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'''Mewtwo''' (Japanese: '''ミュウツー''' ''Mewtwo'') is a {{type|Psychic}} {{pkmn2|legendary}} Pokémon cloned from a {{p|Mew}}.
'''Mewtwo''' (Japanese: '''ミュウツー''' ''Mewtwo'') is a {{type|Psychic}} {{pkmn2|legendary}} Pokémon cloned from a {{p|Mew}}.


The story of Mewtwo is chronicled in the CD drama ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]'', the movie ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', the television special ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'', and the bonus short from ''Mewtwo Returns'' titled "The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin". It made a brief appearance in the {{pkmn|anime}} in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]'', when {{an|Giovanni}} used it to defeat [[Gary Oak]], and in ''[[EP065|Showdown at the Po-ké Corral]]'', where it escapes from [[Team Rocket HQ]] (a scene also chronicled in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', and later seen again in ''Mewtwo Returns'').
The story of Mewtwo is chronicled in the CD drama ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]'', the movie ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', the television special ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'', and the bonus short from ''Mewtwo Returns'' titled ''[[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin]]''. It made a brief appearance in the {{pkmn|anime}} in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]'', when {{an|Giovanni}} used it to defeat [[Gary Oak]], and in ''[[EP065|Showdown at the Po-ké Corral]]'', where it escapes from [[Team Rocket HQ]] (a scene also chronicled in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', and later seen again in ''Mewtwo Returns'').


==History==
==History==

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Mewtwo
ミュウツー Mewtwo
File:Mewtwo anime.png
Mewtwo
Debuts in The Battle of the Badge
Caught at New Island
Gender Genderless*
Ability Unknown
Released in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral
Current location Johto
HOME150.png
This Pokémon is fully evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Mewtwo Masachika Ichimura
Showtaro Morikubo (child) (M01)
Fujiko Takimoto (child) (BoM)
Phillip Bartlett (M01)
Dan Green (MR)

Mewtwo (Japanese: ミュウツー Mewtwo) is a Psychic-type legendary Pokémon cloned from a Mew.

The story of Mewtwo is chronicled in the CD drama The Birth of Mewtwo, the movie Mewtwo Strikes Back, the television special Mewtwo Returns, and the bonus short from Mewtwo Returns titled The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin. It made a brief appearance in the anime in The Battle of the Badge, when Giovanni used it to defeat Gary Oak, and in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, where it escapes from Team Rocket HQ (a scene also chronicled in Mewtwo Strikes Back, and later seen again in Mewtwo Returns).

History

Young Mewtwo crying as Ambertwo dies

Approximately twenty years before the present, Team Rocket discovered that a Mew was living in Guyana. Many years later, under the orders of its new leader, Giovanni, Rocket members went back to the area to search for Fossils. They succeeded in finding an eyelash belonging to Mew. Giovanni asked Dr. Fuji to clone Mew for him. Fuji agreed because he wanted to use Team Rocket's research funds to attempt to clone his deceased daughter, Amber.

One month after the discovery of the eyelash, Mewtwo was successfully created and was stored at New Island. At this point, it was still not fully grown and lived in a large test tube alongside a tube containing Ambertwo. Fuji and Giovanni thought Mewtwo was sleeping inside its tube, but it was able to communicate telepathically with Ambertwo. However, because the lifeforce of a human is not as strong as a Pokémon's, the Amber clone died. Mewtwo also grew alongside three other clones, a Bulbasaurtwo, Squirtletwo, and Charmandertwo. However, these clones died shortly before the Amber clone, suggesting that Mewtwo's lifeforce is even stronger than a normal Pokémon's.

Eventually, Mewtwo fully matured and broke out of its test tube. Those responsible for its creation were happy that they succeeded in their goal of creating the world's most powerful Pokémon. Enraged and confused about the circumstances that led to its creation and powers, Mewtwo attacked the scientists on New Island. Despite the efforts of security systems that attempted to control it, Mewtwo destroyed the island and all the scientists on it.

