Mewtwo
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| Mewtwo | |
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 National Pokédex Dragonite - Mewtwo (#150) - Mew Johto Pokédex Ho-Oh - Mewtwo (#249) - Mew |
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| Japanese name | Mewtwo |
| Evolves from | None |
| Evolves into | None |
| Generation | First |
| Species | Genetic Pokémon |
| Type | Psychic |
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.0 m) |
| Weight | 269.0 lb (122.0 kg) |
| Ability | Pressure |
Mewtwo (ミュウツー Myūtsū?) are one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the Japanese Pokémon media franchise. In all aspects of the franchise, Mewtwo, as with all other Pokémon, are used to battle both wild, untamed Pokémon and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.[1]
Mewtwo's name originates from Mew, the Pokémon from whom its genes originated. The "two" suffix refers to Mewtwo being a cloned and enhanced Mew. The name Mewtwo refers to the species as a whole, as well as to individual specimens in the games, anime, manga, trading cards, and other media.
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[edit] Biological characteristics
Mewtwo is a “super-clone” of Mew, another Pokémon,[2] having been created by scientists through genetic based on Mew’s DNA and conditioned to bring out an ability to wield psychokinetic powers. Mewtwo is among the few Pokémon species created by humankind.
Its body is a very light purple color and bears an extremely alien appearance. It also resembles Mew to some extent; this is logical, as it is Mew's clone, only genetically enhanced. Instead of ears, Mewtwo has two small, stubby horns. Its body is much more humanoid than that of Mew, yet retains a slightly feline resemblance. Its pectoral muscles are well-defined, yet most of its appendages are thin and look very feeble.
Due to its genetic background with Mew, itself an entity laced with overwhelming telepathic and telekinetic powers, Mewtwo’s powers are undeniable. Mewtwo can employ telekinesis to lift large objects such as people and Pokémon off the ground and into the air from far away, and it can throw them violently about the air and launch them away. It can also perform self-levitation. In fact, with only a minor strain on its mind, Mewtwo can achieve genuine flight with its energy channeled accordingly. When in battle with another Pokémon, Mewtwo seems to be undefeatable; in addition to forming in its hands spheres of explosive energy to lob at its opponents, it can easily summon a barrier of psychic power to protect its body. It can even delve deeply into the minds of people and erase their memories.
Mewtwo is a sapient being, and in its various appearances in the video games, anime, and manga it has demonstrated the capacity for conscious actions that can be considered evil. In the anime, it initially harbors strong feelings of embitterment and distrust toward humans, but it eventually develops a degree of compassion and concern.
Even though Mewtwo is the clone of Mew, it doesn't have the ability to use all attacks and moves for unknown reasons.
[edit] In video games
[edit] Story variation
In-game Pokedex entries, illustrate that Mewtwo was created by scientists through years of gene-splicing and experimentation, and that the DNA for Mewtwo comes from Mew.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Mewtwo rests in Western Cave, a brutal 99-floor tunnel. Team Hydros's Blastoise and Team A.C.T.'s Charizard explore the newly founded dungeon, after Ho-Oh was befriended by the protagonist's team. Mewtwo's voice echoed, that the twosome angered it and defeated Charizard and Blastoise. Lombre, Bellsprout, Wynaut and the human-transformed Pokemon (the protagonist) discuss the most powerful Pokémon ever. They voted on Rayquaza, Groudon or the protagonist himself/herself, depending on his/her choice. Wynaut speaks of this Pokemon, and Charizard and Blastoise wounded up fainting in the center of the town. The protagonist then has access to Western Cave, where they have the chance to defeat and/or befriend Mewtwo.
[edit] Availability
In Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow from the first generation of games for Game Boy, Mewtwo is found in the Cerulean Cave (alternately known as the “Unknown Dungeon”), residing at its end as a mission-centered Pokémon that one has but a single chance to catch through battle, where it is at level 70. If captured, it can join the player's party, and due to Mewtwo’s very high degree of power in these early games, it was the ideal Pokémon for most players to catch using their single available Master Ball (by comparison, it might take a player hundreds of regular Pokéballs). It can then be traded to Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, or Crystal.
In the third generation of games on Game Boy Advance, Mewtwo is not found in the Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald versions, but rather in the FireRed and LeafGreen enhanced remakes of the first-generation games, in the Cerulean Cave at level 70.[3] Once caught here, Mewtwo can be traded to the other versions as well as the console games Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. Mewtwo is also available as both a boss and a playable character in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon in the Western Cave Dungeon. His friend area is Cryptic Cave.
