Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening

This article is about a special episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

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SS026   ミュウツー‐覚醒への序章‐ Mewtwo: The Prologue to its Awakening

First broadcast Japan July 11, 2013 United States January 11, 2014

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening None Ending タイトル　～メインテーマ～

Credits Animation Unknown Screenplay Storyboard Assistant directors Animation directors No additional credits are available at this time.

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Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening (Japanese: ミュウツー‐覚醒への序章‐ Mewtwo: The Prologue to its Awakening) is a special episode of the Pokémon anime, serving as a prologue to Genesect and the Legend Awakened. It first aired in Japan on July 11, 2013 and is scheduled to air in the United States on January 11, 2014.

It will be released in Japan on December 18, 2013 as part of the "Mewtwo Box" DVD collection, which also includes Mewtwo Strikes Back, Mewtwo Returns, Genesect and the Legend Awakened and Eevee & Friends.

Other posters and logos

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  Japanese logo

Plot

After finishing a mission with his Pokémon Rescue Squad, Virgil is forced to make an emergency landing in the mountains on the way back to his base. He encounters an old man named Oscar and a girl named Anna, who tell him that they were rescued recently by a strange Pokémon they had never seen before - which is revealed to be Mewtwo.

They are then approached by a mysterious man named Danku, who also claims to have been rescued recently by Mewtwo, but he further reveals that Mewtwo was terribly injured. With Anna, Oscar and Danku in tow, and aided by his team of Eeveelutions and the wild Pokémon of the area, Virgil sets out to find Mewtwo, who is said to distrust humans.

However, they are followed by mysterious cameras, and Danku secretly harbors ambitions of his own... With its past revealed, the heroic battle of the Awakened Mewtwo begins!

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Mewtwo (Mega Mewtwo Y)

TV episode debuts

• Klang

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Professor Oak
• Virgil
• Anna
• Oscar
• Danku
• Mewtwo's creators (flashback)
• Reporter

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Eevee (Virgil's)
• Vaporeon (Virgil's)
• Espeon (Virgil's)
• Umbreon (Virgil's)
• Leafeon (Virgil's)
• Glaceon (Virgil's)
• Mewtwo (Best Wishes; normal and Mega Mewtwo Y)
• Stoutland (Oscar's)
• Escavalier (Danku's; two; released)
• Tyranitar (Danku's; released)
• Teddiursa
• Sentret
• Sawsbuck (Summer Form)
• Deerling (multiple; Summer Form)
• Ursaring
• Marill
• Azumarill
• Oddish
• Shroomish
• Breloom
• Furret
• Hoothoot
• Starly
• Klink
• Klang
• Klinklang

Cast

Cast
Ash	Sarah Natochenny	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	サトシ	松本梨香
Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	ピカチュウ	大谷育江
Cilan	Jason Griffith	Dent	Mamoru Miyano	デント	宮野真守
Iris	Eileen Stevens	Iris	Aoi Yūki	アイリス	悠木碧
Axew	Kayzie Rogers	Kibago	Minami Tsuda	キバゴ	津田美波
Professor Oak	Carter Cathcart	Dr. Okido	Unshō Ishizuka	オーキド博士	石塚運昇
Virgil	Tom Wayland	Virgil	Yūki Kaji	バージル	梶裕貴
Eevee	Chinami Nishimura	Eievui	Chinami Nishimura	イーブイ	西村ちなみ
Oscar		Oscar	Masaharu Sato	オスカー	佐藤正治
Anna		Anna	Emiri Katou	アン ナ	加藤英美里
Danku		Danku	Takehito Koyasu	ダンク	子安武人
Special appearances by
Mewtwo	Miriam Pultro	Mewtwo	Reiko Takashima	ミュウツー	高島礼子

Trivia

• This is the first side story episode in which Ash has appeared in person.
• This side story leads directly into Genesect and the Legend Awakened, with the final scene showing Professor Oak suggesting to Ash and his friends that they visit New Talk City.
• This is the first time in the anime when the move Twineedle is used by Pokémon other than Beedrill.
  • This is also the first time Tyranitar has been shown using a move other than Hyper Beam in the anime.
• There is no To Be Continued screen at the end of the episode.
• This side story kept the same animation of Hyper Beam as prior to Best Wishes series.
• This is the first time a Mega Pokémon has appeared in the anime.
• Music from Zoroark: Master of Illusions, White—Victini and Zekrom, Black—Victini and Reshiram and Genesect and the Legend Awakened is used in this episode.
  • This marks the first time music from a movie is used in the series prior to the movie's release.

Dub edits

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