Copycat (move)

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 the target used. 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. (Note that 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 an 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.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 122 Mr. Mime Psychic 4 173 Cleffa Normal 13 174 Igglybuff Normal 17 185 Sudowoodo Rock -- 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 38 300 Skitty Normal 11DP 300 Skitty Normal 18PtHGSS 311 Plusle Electric 24 312 Minun Electric 24 327 Spinda Normal 10 438 Bonsly Rock -- 439 Mime Jr. Psychic 4 440 Happiny Normal 5 447 Riolu Fighting 29 481 Mesprit Psychic 61 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

• Spanish: Copión
• German: Imitator
• Italian: Copione

Variations on the move Mirror Move
	Mirror Move | Copycat

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