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So, I only just now saw the Genesect movie (yes, I am very far behind, thank you for noticing), and there were a few things about the Mewtwo in it that I want to discuss. I say they are different Mewtwo, simply because the origin stories are so different. And other reasons, but I'll go into those later.
The original Mewtwo from Mewtwo Strikes Back is shown as being created, then promptly getting angry and destroying the lab. Then Giovanni comes and "trains" Mewtwo to use its power, and Mewtwo describes the armor that Giovanni puts him in as suppressing its powers. Giovanni said they weren't being suppressed, but hey, he's a dirty liar (as shown by the offer to be partners with Mewtwo). That Mewtwo, even in the armor that I believe really did suppress his power, at least somewhat, was shown to be completely untouchable by any other Pokemon. He defeats tons of other Pokemon with what seemed to be no effort. He later destroys Giovanni's lab and all that stuff out there and goes to an island, where he plans on taking over the world and destroying all humans.
The Genesect Mewtwo is shown to be created in a similar fashion, but its creators clearing had time to run some serious tests on it. It is shown being tortured and abused. Eventually, it destroys the lab and flees, but not necessarily out of anger. Given what was going on, I'd say that the Genesect Mewtwo escaped just to get away from all the pain and torture it had been abusing. It then, injured, flees into the wilderness and finds a cave of Pokemon. A lightning strike knocks it down, and the other Pokemon heal it.
So, those are the big differences in origin stories. I will now address the topic of personality. The original Mewtwo was very angry. It destroyed everything out of rage, because it had no purpose. Genesect Mewtwo doesn't seem particularly angry. It has serious trust issues with humans, and really doesn't like them, but it seems a bit more... calm, I guess is a good word for it. Original Mewtwo was also obsessed with finding out its purpose in life, and that seemed to be a large contribution to its motivation. It denied the destiny that Giovanni gave it, and instead created its own destiny. A somewhat genocidal destiny, true, but one nonetheless. Genesect Mewtwo didn't feel like it belonged anywhere, and it very much wanted to belong, but it didn't seem obsessed with its purpose in life. It found a home with the wild Pokemon, and that alone was enough for it. Also, original Mewtwo didn't have such a huge problem with humans by the end of Mewtwo Returns, but Genesect Mewtwo did. And, lastly (for this section), Genesect Mewtwo didn't want to fight the Genesect, and had a huge desire to protect the other Pokemon. Original Mewtwo only really cared about its clones. It even said that the trainers' Pokemon were corrupted and impure (or something to that effect). Original Mewtwo was also rather hostile, and very violent. It clearly had no qualms about beating other Pokemon.
Lastly, I want to discuss powers. Yes, Genesect Mewtwo can Mega Evolve. Without a trainer or a stone, which is very impressive. But, aside from that, its powers seemed weaker than original Mewtwo's. As mentioned above, original Mewtwo was able to easily defeat tons of other Pokemon. The only sign of taking damage that it showed was from Mew's attack, and only because (in my opinion) it wasn't expecting it. Afterwards, Mew and Mewtwo fought on relatively equal ground, with neither really taking any serious damage. Original Mewtwo was also able to easily tank a Flamethrower attack from Ash's very powerful Charizard, whereas Genesect Mewtwo got knocked around a bit by the red Genesect, even in its Mega Evolved form.
Now, why are there two Mewtwo's? Good question! I believe that between the events of Mewtwo Strikes Back and Mewtwo Returns Giovanni commissioned another group of scientist to recreate Mewtwo, but with a few changes. Giovanni didn't want a Mewtwo he couldn't control; he learned how well that went with the last Mewtwo. So, he had the scientists created a more docile, more gentle Mewtwo. And one with a lot less anger. The result was a weaker Mewtwo, which Giovanni was NOT okay with! So, he had his scientists conduct a series of painful and awful tests on the new Mewtwo to either a) get it to gain powers like the original or b) to test the limits of its power. While the original Mewtwo was more powerful, they were identical in that they were the same species. Giovanni tried to get an idea of what Mewtwo's limits were so he could later go and try and capture the original Mewtwo. And to some degree, he nearly succeeded. He had machines that were built with the intent of capturing Mewtwo, as seen in Mewtwo Returns. I don't think he would have built something unless he had some way of knowing it would work. So, I imagine he got the data from the other Mewtwo, the Genesect Mewtwo, and used that data to create the machines he uses in Mewtwo Returns to capture Mewtwo. I know I wouldn't go up against the most powerful Pokemon in the world, one that had a rather violent and destructive history, with some machines that I thought might work, according to what little math I could actually perform. I don't doubt that Giovanni still had some leftover data on the original Mewtwo, but I imagine a lot of it was lost. Hence the testing on Genesect Mewtwo; they needed data to be able to create those machines. Now, we don't know how long Genesect Mewtwo was with the wild Pokemon before encountering the Genesect and Ash and the gang, but it could very easily been a number of years. In fact, I imagine it probably was quite some time, since Genesect Mewtwo learned how to Mega Evolve and push the limits of its power.
