Copycat (character): Difference between revisions

name=Copycat |

jname=モノマネむすめ|

image=CopycatHGSS.png |

size=150px |

gender=Female |

game=yes |

generation={{gen|I}}, {{Gen|II}}, {{Gen|III}}, {{Gen|IV}} |

games={{3v2|Red|Blue|Yellow}}, {{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}, {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} |

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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 [[Generation I]]===

In [[Generation I]], Copycat will give the TM for {{m|Mimic}} in return for a {{p|Clefairy}}-style [[Escape item|Poké Doll]].

In her bedroom, there is a [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] with a game that has {{smw|Mario}} with a bucket on his head, a reference to the Japan-exclusive game {{smw|Mario & Wario}} (which was also developed by [[Game Freak]]).

===In [[Generation II]]===

[[Image:Copycat Sugimori Artwork.png|thumb|[[Ken Sugimori]]'s artwork of Copycat, dressed as {{ga|Ethan}}]]

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Copycat's Clefairy doll (which she received in Generation I from {{ga|Red}}) 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 her [[List of key items in Generation II#Lost Item|lost doll]], she will give the player a ticket to ride the [[Magnet Train]] that travels between [[Kanto]] and [[Johto]].

In 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; a "rail company man" <!-- her words, not mine --> gave her a ticket because of the demolition.

===In [[Generation III]]===

In {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, Copycat is a [[move tutor]] who will teach Mimic to a suitable Pokémon in return for a Poké Doll.

{{incomplete|section|Generation IV}}

| Overworld sprite from <br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Green Versions|Red, Green}}, {{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Blue}}, and {{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}

| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Generation III}}

 

*In {{game|Yellow}}, an NPC in the [[Celadon Department Store]] mentions that he's trying to buy a Poké Doll for Copycat in {{ci|Cerulean}}. However, Copycat lives in Saffron City.

*In the artwork, Copycat has green hair on the [[Generation II]] artwork, but has brown hair in the latest artwork.

*In [[Generation IV]], Copycat has a [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon]] from every generation represented, if you count her Poké Dolls: a {{p|Clefairy}} doll ([[Generation I]]), a {{p|Blissey}} (Generation II), a real {{p|Banette}} (ironically, a Pokémon that was originally a discarded plush doll) and a {{p|Nosepass}} doll ([[Generation III]]), and a {{p|Cherrim}} doll (Generation IV). Also, Copycat had a Doduo in Generation I and III, which evolved into a Dodrio in Generation II, but was replaced by the Banette in Generation IV.

*If the Copycat is in fact parroting the player character as she implies and not simply putting words in their mouths, then she provides by proxy some of the only lines of dialogue from the normally silent player characters.

===Names===

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! Language

! Reference to

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| Japanese

| モノマネむすめ ''Mimic Girl''

| She teaches "Mimic", or referring to her mimicking others  

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| English

| Copycat

| "Copycat" is a common children's name-calling for a copier

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| Spanish

| Copiona

| Copycat