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8	''Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack'' is the seventeenth and final ''Series/MetalHeroes'' series. It aired from 1998-1999.
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10	There are mystical items called Landtool that the ruler of Harappa Land, a land of robots, has instructed his people to find. Two of them, Robotack and Kamerock arrive in Yumegaoka and make friends with detective Kaoru Sugi and his nephew Kakeru. The two join Sugi's agency in their quest to find the Landtool and also solve crimes in their small town. At the same time, they must thwart the Gold Platinum P.D. Agency, headed by Robotack's brother and arch-enemy Torabolt, from finding and profiteering from the Landtool.
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13	!!''Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack'' provides examples of:
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15	* AffablyEvil: Darkrow and Kabados. Although they're out to steal the Land Tool and sell it for money, they're pretty friendly robots all things considered.
16	* AnimalMotifs: Each of the Harappa Robots is themed after a different animal.
17	* CanonDiscontinuity: While the series was listed in one of the ''Super Hero Taisen'' specials, said list also included ''Moerro!! Robocon'', which is definitely ''not'' a Metal Heroes series, so it was likely referring to series that had come out during the period of time that ''Kamen Rider'' was on hiatus[[note]]Prior to ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' airing, Metal Heroes had the place ''Kamen Rider'' would eventually have alongside ''Super Sentai'', with ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' being the last ''Super Sentai'' series to air alongside a ''Metal Hero'' series; ''Series/KyuKyuSentaiGoGoV'' aired by itself for the majority of it's run, up until the last few episodes, which saw it air alongside ''Kuuga''[[/note]]; later, ''[[Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiXSpaceSheriffSuperHeroTaisenZ Super Hero Taisen Z]]'' showed a list of the Metal Heroes series, with ''Kabutack'' and ''Robotack'' both being absent from said list; additionally, these 2 are the only series that have not received DVD re-releases.
18	** Despite this, as of 2022, ''Kabutack'' and ''Robotack'' are listed as part of the series again.
19	* {{Crossover}}: The cast of ''Robotack'' meets the cast of ''Series/BRoboKabutack'' in a crossover special.
20	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Robotack dies in the final episode, but he eventually survives.]]
21	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Robotack finally vanquishes the forces of evil in the final episode, but at the cost of his life. [[DisneyDeath Or so it seemed.]]]]
22	* KnightOfCerebus: [[BigBad Torabolt]] proves himself to be this as soon as he shows up. Within a single episode he defeats Robotack, wins the Shoobidoo Badge competition ''and'' steals the Land Tool for himself. Even if he has his [[LaughablyEvil eccentricities]] he's definitely more competent than the other villains in the series (and the [[Series/BlueSWAT Space Mafia]]).
23	* PunBasedTitle: Although Tetsuwan is an actual Japanese word[[note]]It translates to to 'strong arm'[[/note]], ''tetsu'' by itself means 'metal' and ''wan'' is also the Japanese onomatopoeia for a dog barking.
24	* RobotDog: Robotack is a dog-themed robot.
25	* ShoutOut:
26	** Robotack's name is partly a pun on [[Film/TheLegendOfLobo Lobo]].
27	** Torabolt's name meanwhile is a reference to Creator/JohnTravolta and partly a play on how his surname sounds when pronounced in Japanese (To-ra-bo-ru-to).
28	** And then there's the "[[Music/StevieWonder Shoo-Be-Doo Ba]]dges" Robotack and company need to collect.
29	* ShowWithinAShow: The first episode has Kaoru watching ''Series/BRoboKabutack'', which has [[CelebrityParadox interesting implications]] for when Robotack actually meets Kabutack in a {{crossover}}.
30	* SpoilerTitle: Take a wild guess what happens in the last episode, [[spoiler: [[SuddenDownerEnding Robotack's Death at Sea]]. Subverted due to DisneyDeath]].
31	* SuperMode: Special Mode, which each of the Harappa Robots assumes when there's a need for action or combat.
32	* TagalongKid: Kakeru and his kid detective friends, who help Robotack in figuring out the clues that lead to the next MineralMacguffin.
33	* TeamSwitzerland: Master Ranking, a neutral referee who judges each competition Robotack and Kamerock have against the evil Harappa Robots.
34	* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: As with ''Kabutack'' before it, in most episodes when our protagonists think they've gotten the {{macguffin}}, it'll turn out there's another macguffin they need to collect.

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