Now, I just really wanted to discuss this with someone, so here it is.
The original Mewtwo from Mewtwo Strikes Back is shown as being created, then promptly getting angry and destroying the lab. Then Giovanni comes and "trains" Mewtwo to use its power, and Mewtwo describes the armor that Giovanni puts him in as suppressing its powers. Giovanni said they weren't being suppressed, but hey, he's a dirty liar (as shown by the offer to be partners with Mewtwo). That Mewtwo, even in the armor that I believe really did suppress his power, at least somewhat, was shown to be completely untouchable by any other Pokemon. He defeats tons of other Pokemon with what seemed to be no effort. He later destroys Giovanni's lab and all that stuff out there and goes to an island, where he plans on taking over the world and destroying all humans.
The Genesect Mewtwo is shown to be created in a similar fashion, but its creators clearing had time to run some serious tests on it. It is shown being tortured and abused. Eventually, it destroys the lab and flees, but not necessarily out of anger. Given what was going on, I'd say that the Genesect Mewtwo escaped just to get away from all the pain and torture it had been abusing. It then, injured, flees into the wilderness and finds a cave of Pokemon. A lightning strike knocks it down, and the other Pokemon heal it.
So, those are the big differences in origin stories. I will now address the topic of personality. The original Mewtwo was very angry. It destroyed everything out of rage, because it had no purpose. Genesect Mewtwo doesn't seem particularly angry. It has serious trust issues with humans, and really doesn't like them, but it seems a bit more... calm, I guess is a good word for it. Original Mewtwo was also obsessed with finding out its purpose in life, and that seemed to be a large contribution to its motivation. It denied the destiny that Giovanni gave it, and instead created its own destiny. A somewhat genocidal destiny, true, but one nonetheless. Genesect Mewtwo didn't feel like it belonged anywhere, and it very much wanted to belong, but it didn't seem obsessed with its purpose in life. It found a home with the wild Pokemon, and that alone was enough for it. Also, original Mewtwo didn't have such a huge problem with humans by the end of Mewtwo Returns, but Genesect Mewtwo did. And, lastly (for this section), Genesect Mewtwo didn't want to fight the Genesect, and had a huge desire to protect the other Pokemon. Original Mewtwo only really cared about its clones. It even said that the trainers' Pokemon were corrupted and impure (or something to that effect). Original Mewtwo was also rather hostile, and very violent. It clearly had no qualms about beating other Pokemon.
Lastly, I want to discuss powers. Yes, Genesect Mewtwo can Mega Evolve. Without a trainer or a stone, which is very impressive. But, aside from that, its powers seemed weaker than original Mewtwo's. As mentioned above, original Mewtwo was able to easily defeat tons of other Pokemon. The only sign of taking damage that it showed was from Mew's attack, and only because (in my opinion) it wasn't expecting it. Afterwards, Mew and Mewtwo fought on relatively equal ground, with neither really taking any serious damage. Original Mewtwo was also able to easily tank a Flamethrower attack from Ash's very powerful Charizard, whereas Genesect Mewtwo got knocked around a bit by the red Genesect, even in its Mega Evolved form.
Now, why are there two Mewtwo's? Good question! I believe that between the events of Mewtwo Strikes Back and Mewtwo Returns Giovanni commissioned another group of scientist to recreate Mewtwo, but with a few changes. Giovanni didn't want a Mewtwo he couldn't control; he learned how well that went with the last Mewtwo. So, he had the scientists created a more docile, more gentle Mewtwo. And one with a lot less anger. The result was a weaker Mewtwo, which Giovanni was NOT okay with! So, he had his scientists conduct a series of painful and awful tests on the new Mewtwo to either a) get it to gain powers like the original or b) to test the limits of its power. While the original Mewtwo was more powerful, they were identical in that they were the same species. Giovanni tried to get an idea of what Mewtwo's limits were so he could later go and try and capture the original Mewtwo. And to some degree, he nearly succeeded. He had machines that were built with the intent of capturing Mewtwo, as seen in Mewtwo Returns. I don't think he would have built something unless he had some way of knowing it would work. So, I imagine he got the data from the other Mewtwo, the Genesect Mewtwo, and used that data to create the machines he uses in Mewtwo Returns to capture Mewtwo. I know I wouldn't go up against the most powerful Pokemon in the world, one that had a rather violent and destructive history, with some machines that I thought might work, according to what little math I could actually perform. I don't doubt that Giovanni still had some leftover data on the original Mewtwo, but I imagine a lot of it was lost. Hence the testing on Genesect Mewtwo; they needed data to be able to create those machines. Now, we don't know how long Genesect Mewtwo was with the wild Pokemon before encountering the Genesect and Ash and the gang, but it could very easily been a number of years. In fact, I imagine it probably was quite some time, since Genesect Mewtwo learned how to Mega Evolve and push the limits of its power.
Now, I just really wanted to discuss this with someone, so here it is.
