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In the first movie and the anime series, Mewtwo's voice clearly indicates that
Mewtwo is male. In the 16th movie, Mewtwo appears to be female. It was then
shown that that Mewtwo can mega evolve into Mewtwo Y. From this, is it
possible that there are two Mewtwos, where the male is Mewtwo X and the female
is Mewtwo Y? I know that in the game, Mewtwo does not have a gender, but this
is from the anime's perspective.


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Are there two separate Mewtwos?


I did some research and it appears that there are actually two different
Mewtwos, as you suggest. I know this sounds a bit outlandish at first, but it
is mentioned and supported in numerous different sources.

From [GameFAQs](http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/696959-pokemon-x/66716994):

> In game: genderless  
>  Real mewtwo from the first movie: male  
>  New mewtwo from genesect movie: female, apparently

From [Pokemon Database](http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/242280/what-gender-is-
mewtwo):

> The original Mewtwo, created by team rocket (First Movie & Mewtwo Returns),
> was a male.  
>  This is the moody Mewtwo you know best.
>
> The second Mewtwo appears in Genesect and the Legend Awakened and is female.
>
> There is no real evidence for exactly who created this Mewtwo, but it may
> have been another team following Giovanni's original plans. It could also
> have to do with the "multiple parallel universes" mentioned to exist in
> ORAS.
>
> If this were to be the case, this Mewtwo would have been created at abut the
> same time in about the same circumstances, but was born a female and may
> have never met Ash.

In general, it appears that the movies can sometimes operate within different
timelines of the regular anime, so these _multiple parallel universe_ theories
can exist separately.

From the [Bulbapedia entry for
Mewtwo](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mewtwo_\(Pok%C3%A9mon\)), it
states that Mewtwo is genderless, but Bulbapedia refers to the games and not
the anime/movies.

You can also watch [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIHEXPEdJI8),
where a semi-popular YouTuber discusses the gender of Mewtwo (and reaches the
same conclusion that there are two Mewtwos).


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The evidence overwhelmingly indicates that there are two Mewtwos. Firstly, in
[_Genesect and the Legend
Awakened_](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/M16), Mewtwo didn't give any
indication of recognizing Ash, even though it should have known him from the
movie _Mewtwo Strikes Back_. This indicates it was a different Mewtwo.
Secondly, it has its own backstory in the special episode [_Mewtwo: Prologue
to Awakening_](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/SS026). I haven't seen
the special, so I couldn't say for certain whether the events therein
completely contradict the idea of there being only one Mewtwo, but what I've
read indicates that the second Mewtwo's creators survived, which contradicts
the fact that the first Mewtwo killed its creators.

The evidence for either Mewtwo having a gender, however, is nearly
nonexistent. You submit the voice actor/actress for each Mewtwo as evidence of
its gender, but I would contend that this is very insignificant. Especially
for animals (or Pokémon), an actress can play the role of a male character and
an actor can play a female character. Shaymin from [_Giratina and the Sky
Warrior_](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shaymin_\(M11\)) is an
example to consider. In the English dub of the movie, Shaymin's voice actress
used a more masculine voice for when Shaymin turned into its Sky Forme, but
used a feminine voice for Shaymin's Land Forme. This demonstrates that the
voice acting isn't a good indicator of a Pokémon's gender.

Furthermore, the anime rarely reveals the gender of any Pokémon. For example,
just look how few of [Ash's
Pokémon](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash_Ketchum#Pok.C3.A9mon.)
have confirmed genders. Of his Pokémon from Kanto and Johto, only the genders
of Pikachu (male), Bayleef (female), and Butterfree (male) have been
confirmed. Notably, his Pokémon from Unova have the highest percentage of
confirmed genders. This is because his Snivy knew the move attract, the
effectiveness of which depends on the Pokémon being of the opposite gender.

And there you get to my point: The gender of a Pokémon is only revealed in the
anime when there is reason to. The gender of Mewtwo really doesn't matter, and
there is no reliable information from the anime as a result. If we're just
going by the anime, we don't know the gender of either Mewtwo.

**Edit** : In the _Black and White: Adventures in Unova and Beyond_ episode
[_To Catch a Rotom!_](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/BW128), Professor
Oak confirms that Rotom is genderless after an attract move by Iris's Emolga
fails. The existence of genderless Pokémon in the anime is likely an indicator
that the anime follows the games in this matter, and that Mewtwo is also
genderless.


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The Mewtwo in the first movie and in Mewtwo Returns is confirmed male - from
Giovanni saying "Good Boy" when Mewtwo willingly goes into the trap made by
Giovanni. And the more masculine voice just helps validate this, but the fact
that Giovanni stated him as a "boy" for me validates he is a male.

As for Mewtwo in the Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened - it
is a different Mewtwo. It is voiced by a woman in both Japanese and English
dubs, but there is no actual confirmation of its gender by pronouns or etc. We
"assume" it is a female but there is no real indication of its gender as there
was with the first Mewtwo. Also, this Mewtwo is clearly a different Mewtwo by
the choices of voice actors, and also the fact that Ash recognized it as
Mewtwo, but the Mewtwo from the Genesect movie didn't recognize Ash. Ash also
'acknowledged' it was a different Mewtwo in the Mewtwo x Genesect Movie. This
Mewtwo can also mega evolve to Mega Mewtwo Y at will, which the original
Mewtwo from the first movies never could.


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Yes there are two mewtwos, this was stated by Director Kunihiko Yuyama: "When
you think about the Mewtwo from the first movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back, you
think about lines like "Who am I?" and how there was this running theme of
Mewtwo wondering about itself and how it relates to the world around it."

"The Mewtwo in this film has actually gone out into the world and has expanded
its worldview. And it's started to be concerned about this world and those in
it, and when you compare it to the previous Mewtwo, you'll definitely feel
like it's gotten past one of its limitations."

"This Mewtwo is not the same Mewtwo from the first movie. What part will this
Mewtwo, who's actually gone out into the world, play in this movie?" As you
can clearly read it is a separate individual and not the mewtwo we saw first.
Here is my source:
<http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/movies/bw_genosect_mewtwo/extreme_speed_genosect_awakening_mewtwo_director_yuyama_comment.html>


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