Robot Wars Series 3 Heat M

[@xtremegaming1837]

Rex Garrard will NEVER be forgotten. A straight LEGEND in the robot wars history books.

[@davidfearis7335]

Yeah Rex was the one who introduced The Self-Righting Mechanism that the majority of robots now have in today's robot wars battles

[@LarixusSnydes]

He was a great gentleman, brilliant inventor but alas he had a bit of a lousy driver on his team.

[@davidfearis7335]

@@LarixusSnydes And this time he wasn't driving when he went they in the pit this time

[@LarixusSnydes]

@@davidfearis7335 True, but it remains a pity to have such an Achilles Heel when proper training might have prevented this. Then again, I have never controlled a robot that would dream of taking on the Cassius Team and I don't have a driver's license.

[@davidfearis7335]

@@LarixusSnydes I guess its one thing to invent a great robot, but its quite another to learn how to drive it properly & that's how the competition can remain a completely open field

[@BenMeecham]

Fun fact for any 90s kids out there - Rex Garrod built 'Brum', the yellow self-aware car from the old kid's show. How brilliant is that?!

[@ryanodonovan9497]

Probably why we never saw Brum flipped over; one of his mechanisms would’ve righted him and given Garrod’s identity away!

[@Dannysince1985]

What in the hell are you talking about........Brum was obviously real..........

[@xtremegaming1837]

18:31 “THERES A PLUNDERSTORM COMING…… Next Year!” That always crack me up 🤣🤣

[@jat1994]

Pihillipa’s energy in these early shows is amazing.. also gorgeous

[@Mistowgan]

Rest well Rex. you were an innovator and a true gentleman, Cassius and Cassius 2 were works of art

[@HarlemHyena]

Let's face it, Plunderbird is to Robot Wars as Wolf is to Gladiators, only Wolf actually has the skills to back up his bravado! ...sometimes

[@brainspider]

I loved the Plunderbot team, they were always fun to watch. Their robot wasn;t up to much, but at l;east they went for fun and kept the crowd entertained.

[@TyMarshall007]

HE WAS LUCKY

[@LarixusSnydes]

​@@brainspider, True, even after investing £4000,-?! I'm very curious why both Panzer and Plunderbird failed to start.

[@Davidofsmeg]

It's rather ironic that Pussycat got DQ'd over a health and safety infringement when Rex effectively threw the previous fight over the lack of health and safety off camera.

[@ryanodonovan9497]

Maybe his exit encouraged the health & safety department's competence more?

[@02Ctu2486]

RIP Rex Garrod the founding father of the srimech "Self-Righting Mechanism" Passed away on April 8 2019 at the age of 75 from Alzheimer's

[@MothDax]

😔

[@mothtolias]

f =[ such a shame. one of the most brilliant minds in the sport.

[@ДмитрийМачулин-ч3т]

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[@evanwilliams6406]

Sad. I remember Cassius 2 from this episode, wow I never knew this was its last appearance. Rest in peace, Mr. Garrod.

[@acleedsunited]

I had no idea, he had died. That's really sad news.

[@cr10001]

Pussycat has to be the most original robot in this series (as Cassius was in the last one). Its roly-poly impossible-to-knock-over shape performed exactly as intended and it has the speed and manouvreability to take on any other bot. Its weapon was only so-so (never mind all the BS about whether it was hardened or not), but it was equally as useful as a pushbot.

[@jimrolaand5508]

terribly sad that david gribble from pussycat died at 17 in a motorbike accident. Great driver and great team/robot.

[@pianoman1396]

Jim Ro Laand Alan Gribble also sadly passed away from Cancer a few years ago. He’s not in this heat, but he appears from Series 4 onward.

[@ДмитрийМачулин-ч3т]

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[@Trakker1985]

I kinda think Mick Cutter had a thing for clear perspex. S1 - Robot the Bruce - clear S2 - Chaos - Clear S3 (moves to Cassius team) - cassius becomes Clear S3 - Chaos 2 - loses Mick and also the clear perspex shell

[@evanwilliams6406]

I remember this episode back in the day, I'm glad I tuned in that day. That was an awesome and controversial decision.

[@TheBigAyland]

13:19 I'll bet Rex was so happy to see how the Loco boys progressed to Dundee

[@carribob1992]

I'm binge watching Classic Robot Wars whilst working from home and I found myself singing along to the Plunderbird team. Also, Thermidor team member Ian Harvey is the cousin of Stuart Ashens.

