Plot<\/b>: Ikki and Metabee find themselves butting heads over and over again to the point where Metabee quits being Ikki\u2019s partner and chooses to enter a citywide robattle tournament by himself.<\/p>\n Robattles<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n Ikki (or mores<\/b>o<\/b> just Metabee) vs. Koji:<\/b> Winner \u2013 Koji (No Medaparts seem to have been exchanged here)<\/i><\/p>\n Breakdown<\/b>: Today\u2019s episode starts with Ikki watching the World Robattle Championships in Geneva, Switzerland. It\u2019s the finals with Rolando from Spain and his Medabot, Redmatador, against Victor from Kenya with his Warbandit. However, Ikki\u2019s soon interrupted by Metabee, who is playing cowboy with Salty.<\/p>\n He refuses to break character and let Ikki watch TV in peace, even shooting the remote to turn it to a cowboy show he wants to watch. Metabee gets so irritated by Ikki not wanting to play along that he rushes him, causing them to bump into the TV, knocking the vase sitting on top of the TV over, spilling the water all over the TV, causing it to break.<\/p>\n Ikki and Metabee fight some more over this, because there\u2019s nothing more charming than incessant bitching. Mrs. Tenryou interrupts while crying to say she\u2019s to blame for this because she put the flowers on top of the TV under the assumption that a house filled with boys would maybe appreciate the beauty of flowers, but now she sees that she was foolish.<\/p>\n Ikki and Metabee both take responsibility for the accident, not realizing they\u2019re clearly being played, and Mrs. Tenryou shifts gears to a happy persona immediately and says Ikki\u2019s lost his allowance. When she walks away, Metabee mocks the fact that Ikki lost his allowance, but then Ikki tells him he won\u2019t be buying Metabee Medaparts then because if he doesn\u2019t have money he can\u2019t buy them. They pretend like they\u2019re getting along when Mrs. Tenryou pops back in, but they\u2019re still extremely mad with each other.<\/p>\n Couple things;<\/p>\n 1) Metabee is irrefutably in the wrong here. Ikki was minding his own damn business when Metabee jumped on his head while riding his dog, got mad that Ikki was getting mad at him for it, shot the remote to change the channel, which is something I feel I should have made a different bullet point (hehe puns) for because holy shit<\/i>, then jumped him when Ikki got madder at him, causing them to crash into the TV and break it. Ikki is not even a little at fault. He just wanted to be left alone to watch the tournament.<\/p>\n 2) Actually, yeah, Mrs. Tenryou is a little at fault. Who puts any container of water on top of an electronic device? It has nothing to do with boys being in the house. Anyone can accidentally bump into a TV or vase and cause it to fall.<\/p>\n Ikki walks to school, and we can\u2019t even be free of bickering here because Metabee walks in front of him bitching that Ikki is following him when he\u2019s just walking to school and Metabee\u2019s being a dick. Or an idiot. Or both.<\/p>\n Erika shows up gushing about the World Championships. When Ikki explains that he couldn\u2019t watch the finals, Erika presents a DVD with the match burned onto it. She agrees to give it to him as long as he uses it as study material for the upcoming Citywide Robattle tournament (taking place in a parking lot, for some reason.) He agrees, but he doesn\u2019t want to robattle with Metabee, despite him being his only option.<\/p>\n The Screws show up gloating that Samantha\u2019s going to win the tournament since she outfitting Peppercat with new superpowered parts.<\/p>\n Ikki goes to Henry for advice, and he explains that superpowered parts are helpful, but what Metabee really needs is a good tune-up. Since tournaments are basically a gauntlet of successive matches, all Medabots need to be in top condition to even survive the matches. Ikki admits that he can\u2019t remember the last time he even polished Metabee.<\/p>\n He\u2019s willing to do proper maintenance on Metabee, but there\u2019s a problem. Metabee does not like having his Medal removed, and the Medal needs to be removed for proper maintenance to be done. Henry has a solution \u2013 he has a pretty new Tinpet that he\u2019s willing to loan Ikki, believing Metabee might be okay with having his Medal removed if he has another body to use in the meantime.<\/p>\n Ikki outfits the Tinpet with all of the parts he\u2019s collected so far, making for a pretty silly looking but functional body that Metabee with have to deal with until Ikki\u2019s done fixing him up. However, Metabee\u2019s nowhere to be found in the house so Ikki leaves to search for him.<\/p>\n As soon as he leaves, Metabee shows up with Salty since he was taking him for a walk. Metabee discovers the Medabot body and immediately jumps to conclusions.