Thrown Out of the Arena

In Robot Wars history, there have been many instances of a robot being Thrown Out of the Arena (often shortened to OotA). This involved a competitor robot defeating an opponent by means of flipping or otherwise causing it to fall over the Robot Wars Arena walls, where it could no longer take part in the battle. The first instance of this was in the Grand Final Eliminator of Series 3, where Chaos 2 threw Fire Storm out of the arena (See the image to the right). Since then there have been 59 other televised instances of robots being thrown from the arena in the UK and 30 of them happened in Series 7. House Robots also picked up on this movement and Sir Killalot, Mr. Psycho and Matilda began to conclude a robot's defeat by throwing it from the arena, as did the Arena Floor Flipper on two occasions against featherweights. The current holder of the most OotAs is Dantomkia, having defeated nine robots in this way, although Sir Killalot as a house robot hold the outright record, having dropped 14 robots out in total, doing it quite often in the USA and the Netherlands.

Flipping a robot out of the arena is the quickest way to immobilise an opponent, as it can be done in very short order without delays such as charging a spinning weapon or waiting for the pit to descend. From the 30 Shortest Battles in UK Robot Wars, 11 were concluded by a robot being thrown out of the arena, two of those being the two fastest, at 6 and 8 seconds.

Leaderboard

Dantomkia (9) - Dantomkia broke the original record set by Chaos 2, defeating 9 robots in this way. It often defeated very strong contenders by throwing them out, such as Hypno-Disc, Panic Attack, Behemoth and Chaos 2 itself. Dantomkia scored one additional untelevised OotA, which is not included in this count.
Firestorm (7) - Firestorm had the ability to raise its front end whilst firing its flipper. This innovative system allowed it to simply shove other robots out of the arena. It managed to flip out seven robots. It is also the only front-hinged flipper robot to defeat a robot in this manner, although Mute did come close. Also the first robot to be flipped out of the arena.
Chaos 2 (6) - The very first robot to achieve the feat, Chaos 2 defeated 6 opponents in this manner, also setting the original record for most consecutive OotA flips, doing so to The Steel Avenger and S.M.I.D.S.Y. in Series 5. However, its last OotA flip on Iron-Awe was coincidentally followed by Dantomkia's first, who eventually managed to take the record.
Thermidor 2 (4) - Thermidor 2 was the first robot to flip two robots out of the arena in one battle. Also the joint best performing robot in this category to have not been flipped out of the arena itself
Atomic (4) - Atomic holds the record for the most consecutive OotA flips, as it sent a robot out of the arena in every single one of its four victories of Series 7. Also the joint best performing robot in this category to have not been flipped out of the arena itself.
Bigger Brother (3) - Bigger Brother's much improved flipper of Series 5 saw it throw out its first two opponents, and only failing to defeat two others due to their design.
Gravity (3) - Gravity's flipper was so powerful that it threw Hydra into the air, causing it to land on the arena wall. It also dispatched the OotA champion Dantomkia in this way in less than six seconds.
Tsunami (3) - This German robot had enormous power, defeating all three of its opponents in this way before losing in a similar fashion to X-Terminator.
M2 (2) - M2 was the first robot to throw two robots out of the arena in a single battle in the main competition.
Spawn Again (2) - When it was working, Spawn Again's flipper could easily dispatch robots over the arena wall, and from a fair distance back.
Wheely Big Cheese (2) - Wheely Big Cheese's second OotA is arguably the most famous flip in Robot Wars, defeating Axe-Awe in this manner from the centre of the arena. Wheely Big Cheese only required one flip each to score an OotA.
Raging Reality (2) - The first robot to achieve an OotA in Series 6, Raging Reality flipped out two robots in the same series consecutively. Would flip a third robot out of the arena in Series 7 with Raging Knightmare.
Behemoth (2) - The first non-flipper to achieve this, lifting and pushing out two opponents rather than flipping them
X-Terminator (2) - The first heavyweight robot not to use a flipping or lifting weapon to pull off an OotA by using a flywheel in the UK Series. Also managed to dispatch the seemingly unstoppable Tsunami in this way.
Cyclone (2) - Cyclone, an American competitor, was the only competitor to throw out another in an international series, and the first heavyweight to use a flywheel for its OotA.
Gemini (1) - The second robot to achieve an OotA, by double-teaming The Creature and flipping it out.
Raging Knightmare (1) - Raging Knightmare flipped out heat favourite Spawn Again in Series 7 in the heat final. Previously flipped two robots out of the arena with Raging Reality.
St. Agro (1) - Unusual design for flipper, but proved powerful nonetheless, disposing of The Scrapper.
Iron-Awe 2.1 (1) - Also holding the record for having been thrown out the most times, Iron-Awe's only flip was against Heat Favourites Bigger Brother, who had been dominating the battle.
General Carnage (1) - The only robot to not make at least a heat final and yet achieve an OotA
Bulldog Breed (1) - Bulldog Breed's only OotA came at the beginning of a destructive run in the Tag Team Terror, flipping out reigning champs Pussycat in the process, a feat that not even Dantomkia and Chaos 2 could achieve.
Storm 2 (1) - An immensely powerful charge that sent The Steel Avenger flying over the wall. The only OotA without a moving weapon
Judge Shred 3 (1) - Judge Shred's only OotA was against Corkscrew Two, who it dispatched with a powerful flip. Marked a dramatic improvement in Judge Shred.
Combat Ant (1) - In the Extreme 1 Antweight competition, Combat Ant's disc hit Pants, sending it flying out of the Antweight Arena. The only non-heavyweight to flip another robot out, and the first OotA with a spinning weapon.

