Meowth's Party facts for kids
Meowth's Party (ニャースのパーティ, Nyāsu no Pāti) is a fun song from the Pokémon anime series. It was the 7th ending theme song for the show. This song was played at the end of episodes 117 through 141 in Japan. Akihito Toda wrote the lyrics for the song.
The song became well-known around the world when it was shown as a special demo. This demo was at the 2000 Nintendo Space World event. It showed off the amazing graphics of the new GameCube console. In the demo, Meowth from Team Rocket plays his red guitar and entertains guests at a party. The demo also featured Pokémon from the Red, Blue (or Green in Japan), Gold, and Silver video games. The team who made Pokémon Stadium for the Nintendo 64 also created this demo.
The Song and Its Story
In the song's ending video, Meowth dances with his friends from Team Rocket, Jessie and James. Their Pokémon, Arbok and Weezing, are also there. In both the song's video and the GameCube demo, Meowth is voiced by Inuko Inuyama. She is the original Japanese voice actor for Meowth.
In the United States, the TV channel Kids' WB! aired an English version of the song. This happened after new episodes of Pokémon debuted. In the English version, Maddie Blaustein voiced Meowth. Rachael Lillis was Jessie, and Eric Stuart was James. They were the voice actors for these characters in the show at that time. The English version also had new lyrics. This ending song was not shown on the network again after its first run.
The animation for both the Japanese and English versions was made using 3-D computer graphics. However, Jessie and James in the ending video looked like 2-D drawings. This style was similar to games like Paper Mario and PaRappa the Rapper.
Meowth also sings this song in a special Pokémon episode. It is called Pichu Bros. in Party Panic. You could only watch this episode if you played the GameCube game Pokémon Channel. This part of the episode used 3-D computer graphics. Meowth's actions in the song were chosen randomly each time you watched it.
You can even find a trophy of Meowth holding a red guitar in the game Super Smash Bros. Melee. The Meowth model in the trophy looks just like the one from Meowth's Party. The trophy's description also talks about Meowth's Party and explains a little about it.
The CD Single
Meowth's Party (ニャースのパーティ Nyarth's Party) was also released as a mini CD single. It came out in Japan on October 27, 1999. Akihito Toda wrote the lyrics for the songs. Hirokazu Tanaka composed and arranged the music. Inuko Inuyama, Meowth's Japanese voice actor, performed the song.
The CD single often came with a small poster. This poster had a picture from the song's ending video and the lyrics. There was also a secret fifth track on the CD. It was 41 seconds long and was not listed on the CD's packaging!
Track List
- Meowth's Party (ニャースのパーティ)
- Meowth's Song 2000 (ニャースのうた2000)
- As I Said (と★いってるニャ)
- Meowth's Party (Karaoke) (ニャースのパーティ(オリジナルカラオケ))
- Meowth's Rant (a hidden track not listed on the packaging)