<\/p>\n Ikki returns home to find the spare body shoved in the garbage with a furious Metabee in the corner. He believes Ikki has chosen to replace Metabee with this Frankenstein\u2019d bot, so Metabee storms off, determined to win the tournament by himself.<\/p>\n Later, at the tournament, Metabee does indeed do quite well on his own and continues to give the cold shoulder to Ikki. Meanwhile, Ikki runs into Karin, who seems to just be watching the tournament, and Koji, who is also doing quite well in the tournament with his Sumilidon.<\/p>\n While he\u2019s his normal cocky self, claiming these matches mean nothing to him as they\u2019re just practice for the world tournament, Koji does tell Ikki that his main goal is to face off against him and Metabee in the finals and genuinely extends a hand to have an honorable robattle when that happens. However, since Ikki\u2019s at odds with Metabee, he turns down the shake.<\/p>\n Samantha is confident with her fancy Medaparts on Peppercat, but the weight of the parts is too much for Peppercat, and she\u2019s easily defeated.<\/p>\n What the heck. Someone\u2019s administering an IV to a Medabot? Wha?<\/p>\n Metabee tries to do his repairs by himself, but Ikki chooses to be the bigger man and starts doing work on Metabee saying that teammates need to look out for each other.<\/p>\n Just when you think things might start getting a little better\u2026\u2026things get stupid again.<\/p>\n Spyke stumbles in and begs Ikki to win the next match because they all bet their school lunch desserts on the next match, and Spyke put his bet on Ikki and Metabee, unbeknownst to Samantha, of course.<\/p>\n Metabee, hearing this, immediately thinks that this was Ikki\u2019s intention all along \u2013 to win bets on their match.<\/p>\n For the love of fuck, Metabee \u2013 you\u2019re a moron. Spyke clearly just let Ikki know about this bet right now, and he didn\u2019t imply Ikki had a bet going. It\u2019s like Metabee just wants to be a little pissant.<\/p>\n He then goes on an insult tirade on Ikki, telling him he\u2019s a failure as a Medafighter. Ikki, finally and understandably fed up with Metabee\u2019s bullshit, tells Metabee to behave and not talk to him like that \u2013 he built Metabee with his own hands and he demands some respect. Yeah, Ikki\u2019s not in the right at this moment either, treating Metabee more like property or a pet than a partner, but it\u2019s basically the same speech a parent would give to their kid if they started having a temper tantrum right down to the \u201cI brought you into this world!\u201d implication.<\/p>\n Plus, Ikki has been mostly in the right this entire episode. Everything he\u2019s said or done that has been even slightly in the wrong has been in response to Metabee being an angry jackass.<\/p>\n Metabee says he\u2019s done with Ikki, and he heads off into the final match with Koji and Sumilidon.<\/p>\n Before we get to the meat of that match, though, we\u2019re interrupted by the Rubber Robo Gang, who go off on a speech that makes it seem like they\u2019re going to do something terrible at the tournament\u2026.but it turns out they\u2019re just running a normal noodle stand called Rubber Noodles. Shrimp Lips is confused as to how this helps them do anything evil, and they just imply that the noodles taste bad. I would imagine that any noodle called \u201cRubber Noodles\u201d would indeed taste bad.<\/p>\n Back at the match, Sumilidon has Metabee on the ropes, but Ikki is refraining from giving him any orders, despite seeing a massive flaw in Metabee\u2019s strategy. Sumilidon excels in close quarters combat, and Metabee keeps allowing him to get close and needs to get some distance. He\u2019s about to use his Medawatch to give Metabee an order (or advice) but, remembering Metabee\u2019s harsh words from earlier, chooses not to, although he yells out in frustration about it.<\/p>\n When Metabee takes a brutal hit, Ikki decides to give Metabee advice anyway. He tells him he\u2019s taxing his legs too much, and if he doesn\u2019t take it easy they\u2019ll fail on him. However, Metabee refuses the advice.<\/p>\n Everyone is noticing that Metabee won\u2019t listen to Ikki, but the battle continues. Ikki still tries to advise Metabee, but he won\u2019t listen and charges in. The strike from Sumilidon completely disables Metabee\u2019s right arm.<\/p>\n Koji goads Metabee by saying he should use his Seeker Missiles. Metabee agrees, but Koji commands Sumilidon to use his disrupter. Ikki tries to warn Metabee of the clear trap, but, once again, Metabee refuses to listen and launches the missiles. The missiles blow up right over Metabee\u2019s head, causing extreme damage to his body. Most of his parts barring part of his body and head are disabled, and the system warns him of impending complete shutdown.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fiddletwix.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot-2025-01-13-145943.png\")
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