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Mewtwo Strikes Back
ミュウツーの逆襲 Mewtwo's Counterattack

Premiere

Nippon	July eighteen, 1998
U.s.a.	November 12, 1999

Home video

Nihon	Feb 12, 1999
The states	March 21, 2000

English themes

Opening	Pokémon Theme
Ending	We're a Phenomenon (Hey You) Complimentary Upward Your Heed If Only Tears Could Bring You Back Don't Say You Love Me

Japanese themes

Opening	めざせポケモンマスター'98
Ending	風といっしょに

Ratings

United states	K
Dandy Uk	PG
Ireland	PG
Canada	PG
Quebec	?
Japan	G
Germany	6
Australia	G
New Zealand	One thousand

Pokémon: The First Moving picture - Mewtwo Strikes Back (Japanese: 劇場版ポケットモンスター　ミュウツーの逆襲 Pocket Monsters the Movie: Mewtwo's Counterattack, officially known as Pocket Monsters the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back! in Japan), and also known in English simply equally Pokémon: The Start Flick, is the first Pokémon picture show. It debuted in Japanese theaters on July 18, 1998, and then made its mode to North American theaters on Nov 12, 1999.

Mewtwo Strikes Back was shown with the Pikachu short Pikachu'south Vacation.

The first anime special, Mewtwo Returns, is a sequel to this flick.

A 3D-animated remake, Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, was released in 2019.

Blurb

Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, had aggressive plans to take over the world, involving his latest experiment, a powerful clone of Mew—Mewtwo. Mewtwo is very powerful, and also very smart—smart enough to non want to be controlled by Giovanni. It escaped from the lab, and now Mewtwo begins to concoct its ain scheme, clandestinely inviting a number of Pokémon Trainers to the ultimate examination. Of grade, if it's an event for talented Trainers, Ash Ketchum will be correct in the front row!

Ash's excitement turns to fear and anger when Mewtwo reveals its plan for domination, creating powerful clones of all of the kids' Pokémon then it can even the "imbalance" between Pokémon and their Trainers. Despite Ash'southward protests, Mewtwo refuses to believe that Pokémon and people can exist friends. But faced with the decision of a immature Trainer and the love of his Pokémon, Mewtwo but might take to reconsider, specially when pitted confronting the power of the mysterious Mew!

Plot

Dr. Fuji, wanting to find a style to restore life by cloning, leads an expedition to Guyana afterwards finding show of a shrine dedicated to Mew, the world's about powerful—but now said to exist extinct—Pokémon. Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, funds Fuji'southward research in return for an enhanced, living replica of Mew. Finding a fossil of Mew, Fuji and his team create Mewtwo. Upon gaining consciousness, a dislocated Mewtwo asks itself who it is, what it is, and where information technology came from. Only then, Mewtwo fully wakes up in a stasis tube in one of Fuji's laboratories, where the scientists report it. Mewtwo breaks out of its exam tube; Dr. Fuji tells Mewtwo that it was made past humans and is a clone of, but much more powerful than Mew. Mewtwo is angry that the scientists come across it more as a consequence of their projection and less of a sentient being, and so it destroys the lab and kills all of the scientists. Dr. Fuji says to himself that he succeeded in creating the earth's well-nigh powerful Pokémon before dying at the hands of Mewtwo. Then, Giovanni arrives in his individual helicopter and offers to assistance Mewtwo focus its powers. Mewtwo takes up the offer and is put in a suit of armor.

Over the side by side few weeks, Mewtwo does most of Team Rocket's dirty piece of work, capturing wild Pokémon and beating any Trainer that challenges the Viridian Gym, including Gary Oak. When Giovanni tells Mewtwo his own twisted fashion of controlling Pokémon, Mewtwo angrily blasts away, destroying its armor, and vows from atop the island information technology was created on to brainstorm its reign on Earth.

A Dragonite shows up to deliver an invitation

Meanwhile, Ash, Misty, and Brock are preparing for lunch until a Trainer named Raymond shows upward and challenges Ash, who is happy to oblige. With his Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Pikachu, Ash hands beats Raymond. What he doesn't know is that he'due south being watched, not merely past Squad Rocket but by a mysterious third party. Jessie, James, and Meowth, who were besides watching the battle, don't have any food and watch hungrily every bit the gang eats Brock'due south cooking. Suddenly, a Dragonite flies in with a letter of the alphabet for Ash and his friends. It projects a hologram of a mysterious woman who tells the Trainers to head to Onetime Shore Wharf to get to an isle fortress called New Isle.

Afterwards, as a storm brews, the gang arrives at the Pokémon Eye, whose Nurse Joy has been missing for quite a while. Officer Jenny informs the Trainers gathered that the ferry to New Island has been canceled. Miranda, the pier master tells them that she has lived on the pier all her life and that the electric current storm is the fiercest she's e'er seen. She so tells a story to anybody present about how some people died in a storm many years ago, still, legend has information technology that the tears of a Pokémon restored the people to life.

Soon, nearly of the other Pokémon Trainers—ignoring Jenny and Miranda's warnings—have off for New Isle. Ash and the gang are eager to follow, merely none of their Pokémon are strong enough to handle the giant waves. Team Rocket, under disguise, gives Ash and the gang a boat ride. After, Team Rocket's disguise was uncovered. Even so, the storm proves too much for them, and as the strong wind and waves hit against the boat, it capsized and everyone was sent into the ocean. The gang saved themselves past using Ash'south Squirtle and Misty's Staryu to get to New Island.

As the heroes barely arrive at New Island, the mystery woman from the hologram letter of the alphabet greets them and takes them to the dining room to run across the other Trainers who arrived safely. Brock says that she looked familiar, nevertheless, the woman denies it and shows them to the castle.

