User blog comment:CITRONtanker/If IaLR characters were Pokemon Trainers./@comment-26212232-20180222075837/@comment-24953048-20180222080500

Jelo, you're a bit behind. See, Mewtwo made clones of original Pokemon that were much more powerful, and he used THOSE. They included the Kanto pokemon only, but they were only controlled and owned by Mewtwo. Ergo, he technically was ALREADY a Pokemon Trainer.