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{{quote|''I know all her moves. [[Genre Blindness|Therefore, I have the upper hand]].''|'''[[Futurama|Leela]]''' referring to her alternate-dimensional doppelganger.}}
A staple of [[Fighting Game
* '''[[Tekken|Mokujin]]ner:''' The moveset is chosen randomly, sometimes per ''round''. If the character is playable, the player may or may not be able to change between movesets.
* '''[[Pokémon|Ditto]]mediate:''' The Ditto Fighter copies the moves of the opponent they're facing, sometimes copying their appearance if they're lucky.
* '''[[Mortal Kombat|Tsung]]xpert:''' The moveset is non-random: the player has full control over what character they copy or the moveset is a predefined combination of moves from already-existing fighters.
In most cases, the moves tend to be less effective since they're built for the original character model's size/height, unless the Ditto Fighter is [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|also the boss of the game]].
Named after the [[Pokémon]] Ditto, who can transform into its opponents. See also the related [[Ryu and Ken]], where two characters have the same moveset. Similar to, but distinct from [[Mega Manning]], which involves being able to copy one power/skill that your opponent displays and [[All Your Powers Combined|accumulating them as you encounter more of them]]; whereas the Ditto Fighter copies the whole power or skill set for one round or match and [[Discard and Draw|discards it to fashion a whole new skillset]] [[New Powers
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== Action Games ==
* The "copycat" dolls from ''[[Mendel Palace]]'', with the added bonus of only moving and attacking when you do (except [[Stalked
* There's a Doppelganger boss in one of the final missions in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3.''
* ''[[Castlevania|Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse]]'' also has a Doppelganger boss, as did ''Castlevania Chronicles'' and ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night''.
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== Action-Adventure Games ==
* The final confrontation in ''[[Zelda II:
** Shadow Link reappears in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
*** Something unique about this Ditto Fight is that he also copies your health; however many Heart Containers you have is how many hits it takes to kill him.
* Similarly, in [[XZR|Exile]], Sadler is forced to fight his own Shadow before his final battle with The Holy Roman Emperor.
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* The Duplighosts of ''[[Paper Mario]]'' transform into your partners in battle. The Duplighost of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', {{spoiler|Doopliss,}} transforms into Mario partway through the first battle with him. He retains this disguise until you defeat him the second time.
** Actually, he turns into Mario's shadow. Which you then have to beat up, triggering a cutscene showing Mario and his partners taking the [[Mineral MacGuffin|Crystal Star]] and leaving the shadow lying there. Leaving you wondering why the camera is still focused on the shadow, until you find out that Doopliss has [[Body Snatcher|stolen Mario's body]] and somehow made you beat yourself up. Mario's partners don't realise this, meaning you have to fight them before you can get your body back.
* Poo from [[
** The monkey Salsa from the sequel can mimic the target's moves, [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|even a tank firing off a shell]].
* And of course the [[Trope Namer]], Ditto, from [[Pokémon]].
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* Suffice to say that [[Namco]] loves these:
** Mokujin/Tetsujin, and Combot, from the ''[[Tekken]]'' series change movesets per round (Mokujin) or per match (Combot). To a lesser degree, "Unknown", the boss from ''Tekken Tag Tournament'', who can change styles within the round but only copies the movesets of small-framed fighters (being a slight female herself, some of the moves used by large fighters such as the Jacks or Kuma/Panda would look ridiculous if used by her) and always starts each fight using the moveset of Jun Kazama.
** Edge Master and Inferno from ''[[Soul Calibur]]''; the latter is notable for being the final boss. This is also a subversion, as Inferno has [[Everything's Better
** Charade (and Inferno again) from ''[[Soul Calibur]] 2''. Necrid used a fixed moveset made of attacks from other characters, complete with an [[Energy Weapon]] that changed shape to suit the move in progress.
** Olcadan from ''[[Soul Calibur]] 3''. Somewhat underwhelming considering his cosmetic originality - he's got an [[Owl Be Damned|owl's head]]. Though to be fair, it was his punishment for ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|defeating a god.]]''
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** In 3, the custom class job of "swordmaster" allowed them to use every single one of the custom movesets, meaning that you could very well be this in Chronicles of the Sword, where you can change weapons between battle chains and can see the name of the weapon of anyone on the field.
** In 5, {{spoiler|Edge Master}}, {{spoiler|Kilik}} and {{spoiler|Elysium}} serve as the ditto fighters, with {{spoiler|Kilik}} emulating the male characters' styles, {{spoiler|Elysium}} mimicking the female characters' styles, and {{spoiler|Edge Master}} mimicking all styles.
* Dural from the ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' series uses a single moveset taken from a number of characters but Dural's version is usually faster and more damaging than the original move.
