Mewtwo

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is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise.  It is widely considered to be the most powerful Pokémon to exist in the Pokémon universe, though this is still a controversal statement, due to the existence of other powerful Pokemon like Mew. The name Mewtwo originates from Mew, the Pokémon from whom its genes originated. The "two" suffix refers to Mewtwo being Mew's clone.

Although Mewtwo is gender-neutral in the games (as are all Legendary Pokémon, with the exception of Latios and Latias), many Pokémon fans refer to it as a male.

Characteristics

Mewtwo is a Pokémon unlike any other; everything about it, from its origin to its traits, is extraordinary. It is not a species per se; it is a single, unique entity that physically resembles a very tall, imposing, humanoid being with white fur (as depicted in the junior novolization of ), a long whip-like purple tail for slapping and coiling victims, large intent eyes which stare hypnotically, what appears to be two cord-like necks, and vaguely feline characteristics. The shapes of its necks, crested chest, three-fingered hands, and sloped feet all help give Mewtwo the mutant image implied in its name. It is a feline Pokémon who was cloned from Mew, another cat-like Pokémon. Unlike Mew, it is very aggressive and hostile at times, so caution is advised in handling it. But if raised with care, Mewtwo can be a very good arsenal on a Pokémon team, learning an attack every 11 levels. (ex: Lv. 88 Future Sight)

Anime

Mewtwo is among the few Pokémon species that have been created by humankind. In the most basic sense, Mewtwo is a ‘’super-clone’’ of Mew, noted for its extreme power. Accounts of its origin all differ somewhat between the video games, anime, and manga, and on the reason for which the Pokémon was created. However, due to the experiment gone awry, Mewtwo awoke and immediately turned on its creators before abandoning them, fending for itself as it willed. Thus was Mewtwo’s genesis complete.

Mewtwo is the only Pokemon to have ever been described officially as "the strongest Pokemon the world has ever known". Despite this however, many fans believe Deoxys to be a Pokemon rivalling the powers of Mewtwo.

Abilities and Powers

Due to its genetic background with the powerful psychic Mew, Mewtwo’s powers and abilities as a Pokémon are undeniable. It is imbued with all sorts of extrasensory super powers that many humans would dismiss as fantasy and myth, yet to Mewtwo are simple everyday actions it can perform as second-nature.

For starters, Mewtwo is currently the most prominent user of telekinesis in the Pokémon world. With gentle outstretched hand motions and focusing of the mind, It can lift relatively 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. Another easy thing for Mewtwo to perform is self-levitation. In fact, with only a minor strain on its mind, Mewtwo can achieve genuine flight with its energy channeled accordingly. It can fly over large areas at large elevations from ground, stopping in mid-air if it wants, and it can even take other things such as Pokémon and inanimate objects with it by “hooking onto” them with its psychic powers and having them fly closely behind it as it travels through the air at high speeds.

Considering Mewtwo’s capacity for all the talents described above, it should come as no surprise that Mewtwo is one of the most powerful battlers in the Pokémon world. It can wield many types of energy attacks, including balls of destructive energy which it can form and launch at its opponents, as well as use telekinesis to blow its target away. In special circumstances it can even delve deeply into the minds of people and alter the neural structure of their brains to achieve the effect of erasing their recent memories. It is also able to manipulate the weather. To conserve its energy for any of these such cases, Mewtwo usually remains motionless wherever it resides alone.

As a sentient being, Mewtwo has displayed the capacity for conscious actions that can be considered evil in nature (see anime section), and it has strong feelings of embitterment and distrust toward the humans that have created it artificially, but it also has felt compassion and concern for certain other life forms, including a select few humans. Ultimately, it seems as though its personality is developed enough to allow for the virtues and failings of a human being. In this way, Mewtwo is not evil, just confused. Mewtwo makes its home deep in dark caves.

In the video games

Availability

In Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow from the first generation of games for Game Boy, Mewtwo is found as the “boss” of 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. Due to Mewtwo’s extreme power in this generation, it was the ideal Pokémon for most players to catch using their single available Master Ball. In the second generation of games for Game Boy Color, Mewtwo is not found anywhere; it must be uploaded into the Gold, Silver and Crystal game carts through trade from the previous three versions.

In the third generation of games on GBA, 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 a reprise of its role as the boss of the Cerulean Cave, also at level 70. Once caught here, Mewtwo can be traded to the other versions as well as the console games Pokémon Colosseum and .

Battle Tactics

From the beginning, Mewtwo has been the ideal Pokémon for most trainers, especially in the Red, Blue and Yellow versions, when competition against Psychic-types was minimal due to a somewhat imbalanced elemental system and lack of great Bug-type moves. In these old versions, Mewtwo had the highest special stat, at 154, meaning that it had more special attack and special defense than any other Pokémon, and every one of its other stats, including its great Speed stat and even its lowest stat, Defense, were very good as well. Its movepool was also considered ideal, including a STAB-boosted Psychic, Thunderbolt, Blizzard (which was more accurate at the time), Amnesia (which would add a multiplier to Mewtwo's Special, making it even more powerful), Substitute (which protected Mewtwo from taking large amounts of damage at one time) and Recover (which could make Mewtwo nearly undefeatable). It took entire Pokémon teams to take down a Mewtwo, even if all Pokémon involved were at the same level and resistant to Psychic-type attacks. Therefore, competitive play in these versions depended on either the strength of each trainer’s Mewtwo or whether Mewtwo was banned.

