Medabots Wiki

Welcome to Medabots Wiki. You may wish to create or login to an account in order to have full editing access to this wiki.

READ MORE

Medabots Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Mr. Referee
Anime Mr Referee
English Voice Actor(s):

Denis Akiyama

Japanese Voice Actor(s):

Hiroshi Shimizu

Gender

Male

Race

Human

Mr. Referee, known in Japanese as Mr. Uruchi (ミスターうるち), is a recurring character in Medabots.

Description[]

Mr. Referee appears in most Medabots media. He is an old man, with gray hair and moustache, and a thin face. He always wears a white short-sleeved shirt, a red bow tie, black pants and black shoes.

In the anime and original manga, he acts as the official referee for all Robattles in Riverview City and its surroundings, and is seen being protected by a special Ninja-type satellite Medabot known as Terakade that is used to punish rule breakers during Robattles.

It should be noted that he is not the only Robattle referee seen in the whole franchise. For example, the referee from Medarot 5 and Medarot G is Kabashira.

In the games[]

On the first four games (including the second game's remake), in Medabots AX, and Medarot S: Unlimited Nova, Mr. Referee only appears as the referee from major tournaments. However, although Mr. Referee is not always seen, his voice actor also provided the voices said in Robattles from most games, such as "Robattle, Fight!" and "function ceased".

He also appeared in Azuma's first Robattle from Medarot DS.

In the anime[]

Mr. Referee is someone who loves Robattles with a passion. This is shown as he is always there when people are starting Robattles. His passion goes so far that even when he doesn't referee a Robattle, he still talks like he does.

He is a honest man who loathes cheating, and anyone doing so will not go away unpunished when Mr. Referee is refereeing a match. This was shown when, during a Robattle between Ikki and the Rubberobo Gang's Seaslug in the episode "Spaceship Superstars", Seaslug kicked Mr. Referee, not caring for the rules. Mr. Referee then commanded a Ninja-type Medabot to shoot a dart at the rule-breaker from space, knocking Seaslug unconscious. His hate for cheating goes so far, that when Giganko, a giant Medabot of the Rubberobo Gang, attacked the city, he did not consider the match valid as Ikki removed its Medal manually, a Medafighter directly interfering with the Medabot of the opponent being considered a foul.

Mr. Referee, at times, tends to cosplay before Robattles. An example of this is one of the Robattles between Ikki Tenryou and Koji Karakuchi at the latter's school. During this Robattle, Mr. Referee appeared as an armored knight, fitting the castle theme of the school.

Appearances[]

