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The BattleBots Season 4.0 logo.
Status: Found
Date found: 16 July '19
Found by: SexToSprings, Fighting Robot Archive, Asteropax
BattleBots was an American competition show that ran from 2000 to 2002. The show had five competitions that aired on Comedy Central, and colloquially referred to as "Season 1.0" through "5.0." Prior to that were two unaired competitions in 1999, the first held in Long Beach, which was recorded for the "BattleBots Beginnings" VHS tape/DVD, and the second held in Las Vegas and available on Pay-Per-View, but later on this competition was available on DVD as well. BattleBots was revived in 2015 as a 6-episode television series, and it was filmed in San Francisco on a tight schedule. The season aired on ABC during the summer of that year and was renewed for a second season that ran for 10 episodes. On July 5, 2017, the Science Channel picked up the re-run rights for the ABC BattleBots episodes which started on July 12, 2017. In February of 2018 Discovery Channel officially renewed BattleBots for a third season. The competition is set to be held from April 3rd - April 15th 2018 with the episodes airing May 11th on Discovery and May 16th on Science with exclusive content like extra battles and interviews of the robot builders after their matches.
As of 2018, all of the original episodes including the pilot episode for the first season can be found on the YouTube channel Fighting Robot Archive. [1] Unfortunately, three episodes of the fifth season (Ep7, Ep9, Ep11) cannot be found on YouTube or any other video website of its entirety. However, all the fights that were showcased in the episodes can be seen on YouTube with good quality except for the middleweight fight between Ankle Biter and former US Robot Wars heavyweight champion The Master which was removed on YouTube later that same year.
On July 16th 2019, YouTuber Asteropax finally uploaded episodes 7, 9, and 11 of the 5.0 Season of BattleBots.[2]
Seasons
Season 1.0
Season 1.0 had 14 episodes and ran from the 23rd of August 2000 with the official premier on the 30th of August 2000 until the 29th of November 2000.
# | Episode Title | Air Date | Status |
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0 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 0 | Aug. 23rd 2000 | Found |
1 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 1 | Aug. 30th 2000 | Found |
2 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 2 | Sep. 6th 2000 | Found |
3 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 3 | Sep. 13th 2000 | Found |
4 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 4 | Sep 20th 2000 | Found |
5 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 5 | Sep. 27th 2000 | Found |
6 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 6 | Oct. 4th 2000 | Found |
7 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 7 | Oct. 11th 2000 | Found |
8 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 8 | Oct 18th 2000 | Found |
9 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 9 | Oct 25th 2000 | Found |
10 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 10 | Nov. 1st 2000 | Found |
12 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 12 | Nov. 15th 2000 | Found |
13 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 13 | Nov. 22nd 2000 | Found |
14 | BattleBots Season 1.0, Episode 14 | Nov. 29th 2000 | Found |
Season 2.0
Season 2.0 had 17 episodes and ran from the 12th of December 2000 until the 13th of March 2001
# | Episode Title | Air Date | Status |
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1 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 1 | Dec. 12th 2000 | Found |
2 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 2 | Dec. 19th 2000 | Found |
3 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 3 | Dec. 19th 2000 | Found |
4 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 4 | Dec. 26th 2000 | Found |
5 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 5 | Jan. 2nd 2001 | Found |
6 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 6 | Jan. 9th 2001 | Found |
7 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 7 | Jan. 16th 2001 | Found |
8 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 8 | Jan. 23rd 2001 | Found |
9 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 9 | Jan. 30th 2001 | Found |
10 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 10 | Feb. 6th 2001 | Found |
11 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 11 | Feb. 13th 2001 | Found |
12 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 12 | Feb. 13th 2001 | Found |
13 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 13 | Feb. 20th 2001 | Found |
14 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 14 | Feb. 20th 2001 | Found |
15 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 15 | Feb. 27th 2001 | Found |
16 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 16 | Mar. 6th 2001 | Found |
17 | BattleBots Season 2.0, Episode 17 | Mar. 13th 2001 | Found |
Season 3.0
Season 3.0 had 10 episodes and ran from the 10th of July 2001 until the 11th of September 2001
# | Episode Title | Air Date | Status |
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1 | BattleBots Season 3.0, Episode 1 | Jul. 10th 2001 | Found |
2 | BattleBots Season 3.0, Episode 2 | Jul. 17th 2001 | Found |
3 | BattleBots Season 3.0, Episode 3 | Jul. 24th 2001 | Found |
4 | BattleBots Season 3.0, Episode 4 | Jul. 31st 2001 | Found |
5 | BattleBots Season 3.0, Episode 5 | Aug. 7th 2001 | Found |
6 | BattleBots Season 3.0, Episode 6 | Aug. 14th 2001 | Found |
7 | BattleBots Season 3.0, Episode 7 | Aug. 21st 2001 | Found |
8 | BattleBots Season 3.0, Episode 8 | Aug. 28th 2001 | Found |
9 | BattleBots Season 3.0, Episode 9 | Sept. 4th 2001 | Found |
10 | BattleBots Season 3.0, Episode 10 | Sept. 11th 2001 | Found |
Season 4.0
Season 4.0 had 10 episodes and ran from the 8th of January 2002 until the 12th of March 2002
# | Episode Title | Air Date | Status |
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1 | BattleBots Season 4.0, Episode 1 | Jan. 8th 2002 | Found |
2 | BattleBots Season 4.0, Episode 2 | Jan. 15th 2002 | Found |
3 | BattleBots Season 4.0, Episode 3 | Jan. 22nd 2002 | Found |
4 | BattleBots Season 4.0, Episode 4 | Jan. 29th 2002 | Found |
5 | BattleBots Season 4.0, Episode 5 | Feb. 5th 2002 | Found |
6 | BattleBots Season 4.0, Episode 6 | Feb. 12th 2002 | Found |
7 | BattleBots Season 4.0, Episode 7 | Feb. 19th 2002 | Found |
8 | BattleBots Season 4.0, Episode 8 | Feb. 26th 2002 | Found |
9 | BattleBots Season 4.0, Episode 9 | Mar. 5th 2002 | Found |
10 | BattleBots Season 4.0, Episode 10 | Mar. 12th 2002 | Found |
Season 5.0
Season 5.0 had 20 episodes and ran from the 10th of August 2002 until the 21st of December 2002. It was the final season before the reboot 13 years later.
# | Episode Title | Air Date | Status |
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1 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 1 | Aug. 10th 2002 | Found |
2 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 2 | Sep. 21st 2002 | Found |
3 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 3 | Sep. 28th 2002 | Found |
4 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 4 | Oct. 5th 2002 | Found |
5 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 5 | Oct 12th 2002 | Found |
6 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 6 | Oct. 19th 2002 | Found |
7 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 7 | Oct. 26th 2002 | Found |
8 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 8 | Nov. 2nd 2002 | Found |
9 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 9 | Nov. 9th 2002 | Found |
10 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 10 | Nov. 16th 2002 | Found |
11 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 11 | Nov. 23rd 2002 | Found |
12 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 12 | Nov. 30th 2002 | Found |
13 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 13 | Dec. 7th 2002 | Found |
14 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 14 | Dec 14th 2002 | Found |
15 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 15 | Dec. 14th 2002 | Found |
16 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 16 | Dec. 21st 2002 | Found |
17 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 17 | Dec. 21st 2002 | Found |
18 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 18 | Dec. 14th 2002 | Found |
19 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 19 | Dec. 21st 2002 | Found |
20 | BattleBots Season 5.0, Episode 20 | Dec. 21st 2002 | Found |