He taught himself to speak to impress a female Meowth, who then ran off with a Persian.He then turned to crime upon meeting Team Rocket shortly after.
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ClanSoul,
Mon 28 Jul 2008, 0:01,
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There was an entire episode to explain how he can speak.I've seen it a couple times, it's really old.
Edit: here, I found a page about it:
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Meowth_(Team_Rocket)
(Edit: here, I found a page about it:
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Meowth_(Team_Rocket)
ClanSoul,
Mon 28 Jul 2008, 0:08,
archived)