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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe'': In "Olympic Grape", Grape Ape competes in the Olympics against a giant robotic athlete from the Soviet bloc.



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* ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Metal Sonic]]'' is this in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames the Olympic Games]]''.

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* ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Metal Sonic]]'' is this in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames the Olympic Games]]''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBOTSMaster'' has a team called "The Sports [[XtremeKoolLetterz Boyzz]]", which is made up of battling robots themed after various sports. They usually use their automated athletic abilities [[IKnowMaddenKombat for fighting]], but in one episode, [[BatterUp Batzz]] joins a Little League team and utterly creams the competition.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBOTSMaster'' ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'' has a team called "The Sports [[XtremeKoolLetterz Boyzz]]", which is made up of battling robots [[GangOfHats themed after various sports. sports]]. They usually use their automated athletic abilities [[IKnowMaddenKombat for fighting]], but in one episode, [[BatterUp Batzz]] joins a Little League team (being able to compete thanks to LoopholeAbuse) and utterly creams the competition.
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SisterTrope to RobotClown and RobotMaid. Compare MuggleSportsSuperAthletes.

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SisterTrope to RobotClown and RobotMaid. Compare MuggleSportsSuperAthletes.

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* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': Champbot is a robot who looks like an athlete, and acts like [[ArrogantKungFuGuy a very arrogant one too]]. He can use rockets in his limbs to propel himself, and even [[DetachmentCombat detach his body parts to run at different parts of a relay race]].



** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E35TheMightyCasey The Mighty Casey]]", the robot Casey becomes the pitcher for the Hoboken Zephyrs. After he has a heart installed and can't bring himself to strike out the members of the opposing team, Mouth has Stillman create a series of robot pitchers to help the Zephyrs win championships.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E122Steel Steel]]", human boxers were replaced by robots in 1968. When Battling Maxo is too damaged to fight, his human manager "Steel" Kelly enters the ring in his place.

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** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E35TheMightyCasey "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E35TheMightyCasey The Mighty Casey]]", the robot Casey becomes the pitcher for the Hoboken Zephyrs. After he has a heart installed and can't bring himself to strike out the members of the opposing team, Mouth has Stillman create a series of robot pitchers to help the Zephyrs win championships.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E122Steel "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E2Steel Steel]]", human boxers were replaced by robots in 1968. When Battling Maxo is too damaged to fight, his human manager "Steel" Kelly enters the ring in his place.
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* In ''Series/GetSmart'', Hymie the RidiculouslyHumanRobot secretly competes against humans in track and field, generally leaving them in the dust.

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* ''Series/GetSmart''. In ''Series/GetSmart'', Hymie "Run Robot Run", KAOS has arranged for all the Free World athletes to have accidents so as to leave the field clear for the Iron Curtain to win. CONTROL's RidiculouslyHumanRobot secretly competes against humans in track Hymie takes their place, and field, generally leaving them in HilarityEnsues as he effortlessly wins the dust.Track and Field without even changing out of his suit, though there's a last-minute crisis when his battery runs down just before the finish line.
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->"''Dr. Wily had sent his greatest robot creations like Skull Man, Wood Man, Needle Man and Pharaoh Man to rule the soccer world. But Mr. Light was prepared for this new tactic. Almost instantly a reserve of Mega Man robots appeared to take on the evil forces in the strangest game of soccer ever seen.''"
-->--[[AllThereInTheManual Back of the box]] for ''Franchise/MegaMan Soccer''

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* Several {{Reality Show}}s are making this a RealLife activity:
** ''Series/{{Battlebots}}''
** ''Series/RobotCombatLeague''
** ''Series/RobotWars''


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* Several {{Reality Show}}s are making this a RealLife activity:
** ''Series/{{Battlebots}}''
** ''Series/RobotCombatLeague''
** ''Series/RobotWars''
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* ''VideoGame/MarioStrikers'': The first game has the Super Team, which are a team of robots made by Bowser that appears as the final opponent of Tournament Mode.
* ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Metal Sonic]]'' is this in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames the Olympic Games]]''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBOTSMaster'' has a team called "The Sports [[XtremeKoolLetterz Boyzz]]", which is made up of battling robots themed after various sports.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBOTSMaster'' has a team called "The Sports [[XtremeKoolLetterz Boyzz]]", which is made up of battling robots themed after various sports. They usually use their automated athletic abilities [[IKnowMaddenKombat for fighting]], but in one episode, [[BatterUp Batzz]] joins a Little League team and utterly creams the competition.
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* In ''Series/GetSmart'', Hymie the RidiculouslyHumanRobot secretly competes against humans in track and field, generally leaving them in the dust.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBOTSMaster'' has a team called, "The Sports [[XtremeKoolLetterz Boyzz]]" which is made up of battling robots themed after various sports.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBOTSMaster'' has a team called, called "The Sports [[XtremeKoolLetterz Boyzz]]" Boyzz]]", which is made up of battling robots themed after various sports.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
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* ''Anime/{{Daigunder}}'' follows a robot battling tournament of CombiningMecha.
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* ''VideoGame/ZeroDivide'': Invoked in that all of the fighters have appearances that make them look like robots. However, the in-universe story is that the setting is in cyberspace and the fighters are all AIs pitted against each other.
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In the future, robots are projected to have all kinds of uses: science, engineering, and... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers sports]]?

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In the future, robots are projected to have all kinds of uses: science, engineering, and... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers sports]]?
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* ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'' began with what was meant to be a robot combat competition.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' has a SpiritualSuccessor to this plot's setup in the third and fourth games, but with [[{{Cyberspace}} computer programs]] instead of robots.

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* ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'' began with what was meant to be a robot combat competition.
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competition. ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' has a SpiritualSuccessor to this plot's setup in the third and fourth games, but with [[{{Cyberspace}} computer programs]] instead of robots.
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** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E13BendHer Bend Her]]", the Olympics has separate events for robots (like bending) and humans (like limbo). Bender [[DisguisedInDrag pretends to be a woman]] to face less competition and undergoes [[GenderBender a sex change]] in order keep his winnings.

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** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E13BendHer Bend Her]]", the Olympics has separate events for robots (like bending) and humans (like limbo). Bender [[DisguisedInDrag pretends to be a woman]] fembot]] to face less competition and undergoes [[GenderBender a sex change]] in order keep his winnings.winnings (after he and the gang hear, "All medalists are required to report for gender testing").
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* ''Series/TekWar'': At one point in the story, a robot hockey player is used to try and kill Detective Cardigan.

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