* Metal Sonic from ''[[Sonic the Fighters]]'', like Dural in ''Virtua Fighter'', uses a moveset that is an amalgam of the other fighers' moves, plus a few moves all his own, like a devastating [[Chest Blaster]].
* Shang Tsung from the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series had the power to shapeshift into any other character at will, via button combos. In the first ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'', he was the final boss.
** Also, in ''[[Mortal Kombat]] Trilogy'', the characters Khameleon (female) in the N64 version and Chameleon (male) in the PS version would randomly switch their moves and looks between the female (for Khameleon) or male (for Chameleon) ninjas. In ''[[
** In ''[[
** Finally, in ''[[Mortal Kombat
*** Shujinko, the protagonist of its immediate sequel, ''[[Mortal Kombat
** In ''[[
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', Kakashi is able to mimic the movements of his opponent thanks to the Sharingan. In various games based on the manga, he can imitate to a certain point the fighting style of his opponent. As can Sasuke. This leads to many funny techniques: Sexy Jutsu Kakashi? Inner Sasuke? Yeah.
** In some of the ''[[Clash of Ninja]]'' games Kakashi can activate his Sharingan in place of his special move. This changes his counter move such that if he is hit with another players special he will dodge it and then ''send it right back''. Some special moves involving equipment or bloodline traits are not copied and he will simply dodge. But watching him copy Sakura's Inner Sakura beatdown and unleash Inner Kakashi is hilarious.
* The secret characters Shadow (mimics the last character you beat) and Marionette (mimics the character you're fighting against) from the ''[[
* In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'''s Tournament Mode, to select a fighter randomly, you had to choose... you've guessed it, Ditto. For another example, look at Kirby.
** There was also originally a plan to make Ditto a Poke Ball Pokemon in Melee, with the ability to turn into the fighter who released it and then fighting alongside the person as a separate fighter. The idea was scrapped when it created lag problems. For example, a battle between four Ice Climbers already would have lag problems, but imagine if each of them got a Ditto at the same time. That would be SIXTEEN bodies on the field all at once.
* Black, in some versions of ''[[
** Except that, as all pieces have their health modified by the luminosity (color) of the square they're on, the Shapeshifter can trade blows and win on dark squares - and (unlike the other pieces) its wounds disappear at the end of the fight, making aggressive assassination of misplaced Light pieces practical.
* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' Bartz is a self-described Mime who uses an amalgamation of techniques from the other heroes to fight with. These are customized by the player, making him a rather flexible Ditto Fighter.
** While his HP attacks are identical, his Brave attacks combine two different characters' brave attacks into one. For example, one of his brave attacks is Slidehazzard, a combination of part of Tidus's Slide Impulse, and Cloud's Climhazzard. Or Solid Ascension, a combo of Squall's Solid Barrel and Warrior of Light's Ascension.
* In the game ''[[Jump Super Stars|Jump! Ultimate Stars]]'', in Planet P, mission 1, players 2, 3, & 4 all use whatever koma deck you choose.
** Ditto in the ''[[D
* In the ''[[Last Blade]]'' series, Akari can use enchanted paper dolls to briefly become her opponent. A cheat, similar to the ''Darkstalkers'' cheats described above, allows you to play as one of the dolls, meaning every fight is a mirror match.
* In ''[[
** The ''[[
** The [[Final Boss]] of ''[[
* The final boss of the original ''[[
** An upgraded version of him known as Neo Geegus, later appeared in ''World Heroes 2'' as the semi-final boss, which added, but mostly imitates the newly added characters of the game (excluding Neo Geegus and Dio).
* In ''[[Magical Battle Arena]]'', [[Cardcaptor Sakura
* In ''[[
** MUGEN-based versions of Rogue try to emulate this too, some better than others, but with limitation due to the same problem; the huge and expanding number of possible opponents.
** Ryu in ''[[
* The fan-made ''[[Pokémon]]'' [[Fighting Game]] ''TYPE-WILD'' has an actual Ditto as its final boss.
* [[The King of Fighters|Rugal Bernstein]] was originally going to copy the moveset of the character you were playing as. Hardware limitations forced the idea to be abandoned. Rugal having Geese's Reppuken and Krauser's Kaiser Wave were pretty much the ashes of this.
* ''[[Guilty Gear]] Isuka'' featured Robo-Ky MKII, a version of Robo-Ky that by default, had Robo-Ky's standard movelist from Guilty Gear XX Reload. The player could customize it, replacing many of it's moves, with imitations of other characters' abilities. From GGX to the original GGXX, Robo-Ky itself was a sort of ditto fighter to the real Ky, imitating a number of his moves whilst having a few of its own unique moves only seen in them two games.
* In the extremely strange fighter ''[[Ballz
* Rogue in ''[[X-Men Next Dimension|X-Men: Next Dimension]]'' can power-steal, similar to ''[[
* Dittomediate applies to the B-button attack of Kirby in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series.
