Mewtwo (M01)

Mewtwo ミュウツー Mewtwo

Mewtwo in Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Debuts in Mewtwo Strikes Back Caught at New Island Gender Unknown* Ability Pressure* Released in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral Current location Unknown

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Mewtwo Masachika Ichimura Shōtarō Morikubo child, Mewtwo Strikes Back Fujiko Takimoto child, Birth of Mewtwo Philip Bartlett Mewtwo Strikes Back Dan Green All other appearances

Mewtwo (Japanese: ミュウツー Mewtwo) is a Psychic-type Legendary Pokémon who was cloned from a Mew. It is a main character in Mewtwo Strikes Back and has also made multiple appearances in the main series episodes and other media.

During the beginning of Mewtwo Strikes Back and in its lead-up episodes (The Battle of the Badge, It's Mr. Mime Time, and Showdown at the Po-ké Corral), Mewtwo is seen working for Giovanni. This has led to Mewtwo being associated with Giovanni in other canons as well, with him even being depicted as Mewtwo's Trainer in some of his appearances, such as Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and Pokémon Masters EX.

In animation

History

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning

Young Mewtwo crying as Ambertwo dies

Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back

Approximately twenty years ago, Team Rocket discovered that a Mew was living in Guyana. Many years later, under the orders of the new boss Giovanni, an expedition team of Team Rocket scientists traveled to the area to search for a fossil of Mew, and succeeded in finding an eyelash belonging to it. Giovanni hired Dr. Fuji to clone Mew for him and create the most powerful Pokémon in existence. Fuji agreed, but only in order to continue his research into cloning his deceased daughter, Amber.

One month after the discovery of the eyelash, Mewtwo was successfully created and stored at New Island. At this point, it was still not fully grown and lived in a large tank beside others that contained Bulbasaurtwo, Squirtletwo, Charmandertwo, and Ambertwo. Fuji and the other scientists thought that Mewtwo was unconscious inside its tube, but it was able to communicate telepathically with Ambertwo and the other clones. However, because the cloning process requires a strong life force, all four other clones died. Before this, Mew was revealed to have an immortal life force, explaining why Mew's DNA sample made a successful clone in Mewtwo.

Over the years, Mewtwo matured and grew confused over its origin and place in the world. After resolving to figure out where it belongs, Mewtwo broke out of its tank, with Mewtwo exchanging some words with its creators while asking about the nature of its existence and its destiny. The Team Rocket scientists were happy that they had succeeded in creating the most powerful Pokémon in the world, but that joy turned to horror once Mewtwo retaliated. Realizing that it was just an experiment of mankind, Mewtwo unleashed its fury upon them. Despite the efforts of the security systems that were designed to control it, Mewtwo destroyed the laboratory on New Island and all of the scientists in it.

Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution

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 restrained by a robotic suit of armor as it performed tasks, such as battling for Giovanni in the Viridian Gym and helping Team Rocket capture Pokémon. At one point, Giovanni, after temporarily (at the time) abdicating the Viridian Gym to Jessie, James, and Meowth, utilized Mewtwo for what was presumably a very serious matter. Mewtwo eventually became tired of being used by Giovanni. It developed a strong hatred for humans and felt that they were weak and selfish beings who were only interested in power and wealth; it also despised the Pokémon who served humans. Mewtwo escaped from Giovanni, destroying Team Rocket headquarters in the process (something that the Team Rocket trio witnessed around the time they themselves momentarily considered defecting from Team Rocket), and relocated to its birthplace on New Island and built a castle there.

Mewtwo 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 decided to brave the storm and arrive, including Ash and his friends. Upon revealing itself, Mewtwo challenged the Trainers with its clone Pokémon—Venusaur, Blastoise, and Charizard—to prove its superiority to human Trainers and the superiority of cloned Pokémon in comparison to trained Pokémon. To do this, Mewtwo used a variation of the Poké Balls used by Trainers. Once caught in the Balls, the Trainers' Pokémon were cloned in a downstairs laboratory. However, before Mewtwo could defeat the Trainers and move out into the world, Mew appeared. Mew and Mewtwo fought at length, ceasing only when Ash—exasperated over the drawn-out and fruitless battling—ran into the fray and was caught in their crossfire, which turned his body to stone. After Ash was revived by the tears of the nearby Pokémon, clone and original alike, Mewtwo experienced a change of heart and no longer sought to conquer the world. Mewtwo reasoned that it would be best if no one remembered the events that had transpired, so it erased the memories of all the people and Pokémon and transported everyone but Team Rocket back to the mainland. Mewtwo and Mew left New Island with the cloned Pokémon to seek a proper place for themselves.

