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* [[Raymond]]'s {{p|Golem}} is replaced by a {{p|Drowzee}}, in the process eliminating the error present in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', where Pikachu manages to knock out the part {{type|Ground}} with a {{m|Thunderbolt}}.
* [[Raymond]]'s {{p|Golem}} is replaced by a {{p|Drowzee}}, in the process eliminating the error present in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', where Pikachu manages to knock out the part {{type|Ground}} with a {{m|Thunderbolt}}.
* [[Ash's Charizard]], [[Misty's Psyduck]], and [[Brock's Vulpix]] all appear earlier in the movie, during the lunch scene.
* [[Ash's Charizard]], [[Misty's Psyduck]], and [[Brock's Vulpix]] all appear earlier in the movie, during the lunch scene.
* The then-current subplot in the anime about [[Ash's Charizard]] being disloyal in "Mewtwo Strikes Back" has been largely omitted, with only the comment by Mewtwo to Charizard being poorly tamed remaining. Charizard is added into most of the scenes alongside Squirtle and Bulbasaur and responds to Ash positively in all of them.
* Ash's Charizard attacks using Flamethrower on {{p|Dragonite}} when it lands.
* Ash's Charizard attacks using Flamethrower on {{p|Dragonite}} when it lands.
* Nurse Joy gives information about Ash, Misty and Brock before she asks if they need to be invited.
* In addition to the unknown trainer attempting to reach New Island on a [[Fearow]], two more trainers attempt the journey surfing on a [[Kingler]] and flying on a [[Scyther]].
* Both Bruteroot and Shellshocker last longer in battle against the clone Venusaur and Blastoise. Bruteroot survives the initial Vine Whip attack and is knocked out by Leaf Storm, whereas Shellshocker is knocked out by the same Rapid Spin but after colliding with a head-on [[Skull Bash]].
* Nurse Joy gives information about Ash, Misty and Brock before she asks if they need to be invited. Mewtwo is also clearly depicted in this scene, wheras in the original he is obscured.
* {{TRT}} attempts to take Ash and his friends to [[New Island]] in a {{p|Lapras}}-shaped sailboat, with the Viking motif being eliminated entirely. Team Rocket also sing a song during this scene.
* {{TRT}} attempts to take Ash and his friends to [[New Island]] in a {{p|Lapras}}-shaped sailboat, with the Viking motif being eliminated entirely. Team Rocket also sing a song during this scene.
* Brock tries to flirt with [[Neesha]].
* Brock tries to flirt with [[Neesha]], and also notes his attraction to [[Miranda]].
* A number of moves that were introduced in later generations, such as {{m|Energy Ball}} and {{m|Leaf Storm}}, are used in this movie.
* A number of moves that were introduced in later generations, such as {{m|Energy Ball}} and {{m|Leaf Storm}}, are used in this movie.
* When Ash is petrified during the movie's climax, he turns to black stone instead of gray rock.
* When Ash is petrified during the movie's climax, he turns to black stone instead of gray rock.

Revision as of 23:30, 28 February 2020

M21 : The Power of Us
Pokémon movies
M23
Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution
ミュウツーの逆襲 EVOLUTION Mewtwo's Counterattack Evolution
M22 poster.png
Premiere
Japan July 12, 2019
United States February 27, 2020
Home video
Japan December 18, 2019[1]
United States N/A
English themes
Opening Pokémon Theme (Mewtwo Mix)
Ending Keep Evolving
Japanese themes
Opening めざせポケモンマスター'98
Ending 風といっしょに
Ratings
United States PG
Great Britain ?
Ireland ?
Canada ?
Quebec ?
Japan G
Germany ?
Australia ?
New Zealand ?

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution (Japanese: ミュウツーの逆襲 EVOLUTION Mewtwo's Counterattack Evolution, officially known as Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution in Japan) is the twenty-second Pokémon movie overall. It is a CGI remake of the first movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back.

It premiered with Japanese voices and English subtitles at the Anime Expo on July 4, 2019. It was released in Japan on July 12, 2019 and was released worldwide outside of Japan and Korea on Pokémon Day on February 27, 2020 on Netflix.

It was first revealed in a teaser trailer following M21 in Japan, which featured Mewtwo. The first official trailer was released on December 31, 2018.

Other posters and logos

Blurb

When researchers discover and exploit a fossil of the Mythical Pokémon Mew, they unleash a creation that goes against the very laws of nature: Mewtwo, a Legendary Pokémon intended for use as a tool of destruction. But as Mewtwo becomes aware of its own dubious origin, it begins to resent its human creators and seeks revenge—and Ash, Pikachu, and their friends find themselves at the center of its rampage! With the future of the Pokémon world at stake, will our heroes be able to overcome Mewtwo’s challenge…and will Mewtwo be able to find a new meaning for its life?

Plot

Scientist Dr. Fuji is hired by Giovanni, leader of Team Rocket, to utilize his expertise in cloning in order to create a living weapon based on an eyelash from legendary Pokémon Mew. Soon after the weapon is created, it gains sentience and is named Mewtwo.

