History YMMV / PokemonTheMastermindOfMiragePokemon

* CompleteMonster: [[MadScientist Dr. Yung]], aka the Mirage Master, [[BitchInSheepsClothing presents himself as a friendly researcher]], but he is actually a cold-hearted and petty man [[ThePerfectionist who demands absolute perfection in Pokémon]]. Yung developed the "Mirage System" to create living, intelligent "Mirage" Pokémon that lacked what Yung believed were the natural flaws and weaknesses of real Pokémon, but his flagrant disregard for Pokémon and mistreatment of his Mirages lead to his rejection from the scientific community. [[TheyCalledMeMad Stewing in his hatred]] and further perfecting his technology, Yung would create Mirage Pokémon only to abuse, enslave, and disregard them if he found the slightest flaws, the greatest example being a Mew who Yung subjects to harsh physical and verbal torment. Luring Professor Oak, Ash, and their friends to his castle, Yung forces Oak to hand over access codes to his network by [[MindRape torturing Pikachu with a mind scanner]] and [[WouldHurtAChild threatening the kids with death]]. Upon creating "Mirage Mewtwo", Yung cruelly has it painfully destroy the rest of his Mirage Pokémon--including Mew, to which Yung smugly declares "Good riddance. Flawed specimen."--and then reveals his plan to spread his Mirage network worldwide and use his Mirage Pokémon to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer the world]], crushing all Pokémon who lack the perfection of his Mirages.

* MoralEventHorizon: Dr. Yung ordering Mirage Mewtwo to destroy Mirage Mew. What makes this event notable is that Mew was the only Mirage Pokémon capable of sentience and compassion. In many ways, it ''was'' the perfect Mirage Pokémon, but Yung was incapable of seeing that. He only saw a failure because it wasn't perfect in his mind, a mindless weapon with absolute loyalty.

** Mirage Mew's first apparent death, and its real demise later. Mew's final act is to happily wave goodbye knowing it saved its only friends from Dr. Yung's wrath.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Most discussions about this special are about it [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_USA_recasting_controversy being the testing ground for [=TCPi=]'s entirely new English cast]], rather than about it being the 10th anniversary special. That in itself would be controversial enough, but the fact that no one on 4Kids was even asked to return and Pokemon USA's infamous response to the backlash only served to make things worse.

* CompleteMonster: Dr. Yung. Expelled from the Pokémon Institute for having no respect for life, his apathy towards living creatures is all too apparent, from developing his Mirage system to spread chaos across the planet, right down to his mistreatment of his first creation Mirage Mew - an affectionate sentient artificial being. But the scientist was not interested in friendship, he wanted a weapon. Mirage Mew refused to attack others, and so he rejected the artificial Pokémon as a flawed specimen, who repeatedly came into his lab nonetheless.

* TheWoobie: Mirage Mew.

** After creating Mirage Mewtwo, Mirage Master orders it to attack the other Mirage Pokémon. It does so and they are all wiped out. What makes this sad isn't so much that those Mirage Pokémon where destroyed (they really had no will or identities of their own). What makes it sad is Mew's reaction, it floats over to where they were all standing a moment ago and looks around with a mixture of confusion and sadness. Like it actually cared for its holographic brethren, and like a child can't fully comprehend what's just happened to them.

** Mirage Mew's first apparent death, and its real demise later.

* CompleteMonster: Dr. Yung. Expelled from the Pokémon Institute for having no respect for life, his apathy towards living creatures is all too apparent, from developing his Mirage system to spread chaos across the planet, right down to creating Mirage Mew, an affectionate sentient artificial being. But the scientist was not interested in friendship, he wanted a weapon. Mirage Mew refused to attack others, and so he rejected the artificial Pokémon as a flawed specimen, who repeatedly came into his lab nonetheless.

* MoralEventHorizon: Dr. Yung orders Mewtwo to destroy Mew. What makes this event notable is that Mew was the only Mirage Pokémon capable of sentience and compassion. In many ways, it ''was'' the perfect Mirage Pokémon, but Yung was incapable of seeing that. He only saw a failure because it wasn't perfect in his mind, a mindless weapon with absolute loyalty.
* OvershadowedByControversy: Discussion about the special itself is mostly obscured by the voice actor change.

* LooseCanon: It's not clear whether this special is canon to the actual anime. It was made by a different studio than the main series, and featured some aspects that outright contradict it (for example, Pikachu knowing Volt Tackle long before he would actually learn it in the show, and Professor Oak having a Dragonite which is never seen or mentioned again).

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilAllAlong Dr. Yung]], AKA the [[BigBad Mirage Master]], was a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] MadScientist who viewed real Pokemon as being imperfect. It was his disdain towards real Pokemon that inspired him to create Mirage Pokemon. His experiments were deemed too cruel by his peers [[note]] He would forcibly scan a Pokemon's memory to create a new Pokemon. [[/note]], and he was shut down. Vowing revenge, he dons the Mirage Master alter-ego after faking his own abduction, He kidnaps Profesor Oak, and tried to [[MindRape emotionally torture him]] into giving him his password to his PC database in the hopes of hacking into worldwide Pokemon centers. He also abuses, and [[KillTheCutie eventually kills]], his Mew Mirage, which he viewed as a failed experiment, and he forcibly scans Pikachu's memory, thus injuring him. After he had finally gotten Oak to crack, he tries to kill him with his Mewtwo Mirage because he was [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer of use to him]]. Yung later planned on deploying missiles so that he could have a larger field for his Mirages, and he fully intended on releasing Mirage Mewtwo's power unto the world. [[LackOfEmpathy Lacking regard]] for natural and artificial life, Yung was [[ItsAllAboutMe only motivated]] by his own goals.