Mewtwo overlooking an unknown city

Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver

Soon afterwards, Mewtwo and the clones migrated to Johto and eventually settled on Mount Quena. To prevent them from having any encounters with humans, Mewtwo frequently used severe storms to make the mountain inaccessible. One day, a bus full of people was nearly knocked off the road, so Mewtwo decided to use its telekinesis to right the bus and prevent an accident. After its actions were questioned, it explained to its fellow clones that a bus crash would attract even more humans. However, Meowthtwo believed that the act may have also been due to a growing soft spot for humanity, which Mewtwo vehemently denied.

After a few years, Giovanni found Mewtwo's hiding place using one of Team Rocket's 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 Ash and his friends helped it to escape and defeat Giovanni. At the end of the ordeal, Mewtwo erased Giovanni and his soldiers' memories and decided to move throughout the world, searching for the meaning of its life.

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

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Mewtwo preparing to battle Ash and Goh

Since its departure from Mount Quena, Mewtwo began protecting several Pokémon that had been abused by humans. They eventually settled on the isolated Cero Island to live in peace.

In Getting More Than You Battled For!, Ash and Goh traveled to Cero Island after Professor Cerise detected an energy signature similar to that of Mew coming from that location. After wandering around the island's wilderness for some time, Ash and Goh fell over a waterfall but were seemingly saved by Mewtwo, who rendered them unconscious and teleported them to a giant tree somewhere on the island. They encountered the Pokémon in Mewtwo's protection shortly before Mewtwo itself appeared and confronted them. Ash, recalling their previous encounter, recognized it, while Mewtwo did not indicate whether it remembered Ash or not. Mewtwo demanded to know why they had come to the sanctuary, leading Goh to reveal his search for Mew. In response, Mewtwo questioned how capturing all of the Pokémon in the world would lead Goh to Mew. Goh explained his belief that capturing Pokémon helps to understand them, and that capturing all Pokémon would thus help him understand Mew since it has the genes of all Pokémon species. Recognizing that Mewtwo was a Pokémon itself, he challenged it with the intent of capturing it. Mewtwo warned them that it was created to be the strongest Pokémon in the world, which motivated Ash to challenge it as well, in order to push himself further down the road to becoming a Pokémon Master. Smiling at their dedication to their dreams, Mewtwo consented to a battle. Despite Ash and Goh's best efforts, Mewtwo easily defeated Pikachu, Cinderace, and Lucario.

After the battle, Mewtwo asked Ash and Goh if they would still pursue their dreams, even though there would be many challenges ahead. In response, they affirmed their dedication to their goals, saying they could rely on their friends. Encouraged by this, Mewtwo revealed its role in protecting the abused Pokémon. Deciding to leave Cero Island with the Pokémon under its protection, Mewtwo parted with Ash and Goh, bidding them farewell with the promise that their journeys had only just begun before teleporting them back to the Cerise Laboratory, allowing them to retain their memories of the encounter.

Mewtwo was mentioned in The Mew from Here!, where Goh used its energy signature to try to find Mew on Faraway Island, with Professor Amaranth having redesigned Goh's sensor device to work based on the data from his encounter with Mewtwo on Cero Island.

Mewtwo briefly appeared alongside its friends in This Could be the Start of Something Big!, flying off in the background as Ash and Goh rode on Lugia.

Personality and characteristics

Mewtwo and Giovanni

Throughout the course of the first movie, Mewtwo viewed all humans as its enemy, as Team Rocket's boss Giovanni would usually rely on it for his evil deeds, and the scientists strongly implied they were more pleased with the project being a success than its actual worth as a living being. However, ever since Ash was petrified by the attacks of both Mewtwo and Mew, Mewtwo had a change of heart and did everything to make sure that no one remembered what happened.

