Mewtwo's Tragic Philosophy

Mewtwo is the legendary Pokemon that has blown our minds since he was first artificially created in a Team Rocket laboratory. He's like Mew...but more human. Join Grant as he uncovers the tragedy that is MewTwo and discovers whether he is actually an improvement on Mew.

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[razor]

"I see now that the circumstances of ones birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are" -Mewtwo

[monroerobbins]

I just have to wonder. Instead of just going on about what Mewtwo was SUPPOSED to do, imagine if the scientists did something different. Said hello, hugged Mewtwo, asked how he felt. Treated him less like an object and more like a kid in a new place, which he kind of is. What if he got love and support instead?

[wileycoyote]

Mewtwo only did that in the movie because he was raised by a young girl that he loved, but when she is gone, he enters the real world, then he feels he loses his purpose and flips out.

[joshuafogg]

The best part is that Mew thought that they were just playing.

[oniondip]

Mewtwo is also extremely pissed about life in general

[bobborobertson]

I’d like to point out that Mewtwo only had a little while to actually train meanwhile Mew has had possibly billions of years to slowly grow stronger.

[nickrondinelli]

Inb4 he doesn't mention the part about the professor's daughter and previous clones dying and mewtwo as a psychic child watched them leave before his eyes.

[BenjaminWirtz]

You did't mention the one line that sums it all up. "I now realize that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that makes you who you are".

[kuromyou]

I really appreciate you mentioning that Mewtwo had to rebuild the lab, add the castle, make his own pokeballs and that it didn't happen overnight. He essentially perfected the cloning technique that the scientists took years to even have one success in...when creating Mewtwo. I also liked that you describe Mewtwo as having these God-like powers, but with an immense intelligence and that this actually causes him to be bored and isolated. I've never heard him described this way. 802 pokemon, and Mewtwo is still my favorite.

[zacharygate]

The problem with Pikachu defeating a Golem isn't because it's a rock type. It's because it's a ground type. 1:00

[crowelee]

I had this movie on VHS tape anybody remember them

[senaruryuin]

It's too bad you didn't go into the story of Mewtwo's origins. There's a whole intro opening sequence startint with mew buzzing some scientists after they find a fossil, then later in the lab, with a baby mewtwo and the scientist's daughter that he's trying to clone, (The original died). Along with the girl and mewtwo there's also a charmanger, bulbasaur and squirtle. All of them, the girl included, die, and leave mewtwo alone. This leads into the opening with mew in the water with Mewtwo speaking and questioning himself. If we consider what he's already gone through, it's a good place to start with analyzing his character and phylosophy since it shows more of what he himself has experienced. The only friends he ever had died, and later, he recreates those friends, minus the human girl. (Though we could argue that the brainwashed Joy is a substitute for her).

[ScottE-]

Hey Grant, you forgot to mention the cut portion of the film with Mewtwo and Ai. It's really a heart breaking scene that sadly never got to the west, it can be found on YouTube if you know where to look, it is mostly referenced under the name "Birth of Mewtwo". It provides a more cohesive reason as to why Mewtwo is pissed at humans, as in the cut show that they died and he could not understand why until much later, in that he was the only successful clone watching the ones he grew to love die.
... Yeah its dark and the comment section already talked a bit more about it. Hope your day is going well Grant and Crew.

[tamsuskaralius]

00:55 Yes, Golem is a rock type, but more importantly it is a GROUND type which is immune to electric.

[rolandodr]

Electric hits rock types
Electric does NOT hit ground types.

Golem still shouldn't be affected but yeah.






Why do I get the feeling I should have finished the video before making the comment?

[doctorpebba]

Sorry I have to nerd at you

*inhale*



PIKACHU BEAT THE ONIX CAUSE HE TRIGGERED THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND COVERED IT WITH WATER WHICH CONDUCTS ELECTRICITY

[LovecutV]

Everyone's said it before but I gotta again: All of Mewtwo's actions are motivated by him losing Amber and his three friends in the tube.
He might not actually remember it since they erased his memory, but residue of what she told him and that feeling stayed... hence him being born as a pissed off cat when they treat his life as nothing more than a project.

[ethanpfeiffer]

1:03 Golem is also Ground, and that's why Pikachu shouldn't have dealt damage to ground.

[ishaanjain]

I like how he said rock in the beginning instead in ground.

[alexanderopsimulis]

Electric attack can work on rock pokemon, bat can't on ground