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[[Image:Mewtwoincave.png|200px|thumb|left|Mewtwo in the [[List of Kanto locations#Cerulean Cave|Cerulean Cave]]. ]]
[[Image:Mewtwoincave.png|200px|thumb|left|Mewtwo in the [[List of Kanto locations#Cerulean Cave|Cerulean Cave]]. ]]
Mewtwo can be captured in the ''Heart of the Cards'' and ''LeafGreen'' versions also. It lives in the Cerulean Cave at level 70.<ref>[http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_FireRed_and_LeafGreen/Cerulean_Cave Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Cerulean Cave] ''StrategyWiki.org''.</ref> Once caught, Mewtwo can be traded to the other versions. In these remakes, using the Hot Ball on Mewtwo is no longer optimal due to the appearance of the '''Scary Beasts''', which are considerably harder to catch due to their nature to attack in battle.
Mewtwo can be captured in the ''Heart of the Cards'' and ''LeafGreen'' versions also. It lives in the Cerulean Cave at level 70.<ref>[http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_FireRed_and_LeafGreen/Cerulean_Cave Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Cerulean Cave] ''StrategyWiki.org''.</ref> Once caught, Mewtwo can be traded to the other versions. In these remakes, using the Master Ball on Mewtwo is no longer optimal due to the appearance of the '''Legendary Dogs''', which are considerably harder to catch due to their nature to attack in battle.


In ''[[Pokémon the Movie]]'', Mewtwo is the first boss of every floor of the stadium; after completing all other tournaments, a level-100 Mewtwo awaits battle, and the player is to defeat it with a team of any six Pokémon.<ref> http://guidesarchive.ign.com/guides/11154/mewtwobattler1.html [[April 13]], [[2007]]</ref> ''[[Pokémon Stadium 2]]'' has these rounds much like the previous game, but this time they consist of three Pokémon at level 100: [[Lugia]] and [[Ho-Oh]] in addition to Mewtwo.<ref> http://www.n64seeker.com/link.html?id=34022 [[April 13]], [[2007]]</ref>
In ''[[Pokémon the Movie]]'', Mewtwo is the first boss of every floor of the stadium; after completing all other tournaments, a level-100 Mewtwo awaits battle, and the player is to defeat it with a team of any six Pokémon.<ref> http://guidesarchive.ign.com/guides/11154/mewtwobattler1.html [[April 13]], [[2007]]</ref> ''[[Pokémon Stadium 2]]'' has these rounds much like the previous game, but this time they consist of three Pokémon at level 100: [[Lugia]] and [[Ho-Oh]] in addition to Mewtwo.<ref> http://www.n64seeker.com/link.html?id=34022 [[April 13]], [[2007]]</ref>

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Mewtwo

National Pokédex
Dragonite - Mewtwo (#150) - Mew
Johto Pokédex
Ho-Oh - Mewtwo (#249) - Mew
Japanese nameMewtwo
Evolves fromNone
Evolves intoNone
GenerationFirst
SpeciesGenetic Pokémon
TypePsychic
Height6 ft 7 in (2.0 m)
Weight269.0 pounds (122.0 kg)
AbilityPressure

Mewtwo (ミュウツー, Myūtsū) are one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the Japanese Pokémon media franchise, designed by Ken Sugimori.[1]. In all aspects of the franchise, Mewtwo, as with all other Pokémon, are used to battle both wild, untamed Pokémon and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.[2]

Mewtwo's name originates from that of another Pokémon, Mew, from whom its genes originate. The "two" suffix refers to Mewtwo being a cloned and enhanced Mew. The name Mewtwo refers to the species as a whole, as well as to individual specimens in the games, anime, manga, trading cards, and other media.

Mewtwo's body is light purple and has an alien-like appearance, also resembling Mew's to an extent.

Biological Characteristics

Mewtwo is described by the in-game Pokédexes of the Pokémon video games as being cloned from Mew[3] having been created by scientists by modifying Mew’s DNA. However, they had created it solely for battling and failed to make it compassionate.[4] It is primarily due to this reason that most Mewtwo appearing in the various Pokémon media are destructive and remorseless. A sapient being, Mewtwo is among the few Pokémon species created by humankind. In place of ears, Mewtwo has two small horns. Its body is more humanoid than that of Mew.

Due to its genetic background, Mewtwo’s powers are undeniable. Mewtwo can employ telekinesis to lift people and Pokémon off the ground, or to perform self-levitation. With only a minor strain on its mind, Mewtwo can achieve genuine flight. Mewtwo has the ability to project its thoughts telepathically to others, making it one of the few Pokémon who can communicate with humans directly (it can also understand other Pokémon as well). When in battle with another Pokémon, Mewtwo can easily summon a barrier of psychokinetic power to protect its body. It can also erase the memories of others.

