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The story of Mewtwo is chronicled in the radio drama ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]'', its animated counterpart ''[[The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin]]'', the movie ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', and the television special ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]''. It made a brief appearance in the {{pkmn|anime}}, notably in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]'', when {{an|Giovanni}} used it to defeat [[Gary Oak]]. It briefly appeared again in ''[[EP065|Showdown at the Po-ké Corral]]'', where it escaped from {{an|Team Rocket HQ}}, a scene also chronicled in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' and ''Mewtwo Returns''.

[[File:Young Mewtwo crying.png‎|thumb|left|250px|Young Mewtwo crying as Ambertwo dies]]

Approximately twenty years ago, [[Team Rocket]] discovered that a {{p|Mew}} was living in [[Guyana]]. Many years later, under the orders of the new boss, {{an|Giovanni}}, an expedition team of Team Rocket scientists traveled to the area to search for a fossil of Mew, and succeeded in finding an eyelash belonging to it. Giovanni hired {{an|Dr. Fuji}} to clone Mew for him and create the most powerful Pokémon in existence. Fuji agreed, but only in order to continue his research into cloning his deceased daughter, {{an|Amber}}.

Mewtwo then issued a challenge to several strong [[Pokémon Trainer]]s, including [[Ash Ketchum]]. It used its 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 decided to brave the storm and arrive, including Ash and {{ashfr}}. Upon revealing itself, Mewtwo challenged the Trainers with its clone Pokémon—{{p|Venusaur}}, {{p|Blastoise}}, and {{p|Charizard}}—to prove its superiority to human Trainers and the superiority of cloned Pokémon in comparison to trained Pokémon. To do this, Mewtwo used a variation of the {{DL|Poké Ball|Other variants|Poké Balls}} used by Trainers. Once caught in the Balls, the Trainers' Pokémon were cloned in a downstairs laboratory. However, before Mewtwo could defeat the Trainers and move out into the world, {{OBP|Mew|M01}} appeared. Mew and Mewtwo fought at length, ceasing only when Ash—exasperated over the drawn-out and fruitless battling—ran into the fray and was caught in their crossfire, which turned his body to stone. After Ash was revived by the tears of the nearby Pokémon, clone and original alike, Mewtwo experienced a change of heart and no longer sought to conquer the world. Mewtwo reasoned that it would be best if no one remembered the events that had transpired, so it erased the memories of all the people and Pokémon and transported everyone but Team Rocket back to the mainland. Mewtwo and Mew left New Island with the cloned Pokémon to seek a proper place for themselves.

[[File:Mewtwo in the City.png|thumb|220px|Mewtwo overlooking an unknown city]]

Soon afterwards, Mewtwo and the clones migrated to [[Johto]] and eventually settled on [[Mount Quena]]. To prevent any encounters with humans, Mewtwo frequently used severe storms to make the mountain inaccessible. One day, a bus full of people was nearly knocked off the road, so Mewtwo decided to use its telekinesis to right the bus and prevent an accident. After its actions were questioned, it explained to its fellow clones that a bus crash would attract even more humans. However, Meowthtwo believed that the act may have also been due to a growing soft spot for humanity, which Mewtwo vehemently denied.

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

In the epilogue to ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'' and in some openings and movie previews, Mewtwo has been seen wearing a plain brown cape and moving across rooftops at night.

Throughout the course of the [[M01|first movie]], Mewtwo viewed all humans as its enemy, as [[Team Rocket]]'s boss {{an|Giovanni}} would usually rely on it for his evil deeds. However, since {{Ash}} was petrified by the attacks of both Mewtwo and {{mov|Mew|Mew|01}}, Mewtwo had a change of heart and did everything to make sure that no one remembered what happened.

After the military operation on Mount Quena came to a head, Mewtwo had initially contemplated on erasing the memories of everyone involved. However, it took {{MTR}}'s speech into consideration, as erasing their memories would prevent the clones from learning about their past, and forgetting would not change the fact that things happen. Mewtwo decided to only erase the memories of Team Rocket—excluding [[Jessie]], [[James]], and Meowth—and departed.

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* Mewtwo has only used {{m|Hyper Beam}}, {{m|Recover}}, and {{m|Swift}} in the radio drama ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]'', so it is has never been seen using these moves.

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Other cloned Pokémon's moves are unknown.}}

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None of their moves are known.}}

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|trainer=Mewtwo

None of Dragonite's moves are known.}}

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|ja=市村正親 ''Masachika Ichimura''<br>森久保祥太郎 ''Shotaro Morikubo'' (child) ([[M01]])<br>瀧本富士子 ''Fujiko Takimoto'' (child) ([[The Birth of Mewtwo]])