Mewtwo

**Mewtwo** is a supporting character who appears in *The Angel of Reckoning*. It is a legendary Pokémon that was cloned from a Mew years prior to the events of the *Operation GEAR* series, and is tied to multiple characters, including Dr. Yung and Sheena Carnet.

## History

Mewtwo was created by Dr. Fuji, a scientist seeking to resurrect his daughter Amber through cloning. Giovanni and Team Rocket sponsored his work, intending to co-opt it for use to genetically engineer Pokémon for use as weapons. Fuji obtained Mew's DNA from a fossil he found in the jungles of Lapidaria, and spliced it with some of Amber's DNA and a gene known as the Berserk Gene, causing Mewtwo to grow larger and more humanoid than Mew.

When it awakened, Mewtwo went on a violent rampage and destroyed the facility on New Island where it was born, killing Fuji and his team. This included Dr. Yung's parents, a pair of scientists who worked on the project, directly leading to his grudge against Team Rocket. Mewtwo was then swayed to Giovanni's side for a time, but ultimately escaped and sought to define its place in the world through assertation of its superior powers. When it realized the foolishness of these actions, it left New Island with its clones and went to Johto, where it lived in seclusion and watched over them. Giovanni and a Team Rocket unit located it, but Mewtwo managed to defeat him and escape again, this time choosing to wander the world in solitude.

At some point in its travels, it went to Unova, where it was ambushed and captured by members of Polaris. These scientists conducted further experiments on it, and while it again escaped, their actions caused its voice to change from male to female (due to the latent DNA from Amber Fuji in its genes) and gave it the ability to Mega Evolve at will. As it explored this new ability, it discovered a group of Genesect that had been resurrected by Team Plasma. Identifying with their plight as they tried to understand their place in the modern world, it initially fought them before helping them find a place to live in peace. With the Genesect settled, Mewtwo returned to wandering.

Eventually, it met the Tenganist Prophet and learned of her suffering at the hands of Team Plasma and Ghetsis. It settled at the Sinjoh Ruins with her, where it often soaked in the underground Gaia spring and contemplated its life. While living there, it managed to gain full command of the powers Polaris's experiments gave it. It also learned from the resident Tenganists of Ghetsis's campaign against them, and came to sympathize with them.

During the events of *The Weight of the World (Part 2)*, while Ghetsis led a massive attack on Ecruteak City and took control of Ho-oh, Mewtwo decided to no longer wait on the sidelines and traveled there to confront him. He tried to argue with it, claiming that it should not ally with the Tenganists due to their working with Team Rocket, and that humanity in general always lies; Mewtwo refuted this, claiming that it was only fighting to defeat the greater evil, which in this case was Polaris. Disgusted, Ghetsis forced Ho-oh to fight against Mewtwo, who used both of its Mega Evolution forms in the battle. Once the Prophet used her Transcendence to free Ho-oh from Ghetsis's control, Mewtwo destroyed Colress's airship, but Ghetsis, Colress and the Shadow Triad were able to escape.

In *Father*, Mewtwo confronted Pierce at the Sinjoh Ruins, angry that Team Rocket would travel to the Tenganists' holy land. However, Anthea and Concordia were unwittingly able to appeal to its memories of living in Johto with its family of clones, delaying it enough that the Prophet could arrive and talk it down. She was able to help it understand what she was leading the Tenganist Liberation Front to accomplish by telling the story of the Coronet Rosary, Saeko Oryo and the Jewel of Life. It was later left alone to muse about the force connecting all of these elements, the mysterious cosmic parasite Dark Matter.

## Forms

In this form, Mewtwo is able to use Psystrike, Mega Punch, Submission and Aqua Tail, among other moves.

## Trivia

* In the *Operation GEAR* series, Mewtwo is an amalgamation of the two Mewtwo that appear in the canon of the Pokémon anime. Its origin and history up through leaving Johto is that of the Mewtwo from *Mewtwo Strikes Back*, *Mewtwo Returns* and *Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution*. After this point, it takes on the characteristics of the Mewtwo from *Mewtwo - Prologue to Awakening* and *Genesect and the Legend Awakened*, with the scenes of the second Mewtwo's creation repurposed to serve as scenes of Polaris experimenting on the original Mewtwo after capturing it.