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Twitch Plays Pokémon

2014-03-05T11:58:17Z

Satoshi Bakura: R.I.P. Colonel N.

{{current event}}

[[File:Twitch Plays Pokémon logo.png|thumb|Twitch Plays Pokémon logo]]
'''Twitch Plays Pokémon''' is a {{wp|Twitch (website)|Twitch}} channel that streams playthroughs of modded versions of Pokémon games, where the viewers control the game by commenting button presses. The stream went live on February 13, 2014 at 01:23:18 {{wp|Greenwich Mean Time|GMT}}. After the viewers finished {{game|Red}} on March 1, 2014, the stream displayed a timer, counting down the time until the next adventure started. On March 2, 2014, viewers began playing a modded version of {{game|Crystal}} that has all Pokémon available.

The stream peaked at around 120,000 viewers during its first playthrough, and has been the most viewed live Twitch stream for periods of time. Only footage from 11 hours into Day 2 onward has been saved, which can be found [http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon/profile/pastBroadcasts here].

==Pokémon Red==
===Gameplay===
Twitch users controlled the character by submitting case-insensitive button names through the chat. Valid commands were A, B, up, down, left, right, and Start; Select previously was valid, but after it was used to [[Soft resetting|soft reset]] the game, it was disabled due to having no other significant functional purpose. Each input in the chat was processed for one frame of gameplay, so the process of canceling [[evolution]] required three consecutive inputs of the B button in anarchy mode.

Originally, players would simply submit buttons and the game would execute as many as possible. However, after players were stuck in the [[Team Rocket Hideout]] for almost 24 hours on the first [[spinner]] puzzle, the host implemented a system where players could choose between anarchy (the original method) and democracy. In democracy mode, players' button presses are instead tallied, and then the most popular is executed; also, players can enter compound and iterative commands (such as "start9" and "upleft"). The "wait" command was also available in democracy mode, in which, when inputted, the player character takes no action until the next non-"wait" command is received. Players could vote to switch between anarchy and democracy by using "democracy" and "anarchy" as if they were buttons. 80% of the votes were required to switch from anarchy to democracy mode, whilst only 50% of the votes are required to switch from democracy to anarchy mode. The host said that the reason behind the asymmetry is that, with the previous system of requiring 75% of votes for a switch in either direction, it took a smaller majority to disrupt democracy mode than it did to reinstate anarchy mode.

Simple tasks had often become extremely difficult due to the high number of players; players had spent hours trying to teach [[HM]] moves, {{m|cut}} down trees, pass through areas with [[ledge]]s, and reach crucial points in the game.

===Progress===
The [[player character]] used the default name of {{ga|Red|RED}} and started with {{p|Charmander}}. The player entered the [[Hall of Fame]] and finished the end credits at 16d 7h 50m 40s. After the game was continued, it froze and the timer was reset permanently to 16d 7h 50m 19s, with a timer counting down from approximately 27 hours reading "A new adventure will begin". The header above the video was later changed to "TwitchPlaysPokemon playing Gold/Silver/Crystal". The save file has reached the maximum amount of playtime that can be recorded within the game, 255 hours.

====Pokémon====
{{Party/Single
|color=F5F5F5
|bordercolor=464646
|headcolor=B190E9
|sprite=Spr RB Red 2.png
|prize={{PDollar}}40398
|name=RED
|game={{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red}}
|location=Hall of Fame
|pokemon=6}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=145
|pokemon=Zapdos
|nickname=AA–j
|level=81
|type1=Electric
|type2=Flying
|move1=ThunderShock|move1type=Electric
|move2=Drill Peck|move2type=Flying
|move3=Take Down|move3type=Normal
|move4=Thunder|move4type=Electric}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=034
|pokemon=Nidoking
|nickname=AAAAAAAAAA
|level=54
|type1=Poison
|type2=Ground
|move1=Surf|move1type=Water
|move2=Poison Sting|move2type=Poison
|move3=Strength|move3type=Normal
|move4=Fury Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=139
|pokemon=Omastar
|nickname=OMASTAR
|level=52
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|move1=Hydro Pump|move1type=Water
|move2=Withdraw|move2type=Water
|move3=Surf|move3type=Water
|move4=Horn Attack|move4type=Normal}}
{{Party/Div|color=F5F5F5}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=049
|pokemon=Venomoth
|nickname=AATTVVV
|level=39
|type1=Bug|type2=Poison
|move1=Disable|move1type=Normal
|move2=PoisonPowder|move2type=Poison
|move3=Leech Life|move3type=Bug
|move4=Stun Spore|move4type=Grass}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=131
|pokemon=Lapras
|nickname=AIIIIIIRRR
|level=31
|type1=Water
|type2=Ice
|move1=Confuse Ray|move1type=Ghost
|move2=Mist|move2type=Ice
|move3=Surf|move3type=Water
|move4=Strength|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=018
|pokemon=Pidgeot
|nickname=aaabaaajss
|level=69
|type1=Normal|type2=Flying
|move1=Mirror Move|move1type=Flying
|move2=Sand-Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Quick Attack|move3type=Normal
|move4=Sky Attack|move4type=Flying}}
{{Party/Footer}}

=====PC=====
{| class="roundy collapsible" style="border: 2px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #B190E9" colspan=3 | {{color2|000000|Pokémon Storage System|Bill's PC}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=032
|pokemon=Nidoran♂
|nickname=NIDORAN♂
|level=22
|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Focus Energy|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=048
|pokemon=Venonat
|nickname=BKKBBBBCBB
|level=22
|type1=Bug
|type2=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Disable|move2type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=041
|pokemon=Zubat
|nickname=ABB-??AAJJ
|level=18
|type1=Poison
|type2=Flying
|move1=Leech Life|move1type=Bug
|move2=Supersonic|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Normal}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=096
|pokemon=Drowzee
|nickname=DROWZEE
|level=30
|type1=Psychic
|move1=Pound|move1type=Normal
|move2=Headbutt|move2type=Normal
|move3=Disable|move3type=Normal
|move4=Confusion|move4type=Psychic}}
|}

=====Day Care=====
{|
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=092
|pokemon=Gastly
|nickname=GASTLY
|level=50
|type1=Ghost
|type2=Poison
|move1=Confuse Ray|move1type=Ghost
|move2=Night Shade|move2type=Ghost
|move3=Hypnosis|move3type=Psychic
|move4=Dream Eater|move4type=Psychic}}
|}

=====Released=====
{| class="roundy expandable" style="border: 2px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #B190E9" colspan=3 | {{color2|000000|Released Pokémon|Released}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=005
|pokemon=Charmeleon
|nickname=ABBBBBBK(
|level=34
|type1=Fire
|move1=Cut|move1type=Normal
|move2=Bide|move2type=Normal
|move3=Growl|move3type=Normal
|move4=Leer|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=019
|pokemon=Rattata
|nickname=JLVWNNOOOO
|level=13
|type1=Normal
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=BubbleBeam|move3type=Water
|move4=Quick Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=136
|pokemon=Flareon
|nickname=FLAREON
|level=25
|type1=Fire
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Sand-Attack|move2type=Normal}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=106
|pokemon=Hitmonlee
|nickname=CCC
|level=30
|type1=Fighting
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move2=Meditate|move2type=Psychic}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=041
|pokemon=Zubat
|nickname=×
|level=16
|type1=Poison|type2=Flying
|move1=Leech Life|move1type=Bug
|move2=Supersonic|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=048
|pokemon=Venonat
|nickname=A
|level=22
|type1=Bug
|type2=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Disable|move2type=Normal}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=048
|pokemon=Venonat
|nickname=B-!)
|level=22
|type1=Bug
|type2=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Disable|move2type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=102
|pokemon=Exeggcute
|nickname=AIA
|level=25
|type1=Grass
|type2=Psychic
|move1=Barrage|move1type=Normal
|move2=Hypnosis|move2type=Psychic
|move3=Reflect|move3type=Psychic}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=046
|pokemon=Paras
|nickname=AAA
|level=22
|type1=Bug
|type2=Grass
|move1=Scratch|move1type=Normal
|move2=Stun Spore|move2type=Grass
|move3=Leech Life|move3type=Bug}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=048
|pokemon=Venonat
|nickname=VENONAT
|level=22
|type1=Bug
|type2=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Disable|move2type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=032
|pokemon=Nidoran♂
|nickname=NIDORAN♂
|level=22
|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Focus Energy|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=044
|pokemon=Gloom
|nickname=×(araggbaj
|level=26
|type1=Grass|type2=Poison
|move1=Cut|move1type=Normal
|move2=PoisonPowder|move2type=Poison
|move3=Stun Spore|move3type=Grass
|move4=Sleep Powder|move4type=Grass}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=083
|pokemon=Farfetch'd
|nickname=DUX
|level=31
|type1=Normal|type2=Flying
|move1=Cut|move1type=Normal
|move2=Sand-Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Leer|move3type=Normal
|move4=Fury Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=074
|pokemon=Geodude
|nickname=GEODUDE
|level=17
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|move1=Defense Curl|move1type=Normal
|move2=Rock Throw|move2type=Rock}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=020
|pokemon=Raticate
|nickname=AAJST(????
|level=29
|type1=Normal
|move1=Swift|move1type=Normal
|move2=Body Slam|move2type=Normal
|move3=Quick Attack|move3type=Normal
|move4=Dig|move4type=Ground}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=032
|pokemon=Nidoran♂
|nickname=H
|level=24
|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Focus Energy|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=032
|pokemon=Nidoran♂
|nickname=AAEWWW
|level=24
|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Focus Energy|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=111
|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|nickname=AEWWWWVV
|level=26
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|move1=Horn Attack|move1type=Normal}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=041
|pokemon=Zubat
|nickname=ZUBAT
|level=16
|type1=Poison
|type2=Flying
|move1=Leech Life|move1type=Bug
|move2=Supersonic|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=032
|pokemon=Nidoran♂
|nickname=a
|level=24
|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Focus Energy|move4type=Normal}}
|}

=====Traded=====
{|
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=021
|pokemon=Spearow
|nickname=SPEAROW
|level=15
|type1=Normal|type2=Flying
|move1=Peck|move1type=Flying
|move2=Growl|move2type=Normal
|move3=Leer|move3type=Normal
|move4=Fury Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|}

====Items====
{| class="roundy" style="border: 3px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
|-
! style="background: #B190E9; {{roundytop|10px}}" | {{color2|000|Bag|Item}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF; {{roundybottom|10px}}" | {{Bag|Secret Key III}} {{key|I|Secret Key}} {{Bag|TM Fighting}} {{TM|17|Submission}}
|}{{-}}

=====Red's PC=====
{| class="roundy" style="border: 3px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
|-
! style="background: #B190E9; {{roundytop|10px}}" | {{color2|000|Bag|Item}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF; {{roundybottom|10px}}" | {{Bag|S.S. Ticket}} {{key|I|S.S. Ticket}} {{Bag|Card Key}} [[Card Key]] {{Bag|HM Water}} {{HM|03|Surf}} {{Bag|Moon Stone}} [[Moon Stone]] {{Bag|Silph Scope}} [[Silph Scope]] [[File:Bag Town Map III Sprite.png|Town Map]] [[Town Map]] {{Bag|HM Normal}} {{HM|01|Cut}} {{Bag|Lift Key}} {{key|I|Lift Key}} {{Bag|Poké Flute}} [[Poké Flute]] {{Bag|HM Normal}} {{HM|04|Strength}} {{Bag|Potion}} [[Potion]] {{Bag|Super Rod}} [[Super Rod]]
|}{{-}}

=====Tossed=====
{| class="roundy" style="border: 3px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
|-
! style="background: #B190E9; {{roundytop|10px}}" | {{color2|000|Bag|Item}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF; {{roundybottom|10px}}" | {{Bag|Awakening}} [[Awakening]] {{Bag|Carbos}} [[Carbos]] {{Bag|Elixir}} [[Elixir]] ×2 {{Bag|Escape Rope}} [[Escape Rope]] ×2 {{Bag|Full Restore}} [[Full Restore]] {{Bag|HP Up}} [[HP Up]] {{Bag|Iron}} [[Iron]] {{Bag|Moon Stone}} [[Moon Stone]] ×2 {{Bag|Nugget}} [[Nugget]] ×3 {{Bag|PP Up}} [[PP Up]] ×3 {{Bag|Protein}} [[Protein]] {{Bag|Revive}} [[Revive]] {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{TM|05|Mega Kick}} {{Bag|TM Poison}} {{TM|06|Toxic}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{TM|07|Horn Drill}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{TM|10|Double-Edge}} {{Bag|TM Ice}} {{TM|14|Blizzard}} {{Bag|TM Grass}} {{TM|21|Mega Drain}} {{Bag|TM Ground}} {{TM|27|Fissure}} {{Bag|TM Psychic}} {{TM|30|Teleport}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{TM|32|Double Team}} {{Bag|TM Fire}} {{TM|38|Fire Blast}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{TM|40|Skull Bash}}
|}{{-}}

==Pokémon Crystal==
27 hours after Twitch viewers defeated Blue in Pokémon Red, {{game|Crystal}} was started, on March 2, 2014. Unlike Red, an entirely new game was started, allowing viewers to name the [[player character]]: AJDNNW. Currently, the player has obtained the first four [[Badge]]s.

===Gameplay changes===
Originally, during Pokémon Red, players would vote to choose between anarchy and democracy as the game progressed. With the start of a new game, this system was changed to the current style, where players are no longer allowed to change between anarchy and democracy at any time. Instead, the game starts in anarchy mode while a timer counts down at the top of the stream. At the start of every hour after the start of the game, the countdown reaches zero and democracy mode takes over. In democracy mode, players are allowed to vote for which button they want used, along with both an option to vote for "anarchy" and to vote for the "wait" command. If anarchy is the most popular command when the votes are tallied, then the game will automatically switch back to anarchy. The countdown is then set again to reach zero at the next hour, whether it is in an actual hour or in a minute.