Its personality and motives beyond the initial misanthropy were largely different between the Japanese version and the English dub of the original movie. In the former, Mewtwo was insecure about its place in the world largely due to its status as a clone, and it preferred having a more direct confrontation between humanity and naturally-born Pokémon as revenge via its own cloned Pokémon, with the hurricane being more of a means to an end in bringing about this confrontation. In the latter, Mewtwo is significantly more confident in his status as stronger than any known Pokémon in existence, including its template, and it fully intended to destroy the entire world via hurricane as revenge against humanity. On a similar note, Mewtwo also had different reactions regarding developments to its plan, particularly the sudden appearance of its cloned Pokémon. In the Japanese version, he was taken by surprise by the explosion of its lab beneath them, while in the English version, it instead proudly declared "behold!", implying that it anticipated the lab explosion to occur as part of unveiling its clone army. Its characterization in the dub for the remake is much closer to that seen in the Japanese version.

It had calmed down considerably since the events in Kanto, and Mewtwo had grown into a guardian figure for its fellow clones. While it still questioned its place in the world, it felt responsible for its clones and was willing to sacrifice itself in order to keep them safe from harm. While still cautious regarding humans, Mewtwo was also willing to save them if the need called for it, such as when it used Psychic powers to save a busload of tourists; in the Japanese version, it conceded to Meowth-two's speculation that it did this due to having some care for the well-being of the humans (although it was mostly out of pragmatism due to wanting to avoid the risk of being discovered by the resulting news choppers). Its view on humanity was further changed as Ash helped Mewtwo to Purity Spring, when Mewtwo wondered why Ash would help it, Ash claimed that no one needs a reason to help someone. Mewtwo's outlook on life was further influenced by how the spring affected it. As the waters had the same restoring effect on it as they did on other Pokémon, it concluded that the world was its rightful place as well.

After the military operation on Mount Quena came to a head, Mewtwo had initially contemplated on erasing the memories of everyone involved. However, it took Meowth's speech into consideration, as erasing their memories would prevent the clones from learning about their past, and forgetting would not change the fact that things happen. Mewtwo decided to only erase the memories of Team Rocket—excluding Jessie, James, and Meowth—and departed.

By Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Mewtwo had again taken up the role of a protector, this time to a group of Pokémon abused by humans. Even though it did not try to hide its strength, it had mellowed even further following the Mount Quena events, to the point where Ash and Goh's dedication to their dreams made it smile.

Forms

See also: List of Pokémon with form differences → Mewtwo

Armored Mewtwo (Mewtwo Strikes Back)	Armored Mewtwo (Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution)

Moves used

Using Shadow Ball Using Counter	Move First Used In Psychic † The Battle of the Badge Hyper Beam The Birth of Mewtwo Recover The Birth of Mewtwo Swift The Birth of Mewtwo Barrier † Mewtwo Strikes Back Counter † Mewtwo Strikes Back Shadow Ball † 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.

• Mewtwo has only used Hyper Beam, Recover, and Swift in the radio drama The Birth of Mewtwo, so it is has never been seen using these moves.

Pokémon

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Created

Pikachutwo ♂

Debut	Mewtwo Strikes Back
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara
English	Megumi Hayashibara

Main article: Pikachutwo

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

Meowthtwo ♂

Debut	Mewtwo Strikes Back
Voice actors
Japanese	Chiyako Shibahara (M01) Misuzu Togashi (M22)
English	Chiyako Shibahara

Meowth was cloned from Team Rocket's Meowth. He was the only clone 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, as that trait was a learned behavior, and thus not carried in Meowth's genetic makeup.

None of Meowthtwo's moves are known.

Venusaurtwo

Debut	Mewtwo Strikes Back
Voice actors
Japanese	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (M01) Tsuguo Mogami (M22)

This Venusaur battled Corey's Venusaur, Bruteroot. It easily defeated Bruteroot, first blocking its Razor Leaf and then using its vines to send it flying.

Venusaurtwo's known moves are Vine Whip, Razor Leaf*, and Leaf Storm*.