[@legodude494]

I like how at 33:15, when Phillipa is talking to Pussycat after their fight with Cassius 2, you can see Evil Weevil about to enter the arena! One of the members of staff are asking them which side of the arena they want to be on! It's a shame about Cassius, and why the BBC didn't listen to Rex's safety concerns is beyond me, such a shame to loose him from Robot Wars. The Plunderbird team are one of my favourite teams, though, just so over the top!

[@ryanodonovan9497]

Mentorn was the company handling the production of Robot Wars. All the BBC did was distribute it.

[@star.light.ls.]

We all knew Cassius could lose, but it had so much more to show with a lot of potential.

[@lafeelabriel]

How can you not love the Plunderbirds. Sure it was mostly bravado, but they were *never* not entertaining.

[@smithyblue1234]

This heat was really good and it was certainly full of twists and turns.

[@incompetentlogistics]

Naawwww, from 17:08 you can clearly see Death Metal trying to befriend Thermador. 😍

[@samuelkirkwood6702]

Overall extremely interesting and correct decision, that blade shattering could have been seriously dangerous.

[@Trendall]

38:06 - "is that the same...is that the same blade?!?!??!". Nice acting Jonathan.

[@burzaburza2970]

Why just one blade allowed?

[@PredictedCyborg]

It's not that only one blade was allowed - JP was just scripted to pretend not to know what was going to happen. One of the team members told the story - there was a gap of three days in between the filming of rounds and the team went home. They decided to switch out the blade and so chose one hanging from the wall of the workshop, one that was designed to spin at a much lower RPM than Pussycat's blade did. Basically, the hardened blades aren't made to spin at such speeds and cut things so it shattered - and THAT is why they were banned. People complain that it didn't end up hurting anyone, but they couldn't make an exception, and behind the scenes of the Third Wars is when the incidents happened that hurt people and ramped up safety procedures so Mentorn at the time was in full on "we can't let ANYTHING slip!" mode. Go look at the RW Wiki page of Third Wars controversies and behind the scenes events - it's illuminating. :o

[@PredictedCyborg]

I remember watching this heat live and being so gobsmacked at what happened in the final fight. It was the first time I realised there were rules beyond what we saw in the fights on screen and have made me want to be sure than when I make one of my own that I scrutinise those rules thoroughly. Shame that Pussycat's first big major incident was this - although they made up for it in later wars didn't they, the Erazer? xD

[@tylervielie6474]

Shame we never got to see Cassius 2 get out of the pit as the team claimed.

[@Mitjitsu]

Wouldn't have been possible anyway. The production banned their C02 system at the last minute limiting their spike use to once per fight.

[@ryanodonovan9497]

@@Mitjitsu Not only that, but what would flipping itself out of the pit accomplish anyway? The pit means instant elimination. Still, I don't get why Cassius 2's CO 2 system had to be limited at all - I don't see it as dangerous or anything.

[@Mitjitsu]

​@@ryanodonovan9497 I'm not aware of any rule that prohibits you from continuing if you manage to escape a pit.

[@ryanodonovan9497]

@@Mitjitsu It's just logic. The pit has always meant instant elimination, therefore escaping it in any way wouldn't allow a competitor to continue. Otherwise, there'd be no point in having the pit if it works about as much as a knockout spot as any other place in the arena. It's why it made no sense that robots were allowed to continue if they escaped the pit in Series 4's Pinball Warrior Tournament; then again, it also made no sense that the pit was shallow enough there to be escaped from and (in the case of that contest) not seem deep enough to contain the sphere without the possibility of it getting knocked out of there.

[@nigelnigelson3988]

@@ryanodonovan9497 Being flipped over always meant instant elimination until Cassius self-righted in S2. If they were actually able to use the pit-escaping device, that may also have become an accepted part of the show much like srimechs

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

What an episode. First appearance of Pussycat looking good but different. Plunder bird (or plunderstorm) looking very different. Thermidor looking very different and with no flipper

[@orana03]

The start of thermador. Oooo. Thermador 2 was one my faves as a kid

[@Surv1vor1993]

Being a fan of Thermidor 2, it feels so weird seeing the bot without the flipper

[@DevilboyScooby]

"I'd say 'don't try this at home', but who's got a high-tech arena with a flame pit in their living room?" Lol :') Judging from the most recent episode, where Dara complains when the flipper gets damaged that they've damaged his house, Dara has.

