Metalation of 3-phenyl-5-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole (HPz, 1) with alkyllithium and -zinc compounds in tetrahydrofuran (thf) yields dinuclear products [(thf)Li(Pz)] 2 (2) and [MeZn(Pz)] 2 (3), respectively. Magnesiation of 1 with diethylmagnesium in tetrahydrofuran in the presence of 1,4-dioxane leads to cocrystallization of mononuclear [(thf) 2 Mg(Pz) 2 ] (4a) and [(diox) 2 Mg(Pz) 2 ] (4b). Metalation of 1 with KH followed by a metathesis reaction with CaI 2 in tetrahydrofuran leads to the formation of dinuclear [{(thf) 2 Ca}(µ-Pz) 3 Ca(Pz)] (5) with the calcium atoms in different coordination environments. The ligand precursor 1 crystallizes as a dimer with N-H· · ·N bridges between the pyrazole fragments. The pyrazolate anions of the metal complexes 2 to 5 exhibit similar structural parameters regardless of a bridging or terminal coordination mode and the electronegativity of the coordinated metal.