Ant Clank

* AWS 50
* AWS 49
* AWS 48
* AWS 47
* AWS 46
* AWS 45/44
* AWS 41/43
* AWS 40
* AWS 37/39

**Ant Clank** is a rear-hinged flipper-armed robot that first fought at AWS 37 all the way to AWS 50. Its name is based on the robot in Ratchet & Clank, and to identify it from the teams featherweight robot which was called Clank.

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## Robot History

### AWS 37

Ant Clank's first ever fight was against the heavily experienced Anto 3. Anto tries to scoop Ant Clank who tries to get around, but Anto 3 succeeds and rams Ant Clank into the wall, then to the trench though fell off itself too, but Ant Clank was the loser.

The first opponent in the loser's bracket was Quantum. Quantum rushes in and flips Ant Clank, then pushes it off the arena, so Ant Clank lost and was eliminated.

Ant Clank also took part in a rumble of sorts. Some of the opponents composed of Flippertron 2, Anticide, Wanted, Death Adder, MLR, Kat and one wedging robot. Ant Clank homes in on the white wedge and winds up on MLR. It escapes and continues to attack them more, then drives around but went too close to the arena's edge and fell off.

Ant Clank also attends the Tag Team Tournament with Anti-Gravity 2, and their first opponents are Problem Gustav? and a two-wheeled wedge (Electric Eel 3.5? or Sidewinder?). Ant Clank went for Problem Gustav? but gets flipped upside-down. Anti-Gravity 2 rights it and it unwittingly drove off the arena. Luckily Anti-Gravity 2 was able to defeat both opponents and get them the win.

The next opponents were Malevolant and Flippertron 2. Ant Clank went for Flippertron 2 but gets scooped and toppled on its flank. It saves itself and continues to fight, but now has to do it alone as Anti-Gravity 2 was defeated. It gets into a pushing match with Malevolant for a second, then Flippertron 2 flips it upside-down. Ant Clank self-rights only to get pushed off the arena, so both lost.

Ant Clank takes part in another melee with the lifter-user, MLR, Anticide, and Kat, plus was against Little Doris, Anti-Gravity 2, a golden plow-user and Thrust. Ant Clank moves around and settles for Anticide, then Death Adder but ends up driving off the arena, twice. After being helped back in it tries to attack the golden plow-user, and gets pushed about by Little Doris. It gets away but falls off the arena again. After being helped again it tackles MLR and pins it, then falls off the arena again.

### AWS 39

The first opponent this year was Randar. Ant Clank moves in but gets launched and ends up on its left-flank. Ant Clank self-rights, only to get clawed again by Randar, however Randar topples as well and Ant Clank attacks, but ends up righting Randar. The two drive near the arena's edge and Ant Clank clumsily falls off, losing the fight and now was in the loser's bracket.

It now had Complexity. Ant Clank kept away from Complexity most of the time, but Complexity does land a hit. Ant Clank attacks when Complexity's bar suddenly stops, but was unable to do anything and Complexity's bar spins again. Ant Clank again keeps its distance and only approaches when it had to, receiving only scratches. On one collision Complexity's bar slows down and Ant Clank scoops and pushes it off the arena, winning the fight.

Next was SmartAnt 2. Ant Clank gets at the left flank of SmartAnt 2 and pins it to the wall, then almost flips it on its rear. Then Ant Clank corrals SmartAnt 2 toward the arena's edge and shoves it off, claiming another win.

The next opponent was Good & Evil. All head in and Ant Clank attacks the spinner-member briefly, then tries to flip it, then get it off the arena, but fails at both. It switches to the black-member but couldn't scoop it, then gets a hit from the spinner-member. Ant Clank manages to scoop the black-member and flip it, then sends the spinner-member into the trench. The remaining Good & Evil member self-rights and gets into a dance with Ant Clank, flipping it. Ant Clank self-rights and the two robots drive around each other with the black-member scooping Ant Clank, but Ant Clank gets behind and scoops the clusterbot and lifts it. The black-member pushes Ant Clank toward the barrier, but retreats and Ant Clank flips it, The Black-member self-rights only for Ant Clank to flip it again against the wall where it couldn't escape. Good & Evil was counted out, giving the win to Ant Clank.