The Most Consecutive OotAs record

Chaos 2 & Thermidor 2 (2 robots) - The first record of consecutive Out of the Arena flips is when Thermidor 2 flipped both Behemoth and Stinger out of the arena. However, Chaos 2 truly set the consecutive record when it flipped The Steel Avenger and S.M.I.D.S.Y. out in consecutive battles. Because of Series 5 taking place at the same time as Extreme 1, it is difficult to determine which occurred first. In addition, the two machines set the record in different ways - two robots in a single battle, or two robots in successive battles. As a result, both machines have been recognised as the original record holders.

Note: Wheely Big Cheese, Bigger Brother, Raging Reality, M2, Dantomkia and Gravity all matched this before it was broken, but for convenience, the honour remains with the original holders.

Tsunami (3 robots) - In Series 7, Tsunami flipped both Major Tom 3 and Diabolus in its first round battle and went through with the seeded X-Terminator. In Round 2, it easily finished off and flipped out Constrictor, this set a new record already before it was then thrown out of the arena itself by X-Terminator's flywheel in the heat final.
Atomic (4 robots) - In its third Robot Wars appearance, Atomic's flipper power certainly improved by a long way. In its first round battle, within a matter of seconds, Atomic flipped Terror Turtle out of the arena, and followed that up by almost flipping out both the seeded S.M.I.D.S.Y. and Cygnus X-1 in the same battle. In round 2, Atomic flipped out the promising newcomers Hellbent, and then finally flipped S.M.I.D.S.Y. out in the heat final. This meant Atomic had now matched Tsunami's record. In the semi-finals, Atomic managed to also flip out M2, giving Atomic the new record for OotA flips. However, the run ended when Atomic tried to come out too quickly on Typhoon 2 and was knocked out. Atomic's record finally stood as the most consecutive OotA flips once Robot Wars ended.

Competitor Out of the Arena flips

Series 3

There has been much discrepancy over whether throwing a robot out of the arena to achieve victory was George Francis' objective against Fire Storm - despite his look of glee and bewilderment, he appeared to have been trying to do the same to Crocodilatron and The Big Cheese. Regardless, Francis and Chaos 2's defeat of Fire Storm was a moment of Robot Wars history.