Charizardtwo

Debut	Mewtwo Strikes Back
Voice actors
Japanese	Ryota Iwasaki (M22)

Mewtwo's cloned Charizard battled Ash's Charizard, winning the match easily.

Charizardtwo's known moves are Flamethrower and Seismic Toss.

Blastoisetwo

Debut	Mewtwo Strikes Back
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Eric Stuart

The cloned Blastoise battled Neesha's own Blastoise, Shellshocker. It easily defeated Shellshocker with a single attack.

Blastoisetwo's known moves are Rapid Spin, Hydro Pump*, and Skull Bash*.

Cloned Pokémon

Debut	Mewtwo Strikes Back

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.

Befriended

Bulbasaurtwo, Charmandertwo, and Squirtletwo

Debut	The Birth of Mewtwo
Voice actors
Japanese	Etsuko Kozakura (Bulbasaurtwo) Yūji Ueda (Charmandertwo) Satomi Koorogi (Squirtletwo)
English	Tara Jayne (Bulbasaurtwo) Michael Haigney (Charmandertwo) Eric Stuart (Squirtletwo)

Bulbasaurtwo, Charmandertwo, and Squirtletwo are three of the original cloning attempts made by Dr. Fuji, along with Ambertwo and Mewtwo itself. They were created after Ambertwo and before Mewtwo, but the cloning attempts failed and all three Pokémon died shortly thereafter, followed soon by Ambertwo.

None of their moves are known.

Pokémon friends

Debut	Getting More Than You Battled For!

Since leaving Mount Quena, Mewtwo began protecting several Pokémon that had been abused by humans. They eventually settled on the isolated Cero Island to live in peace and quiet. They included two Mareep, a Mudbray, a Buneary, a Patrat, a Skitty, and a Skiddo.

After Mewtwo battled Ash and Goh, Mewtwo decided to leave Cero Island with them.

They briefly appeared alongside Mewtwo in This Could be the Start of Something Big!, flying off in the background as Ash and Goh rode on Lugia.

None of their moves are known.

Used

Fearow

Debut	Mewtwo Strikes Back

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 and choose worthy Trainers.

None of Fearow's moves are known.

Dragonite

Debut	Mewtwo Strikes Back
Voice actors
Japanese	Mitsuru Ogata
English	Mitsuru Ogata

Mewtwo used this Dragonite as a messenger to deliver invitations for Trainers to come to New Island. In the remake, Ash's Charizard also briefly attacked the Dragonite as it was delivering the message.

None of Dragonite's moves are known.

Artwork

Third poster for the Japanese version of Pokémon Journeys: The Series	Fourth poster for the Japanese version of Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 市村正親 Masachika Ichimura 森久保祥太郎 Shotaro Morikubo (child; M01) 瀧本富士子 Fujiko Takimoto (child; The Birth of Mewtwo) English Philip Bartlett (M01) Dan Green (Mewtwo Returns, M22, JN046) Unknown (child) Arabic سام غصن Sam Ghusen Czech Jaromír Meduna (M01) Martin Zahálka (M22) Dutch Victor van Swaay Finnish Jussi Lampi (M01, M22) Pasi Ruohonen (Mewtwo Returns) French Canada Benoît Marleau Europe Jean-Marc Delhausse German Frank Muth Hebrew מיכה אוזין סליאן Micha Uzin Salian (M01, Mewtwo Returns, M22) יורם יוספסברג Yoram Yosephsberg (JN046) Hindi Sanket Mhatre (M01) Arvind Mehra (M22) Hungarian Attila Kaszás (M01) Frigyes Hollósi (Mewtwo Returns) Indonesian Fitra Hartono (M22) Rahmad Ilmanto (JN046) Italian Mario Zucca Norwegian Ivar Nørve Polish Marek Obertyn (M01, Mewtwo Returns) Szymon Kuśmider (M22, JN046) Portuguese Brazil Guilherme Briggs Felipe Grinnan (JN046) Portugal Carlos Freixo Raul Constante Pereira (M22, JN046) Russian Олег Куценко Oleg Kutsenko Владимир Антоник Vladimir Antonik (M22) Spanish Latin America Enrique Mederos (M01, Mewtwo Returns) Luis Leonardo Suarez (M22, JN046) Spain Luis Bajo Swedish Stephan Karlsén Thai สุวิวัฒน์ วัฒนาพิริยะอมร (M22) Turkish Ayhan Kahya Vietnamese Lê Quốc Trung (M22)