Now it had MANTis. The two drive around and MANTis grabs hold, all while Ant Clank drags it around until unknowingly going off the arena, losing the fight and was officially eliminated.

### AWS 40

Ant Clank first competed in the non-spinner warm-up, and the first opponent was General Mayhem. Ant Clank tries to circle General Mayhem who prevents it, and this fight was mostly a driving battle, but General Mayhem managed to flip Ant Clank on its side, where it struggled, but strangely General Mayhem suddenly drives off the arena, but Ant Clank still lost.

The first opponent in the tournament was Duff. Duff immediately scoops and flicks Ant Clank and Ant Clank tries to circle in order to scoop. It was mostly a driving battle with Duff missing several flips, but then they went towards the wall and Ant Clank pushes Duff into it. Duff escapes and retaliates, but Ant Clank manages to flip Duff who self-rights, then they drive around each other until Duff freezes and Ant Clank lifts Duff and almost flips it. While driving around Ant Clank scoops and topples Duff who seems to have trouble self-righting, so Ant Clank pushes it off the arena.

Next came Stewie. As they meet Stewie was able to briefly scoop Ant Clank and flip it, then flip it upside-down, where Ant Clank tries to self-right, only for Stewie to do it for it. Ant Clank scoops and flips Stewie, who self-rights, then they try to outmaneuver each other with Stewie flipping Ant Clank over. Ant Clank self-rights and flips Stewie and pins it to the wall, where Stewie started bouncing on its flipper all the way to a trench and fell in, giving Ant Clank the win.

Now it had Kwijebo. Ant Clank was wary of the disc and tries to circle Kwijebo who keeps said disc pointing at Ant Clank. At one point Ant Clank almost scoops Kwijebo, and after some more maneuvering Ant Clank gets behind Kwijebo and almost topples it, then scoops it, but Kwijebo escapes. Ant Clank gets behind again and this time flips Kwijebo with some effort. Kwijebo claws into the floor before falling on its rear, where it could move, but upon going forward tips itself on its disc, which carries Kwijebo into the wall and sent it bouncing back upright. Ant Clank tries to push it off the arena before it could attack but Kwijebo grips hold of the floor and survives. Ant Clank tries to circle again and manages to flip Kwijebo again, and it gets propelled into the wall, and Ant Clank tries to send it in the trench with a flick, but this rights Kwijebo. Ant Clank tries again to circle and scoops and topples Kwijebo, who rides its disc into the opposite wall and gets flipped onto its face, and Kwijebo cannot move from this angle except on its disc, but was only going in circles, so it was counted out and Ant Clank wins.

Now it had again Smartant 2. Ant Clank drives in and Smartant 2 fails to flip it, but then scoops and topples Ant Clank, who self-rights. Then Ant Clank scoops Smartant 2 and takes it to a trench, where Ant Clank flicks it in and wins.

The next opponent was Death Adder. Ant Clank found itself higher than its opponent and outflanks it, scooping from the right-side and pinning it to the wall. The two circle each other in a dance and Ant Clank scoops Death Adder and almost sends it off the arena, but instead into the opposite wall. Ant Clank tries to lift Death Adder to send it out but fails and Death Adder escapes. While driving Ant Clank almost went off the arena but stops itself in time, then Death Adder scoops and flips Ant Clank on its left-flank, but Ant Clank self-rights and reengages. They mostly drive around and almost scooping each other, but then Death Adder pushes Ant Clank into the wall and flips it on its rear briefly, but Ant Clank falls back on its wheels, even so Death Adder scoops Ant Clank again and rams it into the wall. While driving around Death Adder scoops and almost flips Ant Clank near the arena's edge, but Ant Clank escapes. They once again dance until Ant Clank scoops Death Adder and pins it to the opposite wall, then tries to lift it, but Death Adder falls off. They again drive around each other with Death Adder missing a flip, but then Death Adder scoops from behind and flips Ant Clank right into the trench. so Ant Clank now must pray for a wildcard.