Image Episode Robattle Appearance and notes
Jp Dub
1 Samantha's Peppercat vs. Student Council President's Dr. Bokchoy He was already present when shown.
Ikki's Metabee vs. the Medabots from the Rockers From the top of a building. The ladder breaks while he was climbing down. The Rockers used a Phoenix and two Blackrams, one of them with a Bombarder part.
2 Ikki's Metabee vs. a Phoenix He is the referee from the Robattle in Ikki's dream.
2 Ikki's Metabee vs. Samantha's Peppercat From the fountain with swimming gear.
3 3 Ikki's Metabee vs. Gangster's Megaphant From a pipe in the construction site.
4 4 Ikki's Metabee vs. Koji's Sumilidon Wearing a medieval knight armor in the Rosewood Private School.
5 A 5 Ikki's Metabee vs. Ryan's Sharkkan Rowing a boat to the beach.
5 B Ikki's Metabee vs. Ryan's Sharkkan He is tanned in their rematch.
6 6 27 Erika's Brass vs. Rubberobo Gang's Gorem Falling from the sky with a parachute. He punished Seaslug for breaking the rules.
7 7 6 Ikki's Metabee vs. Rubberobo Gang's Mistyghost From an old well dressed like a ghost.
8 8 32 Ikki's Metabee vs. Norbert's Kuraba Inside a big food delivery box.
9 9 7 Samantha's Peppercat vs. The Ankle Biters's Churlybear Sliding down the playground's slide.
9 Spyke's Cyandog vs. The Angle Biters's Churlybear Above the playground's dome.
10 10 8 Several He is the referee for the tournament, which ended with Ikki's Metabee vs. Koji's Sumilidon. In the following episode, he gives the trophy to the winner, which he finds quite heavy.
11 11 9 Ikki's Metabee vs. Koji's Sumilidon From the temple's offertory box.
12 12 10 Ikki's Metabee vs. Rubberobo Gang's Foxuno Above Ikki's house, holding a shinsen and throwing rice balls to celebrate the building of a new house.
13 13 28 Nathan's Stingray and Ikki's Metabee vs. Samantha's Peppercat and Erika's Brass From a soccer ball.
14 14 33 Ikki's Metabee and Erika's Brass vs. Rubberobo Gang's Nin-Ninja and Icknite Dressed like a Shachihoko.
14 Dressed like a samurai.
15 15 34 None He appeared running twice to be a referee, but the first Robattle was only a training match, with Erika acting as the referee, and in the second, Rokusho refused to battle. He was sad that he was not needed.
17 17 11 Ikki's Metabee vs. Seamus MacRaker's Multikolor Dropped from a tree with a cocoon similar to a bagworm moth larva.
18 18 12 The Medabots from the school's students vs. the Rubberobo Gang's Noctobats Due to the high amount of Medabots fighting, Mr. Referee used several thin puppets side by side.
18 Ikki's Metabee and Mr. Principal's Samurai vs. Rubberobo Gang's two Landmotors Mr. Referee used one of the flat puppets to start the match.
19 19 36 Ikki's Metabee vs. Rubberobo Gang's Aquamar Disguised as a penguin.
20 20 13 Ikki's Metabee vs. Spyke's Cyandog Unknown. The match was ending when it is shown.
20 Ikki's Metabee vs. Rubberobo Gang's Spidar Bungee jumping.
21 21 14 Seaslug's Belzelga vs. Metabee, Brass, and Neutranurse None. The Robattle took place on the rooftop of the Medabot Corporation, but the security didn't allow Mr. Referee into the building. However, the Robattle ended when Belzelga fell from the roof, with Mr. Referee declaring the end of the match.
22 22 37 Ikki's Metabee vs. Kailey's Femjet Flying with a ninja kite.
22 Ikki's Metabee vs. Rubberobo Gang's Drakonfly Holding on Kailey's biplane.
Mister Referee 24 J 24 29 Rubberobo Gang's Mantaprey vs. Koji's Sumilidon Dressed as a superhero. The red parts from him costume were changed to orange in the dub.
Mister Referee 25 A 25 16 Ikki's Metabee vs. the Screws' Medabots Unknown. He is only seen after the match ended.
Mister Referee 25 B Ikki's Metabee vs. Rokusho Dressed like a hikeshi member carrying a matoi. Hikeshi was a fire patrol that was active during the Edo period in Japan, and a matoi is a flagpole used to signal the location of fires and rally other patrols to them.
Mister Referee 26 26 17 Rubberobo Gang's Robo-Emperor vs. Rokusho None, as he was already present. However, due to the dangerous conditions, he was unable to announce the start of the match and left with a rocket.
Mister Referee 27 A 27 18 Ikki's Metabee vs. Samantha's Peppercat Appeared suddenly among the reporters.
Echo Ikki's Metabee vs. Mr. Dragon's Spitfire Dressed like a wooden man.
Mister Referee 28 28 38 Ikki's Metabee vs. Natalie's Octoclam Eating Natalie's octopus balls.
Mister Referee 29 29 30 Ikki's Metabee vs. Tom's Snowbro Dressed as a figure skater.
Mister Referee 30 30 39 Ikki's Metabee vs. "C-Dawg" (Cyandog) Appeared from the ground, spinning with a drill on his head.
Mister Referee 31 A 31 19 Rintaro's Kantaroth vs. Koji's Sumilidon Dressed like a woman shopping. He got injured during the match and cancelled it.
Mister Referee 31 B Shrimpy's Medabots vs. the Medabots from Ikki, Koji, and Rintaro From an ambulance, still injured.
32 20 Space Medafighter X's Arcbeetle vs. Shrimpy's Medabots None, as he was already present. Although he had surprised the Screws.
Mister Referee 32 B Ikki's Metabee vs. Shrimpy's Medabots Appeared using a hula hoop.
Mister Referee 33 33 31 Ikki's Metabee vs. Guido's Gobanko Appeared from the sky dressed like Ushiwakamaru.
Mister Referee 34 34 21 Ikki's Metabee vs. Koji's Sumilidon Appeared from a bamboo shoot dressed like a kendo referee. In the Japanese version he said "hajime" ("begin") instead of the usual "fight" in the beginning of the match.
Mister Referee 35 35 22 Ikki's Metabee vs. Rubberobo Gang's Medabots Appeared from a cave eating the food prepared by Chidori. Ikki and Metabee first faced Gilda's Seagaru and Spiritus, and then Shrimpy's Gokudo and Guido's Gobanko.
Mister Referee 36 36 23 Ikki's Metabee vs. Space Medafighter X's Arcbeetle Sliding from a crane. Although he did not announce the beginning of the match, he also acted as a referee for the match between Ikki's Metabee and Slugbottoms's Whitesword, announcing its end.
Mister Referee 39 39 26 Ikki's Metabee, Phantom Renegade's Arcbeetle, and Rokusho vs. Giganko As a giant, inflated with air. Returned to his normal size when bitten by a squirrel.
Mister Referee 40 40 Team Japan vs. Team Kenya (exhibition match) As he was appointed as the main referee and master of ceremonies for the current World Robattle Cup, he is always present before the matches.
Mister Referee 41 41 Team Japan vs. Team Caribbean
Mister Referee 42 42 Team Japan vs. Team France
Mister Referee 43 43 Team Japan vs. Team Mexico
Mister Referee 44 44 Team Kenya vs. Team Siberia
Team Japan vs. Team Sweden
Mister Referee 45 45 Team Japan vs. Team Egypt
Mister Referee 46 46 Team U.S.A. vs. Team Czech
Team Japan vs. Team U.S.A.
Mister Referee 47 47 Team Kenya vs. Team Iceland
Mister Referee 49 49 Team Japan vs. Team Kenya
Mister Referee 50 50
52 52 Giant Metabee vs. Babbyblu He stayed in front of a searchlight, his silhouette appearing in the sky.
52 Ikki's Metabee vs. Victor's Warbandit From the top of a building.

Mr. Referee only has a cameo appearance in episode 16 (35), and is absent in episodes 23 (15), 37 (24), 38 (25), 48 and 51. He is also absent in Medabots Spirit.

In the manga[]

Like the anime, whenever there is a Robattle, he will rush to the scene to be the referee, sometimes appearing from unexpected places or revealing himself from a disguise, and if someone threatens to harm him, a satellite with a ninja type Medarot will fire tranquilizer darts at the offender. Although he is brave enough to do things like infiltrate the Roborobo Gang headquarters to do his work, he was too afraid when he saw Beast Master's power, claiming that it was not a normal Robattle and running away. He also gets confused on what he should do in situations not described in the rules.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Series writter Hirano hinted that G Gundam may have a connection with him.[1] This suggests that he may have been based on Stalker, an announcer with similar clothes.

Etymology[]

Uruchi (粳) is a crop, such as rice and barley, that is cultivated in a way to be non-glutinous.

References[]

Advertisement