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* ''Series/SesameStreet'': [[https://youtu.be/GQGbDsh-ILk This]] Ernie and Bert sketch has Bert unintentionally get caught in one of Ernie's copycat games.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MaggieAndTheFerociousBeast'': At the beginning at the episode "Guess Who I Am", Beast starts copying everything Hamilton says and do, and by the end of the episode, Hamilton gets back at Beast by starting to copy ''him'' now.
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* Shrek does it to Donkey in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' after Donkey annoys him by asking "AreWeThereYet" too many times.

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* Shrek does it to Donkey in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' after Donkey annoys him by asking "AreWeThereYet" too many times.times, but backfires when Fiona tells them that they've arrived in Far Far Away.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': This is the main idea behind the the episode, appropriately titled, “The Copycats.” The Watersons discover a [[Animation/MiracleStar rival family]] who copies literally everything that the Watersons do, including being able to somehow copy moments that happened ''seconds'' ago. After repeatedly failing to convince them to stop copying them and to use their own ideas, the Watersons decide to intentionally endanger their lives in hopes that the other family will copy them and get terribly hurt doing so. This would hopefully discourage them to stop copying them. For the most part, it also doesn’t work, until they end up in a situation where it’s up to Anais to save them. Since the other family doesn’t have an Anais counterpart, they end up getting horribly injured.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RosiesRules'': In "Rosie's Twin Day," Rosie wants to be Crystal's twin, so she tries to copy everything she does.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Copycat Kid", Mikey copies everything Vince does after Vince saved him from being hit by a basketball in the head.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Copycat Kid", Mikey copies everything Vince does after Vince saved him from being hit by a basketball baseball in the head.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Copycat Kid", Mikey copies everything Vince does after Vince saved him from being hit by a basketball in the head.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', this is done by the robots built by [[MadScientist Heloise]], built for the sole porpuse of annoying people.

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* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', this is done by the robots Frustrado-Bot built by [[MadScientist Heloise]], built for the sole porpuse of annoying people.people, especially Jimmy.
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* ''Film/GoodbyeAgain: Kenneth manages to get Elizabeth and Arthur, who are greatly annoying him, to clear out by the simple device of repeating back everything they say.
-->'''Arthur''': That's a child's game!\\
'''Kenneth''': That's a child's game!
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** Uncle Feather, Fudge's myna bird, also does this when he's not saying his favourite catchphrase. Peter reflects that they only just got Fudge to stop copying him, and now they have a bird who copies what people say.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Need a [[{{Pun}} hand]] with that copying shtick, Patrick?]]
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* In the ''WebVideo/MapMen'' episode about map copying and copyright traps (errors added to maps to detect copying), Mark demonstrates how annoying copying is by copying Jay. After telling him to stop, Jay tries to trick Mark into saying "I'm an idiot", but Mark was paying attention and says "you're an idiot" instead.
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* In the second ''Literature/{{Fudge}}'' book, "Superfudge", [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Fudge]] develops a habit of doing this to Peter, much to his annoyance. He doesn't stop until he gets so amused with himself that he nearly chokes from laughter. Their dad takes this chance to step in and get him to stop once and for all.
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'''Quil:''' He's trying to copy me.

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'''Quil:''' '''Quill:''' He's trying to copy me.
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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. In "Little Green Men", Quark and his family crashland in [[RoswellThatEndsWell Roswell in 1947]], but their {{Universal Translator}}s aren't working so they can't explain their situation. They try slapping their heads to get them working again. The assembled military and scientists ​decide to copy them [[ComicallyMissingThePoint in an attempt to communicate]] and proceed to DopeSlap themselves, much to [[HumansAreMorons Quark's amusement]].
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* Occurs in the ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'' episode "Bird Mechanics":

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* Occurs in the ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'' episode "Bird Mechanics":"[[Recap/TucaAndBertieS2E01BirdMechanics Bird Mechanics]]":
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* Occurs in the ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'' episode "Bird Mechanics":
-->'''Therapist''': To manually reset your socially neurotic brain, repeat whatever it is your conversation partner is saying.
-->'''Bertie''': Repeat whatever it is your partner is saying.
-->'''Therapist''': Okay, stop repeating me.
-->'''Bertie''': Stop repeating me.
-->'''Therapist''': ...you are a very handsome therapist?
-->'''Bertie''': [[FlatWhat What?]]
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* Creator/TheChaser's 2007 [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics election]] special, ''[[Series/TheElectionChaser The Chaser Decides]]'' has a parody ad based on the Advertising/GetAMac campaign, with Andrew representing the Liberal Party and Chris as Labor. Andrew quickly gets annoyed with Chris saying "{{Me too}}," to each of his promises.

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* Creator/TheChaser's 2007 [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics election]] special, ''[[Series/TheElectionChaser The Chaser Decides]]'' has a parody ad based on the Advertising/GetAMac campaign, with Andrew representing the Liberal Party and Chris as Labor. Andrew quickly gets annoyed with Chris saying "{{Me too}}," "Me too," to each of his promises.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' special "Long Lost Lyman" had Garfield encounter a Franistan mockingbird, who annoys the orange cat by repeating what he says. When Garfield attempts to get the mockingbird to repeat a phrase praising Garfield, the mockingbird refuses because he doesn't want to lie. Garfield then gets back at the mockingbird by repeating what the mockingbird says.
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* This [[https://youtu.be/zXQHydJnp_A Cocoa Puffs commercial]] features Sonny calling a friend of his (a parrot)to keep himself from going cuckoo. It backfires as the parrot repeats everything he says about cocoa puffs.

