Copycat (comics)
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Copycat (Vanessa Geraldine Carlysle) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, and a former member of X-Force.
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[edit] Charactor history
Under the orders of Tolliver, Copycat infiltrated X-Force in the shape of Domino, while she was prisoner. Her mission was to blow up X-Force's headquarters in order to kill Cable. But she became attached to the team members and failed her mission. Tolliver sent Deadpool to force her to set the bomb. Deadpool would be put in her place, if she refused. Deadpool blew Copycat's cover to X-Force and left them for dead after blowing up the complex without knowing that X-Force had already escaped.
Vanessa hid herself a moment under the false identity of a twin of one of her friends. Deadpool and his associate Sluggo finished by meeting with her, but they killed her friend, thinking they had killed her. She moved in with Garrison Kane in San Francisco, until Cable found them. They were all transported to the microverse where they fought Psycho-Man. Later, she broke up with Kane and came back to live with Deadpool. Deadpool's feelings towards Siryn grew, so she left him after having taken his appearance to attack her. Anyway, she wanted to spoil his chances with her.
Sometime later, Copycat was captured by Weapon X. The treatments of Weapon X destroyed her memory and she forgot her mission. Recruited by Sabretooth, Deadpool received an order to kill her. He tried to warn her, so Weapon X sent Kane to kill the both of them. Deadpool left her to fight against Kane; however, she was killed by Sabretooth. She died in Deadpool's arms.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Copycat is such a powerful and precise metamorph that she can duplicate another being's appearance down to the cellular level. Because of this she can replicate superhuman powers, abilities, and even mental imprints so closely that telepaths have trouble identifying her. However, as a side effect of her copying even brain patterns, Copycat often deludes herself into believing herself to be the one she is copying; when she copied Domino, Vanessa acted nearly exactly as how Domino would have acted in most situations. Weapon X modified her powers by accelerating the rate at which she could duplicate others.
[edit] Age of Apocalypse
In the Age of Apocalypse, Copycat was a member of the Brotherhood of Chaos, an elite religious group affiliated to the Church of the Madri. She served along side other members such as Madison Jeffries and Spyne. She was often referred to as Sister Vanessa or Sister Carlysle. In the second issue of Weapon X, she ultimately died fighting Jean Grey and Weapon X.
