Mew (Japanese: ミュウMew) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon. It is usually obtainable only by having it transferred to a player's cartridge at special Nintendo-sponsored events. In Pokémon Emerald, Faraway Island exists, allowing players to actually capture Mew, but access to this island requires an Old Sea Chart which is also only available through special events.
Mew is normally described as a pink cat-like creature. Mew's hair is so fine, it can only be seen under a microscope. It has a long, skinny tail. Mew has big hind legs, like a rabbit and short arms with three-fingered paws. Mew has triangle-shaped ears and baby-blue eyes. Mew is said to have the DNA of every single Pokémon. It also vaguely resembles a fetus, as it's often depicted in a pink orb similar to an amniotic sac and its tail as an umbilical cord.
Gender differences
Mew is a genderless Pokémon.
Special abilities
Mew's main abilities include turning invisible at will, creating force-fields of psychic energy and being able to transform into any one of the other 492 species of Pokémon. Mew is capable of wielding every type of attack possible.
Behavior
Mew is an intelligent Pokémon and will only appear to someone with a pure heart. It also acts very childish, wanting everybody it trusts to play with it and laughing most of the time.
Reports found on Burned Mansion found in Cinnabar Island in the Kanto region speak of expeditions of scientists, either independent or Team Rocket-run which had sighted Mew in Guyana, South America, the place where its first sighting was reported. However, since Mew can either make itself invisible or transform itself into any other Pokémon, very few people have knowingly seen it, and it is considered a "mirage" by most.
It later appeared in the FireRed and LeafGreen saga, where it saved Red and the people of Vermilion City from the impending crash of the TR helicopter.
Mew will sometimes appear out of a Poké Ball. When summoned, it will use Teleport to fly from the screen. The summoner is awarded the "Mew Catcher", worth 10,000 points.
After unlocking every character, there is a 1 in 251 chance of Mew appearing from a Poké Ball. The thrower of the Poké Ball receives 10,000 bonus points for the Mew Catcher bonus.
Mew returns as a rare Pokémon, the chance of it appearing is 1 in 493. Like the other "secret" Pokémon, it drops rare items instead of just flying away. In Mew's case, the items are CDs. However, once all the pick-up CDs are obtained, it will drop Stickers instead.
Mew appears in the seventh course, Rainbow Cloud. Although the game is not combat-oriented, the difficulty in photographing Mew effectively make it the game's boss. Mew floats in a bubble that turns opaque when photographed, so players must throw a series of Pester Balls or Food at Mew to get it to come out for a proper shot. Photographing Mew gets an automatic bonus of 2500 points, making it the highest ranking Pokémon in the game with a highest possible score of 10,000 points with perfect positioning, size and pose.
Mew is said to possess the genetic composition of all Pokémon. It is capable of making itself invisible at will, so it entirely avoids notice even if it approaches people.
Mew is said to possess the genetic composition of all Pokémon. It is capable of making itself invisible at will, so it entirely avoids notice even if it approaches people.
A Mew is said to possess the genes of all Pokémon. It is capable of making itself invisible at will, so it entirely avoids notice even if it approaches people.
Mew can be obtained in the Pokémon Red and Blue versions by using the Mew glitch. The Mew glitch also enable countless other normal and rarely-seen glitched Pokémon to be seen and captured, although some of them have been known to cause trouble to people's games.
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Mew (then spelled ミュー, not ミュウ) was the first Pokémon trademark ever registered (granted on March 31, 1994, registration number 2636685 part 12), before even Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター), which was granted on December 26, 1997.
ミュウ was registered on August 6, 1999, registration number 4302090.
Mew is also the first Pokémon trademark ever applied for; the application was submitted on May 9, 1990, application number 平2-51989; before even Pocket Monsters, which was submitted September 11, 1995.
ミュウ was submitted on June 17, 1997, application number 平9-128909.
Mew was the only Pokémon of the first 151 to be left out of the original Pokérap.
Mew was a little known secret when Pokémon Red and Green Versions were first released in Japan. Even Nintendo was not initially aware that Satoshi Tajiri had programmed it into the game.
The user-designed Neopet species known as the Shoyru was based on Mew with draconic aspects added.
Lost scientific reports found in the burned mansion of Cinnabar Island state that Mew gave birth. The scientists named the newborn "Mewtwo". This breaks up the basic reproduction method of Pokémon - eggs. However, Mew, as with most legendary Pokémon, cannot produce eggs. Possibly, Mew was fertilized in vitro, and thus it could give birth. This may account for the fact that Nidorina and Nidoqueen are, too, incapable of producing eggs: They are fertilized by their male counterparts and reproduce in a mammal-like fashion.
In Generation III, Mew was the only Kanto Pokémon not catchable in either FireRed or LeafGreen, as well as the only legendary Kanto Pokémon catchable in Emerald. It received an in-game location while Jirachi did not.
Mew is the only Genderless Pokémon able to learn Attract and Captivate; however, upon use, they will always fail.
Mew was considered by many to be the creator of all Pokémon until Generation IV, when Arceus is said in legend to be the "Original One" who shaped the universe with its 1,000 arms (even still, Generation IV's Pokédex entry states that Mew is the ancestor of all Pokémon).
Mew was the second Pokémon ever to be seen on the English anime since it is the second Pokémon to appear in the opening theme song, following Mewtwo.
Mew's English name is along with that of Muk the shortest of all Pokémon, written with only 3 letters.
Even though Mew is shown multiple times to turn invisible, it is unable to learn Camouflage. It is also commonly seen Teleporting in the anime, while in the games, the only way to get a legit Mew with Teleport is from My Pokémon Ranch in Generation IV, or by teaching it TM30 in Generation I.
Unlike most legendaries, Mew needs only 1,059,860 Exp. to get to Level 100, whereas most legendaries need 1,250,000. It shares this trait with Celebi and Shaymin.
Mew is the third lightest non-water type pokemon to learn Surf by HM. It also ties with Zigzagoon as the second shortest to do so.
Origin
Mew shares some traits with felines. It is also similar to an animal embryo. It is purported to be the first Pokémon from which all others are descended, in the same way that all animal embryos look identical at an early stage of development.
Name origin
Mew's name may refer to its cat-like appearance, with mew being the sound a kitten makes, the Japanese word unique (myō), or the English word mutant (myūtanto).
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Mew images on Bulbagarden Archives.
