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Project Mew (Japanese: プロジェクト・ミュウ Project Mew) is a research project in the anime, which recruits Trainers from around the world, aiming to find Mew. The Project Mew was first introduced in Advice to Goh!.

Description

Objective

The official members of Project Mew are attempting to find Mew in order to figure out the origins of Pokémon, which is led by Professor Amaranth.

Members

Project Mew scoreboard

The highest rank a person can get in Project Mew is the rank of Chaser. The first two Chasers to appear are Danika and Quillon, with their role being to distribute missions and evaluate the performance of other Project Mew participants. In JN110, it is revealed that Gary has also qualified to become a Chaser.

In Project Mew, there is a category of Trainers who receive challenges and must complete them through Trial Missions. They are known as Challengers and the three Challengers with the most Tokens will become Chasers at the end of the Chaser selection.

List of known Challengers

Trial Missions

Project Mew Trial Mission menu

As an initiation process, a challenger must fulfill a mission assigned to them and fulfill it within a certain period. Upon completion of this mission, they will be allowed to participate in Project Mew as a Challenger.

In order to continue to participate in Project Mew, a Trainer must pass certain Trial Missions assigned for them. The Trainer taking on Trial Missions receives a list with three missions divided by colors and must choose only one of them to fulfill. Once the mission objective has been achieved and verified, the Trainer will earn a special token on their Rotom Phone as proof. The challengers with the most tokens become Chasers, and during the selection process, those with less than 4 Tokens were automatically disqualified.

During evaluations, a Challenger can receive more Tokens than others depending on how they perform during the mission, along with showcasing attributes such as good leadership or teamwork. The items collected during Trial Missions are brought to be verified by a Corviknight, and some missions that involve battles are recorded by a drone.

List of known Trial Missions

Mission	Description	Region	Episode	Trainer(s)	Tokens Earned
Collect a Moltres feather	Locate a Moltres and collect a feather from it.	Kanto	Advice to Goh!	Gary	1
Collect Volcarona's golden scales	Locate a Shiny Volcarona and collect scales from it.	Unova	Trial on a Golden Scale!	Goh	1
Catch a wild Kingdra	Locate a wild Kingdra and catch it.	Hoenn	Looking Out for Number Two!	Goh	1
Raid Battle against Articuno	Locate an Articuno and have a Raid Battle against it.	Kanto	JN102	Goh	3
				Gary	4
				Horace	4
Sea Mauville battle royale	Battle royale between multiple Challengers on the Sea Mauville.	Hoenn	JN110	Goh	2
				Horace	3
				Shunya	1
				Lyla	1
Follow the sacred footprints	Unknown	Unknown	JN113	Horace	3

Other missions

Those who wish to become challengers in Project Mew and take on Trial Missions must first pass a qualification mission.

Mission	Description	Region	Episode	Trainer
Catch an Alolan Ninetales	Catch an Alolan Ninetales at Mount Coronet within six hours.	Sinnoh	Leaping Toward the Dream!	Goh

Pokémon

Used in missions

		Corviknight
		Corviknight is a Pokémon used by Project Mew to deliver items. None of Corviknight's moves are known.
Debut	Advice to Goh!

		Wailmer
		Wailmer was used to transport Ash and Goh to Sea Mauville so that can Goh could take part in his Trial Mission there. Once getting them at their destination, Wailmer departed. None of Wailmer's moves are known.
Debut	JN110

		Koffing (multiple)
		Project Mew used a large group of Koffing to make the Sea Mauville Trial Mission harder for the participating Challengers. Goh and Horace were able to avoid them and continue with the mission. None of the Koffing's moves are known.
Debut	JN110

		Magby (multiple)
		Project Mew used a large group of Magby to make the Sea Mauville Trial Mission harder for the participating Challengers. Shunya and Lyla were able to avoid them and continue with the mission. None of the Magby's moves are known.
Debut	JN110

		Roselia (multiple)
		Project Mew used a large group of Roselia to make the Sea Mauville Trial Mission harder for the participating Challengers. Shunya and Lyla were able to avoid them and continue with the mission. The Roselia's only known move is Sleep Powder.
Debut	JN110

		Jumpluff (multiple)
		Project Mew used a large group of Jumpluff to make the Sea Mauville Trial Mission harder for the participating Challengers. Goh and Horace were able to avoid them and continue with the mission The Jumpluff's only known move is Sleep Powder.
Debut	JN110

Previously handled

During the research work, Project Mew is responsible for rescuing several Pokémon, protecting them, and later returning them to wild.

		Alolan Ninetales
		After catching this Alolan Ninetales for his first Project Mew mission, Goh turned it in to Professor Amaranth so it could be returned to its home in Mount Lanakila, fufilling the promise he made to it when he caught it. Ninetales's known moves are Ice Beam, Blizzard, Dazzling Gleam, and Aurora Veil.
Debut	Leaping Toward the Dream!
Voice actors
Japanese	Risa Shimizu

		Galvantula
		Galvantula is Nito's former Pokémon. Once Nito found a batch of Larvesta Eggs, Nito had Galvantula trap Ash and Goh with Sticky Web. Galvantula was defeated when two Larvesta came to save the Eggs. After the battle, Professor Amaranth rescued the Pokémon to return it to the wild. Galvantula's only known move is Sticky Web.
Debut	Trial on a Golden Scale!

		Krokorok
		Krokorok is Nito's former Pokémon. Nito sent it out to battle Ash and Goh alongside his henchmen's Pokémon, only to be defeated by the arrival of Quillon and Danika. After the battle, Professor Amaranth rescued the Pokémon to return it to the wild. Krokorok's known moves are Sludge Bomb and Crunch*.
Debut	Trial on a Golden Scale!

		Zweilous
		Zweilous is one of Nito's henchmen's former Pokémon. It was used to battle Ash and Goh, only to be defeated by the arrival of Quillon and Danika. After the battle, Professor Amaranth rescued the Pokémon to return it to the wild. Zweilous's only known move is Crunch*.
Debut	Trial on a Golden Scale!

		Conkeldurr
		Conkeldurr is one of Nito's henchmen's former Pokémon. It was used to battle Ash and Goh, only to be defeated by the arrival of Quillon and Danika. After the battle, Professor Amaranth rescued the Pokémon to return it to the wild. Conkeldurr's only known move is Poison Jab*.
Debut	Trial on a Golden Scale!

		Eelektross
		Eelektross is one of Nito's henchmen's former Pokémon. It was used to battle Ash and Goh, only to be defeated by the arrival of Quillon and Danika. After the battle, Professor Amaranth rescued the Pokémon to return it to the wild. Eelektross's only known move is Crunch*.
Debut	Trial on a Golden Scale!

Trivia

• Project Mew's mission and reward system is similar to Pokémon GO's Field Research.
• Project Mew's work of rescuing Pokémon and returning them to wildlife is similar to the work of some real life non-governmental organizations such as WWF or Animal Rescue Corps.

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