Meowth (Pokemon Anime)

Meowth, also known as Nyaasu and Nyarth, is one of the main characters from the Pokemon series.
== Charactah Account ==
Meowth is unusual among other Pokémon for its ability to speak like humans. During the earlier days, Meowth liked to think he was somewhat in charge of the group, and was responsible for many of its plans and objectives.
Meowth came to Hollywood on the back of a truck after seeing a film called "That Darn Meowth" dreaming of good food as seen in the film. He eventually joined a gang of stray Meowth led by a Persian. One day, he fell in love with a female Meowth who let him know that she preferred being with humans to being with a street Pokémon. To impress her, Meowth learned to walk and speak so as to be as much like a human as possible. Afterwards, however, the female Meowth looked down on him even more than before. After Meowth joined Team Rocket, she was abandoned by her owner, and joined the same gang that Meowth left. Ultimately, she fell for the Persian that led the gang.
Meowth is an integral part of the team, counting Jessie and James as his only real friends, but he is often excluded from the rapport between the two. When he lured Pikachu to their side in an episode, he seemed to have his own agenda as to what to do with it. Often, he explains why they should capture the main Pokémon of a particular episode, by indulging in an unrealistic fantasy of Giovanni’s reaction to their success, such as in, "Beg, Burrow, and Steal", when he suggests stealing Trapinch so Giovanni can use him to crack walnuts. It is possible this is an unhealthy coping mechanism, as James comments that these fantasies proved Meowth had "officially lost it".
== Appearance ==
==== Anime ====
* A Ripple in Time
* It's the New Year! Pokemon Special!
* Pokemon
* Pokemon (2019)
* Pokemon (2019): Distant Blue Sky!
* Pokemon (2019): Planetarium - The Message from the Aurora
* Pokemon Advanced Generation
* Pokemon Advanced Generation Planetarium: Challenge from the Sky
* Pokemon Best Wishes!
* Pokemon Best Wishes! Season 2
* Pokemon Best Wishes! Season 2: Decolora Adventure
* Pokemon Best Wishes! Season 2: Episode N
* Pokemon Best Wishes!: Celestial Globe of Light and Shadow
* Pokemon Chronicles
* Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
* Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Get Together! Pokemon Planet Center
* Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Get Together! Pokemon Star Festival
* Pokemon Introductory Recap
* Pokemon Movie 01: Mewtwo Strikes Back
* Pokemon Movie 02: Revelation Lugia
* Pokemon Movie 03: Spell Of The Unown
* Pokemon Movie 04: Celebi - Voice of the Forest
* Pokemon Movie 05: Latias to Latios
* Pokemon Movie 06: Jirachi Wishmaker
* Pokemon Movie 07: Destiny Deoxys
* Pokemon Movie 08: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
* Pokemon Movie 09: Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
* Pokemon Movie 10: The Rise Of Darkrai
* Pokemon Movie 11: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
* Pokemon Movie 12: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
* Pokemon Movie 13: Master of Illusions
* Pokemon Movie 14: Black - Victini and Reshiram
* Pokemon Movie 14: White - Victini and Zekrom
* Pokemon Movie 15: Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice
* Pokemon Movie 16: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
* Pokemon Movie 17: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
* Pokemon Movie 18: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
* Pokemon Movie 19: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
* Pokemon Movie 20: I Choose You!
* Pokemon Movie 21: The Power of Us
* Pokemon Movie 22: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution
* Pokemon Movie 23: Secrets of the Jungle
* Pokemon Special Indigo League Recaps
* Pokemon Sun & Moon
* Pokemon Sun & Moon Planetarium
* Pokemon XY
* Pokemon XY&Z
* Pokemon XY&Z: Uncover All the Mysteries!
* Pokemon XY Special: Road to Kalos
* Pokemon XY: Fragments of the Heavens
* Pokemon XY: New Year Special
* Pokemon XY: New Year's Eve 2014 Super Mega Special
* Pokemon: Fall Special
* Pokemon: Gotta Dance
* Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns
* Pokemon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon
* Pokemon: To Be a Pokemon Master
=== Manga ===
* Ash & Pikachu
* Pokemon (2019)
* Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
* Pokemon White: Victini and Zekrom
* Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
* Pokemon: Celebi - A Timeless Encounter
* Pokemon: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
* Pokemon: Emperor of the Crystal Tower - Entei
* Pokemon: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
* Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
* Pokemon: Guardian Gods of the City of Water - Latias and Latios
* Pokemon: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
* Pokemon: I Choose You!
