[Oh, okay, video now! Strictly speaking, Grant doesn't need to also switch to video, but he'll go ahead and do that anyway. Following Dimitri's lead or something.]

Oh! Oh, yes, I know those-- or, uh, I've seen statues like that, at Japanese restaurants and stores and stuff. It's probably based on the prevalence of intrinsic luck magic in domestic cats.

[Or. At least it is where he's from.]

Meowths do kinda look like those statues, actually... that's interesting, for sure!