Mewtwo (Detective Pikachu): Difference between revisions

Mewtwo was created by humans 20 years before but it managed to escape. Months before the events of the film, [[Harry Goodman]] was recruited by [[Howard Clifford]] to track down Mewtwo, which eventually led to its capture. Trapped in a spherical chamber, Mewtwo was used by [[Dr. Ann Laurent]] to produce the [[R]] substance, an aerosolized drug that can make Pokémon go on a rampage. However, Mewtwo was freed by Harry and his partner Pikachu, making Mewtwo realizing that not all humans are evil. When Harry's car crashed in an ambush, Mewtwo came to his rescue and combined a dying Harry into Pikachu's body but also erased his memory, creating {{OBP|Detective Pikachu|character}} as a result.

When Detective Pikachu was critically injured, a bunch of {{p|Bulbasaur}} brought Tim and Pikachu to Mewtwo's location, where it healed him. But before Mewtwo was able to fully reveal the secret of Harry's case, it was captured and taken away by Howard's man. When Tim arrived at Howard's office, he learnt that Howard was trying to transfer his mind into Mewtwo, so that he could use Mewtwo's ability to transfer all humans' minds into their Pokémon. Mewtwo tried to warn Tim to run before its body was taken over.

After a long struggle, Tim was able to remove Howard's neural link and Mewtwo was freed. As Detective Pikachu was about to fall to his death, Mewtwo used its psychic powers to save him. It then reversed the disaster caused by Howard. Before taking his leave, Mewtwo revealed that Detective Pikachu was actually Tim's father Harry Goodman and unmerged Harry out of Pikachu's body.

This Mewtwo is portrayed as a benevolent figure despite its mistrust of humans, much like {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series|both}} {{OBP|Mewtwo|Best Wishes series|Mewtwo}} in the anime after their character development. While mostly viewed by Tim and Pikachu as a dangerous, malevolent figure prior to meeting it, Mewtwo is in fact a protector of both humans and Pokémon, able to use its abilities to save the lives of others as it watches over them.

This Mewtwo differs from previous depictions of the character in two ways. The first is that it possesses the unique ability to transfer the minds of humans into Pokémon. This ability could only be done when the receiving Pokémon are willing (as in the case of Detective Pikachu) or when they lose control of themselves (when drugged with the R substance). The second is that it speaks with an androgynous "fused" telepathic voice provided by a male and a female voice actor, although it is referred to with male pronouns throughout the movie. However, when Howard's mind is transferred into Mewtwo, it speaks non-telepathically with his voice.