Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Glameow (魅力喵) |
| Alias(es) | “Miss Glameow,” “little princess” — affectionate names used by Chen Yan 45 |
| Species/Race | Glameow; Pokémon 20 |
| Gender | Female 21 |
| Type | Normal 21 |
| Ability | Own Tempo 21 |
| Affiliation | Chen Yan’s traveling group; voluntarily joins him 38 |
| Occupation/Role | Traveling companion and guest in Chen Yan’s livestream 38 45 |
| Status | Alive; traveling with Chen Yan after treatment for severe paw injuries 38 49 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 20, “The injured Glameow” 20 |
Background / History
Abandonment
Glameow was taken away from her mother by a Trainer who later abandoned her. Unwilling to accept the separation, she crossed several cities searching for him. When she finally found him with another Pokémon, she became devastated and began to hate humans. She subsequently lived as a stray and wandered to Sandgem Town. Despite her circumstances, she retained her love of cleanliness, running freely outdoors, and the dream of becoming an agile performer like her mother 21.
Rescue in Sandgem Town
Glameow first encounters Chen Yan’s group while gravely injured near an alley. A group of Meowth attacks her and piles garbage over her body, while she drives away people attempting to help. Gengar and Weedle chase off the Meowth, but Glameow rejects their approach as well. After they alert Chen Yan, his Pokédex identifies a long-neglected paw injury, pneumonia, high fever, and a potentially fatal condition 20.
Unable to approach her safely, Chen Yan has Gengar use Hypnosis. Weedle cushions her collapse with String Shot, and Chen Yan carries her through the rain to the Pokémon Center. Nurse Joy saves her life, but the untreated injury has damaged nerves and threatens to leave her unable to run normally 20 21.
Treatment and Recovery
| Chapter | Development |
|---|---|
| 21 | Chen Yan spends 1,888 View Count on Miraculous Gracidea Flower Tea to treat her nerve damage. As she calls for her mother in her sleep, he comforts her and sings; the leg ailment disappears from her status. |
| 22 | Still severely malnourished and distrustful, she refuses food and treatment and attempts to escape. Chen Yan uses repeated Hypnosis and a bluff about plucking her fur to pressure her into accepting Chansey’s care. |
| 23 26 | She begins eating and cooperating with dressing changes, although she remains frightened of Chen Yan and sometimes pretends to sleep during his visits. |
| 31 33 | Chansey assists with rehabilitation; Glameow becomes able to stand for short periods. |
| 38 | She is discharged. Nurse Joy advises restricting running and jumping for another week. |
| 44 | She leaps and strikes a passing Dustox with her supposedly injured paw, demonstrating that it is much more functional than she lets on. |
Joining Chen Yan
After her discharge, Chen Yan returns Glameow to the place where they first met and explains where she can seek help if the Meowth trouble her again. Although she continues telling herself that humans cannot be trusted, she remembers his daily visits and the song he sang. When the Meowth flee at the sight of her, visibly injured themselves, she recognizes that Chen Yan and Gengar have intervened on her behalf and runs to look for them 38.
Chen Yan returns as well, afraid that they will miss each other. He offers two small fish and invites her to travel with him, explaining that companionship does not make her his possession: they will be family, helping and encouraging one another. After eating the fish, Glameow taps a Poké Ball and willingly joins the group 38.
Appearance
Glameow has a gray body with white ear tips, paws, and muzzle. Her spring-shaped tail ends in a tuft of white fur 20.
- Eyes: Described as yellow-and-blue in some passages and blue or crystal-blue in others 20 26 38 42.
- Paws: Soft pink pads with retractable claws; her left forepaw is bloody and severely twisted when she is rescued 20 42.
- Build: Initially extremely underweight. By discharge she has gained weight, though Chen Yan still finds her lean 20 38.
- Proportions: A thinner neck and larger ears than an ordinary cat 48.
- Fur condition: Malnutrition causes shedding; sustained care later makes her fur softer than it was when Chen Yan first found her 22 48.
Personality
Glameow’s early hostility is rooted in abandonment rather than indiscriminate aggression. She refuses human help even when critically ill and deliberately uses the pain in her injured paw to keep herself conscious. During hospitalization, her fear makes feeding, medication, and ordinary contact difficult; Chansey is initially the only caregiver she tolerates nearby 20 22.
