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A packet of cards featuring Mewtwo

A comparison between a foil card and a non-foil card

A comparison between two foil variants ; the right one is from the 'Blue Collection' while the left one is from the 'Black Collection' and very early 5-cards packs

Pokémon the First Movie Trading Cards was a set of Pokémon-themed trading cards manufactured by Topps in 1999. There were 72 cards in total: 41 cards featuring scenes from Mewtwo Strikes Back, 18 cards featuring scenes from Pikachu's Vacation, 12 evolution cards, and a checklist. In addition, there were 12 die-cut embossed evolution cards and 18 sticker cards, however, these were secret "chase cards" and are not included on the checklist.

Cards were sold in randomly distributed packets of eight in the 'Topps Blue Edition' but in five for the 'Topps Black Edition'. One card in each packet, chosen at random, would be a foil card. The foil card could be any of the 72 regular cards, including the checklist itself.

Cards in the Pokémon the First Movie set

Mewtwo Strikes Back cards

Set #	Front	Name	Back text
(secret card, not listed on checklist)		Super Psychic Pokémon
1		Legends
2		Awakening
3		Consciousness and Congratulations
4		Leaving the Nest	The prospect of not knowing its own soul, and living its life confined in a research lab, does not sit well with the bio-engineered Mewtwo. "Behold my powers! I am the strongest Pokémon in the world," proclaims Mewtwo as it begins a horrific psychic attack on the lab. The Pokémon's amazing powers are beyond comprehension, and within moments, the compound and the entire Island is reduced to a flaming mound of smoldering rubble.
5		The Proposition
6		Mechanical Mewtwo
7		Trying Out the New Toy	With the aid of its incredible new armor, Mewtwo begins its rigorous training. Team Rocket uses every means to challenge, beat and crush the unstoppable Mewtwo, but every effort winds up a victory for the super-powered Pokémon. Mewtwo may be in complete control of its truly remarkable powers, but its destiny and purpose...that is another story.
8		Rebellion
9		Ash and Company
10		Battle Before Lunch
11		Donphan	Donphan's leathery carapace is as hard as rocks, and is used to protect it from outside attacks. It uses spinning and rolling attacks to overpower its prey. The wandering trainer chooses elephant-like Donphan to do battle and Ash sets Bulbasaur loose to counter. The battle goes poorly for Ash until Bulbasaur charges up his Solar Beam in mid-air and blasts Donphan into defeat.
12		The Nefarious Team Rocket	Little do our heroes know that while Ash is having his Pokémon battle and Misty and Brock are preparing their scrumptious lunch, The Boss has once more sent the bungling terrible trio that is Team Rocket—Jesse, James and Meowth—out to steal rare Pokémon and spy on them. But all that they can think of is the rumbling in their stomachs! James states it best when he says, "I'd settle for a bit of that Pika-chow!"
13		The Invitation
14		Marina in Chaos
15		The Tempest - a Bad Omen
16		A Call to Arms	Since there are no Pokémon tears this day, and only rough seas, the trainers and their Pokémon decide to seek out their destinies, and leap into the heart of the torrent to face the unknown challenges ahead. Ash and friends watch as the other trainers leave, but they have no means to get there themselves. As if reading their minds, a mysterious Viking ship appears out of the darkness to ferry our heroes across the water.
17		Underwater Adventure
18		The Temple of Mewtwo
19		The Stairwell
20		The Best of the Best
21		Introductions
22		The Trainer's Failure
23		Meowth Times Two	After a spooky trip through the sewers of Mewtwo's Temple, Team Rocket arrives and discovers a giant computer complex in the heart of the palace. As they near the machinery, it springs to life and grabs Meowth. The villains grasp at Meowth, but not before the machine plucks out a few of its tail hairs. Team Rocket looks on as the Pokémon Replication System begins to grow an exact genetic clone of everyone's favorite Meowth!
24		The Story of Mewtwo
25		The Battle of the Champions	Pikachu tries to reason with Mewtwo, letting the super-Pokémon know that Ash is its friend, not master. Mewtwo, with a devilish smile, hurls Pikachu across the room into Ash's open arms. Ash challenges Mewtwo to a Pokémon battle. Mewtwo accepts with a smile. Team Rocket watches as clones of a Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur climb out of their holding tubes and make their way up to their master's side.
26		Round One Equals Defeat
27		Stealing Pokémon
28		The Chase for Pikachu
29		Clones!!!
30		Rescuing Pikachu
31		Reunited!
32		The Battle Renewed	The humans watch in horror as the Poké-clones step forth to join their proud master ready to inherit the Earth, but suddenly the doors swing open and Ash steps forth with the army of original Pokémon behind him. Ash charges forth to attack Mewtwo, but he is swept aside with a powerful psychic blast. In the chaos, the original genetically re-created Mew arrives and floats to confront the angered super-Pokémon.
33		Psychic Showdown
34		The Ultimate Match
35		The Fight Rages
36		Ash's Sacrifice	The real, passive Pikachu refuses to fight as its clone beats on it, for it knows that fighting doesn't solve any conflict. "Someone's got to take a stand, someone's got to say no and just refuse to fight, just like Pikachu," Ash cries. Mewtwo and Mew aim deadly psychic blasts at each other ready to destroy everything—humans and Pokémon alike. Just as the blasts surge from their fingertips, Ash leaps into the middle of the explosion!
37		The Tears of Pokémon	The dust settles and there in the middle of the desecrated area lies the silent form of Ash. Pikachu walks solemnly over to its fallen master and tries with all of its electric power revive him—but can't. Around the arena, every Pokémon and every Pokémon clone begins to cry and mourn. Pikachu's eyes well up with tears at the sight of its silent master. As they all cry silently, something magical happens...
38		The Rebirth of Ash
39		Farewell
40		Like It Never Happened
41		The Future Looks Bright

