WARNING: Potential spoilers for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet within. Read at your own caution.

About

Meowscarada is the final evolution of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet grass-type starter Sprigatito. The Pokémon initially divided the fandom, with some upset that Sprigatito was apparently evolving into a bipedal creature, while others were bigger fans of the design. The Pokémon inspired a significant amount of fan art, including a significant amount of rule 34 art.

Origin

On November 8th, 2022, there was a massive leak of supposed information about the upcoming Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, including the full evolution lines of Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly. That day, Redditor Neobaiter posted the design for Meowscarada, the supposed final evolution for Sprigatito, in /r/PokeLeaks,^[1] gaining over 3,700 points in three days (shown below).

Spread

As the design for Meowscarada spread on social media, fan art followed, as some users expressed their appreciation of the Pokémon's design. For example, on November 10th, user torapuff^[2] posted art that gained over 250 retweets and 1,700 likes in one day (shown below, left). User @sabiksphinx^[3] posted art that gained over 230 retweets and 1,400 likes in three days (shown below, right).

Others were less impressed with the design. User @XionFoxOfficial^[4] wrote, "Like seriously. What is this crap? one of the worst starter final evos I've ever seen" (shown below, left). User @LucienXI^[5] wrote, "i was really hoping for some sort of puss in boots inspired design, i don't hate meowscarada but it feels like the disappointment of delphox all over again lmao" (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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