Luckily Ant Clank stays in contention and now had Variant. Ant Clank was wary of the weapon and tries circling Variant who follows. Eventually they come in contact with Variant scraping the front of Ant Clank, however Ant Clank gets behind and almost scoops Variant. Ant Clank tries to circle Variant again but to no avail, and finally attacks head-on, but this made Variant rip a piece off and send both flying away. Ant Clank ends up upside-down but self-right while Variant appears dazed. Ant Clank attacks and tips Variant on its side, making its weapon carrying across the arena and flip it, though Variant was invertible. Variant tries to fight back as Ant Clank moves in and makes it bounce about, but the second Variant got its bearings Ant Clank kept away for a time, but does receive one hit. Variant's bar suddenly stops and Ant Clank takes the opportunity to attack, just when Variant reactivates its bar, but this made bounce uncontrollably off the arena, so Ant Clank wins again.

Next came Cosmos. As they approach each other Cosmos missed a flip while Ant Clank circles. The two robot mostly drive around each other, but Ant Clank outflanks Cosmos and pushes it off the arena, winning again.

Now it had Death Adder again. The two meet and Death Adder flips Ant Clank, who self-rights. They then get into a dance and Death Adder corrals Ant Clank toward the arena's edge, but Ant Clank keeps away. Death Adder then pins Ant Clank at the wall but releases, as the two drive off Death Adder scoops Ant Clank and flips it again, but Ant Clank self-rights again. Death Adder flips Ant Clank again and Ant Clank self-rights again, then Death Adder flips Ant Clank on its side twice, but Ant Clank self-rights from there too. After some driving Death Adder gets another flip on Ant Clank, but Ant Clank again self-rights, and they drive around each other more, then dance more until Death Adder gets another flip. Ant Clank self-rights again, but Death Adder manages to get another flip and push it toward the arena's edge, and Ant Clank's attempt to self-right made it fall in the trench, where Ant Clank was now eliminated.

### AWS 41

Ant Clank's first opponent here was Flippant 2. Ant Clank tries to outflank Flippant who fires its flipper at nothing, allowing Ant Clank to get behind but fails to scoop. Flippant 2 then scoops Ant Clank but it escapes before Flippant could flip it. Then the two get into a dance with Ant Clank lifting Flippant 2 who escapes by firing its flipper. Both were able to scoop each other but neither was able to flip the other, then Ant Clank corrals Flippant 2 near the arena's edge and it fell in, giving Ant Clank the win.

The next opponent was the familiar Stewie. Stewie zooms around and flips Ant Clank and itself, but both self-right. Stewie then crashes into the wall gets stuck until Ant Clank nudges it, then Ant Clank pushes Stewie off the arena, winning again.

Now it had The Mole. As they meet The Mole circles and scoops Ant Clank and takes it into the barrier. Ant Clank escapes but has difficulty scooping The Mole due to being higher, so resorts to outflanking it. It manages to pin The Mole into the barrier but couldn't scoop it, and The Mole continued running circles around Ant Clank, on one occasion pushing near the arena's edge. Ant Clank did ram The Mole into the opposite barrier, but it was a driving battle between them. Ant Clank later does get behind and shove The Mole into the arena barrier but fails to scoop it, then The Mole manages to flip Ant Clank over right onto the arena's edge, but Ant Clank self-rights. Once again it was a driving battle between them with The Mole ramming Ant Clank into the other arena barrier, then in an extreme turn of luck Ant Clank manages to push The Mole from the flank off the arena and win.

