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[[File:Mew traveling.png|thumb|Mew flying over Guyana]] | [[File:Mew traveling.png|thumb|Mew flying over Guyana]] | ||
'''Guyana''' (Japanese: '''ギアナ''' ''Guiana'') is a location in South America in the [[Pokémon world]]. It is known to be the habitat of {{p|Mew}}. It is based on the {{wp|Guyana|real-world location}}. | '''Guyana''' (Japanese: '''ギアナ''' ''Guiana'') is a location in South America in the [[Pokémon world]]. It is known to be the habitat of {{p|Mew}}. It is based on the {{wp|Guyana|real-world location}}. | ||
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Guyana is the location of the jungle where, according to the [[Pokémon Mansion journals]], {{p|Mew}} was discovered. [[Faraway Island]] may be part of Guyana. | Guyana is the location of the jungle where, according to the [[Pokémon Mansion journals]], {{p|Mew}} was discovered. [[Faraway Island]] may be part of Guyana. | ||
Mew's [[Pokédex]] entries from [[Pokémon Stadium]] and [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed]] mention that it lives in South America, where the real-world {{wp|Guyana}} is located. | |||
==In the anime== | ==In the anime== | ||
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Guyana is shown, though not named, in various anime depicting {{p|Mew}} and the origins of {{p|Mewtwo}}. | Guyana is shown, though not named, in various anime depicting {{p|Mew}} and the origins of {{p|Mewtwo}}. | ||
At the beginning of [[The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin]] (a short included at the start of the Japanese extended version of ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''), a [[Team Rocket]] expedition team led by {{an|Dr. Fuji}} searched a jungle in Guyana for Mew. The expedition found a fossil of Mew's | At the beginning of [[The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin]] (a short included at the start of the Japanese extended version of ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''), a [[Team Rocket]] expedition team led by {{an|Dr. Fuji}} searched a jungle in Guyana for Mew. The expedition found a fossil of Mew's eyelash, from which they cloned Mewtwo. The first two minutes of this short, set in Guyana, were added to the beginning of the movie in the international extended version. | ||
In ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', scenes featuring Mew before it arrives on [[New Island]] also appear to be set in Guyana. Mewtwo's visions of Mew while in Dr. Fuji's cloning lab feature images of the Guyanese jungle. | In ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', scenes featuring Mew before it arrives on [[New Island]] also appear to be set in Guyana. Mewtwo's visions of Mew while in Dr. Fuji's cloning lab feature images of the Guyanese jungle. | ||
The | The film's remake, ''[[M22|Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution]]'' begins with {{an|Dr. Fuji}} leading an expedition in the jungle in Guyana to find evidence of Mew, whom they believed to be extinct. Meanwhile, Mew observed them from the jungle while frolicking with other Guyanese Pokémon. From ruins in the jungle that featured a wall carving of Mew, Dr. Fuji's team excavated a fossil from Mew's body—from which they later cloned Mewtwo. | ||
===Pokémon seen in Guyana=== | ===Pokémon seen in Guyana=== | ||
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==In other media== | ==In other media== | ||
In the radio drama ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]'' Guyana is not mentioned, but South America is mentioned in relation to Team Rocket's long search for Mew, which leads to a discovery of a fossil of Mew's eyebrow. | In the radio drama ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]'' Guyana is not mentioned, but South America is mentioned in relation to Team Rocket's long search for Mew, which leads to a discovery of a fossil of Mew's eyebrow. | ||
In [[Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge]], Mew's most common location was in Guyana. | |||
==Real-world counterpart== | ==Real-world counterpart== | ||
[[File:Guyana Flag.png|thumb|Flag of Guyana]] | [[File:Guyana Flag.png|thumb|200px|Flag of Guyana]] | ||
{{wp|Guyana}}, officially the '''Co-operative Republic of Guyana''', previously known as {{wp|British Guiana}}, is a real-world sovereign state on the northern coast of {{wp|South America}} that is culturally part of the {{wp|Anglophone Caribbean}}. | {{wp|Guyana}}, officially the '''Co-operative Republic of Guyana''', previously known as {{wp|British Guiana}}, is a real-world sovereign state on the northern coast of {{wp|South America}} that is culturally part of the {{wp|Anglophone Caribbean}}. As a former territory of the British Empire, it is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. {{-}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||