Referee: LET THE BOT BATTLE BEGIN.
Tauheed: IN THE BATTLEBOTS ARENA,
ARMOR IS SHREDDED, SPARKS FLY,
AND THE ROBOTS ARE TORN TO PIECES.
-WHOA! -HIS SUPPORT WHEEL HAS COME OFF.
Tauheed: WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, THE TEAMS ARE LEFT
WITH THE CARNAGE THAT REMAINS.
OH!
TODAY, MONSOON'S WEAPON GOES DOWN,
MECHA RAMPAGE GETS LIT UP,
AND BALE SPEAR LOSES CONTROL.
CAN THEIR BOTS BE REPAIRED IN TIME FOR THE NEXT FIGHT,
OR WILL THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP DREAMS END HERE?
THIS IS "BATTLEBOTS: RESURRECTION".
TEAM MONSOON, LED BY CAPTAIN TOM BREWSTER OF THE UK,
TOOK TO THE ARENA WITH THEIR VERTICAL SPINNER-BOT
WIELDING A WEAPON CAPABLE OF HITTING
AT ALMOST 250 MILES PER HOUR.
THOUGH THEY WERE ULTIMATELY ABLE TO DEFEAT TEAM RED DEVIL,
THEY LEFT THE BOT SMOKING
AND UNABLE TO SPIN UP THEIR WEAPON.
Man: MONSOON SMOKING A LITTLE BIT!
WITH ONLY A MATTER OF HOURS BEFORE THEIR NEXT FIGHT,
THEY PULL THEIR BOT BACK INTO THE PITS TO INVESTIGATE.
SO, THAT WAS RED DEVIL.
THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE UPSIDE DOWN.
YOU SEE THE PAINT ON IT. LOOK.
SEE THE PAINT OF RED DEVIL THERE?
SO, THE IDEA WAS WE WERE UPSIDE DOWN.
THE BAR WOULD HAVE BEEN SPINNING THE WRONG WAY.
-WE TRAPPED THEM. -THAT'S WHY THE BAR STOPPED.
THAT'S THE DAMAGE.
Rackley: I THINK THE EXCITEMENT OF THE ARENA
AND THE OPPONENT FALLING TO BITS WAS ENOUGH TO KEEP US GOING.
Tauheed: MEANWHILE, TEAM CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN CARLBERG
RUNS A WIDE HORIZONTAL SPINNER CALLED MECHA RAMPAGE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS THE ONE
THAT WAS RAMPAGED DURING ITS FIRST FIGHT,
RESULTING IN A MASSIVE CHEMICAL FIRE IN THE BOX.
Man: MECHA RAMPAGE IS ON FIRE,
TRYING TO EXTINGUISH HIMSELF
BY SPINNING ITSELF EVEN FASTER AND FASTER.
HE AND HIS TEAM PULL THE BOT OUT OF THE MATCH TO SEE
IF THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SALVAGE IT FOR THEIR NEXT FIGHT TOMORROW.
-WHAT HAPPENED? -OH!
YOU HAVE 500 POUNDS OF ROBOT YOU'RE GOING UP AGAINST,
AND WHEN YOU HAVE 250 POUNDS HERE,
YOU HAVE 250 POUNDS HERE BETWEEN YOU AND HOLDING YOU,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPIN UP.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT A NIGHT TO COOL DOWN,
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE MECHA RAMPAGE APART,
AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT AND GET A BETTER IDEA
OF WHERE THE FIRE STARTED AND WHAT'S GOING ON
AND HOW WE'RE GONNA FIX IT.
LIPOS ARE AMAZING BATTERIES, BUT WHEN THEY GO BAD,
THEY GO BAD IN A BIG WAY.
Tauheed: BACK OVER AT MONSOON, TEAM MEMBER TIM
IS DIAGNOSING THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE
FROM THE LAST FIGHT AGAINST RED DEVIL.
IF IT'S MOTORS THAT GO, YOU SMELL THE LACQUER STRAIGHT AWAY.
IF IT'S LIPOS, THERE'S A HELL OF A BIGGER BURN,
AND IT WILL SMOKE FOR AGES,
SO WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS THE DUAL-BELT CONTROL ON HERE.
Tauheed: THE BELT HAD BEEN TRYING TO SPIN UP A WEAPON,
BUT THE BLADE WAS BLOCKED, CAUSING IT TO START SMOKING.
Rackley: AND THE FORCE OF THAT ROBOT HITTING THAT
BUCKLED IT, AND THAT'S HARD ON IT.
PRETTY TOUGH STUFF. NOW WE KNOW THIS WORKS.
THAT WAS THE MAIN THING.
-CAN HAND OUT SOME PUNISHMENT. -IT'S -- IT'S SUCH...
WE'RE GONNA GO FULL SERIOUS.
COME GET US. -DON'T SAY THAT.
THEY'LL GIVE US TOMBSTONE LIKE, THEY WILL.
I KIND OF WANT THAT.