In the games

In the core series

Giovanni's Mewtwo appears in the following games. Its moveset and Mega Stone differs between Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon
Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: Mewtwonite X Mewtwo Lv.70 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Drain Punch Fighting Physical   --	Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: Mewtwonite Y Mewtwo Lv.70 Psystrike Psychic Special   --       Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --

In events

A special Mewtwo based on the version that appeared in the twenty-second movie was distributed via serial code to Japanese players of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! as a preorder bonus for attendants of the movie. The serial code was available from April 12 to July 11, 2019, and was redeemable until September 30, 2019. The Mewtwo has maxed out AVs in every stat, and has a CP of 10000.

The OT of Mewtwo, "Professor", possibly refers to Dr. Fuji. The Trainer ID number is based on the premiere date of the first Pokémon movie in Japan, July 18, 1998.

Wonder Card 2 | Mewtwo Gift
#150 Mewtwo   Level 70 Type: Ability*: Pressure	ID: 980718 OT: はかせ Met: Pokémon Movie 19 (fateful encounter) Nature: Quiet
Psychic Psychic Shadow Ball Ghost Barrier Psychic Calm Mind Psychic
Games Method Duration PE serial code hide hide April 12 to September 30, 2019
This Pokémon can be redeemed multiple times per save file by using differing valid serial codes.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

A special Mewtwo with the OT Giovanni was available via serial code to players of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! at the Smyths store in the United Kingdom and Germany from August 9 to September 6, 2019 and at PicWicToys stores in France starting August 9, 2019. The Mewtwo has maxed out AVs in every stat. It is being distributed to promote the new TCG expansion, Sun & Moon—Unified Minds.

The same Mewtwo was distributed in North America via Pokémon Pass the app Pokémon Pass at participating Best Buy stores from November 4–14, 2019. The codes are valid from November 4, 2019 to March 5, 2020.

Wonder Card 502 / 503 | Mewtwo Gift
#150 Mewtwo   Level 70 Type: Ability*: Pressure	ID: 190801 191104 OT: Giovanni Met: a lovely place (fateful encounter) Nature: Random
Amnesia Psychic Psychic Psychic Teleport Psychic Recover Normal
Games Method Duration PE serial code hide hide August 9, 2019 to April 30, 2020 PE serial code hide hide November 4, 2019 to March 5, 2020
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

A special Mewtwo was available via serial code to players in South Korea as a bonus for attendants of the Korean dub screening of the twenty-second movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, on September 30, 2020. The serial was redeemable from September 30 to November 30, 2020. The Mewtwo has maxed out AVs in every stat, three IVs of 31 and three IVs of 30, and a CP of 10000.

Wonder Card 1006 | Mewtwo Gift
#150 Mewtwo (뮤츠)   Level 70 Type: Ability*: Pressure	ID: 200930 OT: 박사 Met: a Pokémon Movie (fateful encounter) Nature: Quiet
Psychic Psychic Shadow Ball Ghost Barrier Psychic Calm Mind Psychic
Games Method Duration PE serial code hide hide September 30 to November 30, 2020
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is Korean in origin, regardless of the language of the game.

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Ga-Olé

Mewtwo appears in Pokémon Ga-Olé.

Disk No.	Name	Type	Grade
P	Mewtwo (Promotional disks)		—

Pokémon GO

A special Mewtwo wearing an exosuit could be encountered and caught in 5-star Raid Battles from July 10 to July 31, 2019, to tie into the Japanese release of Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution. It was brought back to raids from February 25 to March 2, 2020 for the international release of the film, this time knowing Psystrike as an event-exclusive move. Its cloned Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, and Pikachu were also made available during this event. Unlike other Event Pokémon, Armored Mewtwo's base stats and move pool are unique from its base form's. Armored Mewtwo's stats are based on Mewtwo's base stats from the core series, except its Attack and Special Attack are swapped with its respective defensive stats.