OotA number	Robot	Opponent	Battle	Means of throwing out	Notes
#1	Chaos 2	Fire Storm	Grand Final, Eliminator 1	Flipper	First Out of the Arena flip. Equal 14th in Shortest Battles in UK Robot Wars.

Series 4

Rw4s1-21 — "Chaos 2, performing its party trick once more"

With the technique now affectionately referred to as its "party trick", Chaos 2 succeeded in throwing Indefatigable out of the arena, but it also attempted to throw out Medusa 2000 and Atomic, neither of whom it was able. It did also manage to defeat Tornado decisively in this manner later on in the Series.

Gemini, rival of Chaos 2, also achieved an Out of the Arena flip using rear-hinged flipping arms, by double-teaming The Creature.

OotA number	Robot	Opponent	Battle	Means of throwing out	Notes
#2	Chaos 2	Indefatigable	Heat A, Eliminator 1	Flipper	First OotA of Series 4
#3	Gemini	The Creature	Heat F, Round 2	Flipping arms	Both Gemini twins combined their flippers to throw out the Creature.
#4	Chaos 2	Tornado	Semi-Final 1, Round 2	Flipper	Only time that Chaos 2 has defeated Tornado, out of 3 televised fights. This battle was also fought three times, with only one being shown on TV.

Extreme Series 1

BehemothSpider — Behemoth pushes The Spider out

The weight increase held the potential to either increase or decrease the frequency of Out of the Arena flips, and it seemed to be on the rise. However, Chaos 2 was unable to throw any robots out here, despite trying several times against Wheely Big Cheese, Tornado and Sergeant Bash.

Behemoth made a name of itself by performing the first Out of the Arena without a flipper, heaving The Spider over the wall with its scoop - and antweight champion Combat Ant tossed Pants out of the mini-arena with its bludgeoner. The most impressive robot of Extreme 1 when it came to throwing others out, however, was Thermidor 2. The lobster dispatched of Behemoth and Stinger in a single battle, before toppling Napalm to match Chaos 2's record.

OotA number	Robot	Opponent(s)	Battle	Means of throwing out	Notes
#5	Behemoth	The Spider	Wild Card Warriors	Front shovel	First non-flipper robot to perform an OotA and Behemoth's first
#6, #7	Thermidor 2	Behemoth, Stinger	Mayhem	Flipper	First time two robots were flipped OotA in one fight
#8	Thermidor 2	Napalm	Vengeance	Flipper	Allowed Thermidor 2 to equal Chaos 2's record of the most robots thrown out of the arena.
#9	Combat Ant	Pants	Antweight Battle	Bludgeoner	First and only non-heavyweight to perform an OotA. Also first OotA using a spinning weapon

Series 5

At the peak of Robot Wars, the phase took off, and as expected, Chaos 2 led the way, hurling two veteran competitors out in two successive battles. General Carnage 2 surprised many as it tossed out Guzunderbot, permanently securing itself as a robot that "could have been great". Powerhouses Spawn Again and Bigger Brother joined in, throwing out one and two robots respectively.

However, there were two far more important events of Series 5 when it came to Out of the Arena flips. Firestorm, the first robot to suffer this fate, inflicted the same fate on Reactor 2, who had previously defeated the second robot to achieve the feat. Firestorm's design made it difficult to achieve, but it still managed to hurl Reactor 2 over the wall.

Wheely Big Cheese's performance remains etched on every fan's mind. In two flips, Wheely Big Cheese hurled Wolverine and Axe-Awe out of the arena, the latter flying such huge distances that it left most speechless, as shown in the image above.