Rackley: ON TOP OF RUSHING TO MAKE REPAIRS,
TEAM MONSOON ALSO HAS TO START TALKING STRATEGY
FOR THEIR NEXT FIGHT AGAINST THE CRUSHER BOT
PETUNIA LATER TODAY,
AND TEAM CAPTAIN TOM HAS A PLAN.
LOOKING AT THE FIGHT, I THINK WE MIGHT BE OKAY.
WE'VE GOT PLASTIC LIDS, WHICH IF THEY GO THROUGH,
THEY COULD GET OUR LIPOS
AND THAT COULD BE A BIG BALL OF FIRE, OF COURSE.
I RECKON IF WE GO UP THEIR FRONT WRENCH
AND IF WE TURN JUST A LITTLE BIT,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO CLIP THEIR CRUSHER AND RIP IT CLEAN OFF.
Tauheed: AS NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS IN THE PIT,
TEAM MONSOON AND TEAM PETUNIA
HAVE HAD TIME TO EVALUATE EACH OTHER'S BOTS,
AND PETUNIA'S TEAM CAPTAIN, MISCHA,
HAD SOME ADVICE FOR TOM BEFORE THEIR NEXT MATCH TOMORROW.
I JUST TOLD THEM YOU HAVE 18 KILOS LEFT TO PUT ARMOR ON,
BUT YOU TAKE THIS ONE OUT.
SO, THAT'S MY PLAN FOR YOU GUYS.
IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE, BETTER DO WHAT I SAY.
YOU THINK WE SHOULD TAKE OFF THE WEAPON?
YEAH, TAKE OFF THE WEAPON.
THAT'S THE BEST CHOICE, YEAH?
PUT EXTRA ARMOR HERE.
YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THIS ROBOT?
OH, SOMETHING PATHETIC.
-PETUNIA. -PATHETIC?
PETUNIA. PETUNIA IS FLOWER.
-FLOWER? -YEAH, FLOWERS LIKE THE RAIN.
FLOWERS ARE, LIKE, INNOCENT AND WON'T HURT ANYBODY, THOUGH.
NO, FLOWERS LIKE MONSOON.
A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. OH, THEY DO?
A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN? -COOL THEM DOWN, YEAH.
BUT TOO MUCH RAIN AND...
Tauheed: HAVING DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE,
CHRISTIAN IS NOW RACING THE CLOCK TO REBUILD THE BOT
AND MAKE THE ELECTRICAL CHANGES NECESSARY
TO NOT BURST INTO FLAMES AGAIN.
WE WERE BURNING UP BECAUSE WE WERE PUTTING TOO MUCH CURRENT
THROUGH THE SYSTEM, SO WE NEED TO LOWER THAT.
BUT IF YOU LOWER THE CURRENT, YOU LOWER THE POWER.
YOU CAN COMPENSATE BY RAISING THE POTENTIAL,
RAISING THE VOLTAGE.
WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE BATTERY PACK
AND DO A DIFFERENT CHEMISTRY-LIPO PACK.
THAT SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS AMP FLOW.
WE'RE GOING TO STRIP THIS COMPLETELY DOWN,
CLEAN AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AND REBUILD IT,
AND I CAN'T GUARANTEE WE WON'T CATCH ON FIRE AGAIN,
BUT IT'S NOT A BAD THING. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
Tauheed: TEAM MONSOON IS ALSO FACING BATTERY ISSUES.
COMING OUT OF THAT LAST FIGHT,
WE DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVE BATTERIES
AREN'T HIGH CAPACITY ENOUGH, ESSENTIALLY, RIGHT?
THE BATTERIES HAVE GOT A LOT FLATTER
THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BACK AT HOME.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE
SOME BATTERIES THAT WE CAN -- WE CAN BUY, I GUESS.
YEAH, WE JUST WENT TO A STORE AND, SOMETHING WAS ABOUT
FOUR TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WE EXPECTED IT TO BE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE GOING OFF ANOTHER TEAM.
WITH STORE-BOUGHT BATTERIES OUT OF THEIR PRICE RANGE
AND ONLY A FEW HOURS LEFT BEFORE THEIR NEXT MATCH,
THEY PAY A VISIT TO TEAM HYPERSHOCK,
ONE OF THE VETERAN BATTLEBOTS COMPETITORS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY 4S BATTERIES?
WHEN DID YOU SAY YOUR MATCH WAS?
SECOND SESSION DURING THE DAY?
-YEAH, YEAH. -MY SUGGESTION IS TAKE THESE,
SEE IF THEY FIT, PUT CONNECTORS ON THEM SO YOU HAVE THEM,
AND IF YOU DON'T NEED THEM, THEN GIVE THEM BACK,
AND IF YOU DO NEED THEM, THEN YOU HAVE THEM.
WELL, WE JUST NEED ONE. I MEAN...
-OKAY. -ALL YOU WANT.
YEAH. THAT'S ALRIGHT.
