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Mimic ものまね Mimic

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM31 in Generation I Move Tutor in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Move Tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move Tutor in Pokémon Emerald

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Makes the appeal as good as the one before it.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Mimic (Japanese: ものまね Mimic) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Mimic copies one of the target's current attacks and its maximum PP. The user will retain the copied attack until it faints or is switched out, or the battle ends. Mimic can't copy Struggle because it is not a normally selectable move.

If Mimic copies a partial trapping move, and if the target switches out when its PP is 0 and before its duration is over, the current PP of the move will roll over to 63 and full PP ups will be applied to it. Mimic will retain the move's current PP if the user switches out, and full PP ups will be applied to any moves that Mimic subsequently copies.

In-game, Mimic allows the user to see the target's moveset and select the move to copy, except in link battles.

In Stadium, Mimic will not copy a move's maximum PP.

Mimic cannot create duplicate moves; if the opponent last used a move that the attacking Pokémon already knows, Mimic will fail.

Generation II-III

Mimic copies the target's last move, the mimicked move has 5 PP. It fails to mimic the move Sketch, Struggle and Metronome, however.

In Pokémon XD and Pokémon Colosseum, Shadow moves cannot be mimicked. It will instead say "But it failed!".

Generation IV on

The move functions the same as in previous generations, but if it is known by a Bonsly or a Mime Jr. when they level up, they will evolve into a Sudowoodo or a Mr. Mime, respectively. It fails to mimic the move Chatter.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
039		Jigglypuff	Normal		Normal							39			41				45			'
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic										18				18			'
185		Sudowoodo	Rock		Rock				--			--			17				17			'
438		Bonsly	Rock		Rock										17				17			'
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic										18				18			'
441		Chatot	Normal	Flying										29				33			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic
173		Cleffa	Normal		Normal
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By move tutor

In FireRed and LeafGreen, Emerald, and XD: Gale of Darkness

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can be tutored Mimic.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0174 Igglybuff Normal New York City Pokémon Center 0190 Aipom Normal New York City Pokémon Center 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 the anime

File:Sudowoodo Mimic.png Sudowoodo File:Mime Jr. Mimic.png Mime Jr. Walrein Sudowoodo
The user copies the foe's latest move used.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Sudowoodo instantly copies the last move used by the opponent. Sometimes, the branches on its head will glow gold.
A wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting		Debut
Brock's Sudowoodo	Leave It to Brocko!		None
	Walrein flashes purple and it copies and learns the last move used by the opponent until the end of the battle.
Katie's Walrein	A Judgment Brawl		None
	Mime Jr. instantly copies the last move used by the opponent. Sometimes the ball on its head glows white.
James's Mime Jr.	Spontaneous Combusken!		None
	The three green orbs on Bonsly's head glow gold and it copies the last move used by the opponent.
Brock's Bonsly	A Staravia is Born!		None

In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

File:Mime Jr Mimic Psywave P7.png Psywave File:Mime Jr Mimic Dark Void P7.png Dark Void
The user copies any move the opponent used.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Mime Jr. copies the last move used by the opponent.
Hiori's Mime Jr.	Lily Regains Her Memories!		Debut

Pokémon Adventures

File:Bellsprout Mimic DoubleSlap Adventures.png DoubleSlap Cross Chop
The user copies the foe's latest move used.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bellsprout instantly copies the move the opponent last used.
Erika's Bellsprout	Meanwhile... Vileplume!		Debut
	Sudowoodo instantly copies the move last used by the opponent. It can also use the move to form its body to look like the opponent.
Gold's Sudobo	How Do You Do, Sudowoodo?		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Immitatie Finnish Matkina French Copie German Mimikry Greek Μίμιση Italian Mimica Korean 흉내내기 Hyungnaenaegi Serbian Imitiranje Spanish Mimético

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