Pikachu's Vacation cards

Set #	Front	Name	Back text
42		Pikachu's Vacation	Ash, Brock and Misty decide to give their Pokémon a break from battling and fighting—a day vacation! As our heroes arrive at the Pokémon Island Resort, Pikachu, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Charizard, Pidgeotto, Zubat, Onix, Geodude, Vulpix, Psyduck, Togepi, Goldeen, Staryu and Starmie look happily towards a bright and sunny day of fun and adventure.
43		Don't Cry, Togepi!	When everybody rushes into the park, Pikachu, Squirtle, Psyduck and Bulbasaur are left with a crabby and extremely unhappy baby Togepi. The slightest peep out of anyone sets Togepi into fits of tears. Pikachu and Squirtle try to make Togepi laugh and smile by making silly faces and funny noises, but Togepi keeps on crying. Finally, Bulbasaur picks up Togepi in its vine whips and rocks it gently to sleep, singing a Pokémon lullaby.
44		Looks Like Trouble...	As soon as Togepi is asleep, trouble approaches. Tromping down the road and laughing loudly as if they owned the place, comes Buru, Raichu, Cubone and Pikablu. These loud-mouthed Pokémon walk past Togepi, while Pikachu tries its hardest to get them to quiet down, but they don't listen and go right on talking. What happens? They wake up Togepi of course!
45		Togepi in Trouble
46		Peacemaker Pikachu	Squirtle and Bulbasaur are none too happy about the fact that Buru, Pikablu, Raichu and Cubone woke up Togepi, and they plan on letting those loud-mouthed hooligans know it. Pikachu, knowing that fighting will do no good, tries to step in and make peace, but no one is listening. Squirtle and Bulbasaur confront Buru until Squirtle embarrassingly falls over, so Bulbasaur rolls its eyes until Buru falls down dizzy!
47		The Water Race is on!	Finally, Squirtle and Pikablu decide on a swimming race. Pikablu starts the race off with a bang and they're off! Pikablu takes the lead, but soon swims off course and bumps into Staryu who blasts Pikablu back to the start with its water cannon. Squirtle then gets caught on the back of Goldeen and also winds up back at the beginning. This time, Squirtle reaches the other side of the pool in seconds—only to find out that Pikablu had already won.
48		Racing Cheek to Cheek	Squirtle and Bulbasaur are sore losers after the race, so Raichu—just to be mean—starts zapping the ground around Togepi, scaring the baby. Pikachu runs over to shelter Togepi from the little zaps, but gets zapped in the rear end himself! A real electric shock showdown takes place as Pikachu and Raichu, with sparks flying, begin a mad race through the park.
49		Rest and Relaxation at Last	Coincidentally, Team Rocket's Pokémon are taking a little break from their dirty work, too. In a beautiful green field, bright blue skies and soft fluffy clouds, Meowth, Arbok and Weezing get settled to take a nap. Without warning, Pikachu and Raichu—sparks flying—bolt through the field knocking Meowth, Arbok and Weezing into the air. Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!
50		The "Tail" End of the Race
51		Trapped Charizard	Pikachu and Raichu land safely on a slumbering Snorlax. Meanwhile, Charizard, doing some fancy flying, is not looking where it's going, and flies right into a giant net! The totally tangled Charizard tumbles head over tail through the playground, and gets its head stuck inside of a giant igloo! When a napping Meowth pokes his head out again, he accidentally gets his whiskers burned off by the trapped Pokémon!
52		Everyone...Pull!!!
53		C'mon, We Need Help
54		Teamwork
55		Success	With Cubone's help, Charizard is freed and goes soaring through the air with Psyduck still holding the rope. As the two go careening through the sky, a very sleepy Meowth tries to nap, but is once again disturbed by the excitement. Meowth lights a bomb and prepares to hurl it at the other Pokémon, but out of nowhere, Charizard lands on top of it, and the bomb blows up under Charizard's rear end!
56		Better than Ever
57		Playtime
58		A Great Day
39		New Friends and Farewells