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* This [[https://youtu.be/zXQHydJnp_A Cocoa Puffs commercial]] features Sonny calling a friend of his (a parrot)to parrot) to keep himself from going cuckoo. It backfires as the parrot repeats everything he says about cocoa puffs.
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* Creator/TheChaser's 2007 [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics election]] special, ''[[Series/TheElectionSpecial The Chaser Decides]]'' has a parody ad based on the Advertising/GetAMac campaign, with Andrew representing the Liberal Party and Chris as Labor. Andrew quickly gets annoyed with Chris saying "{{Me too}}," to each of his promises.

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* Creator/TheChaser's 2007 [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics election]] special, ''[[Series/TheElectionSpecial ''[[Series/TheElectionChaser The Chaser Decides]]'' has a parody ad based on the Advertising/GetAMac campaign, with Andrew representing the Liberal Party and Chris as Labor. Andrew quickly gets annoyed with Chris saying "{{Me too}}," to each of his promises.
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* Creator/TheChaser's 2007 [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics election]] special, ''[[Series/TheElectionSpecial The Chaser Decides]]'' has a parody ad based on the Advertising/GetAMac campaign, with Andrew representing the Liberal Party and Chris as Labor. Andrew quickly gets annoyed with Chris saying "{{Me too}}," to each of his promises.
-->'''Andrew''': Well I like eating babies' heads.\\
'''Chris''': Happy to give it a try.\\
'''Andrew''': And I hate people who say me too.\\
'''Chris''': Yeah, me too, that really shits me.
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* In the current ad campaign for Cheez-It, the narrator explains that they allow the cheese to mature before putting it in thier snacks, and then show a clip where a scientist is speaking to a wheel of cheese that hasn't quite matured yet, and then usually cut to the next day, where the cheese has matured. In one commercial the immature cheese copies everything the scientist says, including the sound effects to the scientist clicking his pen, checking the box labeled "NOT READY", and clicking the pen again.

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* In the current ad campaign for Cheez-It, the narrator explains that they allow the cheese to mature before putting it in thier their snacks, and then show a clip where a scientist is speaking to a wheel of cheese that hasn't quite matured yet, and then usually cut to the next day, where the cheese has matured. In one commercial the immature cheese copies everything the scientist says, including the sound effects to the scientist clicking his pen, checking the box labeled "NOT READY", and clicking the pen again.
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* ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'': In the companion book ''Camp Half-Blood Confidential'', the chapter "Training Grounds" consists entirely of Apollo leading campers in a military cadence. Partway through, he's accidentally fallen down and hurt himself (and ''still'' singing about it), and the campers keep repeating his words until he threatens them all with death.
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* In one episode of ''Series/EureekasCastle'' there was a skit where Bogge ended up copying everything Quagmire said, because she told him to copy her ''[[NeverLiveItDown once]]'' while trying to teach him some dance moves. Eventually [[TheKirk Eureeka]] had to settle their argument, only to get Bogge copying ''her''.

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* In one episode of ''Series/EureekasCastle'' there was a skit where Bogge ended up copying everything Quagmire said, because she told him to copy her ''[[NeverLiveItDown ''[[OnceDoneNeverForgotten once]]'' while trying to teach him some dance moves. Eventually [[TheKirk Eureeka]] had to settle their argument, only to get Bogge copying ''her''.
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* Happens in an episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', where a bully attempts to wind Malcolm up by mimicking him. Malcolm gets the better of him of by rattling off Latin phrases too quickly for the bully to remember and repeat.

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* Happens in an episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', where a bully attempts to wind Malcolm up by mimicking him. Malcolm gets the better of him of by rattling off a Latin phrases phrase too quickly for the bully to remember and repeat.
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* ''ComicBook/MollyDanger'': In one story, while he's being hauled off to jail, Medula swears revenge on Molly, who just apes him in response.
->'''Medula:''' I will have my revenge, Molly Danger.
->'''Molly:''' I will have my revenge, Molly Danger.
->'''Medula:''' Stop that.
->'''Molly:''' Stop that.
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* Vanellope Von Schweetz does this to Ralph when they first meet in ''Disney/WreckItRalph''.

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* Vanellope Von Schweetz does this to Ralph when they first meet in ''Disney/WreckItRalph''.''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''.



* This happened in a Creator/MorecambeAndWise sketch where Eric played the echo for the song [[Disney/SnowWhite "I'm Wishing"]] but, while Ernie was still talking to him, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HgFLJLY-2o he kept repeating his instructions in his "singing" voice.]]

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* This happened in a Creator/MorecambeAndWise sketch where Eric played the echo for the song [[Disney/SnowWhite [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs "I'm Wishing"]] but, while Ernie was still talking to him, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HgFLJLY-2o he kept repeating his instructions in his "singing" voice.]]
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That said, in horror, there is a niche for the game. The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]] went down that road spectacularly.

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That said, in horror, there is a niche for the game. The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]] went down that road spectacularly. \n Compare CopycatMockery, BabySeeBabyDo, and IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery.

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