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Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, has caught a clue to the location of the powerful Pokémon Mewtwo and has sent an agent to find him. In the meantime, Ash & co. are passing through the Johto region when they encounter a woman who told them about the vitalizing water of Purity Canyon...coincidentally, Mewtwo's new location. Soon, an all-out battle between Mewtwo's clone Pokémon "family" and the forces of Team Rocket breaks out, with Ash and his friends caught in the middle.
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* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: "I see now that the circumstances of one's birth is irrelevant". That was Mewtwo from the first movie. Here, he's wangsting about how he and his family "don't belong in this world" because they were cloned instead of born naturally.
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** Also, at one point Domino looks directly into the camera, winks and says (apparently to the audience) "You just never know! It may look innocent, but a friendly face could be hiding our fiercest foe!"
* [[Bus Full of Innocents]]: Mewtwo saves one at the beginning of the movie, [[I Was Just Passing Through|justifying it by saying he didn't want to risk exposure if there was a search for survivors by rescue parties]].
* [[Crucified Hero Shot]]: Mewtwo, who is held in this position while being held captive by Giovanni's robots. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|After offering himself up to be tortured in his clones' place in order to save them.]]
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Domino can't help but find the baby clone Pokémon adorable.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Mewtwo Returns was rated PG, presumably for the aforementioned whiskey, the philosophical themes, and generally having the same dark and serious tone as Mewtwo Strikes Back.
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* [[Kick the Dog]]: Giovanni actually snaps at his precious Persian to be quiet.
** [[Pet the Dog]] AND [[Kick the Dog]] in a row: Domino thinks the baby clone Pokémon are cute and even holds and pets one...then she has no qualms knocking out their parents with electric tulips.
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* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Domino of Team Rocket, who is only around Brock's age. Also a [[Badass Normal]].
* [[Love Redeems]]: Sort of. He was actually one of the good guys, but Cullen Calix was obsessed with studying the spring of Purity Canyon, even if it meant harming it. But once Mewtwo wipes his memory, he realizes that he's in love with Luna and that this is more important than research, so he settles down with her rather than pursue his ambitions.
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* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: Domino advises Giovanni not to continue torturing Mewtwo because Mewtwo is valuable and it would be a waste to kill him. Giovanni [[Complete Monster|doesn't care.]]
* [[Princess Curls]]: Domino's hair is styled this way.
* [[Right
* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: So watch out for that wet floor, Domino!
* [[The Slow Walk]]: Mewtwo as he submits and walks into the capture/torture machines. The real shocker, though, is the reveal that Mewtwo is capable of walking in the first place.
* [[Valley Girl]]: Domino speaks like this in the dub before [[The Reveal]] that she's part of Team Rocket.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: A subtle one; Ash needs to save Mewtwo's life by throwing him into the spring. Cullen then tells him not to, because it might contaminate the spring, which he's obsessed with studying. Ash's response is to look pissed at Cullen's selfishness and throw Mewtwo in anyway.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: By various Bug-type Pokémon after Team Rocket occupies Mewtwo's island home. By the way, Bug is super-effective on Psychic. Until the Psychic gets its turn.
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