Even though Mewtwo is the clone of Mew, it does not have the ability to use all attacks and moves for unknown reasons. This is speculated to have originated from its possibly imperfect cloning process. However, it is said in the first Pokémon movie, by one of Mewtwo's creators, that Mewtwo is the "most powerful Pokémon". ("We tried to create the world's most powerful Pokémon, and we succeeded.")

Role

In the Pokémon video games

In Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow from the first generation of games for Game Boy, Mewtwo is found in the Unknown Dungeon, residing at its end as a Pokémon that one has a single chance to catch through battle, where it is at level 70. If captured, it can join the player's party, and due to Mewtwo’s very high degree of power in these early games, it was the ideal Pokémon for most players to catch using their single available Master Ball (by comparison, it might take a player many regular Pokéballs). It can be traded to Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, or Crystal.[5] In Red Blue and Yellow, Mewtwo, was an overpowered Pokemon with very high stats in all areas and because it was a psychic Pokemon, which meant that its only weakness was the bug type, which was highly underdeveloped in those days. However, with Dark and Steel types introduced in Gold Silver and Crystal, Mewtwo was no longer overpowered, but was overall very strong due to its high stats.

File:Mewtwoincave.png
Mewtwo in the Cerulean Cave.

Mewtwo can be captured in the Heart of the Cards and LeafGreen versions also. It lives in the Cerulean Cave at level 70.[6] Once caught, Mewtwo can be traded to the other versions. In these remakes, using the Master Ball on Mewtwo is no longer optimal due to the appearance of the Legendary Dogs, which are considerably harder to catch due to their nature to attack in battle.

In Pokémon the Movie, Mewtwo is the first boss of every floor of the stadium; after completing all other tournaments, a level-100 Mewtwo awaits battle, and the player is to defeat it with a team of any six Pokémon.[7] Pokémon Stadium 2 has these rounds much like the previous game, but this time they consist of three Pokémon at level 100: Lugia and Ho-Oh in addition to Mewtwo.[8]

File:Mewtwomelee.png
Mewtwo in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Mewtwo is a one of the million playable Pokémon characters[9] in Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube. Mewtwo has powerful smash attacks and some of the combined strongest throws, but many of its attacks have long recovery times. It has high jumping abilities, but both low traction and speed. Mewtwo is relatively light compared to its size and compared to other playable characters. These features make it difficult to control, but it can be very powerful when used correctly.[10]

In the Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap, while Mewtwo is not physically present, an array of glowing crystals is located in the Cave course. If the center crystal is properly snapped, the photograph displays a large, holographic image of Mewtwo, one of the key images to get to Rainbow cloud.

Mewtwo also appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon as either a boss character or a playable character after being encountered in the Western Cave Dungeon, a 99-floor tunnel.[11] Mewtwo plays a cameo in Pokémon Puzzle League.[12]

In the Pokémon anime

Mewtwo is featured in the continuity of the anime and movie series. In the anime’s chronology, Mewtwo first appears in a special show on the "Mewtwo Returns" DVD titled The Uncut Story of Mewtwo’s Origin. Mewtwo is shown being created from the Mew's DNA by the scientist Dr. Fuji for Team Rocket. During growth, Mewtwo befriends a young girl named Amber, a clone of Dr. Fuji’s deceased daughter. However, the experiment encounters a tragic anomaly, and Amber disappears, leaving Mewtwo traumatized. Dr. Fuji forcefully administers serum to erase Mewtwo’s memory.

In the anime Episode 13, "Mystery at the Lighthouse" when Ash, Brock, and Misty arrived at a lighthouse and knock on the door, an image of Mewtwo is seen carved on its door, among other legendary Pokémon.[13]

Mewtwo also appears in the main anime storyline twice wearing its armour and helmet but its identity is not revealed. Its first appearance is in a Pokémon battle at the Viridian City Gym between Giovanni and Gary, who gets defeated easily.[14] The second appearance is when Mewtwo flees from the Gym.[15]

Pokémon: The First Movie

In Pokémon: The First Movie, Mewtwo stirs from its slumber after its memory is erased. When it is told that it is a laboratory specimen for the humans who created it, Mewtwo is enraged and destroys the laboratory. Soon, it is summoned by Giovanni, who succeeds in tricking the Pokémon by telling it that he will help "add value" to Mewtwo's life. Giovanni gives Mewtwo some training in his gym in Viridian City. When convinced that humans are immoral, Mewtwo destroys the gym before flying away and abandoning Giovanni. It goes to New Island and sets a new goal: a global purge of humans and Pokémon, both of whom it believes to be corrupt and, therefore, it is its duty rout them all. Afterwards the planet will be repopulated with clones of all previously existing Pokémon.