Several years later, Mewtwo has fully awakened from a long slumber in a laboratory on New Island, and learns of his origin as Mew's clone from Dr. Fuji. Infuriated that Fuji and his colleagues see him as nothing more than an experiment, he unleashes his psychic powers and destroys the laboratory, killing Fuji and the rest of the scientists. Giovanni, witnessing the carnage afar, approaches and convinces Mewtwo to work with him to hone his powers. However, after Mewtwo learns of his purpose to be a weapon for Giovanni's benefit, he escapes back to New Island where he plots his revenge against humanity.

After Mewtwo rebuilds the laboratory and establishes a base there, he invites several trainers with hologram messages to battle the world's greatest Pokémon trainer at New Island. Ash, Misty, and Brock receive a message and accept the invitation, but when they arrive at the port city, Old Shore Wharf, Mewtwo creates a storm, causing the boats on the wharf to be closed off for safety. As a result, Ash's group are picked up by Team Rocket disguised as captains on a Lapras-shaped sailboat. After the storm sinks their vessel in the middle of the ocean, Ash and his friends use their Pokémon instead to reach New Island.

Escorted into the island's palace by the woman who appeared on the hologram, Ash and the other trainers who were able to reach the island encounter Mewtwo. The woman is revealed to be a brainwashed Nurse Joy after she is released from Mewtwo's mind control. After describing his plot to use the storm to wipe out humanity and Pokémon loyal to humans, Mewtwo challenges the trainers using cloned Pokémon coincidentally modeled after the deceased friends from his childhood. Meanwhile, Team Rocket also reaches New Island and explores its inner sanctum with a Mew innocuously following them. After Mewtwo's clones effortlessly defeat the challengers' Pokémon, he confiscates them and expands his clone army. Ash chases after his captured Pikachu down the cloning lab, where Team Rocket's Meowth is also cloned. Ash destroys the cloning machine, frees the captured Pokémon, and leads them to confront Mewtwo and his clones. Mew then reveals itself and Mewtwo challenges it in order to prove his superiority.

All of the Pokémon originals battle their clones save for a defiant Pikachu and Meowth, who makes peace with his own clone after realizing the senselessness of their fighting. Horrified at the pain and anguish felt on both sides of the battle, Ash puts himself in between a psychic blast caused by Mewtwo and Mew's fighting, leading to Ash to become petrified. Pikachu tries to revive Ash with its electricity but fails. However, the tears of the Pokémon, as per a legend mentioned earlier in the movie, are able to heal and revive Ash. Moved by Ash's sacrifice, Mewtwo realizes that he should not have to be judged by his origins but rather his choices in life. Departing with Mew and the clones, Mewtwo turns back time to just before the trainers leave Old Shore Wharf, and erases everyone's memories of the event.

Back in Old Shore Wharf, the now-restored Nurse Joy has returned to reopen the Pokémon Center to shelter the trainers. The storm outside clears up, Ash spots Mew flying through the clouds and tells his friends of how he saw another legendary Pokémon the day he left Pallet Town. Meanwhile, Team Rocket find themselves stranded on New Island but enjoy their time there.

After the credits, a brief scene shows Mewtwo and the clones had flown towards Mount Quena.

Featured Pokémon

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Cast

Cast
Ash Sarah Natochenny Satoshi Rica Matsumoto サトシ 松本梨香
Pikachu Ikue Ohtani Pikachu Ikue Ohtani ピカチュウ 大谷育江
Misty Michele Knotz Kasumi Mayumi Iizuka カスミ 飯塚雅弓
Togepi Togepi Satomi Koorogi トゲピー こおろぎさとみ
Brock Bill Rogers Takeshi Yūji Ueda タケシ うえだゆうじ
Jessie Michele Knotz Musashi Megumi Hayashibara ムサシ 林原めぐみ
James Carter Cathcart Kojirō Shin'ichirō Miki コジロウ 三木眞一郎
Meowth Carter Cathcart Nyarth Inuko Inuyama ニャース 犬山イヌコ
Nurse Joy Alyson Rosenfeld Joy Chika Fujimura ジョーイ 藤村知可
Officer Jenny Junsar Chinami Nishimura ジュンサー 西村ちなみ
Giovanni Ted Lewis Sakaki Kenta Miyake サカキ 三宅健太
Narration Rodger Parsons Narration Unshō Ishizuka ナレーション 石塚運昇
Special appearances by
Mewtwo Dan Green Mewtwo Masachika Ichimura ミュウツー 市村正親
Mew Kōichi Yamadera Mew Kōichi Yamadera ミュウ 山寺宏一
Corey Sorao Hiroshi Kamiya ソラオ 神谷浩史
Neesha Sweet Ayane Sakura スイート 佐倉綾音
Fergus Umio Hiroyuki Yoshino ウミオ 吉野裕行
Miranda Voyager Sachiko Kobayashi ボイジャー 小林幸子
Raymond Raymond Raymond Johnson レイモンド レイモンド・ジョンソン
Dr. Fuji Billy Bob Thompson Dr. Fuji Minoru Inaba フジ博士 稲葉実

