Metabee (KBT-0)

Metabee メタビー
Model No.
KBT-0
Motif
Rhinoceros Beetle
Parts
Head:	Missile ミサイル
Right Arm:	Revolver リボルバー
Left Arm:	Submachinegun サブマシンガン
Legs:	Ochitsuker オチツカー
Game appearances
Medarot 1, Medarot 2, Medarot R, Medarot Navi
Other appearances
Medarot 1 (Manga), Medarotter Rintarou (Manga), Medarot Navi (Manga), Medarot Card Game
Designer

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).

Metabee (メタビー), short for Metal Beetle (メタル・ビートル), is the original Rhino Beetle-type Medarot, It first appeared as 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's Metabee (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 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 later versions used by Ikki and Azuma by its darker brown color, and the ends of its shoulder pieces being colored white or yellow instead of black. 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 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 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 instead of 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 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 mistakenly refers to it as "Power Beetle" (パワービートル). This was corrected in the Parts Collection games, where it is referred to as "Metal Beetle".

In Medarot 2

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 is treated as a seperate Medarot from the 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" (めたびー) 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 Ikki's Metabee as KBT-1.

In Medarot Navi

Metabee reappears in the Kabuto version of Medarot Navi as a Medarot used by 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. Its sprite also has a scratch over one eye to match the appearance of Hikaru's Metabee in the later parts of the manga series.

Image gallery

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  Sprite in Medarot 1

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  Sprite in Medarot 2

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  Sprite in Medarot Navi

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  Medarot Card

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  Metabee on the box art for Medarot 1's Kabuto version

Related Medarots

• KWG-0 Rokusho, the original KWG-type Medarot found in Medarot 1.

• KBT-1 Metabee, the version of Metabee used by Ikki Tenryou.
• KBT00-M Metabee, the version of Metabee used from Medarot DS onwards.

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