BattleBots: Bounty Hunters
BattleBots: Bounty Hunters | |
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Genre | Robot competition |
Presented by | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Whalerock Industries BattleBots Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Discovery+ |
Release | January 4 March 18, 2021 | –
BattleBots: Bounty Hunters is a spinoff of the Discovery Channel's BattleBots. This show's first four episodes premiered on Discovery+ on January 4, 2021 and the Discovery Channel on March 18, 2021.[1][2]
Format
[edit]One iconic, destructive bot from the TV show BattleBots is chosen to be the bounty. Eight bots compete in a bracket to become the "bounty hunter" which will compete with the bounty bot. If the bounty hunter bot wins, the bot's team wins a portion of a $25,000 purse. The same rules and judging system apply as in BattleBots season 10.[3]
Contestants
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Bounty Hunters Bracket
[edit]Bounty #1: Bronco
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Rotator | KO | |||||||||
Axolotl | ||||||||||
Rotator | UD | |||||||||
Captain Shrederator | ||||||||||
Sharkoprion | ||||||||||
Captain Shrederator | KO | |||||||||
Rotator | KO | |||||||||
MadCatter | ||||||||||
Atom #94 | ||||||||||
MadCatter | KO | |||||||||
MadCatter | KO | |||||||||
Bale Spear | ||||||||||
Chomp | ||||||||||
Bale Spear | KO | |||||||||
Bounty Match: Bronco vs. Rotator (UD)
Bounty #2: Icewave
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Skorpios | UD | |||||||||
Black Widow | ||||||||||
Skorpios | UD | |||||||||
P1 | ||||||||||
Tracer | ||||||||||
P1 | SD | |||||||||
Skorpios | UD | |||||||||
HyperShock | ||||||||||
HyperShock | UD | |||||||||
Sporkinok | ||||||||||
HyperShock | KO | |||||||||
Ghost Raptor | ||||||||||
Ghost Raptor | KO | |||||||||
Deadlift | ||||||||||
Bounty Match: Icewave vs. Skorpios (UD)
Bounty #3: Tombstone
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Gemini | ||||||||||
Gruff | KO | |||||||||
Gruff | KO | |||||||||
Deadlift | ||||||||||
JackPot | ||||||||||
Deadlift | KO | |||||||||
Gruff | UD | |||||||||
Kraken | ||||||||||
Mammoth | ||||||||||
SMEEEEEEEEEEE | KO | |||||||||
SMEEEEEEEEEEE | ||||||||||
Kraken | SD | |||||||||
Claw Viper | ||||||||||
Kraken | UD | |||||||||
Bounty Match: Tombstone (KO) vs. Gruff
Bounty #4: BETA
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Axe Backwards | ||||||||||
Lock-Jaw | KO | |||||||||
Lock-Jaw | KO | |||||||||
Fusion | ||||||||||
Fusion | KO | |||||||||
Rampage | ||||||||||
Lock-Jaw | UD | |||||||||
Bloodsport | ||||||||||
HiJinx | KO | |||||||||
SlamMow! | ||||||||||
HiJinx | ||||||||||
Bloodsport | KO | |||||||||
Bloodsport | KO | |||||||||
Aegis | ||||||||||
Bounty Match: BETA vs. Lock-Jaw (KO)
Bounty #5: Witch Doctor
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Valkyrie | KO | |||||||||
Extinguisher | ||||||||||
Valkyrie | ||||||||||
SubZero | KO | |||||||||
SubZero | KO | |||||||||
Pain Train | ||||||||||
SubZero | KO | |||||||||
Malice | ||||||||||
Malice | KO | |||||||||
Tracer | ||||||||||
Malice | UD | |||||||||
HUGE | ||||||||||
HUGE | UD | |||||||||
Slap Box | ||||||||||
Bounty Match: Witch Doctor (KO) vs. SubZero
Bounty #6: Son of Whyachi
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Kraken | ||||||||||
Rusty | UD | |||||||||
Rusty | ||||||||||
Copperhead | KO | |||||||||
Copperhead | KO | |||||||||
Chronos | ||||||||||
Copperhead | ||||||||||
Gigabyte | KO | |||||||||
Gigabyte | KO | |||||||||
GRABOT | ||||||||||