Soundtrack

Main article: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Music Collection

Manga adaptations

Main article: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution (manga)

Trivia

  • This movie was released between SM129 and SM130 in Japan.
  • This is the first-ever fully CGI animated Pokémon movie.
  • This movie is co-directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara, the former returning after the previous movie was directed by Tetsuo Yajima. This subsequently makes this the first movie to be directed by two people as opposed to one.
  • Takeshi Shudō receives a posthumous credit for this movie's screenplay.
  • The first poster for the movie is similar to the original teaser poster for Mewtwo Strikes Back.
  • This is one of two Pokémon-related movies to be released in 2019, with the other being the live-action Detective Pikachu movie. Coincidentally, both of them feature Mewtwo in a prominent role and heavily use CGI.
  • Unshō Ishizuka's narration is posthumously featured in this movie. It was recorded in March 2018.[2]
  • This is the first Pokémon movie:

Differences from the original movie

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  • The laboratory where Mewtwo is born has a completely different design, with predominantly white colors.
  • Mewtwo's armor has a different design. It frequently moves along with Mewtwo in combat and can also act as a restraint should it rebel. Giovanni activates this feature before Mewtwo escapes the Team Rocket HQ, but it fails to stop Mewtwo.
  • Giovanni wears a darker suit in this movie, instead of the bright orange suit he wore until the Best Wishes series.
  • A new scene is added in which Giovanni presents Mewtwo to an army of Team Rocket members in a vast hall after its armor is equipped.
  • Giovanni is not on the ground with the Team Rocket Grunts as they capture the herd of Tauros. Instead, he is observing overhead from his helicopter.
  • Mewtwo isn't shown battling an Alakazam or a Magneton in the Viridian Gym.
  • Raymond's Golem is replaced by a Drowzee, in the process eliminating the error present in Mewtwo Strikes Back, where Pikachu manages to knock out the part Ground-type with a Thunderbolt.
  • Ash's Charizard, Misty's Psyduck, and Brock's Vulpix all appear earlier in the movie, during the lunch scene.
  • The then-current subplot in the anime about Ash's Charizard being disloyal in "Mewtwo Strikes Back" has been largely omitted, with only the comment by Mewtwo to Charizard being poorly tamed remaining. Charizard is added into most of the scenes alongside Squirtle and Bulbasaur and responds to Ash positively in all of them.
  • Ash's Charizard attacks using Flamethrower on Dragonite when it lands.
  • In addition to the unknown trainer attempting to reach New Island on a Fearow, two more trainers attempt the journey surfing on a Kingler and flying on a Scyther.
  • Both Bruteroot and Shellshocker last longer in battle against the clone Venusaur and Blastoise. Bruteroot survives the initial Vine Whip attack and is knocked out by Leaf Storm, whereas Shellshocker is knocked out by the same Rapid Spin but after colliding with a head-on Skull Bash.
  • Nurse Joy gives information about Ash, Misty and Brock before she asks if they need to be invited. Mewtwo is also clearly depicted in this scene, wheras in the original he is obscured.
  • Team Rocket attempts to take Ash and his friends to New Island in a Lapras-shaped sailboat, with the Viking motif being eliminated entirely. Team Rocket also sing a song during this scene.
  • Brock tries to flirt with Neesha, and also notes his attraction to Miranda.
  • A number of moves that were introduced in later generations, such as Energy Ball and Leaf Storm, are used in this movie.
  • When Ash is petrified during the movie's climax, he turns to black stone instead of gray rock.
  • The ending credits now feature paintings of Ash and his friends in different areas.
  • A Generation III Pokémon, Wingull, appears in the movie's ending credits.
    • Miranda also mentions Wingull earlier in the movie. This is an alteration of an existing line in the Japanese version of Mewtwo Strikes Back, where she refers to regular seagulls instead.
  • The post-credits scene, which was previously a shot of Mew flying off into the mountains, now shows Mewtwo and the clones flying toward Mount Quena, foreshadowing Mewtwo Returns.
  • Some of the music featured in the movie is remixed from preceding movies, including Black—Victini and Reshiram, Genesect and the Legend Awakened (which also starred a Mewtwo), Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, and Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages


External links

References


Pokémon movies
Original series
Mewtwo Strikes BackThe Power of OneSpell of the Unown: EnteiCelebi: The Voice of the ForestPokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Jirachi: Wish MakerDestiny DeoxysLucario and the Mystery of MewPokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
The Rise of DarkraiGiratina and the Sky WarriorArceus and the Jewel of LifeZoroark: Master of Illusions
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
White—Victini and Zekrom / Black—Victini and ReshiramKyurem VS. The Sword of JusticeGenesect and the Legend Awakened
Pokémon the Series: XY
Diancie and the Cocoon of DestructionHoopa and the Clash of AgesVolcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
I Choose You!The Power of UsMewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Secrets of the Jungle
M21 : The Power of Us
Pokémon movies
M23
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