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The term copycat (also written as copy-cat or copy cat) refers to the tendency of humans to duplicate the behavior of others, as expressed in the saying, "monkey see, monkey do."
This notably happens in the case of "copycat crimes", where a notorious or unusual crime inspires a wave of similar activity; this can happen with crimes ranging from shoplifting of particular items and graffiti, up to copycat suicides and murders. The term is used both for the act and for the person. It is often used in the derogatory sense, meaning a plagiarist. The "copycat effect" refers to the tendency of sensational publicity about a violent murder or suicide to cause more of the same.
The expression may have originated from observing the habits of kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mother. Copycat has been in recorded use since at least 1896, in Sarah Orne Jewett's "The Country of Pointed Firs" but the expression could be many decades older.
- Copycat is also the name of a 1995 thriller starring Sigourney Weaver about a serial murderer in San Franscico whose MO is to copy the killings of high profile killers.
- CopyCat is also an alternative "full name" for CC (cat), a cloned cat created in 2001.
- Copycat is also a computer model of analogy-making, developed by Douglas Hofstadter and Melanie Mitchell.
- The Copycats are a villainous musical band of anthropomorphic cats in the cartoon Kidd Video.
- Copycat is also the name of a character of the Marvel Universe. A mutant, whose ability was to duplicate the form of any person nearby. Copycat was later killed by Sabretooth.
- Copycat is also the name of a character of the Wildstorm Universe. She is a genetically enhanced member of the super team DV8.
- Copycat is also the nickname of a very minor character in the Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow games in Saffron City. Giving her a PokéDoll will make her happy enough to give you TM 31, Mimic, which makes the user copy one enemy attack.
- The Copycat effect is where reporting on a tragic event causes others to perform similar behaviour.
- Copycat is the name of a Java sketchpad that records writing and speaking, see Copycat
- A information technology company based in east Africa. [1]
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