Trainer Supporter

Copycat モノマネむすめMimic Girl

Celestial Storm Regular print Illus.Ken Sugimori English expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 138/165 Japanese expansion Base Expansion Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 063/128 English expansion EX Team Rocket Returns Rarity English card no. 83/109 Japanese expansion Rocket Gang Strikes Back Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 078/085 Expansion EX Dragon Frontiers Rarity English card no. 73/101 Japanese Half Deck Shockwave! Tyranitar ex Constructed Standard Deck Japanese card no. 022/024 English expansion HeartGold & SoulSilver Rarity English card no. 90/123 Japanese expansion SoulSilver Collection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 069/070 Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 024/L-P Deck Kit HS Trainer Kit Half Deck Raichu Half Deck English card no. 21/30 Expansion Call of Legends Rarity English card no. 77/95 English expansion Celestial Storm Rarity English card no. 127/168 Japanese expansion Champion Road Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 065/066 English expansion Celestial Storm Rarity English card no. 163/168 Japanese expansion Champion Road Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 077/066 Japanese expansion GX Ultra Shiny Japanese card no. 135/150 English expansion Evolving Skies Rarity English card no. 143/203 Japanese expansion Skyscraping Perfection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 065/067 English expansion Evolving Skies Rarity English card no. 200/203 Japanese expansion Skyscraping Perfection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 079/067 English expansion Evolving Skies Rarity English card no. 222/203 Japanese expansion Skyscraping Perfection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 086/067 Japanese Deck Start Deck 100 Japanese card no. 410/414

Copycat (Japanese:モノマネむすめMimic Girl) is aSupporter card. It was first released as part of theExpedition Base Set.

Card text

Expedition Base Set print

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in theLost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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You can play only one Supporter card each turn. When you play this card, put it next to your Active Pokémon. When your turn ends, discard this card.

VSTAR Power

Shuffle your hand into your deck. Then, count the number of cards in your opponent's hand and draw that many cards.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

HeartGold & SoulSilver print

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in theLost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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You can play only one Supporter card each turn. When you play this card, put it next to your Active Pokémon. When your turn ends, discard this card.

VSTAR Power

Shuffle your hand into your deck. Then, draw a number of cards equal to the number of cards in your opponent's hand.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Celestial Storm print

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in theLost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Shuffle your hand into your deck. Then, draw a card for each card in your opponent's hand.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn(before your attack).

Evolving Skies print

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in theLost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Shuffle your hand into your deck. Then, draw a card for each card in your opponent's hand.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

e-Reader data

TheExpedition Base Set print includes a Dot Code strip for use with thee-Reader, and has the card ID B-63-#. The short strip contains a brief card summary. There is no long strip for this card.

Release information

This card was included in theExpedition Base Set with artwork byKen Sugimori, first released in the JapaneseBase Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in theEX Team Rocket Returns expansion, first released in the JapaneseRocket Gang Strikes Back expansion, with a full-frame view of the same artwork byKen Sugimori. It was later reprinted in theEX Dragon Frontiers expansion, first released in theShockwave! Tyranitar ex Constructed Standard Deck.

It was reprinted in theHeartGold & SoulSilver expansion with new artwork byKanako Eo, first released in the JapaneseSoulSilver Collection. In Japan, a Holofoil version was reprinted as one of theL-P Promotional cards, and was awarded to the top winners of the Pokémon Card Game LEGEND Battle in September 2009. This print has the Pokémon Card Game LEGEND logo in the top right of the illustration and the SoulSilver Collection logo on the bottom left. It was reprinted again in the Raichu Half Deck of the EnglishHS Trainer Kit and theCall of Legends expansion.

During the Sun & Moon Series, Copycat was reprinted in theCelestial Storm expansion with the artwork byKen Sugimori originally printed in the Expedition Base Set. AFull Art print was also released in the expansion and features artwork byMegumi Mizutani. These prints originate from the JapaneseChampion Road subset. The Regular Celestial Storm print was later reprinted in the JapaneseGX Ultra Shiny subset.

Copycat was reprinted again during the Sword & Shield Series as a Regular card, aFull Art card, and as aSecret Rainbow Rare in theEvolving Skies expansion, first released in the JapaneseSkyscraping Perfection expansion. All three prints feature artwork bySanosuke Sakuma. The Evolving Skies Regular print was reprinted in the JapaneseStart Deck 100.

Gallery

Expedition Base Set print Illus.Ken Sugimori	EX Team Rocket Returns print Illus.Ken Sugimori	HeartGold & SoulSilver print Illus.Kanako Eo
Celestial Storm Regular print Illus.Ken Sugimori	Celestial StormFull Art print Illus.Megumi Mizutani	Evolving Skies Regular print Illus.Sanosuke Sakuma
Evolving SkiesFull Art print Illus.Sanosuke Sakuma	Evolving Skies Rainbow Rare print Illus.Sanosuke Sakuma	[[File:|200px|center]] Diamond & Pearl print Illus.Ken Sugimori
[[File:|200px|center]] Diamond & Pearl print Illus.Ken Sugimori	[[File:|200px|center]] Diamond & Pearl print Illus.Ken Sugimori	[[File:|200px|center]] Diamond & Pearl print Illus.Ken Sugimori
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Trivia

• Copycat is mimicking different characters on each print:
  • In the Expedition Base Set, EX Team Rocket Returns and Celestial Storm prints, Copycat is depicted mimickingEthan as he appears inGeneration II,Blaine and theTeam Rocket member featured in the illustrations ofRocket's Sneak Attack andThe Rocket's Trap. She is also depicted cosplaying as aPikachu, similar in appearance toPoké Kid Trainers that would later appear inGeneration IV.
  • In the HeartGold & SoulSilver print, she is depicted mimicking Ethan as he appears in Generation IV,Professor Elm,Misty and a femaleTeam Rocket Grunt.
  • In the Evolving Skies prints, she is depicted mimicking Ethan as he appears in Generation II,Leon,Marnie andRose.

Origin

Copycat is a character in thePokémon games who mimics the appearance of others. Copycat would later be adapted asDuplica by thePokémon anime in theoriginal series episodeDitto's Mysterious Mansion. Duplica, like Copycat on the card, is depicted as having teal/green hair in two puffy pigtails, a hairstyle which is never worn by Copycat in the video games. Unlike Duplica, who has brown eyes, the card's version of Copycat has green eyes that match her hair.

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