In Pokémon Stadium for N64, importing a level 100 Mewtwo with the move set listed above from their Game Boy versions to the game cart through a Transfer Pack practically made the game easy, at least in the competitions that accepted Mewtwo: the Prime Cup tournaments and the Gym Leader Road. Also, it had become apparent to the game designers how grossly overpowered Mewtwo was, so they took advantage of it and made Mewtwo the “final boss” of both rounds of the stadium, where a level 100 Mewtwo awaited battle, and the player was to defeat it with a team of any six Pokémon, be they rental Pokémon or custom-trained. In the first battle, Mewtwo had the moves Psychic, Thunderbolt, Blizzard, and Rest, and in the second round Blizzard was replaced by Amnesia. Mewtwo was a very tough Pokémon to defeat even with six Pokémon on the player’s team.

Starting with the Gold and Silver versions, Mewtwo was relieved of a good portion of its excess power through several means; First was the induction of Dark-type Pokémon, both immune to Psychic attacks and strong against Psychic Pokémon, making any of them an automatic menace to Mewtwo. The new Steel-Type was resistant to Psychic attacks as well. The Bug and Ghost types became more prominent, gaining powerful new moves that could deal critical blows to Mewtwo and better Pokémon to administer them, one example being a Heracross with the Megahorn attack. Another important change was the splitting of the Special stat into Special Attack and Special Defense, providing room for rebalance for all the Pokémon. In Mewtwo’s case, while its Special Attack remained as high, its Special Defense was dramatically downgraded to the level of its Defense, making it easier to take down. Other minor strikes against the Pokémon were the downgrade of accuracy for the Blizzard attack, forcing Mewtwo to rely on the somewhat less powerful Ice Beam, and the arrival of Pokémon like the dangerous counterattacker Wobbuffet, the super-resilient Blissey, and other highly powerful Legendary Pokémon like Ho-Oh and Lugia to combat it.

Yet even with all these strikes against it, Mewtwo still remained the most fearsome Pokémon in general, and it was still iconic as a Pokémon widely depended on for an easy victory, but competitive play had become a far more level playing field. This is reflected in Pokémon Stadium 2, where the game was made quite a bit tougher than the original due to Mewtwo’s decreased power. The “final boss” rounds of Stadium 2 had three level 100 Pokémon instead of one to battle, and they were 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 reflected the increased balance of gameplay in regards to Mewtwo.

In the modern generation of games for GBA and GameCube, Mewtwo’s image and power levels went largely unaffected. With the advent of Pokémon abilities, Mewtwo’s power was raised alongside all the other Pokémon, where it gained the "Pressure" ability, like most other legendary Pokémon, causing attacking Pokémon to lose more PP per move. Mewtwo gained no new talents as they explicitly applied to 2-on-2 battling, though thanks to the new array of Technical and Hidden Machines available, Mewtwo has easy access to strong, direct elemental moves. Therefore, a common Mewtwo moveset is one directed toward straight offense, and it includes Psychic, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, and Flamethrower.

Because of its extreme collective power and infamous history, Mewtwo is banned from competitive play, and is a favorite among trainers to use in the Battle mode LV100 tournaments of Pokémon Colosseum.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Mewtwo is available as an unlockable character. It is unlocked after one plays 20 combined hours in VS. Mode or 700 VS. Mode matches. Mewtwo's abilities include Shadow Ball, Teleport, Confusion, and Disable. Mewtwo teleports and jumps with a distinctive whistling sound. Mewtwo's second 'jump' is not actually a jump, it flips over while rising up, head-first until he is in an upright position in the air. As such he can ascend very high and very quickly. Mewtwo also is the only character that doesn't run; he floats above the ground and glides seamlessly.

Ironically, most of the competitive Smash Bros. community considers Mewtwo a bottom-tier character: it is slow and of light weight, contrary to its Pokémon stats, and lacks a solid conventional method of approach, making his movements difficult to adjust to; therefore, it can easily become a punching bag. Some players object to its bottom-tier placement, claiming that Mewtwo demands a style of play based on reaction and opportunity, citing that Mewtwo's throws and smash moves are among the most powerful in the game.

In the game, Mewtwo is voiced by Masachika Ichimura.

Puzzle Challenge

Mewtwo appears in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge as the 'Puzzle Master', and the boss of the 1 Player mode of Puzzle Stadium. He summons Ash (the player) to his lair via a portal in his trophy, and tells him that, as the Puzzle Champion, Ash has earned the right to face him, 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.

In the anime

In the anime, Mewtwo is portrayed quite differently from most Pokémon, in many respects like a human character all on its own. Mewtwo is depicted as the central character to several high-profile instances in the continuity of the Pokémon anime and movie series, constituting a separate subplot to the Pokémon anime.