Armored Mewtwo

Additionally, Giovanni used Shadow Mewtwo during the Team GO Rocket takeover of GO Fest 2020. He also used Shadow Mewtwo during a Team GO Rocket rotation.

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Giovanni (Masters) → Mewtwo

Giovanni's Mewtwo appears alongside Giovanni as a sync pair.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#074		Giovanni	#0150		Mewtwo Mega Mewtwo Y	Psychic	Dark			★★★★★☆EX	Legendary Adventures Lurking Shadow

Pokémon Puzzle League

Mewtwo in official Pokémon Puzzle League artwork

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.

Pokémon

Pikachutwo

Squirtle (clone)

Bulbasaur (clone)

Pokémon Zany Cards

Mewtwo appears in Pokémon Zany Cards alongside Giovanni as Wild Match opponents and Special Seven opponents.

In the manga

Movie adaptations

Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back!

Mewtwo Strikes Back!

Mewtwo appeared in the manga adaptation of the first movie. Although his overall role in the adaptation was the same, he notably had a much different backstory. In this adaptation, Mewtwo looked up to Dr. Fuji as a father and ended up reluctantly destroying the lab, Fuji included, at the latter's request, in order to deny Giovanni's interest of mass-producing Mewtwo as weapons, an action that Mewtwo was still haunted by in the present day. He also had a CoroCoro cup competition set up to arrange for various Trainers to meet him instead of simply supplying them with invitations.

Pokémon

Created

Venusaur

Charizard

Blastoise

Used

Dragonite

Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution

Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution

In the manga adaptation of the first movie's remake, Mewtwo's role was the same as in the movie.

Pokémon

Created

Venusaur	Charizard	Blastoise
Pikachutwo ♂	Cloned Pokémon

Used

Fearow

Dragonite

Mewtwo in Pokémon Journeys

Pokémon Journeys

Mewtwo appeared in Getting More than You Battled For!, playing the same role as it did in the eponymous episode.

Moves used

Using Psychic	Move First Used In Psychic Getting More than You Battled For! Barrier Getting More than You Battled For! Shadow Ball Getting More than You Battled For!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Pokémon

Befriended

Mareep (×2)	Mudbray	Buneary
Patrat	Skitty

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards featuring or mentioning Mewtwo or his associated Pokémon.

Mewtwo 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	#
Mewtwo Strikes Back					Unnumbered Promotional cards
Rocket's Mewtwo		Gym Challenge		14/132	Challenge from the Darkness
		Best of Game		8
Rocket's Mewtwo ex		EX Team Rocket Returns		99/109	Rocket Gang Strikes Back		064/084
Striking Back Mewtwo					10th Movie Commemoration Set
Armored Mewtwo		SM Black Star Promos		SM228	SM-P Promotional cards		365/SM-P
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Dragonite		Wizards Black Star Promos		5	Pokémon Web		038/048
Charizard		SM Black Star Promos		SM226	SM-P Promotional cards		366/SM-P

Merchandise

SM11a accessories

The Remix Bout subset, the first associated with the Miracle Twin expansion, was officially released on July 5, 2019. Numerous TCG protection and storage solutions became available to purchase from the same day at a variety of retailers.

Sleeves: Each pack contains 64 card sleeves.

The Armored Mewtwo Premium Matte Sleeves (Japanese: デッキシールド プレミアム・マット アーマードミュウツー Deck Shield Premium•Matte: Armored Mewtwo) feature an official rendering of Mewtwo in its suit of armor as it appears in Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution. These sleeves were only available at select retailers, including Toys "R" Us, ÆON, Ito-Yokado, Uny, AL.PLAZA, TSUTAYA, and Bic Camera, participating cinemas, and at Pokémon Centers. These sleeves are also non-glossy and more durable than regular sleeves.

Sleeve images:

Armored Mewtwo Premium Matte Sleeves	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins
The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins
The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins
The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins
The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins

In other media

Pokémon Live!