-GO FOR IT. -THANKS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
-ARE YOU SURE? -DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
-REALLY SURE? -YEAH.
-IT'S BATTLEBOTS, MAN. -THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Tauheed: AFTER QUICKLY INSTALLING THE NEW BATTERIES
AND RACING TIME TO GET THEIR BOT BACK TOGETHER,
MONSOON MAKES THEIR WAY INTO THE TESTBOX.
WITH THE BRAND-NEW BATTERY STILL UNTESTED,
A FAILURE HERE COULD BE DISASTROUS
FOR THEIR UPCOMING MATCH AGAINST TEAM PETUNIA.
Man: RIGHT, LEFT, FORWARD, BACKWARD.
LUCKILY, THE DRIVE OPERATES AT FULL POTENTIAL,
BUT THE WEAPON STILL NEEDS TO SPIN UP IN UNDER TEN SECONDS
FOR THEM TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO FIGHT.
THREE, TWO, ONE, GO.
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-THAT'S RIGHT. -IT'S ALL GOOD.
-HAPPY. -YEAH.
Tauheed: WHILE MONSOON HEADS OUT ON DECK,
ANOTHER BOT ALREADY IN THE BATTLEBOX
IS FACING MAJOR ISSUES.
TEAM BALE SPEAR, LED BY CAPTAIN EARL PANCOAST,
HAS BUILT A LARGE WHEEL BOT
DESIGNED TO PIERCE THE OPPONENT WITH A METAL SPIKE,
BUT BEFORE THE MATCH EVEN STARTS,
THEY SPOT SMOKE COMING FROM THEIR DRIVE MOTOR
AND ARE FORCED TO PULL IT FROM THE BATTLE.
WITH ONLY 15 MINUTES TO GET IT WORKING
BEFORE THEY'RE DISQUALIFIED,
SEVERAL TEAMS HAVE COME TOGETHER IN THE PIT TO HELP.
EARL CAME IN WITH A REALLY HIGH DRIVE-MOTOR
ON ONE OF HIS WHEELS.
THE MAG WAS SEIZED UP.
IT LOOKED LIKE A CHAIN WAS TOO LONG INSIDE,
AND IT LOCKED OVER, SO THE MAG MOTOR WAS SUPER HOT,
SO WE HAD TO REPLACE THE MAG MOTOR IN THAT SIDE.
-GRAB A WHEEL. -GRAB A WHEEL,
START PUTTING THE NUTS ON. -RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE.
I GOT NO DUCT TAPE. YOU WANT ZIP TIES?
HOLD ON. -YEAH, I'LL TRY IT.
Tauheed: IN THE SHUFFLE, SOME OF THEIR KEY SUPPLIES GOT LEFT OUTSIDE
AND HAVE TO BE FETCHED BEFORE THEY CAN FINISH.
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HOLD ON, THIS GOES ON THIS NUT.
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-I'M IN. -DITTO. BEST NEWS.
EARL, YOU GOT TO CHECK YOUR STUFF, GOT TO ROTATE THAT ONE.
TIGHTEN IT. -GOT IT?
-YEAH, YOU GOT TO ROTATE. -DUCT TAPE.
-DONE WITH THE DUCT TAPE? -I GOT TO DO THIS
'TIL I GET A PASS. -YEAH.
THIS [BLEEP] PIECE OF [BLEEP] GRINDER.
Pancoast: I HAD ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS COME TOGETHER AND HELP ME.
I HAD RED DEVIL TEAM HELPING ME.
I HAD KRAKEN TEAM, I HAD ULTIMO DESTRUCTO, BOMBSHELL,
AND I'M SURE THERE'S MORE THAT I MISSED
IN THE BLUR OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HELPING ME.
Tauheed: WITH ONLY MINUTES TO GO, THE CROWD OUTSIDE ROARS
WITH ANTICIPATION.
Irvin: EVERYBODY TRIES TO SAY, "WELL, WHO DO YOU WANT TO BEAT UP?
WHO DO YOU WANT TO FIGHT? WHO DO YOU WANT TO KILL?"
AND THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT WE ARE.
WE ALL JUST WANT TO HELP EACH OTHER AND HAVE GOOD MATCHES.
Tauheed: BUT BALE SPEAR STILL LAYS MOTIONLESS AND EXPOSED.
[ ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY ]
GIVE ME A HANDFUL.
YEAH! THANKS, GUYS! WHOO!
Farmer: THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PITS, YOU KNOW.
SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP, EVERYBODY JUMPS IN.
Tauheed: WITH ONLY SECONDS TO SPARE, TEAM BALE SPEAR HEADS
OUT TOWARDS THE RING.
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WILL THE REPAIRS BE ENOUGH FOR BALE SPEAR TO SURVIVE?
WILL MONSOON'S BATTERIES HOLD UP AGAINST PETUNIA?
AND WILL MECHA RAMPAGE GO UP IN FLAMES AGAIN?
FIND OUT ON "BATTLEBOTS".
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