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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 However, her Doduo, which evolved into Dodrio in Generation II, has been replaced by a Banette.

Quotes

This article is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Pretty much quotes from all generations: Red+Blue, Yellow, Gold+Silver, Crystal, FireRed+LeafGreen, and earlier ones from HeartGold and SoulSilver

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

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

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 their mouths, then she acts as the player's proxy by providing some of the only lines of dialogue said by him/her.

Names

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