Editing Mewtwo (section)

{{Short description|Fictional Pokémon species}}
{{Infobox character
| name      = Mewtwo
| image     = Mewtwo.png
| alt       = A large white and purple creature standing upright with its right arm outstretched towards viewer. It has a feline-shaped head, long purple tail and stomach, enlarged thighs, three fingers, and two toes.
| caption   = Mewtwo artwork by [[Ken Sugimori]]
| series    = [[Pokémon (video game series)|Pokémon]]
| firstgame = [[Pokémon Red and Blue|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'']] (1996)
| designer  = Ken Sugimori<ref name="yomiuri"/>
| voice     = {{Collapsible list|title=[[English language|English]]
|[[Jay Goede]] (''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', ''[[Pokémon Live!]]'', ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]'')
|[[Dan Green (voice actor)|Dan Green]] (''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]'', ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution]]'')
|Miriam Pultro (''[[Genesect and the Legend Awakened]]'')
|[[Christopher Corey Smith]] (''[[Detective Pikachu (video game)|Detective Pikachu]]'' games)
|Rina Hoshino & Kotaro Watanabe (''[[Detective Pikachu (film)|Detective Pikachu]]'' film)}}
{{Collapsible list|title=[[Japanese language|Japanese]]
|[[Masachika Ichimura]] (adult, and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'')<ref>{{cite video game | developer=[[HAL Laboratory]] | title=Super Smash Bros. Melee | publisher=[[Nintendo]] | scene=Ending credits, 0:28 in, Voice | year=2001}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXeHwKjkeuU -->
|[[Shōtarō Morikubo]] (young, ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'')
|[[Katsuyuki Konishi]] (''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon]]'')
|[[Reiko Takashima]] (''[[ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens]]'')
|[[Fujiko Takimoto]] (young, ''The Birth of Mewtwo'', CD drama)
|[[Keiji Fujiwara]] ([[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U|''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' and ''Wii U'']], ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'')<ref name="BTVA">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Pokemon/Mewtwo|title=Voice of Mewtwo|publisher=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=2015-04-15|archive-date=2015-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419081510/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Pokemon/Mewtwo|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Kōichi Yamadera]] and [[Sayaka Kinoshita]] (''[[Pokémon Detective Pikachu]]'' film)}}
| species  = Pokémon
| lbl21    = [[Pokémon types|Type]]
| data21   = Psychic (Mewtwo, Mega Mewtwo Y) <br> Psychic and Fighting (Mega Mewtwo X)
}}
'''Mewtwo''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Mewtwo Voice Line.ogg|ˈ|m|juː|t|uː}}; [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: {{lang|ja|ミュウツー}}, [[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]]: {{Transliteration|ja|Myūtsū}}) is a [[List of Pokémon|Pokémon species]] in [[Nintendo]] and [[Game Freak]]'s [[Pokémon|''Pokémon'' media franchise]]. It was first introduced in the [[video game]]s [[Pokémon Red and Blue|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'']], and later appeared in subsequent sequels and spin-off titles, such as ''[[Pokkén Tournament]]''  and [[Detective Pikachu (video game)|Detective Pikachu]]. In the video games, the player can fight and capture Mewtwo in order to subsequently pit it against other Pokémon. The player can first learn of Mewtwo late in ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'' by reading research documents left in a ruined [[laboratory]] on Cinnabar Island where Mewtwo has escaped. Mewtwo is regarded as one of the series' strongest Pokémon, often referred to as "the world's strongest Pokémon" in various media, and was the strongest in the original games in terms of base statistic distribution. It is known as the "Genetic  Pokémon"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mewtwo Pokédex {{!}} Pokémon Ref |url=https://www.pokemonref.com/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Pokemon Ref |archive-date=2022-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203125539/https://pokemonref.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and is a Legendary Pokémon, a special group of Pokémon that are very rare and usually very powerful.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mewtwo (Pokémon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia |url=https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mewtwo_(Pok%C3%A9mon) |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414193303/https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mewtwo_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29 |url-status=live }}</ref> <onlyinclude> Mewtwo has also appeared in various animated adaptations of the franchise.

[[Masachika Ichimura]] was the first to voice the original Mewtwo character in Japanese, and the creature's younger self is voiced by [[Fujiko Takimoto]] in the ''Sound Picture Box: Mewtwo's Origin'' [[CD drama]] and [[Showtaro Morikubo]] in the anime adaptation.</onlyinclude> In English, [[Jay Goede]] voiced Mewtwo in ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie]]'' (being credited under the [[pseudonym]] "Philip Bartlett"<ref name="BTVA Goede">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jay-Goede/|title=Jay Goede|publisher=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=2014-11-14|archive-date=2014-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118223614/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jay-Goede|url-status=live}}</ref>) and the ''[[Pokémon Live!]]'' musical, while [[Dan Green (voice actor)|Dan Green]] provided the voice for ''The First Movie''{{'}}s direct sequel, ''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]''.<ref name="absoluteanime">{{cite web |url=http://www.absoluteanime.com/pokemon/mewtwo.htm |title=Mewtwo Voice Actors |publisher=Absolute Anime |access-date=2008-10-21 |archive-date=2017-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011180959/http://www.absoluteanime.com/pokemon/mewtwo.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Rauzi, Robin |date=2000-04-06 |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/cl-movie000406-143,0,6593417.story |title=Pokemon: The First Movie |work=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=2008-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040336/http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/cl-movie000406-143,0,6593417.story |archive-date=2011-06-04 }}</ref> Green reprised the role in the 2019 remake of the first Pokémon movie, ''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution|Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution]]''.

Actress [[Reiko Takashima]] voiced a second, unrelated Mewtwo in the [[Pokémon (anime)|''Pokémon'' anime]] special ''Mewtwo: Prologue to Awakening'' and its direct sequel, ''[[Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened]]''; this second Mewtwo is voiced by actress Miriam Pultro in the English dub. Mewtwo has featured in other game franchises, such as ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series, in which Ichimura reprised in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and [[Keiji Fujiwara]] in [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U|''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' and ''Wii U'']] and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. A third Mewtwo also appears in the 2019 [[live-action animated film]] ''[[Detective Pikachu (film)|Detective Pikachu]]'', voiced simultaneously by Rina Hoshino and Kotaro Watanabe.