Mewtwo: Difference between revisions

|firstgame = [[bulbapedia:Pokémon Red and Green Versions|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Green Versions'']] (1996) {{Flag|Japan}}

|games = ''[[Melee]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]''

|console = Game Boy

|species = Mewtwo

Due to being an immensely powerful genetic relative of a Mythical Pokémon, Mewtwo has the status of a {{s|bulbapedia|Legendary Pokémon}} in spite of its man-made origin. In-game, Mewtwo was designed to be the final Pokémon of Generation I, and has traits that highlight its status as such: not only is it difficult to find and capture, it belongs to the notoriously powerful Psychic type and sports the highest base stat total in the entire game, with especially high Special and Speed stats. Due to being arguably the strongest Pokémon in existence at the time, as well as its leading role in the franchise's [[bulbapedia:M01|first movie]], Mewtwo quickly garnered a good degree of fame and popularity among the ''Pokémon'' fanbase. Since then, Mewtwo's power has diminished due to various mechanical changes, although owing to its Legendary Pokémon status, it still remains significantly stronger than most common Pokémon.

However, Mewtwo has a change of heart after witnessing {{s|bulbapedia|Ash Ketchum}} sacrifice himself to stop a battle between its clone army and their originals; Mewtwo subsequently realizes that life is defined by one's actions instead of their origins. To this end, it begins to protect its fellow clones after whisking them away to {{s|bulbapedia|Johto}}'s {{s|bulbapedia|Mount Quena}}, a mountain that is virtually inaccessible by humans. After stopping Team Rocket's attempt at recapturing it and subsequently erasing their memories of its existence, Mewtwo decides to travel the world in order to avoid detection and find a purpose in its life, whereas its fellow clones decide to live peacefully among natural Pokémon in the wild. This Mewtwo reappears in a episode of ''Pokémon Journeys''.

The gender of Mewtwo is unknown, although this is not depicted consistently in other media. In the anime, the telepathically-generated voice for the first Mewtwo is male (which is reflected in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series), whereas the second Mewtwo featured in the sixteenth movie has a feminine voice. In comparison, the ''Detective Pikachu'' film's Mewtwo possesses an artificial, androgynous voice, but is referred to with male pronouns nonetheless.

==Trivia==

***Mewtwo is the only one of the four who does not hail from Square Enix, and is also the only one who is not a third-party character.

**It can undergo {{s|bulbapedia|Mega Evolution}} into Mega Mewtwo Y like the second Mewtwo.

**Its [[Boxing Ring#Character titles|Boxing Ring character title]], "A Legend Reawakens", references ''Genesect and the Legend Awakened''{{'}}s English title.

*Mewtwo is the only playable {{s|bulbapedia|Legendary Pokémon}} in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. It is also the only playable Pokémon without evolutionary relatives and whose gender is unknown.

**Despite this, it does possess a form of kinship with another Pokémon. In Mewtwo's case, it is one half of the {{s|bulbapedia|Mew duo}}.

*Mewtwo is the only playable Pokémon in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series not to be voiced by its international voice actors in non-Japanese versions. [[Pikachu]], [[Pichu]] and [[Charizard]] retain their Japanese voice actors in almost all international media.

*In all its appearances, Mewtwo only holds one item with its hands. In this case, it is the [[Parasol]] while gliding down. Otherwise, it uses telekinesis to make items float in front of it.

==References==