Meanwhile, as Squad Rocket tries to get inside the fortress, the Mythical Pokémon Mew senses something troubling and arrives at New Island, and follows closely behind Squad Rocket.

Mewtwo greets Trainers to New Island

As they arrive in the dining room, Ash and the gang meet three Pokémon Trainers named Neesha, Fergus, and Corey. Just then, the mystery woman introduces everybody in the room to her master, who is revealed to be none other than Mewtwo. Fergus insults Mewtwo, who sends him flying. Fergus has his Gyarados set on with Hyper Axle, just Mewtwo easily reflects it. So, Mewtwo releases the adult female from its ability, Brock quickly catches her, and information technology is revealed that the mystery woman is the missing Nurse Joy. Mewtwo tells the Trainers that humans are weak and barbarous, and have made all Pokémon their slaves. It also says that Pokémon are no better off since they choose to associate with humans.

As Team Rocket gets into the fortress and make their way into a laboratory, they come beyond a weird-looking automobile, a figurer, and several Pokémon sleeping in behemothic pods. Jessie accidentally sits on the computer controls, which plays back a recorded message from Dr. Fuji virtually the fossilized eyelash of Mew that was used to create Mewtwo. Suddenly, the machine takes a piece of hair from Meowth to create a clone of him. Summoned past Mewtwo, the cloned Pokémon awaken and go out to their master.

Mewtwo leads Ash and the other Trainers into the stadium part of the fortress and suggests that they should battle Pokémon to come across who is the strongest, the clones versus the originals. Ash's Charizard, Corey's Venusaur, and Neesha's Blastoise are no friction match for Mewtwo's clones. Mewtwo and so summons its ain specialized Poké Balls, the Mewtwo Balls, and uses them to capture Charizard, Venusaur, and Blastoise, claiming them as its prize. Mewtwo then announces that the other Pokémon will be taken to be cloned. The clones will remain safe on the isle while Mewtwo'due south storms destroy the planet. Mewtwo then sends the Balls later on the Pokémon.

Neesha attempts to protect her Pokémon

Immediately, all the Trainers are on the run. Some Pokémon are captured earlier they realize what'south happening, some attempt to outrun the Mewtwo Balls, and some attempt to use their attacks to defend themselves. Nevertheless, it proves to be useless as virtually all the Pokémon stop up existence captured one by ane. Ash deduces that Pokémon inside their Poké Assurance should be safety from capture and recalls Bulbasaur and Squirtle. Even so, it turns out to be no use, as the Mewtwo Assurance instead capture the Poké Balls whole with Bulbasaur and Squirtle still inside. Brock suggests carrying the Pokémon away, but while Misty successfully hides Togepi inside her backpack, Psyduck and Vulpix aren't so lucky and are also caught.

Pikachu is the only Pokémon however uncaptured, and as a outcome, he's now the simply target of the Mewtwo Balls. Ash uses his body to block them, giving Pikachu a chance to run. Pikachu heads towards a nearby suspended staircase and uses Thunder Shock to accept out a few of the Mewtwo Balls. Ash follows him up the staircase. Pikachu is forced to use his Thunder Shock every few seconds, which in combination with constantly being on the run, leaves him wearied. As a result, Pikachu is forced off the staircase while dodging the Balls, falling a long way. Ash jumps off afterward Pikachu to protect him, simply before he can grab his friend, a Mewtwo Brawl finally manages to capture Pikachu. Ash grabs the Ball before he falls into the pool of water at the base of the staircase, and loses his grip on it underwater. Ash follows information technology, out of the pool, and towards the entrance to the laboratory where Squad Rocket is.

The aforementioned machine that cloned Meowth earlier is at present processing all of the Mewtwo Balls, and Ash grabs the i Pikachu is in but as the machine does likewise. Fighting against the machine'southward many arms, Ash eventually manages to get the Mewtwo Ball away, destroying the motorcar in the process. Pikachu is released from the Mewtwo Brawl and shakes himself off. Happily, he reunites with Ash, but the clones are now freed from their stasis tubes, prepared to join Mewtwo. The remaining Mewtwo Balls are released from the auto in an explosion, and all open to free the Pokémon inside, including Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and their Poké Balls.

Mewtwo releases the other humans and is soon joined by its clone army. Ash emerges from the smoke with his and every Trainer'southward Pokémon and proclaims that they won't let Mewtwo's plan succeed. He tries to dial Mewtwo, but Mewtwo's forcefulness field knocks him downwards. Ash goes in for another dial, but this time Mewtwo sends him flying at a high betoken of the castle. Ash is saved from the blow by a large, pink bubble. Then Mew comes onto the scene, having created the chimera that protected Ash. The playful Pokémon is soon targeted past a Shadow Ball from its clone, Mewtwo, who says that clones are far more powerful than the originals. Mew communicates with Mewtwo that a Pokémon'south real strength comes from the centre, which is translated by Meowth. Disgusted, Mewtwo throws another Shadow Ball at Mew, who dodges it, but the blast hits Ash. With Mewtwo blocking all the Pokémon'southward special moves, a widespread melee begins between the Pokémon and their clones.

Ash survives the blast but is horrified to see all the Pokémon fighting their clones, especially Pikachu getting slapped endlessly by his clone. He eventually falls back downward to the stadium floor, prompting Misty, Brock, and Nurse Joy to come to his aid. They see now how horrible this kind of fighting is, and that the originals and clones will never give up, resulting in their deaths. Ash realizes someone has to accept a stand and refuse to fight like Pikachu is.

As Team Rocket also look on in horror, Meowth talks with his clone about how, no matter how dissimilar people are, they all share a lot in common on this planet.

