Pokémon/Pokédex/Meowth

Meowth pawing its head as depicted by Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version era artwork.

Basic Statistics

• National Index: 52
• Johto Index: 136
• Hoenn Index: 241
• Stage: Basic
• Height: 0.4 meters (1.3 ft)
• Weight: 4.2 kilograms (9.3 lb)
• Gender Distribution: 50% Male
• Ability: Pickup
• Type: Normal
• Species: Scratch Cat
• Egg Group: Ground
• Hatch Steps: 5120
• Catch Rate: 255
• Base Experience: 69
• Max Experience: 1000000

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Special Attack	Special Defense
Base Stats (RB/Y)	40	45	35	90	40
Base Stats (GS/C)	40	45	35	90	40	40
Base Stats (RS/FL/E)	40	45	35	90	40	40
Base Stats (DP/PT/HGSS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (BW/B2W2)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (XY/ORAS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (SM/USUM)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (Sword/Shield/BDSP)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (RB/Y)	283	188	168	278	178
Max Stats (GS/C)	283	188	168	278	178	178
Max Stats (RS/FL/E)	284	207	185	306	196	196
Max Stats (DP/PT/HGSS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (B/W/B2W2)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (X/Y/ORAS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (SM/USUM)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (Sword/Shield/BDSP)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Effort Points (Sword/Shield/BDSP)	–	–	–	–	–	–

Type Matching

Move types which are good on Meowth: Fighting
Move types which don't effect Meowth: Ghost

All other move types are normal effectiveness on Meowth.

How to Evolve

Meowth evolves at level 28.

Moveset

Level	Red / Blue	Yellow	Gold / Silver	Crystal	Ruby / Sapphire Emerald XD / Colosseum	Fire Red / Leaf Green
Start	Scratch Growl	Scratch Growl	Scratch Growl	Scratch Growl	Scratch Growl	Scratch Growl
10	-	-	-	-	-	Bite
11	-	-	Bite	Bite	Bite	-
12	Bite	Bite	-	-	-	-
17	Pay Day	Pay Day	-	-	-	-
18	-	-	-	-	-	Pay Day
20	-	-	Pay Day	Pay Day	Pay Day	-
24	Screech	Screech	-	-	-	-
25	-	-	-	-	-	Faint Attack
28	-	-	Faint Attack	Faint Attack	Faint Attack	-
31	-	-	-	-	-	Screech
33	Fury Swipes	Fury Swipes	-	-	-	-
35	-	-	Screech	Screech	Screech	-
36	-	-	-	-	-	Fury Swipes
40	-	-	-	-	-	Slash
41	-	-	Fury Swipes	Fury Swipes	Fury Swipes	-
43	-	-	-	-	-	Fake Out
44	Slash	Slash	-	-	-	-
45	-	-	-	-	-	Swagger
46	-	-	Slash	Slash	Slash	-
50	-	-	-	-	Fake Out	-

TM/HM

• RB/Y/GS/C/RS/FL: Double Team, Rest, Thunder, Toxic
• RB/Y/C/RS/FL: Thunderbolt
• RB/Y/GS/C: Swift
• GS/C/RS/FL: Attract, Frustration, Hidden Power, Iron Tail, Protect, Return, Shadow Ball, Sunny Day, Thief
• RB/Y: Bide, Body Slam, Bubblebeam, Double-Edge, Mimic, Pay Day, Rage, Skull Bash, Substitute, Take Down, Water Gun
• GS/C: Curse, Defense Curl, Detect, Dream Eater, Endure, Headbutt, Icy Wind, Mud-Slap, Nightmare, Psych Up, Sleep Talk, Snore, Swagger, Zap Cannon
• RS/FL: Aerial Ace, Cut, Dig, Facade, Flash, Rain Dance, Secret Power, Shock Wave, Snatch, Taunt, Torment, Water Pulse

Breeding

• GS/C/RS/FL: Amnesia, Charm, Hypnosis, Spite
• RS/FL: Assist, Psych Up

Variant Forms

Regional

• Kantonian Meowth (Standard)
• Alolan Meowth (Dark)
• Galarian Meowth (Steel)

Trading Cards

• Jungle #56 - Meowth
• Team Rocket #62 - Meowth
• Gym Challenge #43 - Giovanni's Meowth
• Gym Challenge #74 - Giovanni's Meowth
• Expedition #121 - Meowth
• Skyridge #78 - Meowth
• EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua #42 - Meowth
• EX FireRed & LeafGreen #69 - Meowth
• EX Team Rocket Returns #46 - Rocket's Meowth

Basic: Meowth	Stage 1: Persian	(No Stage 2)
	Stage 1: Perrserker	(No Stage 2)