[edit] In Pokémon Stadium
In Pokémon Stadium, Mewtwo is the “final boss” of both rounds of the stadium; after completing all other tournaments, a level-100 Mewtwo awaits battle, and the player is to defeat it with a team of any six Pokémon. In Pokémon Stadium 2, however, Mewtwo’s decreased advantage works to make these competitions somewhat tougher for players using Mewtwo than the original. Stadium 2 has “final boss” rounds much like the previous game, but this time they consist of three Pokémon at level 100: Lugia and Ho-Oh in addition to Mewtwo. Though these final matches were harder than the final boss rounds of the original games, it nonetheless reflects the increased balance of gameplay in regards to Mewtwo.
[edit] In Super Smash Bros.
Mewtwo is an unlockable character in the fighting game Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube. Mewtwo is one of four playable Pokémon in SSBM (the other three being Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Pichu). In the game, Mewtwo uses Shadow Ball as its main projectile attack, and its Confusion technique can be used to attack opponents or reflect projectiles back to its opponent (it should be noted that Confusion sends the projectile in question back through the opponent you launched it, leaving them unharmed; it can hit any other player, though); Mewtwo can also stun opponents with its Disable move. Mewtwo can also use "Teleport" to travel the level with ease. Mewtwo has powerful smash attacks and the combined strongest throws in the game, but many of his attacks have small windows at which they are most powerful, as well as having long recovery times. Mewtwo is equipped with a Meteor Smash, has high jumping capabilities, and has low traction. Mewtwo is relatively light compared to his height in the game and compared to other playable characters (Pikachu is a heavier character than him), which compensates for his power. All of these features make Mewtwo a difficult character for new players to control, but can be very powerful when used correctly. Mewtwo is unlocked after the player has accumulated 20 hours of playtime in either 1-P or Vs. Mode (of note is the fact that if more controllers are used, the time is split among them (i.e. 2 controllers=10 hours each)) or played more than 700 Vs. Mode Matches. Once the player has met either criteria, Mewtwo will appear to challenge the player to fight; defeating Mewtwo will unlock it. Mewtwo is voiced by Masachika Ichimura. It's still unknown if Mewtwo will be in the upcoming sequel, Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
[edit] In other games
In the Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap, while Mewtwo is not physically present, an array of glowing crystals is located in the Cave course. If the center crystal is properly snapped, the resulting photograph will display a large, holographic image of Mewtwo. This is one of six Pokémon Signs that must be photographed to gain access to the seventh course, where Mew can be photographed incidentally.
Mewtwo also appears in Pokémon Puzzle League as the "Puzzle Master", and the boss of the 1 Player mode of Puzzle Stadium. He summons Ash (the player) to its lair via a portal in its trophy, and tells him that, as the Puzzle Champion, Ash has earned the right to face it, but cannot win, as it is Mewtwo's destiny to crush all challengers. If Ash loses to Mewtwo, he must battle Gary Oak again to earn a rematch.
[edit] In the Pokémon anime
While in the anime most Pokémon are portrayed as animals, Mewtwo is portrayed quite differently, resembling a human character. Mewtwo is depicted in the continuity of the anime and movie series, constituting a separate subplot.
In the anime’s chronology, Mewtwo first appears in a special show on the "Mewtwo Returns" DVD titled “The Uncut Story of Mewtwo’s Origin”. Mewtwo is created from the DNA of the rare and powerful Mew by the scientist Dr. Fuji for Team Rocket leader Giovanni. During growth, Mewtwo stirs in mind and communicates with the conscience of a young girl named Amber (Ai in the Japanese version), a clone of Dr. Fuji’s daughter who had previously perished in a tragic incident. Mewtwo and Amber develop a bond. However, the experiment encounters some tragic anomalies, and Amber disappears, leaving Mewtwo traumatized. Dr. Fuji forcefully administers serum to remove this event from Mewtwo’s memory, and Mewtwo is left gradually growing into a twisted being, aware that it lost something important to it, but unable to decipher what.
It also appears in the main anime storyline twice wearing his armour and helmet and is not stated to be Mewtwo (in fact these scenes were aired before the release of the first movie, so no one was sure of Mewtwo's existence, let alone its identity). Its first appearance was in a Pokémon battle between Giovanni and Gary, who was trying to earn an Earth Badge. Gary was then easily defeated. The second appearance was during a journey by Team Rocket to Giovanni's mansion to deliver some bad news, only to have the house demolished in front of them and Mewtwo rocket out towards the sky. Both of these scenes were shown again in the Pokémon Movie (the second is the point when Mewtwo realizes that Giovanni is using it, and escapes).