===Pokémon===
{{Party/Single
|color=F5F5F5
|bordercolor=464646
|headcolor=B190E9
|sprite=Spr C Ethan.png
|prize=N/A
|name=AJDNNW
|game={{color2|000|Pokémon Crystal Version|Crystal}}
|location=Johto
|pokemon=6}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=109
|pokemon=Koffing
|nickname=WWWEEE
|gender=male
|level=14
|type1=Poison
|move1=Poison Gas|move1type=Poison
|move2=Tackle|move2type=Normal
|move3=Smog|move3type=Poison}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=175
|pokemon=Togepi
|nickname=TOGEPI
|gender=male
|level=11
|held=Antidote
|type1=Normal
|move1=Growl|move1type=Normal
|move2=Metronome|move2type=Normal
|move3=Charm|move3type=Normal
|move4=Flash|move4type=Normal}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=133
|pokemon=Eevee
|nickname=EEVEE
|gender=male
|level=21
|type1=Normal
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=Sand-Attack|move3type=Ground
|move4=Growl|move4type=Normal}}
{{Party/Div|color=F5F5F5}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=011
|pokemon=Metapod
|nickname=OXXOZZ -:
|gender=female
|level=7
|type1=Bug
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=String Shot|move2type=Bug
|move3=Harden|move3type=Normal}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=020
|pokemon=Raticate
|nickname=ABBBDDDDDD
|gender=female
|level=16
|type1=Normal
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=Quick Attack|move3type=Normal
|move4=Hyper Fang|move4type=Normal}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=160
|pokemon=Feraligatr
|nickname=FERALIGATR
|gender=male
|level=41
|type1=Water
|move1=Surf|move1type=Water
|move2=Scratch|move2type=Normal
|move3=Rage|move3type=Normal
|move4=Water Gun|move4type=Water}}
{{Party/Footer}}

=====PC=====
{| class="roundy collapsible" style="border: 2px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
! colspan="3" style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000000|Pokémon Storage System|Bill's PC}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=194
|pokemon=Wooper
|nickname=WOOPER
|gender=male
|level=7
|type1=Water
|type2=Ground
|move1=Water Gun|move1type=Water
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=163
|pokemon=Hoothoot
|nickname=HOOTHOOT
|gender=female
|level=15
|type1=Normal
|type2=Flying
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Foresight|move2type=Normal
|move3=Growl|move3type=Normal
|move4=Peck|move4type=Flying}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=238
|pokemon=Smoochum
|nickname=SMOOCHUM
|type1=Ice
|type2=Psychic
|gender=female
|level=5
|move1=Pound|move1type=Normal
|move2=Lick|move2type=Ghost
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=041
|pokemon=Zubat
|nickname=ZUBAT
|type1=Poison
|type2=Flying
|gender=female
|level=15
|move1=Leech Life|move1type=Bug
|move2=Supersonic|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Dark}}
|}

=====Day Care=====
Level and moves are at the time of drop off.
{| class="roundy collapsible" style="border: 2px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #B190E9" colspan="2" | {{color2|000000|Pokémon Day Care|Day Care}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=163
|pokemon=Hoothoot
|nickname=HOOTHOOT
|gender=male
|level=13
|type1=Normal
|type2=Flying
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Foresight|move2type=Normal
|move3=Growl|move3type=Normal
|move4=Peck|move4type=Flying}}
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=016
|pokemon=Pidgey
|nickname=PIDGEY
|gender=male
|level=18
|held=Miracle Seed
|type1=Normal
|type2=Flying
|move1=Sand-Attack|move1type=Ground
|move2=Tackle|move2type=Normal
|move3=Gust|move3type=Flying
|move4=Quick Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|}

=====Released=====
{| class="roundy collapsible" style="border: 2px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000000|Released Pokémon|Released}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=161
|pokemon=Sentret
|nickname=VV
|gender=male
|level=7
|type1=Normal
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Defense Curl|move2type=Normal
|move3=Cut|move3type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=096
|pokemon=Drowzee
|nickname=:n
|gender=male
|level=12
|type1=Psychic
|move1=Pound|move1type=Normal
|move2=Hypnosis|move2type=Psychic}}
|}

===Items===
====Pack====
{| class="roundy" style="border: 3px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
|-
! style="background: #B190E9; {{roundytop|10px}}" | {{color2|000|Item|Items}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF" | {{Bag|Super Potion}} [[Super Potion]]
|-
! style="background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000|Poké Ball|Balls}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF" | None
|-
! style="background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000|Key item|KeyItems}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF" | {{Bag|GS Ball}} [[GS Ball]] {{bag|SquirtBottle}} {{key|II|SquirtBottle}}
|-
! style="background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000|TM}}/{{color2|000|HM}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF; {{roundybottom|10px}}" | {{Bag|TM Rock}} {{tm|04|Rollout}} {{Bag|TM Ghost}} {{tm|30|Shadow Ball}} {{Bag|TM Ground}} {{tm|31|Mud-Slap}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{tm|39|Swift}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{tm|45|Attract}} {{Bag|TM Bug}} {{tm|49|Fury Cutter}} {{Bag|HM Normal}} {{hm|01|Cut}} {{Bag|HM Water}} {{hm|03|Surf}} {{Bag|HM Normal}} {{hm|05|Flash}}
|}{{-}}

====Tossed====
{| class="roundy" style="border: 3px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
|-
! style="background: #B190E9; {{roundytop|10px}}" | {{color2|000|Item|Items}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF" | {{Bag|Full Heal}} [[Full Heal]] {{Bag|Escape Rope}} [[Escape Rope]] {{Bag|Paralyze Heal}} [[Parlyz Heal]] {{Bag|Potion}} [[Potion]]
|-
! style="background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000|Poké Ball|Balls}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF" | None
|-
! style="background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000|TM}}/{{color2|000|HM}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF; {{roundybottom|10px}}" | None
|}{{-}}

==Host==
The host currently wishes to remain anonymous, but has revealed that they are Australian. They have stated that they wish to intervene as little as possible. Previously, they had suspected that they may have had to do so for the {{safari|Kanto}} due to the imposed step limit, but ultimately it was completed using democracy mode.

Occasionally, the host has throttled the Start button, to prevent people using it simply to interrupt progress; Twitch users who submit Start as a command will be put in Slow Mode. The host also had to intervene when the game was soft reset, so that the save file was not overwritten; after this, the host disabled the Select button since it had no other significant function (the early games used it solely for sorting items in the player's [[Bag]]). Later, the host added the anarchy/democracy system to help players overcome otherwise incredibly difficult tasks such as the [[Team Rocket Hideout]] spinner maze.

==External links==
*[http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon Twitch Plays Pokémon official channel]
**[http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon/profile/pastBroadcasts Twitch Plays Pokémon archived footage]
*[http://www.reddit.com/live/sw7bubeycai6hey4ciytwamw3a Twitch Plays Pokémon thread for Pokémon Red]
* [http://www.reddit.com/live/m5n42gvbpyi6hdisciytwamw3a Twitch Plays Pokémon live-update thread for Pokémon Crystal]
*[https://sites.google.com/site/twitchplayspokemonstatus/ Progress-tracking Google Doc for Pokémon Crystal]
** [https://sites.google.com/site/twitchplayspokemonstatus/red-archive Archived Google Doc for Pokémon Red]
*''[https://www.youtube.com/user/TwitchPlayPokemon Twitch Plays Pokémon]'' on {{wp|YouTube}}
*{{wp|Twitch Plays Pokémon|Wikipedia article}}
*[http://badatvideogames.net/2014/02/16/an-interview-with-the-creator-of-twitchplayspokemon/ Interview with host]
{{-}}
{{Project Fandom notice}}

[[Category:Fandom]]

[[it:Twitch Plays Pokémon]]

Twitch Plays Pokémon

2014-03-05T11:07:25Z

Satoshi Bakura: This is looking bad. Let's hope they don't release Feraligator.

{{current event}}

[[File:Twitch Plays Pokémon logo.png|thumb|Twitch Plays Pokémon logo]]
'''Twitch Plays Pokémon''' is a {{wp|Twitch (website)|Twitch}} channel that streams playthroughs of modded versions of Pokémon games, where the viewers control the game by commenting button presses. The stream went live on February 13, 2014 at 01:23:18 {{wp|Greenwich Mean Time|GMT}}. After the viewers finished {{game|Red}} on March 1, 2014, the stream displayed a timer, counting down the time until the next adventure started. On March 2, 2014, viewers began playing a modded version of {{game|Crystal}} that has all Pokémon available.

The stream peaked at around 120,000 viewers during its first playthrough, and has been the most viewed live Twitch stream for periods of time. Only footage from 11 hours into Day 2 onward has been saved, which can be found [http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon/profile/pastBroadcasts here].

==Pokémon Red==
===Gameplay===
Twitch users controlled the character by submitting case-insensitive button names through the chat. Valid commands were A, B, up, down, left, right, and Start; Select previously was valid, but after it was used to [[Soft resetting|soft reset]] the game, it was disabled due to having no other significant functional purpose. Each input in the chat was processed for one frame of gameplay, so the process of canceling [[evolution]] required three consecutive inputs of the B button in anarchy mode.

Originally, players would simply submit buttons and the game would execute as many as possible. However, after players were stuck in the [[Team Rocket Hideout]] for almost 24 hours on the first [[spinner]] puzzle, the host implemented a system where players could choose between anarchy (the original method) and democracy. In democracy mode, players' button presses are instead tallied, and then the most popular is executed; also, players can enter compound and iterative commands (such as "start9" and "upleft"). The "wait" command was also available in democracy mode, in which, when inputted, the player character takes no action until the next non-"wait" command is received. Players could vote to switch between anarchy and democracy by using "democracy" and "anarchy" as if they were buttons. 80% of the votes were required to switch from anarchy to democracy mode, whilst only 50% of the votes are required to switch from democracy to anarchy mode. The host said that the reason behind the asymmetry is that, with the previous system of requiring 75% of votes for a switch in either direction, it took a smaller majority to disrupt democracy mode than it did to reinstate anarchy mode.

Simple tasks had often become extremely difficult due to the high number of players; players had spent hours trying to teach [[HM]] moves, {{m|cut}} down trees, pass through areas with [[ledge]]s, and reach crucial points in the game.

===Progress===
The [[player character]] used the default name of {{ga|Red|RED}} and started with {{p|Charmander}}. The player entered the [[Hall of Fame]] and finished the end credits at 16d 7h 50m 40s. After the game was continued, it froze and the timer was reset permanently to 16d 7h 50m 19s, with a timer counting down from approximately 27 hours reading "A new adventure will begin". The header above the video was later changed to "TwitchPlaysPokemon playing Gold/Silver/Crystal". The save file has reached the maximum amount of playtime that can be recorded within the game, 255 hours.

====Pokémon====
{{Party/Single
|color=F5F5F5
|bordercolor=464646
|headcolor=B190E9
|sprite=Spr RB Red 2.png
|prize={{PDollar}}40398
|name=RED
|game={{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red}}
|location=Hall of Fame
|pokemon=6}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=145
|pokemon=Zapdos
|nickname=AA–j
|level=81
|type1=Electric
|type2=Flying
|move1=ThunderShock|move1type=Electric
|move2=Drill Peck|move2type=Flying
|move3=Take Down|move3type=Normal
|move4=Thunder|move4type=Electric}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=034
|pokemon=Nidoking
|nickname=AAAAAAAAAA
|level=54
|type1=Poison
|type2=Ground
|move1=Surf|move1type=Water
|move2=Poison Sting|move2type=Poison
|move3=Strength|move3type=Normal
|move4=Fury Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=139
|pokemon=Omastar
|nickname=OMASTAR
|level=52
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|move1=Hydro Pump|move1type=Water
|move2=Withdraw|move2type=Water
|move3=Surf|move3type=Water
|move4=Horn Attack|move4type=Normal}}
{{Party/Div|color=F5F5F5}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=049
|pokemon=Venomoth
|nickname=AATTVVV
|level=39
|type1=Bug|type2=Poison
|move1=Disable|move1type=Normal
|move2=PoisonPowder|move2type=Poison
|move3=Leech Life|move3type=Bug
|move4=Stun Spore|move4type=Grass}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=131
|pokemon=Lapras
|nickname=AIIIIIIRRR
|level=31
|type1=Water
|type2=Ice
|move1=Confuse Ray|move1type=Ghost
|move2=Mist|move2type=Ice
|move3=Surf|move3type=Water
|move4=Strength|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=018
|pokemon=Pidgeot
|nickname=aaabaaajss
|level=69
|type1=Normal|type2=Flying
|move1=Mirror Move|move1type=Flying
|move2=Sand-Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Quick Attack|move3type=Normal
|move4=Sky Attack|move4type=Flying}}
{{Party/Footer}}

=====PC=====
{| class="roundy collapsible" style="border: 2px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #B190E9" colspan=3 | {{color2|000000|Pokémon Storage System|Bill's PC}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=032
|pokemon=Nidoran♂
|nickname=NIDORAN♂
|level=22
|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Focus Energy|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=048
|pokemon=Venonat
|nickname=BKKBBBBCBB
|level=22
|type1=Bug
|type2=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Disable|move2type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=041
|pokemon=Zubat
|nickname=ABB-??AAJJ
|level=18
|type1=Poison
|type2=Flying
|move1=Leech Life|move1type=Bug
|move2=Supersonic|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Normal}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=096
|pokemon=Drowzee
|nickname=DROWZEE
|level=30
|type1=Psychic
|move1=Pound|move1type=Normal
|move2=Headbutt|move2type=Normal
|move3=Disable|move3type=Normal
|move4=Confusion|move4type=Psychic}}
|}

=====Day Care=====
{|
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=092
|pokemon=Gastly
|nickname=GASTLY
|level=50
|type1=Ghost
|type2=Poison
|move1=Confuse Ray|move1type=Ghost
|move2=Night Shade|move2type=Ghost
|move3=Hypnosis|move3type=Psychic
|move4=Dream Eater|move4type=Psychic}}
|}

=====Released=====
{| class="roundy expandable" style="border: 2px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #B190E9" colspan=3 | {{color2|000000|Released Pokémon|Released}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=005
|pokemon=Charmeleon
|nickname=ABBBBBBK(
|level=34
|type1=Fire
|move1=Cut|move1type=Normal
|move2=Bide|move2type=Normal
|move3=Growl|move3type=Normal
|move4=Leer|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=019
|pokemon=Rattata
|nickname=JLVWNNOOOO
|level=13
|type1=Normal
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=BubbleBeam|move3type=Water
|move4=Quick Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=136
|pokemon=Flareon
|nickname=FLAREON
|level=25
|type1=Fire
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Sand-Attack|move2type=Normal}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=106
|pokemon=Hitmonlee
|nickname=CCC
|level=30
|type1=Fighting
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move2=Meditate|move2type=Psychic}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=041
|pokemon=Zubat
|nickname=×
|level=16
|type1=Poison|type2=Flying
|move1=Leech Life|move1type=Bug
|move2=Supersonic|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=048
|pokemon=Venonat
|nickname=A
|level=22
|type1=Bug
|type2=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Disable|move2type=Normal}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=048
|pokemon=Venonat
|nickname=B-!)
|level=22
|type1=Bug
|type2=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Disable|move2type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=102
|pokemon=Exeggcute
|nickname=AIA
|level=25
|type1=Grass
|type2=Psychic
|move1=Barrage|move1type=Normal
|move2=Hypnosis|move2type=Psychic
|move3=Reflect|move3type=Psychic}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=046
|pokemon=Paras
|nickname=AAA
|level=22
|type1=Bug
|type2=Grass
|move1=Scratch|move1type=Normal
|move2=Stun Spore|move2type=Grass
|move3=Leech Life|move3type=Bug}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=048
|pokemon=Venonat
|nickname=VENONAT
|level=22
|type1=Bug
|type2=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Disable|move2type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=032
|pokemon=Nidoran♂
|nickname=NIDORAN♂
|level=22
|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Focus Energy|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=044
|pokemon=Gloom
|nickname=×(araggbaj
|level=26
|type1=Grass|type2=Poison
|move1=Cut|move1type=Normal
|move2=PoisonPowder|move2type=Poison
|move3=Stun Spore|move3type=Grass
|move4=Sleep Powder|move4type=Grass}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=083
|pokemon=Farfetch'd
|nickname=DUX
|level=31
|type1=Normal|type2=Flying
|move1=Cut|move1type=Normal
|move2=Sand-Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Leer|move3type=Normal
|move4=Fury Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=074
|pokemon=Geodude
|nickname=GEODUDE
|level=17
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|move1=Defense Curl|move1type=Normal
|move2=Rock Throw|move2type=Rock}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=020
|pokemon=Raticate
|nickname=AAJST(????
|level=29
|type1=Normal
|move1=Swift|move1type=Normal
|move2=Body Slam|move2type=Normal
|move3=Quick Attack|move3type=Normal
|move4=Dig|move4type=Ground}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=032
|pokemon=Nidoran♂
|nickname=H
|level=24
|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Focus Energy|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=032
|pokemon=Nidoran♂
|nickname=AAEWWW
|level=24
|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Focus Energy|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=111
|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|nickname=AEWWWWVV
|level=26
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|move1=Horn Attack|move1type=Normal}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=041
|pokemon=Zubat
|nickname=ZUBAT
|level=16
|type1=Poison
|type2=Flying
|move1=Leech Life|move1type=Bug
|move2=Supersonic|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=032
|pokemon=Nidoran♂
|nickname=a
|level=24
|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Focus Energy|move4type=Normal}}
|}

=====Traded=====
{|
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Red
|ndex=021
|pokemon=Spearow
|nickname=SPEAROW
|level=15
|type1=Normal|type2=Flying
|move1=Peck|move1type=Flying
|move2=Growl|move2type=Normal
|move3=Leer|move3type=Normal
|move4=Fury Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|}

