Pardon My French

Pardon My French is a heavyweight robot from Team OuiOui, which competed in Discovery Season 6 of the BattleBots reboot.
It is a four-wheel drive, trapezoid-shaped robot armed with a hefty 73lb, three-toothed spinning drum spinning at 4000rpmhttps://www.infodimanche.com/actualites/actualite/383620/le-robot-de-philippe-voyer-lance-dans-larene-internationale and measuring approximately 13" in diameter, heavily inspired by the design of REDRUM. The main robot is partnered with a minibot called ZUT!, designed and built by team member Sean Lamothe. It features a lifting arm powered by a bag that expands with air, and can allegedly lift in excess of 250lbs.https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=986131688394704&_rdr Though Pardon My French is unable to run inverted and does not feature a dedicated self-righting mechanism, the team believe this can be achieved using their primary weapon.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnmbISmzzuw&lc=UgyXiEyZbJbSXboa1jR4AaABAg.98czYO3g49498eLnLMuO8T
The name "Pardon My French" is an expression used to apologize for profanity, but is also a nod to Philippe Voyer's heritage, as he hails from Québec, a French-speaking province of Canada. Ironically, the minibot's name ZUT! translates to "heck" or "damn".
ZUTPMF2.jpg|A front view of ZUT!. PMFZUT.jpg|A rear view of ZUT!.
File:PMFZUT.jpg|A rear view of ZUT!.
Pardon My French was originally designed ahead of Discovery Season 5, and was accepted for the original field prior to its postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the team consisting of Phillipe Voyer, brother Vincent Voyer, Sean Lamothe and Luke Faulkingham. The team started a fundraiser page which was shared by BattleBots themselves, however, Team OuiOui opted to withdraw from the season ahead of the new filming dates.
In July 2021, Team OuiOui confirmed on their Facebook page that Pardon My French had been accepted ahead of Discovery Season 6 of BattleBots.
Team OuiOui is made up of French-speaking Phillipe Voyer, who had previously built lower weight class robots and captains the team. Sean Lamothe remains on the team and took ownership of the lifter minibot ZUT!. Gus Collier, who was part of Nelly The Ellybot in Discovery Season 4 and fought with a featherweight replica in the 2018 King of Bots UK International Championships, manufactured many of the parts for Pardon My French and was their designated weapons operator. Dave Weston assists with live events across the UK, and also competed with Crackers 'n' Smash in Series 9 and 10 of Robot Wars as part of Team Conker. Outside of heavyweight robots, he competes with a selection of lighter robots, notably Hell's Angel, Satanix and Seventh Circle.
Due to delays in the US State Department processing NIE forms for team members flying in from the United Kingdom, Gus Collier and Dave Weston were unable to travel to Las Vegas ahead of filming, meaning only Phillipe Voyer and Sean Lamothe were present for BattleBots Season 6. For unknown reasons, Vincent Voyer and Luke Faulkingham were not listed as team members for the 2021 season.
==Robot History==
=== Discovery Season 6===
Pardon My French vs. Claw ViperPardon My French's BattleBots debut came against the returning and highly upgraded Claw Viper. For this fight, Pardon My French went with the single hinged fork setup, rather than its typical dual fork setup. The fight began with Claw Viper attempting to box rush the rookie team, but missing and sliding into the screws momentarily. It recovered and barged into the front of Pardon My French, whose large drum spinner had not yet reached maximum speed. They turned to try and spin up, but drove into a killsaw slot and Claw Viper capitalized, slowing their drum and getting a hold of Pardon My French before successfully performing a suplex. Pardon My French was now upside-down, but its drum was no longer able to spin. Claw Viper shunted it across the box in an impressive show of speed, then picked up Pardon My French again before dropping it. ZUT! was seemingly immobile near the pulverizer, and Claw Viper flipped it over when trying to bring its opponent out of the corner. Evidently also immobile, the main bot was rammed again by Claw Viper, this time into the side screws and causing a drive chain to loosen on the right side. The screws continued to chew at the underside of Pardon My French before a count began, with Claw Viper picking up and slamming ZUT! into the arena barrier in the meantime. Claw Viper ultimately won by KO, consigning Pardon My French to a debut loss by KO.
===Wins/Losses===
*Wins: 1
*Losses: 1
Competition 	Wins 	Losses
Discovery Season 6	Gruff	Claw Viper (Untelevised Undercard Match)
==Faruq Tauheed Introductions==
"From Québec, Canada, he will fleur-de-leave your body in a ditch. It's PARDON MY FRENCH!"
==Trivia==
*According to the team, Pardon My French's drum was initially going to weigh 76lbs, but this had to shed 3lbs to keep the robot under 250lbs.
*The color scheme and decals on the sides of Pardon My French pay homage to former NHL and World Hockey Association team Quebec Nordiques.
==References==
Category:Heavyweight Robots
Category:BattleBots Competitors
Category:Foreign Robots
Category:Canadian Robots
Category:Robots which debuted in Discovery Season 6
Category:Robots armed with Spinning Drums
Category:Multibots
Category:Robots that dropped out