They also share the same base stat total, learnset, Ability, and EV yield.
This ties them as the evolved Pokémon with the lowest base stat total.
Metapod is the first Pokémon to evolve in a movie, and part of the first evolution cycle in an episode.
Until the release of Pokémon Platinum, when its pre-evolution became able to learn Bug Bite, Metapod was unable to damage Ghost-type Pokémon except by using Struggle. It shared this trait with Caterpie.
Due to this, it was impossible to complete a Generation I game using only Caterpie or Metapod since Struggle could not hit Ghost types at the time.
Metapod is usually depicted with white sclerae, such as in the games, trading cards, and promotional illustrations, but it has yellow sclerae in the anime.
In the anime episode Challenge of the Samurai, the process of Metapod's evolution was similar to a real life butterfly emerging from its cocoon. In laterepisodes, however, Metapod is shown to evolve like any other Pokémon.
Ume Aoki, a Japanese cartoonist famous for her work on the manga Hidamari Sketch, utilizes a likeness of herself cosplaying as a Metapod to represent herself in her works.
