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For The Love of Meowth!
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For The Love of Meowth! (Japanese: さよならロケット団！ニャースの恋！？ Goodbye Rocket-dan! Love of Nyarth!?) is the 178th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 644th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 27, 2010 and in the United States on October 23, 2010.
Synopsis
The episode begins with a battle between Jessie's Seviper and Ash's Torterra. Like always, Team Rocket loses and blasts off, leaving the gang to continue their journey back to Sunyshore City so Ash can have his long-awaited battle against Volkner. However, Jessie and James, now sore, realize that they're missing a team member: Meowth! Meowth is soon discovered by a girl and her Glameow. Nursed to health, he awakens to find he is in love with the Glameow that has rescued him from further injury.
While joining the twosome for lunch, Meowth is found by Jessie and James, and much to his discontent, he's taken back to the balloon. Lovesick, Meowth devises a plan to catch Glameow. Despite Jessie and James's arguments, Meowth fantasizes about Giovanni having the Glameow, so Meowth can secretly have Glameow to himself.
Meanwhile, Ash and friends cross paths with Glameow's trainer, who's name is revealed as Mamie. She, just starting her journey, has tried to defeat Crasher Wake, but lost.
Their consversation is ended when they fall through a bridge into a cage deliberately set by none other than Team Rocket. As Team Rocket goes through their motto, Glameow is snatched, but is quickly returned to her Poké Ball. As Carnivine and Buizel go into battle, Glameow's Poké Ball is grabbed right from Mamie's fingers! Team Rocket floats away in their balloon while Ash and friends get drenched with a drop to the river below. Soon afterwards, Ash and friends promise Mamie that they will help rescue her Glameow.
Team Rocket rests and agrees to soon send it to Giovanni, but Meowth declines and tries all to get Glameow's Poké Ball away from Jessie's hands, ending in failure.
At sunset, Staraptor and Togekiss return to their trainers empty handed: no Glameow or Team Rocket in sight.
Later, Meowth awakens to find Jessie and James asleep; he takes Glameow's Poké Ball and sneaks away. When Glameow is called out of the Poké Ball, she is confused about her trainer not being around. Meowth sneakily explains that Team Rocket forced Meowth to kidnap her. He tells Glameow that she wouldn't like hanging out with Team Rocket: they always get pummeled by Ash! Meowth informs Glameow that he is taking her away to a safe place. He says he's like her "PokeKnight in shining armor." However, Glameow imagines Meowth coming to her on a Rapidash, his bottom burning from the flames.
The twosome walk up to a river where a boat lays. Meowth and Glameow get in the boat, and they gaze at the full moon as the boat takes them steadily down the river.
In the morning, Staraptor and Togekiss are sent out yet again to try and locate Team Rocket. Meanwhile, Jessie and James awake to find Glameow and Meowth gone. The remaining Team Rocket opens a letter left by Meowth and says as follows:
Don't look for me. I'm out of here. The long held dream the three of us shared of conquering all of Sinnoh is completely over for me. And my short and long term goal now is to live a long and happy life filled to the brim with gobs of domestic bliss, along with my beloved babe Glameow, dig? And so I hereby tender my resignation as a long steady member of Team Rocket and hope you guys have a nice day.
Suddenly, they realize that Meowth had planned this from the start. Aggravated, Jessie and James climb into their balloon, only to be discovered by Starptor and Togekiss. Ash commands Staraptor to use Brave Bird, and Togekiss to use Aura Sphere on the balloon. Unfortunately, the gang discovers that Jessie and James don't have the Glameow! She's still with Meowth!
Speaking of, Meowth and Glameow are in the boat enjoying an afternoon snack. Only to be inerrupted by Yanmega, Staraptor, and Togekiss. Trying to escape, Meowth is stopped by Piplup's Whirlpool.
Meowth, a fury sent through his body, uses a series of what he calls "Fury Swipes of love" on Seviper, Infernape, Yanmega, Staraptor, and Togekiss! They all go down.
Carnivine is sent out, and both Glameow and Meowth are pummeled by Bullet Seed. Glameow, unscathed, evolves into Purugly.
Meowth lands to see that Glameow is gone, and Purugly now stands where Glameow once was. Understanding the situation, Meowth is devastated. He is then hit by Seviper and Infernape. Purugly returns to Mamie.
Mamie uses her Pokédex to discover that Purugly can now use more moves, so she commands Purugly to unleash a Hyper Beam onto Team Rocket. They blast off.
We return to the gang and Mamie as they come to a fork in the road, Mamie heading back to the Pastoria Gym and Ash and friends returning to Sunnyshore City. They part their ways, and now everyone is filled with new energy.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Torterra (Ash's)
- Staraptor (Ash's)
- Infernape (Ash's)
- Buizel (Ash's)
- Togekiss (Dawn's)
- Seviper (Jessie's)
- Yanmega (Jessie's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Glameow (Mamie's; evolves)
- Purugly (Mamie's; newly evolved)
- Floatzel (Crasher Wake's; flashback)
- Gyarados (Crasher Wake's; flashback)
- Quagsire (Crasher Wake's; flashback)
- Rapidash (fantasy)
- Dialga (fantasy)
- Palkia (fantasy)
Trivia
- Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Honchkrow
- The music played during the title card is removed in this episode, instead the badges and ribbons are heard flying by the screen before a fanfare is played.
- This is one of the few times when a character is surprised to see Meowth talking.
- The outfit Meowth is wearing on the "fantasy" of being Glameow's "Poké-knight in shining armor" is the same outfit he wore during Wake Up Snorlax!, when trying to wake up a Snorlax from its deep sleep.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Mandarin Chinese | 再見了火箭隊！喵喵的戀愛！？ | |
 Italian
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Per l'amore di Meowth! | |
 Polish
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Zakochany Meowth! | |
 European Spanish
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¡Por el amor de Meowth! | |
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