Splatter

Splatter
Participation Information
Reboot Seasons	World Championship I World Championship II
Unaired Events	World Championship I (vs. Bull Dog and Stinger)
Team Information
Team	Team Fast Electric Robots
Team Members	Jeff Vasquez (Captain) Matt Vasquez Jason Vasquez Debbie Vasquez
From	Thousand Oaks, CA
Other Entries	Deb Bot, Matts Bammer, Think Tank, Whiplash, Defender
Associated Robots	VD6.0 (Jeff Vasquez)
Robot Statistics
Weight	250lbs
Weapons	Vertical disk spinner Lifting arm
Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

Splatter was a heavyweight robot built by Team Fast Electric Robots for the first two seasons of BattleBots on ABC.

It was a four-wheel drive robot with a box-shaped chassis. Splatter's main weapon was a vertical spinning disk mounted to the end of a lifting arm which could rotate 180 degrees. The arm had forks so it could be used as a lifter, and the disk could also be used as a makeshift hammer saw to attack from the rear. For World Championship I, it was not chosen to compete, instead being an reserve. Due to this, the only fight Splatter had was an untelevised rumble was was only shown as part of a TESTED video.

Splatter was accepted into the main competition for World Championship II, drawing Team Whyachi's Warrior Clan. After being dominated for much of the fight, Splatter lost the judges' decision and was not selected to be reinstated. Splatter competed in another three-way rumble, but lost out to ROTATOR.

After 2016, Splatter was replaced by the considerably more successful Whiplash and Jason Vasquez entered Defender into World Championship VI.

The team working on Splatter during World Championship II.

Splatter in the BattleBox during World Championship II.

Splatter and its team in The Pits during World Championship II.

Splatter being unloaded into the arena during an ABC 7 report.

Splatter under construction in 2016.

Splatter in The Pits during World Championship I.

Splatter with its team during World Championship I.

Outside BattleBots

Splatter made an appearance at Long Beach Comic Con in September 2016, alongside a number of other BattleBots competitors.

Robot History

World Championship I
Splatter vs. Bull Dog vs. Stinger (Exhibition) Despite not competing in the main competition, Splatter participated in a three bot rumble with Bull Dog and Stinger. Splatter pushes Bull Dog over the killsaws. Little is known about this fight as it went untelevised, with the only footage coming from a now-private TESTED video. It worked with Stinger to light Bull Dog on fire and push it into the killsaws. It was still moving at the end, but lost overall to Stinger. Splatter was due to compete in a nine robot rumble at the end of the tournament, but due to time restraints in filming, the rumble never happened.
World Championship II
Splatter vs. Warrior Clan Splatter's first match in the main competition was against Warrior Clan. For this battle, the team attached a fishing rod to Splatter in hopes of taking down the Warrior Dragon drone. Splatter is tossed by Warrior Clan. The Vasquez family's robot led with its back end as it approached Warrior Clan before swinging itself around to face the main robot. Warrior managed to land several minor attacks with its spinning ring as Splatter struggled to get its weaponry into play and lost its rod extension. Warrior almost overturns Splatter. Warrior then got underneath Splatter from the front and popped it into the air, before deflecting it away again as Splatter looked to fight back. As the Warrior Dragon drone hovered, the main robot cut into Splatter's flank as it tried to get its lifter into play. Both robots fight in front of the drivers' booths. With its arm fully swung over, Splatter tried to pin Warrior momentarily, but without its spinner working, could not cause damage to the Team Whyachi robot. Warrior instead slid underneath and drove Splatter back towards the paddle hazard. Both robots found themselves in an embrace as referee Michael Ayers counted the pin, until they separated. At this point in the fight, Splatter's arm was unable to retract, which affected its weight distribution. Warrior was positioned under the back end of Splatter, lifting its wheels off the ground. As such, both robots were stuck and the referee had to pause the match. Splatter and Warrior are stuck together. The fight resumed with 49 seconds remaining and Warrior got its ring back up to speed, attacking Splatter again, whose arm was now in its retracted state. Warrior shepherded Splatter to the corner, where both robots struggled for mobility as the fight came to an end. Warrior Clan won on a unanimous 3-0 judges' decision. Splatter was not chosen to be a wildcard, meaning it was eliminated from the tournament.
Splatter vs. ROTATOR vs. The Disk O' Inferno (Exhibition) Splatter also participated in a rumble with The Disk O' Inferno and ROTATOR. However, its spinning disk was not working for this battle. Splatter upends The Disk O' Inferno. The Vasquez family's machine avoided its opponents in the opening seconds as ROTATOR and The Disk O'Inferno made contact. Splatter weathered early attacks from ROTATOR, unbalancing the Team Revolution robot while only suffering superficial damage to its side. It managed to overturn The Disk O' Inferno soon after, leaving it in the corner as the Infernolab entry struggled to recover from this position. Splatter then overturns ROTATOR. Splatter turned its attention back to Victor Soto's machine. ROTATOR was lifted against the wall but used its exposed wheel to maneuver away from danger. While neither of ROTATOR's blades were spinning by this point, nor was the vertical spinner of Splatter as it overturned ROTATOR twice more. Splatter loses a tire courtesy of ROTATOR. Splatter returned to the corner of the BattleBox to assist The Disk O' Inferno in being turned over, but was not successful in righting it. ROTATOR remained on that side of the arena and had gotten its undercutting blade back up to speed in this time, slicing into the left side of Splatter with several damaging attacks and tearing away its left-rear tire. Splatter fails to flip The Disk O' Inferno again as ROTATOR shows late aggression. Splatter suffered another blow, this time to its opposite side, as it was now only able to drive on one side. The three robots offered little in the way of damaging attacks in the closing minute as ROTATOR continued to spin on the spot, knocking into both robots while Splatter tried and failed to flip The Disk O' Inferno again. The buzzer eventually sounded and ROTATOR took the win by unanimous decision in what proved to be Splatter's final BattleBots fight, as it was replaced by Whiplash for future seasons.

Results

Competitive Wins/Losses

• Wins: 0
• Losses: 1

Exhibition Wins/Losses

• Wins: 0
• Losses: 2

Total Wins/Losses

• Wins: 0
• Losses: 3

Competition	Wins	Losses
World Championship I	None	Stinger (Exhibition Rumble)
World Championship II	None	Warrior Clan ROTATOR (Exhibition Rumble)

Faruq Tauheed Introductions

"This speed racer is a crash chaser, madder than a hatter and ready to shatter! It's SPLATTER!"

"This Matchbox car is diecast to leave a scar. Livin' life in the crash lane, it's SPLATTER!"

See Also

• Splatter on Facebook