Copycat

Copycat may refer to:

Intellectual property rights

• Copyright infringement, use of another’s ideas or words without permission
• Patent infringement, a violation of patent protection
• Plagiarism, the representation of another's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own
• Shanzhai, a term denoting plagiarized design or technology in China
• Trademark infringement, a violation of trademark protection

Crime

• Copycat crime, a criminal act that is modeled on previous crimes that have been reported in the media
• Copycat suicide, suicide inspired by or replicating another's suicide attempt

Science and technology

• Copycat (software), a computer model of analogy-making
• CC (cat) (born 2001), first cloned pet

Television and film

• Copycat (1995 film), a thriller starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter
• Copycat (2015 film), a documentary short film by Charlie Shackleton
• Copy Cats (TV series), British comedy sketch show from 1985 to 1987 broadcast on ITV
• Copycats, a British children's game show
• The Copycat, an episode of The Real Ghostbusters
• Copycat, an episode of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir
• "The Copycats" (The Amazing World of Gumball), an episode of The Amazing World of Gumball

Music

• Copy Cats (album), a 1988 album by Johnny Thunders and Patti Palladin
• "Copycat" (The Cranberries song)
• "Copycat" (Billie Eilish song)
• "Copycat" (Patrick Ouchène song)
• "Copycat", a song by gothic metal band Lacrimosa
• "Copycat", a song by CircusP feat. GUMI
• "Copy Cat", a song by Melanie Martinez

Characters

• Copycat (Danganronpa), an assassin in the Danganronpa series
• Copycat (Marvel Comics), a comic book character in the Marvel Universe
• The Copycats, a musical band of cats in the cartoon Kidd Video
• Copycat, a character in the Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow games

Other uses

• CopyCat, a power in the board game Cosmic Encounter
• Copy Cats (short story collection), a short story collection by David Crouse
• Copycat Building, building built in 1897 as a manufacturing warehouse

See also

• Copycat (comics)
• Copycat effect (disambiguation)
• Copycat Killer (disambiguation)