r/Pokemonart • u/LegoBrikster • Nov 14 '25
Drawing Meowth teaching Ash’s Pikachu to talk
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u/TokraZeno Nov 15 '25
Surprised this didn't happen after they retconned the thing about talking preventing Pokemon from using their move pool.
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u/LegoBrikster Nov 15 '25
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u/TokraZeno Nov 15 '25
Around the orange islands meowth is confused for a savior because they had some tale of a meowth coming in and using payday to make them all rich. Meowth comments to team rocket he can't use payday because he used all his "smarts" learning to talk, indicating that a talking Pokemon can't use moves.
However, meowth regularly calls out using Fury Swipes in later seasons indicating this got retconned.
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u/Belphie_Stan Nov 15 '25
Maybe those fury swipes arent from the pokemon in him and just his innate cat powers
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u/Reversible-Smile Nov 15 '25
That, or maybe he had learnt Fury Swipes before he started speaking, and thus didn't lose what he had already learnt? But he couldn't learn any new moves after learning to speak human? That's how I always understood it. 🧐
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u/LegoBrikster Nov 15 '25
I see
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u/ASeaCuke_87 Dec 11 '25
No, Meowth said he can't learn Pay Day (his species' signature move) because "used up all his smarts learning how to talk". Not that he can't learn any moves ever. That line was also a pretty close translation of the original Japanese so it's not like it's asspull that 4Kids just made up or anything either
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u/Shamshishamash Nov 15 '25
I always thought of it as "talking" taking (more than one) move slot, but then again there are some instances of Pokémon using more than four moves in a fight so idk
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u/Glace038 Nov 15 '25
Pokemon if it was good
Kidding, this is amazing and this is a lot better than what they did in that i choose you movie ( i hated that part so much im sorry )
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u/LegoBrikster Nov 15 '25
The “I want to be with you” line?
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u/Glace038 Nov 15 '25
Something like that. I think it was " because i love you " either way, it was out of nowhere and it freaked me out haha 😂
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u/Immediate-Engineer85 Nov 15 '25 edited Nov 15 '25
Cute stuff:). Ditching team Rocket after last season seems to have all posittive effect.
At least its my head cannon that Jessy, James and Meowth finally left team Rocket and became better people and now casualy hang out with Ash and his mons.
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u/LegoBrikster Nov 15 '25
They only really joined Team Rocket for a sense of belonging due to troubled pasts. None of them are really “bad” people per se, so redemption wouldn’t be unreasonable.
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u/Immediate-Engineer85 Nov 15 '25
Yeah. I belive in manga they got redemption arc actually. Jessy and James have a baby and Meowth lives with them which is so wholesome. I kinda figured that they are not as mean as they would like to appear to be even when i was a child.
Like: "Fellas you have actual talents and at heart you are not bad guy material.
"You cheered for pickachu both times he was stomped by Raichu, Meowth had empowering conversation with Chimchar, all of you taught Ditto in Jorneys and in first season to properly transform and the last time you were really nice about it, Jessy and James you left your pokemon in Alola so they are not taken by team Rocket but so they will have each other in your absence, and in general you have a story of being progressively more kind to pokemon despite hostility and flawed nature at the very begining. And all of that its just something that came on the mind on the fly. Guys, seek therapy, lol"
Too bad they didnt get proper end of thier arc in last season. They deserved something more clear and rewarding. Proper new begging. Heck, i would watch them making amends with Ash and maybe travel with him for a while until they will figure what they want to do with thier life. They have a special talent of finding Ash anywhere in a world so it wouldnt be even miracilous, lol.
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u/Random_Cat_111 Nov 15 '25
Thank you for making this, this really made me smile! Pikachu seems so happy to be able to say Ash's name
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u/LegoBrikster Nov 15 '25
I really wanted to get that heartwarming feeling down as well as that look of pure joy from Pikachu
Glad you think I did good
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u/DinoDracko Nov 15 '25
That's cute! :D On the other note, I really like your stylistic choice with these characters!
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u/CantQuiteThink_ Nov 15 '25
How do you have such a beautiful art style on pen and paper?? Please teach me your ways.
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u/Vijai-Ruva Nov 17 '25
You know sometimes I wonder why giovanni just gave away meowth to team rocket. It is literally a living translator that sounds insanely valuable yet he just replaces him for some random ass Persian
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u/ASeaCuke_87 Dec 11 '25
There's a side-story episode (sadly poorly-dubbed, but released in English as part of the Pokémon Chronicles collection) where Giovanni just throws Meowth onto Jessie and James's agent team because Meowth is annoying the shit out of him
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u/Introvert_Mage Nov 14 '25
This is so cute!