Ash's Melmetal

Ash's Melmetal is the fifth Pokémon that Ash caught in the Alola Region and his fifty-second overall.

## Personality

Melmetal is a naturally curious individual who is prone to wandering off on its own. It formed a very close friendship with Ash's Rowlet after it protected it from Meowth's Fury Swipes while it was still a Meltan. Also, Melmetal looks up to Rowlet and sees it as a mentor figure, much like Ash's Noivern's relationship with Hawlucha. Melmetal gets easily scared, as seen in *Show Me the Metal!*, where it was reluctant to follow its fellow Meltan into the sewer, only following when it was forced. Despite being scared, Melmetal will help its friends in any way it can. After joining Ash's team, Melmetal easily became close to Ash and became friends with its teammates. Melmetal also becomes very upset whenever it loses its hex nut.

Like many of its species, Melmetal consumes anything made of metal. Frying pans, in particular, appear to be Melmetal's favorite food, as seen in *Got Meltan?*, when Professor Burnet discovered a frying pan that had been partially eaten. In the Poké Problem segment for SM115, Melmetal was seen happily consuming the frying pan Ash and Pikachu were using for target practice. In *The Secret Princess!*, Rowlet had to stop it from eating another one of Burnet's pans. Rotom later mused that it had already ruined three pans. This tendency came in handy in *Drawn with the Wind!*, when it, Sandy, and Shaymin found themselves stuck in a cage made by Team Rocket. This was shown again in *The One That Didn't Get Away!*, when it ate the metal on a hunter's ship to help free a Kyogre. Because of its liquid body as a Meltan, Melmetal could not move very fast and was often seen chasing after friends or other things that drew its curiosity or riding on Rowlet. Melmetal's slow movement prevents it from dodging well, causing it to rely on moves like Harden to endure enemy attacks.

Inside and outside of battle, Melmetal has a tendency to act on its own without any input from its Trainer. This was showcased in *Aiming for the Top Floor!*, where it attacked Ryuki because Rowlet was losing to his Zweilous. Later, while battling Ryuki's Druddigon, Melmetal followed up an unsuccessful Headbutt with an unprompted Flash Cannon, surprising Ash. In *Battling Besties!*, Melmetal was revealed to enjoy the theatricality of battling, as it enjoyed the applause from the crowd at Manalo Stadium before its battle against Faba. In the same episode, it was also revealed to enjoy stretching after coming out of its Poké Ball. After evolving, it gained a lot of physical strength and durability, but still retained its tendency to act on its own accord, and will cry if hit by a painful attack. As a Melmetal, it appears quite proud of its physique, flexing its body and allowing its Trainer and other Pokémon to climb on it.

## History

### Prior to Series

Melmetal was a Pokémon Ash caught in the Alola Region and was one of his main Pokémon during his Alola journey before Ash left it with Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet when he left Alola.

## Gallery

As a MeltanMelmetal and AshMelmetal and RowletMelmetal eating a steel beam
## Trivia

* Melmetal is Ash's first:
	+ Officially owned Steel-type Pokémon.
		- Melmetal is also the only pure Steel-type owned by a main character.
	+ Mythical Pokémon.
		- Melmetal is also the first Mythical Pokémon to be officially owned by a main character.
	+ Pokémon to use an Electric-type move that isn't Pikachu.
* As a Meltan, Ash's Melmetal had a darker nut than the other Meltan, a result of the nut being used in Team Rocket's car for a short while. It lost this distinctive trait upon evolving.
* Melmetal is Ash's only Pokémon in *Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon* that did not use a Z-Move.
* Melmetal is Ash's heaviest Pokémon, as well as the heaviest Pokémon currently owned by a main character.