Her trust develops gradually through consistent care. She notices Chen Yan’s visits even while pretending to sleep, but remains reluctant to admit affection. After joining him, she rubs against his hand and wraps her tail around his wrist, yet still dodges or hisses at unwanted head-patting. She also shyly withdraws her tail after realizing she has curled it around his arm while sleeping 26 38 39 41.
She values cleanliness and prefers companionship to combat. As she grows comfortable with Chen Yan, she accepts baths, sleeps in his arms, and agrees to appear in his livestream. Her continued resistance to some petting shows that trusting him does not mean accepting every interaction 38 44 45 48.
Abilities & Skills
Own Tempo
- Listed as Glameow’s Ability in her Pokédex profile; no specific use or effect is demonstrated in the supplied chapters 21.
Known Moves
Her documented move pool contains fourteen moves 21:
| Group | Moves |
|---|---|
| Claw-based moves | Scratch, Fury Swipes, Slash, Hone Claws |
| Other listed attacks | Fake Out, Sucker Punch, Play Rough, Thunderbolt, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball |
| Other listed moves | Growl, Hypnosis, Charm, Taunt |
- Despite this move pool, Glameow tells Chen Yan that she dislikes fighting and cannot fight. He assures her that joining the group does not require battling 38.
- Her strike against Dustox is not identified as a named move 44.
Agility
- Enjoys running freely and aspires to become a nimble performer like her mother 21.
- Sprints out of the alley to search for Chen Yan after her discharge, disregarding Nurse Joy’s recovery instructions 38.
- Later leaps, swats Dustox away, and lands lightly on her blanket in less than two seconds 44.
Equipment / Items
- Pet carrier — Purchased by Chen Yan so she can rest while traveling and he can keep his hands free for photography. Glameow enjoys looking out from it and shelters inside during the Pokémon Hunter incident 39 42.
- Paw bandages — Used during recovery and changed by Chansey and Chen Yan. After witnessing her strike Dustox, Chen Yan continues bandaging the paw without challenging her pretense 26 42 44.
- Cat-teaser-like toy — Bought for her with Chen Yan’s remaining View Count during a roadside rest 41.
Relationships
- Chen Yan — Rescuer and chosen traveling companion. Their relationship moves from fear and resentment to mutual affection; his invitation explicitly treats her as family rather than property 20 22 38.
- Mother — Glameow longs for the comfort of their life together and hopes to become an agile performer like her. She calls for her mother while asleep in the hospital 21.
- Former Trainer — Took her away from her mother and abandoned her. Finding him with another Pokémon is the central cause of her distrust of humans 21.
- Chansey — Her first trusted caregiver during hospitalization. Chansey feeds her, changes her dressings, assists with rehabilitation, and explains that Chen Yan’s supposed fur-plucking was a bluff 22 26 31 38.
- Nurse Joy — Saves her life and supervises her recovery, despite Glameow initially refusing to let her approach. Provides restrictions on activity after discharge 20 22 38.
- Gengar — Helps rescue her but also participates in the intimidation used to secure treatment. Later protects the traveling group and reserves safe mushrooms for Glameow and Chen Yan 20 22 48 49.
- Meowth gang — Bullies her while she is injured. After an apparent encounter with Chen Yan and Gengar, the gang flees when she returns to the alley 20 37 38.
Story Role / Major Arcs
- Departure from Sandgem Town: Joins Chen Yan’s journey toward Lake Verity. She is carried along when his pursuit of Ho-Oh abruptly interrupts their rest 39.
- Pokémon Hunter incident: Remains protected in her carrier while Chen Yan, Gengar, Kakuna, and Snivy confront the hunters 42.
- Riverside camp: Her sudden strike against Dustox exposes the injured-paw pretense. Chen Yan quietly plays along, marking their growing wordless understanding 44.
- First gaming livestream: Appears as “Miss Glameow,” receives enthusiastic attention from viewers, and agrees to remain on camera. When Chen Yan offers to stop so she can sleep, she points at the screen to encourage another match 45 47.
- Life with the group: Sleeps beside Chen Yan and shares the camp’s meals and routines, contrasting with the isolation and hunger of her life as a stray 48 49.