Next was Fractured Evo 2. As they meet Ant Clank tries to circle Fractured Evo 2, but Fractured Evo keeps its front in the way and attacks, almost flipping Ant Clank twice. It was mostly driving around each other with Fractured Evo 2 almost scooping Ant Clank. In one exchange Fractured Evo 2 fires its lifter prematurely, which allowed Ant Clank to scoop it, but Fractured Evo 2 escapes. Fractured Evo 2 does lift Ant Clank once, and on another clash flips it and almost pushes it off the arena, but Ant Clank escapes and self-rights, and after some driving around Ant Clank gets behind Fractured Evo 2 and pushes it off the arena.

Now it had Mobilicorpus. As they meet they get into a pushing match, and Ant Clank lifts Mobilicorpus. It became a driving fight with Ant Clank almost scooping Mobilicorpus, then Ant Clank pushes it near the arena's edge, where Mobilicorpus unwittingly drives off and giving Ant Clank another win.

Next was Void. Ant Clank was flipped by Void but self-rights as Void scoops it, then flings Ant Clank into the trench, so Ant Clank loses and is now in the loser's bracket.

Now it had Vertigo. Vertigo scoops Ant Clank and pushes it around but Ant Clank escapes. Ant Clank then gets at the flank of Vertigo and pushes it into the barrier, then off the arena, so Ant Clank wins.

It had to fight Void all over again. Ant Clank tries to circle Void who prevents it and scores a flip. Ant Clank self-rights and again tries to circle Void, who manages to flip Ant Clank again, but Ant Clank self-rights again, and as Void chases it Void misses a flip, but later score another on Ant Clank, who self-rights again onto Void, and escapes before Void could flip it again, with flipping itself instead and this allowed Ant Clank to push it off the arena.

Unfortunately since both Void and Ant Clank had only one loss in the series, they had to fight each other yet again, with whoever winning getting the championship. Once more Ant Clank tries to circle Void who prevents it and gets a flip in, but Ant Clank self-rights again. Void tries to flip it again but misses twice, on the third it succeeds and pushes Ant Clank around. Ant Clank self-rights only to get flipped again, and while being pushes self-rights again and flees. Ant Clank again tries to circle Void who misses two flips, but Void reaches Ant Clank and flips it again, though this didn't overturn Ant Clank who again tries to circle but drives up Void and is flipped again. Ant Clank self-rights but onto Void who flips it again and itself, allowing Ant Clank to self-right and escape, then temporarily get behind Void, but Void turns and flips Ant Clank again. Ant Clank self-rights again and circles Void again until getting too close and flipped again. Void misses on the next flip and flips itself over but self-rights, then flips Ant Clank and itself once again, and both self-right. Void flips Ant Clank two more times and misses on the third, so self-rights and flips Ant Clank again who self-rights again. Void chases Ant Clank and flips it more, each time Ant Clank self-rights, but then Void flips Ant Clank against the wall belly-first, where Ant Clank was stuck but escapes. Void continues chucking Ant Clank about, who self-rights every time, until Void gets it off the arena, meaning Ant Clank was runner-up of series 41.

Ant Clank also entered the Tag Team with Ant Ratchet, and their first opponents were Nom Nom Nom and once again Void. Ant Clank went for the latter, but gets cartwheeled and struck by Nom Nom Nom. Undaunted it attacks Nom Nom Nom and flips its on its rear, then receives a flip from Void, and more flips, with one placing Ant Clank on Ant Ratchet's severed flipper, briefly high-centering it, but Ant Clank gets off and attacks Nom Nom Nom. While both their teammates have fallen, Ant Clank tries to circle and corral Nom Nom Nom toward the arena's edge, but accidentally drives up it and receives a hit underneath, and more hits that sent Ant Clank bouncing and flips it. Ant Clank self-rights but Nom Nom Nom attacks and flips it again until positioning it at the wall, where Ant Clank couldn't escape, however Nom Nom Nom delivers another attack which rips out a battery and snares it in Nom Nom Nom's bar, but was still mobile, so Ant Clank and Ant Ratchet lose.

