Metabee

Official artwork of Metabee.

Metal Beetle (メタル・ビートル), often shortened to Metabee (メタビー), is the original KBT-type Medarot, based on a rhinoceros beetle (or "Kabuto"). It first appeared as Hikaru's partner Medarot in Medarot 1.

Along with Rokusho, Metabee is one of the most iconic Medarots in the series, appearing as the protagonist's main Medarot in a large number of games and media. There are currently 4 distinct versions of Metabee (with different abilities, model numbers, and coloring) found across the series. Detailed information can be found on their individual pages:

• Metabee (KBT-0) - Hikaru Agata's (and possibly Kasumi Asano's) Metabee from Medarot 1 and Navi.
• Metabee (KBT-1) - Ikki Tenryou's Metabee, found in Medarot 2, 3, 4, R, and several spinoff games.
• Metabee (KBT00-M) - Azuma Amakura's Metabee from Medarot DS and Medarot 7, and also the model used in Medarot 8 and Dual.
• Metabee (KBT01-M) - A renumbered version of KBT00-M Metabee that appears in Medarot 9 and Medarot S.

See also:

• Metabee (character) - For information of Metabee as a character in the anime and manga series.
• G-Metabee - A gold-plated variant of Metabee that was introduced in Medarot 7.
• Metabee A - A Metabee with his anime design that appears in Medarot S.

Description

The first of its series, Metabee's design is based on a Japanese rhinoceros beetle, with the missile-launchers on its head representing the beetle's branching horns. Its color is mainly gold or yellow 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.

The names of its individual parts are: Missile (head), Revolver (right arm), Submachinegun (left arm), and Ochitsuker (legs). The name "Ochitsuker" comes from the Japanese word "ochitsuku", which means to steady or settle down, in reference to the legs' balancing ability. The name was changed to "Ochitsuka" in the English releases.

In the games

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

When compared to Rokusho, Metabee can be considered to be the more offense-oriented Medarot. Unlike Rokusho which has a Scan action on its head, all of Metabee's parts are focused on attacking.

Related Medarots

• Rokusho, the original KWG-type Medarot.

KBT-type Medarots
KBT-0	Metal Beetle	KBT-2	Bayonet	KBT05C	Saikachis C	KBT08 (KBT-0NF)	Granbeetle	KBT0D (KBT-1CH)	Dechotom	KBT13-M	Torito Beetle
KBT00-M	Metabee	KBT-3 (KBT-2020)	Kantaros	KBT-55	Blackbeetle	KBT09 (KBT-1NF)	Kaiser Beetle	KBT0E (KBT-0)	Beet	KBT14	Musha Beetle
KBT-1	Metabee	KBT03R-M	Kantaros R	KBT05A	B Beetle A	KBT0A (KBT-9BX)	Anzudo Beetle	KBT10-M	Gun-Nose	KBT15	Anzwei
KBT01-M	Metabee	KBT-4	Arcbeetle	KBT-6	Arcbeetle-Dash	KBT-0NF	Pupa Beetle	KBT11-M	Sägehorn	KBT50-M	G-Metabee
KBT01A	Metabee A	KBT-5	Saikachis	KBT-7	Kabuto Benimaru	KBT0C (KBT-0CH)	Chrotojil	KBT12-M	Jhuk