Mewtwo appeared during the climax of Pokémon Live!. It made its entrance after blocking a Hyper Beam aimed at Ash by MechaMew2, an artificial robot Pokémon created by Giovanni as Mewtwo's replacement. At Giovanni's command, MechaMew2 used its ability to copy any attack to learn the attack Mewtwo tried to use on it. However, instead of a real attack, Mewtwo taught the robot the power of love, which caused it to turn against Giovanni and use Self-Destruct to destroy itself. Much like in Mewtwo Strikes Back, Mewtwo then proceeded to wipe Ash's memories, leaving him with no recollection of the encounter.

Trivia

Mewtwo's robotic suit in Pokémon Adventures

• One of Mewtwo's moves in Mewtwo Strikes Back, Shadow Ball, had not yet been introduced in the games at the time.
• The city that Mewtwo overlooks at the end of Mewtwo Returns resembles New York City. Structures similar to the Chrysler Building and MetLife Building can be seen in the distance. The narrator refers to it as "a faraway city".
• Mewtwo had a passing mention in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon. When the Mirage Mewtwo was created, the Mirage Master claimed, "This is not the same Mewtwo that you're all familiar with."
• Some elements revolving around Mewtwo are referenced in the FireRed & LeafGreen arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga:
  • After leaving Blaine, Mewtwo is revealed to have gained the ability to talk via telepathy.
  • Mewtwo's robotic suit from Mewtwo Strikes Back appears, but instead of being used to focus Mewtwo's powers, Giovanni uses the suit, called the "M2 Bind", to confine Mewtwo and gradually sap away its strength.
  • Mewtwo reveals that it was cloned from Mew's eyelash.
• Originally, Mewtwo was planned to return in Genesect and the Legend Awakened, but the idea was scrapped due to the character being considered the property of Takeshi Shudō's estate. As a result, a different Mewtwo was created to star in the movie in its place.

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

• Mew (M01)
• Mewtwo (M16)

Giovanni's Pokémon
On hand:	Persian
Status unknown:	Golem	Kingler	Kingler	Machamp	Rhydon	Cloyster
Escaped:	Mewtwo
Given away:	Koffing	Woobat	Yamask	Frillish	Amoonguss
Controlled:	Meloetta	Landorus	Tornadus	Thundurus
Origins only:	Charmander
Pocket Monsters only:	Hitmonlee	Hitmonchan
For Pokémon owned by the version of Giovanni that appears in Pokémon Adventures, see here; for a full list of Pokémon owned by the version of Giovanni that appears in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters series, see here

Recurring wild Pokémon in the animated series
Fearow	Ho-Oh	Meowth	Pink Butterfree	Haunter	Jigglypuff
Clefairy	Mewtwo	Slowking (M02)	Lapras	Suicune	Pichu Posse
Articuno (OS)	Lugia (OS)	Silver	Wynaut	Larvitar	Loudred
Spoink	Kyogre and Groudon (RS)	Articuno (RS)	Deoxys	Lake guardians	Marill
Hippopotas	Zekrom	Forces of nature	Carracosta	Meloetta	Reshiram
Malamar	Super-ancient Pokémon (XY)	Wooper	Florges	Squishy	Z2
Guardian deities	Bewear	Toucannon's flock	Stoutland	Exeggutor	Oranguru
Nebby	Lunala	Necrozma	Stufful	Ultra Beasts	Grandpa Forest
Melemele Greens	Mantine	Zeraora	Meltan	Shaymin	Magearna
Celebi	Wingull	Mew	Lugia (JN)	Thievul trio	Drednaw
Slowking (JN)	Legendary heroes	Mewtwo's friends	Cresselia	Darkrai	Dialga
Palkia	Heatran	Latias	RVT Wild Pokémon
Recurring wild Pokémon that have been caught
Caterpie	Gyarados	Aipom	Gible	Krokorok	Dedenne
Goodra	Litten	Rockruff	Mimikyu	Mareanie	Poipole
Eevee	Greedy Rapooh	Meltan	Scorbunny	Gengar	Sobble
Eternatus	Morpeko	Fuecoco	Wattrel	Quaxly	Pagogo

