Battle Royale With Cheese

Battle Royale With Cheese
Participation Information
Reboot Seasons	World Championship III
Other Names	Bacon Double Slamburger (Working name)
Team Information
Team	Team Poor Life Choices
Team Members	Miles Pekala (Captain) Jen Herchenroeder Jordan Bunker Lindsay Oliver Jim Burke Charles Wittington Brice Farrell Jeremy Ashinghurst Angela Rothbaum
From	Oakland, CA
Associated Robots	Skorpios, HiJinx (Jen Herchenroeder) Mammoth, Doomba (Brice Farrell) Gloomweaver (Miles Pekala)
Robot Statistics
Power	8S LiPo batteries
Drive	2x Electric scooter motors
Weapons	Horizontal bar spinner
Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

Battle Royale With Cheese was a heavyweight robot built by Team Poor Life Choices which exclusively competed in BattleBots World Championship III.

It was a cheeseburger-themed robot armed with interchangeable, hardened steel spinning bars which spun horizontally. In keeping with its look, one was designed to look like a slice of bacon, and the other to look like a large pickle. Battle Royale With Cheese also had a self-righting mast themed to resemble a toothpick with an olive on it. The 'buns' were made from steel, and served as top armor and the robot's chassis.

Battle Royale with Cheese during World Championship III hero shots.

Battle Royale With Cheese was also accompanied by a weaponless minibot named Shorter Pounder which was themed after a cheeseburger as well. The original name for Battle Royale With Cheese was Bacon Double Slamburger but since Denny's owned the trademark for the name, the team had to change it. It performed poorly, losing both of its matches. In an interview after their match against HyperShock, the captain admitted that having a burger as a design for a bot led to mechanical issues.

Though Battle Royale With Cheese would not return after World Championship III, several team members would join other teams for future seasons of the show. Brice Farrell would become the weapons operator for Mammoth from 2019 onward, Jen Herchenroeder would pilot her own robot, HiJinx, from World Championship V.

Captain Miles Pekala would design the walkerbot Gloomweaver, but was unable to complete it in time in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other unexpected circumstances within their team.

Battle Royale With Cheese outside the BattleBox.

Battle Royale With Cheese and Kraken in The Pits.

An armorless Battle Royale With Cheese in the Test Box.

Battle Royale With Cheese and Shorter Pounder being weighed during World Championship III.

Battle Royale With Cheese next to its top frame and armor.

Battle Royale With Cheese without its burger armor.

Mike Pekala shows off the insides of Battle Royale With Cheese.

Outside BattleBots

Battle Royale With Cheese featured in a 2018 issue of Make: magazine, written by Jen Herchenroeder.

Robot History

World Championship III
Battle Royale With Cheese vs. Tantrum Battle Royale With Cheese is flipped by Tantrum. Tantrum takes Battle Royale With Cheese to the screws. Battle Royale With Cheese gets pushed onto the killsaws by Tantrum. Battle Royale With Cheese was first up against Tantrum and was built in what little time the team had before the fight. Unfortunately, the robot's weapon gear box broke and was unable to be fixed in time. The match was off to a very poor start as Battle Royale With Cheese was without a weapon and got immediately flipped over by its opponent, ending up on the screws on its side of the arena. After a few seconds, Battle Royale With Cheese got a break and was righted by its opponent but still couldn't get its weapon up to speed. Finally, after some maneuvering, Battle Royale With Cheese did manage to achieve some speed on its weapon but it was quickly stopped by its opponent, whom then started to control the fight by maneuvering it around the arena with its spatula weapon. Time ran out and Tantrum won on a unanimous 3-0 judges' decision, advancing it to the next stage of the tournament.
Battle Royale With Cheese vs. HyperShock The burger gets bitten. Battle Royale With Cheese's next fight was against HyperShock. For this fight, Battle Royale With Cheese opted to include its minibot Shorter Pounder. The match started off poorly for Battle Royale With Cheese as HyperShock quickly dispatched of the minibot in a single solid hit and Battle Royale With Cheese still could not get its weapon to top speed due to the weapon speed controller burning out during the fight. This allowed its opponent to deliver another solid blow, which deformed the its vulnerable steel frame. Battle Royale With Cheese began to slow down after that hit, and became immobile shortly after. HyperShock then charged at the crippled burger, and rammed it under the pulverizer. Battle Royale With Cheese was counted out as HyperShock continued to attack it, eventually getting stuck on top, giving HyperShock the win by KO.

Results

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 0
• Losses: 2

Competition	Wins	Losses
World Championship III	None	Tantrum (Undercard Match) HyperShock (Undercard Match)

Faruq Tauheed Introductions

"Mmmm-mmm mmm! This is one tasty slam-wich. Next to this bot, yours ain't looking so big... Mac! Bing! Order up! It's BATTLE ROYALE WITH CHEESE!"

"It aims to cheese. Hope you're not smack-tose intolerant. Pay homage to the fromage, it's BATTLE ROYALE WITH CHEESE!"

See Also

• Battle Royale With Cheese on Facebook

Trivia

• Jen Herchenhoeder revealed that due to a delay in shipping, Team Poor Life Choices were without the 10S LiPo batteries they had originally planned to use for Battle Royale With Cheese, and had to bring "emergency" 8S LiPos instead.
• Battle Royale With Cheese was built in a six-week timeframe according to Jordan Bunker.
• Shorter Pounder later featured in test videos for Mammoth ahead of World Championship V and World Championship VII competitor Doomba.