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9	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b_robo_kabutack.jpg]]
10	[[caption-width-right:350:The Metal Heroes [[LighterAndSofter just got cuter.]]]]
11	''B-Robo Kabutack'' is the sixteenth ''Series/MetalHeroes'' series, airing from 1997-1998.
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13	It's the story of Kabutack, one of ten "B-Robos" created by Dr. Torahiko Koenji. The good doctor discovered the existence of the thirteen Star Pieces, which grant any wish to those who get 'em all. For this reason, Koenji created the B-Robos. But some of the B-Robos aren't very nice and turn against Koenji. So, it's up to the good B-Robos to trounce the bad ones week after week.
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15	%% !!Recurring ''Metal Hero'' tropes include:
16	%% * HumongousMecha: [=DodeKabutack=], which also changes to a Super Mode version.
17	%% * TransformingMecha: The B-Robos.
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19	!!''B-Robo Kabutack'' provides examples of the following tropes:
20	%% * ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his B-Robot.
21	* TheAce: Kuranosuke Kichijouji. Class president, good samaritan and expert player in several sports.
22	* AnAssKickingChristmas: The aptly named ''The Epic Christmas Battle'' special, which features Kabutack teaming up with previous Metal Heroes [[Series/JuukouBFighter Blue Beet]] and Series/BFighterKabuto (albeit they are toys brought to life though).
23	* AnimalMotifs: Each of the B-Robots, save for Tobimasky, is themed after a different arthropod, reptile, amphibian or aquatic mammal.
24	* AwesomeButImpractical: Tentorina has a permanent SuperMode but doesn't have combat abilities and consumes too much energy.
25	* {{Crossover}}: Kabutack teams up with [[Series/JuukouBFighter Blue Beet]] and Series/BFighterKabuto in the aforementioned ChristmasSpecial.
26	* DismantledMacGuffin: The Star Pieces, which need to be brought together to form a bigger Star Piece.
27	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Creator/TakeshiKusao, who voices Kabutack, also sings the opening theme, "Kiyoku Tadashiku Kabutack."
28	* FunWithAcronyms: The "B" in B-Robot is really short for '''B'''attle '''E'''lementary '''E'''lectronic '''T'''ransform '''L'''ocomotive '''E'''exivision '''S'''ystem.
29	* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Captain Tomborg is a neutral version. In most episodes he just shows up out of nowhere whenever Kabutack and the Enemy B-Robots are fighting over a Star Piece and warps the environment into a plce for a competition to settle the dispute.
30	%% * GoldfishPoopGang: The "evil" B-Robots, who show up every time Kabutack and his friends discover a new Star Piece to play a game against them for it.
31	* GottaCatchEmAll: Catching all the Star Pieces is the purpose the B-Robots were created for.
32	* HourOfPower: The B-Robos can only stay in SuperMode for a matter of minutes. Sharkler, one of the evil B-Robos, can stay in SuperMode for 15 minutes, the longest for any B-Robo. The only one who has a permanent SuperMode is Tentorina, but [[AwesomeButImpractical it consumes too much energy]] and [[BlessedWithSuck has completely no combat ability other than having a combat stick, which may or may not be very useful at all.]]
33	%% * JapaneseBeetleBrothers: Our two main B-Robots, Kabutack and Kuwajiro.
34	* LighterAndSofter: To the entire ''Series/MetalHeroes'' franchise. ''Kabutack'' is purely a kids' show, with fun and light-hearted episode plots, goofy villains and lots of comedy.
35	* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Kabutack's voice deepens whenever he enters Super Mode.
36	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The sole female B-Robo, Tentorina the ladybug.
37	%% * SnakesAreSinister: Cobrander, leader of the Enemy B-Robots.
38	%% * SpidersAreScary: Spydon, one of Cobrander's henchmen.
39	* SuperMode: Their super robot alternate modes are literally called SuperMode. Even the aforementioned [=DodeKabutack=] has one too!
40	* SuperPrototype: Subverted. Despite him being the titular protagonist, Kabutack's SuperMode lasts three minutes, the shortest of any of the B-Robos.
41	* TeamSwitzerland: Captain Tomborg, a neutral referee who judges each competition Kabutack and the good B-Robots have against the evil B-Robots.
42	* ThatSyncingFeeling: Episode 36 features the B-Robos in a singing contest judged by Captain Tonborg. During the bad B-Robos' song, Gerotan realizes something's not right, and confronts them from back stage. Cobrander accidentally reveals the ruse when he talks back to Gerotan, who pulls back the curtain to reveal them lip-syncing to none other than Takayuki Miyauchi.
43	* ThreateningShark: Sharkler, who is even more threatening than Cobrander.
44	* WingdingEyes: Whenever Kabutack gets low on energy, the kanji for "kufuku" (空腹), Japanese for "empty stomach" or "hunger" appear in his eyes.
45	* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Most of the time, the Star Piece Kabutack and his friends obtain at the end of the episode is really a fake.

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