====Items====
{| class="roundy" style="border: 3px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
|-
! style="background: #B190E9; {{roundytop|10px}}" | {{color2|000|Bag|Item}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF; {{roundybottom|10px}}" | {{Bag|Secret Key III}} {{key|I|Secret Key}} {{Bag|TM Fighting}} {{TM|17|Submission}}
|}{{-}}

=====Red's PC=====
{| class="roundy" style="border: 3px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
|-
! style="background: #B190E9; {{roundytop|10px}}" | {{color2|000|Bag|Item}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF; {{roundybottom|10px}}" | {{Bag|S.S. Ticket}} {{key|I|S.S. Ticket}} {{Bag|Card Key}} [[Card Key]] {{Bag|HM Water}} {{HM|03|Surf}} {{Bag|Moon Stone}} [[Moon Stone]] {{Bag|Silph Scope}} [[Silph Scope]] [[File:Bag Town Map III Sprite.png|Town Map]] [[Town Map]] {{Bag|HM Normal}} {{HM|01|Cut}} {{Bag|Lift Key}} {{key|I|Lift Key}} {{Bag|Poké Flute}} [[Poké Flute]] {{Bag|HM Normal}} {{HM|04|Strength}} {{Bag|Potion}} [[Potion]] {{Bag|Super Rod}} [[Super Rod]]
|}{{-}}

=====Tossed=====
{| class="roundy" style="border: 3px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
|-
! style="background: #B190E9; {{roundytop|10px}}" | {{color2|000|Bag|Item}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF; {{roundybottom|10px}}" | {{Bag|Awakening}} [[Awakening]] {{Bag|Carbos}} [[Carbos]] {{Bag|Elixir}} [[Elixir]] ×2 {{Bag|Escape Rope}} [[Escape Rope]] ×2 {{Bag|Full Restore}} [[Full Restore]] {{Bag|HP Up}} [[HP Up]] {{Bag|Iron}} [[Iron]] {{Bag|Moon Stone}} [[Moon Stone]] ×2 {{Bag|Nugget}} [[Nugget]] ×3 {{Bag|PP Up}} [[PP Up]] ×3 {{Bag|Protein}} [[Protein]] {{Bag|Revive}} [[Revive]] {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{TM|05|Mega Kick}} {{Bag|TM Poison}} {{TM|06|Toxic}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{TM|07|Horn Drill}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{TM|10|Double-Edge}} {{Bag|TM Ice}} {{TM|14|Blizzard}} {{Bag|TM Grass}} {{TM|21|Mega Drain}} {{Bag|TM Ground}} {{TM|27|Fissure}} {{Bag|TM Psychic}} {{TM|30|Teleport}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{TM|32|Double Team}} {{Bag|TM Fire}} {{TM|38|Fire Blast}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{TM|40|Skull Bash}}
|}{{-}}

==Pokémon Crystal==
27 hours after Twitch viewers defeated Blue in Pokémon Red, {{game|Crystal}} was started, on March 2, 2014. Unlike Red, an entirely new game was started, allowing viewers to name the [[player character]]: AJDNNW. Currently, the player has obtained the first four [[Badge]]s.

===Gameplay changes===
Originally, during Pokémon Red, players would vote to choose between anarchy and democracy as the game progressed. With the start of a new game, this system was changed to the current style, where players are no longer allowed to change between anarchy and democracy at any time. Instead, the game starts in anarchy mode while a timer counts down at the top of the stream. At the start of every hour after the start of the game, the countdown reaches zero and democracy mode takes over. In democracy mode, players are allowed to vote for which button they want used, along with both an option to vote for "anarchy" and to vote for the "wait" command. If anarchy is the most popular command when the votes are tallied, then the game will automatically switch back to anarchy. The countdown is then set again to reach zero at the next hour, whether it is in an actual hour or in a minute.

===Pokémon===
{{Party/Single
|color=F5F5F5
|bordercolor=464646
|headcolor=B190E9
|sprite=Spr C Ethan.png
|prize=N/A
|name=AJDNNW
|game={{color2|000|Pokémon Crystal Version|Crystal}}
|location=Johto
|pokemon=6}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=109
|pokemon=Koffing
|nickname=WWWEEE
|gender=male
|level=14
|type1=Poison
|move1=Poison Gas|move1type=Poison
|move2=Tackle|move2type=Normal
|move3=Smog|move3type=Poison}}
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=163
|pokemon=Hoothoot
|nickname=HOOTHOOT
|gender=female
|level=15
|type1=Normal
|type2=Flying
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Foresight|move2type=Normal
|move3=Growl|move3type=Normal
|move4=Peck|move4type=Flying}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=175
|pokemon=Togepi
|nickname=TOGEPI
|gender=male
|level=11
|held=Antidote
|type1=Normal
|move1=Growl|move1type=Normal
|move2=Metronome|move2type=Normal
|move3=Charm|move3type=Normal
|move4=Flash|move4type=Normal}}
{{Party/Div|color=F5F5F5}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=133
|pokemon=Eevee
|nickname=EEVEE
|gender=male
|level=21
|type1=Normal
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=Sand-Attack|move3type=Ground
|move4=Growl|move4type=Normal}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=011
|pokemon=Metapod
|nickname=OXXOZZ -:
|gender=female
|level=7
|type1=Bug
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=String Shot|move2type=Bug
|move3=Harden|move3type=Normal}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=020
|pokemon=Raticate
|nickname=ABBBDDDDDD
|gender=female
|level=16
|type1=Normal
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=Quick Attack|move3type=Normal
|move4=Hyper Fang|move4type=Normal}}
{{Party/Footer}}

=====PC=====
{| class="roundy collapsible" style="border: 2px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
! colspan="3" style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000000|Pokémon Storage System|Bill's PC}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=194
|pokemon=Wooper
|nickname=WOOPER
|gender=male
|level=7
|type1=Water
|type2=Ground
|move1=Water Gun|move1type=Water
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal}}
| {{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=160
|pokemon=Feraligatr
|nickname=FERALIGATR
|gender=male
|level=41
|type1=Water
|move1=Surf|move1type=Water
|move2=Scratch|move2type=Normal
|move3=Rage|move3type=Normal
|move4=Water Gun|move4type=Water}}
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=096
|pokemon=Drowzee
|nickname=:n
|gender=male
|level=12
|type1=Psychic
|move1=Pound|move1type=Normal
|move2=Hypnosis|move2type=Psychic}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=238
|pokemon=Smoochum
|nickname=SMOOCHUM
|type1=Ice
|type2=Psychic
|gender=female
|level=5
|move1=Pound|move1type=Normal
|move2=Lick|move2type=Ghost
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=041
|pokemon=Zubat
|nickname=ZUBAT
|type1=Poison
|type2=Flying
|gender=female
|level=15
|move1=Leech Life|move1type=Bug
|move2=Supersonic|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Dark}}
|}

=====Day Care=====
Level and moves are at the time of drop off.
{| class="roundy collapsible" style="border: 2px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #B190E9" colspan="2" | {{color2|000000|Pokémon Day Care|Day Care}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=163
|pokemon=Hoothoot
|nickname=HOOTHOOT
|gender=male
|level=13
|type1=Normal
|type2=Flying
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Foresight|move2type=Normal
|move3=Growl|move3type=Normal
|move4=Peck|move4type=Flying}}
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=016
|pokemon=Pidgey
|nickname=PIDGEY
|gender=male
|level=18
|held=Miracle Seed
|type1=Normal
|type2=Flying
|move1=Sand-Attack|move1type=Ground
|move2=Tackle|move2type=Normal
|move3=Gust|move3type=Flying
|move4=Quick Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|}

=====Released=====
{| class="roundy collapsible" style="border: 2px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000000|Released Pokémon|Released}}
|-
|{{Pokémon/2|game=Crystal|
|ndex=161
|pokemon=Sentret
|nickname=VV
|gender=male
|level=7
|type1=Normal
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Defense Curl|move2type=Normal
|move3=Cut|move3type=Normal}}
|}

===Items===
====Pack====
{| class="roundy" style="border: 3px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
|-
! style="background: #B190E9; {{roundytop|10px}}" | {{color2|000|Item|Items}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF" | {{Bag|Super Potion}} [[Super Potion]]
|-
! style="background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000|Poké Ball|Balls}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF" | None
|-
! style="background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000|Key item|KeyItems}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF" | {{Bag|GS Ball}} [[GS Ball]] {{bag|SquirtBottle}} {{key|II|SquirtBottle}}
|-
! style="background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000|TM}}/{{color2|000|HM}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF; {{roundybottom|10px}}" | {{Bag|TM Rock}} {{tm|04|Rollout}} {{Bag|TM Ghost}} {{tm|30|Shadow Ball}} {{Bag|TM Ground}} {{tm|31|Mud-Slap}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{tm|39|Swift}} {{Bag|TM Normal}} {{tm|45|Attract}} {{Bag|TM Bug}} {{tm|49|Fury Cutter}} {{Bag|HM Normal}} {{hm|01|Cut}} {{Bag|HM Water}} {{hm|03|Surf}} {{Bag|HM Normal}} {{hm|05|Flash}}
|}{{-}}

====Tossed====
{| class="roundy" style="border: 3px solid #464646; background: #F5F5F5"
|-
! style="background: #B190E9; {{roundytop|10px}}" | {{color2|000|Item|Items}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF" | {{Bag|Full Heal}} [[Full Heal]] {{Bag|Escape Rope}} [[Escape Rope]] {{Bag|Paralyze Heal}} [[Parlyz Heal]] {{Bag|Potion}} [[Potion]]
|-
! style="background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000|Poké Ball|Balls}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF" | None
|-
! style="background: #B190E9" | {{color2|000|TM}}/{{color2|000|HM}}
|-
| style="background: #FFF; {{roundybottom|10px}}" | None
|}{{-}}

==Host==
The host currently wishes to remain anonymous, but has revealed that they are Australian. They have stated that they wish to intervene as little as possible. Previously, they had suspected that they may have had to do so for the {{safari|Kanto}} due to the imposed step limit, but ultimately it was completed using democracy mode.

Occasionally, the host has throttled the Start button, to prevent people using it simply to interrupt progress; Twitch users who submit Start as a command will be put in Slow Mode. The host also had to intervene when the game was soft reset, so that the save file was not overwritten; after this, the host disabled the Select button since it had no other significant function (the early games used it solely for sorting items in the player's [[Bag]]). Later, the host added the anarchy/democracy system to help players overcome otherwise incredibly difficult tasks such as the [[Team Rocket Hideout]] spinner maze.

==External links==
*[http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon Twitch Plays Pokémon official channel]
**[http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon/profile/pastBroadcasts Twitch Plays Pokémon archived footage]
*[http://www.reddit.com/live/sw7bubeycai6hey4ciytwamw3a Twitch Plays Pokémon thread for Pokémon Red]
* [http://www.reddit.com/live/m5n42gvbpyi6hdisciytwamw3a Twitch Plays Pokémon live-update thread for Pokémon Crystal]
*[https://sites.google.com/site/twitchplayspokemonstatus/ Progress-tracking Google Doc for Pokémon Crystal]
** [https://sites.google.com/site/twitchplayspokemonstatus/red-archive Archived Google Doc for Pokémon Red]
*''[https://www.youtube.com/user/TwitchPlayPokemon Twitch Plays Pokémon]'' on {{wp|YouTube}}
*{{wp|Twitch Plays Pokémon|Wikipedia article}}
*[http://badatvideogames.net/2014/02/16/an-interview-with-the-creator-of-twitchplayspokemon/ Interview with host]
{{-}}
{{Project Fandom notice}}

[[Category:Fandom]]

[[it:Twitch Plays Pokémon]]

Talk:Twitch Plays Pokémon

2014-02-18T14:15:01Z

Satoshi Bakura:

== RNG Plays Pokémon ==

So, apparently there's a similar stream going on called "RNG Plays Pokémon", which, rather than being run through chat commands, is run ''entirely'' through a random number generator as far as deciding the button to press. Is this possibly worth noting on this page? [[User:Schiffy|Schiffy (瀬藤健二)]] ([[User talk:Schiffy|Talk]] [[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|Contribs]]) 07:55,2/17/2014 (UTC)
:There's a bunch of parodies and spin-offs (like the one that plays Tetris using the button inputs from this stream), none of which are anywhere near as popular. I don't think any specific ones need to be noted. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 09:39, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

== Helix Fossil ==

We need to mention the Helix Fossil's state of being an internet meme. People on Twitch seem to worship it like a god. [[User:Satoshi Bakura|Satoshi Bakura]] ([[User talk:Satoshi Bakura|talk]]) 14:14, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Twitch Plays Pokémon

2014-02-18T14:14:25Z

Satoshi Bakura: /* Helix Fossil */ new section

M01

2014-01-05T20:51:59Z

Satoshi Bakura: Though Mewtwo's actual goal and personality are different. Plus some other changes.

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'''Pokémon the First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back''' (Japanese: '''ミュウツーの{{tt|逆襲|ぎゃくしゅう}}''' ''Mewtwo's Counterattack'', officially ''Mewtwo Strikes Back!'' in Japan) is the first [[Pokémon movie]]. It debuted in Japanese theaters on July 18, 1998, and then made its way to North American theaters on November 12, 1999.

''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' was shown with the [[Pikachu shorts|Pikachu short]] movie ''[[PK01|Pikachu's Vacation]]''.

==Other posters and logos==
<gallery perrow=3>
File:Pikachu the Movie 1 poster.png|''Pikachu the Movie'' poster
File:M01Japanese.png‎|Final ''Mewtwo's Counterattack'' movie poster
File:Pokemon the first movie.jpg|English theatrical poster
File:M01Mewtwo Mew.png|Poster featuring Mewtwo and Mew
File:Japanese M01 Logo.png|''Mewtwo's Counterattack'' logo
File:M01 Logo.png|''Pokémon the First Movie'' logo
</gallery>

{{spoilers}}

==Blurb==

Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, had ambitious plans to take over the world, involving his latest experiment, a powerful clone of Mew—Mewtwo. Mewtwo is very powerful, and also very smart—smart enough to not want to be controlled by Giovanni. It escaped from the lab, and now Mewtwo begins to concoct its own scheme, clandestinely inviting a number of Pokémon Trainers to the ultimate test. Of course, if it's an event for talented Trainers, Ash Ketchum will be right in the front row!

Ash's excitement turns to fear and anger when Mewtwo reveals its plan for domination, creating powerful clones of all of the kids' Pokémon so it can even the "imbalance" between Pokémon and their Trainers. Despite Ash's protests, Mewtwo refuses to believe that Pokémon and people can be friends. But faced with the determination of a young Trainer and the love of his Pokémon, Mewtwo just might have to reconsider, especially when pitted against the power of the mysterious Mew!

==Plot==
[[Dr. Fuji]], wanting to find a way to restore life by cloning, leads an expedition to [[Guyana]] after finding evidence of a shrine dedicated to {{p|Mew}}, the world's most powerful—but now said to be extinct—Pokémon. {{an|Giovanni}}, the leader of [[Team Rocket]], funds Fuji's research in return for an enhanced, living replica of Mew. Finding a Fossil of Mew, Fuji and his team create {{an|Mewtwo}}. A confused Mewtwo asks itself who it is, what it is, and where it came from. Just then, Mewtwo wakes up in a stasis tube in one of Fuji's laboratories, where the scientists study it. Mewtwo breaks out of its test tube; [[Dr. Fuji]] tells Mewtwo that it was made by humans and is a clone of, but much more powerful than Mew. Mewtwo is angry that the scientists see it more as an end result to their project and less of a sentient being, so it destroys the lab and kills all of the scientists. Dr. Fuji says to himself that he succeeded in creating the world's most powerful Pokémon before dying at the hands of Mewtwo. Then, Giovanni arrives in his private helicopter and offers to help Mewtwo focus its powers. Mewtwo takes up the offer, and is put in a suit of armor.

