Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street

Buddy LeeDon't Play in the Street
Participation Information
Comedy Central Seasons	Season 2.0 Season 3.0 Season 4.0
BBIQ	BattleBots IQ 2011
Other Names	Buddy Lee Stay in Your Seat (Season 3.0) Buddy Lee
Team Information
Team	Team Fembot
Team Members	Nola Garcia William Garcia de Quevedo Korey Kline Angel Palacios
From	Miami, FL
Other Entries	Thorn, Rammstein, Turbo, Surgeon General, TriMangle, Afterburner, Choo-Choo Bacca
Associated Robots	GrassKicker (Korey Kline)
Robot Statistics
Weapons	Lifting arm (Season 2.0) Undercutting blade (Season 3.0-4.0)
Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street, often shortened to Buddy Lee, was a middleweight robot built by Team Fembot which competed in Seasons 2.0 through 4.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots, as well as the most recent BattleBots IQ event in 2011.

Captained by Nola Garcia, Buddy Lee was a four-wheel drive robot armored with a sheet metal fire truck, but inside the truck was 1/4" thick aluminum, meaning Buddy Lee was relatively well-protected. "Driving" the fire truck was a My Buddy doll, which inspired the robot's name, and riding in the back were multiple stuffed Dalmatian toys.

Buddy Lee in the red square during its debut season.

It was originally armed with a lifting arm for Season 2.0, but was removed due to fears it'd get ripped off by Turbo and to implement their battering ram strategy. After this season, the arm was replaced with a small undercutting blade.

Buddy Lee came to be when Team Loki flew over to London to compete in MTV's unaired American Robot Wars 2000 pilot. The two team members that comprised Team Fembot wanted to drive Rammstein in the competition, but the other members of Team Loki denied this request. Team Fembot decided to build their own robot instead and ended up coming up with the design of Buddy Lee on the plane ride home.

Buddy Lee with its team during BattleBots IQ 2011.

Despite its appearance, Buddy Lee was able to make the quarter-finals in its debut season. However, Buddy Lee never regained that success and never picked up another win in its televised career.

Buddy Lee was rebuilt by an all-female high school team to compete in the 2011 BattleBots IQ event in Florida, placing third overall in the high school division. The team's entry Turbo was also entered into the same tournament under the name Choo-Choo Bacca.