Just as Mew and Mewtwo are emanating large auras of psychic free energy in preparation for their most powerful energy blasts, Ash, frightened and angered past the continuous fighting, runs between them, demanding them to end their futile battle. The 2 blasts of energy strike with Ash in the crossfire, and due to the magnitude of concentrated power, Ash is turned to rock. Mewtwo, shocked past Ash's recklessness, calls him a fool.

The stadium becomes silent, save for Pikachu, who runs to Ash's side. After trying to wake him up, Pikachu uses his Thunderbolt in vain, as Ash stays unmoving and has no sign of life. Pikachu begins to cry at losing his best friend, equally do the remainder of the Pokémon in the stadium due to Ash's noble and brave cede in the proper noun of their salvation. The tears of all the Pokémon come up together and magically revive Ash, bringing him back to life simply similar in the story Miranda told earlier.

After witnessing all of this, Mewtwo states that information technology does non affair who is more powerful, that the clones and originals both accept value, and that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant: it is what one does with life that determines ane'due south destiny. Mewtwo as well says that it would be best if no one knew about what happened. When Mewtwo flies off, it tells Ash that it will find a identify where it and the clones can alive in peace. Equally a result, all of the memories of this event are erased from the Trainers' minds.

Ash, Misty, Brock, and everyone else instantly find themselves back at the Pokémon Center with no retention of their run a risk on New Isle. Nurse Joy is also back, offering shelter from the storm. Going out to the pier, Ash sees Mew in the clouds as the storm ends and tells Misty and Brock that when his journey began he saw a mysterious Pokémon, and now he believes he just saw another. Misty thinks that Ash was just imagining it, but Brock points out that possibly he wasn't. With that, the 3 friends prepare to go on their journey.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket, on the now-empty and light-green New Island and with no clue how they got hither, decide to have a vacation every bit the credits brainstorm to roll.

Major events

Ash's Squirtle is revealed to know Bubble Beam.
Ash, Misty, and Brock encounter Mewtwo and Mew, but Mewtwo afterward makes them forget about the run into.
Ash sees Mew over again, just does not recognize it since his memory has been erased.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please meet the timeline of events.

Debuts

Mewtwo (M01)
Mew (M01)
Alakazam
Donphan
Nidoqueen
Seadra
Golduck
Wigglytuff

Characters

Humans

Ash
Misty
Brock
Jessie
James
Gary Oak (cameo)
Giovanni
Nurse Joy
Officer Jenny
Dr. Fuji
Neesha
Fergus
Corey
Miranda
Raymond
Amber (Kanzenban version only)
Team Rocket Grunts
Announcer
Trainers
Scientists

Pokémon

Corey riding his Pidgeot to New Isle

Mewtwo standing with the Pokémon it cloned

Pikachu (Ash's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Togepi (Misty'due south)
Bulbasaur (Ash'southward)
Charizard (Ash's)
Squirtle (Ash's)
Staryu (Misty'due south)
Psyduck (Misty's)
Vulpix (Brock's)
Weezing (James's)
Nidoking (Gary'southward)
Arcanine (Gary'south)
Western farsi (Giovanni's)
Donphan (Raymond's)
Machamp (Raymond'south)
Golem (Raymond'due south)
Venomoth (Raymond's)
Pinsir (Raymond's)
Gyarados (Fergus's)
Seadra (Fergus's)
Nidoqueen (Fergus's)
Golduck (Fergus's)
Tentacruel (Fergus's)
Vaporeon (Fergus's)
Pidgeot (Corey's)
Scyther (Corey's)
Hitmonlee (Corey's)
Venusaur (Corey's; Bruteroot)
Sandslash (Corey's)
Rhyhorn (Corey's)
Dewgong (Neesha's)
Wigglytuff (Neesha'due south)
Blastoise (Neesha's; Shellshocker)
Vileplume (Neesha'due south)
Ninetales (Neesha's)
Rapidash (Neesha's)
Bulbasaur (Dr. Fuji's, Bulbasaurtwo; Kanzenban version only)
Charmander (Dr. Fuji'due south, Charmandertwo; Kanzenban version only)
Squirtle (Dr. Fuji'south, Squirtletwo; Kanzenban version only)
Tauros (Team Rocket Grunts'; new; multiple)
Mewtwo (M01)
Fearow (Mewtwo'south)
Dragonite (Mewtwo's)
Mew (M01)
Onix (Trainer's)
Alakazam (Trainer's)
Magneton (Trainer'south)
Caterpie (Trainer's)
Weedle (Trainer's)
Raticate (Trainer's)
Spearow (Trainer's)
Ekans (Trainer's)
Raichu (Trainer'due south)
Sandshrew (Trainer's)
Nidorino (Trainer's)
Oddish (Trainer's)
Vileplume (Trainer's)
Venonat (Trainer's)
Growlithe (Trainer'south)
Poliwhirl (Trainer's)
Bellsprout (Trainer'due south)
Slowpoke (Trainer'southward)
Drowzee (Trainer'southward)
Kingler (Trainer's)
Electabuzz (Trainer's)
Pikachu (Pikachutwo)
Venusaur (cloned)
Charizard (cloned)
Blastoise (cloned)
Bulbasaur (cloned)
Squirtle (cloned)
Psyduck (cloned)
Vulpix (cloned)
Meowth (cloned)
Gyarados (cloned)
Seadra (cloned)
Nidoqueen (cloned)
Golduck (cloned)
Tentacruel (cloned)
Vaporeon (cloned)
Pidgeot (cloned)
Scyther (cloned)
Hitmonlee (cloned)
Sandslash (cloned)
Rhyhorn (cloned)
Dewgong (cloned)
Wigglytuff (cloned)
Vileplume (cloned)
Ninetales (cloned)
Rapidash (cloned)