Over the next few weeks, Mewtwo does most of Team Rocket's dirty work, capturing wild Pokémon and beating any {{pkmn|Trainer}} that challenges the [[Viridian Gym]], including [[Gary Oak]]. When Giovanni tells Mewtwo his own twisted way of controlling Pokémon, Mewtwo angrily blasts away, destroying its armor, and vows from atop the island it was created on to begin its reign on Earth.

Meanwhile, {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} are preparing for lunch until a [[Raymond|Pokémon Trainer]] shows up and challenges Ash, who is happy to oblige. With his {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Squirtle}}, and Pikachu, Ash easily beats the Pokémon Trainer. What he doesn't know is that he's being watched, not only by Team Rocket, but by a mysterious third party. [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}}, who were also watching the battle, don't have any food and watch hungrily as the gang eats Brock's cooking. Suddenly, a {{p|Dragonite}} flies in with a letter for Ash and his friends. It projects a hologram of a mysterious woman who tells the Trainers to head to [[Old Shore Wharf]] in order to get to an island fortress called [[New Island]].

Later, as a storm brews, the gang arrive at the [[Pokémon Center]], whose [[Nurse Joy]] has been missing for quite a while. [[Officer Jenny]] informs the Trainers gathered that the ferry to New Island has been cancelled. {{mov|Miranda}}, the pier master tells them that she has lived on the pier all her life and that the current storm is the fiercest she's ever seen. She then tells a story to everyone present about how some people died in a storm many years ago, however legend has it that the tears of a Pokémon restored the people to life.

Soon, most of the other Pokémon Trainers—ignoring Jenny and Miranda's warnings—take off for New Island. Ash and the gang are eager to follow, but none of their Pokémon are strong enough to handle the giant waves. Team Rocket, under disguise, give Ash and the gang a boat ride. Later, Team Rocket's disguise was uncovered. However, the storm proves too much for them, and as the strong wind and waves hit against the boat, it capsized and everyone was sent into the ocean. The gang saved themselves by using Ash's Squirtle and [[Misty's Staryu]] to get all the way to New Island.

As the heroes barely arrive at New Island, the mystery woman from the hologram letter greets them and takes them to the dining room to meet the other Trainers who arrived safely. Brock says that she looked familiar, however, the woman denies it and shows them to the castle.

Meanwhile, as Team Rocket try to get inside the fortress, the legendary Mew senses something troubling and arrives at New Island, and follows closely behind Team Rocket.

As they arrive in the dining room, Ash and the gang meet three Pokémon Trainers named [[Neesha]], [[Fergus]], and [[Corey]]. Just then, the mystery woman introduces everybody in the room to her master, who is revealed to be none other than Mewtwo. Fergus insults Mewtwo, who sends him flying. Fergus has his {{p|Gyarados}} attack with {{m|Hyper Beam}}, but Mewtwo easily reflects it. Then, Mewtwo releases the woman from its power, Brock quickly catches her, and it is revealed that the mystery woman is the missing Nurse Joy. Mewtwo tells the Trainers that humans are weak and cruel, and have made all Pokémon their slaves. It also says that Pokémon are no better off, since they choose to associate with humans.

As Team Rocket get into the fortress and make their way into a laboratory, they come across a weird-looking machine, a computer, and several Pokémon sleeping in giant pods. Jessie accidentally sits on the computer controls, which play back a recorded message from Dr. Fuji about the fossilized eyelash of Mew that was used to create Mewtwo. Suddenly, the machine takes a piece of hair from Meowth to create a clone of him. Summoned by Mewtwo, the cloned Pokémon awaken and exit to their master.

Mewtwo leads Ash and the other Trainers into the stadium part of the fortress and suggests that they should battle Pokémon to see who is the strongest, the clones versus the originals. [[Ash's Charizard]], Corey's {{p|Venusaur}}, and Neesha's {{p|Blastoise}} are no match for Mewtwo's clones. Mewtwo then summons its own specialized [[Poké Ball]]s, the Clone Balls, and uses them to capture Charizard, Venusaur and Blastoise, claiming them as its prize. Mewtwo then announces that the other Pokémon will be taken to be cloned. The clones will remain safe on the island while Mewtwo's storms destroy the planet. Mewtwo then sends the Balls after the Pokémon.

Immediately, all the Trainers are on the run. Some Pokémon are captured before they realize what's happening, some attempt to outrun the Clone Balls and some attempt to use their attacks to defend themselves. However, it proves to be useless as nearly all the Pokémon end up being captured one by one. Ash deduces that Pokémon inside their Poké Balls should be safe from capture and recalls {{AP|Bulbasaur}} and {{AP|Squirtle}}. However, it turns out to be no use, as the Clone Balls instead capture the Poké Balls whole with Bulbasaur and Squirtle still inside. Brock suggests carrying the Pokémon away, but while Misty successfully hides {{TP|Misty|Togepi}} inside her bag, {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}} and {{TP|Brock|Vulpix}} aren't so lucky and are also caught.

{{AP|Pikachu}} is the only Pokémon still uncaptured, and as a result he's now the only target of the Clone Balls. Ash uses his body to block them, giving Pikachu a chance to run. Pikachu heads towards a nearby suspended staircase and uses {{m|ThunderShock}} to take out a few of the Clone Balls. Ash follows him up the staircase. Pikachu is forced to use his ThunderShock every few seconds, which in combination with constantly being on the run, leaves him exhausted. As a result, Pikachu is forced off the staircase while dodging the Balls, falling a long way. Ash jumps off after Pikachu to protect him, but before he can grab his friend, a Clone Ball finally manages to capture Pikachu. Ash grabs the Ball before he falls into the pool of water at the base of the staircase, and loses his grip on it underwater. Ash follows it, out of the pool, and towards the entrance to the laboratory where Team Rocket is.

The same machine that cloned Meowth earlier is now processing all of the Clone Balls, and Ash grabs the one Pikachu is in just as the machine does as well. Fighting against the machine's many arms, Ash eventually manages to get the Clone Ball away, destroying the machine in the process. Pikachu is released from the Clone Ball and shakes himself off. Happily, he reunites with Ash, but the clones are now freed from their stasis tubes, prepared to join Mewtwo. The remaining Clone Balls are released from the machine in an explosion, and all open to free the Pokémon inside, including Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and their Poké Balls.

Mewtwo releases the other humans and is soon joined by its clone army. Ash emerges from the smoke with his and every Trainer's Pokémon and proclaims that they won't let Mewtwo's plan succeed. He tries to punch Mewtwo, but Mewtwo's force field knocks him down. Ash goes in for another punch, but this time Mewtwo sends him flying at a high point of the castle. Ash is saved from the blow by a large, pink bubble. The legendary Pokémon Mew comes onto the scene, having created the bubble that protected Ash. The playful Pokémon is soon targeted by a {{m|Shadow Ball}} from its clone, Mewtwo, who says that clones are far more powerful than the originals. Mew communicates with Mewtwo that a Pokémon's real strength comes from the heart, which is translated by Meowth. Disgusted, Mewtwo throws another Shadow Ball at Mew, who dodges it, but the blast hits Ash. With Mewtwo blocking all the Pokémon's special moves, a widespread melee begins between the Pokémon and their clones.

Ash survives the blast, but is horrified to see all the Pokémon fighting their clones, especially Pikachu getting slapped endlessly by his [[Pikachutwo|clone]]. He eventually falls back down to the stadium floor, prompting Misty, Brock, and Nurse Joy to come to his aid. They see now how horrible this kind of fighting is, and that the originals and clones will never give up, resulting in their deaths. Ash realizes someone has to take a stand and refuse to fight, like Pikachu is.

As Team Rocket also look on in horror, Meowth talks with his clone about how, no matter how different people are, they all share a lot in common on this planet.

Just as Mew and Mewtwo are emanating large auras of psychic energy in preparation for their most powerful energy blasts, Ash, angered by the continuous fighting, runs between them, demanding them to stop. The two blasts of energy strike with Ash in the crossfire, and due to the magnitude of concentrated power, Ash is turned to stone.

The stadium becomes silent, save for Pikachu, who runs to Ash's side. After trying to wake him up, Pikachu uses his Thunderbolt in vain, as Ash stays unmoving. Pikachu begins to cry at losing his friend, as do the rest of the Pokémon in the stadium due to Ash's sacrifice. The tears of all the Pokémon come together and magically revive Ash, bringing him back to life just like in the story Miranda told earlier.

After witnessing all of this, Mewtwo states that it does not matter who is more powerful, that the clones and originals both have value, and that the circumstances of one's birth is irrelevant: it is what one does with life that determines one's destiny. Mewtwo also says that it would be best if no one knew about what happened. When Mewtwo flies off, it tells Ash that it will find a place where it and the clones can live in peace. As a result, all of the memories of this event are erased from the Trainers' minds.

Ash, Misty, Brock, and everyone else instantly find themselves back at the Pokémon Center with no memory of their adventure on New Island. Nurse Joy is also back, offering shelter from the storm. Going out to the pier, Ash sees Mew in the clouds as the storm ends and tells Misty and Brock that [[EP001|when his journey began]] he saw a {{an|Ho-Oh|mysterious Pokémon}}, and now he believes he just saw another. Misty thinks that Ash was just imagining it, but Brock points out that maybe he wasn't. With that, the three friends prepare to continue their journey.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket, on the now-empty and green New Island and with no clue how they got here, decide to take a vacation as the credits begin to roll.
{{endspoilers}}

==Major events==
===Debuts===
* {{p|Mewtwo}}
* {{p|Mew}}
* {{p|Alakazam}}
* {{p|Donphan}}
* {{p|Nidoqueen}}
* {{p|Seadra}}
* {{p|Golduck}}

==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Misty}}
* {{an|Brock}}
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[Gary Oak]] (cameo)
* {{an|Giovanni}}
* [[Dr. Fuji]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Officer Jenny]]
* [[Neesha]]
* [[Fergus]]
* [[Corey]]
* {{mov|Miranda}}
* [[Raymond]]
* Announcer
* {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s
* Other [[Pokémon Trainer]]s
* {{an|Amber}} ([[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin|Japanese home video release only]])

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Togepi}} ({{OP|Misty|Togepi}})
* {{p|Bulbasaur}} ({{OP|Ash|Bulbasaur}})
* {{p|Charizard}} ({{OP|Ash|Charizard}})
* {{p|Squirtle}} ({{OP|Ash|Squirtle}})
* {{p|Staryu}} ({{OP|Misty|Staryu}})
* {{p|Psyduck}} ({{OP|Misty|Psyduck}})
* {{p|Vulpix}} ({{OP|Brock|Vulpix}})
* {{p|Weezing}} ({{OP|James|Weezing}})
* {{p|Nidoking}} ({{Gary}}'s)
* {{p|Arcanine}} ({{OP|Gary|Arcanine}})
* {{p|Persian}} ({{OP|Giovanni|Persian}})
* {{p|Donphan}} ([[Raymond]]'s)
* {{p|Machamp}} ([[Raymond]]'s)
* {{p|Golem}} ([[Raymond]]'s)
* {{p|Venomoth}} ([[Raymond]]'s)
* {{p|Pinsir}} ([[Raymond]]'s)
* {{p|Gyarados}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Seadra}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Nidoqueen}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Golduck}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Tentacruel}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Vaporeon}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Pidgeot}} ([[Corey]]'s)
* {{p|Scyther}} ([[Corey]]'s)
* {{p|Hitmonlee}} ([[Corey]]'s)
* {{p|Venusaur}} ([[Corey]]'s, Bruteroot)
* {{p|Sandslash}} ([[Corey]]'s)
* {{p|Rhyhorn}} ([[Corey]]'s)
* {{p|Dewgong}} ([[Neesha]]'s)
* {{p|Wigglytuff}} ([[Neesha]]'s)
* {{p|Blastoise}} ([[Neesha]]'s, Shellshocker)
* {{p|Vileplume}} ([[Neesha]]'s)
* {{p|Ninetales}} ([[Neesha]]'s)
* {{p|Rapidash}} ([[Neesha]]'s)
* {{p|Fearow}} ({{an|Mewtwo}}'s)
* {{p|Dragonite}} ({{an|Mewtwo}}'s)
* {{p|Tauros}} ({{tc|Team Rocket Grunt|Team Rocket Grunts'}}; new; multiple)
* {{p|Onix}} (unnamed {{pkmn|Trainer}}'s)
* {{p|Alakazam}} (unnamed {{pkmn|Trainer}}'s)
* {{p|Magneton}} (unnamed {{pkmn|Trainer}}'s)
* {{p|Bulbasaur}} ([[Dr. Fuji]]'s, Bulbasaurtwo; [[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin|Japanese home video release only]])
* {{p|Charmander}} ([[Dr. Fuji]]'s, Charmandertwo; [[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin|Japanese home video release only]])
* {{p|Squirtle}} ([[Dr. Fuji]]'s, Squirtletwo; [[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin|Japanese home video release only]])
* {{p|Mewtwo}} ({{an|Mewtwo|anime}})
* {{p|Mew}} ({{mov|Mew|M01|1}})

====Pokémon seen with Trainers waiting for the ferry to New Island====
* {{p|Caterpie}}
* {{p|Weedle}}
* {{p|Raticate}}
* {{p|Spearow}}
* {{p|Ekans}}
* {{p|Raichu}}
* {{p|Sandshrew}}
* {{p|Nidorino}}
* {{p|Vileplume}}
* {{p|Venonat}}
* {{p|Growlithe}}
* {{p|Poliwhirl}}
* {{p|Bellsprout}}
* {{p|Slowpoke}}
* {{p|Drowzee}}
* {{p|Kingler}}
* {{p|Electabuzz}}

====Mewtwo's [[cloning|cloned]] Pokémon====
* {{p|Venusaur}}
* {{p|Charizard}}
* {{p|Blastoise}}
* {{p|Pikachu}} ([[Pikachutwo]])
* {{p|Bulbasaur}}
* {{p|Squirtle}}
* {{p|Psyduck}}
* {{p|Vulpix}}
* {{p|Meowth}}
* {{p|Gyarados}}
* {{p|Seadra}}
* {{p|Nidoqueen}}
* {{p|Golduck}}
* {{p|Tentacruel}}
* {{p|Vaporeon}}
* {{p|Pidgeot}}
* {{p|Scyther}}
* {{p|Hitmonlee}}
* {{p|Sandslash}}
* {{p|Rhyhorn}}
* {{p|Dewgong}}
* {{p|Wigglytuff}}
* {{p|Vileplume}}
* {{p|Ninetales}}
* {{p|Rapidash}}