In the anime and all games with spoken dialogue, Mewtwo is voiced by Japanese actor/singer Masachika Ichimura. In the English dub, it is voiced by Phillip Bartlett.

Mewtwo first appeared (but was not named) in episodes of the anime. First as a silhouette that defeats Ash's rival, Gary Oak in Giovanni's gym, and then in a faraway shot in a later episode escaping from Giovanni's base as its armour breaks away. In , in the Kanto region, Mewtwo is born not by natural causes but in a cryogenic containment lab, as a clone to the extremely powerful and rare Mew. When awakened Mewtwo is deeply disturbed by its origin at the hands of corrupt humans, who simply wish to study Mewtwo now that their experiments have been successful, and Giovanni's subsequent attempts to control him despite earlier promises that they would be equals. Mewtwo therefore undergoes a moral revelation, abandoning (killing them) the humans and commencing an elaborate plan to wage a global cleansing of humanity and the Pokémon that serve them, convinced that clones such as itself are the only ones fit to rule over the planet. To this end, Mewtwo creates a clone army of Pokémon at his New Island base of operations, with Pokemon trainers including Ash and his friends to witness Mewtwo's plan in motion, as well as to provide Pokemon for Mewtwo to clone. But after a great deal of conflict between the clones and templates (Including the return of Mew and its battle with Mewtwo) prior to its would-be purge, Mewtwo sees the selfless, sacrificial example of Ash Ketchum and realizes the misguided nature of its own objective, so it calls its plan off and agrees to live peacefully with its clones in seclusion from humanity.

However, the organization that ordered Mewtwo’s creation, Team Rocket, led by their scheming leader Giovanni, is intent on recapturing Mewtwo and forcing it to submit to its empire under the role for which Mewtwo was originally intended-a Pokémon war weapon which Team Rocket would use to conquer the world both financially and militarily. In , Giovanni finds Mewtwo hiding in the Johto region and commences his operation, capturing some of the clones Mewtwo had created previously and using them as bargaining chips to force Mewtwo to surrender, which it does. But then Ash Ketchum, in another selfless example, rescues Mewtwo and helps it oppose Giovanni, where Mewtwo erases the minds of Team Rocket and saves both the clones and the environment in which they previously lived. Mewtwo personally thanks Ash for his help and understanding and departs for its own as its clones begin their lives as natural Pokémon would.

In a special show on the "Mewtwo Returns" on DVD, Mewtwo meets a girl, named Amber2 because she is being cloned from an other girl who died under mysterious reasons, and the three Kanto starting pokemon. The five go to Amber2's "Rememberence Place" ,which the world as old Amber saw it, and Mewtwo learns abouts the world. However, in the expirement for unknown reasons, the three pokemon disappear and Amber2 also disappears, which leaves Mewtwo learning about sadness and tears, which people believe is the reason why Ash recovered from his trance in the first movie from tears.

In the television special, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, Dr. Yung, under the disguise of the "Mirage Master", plans to use his Mirage Battle System to create an artificial Mewtwo. Unlike the one described above, this "Mirage Mewtwo" is engineered to have no weakness and presumably has access to every Pokémon attack available. During Ash's battle against Yung's Mirage Pokemon force led by this Mewtwo, Ash, May, Misty, and Professor Oak use all their strongest Pokemon, including Oak's Dragonite, but the Mirage Mewtwo is seemingly unstoppable. But as things get hopeless, a Mirage Mew (who Yung attempted to create and perfect previously) appeared and sacrificed itself to allow Ash and co. to ultimately destroy the Mirage Mewtwo. Yung disappears in the flames of his burning laboratory afterwards.

Manga appearances

In the manga, instead of being cloned from Mew by Professor Fuji, it was Blaine who had cloned it 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.

In the card game

Mewtwo has had quite a history in the Pokemon Trading Card Game. Its many appearances include basic Psychic-type showings in the following sets: Base Set, Gym Challenge (as Rocket's Mewtwo), Legendary Collection, Neo Destiny (as Shining Mewtwo), Expedition, EX Ruby and Sapphire (as Mewtwo EX), EX Team Rocket Returns (as Rocket's Mewtwo EX, a Dark-type), EX Delta Species (as a Steel/Fire dual type), EX Holon Phantoms (Lightning-type) and EX Holon Phantoms (as Mewtwo "Star").

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 Pokemon 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.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

Rocket's Mewtwo in Gym Challenge was actually the first Pokemon card to feature three attacks at once. It is also one of the few Pokemon 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 Fame.

Mewtwo EX in EX: Ruby & Sapphire is a powered-up version of the promotional card.

References

• The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, 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

;Publications

Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049.

Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 130206151.

Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 193020650X

Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0761547614

Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1930206585

External links

• [Official Pokémon website]
• [Bulbapedia] (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Mewtwo as a species
• *[Serebii.net]’s 3rd Gen Pokédex entry for Mewtwo
• [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 Previously hosted by Wikibooks

 

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