Mewtwo

The Genetic Pokémon
#150 - Mewtwo
Debut	Pokémon: Red Version Pokémon: Green Version
Species Info
Type	+
Height	2.0 m (6'07")
Weight	122.0 kg (269.0 lbs.)
Color	Purple
Gender Ratio	Genderless
Ability	Pressure
Hidden Ability	Unnerve
Egg Group	Unbreedable
Icon		Sprite
		File:150sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	106	Speed	130
Attack	110	Sp. Attack	154
Defense	90	Sp. Defense	90
Training Info
Catch Rate	003	Hatch Steps	30,720
Base Exp.	220	Effort Points	SpA
Happiness	0		SpA
To Lv.100	Slow		SpA

Kanto #	Johto #	Hoenn #	Sinnoh #
< 150 >	< 249 >
Unova #	Johto (IV) #
	< 254 >

Mewtwo is a powerful psychic Pokémon. He was the last of the original 150 Pokémon in the first generation games and one of the most powerful Pokémon to be found in the game.

Information

Mewtwo was created through years of horrific gene splicing and recombining DNA. He is mostly like Mew, however, it’s taller, more powerful, and has a more limited move set. Despite his power, Mewtwo wasn’t created to be compassionate, whether it was intentional or an unintended side effect is never explained.

Mewtwo was once an embryo in the womb of its mother, Mew. This makes Mew the only Pokémon known to give live birth. Scientists altered its growth during its gestation period, or the Mew was artificially inseminated. Whatever the case, Mewtwo was born in the Pokémon Mansion on Cinnabar Island. Mewtwo is suspected to have killed his creators. It is known that Mewtwo is responsible for the nickname Burnt Mansion. It then fled to Cerulean Cave, and hid in the most distant pit of it.

Mewtwo rarely moves its arms or legs to conserve energy. Though it can’t use every TM and HM, Mewtwo is still a force to be reckoned with, since it is more powerful. Combined with its antisocial behavior make it ruthless.

One of a Kind

Mewtwo has the distinction of possibly being the only one of a kind Pokémon. Others, like Ho-Oh, Lugia, and Deoxys can be captured in multiple games or make appearances in games multiple times, like Pokémon Colosseum. It’s theoretically possible that there is more than one Mewtwo, since one could trade a Mewtwo from one game to another that already has a Mewtwo. However there has been no in game mention of this, so whatever means Mewtwo would be able to reproduce is never thoroughly explained. (For the record, Mewtwo could be female, asexual, or breed with Dittos to reproduce; however in game Mewtwo lacks gender, and cannot breed with anything.)

In Pokémon Stadium, Mewtwo fights Red using himself. Silver owns a Mewtwo, Lugia, and Ho-Oh in Pokémon Stadium 2. Whether this is the same Mewtwo remains to be seen. They could, indeed, be two different Mewtwos. There is no in game evidence either way.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

Mewtwo can only be found in Cerulean Cave in Pokémon Red, Green, Blue and Yellow, as well as FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold and SoulSilver. It is only encountered once and found at the end of the cave.

Other Games

Mewtwo appears in Pokémon Pinball, where it is encountered only on the Indigo Plateau and is the last Pokémon to appear prior to Mew. It was also featured in its own bonus stage where the player had to hit it within two minutes. In Pokémon Stadium Mewtwo appears as the final enemy after the Gym Leader Castle is completed. In Pokémon Puzzle League, Mewtwo appears as the final boss of Very Hard or Super Hard modes, and claims to be the legendary Puzzle Master. Silver also has a Mewtwo alongside the legendary Pokémon Lugia and Ho-oh in Pokémon Stadium 2. In Pokémon Trozei!, Mewtwo could only be found in Mr. Who's Den.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams, Mewtwo was the boss of the Western Cave, found in the cave's ninety-ninth floor. He was shown to have put himself into suspended animation but battled anyone who disturbed his slumber. He was described as the most powerful Pokémon in this game, even compared to later legendary Pokémon such as Rayquaza. Mewtwo had to be defeated more than once before he would agree to join the player's party. In Explorers of Darkness, Mewtwo could be found in the sixth basement floor of the Dark Crater or the fifth basement floor of the Aegis Cave when the player has the Mystery Part or Secret Slab on them. In Explorers of Time, Mewtwo can only be obtained by downloading a special Wonder Mail from the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

In Pokémon Ranger: Explorers of Sky, Mewtwo will appear on a random floor of the Sky Stairway between the twenty-fifth and forty-ninth floors after receiving a challenge request and could then be recruited. In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, Mewtwo was found at Sky Fortress and Rand's House. Mewtwo also appeared in Pokémon Rumble, where it was achieved through a ticket for releasing Dialga, Palkia and Giratina.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• In Super Mario Maker, an 8-bit version of Mewtwo's appearance was one of the Mystery Mushroom costumes that Mario could transform into. It could be unlocked as a random prize for completing a 100 Mario Challenge on Normal or harder, or by scanning Mewtwo's amiibo.

