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Metagross (Metagross メタグロス Metagurosu in Japanese, also called Metagross in German and Metalosse in French) is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise.

Metagross's name is a combination of metal and gross, as in corpulent and dense, because of its large size. The "gross" may also be derived from a mispronunciation of cross, in reference to the mark on its face.

Appearance

Metagross has the appearance of a tremendous, quadrupedal tank-like Pokemon. Its turquoise-colored, discus-shaped main body appears to be its head, as it lies at the center point where its legs branch out to give the impression of a mechanized arachnid. Each leg could be viewed as the body of a former Beldum, and its head/body the four collective heads of Beldum used to fuse into it. Metagross has a metallic cross adorning its face diagonally between its two red eyes, often viewed as the letter "X" by onlookers, and this cross-shape is arranged to resemble both metallic "eyebrows" and a metallic "mustache." This is said to represent Metagross' wise, computative nature.

The coloring and arrangement of Metagross could be meant to pay homage to the Tektite, a fictional spider that served as a common enemy from The Legend of Zelda series.

Biology

In the same way that its pre-evolved form Metang is comprised by two Beldum, a still more basic evolution stage, so is Metagross formed by the joining of two Metang. This essentially means that four Beldum make up a Metagross.

Metagross's intelligence is extraordinarily high: not only does it have four brains (one from each Beldum) but they are also connected by a highly complex neural network, which is nowadays a more accurate measure of the capacity for intelligence than the net amount of brain tissue. Thanks to its developed cerebral powers, which are said to surpass even those of a supercomputer (compare with Alakazam) Metagross can use psychic abilities, including the ability to render its massive body airborne by telekinesis once it draws its legs together.

Unlike most Psychic-type Pokémon, Metagross is also a brutal predatory carnivore. When hunting, it will immobilize its prey by fixing it on the ground with its four legs and considerable weight, then proceed to devour it with its mouth, which is located in the vicinity of its stomach and thus just above the helpless victim.

In the video games

Metagross is a Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum. It can be Snagged from Nascour, the head of Team Cipher at the RealGam Tower Colosseum. Otherwise, Metagross is available only by evolving a Metang, which makes Metagross's availability dependent on Metang's.

Metagross's physical attack and defense are extremely high, and its special attack and defense stats are very good as well. Its worst attribute is its speed, but it is still not particularly low. Metagross's unique Steel/Psychic type combination gives it a lot of resistances and few weaknesses and it allows it to use both physical and elemental attacks effectively, making it a popular and rather overused Pokémon by players.

Metagross learns many powerful attacks, including Meteor Mash and Psychic, which match its types, as well as Earthquake, which can cover its weakness against Fire-type Pokémon. It also learns Agility naturally, which can help it increase its speed. Metagross is liked by a lot of competitive players because it is one of the few Pokemon that an unexperienced trainer would actually use Agility on.

In order to obtain Metagross in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald you must evolove Metang.

In the animé

Metagross has appeared twice in the anime thus far. The first one appears in the seventh Pokémon movie, Destiny Deoxys, where it belongs to a female computer whiz living in Larousse City, Hitomi (Rebecca in the US version). Metagross is among the Pokémon who attempt to ward off the swarm of Deoxys clones while Ash and Company try to escape underground. Later, Metagross and the other Pokémon use their attacks to power hydroelectric generators in order to restore power to the blacked-out city.

A second Metagross belongs to the boy Tetsuya (Tyson in the English dub), a trainer who battles Ash in the Hoenn League competition, defeating him in his second match (not counting the preliminaries), going on to win the entire League.

Masamune (Morrison in the English dub), another trainer and friend of Ash's from the League, initially has a Beldum and later a Metang. Most likely, at some point his Metang will become a Metagross.

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