OotA number	Robot	Opponent	Battle	Means of throwing out	Notes
#10	Chaos 2	The Steel Avenger	Heat A, Round 2	Flipper	First Out of the Arena in Series 5.
#11	Chaos 2	S.M.I.D.S.Y.	Heat A, Final	Flipper	Fought after a rematch. First time a robot had flipped two robots out in consecutive battles.
#12	General Carnage 2	Guzunderbot	Heat C, Round 1	Flipper	Only Out of the Arena flip by a robot that never reached the Heat Final.
#13	Firestorm 3	Reactor 2	Heat D, Final	Flipper	First OotA for a forward-hinged flipper, and first time a robot has been flipped into the House Robot Entrance.
#14	Spawn Again	Evolution	Heat G, Round 2	Flipper	Equal 12th in Shortest Battles in UK Robot Wars.
#15	Wheely Big Cheese	Wolverine	Heat H, Round 1	Flipper	Only required one flip in the entire battle.
#16	Wheely Big Cheese	Axe-Awe	Heat H, Round 2	Flipper	Only required one flip to achieve this. Axe-Awe flew eight metres into the air and landed on the outside of the arena. Stands as a record flip. Equal 4th in Shortest Battles in UK Robot Wars.
#17	Bigger Brother	Tip-Top	Heat I, Round 1	Flipper	Bigger Brother's first Out of the Arena. Equal 18th in Shortest Battles in UK Robot Wars.
#18	Bigger Brother	Splinter	Heat I, Round 2	Flipper	A quick Out of the Arena from Bigger Brother. Only time Team Ivanhoe failed to reach the heat final.

Series 6

Several notable events occurred in Series 6. Raging Reality forged a name for itself by easily dispatching two of its opponents, whilst Chaos 2 proved it was still feisty enough to throw Iron-Awe 2 out of the arena. Firestorm made its second flip by tossing the awkwardly shaped S3 halfway over the wall and allowing gravity to do the rest. Surprisingly, many of the flipping giants were unsuccessful this time, with Spawn Again, Bigger Brother and Thermidor 2 all unable to throw robots out.

The biggest events of Series 6, however, involved the début of Dantomkia. Immediately after Chaos 2's destructive first round match, the only other survivor, Mighty Mouse, was seized and thrown out by Dantomkia. Dantomkia headed into the final against Chaos 2, and came out not only on top, but threw Chaos 2 out of the arena.

OotA number	Robot	Opponent	Battle	Means of throwing out	Notes
#19	Raging Reality	Brutus Maximus	Heat A, Round 1	Flipper	Brutus Maximus was already immobilised and counted out.
#20	Raging Reality	Tetanus 2	Heat A, Round 2	Flipper	Tetanus 2 was immobilised, but Refbot had reversed into the pit and was unable to count Tetanus 2 out. This caused Raging Reality to end the battle itself.
#21	Chaos 2	Iron-Awe 2	Heat C, Round 1	Flipper	Chaos 2's last OotA.
#22	Dantomkia	Mighty Mouse	Heat C, Round 2	Flipper	Dantomkia's first OotA.
#23	Dantomkia	Chaos 2	Heat C, Final	Flipper	Only time that Chaos 2 has failed to reach the Series semi-finals, and the only time it has been thrown out of the arena. Chaos 2's last main competition appearance.
#24	Firestorm 4	S3	Semi-Final, Round 2	Flipper	Firestorm 4 pushed one of S3's wheels onto the wall, and this caused the weight to drag it over the wall and onto the ground. The only true, unaided OotA scored by a front-hinged flipper.

Extreme Series 2

Extreme 2 was relatively subdued, as Thermidor 2, Raging Reality, Spawn Again and Chaos 2 all failed to make significant impact with their flippers. Bigger Brother returned to the spotlight by hurling out S3, and Bulldog Breed made a very impressive Tag Team run by flipping out Pussycat, something that Chaos 2, Firestorm and Dantomkia hadn't done or would eventually fail to do in their respective bouts with Pussycat.

Dantomkia continued to climb to the top, defeating Iron-Awe 2 and Hypno-Disc, the second Robot Wars giant to be thrown out. Firestorm kept close behind, turning international robots out of the arena on the way to a Commonwealth Championship.

