Pursuer was a lightweight competitor which competed at Season 3.0, Season 4.0, and Season 5.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots. It was a cone-shaped robot armed with a retracting spear. It's best results were in Season 4.0, where it defeated previous champion Dr. Inferno Jr. in an upset.
Robot History[]
Season 3.0[] |
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Pursuer vs. Rolling Blackout (Forfeit) After receiving a Bye in the first round, Pursuer was scheduled to fight Rolling Blackout in its first battle. However, Rolling Blackout had technical issues and was forced to forfeit. Pursuer won by default and advanced to the TV rounds, where it faced Sisyphus. |
Pursuer vs. Sisyphus Sisyphus won the fight on a 27-18 judges' decision and Pursuer was eliminated from the tournament. Because it lost in the round of 64, Pursuer couldn't participate the lightweight consolation rumble at the end of the tournament. |
Season 4.0[] |
Pursuer vs. Learning Curve Pursuer's first match was against Learning Curve. Learning Curve rammed Pursuer, but glanced off its conical shell harmlessly. It became a maneuvering and pushing match, where Pursuer had the pushing advantage, as it was lower than Learning Curve and got underneath, but it was a bit hard for it to use this advantage because its opponent kept tending to slide off it. Pursuer did not have enough power to really shove or ram with its spike. Learning Curve seemed to have control problems a bit later into the fight; it kept on going backing into the wall hard. Pursuer just kept slowly and harmlessly pushing it's about all it was built to do, the time was ran out and Pursuer won the fight on a 32-13 judges' decision and advanced to the next round, where it faced BatRay. |
Pursuer vs. BatRay Pursuer won the fight on a 26-19 judges' decision and advanced to the final preliminary round, where it faced Wedge-O-Matic. |
Pursuer vs. Wedge-O-Matic Pursuer won the fight on a 38-7 judges' decision and Pursuer advanced to the TV rounds again, where it faced the lightweight champion Dr. Inferno Jr. |
Pursuer vs. Dr. Inferno Jr.   Pursuer spikes Dr. Inferno Jr. in an upset.   Pursuer high-centers itself on Dr. Inferno Jr. At the beginning, Dr. Inferno Jr. was pushing Pursuer against the arena wall near the red square. However, after Pursuer managed to get its spike underneath the skirts, Dr. Inferno Jr. stopped moving as all the welds from the motors broke from the impact. Dr. Inferno Jr. was being counted out and Pursuer won the fight by a KO in 48 seconds. This surprising victory put Pursuer to the Round of 16, where it faced Death By Monkeys. |
Pursuer vs. Death By Monkeys   Pursuer fighting Death By Monkeys. Death By Monkeys won the fight on a 31-14 judges' decision and Pursuer was eliminated from the tournament again. |
Lightweight Royal Rumble Pursuer wasn't finished however as it participated the Lightweight Royal Rumble at the end of the tournament. At the beginning, Pursuer was only spinning around in circles and lost its spike in the process. After being attacked by Dr. Inferno Jr. and Tentoumushi 7.0, Pursuer stopped moving for the rest of the rumble and Dr. Inferno Jr. was declared the winner after the rumble ended. |
Season 5.0[] |
Pursuer vs. Toe-Crusher   Pursuer fighting Toe-Crusher. Due to previously competing in Season 4.0, Pursuer was allowed to skip the preliminary rounds of Season 5.0, where it eventually fought Toe-Crusher. Toe-Crusher won the fight on a 25-20 judges' decision and Pursuer was eliminated from the tournament once again. As of 2022, it is unknown if Pursuer participated the lightweight consolation rumble at the end of the tournament. Even if it did participate and won, it wouldn't come back for the Lightweight Royal Rumble due to an incident with Nightmare in the heavyweight consolation rumble which resulted in all the rumbles getting canceled. |
Darren Mackenzie and John Head with Pursuer at Season 4.0
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 5
- Losses: 3
| Competition | Wins | Losses |
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| Season 3.0 |
Bye Rolling Blackout (Forfeit) |
Sisyphus |
| Season 4.0 | Death By Monkeys | |
| Season 5.0 | None | Toe-Crusher |
Pursuer in The Pits during Season 5.0.
Mark Beiro Introductions[]
"Try walking a mile in his shoes and he'll beat the crap out of you for stealing. Introducing PURSUER!" (Pursuer vs. Dr. Inferno Jr.)