7 Crazy Pokemon Origin Theories That'll Blow Your Mind

3. Ditto Is A Failed Clone Of Mew

On the face of it this seems like the most ridiculous theory on this list, but it's so in-depth that in reality it's the one most likely to have been intended by the creators.

We know from the existence of Mewtwo that there's been an attempt to clone Mew and it's rather short-sighted to think they'd have got it right first time. What if an early attempt led to only parts of Mew being cloned, leading to the mimic Ditto?

Aside from the similar shade of skin it sounds crazy, right? Except that Mew and Ditto have some specifically identical stats - they're both genderless and weigh exactly 4kg - and are the only two Pokémon capable of learning the move Transform; maybe only that move was cloned. But the biggest clue of all is that Ditto is commonly seen around the place where Mew was cloned and Mewtwo was created; the Pokémon Mansion on Cinnabar Island.

It seems silly to think otherwise now. Another popular theory regarding Ditto is that some were poisoned and became sludgepile Muk, but that doesn't have the in-world evidence to back it up.