"Air's the strongest armor you can have. There's nothing to hit."
— Ian Watts on Little Sister, BattleBots: The Official Guide
Little Sister was a heavyweight robot built by the Watts family, which fought in the final three seasons of Comedy CentralBattleBots.
Much like the team's previous heavyweight entry Bigger Brother, Little Sister was armed with a pneumatic flipping arm. It was rather successful in BattleBots, winning multiple battles as well as three consolation rumbles and the Season 4.0 Heavyweight Royal Rumble. Little Sister's name references team member Ellie Watts, who was the younger sister to fellow team member Joe Watts. In turn, its Robot Wars name Bigger Brother references Joe's relation to Ellie. Following the cancelation of BattleBots on Comedy Central, Little Sister was repainted and adopted its Bigger Brother name again.
Ian Watts returned with Bull Dog for the 2015 season of BattleBots, but it was an unused reserve for the competition. He would get to compete again a season later with Creepy Crawlies, but the multibot was eviscerated at the hands of Son of Whyachi in its qualifying rumble. He then entered the following two seasons on Discovery with another multibot called The Four Horsemen with his youngest son Sam Watts, but did not return to BattleBots after the 2019 season.
Team Big Brother previously competed in the third series of Robot Wars with Big Brother, before debuting Bigger Brother a year later. Though it failed to escape its heat, the upgraded Bigger Brother which became Little Sister in BattleBots made it all the way to the Grand Final battle of Series 5 of Robot Wars, only stopped by Razer after ending the winning streak of two-time champion Chaos 2. Certifying its status as an all-star from that point on, Bigger Brother made the semi-finals in the following series before suffering a shock exit in its final Robot Wars competition. Ian Watts returned to Robot Wars with its revival in 2016, but lost in the first round with Or Te and was subsequently eliminated.
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Season 3.0[]
Little Sister vs. Botknocker-19
Botknocker-19 smoking.
Little Sister's first ever match was against Botknocker-19. Botknocker-19 started spinning its weapon and Little Sister tossed Botknocker-19 onto the top of its cone, leaving it to spin on its top for a bit. After Little Sister flipped Botknocker-19 onto its back around the corner of the BattleBox, Botknocker-19 started smoking and it was being counted out. Little Sister won by KO and was now in the TV rounds, where it faced Gammatron.
Little Sister vs. Gammatron
Little Sister flips Gammatron.
In the beginning of the match, Little Sister charges its backside toward Gammatron and gives it a shove to try to stop its spinning hoop. Gammatron's hoop stopped spinning and Little Sister had a scratch on its armor. Little Sister immediately goes into a victory spin after flipping Gammatron. As Gammatron struggles against the arena wall, Little Sister heads toward the center of the arena and spins some more. Little Sister heads toward Gammatron and flips it back on its feet. Before Gammatron can do anything, Little Sister gets underneath Gammatron again and pushes it into the screws. Gammatron lands on its feet again and it tries to run away. As Gammatron was trying to escape, Little Sister tries to push it under the pulverizer. After this didn't work, Little Sister flips Gammatron onto its side again and Little Sister pushes it on the ramrods. Little Sister moves to the center of the BattleBox and does another victory spin. Gammatron started smoking after getting hit by the ramrods and was being counted out with only a few seconds left. Little Sister won by KO and advanced to the Round of 32, where it faced BioHazard.
Little Sister vs. BioHazard
BioHazard flips Little Sister.
The fight began with Little Sister maneuvering around BioHazard, but it was driven into the pulverizer by BioHazard for a quick smack. Little Sister then took damage from the nearby killsaws. Little Sister then nearly tossed BioHazard over after BioHazard drove towards Little Sister, which turned around to face it and fired its flipper. Little Sister then managed to get under BioHazard a second time, but its flipper was ineffective thanks to BioHazard's anti-wedge skirts. After a few moments, Little Sister was scooped and toppled onto its back by BioHazard. Little Sister used its arm to self-right before BioHazard drove Little Sister into the pulverizer and then flipped it over a second time. Little Sister self-righted again, but the flipping arm appeared to be malfunctioning, as it would not come down. With one final flip, Little Sister was toppled by BioHazard for a third time and for a knockout, eliminating the Watts family from the competition.
Heavyweight Consolation Rumble
Little Sister almost flips Punjar.
Little Sister lifts Slam Job.
Little Sister returned for the Heavyweight Consolation Rumble at the end of the tournament. To start, Little Sister got underneath the front of Kritical Mass II and flipped it against the arena wall. Little Sister pushed RoboSapien against the spikestrip and flipped it into a position it could not recover from. Little Sister was chasing after Kritical Mass II and flipped it onto its back against the spikestrip. Little Sister got underneath Mauler 51-50 and flipped it against the arena wall. After another flip on Mauler 51-50, Little Sister pushed it against the spikestrip and flipped it onto its back. Little Sister got underneath the left side of FrostBite and flipped it onto its back. Little Sister got underneath the left side of an immobile Punjar and almost flipped it onto its side. Little Sister was chasing after Greenspan and tried to flip it, but it missed. Little Sister then got underneath the rear of Slam Job and lifts it around in circles. After two more small flips on Greenspan, the time ran out and Little Sister was declared the winner of the Heavyweight Consolation Rumble along with Kill-O-Amp. Both robots later came back to compete in the Heavyweight Royal Rumble.
