Metal Knight Unit

Metal Knight Unit
Information
Type	Robot
Creator	Bofoi
Owner(s)	Bofoi Monster Association
Status	Destroyed
Media
Webcomic Debut	Chapter 20
Manga Debut	Chapter 21
Anime Debut	Episode 7

The Metal Knight Unit (メタルナイトの機体, Metaru Naito no Kitai) is a remote-controlled robot made and operated by Bofoi. It is his primary and favorite combat machine.

Appearance

Metal Knight is a very large and intimidating metal robot with multiple cannons attached to its back. It has a distinct set of three circular marks on its "face" and a yellow hazard triangle on its back.

Plot

Hero Association Saga

Giant Meteor Arc

The robot launches prototype missiles at the meteor

The Metal Knight unit is first shown when Bofoi is testing its weapons against a colossal meteorite. The robot fires a volley of large missiles that converge on the meteor and causes a massive explosion. This, unfortunately, is not enough to stop the meteor which bursts through the cloud of smoke caused by the explosion, much to both Genos and Bofoi's surprise.

Human Monster Saga

Monster Raid Arc

Bofoi vs. Elder Centipede

While Elder Centipede is wreaking havoc in S-City, Bofoi arrives and attacks Elder Centipede. Despite the unit's powerful set of missiles, Elder Centipede only gets annoyed. Bofoi sees this as an opportunity to collect a sample of the monster's shell for his weapon development.

Super Fight Arc

At some point, the robot was severely damaged by Orochi and was captured in the Monster Association Headquarters, and its broken pieces are hung in chains.

Despite the damage, it is still operational and is apparently being used by Bofoi to spy on Orochi and Gyoro Gyoro. Through his robot, Bofoi questions Orochi and Gyoro Gyoro about their goals and while they tell him destruction is a natural part of a monster's instincts, it is not their end goal.

Monster Association Arc

The Monster Association's Robots Using Metal Knight's System

G5 steals the Metal Knight Unit's head to dismantle and analyze thoroughly and later, after he is finished, places it back with the rest of the body.

The Monster Association take apart the Metal Knight Unit for analysis, Child Emperor discovers it and takes the data from it to find the hostage's location.

With the data they obtained on the unit, the Monster Association create their own variant of the Metal Knight Unit, which they release to combat the heroes who invade their hideout. Two attack Zombieman, however thanks to Child Emperor having predicted that they would recreate weapons from Metal Knight's system and working out their weaknesses beforehand, Zombieman successfully takes down the two robots.

Abilities and Powers

Bofoi can communicate through this robot and link his other robots to it to gather data and improve battle efficiency.

Robotic Abilities

The robot attacks Elder Centipede

Missiles: The robot is armed with powerful missiles, able to cause the Dragon-level threat Elder Centipede to feel pain, although Bofoi noted that the monster was undamaged. Genos also noted that the missiles possess great destructive power.

Flight: The robot uses rocket engines to fly.

Suction Pads: The robot has retractable suction pads. Bofoi first used them to cling to Elder Centipede as he retreated underground.

High Durability: When Bofoi was explaining his encounter with Orochi, he emphasized the fact that the Monster King was able to penetrate through the robot's hands and body in a single strike. This suggests that this battle robot has considerably high durability.

Self Destruction: According to Bofoi, the Metal Knight Unit has a self-destruct mechanism. When confronting Orochi, however, the robot was destroyed before its self-destruct mechanism could even activate.

Trivia

Metal Knight Databook