Mew ミュウMew

Mew

Debuts in Mewtwo Strikes Back Gender Unknown Ability Synchronize* Current location Unknown

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Mew Kōichi Yamadera

Mew (Japanese:ミュウ Mew) is aMythical Pokémon who had a starring role inMewtwo Strikes Back andits remake.

In the movies

Mew made a cameo appearance at the start of themovie, and did not take a major role until later. AMewtwo wascloned from Mew's DNA, extracted from Mew's eyelash. Later, Mew started appearing aroundNew Island while Mewtwo was testing itsfirst partner Pokémon clones. Mew followedTeam Rocket into the main part of the island.

When Mewtwo's other new clones were born, Mew came with them, but disappeared momentarily. When Mew reappeared shortly later, it tried to reason with Mewtwo, which led to abattle between the two.Ash stopped their battle by throwing himself in the middle of their attacks, which turned him to stone. After Ash was revived byPokémon tears, Mewtwo flew away with its clones and Mew went with them. At the end of the movie, Ash briefly saw Mew in the sky, thoughBrock andMisty didn't see anything. After the credits are over, a brief scene plays showing Mew flying towards the mountains.

InMewtwo Returns, Mewtwo briefly saw Mew after being thrown into the Purity Spring onMount Quena, but this was just its imagination. It briefly reappeared in a montage inThe Rise of Darkrai, which chronicled the preceding nine movies. Mew physically reappeared inMewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, a remake ofMewtwo Strikes Back, where it played the same role.

Personality and characteristics

Mew has a very playful and curious nature, and it prefers having fun over fighting. It didn't even seem to understand that Mewtwo was wanting to fight it until one of Mewtwo's attacks actually hit it. When battling, however, Mew was shown taking the fight very seriously as well, but just before fully engaging Mewtwo in battle, Mew (with Meowth translating for Jessie and James) disputed Mewtwo's words that a Pokémon's strength doesn't come from having special powers, but that a Pokémon's real strength comes from the heart. After the battle, Mew quickly took back its serious side and resumed its playful personality, proving the fact that it had been fighting only because it had to defend itself. In the Japanese version, Mew also wanted to defend original, uncloned Pokémon, believing them to be just as good, if not better, than the clones.

Moves used

Using Teleport	Move First Used In Teleport Mewtwo Strikes Back Psychic Mewtwo Strikes Back Barrier Mewtwo Strikes Back*
A† shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

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Mew, Movie 20 Pokémon codes to be available at 7-Eleven in Japan

This Mew wasdistributed to players who insert a serial code that were given away at7-Eleven stores in Japan via7-SPOT. Players need to go to different 7-Eleven stores and collect two different virtual stamps using 7-SPOT to obtain a serial code. The serial codes were available from July 11 to 31, 2017 at 7 am to 7 pm, and can be redeemed from July 11 to August 7, 2017.

ThisMew is based on Mew from the first Pokémon movie,Mewtwo Strikes Back!. TheTrainer ID number is based on the premiere date of the first Pokémon movie in Japan, July 18, 1998.

TheOT of Mew was changed shortly due to a glitch caused by an illegitimate character on the OT.

#0151 Mew Level 50 Type: Ability: Synchronize Held item: None	ID: 980718 OT: ２０ＴＨ☆* ２０ＴＨ* Met: a Pokémon movie (fateful encounter) Nature: Random Ribbon: Wishing Ribbon
Psychic Psychic Special Barrier Psychic Status Metronome Normal Status Transform Normal Status
Games Method Region Location Duration SM serial code Japanese online July 11 to August 7, 2017
Moves inbold can be taught again at theMove Reminder as a special move if forgotten.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is picked up from the deliveryman.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

In the manga

Movie adaptations

Mewtwo Strikes Back!

Mew appeared inMewtwo Strikes Back!.

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Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution

Mew appeared inMewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution.

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In the TCG

Mew is featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Mew.

Mew Cards listed with ablue background are only legal to use in the currentExpanded format. Cards listed with agreen background are legal to use in both the currentStandard andExpanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Ancient Mew		Miscellaneous Promotional cards			Unnumbered Promotional cards

• Mew also appears on the cardMewtwo Strikes Back (CoroCoro promo).

Trivia

• Mew usesBarrier inMewtwo Strikes Back, even though it could not learn the move in the games untilGeneration IV.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, seeMew.

• Mewtwo (M01)

This movie article is part ofProject Anime, aBulbapedia project that covers all aspects ofPokémon animation.

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