Talk:Mew (Pokémon)

HOW TO GET MEW IN POKéMON RED/BLUE

From http://cheats.ign.com/ob2/068/009/009846.html

Pokemon Red Only Way To Get Mew #2 Apparently, catching a Mew is no longer bee-ess. This glitch has been verified by IGN Pokemon Board Mods, so you know.

Restart your game and play until you get HM02 Fly from the house west of Celadon City (or just beat the third gym and get the badge that lets you use fly out of battle and trade pokemon that know fly to the new game).

IMPORTANT!!: DO NOT fight the following trainers: The Youngster with a Slowpoke (level 17) on the road to Bill's house(Route 25). He is the fourth trainer after you cross Nugget Bridge, standing directly above a female trainer and facing north. The Gambler with two poliwags and a poliwhirl (all level 22) between Lavender Town and Saffron City (Route 8). He is standing just east of the entrance to Saffron City, facing north toward the door of the Underground Path. Care fully follow the series of steps illustrated below...

Make sure you have a pokemon that knows FLY. Make sure you have a level 5 or 6 pokemon and a pokemon that knows SLEEP on your team. Stock up with pokeballs (Great Balls work the best). Now Save your game before you enter Route 8 since saving after this point will disrupt the procedure.

On Route 8, stand in front of the door of the Underground Path (don't let the gambler see you or you will need to restart where you last saved). Walk down one step and IMMEDIATELY press start. If you succeed, the menu will pop up before the Gambler "sees" you. Go to the Pokemon list and fly to Cerulean City. The Gambler will see you just before you fly away. Your Start button will no longer function. Go north across Nugget Bridge and head east until you find the Youngster described above.

If you walk right up to the Youngster, the game will lock up, so you'll have to let him see you and walk up to you. Defeat his Slowpoke(afterwards your start button will work again), then fly to Lavender Town. Head west into Route 8. As soon as you enter the narrow path, the menu will pop up by itself. Press B to exit. . . and a wild Mew should appear. Mew will be at Level 7 and its only attack will be Pound. Get'em! Once you've caught Mew, you can save without any ill effects!

NOTE: I did this on my red game and I assume it works on the others (the Pokemon Board Mods say 'Yes'). It is well worth testing it because it is fairly easy to do but it is a little time consuming. Submitted by - Megod

Yes, it works on other versions. I've tried it on Blue, but not Red. I've also tried it in Yellow, and it still works. Also, why the heck is there that load of sh!t about "beat the Elite Four 12 times and you'll get a Mew" on the page!? Those kinds of rumors were all disproven way back in 1999. Beating the E4 X amount of times does nothing special, whether it's 1, 12, 255, or 728, or whatever. Also, the first website to have this glitch detailed was http://pokeglitch.tripod.com/id1.html, not IGN.

Pick up and fly away?

In both Smash Bros. Games, if thrown at the perfect momenent, Mew will pick up the opponent and fly away.

I've never seen mew pick anyone up in Smash Bros games O__o;

It is probably completely false, but I have placed it here for if it can be verified. Sonic Mew 16:02, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, and Splash is a one-hit-KO if you use it right. It's fake. - A Man In Black (Talk | Contribs) 19:23, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Does the Mew glitch work on the Japanese Green Version...??

Does the Mew glitch work on the Japanese Green Version...??

Pokémon World = Earth?

In Pokémon: The First Movie, Team Rocket Scientists used a fossilized strand of Mew's Hair that they found in the Amazon Rainforest to create Mewtwo.

An interesting thing to note here is the mention of the Amazon Rainforest, which means that the world of Pokémon is actually Earth itself although this is not officialy supported. --Arima 14:23, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Kanto is a region in Japan. It doesn't mean the Pokémon world has anything to do with the real world. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 17:25, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Though, if we are to believe the animé, at least, all Pokémon "regions" are, indeed, on Earth. A reference was made in "The School Of Hard Knocks" to France and all the characters visited Hollywood in "Go West, Young Meowth!". Add to that, Ash makes a reference to Minnesota in Pokémon: The First Movie, which, of course, is in the animé continuity. I think it's entirely possible that the Pokémon regions are on Earth, BUT it could be the case that the games, animé and manga each take place in alternate or parallel universes. I realise this has nothing at all to do with Mew, but I just thought I'd chip in my two pence on the whole Earth/Not Earth thing --L T Dangerous 15:22, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

I always thought that the pokemon world was Earth, but based on the technology (ie pokeballs) that it took place in the future. pokemon came from space, and killed off most of the dominant animal life (survival of the fittest) this makes sense, because aside from fish, the anime shows very little non-pokemon animal life

Ash also mentions "Merry old England" in the anime. It's an alternate Earth. ~Zythe^{Talk to me!} 23:29, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Then again, most of those "Earth" references could have just been put in by the company that does the dubbing. I know that some of those references have accompanying backdrops to coincide with them (I know the France one does), but do we know what was said in the original Japanese version of those scenes? --SaturnYoshi 06:50, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

First Anime Appearance

Not arguing any points, but I have a theory that can't be proven right now: Mew could have appeared at any point in the Anime before the first movie, and we'd never know for sure. In the 8th movie, it imitates Ho-oh. And Ash saw Ho-oh right at the beginning of his journey. That said, I have a point that may disprove my theory: Mew's bubble wasn't burst at the start of Mewtwo Strikes Back, and the first scenes of the 8th movie were over a hundred years ago.

Rumors

Maybe we could include debunked rumors about how to get it? I'm playing XD and I just ran across a hilarious scenario in Quick Battle where my COM opponent's opening line was "There's no Pokémon under a truck". LOL -- WikidSmaht (talk) 19:40, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Fetus

Has anyone noticed Mew's resemblance with a fetus? I mean, it is weakly developed, it is the origin of every Pokémon, and older game sprites mostly show it curled up in fetal position. Should I add it? Thanks Chairoguma 04:26, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Probably not. That would be something similar to original research, I would say. --Sparky Lurkdragon 07:06, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Good Point, Chairomibobbi.- 12Hernn

fact check

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Unable to fix typo

In the infobox, it says "Weight: 9.0 lb lb" but when I click edit page the spelling error isn't showing. WikiSlasher 07:39, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I fixed it. There's no need to type "9.0 lb"; the template inserts the "lb" automagically. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 08:17, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Mew is Kū?

I have been doing some search and I honestly think that Mew acctualy represents the fifth element of the japanese philosophy: Kū, because it has everything to do with it. See for yourself.

Jorge jojae 14:14, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Unique?

It says Mew is unique in one sentence, but then it says that Mew specimens have been studied close-up.