Cast

Cast
Ash	Veronica Taylor	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	サトシ	松本梨香
Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	ピカチュウ	大谷育江
Misty	Rachael Lillis	Kasumi	Mayumi Iizuka	カスミ	飯塚雅弓
Togepi	Satomi Koorogi	Togepi	Satomi Koorogi	トゲピー	こおろぎさとみ
Brock	Eric Stuart	Takeshi	Yūji Ueda	タケシ	うえだ　ゆうじ
Jessie	Rachael Lillis	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	ムサシ	林原めぐみ
James	Eric Stuart	Kojirō	Shin-ichiro Miki	コジロウ	三木眞一郎
Meowth	Addie Blaustein	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	ニャース	犬山イヌコ
Nurse Joy	Megan Hollingshead	Joy	Ayako Shiraishi	ジョーイ	白石文子
Officeholder Jenny	Lee Quick	Junsar	Chinami Nishimura	ジュンサー	西村ちなみ
Giovanni	Ed Paul	Sakaki	Hirotaka Suzuoki	サカキ	鈴置洋孝
Narration	Ken Gates	Narration	Unshō Ishizuka	ナレーション	石塚運昇
Special appearances past
Mewtwo	Philip Bartlett	Mewtwo	Masachika Ichimura	ミュウツー	市村正親
Mew	Kōichi Yamadera	Mew	Kōichi Yamadera	ミュウ	山寺宏一
Corey	Ed Paul	Sorao	Tōru Furuya	ソラオ	古谷徹
Neesha	Amy Birnbaum	Sweet	Aiko Satō	スイート	佐藤藍子
Fergus	Jimmy Zoppi	Umio	Wataru Takagi	ウミオ	高木渉
Raymond	Addie Blaustein	Raymond	Raymond Johnson	レイモンド	レイモンドジョンソン
Miranda	Lisa Ortiz	Voyager	Sachiko Kobayashi	ボイジャー	小林幸子
Dr. Fuji	Philip Bartlett	Dr. Fuji	Yosuke Akimoto	フジ博士	秋元羊介

Soundtrack

Main article: Pokémon the First Movie (soundtrack)

Manga adaptation

Main article: Mewtwo Strikes Back! (manga)

Scenes in episodes

Giovanni controlled Mewtwo with a special conform of armor

The episodes The Battle of the Badge, It's Mr. Mime Fourth dimension and Showdown at the Po-ké Corral feature Mewtwo in scenes that prelude this movie. These episodes were supposed to air before the movie premiere, simply due to the anime's four-month hiatus after the seizures caused past the banned episode EP038, the episodes ended up ambulation on September 17, 24, and Oct 8, 1998, respectively, whereas the movie premiered on July 18.

The scene in which Nidoking and Arcanine battle Mewtwo is adapted from Gary's battle against Giovanni in The Battle of the Badge, but there are several differences betwixt the two versions. The movie has a different perspective and animation, mostly evident in Mewtwo's appearance, which is more than cartoony in the episode as opposed to the elaborate design of its armor in the movie. Mewtwo's whole body glows when it uses Psychic against Nidoking and Arcanine in the episode, but merely its eyes glow in the picture show. Mewtwo's chin is covered past its armor in the movie, simply information technology is exposed in the episode. It is unknown whether this is an error or design change, since what looks like the mentum could have been function of the armor if colored differently. Giovanni'due south position too differs: he stands upwardly and walks frontwards earlier sending out Mewtwo in the episode, but stays seated in the pic.

In It's Mr. Mime Time, Mewtwo makes a cameo when the Rocket Trio go to Team Rocket HQ, apologize to Giovanni, and have a cursory video chat with him. The upward-panning shot of Mewtwo uses the aforementioned animation of when Mewtwo is first shown in its armor, though this scene chronologically took place after the scene in the picture show.

The scene of Mewtwo blasting out of Team Rocket HQ in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral is also shown in the moving picture's prologue. The explosion in the episode has a different perspective and animation, just both shots of Mewtwo flying away use the same animation. The shot of Giovanni'southward helicopter taking off in this episode uses the same animation (played in contrary) of the same helicopter landing on New Island in the film.

Alternate versions

Kanzenban version

In Japan the theatrical version had only two home video releases (VHS, February 12, 1999; LaserDisc, July 17, 1999) and was never shown on Television. A new version of the movie, known as the kanzenban (Japanese: 完全版 full version), has been shown in all telly airings in Nihon (the first ane existence on July 8, 1999) and in the Japanese home video releases from the tertiary one (VHS, November 12, 1999) onward: this version contains boosted scenes and CGI edits.

Additional scenes

Main article: The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin

A 10-minute brusk known as (Japanese: ミュウツーの誕生 The Nascence of Mewtwo) was added at the beginning of the picture in the "kanzenban" version: this short details the history of Mewtwo's cosmos (based on the radio drama The Nascence of Mewtwo), increasing the picture show'southward length from 75 to 85 minutes and the prologue's length from ten to twenty minutes. Although the kanzenban was created to be later used in the United states, the N American theatrical version (Nov 12, 1999) removed the brusk while nevertheless using the footage from the kanzenban for the rest of the movie instead of the footage from the Japanese theatrical version. On March 21, 2000, Mewtwo Strikes Back was released in habitation video in the United States, and both the VHS and the DVD included the start two minutes of the short dubbed in English as The Story of Mewtwo'southward Origin: in the VHS these scenes were added to the beginning of the movie while in the DVD they were included as an actress. On June 23, 2000, a Japanese DVD of the movie was released with both a Japanese and an English audio rails, and this marked the kickoff time the total English dubbed version of the curt was available; information technology was later included under the championship The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin in the Special Features of the international DVD of Mewtwo Returns, released on August 17, 2001 in Commonwealth of australia and on December 4, 2001 in the United States.

