Big Meowth, Little Dreams (Part 1) (Japanese: 迷探偵ニャース参上！, Hepburn: Calling on Mysterious Detective Meowth!) is a special episode. In the dub, it is the 23rd episode of Pokémon Chronicles.
Blurb[]
Meowth wants to enjoy the last days of its vacation with a picnic lunch in the park. But Meowth's sandwich starts floating in the air, and it zooms away when Meowth tries to chase it! Meowth chases the sandwich through the park and runs right through the special reception Azumarill is preparing for Azurill, who is coming from out of down. After a commotion like that, all the Pokémon friends end up chasing the sandwich! When the sandwich goes flying, Teddiursa catches it and gobbles it down in one gulp. The other Pokémon spot a footprint that suggests it was an invisible Pokémon who first swiped the sandwich, but who?
Just then, Meowth sees a strange red stripe floating by. This must be the invisible Pokémon! One of the Pichu Bros. asks a Smeargle for help, and Smeargle throws paint around until the invisible Pokémon is covered in paint and plain to see. It's a Kecleon! Kecleon runs away, but its paint-covered footsteps lead the others to a empty pipe. Inside the pipe are Kecleon and the Azurill that Azumarill was waiting for: Kecleon was stealing the food for Azurill! Once everything is cleared up, the Pokémon settle down to a delicious picnic with friends.
The next day, the Pichu Bros. are helping Azumarill look after Azurill. But as soon as they take their eyes off the little Pokémon, it disappears! The Pichu Bros. gather all of their friends to help them find Azurill. Even though they can see it, they can hardly catch up as it bounces all over town! Not far away, Meowth is trying to win a pretty Skitty's heart with roses when Azurill bounces past, switching Meowth's roses for a bundle of laundry. Skitty is not impressed.
For Meowth's next attempt at romance, it tries to give Skitty a cake, but Azurill steals the cake and eats it. Then Meowth sings a romantic serenade, only to have Azurill ruin this chance at love, too! That's when the Pokémon pals show up and grab Azurill, while Meowth ends up stuck under a Snorlax. So much for love; Meowth decides to settle for a nice, peaceful nap instead![1]
Episode plot[]
Meowth claims to have spent his five days of vacation by making a giant statue of himself, but gave up on it and decided to spend the other two days by enjoying the day. He decides to eat a tuna sandwich. Meowth takes out the sandwich and has a drink, then imagines his how his giant golden statue would look in the park. Meowth imagines that and takes a bite, but only chews his hand. Meowth is in pain and realizes his sandwich is gone. Meowth searches and finds it on the grass. Meowth goes to reach it, but the sandwich slips off his fingers. Meowth realizes the sandwich floats in midair and runs after the sandwich, with a stripe near it. As Meowth chases the sandwich, the Pichu brothers observe the situation and descend down from the tree. Azumarill, however, is preparing the lunch, for Azurill is coming to town.
Meowth chases the sandwich and crashes the table Azumarill set up. Meowth continues chasing the sandwich and is followed by Smoochum, Wooper and Magby, who also crash the table. Azumarill is angry and starts attacking, displeased everything is ruined. A Teddiursa was looking for some acorns as food and the sandwich Meowth was chasing is thrown away, into Teddiursa's mouth. Teddiursa eats the sandwich, shocking Meowth, who demands Teddiursa to spit the sandwich out. Meowth is terrified, but notices a footprint. The Pichu brothers thought a Pokémon, carrying the sandwich, made this footprint. To start out, Meowth checks the feet of other Pokémon, but neither have the corresponding footprint. Meowth starts thinking and notices the stripe, which appeared close to the sandwich. The Pokémon follow the stripe, to a place with many painted stripes on the wall, which were made by a Smeargle. The stripe picks out an apple, which disappears in a second.
Suddenly, Smeargle started painting the wall and smudges everyone around. It includes the stripe, which reveals it to be a Kecleon. Kecleon thinks it is still invisible, so Meowth bumps into it and starts walking over it. Kecleon realizes it is visible, so gets chased by Meowth. To follow this thief, Meowth notices the yellow footprints. The Pokémon follow the footprints and find Kecleon, along with an Azurill. Meowth suspects this Azurill is the one Azumarill was expecting and Kecleon gives the apple to Azurill, who starts eating it. Later, the Pokémon took Azurill to Azumarill, who was glad to see it. Meowth asks Kecleon how Azurill came to Kecleon and is told Kecleon found Azurill in the rain and was feeding it. Azumarill was glad Azurill came back and invited everyone for the picnic.
A moment later, Meowth eats the food with the other Pokémon, seeing this feast beats his tuna sandwich.
Trivia[]
- Meowth reads the title card episode.
- He is also the narrator for this Pokémon Chronicles episode.
Mistakes[]
- When Smeargle is first seen painting, the paint on its tail is red, but in the next shot, the paint is yellow.
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- ^ (n.d.) . "Big Meowth, Little Dreams (Part 1) | Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)". From The Official Pokémon Website | Pokemon.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2024.