Mirage Mansion
| Mirage Mansion | |
 Mirage Mansion | |
| Region | Kanto |
| Debut | The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon |
TheMirage Mansion is ananimated series-exclusive location in theKantoregion. It is the setting ofThe Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon.
The laboratory, which is owned byDr. Yung, is a massive castle located on the shore of a large lake in a forest. It is filled with the dome-like generators used in Yung's Mirage System in both its interior and exterior.Ash andhis friends encounteredMisty andProfessor Oak, who were also specially invited, in its courtyard, where they soon afterward met Yung himself. Later, they went to a battlefield to have abattle with Yung'sMirageAggron.
Dr. Yung's true intentions, to get revenge on the Pokémon Institute for refusing his Mirage Pokémon research, quickly got underway. Posing as theMirage Master (Japanese:ミスター・ミラージュMr. Mirage), he kidnapped Professor Oak and proceeded to steal data from laboratories andPokémon Centers around theworld to perfect his system. He also extracted memories fromPikachu to create an almost unbeatable MirageMewtwo. Ash and his friend worked together, alongside a MirageMew, to defeat the Mirage System.
The interior of the castle is maze-like. Its cellars lead to a seemingly endless trail of crisscrossing paths leading up the central tower. At the top of the tower is Yung's main laboratory, where the core of the Mirage System is located.
The laboratory was mostly destroyed by fire at the conclusion of the episode, after the Mirage System exploded.
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