I'm gonna do Mew and Mewtwo at the same time cause Mewtwo should have all of Mew's abilities. Btw how should we treat Mew having the DNA of every Pokemon and being stated to be able to learn every move?
Disagree. Mewtwo is a modification of Mew's genetics for power, so it is necessarily different.
Presumably, when you, in theory, throw out the genes that make something intolerant of water, you also throw out genes tied to other stuff, for example.
& offspring does not inherit all of its parents' genes to begin with.
Thus, it presumably doesn't have all of Mew's abilities. Not to mention, this is reflected in them having different level-up movepools & even Mewtwo being UNABLE to learn many TMs, unlike Mew, which can learn all of them.
| Red/Blue | It was created by a scientist after years of horrific gene splicing and DNA engineering experiments. |
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| Yellow | Its DNA is almost the same as Mew's. However, its size and disposition are vastly different. |
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| Gold | Because its battle abilities were raised to the ultimate level, it thinks only of defeating its foes. |
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| Silver | It usually remains motionless to conserve energy, so that it may unleash its full power in battle. |
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| Crystal | Said to rest quietly in an undiscovered cave, this Pokémon was created solely for battling. |
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| Emerald | A Pokémon that was created by genetic manipulation. However, even though the scientific power of humans made its body, they failed to give it a warm heart. |
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(Emerald's is reworded Ruby & Sapphire's entry, which uses "compassionate".)
| FireRed | A Pokémon whose genetic code was repeatedly recombined for research. It turned vicious as a result. |
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| Y | A Pokémon created by recombining Mew's genes. It's said to have the most savage heart among Pokémon. |
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| Sword | Created from the DNA of Mew, this Pokémon is a dangerous combination of overwhelming power and a savage heart.* |
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| Shield | The research efforts of a certain scientist ultimately resulted in this Pokémon. Its powers are dedicated to battling.* |
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(The Sword & Shield entries are found in Pokemon HOME.)
Mewtwo's DNA is at best, said to be "almost the same as Mew's" & that's in its Yellow entry, & Yellow was the games entry meant to be like the anime. Likewise, so were the Let's Go Games, which repeat the Yellow entry.
No other entries call it close, which makes sense; If you have something like DNA, which is like, trillions of genomes long, even 1% of it is a ton; We never get a numerical specification of how alike they are like "1%" or such, but the point is at huge scales, even small differences are huge.
Even a parent & their child are only so alike.
Meanwhile, tons of Mewtwo's other entries emphasize its nature which is unlike Mew. It
"was created solely for battling", it was
"made from years of horrific gene splicing & DNA engineering experiments", how it lacks a warm/compassionate heart, how it's vicious, far more savage & the notedly differing size & disposition.
& again, Mewtwo not sharing the same level-up movepool AND lacking Mew's ability to learn ALL TMs & Tutors.
I oppose giving Mewtwo all of Mew's abilities, canon repeatedly emphasizes their differences. Heck, wasn't Mewtwo's central movie ABOUT it fighting with Mew over their differences? (& then it went on to take its clones, made to differ like it, to live in peace.)