==Cast==
{{cast/h|Kanto}}
{{cast|Kanto|Ash Ketchum|disp=Ash|Veronica Taylor|Satoshi|Rica Matsumoto|サトシ|松本梨香|top=yes}}
{{cast|Kanto|Ash's Pikachu|disp=Pikachu|Ikue Ohtani|Pikachu|Ikue Ohtani|ピカチュウ|大谷育江}}
{{cast|Kanto|Misty (anime)|disp=Misty|Rachael Lillis|Kasumi|Mayumi Iizuka|カスミ|飯塚雅弓}}
{{cast|Kanto|Misty's Togepi|disp=Togepi|Satomi Kōrogi|Togepi|Satomi Kōrogi|トゲピー|こおろぎさとみ}}
{{cast|Kanto|Brock (anime)|disp=Brock|Eric Stuart|Takeshi|Yūji Ueda|タケシ|うえだ　ゆうじ}}
{{cast|Kanto|Jessie|Rachael Lillis|Musashi|Megumi Hayashibara|ムサシ|林原めぐみ}}
{{cast|Kanto|James|Eric Stuart|Kojirō|Shin'ichirō Miki|コジロウ|三木眞一郎}}
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{{cast|Kanto|Raymond|Maddie Blaustein{{!}}Addie Blaustein|Raymond|Raymond Johnson|レイモンド|レイモンドジョンソン}}
{{cast|Kanto|Nurse Joy|Megan Hollingshead|Joy|Ayako Shiraishi|ジョーイ|白石文子}}
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==Trivia==
[[File:Fourth Trainer.png|thumb|150px|The fourth Trainer seen on the far right before leaving]]
[[File:Female Trainer M01 Fearow.png|thumb|150px|The female Trainer leaving for New Island on a Fearow]]
* During [[EP063]]-[[EP065]], scenes of Mewtwo breaking out of the lab and battling at the Viridian Gym can be seen. Furthermore, the film used footage of [[Gary Oak]] battling Mewtwo. The director's commentary jokes that they had to get a "stand-in" for Gary because his agent was asking for too much.
* Some of the Pokémon on the poster didn't appear in the actual movie itself.
* ''[[PK01|Pikachu's Vacation]]'' has the first appearances of the {{cat|Generation II Pokémon}} {{p|Snubbull}} and {{p|Marill}}, and the feature film is the first appearance of {{p|Donphan}}.
* Several [[moves]] were used by Pokémon in this movie that were not yet available in the games. {{an|Mewtwo}} used {{m|Shadow Ball}}, {{DL|Mewtwo (anime)|Blastoisetwo}} used {{m|Rapid Spin}}, and [[Raymond]]'s Donphan, itself a Pokémon not available yet, used {{m|Rollout}}.
* Other than Corey, Fergus, and Neesha, a female fourth Trainer takes off from the pier on the back of a Fearow. She is seen flying Fearow while Fergus and Neesha ride their Gyarados and Dewgong. She likely never made it to New Island, unlike the others.
** This female Trainer and her Fearow are often mistaken as a continuity error involving Corey and his Pidgeot.
** She is the only character who leaves for New Island but never appears again. Mewtwo wipes the memories of everyone on New Island and transports them back to the mainland (except for Team Rocket), but this female Trainer completely disappears.
* Despite numerous mentions and hints that {{p|Charizard}} and its pre-evolved forms will die if the flame on their tail goes out, both the Charizard clone and {{DL|Mewtwo (anime)|Charizardtwo}} were submerged in liquid with no visible flame while in their incubation chambers.
* This movie marks the only time in the anime that {{AP|Pikachu}} is shown going ''into'' a [[Poké Ball]], and only the second time he has come out of one (the other being in ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]'').
* Of the Pokémon seen in the movie, only [[Misty's Togepi]], {{TP|Misty|Staryu}}, [[Jessie's Arbok]], and [[James's Weezing]] were not captured and cloned by Mewtwo. Misty hid Togepi in her bag, and Staryu, Arbok, and Weezing were not released from their Poké Balls during the gathering.
* Though Mewtwo owned a cloned {{p|Venusaur}}, Charizard, and {{p|Blastoise}}, they were not cloned from the Trainers' Pokémon. They were supposedly cloned from Pokémon Mewtwo had previously acquired himself. Despite this, all three of the Trainers' Pokémon were captured by Mewtwo anyway.
** This may have been done in order to prevent the three from interfering with the capture of the other Pokémon.
** Mewtwo indicated his wish to populate the new world with his clones; thus the three may have simply been acquired for genetic stock purposes. Having genetic material from multiple {{wp|Genetic Variation|unrelated sources}} would help prevent {{wp|inbreeding|genetic defects}} and result in a more successful {{wp|breeding program}}.
** These three Pokémon are the fully-evolved forms of {{DL|Mewtwo (anime)|Befriended|Mewtwo's childhood friends}}, who died before the events of this movie. It is most likely a coincidence since Mewtwo's memory of their deaths was erased by the scientists.
* This is the second time Ash dies and then comes back to life, the first being in ''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]''.
* This is the only movie that does not feature Ash on the English cover. However, {{p|Pikachu}} does appear.
* The home video release of the film had a trailer of [[M02|the second movie]] and came with [[Mewtwo (Wizards Promo 14)|a free trading card]].
* This movie is the only Pokémon material to be given a release on LaserDisc. It was packaged with the ''Pikachu's Vacation'' short.
* The movie was re-released on DVD in Japan and contained the Japanese and English audio tracks along with the complete ''[[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin]]'' short.
* The first anime special, ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'', is a sequel to this movie.
* This movie and ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' are the only Pokémon movies to feature all of their generation's [[version mascot]]s. Charizard, Blastoise, Pikachu, and Venusaur are all present in this movie, while {{p|Dialga}}, {{p|Palkia}}, and {{p|Giratina}} are present in the twelfth movie.

===Errors===
[[File:Flameless Rapidash.png|thumb|200px|Flameless Rapidash]]
* Early in the film, Ash's Pikachu defeats Raymond's Golem, a part {{type|Ground}} Pokémon with {{m|Thunderbolt}}, which should have had no effect.
* Mewtwo is colored pink as it begins creating the storm. In a later shot of Mewtwo intensifying the storm, its color is corrected.
[[File:Old Shore Wharf crowd comparison.png|thumb|200px|Fergus and Corey's backpacks shrink. Also, the top image shows the fourth Trainer who left for New Island.]]
* In two very similar shots at the beginning and end of the film, as [[Officer Jenny]] warns the Trainers about the storm, the backpacks of [[Corey]] and [[Fergus]] drastically shrink in size.
* When Fergus releases his Gyarados into the water to ride on its back, its lips are blue instead of yellow.
* When Jenny's hat flies off, the loops of Miranda's earrings are completely colored in.
* In the dub, three Pokémon are referred to by the wrong name. {{p|Pidgeot}} was called {{p|Pidgeotto}}, {{p|Scyther}} was called {{p|Alakazam}}, and {{p|Sandslash}} was called {{p|Sandshrew}}. In the audio commentary, [[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]] stated that they decided to leave the Alakazam error as something for the children watching to notice and because they felt it was plausible in context that Team Rocket could make a mistake.
* Fergus states that all of his Pokémon are {{t|Water}} types in the dub, but he also has a Nidoqueen, a {{2t|Poison|Ground}}-type Pokémon.
* While Ash is looking at Fergus's Pokémon in the dub, his Japanese voice can be faintly heard over the voice of the Pokémon.
* When Fergus runs over to his injured Gyarados, his {{p|Nidoqueen}} has the color scheme of a {{p|Nidoking}}.
* Right before Ash charges at Mewtwo, one frame shows {{p|Rapidash}} without flames. This was fixed in later releases.
* In the shot after Corey shows his Pokémon to Ash and his friends, Ash's pupils are entirely brown instead of mostly black with very little brown.
* When the clones enter with an explosion and emerge from the smoke, [[Pikachutwo]]'s black-tipped ears are the same as a normal {{p|Pikachu}}'s and Golduck is a green-teal instead of blue.
* Pikachutwo's cheek pouches surge with electricity even though Mewtwo blocked the Pokémon's special abilities.
** However, the Japanese dialogue says nothing about the Pokémon's abilities being blocked, and they simply clash physically out of pure hatred.
* On the DVD scene selection, {{p|Togepi}} is listed as Pokémon {{p|Chikorita|#152}}. However, prior to the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, Togepi had been given #152 in other media as well.

===Dub edits===
* A twelve-minute sequence detailing the history of Mewtwo's creation was added to later Japanese home releases of the movie, which also included the CGI edits made for the American release. The first scene (the only one that was included on the American VHS/DVD release of the movie) centered around a group of explorers who found an ancient engraving of Mew and a fossil of its eyelash. The second detailed [[Dr. Fuji]]'s attempts to clone {{an|Amber|his daughter}}, who had died as a child, and later Mew for [[Giovanni]]. The final scene detailed a young Mewtwo's telepathic interaction with clones of the [[Kanto]] starters and Amber Fuji. Certain later international releases of the movie include these new scenes, and they were also made into a short known as ''[[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin]]'', included on the international DVD releases of ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]''. These scenes were adapted from the radio drama ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]''.
* Mewtwo's personality and goal are different between the original and dub. In the dub, Mewtwo is more boastful about its powers and certain about superiority to Mew and wants to destroy the world with a hurricane it created to get revenge at humanity. In the original, Mewtwos less villainous and instead portrayed as a confused being and while its motive is still to get revenge against humanity, its revenge is not the storm destroying the world but the actual confrontation between Mewtwo and the trainers, with the storm as a test that the trainers had to get through.
* Giovanni denies that Mewtwo's armor is meant to suppress its powers in the dub, stating that it is rather meant to "focus" them. In the original Japanese, Giovanni says that Mewtwo's job is to fight for Team Rocket.
* Raymond's Machamp is shown coming out of its Poké Ball twice. It is unknown whether this was mistakenly repeated or intentionally done for dynamic effect.
* When Meowth complains about his hunger, Jessie takes out a frying pan and states that she could cook something, to which Meowth replies "Thanks, but the last time you cooked, you took out eight of my nine lives." In the Japanese version, Jessie simply points out that she's got a frying pan, to which Meowth replies that without meat and vegetables, it is nothing more than an iron pan.
* Miranda's story about the power of Pokémon tears to revive people only exists in the English version. Originally, she only says that the storm is the greatest she has ever seen.
* When Team Rocket are disguised as Vikings, Brock says he was not aware that they existed anymore. Ash replies that they mostly live in {{wp|Minnesota}}, an obvious reference to the {{wp|Minnesota Vikings}} {{wp|National Football League|NFL}} team.
** In the {{pmin|Denmark|Danish version}}, Brock says '''{{tt|Jeg vidste ikke at vikingerne stadig fandtes.|I didn't know that the Vikings still existed.}}''', and Ash replies '''{{tt|Jo, men de turnere mest i Sverige.|Yes, but they are mostly touring in Sweden.}}''' This is probably because at the time the vikings existed, the Danes were also Vikings.
*** In the Danish subtitles, Ash says '''{{tt|Vikingerne er et band.|The Vikings is a band.}}''' The Vikings is an old Swedish band, which is probably what Ash and Brock are referring to.
** In the {{pmin|Sweden|Swedish dub}}, Brock says '''{{tt|Jag visste inte att vikingar fortfarande existerade.|I didn't know that the Vikings still existed.}}''', and Ash replies '''{{tt|Jo, men de hänger mest i Norge.|Yes, but they mostly hang out in Norway}}'''. This being that real Vikings existed in both Sweden and Norway.
* In the {{pmin|France|French}} dub, Misty's Staryu makes no sound when it is released from its Poké Ball. In all other versions of the film, Staryu's voice can be heard twice.
* In the {{pmin|Latin America}}n dub, Corey is referred to as [[Gary Oak]].
* In the dub, Mew is portrayed more as a hero to counter Mewtwo, contrasting the original where it has more anti-heroic qualities. Due to this, Mew's speech to Mewtwo is different in the Japanese version. In the English dub, Mew says that shows of force prove nothing, and real strength comes from the heart. In the original, Mew is much more bellicose, saying that only the original Pokémon are real, and no matter how much they fight, the real ones will never lose to copies.
* While the original and clone Pokémon battle, the background music is different in both versions: the Japanese version plays a variation of ''[[Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Best#Tracklist 2|Colossal Battle]]''{{tt|*|listed as 1997-1998＿M14}} followed by soft instrumental music, while the English version plays ''[[Brother My Brother]]'', which contains a fighting is wrong message.
* The English plot also contains anti-racism material. Meowth, agreeing with his clone, says, "Maybe if we started looking at what's the same instead of always looking at what's different, well, who knows?" In the original, Meowthtwo refuses to fight because it is pointless and hurtful, opting instead to marvel at the full moon, which Meowth calls poetic.
* When Pikachu is repeatedly shocking Ash to try to bring him back to life, Misty says "Pikachu…" in the Japanese version, and "Please, no…" in the English version. A commentary revealed that the dubbers had many alternatives for this piece of dialogue, one of them being "My [[Bicycle#Trivia|bike]]…"
* Mewtwo says much less at the end of the original film, telling Mew that these events are best forgotten, and only saying to Ash that the clones will live somewhere in the world.

===CGI edits made for the American theatrical release===
* In the wide shot of Mewtwo facing Dr. Fuji, who is explaining to it how it was created, two large test tubes were shown positioned on either side of the screen in front of the characters and magnifying them. These were pushed off to the edge of the screen in the newer version of the film.
* When Mewtwo is being suited up with armor, Giovanni is covered in shadow (much like his first appearances in the anime). In the newer version the scene was changed so he could be seen better, probably because his identity in the anime had already been revealed in ''[[EP063|Battle of the Badge]]''.
* A CGI panning effect was added to the Gym floor when Mewtwo battles a Trainer's {{p|Onix}}.
* When Mewtwo first summons the storm, the shadow color on its hand is changed from purple to pinkish-red.
* Mew floating up to the surface of the water in a bubble was completely re-animated.
* Throughout the film, the original hand-drawn clouds of Mewtwo's storm are replaced with more realistic-looking CGI clouds. The water in the storm is also altered to have different shades of blue.
* Mewtwo's castle is changed from hand-drawn to CGI.
* The shot of the big doors opening was replaced with CGI doors. When the door closes in front of Ash, the scene now pans all the way back to Team Rocket facing the door when it was originally a {{wp|Dissolve (filmmaking)|dissolve}}.
* Another CGI panning effect was added for the shot of Rhyhorn charging toward Mewtwo.
* The big reveal of Mewtwo's stadium was rendered with CGI.
* The scene of Ash walking forward with all the rescued Pokémon was altered to have them fade into sight. In the original, they were drawn as black silhouettes slowly walking outward through the smoke and their bodies interacted with it more. This was also seen in the US trailer of ''Pokémon the First Movie''.
* When Ash is looking down at the Pokémon fighting their clones, they were all originally drawn as silhouettes.
* The tears of life from the Pokémon were changed to CGI.

====Scenes added to later home releases of the movie====
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====Scenes edited from original release====
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File:M01 comparison 1.png‎|Large test tubes moved
File:M01 comparison 2.png|Reanimation Mew in the bubble
File:M01 comparison 3.png|Big doors replaced with CGI doors
File:M01 comparison 4.png|Hand-drawn clouds replaced with CGI clouds
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==Related articles==
* [[The Birth of Mewtwo]] - Radio drama
* [[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin]] - Anime adaptation of the radio drama
* [[Mewtwo Returns]] - Feature-length special
* [[Sound Picture Box - The Birth of Mewtwo]] - CD release featuring the Japanese score and the Birth of Mewtwo radio drama
* [[Together With the Wind (single)]] - CD release of the movie's Japanese ending theme
* [[Pokémon the First Movie (soundtrack)]] - English soundtrack
* [[Pokémon the First Movie (score)]] - English score
* [[Mewtwo Strikes Back! (manga)]] - Manga adaptation
* [[Pokémon the First Movie (graphic novel)]] - Ani-Manga adaptation
* [[The Art of Pokémon the First Movie]]
* [[Pokémon the First Movie (book)]] - Chapter book adaptation
* [[Pokémon the First Movie (picture book)]] - Picture book
* [[Pokémon the First Movie Trading Cards]]

==External links==
*[http://webspace.webring.com/people/ds/spookymeggie/vidi.html An article about the Japanese edits]
*{{wp|Pokémon: The First Movie|Wikipedia article}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190641/ ''Pokémon: The First Movie'' at IMDb]
*[http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/18584/ZMLZ-102/Pocket-Monster-(Pokemon):-Mewtwo-Strikes-Back-amp;-Pikachu-'s-Summer-Vacation-(1998) ''Pokémon: The First Movie'' LaserDisc Release]
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Satoshi Bakura: I brought back some of this edit that was deleted. It's not outright false though the Mew dialog was mistranslated.

