EP070: Difference between revisions

title_ja=ニャースのあいうえお |

title_ja_trans=Nyarth's A-I-U-E-O |

broadcast_jp=November 12, 1998 |

broadcast_us=October 9, 1999 |

==Blurb==

<i>The gang heads to Hollywood for the premiere of Pokémon in Love and Meowth is forced to look back on his painful past. Meowth shares bittersweet memories of his life before Team Rocket, and reveals how and why he learned to walk and talk like a human.</i>

Coming to the boarded-up remains of what was once a posh department store, Meowth recalls the first time meeting his first crush, another Meowth named [[Meowzie]], at the window of that store. He recalls having dashed across the street to meet her (causing a major traffic pile-up in the process), only to be rebuked. Just as her owner had recalled her into her new diamond-encrusted [[Poké Ball]], she remarked at how, as a "street Meowth", that he would never win her over, as she lived in a life of luxury. Meowth vowed at that point to try to become human in order to impress her.

Persian proposes that Meowth rejoin the gang, believing that his human capability would be an asset. However, Meowth refuses, being loyal to Team Rocket. However, Persian brings forth Meowzie, to the surprise of Meowth. Over a private conversation, Meowzie reveals that not long after Meowth had left, the city was caught in a recession. Meowzie was abandoned by her owner (who was moving away), unable to afford to keep her, and was taken in by the same Meowth gang. Believing that Meowzie is too good for this place, Meowth tries to take her away, but is stopped by the rest of the gang. But before they can take any action, Jessie and James appear, and while {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|James|Weezing}} deal with the other Meowth, Meowth and Persian square off on the roof of a building. Although Meowth wins their brief battle, Meowzie runs over to Persian, concerned about its safety. Stunned, Meowth wonders why Meowzie would not leave with him, and Meowzie replies that she had owed Persian her gratitude for taking her in... and the fact that to her, Meowth was still a freak. Dejected, Team Rocket leaves together, with Jessie and James trying to comfort Meowth, saying that Meowth is still "their freak".

==Major events==

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===Debuts===

* [[Meowzie]]

* {{p|Arbok}} ({{OP|Jessie|Arbok}})

* {{p|Weezing}} ({{OP|James|Weezing}})

* {{p|Meowth}} (pack, including [[Meowzie]])

* {{p|Persian}}

* The title is a reference to "{{wp|Go West, young man}}", a quote by the American author {{wp|Horace Greeley}}.

* On the Indigo League DVD cover this episode is called ''Hollywood Heartbreak'', though ''Go West, Young Meowth'' is used as the title in the episode itself, including its DVD version.

* ''That Darn Meowth'' is a reference to the film ''{{wp|That Darn Cat}}''.

* Delia's pose as everyone arrives in Hollywood is a reference to a famous pose by {{wp|Marilyn Monroe}} in the film ''{{wp|The Seven Year Itch}}''.

** Note that the license plate number, at the time of the episode's first airing, is not one that is valid for the state of California today. However, California itself used the 123-ABC format prior to April 1980, when the modern 1ABC234 scheme was introduced. The plates during that era, and into the next few years, incorporated a yellow-on-blue design, not unlike that of the plate seen in the episode itself. ''052-NYA'' itself, if issued at all, was likely to have been issued between 1975 and 1977.

* Meowth sings ''[[Meowth's Song]]'' in the episode.

* The scene with [[Ash's Pikachu]] in a tuxedo was used for the [[Pikachu's Jukebox]] segments in the US and internationally for the rest of season one and into the Orange Islands arc.

* The Japanese title "Nyarth's A-I-U-E-O" is a reference to the fact that those letters are the first five in the gojūon system of ordering the Japanese alphabet (あ, い, う, え, お), which Meowth learns in this episode.

* The [[Pokémon Junior]] book, "[[Meowth, the Big Mouth]]" was based on this episode.

===Dub edits===

* The English lyrics to ''[[Meowth's Song]]'' were not a translation of the original Japanese lyrics.

* In the Latin American Spanish dub, [[Gerardo Vásquez]], the actor who has voiced Meowth for the whole series, sang for a very short moment ''part'' of what the original Japanese version of ''Meowth's Song'' would be. Interestingly, this is despite the song being changed in the English dub, the dub that the Latin American Spanish is based on.

|nl={{tt|Naar het Westen, Jonge Meowth|Go West, Young Meowth}}

|fi={{tt|Lähde länteen, nuori Meowth|Go west, young Meowth}}

|de={{tt|Mauzi in Hollywood|Meowth in Hollywood}}

|he=לך מערבה, מייאו צעיר{{tt|lech ma'arava, Meowth tsa'eer|Go west, young Meowth}}

|hu={{tt|Nyugatra, ifjú Meowth!|Go West, Young Meowth!}}

|it={{tt|La storia di Meowth|Meowth's story}}

|pl={{tt|Idź na zachód, Meowth|Go west, Meowth}}

|pt_br={{tt|Vá pra Hollywood, Meowth|Go to Hollywood, Meowth}}

|pt_eu={{tt|Vai para Oeste, Jovem Meowth|Go West Young Meowth}}

|ru={{tt|Шагай на запад, юный Мяут!|Go West Young Meowth!}}

|es_la={{tt|¡Ve al oeste Meowth!|Go west Meowth!}}

|sv={{tt|Pokémonkärlek|Pokémon love}} {{tt|*|The same Swedish title was also later used in the episode EP100 - Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?}}

|ro={{tt|Către Vest Tinere Meowth|Towards West Young Meowth}}

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