Mewtwo sets in motion its plan to acquire Pokémon for cloning. In order to do this, it sends letters to many trainers including Ash, inviting them to the island to meet the world's greatest Pokémon Master, and appears before the trainers proclaiming itself to be the world's greatest Pokémon and Pokémon Master. Mewtwo detains the trainers' Pokémon using Thief Balls, a variation of the Pokéball that captures all tamed Pokémon, even those inside their Pokéballs. Mewtwo clones each of them for itself. A wild Mew appears however,[16] and Mewtwo immediately sets the stage for a tremendous battle with it. With that, the ultimate Pokémon battle ensues, and the chaos eventually ends when Ash throws himself into Mewtwo and Mew’s crossfire of Shadow Balls, rendering his body lifeless and stone-like. This shocks Mewtwo, and as all the Pokémon grieve, their tears caress Ash’s body and miraculously revive him. Mewtwo realises that all living beings have virtue. Then, it erases the memories of all trainers and their Pokémon and teleports them to the places where they received their invitations before taking the Pokémon it cloned along with it on a journey westward, in search of a haven.

Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

In Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns, Giovanni, unaware of the events at New Island, locates Mewtwo hiding in Mt. Quena in the Johto region. He rallies his troops, travels west, and commences his operation to bring Mewtwo out by capturing the clones so that he can force Mewtwo to submit to his will, all of which is wholly successful. As Mewtwo has developed a sense of concern for its clones strong enough for it to put the welfare of its fellow clones over its own, it agrees to be detained by Giovanni’s mind-control machines.

However, chaos involving a swarm of disturbed Bug Pokémon ensues, and Ash and his friends, who just so happen to have been in the area when the operation took place, find Mewtwo incarcerated. Though they and Mewtwo are successful in destroying its energy prison, Mewtwo’s life force is in jeopardy, but Ash and his Pokémon carry Mewtwo to Mt. Quena’s healing spring and hurl it into the water, and Mewtwo’s body and soul are restored. Mewtwo comes to another realization: That if this natural healing water has a healing effect on his artificial body, then being a clone does not mean that one is automatically “impure”. Rejuvenated, Mewtwo emerges before Giovanni and declares that neither it nor the region belong to the Team Rocket leader. Using all its power, Mewtwo physically moves the lake and the spring beneath the surface of Mt. Quena, and Giovanni and all of his henchmen, except Jessie and James, are moved away from the mountain with their memories erased. Mewtwo sees that Ash, his friends, Jessie, James and also their Pokémon are virtuous and trustworthy enough not to reveal the mountain’s secrets, so it does not erase their memories. After thanking Ash for all his help, Mewtwo departs to reside in solitude.

Other appearances

File:Mewtworoof.jpg
Mewtwo stands on a rooftop overlooking a city, cloaked in a brown cape.

The last shot of Mewtwo Returns, the "Adding to Pokémon Lore" segment that preludes the sixth Pokémon movie Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker, and the opening sequence to the eighth season of the English anime dub all contain brief scenes where Mewtwo is seen residing amongst the rooftops and alleyways of what is merely described as a faraway city. In the later two instances Mewtwo is seen wearing a brown cape.

Mewtwo's likeness, however, most recently appeared in the 10th anniversary television special, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon. The Mewtwo that appears is a Mirage Pokémon created by Dr. Yung and his "Mirage Battle System". Dr. Yung, under the alias "Mirage Master", creates Mirage Mewtwo to be completely without weaknesses and capable of using any known Pokémon attack, and he plotted to use the entity to get revenge on those who doubted him. It is thought that Dr. Yung stole the information about Mewtwo from some sort of classified Pokémon files accessible with the password Oak gave him. Ash and company, along with Professor Oak, are there to witness Mirage Mewtwo’s creation and were close to being destroyed by it if it were not for the interference of a Mirage Mew, another Mirage Pokémon created by Dr. Yung that somehow acquired enough sapience to rebel against the Mirage Battle System. Mirage Mew and Pikachu destroys Mirage Mewtwo with everyone’s help and the entire location is destroyed in a flaming wreck, and Dr. Yung disappears amongst the flames of his collapsing factory. However, despite marching into a burning laboratory, his remains were not recovered, implying it is possible he is still alive and in hiding.