The first scene (the but one that was included on the American VHS/DVD release of the movie) centered effectually a group of explorers who found an ancient engraving of Mew and a fossil of its eyelash.
The 2d detailed Dr. Fuji's attempts to clone his daughter, who had died as a kid, Mew, and the Kanto starters.
The concluding scene detailed a young Mewtwo'south telepathic interaction with clones of the Kanto starters and Bister Fuji.

CGI edits

All the following edits were made for the "kanzenban" then used in international releases of the movie:

In the wide shot of Mewtwo facing Dr. Fuji, who is explaining to information technology how it was created, 2 large test tubes were shown positioned on either side of the screen in front end of the characters and magnifying them. These were pushed off to the edge of the screen in the newer version of the film.
When Mewtwo is beingness suited up with armor, Giovanni is covered in shadow (much like his first appearances in the anime). In the newer version the scene was changed then he could be seen better, probably because his identity in the anime had already been revealed in Battle of the Bluecoat.
A CGI panning effect was added to the Gym floor when Mewtwo battles a Trainer's Onix.
When Mewtwo beginning summons the storm, the shadow colour on its manus is changed from purple to pink-red.
Mew floating upwardly to the surface of the water in a chimera was completely re-animated.
Throughout the film, the original hand-drawn clouds of Mewtwo's storm are replaced with more realistic-looking CGI clouds. The water in the storm is too altered to have unlike shades of blue.
Mewtwo'due south castle is changed from hand-drawn to CGI.
The shot of the large doors opening was replaced with CGI doors. When the door closes in front of Ash, the scene now pans all the mode back to Team Rocket facing the door when it was originally a dissolve.
Some other CGI panning effect was added for the shot of Rhyhorn charging toward Mewtwo.
The big reveal of Mewtwo's stadium was rendered with CGI.
The scene of Ash walking forward with all the rescued Pokémon was altered to have them fade into sight. In the original, they were drawn as black silhouettes slowly walking outward through the smoke and their bodies interacted with it more. This was also seen in the U.s.a. trailer of Pokémon the First Movie.
When Ash is looking down at the Pokémon fighting their clones, they were all originally drawn as silhouettes.
The tears of life from the Pokémon were changed to CGI.

Large exam tubes moved
Reanimation Mew in the bubble
Big doors replaced with CGI doors
Hand-drawn clouds replaced with CGI clouds

Digitally remastered version

Similar to Pokémon - I Choose You! and Holiday Hi-Jynx, the Kanzenban version of this movie was digitally remastered to HD, consummate with slight color correction. An mistake is as well corrected where Raymond's Machamp now comes out of its Poké Ball only in one case. It was released on Blu-Ray in Japan on November 28, 2012 with a boxset containing all the movies up to M13, and aired on May 3, 2013 on Idiot box Tokyo. The dub (which retains the 4Kids audio) aired on Cartoon Network January 4, 2014, and was re-released on Pokémon Television receiver June 6, 2015. In improver to all of the changes in the Japanese version, The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin is one time again cut out, along with the Alakazam fault in the Cartoon Network version. The opening* and ending* credits are retyped in a TPCi font instead of Comic Sans, and the copyright year 2014 (2015 for the re-release) was added to the end of the credits. The Warner Bros. distribution screen at the finish was removed.

Remake

Main article: Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Development

The picture show was remade as a 3D-animated pic titled Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution. It debuted in Japanese in July 2019 and in English in February 2020.

Trivia

The quaternary Trainer seen on the far right earlier leaving

The female Trainer leaving for New Island on a Fearow

This movie was released between EP054 and EP055 in Japan. However, it chronologically takes place onetime afterwards EP065, where Mewtwo is seen escaping from Team Rocket HQ. This mismatch was caused by the Pokémon Shock incident causing the anime to be put on hiatus for several months.
- Had the hiatus non occurred, this picture show would have probable premiered between EP068 and EP069.
At x minutes, this moving-picture show has the longest prologue. The prologue was farther extended to twenty minutes in the Japanese extended version and twelve minutes in the international extended version.
- According to Takeshi Shudō, the prologue was only added after it was clear that the hiatus would make it impossible to accept Mewtwo appear in the TV series before the movie's premiere.^[1] Originally, Mewtwo would offset announced onscreen when information technology revealed itself to the Trainers on New Island.
According to Takeshi Shudo'south notes on the motion-picture show, Ash was petrified but not killed when Mewtwo and Mew's Psychic blasts collided with him, and the tears but restored him.
Some of the Pokémon on the affiche did non appear in the movie.
Several moves were used past Pokémon in this movie that were not yet available in the games. Mewtwo used Shadow Brawl, Blastoisetwo used Rapid Spin, and Raymond's Donphan (itself a Pokémon non nevertheless available) used Rollout.
Other than Corey, Fergus, and Neesha, a female fourth Trainer takes off from the pier on the dorsum of a Fearow. She is seen flying Fearow while Fergus and Neesha ride their Gyarados and Dewgong. She likely never made it to New Isle, unlike the others.
- She is the only character who leaves for New Island but never appears again. Mewtwo wipes the memories of everyone on New Island and transports them back to the mainland (except for Team Rocket), but this Trainer completely disappears.
Of the Pokémon seen at the gathering, only Misty'southward Togepi was not captured and cloned by Mewtwo due to Misty hiding it in her haversack.
Though Mewtwo endemic a cloned Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise, they were not cloned from the Trainers' Pokémon. They were supposedly cloned from Pokémon Mewtwo had previously acquired itself. Despite this, all three of the Trainers' Pokémon were captured by Mewtwo anyway.
- These three Pokémon are the fully-evolved forms of Mewtwo's childhood friends, who died when Mewtwo was young.
In the English dub, Jessie makes a reference to Frankenstein.
In Japan, this movie (paired with the Pikachu's Holiday short) was released on LaserDisc, being the just Pokémon media to be released on this medium.
The North American VHS release features an introduction to the tape's contents past Professor Oak, utilizing footage from his lecture on Alakazam from EP066.
Despite the English dub using the kanzenban footage, the opening of the original North American DVD release uses a manus-drawn shot of the big doors opening.
The title of this movie is also used in Mewtwo'southward trailer for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U.
The picture show's first trailer showed several prominent scenes that never appear in the final cutting. Well-nigh notable were scenes of Ash fleeing an explosion, a woman who looks like Misty accompanying Miranda and a younger grapheme, and Team Rocket standing on a warship.
On the 23rd anniversary of the movie'south release, Masahiro Sakurai posted an image to Twitter homaging the scene of Pikachutwo slapping Pikachu and mentioning the scene ever made him cry. ^[two]