* SoBadItsGood: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdyUR4TFBio The DVD opening]] to the special.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Despite the ire the special earned, most appreciated that Misty made another [[TheBusCameBack return appearance]], given the special was supposed to commentate the series' 10th anniversary.

* TearJerker: After creating Mirage Mewtwo, Mirage Master orders it to attack the other Mirage Pokémon. It does so and they are all wiped out. What makes this sad isn't so much that those Mirage Pokémon where destroyed (they really had no will or identities of their own). What makes it sad is Mew's reaction, it floats over to where they were all standing a moment ago and looks around with a mixture of confusion and sadness. Like it actually cared for its holographic brethren, and like a child can't fully comprehend what's just happened to them.
** Mirage Mew's first apparent death, and its real demise later.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilAllAlong Dr. Yung]], AKA the [[BigBad Mirage Master]], was a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] MadScientist who viewed real Pokemon as being imperfect. It was his disdain towards real Pokemon that inspired him to create Mirage Pokemon. His experiments were deemed too cruel by his peers [[note]] He would forcibly scan a Pokemon's memory to create a new Pokemon. [[/note]], and he was shut down. Vowing revenge, he dons the Mirage Master alter-ego after faking his own abduction, he kidnaps Profesor Oak, and tried to [[MindRape emotionally torture him]] into giving him his password to his PC database in the hopes of hacking into worldwide Pokemon centers. He also abuses, and [[KillTheCutie eventually kills]], his Mew Mirage (which he viewed as a failed experiment), and he forcibly scans Pikachu's memory, thus injuring him. After he had finally gotten Oak to crack, he tries to kill him with his Mewtwo Mirage because he was [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer of use to him]]. Yung later planned on deploying missiles so that he could have a larger field for his Mirages, and he fully intended on releasing Mirage Mewtwo's power unto the world. [[LackOfEmpathy Lacking regard]] for natural and artificial life, Yung was [[ItsAllAboutMe only motivated]] by his own selfish goals.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilAllAlong Dr. Yung]], AKA the [[BigBad Mirage Master]], was a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] MadScientist who viewed real Pokemon as being imperfect. It was his disdain towards real Pokemon that inspired him to create Mirage Pokemon. His experiments were deemed too cruel by his peers [[note]] He would forcibly scan a Pokemon's memory to create a new Pokemon. [[/note]], and he was shut down. Vowing revenge, he dons the Mirage Master alter-ego after faking his own abduction, he kidnaps Profesor Oak, and tried to [[MindRape emotionally torture him]] into giving him his password to his PC database in the hopes of hacking into worldwide Pokemon centers. He also abuses, and [[KillTheCutie eventually kills]], his Mew Mirage (which he viewed as a failed experiment), and he forcibly scans Pikachu's memory, thus injuring him. After he had finally gotten Oak to crack, he tries to kill him with his Mewtwo Mirage because he was [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer of use to him]]. Yung later planned on deploying missiles so that he could have a larger field for his Mirages, and he fully intended on releasing Mirage Mewtwo's power unto the world. [[LackOfEmpathy Lacking regard]] for natural and artificial life, Yung was [[ItsAllAboutMe only motivated]] by his own [[SelfishEvil selfish goals]].

* TearJerker: After creating Mirage Mewtwo, Mirage Master orders it to attack the other Mirage Pokémon. It does so and they are all wiped out. What makes this sad isn't so much that those Mirage Pokémon where destroyed (they really had no will or identities of their own). What makes it sad is Mew's reaction, it floats over to where they were all standing a moment ago and looks around with a mixture of confusion and sadness. Like it actually cared for it's holographic brethren, and like a child can't fully comprehend what's just happened to them.
** Mirage Mew's first apparent death, and it's real demise later.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilAllAlong Dr. Yung]], AKA the [[BigBad Mirage Master]], was a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] MadScientist who viewed real Pokemon as being imperfect. It was his disdain towards real Pokemon that inspired him to create Mirage Pokemon. His experiments were deemed too cruel by his peers [[note]] He would forcibly scan a Pokemon's memory to create a new Pokemon. [[/note]], and he was shut down. Vowing revenge, he dons the Mirage Master alter-ego after faking his own abduction, He kidnaps Profesor Oak, and tried to [[MindRape emotionally torture him]] into giving him his password to his PC database in the hopes of hacking into worldwide Pokemon centers. He also abuses, and [[KillTheCutie eventually kills]], his Mew Mirage (which he viewed as a failed experiment), and he forcibly scans Pikachu's memory, thus injuring him. After he had finally gotten Oak to crack, he tries to kill him with his Mewtwo Mirage because he was [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer of use to him]]. Yung later planned on deploying missiles so that he could have a larger field for his Mirages, and he fully intended on releasing Mirage Mewtwo's power unto the world. [[LackOfEmpathy Lacking regard]] for natural and artificial life, Yung was [[ItsAllAboutMe only motivated]] by his own [[SelfishEvil selfish goals]].

* TheWoobie: Mirage Mew

* SoBadItsGood: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdyUR4TFBio The DVD opening]] to the special.