[@thesmithersy]

Dara just lacked the enthusiasm Craig had, Dara was just boring.

[@ciaranmilligan2896]

Always wish we could have seen Cassius 2 against Chaos 2 what a battle that would have been

[@StFidjnr]

27:48 an 1st sighting of an antweight robot

[@萍生认]

Cassius is my dream robot through the childhood

[@jedder]

Those were some fantastic concepts that made it to the second round! A pity the final round, but the second round sure was exciting.

[@tylervielie5767]

Enter Pussycat, and the last appearance of Cassius 2.

[@Headbanger142]

It's really sad to see Cassius go out like this. I really wanted to see more of it in action. Unfortunately Rex was very keen on safety and after that accident with More Panda Monium, he quit.

[@ryanodonovan9497]

So is it true that Rex purposely drove Cassius 2 into the pit (whilst trying to make it look like a genuine accident) to get out of Robot Wars after that backstage incident?

[@Headbanger142]

Actually he let Mick Cutter drive. Rex operated the weapons. Driving into the pit may have been an accident.

[@pianoman1396]

Headbanger142 I think he (or one of his family) later came out and said it was deliberate.

[@Johnno9989]

And alas he's now dead

[@procta2343]

shame he quit the series, i read about the back stage accident, but sadly it fell on deaf ears. They should have listened to a professional engineer

[@alexcasares5943]

Intersting Heat: 1. Pussycat (Became one of the top robots the following series) 2. Cassius 2 (Popular robot) 3. Plunderstorm (Popular robot) 4. Scutter's Revenge (Became Spawn a Scutter amd then Spawn Again) 5. Thermador (Became one of the top flippers the following series) Note: Pussycat and Thermidor collided in the Series Semi-Finals in the following series.

[@donnareynolds7509]

PlunderStorm this is my rap for you. #you are the crew And you’re here to tell us You’re gonna bash them You’re gonna crash them In the war we know you’re gonna thrash them The forecast is bad We betting get running It’s gonna be tough There’s a PlunderStorm coming#

[@Silvertardis]

Well executed I thought. Shame the robot didn't perform well this series.

[@02Ctu2486]

SILENCE!!!! How dare you!!!!! It would have been even funnier if he pulled an Achmed: SILENCE, I KILL YOU!!!

[@PursuantMusic87]

thermidor looks odd without the ''head'' flipper thing

[@randomchicken01]

27:18 hahahahah he said "Nancy Sinatra would have been proud" as if she was dead, riiiiip

[@leongt1954]

Some of the bots have had more thought gone into the paintwork that actual design of their weapons

[@wolfielps4411]

I liked series 1 forester with the combat pants and vest top ❤

[@alexcasares7401]

This was secretly a Heat of Death of the Series

[@antcunningham1997]

This was the Heat Of Death in Series 3. Cassius 2 Pussycat Scutters Revenge Thermidor Plunderstorm It was a very difficult Heat to Get of. I was very disappointed when Cassius 2 Drove itself in the pit on purpose, they were a Brilliant Machine, they would have easily made the Grand Final of series 3 and could have gone on to win the series, had it not been for the intentional dive, But Behind the Scenes their were reasons why Cassius 2 did what they did.

[@josephilsley3028]

When Craig signs off in this heat, it was obviously after the post-battle interview with Team Cold Fusion, edited out for continuity reasons. Interesting to know what comments were exchanged between the two, such as how Pussycat will fair in the semi's programme, and whether the team would receive a caution over the shattered saw blade rather than facing disqualification.

[@pistongaming826]

The fact i remember the little robot from when i was young is mad to me haha

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

If only Mike Onslow and the rest of the International Wreck Crew spent as much time actually making a robot that works as they did... everything else

[@adamh2900]

If Pussycat's circular saw was prohibited for health and safety reasons, then why the hell were they allowed to take it into the arena in the first place? Surely the whole point of health and safety is about prohibiting an accident before it happens? It also raises questions about how safe things were for the competitors, presenters, judges, cameramen, staff and audience at that time? By the sounds of it, not very... Also, rest in peace, both David Gribble and Rex Garrod

[@Dim4323]

Cant belive Cassius 2 is out that stupid driving.

[@antcunningham1997]

Cassius 2 intentionally Drove itself in the pit as a protest to get out of robot wars. It's such a shame thou. Cassius 2 was a brilliant machine and it would have easily made the Grand Final of series 3 had it not for the intentional Drive in the Pit.