Errors

Machamp being sent out by Raymond is shown twice.
Early in the motion-picture show, Pikachu defeats Raymond's Golem with Thunderbolt, which should take had no outcome because Golem is a Ground-type.
Mewtwo is colored pink as it begins creating the storm. In a later on shot of Mewtwo intensifying the storm, its color is corrected.

Fergus and Corey's backpacks shrink. As well, the elevation epitome shows the 4th Trainer who left for New Island.

In two very similar shots at the beginning and end of the movie, every bit Officer Jenny warns the Trainers about the tempest, the backpacks of Corey and Fergus drastically compress in size.
When Fergus releases his Gyarados into the water to ride on its back, its lips are blue instead of xanthous.
When Jenny's hat flies off, the loops of Miranda'south earrings are completely colored in.
In the English dub, three Pokémon are referred to past the wrong name. Pidgeot is called Pidgeotto, Scyther is chosen Alakazam, and Sandslash is called Sandshrew. In the sound commentary, 4Kids stated that they decided to leave the Alakazam error every bit something for the children watching to detect and considering they felt it was plausible that Squad Rocket could brand a mistake. This was cutting out for the dub of the remastered version when it was aired on Cartoon Network, but restored when information technology was re-released on Pokémon Television.
- In addition, the closed captioning for the re-release and on Pokémon TV have Corey correctly referring to his Pokémon as a Pidgeot.
Fergus states that all of his Pokémon are Water types in the English dub, but he too has a Nidoqueen, a Poison/Ground-type Pokémon.
While Ash is looking at Fergus's Pokémon in the dub, his Japanese vocalism tin can exist faintly heard over the vocalisation of the Pokémon.
When Fergus runs over to his injured Gyarados, his Nidoqueen has the color scheme of a Nidoking.
Correct before Ash charges at Mewtwo, one frame shows Rapidash without its flames. This was fixed in subsequently releases.
In the shot afterward Corey shows his Pokémon to Ash and his friends, Ash'southward pupils are entirely brown instead of more often than not blackness with some brown.
When the clones enter with an explosion and sally from the fume, Pikachutwo'southward black-tipped ears are the same equally a normal Pikachu's and Golduck is greenish teal instead of bluish.
Pikachutwo's cheek pouches surge with electricity even though Mewtwo blocked the Pokémon'southward special abilities.
- However, the Japanese dialogue says nothing about the Pokémon'southward abilities existence blocked, and they only clash physically out of pure hatred.
In India, Hungama TV used the original Japanese version of this movie equally a source for the Hindi dub, instead of using the English language dub as is done for the episodes of the anime, resulting in several dubbing errors:
- In The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin, Charmander'due south Japanese voice can be heard.
- In ane scene, a Trainer calls his Kingler with an unknown name.
- In another scene, Neesha calls her Blastoise by its Japanese proper name, Kamex.
- In the cloning scene, Meowth says "Chikorita" when speaking about Vaporeon.
- When Meowth talks with the clone Meowth, one line in human language was said by the clone Meowth despite the fact that the clone Meowth can't speak the human language.

Typo listing Billy Crawford as "Bolly Crawford" in the Hard disk remastered version

The retyped ending credits for the English language dub of the remastered version misspell Don't Say Y'all Love Me as Don't Say Your Love Me and accidentally list Bolly Crawford instead of Baton Crawford as the vocalist of the opening song.
On the DVD scene pick, Togepi is listed every bit Pokémon #152. Nevertheless, prior to the release of Pokémon Golden and Silvery, Togepi had been given #152 in other media equally well.
In the Swedish dub, when Jessie comments on Meowth's hair being cloned, her voice is computerized similar the car that speaks afterward.

