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The story of Mewtwo is chronicled in the CD drama ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]'', the movie ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', the television special ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'', and the bonus short from ''Mewtwo Returns'' titled "The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin". He made a brief appearance in the {{pkmn|anime}} in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]'', when {{an|Giovanni}} used him to defeat [[Gary Oak]], and in ''[[EP065|Showdown at the Po-ké Corral]]'', where he escapes from [[Team Rocket HQ]] (a scene also chronicled in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', and later seen again in ''Mewtwo Returns'').

One month after the discovery of the eyelash, Mewtwo was successfully created and was stored at [[New Island]]. At this point, he was still not fully grown and lived in a large test tube alongside a tube containing Ambertwo. Fuji and Giovanni thought Mewtwo was sleeping inside his tube, but he was able to communicate telepathically with Ambertwo. However, because the lifeforce of a human is not as strong as a Pokémon's, the Amber clone died. Mewtwo also grew alongside three other clones, a Bulbasaurtwo, Squirtletwo, and Charmandertwo. However, these clones died shortly before the Amber clone, suggesting that Mewtwo's lifeforce is even stronger than a normal Pokémon's.

Eventually, Mewtwo fully matured and broke out of his test tube. Those responsible for his creation were happy that they succeeded in their goal of creating the world's most powerful Pokémon. Enraged and confused about the circumstances that led to his creation and powers, Mewtwo attacked the scientists on New Island. Despite the efforts of security systems that attempted to control him, Mewtwo destroyed the island and all the scientists on it.

Immediately thereafter, Giovanni found Mewtwo and convinced him to help with Team Rocket's goal of controlling the world. Mewtwo's power was focused, as well as weakened and controlled, by a robotic suit of armor as he performed tasks such as battling under Giovanni within the [[Viridian Gym]] and helping Team Rocket capture Pokémon. Eventually Mewtwo became tired of being used by Giovanni. He developed a strong hatred for humans, and thought that they were weak and selfish beings only interested in power and wealth; he also despised the [[Caught Pokémon|Pokémon who served humans]]. He escaped from Giovanni, destroying Team Rocket headquarters in the process, and relocated to his birthplace on New Island, where he built his own headquarters. Mewtwo then issued a challenge to several strong [[Pokémon Trainer]]s, including [[Ash Ketchum]]. He used his powers to create a storm that would serve as a test to see who could make it to the island. Only a handful of Trainers managed to brave the storm and arrive, including Ash and his friends. Upon revealing himself, Mewtwo challenged the Trainers with a {{p|Venusaur}}, {{p|Blastoise}}, and {{p|Charizard}} (all cloned) to prove his superiority to human Trainers and the superiority of cloned Pokémon to trained Pokémon. To do this, he used a variation of the {{DL|Poké Ball|Other variants|Poké Balls}} used by Trainers. Once caught in the Balls, the Pokémon that had been brought to the island were cloned in an upstairs laboratory. However, before Mewtwo could defeat the Trainers and move out into the world, {{OBP|Mew|M01}} appeared. The two Pokémon fought and ceased battle when Ash was caught in their crossfire and turned to stone. After Ash is revived by the tears of the nearby Pokémon, clone and original alike, Mewtwo experiences a change of heart and stops his destructive rampage. Wanting to find himself, Mewtwo erased the memories of those present and he and his clones left New Island for [[Johto]], eventually settling on [[Mount Quena]]. During this time, presumably to prevent any chance of any humans encountering them, it frequently enclosed the mountain with a severe storm. However, it isn't willing to allow a bus full of humans to die from being knocked off course, using his telekinesis to place the bus back on the road, namely because that would result in more humans arriving to investigate for, and help, any survivors, thus making it even more risky, although the clone Meowth believes that Mewtwo also did it due to a growing soft spot for humanity.

A few years later, Giovanni found Mewtwo's hiding place via one of their satellites and began a plan to capture him once again. However, this plan was foiled when Mewtwo again met with Ash, who did not remember their previous encounter. Giovanni restrained Mewtwo, but {{ashfr}} helped him to escape and defeat Giovanni. At the end of the ordeal, Mewtwo erased Giovanni and his soldiers' memories of him, and decided to move throughout the world searching for the meaning of his life.

He also had a passing mention in the special ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'', when the {{pkmn2|mirage}} Mewtwo was created, [[Dr. Yung|Mirage Master]] claimed "This is not the Mewtwo you are familiar with", possibly meaning he saw Pikachu's memory of Mewtwo.

On the Very Hard and Super Hard difficulties of [[Pokémon Puzzle League]], Mewtwo states he is the Puzzle Master and is the final opponent to defeat. In the background of the battle, an image of Mewtwo is seen along with several of his cloned Pokémon.