Mewtwo Who am I? What is my true reason for being? I will find my own purpose... and purge this planet of all who oppose me, human and Pokémon alike. The world will heed my warning: The Reign of Mewtwo will soon begin.
Played by Masachika Ichimura 
Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) · 41 quotes
Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) · 41 quotes
Most-quoted character in Pokémon: The First Movie (1998): in 14 of its 41 quotes
Most scenes with: Ash Ketchum (2), Brock (2), Misty (2)
Behold my powers! I am the strongest Pokémon in the world. Stronger even than Mew.
More lines from Mewtwo
7 quotes Mewtwo Mewtwo You humans are a dangerous species. You brought me into your world with no purpose but to be your slave. But now I have my own purpose. My storm will create my own world, by destroying yours.
Mewtwo Your Pokémon will not be spared. They have disgraced themselves by serving humans. Those Pokémon are nothing but slaves. [Pikachu: Pika, Pika-Pika!] So, you say I am wrong? That you are not this human's servant, you are his friend? [Pikachu: Pika.] You are as pathetic as the rest. [psychically lifts Pikachu and throws him backward] [Pikachu: Ka! Pika-Pi!] [Ash Ketchum: Pikachu!] Humans and Pokémon can never be friends.
Mewtwo Humans, you have served my purpose. I am sparing your lives, for the moment. [thunder crackles] But you cannot escape your fate. The hour of my vengeance draws near. [explosion; his army of clones arrive] Behold! [the Trainers look and gasp in horror] With Pokémon and humans eliminated, the clones shall inherit the world. [Ash Ketchum: I can't do this. I won't let you.]
Mewtwo [chasing Mew]
Why do you flee from me? Are you afraid to find out which one of us is greater?
Mewtwo [after Ash has intercepted the blast between him and Mew; utterly shocked]
Fool! Trying to stop our battle?
Mewtwo A human sacrificed himself to save the Pokémon. I pitted them against each other, but not until they set aside their differences did I see the true power they all share deep inside. [Mew: [nods in agreement] Mew.] I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are. [Mew: Mew.]
Scenes with Mewtwo
6 scenes Mewtwo I sense others near me...what are those strange sounds they make?
Mewtwo Huh? [Amber appears] Who are you?
What do you mean? I'm a girl. A person.
Mewtwo A person? Am I a person?
Well you look like a Pokémon, but you can talk! I didn't know a Pokémon could talk like a person!
Mewtwo Pokémon? Person? What are those? Which one am I?
Maybe it makes a difference to you whether you're a Pokémon or a person, but not to me!
Mewtwo [watching as Amber begins to fade away]
What's wrong Amber? What's happening?
It feels like...it's time...to say goodbye...
Mewtwo Goodbye? [begins to cry] I feel...something... [wipes a tear from his eye] What are these?
They're tears, you're crying.
Mewtwo Crying?
My daddy used to tell me a bedtime story, that when Pokémon are sad, and they cry, their tears are filled with life.
Mewtwo I'm so sad...
I have to go...
Mewtwo Why?
[last words]
I don't know, but it's alright. Thank you for caring about me. And don't cry Mewtwo, you should be happy. You're alive, and life is wonderful. [fades away]
Mewtwo [somewhere] [slowly wakes up]
Where...am I? [looks around and sees itself surrounded in bubbling liquid and sees some people watching him] This...This is not the same. Was everything before just a dream? Why? [goes back to sleep]
Female Scientist
Doctor, look at this.
What?
Female Scientist
Its brainwaves. They're surging!
Mewtwo [more voices are clamoring, while an alarm starts blaring] [wakes up]
Those voices.
I hope we don't lose this one.
Mewtwo They're outside.
We can't lose this one.
Mewtwo Where I must be. [his eyes glow blue, breaking the glass container, and the scientists turn and see Mewtwo]
Male Scientist
Radio Giovanni's helicopter! Tell him what's happened!
Quiet! [alarm stops blaring] Let us hear its psychic powers.
Mewtwo [looks up]
"Psychic powers"?
