Episode
BattleBots: What the Flip?
Overview
It's week two of the world championship season and the fight card is full of veteran favorites, hotshot rookies and carnage. Among the highlights is End Game versus Blip.
Details
- Series
- BattleBots
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2023-01-12
- Runtime
- 83 min
Episode context
What the Flip? is Episode 2 in Season 8 of BattleBots. It aired on 2023-01-12. The runtime is 83 min.
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Episode 1: ROBOTS, READY!!!
The BattleBots World Championship VII gets underway with a loaded opening fight card. Tantrum the Champion begins its defense of the Giant Nut with a tumultuous Main Event against the Brazilian Bull Minotaur. Let the Bot Battles Begin!
Episode 3: Strike While the Bot's Hot
The international cast of murderous machines doles out more serious robot punishment in the third round of World Championship qualifiers. The night’s climax is a shocking Main Event when two of the world's deadliest bots collide: Hydra vs. Rotator.
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Episode 4: 0 and 2. Am I Through?
The journey to qualify for the World Championship heats up as Quantum and Gruff look to start the season with a strong 2-0 start. Meanwhile iconic veterans Hypershock and Whiplash try to avoid the opposite — a disastrous 0 and 2.
Episode 5: Bad Blood
Two teams with bad blood, Madcatter and Riptide, look to settle a score. It’s just one tense highlight in an action-packed fight card as the contenders battle to raise their place in the BattleBots hierarchy.
Episode 6: Robot Redemption
Current world champion Tantrum is up against the ropes and faces the formidable flipping force of Hydra. New fan favorite, the pizza-themed Ripperoni, faces off against End Game.
Episode 7: Violent Night
In Vegas, where dreams are made and broken, the stakes are climbing for 14 more teams in the World Championship qualifiers. Expect an extra big helping of destruction as Cobalt and Minotaur collide in a Main Event so violent, it should be rated "R."
Episode 8: Mirror, Mirror
Some of the biggest names in the sport are jockeying for top seeds in the fight card. Huge looks to keep its perfect season intact, Quantum hopes to go 3-0 against the unkillable Black Dragon, Beta has a showdown with Shatter, and Blip faces its sister team Tantrum.
Episode 9: You Want a Pizza Me?
As teams take on their third qualifying fight of the season, some are in dire need of a season-saving victory while others look to storm ahead to a top seed in the World Championship Tournament. It's nonstop action and carnage, and it all builds to a kill-or-be-killed main event between two superstars—End Game and HyperShock.
Episode 10: Mid-Season Mayhem
World Championship VII has reached week 10, and the pressure is on! We’re about two-thirds of the way through the qualifiers, and with the Round of 32 just a few weeks away, time is running out for teams to make lasting impressions and prove they’re tournament-material. Tonight will be no different, as we’ve got an eclectic mix of hard-hitting favorites.
Episode 11: Never Say Die
Buckle up for a bumpy ride. For some of tonight’s teams, it’s Do or Die – they must either win the battle or go home. And there’s a Main Event so violent, sparks will be bouncing off the BattleBox, as one robot dies and the other fries. But will victory go to Bloodsport or Rotator?
Episode 12: Jaws and Claws
With the World Championship VII tournament just around the corner, the race for the Giant Nut kicks into top gear. Tonight’s fight card features some of the biggest names in the sport jockeying for tournament seedings in their final fight of the qualifying rounds. And in what could be a preview of this year’s Championship Final, in the MAIN Event, for the first time ever SawBlaze will face the formidable flipping power of Hydra.
Episode 13: Pizza Party
With dreams of World Championship glory only a few weeks away, anxious, desperate, and dangerous robots are barreling into the arena and putting everything on the line. Tonight, more teams will wrap up their qualifying season with their fourth and final fight. While some seek a coveted top seed in the tournament, others just want to avoid a humiliating defeat. As the roller coaster ride to the Giant Nut nears its apex, it’s the last chance to hop on board for the ultimate robot ride.