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'''Pokémon the First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back''' (Japanese: '''ミュウツーの{{tt|逆襲|ぎゃくしゅう}}''' ''Mewtwo's Counterattack'', officially ''Mewtwo Strikes Back!'' in Japan) is the first [[Pokémon movie]]. It debuted in Japanese theaters on July 18, 1998, and then made its way to North American theaters on November 12, 1999.

''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' was shown with the [[Pikachu shorts|Pikachu short]] movie ''[[PK01|Pikachu's Vacation]]''.

==Other posters and logos==
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File:Pikachu the Movie 1 poster.png|''Pikachu the Movie'' poster
File:M01Japanese.png‎|Final ''Mewtwo's Counterattack'' movie poster
File:Pokemon the first movie.jpg|English theatrical poster
File:M01Mewtwo Mew.png|Poster featuring Mewtwo and Mew
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==Blurb==

Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, had ambitious plans to take over the world, involving his latest experiment, a powerful clone of Mew—Mewtwo. Mewtwo is very powerful, and also very smart—smart enough to not want to be controlled by Giovanni. It escaped from the lab, and now Mewtwo begins to concoct its own scheme, clandestinely inviting a number of Pokémon Trainers to the ultimate test. Of course, if it's an event for talented Trainers, Ash Ketchum will be right in the front row!

Ash's excitement turns to fear and anger when Mewtwo reveals its plan for domination, creating powerful clones of all of the kids' Pokémon so it can even the "imbalance" between Pokémon and their Trainers. Despite Ash's protests, Mewtwo refuses to believe that Pokémon and people can be friends. But faced with the determination of a young Trainer and the love of his Pokémon, Mewtwo just might have to reconsider, especially when pitted against the power of the mysterious Mew!

==Plot==
[[Dr. Fuji]], wanting to find a way to restore life by cloning, leads an expedition to [[Guyana]] after finding evidence of a shrine dedicated to {{p|Mew}}, the world's most powerful—but now said to be extinct—Pokémon. {{an|Giovanni}}, the leader of [[Team Rocket]], funds Fuji's research in return for an enhanced, living replica of Mew. Finding a Fossil of Mew, Fuji and his team create {{an|Mewtwo}}. A confused Mewtwo asks itself who it is, what it is, and where it came from. Just then, Mewtwo wakes up in a stasis tube in one of Fuji's laboratories, where the scientists study it. Mewtwo breaks out of its test tube; [[Dr. Fuji]] tells Mewtwo that it was made by humans and is a clone of, but much more powerful than Mew. Mewtwo is angry that the scientists see it more as an end result to their project and less of a sentient being, so it destroys the lab and kills all of the scientists. Dr. Fuji says to himself that he succeeded in creating the world's most powerful Pokémon before dying at the hands of Mewtwo. Then, Giovanni arrives in his private helicopter and offers to help Mewtwo focus its powers. Mewtwo takes up the offer, and is put in a suit of armor.

Over the next few weeks, Mewtwo does most of Team Rocket's dirty work, capturing wild Pokémon and beating any {{pkmn|Trainer}} that challenges the [[Viridian Gym]], including [[Gary Oak]]. When Giovanni tells Mewtwo his own twisted way of controlling Pokémon, Mewtwo angrily blasts away, destroying its armor, and vows from atop the island it was created on to begin its reign on Earth.

Meanwhile, {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} are preparing for lunch until a [[Raymond|Pokémon Trainer]] shows up and challenges Ash, who is happy to oblige. With his {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Squirtle}}, and Pikachu, Ash easily beats the Pokémon Trainer. What he doesn't know is that he's being watched, not only by Team Rocket, but by a mysterious third party. [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}}, who were also watching the battle, don't have any food and watch hungrily as the gang eats Brock's cooking. Suddenly, a {{p|Dragonite}} flies in with a letter for Ash and his friends. It projects a hologram of a mysterious woman who tells the Trainers to head to [[Old Shore Wharf]] in order to get to an island fortress called [[New Island]].

Later, as a storm brews, the gang arrive at the [[Pokémon Center]], whose [[Nurse Joy]] has been missing for quite a while. [[Officer Jenny]] informs the Trainers gathered that the ferry to New Island has been cancelled. {{mov|Miranda}}, the pier master tells them that she has lived on the pier all her life and that the current storm is the fiercest she's ever seen. She then tells a story to everyone present about how some people died in a storm many years ago, however legend has it that the tears of a Pokémon restored the people to life.

Soon, most of the other Pokémon Trainers—ignoring Jenny and Miranda's warnings—take off for New Island. Ash and the gang are eager to follow, but none of their Pokémon are strong enough to handle the giant waves. Team Rocket, under disguise, give Ash and the gang a boat ride. Later, Team Rocket's disguise was uncovered. However, the storm proves too much for them, and as the strong wind and waves hit against the boat, it capsized and everyone was sent into the ocean. The gang saved themselves by using Ash's Squirtle and [[Misty's Staryu]] to get all the way to New Island.

As the heroes barely arrive at New Island, the mystery woman from the hologram letter greets them and takes them to the dining room to meet the other Trainers who arrived safely. Brock says that she looked familiar, however, the woman denies it and shows them to the castle.

Meanwhile, as Team Rocket try to get inside the fortress, the legendary Mew senses something troubling and arrives at New Island, and follows closely behind Team Rocket.

As they arrive in the dining room, Ash and the gang meet three Pokémon Trainers named [[Neesha]], [[Fergus]], and [[Corey]]. Just then, the mystery woman introduces everybody in the room to her master, who is revealed to be none other than Mewtwo. Fergus insults Mewtwo, who sends him flying. Fergus has his {{p|Gyarados}} attack with {{m|Hyper Beam}}, but Mewtwo easily reflects it. Then, Mewtwo releases the woman from its power, Brock quickly catches her, and it is revealed that the mystery woman is the missing Nurse Joy. Mewtwo tells the Trainers that humans are weak and cruel, and have made all Pokémon their slaves. It also says that Pokémon are no better off, since they choose to associate with humans.

As Team Rocket get into the fortress and make their way into a laboratory, they come across a weird-looking machine, a computer, and several Pokémon sleeping in giant pods. Jessie accidentally sits on the computer controls, which play back a recorded message from Dr. Fuji about the fossilized eyelash of Mew that was used to create Mewtwo. Suddenly, the machine takes a piece of hair from Meowth to create a clone of him. Summoned by Mewtwo, the cloned Pokémon awaken and exit to their master.

Mewtwo leads Ash and the other Trainers into the stadium part of the fortress and suggests that they should battle Pokémon to see who is the strongest, the clones versus the originals. [[Ash's Charizard]], Corey's {{p|Venusaur}}, and Neesha's {{p|Blastoise}} are no match for Mewtwo's clones. Mewtwo then summons its own specialized [[Poké Ball]]s, the Clone Balls, and uses them to capture Charizard, Venusaur and Blastoise, claiming them as its prize. Mewtwo then announces that the other Pokémon will be taken to be cloned. The clones will remain safe on the island while Mewtwo's storms destroy the planet. Mewtwo then sends the Balls after the Pokémon.

Immediately, all the Trainers are on the run. Some Pokémon are captured before they realize what's happening, some attempt to outrun the Clone Balls and some attempt to use their attacks to defend themselves. However, it proves to be useless as nearly all the Pokémon end up being captured one by one. Ash deduces that Pokémon inside their Poké Balls should be safe from capture and recalls {{AP|Bulbasaur}} and {{AP|Squirtle}}. However, it turns out to be no use, as the Clone Balls instead capture the Poké Balls whole with Bulbasaur and Squirtle still inside. Brock suggests carrying the Pokémon away, but while Misty successfully hides {{TP|Misty|Togepi}} inside her bag, {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}} and {{TP|Brock|Vulpix}} aren't so lucky and are also caught.

{{AP|Pikachu}} is the only Pokémon still uncaptured, and as a result he's now the only target of the Clone Balls. Ash uses his body to block them, giving Pikachu a chance to run. Pikachu heads towards a nearby suspended staircase and uses {{m|ThunderShock}} to take out a few of the Clone Balls. Ash follows him up the staircase. Pikachu is forced to use his ThunderShock every few seconds, which in combination with constantly being on the run, leaves him exhausted. As a result, Pikachu is forced off the staircase while dodging the Balls, falling a long way. Ash jumps off after Pikachu to protect him, but before he can grab his friend, a Clone Ball finally manages to capture Pikachu. Ash grabs the Ball before he falls into the pool of water at the base of the staircase, and loses his grip on it underwater. Ash follows it, out of the pool, and towards the entrance to the laboratory where Team Rocket is.

The same machine that cloned Meowth earlier is now processing all of the Clone Balls, and Ash grabs the one Pikachu is in just as the machine does as well. Fighting against the machine's many arms, Ash eventually manages to get the Clone Ball away, destroying the machine in the process. Pikachu is released from the Clone Ball and shakes himself off. Happily, he reunites with Ash, but the clones are now freed from their stasis tubes, prepared to join Mewtwo. The remaining Clone Balls are released from the machine in an explosion, and all open to free the Pokémon inside, including Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and their Poké Balls.

Mewtwo releases the other humans and is soon joined by its clone army. Ash emerges from the smoke with his and every Trainer's Pokémon and proclaims that they won't let Mewtwo's plan succeed. He tries to punch Mewtwo, but Mewtwo's force field knocks him down. Ash goes in for another punch, but this time Mewtwo sends him flying at a high point of the castle. Ash is saved from the blow by a large, pink bubble. The legendary Pokémon Mew comes onto the scene, having created the bubble that protected Ash. The playful Pokémon is soon targeted by a {{m|Shadow Ball}} from its clone, Mewtwo, who says that clones are far more powerful than the originals. Mew communicates with Mewtwo that a Pokémon's real strength comes from the heart, which is translated by Meowth. Disgusted, Mewtwo throws another Shadow Ball at Mew, who dodges it, but the blast hits Ash. With Mewtwo blocking all the Pokémon's special moves, a widespread melee begins between the Pokémon and their clones.

Ash survives the blast, but is horrified to see all the Pokémon fighting their clones, especially Pikachu getting slapped endlessly by his [[Pikachutwo|clone]]. He eventually falls back down to the stadium floor, prompting Misty, Brock, and Nurse Joy to come to his aid. They see now how horrible this kind of fighting is, and that the originals and clones will never give up, resulting in their deaths. Ash realizes someone has to take a stand and refuse to fight, like Pikachu is.

As Team Rocket also look on in horror, Meowth talks with his clone about how, no matter how different people are, they all share a lot in common on this planet.

Just as Mew and Mewtwo are emanating large auras of psychic energy in preparation for their most powerful energy blasts, Ash, angered by the continuous fighting, runs between them, demanding them to stop. The two blasts of energy strike with Ash in the crossfire, and due to the magnitude of concentrated power, Ash is turned to stone.

The stadium becomes silent, save for Pikachu, who runs to Ash's side. After trying to wake him up, Pikachu uses his Thunderbolt in vain, as Ash stays unmoving. Pikachu begins to cry at losing his friend, as do the rest of the Pokémon in the stadium due to Ash's sacrifice. The tears of all the Pokémon come together and magically revive Ash, bringing him back to life just like in the story Miranda told earlier.

After witnessing all of this, Mewtwo states that it does not matter who is more powerful, that the clones and originals both have value, and that the circumstances of one's birth is irrelevant: it is what one does with life that determines one's destiny. Mewtwo also says that it would be best if no one knew about what happened. When Mewtwo flies off, it tells Ash that it will find a place where it and the clones can live in peace. As a result, all of the memories of this event are erased from the Trainers' minds.

Ash, Misty, Brock, and everyone else instantly find themselves back at the Pokémon Center with no memory of their adventure on New Island. Nurse Joy is also back, offering shelter from the storm. Going out to the pier, Ash sees Mew in the clouds as the storm ends and tells Misty and Brock that [[EP001|when his journey began]] he saw a {{an|Ho-Oh|mysterious Pokémon}}, and now he believes he just saw another. Misty thinks that Ash was just imagining it, but Brock points out that maybe he wasn't. With that, the three friends prepare to continue their journey.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket, on the now-empty and green New Island and with no clue how they got here, decide to take a vacation as the credits begin to roll.
{{endspoilers}}

==Major events==
===Debuts===
* {{p|Mewtwo}}
* {{p|Mew}}
* {{p|Alakazam}}
* {{p|Donphan}}
* {{p|Nidoqueen}}
* {{p|Seadra}}
* {{p|Golduck}}

==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Misty}}
* {{an|Brock}}
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[Gary Oak]] (cameo)
* {{an|Giovanni}}
* [[Dr. Fuji]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Officer Jenny]]
* [[Neesha]]
* [[Fergus]]
* [[Corey]]
* {{mov|Miranda}}
* [[Raymond]]
* Announcer
* {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s
* Other [[Pokémon Trainer]]s
* {{an|Amber}} ([[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin|Japanese home video release only]])

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Togepi}} ({{OP|Misty|Togepi}})
* {{p|Bulbasaur}} ({{OP|Ash|Bulbasaur}})
* {{p|Charizard}} ({{OP|Ash|Charizard}})
* {{p|Squirtle}} ({{OP|Ash|Squirtle}})
* {{p|Staryu}} ({{OP|Misty|Staryu}})
* {{p|Psyduck}} ({{OP|Misty|Psyduck}})
* {{p|Vulpix}} ({{OP|Brock|Vulpix}})
* {{p|Weezing}} ({{OP|James|Weezing}})
* {{p|Nidoking}} ({{Gary}}'s)
* {{p|Arcanine}} ({{OP|Gary|Arcanine}})
* {{p|Persian}} ({{OP|Giovanni|Persian}})
* {{p|Donphan}} ([[Raymond]]'s)
* {{p|Machamp}} ([[Raymond]]'s)
* {{p|Golem}} ([[Raymond]]'s)
* {{p|Venomoth}} ([[Raymond]]'s)
* {{p|Pinsir}} ([[Raymond]]'s)
* {{p|Gyarados}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Seadra}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Nidoqueen}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Golduck}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Tentacruel}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Vaporeon}} ([[Fergus]]'s)
* {{p|Pidgeot}} ([[Corey]]'s)
* {{p|Scyther}} ([[Corey]]'s)
* {{p|Hitmonlee}} ([[Corey]]'s)
* {{p|Venusaur}} ([[Corey]]'s, Bruteroot)
* {{p|Sandslash}} ([[Corey]]'s)
* {{p|Rhyhorn}} ([[Corey]]'s)
* {{p|Dewgong}} ([[Neesha]]'s)
* {{p|Wigglytuff}} ([[Neesha]]'s)
* {{p|Blastoise}} ([[Neesha]]'s, Shellshocker)
* {{p|Vileplume}} ([[Neesha]]'s)
* {{p|Ninetales}} ([[Neesha]]'s)
* {{p|Rapidash}} ([[Neesha]]'s)
* {{p|Fearow}} ({{an|Mewtwo}}'s)
* {{p|Dragonite}} ({{an|Mewtwo}}'s)
* {{p|Tauros}} ({{tc|Team Rocket Grunt|Team Rocket Grunts'}}; new; multiple)
* {{p|Onix}} (unnamed {{pkmn|Trainer}}'s)
* {{p|Alakazam}} (unnamed {{pkmn|Trainer}}'s)
* {{p|Magneton}} (unnamed {{pkmn|Trainer}}'s)
* {{p|Bulbasaur}} ([[Dr. Fuji]]'s, Bulbasaurtwo; [[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin|Japanese home video release only]])
* {{p|Charmander}} ([[Dr. Fuji]]'s, Charmandertwo; [[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin|Japanese home video release only]])
* {{p|Squirtle}} ([[Dr. Fuji]]'s, Squirtletwo; [[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin|Japanese home video release only]])
* {{p|Mewtwo}} ({{an|Mewtwo|anime}})
* {{p|Mew}} ({{mov|Mew|M01|1}})