Pokémon the Series characters
Protagonists Ash Ketchum (Pikachu) • Misty (Togetic) • Brock • Tracey Sketchit • May • Max • Dawn (Piplup) • Iris (Haxorus) • Cilan • Serena • Clemont • Bonnie (Dedenne) • Lana • Kiawe • Lillie • Sophocles • Mallow • Rotom Pokédex • Goh (Grookey) Rivals Gary • Ritchie • Harrison • Drew • Harley • Morrison • Tyson • Solidad • Paul • Nando • Zoey • Kenny • Conway • Barry • Ursula • Trip • Bianca • Burgundy • Stephan • Georgia • Cameron • Aria • Alain • Miette • Tierno • Shauna • Trevor • Nini • Sawyer • Gladion • Horacio • Hau • Leon • Raihan • Horace • Bea • League Conference participants • Coordinators • Performers • World Coronation Series participants Antagonists Jessie (Wobbuffet) • James • Meowth • Giovanni • Butch • Cassidy • Dr. Namba • Matori • Pierce • Dr. Zager • Gozu • Tabitha • Maxie • Shelly • Archie • Hunter J • Saturn • Cyrus • Mars • Jupiter • Charon • Colress • Aldith • Ghetsis • Barret • Malamar • Lysandre • Mable • Celosia • Aliana • Xerosic • Bryony • Tupp • Zipp • Rapp • Plumeria • Guzma • Viren • Rose • Oleana Professors Professor Oak • Professor Ivy • Professor Elm • Professor Birch • Professor Rowan • Professor Carolina • Professor Juniper • Dr. Fennel • Cedric Juniper • Professor Sycamore • Professor Kukui • Professor Burnet • Professor Cerise • Professor Magnolia • Sonia • Professor Amaranth Relatives Delia Ketchum • Daisy • Violet • Lily • James's parents • Flint • Lola • Forrest • Brock's siblings • Norman • Caroline • Johanna • Chili • Cress • Grace • Meyer • Lana's father • Lana's mother • Harper and Sarah • Rango • Sima • Mimo • Kiawe's grandfather • Mohn • Lusamine • Gladion • Sophocles's parents • Molayne • Abe • Mallow's mother • Ulu • Walker • Camille • Halta Supporting Officer Jenny • Nurse Joy • Magikarp salesman • Todd Snap • Charles Goodshow • Casey • Liza • Sakura • Lance • Clair • Raoul Contesta • Mr. Sukizo • Steven Stone • Vivian Meridian • Robert • Scott • Lilian Meridian • Solana • Brandon • Marian • Yuzo • Rhonda • Cynthia • Reggie • Angie • Looker • Izzy and Cara • Lyra • Khoury • Tobias • Don George • Elder • Alder • Luke • Freddy O'Martian • Ingo • Emmet • Jervis • Virgil • N • Anthea and Concordia • Porter • Alexa • Sophie • Cosette • Clembot • Sanpei • Mairin • Astrid • Diantha • Korrina • Gurkinn • Monsieur Pierre • Palermo • Keanan • Malva • Samson Oak • Anela • Hobbes • Nina • Anna • Laki • Dana • Yansu • Wicke • Faba • Ilima • Acerola • Dia • Chloe • Chrysa • Ren • Parker • Talia • Lei • Danika • Quillon • Hop • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains • Island kahunas • Many temporary characters Supporting Pokémon Fearow • Ho-Oh • Squirtle Squad • Pink Butterfree • Haunter • Jigglypuff • Mewtwo • Mimey • Lapras herd • Granbull • Pichu Brothers • Lugia • Silver • Delibird • Wynaut • Larvitar • Kyogre and Groudon • Articuno • Deoxys • Lake guardians • Forces of nature • Meloetta • Reshiram • Super-ancient Pokémon • Wooper • Florges • Squishy • Z2 • Guardian deities • Bewear • Toucannon's flock • Stoutland • Oranguru • Nebby • Stufful • Ultra Beasts • Grandpa Forest • Necrozma • Lunala • Shaymin • Mew • Rotom Phones • Pelipper • Thievul trio • Eternatus • Drone Rotom • Legendary heroes • Latias • Recurring wild Pokémon
See also: Pokémon Horizons characters

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