Copycat refers to a person who copies some aspect of some thing or somebody else. Copycat may also refer to:

Intellectual property rights

Copyright infringement Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, ...

, use of another’s ideas or words without permission * Patent infringement, a violation of patent protection *

Plagiarism Plagiarism is the fraudulent representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.From the 1995 '' Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary'': use or close imitation of the language and though ...

, the representation of another's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own * ''

Shanzhai ''Shanzhai'' () is a Chinese term literally meaning "mountain fortress" or "mountain camp", whose contemporary use usually encompasses counterfeit, imitation, or parody products and events and the subculture surrounding them. ''Shanzhai'' produc ...

'', a term denoting plagiarized design or technology in China *

Trademark infringement Trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attached to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or any licensees (provided that such authorization was within the scope of the licence). Infringement may ...

, a violation of trademark protection

Crime

Copycat crime A copycat crime is a criminal act that is modelled after or inspired by a previous crime. It notably occurs after exposure to media content depicted said crimes, and/or a live criminal model. Copycat effect The copycat effect is the alleged tend ...

, a criminal act that is modeled on previous crimes that have been reported in the media *

Copycat suicide A copycat suicide is defined as an emulation of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide on television and in other media. The publicized ...

, suicide inspired by or replicating another's suicide attempt

Science and technology

Copycat (software) Copycat is a model of analogy making and human cognition based on the concept of the parallel terraced scan, developed in 1988 by Douglas Hofstadter, Melanie Mitchell, and others at thCenter for Research on Concepts and Cognition Indiana Univ ...

, a computer model of analogy-making *

CC (cat) CC, for " CopyCat" ''or'' " Carbon Copy" (December 22, 2001 – March 3, 2020), was a brown tabby and white domestic shorthair and the first cloned pet. She was cloned by scientists at Texas A&M University in conjunction with Genetic S ...

(born 2001), first cloned pet

Television and film

* ''Copycat'' (film), a 1995 thriller starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter *''Copycat'', a competition series broadcast by MTV * ''Copy Cats'' (TV series), British Comedy sketch show from 1985 to 1987 broadcast on ITV *''

Copycats ''Copycats'' is a children's game show which aired on CBBC and was presented by double act Sam & Mark ( Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes). It involved two teams of friends and family, each of six contestants, battling against each other in a seri ...

'', a British children's game show *''

Copycat Singers Copycat Singers was a Swedish musical gameshow broadcast by TV3 in late 2011. Each episode featured a well-known Swedish singer and five 'copycats'. The show's only season featured Lasse Berghagen, Pernilla Wahlgren, Nanne Grönvall, Markoolio, ...

'', a musical gameshow broadcast by TV3 Sweden *The Copycat, an episode of ''

The Real Ghostbusters ''The Real Ghostbusters'' is an American animated television series, a spin-off/sequel of the 1984 comedy film ''Ghostbusters''. The series ran from September 13, 1986, to October 5, 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television and DI ...

'' *Copycat, an episode of '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir''

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 The ''Lacrimosa'' (Latin for " weeping/tearful"), also a name that derives from ''Our Lady of Sorrows'', a title given to The Virgin Mary, is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass. Its text comes from the Latin 18th an ...

*"Copycat", a song by CircusP feat. GUMI. *"Copy Cat", a song by

Melanie Martinez Melanie Adele Martinez (born April 28, 1995) is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Astoria, Queens, and raised in Baldwin, New York, Martinez rose to fame in 2012 after appearing on the American television vocal talent show '' The Voice ...

Characters

Copycat (Marvel Comics) Tatiana Caban Bethany Cabe Caber Caber is one of the Celtic gods of Avalon, a warrior god. Caber is a good friend to Leir and usually accompanies him in battle. Cable Danielle Cage Danielle "Dani" Cage is a fictional character in Marve ...

, a comic book character in the Marvel Universe *The Copycats, a musical band of cats in the cartoon ''

Kidd Video ''Kidd Video'' (originally in development as ''Hot Rocks'') is an American Saturday morning live action/cartoon created by DIC Enterprises in association with Saban Productions. The series originally ran on NBC from 1984 to 1985. Reruns conti ...

'' *Copycat, a character in the '' Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', and ''

Yellow Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In ...

'' games

Other uses

*CopyCat, a power in the board game ''

Cosmic Encounter ''Cosmic Encounter'' is a science fiction–themed strategy board game designed by "Future Pastimes" (collectively, Peter Olotka, Jack Kittredge and Bill Eberle, with Bill Norton) and originally published by Eon Games in 1977. In it, each player ...

'' * ''Copy Cats'' (short story collection), a short story collection by David Crouse *

Copycat Building The Copycat Building is a former manufacturing warehouse at 1501 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, Maryland, today used as an artists' studio and living space. Built in 1897, it is home to the city's creative class and a landmark of the Station North Arts ...

, building built in 1897 as a manufacturing warehouse *

Copycat Recipes Copycat refers to a person who copies some aspect of some thing or somebody else. Copycat may also refer to: Intellectual property rights * Copyright infringement, use of another’s ideas or words without permission * Patent infringement, a ...

, recipes that taste like restaurant recipes.