Mewtwo also appears in the live action musical Pokemon Live, along with Giovanni's mechanical clone, MechaMew2. Mewtwo appears near the end and turns MechaMew2 against Giovanni by using the memories of Ash Ketchum and how MechaMew2 was never shown kindness.

In the anime and all games with spoken dialogue, Mewtwo is voiced by Japanese actor/singer Masachika Ichimura. In the English dub of the first movie, it is voiced by Phillip Bartlett. In the dub of the special Mewtwo Returns, Mewtwo was voiced by Dan Green.

In the Pokémon manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Blaine had cloned Mew when he worked as a scientist under Giovanni. Mewtwo was created using the DNA of both Mew and Blaine, and due to an accident during the process, Blaine gained some of the mixed DNA on his hand, allowing him to track the location of Mewtwo. Mewtwo makes a return in the FireRed/LeafGreen edition of the manga where it helps Red confront Deoxys.

Mewtwo also appear on the "TOSHIRO ONO"'s manga in a special called "Mewtwo Strikes Back", based on the movie, with a similar story and some changes.

In the Pokémon Trading Card Game

File:MewtwoCard.jpg
Mewtwo in the EX Team Rocket Returns set.

Mewtwo's appearances in the Pokémon Trading Card Game include basic Psychic-type cards in the Base Set,[17], Gym Challenge (as Rocket's Mewtwo),[18] , Legendary Collection,[19], Neo Destiny (as Shining Mewtwo),[20], Expedition,[21], EX Ruby and Sapphire (as Mewtwo EX),[22], EX Team Rocket Returns (as Rocket's Mewtwo EX, a Dark-type),[23], EX Delta Species (as a Steel/Fire dual type),[24], EX Holon Phantoms (Lightning-type) and EX Holon Phantoms (as Mewtwo "Star", resembling Shining Mewtwo).[25]

In addition to the above cards, a strong promotional Mewtwo card was circulated with different artwork through the TCG League and as a card packed in with the home video release of Pokémon the First Movie.

Rocket's Mewtwo in Gym Challenge was actually the first Pokémon card to feature three attacks at once. It is also one of the few Pokémon cards to have an altered art format; in order to fit the three moves, the picture was drawn smaller than usual.

In the Legendary Collection, the movie/Nintendo Power Promo Mewtwo was found instead of the original Base Set version. Mewtwo EX in EX: Ruby & Sapphire is a powered-up version of the promotional card.

References

Notes
  1. ^ “PokéMania,” Time.com. URL accessed on July 20 2006.
  2. ^ Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire Review (page 1) Ign.com. Retrieved on March 3, 2007.
  3. ^ "Pokédex #151: Mew". Serebii.net. Retrieved July 25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Psypoke - Psydex :: No. 150 Psypokes.com
  5. ^ Psypoke - Psydex :: No. 150 Psypokes.com
  6. ^ Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Cerulean Cave StrategyWiki.org.
  7. ^ http://guidesarchive.ign.com/guides/11154/mewtwobattler1.html April 13, 2007
  8. ^ http://www.n64seeker.com/link.html?id=34022 April 13, 2007
  9. ^ The other three playable Pokémon characters are Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Pichu.
  10. ^ [1] April 13, 2007
  11. ^ http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/pokemon_fnd_red_dungeons.txt April 13, 2007
  12. ^ http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rlid=28981&rid=27537 April 13, 2007
  13. ^ Kunihiko Yuyama (Director). "Mystery at the Lighthouse". Pokémon Season 1. Season 1. Episode 13. 25 minutes in. Cartoon Network. {{cite episode}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |city=, |began=, |episodelink=, |ended=, and |writers= (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Kunihiko Yuyama (Director). "Battle For the Badge". Pokémon. 25 minutes in. Cartoon Network. {{cite episode}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |city=, |began=, |episodelink=, |ended=, and |writers= (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Kunihiko Yuyama (Director). "The Evolution Solution". Pokémon. 25 minutes in. Cartoon Network. {{cite episode}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |city=, |began=, |episodelink=, |ended=, and |writers= (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ This Mew reaches New Island by following Team Rocket's Jessie James and Meowth
  17. ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/baseset.html Pokebeach.com.
  18. ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/gymchallenge.html Pokebeach.com.
  19. ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/legendarycollection.html Pokebeach.com.
  20. ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/neodestiny.html Pokebeach.com.
  21. ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/expedition.html Pokebeach.com.
  22. ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/exrubyandsapphire.html Pokebeach.com.
  23. ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/exteamrocketreturns.html Pokebeach.com.
  24. ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/exdeltaspecies.html Pokebeach.com.
  25. ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/exholonphantoms.html Pokebeach.com.
Publications
  • Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
  • Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
  • Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

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