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This episode was recorded on November 28th, 2020

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• The teams:\\n
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  • Mike - Mystrsyko
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  • Sam - Robocast
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  • Sam & Ryan - Spinnerproof
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  • Charlie - Good Robottal
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  • Ned - Spoiler Alert & ESC
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  • Oliver - ESC and No More Spinnahhs
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  • David - David of Smeg
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  • Jevan - World of Woodrow & No More Spinnahhs
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• The cards:\\n
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  • Mike\\n
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    • Puff the Magic Dragon\\n
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      • A LiPo fire in the box
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    • The Atomic Bomb\\n
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      • Atom#94 catches fire\\n
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        • Lotsa smoke or visible flames
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    • The 2020 Dumpster Fire\\n
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      • A returning competitor flops HARD\\n
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        • EG Bombshell in 2018, Bronco in 2019, or any robot designed to win fights which fails to
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    • Let it Rip!\\n
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      • Captain Shredderator vs Gigabyte (1v1)
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    • Improvise, Adapt, Overcome\\n
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      • Swiss-army bot makes the top 32\\n
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        • Swiss-army bot = multiple weapon types
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    • Jumping in the Grave\\n
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      • A robot is dubbed ’the new Bite Force\'\\n
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        • Does not include the new champ once they are champ
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    • A Surprise, to be Sure\\n
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      • Half of the top 8 are ’new\'\\n
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        • New = no team members have reached the top 16 before
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    • What Would You Like on Your Tombstone?\\n
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      • Tombstone loses its first 2 fights
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    • Mr Flibble’s Very Cross\\n
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      • A team quantining on entry to the USA is mentioned
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    • Thank God for the Arena\\n
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      • A robot is flung into the Lexan
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    • Ice Ice Baby\\n
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      • ICEWave tears another robot in half\\n
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        • No bonus points!!
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    • Close Quarters\\n
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      • A fight is restarted due to an unstick\\n
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    • They’re Good Dogs, Bronco\\n
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      • The dog from the Pain Train team photo is acknowledged on the show
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    • Shocker!\\n
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      • A rookie makes the top 16\\n
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        • Rookie = new robot with a new team, even if some members have competed with other teams
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    • Crowd Favourite\\n
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      • Chomp scores a OHKO\\n
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        • ‘OHKO’ = first hit from the weapon
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    • Clusterfunk\\n
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      • Gemini fails to get a win
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  • Sam\\n
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    • For Grant\\n
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      • Grant Imahara mentioned directly
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    • Rocky Balboa\\n
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      • Tantrum works\\n
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        • Working = weapon spins, hits as well as other similar weapons, and the punching mechanism is clearly helpful
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    • Just Like The Simulations\\n
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      • An AGWWAPTBABF fantasy matchup happens, and the result is the same
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    • David Attenborough\\n
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      • Two or more animal themed robots fight (each other)\\n
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        • Animal themes must be part of the bot’s aesthetic
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    • Absent Audience\\n
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      • Attention repeatedly drawn to the lack of audience\\n
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        • Repeatedly = at least 10 mentions
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    • Lithium Polymer Armament\\n
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      • A LiPo fire occurs
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    • Old Farm Derby\\n
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      • Bale Spear vs Black Widow (1v1)
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    • Split Personalities\\n
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      • A robot is split in ~2
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    • The Steel Chair\\n
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      • Slammow manages a suplex
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    • Hammer to Fall\\n
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      • Beta vs Chomp (1v1)
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    • A Game of Two Halves\\n
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      • A robot gets split apart
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    • Look at Me, Pa!\\n
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      • Two robots with minibotds fight, with their minibots
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    • Pink is Sus\\n
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      • A predominantly pink robot makes the knockout stages\\n
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        • Axolotl, Sporkinok, and HiJinx are all predominantly pink
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    • Extinguisher by Name…\\n
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      • Extinguisher puts out a fire
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    • That’s Not 30 Seconds!\\n
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      • A team is reminded they can only hold for 30 seconds
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    • Oh Lawd She Comin!\\n
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      • Chomp ends the season with a positive record
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  • Spinnerproof\\n
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    • The Killshot\\n
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      • An axe/hammer scores a KO\\n
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        • Any big overhead hitty thing, but not a ‘hammer saw’ or similar, and not Rusty
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    • We Die Together\\n
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      • Gemini only uses the multibot config
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    • A Noticeable Absence\\n
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      • Bite Force not being present is mentioned
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    • Apologies to Craig Danby\\n
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      • Slammow makes the top 16
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    • OOTA is OOTA\\n
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      • ‘Proper’ OOTA from a non-spinner\\n
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        • ‘Proper’ OOTA = not behind the screws or stuck elsewhere
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    • BLUE TEAM, READY?\\n
