Gamma 9's Discovery Season 5 appearance.
Gamma 9 is a heavyweight robot built by the Gammatronic Robot Brigade that competed in the third and fifth seasons of the BattleBots reboot on Discovery and Science. It was a black, silver and red, four-wheeled, box-shaped robot armed with a crushing claw. Gamma 9 also had the teams signature dome on the back of the robot. Unfortunately, this version didn't do well, losing its fights mainly due to driving into the wall on a charge and either dying or unplugging something.
While Gamma 9 wouldn't return for Season 4, when it came back for Season 5, it was a fully upgraded machine. The wheels were made smaller, the chassis was changed from being a basic box shaped all around, and the weapon was changed from the crushing claw to a lifting plow with five prongs. This version was usually referred to as Gamma 9 from Outer Space, but it most likely still went by Gamma 9.
Robot History
Discovery Season 3
Gamma 9's Discovery Season 3 appearance.
a piece of Gamma 9's left armor gets teared off by Pestilence.
Gamma 9 crushes Pestilence while Buttercup gets underneath them.
Gamma 9 slams Pestilence against the arena wall, but also Gamma 9 immobilized itself.
Gamma 9's first ever battle was against The Four Horsemen and Double Jeopardy as part of an undercard rumble. When it began, things were going okay for Gamma 9 as its body deflected the projectile thrown by Double Jeopardy and it was showing control against The Four Horseman but had broken wields and a disabled weapon from Double Jeopardy's projectile. Additionally, Gamma 9 took damage from two of The Four Horseman, losing pieces of its armor. Regardless, it continued to attack, even without its main weapon. Partway through, it became down to just Gamma 9 and The Four Horseman as Double Jeopardy got hung-up on debris on the arena floor and couldn't move. Gamma 9 became the target of the wedgebot of The Four Horseman, which lifted its drive wheels off the ground. When it was freed, Gamma 9 delivered a hard blow to one of them in the final seconds of the match, but this was also enough to disable itself as its receiver came unplugged on impact. The rumble went to a judges decision, whom gave a split 2-1 decision victory to The Four Horseman.
Double Dutch loses its top bar against Gamma 9.
Gamma 9's front gets hit by Double Dutch.
Gamma 9's second battle was an unaired fight against Double Dutch. Things were off to a good start for Gamma 9 as they were absorbing the impacts from Double Dutch's spinning bars without taking much damage. As the match wore on, Gamma 9 proved to be too durable for Double Dutch's upper spinning bar and it came off and landed on the arena floor. Even so, Gamma 9 was beginning to show signs of damage as its front had taken a bunch of the hits from Double Dutch's lower bar, leaving one of its two front prongs bent and/or broken. Gamma 9 started to have some slight drive issues, then decided to take a run at Double Dutch and missed, hitting the casing for the arena screws instead. The impact caused Gamma 9 to be pretty much immobilized and Gamma 9 was counted out, giving Double Dutch the win by KO at 2:04.
Discovery Season 5
Gamma 9 lifts Chomp.
Chomp attacks Gamma 9 in the last remaining seconds.
Gamma 9 after fighting Chomp.
Gamma 9's first fight of the 2020 season was against the upgraded walker-bot Chomp. When the match started, Gamma 9 approached and tried to get underneath Chomp. Gamma 9 then tried to lift its heavier opponent and was almost successful but took hammer blows in the process and got its lifter stuck in Chomp’s protective ring. Gamma 9 freed itself but still failed to flip Chomp over, so instead it attempted to shove Chomp into the kill saws, however the weight difference made shoving the walker almost impossible, leaving it take another blow from above. Chomp then landed a hammer shot that bent Gamma 9’s forks and seemingly lost the use of its lifter. Making matters worse, it took damage to its signature dome. Gamma 9 still remained aggressive and managed to shove Chomp onto the screws, which looked to have Chomp stuck, Chomp got down and Gamma 9 took a punishing blow that finally disabled its drive as the hit had pulled loose a wire from the receiver. Gamma 9 took one final blow before time ran out, the match went to a judges decision, but Chomp won a unanimous 3-0 judges decision, putting Gamma 9 at 0-1.
Wins/Losses
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 3
| Competition | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Season 3 | None | The Four Horsemen (Undercard Rumble)
Double Dutch (Untelevised Undercard Match) |
| Discovery Season 5 | TBA | Chomp (Undercard Match) |
Faruq Tauheed Introductions
"This bot was built by a diabolical engineer, who put together parts that will have you in fear. Time to unleash this badass design. It goes by the name GAMMA 9!"
"If it were a fraternity, it would be called Fi Gamma Ramma. It's GAMMA 9!"
"From Westminster, California, the red and black attack. It's GAMMA 9!"
Trivia
Gamma 9 in the dumpster at opening comical after being launched into the air by Bronco.
- For the opening comical segment of Episode 14 during Season 3, Gamma 9 was thrown into a dumpster by Bronco.