Monster

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Monster

Season 1.0
Las Vegas 1999
Long Beach 1999

Participation Information

1999 Events

Long Beach 1999
Las Vegas 1999

Comedy Central Seasons

Season 1.0

Team Information

Team

Team Monster Robots

Team Members

Kevin Knoedler

Dace Newcomer
Dean Johnson
Brandon Newcomer

From

Newbury Park, CA

Other Entries

Cyclone, Wireless Wonder

Robot Statistics

Weight

196 lbs. (1999)

208 lbs. (Season 1.0)

Power

Gel cell batteries

Weapons

Ramming Spikes

Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

Monster was a heavyweight robot built by Kevin Knoedler of Team Monster Robots, which competed at the 1999 BattleBots Long Beach and Las Vegas competitions, as well as Season 1.0 of the televised Comedy Central series.

It was a four-wheel drive, box-shaped robot armed with a single ramming spike at the front, increasing to a total of three spikes for later competitions. Invertible by nature, Monster performed modestly, in competition winning a couple of fights across three events but falling in the brackets to experienced opponents.

Monster also originally competed at the Robot Wars 1997 event with a largely similar appearance, made from 3/16" inch steel with 1/4" thick Lexan top and bottom panels.^[1] Monster notably did not utilize orthodox speed controllers, instead using a relay system due to time constraints ahead of the event after custom speed controllers proved ineffective.

Monster RWUSA97 — Monster's 1997 US *Robot Wars* appearance.

After losing its first fight to BioHazard, it was relegated to the losers bracket, where it lost again to Hercules and was eliminated from the competition.

Monster biohazard US RW1997 — Monster faces BioHazard at the 1997 US *Robot Wars* event.

Builder Kevin Knoedler, also entered superheavyweight Cyclone into Seasons 2.0 and 3.0 and lightweight Wireless Wonder into Season 5.0.

Robot History[]

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Long Beach 1999[]
Monster vs. Bad Boy (Forfeit) Monster was scheduled to fight Bad Boy in the first round, but Bad Boy was not finished and had to forfeit. This win put Monster in the next round.
Monster vs. Crock Monster rams into Crock. Next up for Monster was Crock. Information on this battle is scarce as it was only briefly highlighted, but Monster won by knockout after using its superior drive power to win by KO.^[2]
Monster vs. BioHazard Monster drives up the front of BioHazard. After its first knockout win, Monster found itself against BioHazard in a rematch from US Robot Wars 1997. Monster mostly drove over BioHazard and was lifted a few times before time ran out. BioHazard won by crowd vote and Monster was now in the loser's bracket.
Monster vs. Rhino Monster rams Rhino across the BattleBox. In the loser's bracket, Monster faced off against Rhino. Rhino won by knockout and Monster was eliminated from the tournament. For unknown reasons, Monster did not participate the Gigabot Rumble at the end of the tournament.
Las Vegas 1999[]
Monster vs. Mortis Monster's only fight was against the British bot Mortis in its opponent's first ever BattleBots fight. Mortis won on a 6-3 judges' decision and Monster was eliminated from the tournament.
Heavyweight Royal Rumble This time, Monster was able to compete in the Heavyweight Royal Rumble, but lost out to BioHazard on a judges' decision.
Season 1.0[]
Monster vs. KillerHurtz Monster gets axed by KillerHurtz. Monster's first match in Comedy Central BattleBots came against Team Hurtz and KillerHurtz. In the match, KillerHurtz immediately got its axe into Monster, where it broke one of Monster's drive chains. While KillerHurtz was only going forward due to technical issues, Monster got stuck on the spikestrip and KillerHurtz got one more blow on top of Monster before it was counted out. This meant that Monster was eliminated from the tournament once again.
Heavyweight Royal Rumble Monster gets lifted by Tazbot in the Royal Rumble. However, Monster returned for the Heavyweight Royal Rumble at the end of the competition. Monster immediately went at OverKill and bounced off Nightmare from its disc. Monster was then lifted by Tazbot and almost flipped. Monster then got underneath Mauler and Kill-O-Amp started pushing both of them against the spikestrip. At that moment, Monster stopped moving and was pushed against the spikestrip. It played no further role in the rumble, which was again won by BioHazard.