat A, Semi-Finals Flipper
Apollo Sabretooth OOTA
Behemoth The Swarm Heat A, Semi-Finals Lifting Scoop Only Skye was thrown out, so the clusterbot as a whole was not deemed immobile.
Behemoth The Swarm Skye rambot
Eruption Aftershock, Crackers 'n' Smash Heat B, Group Battle Flipper The first flip sparked minor controversy, as there was confusion between Team Shock and Team Conker over whether the battle could safely continue due to damage inflicted to the Floor Flipper. As no klaxon sounded, 'Cease' had not been called, enabling Eruption to take advantage and throw Aftershock into the Trenches; in the process, Aftershock's disc clipped and damaged one of the entry gates.

Eruption achieved two records with these out-of-the-arena flips. Firstly, it became the first robot to eliminate all parts of a clusterbot through this method, throwing Crackers out first, then Smash. The other record it managed to achieve was to become the first robot to eject three robots in a televised battle.
Eruption vs Aftershock vs CnS
Eruption vs Crackers
Eruption vs Smash
Big Nipper Crackers 'n' Smash Heat B, Robot Redemption Flywheel Only Smash was eliminated, meaning that the clusterbot as a whole was not deemed immobile. However, Big Nipper did succeed in achieving one of the highest out-of-the-arena flips of all time, damaging the arena lights in the process. It also became the only competitor in the Revival Series to throw another robot into the trenches using a spinner.
Big Nipper vs Smash
Rapid Track-tion Heat C, Group Battle Flipper Track-tion, upon being disrupted by the Fog of War, veered too close to one of the entry gates, enabling Rapid to take full advantage and throw it out.
Rapid vs Track-tion R1
Rapid Track-tion Heat C, Semi-Finals Flipper Shortest battle in UK Robot Wars, at just 5.6 seconds. Rapid also became the second robot to flip the same opponent out of the arena twice, after Eruption in Series 9.
Rapid vs Track-tion
Rapid Terrorhurtz Heat C, Heat Final Flipper Rapid became the second robot to win a heat having thrown a robot out of the arena in all of its battles. Final out of the arena flip in Robot Wars.
Rapid vs Terrorhurtz OotA

House Robots/Hazards[]

Extreme Series 1[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Sir Killalot Stinger Wild Card Warriors Jaws of Life Dropped Stinger over the arena wall after 'Cease' had already been called. Stinger still won on a split Judges' decision regardless.
SirKillalotdropsStingeroutofthearena
Sir Killalot Napalm 2 Tag Team Terror, Round 1 Jaws of Life Dropped Napalm over the arena wall after it had become immobilised.
NapalmSirChromalotvsSteelAvengerSuicidalTendencies

Series 5[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Sir Killalot Ruf Ruf Dougal Heat D, Round 1 Jaws of Life Dropped Ruf Ruf Dougal over the arena wall after it had become immobilised.
Killalotdougal

Dutch Series 1[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Sir Killalot Bamm Bamm Grand Final, Semi-Final 1 Jaws of Life Occurred after Bamm Bamm was already immobilised and thrown by the Floor Flipper.
Sir Killalot Bamm Bamm OOTA

Extreme Warriors Season 2[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Sir Killalot Night Stalker Heat E, Round 1 Jaws of Life Dropped Night Stalker over the arena wall after burning it.
Night Stalker OotA
Sir Killalot Dragbot Heat F, Round 2 Jaws of Life Dropped Dragbot over the arena wall. Dragbot survived to a Judges' decision regardless.
Dragbot oota
Sir Killalot Joker International Championship, Round 1 Jaws of Life
KillalotOOTAsJoker
Sir Killalot Paul Bunyan Robot Rebellion, Round 1 Jaws of Life Dropped Paul Bunyan over the arena wall after Sgt. Bash crumpled its spinning blade.
Paulbunyan outofthearena
Matilda Medusa Oblongotta Robot Rebellion, Round 1 Flywheel Matilda's flywheel spun Medusa Oblongotta out of the arena after the latter broke down. First instance of Matilda using her flywheel to flip a competitor out in any series.
Matildaflipsmedusa

