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 * Meowth is the only known Pokémon to have been a [[Gym Leader]], briefly sharing the title with [[Jessie]] and [[James]] in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]'' after they had to fill in for {{an|Giovanni}}.
 * Aside from [[Ash's Pikachu]], Meowth has appeared in the most episodes out of any Pokémon in the anime, at 1008 main series episodes.
-* In the Japanese version, Meowth will still say at least part of his name as a verbal tic, a common trait in anime. The same occurs in the early episodes of the dub, but it is far less frequent, and eventually scrapped altogether except when reciting the {{motto}}.
+* In the original Japanese version of the anime, Meowth ends almost all of his sentences with "ニャー (nya)", which is the Japanese equivalent to "meow", the onomatopoeia for the sound cats make (such verbal tics are a common trait in anime). This gag was initially incorporated into the {{pmin|the United States|English}} [[dub]], but far less often, and it was eventually scrapped altogether (although it is sometimes present when Meowth recites the {{motto}}).
 * For [[DP022]], [[Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia]] is about Meowth. He writes this {{wp|senryū}} about him: 「ピカチュウに　いつかはかちたい　ニャースかな」 ''"Wanting to beat Pikachu someday, is that {{tt|Nyarth|Meowth}}?"''.