For years, we struggled to successfully clone a Pokémon to prove our theories, but you're the first specimen to survive. [shows Mewtwo a picture] That is Mew, the rarest of all Pokémon. From its DNA, we created you: Mewtwo.
Mewtwo [looks at the picture]
"Mewtwo." Am I only a copy? Nothing but Mew's shadow?
You are greater than Mew, improved through the power of human ingenuity. [Mewtwo turns to Dr. Fuji] We use the most advanced techniques to develop your awesome psychic powers.
Mewtwo So, I am simply the end result of your experiment. What becomes of me now that your experiment is over?
Oh, our experiment isn't over yet, it's just beginning! Now the serious testing begins.
Mewtwo [narrows his eyes]
These humans, they care nothing for me. [the scientists congratulate each other; he becomes tense, then looks at his hands, clenching them in anger] Is that my purpose? Am I just an experiment? A laboratory specimen? [angrily] This cannot be my destiny. [angrily glows blue and starts destroying the lab]
[The scientists run away in terror as Mewtwo destroys the lab with its psychic powers] [sitting on the ground and watching the lab become engulfed with flames; in a horrified voice]
We dreamed of creating the world's strongest Pokémon... [Mewtwo starts to form a blue orb around himself] and we succeeded.
Mewtwo [The blue orb enlarges and causes an explosion that destroys the lab entirely, killing all scientists, including Dr. Fuji. Afterwards, a helicopter approaches the island] [looking over the destruction he has caused]
Behold my powers! I am the strongest Pokémon in the world. Stronger even than Mew. [hears footsteps and turns around to see Giovanni]
Those fools thought you were a science experiment. But I, I see you as a valuable partner.
Mewtwo "Partner"?
Mewtwo I do not need your help for that, human.
A wildfire destroys everything in its path. It will be the same with your powers unless you learn to control them. I can help you do that.
Mewtwo How?
Trust me, and I'll show you a way to focus your powers that will make you invincible.
Mewtwo Show me. [Giovanni smirks as the flames engulf the screen. Mewtwo is later shown being suited up in armor] You say this armor protects my body, yet it suppresses my powers.
Your powers are not being suppressed; they're being focused. Learn to use them to accomplish your purpose.
Mewtwo What is that?
Patience, my friend. Your purpose will become clear.
Mewtwo [Mewtwo is put on a battlefield, while Giovanni snaps his fingers, and Mewtwo easily beats an Onix] [intrigued]
So, this is my power. [a group of Tauros stampede towards him, but he lifts up them using his psychic powers while Team Rocket grunts capture them] I am in control now. [continues fighting Pokémon from Alakazam, to Magneton, and Gary Oak's Nidoking and Arcanine, still winning each battle easily] But why am I here? [Fade to black. Later, Mewtwo is back in the secret lab; to himself] Now I fully perceive my power. But what is my purpose?
[approaches on the balcony]
To serve your master. You were created to fight for me. That is your purpose.
Mewtwo [outraged]
That cannot be. You said we were partners. We stood as equals.
You were created by humans to obey humans. You could never be our equal.
Mewtwo [angrily]
Humans may have created me, but they will never enslave me. This cannot be my destiny! [starts breaking free]
Stop this now!
Mewtwo [furiously]
I was not born a Pokémon, I was created. And my creators have used and betrayed me. So, I stand alone! [Giovanni barely escapes while Mewtwo destroys his lab, and escapes to the island where he was created while his armor falls off and also takes off his helmet] Who am I? What is my true reason for being? [fades from the mountains to the ocean] I will find my own purpose...and purge this planet of all who oppose me, human and Pokémon alike. The world will heed my warning: [menacingly] The reign of Mewtwo will soon begin.
Mewtwo Humans, you have served my purpose. I am sparing your lives, for the moment. [uses his psychic powers to open the giant doors; thunder crackles] But you cannot escape your fate. The hour of my vengeance draws near. [the floor explodes behind him and his army of clones arrive] Behold! [the Trainers look in shock and horror] With Pokémon and humans eliminated, the clones shall inherit the world.