====Pokémon seen with Trainers waiting for the ferry to New Island====
* {{p|Caterpie}}
* {{p|Weedle}}
* {{p|Raticate}}
* {{p|Spearow}}
* {{p|Ekans}}
* {{p|Raichu}}
* {{p|Sandshrew}}
* {{p|Nidorino}}
* {{p|Vileplume}}
* {{p|Venonat}}
* {{p|Growlithe}}
* {{p|Poliwhirl}}
* {{p|Bellsprout}}
* {{p|Slowpoke}}
* {{p|Drowzee}}
* {{p|Kingler}}
* {{p|Electabuzz}}

====Mewtwo's [[cloning|cloned]] Pokémon====
* {{p|Venusaur}}
* {{p|Charizard}}
* {{p|Blastoise}}
* {{p|Pikachu}} ([[Pikachutwo]])
* {{p|Bulbasaur}}
* {{p|Squirtle}}
* {{p|Psyduck}}
* {{p|Vulpix}}
* {{p|Meowth}}
* {{p|Gyarados}}
* {{p|Seadra}}
* {{p|Nidoqueen}}
* {{p|Golduck}}
* {{p|Tentacruel}}
* {{p|Vaporeon}}
* {{p|Pidgeot}}
* {{p|Scyther}}
* {{p|Hitmonlee}}
* {{p|Sandslash}}
* {{p|Rhyhorn}}
* {{p|Dewgong}}
* {{p|Wigglytuff}}
* {{p|Vileplume}}
* {{p|Ninetales}}
* {{p|Rapidash}}

==Cast==
{{cast/h|Kanto}}
{{cast|Kanto|Ash Ketchum|disp=Ash|Veronica Taylor|Satoshi|Rica Matsumoto|サトシ|松本梨香|top=yes}}
{{cast|Kanto|Ash's Pikachu|disp=Pikachu|Ikue Ohtani|Pikachu|Ikue Ohtani|ピカチュウ|大谷育江}}
{{cast|Kanto|Misty (anime)|disp=Misty|Rachael Lillis|Kasumi|Mayumi Iizuka|カスミ|飯塚雅弓}}
{{cast|Kanto|Misty's Togepi|disp=Togepi|Satomi Kōrogi|Togepi|Satomi Kōrogi|トゲピー|こおろぎさとみ}}
{{cast|Kanto|Brock (anime)|disp=Brock|Eric Stuart|Takeshi|Yūji Ueda|タケシ|うえだ　ゆうじ}}
{{cast|Kanto|Jessie|Rachael Lillis|Musashi|Megumi Hayashibara|ムサシ|林原めぐみ}}
{{cast|Kanto|James|Eric Stuart|Kojirō|Shin'ichirō Miki|コジロウ|三木眞一郎}}
{{cast|Kanto|Meowth (Team Rocket)|disp=Meowth|Maddie Blaustein{{!}}Addie Blaustein|Nyarth|Inuko Inuyama|ニャース|犬山イヌコ}}
{{cast|Kanto|Mewtwo (anime)|disp=Mewtwo|Phillip Bartlett|Mewtwo|Masachika Ichimura|ミュウツー|市村正親}}
{{cast|Kanto|Mew (M01)|disp=Mew|Kōichi Yamadera|Mew|Kōichi Yamadera|ミュウ|山寺宏一}}
{{cast|Kanto|Corey|Ted Lewis{{!}}Ed Paul|Sorao|Tōru Furuya|ソラオ|古谷徹}}
{{cast|Kanto|Neesha|Lisa Ortiz|Sweet|Aiko Satō|スイート|佐藤藍子}}
{{cast|Kanto|Fergus|Carter Cathcart{{!}}Jimmy Zoppi|Umio|Wataru Takagi|ウミオ|高木渉}}
{{cast|Kanto|Raymond|Maddie Blaustein{{!}}Addie Blaustein|Raymond|Raymond Johnson|レイモンド|レイモンドジョンソン}}
{{cast|Kanto|Nurse Joy|Megan Hollingshead|Joy|Ayako Shiraishi|ジョーイ|白石文子}}
{{cast|Kanto|Officer Jenny|Lee Quick|Junsar|Chinami Nishimura|ジュンサー|西村ちなみ}}
{{cast|Kanto|Miranda (movie)|disp=Miranda|Kayzie Rogers|Voyager|Sachiko Kobayashi|ボイジャー|小林幸子}}
{{cast|Kanto|Dr. Fuji|Maddie Blaustein{{!}}Addie Blaustein|Dr. Fuji|Yōsuke Akimoto|フジ博士|秋元羊介}}
{{cast|Kanto|Giovanni (anime)|disp=Giovanni|Ted Lewis{{!}}Ed Paul|Sakaki|Hirotaka Suzuoki|サカキ|鈴置洋孝}}
{{cast|Kanto|Narrator|disp=Narration|Rodger Parsons{{!}}Ken Gates|Narration|Unshō Ishizuka|ナレーション|石塚運昇|bottom=yes}}
|}

==Trivia==
[[File:Fourth Trainer.png|thumb|150px|The fourth Trainer seen on the far right before leaving]]
[[File:Female Trainer M01 Fearow.png|thumb|150px|The female Trainer leaving for New Island on a Fearow]]
* During [[EP063]]-[[EP065]], scenes of Mewtwo breaking out of the lab and battling at the Viridian Gym can be seen. Furthermore, the film used footage of [[Gary Oak]] battling Mewtwo. The director's commentary jokes that they had to get a "stand-in" for Gary because his agent was asking for too much.
* Some of the Pokémon on the poster didn't appear in the actual movie itself.
* ''[[PK01|Pikachu's Vacation]]'' has the first appearances of the {{cat|Generation II Pokémon}} {{p|Snubbull}} and {{p|Marill}}, and the feature film is the first appearance of {{p|Donphan}}.
* Several [[moves]] were used by Pokémon in this movie that were not yet available in the games. {{an|Mewtwo}} used {{m|Shadow Ball}}, {{DL|Mewtwo (anime)|Blastoisetwo}} used {{m|Rapid Spin}}, and [[Raymond]]'s Donphan, itself a Pokémon not available yet, used {{m|Rollout}}.
* Other than Corey, Fergus, and Neesha, a female fourth Trainer takes off from the pier on the back of a Fearow. She is seen flying Fearow while Fergus and Neesha ride their Gyarados and Dewgong. She likely never made it to New Island, unlike the others.
** This female Trainer and her Fearow are often mistaken as a continuity error involving Corey and his Pidgeot.
** She is the only character who leaves for New Island but never appears again. Mewtwo wipes the memories of everyone on New Island and transports them back to the mainland (except for Team Rocket), but this female Trainer completely disappears.
* Despite numerous mentions and hints that {{p|Charizard}} and its pre-evolved forms will die if the flame on their tail goes out, both the Charizard clone and {{DL|Mewtwo (anime)|Charizardtwo}} were submerged in liquid with no visible flame while in their incubation chambers.
* This movie marks the only time in the anime that {{AP|Pikachu}} is shown going ''into'' a [[Poké Ball]], and only the second time he has come out of one (the other being in ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]'').
* Of the Pokémon seen in the movie, only [[Misty's Togepi]], {{TP|Misty|Staryu}}, [[Jessie's Arbok]], and [[James's Weezing]] were not captured and cloned by Mewtwo. Misty hid Togepi in her bag, and Staryu, Arbok, and Weezing were not released from their Poké Balls during the gathering.
* Though Mewtwo owned a cloned {{p|Venusaur}}, Charizard, and {{p|Blastoise}}, they were not cloned from the Trainers' Pokémon. They were supposedly cloned from Pokémon Mewtwo had previously acquired himself. Despite this, all three of the Trainers' Pokémon were captured by Mewtwo anyway.
** This may have been done in order to prevent the three from interfering with the capture of the other Pokémon.
** Mewtwo indicated his wish to populate the new world with his clones; thus the three may have simply been acquired for genetic stock purposes. Having genetic material from multiple {{wp|Genetic Variation|unrelated sources}} would help prevent {{wp|inbreeding|genetic defects}} and result in a more successful {{wp|breeding program}}.
** These three Pokémon are the fully-evolved forms of {{DL|Mewtwo (anime)|Befriended|Mewtwo's childhood friends}}, who died before the events of this movie. It is most likely a coincidence since Mewtwo's memory of their deaths was erased by the scientists.
* This is the second time Ash dies and then comes back to life, the first being in ''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]''.
* This is the only movie that does not feature Ash on the English cover. However, {{p|Pikachu}} does appear.
* The home video release of the film had a trailer of [[M02|the second movie]] and came with [[Mewtwo (Wizards Promo 14)|a free trading card]].
* This movie is the only Pokémon material to be given a release on LaserDisc. It was packaged with the ''Pikachu's Vacation'' short.
* The movie was re-released on DVD in Japan and contained the Japanese and English audio tracks along with the complete ''[[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin]]'' short.
* The first anime special, ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'', is a sequel to this movie.
* This movie and ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' are the only Pokémon movies to feature all of their generation's [[version mascot]]s. Charizard, Blastoise, Pikachu, and Venusaur are all present in this movie, while {{p|Dialga}}, {{p|Palkia}}, and {{p|Giratina}} are present in the twelfth movie.

===Errors===
[[File:Flameless Rapidash.png|thumb|200px|Flameless Rapidash]]
* Early in the film, Ash's Pikachu defeats Raymond's Golem, a part {{type|Ground}} Pokémon with {{m|Thunderbolt}}, which should have had no effect.
* Mewtwo is colored pink as it begins creating the storm. In a later shot of Mewtwo intensifying the storm, its color is corrected.
[[File:Old Shore Wharf crowd comparison.png|thumb|200px|Fergus and Corey's backpacks shrink. Also, the top image shows the fourth Trainer who left for New Island.]]
* In two very similar shots at the beginning and end of the film, as [[Officer Jenny]] warns the Trainers about the storm, the backpacks of [[Corey]] and [[Fergus]] drastically shrink in size.
* When Fergus releases his Gyarados into the water to ride on its back, its lips are blue instead of yellow.
* When Jenny's hat flies off, the loops of Miranda's earrings are completely colored in.
* In the dub, three Pokémon are referred to by the wrong name. {{p|Pidgeot}} was called {{p|Pidgeotto}}, {{p|Scyther}} was called {{p|Alakazam}}, and {{p|Sandslash}} was called {{p|Sandshrew}}. In the audio commentary, [[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]] stated that they decided to leave the Alakazam error as something for the children watching to notice and because they felt it was plausible in context that Team Rocket could make a mistake.
* Fergus states that all of his Pokémon are {{t|Water}} types in the dub, but he also has a Nidoqueen, a {{2t|Poison|Ground}}-type Pokémon.
* While Ash is looking at Fergus's Pokémon in the dub, his Japanese voice can be faintly heard over the voice of the Pokémon.
* When Fergus runs over to his injured Gyarados, his {{p|Nidoqueen}} has the color scheme of a {{p|Nidoking}}.
* Right before Ash charges at Mewtwo, one frame shows {{p|Rapidash}} without flames. This was fixed in later releases.
* In the shot after Corey shows his Pokémon to Ash and his friends, Ash's pupils are entirely brown instead of mostly black with very little brown.
* When the clones enter with an explosion and emerge from the smoke, [[Pikachutwo]]'s black-tipped ears are the same as a normal {{p|Pikachu}}'s and Golduck is a green-teal instead of blue.
* Pikachutwo's cheek pouches surge with electricity even though Mewtwo blocked the Pokémon's special abilities.
** However, the Japanese dialogue says nothing about the Pokémon's abilities being blocked, and they simply clash physically out of pure hatred.
* On the DVD scene selection, {{p|Togepi}} is listed as Pokémon {{p|Chikorita|#152}}. However, prior to the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, Togepi had been given #152 in other media as well.

===Dub edits===
* The plot in the dubbed English version contains a "fighting is wrong" moral and portrays Mewtwo as a cold, heartless villain who just wants to take over Earth. It also contains anti-racism material. Meowth, agreeing with his clone, says, "Maybe if we started looking at what's the same instead of always looking at what's different, well, who knows?" The Japanese version instead portrays Mewtwo as a confused being who cannot place himself among other living beings, so his stress of not being able to figure any of that out leads to his destruction of the laboratory on New Island and Team Rocket's new base, and eventually, his plan to get revenge on the world to prove he should be alive.
* Some scenes detailing the history of Mewtwo's creation, a full twelve-minute sequence, were added to later Japanese home releases of the movie, which also included the CGI edits made for the American release. The first scene (the only one that was included on the American VHS/DVD release of the movie) centered around a group of explorers who found an ancient engraving of Mew and a fossil of its eyelash. The second detailed [[Dr. Fuji]]'s attempts to clone {{an|Amber|his daughter}}, who had died as a child, and later Mew for [[Giovanni]]. The final scene detailed a young Mewtwo's telepathic interaction with clones of the [[Kanto]] starters and Amber Fuji. Certain later international releases of the movie include these new scenes, and they were also made into a short known as ''[[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin]]'', included on the international DVD releases of ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]''. These scenes were adapted from the radio drama ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]''.
* Giovanni denies that Mewtwo's armor is meant to suppress its powers in the dub, stating that it is rather meant to "focus" them. It is stated outright in the original Japanese that the armor is meant to suppress the bulk of its powers.
* Raymond's Machamp is shown coming out of its Poké Ball twice. It is unknown whether this was mistakenly repeated or intentionally done for dynamic effect.
* When Meowth complains about his hunger, Jessie takes out a frying pan and states that she could cook something, to which Meowth replies "Thanks, but the last time you cooked, you took out eight of my nine lives." In the Japanese version, Jessie simply points out that she's got a frying pan, to which Meowth replies that without meat and vegetables, it is nothing more than an iron pan.
* When Team Rocket are disguised as Vikings, Brock comments that he wasn't aware that they existed anymore. Ash replies that they mostly live in {{wp|Minnesota}}, an obvious reference to the {{wp|Minnesota Vikings}} {{wp|National Football League|NFL}} team.
** In the {{pmin|Denmark|Danish version}}, Brock says '''{{tt|Jeg vidste ikke at vikingerne stadig fandtes.|I didn't know that the Vikings still existed.}}''', and Ash replies '''{{tt|Jo, men de turnere mest i Sverige.|Yes, but they are mostly touring in Sweden.}}''' This is probably because at the time the vikings existed, the Danes were also Vikings.
*** In the Danish subtitles, Ash says '''{{tt|Vikingerne er et band.|The Vikings is a band.}}''' The Vikings is an old Swedish band, which is probably what Ash and Brock are referring to.
** In the {{pmin|Sweden|Swedish dub}}, Brock says '''{{tt|Jag visste inte att vikingar fortfarande existerade.|I didn't know that the Vikings still existed.}}''', and Ash replies '''{{tt|Jo, men de hänger mest i Norge.|Yes, but they mostly hang out in Norway}}'''. This being that real Vikings existed in both Sweden and Norway.
* In the {{pmin|France|French dub}}, Misty's Staryu does not make a sound when it is released from its Poké Ball. In all other versions of the film, Staryu's voice can be heard twice.
* In the {{pmin|Latin America}}n dub, Corey is referred to as [[Gary Oak]].
* While the original and clone Pokémon battle, the background music is different in both versions: the Japanese version plays instrumental music very softly while the English version plays ''[[Brother My Brother]]''.
* When Pikachu is repeatedly shocking Ash to try to bring him back to life, Misty says "Pikachu…" in the Japanese version, and "Please, no…" in the English version. A commentary revealed that the dubbers had many alternatives for this piece of dialogue, one of them being "My [[Bicycle#Trivia|bike]]…"
* Miranda's story about the power of Pokémon tears to revive people exists in the English version only.

