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'''Dr. Fuji''' (Japanese: '''フジ博士''' ''Dr. Fuji'') is a character who appeared in ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' and its remake ''[[M22|Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution]]''. He also appeared in ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]''.

==In animation==
[[File:Dr. Fuji M22.png|thumb|left|250px|Dr. Fuji in ''[[M22|Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution]]'']]
After his daughter {{an|Amber}} died, Dr. Fuji devoted his life to trying to bring her back through the usage of cloning. His wife was distraught and could not continue watching his endeavors, insisting that he could not bring Amber back to life. She eventually left him, yet Fuji still worked to find a way to clone Amber.

Eventually, his studies gained the attention of {{an|Giovanni}}, who said he would fund Fuji's project if Fuji also cloned {{OBP|Mew|M01}}. This resulted in the creation of {{OBP|Mewtwo|M01}}.

After the original {{p|Charmander}}two, {{p|Bulbasaur}}two, and {{p|Squirtle}}two died during the experiment, Ambertwo—the cloned form of Amber—died as well, eliciting a heightened emotional response from Mewtwo. Dr. Fuji panicked and administered a form of emotion-suppressing serum to Mewtwo, which may have caused its seemingly-twisted personality. Time passed and Mewtwo matured, though shortly after gaining consciousness, it destroyed the lab on [[New Island]], presumably killing everyone inside—including Fuji. A record of Fuji's final words survived the explosion, which Mewtwo ended up keeping, and was later discovered by [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}}, who sneaked into New Island.

===Pokémon===
====[[Cloning|Cloned]]====
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| {{ActivePoké|Mewtwo|Bulbasaur|Kanto first partner Clones.png|Grass|Poison|link=no|nick=Bulbasaurtwo}}
| {{ActivePoké|Mewtwo|Charmander|Kanto first partner Clones.png|Fire|link=no|nick=Charmandertwo}}
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| {{ActivePoké|Mewtwo|Squirtle|Kanto first partner Clones.png|Water|link=no|nick=Squirtletwo}}
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===Voice actors===
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|ja=秋元羊介 ''[[Yosuke Akimoto]]'' ([[M01]])<br>稲葉実 ''[[Minoru Inaba]]'' ([[M22]])
|en=[[List of English voice actors|Philip Bartlett]] ([[M01]])<br>[[Billy Bob Thompson]] ([[M22]])
|ar=أسامة العلي ''Osama Oley'' ([[M22]])
|fi=Arto Nieminen ([[M01]], [[M22]])<br>Pauli Virta ([[Mewtwo Returns]])
|de=Ivar Combrinck
|it=Enrico Bertorelli ([[M01]])<br>Claudio Moneta ([[M22]])
|no=Ola Fjellvikås
|pl=Mieczysław Morański ([[M01]], [[M22]])<br>Jacek Kopczyński ([[The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin|The Story of Mewtwo's Origin]])<br>Andrzej Chudy ([[Mewtwo Returns]])
|pt_br=Isaac Schneider ([[M01]])<br>Elcio Romar ([[M22]])
|id=Biantoro ([[M22]])
|es_la=Esteban Siller ([[M01]])<br>Germán Fabregat ([[M22]])
|es_eu=Roberto Encinas ([[M01]])<br>José Luis Angulo ([[Mewtwo Returns]])<br>Txema Moscoso ([[M22]])
|th=ภัคภูมิ ลิ้มมานะสถาพร ''Pakkapoom Limmanasathaporn'' ([[M22]])
|vi=Trần Trọng Hiếu ([[M22]])
}}

==In the games==
[[File:Mr Fuji past PO.png|thumb|250px|Dr. Fuji in [[Pokémon Origins]]]]
{{main|Mr. Fuji}}
Dr. Fuji is likely based on Mr. Fuji, who was formerly known as Dr. Fuji when he founded the [[Cinnabar Lab]].
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==In the manga==
[[File:Dr. Fuji M01 manga.png|thumb|150px|Dr. Fuji in {{ma|Mewtwo Strikes Back!}}]]
===Movie adaptations===
====Mewtwo Strikes Back!====
Dr. Fuji appeared in the {{ma|Mewtwo Strikes Back!|manga adaptation}} of ''Mewtwo Strikes Back!''. He serves the same purpose as his movie counterpart in being the scientist that created Mewtwo, although his motivations and his relationship with his creation differ vastly. In particular, Mewtwo looked up to Fuji like a father, and his death and the destruction of his lab had been deliberately arranged by Fuji in an attempt to prevent Giovanni from using Mewtwo to mass-produce weapons of mass destruction, with Mewtwo being more reluctant to participate. Dr. Fuji mentions that he used to be a [[Pokémon Trainer]] in his youth.

[[File:Dr. Fuji M22 manga.png|thumb|left|150px|Dr. Fuji in {{ma|Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution}}]]

====Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution====
Dr. Fuji appeared in the {{ma|Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution|manga adaptation}} of ''[[M22|Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution]]'', playing roughly the same role as he did in the movie. Notably, his expedition to [[Guyana]] is excluded from this adaptation.
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==Trivia==
* In the novelization of the first movie, he was given the name of "Professor John Smith".
* Dr. Fuji may have been inspired by {{wp|Doctor Tenma|Dr. Tenma}} from ''{{wp|Astro Boy}}'', since both lost their child and attempt to recreate them through science, as well as share more than a passing resemblance.

==Related articles==
* [[Team Rocket scientist]]s

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