Gigabyte | KO | |||||||||
Big Dill | ||||||||||
Big Dill | KO | |||||||||
Perfect Phoenix | ||||||||||
Bounty Match: Son of Whyachi vs. Gigabyte (KO)
Episodes
[edit]No. | Title | Original release date | |
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1 | "Bronco's Back!" | January 4, 2021 | |
The Bounty Hunters Tournament begins with the first eight BattleBots looking to make a name for themselves against an icon hall-of-famer bot. The very first "bounty" is wanted: Bronco, the legendary flipper bot. Which team will collect the $25,000 bounty? Fan-favorites, newcomers, or legacy bots. | |||
2 | "Predator Becomes Prey" | January 4, 2021 | |
The semi-finals leads up to the final match. The last bot still standing will be the "bounty hunter" that will have a chance to wrangle Bronco. Bounty Match: Bronco vs. Rotator (UD) | |||
3 | "Cold as Ice" | January 4, 2021 | |
The Bounty Hunters Tournament continues. The second bounty is wanted: Icewave, an elite horizontal spinner bot will go head-to-head with the next "bounty hunter" bot. | |||
4 | "Hunt or Be Hunted" | January 4, 2021 | |
It is the semi-finals and then the final match leading up to heat-up the bounty bot Icewave. Bounty Match: Icewave vs. Skorpios (UD) | |||
5 | "A Song of Fire and METAL" | February 11, 2021 | |
Eight more teams have a chance to become the Bounty Hunter as they win the final match. However, it won't be easy because their bounty is the legendary Tombstone, the king of kinetic energy. | |||
6 | "Do We Have a King Slayer?" | February 11, 2021 | |
It is do or die time when the winning bounty hunter bot takes on the most feared destructive bot of all-time, 2016 BattleBots champion, Tombstone. Bounty Match: Tombstone (KO) vs. Gruff | |||
7 | "Hammer of the Gods" | February 18, 2021 | |
Eight more bots have a chance to collect another bounty. This time the bounty is placed on British bot BETA with its massive hammer that pounds bots into the arena floor. | |||
8 | "You Think You're Beta Than Me?" | February 18, 2021 | |
A bounty hunter bot is determined and it has to collect its bounty on the mighty hammer of BETA. Bounty Match: BETA vs. Lock-Jaw (KO) | |||
9 | "Witchhunting" | March 11, 2021 | |
There's a cash bounty on the head of fan-favorite bot Witch Doctor. Eight more teams are ready to collect, but first they must battle each other. | |||
10 | "The Doctor is In" | March 11, 2021 | |
It is time to claim the bounty placed on Witch Doctor, but the remaining "contract killer" bots better beware of the Doc's voodoo drum spinner. Bounty Match: Witch Doctor (KO) vs. SubZero | |||
11 | "Reap What You Sow" | March 18, 2021 | |
The final bounty bot is called; the long-time BattleBots contestant, Son of Whyachi one of the many successful bots from the Ewert family. | |||
12 | "The Empire Swipes Back" | March 18, 2021 | |
It's time to claim the bounty on the legendary Son of Whyachi and the last-standing bounty hunter bot is coming to collect the reward. Bounty Match: Son of Whyachi vs. Gigabyte (KO) |
References
[edit]- ^ "'BATTLEBOTS: BOUNTY HUNTERS' TO LAUNCH ON DISCOVERY+ WITH THE TOP ROBOT COMPETITORS SMASHING IT OUT – Discovery, Inc". corporate.discovery.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "BattleBots Bounty Hunters Episode 01 (Discovery) – BattleBots". Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "'BATTLEBOTS: BOUNTY HUNTERS' TO LAUNCH ON DISCOVERY+ WITH THE TOP ROBOT COMPETITORS SMASHING IT OUT – Discovery, Inc". corporate.discovery.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.