Robot History

Season 2.0
Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street vs. Fusion Buddy Lee pushes Fusion to the killsaws. Buddy Lee's BattleBots debut came against Fusion. Both robots went straight at each other and the stuffed dalmatians were falling out of Buddy Lee's rear. Both robots came face to face and Buddy Lee got it's front spike wedged into Fusion. The two robots were stuck together and both robots were pushing each other. Buddy Lee was able to push Fusion right into the killsaws, which finally separated the two robots. After the impact, Fusion stopped moving and it was being counted out. Buddy Lee won the fight by KO at 3:00 and advanced to the Round of 16.
Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street vs. Turbo Buddy Lee gets hit by Turbo. In the Round of 16, Buddy Lee took on Turbo. The team decided to remove the lifter for this match as it would get damaged by Turbo's flails. Buddy Lee rammed Turbo, taking some damage. Eventually the rear panel of the fire truck came off, and stuffed dalmatians spilled out onto the BattleBox. The fight continued in this fashion with Turbo damaging some of Buddy Lee's wheels, but Buddy Lee kept pushing and by the end of the three minutes, Turbo had lost all movement and weapon power. The time ran out and Buddy Lee won the fight on a 28-17 judges' decision.
Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street vs. Spaz Spaz gets underneath the front of Buddy Lee. This win put Buddy Lee to the quarter-finals, where it faced Spaz. Buddy Lee couldn't use the lifter for this fight because of damage to the fire truck sustained by Turbo earlier. Both robots started pushing each other and Spaz hit the tailgate of Buddy Lee. After this hit, the stuffed dalmatians fell out onto the BattleBox. Spaz positioned itself and hit Buddy Lee with it's spiked hammer, but was unable to do much damage. Spaz began to push Buddy Lee, but Buddy Lee resisted. The thwackbot went back to spinning and was able to hit Buddy Lee several times, with two hits connecting the My Buddy doll. Spaz got itself caught on the killsaws and started attacking the stuffed dalmatians before Buddy Lee came back. Spaz hit the center of Buddy Lee's front and left a hole through it. Spaz got stuck on the killsaws and the time ran out soon after. Spaz won the fight on a 26-19 Judges' decision and Buddy Lee was eliminated from the tournament.
Middleweight Royal Rumble Buddy Lee immobilized on the spikestrip in the royal rumble. Buddy Lee also fought in the Middleweight Royal Rumble at the end of the tournament. For this fight the My Buddy doll was wrapped in gauze to simulate the doll having its injuries bandaged up. It started out being very aggressive, attacking Deadblow and El Diablo but it eventually stopped moving before being pushed to the spike-strip by Deadblow, who ultimately won the rumble.
Season 3.0
Buddy Lee Don't Play In The Street vs. Eraser Due to it's seeding, Buddy Lee was allowed to skip the preliminary rounds and first faced Eraser. Buddy Lee's blade couldn't damage Eraser so it turned into a pushing match where Eraser dominated. Eventually Buddy Lee's drive-train broke and Buddy Lee was being counted out. Eraser won the fight by KO at 1:26 and Buddy Lee was eliminated from the tournament.
Middleweight Consolation Rumble Buddy Lee pushing Alabama Slammer during the consolation rumble. Buddy Lee returned for the Middleweight Consolation Rumble at the end of the tournament. Despite pushing Alabama Slammer at one point, it played little part in the battle and lost overall to Alabama Slammer and Instigator.
Season 4.0
Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street vs. Turtle Road Kill In Season 4.0, Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street fought Turtle Road Kill in their first fight. Buddy Lee tried to ram Turtle Road Kill but drove over it instead. Turtle Road Kill pushed Buddy Lee into the spikestrip, but was largely unable to assert itself in the fight otherwise. Similarly, Buddy Lee was having trouble turning and struggled to push Turtle Road Kill with its lower profile design. Turtle Road Kill won the fight on a close 23-22 judges' decision and Buddy Lee was eliminated from the tournament again.
BattleBots IQ 2011
Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street vs. Fluffy DeLarge Fluffy de Large pops Buddy Lee in the air making it do a full backflip. Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street made its return in the 2011 event, and first fought Fluffy DeLarge. Buddy Lee and Fluffy charged at each other with Fluffy's weapon causing Buddy Lee to fly into the air and do a full 360 spin. Upon landing, Buddy Lee moved to attack Fluffy but was attacked and shoved into the wall. Buddy Lee tapped out and Fluffy DeLarge won the fight by knockout.

Results

• Buddy Lee's Season 2.0 stats according to the TV show
• Buddy Lee without its bodyshell
• Buddy Lee in 2000 with Mercy Rueda and Nola Garcia

  Go to http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0105/Byko-0105.html
• Buddy Lee in the pits during Season 2.0.

1/4

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 2
• Losses: 4

Competition	Wins	Losses
Season 2.0	Fusion Turbo	Spaz
Season 3.0	None	Eraser
Season 4.0	None	Turtle Road Kill
BattleBots IQ 2011	None	Fluffy DeLarge

Mark Beiro Introductions

"She looks all sweet and innocent but she'll drag you over to hell. She's BUDDY LEE DON'T PLAY IN THE STREET!"

"It's not just a killer robot. It's also sound advice for any of you juvenile delinquents. Here is BUDDY LEE DON'T PLAY IN THE STREET!"

Trivia

• Records suggest Buddy Lee was supposed to return for the 2010 BattleBots IQ competition, but pulled out for unknown reasons.