TriDent

TriDent
Participation Information
Comedy Central Seasons	Season 4.0 Season 5.0
Team Information
Team	Team Coolrobots
Team Members	Christian Carlberg Tod Steward Bernadine Ballard Frank Ballard Lois Ballard Mike Ballard Charlene Khanlian Luke Khanlian Jim Kundig Kyle Murray Scott Rouse
From	Granada Hills, CA
Other Entries	Minion, Toe-Crusher, OverKill, Dreadnought, UpperCut, Knee-Breaker, OverDrive, Mecha Rampage, Nasty, Little Killer
Associated Robots	Yeti, Chunk (Christian Carlberg)
Robot Statistics
Weapons	Lifting arm
Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

TriDent was a middleweight robot built by Team Coolrobots which competed in two seasons of Comedy Central BattleBots.

It was a silver robot armed with a lifting arm which could rotate 360 degrees. It also had two spike plates on the front for impaling robots. For Season 5.0, TriDent was resprayed dark green. TriDent performed modestly in BattleBots, reaching the televised rounds in Season 5.0 but never advancing past the Top 32.

Team Coolrobots with TriDent during Season 4.0.

Robot History

Season 4.0
TriDent vs Jersey Devil TriDent's first fight in BattleBots was against Jersey Devil. TriDent rammed Jersey Devil with great force consecutively. Jersey Devil tried a defensive spin, but to no avail. TriDent didn't land any solid hits after that, only glancing shots and pushes, but Jersey Devil spent much of the fight fleeing from its opponent. Time ran out and TriDent won on a 30-15 judges' decision.
TriDent vs Plowbot This win put TriDent to the final preliminary round, where it faced Plowbot. The bots circled each other, and Trident used its far superior speed to get the position it wanted and ram Plowbot into the wall spikes. Trident basically got its way with Plowbot, ramming and shoving Plowbot, pushing it around, and hitting it into the wall spikes. TriDent never seemed to use its lifting arm, though. At one point TriDent rammed Plowbot hard enough to impale itself into it, and the bots had to be separated. In the end, the time ran out and TriDent won on a 36-9 judges' decision.
TriDent vs Space Monkey Now in the TV rounds, TriDent faced Space Monkey. Space Monkey won on a close 23-22 judges' decision and TriDent was eliminated from the tournament.
Season 5.0
TriDent vs Ravager TriDent's first match in Season 5.0 was against Ravager. TriDent won on a 34-11 judges' decision and advanced to the next preliminary round.
TriDent vs Problem Child Next up for TriDent was Problem Child, which it defeated by knockout.
TriDent vs Minnesota Mangler TriDent advanced to the final preliminary round, where it faced Minnesota Mangler. TriDent again won by knockout and advanced to the TV rounds.
TriDent vs Nemesis TriDent fighting Nemesis. Here, TriDent took on Nemesis. TriDent won on a close 23-22 judges' decision and advanced to the Round of 32.
TriDent vs T-Minus TriDent gets flipped by T-Minus. TriDent's next opponent was T-Minus in the Top 32. The two robots met in the center of the BattleBox and TriDent got its arm under T-Minus. It lifted, but T-Minus simply drove off. Inertia Lab's middleweight appeared to be having trouble steering itself to get under TriDent, letting it drive off. Tri-Dent lifted its body off the BattleBox floor before being flipped from the side. The lifter robot drove itself onto the killsaws and sent sparks across the BattleBox floor. As TriDent was still on the killsaws, T-Minus went straight at TriDent and flipped it again. As TriDent was balancing on its front, T-Minus got underneath it and sent TriDent tumbling onto the killsaws. Both robots wandered around the battlebox with T-Minus carelessly cut by the killsaws. TriDent got under T-Minus and started to lift it. It failed its attempt to push T-Minus, who fell off. T-Minus then gave TriDent another full flip from the rear. TriDent went over the killsaws again while its opponent is in pursuit, flipping it onto its back again. TriDent drove across the BattleBox into another set of killsaws while T-Minus dealt with a seam in the BattleBox floor. TriDent drove over the killsaws once again, and T-Minus attempted a flip once more, but it failed. T-Minus then succeeded in the next attempt. Toward the end of the match, T-Minus flipped TriDent once again and pushed it against the spikestrip. TriDent tried to escape, but T-Minus lifted it onto its front, relentless on overpowering the other's struggle. TriDent managed to escape the spikestrip and soon got back on the BattleBox floor. T-Minus missed a flip and the time ran out. T-Minus won on a 33-12 judges' decision and TriDent was eliminated from the tournament again.

Wins/Losses:

• Wins: 6
• Losses: 2

Competition	Wins	Losses
Season 4.0	Jersey Devil Plowbot	Space Monkey
Season 5.0	Ravager Problem Child Minnesota Mangler Nemesis	T-Minus