Dub edits

The bulletin and themes of the movie were inverse in the English dub. The Japanese version explores ethical themes of existensialism, whereas the English dub replaces information technology with an anti-violence message. This was explained by Takeshi Shudo in his blog.^[three]
Mewtwo'south personality and goal are different between the original version and the English dub. In the English dub, Mewtwo is more boastful most its powers and certain about superiority to Mew and wants to destroy the earth with a hurricane it created to get revenge on humanity. In the original version, Mewtwo is instead portrayed every bit a confused being who questions its worth as a clone and wished to have a more direct confrontation with humanity.
Giovanni was never mentioned by the scientists in the laboratory in the original version, and all the references to him were added in the English dub.
There was no alarm sounding during Mewtwo'south awakening in the Japanese version.
The dialogue in the scene where Dr. Fuji tells Mewtwo about its origins was altered in the English language dub. In the original version, Mewtwo asks if Mew is its female parent or father, and when Dr. Fuji tells that neither "yes" or "no" would be a incorrect respond, it asks if it was created by God. To this, Dr. Fuji replies that in this world, the but ones capable of creating life are God and humans, and Mewtwo was created through man science.
- In improver, the Japanese version had the scientists presently earlier Mewtwo'due south rampage merely congratulating themselves on a job well washed with Mewtwo'southward creation. The English dub had added references to creating a new tank and implying that they'll stuff Mewtwo in a cage until the tank's set up, presumably to make the scientists less sympathetic before they were killed by their creation.
While Giovanni tells Mewtwo about seeing it as a valuable partner in the English language dub, in the Japanese version, he tells information technology that there is something even stronger than information technology in this world, to which Mewtwo replies, "Humans?" receiving a nod of approval from Giovanni.
Giovanni denies that Mewtwo'southward armor is meant to suppress its powers in the English dub, stating that it is rather meant to "focus" them. In the original Japanese, Giovanni says that Mewtwo's job is to fight for Team Rocket.
In the scene of Mewtwo alone in Giovanni's headquarters, no dialogue was originally heard. In the English dub, Mewtwo thinks well-nigh its purpose.
In the original release for the moving picture, Raymond'due south Machamp is shown coming out of its Poké Ball twice. Information technology is unknown whether this was mistakenly repeated or intentionally washed for dynamic issue, just information technology would seem to be a mistake as this was corrected when the digitally remastered version came out.
When Meowth complains virtually his hunger, Jessie takes out a frying pan and states that she could cook something, to which Meowth replies "Thanks, but the last time y'all cooked, y'all took out eight of my 9 lives." In the Japanese version, Jessie simply points out that she has a frying pan, to which Meowth replies that without meat and vegetables, it is zero more than an iron pan.
Miranda's story well-nigh the power of Pokémon tears to revive people only exists in the English version. Originally, she only says that the storm is the greatest she has always seen.
During the opening song afterward Bulbasaur defeats Raymond's Donphan, Ash'south mouth moves. He says nothing in the Japanese version, while in the English dub, at that place is a dialogue.
In the original Japanese version, Ash and Brock comment that they are fortunate that a boat appeared. In various dubs, this was inverse to a reference to vikings:
- In the English dub, when Squad Rocket are disguised as Vikings, Brock says he was not aware that they existed anymore. Ash replies that they more often than not live in Minnesota, a reference to the Minnesota Vikings NFL squad.
- In the Danish version, Brock says "Jeg vidste ikke at vikingerne stadig fandtes." ("I didn't know that the Vikings still existed."), and Ash replies "Jo, men de turnerer mest i Sverige." ("Yes, but they are more often than not touring in Sweden.") This is probably a reference to the fact that at the time Vikings existed, the Danes were also Vikings.
  - In the Danish subtitles, Ash says "Vikingerne er et band." ("The Vikings is a band.") This is likely a reference to The Vikings, an one-time Swedish band.
- In the Swedish dub, Brock says "Jag visste inte att vikingar fortfarande existerade." ("I didn't know that the Vikings yet existed.") and Ash replies "Jo, men de hänger mest i Norge." ("Yeah, but they mostly hang out in Norway"). Real Vikings existed in both Sweden and Kingdom of norway.
  - Additionally, when Jessie poses as a Viking, she speaks with a fake Norwegian emphasis, adding the stereotypical word akkurat, significant "correct" in Norwegian, at the stop of her sentence.
- In the Smoothen dub, Ash replies that the Vikings mostly live in Scandinavia.
In the French dub, Misty's Staryu makes no sound when it is released from its Poké Brawl. In all other versions of the movie, Staryu'south vox can be heard twice.
In the Latin American dub, Corey is referred to as Gary Oak.
When Mewtwo first speaks to the gathered Trainers via its caretaker, the Japanese version has Misty remarking on its voice in shock, with Brock straight stating that its using telepathy to communicate. The English dub just has Misty directly asking how Mewtwo is able to speak, with Brock but stating that it is "psychic" without directly confirming its use of telepathy.
In the English dub, the Pokémon Replication System switches betwixt a female computer phonation and the recorded voice of Dr. Fuji. In the original version, Dr. Fuji'south is the merely phonation.
- In the English dub, Dr. Fuji'southward message was made to sound like it was being recorded while Mewtwo was destroying the laboratory, with the sounds of explosions and screaming occasionally heard at the background. This is not the case in the Japanese version.
During the match between Ash'southward Charizard and the clone Charizard, in the Japanese version, Mewtwo tells the clone to use Seismic Toss, while in the English dub, it just tells the clone to "finish it" without specifying a move.
Shortly before the clones announced in the arena, Mewtwo originally offers to permit the Trainers get, on the status that they can become through its storm. In the English language dub, Mewtwo only tells them information technology'll spare their lives for the moment, leaving the reason why it and then opens the doors out of the arena more than unclear.
When the clones emerge into the arena, Mewtwo was originally confused by their sudden appearance. In the English dub, Mewtwo proudly presents its clones, actualization to have somewhat expected their arrival.
In the English language dub, specifically during the speech Mew gives to Mewtwo, Mew says that shows of forcefulness prove nothing, and real strength comes from the middle; in the original Japanese version, Mew is much more than bellicose, saying that only the original Pokémon are existent, and no matter how much they fight, the real ones volition never lose to copies.
During the battle between the original and clone Pokémon, in the Japanese version the background music is a variation of Colossal Battle (listed as 1997-1998＿M14) followed by soft instrumental music. In the English version, Brother My Blood brother plays, a song promoting peace.
The English script contains an anti-racism moral. Meowth, like-minded with his clone, says, "Perchance if we started looking at what's the same instead of always looking at what's different, well, who knows?" In the original version, Meowthtwo refuses to fight considering it is pointless and harmful, opting instead to marvel at the full moon, which Meowth calls poetic.
When Pikachu is repeatedly shocking Ash to attempt to bring him back to life, Misty says "Pikachu..." in the Japanese version, and "Please, no..." in the English version. A commentary revealed that the dubbers had many alternatives for this piece of dialogue, one example being the facetious "My cycle..."
Mewtwo says much less at the cease of the original version, telling Mew that these events are best forgotten, and only saying to Ash that the clones will live somewhere in the world.
In the English dub, subsequently being returned back to the port, Brock admires how cute Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny are. In the original Japanese version of the movie, Brock is admiring Miranda equally well.
James and Meowth originally said nothing just before the credits rolled.
Hungama TV'due south Hindi dub used the original Japanese version of the movie. Every bit such, characters that had non appeared in the main series, such as Amber, kept their Japanese names.
In the Russian dub, the English ending themes are replaced with instrumental music from the American soundtrack.

