Team Revelation, also known as Kampfgruppe 5, Team Panzer and in the reboot, Team Irresistible Object, were a team which have competed in multiple seasons of Comedy Central BattleBots, as well as the 1999 Long Beach event.
Team Revelation during World Championship VI.
The team made a surprise return ahead of the 2021 season on Discovery, and also competed in BattleBots: Champions I with Triple Crown.
Captained by veteran competitor Todd Mendenhall, Team Revelation began competing in the late 1990s, notably entering one of the first BattleBots events in Long Beach, California. The team found great success in other televised competitions. With both even-numbered Panzer Mk builds, Team Revelation won two seasons of Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors with its sole loss coming in the Second World Championship, representing the USA.
With both odd-numbered Panzer Mk iterations, the team entered Robotica and won the third and final season, after defeating Juggerbot 3.0 in the title decider.
Team Members[]
Todd Mendenhall[]
Todd Mendenhall was captain of Team Revelation and spearheaded many of the team's robots. Having not competed since the early 2000s, he announced his unexpected return to BattleBots in 2020 with Triple Crown, though would have to wait until 2021 to compete. He also led the team as they found success in Robot Wars and Robotica with the Panzer Mk series of robots.
Valerie Mendenhall[]
Wife to team captain Todd Mendenhall, Valerie Mendenhall has been everpresent with the team during Comedy Central and Discovery seasons of BattleBots.
Don Lariviere[]
As part of the team, Don Lariviere entered BattleBots with Mjollnir and Garm, as well as forming part of the Garry Gizzmo team. He also built Slappy the Squirrel, one half of SlapPest.
Robots[]
| Name | Weight Class | Season |
|---|---|---|
| SlapPest | Middleweight | Long Beach 1999 |
| Death | Middleweight | Long Beach 1999 |
| AP | Heavyweight | Long Beach 1999 |
| Mjollnir | Heavyweight | Las Vegas 1999 Season 1.0 Season 2.0 Season 3.0 |
| Pestilence | Lightweight | Season 1.0 Season 3.0 |
| Doom of Babylon | Superheavyweight | Season 2.0 |
| Harmageddon Too | Lightweight | Season 2.0 (Withdrew) |
| Garm | Middleweight | Season 3.0 |
| Wrath | Heavyweight | Season 5.0 |
| Wrath Jr. | Middleweight | Season 5.0 |
| Triple Crown | Heavyweight | World Championship V (Withdrew) World Championship VI BattleBots: Champions I |
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Trivia[]
- Kampfgruppe 5 is German for "Fight Group 5".