* Pokemon: I Choose You! Remix
* Pokemon: Jirachi Wishmaker
* Pokemon: Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice
* Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
* Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns
* Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back!
* Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back! Evolution
* Pokemon: Secrets of the Jungle - Another Beginning
* Pokemon: Sky-Splitting Visitor - Deoxys
* Pokemon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu
* Pokemon: The Power of Us - Zeraora's Story
* Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai
* Pokemon: Volcanion and the Mechanical Magearna
* Pokemon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions
=== Video Games ===
* Pokemon Masters
== Trivia ==
* Meowth, Ghastly, and Slowking are currently the only Pokemon that can talk without using telepathy.
** Meowth is currently the only self-taught talking Pokemon.
* Because Meowth used up so much energy into learning how to speak human language and walk on his hind legs, he is unable to learn his species' signature move Pay Day. It can also be assumed that due to the same reasons, Meowth can’t evolve.
* Team Rocket's Meowth represented his species in both of their "Who's That Pokemon?" appearances in the US dub. Curiously it took until Capacia Island UFO!, the 790th episode in the series for them to appear in the US segment.
* Meowth is among the few characters in the anime to repeatedly break the fourth wall, a tendency that is shared with Jessie and James.
* It has been revealed that Meowth is still a wild Pokemon as PokeBalls are able to grab him, however he has broken free from all Trainers' attempts to catch him.
** In one of the early episodes, Meowth referred to an "owner who wasn't around" but this seems to be an early-episode mistake.
* Throughout his entire run in the series, Meowth has won only six battles he's participated in alone.
* The first time that Meowth said Ash's name was in "Hoenn Alone!" when he was translating Pikachu.
* A trend Meowth had in the anime was that he would fall for female catlike Pokemon; in Kanto, before he met Jessie and James, he was in love with a female Meowth named Meowzie. In Hoenn he fell for May's Skitty, in Sinnoh he fell for a Glameow, in Unova he and Oshawott fell for a Purrloin, until it was revealed to be male and later fell for a Leafeon and a Glaceon.
** Later on in the series Meowth falls in love with a Lopunny and "a very cute" Gardevoir, which both turned out to be illusions conjured up by Ghastly and its evolved forms after Meowth looked into Mimikyu's costume in the Sun and Moon series.
* Meowth doesn't seem to know much about type matchup, as in Gotta Catch Ya Later, he tried to attack a bunch of Haunter with Fury Swipes, which would have no effect, and then, was scared by Night Shade, which would not affect him as a Normal type.
* In contrast to the ever-present running gag of Ash's Pikachu electric shocking him and his team since their first appearance, it took until "A Frenzied Factory Fiasco!" (876 episodes after his first appearance) for Meowth himself to land a single attack on Pikachu (Fury Swipes in that instance).
* Despite Meowth's constant feud with Ash's Pikachu, the two are shown to have some traits in common:
** Both hate being confined in PokeBalls, though in Meowth's case who is still a wild Pokemon refuses to be captured and be contained in one.
** Both have refused to evolve, though Pikachu refusing to evolve into Raichu is just so he can prove that he is powerful enough without evolving. While Meowth simply dislikes Persian due to a stigma that he has developed upon constant gags of him being rejected in favor of one. He is shown to have a strong hatred and jealously towards Giovanni's Persian particularly.
*** Though interestingly, since Meowth is revealed to be a Gigantamax Meowth! That actually makes him a lot more rare than a Kantonian Persian ever will be. Technically and ironically making him Giovanni's Persian's superior!
** A lead suggestion to this is that rumors has it that the trio are the main reasons why Team Aqua, Team Magma and Team Galactic had minor roles in the anime, which could be the possible reason why Team Rocket was given a smaller, serious role in Best Wishes which was later given to Team Plasma.
* Meowth is one of the only Pokemon who can speak in the Pokemon series, besides a Slowking from "The Power of One" and the Ghastly from "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak". The other voices which came from other Pokemon are telepathic messages.
* It is unknown if Meowth can use the attack Thunderbolt like other Meowth, particularly Tyson's Meowth whom he once had a rivalry with, but he can attack using his claws and used it sometimes.
* Meowth being possessed by a Giant Tentacruel and Beheeyem to fully communicate with humans with their language may have inspired the concept of Calyrex's talking in Pokemon Sword and Shield in which Calyrex takes control of Peony in order to talk with the player.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Team Rocket's Meowth at Pokémon Wiki
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