Pokémon Mansion journals
The Pokémon Mansion journals are a series of diary entries written by a Pokémon researcher, chronicling the events that led up to the creation and escape of Mewtwo. They are scattered around the Pokémon Mansion.
In the games
The Pokémon Mansion journals are only accessible in the Generation I games and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, as the Pokémon Mansion has been destroyed along with most of Cinnabar Island by a volcanic eruption prior to the events of the Generation II games and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Journal entries
Although the English journal entries use "we", the Japanese journal entries only ever use a first person singular pronoun (わたし I).
July 5
English | Japanese |
---|---|
|
|
July 10
English | Japanese |
---|---|
|
|
February 6
English | Japanese |
---|---|
|
|
September 1
English | Japanese |
---|---|
|
|
The Japanese text for this entry reveals the author to be somewhat more emotional.
- Translation of the Japanese text
Diary: September 1
The Pokémon Mewtwo is far too powerful.
It's no use...
I cannot control it!
Relation to Faraway Island
It is speculated that the Guyanese jungle where Mew was apparently discovered is actually Faraway Island. A message is left on a signpost there which contains a remnant of a signature belonging to a name ending in ジ ji but this element is present exclusively in the Japanese release of Pokémon Emerald, which is generally assumed to be from Fuji. The researcher who wrote these diary entries is speculated to be Dr. Fuji, the founder of Pokémon Lab, or Mr. Fuji, who may both be the same character.
In the anime
In Pokémon Origins
Red found the Pokémon Mansion journal while visiting the Pokémon Mansion in File 3 - Giovanni. Instead of multiple different diaries scattered throughout the building, the journal in Pokémon Origins was a single notebook.
The journal was referenced again in File 4 - Charizard, where Red recalled finding out about the creation of Mewtwo from it. After telling Professor Oak about the journal, Red learned that the journal was probably the notes of "Doctor Fuji", a former Pokémon expert whose research was dismissed soon after he had found a new species of Pokémon and tried to artificially create a new, powerful Pokémon. Professor Oak also realized that "Dr. Fuji" was likely the same person as Mr. Fuji.
Text differences
File 3 - Giovanni
Game | Anime |
---|---|
Diary: July 5 Guyana, South America A new Pokémon was discovered deep in the jungle. |
… … A new Pokémon was discovered deep in the jungle. |
File 4 - Charizard
July 5th
Game | Anime |
---|---|
Diary: July 5 Guyana, South America A new Pokémon was discovered deep in the jungle. |
July 5th ... Today, while on our journey through the densest part of the jungle, we were surprised to discover a new Pokémon. |
July 10th
Game | Anime |
---|---|
Diary: July 10 We christened the newly discovered Pokémon, Mew. |
July 10th We decided to name the recently discovered Pokémon Mew. |
February 6th
Game | Anime |
---|---|
Diary: Feb. 6 Mew gave birth. We named the newborn Mewtwo. |
February the 6th From the potential within Mew, we have managed to create an entirely new Pokémon: Mewtwo. |
September 1st
Game | Anime |
---|---|
Diary: Sept. 1 Mewtwo is far too powerful. We have failed to curb its vicious tendencies… |
September the 1st It has become far too strong. It is beyond even us now. |
This game-related article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games. |