Morrison's Metang

Morrison's Metang (Japanese: マサムネのメタング Masamune's Metang) was the first Pokémon Morrison was shown to have. It was always seen outside its Poké Ball.

History
Metang first appeared as a in Less is Morrison where it went up against Ash's Pikachu in a battle. Even though Beldum can only use, the battle ended in a draw for both Pokémon. Later, Beldum was caught by along with Pikachu. Both and Morrison used their Take Down techniques to break out of the cage Team Rocket put them in. They used the same techniques to rescue Beldum and Pikachu. Beldum defeated Team Rocket with a Take Down along with Pikachu's. Beldum reappeared in Saved by the Beldum! where it was sent out along with the rest of Morrison's team. During the preliminaries, it went up against 's. Beldum's major disadvantage was that it could only use Take Down, which was proven to be very tough for Morrison as Electabuzz kept blocking the attack with and counterattacking with. Just when it was about to be defeated, Beldum evolved into a Metang and used to stop Electabuzz's Thunder Punch from making contact with it. Metang then finished off Electabuzz with a Take Down, taking out the Thunderbolt Pokémon.

During the league when Morrison wasn't battling, he would train Metang for their upcoming battles.

In A Judgment Brawl after Ash defeated, Metang defeated an unnamed Trainer's. When Morrison found out that he was paired up with Ash to battle each other in the second round, he trained his Metang by having it attack a tree. Morrison stopped it at the last second when he saw Ash as the tree. In the next episode, it went up against during Morrison's battle against Ash, after both sides had lost five of their Pokémon. Metang had some battle tactics such as stopping Glalie's with Confusion and redirecting it back. After a long battle, Metang was defeated by Glalie's spinning.

Personality and characteristics
Metang is a very kind Pokémon as shown when it saved Ash from falling off a tree of its own accord. It deeply cares for its Trainer and has a strong willpower, continuing to fight even when the odds are against it.

In the Ash & Pikachu manga
Like in the anime, Metang is Morrison's main Pokémon. It first appeared as a Beldum in A Clash Of Wills!! Eternal Rivals?!. It evolved into Metang in that same chapter. In the next one, Metang was used against Ash's Glalie where both sides kept attacking with and, respectively, but in the end, Metang lost.