Super Smash Bros.

Mewtwo also appears as a playable fighter in several games of the Super Smash Bros. series, starting as a hidden playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee. He was initially left out of the next two games, but he eventually returned as DLC for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U (being the first DLC fighter to be released, in April 2015) and as part of the base game for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He moves slowly, floats in the air and attacks with powerful psychic abilities. With his return, his character received some tweaks including a Final Smash where he Mega Evolved into Mega Mewtwo.

In Melee, he is unlocked by playing 700 Vs. Mode matches or by playing 20 hours of combined time in Vs. Mode. In Ultimate, he could be unlocked through the game's variable-based system for unlocking characters or by awakening him in Adventure Mode.

Although Mewtwo was left out of Brawl and replaced with Lucario, a text dump of the game listed him as a fighter, implying that he may have been intended to return at some point in the game's development.

Trophies/Stickers/Spirits

Mewtwo has also been represented by three unlockable trophies in Melee, a trophy in Brawl, a trophy in the 3DS/Wii U game, two trophies (plus one for his Final Smash in the Wii U game) that can be unlocked after purchasing his DLC for the 3DS/Wii U game and a Fighter Spirit (as well as a Primary Spirit of Mega Mewtwo Y) in Ultimate.

Ultimate: Adventure and Classic Modes

In the Adventure Mode of Ultimate, "World of Light", Mewtwo appeared in the opening scene among the fighters assembled to oppose Galeem and his Master Hand army. When Galeem unleashed his beams of light, Mewtwo was seen near Zelda, attempting to repel the beam with Confusion, only to be overtaken by the beam. Mewtwo could later be found within the Mysterious Dimension area, where he would join the playable roster upon his defeat.

Mewtwo's Classic Mode route was called "Psychic Control". In it, Mewtwo's opponents were mostly those who were subject to some sort of possession, body-swapping or corruption in their own series or adaptations. In each succeeding battle, Mewtwo had a character from the previous battle his teammate, implying that he had psychically taken control of them. The final boss of his route was Master Hand and Crazy Hand.

Other Media

• In the anime, Mewtwo was featured in the first movie. In it Mewtwo was created by a lab funded by Team Rocket and completely destroyed the laboratory. He was then tricked into serving Giovanni until he became tired of being used and fled. Mewtwo then created an army of Pokémon clones to destroy and replace the people and Pokémon of the world he believed to be corrupt. Mewtwo later reached an epiphany after a battle with Mew, Ash Ketchum and several other Pokémon trainers. Mewtwo made several additional anime appearances with a less malevolent role.
• Mewtwo has made several appearances in the Pokémon Adventures manga. It first appeared in the Red/Green/Blue arc, where it was shown that Mewtwo had been created by Blaine for Team Rocket using a combination of Mew's and, when he ran out of the former, his own DNA. This caused a symbiotic bond to form between the two, although Mewtwo later escaped. At the end of the arc Red and Blaine hunt down Mewtwo to put an end to the threat it posed, but Red was able to capture the Master Ball instead of taking down Mewtwo and Blaine with it. Blaine was then given Mewtwo and trained it, using it in battle during the Yellow arc until it was defeated by Lance who exploited that Mewtwo was dependent on Blaine to battle. Mewtwo was briefly seen in the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc, where Blaine was healed of his condition by Entei, which in turn severed the link between him and Mewtwo, leading to Mewtwo escaping his possession. Mewtwo reappeared in the FireRed/LeafGreen arc, where it teamed up with Red and his allies against Giovanni and Deoxys.

Trivia

• Its name simply plays after Mew's name and adds the two to signify that it is a clone.
• Although the real Mewtwo doesn't appear in the game, one of the Pokémon Signs in Pokémon Snap is a shadow shaped like Mewtwo.