Copycat (character)

Copycat モノマネむすめ Mimic Girl
{{{size}}} Ken Sugimori's artwork of Copycat, dressed as Ethan, from the Expedition Base Set
Gender	Female
Hometown	Saffron City
Region	Kanto
Generation	I, II, III, IV
Games	Red, Blue, and Yellow Gold, Silver, and Crystal FireRed and LeafGreen HeartGold and SoulSilver

Copycat (Japanese: モノマネむすめ Mimic Girl) lives in Saffron City. She collects Pokémon dolls, and likes to dress up as and mimic others. Copycat is not her real name; rather, her nickname.

In the games

Generation I

In Generation I, Copycat will give the TM for Mimic in return for a Clefairy Poké Doll.

In her bedroom, there is a SNES* with a game that has Mario with a bucket on his head, a reference to the Japan-exclusive game Mario & Wario, also developed by Game Freak.

Copycat has a Doduo she has somehow taught to mimic human speech, similarly to the abilities of a Chatot.

Generation II

In Generation II, Copycat's Clefairy Poké Doll, given to her by Red in Generation I, is lost. It's found by a member of the Pokémon Fan Club in Vermilion City who is glad to have it as he loves Clefairy. However, he gives it to the player and decides to catch one himself. When the player returns to Copycat's house and returns her lost doll, she will give the player a ticket to ride the Magnet Train that travels between Kanto and Johto.

Between the events of Generation I and Generation II, Copycat's house in Saffron City was torn down to make room for the Magnet Train station. According to her, a rail company man gave her a train ticket in compensation for the demolition. Her Doduo has also evolved into Dodrio in the meantime.

Generation III

In FireRed and LeafGreen, Copycat has the same role as she did in Generation I. However, she is now a Move Tutor who will teach Mimic to a suitable Pokémon instead, due to Mimic no longer being available as a TM.

Generation IV

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Copycat has the same role as she did in Generation II. However, her Doduo, which evolved into Dodrio in Generation II, has been replaced by a Banette.

Pokémon

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Generation I

Doduo

Generation II

File:Spr 2c 085.gif Dodrio

Generation III

Doduo

Generation IV

Blissey

Banette

Quotes

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Gold, Silver and Crystal

• After the Power Plant has been fixed

<player>: "Hi! I heard you lost your favorite Poké Doll. If I find it, you'll give me a rail Pass? I'll go find it for you. You think you lost it when you went to Vermillion City?"

Copycat: "Pardon? I shouldn't decide what you should do? But I'm really worried... What if someone finds it?"

• Handing over her Lost Item

"Yay! That's my Clefairy Poké Doll! See the tear where the right leg is sewn on? That's proof! OK. Here's the Magnet Train Pass like I promised!"

"That's the Pass for the Magnet Train. The rail company man gave me that when they tore down our old house for the Station."

• Subsequent times talking to

<player>: "Hi! Thanks a lot for the rail Pass! Pardon? Is it that fun to mimic my every move?"

Copycat: "You bet! It's a scream!"

FireRed and LeafGreen

<player>: "Hi! Do you like Pokémon? Uh, no, I just asked you. Huh? You're strange!"

Copycat: "Hmm? Quit mimicking? But, that's my favorite hobby!"

HeartGold and SoulSilver

• After the Power Plant has been fixed

<player>: "Hi! I heard you lost your cherished Poké Doll. If I find it, you'll give me a Magnet Train pass? I'll go find it for you. You think you lost it when you went to Vermillion City?"

Copycat: "Pardon? I shouldn't decide what you should do? But I'm really worried... What if someone finds it?"

• Handing over her Lost Item

"Yay! That's my Clefairy Poké Doll! See the tear where the right arm is sewn on? That's proof! OK. I'll give you this Magnet Train Pass as I promised!"

"You show it at the ticket gate to get on the Magnet Train. The rail-company man gave me that when they tore down our old house for the station."

• Subsequent times talking to

<player>: "Hi! Thanks a lot for the Magnet Train Pass! Pardon? Is it that fun to mimic my every move?"

Copycat: "You bet! It's a scream!"

Sprites

		File:Copycat III OD.png
Overworld sprite from Generation I	Overworld sprite from Generation II	Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver

House

The ground floor of her house in Generation I	The ground floor of her house in Generation II		The ground floor of her house in FireRed and LeafGreen			The ground floor of her house in HeartGold and SoulSilver
Her room in Generation I	Her room in Generation II	Her room in FireRed and LeafGreen (international)		Her room in FireRed and LeafGreen (Japanese)		Her room in HeartGold and SoulSilver

In the anime

Copycat's anime counterpart, Duplica

While Copycat herself has never made an appearance in the anime, she appears to have an anime counterpart in Duplica.

In the TCG

File:CopycatHGSS.png

Copycat's artwork from the Trading Card Game by Kanako Eo, dressed as Ethan, for the HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Copycat and/or her Pokémon in the Trading Card Game.

Copycat Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Copycat	T [Su]	Expedition Base Set		138/165	Base Expansion Pack		063/128
		EX Team Rocket Returns		83/109	Rocket Gang Strikes Back		078/085
		EX Dragon Frontiers		73/101	Shockwave! Tyranitar ex Constructed Standard Deck		022/024
Copycat	Su	HeartGold & SoulSilver		90/123	SoulSilver Collection		069/070
					L-P Promotional cards		024/L-P
		Raichu Half Deck		21/30
		Call of Legends		77/95

Trivia

• In the English localization of Yellow, an NPC in the Celadon Department Store mentions that he's trying to buy a Poké Doll for Copycat in Cerulean City. However, she lives in Saffron City. This oversight is not present in the original Japanese releases.
• Copycat has green hair in her Expedition Base Set artwork, drawn by Ken Sugimori, but brown hair in her HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion artwork, drawn by Kanako Eo. This is likely because in Generation IV, Copycat has the appearance of Lasses, who have brown hair, and in the first two Generations, black was used for a variety of colors, including green.
• In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Copycat has a Pokémon from all the first four generations, if counting her Pokémon dolls:
  • A Clefairy doll, representing Generation I;
  • A real Blissey, representing Generation II;
  • A real Banette (ironically, a Pokémon that was originally a discarded plush doll) and a Nosepass doll, both representing Generation III;
  • A Cherrim doll, representing Generation IV.
• If the Copycat is in fact parroting the player as she implies and not merely putting words in his or her mouth, then she acts as the player's proxy by providing some of the only lines of dialogue said by him or her.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	モノマネむすめ Mimic Girl	She teaches Pokémon the move Mimic. May also be related to her ability of mimicking others.
English	Copycat	Copycat is a common children's name-calling for a copier.
French	Copieuse
German	Nachahmerin
Italian, Spanish	Copiona	Equivalent of copycat in Spanish.
Korean	흉내내기 아가씨 Hyungnaenaegi Agassi	Literally "Mimic Girl".

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