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Whiplash moved its lifting arm 180 degrees to dish out one last blow before Hypothermia was counted out, allowing Whiplash to advance to the next stage. Its 2nd hit tore off one of Hypothermia's wheels, leaving the opponent to drive in circles. Whiplash then started to retaliate with a hit of its own, sending Hypothermia flying. The match started out poorly for Whiplash as they were quickly pushed up against the screws. Whiplash found itself facing Team Toad's Hypothermia in its first ever BattleBots fight. While it lost twice in 2015, Whiplash performed really well in its second RoboGames tournament as it reached the Championship Final and finished second overall. Outside of BattleBots, Whiplash also competed at RoboGames 20. The extent of Whiplash's upgrades is unknown, however the robot appears visually near-identical.
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Team Fast Electric Robots came back again for Discovery Season 6 with Whiplash, along with a new robot called Defender, which was captained and driven by team member Jason Vasquez, brother of Whiplash driver Matt Vasquez. The Vazquez family and Defender's Robert Masek ahead of Season 6. However, Whiplash would hit an undefeated streak from then on and reached the Championship Final, where it was thrown out of the arena by eventual champion End Game. Unlike in previous seasons, Whiplash started on the back foot by losing the very first aired fight of the season to SawBlaze. This version of Whiplash also had an optional plow to put on against horizontal spinners, but came at the cost of their vertical spinner if they wanted to use it. Whiplash returned for Discovery Season 5, sporting new wheels and an overhaul on their primary weapon: a new disc and larger lifter gear that was now protected. Whiplash in the red square during Season 5. After beating HUGE in the Round of 16, the Vazquez family's run came to an abrupt end at the hands of Tombstone in the quarter-finals. It impressed again, only losing to eventual runner-up Witch Doctor and going 3-1 in Fight Night. It made it into the Championship Tournament where it defeated Yeti and Bronco in the Round of 16 and quarter-finals respectively, before being destroyed by the former and eventual champion Bite Force in the semi-finals.įor Discovery Season 4, Whiplash was now an electric yellow to suit their new sponsor Meggitt and had a new, more destructive disc. Originally red in color, Whiplash did very well in its debut season, finishing 3-1 in the qualifying rounds and only losing a Main Event to the reigning champion Tombstone. The team consisted of Jeff Vazquez, who has two decades of experience in the sport, wife Debby and two sons Matthew and Jason Vasquez. In later seasons, the front wedgelets could be swapped out for hinged forks of various lengths, or simply a flat plow surface depending on their opposition. The arm had forks which were often protected by a wedge so it could be used as a lifter, and it could also use the disc as a makeshift hammer saw weapon, proving one of the most versatile primary weapons in the field.
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This consisted of a small spinning disc mounted on an arm which could rotate 180 degrees, meaning it could lift, cause damage and attack from overhead. The successor to Splatter, who fought in the first two seasons of ABC's BattleBots reboot, Whiplash's main weapon was an articulated disc spinner. Whiplash is a heavyweight robot built by Team Fast Electronics, which has competed in every Discovery season of the BattleBots reboot. Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.