Copycat (move)

Copycat まねっこ Imitate

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0   Receives voltage points if previous Pokémon reaches maximum voltage

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Copycat (Japanese: まねっこ Imitate) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Copycat causes the user to use the last move that was used (even if the last move was by the user). A move called by Copycat in this way counts as the last move used.

Copycat will fail if the target did not make a move selection in the round before the use of Copycat, switches out during the round Copycat is used, or if the opponent's last move used was Copycat or Mirror Move. If either was used successfully, the move copied by that will be the most recent move used, and so that move will be copied by this use of Copycat.

Paralysis, confusion, recharging, and building up for a multi-turn move have no effect to the last move used. If Copycat is used against a target that was fully paralyzed or hurt itself right before its use, Copycat will still use the last move that the target used. If Copycat is used during the first turn of a multi-turn move, Copycat will use the move that the opponent used before that move (or fail if no move was previously made).

A Pokémon will be able to use a move that is Disabled if it is called via Copycat.

If used in a battle after switching out, the move that is copied is the last one used within that battle.

Description

Games Description The user mimics the move used immediately before it. The move fails if no other move has been used yet. PMDTDS Causes the user to unleash the same move as the last one used by the facing enemy. Some moves can't be copied.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	4				4			'
173		Cleffa	Normal		Normal	13				13			'
174		Igglybuff	Normal		Normal	17				17			'
185		Sudowoodo	Rock		Rock	--				--			'
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	38				41			'
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal	11		18	18			'
311		Plusle	Electric		Electric	24				24			'
312		Minun	Electric		Electric	24				24			'
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal	10				10			'
438		Bonsly	Rock		Rock	--				--			'
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic	4				4			'
440		Happiny	Normal		Normal	5				5			'
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting	29				29	19	'
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic	61				61			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
427		Buneary	Normal		Normal								'
501		Oshawott	Water		Water								'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Riolu; copying a Fire-type move Lucario; copying a Steel-type move
The user copies the opponent's last move and uses it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	After the opponent has used a move, Riolu becomes surrounded in a waving aura of light. It then recalls how the opponent used the move, one of its eyes twinkles, and it uses the same move as the opponent just used. The color of the aura depends on which type of move Riolu is copying.
Cameron's Riolu	BW104		Debut
	After the opponent has used a move, Lucario becomes surrounded in a waving aura of light. It then recalls how the opponent used the move, one of its eyes twinkles, and it uses the same move as the opponent just used. The color of the aura depends on which type of move Lucario is copying.
Cameron's Lucario	BW108		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Smoochum is the only dual-type Pokémon able to learn Copycat, excluding the dual-type Pokémon that evolve from the Pokémon knowing the move.
• Oshawott is the only Pokémon introduced in Generation V that can learn Copycat.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 仿造 Fǎngzào French Photocopie German Imitator Greek Αντιγραφή Italian Copione Korean 흉내쟁이 Hyungnaejaeng'i Spanish Copión

Variations of the move Mirror Move
Mirror Move • Copycat

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.