History Anime / PokemonMewtwoReturns

* CloningBlues: All of the clones to an extent, but mainly Mewtwo and the Pikachu clone.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: So watch out for that wet floor, Domino!

* ImprovisedUmbrella: Early on when Ash and company get caught in the rain, Brock decides to use his frying pan... as a ''[[IncrediblyLamePun drying]]'' [[MemeticMutation pan]].

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Mewtwo does this to all of Team Rocket (as well as Luna and Cullen) except for Jessie, James, and Meowth in the end, though [[FridgeLogic one can't help but wonder why he didn't think to do this beforehand]]. Subverted with Ash and co., as Mewtwo allows them to keep their memories, and seeing as Ash says "This time we'll both remember," Ash probably figured out that they've met Mewtwo before and just can't remember it.
* LittleMissBadass: Domino of Team Rocket, who is only around Brock's age. Also a BadassNormal.

* PragmaticVillainy: Domino advises Giovanni not to continue torturing Mewtwo because Mewtwo is valuable and it would be a waste to kill him. [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou If they destroy him, it'll take years to create another clone]]. Giovanni acknowledges this, but doesn't care. Its become a battle of willpower, [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou and Giovanni is determined to prove his is the stronger]].

* FrothyMugsOfWater: Actually part of the story in this case--Purity Canyon's water gives people and Pokémon something akin to a [[CaffeineBulletTime sugar rush...]]

Special episode, a sequel to the events in ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' (while it was aired as a side-story episode in Japan, it was given a direct-to-video release in America)

** Also averted with Giovanni, as explained above.
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* BigDamnHeroes: Mewtwo does this four separate times in the movie. First, he saves the below-mentioned Bus Full of Innocents; second, he stops clone Pikachu from delivering a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown No-Holds Barred Beatdown]] to Ash's Pikachu; third, he stops Giovanni just as his enemy is about to capture both Pikachus and Meowths, then frees all the other clone Pokémon; and finally, he [[spoiler: saves the healing spring and lake from probable destruction by Giovanni, teleporting the whole darn thing underground.]]

* BornAsAnAdult: Sort of. A Nidoqueen and a Rhyhorn have offspring, some of which are baby Rhyhorn, and some of which are tiny baby Nidoqueens. Normally, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation if Nidoqueen were able to breed in the games]], they would be Nidorans. It could be assumed that because the Nidoqueen and Rhyhorn are clones, this is how breeding works for them, but none of the characters question this despite not knowing that they're clones at that point, so either it's a complete oversight or that's just how breeding works in the anime.

* BornAsAnAdult: Sort of. A Nidoqueen and a Rhyhorn have offspring, some of which are baby Rhyhorns, and some of which are tiny baby Nidoqueens. Normally, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation if Nidoqueen were able to breed in the games]], they would be Nidorans. It could be assumed that because the Nidoqueen and Rhyhorn are clones, this is how breeding works for them, but none of the characters question this despite not knowing that they're clones at that point, so either it's a complete oversight or that's just how breeding works in the anime.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Domino might look innocent at first: but she's actually a villain.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Please, let's find a quiet spot to line up and find out if we're a match!".

* TheCavalry: When things look at their bleakest, a monstrous swarm of furious Bug Pokémon attack and overwhelm Team Rocket.
-->'''Meowth''': They're coming... and they're very angry.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Mewtwo does this to all of Team Rocket (as well as Luna and Cullen) except for Jessie, James, and Meowth in the end, though [[FridgeLogic one can't help but wonder why he didn't think to do this beforehand]]. Subverted with Ash and co., as Mewtwo allows them to keep their memories, and seeing as Ash says "This time we'll both remember," Mewtwo may have at least told Ash and Co. about their memories he wiped in the first film.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mewtwo is free to discover his place in the world, but he is alone again, and potentially will never see his clones ever again.]]

* AGlassInTheHand: Giovanni does it twice, first with a glass he's drinking from, and to a walkie-talkie (!) near the end of the movie.
** AGlassOfChianti: Or what looks like whiskey, in this case. Surprisingly untouched by 4Kids for the dub.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Please, let's find a quiet spot to line up and find out if we're a match!"

** [[spoiler: when everyone, including the all-powerful Mewtwo is captured and it looks like Team Rocket has truly won, the local bug pokemon converge on and furiously attack the Team Rocket base, freeing everyone in the process and resetting the playing field. Lampshaded by Meowth's ominous words: "They're coming... and they're very angry." ]]