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Meowstic (Japanese: ニャオニクス Nyaonix) is a Psychic-type Pokémon.
It evolves from Espurr starting at level 25.
Biology
Meowstic's appearance differs drastically between genders, but in either form, it is a bipedal feline Pokémon with a humanlike posture, digitless appendages, and two tails. The male's fur is predominantly dark blue with accentuations of white, while the female's color scheme is reversed. The male's ears are mostly blue with some accents of white, and the tips are pointed straight; the female's ears are entirely white, and the tips are curled. The tuft of fur between the male's ears is white and in a straight, diagonal style; the female's tuft is blue and curled. The collar of fur around the male's neck is white and in a pointy style, while the female's collar is blue with a curl rising up to its face. The male's eyes are spring green with darker green pupils, while the female's eyes are yellow with red pupils. The male's tails each have a white stripe just before ending in white, while the tails themselves end in a point; the female's tails are blue at the base and end in white fluffy curls. The male's arms end in white, and its legs are white at foot level; the female's arms end in blue, and its legs are mostly blue in a fashion resembling stockings.
The organs hidden in Meowstic's ears emit psychic energy powerful enough to obliterate a 10-ton truck. It usually keeps its ears tightly shut in order to keep its otherwise uncontrollable power in check, but it will unleash this power if threatened. It usually keeps a stoic, virtually emotionless face; some Trainers adore its unsociable demeanor. The moves it naturally learns depend on its gender; the male's learnset is mostly comprised of supportive and disruptive moves, while the female focuses on all-out offense.
In the anime
A male Meowstic in the anime
A female Meowstic in the anime
Major appearances
A female Meowstic under the ownership of Astrid appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.
Both a male Meowstic, under the ownership of Blake, and a female Meowstic, under the ownership of Heath, appeared in Splitting Heirs!.
Both male and female Meowstic appeared in Showcase, Debut!, under the ownership of Blanche in the Coumarine City Pokémon Showcase.
Minor appearances
A female Meowstic made its debut appearance in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
A female Meowstic appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!
A female Meowstic appeared in A Jolting Switcheroo!.
A female Meowstic appeared in Coming Back into the Cold!.
A Trainer's female Meowstic appeared in A Battle by Any Other Name!.
A male Meowstic made its debut appearance in The Bonds of Evolution!.
Pokédex entries
Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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XY045
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Meowstic
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Serena's Pokédex
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Meowstic, the Constraint Pokémon. When faced with trouble, Meowstic will raise its ears and create enough psychic power to demolish a ten-ton truck. Its appearance varies, depending on gender.
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In the manga
In the TCG
- Main article: Meowstic (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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Generation VI
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X
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When in danger, it raises its ears and releases enough psychic power to grind a 10-ton truck to dust.
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Y
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The eyeball patterns on the interior of its ears emit psychic energy. It keeps the patterns tightly covered because that power is too immense.
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Omega Ruby
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When in danger, it raises its ears and releases enough psychic power to grind a 10-ton truck to dust.
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Alpha Sapphire
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The eyeball patterns on the interior of its ears emit psychic energy. It keeps the patterns tightly covered because that power is too immense.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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74
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134 - 181
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258 - 352
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48
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47 - 110
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90 - 214
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76
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72 - 140
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141 - 276
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83
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79 - 148
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153 - 291
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81
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77 - 146
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150 - 287
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104
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98 - 171
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191 - 337
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Total: 466
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
Male Meowstic
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meowstic
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Meowstic
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Female Meowstic
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meowstic
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Meowstic
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meowstic
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Meowstic
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Meowstic in Generation VI
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Meowstic in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meowstic
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Meowstic
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Meowstic can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Meowstic cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meowstic
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Meowstic
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Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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Trivia
- Meowstic is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 466.
- Meowstic is the only Pokémon to have separate movesets for each gender.
- During Google's April Fools' Day 2014 event, Meowstic's genders had separate Dex numbers in Google's regional Dex. The male was #139, while the female was #140.
Origin
Meowstic is based on a cat, possibly a nekomata. Its folded ears resemble the Scottish Fold breed.
Name origin
Meowstic is a combination of meow and mystic. It may also derive from stoic, referring to its generally emotionless facial expression.
Nyaonix may be a combination of ニャー nyā or ニャーオ nyāo (meow) and onyx or ὄνυξ ónyx (Greek for claw), or the Greek goddess Nyx (goddess of the night, associated with magic).
In other languages
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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ニャオニクス Nyaonix
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From ニャー nyā and onyx or ὄνυξ ónyx
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French
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Mistigrix
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From mystique, mistigri, and ὄνυξ ónyx
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Spanish
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Meowstic
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Same as English name
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German
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Psiaugon
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From Psycho, Miau, and Augen or Augen
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Italian
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Meowstic
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Same as English name
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Korean
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냐오닉스 Nyaonikseu
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Transliteration of its Japanese name
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Mandarin Chinese
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超能妙喵 Chāonéngmiàomiāo
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From 超能力 chāonénglì, 妙 miào and 喵 miāo
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Cantonese Chinese
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超能妙喵 Chīunàhngmiuhmīu
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From 超能力 chīunàhnglihk, 妙 miuh and 喵 mīu
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External links
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