Goosfraba Steel

Goosfraba Steel
Participation Information
Other Events	NPC Charity Open
Team Information
Team	Team Killerbotics
Team Members	Richard Stuplich Rosalie Stuplich Alexander Stuplich Rachel Stuplich
From	Wausau, WI
Other Entries	New Cruelty, Bad Blood, Verbal Abuse, /dev/null, /bin/bash
Associated Robots	Son of Whyachi, Fusion, Hydra, Falcon (Richard Stuplich, Rachel Stuplich)
Robot Statistics
Weapons	Lifting wedge
Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

Goosfraba Steel was a lightweight robot built by Team Killerbotics which competed in the BattleBots NPC Charity Open in 2004.

It was a two-wheel drive, invertible robot with a bare metal design and wedge shape. Despite its distinct lack of active weaponry, Goosfraba Steel did remarkably well in competition, becoming lightweight champion in its only BattleBots event. Its name likely referenced the 2003 film Anger Management.

Team Killerbotics also found success with superheavyweight New Cruelty, as well as heavyweights Bad Blood and Verbal Abuse. Members from the team would later join Team Whyachi as BattleBots returned to ABC and then Discovery.

Official image of Goosfraba Steel.

Goosfraba Steel in The Pits.

Robot History

NPC Charity Open
Goosfraba Steel vs. Insomnia Insomnia taking on its opponent. Goosfraba Steel's first opponent was Insomnia. This match started with Insomnia spinning up before Goosfraba Steel then got under, and shoved it around before taking a hit. Goosfraba Steel then rammed Insomnia, spinning it out of control, and tipping it on its side, but Insomnia recovered so Goosfraba Steel charged at it again. Insomnia got the better of this exchange, lifting Goosfraba Steel up with its disk, but Goosfraba Steel recovered and tipped Insomnia on its side again. Insomnia recovered only for Goosfraba Steel to get under it again, and slam it into the wall, Insomnia escaped the pin but was quickly rammed into another wall. Goosfraba Steel then shoved Insomnia around some more until time ran out. The judges scored the match in favor of Goosfraba Steel.
Goosfraba Steel vs. Little Black Box This put Goosfraba Steel into the next round where it faced Little Black Box. This match consisted of both robots pushing each other around for the full three minutes, the judges once again decided in favor of Goosfraba Steel.
Goosfraba Steel vs. Wipe Out Now in the quarter-finals, Goosfraba Steel took on Wipe Out. Early on, Goosfraba Steel attempted to get around to the side of Wipe Out. While initially successful in trying this, Wipe Out escaped Goosfraba's grasp and delivered a flip. Goosfraba Steel quickly righted itself, and rammed Wipe Out into the wall. Wipe Out then slammed into Goosfraba Steel multiple times attempting to flip it, eventually succeeding in doing so twice. Goosfraba Steel recovered on both of these occasions, and proceeded to get under Wipe Out, but failed to do anything with it. Wipe Out then flipped Goosfraba Steel for a fourth time, but once more Goosfraba Steel recovered, however Wipe Out then flipped it again. This time Goosfraba Steel was now in a position from where it could not self right with the modifications made to it, and finished the fight upside-down. The judges decided in favor of Wipe Out, putting Goosfraba Steel into the loser's bracket.
Goosfraba Steel vs. YU812 Here, they faced YU812. This match started with YU812 spinning up to speed. Goosfraba Steel then slammed into it, this sent YU812 into the wall, the resulting impact knocked loose one of YU812's tribar supports. Now with its imbalanced weapon hindering both spin-up time, and stability, Goosfraba Steel easily shoved YU812 underneath the pulverizer where it stopped moving, and was counted out.
Goosfraba Steel vs. Backlash This win put Goosfraba Steel in the loser's final where it faced former lightweight champion Backlash. It won this match on a judges' decision, putting it in the consolation final.
Goosfraba Steel vs. Rotato At this stage, Goosfraba Steel here it faced Rotato. It won this match by KO, and faced Wipe Out again in the final. It won by a judges decision, and became the fourth, and final BattleBots Lightweight Champion.

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 6
• Losses: 1

Competition	Wins	Losses
NPC Charity Open	Insomnia Little Black Box YU812 Backlash Rotato Wipe Out	Wipe Out