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{{AnimePokémonInfobox
|type1=Dark
|trainername=Matori
|pokemonname=Meowth
|jtrainername=マトリ
|jpokemonname=ニャース
|ball=Unknown
|tmtrainername=Matori
|tmpokemonname=Nyarth
|image=[[File:Matori Meowth.png|220px]]
|caption=Matori's Meowth
|gender=Unknown
|ability=Unknown
|location={{an|Team Rocket HQ}}
|prevonum=052A
|epnum=SM062
|epname=Acting True to Form!
|current=[[Party|With Matori]]
|java1=[[Rikako Aikawa]]
|enva1=[[Pete Zarustica]]
}}

'''Matori's Meowth''' (Japanese: '''マトリ ニャース''' ''Matori's Nyarth'') is a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} owned by [[Matori]].

==History==
===As a wild Pokémon===
Matori's Meowth was first seen by the {{MTR}} of the [[Team Rocket trio]] in [[Alola]] during ''[[SM062|Acting True to Form!]]''. He encountered his Alolan counterpart when he fell in the mud after getting mad at [[Jessie]] for stealing his limited edition ice cream. When Jessie and [[James]] came looking for Meowth, they mistook the Alolan Meowth for their own and headed back to base. They soon realized their mistake when their Meowth returned.

Team Rocket warmed up to the Alolan Meowth quickly and realized they could use the [[Darkinium Z]] [[Z-Crystal|Crystal]] on it, only to learn that they needed a [[Z-Ring]]. Jessie was keen to catch it but the Alolan Meowth declined, deciding it wanted more time. Team Rocket's Meowth wasn't too happy by how his teammates were impressed with his Alolan counterpart, but they were interrupted by a call from {{an|Team Rocket HQ}}. Upon seeing the Alolan Meowth, {{an|Giovanni}} showed interest in it, pleasing Jessie and James. After showing {{TP|Jessie|Mimikyu}}'s insides to the Alolan Meowth, it ran away.

Later, the Alolan Meowth was checking Team Rocket on their computer when Team Rocket's Meowth returned, having come up with a plan to win back Jessie and James' favor. He told the Alolan Meowth to meet it by the [[Pokémon School]]. The Alolan Meowth waited for its Kantonian counterpart by the school when it came across {{Ash}}'s backpack, which contained his {{AP|Rowlet}}, whereupon it was confronted by Ash and {{ashcl}}. They fell into a pit-trap that was made by Team Rocket, which had been part of the plan the Alolan Meowth had come up with. They were able to capture {{AP|Pikachu}} and fled, but were soon confronted by Ash and his classmates, who had managed to escape. When Pikachu was freed after Mimikyu attacked its case, the Alolan Meowth disappeared.

===With Matori===
After several days, the Alolan Meowth arrived at Team Rocket HQ, where it became Matori's assistant. Giovanni and Matori promptly contacted Team Rocket and congratulated them on sending it over. After the call, the Alolan Meowth made contact once more, informing Team Rocket's Meowth that it intended to replace {{TP|Giovanni|Persian}} on the boss's lap, much to Meowth's displeasure. Meowth later discovered that it had stolen his money in order to afford tickets back to Kanto.

From ''[[SM087|Filling the Light with Darkness!]]'' to ''[[SM089|The Prism Between Light and Darkness!]]'', Meowth was seen alongside Matori as she headed a special [[Team Rocket]] unit named Matori Matrix (Japanese: '''マトリマトリックス''' ''Matori Matrix''). It kept the team moving when they were drained of their energy.

In ''[[SM102|Alola, Alola!]]'', Team Rocket contacted their headquarters, but Matori and Giovanni were too busy to listen to their report. As a result, Meowth was assigned to receive it, but it proceeded to ignore them.

In [[SM122]], Meowth accompanied Matori to Alola as she attempted to capture Bewear.

==Personality and characteristics==
Meowth was shown as cunning and decisive in ''[[SM062|Acting True to Form!]]'', where it used Jessie and James to find a place where it belongs. It became a rival to Team Rocket's Meowth, as they both have the same desire to sit on Giovanni's lap. Meowth is quite smart, such as when it realized that Team Rocket was about to be defeated, and promptly left them and Alola for something better.

Meowth is also shown to be focused on the job. [[Matori]] and [[Gozu]] were thinking about abandoning the mission whilst lethargic due to {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Necrozma}} draining Ultra Aura from the adults around the [[region]]. However, Meowth was the one to get them to continue with the mission. Meowth's dedication to the mission was evident in the [[Poké Problem]] segment of [[SM088]], where it quickly fixed all of the damages to the Matori Matrix's helicopter without Matori or Gozu realizing it.

Meowth tends to ignore Team Rocket, as seen in ''[[SM102|Alola, Alola!]]'', when they contacted Headquarters and proceeded to ignore them. This suggests that Meowth has low respect for them like its Trainer.

==Moves used==
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==Related articles==
{{Animespecies|Meowth}}

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