The Copycats

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"The Copycats" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the British-American animated sitcom The Amazing World of Gumball. Directed by Mic Graves and written by series creator Ben Bocquelet alongside Tobi Wilson, James Hamilton, James Huntrods, and Joe Markham, the episode premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on February 6, 2017. In the episode, the Wattersons discover a family of knock-off counterparts—the Chi Chi family—who mimic their every move. To force the imitators to stop, the Wattersons escalate a series of increasingly dangerous stunts, eventually pushing both families to their breaking points. While grocery shopping, Gumball and Darwin encounter Chi Chi and Ribbit, two children who mimic their every word and action. The situation escalates when the rest of the Watterson family discovers their own doppelgängers. Gumball realizes that the copycats are the stars of a Chinese animated series, The Incredible World of Chi Chi, which is profiting by imitating the Wattersons' lives. After a confrontation results in a stalemate, the Wattersons attempt to encourage the copycats to be original through a musical number, "Copycats", but the imitators simply perform a mirrored version of the song. Anais concludes that the copycats are physically and narratively bound to follow their lead. To force them to stop, the Wattersons engage in increasingly life-threatening stunts, betting that the copycats' lack of "plot armor" will eventually catch up to them.