Jack the Flipper

Jack the Flipper was a Swimming robot from Cambridgeshire. It appeared in the 2001 Techno Games where it lost in the Heat.

Robot History[]

2001[]

In its Heat it faced reigning champions Calypso, Belfast Gem, Westgator, Silver Sword and The Bomb. The reigning champions Calypso got off at a swift start and almost immediately finished the race as the other competitors had only just begun. Jack the Flipper failed to move and was caught in the crossfire between a fight between rivals Silver Sword and The Bomb who clashed with one another. Meanwhile Westgator and Belfast Gem made a slow push forward while chaos involving the other three opponents erupted around them. It was in vain as Calypso finished the race in a speedy time of 19.60 seconds, breaking the world record. Westgator was slowly making its way and came second with Belfast Gem barely making it to third and surprisingly Jack the Flipper managed to get going at some point and came fourth, albeit slowly and in a disorganised pattern.

v • d • e Techno Games 2001 competitors

Gold Medallists	Scuttle • Ulysses • K9000 • Skeletron • High Climber • Lightning • Push It • Rivet Rivet • Tina the 2 Toed Toad • Viper • Super Slinger • Flip Flop • Team KAM • Curves • Hen Grenade • Tomahawk • Dot • Enterprise • Millennium Bug

Silver Medallists	Cheeky Boy 1 • Kevi-Pillar • Springdale Sprinter • Calypso • Techno Mouse • M.L.V. • Ascender • Tecumseh • Jumping Jack Scrap • Long Shot • Whizz-Bang • Goliath • The Patriot • D Rooster Booster • Light Storm

Bronze Medallists	Millennium Bug • Robotic Road Rage • Brutosaurus • MacPaulus • Titania • Cobra • Wide Mouth Frog • Vesuvius • Techno Warrior • Wobbly Wheeled Wonder • Rope Runner • Rod Knee

Battery Sprint	Salsa • Tet II • Kerminator • Creepy Crawler • Pharodynamic • Grinsect • Bodge Job • The Slaughterer • Where's My Watch • In A Rush • Newton Seal • Hungarian Horntail Dragon • Streaker • Gorillabot • Geyser Bird • Take Two • War King • Alco-Pooch • George • Rita Rocks • To Follow • Photophattiephobia • The Racing Stag • Crazy Critter • Erica's Body Parts • Junior

Swimming	Techno Duck • Swimosaurus • Froggit • Fat Salamander • Flippersaurus • Techno Tyrant • Roboducky • Wave Cutter • Aqua Bot • Quackers • Dippy Flippy • Mike the Swimmer • Splashing Fun Barbie • Gums • The Destroyer • Quack Attack 2 • Jawz • Robobob • Dinoduck • Orca • Eric the Eel • XLR8 • Deus ex Piscina • Robo Duck • Lawrence the Learner • Manta Ray • Hydra • Water Boatman • Quack Attack • Swimatron • Flog the Frog • Speed • Armless • Gemima Paddleduck • Swimbot • Mr. S Wim • Robocod • Erica's Body Parts • Fred the Frog • Bob • Keeler Carrot • S.N.A.P. • Beast of a Machine • Belfast Gem • Westgator • Silver Sword • The Bomb • Jack the Flipper

Rope Climbing	Great Escape • Climbatize • Citizen Rope Speeder • Big Bug • Au Dreapadoir

Micro Mouse	Maisie • Dim • Dash 24

Gymnastics	Andromeda • Vertigo • Dodgy Dancers • Scream

Rocketry	Hermes • Phoenix • Spegtrum • Eggspress • Exoskell • Scrambler • Shellshocked • Eggstravanganza • Blue • Windy City • Sickasaurus • Zatzoomer • Heathcliff • Little Red Booster • Half Life

Internal Combustion Sprint	Sprint Fish • Miss Struts • Dave the Tortoise • Don't Walk on the Grass

Long Jump	Scorpion • Grim Leaper

High Jump	Frogger • Leaping Larry • Rod Knee • Rivet Rivet • Jumping Banana • Meng the Merciless • Crocbot

Shot Putt	Twigworth Breaker • Mighty Midget • Armstrong • Curves • Alpha One Zero Tango • Gold Fusion • Miss Cat-Apult • Beast of a Machine

Rocket Cars	Zippy • Red Arrow • Syzygy

Jack the Flipper

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