Welcome to Ninja World is the fourteenth (in English thirty-third) episode of the Medabots anime. It first aired in the United States on ABC Family on July 19, 2002.
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Summary[]
Ikki and Metabee win tickets to the popular theme park, Ninja World, while Erika invites herself, and Brass along as his guests. They are determined to see the Ninja stage show, starring two powerful Ninja type Medabots, called Nin-Ninja and Icknite?[1]
Plot[]
Ikki gets two tickets to the Ninja Park and plans to bring Karin along, but then Erika appears and gets one ticket for her, "inviting herself".
Metabee and Ikki wait for Erika and Brass who arrive late. They all run to the ninja show but they arrive when the show has just ended. Erika yells at Ikki for being slow and he yells back at her, saying she was the one that was late, starting a fight. Brass asks what are they going to do and Erika says they can check the rest of the park until another show starts, while Ikki complains that she could simply have said that instead of yelling at him for no reason.
They all have some fun playing on the tyrolean, eating candy cotton, and Ikki even scores a prize at one game, but then they get to the Ninja Castle and see it's closed. Erika yells at Ikki blaming him for that because he had invited her, he rubs on her face that she invited herself and both start arguing, while their Medabots just sigh.
Brass has the idea to take them to a nice place close to a waterfall so they could chill out, but Ikki and Erika sit on the same rock and fight over who sat there first. Some minutes later they decide to apologize to each other, but also start an argument over who has apologized first and give up on the idea of peace. It's then that Metabee spots Rokusho and Erika is able to take a few pictures of him right before he leaves saying: "You won't get away with it." They don't understand why Rokusho said that and decide to go to the ninja show.
In the ninja show, Ikki jumps excited trying to draw attention to himself to be chosen to go to the stage, but Erika yells at him, saying she can't take pictures with him jumping like that by her side. The two argue a lot and the guys dressed as monsters choose both to go to the stage. They pretend they're in danger and call out for the ninjas. The Medabots come and truly attack the "monsters", scaring everyone, and when Icknite threatens the spectators, they run away, dragging Metabee and Brass with them. After they are all gone, the Rubberobo Gang reveal themselves and kidnap Ikki and Erika.
The two kids are brought to the Rubberobos' hiding place: the Ninja Castle. The gang reveal their plan of getting Medals from the Medabots in the Ninja Park and tell them they removed the Ninja Medals and replaced them with their Medabots' Medals. Meanwhile, Metabee and Brass run inside the fun house, looking for their Medafighters. They climb up some stairs and eventually find a button saying "Don't Push", but Metabee presses the button anyways, triggering a trap that opens the floor below them and sends them falling to the darkness.
Ikki notices the rope tied to Erika and him can be easily removed and starts working on a plan to get them out of there while the Rubberobos are distracted. Metabee and Brass appear climbing stairs again and find another door very similar to the one that found a while ago, but this time, the button says "Push". Metabee presses it and another trap is triggered, making a mole under the floor push them upwards. Ikki and Erika are about to sneak past the Rubberobos when the ground breaks into pieces because of an elevator that was going upwards in high speed. After the smoke disappears, they see Metabee and Brass, then grab them and run.
The Rubberobos send an alert to all of the gang, so they look for the four fugitives. Squidguts climbs the stairs after the four, but Ikki steps on traps that make boxing gloves come out of the walls and hit him, then the boy steps on a final trap that makes the stairs become a ramp, causing him to slide all the way to the other floor. The kids and the Medabots see other members of the gang coming out of the walls and run. After they notice there are too many, they decide to separate: Ikki and Erika going to one side and Metabee and Brass to the other.
Ikki and Erika end up on the attic and find out there are many Rubberobos there. Erika uses her camera's flash to blind them all and the two run. Meanwhile, Metabee and Brass are running in a large room with the ninja Medabots throwing bombs at them. The bombs make a hole on the wall and send the two Medabots flying towards the roof. On the way, they find Ikki and Erika climbing the stairs and Metabee tells them to meet them on there.
They reach the roof and take a moment to breath, but the Rubberobos find them. Surrounded and with nowhere to go, they decide to Robattle against the ninjas. Mr. Referee appears in a Shachihoko costume, but he slips and falls from the roof, warning that it wouldn't be an official Robattle without him. The Rubberobos take the chance and play without the rules.
Icknite uses the ninja art konohagakure to disappear and throws a smoke bomb behind Metabee and Brass. Nin-Ninja runs around the two very fast, creating illusions of himself with the bunshin technique. Metabee shoots at the illusions, but doesn't hit the actual Medabot. A bladed kusari-fundo comes from the middle of the illusions and hits Brass. Then they throw shurikens and bombs at her, dealing a lot of damage and sending her flying off the roof. She falls and hits another roof.
Erika is scared and says she'll throw in the towel, otherwise Brass would be destroyed. Ikki tries to convince her to fight, without success. The Rubberobos throw chains at Metabee and try to capture him, but he shoots them and gets free. Metabee notices Rokusho's presence. Rokusho tells Metabee to calm down and that they all must rely on teamwork to win the battle. Ikki then manages to get Erika to work with him.
Mr. Referee appears again, now dressed as a samurai, and starts the battle. Icknite uses the same leaves camouflage tecnique, but this time Brass uses her scanning system to warn Metabee of her presence, preventing her smoke bomb attack. After Icknite was countered, Nin-Ninja used his clone tecnique. Metabee and Brass counter it by standing back-to-back and shoot everywhere, eventually hitting Nin-Ninja. Metabee uses his right arm to give powerful shots against the ninjas and causes and explosion, but Nin-Ninja evades with kawarimi and two knifes with bombs attached to them are thrown against Metabee, detonating on his left arm.
