Project Mew
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. It 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
The highest rank a person can get in Project Mew is the rank of Chaser (Japanese: チェイサー 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 Project Mew, there is a category of Trainers who receive challenges and must complete them through Trial Missions. They are known as Challengers (Japanese: チャレンジャー Challenger) and the three Challengers with the most Tokens will become Chasers at the end of the Chaser selection. Goh, Gary, and Horace all qualified as Chasers in Chasing to the Finish!.
Following the mission on Faraway Island in The Mew from Here! and In the Palms of our Hands!, Project Mew temporarily disbanded, with only the original members still on the team, though the junior Chasers were given the right to return to the team for the next expedition.
List of known Challengers
| Trainer | Tokens |
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| Gary | 15 |
| Horace | 11 |
| Goh | 10 |
| Lyla | 9 |
| Sterling | 8 |
Trial Missions
As an initiation process, a challenger must complete a mission assigned to them 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 complete. 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 four 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 |
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 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 | Battling in the Freezing Raid! | Goh | 3 |
| Gary | 4 | ||||
| Horace | 4 | ||||
 Sea Mauville battle royale |
Battle royale between multiple Challengers on the Sea Mauville. | Hoenn | Narrowing the Chaser Chase! | Goh | 2 |
| Horace | 3 | ||||
| Sterling | 1 | ||||
| Lyla | 1 | ||||
 Follow three sets of virtuous footprints |
Follow a set of footprints to a Sword of Justice and catch it. | Unknown | Chasing to the Finish! | Horace | 3 |
  Catch Regieleki and Regidrago |
Travel to the Split-Decision Ruins and catch Regieleki and Regidrago. | Galar | Chasing to the Finish! | Goh | 3 |
| Gary | 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 |
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 Catch an Alolan Ninetales |
Catch an Alolan Ninetales at Mount Coronet within six hours. | Sinnoh | Leaping Toward the Dream! | Goh |
Pokémon
Used in missions
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| Corviknight is a Pokémon used by Project Mew to deliver items.
None of Corviknight's moves are known. | ||
| Debut | Advice to Goh! | |
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| 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 | Narrowing the Chaser Chase! | |
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| 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 | Narrowing the Chaser Chase! | |
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| Project Mew used a large group of Magby to make the Sea Mauville Trial Mission harder for the participating Challengers. Sterling and Lyla were able to avoid them and continue with the mission.
None of the Magby's moves are known. | ||
| Debut | Narrowing the Chaser Chase! | |
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| Project Mew used a large group of Roselia to make the Sea Mauville Trial Mission harder for the participating Challengers. Sterling and Lyla were able to avoid them and continue with the mission.
The Roselia's only known move is Sleep Powder. | ||
| Debut | Narrowing the Chaser Chase! | |
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| 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 | Narrowing the Chaser Chase! | |
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| Project Mew caught these three legendary giants for their research regarding the origins of Pokémon. Regice was caught on Mount Coronet sometime after the events of Leaping Toward the Dream!, Regirock was confronted by Quillon and Danika at unspecified desert ruins at the end of Looking Out for Number Two!, and Registeel was caught by Quillon at the Iron Ruins in Chasing to the Finish!. When they were brought to the Split-Decision Ruins, they unsealed the door of the ruins. They're all housed in Ultra Balls.
Regice's known moves are Ice Beam and Hyper Beam. | ||
| Debut | Leaping Toward the Dream! | |
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| Voice actors | ||
| Japanese | Shin-ichiro Miki (Regice) | |
| English | Shin-ichiro Miki (Regice) | |
Previously handled
During the research work, Project Mew is responsible for rescuing several Pokémon, protecting them, and later returning them to wild.
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| 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! | |
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| Voice actors | ||
| Japanese | Risa Shimizu | |
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| 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! | |
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| 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! | |
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| 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! | |
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| 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! | |
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| 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! | |
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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.
- The unseen Trial Mission from Chasing to the Finish!, "Follow three sets of virtuous footprints", is a reference to a side quest in Pokémon Sword and Shield's The Crown Tundra expansion, which requires the player to find a certain amount of footprints scattered around the Crown Tundra in order to find the Swords of Justice.
In other languages
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