[edit] Pokémon: The First Movie
In Pokémon: The First Movie, Mewtwo stirs from its slumber and breaks out of its containment cell. When it is told that it is a laboratory specimen for the humans who created it, Mewtwo is enraged and destroys the laboratory. Almost right afterwards, Mewtwo is approached by Giovanni, who succeeds in tricking the Pokémon into telling him that he'll help "add value" to Mewtwo's life. Giovanni gives Mewtwo some training in his own Team Rocket base, but he soon lets slip that, since Mewtwo was created to fight for him as a servant would for its master, the two could never stand as equals. Mewtwo, convinced that all humans are immoral, destroys the base before flying away and abandoning Giovanni (This scene was also seen in the anime prior to the movie). It returns to the destroyed island upon where it was born and sets a new goal for itself: A global purge of humankind and the Pokémon they control, both of whom it believes to be corrupt and, therefore, it is its sacred duty as a clone to rout them all and purify the planet. Afterwards the planet will be repopulated with cloned versions of all previously existing Pokémon.
Mewtwo sets in motion its plan to acquire Pokémon for cloning. In order to do this, Mewtwo sends letters to trainers inviting them to meet the world's greatest Pokémon Master. It lures Pokémon trainers to come over to New Island, which include Ash Ketchum, Misty, and Brock, and Mewtwo appears before the trainers proclaiming itself to be the world's great Pokémon Master and the world's most powerful Pokémon. Mewtwo detains all of their Pokémon, using "thief balls," a variation of the pokéball that captures any Pokémon, even those already inside Pokéballs. Mewtwo clones each of them for itself. Mew appears, however, and Mewtwo immediately sets the stage for a tremendous battle between Mew and itself. With that, the ultimate Pokémon battle ensues, and the chaos eventually ends when Ash throws himself into Mewtwo and Mew’s crossfire of Shadow Balls, rendering his body lifeless and stone-like. His apparent sacrifice shocks Mewtwo, and as all the Pokémon, begin grieving, their tears magically gather into Ash’s body and revive him. This reveals to Mewtwo that all life forms have virtue. Thus does the clone have a change of heart. Mewtwo erases the memories of the trainers and their Pokémon and returns them to the mainland in sound state before taking the Pokémon it cloned along with it on a journey into the western land of Johto, in search of a haven.
[edit] Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns
In Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns, Giovanni, unaware of the events at New Island, locates Mewtwo hiding in Mt. Quena in the Johto region. He rallies his troops, travels west, and commences his operation to bring Mewtwo out by capturing the clones so that he can force Mewtwo to submit to his will, all of which is wholly successful. As Mewtwo has developed a sense of concern for its clones strong enough for it to put the welfare of its fellow clones over its own, it agrees to be detained by Giovanni’s mind-control machines designed to bend Mewtwo’s will to his own.
However, chaos involving a swarm of angry Bug Pokémon ensues, and Ash and his friends, who just so happen to have been in the area when the operation took place, find Mewtwo incarcerated. Though they and Mewtwo are successful in destroying its energy prison, Mewtwo’s life force is in jeopardy, but Ash and his Pokémon carry Mewtwo to Mt. Quena’s healing spring and hurl it into the water, and Mewtwo’s body and soul are restored. Mewtwo comes to another realization: That if this natural healing water has a healing effect on his artificial body, then being a clone does not mean that one is automatically “impure”. Rejuvenated, Mewtwo emerges before Giovanni and declares that neither the mountain nor itself “belong” to the Team Rocket leader. Using all its power, Mewtwo physically moves the lake and the spring beneath the surface of Mt. Quena, and Giovanni and all of his forces (Except Jessie and James) are moved away from the mountain with their memories of Mewtwo and the mountain erased. Mewtwo sees that Ash and his friends, the rocket trio (surprisingly) and Pokémon are virtuous and trustworthy enough not to reveal the mountain’s secrets, so it does not erase their minds as well. After personally thanking Ash for all his help, Mewtwo departs for a far off place to reside in solitude, leaving Ash and his friends to continue on their Pokémon journey.
[edit] Other appearances
As of now, Mewtwo itself has not played a part in any subsequent story in the continuity of the Pokémon anime, but glimpses of it have been seen occasionally. The last shot of Mewtwo Returns, the "Adding to Pokémon Lore" segment that preludes the sixth Pokémon movie Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker, and the opening sequence to the eighth season of the English anime dub all contain brief scenes where Mewtwo is seen residing amongst the rooftops and alleyways of what is merely described as “a faraway city”. In the latter two instances Mewtwo is seen wearing a brown cape which it has acquired somehow. In this status, Mewtwo has yet to encounter Ash again.
Mewtwo's likeness, however, most recently appeared in the 10th anniversary television special, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon. The Mewtwo that appears, however, is a "Mirage Pokémon" created by Dr. Yung and his "Mirage Battle System". Dr. Yung, under the alias "Mirage Master", creates Mirage Mewtwo to be completely without weaknesses and capable of using any known Pokémon attack, and he plotted to use the entity to get revenge on those who doubted him. It is thought that Dr. Yung stole the information about Mewtwo from some sort of classified Pokémon files accessible with the password Oak gave him. Ash and company, along with Professor Oak, are there to witness Mirage Mewtwo’s creation and were close to being destroyed by it were it not for the interference of a Mirage Mew, another Mirage Pokémon created by Dr. Yung that somehow acquired enough sapience to rebel against the Mirage Battle System. Mirage Mew destroys Mirage Mewtwo with everyone’s help and the entire location is destroyed in a flaming wreck, and Dr. Yung disappears amongst the flames of his collapsing factory. However, despite marching into a burning laboratory, his remains were not recovered, implying it is possible he is still alive and in hiding.