Ant Clank does win the Best Driver award.

### AWS 43

Ant Clank's first opponent here was Spyro 2. Ant Clank rushes in but drives up Spyro 2 and hit from the disc. Ant Clank tries again but gets flipped. It self-rights and narrowly dodges Spyro 2 when it attacked, and after getting some distance tries to attack again, only to be flipped again. Ant Clank self-rights as Spyro 2 struck again, and pushes Ant Clank around before launching it away. Ant Clank tries to outflank Spyro 2 and scoops it, then pushes it off the arena and wins.

Next came Delirious. Immediately Ant Clank goes in and scoops Delirious and rams it into the wall, then lifts it and tries to transport it to the arena's edge, but Delirious falls off and escapes. They then get into a dance when Delirious corners Ant Clank at the other arena's edge and pushes it off, so Ant Clank lost and was now in the loser's bracket.

Now it had Zenith, however Zenith seems to have technical difficulties that were too time-consuming to repair, and it forfeited, so Ant Clank won by default.

Next was Spyro 2 again. Ant Clank was more careful this time as it tries to outflank Spyro 2 who was preventing it. They get into a dance until Spyro 2 hits Ant Clank and sends it away, flipping it too. Ant Clank self-rights but accidentally reverses off the arena, losing and was now eliminated.

Ant Clank then entered the annihilator with Mini E, Thunder Strike, Giant, Li'l Oink, Napalm Death, Lynx, Bowerbird, Captain Slow and Lionel. Ant Clank starts with Li'l Oink but misses and drives onto Mini E, then aims for Captain Slow and both get pushes off the arena by Thunder Strike, however Lynx had fallen before either, so Ant Clank survives.

In the next round, Ant Clank again goes for Captain Slow and gets it off the arena, falling off itself but surviving.

In the next round, Ant Clank aims for Thunder Strike who grabs hold of Li'l Oink, then dodges Napalm Death, so Ant Clank aims for it and gets pushed away and almost toppled. As it goes for Napalm Death cease was called as Mini E was done.

In the next round, Ant Clank tries to attack Thunder Strike as Giant already loses.

In the next round, Ant Clank strangely drives itself off the arena right away, eliminating itself.

### AWS 44

Ant Clank now had a minibot named Zoni for this series. The first opponent here was a vertical-grabber. As soon as they meet the other robot scoops Ant Clank and pushes it but Ant Clank escapes and almost flips its opponent. They mostly drove around each other this time and then get into a pushing match, with Ant Clank getting clamped too, but Ant Clank seems to be stronger and pushes the opponent until getting flipped. Ant Clank self-rights and the opponent backs off, and they clash once more with more driving around and Ant Clank getting flipped and pushed into a corner, but Ant Clank self-rights and escapes. While they get into a pushing match Ant Clank's minibot Zoni seems to have died, and was being counted out until the opponent pushed it off the arena. Ant Clank gets scooped and pushed around the arena but escapes and flips the opponent near the arena's edge and tries to push it off, but the opponent had self-righted and resists, then escapes. The two continue to drive around each other until the opponent scoops Ant Clank and rams it into the wall, partly flipping it too but Ant Clank self-rights and attacks side on, with little effect. They once again drive around each other to see how to attack until Ant Clank rams the opponent into the corner and it topples off the arena, so Ant Clank wins.

Next came A Little Bit Of Fail. The two drive around each other with Ant Clank getting toppled from driving up A.L.B.O.F. but self-rights. A.L.B.O.F. won most of the scooping exchanges and flips Ant Clank again, but also drove into the wall snared itself in it. Ant Clank self-rights and finds A.L.B.O.F. was at its mercy, and tries to lift it, but settles to leave it there to be counted out. A.L.B.O.F. was being counted out when its driver took the chance to underhandedly bang the wall the robot was stuck at to try freeing it, which does, but Ant Clank immediately attacks it, only for A.L.B.O.F. to flee and scoop it and send both bots off the arena. Since Zoni was still in the arena Ant Clank won either way.