Heavyweight Royal Rumble
Little Sister flips frenZy.
In the beginning of the rumble, Little Sister got underneath the right side of frenZy and flipped it onto its back. frenZy self-rights and started hitting Little Sister with its hammer.
Little Sister stopped moving for a few seconds and takes a hit from OverKill's blade. Little Sister started moving again and had its flipping arm stuck in the up position again. Despite this, Little Sister got underneath the right side of Nightmare and pushed it against the spikestrip. Little Sister lowered its flipping arm and tried to flip Nightmare from the rear. Little Sister then went after Sharkbyte and gave it a small flip from the right side. Little Sister was now moving slowly around the BattleBox and tried to flip OverKill, but it missed. Little Sister tried to flip frenZy again, but it missed and took a few hits from frenZy's hammer. Suddenly, HexaDecimator got underneath the rear of Little Sister and flipped it onto its back next to a flipped KillerHurtz. Little Sister tried to self-right, but it didn't have enough CO2 to do so. Toward the end of the rumble, with a little help from Sharkbyte, Voltronic got its lifting arm underneath the rear of Little Sister and flipped it back onto its feet. Little Sister got underneath frenZy and tried to flip it, but it missed. Little Sister got underneath Sharkbyte and flipped it against the spikestrip before the time ran out. HexaDecimator was declared the overall winner of the rumble.
Season 4.0[]
Little Sister vs. Bender
Little Sister flips Bender.
Due to its seeding, Little Sister was allowed to skip the preliminary rounds of Season 4.0, where it faced Bender. In the match, Little Sister rushes across the BattleBox and hits Bender before it started spinning its sawblade. Little Sister backs into Bender and pushes it. Little Sister takes Bender near the pulverizer, but Bender runs away. Little Sister pushes Bender against the arena wall and flips it onto its back. Little Sister goes to the middle of the arena and does a victory spin. As Bender struggles, Little Sister comes back and tries flipping it back on its wheels, but Bender was against the arena wall and was counted out. Little Sister won by KO and advanced to the Round of 32 again, where it faced fellow UK robot KillerHurtz.
Little Sister vs. KillerHurtz
Little Sister flips KillerHurtz.
KillerHurtz axes Little Sister.
KillerHurtz was fitted with side skirts in this fight to protect it from Little Sister's flipper. Little Sister was attacked by KillerHurtz head on in an attempt to attack with the axe. KillerHurtz missed though and allowed Little Sister to flip it over. KillerHurtz self-righted, but Little Sister flipped it again and pushed it into the screws. KillerHurtz got away and came back to attack Little Sister, which had already become immobilized due to a fried Vantec. KillerHurtz continued to axe Little Sister as it was being counted out. KillerHurtz won by KO and Little Sister was eliminated from the tournament again.
Heavyweight Consolation Rumble
The rumble is paused momentarily.
Little Sister also participated in the Heavyweight Consolation Rumble at the end of the tournament. It quickly got into the action as Little Sister rammed into Junkyard Offspring before chasing frenZy and pushing Towering Inferno around. The rumble was then halted before resuming again. Despite not using its flipper, it was very aggressive throughout and was deemed joint-winner with GoldDigger.
Damage caused to the arena by MechaVore during this fight.
Little Sister later came back for the Heavyweight Royal Rumble, though no footage exists of this particular fight for now. All that is known is that Little Sister won overall.
Season 5.0[]
Little Sister vs. Greenspan
Little Sister tossing Greenspan into the air.
Little Sister's only match in Season 5.0 was against Greenspan. After an early flip on its opponent, Greenspan started hitting the right side of Little Sister with its spinning disc. Shortly after this, Little Sister stopped moving as one of its battle worn rolling pins had snapped and broken one of its drive sprockets. Greenspan won by KO and Little Sister was eliminated from the tournament once again.
Heavyweight Consolation Rumble
Little Sister (bottom left) chases after M.O.E.
Little Sister also participated the Heavyweight Consolation Rumble at the end of the tournament. It first took a hit from M.O.E. and took a moment to recover in the red square. Then it was attacked by FrostBite on the rear, but pushes FrostBite into the wall, then pins FrostBite in the pulverizer's area. It then started pushing Nightmare toward the exit ramp with Diskontent fallowing. After harassing Nightmare for a while it decided to tackle Diskontent. Finally it went back after Nightmare again. Its unknown how well it performed but it won overall along with FrostBite. However, Little Sister couldn't compete in the Heavyweight Royal Rumble because the rest of the rumbles were canceled due to an accident with Nightmare during this rumble.
Little Sister won more rumbles in Comedy Central BattleBots than any other competitor.
Little Sister and KillerHurtz were the only UK robots to fight in a 1v1 battle during the entirety of Comedy CentralBattleBots.
When competing in Robot Wars, during which it was known as Bigger Brother, Little Sister lost to Team Hurtz's other robot Terrorhurtz in the Series 6 semi-finals.