Evolution cards

Set #	Front	Name
E1		Bulbasaur
E2		Ivysaur
E3		Venusaur
E4		Charmander
E5		Charmeleon
E6		Charizard
E7		Squirtle
E8		Wartortle
E9		Blastoise
E10		Dratini
E11		Dragonair
E12		Dragonite

Other

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Chase cards

Die-cut embossed evolution cards

There are 12 die-cut embossed evolution cards in this set. They are the same as the regular evolution cards, but the image of the Pokémon and the Pokémon logo are embossed and the edges of the card are cut in unique ways.

Set #	Front	Name
1		Bulbasaur
2		Ivysaur
3		Venusaur
4		Charmander
5		Charmeleon
6		Charizard
7		Squirtle
8		Wartortle
9		Blastoise
10		Dratini
11		Dragonair
12		Dragonite

Sticker cards

There are 18 sticker cards in this set. On the front of the sticker card is a starry pattern with a removable Pokémon sticker on it and the back of each card contains one out of nine pieces to a puzzle forming an image from the movie.

Set #	Front	Name	Notes
1		Pikachu	Mewtwo Puzzle
2		Charmander	Mewtwo Puzzle
3		Squirtle	Mewtwo Puzzle
4		Meowth	Mewtwo Puzzle
5		Pikachu	Mewtwo Puzzle
6		Bulbasaur	Mewtwo Puzzle
7		Pikachu, Pikachu, Raichu	Mewtwo Puzzle
8		Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard	Mewtwo Puzzle
9		Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise	Mewtwo Puzzle
10		Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur	Ash Puzzle
11		Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree	Ash Puzzle
12		Geodude, Graveler, Golem	Ash Puzzle
13		Onix, Cubone, Eevee, Zubat, Farfetch'd, Chansey	Ash Puzzle
14		Pidgeotto, Poliwag, Sandshrew, Jigglypuff, Bellsprout, Rattata	Ash Puzzle
15		Ekans, Koffing, Weezing, Meowth, Persian, Arbok	Ash Puzzle
16		Scyther, Snorlax, Mankey, Clefairy, Lapras, Gloom	Ash Puzzle
17		Nidoran♀, Voltorb, Venonat, Vulpix, Jolteon, Machop	Ash Puzzle
18		Staryu, Seel, Psyduck, Tentacool, Tentacruel, Starmie	Ash Puzzle

Trivia

A card mentioning "Donfan"

A card mentioning "Pikablu" and "Buru"

• One of the cards from Mewtwo Strikes Back names Donphan as "Donfan", probably due to its trademarked Japanese name and the fact that Gold and Silver weren't out in North America yet. It was later corrected in the 'Topps Black Edition' cards.
• The cards from Pikachu's Vacation name Marill as "Pikablu" and Snubbull as "Buru". This contradicts later promotional items for the movie, such as the short's novelization, which use the final English names for these Pokémon. The names were later corrected in the 'Topps Black Edition', but spelt Snubbull as "Snubble".
  • "Buru" can be considered a transliteration of Snubbull's Japanese name, ブルー Bull.
• Many cards, such as #32 "The Battle Renewed", feature scenes from the original theatrical version of the film, not the kanzenban edition that included scenes that were specifically reanimated for North American audiences. This is likely a result of the cards being created before the English version of the movie was completed, considering the cards also did not feature finalised names for Donphan, Snubbull, and Marill.

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