Meowth
[Team Rocket's Pokémon, Meowth, Arbok and Weezing all yawn preparing to sleep]
This is the perfect place for a comfy catnap.
Tied for 5th most-quoted character in Pokémon: The First Movie (1998): in 8 of its 41 quotes
Most scenes with: Jessie (6), James (5), Ash Ketchum (3)
Scenes with Meowth
8 scenes[after stopping Dragonite with her frying pan]
We want to know what's so special about the twerp trio's special delivery!
Meowth
[seeing a replier to which Ash replied "yes" to]
Hey, look!
"Yes"? To what?
[Corey is riding his Pidgeot over the storm, Fergus jumps on his Gyarados]
Come back here! Or I'll place you under arrest!
Dewgong
[Neesha jumps on her Dewgong]
Dewgong-Gong!
Come back! [her hat flies off her head] Aah!
Some trainers have no fear.
Huh?
To them, this is just one more challenge. They follow their hearts. That is what sets them apart and will make them Pokémon Masters. [Corey, Fergus and Neesha are riding their respective Pokémon to get to New Island] Good luck to all of you.
[Ash, Misty and Brock run to the dock] [with determination]
The world's greatest Pokémon Master is waiting for me! Let's use our Pokémon to get to that island!
[in a Viking costume using voice of a Viking]
You vant to cross, maybe? Ve take you, ja? Ve Vikings are used to big vaves. Ve get you to New Island faster than you can say, Fahrvernugen. [cut to Jessie and James rowing the Viking boat] Stroke!
Unh!
Stroke!
Unh! Unh!
Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! [normal voice; to herself] Oh, I think I'm going to have one!
I didn't know Vikings still existed.
They mostly live in Minnesota.
Something's not right. Are you sure this boat's safe?
Ash, Misty, and Brock
Whoa!
Pika!
[in a Viking voice]
Don't vorry. Dis ship von't let you down. Ve alvays sail in da rough veather. Don't get upset.
Meowth
[disguised as the boat's figurehead, looking nauseous]
Tell my stomach...
Heave.
Ho.
Heave.
Ho.
Heave.
Ho.
Everyone
[a giant wave appears in front of the boat] [screams in terror]
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA!
[the wave hits the boat, washing away Team Rocket's Viking costumes in the process]
Those aren't Vikings!
It's Team Rocket!
I should've known there was something fishy about them, besides the way they smell!
Ha! Prepare for trouble!
Make it double!
Meowth
[a wave rises behind them] [seeing the wave]
Forget the motto! We're going to have to wait--
Everyone
[screams]
AAAAAAAAH!
[The wave hits the boat, throwing everyone overboard]
[After Ash falls in and growls angrily underwater] [emerges out of the water]
HEY! [follows the Clone Ball to Mewtwo's lab] YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET PIKACHU!
Jessie and James
[watching the screen as Mewtwo's Clone Balls are moving through the conveyor belt]
There goes...Alakazam...Dewgong...Vileplume!
Meowth
[watching the clone Pokémon being created]
Sandshrew, Nidoqueen, Vaporeon. [looks at his clone] But me, I got a special place in my tail for this one.
Jessie and James
Huh?
Yeeeh!
Look there!
Uhh. [to Team Rocket] Aah, I don't have time for your dumb motto today! [grabs Pikachu's ball but a claw grabs the ball and carries Ash with the ball]
Jessie and James
[watching the screen and seeing a silhouette of Pikachu]
Who's that Pokémon? It's Pikachu!
[fighting with mechanical claws inside the cloning machine]
Ow! Let go! Ugh! Stupid machine! Ugh! GIVE ME BACK MY...PIKACHU! [biting the machine arm, growling in anger] AAAARRGGH!
Meowth
[The silhouette of Pikachu disappears, and an alarm starts blaring] [worried]
What's happening?!
[Ash fights against the mechanical arms, breaks loose and frees Pikachu] [in shock]
Huh? [happily] Ahh! [Pikachu shakes his head and sputters] Pikachu!
Pi? [happily] Pika-Pi! [turns around and runs to Ash, and they both hug, while Ash laughs] Ka!
I'm so glad you're okay.
Ka!
[The Pokémon clones start coming down and Team Rocket shudders in horror]
The copies are hatching! [the Pokémon clones start to hatch; amazed] They're fabulous fakes.
Meowth
Send in da Clones!
But where are the real ones?
Pika?
[The Pokémon clones leave the lab while the alarm gets louder and faster] [about the clones]
I wonder if they feel--
Meowth
Clonesome.
