This episode was recorded on November 28th, 2020

The cards can be seen in all their graphic glory here

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