OotA number	Robot	Opponent	Battle	Means of throwing out	Notes
#25	Bigger Brother	S3	All-Stars, Round 1	Flipper	Having failed to do so in the Semi-Finals of Series 5, Bigger Brother achieved this in a battle that also included Firestorm 4, who had thrown out S3 in the Out of the Arena flip prior to this one. Equal 12th in Shortest Battles in UK Robot Wars.
#26	Bulldog Breed	Pussycat	Tag Team Terror, Round 1	Flipper	Bulldog Breed's only successful OotA despite many attempts, against Pussycat, who would avoid being flipped out by Chaos 2, Firestorm and Dantomkia, the three record holders.
#27	Dantomkia	Hypno-Disc	Challenge Belt, Round 1	Flipper	Hypno-Disc's last appearance in Robot Wars.
-	Dantomkia	S.M.I.D.S.Y.	Challenge Belt, Round 1	Flipper	Not shown on TV. S.M.I.D.S.Y. advanced in spite of this, because two others had already been eliminated. The only battle in which three robots went out of the arena.
#28	Dantomkia	Iron-Awe 2	Challenge Belt, Round 2	Flipper	Team Iron-Awe's third time out of the arena, and the third time that a robot has fallen into the House Robot entrance.
#29, #30	Firestorm 4	Weld-Dor 3, Bondi Titch	Commonwealth Carnage, Round 1	Flipper	Firestorm flipped Weld-Dor out after a bit of effort and did just did the same to Bondi Titch. Only robot with a hammer to be flipped out of the arena.

Series 7

Tsunami flips Constrictor — Tsunami breaks Chaos 2/Thermidor 2's record

Storm II OotA — Storm 2 hurls out The Steel Avenger

Dantomkia vs Panic Attack — Dantomkia scores the final OotA against Panic Attack

By Series 7, 30 competitor robots had been thrown out of the arena by other competitor robots in the UK Series. In Series 7, another thirty robots were defeated in the same manner, the same amount in one year as had been thrown out in the six years prior. In fact, only Heat E, Heat K, Heat M, the Grand Final, the Annihilator and the 3rd World Championship did not contain at least one robot being thrown out of the arena, although Bulldog Breed, Robochicken, Ripper and Storm 2 did come close in Heat K, Heat M, the Annihilator and the Grand Final respectively, and Heat E's Leveller 2 boasted the ability.

Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat F was particularly notable, as between Tsunami and X-Terminator, Heat F contained most Out of the Arena flips in a single episode, with five robots being defeated in this manner.

Numerous other significant flips took place:

M2 threw two robots out, the first time a newcomer threw a robot out in its début match, and the first time two robots were thrown out in the same match in the UK Championship.
Dantomkia broke the Shortest Battle Record by hurling IG-88 out of the arena in eight seconds.
Gravity became the first international robot to flip another out, and also managed to break the arena wall doing so.
Tsunami broke Thermidor 2/Chaos 2's record of consecutive Out of the Arena flips, which Atomic tied one heat later, and broke in the Semi-Finals.
X-Terminator became the first UK heavyweight to throw another out using a flywheel, rather than a flipper or lifter.
Storm 2 threw The Steel Avenger out of the Arena using nothing but brute force.
Several Vengeances were settled by Out of the Arena flip.
Gravity broke the Shortest Battle Record by hurling record holder Dantomkia from the arena.
Firestorm flipped its seventh robot out of the arena, breaking Chaos 2's long-standing record.
Dantomkia broke Firestorm's record, throwing King B Powerworks out of the arena, before it threw another Panic Attack out to score the final UK OotA.

