>>41638042Meowth has been a shillmon for as long as Team Rocket has been in the anime, and for as long as they've had an obsession with connecting it to Pikachu.
>cat/mouse theme>dex numbers>both snuck into unova tcg sets as secret raresIt's just that no one really minds that they shill Meowth. It's usually less in your face, and Meowth is unironically based.