Metabee's left arm's function ceased and his vision sensor was damaged, which made him nearly blind. The ninjas jump in the air and prepare for their final attack: the special ninja sword. Erika and Ikki are desperate, thinking that was the end, but Metabee and Brass come up with a plan by themselves: Metabee points his right arm upwards and allows Brass to aim for him.
The ninjas throw bombs against them, but all missed. Metabee shoots and hits Icknite, ceasing her function, and destroy one of Nin-Ninja's blades, but he is still proceeding with the attack. The ninja Medabot strikes and a shot is heard at the same time. The Medabots are frozen for a moment, with Nin-Ninja's sword touching the ground and passing through Metabee and Brass right in the middle of them. After a few seconds Nin-Ninja colapses, his function had ceased and Metabee and Brass were victorious.
The Rubberobos run away with a firework and Rokusho throws the actual Medals from the ninja Medabots to Metabee. After Ikki, Erika, Metabee and Brass give the Medals and Medabots to their owners, they mention something about acting in the ninja show again, with Metabee asking what part he would play and Brass replying he'd play a monster. Erika notices she didn't take any pictures of the ninjas in battle and starts a fight with Ikki, blaming him for that. Their Medabots just sigh, wondering when will those two finally stop fighting.
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English dub changes[]
Full view of the Megaton Stage.
- Ikki rising his free passes was cut.
- The last Japanese text in Erika's talk about ninja was cut.
- The camera does not move in the two scenes with a full view of the Megaton Stage (the first during a show and the second with the curtains closed), probably to avoid moving the translated sign above the stage. Those scenes also became shorter in the dub. In the first scene only "ninja" and a few letter are visible, while in the second only the sign is shown.
- The following signs were translated: "Ninja Castle" (忍者屋敷, "Ninja House"), "closed for renovations" (本日改装工事のためお休みです, "we're closed today for renovations"), "don't push" (押すな！) and "push" (押せ！).
- In the original, Erika asked Brass to take a photo of her with the giant cotton candy, and complains when Ikki takes a bite without asking. In the dub it is not specified who is taking the photos in this part, and Erika offered a small bite for Ikki, but she complains of his large bite.
- When Erika sees the Ninja Castle closed, in the dub she blames it on Ikki. In the original she asks Ikki if he can't do something about it and starts a tantrum, complaining with him that it is no fun.
- A fadeout was added in the waterfall.
Mirrored scene.
- The cigar from the actor dressed like a kappa was removed.
- Erika hitting Ikki and the animation showing his bones becoming dust were cut. The following animations were switched, showing Erika screaming first in the dub. In the original Ikki screams first due to the painful hit.
- Icknite throwing bombs on the audience was cut.
- The scene with Nin-Ninja and Icknite seeing the explosions (the source of the lights on them) was mirrored.
- A fadeout was added where the eyecatches were in the original.
- The label from the bottle held by the Rubberobo Gang was replaced by "soda".
- One scene with the Rubberobo Gang was cut.
- The part where question marks appear on Ikki and Erika was cut.
- Ikki and Erika panicking when the ninja Rubberobo members appear was cut.
Rubberobo Gang members holding Japanese blades.
- Seaslug screaming on the phone was cut.
- The scene with the Rubberobo Gang members holding blades was cut.
- The second part with Japanese onomatopoeia was cut.
- The stylized 怒 ("furious") kanji in Seaslug's finger was removed.
- Mr. Referee trying to fly back to the rooftop was cut. He goes straight down in the dub.
- A fadeout was added after Brass is hit, and the scene with her falling is repeated.
- The damage Squidguts took from Metabee's shots was editted to hide his torn suit.
- A reference to Spider-Man was added, with Metabee saying that his "Meda-sense is tingling" when he noticed Rokusho.
- The scene with Rokusho talking with Metabee was shortened a bit.
- Metabee's Medawatch details changed. In this episode the name of his parts were replaced by Vision Sensor, Right Arm, Left Arm, and Heat Sink. The three texts below, "Sub Machine-Gun destruction", "optic organ disorder", and "visual cortex congestion", were replaced by two texts, "left arm function ceased" and "vision sensors at 20%".
- Erika closing her eyes before the final attack was cut.
- In the end of the Robattle, Mr. Referee stays with his mouth open after announcing the winners. He closes his mouth in the dub.
- Part of the quarrel between Ikki and Erika in the ending was cut.
- The final scene was mirrored and prolonged.
Characters[]
Note: All characters are listed in order of their first appearances in the episode. The time they appear is the time from the Japanese dub.
| Image | Name | Note |
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Ikki Tenryou | |
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Metabee | |
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Erika Amazake | |
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Brass | |
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Ninja Park staff | Members from the show in the Ninja Park, two actors that act as the monsters and a presenter (司会者) that also plays as a hostage. The man dressed like a kappa is named Jimmy in the dub. The presenter is voiced by Mika Ishibashi in Japan. |
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Nin-Ninja | Property of the Ninja Park. Has a Ninja Medal. |
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Icknite | Property of the Ninja Park. Has a Dragon Medal. |
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Rokusho | |
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Seaslug | |
| Gillgirl | ||
| Shrimplips | ||
| Squidguts | ||
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Rubberobo Gang members. | |
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Mr. Referee |
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