Ripkin was a heavyweight robot which competed in the final season of Comedy Central BattleBots. It was an invertible robot armed with a spinning toothed ring. It performed decently as a rookie, winning 3 fights before losing in the round of 64 to Diskontent.
Robot History[]
Season 5.0[] |
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Ripkin vs. Towering Inferno  Ripkin strikes Towering Inferno as Towering Inferno drops its hammers on top of Ripkin. Ripkin's first opponent was Towering Inferno. After Ripkin delivered multiple hits to Towering Inferno, the time ran out and Ripkin won on a 27-18 judges' decision. This win put Ripkin to the next preliminary round, where it faced Crash Test Dummy. |
Ripkin vs. Crash Test Dummy Ripkin won on a 35-10 judges' decision and advanced to the final preliminary round, which would be against Tulsa Hurricane. |
Ripkin vs. Tulsa Hurricane  Ripkin and Tulsa Hurricane get stuck together.  Ripkin rips off Tulsa Hurricane's spinning drums. In the beginning, Tulsa Hurricane started spinning its drums and went straight at Ripkin, but it started running away and got hit by Ripkin's spinning toothed ring from the side. This impact got Ripkin's spinning toothed ring stuck right into the side of Tulsa Hurricane and both robots were stuck together and had also immobilized Tulsa Hurricane's drums. Both bots were separated after they hit the spike strip and Tulsa Hurricane ran away. Tulsa Hurricane went straight at Ripkin and got hit by the spinning toothed ring again. Tulsa Hurricane got stuck on the entrance ramp and Ripkin hit it off the ramp. After more hits from Ripkin, Tulsa Hurricane's spinning drums were loose and after one more strong hit, both drums came off.Towards the end of the match, Ripkin kept hitting the sides of Tulsa Hurricane and it stopped moving before the time ran out. Ripkin won on a 43-2 judges' decision and advanced to the TV rounds, where it faced Diskontent. |
Ripkin vs. Diskontent   Ripkin fighting Diskontent. Diskontent won by KO and Ripkin was eliminated from the tournament. Because it lost in the round of 64, Ripkin couldn't participate the heavyweight consolation rumble at the end of the tournament. Even if it did, it wouldn't come back for the Heavyweight Royal Rumble due to an incident with Nightmare in the heavyweight consolation rumble which resulted in all the rumbles getting canceled. |
Ripkin in the pits
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 3
- Losses: 1
| Competition | Wins | Losses |
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| Season 5.0 | Towering Inferno | Diskontent |