OotA number	Robot	Opponent(s)	Battle	Means of throwing out	Notes
#31, #32	M2	Shell Shock, Vader	Heat A, Round 1	Flipper	First OotA's of Series 7
#33	Dantomkia	Scorpion	Heat C, Round 2	Flipper	Scorpion fell back into the arena on Dantomkia's first attempt, before it finally went out. The crew had asked Team Dantomkia not to flip out Scorpion onto the camera tracks for fear the disc would damage them.
#34	Dantomkia	IG-88	Heat C, Final	Flipper	Both Vader and IG-88 lost in this way in Series 7. 2nd Shortest Battle in UK Robot Wars.
#35	Gravity	Hydra	Heat D, Round 1	Flipper	After causing it to land on the arena wall, buckling it.
#36	Gravity	13 Black	Heat D, Round 2	Flipper	13 Black fell on the arena wall, and its discs spun it off and out.
#37, #38	Tsunami	Major Tom 3, Diabolus	Heat F, Round 1	Flipper	Quickest battle to involve the defeat of two robots.
#39	Tsunami	Constrictor	Heat F, Round 2	Flipper	The third victory for Tsunami via OotA, out of three.
#40	X-Terminator	Killer Carrot 2	Heat F, Round 2	Flywheel	First Heavyweight OotA using a flywheel in the main competition.
#41	X-Terminator	Tsunami	Heat F, Final	Flywheel	Every single one of Tsunami's battles in the UK involved an OotA.
#42	Atomic	Terror Turtle	Heat G, Round 1	Flipper
#43	Atomic	Hellbent	Heat G, Round 2	Flipper	20th Shortest Battle in UK Robot Wars.
#44	Atomic	S.M.I.D.S.Y.	Heat G, Final	Flipper	Atomic tied Tsunami's record of consecutive OotAs.
#45	St. Agro	The Scrapper	Heat H, Round 1	Flipper
#46	Storm 2	The Steel Avenger	Heat I, Final	Brute Force	Ran into the wall, causing The Steel Avenger to topple over the wall. Only OotA performed without using a moving weapon.
#47	Thermidor 2	Mobot	Heat J, Round 1	Flipper
#48	Judge Shred 3	Corkscrew Two	Heat L, Round 1	Flipper
#49	Behemoth	Crushtacean	Heat L, Round 1	Front shovel	An act of Vengeance for Series 5. Behemoth's high weight scoop pushed Crushtacean right out of the arena
#50	Spawn Again	Chip	Heat N, Round 1	Flipper	Chip had admitted its fear of being flipped out by Spawn Again in the pits prior to this.
#51	Raging Knightmare	Spawn Again	Heat N, Final	Flipper	A Vengeance, won by Raging Knightmare in recompense for Series 4.
#52	Iron-Awe 2.1	Bigger Brother	Heat O, Round 2	Flipper	Bigger Brother the highest ever seed to be flipped out. 23rd in the Shortest Battles in UK Robot Wars.
#53	Firestorm 5	Reptirron The Second	Heat P, Round 2	Flipper
#54	Firestorm 5	Ripper	Heat P, Final	Flipper
#55	Gravity	Dantomkia	Semi-Final 1, Round 1	Flipper	Shortest Battle in UK Robot Wars, in under 6 seconds.
#56	Firestorm 5	Mute	Semi-Final 2, Round 1	Flipper	Mute assisted by firing its flipper at the same time as Firestorm. Firestorm broke Chaos 2's record of 6 OotAs, with this being its 7th. It also tied with Tsunami and Atomic on 3 consecutive Out of the Arena flips.
#57	Atomic	M2	Semi-Final 2, Round 1	Flipper	The fourth consecutive OotA flip for Atomic.
#58, #59	Dantomkia	Behemoth, King B Powerworks	All-Stars, Round 1	Flipper	Dantomkia tied and broke Firestorm's record of 7 OotAs, with this being its 7th and 8th.
#60	Dantomkia	Panic Attack	All-Stars, Round 2	Flipper	Last OotA of Robot Wars, and Dantomkia's final OotA at 9.

Extreme Warriors Season 2

Robot	Opponent	Battle	Means of throwing out	Notes
Cyclone	Thor's Hammer	Annihilator, Round 1	Flywheel	First heavyweight competitor to use a flywheel to throw another out of the arena, and the second time a robot had landed into the House Robot entrance.
Cyclone	Hyperactive	Annihilator, Round 2	Flywheel	Second use of a flywheel to score an OotA.