In other languages

Linguistic communication		Championship
Albanian		Pokemon: Kthimi i Mjutuse Pokemoni, Filmi - Mjudi Godet Përsëri *
Bulgarian		Покемон: Първият филм
Chinese	Cantonese	超夢夢反擊戰
Chinese	Mandarin	超夢の逆襲 * 超梦的逆袭 * 超梦的反击 *
Croatian		Pokémon Prvi film Pokemon: Povratak Mevtvoa *
Czech		Pokémon: První movie - Mewtwo vrací úder
Danish		Pokémon Filmen - Mewtwo mod Mew
Dutch		Pokémon de Motion-picture show: Mewtwo tegen Mew
Finnish		Pokémon elokuva: Mewtwon vastaisku
French	Canada	Pokémon: Le premier Moving picture
French	Europe	Pokémon, le Picture show: Mewtwo contre-attaque
German		Pokémon - Der Film Pokémon – Der Picture show: Mewtu gegen Mew *
Greek		Πόκεμον: Η Πρώτη Ταινία
Hebrew		פוקימון: הסרט הראשון - מיוטו מכה שנית Pokémon: Ha'Seret Ha'Rishon - Mewtwo Ma'ke Shenit
Hindi		पोकेमोन थ मूवी - मिउटूं का बदला Pokémon The Movie - Mewtwo Ka Badla *
Hungarian		Pokémon: Az első Film - Mewtwo visszavág
Icelandic		Pokémon: Fyrsta myndin - Mewtwo á móti Mew
Italian		Pokémon il Film Pokémon il Motion picture - Mewtwo Colpisce ancora * Pokémon il Movie - Mewtwo contro Mew *
Korean		포켓몬스터1탄 : 뮤츠의 역습
Malaysian		Pokémon: Filem Pertama
Norwegian		Pokémon Filmen - Mewtwo slår tilbake
Polish		Pokémon: Film pierwszy - Zemsta Mewtwo
Portuguese	Brazil	Pokémon, o filme: Mewtwo contra-ataca * Pokémon O Filme: Mewtwo Contra-Ataca
Portuguese	Portugal	Pokémon: O Filme - Mewtwo Contra Mew
Russian		Покемон (фильм первый): Мьюту наносит ответный удар
Slovak		Pokémon: Prvý movie - Najmocnejší Pokémon
Spanish	Latin America	Pokémon, la película: Mewtwo contraataca
Spanish	Spain	Pokémon, la película: Mewtwo vs. Mew
Swedish		Pokémon - filmen: Mewtwo mot Mew
Tamil		போகிமொன் தி மொவயே - மியூட்வ்வ் க பாடலை Pokémon The Movie - Mewtwo Ka Badla *
Telugu		పోకెమోన్ ది మూవీ - మెవత్వో క బండ్ల Pokémon The Movie - Mewtwo Ka Badla *
Turkish		Pokémon İlk Moving-picture show - Mewtwo'nun İntikamı
Ukrainian		Покемон: Перший Фiльм - М'юту завдає удару у вiдповiдь

References

↑ http://world wide web.style.fm/every bit/05_column/shudo167.shtml
↑ https://twitter.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/1416593567519154178
↑ http://www.style.fm/as/05_column/shudo183.shtml

External links

Pokémon: The Offset Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back on Prime Video (English)
Pokémon: The Showtime Moving-picture show - Mewtwo Strikes Back on Google Play (English language)
Pokémon: The Showtime Motion picture - Mewtwo Strikes Back on iTunes (English)
Pokémon: The First Pic at IMDb
Pokémon: The First Motion picture at Wikipedia
Pokémon: The Showtime Motion-picture show - Mewtwo Strikes Back on Pokémon.com (English)
Pokémon: The Showtime Picture at Warner Bros.
Archive of splash page for official website for Pokémon: The First Flick - Mewtwo Strikes Back (English)
Official website for Pokémon: The First Motion-picture show - Mewtwo Strikes Back (Japanese)
An article well-nigh the Japanese edits to Pokémon: The Commencement Flick - Mewtwo Strikes Dorsum
Pokémon: The Outset Motion picture LaserDisc Release
2014 annal of Daily News article that mentions the originally-planned release engagement

Pokémon movies
Original series
Mewtwo Strikes Back • The Power of One • Spell of the Unown: Entei • Celebi: The Voice of the Forest • Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias
Pokémon the Series: Carmine and Sapphire
Jirachi: Wish Maker • Destiny Deoxys • Lucario and the Mystery of Mew • Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
The Ascension of Darkrai • Giratina and the Sky Warrior • Arceus and the Jewel of Life • Zoroark: Chief of Illusions
Pokémon the Series: Blackness & White
White—Victini and Zekrom / Blackness—Victini and Reshiram • Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice • Genesect and the Legend Awakened
Pokémon the Series: XY
Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction • Hoopa and the Disharmonism of Ages • Volcanion and the Mechanical Curiosity
Pokémon the Series: Lord's day & Moon
I Choose You! • The Ability of Us • Mewtwo Strikes Dorsum—Evolution
Pokémon Journeys: The Serial
Secrets of the Jungle

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