In an early season one episode of Pokémon (episode 13, "Mystery at the Lighthouse) when Ash, Brock, and Misty arrived at Bill's lighthouse and knock on the door, an image of Mewtwo is seen carved on the door, among other legendary Pokémon. Mewtwo also appears in the live action musical Pokemon Live, along with Giovanni's mechanical clone, MechaMew2. Mewtwo appears near the end and turns MechaMew2 against Giovanni by using the memories of Ash Ketchum and how MechaMew2 was never shown kindness.
In the anime and all games with spoken dialogue, Mewtwo is voiced by Japanese actor/singer Masachika Ichimura. In the English dub of the first movie, it is voiced by Phillip Bartlett. In the dub of the special Mewtwo Returns, Mewtwo was voiced by Dan Green.
[edit] In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, instead of Mr. Fuji, Blaine had cloned Mew during his time as a Rocket scientist under Giovanni. Mewtwo was created using the DNA of both Mew and Blaine, and in an accident during the process, Blaine gained some of Mewtwo's DNA in his hand, allowing him to track the location of Mewtwo. Mewtwo makes a return in the FireRed/LeafGreen edition of the manga where it helps Red confront Deoxys.
Mewtwo also appear on the "TOSHIRO ONO"'s manga in a special called "Mewtwo Strikes Back" as the movie, but with a similar story with some changes ("The Birth of Mewtwo" is not included), this special has a very hard art, because Mewtwo looks more like a human.
[edit] In the trading card game
Mewtwo has had quite a history in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Its many appearances include basic Psychic-type showings in the following sets:
- Base Set,[4]
- Gym Challenge (as Rocket's Mewtwo),[5]
- Legendary Collection,[6]
- Neo Destiny (as Shining Mewtwo),[7]
- Expedition,[8]
- EX Ruby and Sapphire (as Mewtwo EX),[9]
- EX Team Rocket Returns (as Rocket's Mewtwo EX, a Dark-type),[10]
- EX Delta Species (as a Steel/Fire dual type),[11]
- EX Holon Phantoms (Lightning-type) and
- EX Holon Phantoms (as Mewtwo "Star", resembling Shining Mewtwo).[12]
In addition to the above cards, a strong promotional Mewtwo card was circulated with different artwork through the TCG League and as a card packed in with the home video release of Pokémon the First Movie.
Base Set Mewtwo was widely used in a stall deck that consisted of one Mewtwo and fifty-nine Psychic Energy cards, which was banned in competitive play.[13]
Rocket's Mewtwo in Gym Challenge was actually the first Pokémon card to feature three attacks at once. It is also one of the few Pokémon cards to have an altered art format as a result of it; in order to fit the three moves, the picture was drawn smaller than usual.
In the Legendary Collection, the movie/Nintendo Power Promo Mewtwo was found instead of the original Base Set version. It features and is known for the Telekinesis attack. Its art was drawn by Christopher Rush of Magic: The Gathering Fame.
Mewtwo EX in EX: Ruby & Sapphire is a powered-up version of the promotional card.
[edit] References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Notes
- ^ Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire Review (page 1) Ign.com. Retrieved on March 3, 2007.
- ^ Pokédex #151: Mew. Serebii.net. Retrieved on July 25, 2006.
- ^ Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Cerulean Cave StrategyWiki.org.
- ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/baseset.html Pokebeach.com.
- ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/gymchallenge.html Pokebeach.com.
- ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/legendarycollection.html Pokebeach.com.
- ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/neodestiny.html Pokebeach.com.
- ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/expedition.html Pokebeach.com.
- ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/exrubyandsapphire.html Pokebeach.com.
- ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/exteamrocketreturns.html Pokebeach.com.
- ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/exdeltaspecies.html Pokebeach.com.
- ^ http://pokebeach.com/sets/exholonphantoms.html Pokebeach.com.
- ^ Pokémon Base Set 1. Shuffle and Cute. Retrieved on July 23, 2006.
- Publications
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
- Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Pokémon website
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki) ’s article about Mewtwo as a species
- Mewtwo’s fourth-generation Pokédex entry on Serebii.net
- Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- PsyPoke - Mewtwo Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
- Smogon.com - Mewtwo Tactical Data
- WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Mewtwo Previously hosted by Wikibooks
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