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      • Button hit with something other than a finger/hand
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    • Non-starters\\n
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      • A robot with a website profile doesn’t have a fight
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    • Out With Win and You’re In\\n
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      • No places in the top 32 are decided by a play-in fight
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    • Stop the count\\n
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      • A robot comes back to life during a countout
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    • My Leg!\\n
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      • Chomp loses a leg
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    • We Get it Already\\n
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      • The cast avoids saying “Covid-19”, “Pandemic”, or “Coronavirus” for the entire season\\n
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    • LiPo Fire 2\\n
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      • A LiPo fire happens
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    • Why Why Whyachi?\\n
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      • 2+ Whyachi robots face each other in any kind of match
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    • Don’t Bring Wheels Into the Arena\\n
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      • A horizontal spinner snipes a wheel\\n
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        • ‘Snipes’ = a single hit disabling or removing the wheel
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    • Not in my Lexicon\\n
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      • The term ‘forward thrust flipper’ is used to describe a front-hinge flipper
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    • The Bigger They Are…\\n
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      • Chomp’s hammer causes significant damage
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  • Charlie\\n
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    • Pulverizer Pete\\n
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      • Multiple pulveriser hits to one robot in a single fight
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    • Be Trans, Throw Hands\\n
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      • Sporkinok receives needless online hate\\n
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        • We’ll know it when we see it
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    • Slammow Fails to Work\\n
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      • …as intended, through the entire season
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    • The Saviour is Here!\\n
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      • Rusty takes a fight to the judges
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    • Wee Woo (No, Not That One)\\n
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      • Extinguisher puts out a fire
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    • The One True Hammer\\n
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      • Shatter! outperforms all the other ‘pure’ hammerbots\\n
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        • ‘Pure’ hammerbots = Beta, Chomp, maybe Rusty. ‘Outperforms’ = better record and/or lasting longest in the tournament (“down to the second”)
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    • Free Parking\\n
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      • Non-Bite Force champion\\n
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        • Can only be ticked after the grand final
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    • The Future is Now\\n
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      • No robots from the 2019 top 8 make the 2020 top 8
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    • Tears in the Gears\\n
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      • A competitor cries on camera
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    • Sorry About Your Bike\\n
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      • Jenny Taft segment involves smashing up a household object
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    • Double Kill\\n
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      • Simultaneous KO
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    • Hide and Syk 2\\n
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      • Despite the lack of live studio audience, world-renowned youtuber MystrSyko is somehow still spotted
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    • The Bot Whisperer\\n
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      • Footage of pre-reboot BB used in reference to Peter Abrahamson
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    • Not Even the Younglings Survived\\n
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      • Perfect Phoenix doesn’t win a fight
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    • Pobodies Nerfect\\n
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      • The champ will have lost a fight along the way
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    • Lights, Camera, Smash!\\n
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      • One of the lights gets broken
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  • Ned\\n
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    • Everything is Fine\\n
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    • Spiderman Pointing Meme\\n
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      • Sawblaze vs Skorpios (1v1)
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    • Hammer Time\\n
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      • Two hammers fight each other (1v1)\\n
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        • Chomp, Shatter!, and BETA are hammers. Mad Catter & Extinguisher count if they use their hammer setup in the fight. Rusty may or may not be a hammer.
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    • Tropical Storm BETA\\n
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      • BETA KOs a vertical spinner\\n
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        • Hammer saws don’t count. Mammoth doesn’t count
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    • Careful, Icarus\\n
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      • A previously successful robot crashes HARD\\n
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        • Previously top 16/play in, failing to make the top 32
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    • VERTS REEEEEEEEE\\n
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        • If the website photo is a vert, its a vert. Mad Catter counts if they use the vert more than the hammer
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    • Now There Are Two of Them!\\n
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      • RotatoR uses the dual disc setup
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    • In the Blue Hex\\n
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      • A HexBug toy appears in the box for a robot’s introduction
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    • Third Time Lucky\\n
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      • Whiplash fights and beats Tombstone
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    • This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things\\n
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    • Screwed\\n
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      • A robot is KO’d due to being stuck in/on the screws
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    • Up and Away\\n
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      • A whole robot hits the ceiling
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    • Flawed Floor\\n
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      • The new floor still takes fight-influencing damage
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    • Proof in the Pudding\\n
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      • A new build has teething trouble
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    • THAT’S A HUGE HIT\\n
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      • Kenny or Chris say ‘HUGE HIT’
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    • Noob Force\\n
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      • A new robot takes the Giant Nut
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  • Oliver\\n
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    • An Open Field\\n
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      • A BB rookie makes the top 8\\n
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    • The Same, But Different\\n
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    • Bot 56\\n
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      • A previously confirmed entry doesn’t make TV\\n
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        • Confirmed = publicly by the team, by Battlebots (eg. via the website), or by associated media. SUpporter content doesn’t count.
