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Mew ミュウ Mew #151
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Psychic ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category New Species Pokémon
Ability Synchronize Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #151 Johto #250 Hoenn #306 Sinnoh Expression error: Unexpected > operator. Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 1'4" Imperial 0.4 m Metric 1'4"/0.4 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 8.8 lbs. Imperial 4 kg Metric 8.8 lbs./4 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Pink	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding No eggs group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 64 Battle Exp.: 641*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Mew (Japanese: ミュウ Mew) is a Psychic type Pokémon. It is usually obtainable only by having it transferred to a player's cartridge at special Nintendo-sponsored events. In Pokémon Emerald, Faraway Island exists, allowing players to actually capture Mew, but access to this island requires an Old Sea Chart which is also only available through special events.

Mew's ability is Synchronize, which copies any status ailments the Pokémon might have over to its opponent.

Mew has been notorious since its discovery for its ability to learn every machine and tutor move, unique amongst all known Pokémon.

Mew does not evolve from or into any other Pokémon, and is the last Pokémon in the Kanto Pokédex.

Biology

Physiology

Mew is normally described a pink cat-like creature. Mew's hair is so fine, it can only be seen under a microscope. It has a long, skinny tail. Mew has big hindlegs, like a rabbit and short arms with three-fingered paws. Mew has triangle-shaped ears and baby-blue eyes. Mew is said to have the DNA of ever single Pokémon.

Gender differences

Mew is a genderless Pokémon.

Special abilities

Mew's main abilities include turning invisible at will, creating force-fields of psychic energy and being able to transform into any one of the other 400+ species of Pokémon. Mew is capable of wielding almost every type of attack possible.

Behavior

Mew is an intelligent Pokémon and will only appear to someone with a pure heart.

Habitat

Mew can live almost anywhere. However, since Mew can either make itself invisible or transform itself into any other Pokémon, very few people have seen it.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Mew appeared in two Pokémon movies. In the first, Mewtwo Strikes Back, it engaged in a battle with its clone, Mewtwo. In the eighth movie, Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, Mew kidnapped Ash's Pikachu and Meowth. In the first movie, it was voiced by 山寺宏一 Kōichi Yamadera, while in the eighth, it was voiced by こおろぎさとみ Satomi Kōrogi.

Jirarudan's actions in The Power of One were apparently set in motion due to an Ancient Mew card; the card itself was actually shown in the movie.

A Mirage Mew appears in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, and helps to frustrate the plans of Mirage Master.

In the manga

Red and Blue see Mew in RB001

In the TCG

The first set that Mew appeared in was the Japanese Fossil set. This card was removed from the English set and was released as a PROMO card instead. Mew has also made several more recent occurances in trading card sets. It has been in e-Expedition Base Set, EX: Legend Maker, EX: Holon Phantoms, and in the future release of EX: Dragon Frontiers as the all-new Mew star.

Other appearances

Super Smash Brothers Melee

After unlocking every character, there is a 1 in 251 chance of Mew appearing from a Poké Ball. It does not affect the battle but the thrower of the Pokéball will earn a bonus 10,000 points and trophy of Mew.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

Mew can easily be obtained in the Pokemon Red and Blue versions by using the Mew glitch. The Mew glitch also enable countless other normal and rarely-seen glitched Pokemon to be seen and captured, although some of them have been known to cause trouble to people's games.

Other then the Mew glitch, there are only 3 other ways to obtain it:

• At a Nintendo promotional event
• Having it traded by someone else
• Using Gameshark or some other cheating device

In side games

• Pokémon Stadium: Mew is available as a rental Pokémon for the Master Ball level of the Prime Cup.
• Pokémon Snap: Mew is the rarest Pokémon on Pokémon Island, and the Pokémon signs are clues to its location. It is also possibly the most challenging Pokémon to get a good picture of. For a detailed strategy on capturing a picture of Mew, please see the article on its special course, Rainbow Cloud.

Base stats

Type effectiveness

RBY

Later versions

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

Mew cannot be bred.

By tutoring

Special moves

Evolution

Trivia

• Mew (then spelt ミュー, not ミュウ) is the first Pokémon trademark ever registered; it was granted on March 31, 1994, registration number 2636685 part 12; before even Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター), which was granted on December 26, 1997.
  • ミュウ was registered on August 6, 1999, registration number 4302090.
• Mew is also the first Pokémon trademark ever applied for; the application was submitted on May 9, 1990, application number 平2-51989; before even Pocket Monsters, which was submitted September 11, 1995.
  • ミュウ was submitted on June 17, 1997, application number 平9-128909.
• Mew was the only Pokémon of the first 151 to be left out of the original Poké-Rap.

Origin

Mew shares some traits with felines. It is also similar to an animal embryo. It is purported to be the first Pokémon from which all others are descended, in the same way that all animal embryos look indentical at an early stage of development.

Name origin

Mew's name may refer to its cat-like appearance, with mew being the sound a kitten makes.

In other languages

• German: Mew
• French: Mew
• Korean: 뮤 Myu

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

Legendary Pokémon

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

Generation V

Generation VI

Generation VII

Generation VIII

Generation IX

See also: Mythical Pokémon

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