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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I
#052 Meowth
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- SpeciesScratchcat Pokémon
- Japanese nameNyarth
- PronunciationME-OUTH
- Height1′ 4″ 0.41 m
- Weight9.0 lb 4.05 kg
- Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats
Name meaning
Variation of MEOW, sound of a cat. Also related to MOUTH, as Meowth is known to talk too much in the anime.
Evolution
MeowthLevel 28Persian
Pokédex entries
| RedBlue | Adores circular objects. Wanders the streets on a nightly basis to look for dropped loose change. |
|---|---|
| Yellow | Appears to be more active at night. It loves round and shiny things. It can’t stop from picking them up. |
| Stadium | Sleeps in the daytime. At night, its eyes glow as it happily collects coins, its favorite things. |
| GoldStadium 2 | It is fascinated by round objects. It can’t stop playing with them until it tires and falls asleep. |
| Silver | It loves anything that shines. It especially adores coins that it picks up and secretly hoards. |
| Crystal | It loves things that sparkle. When it sees a shiny object, the gold coin on its head shines too. |
Where to find Meowth
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Routes 5, 6, 7, 8 | NA | Many |
| Red | Must trade from Blue, Silver, or Crystal. | NA | None |
| Yellow | NA | None | |
| Gold | Never | None | |
| Silver | Routes 5, 6, 7, 8, 38, 39 | Any | Many |
| Crystal | Routes 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 38, 39 | Night | Many |
How to catch
| Ground | Surf | Fishing | Forest Tree | Mountain Tree | Rock Smash | Breed | Evolve | Event | BugCatch | Game Corner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R/B | |||||||||||
| Yellow | |||||||||||
| G/S | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Crystal | ✓ | ✓ |
✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.
Type matchups
Defence: damage taken from each attack type
- Normal×1
- Fire×1
- Water×1
- Electric×1
- Grass×1
- Ice×1
- Fighting×2
- Poison×1
- Ground×1
- ×1
- Psychic×1
- Bug×1
- Rock×1
- Ghost×0
- Dragon×1
- Dark×1
- Steel×1
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 1 weakness and 1 resistance out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 1 weakness and 1 resistance out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
- This Pokémon has the same number of weaknesses and resistances in both GSC and RBY. So the defense ratio of both are the same.
Offence: same-type attacks against each type
- NormalNormal
- FireNormal
- WaterNormal
- ElectricNormal
- GrassNormal
- IceNormal
- FightingNormal
- PoisonNormal
- GroundNormal
- Normal
- PsychicNormal
- BugNormal
- RockBad
- GhostNo Effect
- DragonNormal
- DarkNormal
- SteelBad
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 0 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types.
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 0 advantages and 2 disadvantages out of 15 types.
Moves learned by levelling up
| R/B/Y | G/S/C | Move | Type | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Start | Scratch | Normal | Physical |
| Start | Start | Growl | Normal | Status |
| 12 | 11 | Bite | DarkG/S/C NormalR/B/Y | Physical |
| 17 | 20 | Pay Day | Normal | Physical |
| — | 28 | Feint Attack | Dark | Special |
| 24 | 35 | Screech | Normal | Status |
| 33 | 41 | Fury Swipes | Normal | Physical |
| 44 | 46 | Slash | Normal | Physical |
“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.
Move Tutor Crystal
- Thunderbolt
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
- TM02Headbutt
- TM03Curse
- TM06Toxic
- TM07Zap Cannon
- TM09Psych Up
- TM10Hidden Power
- TM11Sunny Day
- TM13Snore
- TM16Icy Wind
- TM17Protect
- TM20Endure
- TM21Frustration
- TM23Iron Tail
- TM25Thunder
- TM27Return
- TM30Shadow Ball
- TM31Mud-Slap
- TM32Double Team
- TM34Swagger
- TM35Sleep Talk
- TM39Swift
- TM40Defense Curl
- TM42Dream Eater
- TM43Detect
- TM44Rest
- TM45Attract
- TM46Thief
- TM50Nightmare
TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow
- TM06Toxic
- TM08Body Slam
- TM09Take Down
- TM10Double-Edge
- TM11Bubblebeam
- TM12Water Gun
- TM16Pay Day
- TM20Rage
- TM24Thunderbolt
- TM25Thunder
- TM31Mimic
- TM32Double Team
- TM34Bide
- TM39Swift
- TM40Skull Bash
- TM44Rest
- TM50Substitute
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | Ground Pokémon group 7 |
|---|
Compatible Pokémon
- Aipom
- Cyndaquil Family
- Delibird
- Diglett Family
- Dunsparce
- Eevee Family
- Ekans Family
- Farfetch’d
- Girafarig
- Growlithe Family
- Houndour Family
- Mankey Family
- Mareep Family
- Meowth Family
- Miltank
- Nidoran♂ Family
- Nidoran♀
- Phanpy Family
- Pikachu Family
- Ponyta Family
- Psyduck Family
- Rattata Family
- Rhyhorn Family
- Sandshrew Family
- Seel Family
- Sentret Family
- Smeargle
- Sneasel
- Snubbull Family
- Stantler
- Swinub Family
- Tauros
- Teddiursa Family
- Vulpix Family
- Wooper Family
Egg moves
| Move | How to pass it down |
|---|---|
| Amnesia | Mate with a male Sentret/Furret. |
| Charm | Mate with a male Snubbull/Granbull or Pikachu (via Pichu). |
| Hypnosis | Mate with a male Stantler. |
| Spite | Mate with a male Dunsparce. |
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank | R/B/Y rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 40 | 253-283 | 38/4518.41% | 35/4219.80% |
| Attack | 45 | 158-188 | 39/4915.87% | 37/4514.72% |
| Defense | 35 | 138-168 | 47/5512.54% | 39/4410.60% |
| Speed | 90 | 248-278 | 12/4780.20% | 12/4277.31% |
| Special Attack G/S/C | 40 | 148-178 | 37/4615.87% | — |
| Special Defense G/S/C | 40 | 148-178 | 36/4114.72% | — |
| Special R/B/Y | 40 | 148-178 | — | 24/2914.72% |
| Total | 290 G/S/C 250 R/B/Y |
1093-1273 945-1095 |
68/8712.54% | 51/6512.54% |
Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.
Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library