[bravely]
You can't do this. I won't let you. [starts walking through the smoke, film-noir-style]
It's Ash!
Alright!
Psyduck
[Ash and the original Pokémon start walking toward Mewtwo] [walks in confusion]
Psy-yi-yi. [pause] Duck.
Psyduck!
Vulpix!
Mewtwo [Ash and the original Pokémon stop and stare at Mewtwo and the clones]
It is useless to challenge me.
[angrily]
It's not gonna end like this, Mewtwo! We won't let it! [flips his hat backwards] You're mine!
Mewtwo [After Mew deflects one of Mewtwo's attacks, knocking him backwards into the stadium seats] [bursting out of the rubble]
So, you do have some fight in you! But I have no time for games. Destiny is at hand. Who will rule? My super-Pokémon, or your pathetic group of spineless inferior Pokémon?
Mew
Mew.
Mewtwo We were created with powers far stronger than the originals.
[Mew replies with a long set of "Mew" sounds] [understanding what Mew is saying]
Mew's got a good point.
What's it saying?
Mew says, "You don't prove anything by showing off a lot of special powers, and that a Pokémon's real strength comes from the heart."
Mewtwo [angrily]
My clones don't need their powers to prove their worth! [launches a psychic attack at Mew, who dodges; Ash is nearly hit, and Team Rocket are forced to flee from the resulting rubble] I will block all the Pokémon's special abilities using my psychic powers! Now we shall see who triumphs! Go!
[The Pokémon and their clones charge into battle with each other, except Pikachu]
YOU'VE GOTTA STOP RIGHT NOW! [Mew and Mewtwo both fire off powerful beams] STOOOOOOP!!!! [gets hit by both blasts]
ASH!
OH, NO!
PIKA-PI!
Mewtwo [Ash floats to the floor, then collapses slowly, groaning weakly] [in shock and disbelief]
Fool! Trying to stop our battle?
Mew
[turns its head to the side in confusion]
Mew?
Pika-Pi! [runs to Ash] Pikachu? [Ash's body turns to stone. He tries to wake up Ash by shaking him to no avail] Pika. Pika-pi. [Gyarados and its clone start roaring, along with Rhyhorn and its clone] Pika-pi. Pika. CHU! [uses Thunderbolt on Ash, but he doesn't wake up] Pika. CHU! CHU! CHU! CHU! CHU!
[still using Thunderbolt]
CHU! [panting] Pika. Pika. [uses Thunderbolt one last time] CHU! [stops using Thunderbolt in exhaustion and is panting heavily] Pika. Pika. [realizes Ash is gone; voice breaking] Pika-Pi... [starts shedding tears] Pika-Pi...
[Around the stadium, both the original Pokémon and the clones start to shed tears, which float to Ash Ketchum's body, then his body starts glowing blue] [in shock]
Pika? [in concern] Pika-Pi? [drops a few more tears on Ash's stone body]
[a beam of light then shines on Ash; his body returns to normal, and he slowly wakes up] [in shock]
Pi? [in happiness] Pika!
Pika-Pi! [runs to Ash]
Mewtwo [Ash hugs Pikachu and laughs; the Trainers, Nurse Joy and the Pokémon happily rejoice] [flying with Mew, with a change of heart]
A human sacrificed himself to save the Pokémon. I pitted them against each other, but not until they set aside their differences, did I see the true power they all share deep inside.
Mew
[nods in agreement]
Mew.
Mewtwo I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.
Mew
Mew.
[Both Mew and Mewtwo begin to glow and use their psychic powers to lift all of the cloned Pokémon into the air. The cloned Pokémon wave goodbye and fly away with Mew and Mewtwo. Ash, the Trainers and the original Pokémon watch them fly away]
Mewtwo, where are you going?
Mewtwo Where my heart can learn what yours knows so well. What transpired here, I will always remember. But perhaps for you, these events are best forgotten. [disappears into the clouds with the clones and Mew]
[A bright blue light from the ground begins to lift Ash, the Trainers, the Pokémon, and the light continues to increase throughout the stadium]