[@barsabeer9081]

Soooooo coooot love from sweden 👍💪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@jhibbitt2896]

damn, this episode was full of behind the scenes problems. first filming gets delayed due to a stray transmission. then rex garrod quits in protest about an accident that occurred in the pits that occurred at some point. then pussycat breaks the rules and gets disqualified.

[@Cykelpump33]

I felt bad for the Plunderbird boys being bullied in the end of their heat. Like come'on people atleast show some respect...

[@jgonascar]

Wonder why Cassius 2 didn’t come back for Series 4

[@antcunningham1997]

It turns out that rex garrod built cassius 3 and tried to enter it for series 4 but after what happened behind the scenes on series 3 over the agruement that rex had over health and safety issues off camera rex wasn't allowed the compete in series 4 and then he retired permanently from robot wars.

[@ryanodonovan9497]

How the fuck was it a draw between Mammoth and Anarachnid? Anarachnid should've won, because it was the only robot that moved as it was meant to, whereas Mammoth never moved outside of its circumference! Not that I'm too bothered by it when both those robots were inferior for fighting anyway, but even they should be given the correct treatment. Miss Struts and Stomp did in the previous walker battle; the latter never moved out of its circumference, yet _they_ lost as they should, even though they landed a heavy hit on Miss Struts by spinning!

[@m1a2r3t4y5n6]

I was always confused when in Pussycat’s into that JP says Bodyhammer had no wheels.

[@DevilboyScooby]

14:48 But it doesn't have a "won'y aerial", which was probably its downfall.

[@samuelkirkwood6702]

Walker battle? More like House Robot Play time!

[@davidfearis7335]

Its a shame PUSSYCAT & CASSIUS II went out the way they both did as they were both more worthy Semi-Finalists than SCUTTER'S REVENGE

[@alexcasares7401]

14:24-14:29 0.25=Drunk Commander fed up with his soldiers

[@dingbat3440]

Imagine a battle being so bad that the house robots said screw it and killed off both competitors to a draw.

[@davidfearis7335]

When Phillippa Breaks The News About Pussycat Being Disqualified Its Like They Knew It Was Coming & Weren't Trying To Protest Against Their Injustice It Does When I Look At It Come As A Surprise That They Are Not Protesting Against The Judges I'm Sure There Would've Been A Few Other Teams That Would've Done So

[@petershortland478]

You say that, but Cerberus had the same blade and removed it straight away

[@davidfearis7335]

@@petershortland478 That was in the next heat after The Illegal Blade Incident, they were told by the judges it had to be taken off for safety reasons

[@tonygraham7658]

Robot wars at its finest. Poor Matilda taking punishment from Cassius. The trials should of stayed through out the rest of the series

[@martinhodgson8290]

38:20 They Shouldn’t Have Changed That Blade That Was Out Of Order

[@yeetmasterultima4495]

24:24 The worst and best fight in Robot Wars ever.

[@awordabout...3061]

I love that microbot the audience member brought in - they should have given it a whirl on the arena between shots, let Matilda have a go at it!

[@MindstormXL]

A precursor to an antweight?

[@procta2343]

I read that rex worked with chaos team too, so i wonder if he did support Chaos 2 team from this point onwards.

[@alicannonfodderfun8596]

Apparently Chaos 2 was made in Rex’s workshop.

[@dspencer8827]

Id say so

[@barnestaylor3936]

Well at least Rex was still supporting the following flipper team even after he quit. R.I.P. Rex.

[@StFidjnr]

23:10 it's a sprint finish... or maybe not

[@PredictedCyborg]

Ah, the minibot incident! I do wonder if the person who made it went on to become part of the fighting robot community after this?

[@ino_mation]

Ant weights were supposed to be a part of the third wars, but their event was cancelled, at least that's how I understand it.

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

I feel like arachnid's bot shouldn't have been destroyed by the house robots. Arachnid was still working (all be it slowly)

[@tyreesetjjoyner1995]

Thermidor is the only robot that never got introduced? What's up with that?

[@tyreesetjjoyner1995]

It’s a shame that Cassius 2 have gone out of the heats in round 2 when they stupidly drove themselves into the pit sideways. After that, Cassius retired, and we may never see them again.

[@kevinbell9255]

Apparently in an interview Rex Garrod confirmed they threw the match as a protest at the poor safety behind the scenes of this series and also how their CO2 system was banned at the last minute so they could only fire their weapon once per fight. Now that Rex is no longer with us we will never see one of his amazing machines in action again.

