Exodus (originally called Exodus 2001) was a middleweight robot that competed in Season 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots.
It was a originally a box-shaped robot armed with an overhead rotating blade and three ramming spikes at the front. The blade could spin up to 165mph in 1 second.[1] For Season 5.0 it became a full-body spinner. It performed decently in competition, reaching the Round of 32 in its debut season.
After BattleBots was completed, Exodus was transferred to Team Whyachi who entered it into MechWars under the name Ickabot where it encountered electrical problems during the event.[2] The team also talked about creating a lightweight with additional teammate Mark Jones and would be named Crying Baby. However, this design was never constructed.[3]
Robot History[]
Season 3.0[] |
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Exodus 2001 vs. Meltdown Exodus 2001's first ever match was against Meltdown. Exodus 2001 won the fight on a 32-13 judges' decision and advanced to the next preliminary round, where it faced Chameleon. |
Exodus 2001 vs. Chameleon Exodus 2001 won the fight on a 28-17 judges' decision and advanced to the final preliminary round, where it faced Short Order Chef. |
Exodus 2001 vs. Short Order Chef Exodus 2001 won the fight on a 27-18 judges' decision and advanced to the TV rounds, where it faced Zion. |
Exodus 2001 vs. Zion Zion won the fight by KO and Exodus 2001 was eliminated from the tournament. |
Middleweight Consolation Rumble Exodus 2001 also participated the Middleweight Consolation Rumble at the end of the tournament. When the rumble began, Exodus spun up to full speed and started moving forward towards Buddy Lee. Suddenly, Fusion collided with Exodus' bar spinner from behind and bumped it into Alabamma Slammer, which started to push Exodus as it spun back up. Exodus reset and started advancing towards the center of the box, where it got bumped into by Buddy Lee. Later, Exodus had a second encounter with Alabama Slammer and got clamped by its lifter, allowing the latter to slam Exodus into a spinning up Spinster and disabling it in the process. After being let out, Exodus spun back up and delivered a glancing blow to the right side of Ankle Biter as it drove past, proceeding to turn and head towards Chiabot. Several seconds later, Exodus was seen with its overhead spinning bar disabled. Another several seconds later, Exodus crowded in with Thwak and Alabama Slammer and separated. Exodus started moving towards the center of the box when Alabama Slammer came back and bumped into Exodus and fired its flipper as it drove past. Afterwards, Exodus drove forward and back, driving with Fusion on its left side as the latter started running out of juice. Exodus was then rammed by the rear spike of Alabama Slammer and later shoved by Thwak. Exodus proceeded to drive toward the center of the arena, where it bumped with the disk of Instigator and started shoving Fusion. After backing away, turning an arc back to Fusion, Exodus started to push the back of Instigator until the latter drove away. Exodus then proceeded to drive back to Fusion and touch its protruding spike. Exodus then drove away and bumped into the right side of Instigator, pushing the disk spinner towards the wall from the front before it slipped away. Exodus returned to the center, where it briefly pushed into the right side of Thwak and attempted to engage in a pushing battle with Instigator. As Instigator backed away, Exodus advanced forth, brushing the left side of Alabama Slammer as it whizzed past, and went straight towards the disk spinner. Several seconds later, Exodus got shoved from the right side by Alabama Slammer and turned around, heading slowly towards instigator and taking a light shot to the right front corner from the spinning disc. Exodus was then shoved into a stuck Thwak by the rear of Alabama Slammer, and Exodus started to scuffle with Instigator, rubbing their right sides. Seconds later, Exodus started pushing against the rear of Alabama Slammer and took a shot to the right side from Instigator's disk as Alabama Slammer drove away. This was followed up with Alabama Slammer charging and bashing Exodus with its rear spike. With Thwak moving in circles, Exodus countered Alabama Slammer's attack by shoving it up Thwak's wedge. Exodus proceeded to back away and push against Instigator, taking a rear slam from Alabama Slammer in the process. Exodus got Instigator's disk stuck in its right side and moved back and forth until it got free, proceeding to tap a dead Ankle Biter as the final seconds ticked by. As one of the last three robots still moving in the end, it was eligible for selection to the royal rumble. However, Alabama Slammer and Instigator was given the nod instead. |
Season 4.0[] |
Exodus vs. Timmy   Exodus on its back after colliding with Timmy. Due to lack of participants, Exodus was already in the TV rounds, where it eventually faced Timmy. After Exodus and Timmy collide into each other, Exodus' rotating blade got off balance and flipped itself onto it's back. Exodus was being counted out and Timmy won by KO. This meant that Exodus was eliminated from the tournament again. Because it lost in the round of 64, Exodus couldn't participate the Middleweight Consolation Rumble at the end of the tournament. |
Season 5.0[] |
Exodus vs. Feminine Wiles Exodus' only match in Season 5.0 was against Feminine Wiles. Feminine Wiles won by TKO and Exodus was eliminated from the tournament once again. |
| Competition | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|
| Season 3.0 | Meltdown | Zion |
| Season 4.0 | None | Timmy |
| Season 5.0 | None | Feminine Wiles |
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 3
- Losses: 3
Trivia[]
- Exodus' original design for Season 5.0 had a different shell and teeth, but this shell was scrapped after it warped itself in testing. The shell was redesigned with help from Team Whyachi to be much sturdier.