Now it had the familiar Cosmos. Ant Clank approaches but gets scooped and flipped. It struggles to self-right and Cosmos pushes it toward the arena's edge, but upon backing off Ant Clank finally self-rights and reengages. Cosmos missed some flips as they both drive around, but gets one flip on Ant Clank who self-rights, only to be flipped again, but still self-rights and then scoops and rams Cosmos into the wall. Cosmos gets suspended on Zoni and Ant Clank scoops it and pushes Cosmos off the arena, winning again.

Next was the familiar Anticide. Anticide scoops and topples Ant Clank, then flicks it away, then turns to Zoni and launches it along with flipping itself while Ant Clank self-rights, then strangely drives off the arena. Anticide self-rights and chases Zoni who kept away, but was eventually pushed out as well, so Ant Clank lost and went to the loser's bracket.

Now it had the familiar Vertigo. Vertigo was lower and scoops Ant Clank briefly, then tries to ram Ant Clank into the wall but fails. As both try to scoop the other, Vertigo immediately tries to flip but missed and overturned itself. It self-rights and topples Ant Clank, who self-rights, but Vertigo scoops and carries it about until Ant Clank escapes. Then Vertigo flips Ant Clank once more and almost launches it out the arena, then pins it into a corner, then flips Ant Clank out officially, and Zoni was immediately sent with it, so Ant Clank lost and was eliminated.

Ant Clank also enters the annihilator with Hogi, BullyDozer, Nom Nom Nom, Flippant, Li'l Oink, SmartAnt 1, Body Cow, You're Lionel Richie, Stop Coming to my House! and a robot with name "power" in it. Ant Clank starts on a vertical-grabber but Nom Nom Nom was already out so Ant Clank survives.

In the next round, Ant Clank starts on Li'l Oink and topples it onto its rear, but both survive as Flippant was beaten.

For the next round, it attacks the long-bodied pusher and pushes the rear-hinged flipper-user out, so Ant Clank survives.

For the next round, Ant Clank drives around until deciding on BullyDozer who had the army-colored wedgebot, and was still attacking when the long-bodied pusher got eliminated, so Ant Clank survives.

For the next round, Ant Clank aims for BullyDozer but gets attacked by Hogi, then grabbed by the vertical-grabber. Ant Clank escapes and retaliates by scooping the grabber and pushing into other robots, but lost grip. Ant Clank still attacks it and lifts it, then switches to BullyDozer, only to be scooped and pushed about but escapes, and survives as the army-colored wedge-user had died.

For the next round, Ant Clank scoops BullyDozer but it gets away, then gets pushed by Hogi off the arena, so Ant Clank was the one eliminated.

Ant Clank attempted to enter the tag team tournament with its relative Ant Ratchet, and their first opponents were Hogi and Flippant, however Ant Clank was having technical difficulties that were too time-consuming to repair and its side withdrew.

### AWS 45

The first opponent this year was the familiar Anto 3. Ant Clank approaches Anto who dodges, but Ant Clank does scoop Anto and force it into the wall. Anto escapes and Ant Clank tries to scoop again but ends driving off the arena, so Ant Clank lost and went to the loser's bracket.

Next was a lifter-user. Ant Clank zooms in and briefly scoops the opponent but missed flipping it, even so Ant Clank was able to harass its opponent: constantly scooping and sometimes flicking it around before then pinning it against the wall and overturning it. Ant Clank then pushed the opponent on the arena's edge where it fell off, so Ant Clank wins.

Now it again had Anto 3. Ant Clank zooms in but gets scooped and pushed by Anto toward the arena's edge, and both fell off, but Ant Clank lost and was eliminated.