Team Rocket
[the machine behind them explodes]
WHOA!
[Mewtwo's cloning machine is destroyed, thereby freeing all the original Pokémon from Mewtwo's Clone Balls]
The Poké originals!
Tentacruel
Tentacruel. [hugs Team Rocket with its tentacles, scaring them]
[After Mew deflects one of Mewtwo's attacks, knocking him backwards into the stadium seats] [bursting out of the rubble]
So, you do have some fight in you! But I have no time for games. Destiny is at hand. Who will rule? My super-Pokémon, or your pathetic group of spineless inferior Pokémon?
Mew
Mew.
We were created with powers far stronger than the originals.
Meowth
[Mew replies with a long set of "Mew" sounds] [understanding what Mew is saying]
Mew's got a good point.
What's it saying?
Meowth
Mew says, "You don't prove anything by showing off a lot of special powers, and that a Pokémon's real strength comes from the heart."
[angrily]
My clones don't need their powers to prove their worth! [launches a psychic attack at Mew, who dodges; Ash is nearly hit, and Team Rocket are forced to flee from the resulting rubble] I will block all the Pokémon's special abilities using my psychic powers! Now we shall see who triumphs! Go!
[The Pokémon and their clones charge into battle with each other, except Pikachu]
[watching the cloned Pokémon battle with the original Pokémon]
Pokémon aren't meant to fight; not like this. It's useless. What can come out of it?
Nothing... but pain.
Why can't Mewtwo understand it's not right to force Pokémon to battle this way?
They're all living creatures. This just proves that fighting is wrong.
[Brock's Vulpix and the Vulpix clone fall and stop battling in exhaustion] [he, Jessie and Meowth are watching the Pokémon and their clones fighting]
I was prepared for trouble, but not for this.
Make that double, for me.
Now I can see how horrible fighting really is.
Even the best of friends will fight sometimes.
I'll promise never to fight again if you will! [hugs Jessie and starts crying] Oh, Jessie!
Meowth
[watches Jessie and James crying]
Hmm. [sees his clone] Hmm? Aah!
Clone Meowth
[stands up]
Meow!
Meowth
[Both Meowth and his clone retract their claws and prepare for battle, but then stop] [looks at his claws]
Hey, what am I doing?
Clone Meowth
[looks at it's claws also then sits down lazily]
Meow.
Meowth
Let's get something straight, copycat! You-owth ain't going to push Meowth around!
Clone Meowth
[scratches itself]
Meow, meow.
Meowth
You mean, we don't have to fight each other? But how can I trust you? You was born different.
Clone Meowth
[points to Meowth's claws]
Meow, meow.
Meowth
[looks at his claws]
I almost made a clawful mistake. But how do I know you're not going to pull a fast one on me?
Clone Meowth
[looks up to the moon]
Meow, meow, meow.
Meowth
Hmm? [looks up at the moon as well] You're right. We do have a lot in common. The same Earth, the same air, the same sky.
Clone Meowth
Meow.
Meowth
Maybe if we started looking at what's the same, instead of always looking at what's different, well, who knows?
Clone Meowth
Meow.
Hmm?
What's what? [Mew disappears] I don't see anything, Ash.
Except the sky.
[smiles]
Hmm. The day I left home to start my Pokémon journey, I saw a really rare Pokémon, and just now, I thought I saw another one.
Well, maybe you're just seeing things, Ash.
Huh?
Well, maybe he's not.
Ha-ha! Hmm. Well, maybe we'll see.
Many strange legends surround the mysteries of Pokémon, and just as many adventures await our young heroes as they continue on their quest. For Ash and his friends, the journey's just begun.
[Team Rocket is still on New Island, and they don't have any memory how they got there]
I don't have a clue how we got here, but who cares?
This is paradise!
Meowth
For once, a happy ending!
Team Rocket
Team Rocket signing off again! [they laugh happily]
Do you have any sunscreen?
Meowth
You know, I'd really like to go sailing in one of them catamarans. Ha-ha!
Pokédex
Togepi, the egg Pokémon. It exhibits a low tolerance for hunger. It is able to communicate this condition in a very effective manner.
Meowth
[Togepi bursts out crying, making the other Pokémon cover their ears] (Yawns, and sleeps with Arbok and Weezing)
This is the perfect place for a comfy catnap. (Pikachu and Raichu storm up, still fighting) Ooh, what’s that? (They blast through Team Rocket, who burst into the air and fall back down, and zoom off) Hey! What’s the rush?