Mr. Bonestripper was a heavyweight robot built by Team Wetware which entered the Long Beach and Las Vegas 1999 competitions, as well as four seasons of Comedy Central BattleBots.
The robot originally had two bladed car tire hubs which spun to try and cause damage to its opponents. Ahead of Season 4.0, Mr. Bonestripper was redesigned around the team's superheavyweight, Abbatoir, and instead featured a spinning overhead bar. It was planned to compete at Season 3.0, but unfortunately missed its safety check and thus could not compete.[1] Mr. Bonestripper only won one battle in its entire career, which was in Season 5.0.
Mr. Bonestripper forfeited no fewer than five competitions across its career, a feat which was extended by the team in more recent years as they intended to enter Clockwork L'Orange into the 2016 season on ABC, but turned up to filming with an incomplete robot.
Mr. Bonestripper is Team Wetware's most successful BattleBots entry, as all others are winless, mainly due to having to forfeit battles.
Outside BattleBots[]
Mr. Bonestripper competed at the 2002 Lazy Toad Robot Club event held by Team Toad after BattleBots as ShieldBreaker. In keeping with its career to date, Team Wetware lost their first fight to Tornado Mer before having to forfeit their second battle.
Robot History[]
Long Beach 1999[] |
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Mr. Bonestripper vs. Kill-O-Amp (Forfeit) Mr. Bonestripper was scheduled to fight Kill-O-Amp, but Mr. Bonestripper did not pass safety, so Kill-O-Amp won by default. |
Las Vegas 1999[] |
Mr. Bonestripper vs. Malicious Mischief (Forfeit) Mr. Bonestripper was drawn against Malicious Mischief, but did not pass safety so Malicious Mischief won by default. |
Season 1.0[] |
Mr. Bonestripper vs. Punjar (Forfeit) Mr. Bonestripper was scheduled to fight Punjar, but Mr. Bonestripper was incomplete at the time of the fight, so Punjar won by default and advanced at Team Wetware's expense. |
Season 2.0[] |
Mr. Bonestripper vs. Technofool (Forfeit) Technofool was meant to be Mr. Bonestripper's first opponent, but Mr. Bonestripper had electrical problems and forfeited once again, giving Technofool its first of two victories. |
Season 4.0[] |
Mr. Bonestripper vs. Deathstar (Forfeit) Deathstar was meant to fight Mr. Bonestripper, but Mr. Bonestripper forfeited yet again, giving Deathstar the victory. |
Season 5.0[] |
Mr. Bonestripper vs. Trilabyte In the first successful fight, Mr. Bonestripper fought Trilabyte. Before the fight, Trilabyte removed their large weapon ram in fear of damage. During the fight, Mr. Bonestripper cut several large holes in the 1/4" steel skin. After five or six hits, Trilabyte stopped moving and Mr. Bonstripper won by KO. |
Mr. Bonestripper vs. Phrizbee Mr. Bonestripper's second fight was with Phrizbee, a full body spinner. Mr. Bonestripper added extensions to its blade that lowered the weapon height several inches. These extensions were ripped off by Phrizbee and shot around the arena. After they were removed, Phrizbee got several hits on the body of Mr. Bonestripper damaging the drive systems as Phrizbee won by KO. |
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 1
- Losses: 6
| Competition | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|
| Long Beach 1999 | None | Kill-O-Amp (Forfeit) |
| Las Vegas 1999 | None | Malicious Mischief (Forfeit) |
| Season 1.0 | None | Punjar (Forfeit) |
| Season 2.0 | None | Technofool (Forfeit) |
| Season 4.0 | None | Deathstar (Forfeit) |
| Season 5.0 | Trilabyte | Phrizbee |
Trivia[]
- Mr. Bonestripper forfeited more matches then any other robot in BattleBots history.