In his robotic suit, under observance by Giovanni

Immediately thereafter, Giovanni found Mewtwo and convinced it to help with Team Rocket's goal of controlling the world. Mewtwo's power was focused, as well as weakened and controlled, by a robotic suit of armor as it performed tasks such as battling under Giovanni within the Viridian Gym and helping Team Rocket capture Pokémon. Eventually Mewtwo became tired of being used by Giovanni. It developed a strong hatred for humans, and thought that they were weak and selfish beings only interested in power and wealth; it also despised the Pokémon who served humans. It escaped from Giovanni, destroying Team Rocket headquarters in the process, and relocated to its birthplace on New Island, where it built its own headquarters. Mewtwo then issued a challenge to several strong Pokémon Trainers, including Ash Ketchum. It used its powers to create a storm that would serve as a test to see who could make it to the island. Only a handful of Trainers managed to brave the storm and arrive, including Ash and his friends. Upon revealing itself, Mewtwo challenged the Trainers with a Venusaur, Blastoise, and Charizard (all cloned) to prove its superiority to human Trainers and the superiority of cloned Pokémon to trained Pokémon. To do this, Mewtwo used a variation of the Poké Balls used by Trainers. Once caught in the Balls, the Pokémon that had been brought to the island were cloned in an upstairs laboratory. However, before Mewtwo could defeat the Trainers and move out into the world, Mew appeared. The two Pokémon fought and ceased battle when Ash was caught in their crossfire and turned to stone. After Ash is revived by the tears of the nearby Pokémon, clone and original alike, Mewtwo experiences a change of heart and stops its destructive rampage. Wanting to find itself, Mewtwo erased the memories of those present and, along with all the other clones, left New Island for Johto, eventually settling on Mount Quena. During this time, presumably to prevent any chance of any humans encountering them, it frequently enclosed the mountain with a severe storm. However, it isn't willing to allow a bus full of humans to die from being knocked off course, using its telekinesis to place the bus back on the road, namely because that would result in more humans arriving to investigate for, and help, any survivors, thus making it even more risky, although the clone Meowth believes that Mewtwo also did it due to a growing soft spot for humanity.

Wearing his cape during the introductory sequence of Jirachi: Wish Maker

A few years later, Giovanni found Mewtwo's hiding place via one of their satellites and began a plan to capture it once again. However, this plan was foiled when Mewtwo again met with Ash, who did not remember their previous encounter. Giovanni restrained Mewtwo, but his friends helped it to escape and defeat Giovanni. At the end of the ordeal, Mewtwo erased Giovanni and his soldiers' memories of it, and decided to move throughout the world searching for the meaning of its life.

In the epilogue to Mewtwo Returns and in some TV series opening sequences and movie previews, Mewtwo has been seen wearing a plain brown cape and moving across rooftops at night.

Mewtwo also had a passing mention in the special The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, when the mirage Mewtwo was created, Mirage Master claimed "This is not the Mewtwo you are familiar with", possibly meaning he saw Pikachu's memory of Mewtwo.

Moves used

Mewtwo Counter.png
Using Counter
Move First Used In
Psychic  The Battle of the Badge
Barrier  Mewtwo Strikes Back
Counter Mewtwo Strikes Back
Shadow Ball  Mewtwo Strikes Back
Disable Mewtwo Strikes Back*
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Pokémon

Created

Pikachutwo
Pikachutwo
Main article: Pikachutwo

Pikachu was cloned from Ash's Pikachu and battled against it. Dubbed "Pikachutwo" or "Pikatwo" by the fandom, this clone was also central to the plot of Mewtwo Returns.

Debut Mewtwo Strikes Back
Voice actors
Japanese Megumi Hayashibara
English Megumi Hayashibara
Meowthtwo
Meowthtwo
Meowth was cloned from Meowth of Team Rocket. He was the only one of Mewtwo's cloned Pokémon who refused to fight his counterpart. Dubbed "Meowthtwo" (Japanese: Nyarthtwo) by the fandom, this clone was also central to the plot of Mewtwo Returns. He was seen often with Pikachutwo in that special.

