>>49195896Meowth is simple because it's simply a lucky cat. It didn't need to be complex, it needed to look like and be a lucky cat, and it is.
Persian is pretty basic and would be a better target for comparison, but it fulfills the role that evolved pokemon should fulfill: it looks like and maintains traits of the base form (color scheme, headpiece, tail spiral) while looking stronger and more "mature" to showcase that it's a higher form.
Impidimp (and its evolutions) is based and singlehandedly made the swoshit leak worth following. Shiny Impidimp during the vp leaker's playthrough was manifested proof that we run this shit.