How does Meowth talk, but not all non-ledendary Pokemon?

[Mewiscute1]

I've always wondered this. Anyone care to answer?

 

[AliceBlaze]

In the episode Go West Young Meowth, he teaches himself to talk in order to impress a female Meowth.

 

[Dugtrio-Ramen]

In the episode Go West Young Meowth, he teaches himself to talk in order to impress a female Meowth.

Really, I never ever knew that.
I thought it was just that they were born special pokemon (or half human...jk).
Like slowking, lucario and the other talking pokemon.
.........|---------|
Btw, why do they talk

 

[FireSnow]

Those Pokemon, if i remember correctly, were using telepathy to talk and were very unique Pokemon, cause obviously not all Lucario and Slowking and Shaymin can talk through telepathy (though now that i think about it, I don't remember why the Slowking in the second movie could actually talk... )

 

[Mewiscute1]

In the episode Go West Young Meowth, he teaches himself to talk in order to impress a female Meowth.

So you could teach other Pokemon to speak?

 

[FireSnow]

Meowth just taught himself to do it, thinking it would impress the non-talking female Meowth. Theoretically, Meowth probably could teach other Pokemon to talk if he wanted to as long as that other Pokemon showed the same kind of determination that Meowth had when he was learning.

 

[Mewiscute1]

Theoretically, Meowth probably could teach other Pokemon to talk if he wanted to.

Then why don't they?!

 

[machomuu]

Then why don't they?!

Two reasons.

First, there's no point. Meowth learned to talk to impress a girl and Pokemon can inherently understand human speech (they just can't speak it without learning how). There isn't much merit to teaching Pokemon to speak, and there's no proof that it'd even work without considerable effort.

The second reason is because he probably wouldn't want to. When Meowth learned to speak, the girl didn't like him more for it. It basically turned him into a black sheep. And sure, he accepts this, but I doubt that would be something that he would want to wish on other Pokemon.

 

[FireSnow]

I agree with that a bit but I also think he likes being so unique at the same time, the only Pokemon in the world who can talk with humans is pretty cool in my opinion (Save for that Slowking in the movie). If i were him personally, I wouldn't want to teach another Pokemon to talk because I would lose my uniqueness.

 

[yillbs]

Don't forget, in season 1, episode 18-19 of indigo league, the ghastly could also talk!

 

[Caite-chan]

Not to mention Meowth is in Team Rocket. If he taught other Pokemon to talk he'd be doing good and not bad...Lol.

 

[yillbs]

In episode 17 of the first season of indigo league, a giant tentacruel used meowth as a mouth piece... while he wasn't able to talk himself, he was able to use psychic to make meowth talk for them. Does that count?