Duplica

Duplica イミテ Imite
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Blue
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Kanto
Anime debut	Ditto's Mysterious Mansion
English voice actor	Megan Hollingshead
Japanese voice actor	Orine Fukushima

Duplica (Japanese: イミテ Imite) is a young girl who works as a performing Pokémon Trainer and impressionist. Her character was probably based on that of the Copycat from Pokémon Red and Blue.

Her English name is a shortening of the word "duplicate," and her Japanese name is similar to "imitate."

In the anime

Duplica has appeared in two anime episodes. Her first appearance was in Ditto's Mysterious Mansion. Ash and his friends were traveling through Kanto when they sought shelter from the rain in an abandoned mansion. The house was actually called "The House of Imite" and it was owned by Duplica and her Ditto. She showed them Ditto's ability to transform into any Pokémon. A skeptical Ash sent out his Bulbasaur to battle Duplica's Ditto. Surprisingly enough, Bulbasaur lost against the imitation. Duplica then explained that her Ditto had trouble transforming one aspect of it, its face. No matter what Pokémon it Transformed into, it always retained the beady eyes and wobbly mouth of a Ditto.

Team Rocket kidnapped the Ditto. They wanted to have Duplica's Ditto Transform into a Dratini so they could give it to Giovanni. After a while, they were able to train it to Transform perfectly. After Ash, Brock, Duplica, and Misty dressed up as Team Rocket and rescued Ditto, Duplica felt she was ready to open up her mansion as a theater to entertain passing Pokémon trainers.

Later, in Imitation Confrontation, Brock noticed that a Nurse Joy they were talking to was an imitation. It turned out to be Duplica, who had come to the local town for a Pokémon Acting Competition. She had another Ditto, Mini-Dit, with another problem. It could Transform into perfect replicas of other Pokémon, in every way but size. So when it transformed into an Onix, she had a tiny, hand-held Onix.

Team Rocket stole Mini-Dit and planned to have it transform into a Pokémon that they could pass off as a rare, pygmy version, so that they could get a rare and powerful Pokémon in return. Duplica recovered Mini-Dit and decided that its unusual transformations made it unique; the audience seemed to agree.

Although Duplica sometimes performs by imitating Pokémon herself, her usual shows feature her imitating a Pokémon Trainer while her Ditto imitates that trainer's Pokémon. She did an excellent impression of Ash and Nurse Joy, for instance.

Pokémon

This listing is of Duplica's Pokémon in the anime.

		Ditto
		Duplica's first Ditto first appeared in Ditto's Mysterious Mansion, and again in Imitation Confrontation. Unlike most Ditto, it could not change its face when it transformed into other Pokémon, but it eventually learned how after it was stolen by Jessie, James and Meowth. It was also implied for the most part to be capable of mimicking voices slightly, as evidenced by when it managed to overcome its face problem when Ash, Misty, Brock, and Duplica attempted to retrieve it.
Debut	Ditto's Mysterious Mansion
Voice actors
Japanese	Kotono Mitsuishi
English	Rachael Lillis

		Mini-Dit
		Mini-Dit is the second Ditto owned by Duplica. It is different than other Ditto, as it doesn't change size when it transforms. However, its other powers are all the same as a normal Ditto's. Mini-Dit's only appearance was in Imitation Confrontation.
Debut	Imitation Confrontation
Voice actors
Japanese	Satomi Kōrogi
English	Rachael Lillis

Voice actors

In the games

Pokémon Zany Cards

Duplica appears, along with Casey, as the Stage 3 opponent of Special Seven mode.

Quotes

Pokémon Zany Cards

• Before battle

"I am Duplica! I am to be a PKMN master! You must know all PKMN to truly use Ditto. I'll take you anytime!"

• During battle

• "If using a card

"I'll go now."

"Here's how to do it."

"I still have a lot."

• Using Ditto

"My Ditto is too strong!"

• If drawing a card

"I still have my Ditto."

"No turn for Ditto."

• Hit

"You use PKMN wisely."

"More cards for me."

• Hit with Jigglypuff

"Yawn...

• Hit with Reverse

"The rotation changed!"

• After battle

• Second or third

"Nice Job!"

• When defeated

"I've got a lot to learn."

In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Duplica and her Ditto in the manga

Duplica also makes an appearance in the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga in the chapter Pikachu's Excellent Adventure. Her Ditto had grown in its abilities so that it was now able to vary how closely it imitated other Pokémon. It could partially transform into a rubbery, tall version of Machop, for instance.

Misty wanted to get a Ditto of her own, so Duplica offered to take her to Route 13, where she captured hers. Their trip had to be called off after Pikachu got lost, however.

Pokémon

This listing is of Duplica's Pokémon in the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga.

		Ditto
		Ditto is Duplica's only known Pokémon. It grew in its abilities to transform into other Pokémon so that it was now successful in completely imitating other Pokémon. One of the Pokémon that it transformed was a Machop. Ditto's only known move is Transform.
Debut	Pikachu's Excellent Adventure

Trivia

• Even though Duplica's first Ditto's habit of not transforming its face was presented as an anomaly, the wild Ditto on Pokémon Island in Pokémon Snap do the same thing. They also transform into the same Pokémon as Ditto did in Duplica's debut episode—a Bulbasaur. Ditto cards in the TCG in which Ditto is seen transformed into another Pokémon also behave in this way.
• Duplica is very similar to Gary in his early days, in some respects, and is therefore somewhat of a rival to Ash. For example each time they have met, Ash and Duplica have battled each other competitively (once in Ditto's Mysterious Mansion and twice in Imitation Confrontation). In her debut episode she also frequently referred to Ash as "Ashy-boy" - the exact same pet-name Gary gave him. However, he doesn't seem to mind when Duplica calls him this. He has also never won a battle against Duplica yet (similar to how he never defeated Gary in the first season) and she sometimes tells him that he should raise his Pokémon better, usually after beating him, like Gary.
  • Coincidentally, the way she defeated Ash's Bulbasaur is repeated later with Mewtwo's cloned Venusaur defeating Corey's Bruteroot.
• She is somewhat similar to Narissa, having two Ditto (with one of them being somewhat special) and cosplaying.

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