Me neither.

They literally have the rarest Pokémon ever seen in all the 1000+ episodes next to them...

>>58799240
You already answered the question. They already have Meowth in Team Rocket. What are they supposed to do, admire him all day? No, they are busy with stealing pokemon. Ash's pikachu's feats are quite impressive compared to average Kanto pikachu.

>>58799240
They got beaten by it so to cope they gaslit themselves into thinking it was abnormally strong and worth stealing. Whats worse, losing to a random Pikachu, or losing to a special overpowered Pikachu? Its why they cheered for it to beat Raichu when Ash fought Lt Surge; since Raichu beat Pikachu at first it proved that Pikachu wasn't special, and then they would have to admit they wasted their time and their pride on a random rat. From that day forward it became a self fulfilling prophecy of inadvertedly helping Pikachu and Ash get stronger by giving him practice and opportunities

>>58799240
autism
they're like shiny hunters of real life, they're hell bent on getting something they have no real use for

>>58799240
They could have made an infinite ocean of money simply using him as a translator

>>58799455
well this post stung

Wasn't there a scene where Giovanni tells them to keep chasing pikachu to keep them busy because they ruin everything or did I imagine that?