===CGI edits made for the American theatrical release===
* In the wide shot of Mewtwo facing Dr. Fuji, who is explaining to it how it was created, two large test tubes were shown positioned on either side of the screen in front of the characters and magnifying them. These were pushed off to the edge of the screen in the newer version of the film.
* When Mewtwo is being suited up with armor, Giovanni is covered in shadow (much like his first appearances in the anime). In the newer version the scene was changed so he could be seen better, probably because his identity in the anime had already been revealed in ''[[EP063|Battle of the Badge]]''.
* A CGI panning effect was added to the Gym floor when Mewtwo battles a Trainer's {{p|Onix}}.
* When Mewtwo first summons the storm, the shadow color on its hand is changed from purple to pinkish-red.
* Mew floating up to the surface of the water in a bubble was completely re-animated.
* Throughout the film, the original hand-drawn clouds of Mewtwo's storm are replaced with more realistic-looking CGI clouds. The water in the storm is also altered to have different shades of blue.
* Mewtwo's castle is changed from hand-drawn to CGI.
* The shot of the big doors opening was replaced with CGI doors. When the door closes in front of Ash, the scene now pans all the way back to Team Rocket facing the door when it was originally a {{wp|Dissolve (filmmaking)|dissolve}}.
* Another CGI panning effect was added for the shot of Rhyhorn charging toward Mewtwo.
* The big reveal of Mewtwo's stadium was rendered with CGI.
* The scene of Ash walking forward with all the rescued Pokémon was altered to have them fade into sight. In the original, they were drawn as black silhouettes slowly walking outward through the smoke and their bodies interacted with it more. This was also seen in the US trailer of ''Pokémon the First Movie''.
* When Ash is looking down at the Pokémon fighting their clones, they were all originally drawn as silhouettes.
* The tears of life from the Pokémon were changed to CGI.

====Scenes added to later home releases of the movie====
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====Scenes edited from original release====
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File:M01 comparison 1.png‎|Large test tubes moved
File:M01 comparison 2.png|Reanimation Mew in the bubble
File:M01 comparison 3.png|Big doors replaced with CGI doors
File:M01 comparison 4.png|Hand-drawn clouds replaced with CGI clouds
</gallery>

==In other languages==
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==Related articles==
* [[The Birth of Mewtwo]] - Radio drama
* [[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin]] - Anime adaptation of the radio drama
* [[Mewtwo Returns]] - Feature-length special
* [[Sound Picture Box - The Birth of Mewtwo]] - CD release featuring the Japanese score and the Birth of Mewtwo radio drama
* [[Together With the Wind (single)]] - CD release of the movie's Japanese ending theme
* [[Pokémon the First Movie (soundtrack)]] - English soundtrack
* [[Pokémon the First Movie (score)]] - English score
* [[Mewtwo Strikes Back! (manga)]] - Manga adaptation
* [[Pokémon the First Movie (graphic novel)]] - Ani-Manga adaptation
* [[The Art of Pokémon the First Movie]]
* [[Pokémon the First Movie (book)]] - Chapter book adaptation
* [[Pokémon the First Movie (picture book)]] - Picture book
* [[Pokémon the First Movie Trading Cards]]

==External links==
*[http://webspace.webring.com/people/ds/spookymeggie/vidi.html An article about the Japanese edits]
*{{wp|Pokémon: The First Movie|Wikipedia article}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190641/ ''Pokémon: The First Movie'' at IMDb]
*[http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/18584/ZMLZ-102/Pocket-Monster-(Pokemon):-Mewtwo-Strikes-Back-amp;-Pikachu-'s-Summer-Vacation-(1998) ''Pokémon: The First Movie'' LaserDisc Release]
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Team Aqua Grunt (Trainer class)

2013-12-31T14:19:27Z

Satoshi Bakura: There was an error about the events of the episode.

{{TrainerClassInfobox
|color={{sapphire color light}}
|corecolor={{water color}}
|bordercolor={{sapphire color}}
|name=Team Aqua Grunt
|jpname=アクアだんしたっぱ
|jptranslit=Aqua-dan Shitappa
|jptrans=Team Aqua Underling
|image=Ruby Sapphire Team Aqua Grunts.png|size=230px
|caption=Art from {{2v2|Ruby|Sapphire}}
|intro=[[Generation III]]
|games={{3v2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}}
|gender=Both
|anime=AG017{{!}}''Stairway to Devon''
|manga=''[[PS188|VS Lombre]]'' ({{pkmn|Adventures}})
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A '''Team Aqua Grunt''' (Japanese: '''アクアだんしたっぱ''' ''Team Aqua Underling'') is a type of [[Pokémon Trainer]] that first debuted in the [[Generation III]] {{pkmn|games}}. They are the peons of [[Team Aqua]]. There are male and female versions, but they all dress in the recognizable blue pirate style outfits associated with Team Aqua. Both male and female grunts have orange hair. They generally act as footsoldiers and guards for Team Aqua.

==In the games==
In {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s|Pokémon Sapphire}}, they serve alongside the primary antagonists while in {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s|Pokémon Ruby}}, they assist the player in stopping [[Team Magma]]. In {{game|Emerald}}, Team Aqua Grunts share the role of the antagonists alongside the {{tc|Team Magma Grunt}}s.

They generally use a combination of {{t|Water}}-, {{t|Poison}}-, and {{type|Dark}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.

===Appearance===
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|-
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{sapphire color}}; background: #{{water color}}; width:160px" | [[File:Spr RS Team Aqua Grunt M.png]][[File:Spr RS Team Aqua Grunt F.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{sapphire color}}; background: #{{water color}}; width:80px" | [[File:Spr RS Team Aqua Beta.png]]
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| Sprites from {{color2|000000|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions|Sapphire}} and {{color2|000000|Pokémon Emerald Version|Emerald}}
| Possible {{color2|000000|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire beta|beta}} sprite from {{color2|000000|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions|Sapphire}}
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{sapphire color}}; background: #{{water color}}" | [[File:Aqua Grunt M OD.png]][[File:Aqua Grunt F OD.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{ranger color dark}}; background: #{{ranger color light}}" | [[File:Pokemon Ranger f OD.png]]
|-
| Overworld sprites from {{color2|000000|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions|Ruby, Sapphire}}, and {{color2|000000|Pokémon Emerald Version|Emerald}}
| Former member's overworld sprite, in {{tccolor|Pokémon Ranger|000|civilian attire}}, from {{color2|000000|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and White 2}}
|}


===Trainer list===
====Pokémon Sapphire====
{{Trainerlist/h|1|sapphire}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Petalburg Woods|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|180|1|261|Poochyena|9}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Rusturf Tunnel|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|220|1|261|Poochyena|11}} 
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Oceanic Museum|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|300|1|318|Carvanha|15}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Oceanic Museum|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|280|2|041|Zubat|14|318|Carvanha|14}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Mt. Chimney|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|400|2|041|Zubat|20|261|Poochyena|20}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Weather Institute|Grunt]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|560|1|318|Carvanha|28}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Weather Institute|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|540|2|041|Zubat|27|261|Poochyena|27}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Weather Institute|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|540|2|261|Poochyena|27|318|Carvanha|27}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Weather Institute|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|520|3|261|Poochyena|26|041|Zubat|26|318|Carvanha|26}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Mt. Pyre|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|600|3|041|Zubat|30|041|Zubat|30|041|Zubat|30}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Mt. Pyre|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|620|2|261|Poochyena|31|318|Carvanha|31}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Mt. Pyre|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|620|2|318|Carvanha|31|318|Carvanha|31}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|2|261|Poochyena|32|261|Poochyena|32}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|620|3|261|Poochyena|31|318|Carvanha|31|318|Carvanha|31}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|600|4|041|Zubat|30|261|Poochyena|30|318|Carvanha|30|261|Poochyena|30}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|660|1|318|Carvanha|33}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|2|318|Carvanha|32|041|Zubat|32}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|660|1|041|Zubat|33}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Seafloor Cavern|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|740|2|261|Poochyena|37|318|Carvanha|37}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Seafloor Cavern|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|760|1|318|Carvanha|38}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Seafloor Cavern|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|720|3|261|Poochyena|36|041|Zubat|36|318|Carvanha|36}}
{{Trainerlist/f|sapphire}}

====Pokémon Emerald====
{{Trainerlist/h|1|emerald}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Petalburg Woods|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|180|1|261|Poochyena|9}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Rusturf Tunnel|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|220|1|261|Poochyena|11}} 
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Oceanic Museum|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|300|1|318|Carvanha|15}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Oceanic Museum|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|280|2|041|Zubat|14|318|Carvanha|14}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Weather Institute|Grunt]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|560|1|318|Carvanha|28}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Weather Institute|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|540|2|041|Zubat|27|261|Poochyena|27}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Weather Institute|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|540|2|261|Poochyena|27|318|Carvanha|27}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Weather Institute|Grunt]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|540|2|041|Zubat|27|261|Poochyena|27}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Weather Institute|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|520|3|261|Poochyena|26|041|Zubat|26|318|Carvanha|26}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Mt. Pyre|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|1|318|Carvanha|32}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Mt. Pyre|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|1|041|Zubat|32}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Mt. Pyre|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|600|2|261|Poochyena|30|318|Carvanha|30}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Mt. Pyre|Grunt]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|600|2|320|Wailmer|30|041|Zubat|30}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|1|261|Poochyena|32}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|1|318|Carvanha|32}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|2|041|Zubat|31|318|Carvanha|31}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|2|261|Poochyena|31|041|Zubat|31}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|1|318|Carvanha|32}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|1|041|Zubat|32}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|1|041|Zubat|32}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Aqua Hideout|Grunt]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|640|1|318|Carvanha|32}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Seafloor Cavern|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|720|1|261|Poochyena|36}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Seafloor Cavern|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|720|1|318|Carvanha|36}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Seafloor Cavern|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|720|1|041|Zubat|36}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Seafloor Cavern|Grunt]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|720|1|318|Carvanha|36}}
{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Aqua [[Seafloor Cavern|Grunt]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|1|700|2|262|Mightyena|35|042|Golbat|35}}
{{Trainerlist/f|emerald}}

==In the anime==
[[File:Team Aqua Agent.png|left|thumb|210px|[[Team Aqua]] Agent]]
[[File:Team Aqua Grunts anime.png|thumb|240px|[[Team Aqua]] Grunts in the anime]]
Team Aqua Grunts have made subsequent appearances in the anime, normally using their Pokémon to infiltrate a target or to help [[Shelly]] out. One grunt is voiced by [[Darren Dunstan]] in English.

The first Aqua Grunt is introduced in ''[[AG017|Stairway to Devon]]'' where he infiltrated the [[Devon Corporation]] by disguising himself as a scientist and stole two capsules of "Creation Fluid". His plans were stopped by [[Team Rocket]]'s [[Jessie]] and [[James]], who intended to steal the same thing, all parties involved not realizing that "Creation Fluid" was nothing more than water. The same grunt appears again in the [[AG018|next]] episode where he uses his {{p|Crawdaunt}} to capture [[Mr. Briney]]'s [[Peeko]]. Later Team Rocket appear and try to take Peeko from him but is sent blasting off by Crawdaunt. He tries to escape with Peeko, but in the end is stopped and he has to escape.

They appear again in ''[[AG054|Fight for the Meteorite!]]'' where they surrounded [[Professor Cozmo]] for a meteorite. They battle [[Team Magma]] and lose but Team Magma's plans are ruined by Ash and his friends. In ''[[AG027|A Three Team Scheme!]]'' three grunts appeared with Shelly to collect information on Team Magma. In ''[[AG083|Unfair-Weather Friends]]'' they infiltrated the [[Weather Institute]], but their plans fail and they escape. Their last appearances in ''[[AG097|Gaining Groudon!]]'' and ''[[AG098|The Scuffle of Legends!]]'' is where they have awakened {{p|Groudon}} which causes mass destruction, but in the end Team Aqua are defeated.

===Pokémon===
This listing is of Team Aqua Grunts' Pokémon in the [[Pokémon anime]]:
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Team Aqua
|pkmn=Crawdaunt (multiple)
|type1=Water
|type2=Dark
|img=Team Aqua Crawdaunt.png
|cap=Team Aqua's Crawdaunt
|epnum=AG017
|epname=Stairway to Devon
|desc=Team Aqua grunts have many {{p|Crawdaunt}} they use in their evil plans. In ''[[AG017|Stairway to Devon]]'' a grunt used one to battle {{Ash}} and his {{AP|Pikachu}}. Pikachu attacks with {{m|Quick Attack}}, but Crawdaunt retaliates with {{m|Crabhammer}}, before using {{m|Bubble Beam}} to escape. It appears again in the [[AG018|next]] episode where it is used to capture [[Mr. Briney]]'s [[Peeko]]. Later it uses its Bubble Beam to send {{TRT}} blasting off. Ash and Pikachu try and go on his boat to try to stop him, but Crawdaunt uses {{m|Water Pulse}} and sends the boat flying, in the end they have to escape without Peeko.

Many appear in ''[[AG054|Fight for the Meteorite!]]'' where they take over [[Mt. Chimney]] and battle [[Team Magma]]'s {{p|Mightyena}} and {{p|Golbat}} alongside {{p|Walrein}} and are defeated. In ''[[AG083|Unfair-Weather Friends]]'' one was used to infiltrate the [[Weather Institute]] along with Ash and {{ashfr}} and two to battle [[Brodie]].

Crawdaunt's last appearance was in ''[[AG097|Gaining Groudon]]'' where they are guarding the submarine, but are defeated by [[James's Cacnea]]'s {{m|Pin Missile}}.

Crawdaunt's known moves are {{m|Crabhammer}}, {{m|Bubble Beam}} and {{m|Water Pulse}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Team Aqua
|pkmn=Walrein (multiple)
|type1=Ice
|type2=Water
|img=Team Aqua Walrein.png
|cap=Team Aqua's Walrein
|epnum=AG054
|epname=Fight for the Meteorite!
|desc=Team Aqua grunts have many {{p|Walrein}} they use in their evil plans. In ''[[AG054|Fight for the Meteorite!]]'' they used them along with their {{p|Crawdaunt}} and [[Shelly]]'s Walrein to battle [[Team Magma]]'s {{p|Mightyena}} and {{p|Golbat}}. Golbat and Mightyena are able to faint all of the Pokémon. Walrein's last appearance was in ''[[AG098|The Scuffle of Legends]]'' where they battled Team Magma's Mightyena.

Walrein's only known move is {{m|Water Gun}}.}}

==In the manga==
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
The grunts have made some appearances in Pokémon Adventures. In ''[[PS243|VS Armaldo]]'', they sent out their Pokémon along with the Magma grunts to attack {{adv|Ruby}} and {{adv|Sapphire}}.

====Pokémon====
{| width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Team Aqua|Duskull|Team Aqua Duskull Adventures.png|Ghost|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Team Aqua|Lotad|Team Aqua Lotad Corphish Adventures.png|Water|Grass|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Team Aqua|Corphish|Team Aqua Lotad Corphish Adventures.png|Water|link=no}}
|
|}

==Trivia==
* In [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2]], a former Aqua Grunt can be found in [[Icirrus City]] during winter, appearing as a female {{tc|Pokémon Ranger}}. She is in a relationship with a former male Magma Grunt and neither seems to know the other's previous affiliation.

==In other languages==
{{langtable|color={{sapphire color light}}|bordercolor={{sapphire color}}
|fr=Sbire Aqua
|de=Team Aqua Rüpel
|it=Recluta Idro
|es=Soldado Equipo Aqua
}}

==See also==
* {{tc|Team Magma Grunt}}

{{stub|Character|Class}} 
{{Team Aqua}} 
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[[Category:Members of Team Aqua]]

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