History Series / TetsuwanTanteiRobotack

* PunBasedTitle: Although Tetsuwan is an actual Japanese word, ''wan'' is also the Japanese onomatopoeia for a dog barking.

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[[caption-width-right:350: A boy and his [[HeroicDog robot detective dog.]]]]

''Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack'' is the seventeenth ''Series/MetalHeroes'' series, and also the last. It aired from 1998-1999.

* PunBasedTitle: Although Tetsuwan is an actual Japanese word, ''Wan'' is also the Japanese sound of a dog barking.

!!Recurring ''Metal Hero'' tropes include:

* SuperMode: Special Mode, which each of the Harappa Robots assumes when there's a need for action or combat.

!!''Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* 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.
* 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.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Robotack dies in the final episode.]] [[spoiler: [[DisneyDeath Actually not.]]]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: How Toei has treated ''Series/BRoboKabutack'' and this series as of late - while the series were listed in one of the ''Super Hero Taihen'' 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.

** RobotDog: Robotack is a dog-themed robot.

* RobotDog: Robotack is a dog-themed robot.

** Torabolt's name meanwhile is a reference to Creator/JohnTravolta and a play on how his surname sounds when pronounced in Japanese (To-ra-bo-ru-to).

** And then there's the "[[Creator/StevieWonder Shoo-Be-Doo Ba]]dges" Robotack and company need to collect.

* SuperMode: Special Mode.

!!''Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* CanonDiscontinuity: How Toei has treated ''Series/BRoboKabutack'' and this series as of late - while the series were listed in one of the ''Super Hero Taihen'' 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.

* SuperMode: Special Mode.

* SpoilerTitle: Take a wild guess what happens in the last episode, [[spoiler: [[SuddenDownerEnding Robotack's Death at Sea]]]].

''Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack'' is the seventeenth ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' series, and also the last. It aired from 1998-1999.

* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Robotack dies in the final episode.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Robotack finally vanquishes the forces of evil in the final episode, but at the cost of his life.]]

* {{Crossover}}: The cast of ''Robotack'' later meets the cast of ''Series/BRoboKabutack''.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Robotack finally vanquishes the forces of evil in the final episode, but at the cost of his life.]]

* SpoilerTitle: Take a wild guess what happens in the last episode, [[spoiler: [[DownerEnding Robotack's Death at Sea]]]].

* SpoilerTitle: Take a wild guess what happens in the last episode, [[spoiler: [[TonightSomeoneDies Robotack's Death at Sea]]]].

* SpoilerTitle: Take a wild guess what happens in the last episode, [[spoiler: ''Robotack's Death at Sea'']].

'''''Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack''''' is the seventeenth ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' series, and also the last. It aired from 1998-1999.

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Robotack finally vanquishes the forces of evil in the final episode, but at the cost of his life.]]

* [[HeroicSacrifice: Robotack finally vanquishes the forces of evil in the final episode, but at the cost of his life.]]

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