Mr. Referee

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 the rail bridge's strut near the park. One of the bridge's ladders broke 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.
			Ikki's Metabee vs. Samantha's Peppercat	From the fountain with swimming gear.
	3		Ikki's Metabee vs. Gangster's Megaphant	From a pipe in the construction site.
	4		Ikki's Metabee vs. Koji's Sumilidon	Wearing a medieval knight armor in the Rosewood Private School.
	5		Ikki's Metabee vs. Ryan's Sharkkan	Rowing a boat to the beach.
			Ikki's Metabee vs. Ryan's Sharkkan	He is tanned in their rematch.
	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	6	Ikki's Metabee vs. Rubberobo Gang's Mistyghost	From an old well dressed like a ghost.
	8	32	Ikki's Metabee vs. Norbert's Kuraba	Inside a big food delivery box.
	9	7	Samantha's Peppercat vs. The Ankle Biters's Churlybear	Sliding down the playground's slide.
			Spyke's Cyandog vs. The Angle Biters's Churlybear	Above the playground's dome.
	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	9	Ikki's Metabee vs. Koji's Sumilidon	From the temple's offertory box.
	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	28	Nathan's Stingray and Ikki's Metabee vs. Samantha's Peppercat and Erika's Brass	From a soccer ball.
	14	33	Ikki's Metabee and Erika's Brass vs. Rubberobo Gang's Nin-Ninja and Icknite	Dressed like a Shachihoko.
				Dressed like a samurai.
	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	11	Ikki's Metabee vs. Seamus MacRaker's Multikolor	Dropped from a tree with a cocoon similar to a bagworm moth larva.
	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.
			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	36	Ikki's Metabee vs. Rubberobo Gang's Aquamar	Disguised as a penguin.
	20	13	Ikki's Metabee vs. Spyke's Cyandog	Unknown. The match was ending when it is shown.
			Ikki's Metabee vs. Rubberobo Gang's Spidar	Bungee jumping.
	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	37	Ikki's Metabee vs. Kailey's Femjet	Flying with a ninja kite.
			Ikki's Metabee vs. Rubberobo Gang's Drakonfly	Holding on Kailey's biplane.
	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.
	25	16	Ikki's Metabee vs. the Screws' Medabots	Unknown. He is only seen after the match ended.
			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.
	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.
	27	18	Ikki's Metabee vs. Samantha's Peppercat	Appeared suddenly among the reporters.
			Ikki's Metabee vs. Mr. Dragon's Spitfire	Dressed like a wooden man.
	28	38	Ikki's Metabee vs. Natalie's Octoclam	Eating Natalie's octopus balls.
	29	30	Ikki's Metabee vs. Tom's Snowbro	Dressed as a figure skater.
	30	39	Ikki's Metabee vs. "C-Dawg" (Cyandog)	Appeared from the ground, spinning with a drill on his head.
	31	19	Rintaro's Kantaroth vs. Koji's Sumilidon	Dressed like a woman shopping. He got injured during the match and cancelled it.
			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.
			Ikki's Metabee vs. Shrimpy's Medabots	Appeared using a hula hoop.
	33	31	Ikki's Metabee vs. Guido's Gobanko	Appeared from the sky dressed like Ushiwakamaru.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	41		Team Japan vs. Team Caribbean
	42		Team Japan vs. Team France
	43		Team Japan vs. Team Mexico
	44		Team Kenya vs. Team Siberia Team Japan vs. Team Sweden
	45		Team Japan vs. Team Egypt
	46		Team U.S.A. vs. Team Czech Team Japan vs. Team U.S.A.
	47		Team Kenya vs. Team Iceland
	49		Team Japan vs. Team Kenya
	50
	52		Giant Metabee vs. Babbyblu	He stayed in front of a searchlight, his silhouette appearing in the sky.
			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. 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.