Does Mimic work on Sketch?

Question

If so, couldn't you technically teach any Pokemon who can learn mimic any move?

Answer 1

Mimic just fails if used on sketch not caring whether sketch failed or not. So a Pokemon with mimic that is also not a Smeargle cannot learn any move in-game.

Edit: I forgot to give the source so here-

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mimic_(move)

Answer 2

Sketch will be used only after opponent has used a move otherwise it fails if you mimic a failed sketch it wont be copied and if you use a move , it is sketched and then you use mimic it will fail because the move that you try to mimic is the move copied by sketch and not sketch itself.

Even if it would have worked mimic would copy sketch just for the battle and in order to learn a desired move you need to have an opponent with both sketch and the desired move .

Comments

What if its a double battle and your pokemon is holding a lagging tail