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Don't delete official sources, they should still stay on the site even if you don't agree with them so we can have every information we can get. The most straightforward reasoning is that Mew comes from Mutation. Mew doesn't even learn moves typical for cats like Assist and Fake Out in the main series.
m (An outdated and opinionated French fan-site / French dubber/translator claiming to a random person that the name "has nothing to do with the sound a cat makes" does not prove that the onomatopoeia “mew” is not part of Mew’s name origin. Its morphology is feliform, and Japanese Pokemon names very often use English words (Sandshrew’s JP name “Sand”, and Hypno’s JP name “Sleeper”, among many others.) This is in the discussion; Japan knows and often uses the English word for the sound a cat makes.) |
(Don't delete official sources, they should still stay on the site even if you don't agree with them so we can have every information we can get. The most straightforward reasoning is that Mew comes from Mutation. Mew doesn't even learn moves typical for cats like Assist and Fake Out in the main series.) Tag: Undo |
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==Biology== | ==Biology== | ||
Mew is a pink, bipedal {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} with {{wp|mammal}}ian | Mew is a pink, bipedal {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} with {{wp|mammal}}ian features. It has a rounded, wide snout; triangular ears; and large, blue eyes. It has short arms with three-fingered paws and large hind paws with oval markings on the soles. Its tail is long and thin with an ovoid tip. Its fur is so fine and thin, it can only be seen under a microscope. Mew is said to have the {{wp|DNA}} of every single Pokémon contained within its body, allowing Mew to learn and use any attack. | ||
Mew has shown a playful, childish personality, showing signs of high intelligence, curiosity, shyness, playfulness, and even selflessness. It is incredibly adaptable, able to travel freely on land, water or air, possibly due to its unique DNA. As seen in several occasions, it has the ability create an orb of energy around itself for protection, these can come in many colors, such as green, yellow and pink. The pink orb in special, can also take the form of a bouncy bubble, mostly used for Mew's entertainment. Mew is said to have been a common species in the past, but for unknown reasons, it has disappeared completly, thought to be extinct. In the anime, Mew was shown to create a great rivalry with its clone, {{p|Mewtwo}}. | Mew has shown a playful, childish personality, showing signs of high intelligence, curiosity, shyness, playfulness, and even selflessness. It is incredibly adaptable, able to travel freely on land, water or air, possibly due to its unique DNA. As seen in several occasions, it has the ability create an orb of energy around itself for protection, these can come in many colors, such as green, yellow and pink. The pink orb in special, can also take the form of a bouncy bubble, mostly used for Mew's entertainment. Mew is said to have been a common species in the past, but for unknown reasons, it has disappeared completly, thought to be extinct. In the anime, Mew was shown to create a great rivalry with its clone, {{p|Mewtwo}}. | ||
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Designer Shigeki Morimoto stated that Mew's design was based on Mewtwo. Its design was made simpler than Mewtwo in order to take up less space on the cartridge.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyXDpFd1CQk The Untold Origin Story of Mythical Pokémon "Mew" and "Mewtwo"! (Game Freak "Secret Base" #39)] - Game Freak Official YouTube Channel (Japanese)</ref><ref>[https://nintendoeverything.com/game-freaks-shigeki-morimoto-on-mew-why-it-was-initially-rare-design-more/ Game Freak’s Shigeki Morimoto on Mew – why it was initially rare, design, more] - ''Nintendo Everything''.</ref> | Designer Shigeki Morimoto stated that Mew's design was based on Mewtwo. Its design was made simpler than Mewtwo in order to take up less space on the cartridge.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyXDpFd1CQk The Untold Origin Story of Mythical Pokémon "Mew" and "Mewtwo"! (Game Freak "Secret Base" #39)] - Game Freak Official YouTube Channel (Japanese)</ref><ref>[https://nintendoeverything.com/game-freaks-shigeki-morimoto-on-mew-why-it-was-initially-rare-design-more/ Game Freak’s Shigeki Morimoto on Mew – why it was initially rare, design, more] - ''Nintendo Everything''.</ref> | ||
Appearance wise, Mew's overall physical appearance appears to be based on domestic {{wp|cat}}s | Appearance wise, Mew's overall physical appearance appears to be based on domestic {{wp|cat}}s. Several of Mew's features, such as a short muzzle and large hind feet, are commonly found in cats. Its morphology is also vaguely similar to a {{wp|jerboa}}, having large hind legs and a long skinny tail. Mew's earliest design in Japan's Red and Green resembled a vertebrate {{wp|embryo}}, featuring a large head and small body. It is believed by scientists to be the {{wp|last universal common ancestor}} of all other Pokémon, which, along with its resemblance to an embryo, may be a reference to the {{wp|recapitulation theory}}. Mew was soon revised and became mostly mammalian with cat-like traits, while still retaining several embryonic features such as having short fine hair and small forearms. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Mew may be a combination of ''{{wp|mutant}}'' or ''{{wp|mutation}}'' | Mew may be a combination of ''{{wp|mutant}}'' or ''{{wp|mutation}}'' and ''new'' It may also involve 妙 ''myō'' (wonderful, exquisite). | ||
According to Julien Bardakoff, the French localizer for Pokémon Red and Blue, he asked if Mew's name was based on the English onomatopoeia for a cat's meow, and was explicitly told it was not.<ref>[https://www.liberation.fr/apps/2016/06/pokemon/ Libération.fr – Pokémon, traduisez-les tous]</ref> | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||
{{Other languages|type=psychic|type2=psychic | {{Other languages|type=psychic|type2=psychic | ||
|ja=ミュウ ''Mew''|jameaning=From ''mutant'' or ''mutation'' | |ja=ミュウ ''Mew''|jameaning=From ''mutant'' or ''mutation'' and ''new'', as well as {{tt|妙 ''myō''|wonderful, exquisite}} | ||
|fr=Mew|frmeaning=Same as English/Japanese name | |fr=Mew|frmeaning=Same as English/Japanese name | ||
|es=Mew|esmeaning=Same as English/Japanese name | |es=Mew|esmeaning=Same as English/Japanese name | ||