Project Mew
Project Mew (Japanese: プロジェクト・ミュウ Project Mew) is a research project in the anime, which recruits Trainers from around the world, aiming to find Mew. It is led by Professor Amaranth and was first introduced in Advice to Goh!.
Description
Objective
The official members of Project Mew, known as Chasers, are attempting to find Mew in order to figure out the origins of Pokémon. Their intention is to search for it from a giant tabletop mountain that is fogless only for one week between the dry and wet seasons. The only known Chaser in the anime are Danika and Quillon.
In Project Mew there is a category of Trainers who receive challenges and must fulfill them through Trial Missions. This category is known as Challengers and those who manage to complete the missions can reach the rank of Chaser.
Trial Missions
In order to participate in Project Mew, a Trainer must pass certain Trial Missions assigned for them. The Trainer taking on Trial Missions receives a list with three missions divided by colors and must choose only one of them to fulfill. Once the mission objective has been achieved and verified, the Trainer will earn a special token on their Rotom Phone as proof. The challengers with the most tokens become Chasers.
The number of tokens reciveved at the end of the trial may change depending on the performance of the participants with more or less awarded based on their actions.
The items collected during Trial Missions are brought to be verified by a Corviknight.
List of Trial Missions
| Mission | Description | Region | Episode | Trainer | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Collect a Moltres feather |
Locate a Moltres and collect a feather from it. | Kanto | Advice to Goh! | Gary | 1 Project Mew Token |
 Collect Volcarona's golden scales |
Locate a Shiny Volcarona and collect scales from it. | Unova | Trial on a Golden Scale! | Goh | 1 Project Mew Token |
 Catch a wild Kingdra |
Locate a wild Kingdra and catch it. | Hoenn | Looking Out for Number Two! | Goh | 1 Project Mew Token |
 Raid Battle against Articuno |
Locate a wild Articuno and catch it. | Kanto | JN102 | Goh Gary Horace |
3 Project Mew Tokens (Goh) 4 Project Mew Tokens (Gary) 4 Project Mew Tokens (Horace) |
Other missions
Those who wish to become challengers in Project Mew and take on Trial Missions must first pass a qualification mission.
| Mission | Description | Region | Episode | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Catch an Alolan Ninetales |
Catch an Alolan Ninetales at Mount Coronet within six hours. | Sinnoh | Leaping Toward the Dream! | Goh |
Participants
The actual research team will eventually consist of five members with the most tokens. Danika and Quillon are already in the team, with three more Chaser positions still remaining open.
| Trainer | Tokens |
|---|---|
| Gary | 5 or more |
| Goh | 5 |
| Horace | 4 or more |
Pokémon
| Debut | Advice to Goh! |
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Corviknight is a Pokémon used by Project Mew to deliver items.
None of Corviknight's moves are known.
Previously handled
During the research work, Project Mew is responsible for rescuing several Pokémon, protecting them, and later returning them to wild.
| Debut | Leaping Toward the Dream! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Risa Shimizu |
After catching this Alolan Ninetales for his first Project Mew mission, Goh turned it in to Professor Amaranth so it could be returned to its home in Mount Lanakila, fufilling the promise he made to it when he caught it.
Ninetales's known moves are Ice Beam, Blizzard, Dazzling Gleam, and Aurora Veil.
| Debut | Trial on a Golden Scale! |
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Galvantula is Nito's former Pokémon. Once Nito found a batch of Larvesta Eggs, Nito had Galvantula trap Ash and Goh with Sticky Web. Galvantula was defeated when two Larvesta came to save the Eggs.
After the battle, Professor Amaranth rescued the Pokémon to return it to the wild.
Galvantula's only known move is Sticky Web.
| Debut | Trial on a Golden Scale! |
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Krokorok is Nito's former Pokémon. Nito sent it out to battle Ash and Goh alongside his henchmen's Pokémon, only to be defeated by the arrival of Quillon and Danika.
After the battle, Professor Amaranth rescued the Pokémon to return it to the wild.
Krokorok's known moves are Sludge Bomb and Crunch*.
| Debut | Trial on a Golden Scale! |
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Conkeldurr is one of Nito's henchmen's former Pokémon. It was used to battle Ash and Goh, only to be defeated by the arrival of Quillon and Danika.
After the battle, Professor Amaranth rescued the Pokémon to return it to the wild.
Conkeldurr's only known move is Poison Jab*.
Trivia
- Project Mew's mission and reward system is similar to Pokémon GO's Field Research.
- Project Mew's work of rescuing Pokémon and returning them to wildlife is similar to the work of some real life non-governmental organizations such as WWF or Animal Rescue Corps.
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