Cynicism Catalyst: His only friends spent a short time with him before dying, and then his memories had to be wiped in order to keep the emotional anguish from overloading him during his early stages in the test tube. This left him with only vague flickers of what he remembered with Ambertwo and the other three clones - a sense of grief and loss, accompanied by not understanding exactly why "life is wonderful", or what his purpose is.
Dan Green: He ended up voicing Mewtwo in Mewtwo Returns, due to Phillip Bartlett's death in 2001.
Dark and Troubled Past: The Kanto starter clones and Ambertwo were his childhood friends, but all of them died and the scientists were forced to erase his memories of them to keep his brain waves from going out of control. But even then, he still remembers Ambertwo's last words.
Go Mad from the Revelation: When he finds out the humans who made him don't give jack squat about him. It's traumatic enough as it is, but his childhood friend Ambertwo's last words of "Life is wonderful" are still in his head when he breaks out of his test tube. It's enough to send Mewtwo into a rage and leads him to want vengeance on all non-clone life.
Humans Are The Real Monsters: How he views humans after his early exposure to them. By the end of Mewtwo Returns, he's softened his view on them a bit.
Island Base: Has one in the first film that would make even a James Bond villain green with envy. Its complete with a battle arena, cloning machine and Weather Control Machine (in this case, he's the machine), and all this is on the island where he was created, even including the last log of the scientists he killed months before, as a testament to his birth.
Straw Nihilist: Starts out like this in the first film, but grows out of it by the end.
Super Soldier: Giovanni attempted to make Mewtwo into this in both the first film and Mewtwo Returns. Both attempts end in failure, the second of which resulting in Mewtwo erasing all traces of himself from Giovanni's memory.
Take Over the World: The English dub more or less Bowdlerizes his main goal from wanting to prove himself to Mew that he is the "true one" of the two to simply this.
Used To Be A Sweet Pokémon: The cover for The Birth of Mewtwo radio drama shows him as a happy, little baby Pokémon and has moments where you just want to give him a hug. When Mewtwo grows up and has a better understanding of the circumstances of his birth, he quickly goes off the deep end.
When He Smiles: Twice in Mewtwo Returns; once while moon gazing with Pikatwo and Meowthtwo and again during his healing at the lake, when he finally realizes that the Earth is as much his home as any naturally created Pokémon.
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Both in the English and Japanese version of the first film, though much more in the latter (see Take Over The World above).
Let's Get Dangerous: He spends the first half of the film before confronting Mewtwo bouncing around the island playing. When Mewtwo delivers his Badass Boast that he is superior, Mew just chases its tail, and giggles as it dodges Mewtwo's attacks. But when one of Mewtwo's attacks finally hits and sends him flying through the air? He returns the favor.
Urban Legendof Zelda: Contrary to a popular myth, Mew doesn't outright antagonize Mewtwo in the original version. At one point, Mew claims that the real Pokémon won't lose to their copies, as long as they try their best. That was as far as it ever went, and Mew didn't really consider the clones as inferior.
Pokémon the Movie 2000 - The Power of One
Human Characters
Lawrence III
Affably Evil: He doesn't even keep his prisoners locked up, he lets them walk around as they please!
Anti-Villain: One of the most sympathetic in the entire franchise.
Be Careful What You Wish For: Double-subverted. The Unown make a happy, perfect world for her complete with replacements of her missing mom and dad, but eventually their powers get out of control and it breaks down.
But subverted again when they granted her a wish of having a father figure in her life, Entei, who is all about protecting her.
Break the Cutie: She's five, yet she undergoes crap no child that age should have to endure.
Badass: The only one of Ash's Pokémon that gives him even a little trouble is Charizard - who is established to be one of the toughest before getting his training - and even then Entei comes out on top.
Ash: "Please Entei, listen to me! If you really care about Molly you'll let her come with us. It's not right for her to stay here with you - you have to let her go!"
Entei: "Whether it is right or wrong, I will do as SHE WISHES!"
Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Iron Masked Marauder does not sound like someone you'd want to come face to face with. His Japanese name, Vicious, is no slouch on this either.
Girl of the Week: Naturally, Brock falls for her and Misty doesn't approve.
Meaningful Name: Her Japanese name, Miku, is an alternate reading of mirai, meaning "future". Fitting, as the time period she lives in, while the present day to us, is the future to Sam and Celebi.
Black Eyes of Crazy: As Dark Celebi, its pupils change from blue to a solid gradient black.
The Corruption: Falls victim to it after being caught in the Iron-Masked Marauder's Dark Ball.
Disney Death: Literally withered. But a multitude of Celebis saved it.
Eldritch Abomination: Who'd have thought someting like an adorable little Celebi (albeit a brainwashed one) could become so destructive and downright evil?
A magician who has his show in the Millenium Comet festival. He was once a scientist working for Team Magma on a machine to resurrect Groudon. After his failure, he was expelled from the team, driving him to seek vengeance and prove his theories.
Childhood Friend Romance: With Diane, though she has since hated what he became after joining Team Magma.
Heel Face Turn: After Diane is "killed" by the mutant Groudon he creates, he understands how wrong his actions were and becomes an ally in defeating it.
Heroic Sacrifice: Throws himself in front of one of the mutant Groudon's attacks to buy Ash and Max the time they need to activate the machine that will kill Groudon. He gets better.
Why Did It Have To Be Pokémon?: Due to being caught in the middle of a stampede in his early childhood, he has a crippling fear of Pokémon and isn't much better around their trainers.
Pokémon Characters
Deoxys
Disney Death: The purple one at the beginning of the movie.
Identical Twin ID Tag: Turns out there's two Deoxys; the difference is in the mark on their faces. The rampaging one has a purple mark, while the one who was initially just a blob has a green mark.