Nickelodeon Robot Wars[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Sir K Rick International Tag Team, Final Jaws of Life Dropped Rick over the wall despite the UK representative still being mobile. The subsequent Judges' decision excluded this attack.
Sir K vs Rick
Sir K Squirmin Vermin House Robot Rebellion Jaws of Life Entered in the middle of the fight to aid Shunt and Dead Metal, proceeded to drop Squirmin Vermin over the arena wall.
Sir K Sqirming Vermin

Series 6[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Sir Killalot Dynamite UK vs Germany, Round 1 Jaws of Life Dropped an already-immobile Dynamite over the arena wall after ripping off its shell.
Dynamite over wall

Dutch Series 2[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Sir Killalot Vortex Inducer Heat E, Round 1 Jaws of Life Dropped Vortex Inducer over the wall after snapping it in half.
VortexInduceroverwall
Matilda √3² Heat E, Round 2 Flywheel Only S.O.Xbot was tossed out, so the robot as a whole was not deemed immobile.
Matilda SO Xbot V3

Extreme Series 2[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Sir Killalot Saw Point Minor Meltdown, Eliminator 1 Jaws of Life Dropped Saw Point over the arena wall.
SawpointOOTA
Sir Killalot Gi-Ant-O Featherweight, Heat Jaws of Life Dropped tiny Gi-Ant-O over the arena wall. The match was not fully televised, this was only seen in a recap. The tiny 3kg sumobot replacing the original Gi-Ant-O is the lightest robot to go out of the regular Arena.
Gi-Ant-O OotA
Matilda Sir Chromalot Challenge Belt, Eliminator Flywheel Sir Chromalot was violently flung into a robot entrance area. First instance of Matilda throwing a competitor out with her flywheel in the UK series.
Ex2ChallengeBeltRound1.1.2
Matilda Vader Challenge Belt, Eliminator Flywheel
Vader out

Series 7[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Floor Flipper G2 Featherweight Championship, Heat 1 Flipper First out-of-the-arena flip to be performed by an arena hazard. Cygnus X3 thrown into the pit with the same flip.
Cygnus G2
Mr. Psycho Hassocks Hog 2 Heat C, Round 1 Claw Dropped Hassocks Hog 2 over the arena wall. First and only time Mr. Psycho dumped a competitor out of the arena.
Mr. psycho drops out Hassocks hog 2
Matilda Ceros Heat H Final Flywheel
Matilda throws out ceros
Floor Flipper Rampage 2 Featherweight Championship Final Flipper
Rampage 2 out of the arena

Series 8[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Matilda King B Remix Heat C, Head to Head Tusks Matilda's first out-of-the-arena flip using her tusks, throwing King B Remix into the space behind the Arena Tyre. First instance of a competitor robot being flipped out of the arena in Series 8.
MatildaKingBRemixOotA
Matilda Thor Grand Final, Head to Head Tusks After TR2 flipped Thor over close to the wall, Matilda charged out of her CPZ and threw Thor out.
Matilda flips thor oota

Series 9[]

Robot Competitor Battle Means of throwing out Notes Image
Sir Killalot Soldier Ant Battle of the Stars, Episode 2, Head to Head Claw Soldier Ant was dropped out of the Arena after being immobilised and torn apart by Kadeena Machina. First instance of a competitor robot being sent out of the arena in Series 9, and the only time that this occurred in Battle of the Stars.
Soldier ant oota
Matilda Nuts 2 Heat A, Group Battle Flywheel After Nuts 2 ventured too close into Matilda's CPZ, Matilda slammed into Nuts 2 with her flywheel, launching it over the wall and into one of the Trenches.
Matilda hits nuts

References[]

  1. Dantomkia scored one additional untelevised flip out, against S.M.I.D.S.Y., which is not included in this count.
  2. Eruption scored one additional untelevised Out of the Arena flip in a Whiteboard battle against Shockwave, which is not included in this count. Eruption's achievement of launching both Crackers and Smash out of the arena is considered to be one flip in the total record.

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