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    • Dun Dun Da Da Daaa Daaa\\n
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      • Flight of the Valkyries is sung
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    • #GetHype\\n
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      • Hypershock makes the top 4
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    • Spider Chomp, Spider Chomp\\n
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      • Footage of a classic Battlebots walker is used\\n
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        • Includes shufflers
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    • Always on the Scene\\n
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      • Extinguisher puts out a fire
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    • Ghost of Toad\\n
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      • A Team Toad sticker appears
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    • The Future is Now, Old Man\\n
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      • Donald Hutson is reminded of how long he has been competing\\n
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    • Home Field Advantage\\n
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      • No non-US teams make the top 16
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    • Thank You, Johnathan, Very Cool\\n
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      • Presenters say something blatantly wrong, or something in a graphic is clearly incorrect
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    • You Only Got One Shot\\n
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      • A fight is ended in a single exchange
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    • Salt of the Fans\\n
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      • A JD causes online backlash
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    • Maxwell Edison\\n
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      • The Pulverisers score a KO
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    • Grabbing Defeat From the Jaws of Victory\\n
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      • A robot which is clearly winning dies for any reason
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    • Wait For It!\\n
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      • John Reid says ‘good hit’
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  • David\\n
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    • Mortal Coil\\n
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      • Ghost Raptor gets split in 2
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    • Large and in Charge\\n
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      • All 3 ‘oversized’ robots (HUGE, SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, and Mammoth) finish with a combined win rate of at least 2:3 (0r 66.6…%)
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    • The British are Coming\\n
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      • BETA makes the top 16\\n
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    • Unprecedented\\n
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      • The word ‘unprecedented’ is used to describe the pandemic
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    • Armchair Engineer\\n
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      • Fan makes comments about how a robot sucks and they could do it better
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    • FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!\\n
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      • Two robots with flamethrowers fight (1v1)
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    • Not in my Lexicon 2\\n
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    • It Is Wednesday My Dudes\\n
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      • Ribbot makes the knockout stages
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    • Stay Froggy\\n
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      • Ribbot’s vacuum-formed top survives a fight
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    • Rusty in Pieces\\n
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      • Rusty gets a win
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    • Spin Dammit!\\n
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      • Axe Backwards wins a fight
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    • The King is Dead\\n
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      • Tombstone fails to make the bracket
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    • Derby Match\\n
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      • Slammow vs Big Dill (1v1)
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    • Ow, My Head!\\n
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      • Chomp’s hammer snipes a robot\\n
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    • Knife Roomba\\n
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      • A Mowbot autonomous lawnmower appears on screen\\n
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    • What Other Weapon?\\n
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  • Jevan\\n
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    • Frenemies\\n
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      • Skorpios vs HiJinx (1v1)
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    • …The Harder They Fall\\n
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      • Chomp’s legs take significant spinner damage\\n
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        • Legs are removed or their function is impaired
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    • I Don’t Think So, Chief\\n
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      • A team refuses a fight\\n
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    • The Eyes Have It\\n
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      • HUGE wins the Giant Nut
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    • Should’a Stayed Electric\\n
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      • BETA runs out of gas\\n
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        • Weapon stops or can’t self right due to lack of gas
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    • Sorry About Your Ceiling\\n
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      • An entire robots hits the ceiling/lighting rig
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    • Weeeeeeeeeeedge\\n
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      • SMEEEEEEEEEEE wins a fight\\n
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        • Can be an exhibition/other non-tournament fight provided it is aired on Discovery
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    • I’m A Fire Starter\\n
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      • 20+ fires across the season\\n
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        • Large amounts of smoke or visible flames
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    • No More Apologies\\n
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      • Slammow makes the bracket
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    • Game of Clones\\n
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      • A robot is likened to another in looks alone
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    • Beat the Clock\\n
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      • A robot comes back to life during a countout
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    • David vs Goliath\\n
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      • Mammoth fights a robot with a minibot
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    • Tis Just A Flesh Wound\\n
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      • A badly damaged robot makes it to the judges
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    • Stop, Stop, He’s Already Dead!\\n
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      • A clearly dead robot keeps getting hit
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    • Yeeted-er\\n
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      • A robot hits the ceiling\\n
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        • Includes minibots
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    • Age of Rust\\n
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      • Rusty goes undefeated during Fight Night
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