[@petershortland478]

Isnt it ironic Mike Cutter gets snapped up by Rex 😅 yet Cassias 2 goes in pit

[@The123dsd]

22:00 lol so savage

[@jamesmitchell8922]

Pussycat were a good robot but shame this robot were DQued due to the rules being broken.

[@TinyDrew5]

I had thought if Thermidor 2 and Spawn Again got to fight again, I think Thermidor 2 would win.

[@Tuberesu]

You watch Robot Wars once, next thing Google make it your only choice.

[@madcowlive1081]

wow, hope they built a better battle box to allow better weapons.

[@martinmaguire-music6692]

I think they did, otherwise the Apex incident in the reboot could've killed someone, had it been the old arena. The weapon flew off and smashed the inner wall, impacting the outer.

[@iiTzHaroon]

Wow poor plunderbird team they were carrying robot wars the least the producers could do is upgrade or at least make sure the teams bot worked!!

[@deathandbananas2152]

24:37

[@kinagrill]

Another Blunderturd robot. Durability and Reliability should be primary for any robot. if it won't even work from the start, dun matter how cool or dangerous it's weapons. Also hardened blades that may shatter is prohibited.... any thin metal can shatter, hardened or not. sure if it's with regards to specifically hardened metal because it might be more fragile in that kind of way.... suuuure. Like not having impact-armor on your robot or built-in shaped charges cuz no landmines, etc. Most circular saws are hardened metal as well so... what about Dead Metal's circular saw?

[@ryanodonovan9497]

Not that I'm trying to speak ill of the dead, but I'm glad Alan Gribble wasn't yet on the show to give this reaction to Pussycat's disqualification that he later did... *"Gutted!! That is the only way to describe it. I think the decision was harsh. Nobody was hurt, we gained no advantage from using the blade and in the end we beat Scutter's Revenge without a weapon at all. Ya Boo Sucks!"* Sorry, but that's more wrong than right. No, there was no unfair advantage from that hardened blade. But regardless, winning the battle was irrelevant, much less with or without a weapon. And so what if nobody got hurt? IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED! The fact it didn't is no excuse. Keep in mind that in Series 1, Dead Metal's blade detached and flew at 200mph into a concrete wall, almost fucking killing Jeremy Clarkson! The risk is real. And that's not even going into the other incidents that happened backstage. So, if you're not going to follow health and safety rules, you shouldn't be there whether you win or lose any battle or prize. Besides, Pussycat initially won this Heat final on a fluke. Scutter's Revenge was clearly the better robot in the battle until it unluckily broke down. Not that I would've reversed the decision because of that (it's just the way bad luck strikes sometimes, and it's fair to say that you shouldn't die before your opponent in order to win), but I still hate it when robots _only_ win that way, without being the better in battle. At least this controversy meant conveniently avoiding such cheapness.

[@Dead25m]

Besides, it's not that hard to follow such a simple rule.

[@Matt-cn2nn]

Regarding "nobody got hurt" - Martin Smith, one of the judges, actually still has the shard of Pussycat's blade that _hit his hand_ when it broke.

[@ryanodonovan9497]

@@Matt-cn2nn Eh? The judges’ booth was in a different direction to where the shards of Pussycat’s saw went, and in the next shot we see Martin Smith sat with the others looking at the robots just fine…

[@Matt-cn2nn]

@@ryanodonovan9497 So...he lied? I guess he could've misremembered the robot but surely something hit him. I remember a couple hardened blades shattering in Series 2.

[@cr10001]

... and who thinks JP re-recorded his commentary with all that phony faux horror about Pussycat's blade? 'Does it look different, have they changed it?' Really, seriously, so much of this looks like it was edited to suit a narrative, it's painful to listen to.

[@mikey_bb]

It's quite obviously done that way - JP's commentary is added during the editing for the final programme...

[@Blagger3000]

Probably the worst heat seen to date.

[@Dead25m]

I can sort of understand that, Cassius throwing because of bad safety regulations in the pits and then Pussycat being dumb enough to use an illegal blade. But Scutter's Revenge is actually pretty great ngl. Although, I completely disagree about the "worst heat", since there are way more boring an irrelevant heats in the previous series and even in the priveous episodes.

[@Mitjitsu]

Not really, given this episode provided a lot of interesting talking points.