Morality Pet: Green Deoxys might be this to Purple Deoxys, as it is the one who convinces it to stop.
From a Certain Point of View: Aaron sort of brought Lucario's spite upon himself - he might have done what he did to protect his partner from dying with him, but even so he could've arranged for Lucario to learn the truth instead of leaving him sealed in the staff for centuries.
Rescue Romance: Averted - she believed that Tonio had saved her when they were children, but although she probably formed her initial attraction towards him over it, she's still clearly in love with him at the end of the movie. Played straight when Tonio saves her from falling off a bridge.
Tonio
Butt Monkey: A little, though he's far from cowardly and proves himself by the end.
Badass: He stands up to twoOlympus Mons for a good deal of time and is able to endure their attacks surprisingly well.
Back from the Dead: Apparently, his death was within the realm of Palkia's influence whilst in its realm, and so he was recomposed after Alamos Town was returned to the physical plane.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Granted, he's less of a "jerk" and simply seems a little more inclined towards aggression than negotiation, which can't have helped the public opinion of him. Despite this, there's a major emphasis on his Heart of Gold.
Worf Had The Flu: Leaves most of the fight against Arceus in Movie 12 up to Palkia and Giratina, because sending the protagonists back in time drained it of too much energy.
Palkia
Badass: After Dialga is unable to continue fighting, it and Giratina manage to keep fending off Arceus for a good deal of time.
A Day in the Limelight: S/he is somewhat more important in Movie 10 than Dialga, due to appearing earlier in the climax and restoring Alamos Town with its powers.
Ambiguous Gender: Its mannerisms shift whenever its forms do: in Land Forme, it behaves like a meek little girl, and prefers being with Dawn; in Sky Forme, it's more akin to a headstrong young boy, and bonds better with Ash. Even its voice changes between the two forms!
Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: It only became involved in the Creation Trio feud because Dialga was drinking from the same lake when Giratina struck.
Involuntary Shapeshifting: Whenever it comes in contact with Gracidea pollen it turns into Sky Forme and will change back into Land Forme when the sun sets or if it comes into contact with the cold.
I Owe You My Life: And because of this, it seems to be the Creation Trio member most fond of Ash and his friends.
Poor Communication Kills: If only it had told Shaymin that it didn't intend to eat it, but to get it to open a portal to the real world, a lot of drama could have been avoided.
Disney Villain Death: An interesting variation in that he isn't a villain, but because of how he originally died he was believed to be one for millenia. When he survives due to changing the timeline, he's rightfully regarded as the noble man he was.
Disney Villain Death: In the original timeline. He looks to have suffered a sort-of one in the new timeline (being crushed by rubble), but is revealed to have survived in the end-credits sequence.
Driven to Suicide: In the manga, he sets in motion his own death when his plan is thwarted.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He firmly believes that Michina Town will die once the Jewel of Life is returned to Arceus, and so takes measures to ensure this won't happen. Subverted in the manga adaptation, where he's a lot less sympathetic.
God Is Evil: Well not evil but close at the start of the movie
Hero Antagonist: Its grievances with humanity aren't unjustified even thousands of years later - it was almost murdered by people it had saved with no benefit to itself save the satisfaction of doing good!
Heroic Sacrifice: Almost pulled one to save the land from a meteorite. This is how hit met Damos.
I Owe You My Life: Why it repaid Damos initially, though it appears Arceus was by nature sympathetic to those in need.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Not unjustified, as it believed that its trusted friend had betrayed it by withholding the Jewel Of Life - which Arceus needs to survive.
Meaningful Name: His Japanese name, and by extension his English one, comes from the Japanese word for "megalomanic".
Obviously Evil: Inverted - his appearance is a little bizarre but not overly suspicious by his own world's standards; however to the audience it fittingly invokes Light Is Not Good with his white suit and gold eyes, because very rarely does a character with both that and Kaleidoscope Hair turn out to be a saint.
Person of Mass Destruction: Twenty years before the events of the movie, he caused all the plant life in Crown City to die by touching the Time Ripple.
Chekhov's Skill: His ability to take on the appearance of another Pokémon comes in handy near the climax of the movie, when he masquerades as Celebi and lures Kodai away to give Ash more time to bring the real Celebi to the Time Ripple.
Dark Is Not Evil: "Adorable little fox kit who just wants to be reunited with his mother" is about as far from evil as you can get.
Action Mom: Trapped in an electrified steel cage? She punches her way out of it. Confronted by a trio of legendary Pokémon? She fights them to a standstill. Facing Grings Kodai himself? Destroys his Time Ripple absorbing claw and knocks out his Shuppet with Dark Pulse. What motivates her to pull this all off? Her son needs her.
Poor Communication Kills: Got in a big fight with Shiny Raikou, Entei and Suicune because she was running around giving them a bad name, even though it wasn't her fault. Can't these movie Pokémon just talk things out?!
Tastes Like Friendship / Conflict Killer: It calms the angry forest Pokémon in Crown City by making berries grow on the surrounding trees and bushes.
The Worf Effect: As seems to be the case with most Celebi that appear in the series, it isn't very strong for a legendary Pokémon, being easily defeated by Kodai's Mismagius and Shuppet.
Best Wishes Movies
Pokémon The Movie: White — Victini and Zekrom/Pokémon The Movie: Black — Victini and Reshiram
Badass Adorable: Pint-sized and cute, like Mew and its counterparts in the movie. Also like them is that he can really fight (although unlike them, he doesn't have a cutesy-sounding voice).
Large Ham: More quiet than most hams, but his voice makes any speaking have impact. Then there is the way he accepts invitations to a fight: set up an icy combat ring with an arc for the challenger to pass through as formality.
