Copycat (character): Difference between revisions

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.

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.

Sprites

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Sprite from HGSS

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

House

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Maps from Generation I and HGSS

In the anime

Copycat's anime counterpart, Duplica

While the 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 or her Pokémon in the Pokémon 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	Thunder! 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 Pokémon Yellow, a 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 on her Generation II artwork but brown hair in the latest artwork.
• 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 Blissey doll, 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.
• Copycat has a Doduo in Generation I, FireRed and LeafGreen, which then evolved into a Dodrio in Generation II. However, her Dodrio was replaced by a Banette in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• 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

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.