Editing Metabee (KBT-0)

{{Infobox Medarot
|name        = Metabee
|name-j      = メタビー
|name-r      = Metaru Biitoru
|gender      = M
|image       = Navi_Metalbeetle.png
|modelno     = KBT-0
|type        = Rhinoceros beetle
|headpart    = Missile
|headpart-j  = ミサイル
|headpart-r  = Misairu
|rightpart   = Revolver
|rightpart-j = リボルバー
|rightpart-r = Riborubaa
|leftpart    = Submachinegun
|leftpart-j  = サブマシンガン
|leftpart-r  = Sabumashingan
|legpart     = Ochitsuker
|legpart-j   = オチツカー
|legpart-r   = Ochitsukaa
|appear-game = Medarot 1, Medarot 2, Medarot R, Medarot Navi
|appear-else = Medarot 1 (manga), Medarotter Rintarou (manga), Medarot Navi (manga), Medarot Card Game
}}
''<span style="font-size:11px;">This page describes the Medarot model found in Medarot 1 and Navi. For other Metabee models, see [[Metabee]]. For information on the character itself, see [[Metabee (character)]].</span>

'''Metal Beetle''' ({{r|メタル・ビートル|Metaru Biitoru}}), often shortened to '''Metabee''' ({{r|メタビー|Metabii}}), is the original KBT-type [[Medarot]], based on a rhinoceros beetle. It first appeared as [[Hikaru Agata|Hikaru]]'s partner Medarot in the Kabuto version of [[Medarot 1]]. 

In the video games, Hikaru's Metabee (listed as KBT-0) is usually distinguished from [[Ikki Tenyrou|Ikki]]'s Metabee ([[Metabee (KBT-1)|KBT-1]]), despite them essentially being the same model of Medarot according to the anime and manga series.

== Description ==

The first of its series, Metabee's design is based on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rhinoceros_beetle Japanese rhinoceros beetle], with the missile-launchers on its head representing the beetle's branching horns. Its color is mainly goldish-brown with white and black accents.

Metabee is a well-balanced Medarot that specializes in shooting attacks, designed to be compatible with the [[Kabuto Medal]]. It has a gun on its right arm designed for speed and accuracy, a machine gun on its left arm for rapid-fire shots, and can fire powerful and accurate tracking missiles from its head part. 

This original version of Metabee (KBT-0) can be differentiated from the [[Metabee|later versions]] used by [[Ikki Tenryou|Ikki]] and [[Azuma Amakura|Azuma]] by its darker brown color, and the ends of its shoulder pieces being colored white instead of yellow. This "Older-style" Metabee has been included in several games past the first one, but usually as more of an Easter egg. Prior to [[Medarot DS]], "KBT-0" could always be used to refer to "Hikaru's Metabee".

== In the games ==

In the video games, Metabee is exclusive to the Kabuto versions. It's a bipedal Medarot with a variety of shooting attacks: a [[Rifle]] attack on its right arm, a stronger [[Gatling]] attack on its left arm, and a powerful [[Missile]] attack on its head that can [[pierce]] multiple parts. 

Outside of the original game, this version of Metabee usually has its name and parts written in hiragana letters (akin to writing them in a more cursive font) to seperate it from Ikki's [[Metabee (KBT-1)|KBT-1]] model with the same part names. 

One notable difference between this model and KBT-1 is that its head part (Missile) has the [[Gunpowder (attribute)|Gunpowder]] attribute instead of [[Shooting (attribute)|Shooting]], making it only partially compatible with the [[Kabuto Medal]]. This is preserved in its [[Medarot 2]] and [[Medarot R]] appearances, but not in [[Medarot Navi]], where its attributes were all changed to [[Speed (attribute)|Speed]] giving it full compatibility with the Kabuto Medal. 

=== In Medarot 1 ===

Metabee is obtained at the beginning of the game in the Kabuto version. After finding a [[Kabuto Medal]] dropped by a member of the [[Rubberobo Gang]], Hikaru receives a [[Tinpet]] and parts for Metabee from his dad as part of a "Medarot starter kit".

Because it is one-of-a-kind and the game always displays the name of the Tinpet, the default name is never shown during normal gameplay. However, if the player cheats or modifies the game to face an enemy Metabee, it can be seen that the game mistakingly refers to it as "Power Beetle" ({{r|パワービートル|Pawaabiitoru}}). This was corrected in the [[Parts Collection]] games, where it's refered to as "Metal Beetle".

=== In Medarot 2 ===

[[Image:M2-KBT-0.gif|frame|KBT-0's Medarot 2 sprite, which resembles its sprite in Medarot 1 more than the official artwork.]]

In [[Medarot 2]], the old version of Metabee appears as a seperate Medarot from the [[Metabee (KBT-1)|KBT-1]] version Ikki uses, although both of them are numbered KBT-0 on the parts list. It can be only obtained by transferring it over from Medarot 1 or the Parts Collection games after clearing the game. 

Here, rather than being called Metal Beetle (or Power Beetle), its name was changed to "Metabee" ({{r|めたびー|Metabii}}) written in hiragana. Its parts were also written in hiragana to distinguish them from Ikki's new parts, which would otherwise have the same names. Its sprite (pictured right) is different from the new version and more closely resembles its sprite from Medarot 1, most likely as an Easter egg for players who transferred it from the original game.

=== In Medarot R ===

The original Metabee appears in Medarot R as well, used by the [[Phantom Retort]] and Fake Hikaru.

This game re-organized the model numbers in the KBT line, cementing the original Metabee as KBT-0 and [[Metabee (KBT-1)|Ikki's Metabee]] as KBT-1.

=== In Medarot Navi ===

Metabee reappears in the Kabuto version of Medarot Navi as a Medarot used by [[Hikaru Agata|Hikaru]] in the post-game. Its model number is KBT-0BH and its name and part names are written in hiragana, much like the ones found in Medarot 2 and R.

== Image gallery ==

<gallery widths=144>
File:M1-KBT-0.gif|Sprite in Medarot 1
File:M2-KBT-0.gif|Sprite in Medarot 2
File:Navi_Metalbeetle.png|Sprite in Medarot Navi
</gallery>

== Related Medarots ==

* KWG-0 [[Rokusho (KWG-0)|Rokusho]], the original Kuwagata Medarot found in [[Medarot 1]].

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[[Category:Medarot 1 Medarots]]