* Mildred Avallone and Parace L'Sia, two boss characters from the ''[[
* [[Eldritch Abomination|Double]] from ''[[
== Platformers ==
* Doc Robot of ''[[
** The [[Final Boss]] of ''[[Mega Man Zero]] 3'' uses all of the attacks that Zero himself was known for in the ''[[
** While the Mega Man games almost invariably center around [[Mega Manning]] instead of this, the ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'' games discard it in favor of Ditto Fighter abilities. In the first ZX game, beating a boss either unlocks a new transformation or upgrades an existing one, and in ''ZX Advent'', beating a boss simply unlocks that boss as a transformation.
* Many games in the [[Castlevania]] series include a boss called Doppelganger which at first glance appears to be an [[Evil Twin]] but is really closer to this. The boss is supposedly a demon that has taken the form of the hero to [[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]. If they were a true [[Evil Twin]] they would have more of a purpose in the plot but once you kill them they are never mentioned again.
** The only exception is in ''Lament of Innocence'' where you fight the doppelganger twice, but it still doesn't serve any purpose to the story aside from another [[Boss Fight]].
== Racing Games ==
* The hidden characters Petey Piranha and King Boo of ''[[Mario Kart]]: Double Dash'' can use all of the character-specific special items.
* In ''[[
== Shooters ==
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== Sports Games ==
* The Mii in ''[[Mario
== Puzzle Games ==
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== Non-Video Game Examples ==
* In his fight against the series' first [[Big Bad]], ''[[Kenichi:
** Another example from the same manga: Kisara ''twice'' defeats an oponent by copying Miu's moves, because her usual fighting style wasn't enough to penetrate the oponent's defence: once fighting against Freya (because Freya was fighting with a staff), and once during the ''[[Tournament Arc|D of D Tournament]]'' (because her oponent Aysha's legs were longer than hers). During the fight with her ''next'' tournament oponent she realizes that copying someone else's style is not enough and it's ''then'' when she developes her own fighting style.
* Wrestling example: In late 2008, Charlie Haas has taken to dressing as various WWE stars (past and present) and attempting to mimic their fighting styles. Including Santa Claas (as a Holiday joke).
** [[Carlito]] was the first character Haas imitated.
** Many of Haas's matches with this gimmick were against [[John Bradshaw Layfield]].
** Charlie Haas's impersonations got their own Slammy award category. His [[Beth Phoenix]] imitation won.
* [[Kamen Rider Decade]], thanks to his powers of [[Mega Manning]], can transform into any of his nine predecessor [[Kamen Rider
* In comic books, this is often dubbed "photographic memory" or "photographic reflexes", and it's a common power for B-list heroes and villains. These characters are ''always'' doomed to lose, either because the hero they're stealing the powers/moves from comes up with a new one on the spot, one that drops the mook down before he/she can copy it; or inversely because the hero [[Sheathe Your Sword|refuses to fight at all]] - with no attack to copy, the mook can only rely on his own fighting skills, which of course suck because he's never needed them before. Taskmaster is one of the major examples in [[Marvel Comics]]. Tasky is also in ''[[
** Also worth mentioning is Kl'rt the Super-Skrull, who has the powers of all of the [[Fantastic Four]]. There are several other Super-Skrulls including Criti Noll (with powers borrowed from several [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]]) and Rl'nnd (with powers from several [[X-Men]]). Kl'rt is, like Taskmaster, in ''[[
** DC has Amazo, an android with the powers of the [[Justice League]]. In a [[Literal Genie]] moment, he was once defeated when Superman disbanded the League, leaving him powerless against a group of now indepentant superheroes.
* [
* From [[Magic:
* The [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] anime has Joey using the Copycat card for similar tricks. [[Screw the Rules I Have Plot|It doesn't actually work that way in the card game.]]
** The Copycat card would not be released until a good half decade or so has passed since it's appearance in the anime and was made to compliment the new game system that has been introduced since then.
* [[The Legend of the Legendary Heroes|Ryner's]] [[Evil Eye|Alpha Stigma]] does this extremely quicky.
* The [[Summon Magic|Stellar Spirit]] Gemini from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' has this ability. This logically resulted in a once-off gag in the [[Alternate Universe|Edolas]] arc, where Lucy meets her AU counterpart, and Gemini becomes a ''third'' Lucy.
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** Albireo Imma's artifact can turn him into anyone he met.
* Szayel from [[Bleach]] Resurrection's had this as one of his abilities.
* Both Shirou and Archer from ''[[Fate/stay
* {{spoiler|Kaede Kaburagi}} of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' eventually develops the ability to copy the powers of the last [[Differently-Powered Individual|NEXT]] she's touched.
* Duplex of the [[Whateley Universe]] has the mutant ability to touch another mutant and gain their powers, although she may not get a full-strength copy off someone.
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