M01
Pokémon the First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (Japanese: ミュウツーの逆襲 Mewtwo's Counterattack, subtitled Mewtwo Strikes Back; French: Pokémon - Mew vs. Mewtwo; Portugese: Pokémon, O Filme: Mewtwo Contra-Ataca; Polish: Pokémon - Film Pierwszy; Spanish: Pokémon - La Película; Finnish: Pokémon - Mewtwon Vastaisku) 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. In the United States, the movie briefly held the record for highest-grossing opening for an animated film until the release of Toy Story 2.
Mewtwo Strikes Back was shown with the Pikachu short movie Pikachu's Vacation.
Synopsis
Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, has made a clone of the legendary, and very rare Mew. In his creation he has created Mewtwo.
Unsure for the reason of his origin Mewtwo has lured Ash Ketchum and other Pokémon trainers to battle. In spite of everything Mewtwo has captured and cloned every trainer's Pokémon. Now it is a battle like no other.
Mew then appears and shows Mewtwo the meaning of being a Pokémon. Despite the events that have happened, Mewtwo erases the memories of the trainers as well as the Pokémon.
Major events
Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash Ketchum
- Misty
- Brock
- Jessie
- James
- Gary Oak (cameo)
- Giovanni
- Dr. Fuji
- Nurse Joy
- Officer Jenny
- Neesha
- Fergus
- Corey
- Miranda
- Pirate trainer (Seiyū: Raymond Johnson)
- Announcer
- Rocket grunts
- Pokémon trainers
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's, clone)
- Meowth (Team Rocket, clone)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Bulbasaur (Ash's, clone)
- Charizard (Ash's, clone)
- Squirtle (Ash's, clone)
- Staryu (Misty's)
- Psyduck (Misty's, clone)
- Vulpix (Brock's, clone)
- Weezing (James's)
- Nidoking (Gary's)
- Arcanine (Gary's)
- Persian (Giovanni's)
- Mewtwo (anime)
- Mew
- Nidoqueen (Fergus's, clone)
- Golduck (Fergus's, clone)
- Tentacruel (Fergus's, clone)
- Seadra (Fergus's, clone)
- Gyarados (Fergus's, clone)
- Vaporeon (Fergus's, clone)
- Venusaur (Corey's, clone, named Bernard in Japanese, Bruteroot in English)
- Pidgeot (Corey's, clone)
- Sandslash (Corey's, clone)
- Hitmonlee (Corey's, clone)
- Rhyhorn (Corey's, clone)
- Scyther (Corey's, clone)
- Blastoise (Neesha's, clone, named Kusukusu in Japanese, Shellshocker in English)
- Wigglytuff (Neesha's, clone)
- Ninetales (Neesha's, clone)
- Vileplume (Neesha's, clone)
- Rapidash (Neesha's, clone)
- Dewgong (Neesha's, clone)
- Golem (Pirate trainer's)
- Machamp (Pirate trainer's)
- Venomoth (Pirate trainer's)
- Pinsir (Pirate trainer's)
- Donphan (Pirate trainer's)
- Raticate
- Fearow
- Alakazam
- Magneton
- Tauros
- Dragonite
Trivia
Errors
- In the English dub, three Pokémon are referred to by the wrong name. Pidgeot was called Pidgeotto, Scyther was called Alakazam, and Sandslash was called Sandshrew.