Unlike the Meowth he was cloned from, Meowthtwo is incapable of speaking human language.

Debut Mewtwo Strikes Back
Voice actors
Japanese Chiyako Shibahara
English Chiyako Shibahara
Venusaurtwo
Venusaurtwo
This Venusaur battled against Corey's Venusaur, Bruteroot. It easily defeated Bruteroot, first blocking its Razor Leaf and then sending it flying.

Venusaurtwo's only known move is Vine Whip.

Debut Mewtwo Strikes Back
Charizardtwo
Charizardtwo
Mewtwo's cloned Charizard battled against Ash's Charizard, winning the match easily.

Charizardtwo's only known move is Flamethrower.

Debut Mewtwo Strikes Back
Blastoisetwo
Blastoisetwo
The cloned Blastoise battled against Neesha's own Blastoise, Shellshocker. It easily defeated Shellshocker with a single attack.

Blastoisetwo's only known move is Rapid Spin.

Debut Mewtwo Strikes Back
Voice actors
Japanese
English Eric Stuart
Mewtwo's Cloned Pokémon
Cloned Pokémon
Mewtwo cloned many of the Pokémon owned by the Trainers that came to New Island. Other than the Pokémon already mentioned above, Mewtwo's army included Pokémon cloned from Ash's Bulbasaur and Squirtle; Misty's Psyduck; Brock's Vulpix; Corey's Pidgeot, Scyther, Hitmonlee, Rhyhorn, and Sandslash; Neesha's Wigglytuff, Rapidash, Dewgong, Vileplume, and Ninetales; and Fergus's Gyarados, Nidoqueen, Seadra, Vaporeon, Golduck, and Tentacruel.

Bulbasaurtwo's only known move is Vine Whip.
Other cloned Pokémon's moves are unknown.

Debut Mewtwo Strikes Back

Befriended

Bulbasaurtwo, Charmandertwo, and Squirtletwo
Bulbasaurtwo, Charmandertwo, and Squirtletwo
Bulbasaurtwo, Charmandertwo, and Squirtletwo are three of the original cloning attempts made by Dr. Fuji, along with Ambertwo and Mewtwo himself. Unfortunately the cloning attempts failed, and all three Pokémon died quickly thereafter.
Debut The Birth of Mewtwo

Used

Mewtwo's Fearow
Fearow
Mewtwo used this Fearow to find Trainers worthy of coming to New Island. It has a camera attached to its neck so Mewtwo can see what it flies over.
Debut Mewtwo Strikes Back
Mewtwo's Dragonite
Dragonite
Mewtwo used this Dragonite as a messenger to deliver invitations for Trainers to come to New Island.
Debut Mewtwo Strikes Back

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 市村正親 Masachika Ichimura
森久保祥太郎 Showtaro Morikubo (child) (M01)
内匠靖明 Fujiko Takimoto (child) (BoM)
English Phillip Bartlett (M01)
Dan Green (MR)
Spanish Latin America Enrique Mederos
Spain Luis Bajo


In the games

On the Very Hard and Super Hard difficulties of Pokémon Puzzle League, Mewtwo states it is the Puzzle Master and is the final opponent to defeat. In the background of the battle, an image of Mewtwo is seen along with several of its cloned Pokémon.

In the TCG

Mewtwo's Dragonite has served as the basis for one card in the TCG. The following is a list of cards based on Mewtwo's Dragonite.

Mewtwo's Dragonite
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card Type English
Expansion
Rarity # Japanese
Expansion
Rarity #
Dragonite Colorless Wizards Black Star Promos   5 Pokémon Web Rare 038/048
 


Trivia

Mewtwo overlooking a city at the end of Mewtwo Returns
  • In the first movie, Mewtwo used Shadow Ball despite this move not being released at the time.
  • The city that Mewtwo is seen overlooking at the end of Mewtwo Returns bears a great resemblance to real life New York City. Buildings that resemble the Chrysler Building and MetLife Building can be seen in the distance. The narrator refers to it as "a far away city."

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Mewtwo.



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