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 Patent infringement is the commission of a prohibited act with respect to a patented invention without permission from the patent holder. Permission may typically be granted in the form of a license. The definition of patent infringement may v ...

, 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 thought ...

, 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 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 tende ...

, 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'' (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 series of ...

'', 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, T ...

'', a musical gameshow broadcast by TV3 Sweden *The Copycat, an episode of '' The Real Ghostbusters'' *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 *"Copycat", a song by CircusP feat.

GUMI Gumi may refer to: * Gumi, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Gumi, Nepal, a village development committee in Surkhet District, Bheri Zone, Nepal * Gumi, North Gyeongsang, a city in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea ** Gumi University * ...

. *"Copy Cat", a song by Melanie Martinez

Characters

* 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 * Copycat Recipes, recipes that taste like restaurant recipes.