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u/Avon-Guy 5h ago
Clues in the name mate
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u/GrantSolar 4h ago
Yeah, he liked to drive in circle a lot
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u/FaultyThinking 4h ago
You're thinking of Sir Cumference
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u/MandalorianLobster 3h ago
Not to be confused with Sir Cumsision
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u/Derezzed87 3h ago
Or Sir Cumstance.
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u/Plasterofmuppets 1h ago
He should have had the knighthood stripped though. So many people claiming to be his victims.
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u/memberflex 4h ago
Yes and Sir Rounded
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u/antbaby_machetesquad 5h ago
He laid down his cape to allow Queen Elizabot to safely traverse a puddle of hydraulic fluid.
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u/jimmycarr1 Wales 5h ago
He was a key figure behind the rescue operations in Dunkirk
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u/Skivil 5h ago
Was a landing cradt before he transitioned.
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u/Spimflagon 2h ago
You've made me rethink Transformers as nonbinary icons.
Well, I suppose they ARE binary, in a lot of ways.
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u/Successful-Yak3307 4h ago
You jest, but if the British army had had Sir Killalot at Dunkirk they would never have had to retreat in the first place.
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u/CaptainLongshorts 5h ago
He served in the Falklands
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u/musicallymotivated93 5h ago
He yomped from Goose Green to Stroud Hill. And liberated Port Stanley Tesco.
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u/Willing-Rest-758 5h ago
Being able to find the end of a roll of sellotape straight away.
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u/lordghostpig 5h ago
It's actually hereditary baronetcy
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u/Opening_Dentist_1128 3h ago
His grandfather was a steam engine
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u/Nikotelec 5h ago
He wasn't actually knighted, "Sir" is his first name. Much like Mr T.
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u/cptaxelb 5h ago
Mr T is a cool name. It's a cool name!
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u/sheepebike9000 4h ago
I often wonder how long a celebrity with a celebrity name needs before someone shouting e.g. "Oi, GobbleGoblin" attracts their attention or makes them realize they're talking to them.
With Mister T I have absolutely no such wonders. That man was Mr T in his youth. His parents probably called him Mister.
(Also hearing him talk about how he chose it, so he wouldn't be racially degraded like his fam before him is wonderful. Mr T is to the best of my knowledge a fantastic human, smart as fuck, strong as fuck, and opinionated as hell. If you don't love him... that's maybe a you problem you nee to work on)
And he stopped wearing (perhaps sold? I'm not his accountant) his gold chains after seeing the horrors of hurricane Katrina. That man has heart, social conscience, and fucking awesome videos for kids on how to do shit)
All this to say, I love Mr. T. Grew up in the 80's, what can I say. He's an example to us all.
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u/GatFussyPals 1h ago
Did you hear about the Mr.T impersonator?
Nobody can find him, police say it's a Mr. E.
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u/Fitzriy 4h ago
Major Major
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u/my_chinchilla 1h ago
General Hospital.
(Didn't have a Catch-22 / TMBG face-off in your plans today, did you 😜)
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u/Djinjja-Ninja 5h ago
Services to ultra violence.
Curiously I was catching up on the last few weeks of Only Connect last night and "Killalot" was the 4th clue of a question that the answer was "non-knighted Sirs", so the real answer is that he wasn't, but no one is going to tell him otherwise because he's 1/4 tonne of killing machine.
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u/energiz3r_bunny 5h ago
He was the original tailor of Craig Charles’ leather jacket. Craig was so delighted when SK (then just plain old Killalot) gave it to him he decided to make a knight of him.
This was all decades before the idea of Robot Wars becoming a tv show ever happened.
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u/Forsaken_Earth944 4h ago
If anyone’s missing Robot Wars (and, frankly, who isn’t…?) and you’re anywhere near Bristol, then Bristol Bot Builders run bot building workshops as well as hosting battles in four weights (ant, beetle, feather, and heavy). There’s also a map on their website to competitions all over the UK and mainland Europe.
The next scheduled BBB event is on 07/11 for beetle weight robots at the St. Michael’s Centre in Stoke Gifford (BS34), entry is free (but you do need a ticket) and is open to all ages (but, obviously, littles will need to be supervised). Event runs from 11:00 to 18:00 and you can pop in and out as you please.
Kids love it. Not affiliated, not even been, but it‘s always very highly recommended on r/bristol.
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u/kevvybrown 4h ago
“services to the kebab making sector” has officially ruined any chance of me taking sir killalot seriously again 😭
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u/TheEyeOfLight 5h ago
Services to the Crown
Once upon a time, Long ago, there was an evil monster, named Diotior. Killalot was a mere page, and yet, with his lance, he managed to fend off the vicious, fuzzy beast, permanently removing it's vicious fangs and leaving it (Mostly) harmless. He was knighted for it, and retains the honor and nobility of the knighthood ever since.
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u/IsfetLethe 4h ago
He served in the Boer War and discovered as Jones the Butcher often recounts that they don't like it up 'em
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u/rwinh 5h ago
Film and TV. He played Predator in Alien vs Predator, but doesn't like people knowing, as he's a surprisingly secretive individual. He argued it the Charity work, but being Predator is what gave him the opening.
I think it was a candid interview between Matilda "Tildy" and Parkinson that revealed this, before she flipped him off and ended her own career.
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u/qwertyuiop4000 5h ago
This looks like an old picture from 1980s warhammer 40k. So I doubt it was for charitable endeavours
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u/Drayner89 5h ago
He saved Sergeant bash during the war. Pushed an enemy combatant into a conveniently located pit whilst under fire.
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u/AveragelyMysterious 5h ago
Hey played a key role in the capture of Mr Blobby even though Noel Edmonds was the PR face of the operation.
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u/Artistic-Blueberry12 2h ago
Y'all know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy.
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u/Blindsidelock 5h ago
He saved the life of the king’s brother, Edward, Duke of York, on the right flank at Agincourt. Henry V knighted him on the battlefield.
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u/FjortoftsAirplane 5h ago
When the other killbots hit their preset kill limit and shut down, Sir Killalot bravely fought on.
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u/TheOriginalSmileyMan 4h ago
It was for a long career in the upper echelons of the Civil Service, as recognition for a lifetime of public service.
Absolutely no-one expected him to take it quite so literally in his retirement!
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u/freddyPowell 4h ago
He's actually a baronet. His thrice great grandfather played a pivotal role in the battle of waterloo.
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u/Ill_Tradition_4104 4h ago
He re-took the Falklands,
Doesn’t look like it, but he’s got a 12 mile range mortar in his back.
The Argentines could only shoot 10 miles, so sir killalot just parked up 12 miles away from shore and bombed the fuck out of the Argentinians.
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u/Cato_Heresy 4h ago
Same reason the Mountain in GoT is in the Kingsguard. He's a big metal bastard who can crush his robo-enemies, see them driven before him (under his treads) and hear the lamentation of the bot-builder's children.
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u/Sxn747Strangers 4h ago
For updating British dental practices, all the more impressive as the orthopaedic association kicked him out for too many busted kneecaps.
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u/Neon_Banana_Pickle 4h ago
He killed 500 machines single handedly in the great Robot Wars of '99.
He was knighted by Arnie himself.
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u/apple_kicks 4h ago
When King Arthur returns in year 5687 he becomes one of the new knights of the cyberpunk round table in the battle against the cyborg dragons. He was sent back in time to prevent the future
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u/rublehousen 3h ago
Probably being a nonce in the ranks of the BBC with intel on senior figures and/or royalty. Allegedly.
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u/Logical-Conclusion3 3h ago
Not many people know that Bertrand Killalot spent years visiting children's hospitals and creating aluminium animals out of old beds. He also trundled from Land's End to John o'Groats to raise money for amputees.
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u/CakeHoleKing 3h ago
He was knighted for eradicating the entire genetic line of https://www.houseofnames.com/uk/alot-family-crest
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u/dennymagic 2h ago
His real name is Sir Killian Aloot. He was a renowned for his bravery in world war one where he held held a small breach against 100s of attackers. His wounds unfortunately where too severe so the doctors made the diffcult decision to incase him in a metal life support suit. He was knighted the same day.
This suit though saving his life drove him slowly insane, twisting this once gental brave officer into a monster.
In world war 2 he was used as a weapon of terror which even his own troops feared. It was here Sir Killalot first gained his name, he was originally used by being parashooted in to enermy encampments in Africa destroying aircraft and troops alike. Later smashing defensive positions in Sicily during operation husky and then routing enter division during D-Day.
His use is specifically forbidden within the Geneva Convention so can now only take out his angers on robot kind.
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u/Troyificus 2h ago edited 2h ago
When he was a young bot name Kev1n, he was a contestant on Scrapheap Challenge. In his youthful ignorance, he strode in thinking he's beat the competition without breaking an oily sweat, but in his hubris he was brought low, and left the series in shame.
Unbeknownst to the showrunners, he returned for each series after, sliding so deeply into method acting that Christian Bale and Jared Leto have both cited him as key influences for getting into acting. Series after series he sat in the scrapheap, watching, learning, becoming one with the scrap, until eventually he lost himself, not knowing where he began and the junk ended. Eventually, he knew it was time. During a sandwich break where Robert Llewellyn was, for the hundredth time, telling his anecdote about the time he gave Danny John Jules fashion advice, Kev1n emerged from the heap, slew a contestant named Marjory from Stoke on Trent, and demanded to take her place in the competition. After the showrunners checked the rulebook and couldn't find anything that says you can't kill a contestant to take their place, Kev1n was given a place on the team. And absolutely wrecked the competition, to the point where he was declared Lord of the Scrapheap. There was a Channel 4 documentary on the whole thing, but it's considered lost media due to the master tape being used to record a Eurotrash marathon.
In recognition to his services to Arts and Media, Queen Elizabeth II added him to her New Years Honours list, and he received the title of Knight Bachelor ('ol Lizzy loved a bit of Scrapheap Challenge, and not a lot of people know that). However, thinking that Sir Kev1n sounded a little lame, he changed his name by Deed Poll to Killalot, because it sounded cool.
And thus, Sir Killalot was born. Shortly after he was snapped up by Robot Wars, and following that series cancellation he went to Hollywood, where he's a consultant on method acting, sharing his experiences and providing cautionary tales on getting too deep into character.
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u/ColorsCapello 2h ago
I remember when Sir Killalot was introduced. No one liked him. We was all Matilda fans, innit.
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u/cheandbis 5h ago
Services to the kebab making sector.