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Butch was a recurring antagonist in Pokémon Chronicles, often capturing certain Pokémon for Dr. Namba's R project. However such attempts like at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] in ''[[HS04|Showdown at the Oak Corral]]'' and stealing [[Caserin and Luverin]] from the [[Cerulean Gym]] in ''[[HS16|Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing!]]'' were thwarted. | Butch was a recurring antagonist in Pokémon Chronicles, often capturing certain Pokémon for Dr. Namba's R project. However, such attempts like at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] in ''[[HS04|Showdown at the Oak Corral]]'' and stealing [[Caserin and Luverin]] from the [[Cerulean Gym]] in ''[[HS16|Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing!]]'' were thwarted. | ||
In ''[[HS08|Oaknapped!]]'', the pair kidnapped {{an|Professor Oak}} from {{an|Seafoam Island}}'s [[Television]] station to learn more about [[Pokérus]]. [[DJ Mary]], {{Tracey}} and [[Ritchie]] manage to trace them down to an abandoned warehouse and send them blasting off. | In ''[[HS08|Oaknapped!]]'', the pair kidnapped {{an|Professor Oak}} from {{an|Seafoam Island}}'s [[Television]] station to learn more about [[Pokérus]]. [[DJ Mary]], {{Tracey}} and [[Ritchie]] manage to trace them down to an abandoned warehouse and send them blasting off. | ||
Revision as of 19:07, 16 April 2020
| Butch コサブロウ Kosaburō | |
 Butch | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | Green |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Kanto |
| Trainer class | Agent |
| Member of | Team Rocket |
| Rank | Agent |
| Partner | Cassidy |
| Anime debut | The Breeding Center Secret |
| English voice actor | Eric Stuart (EP057-AG132) Billy Beach (AG176-present) |
| Japanese voice actor | Takehito Koyasu |
Butch (Japanese: コサブロウ Kosaburō) is a recurring character who appeared in the Pokémon anime. He is a member of Team Rocket who occasionally runs across Ash and his friends along with his partner Cassidy. He made his debut appearance in The Breeding Center Secret.
In the anime
History
Pre-series
Butch was a recruit in the Team Rocket Academy to become an official member of Team Rocket. He along with Cassidy and Raticate quickly became the top performing group of trainees in the Blue Team. During a flashback in Training Daze, Butch and his partners competed against the Red Team in a practice heist to steal the red-colored Snorlax. Even though neither side managed to do so, they were made into official teams.
Original series
Kanto
Butch's first onscreen appearance was in The Breeding Center Secret. Disguised as a worker in a Five-Star Breeding Center scheme, he and Cassidy managed to get many Pokémon including Misty's Psyduck and James's Weepinbell. Ash, his friends returned to the Breeding Center to retrieve Psyduck, only to discover the operation is fake and linked to Team Rocket. Butch overhears Todd's camera flash and investigates only to find out that it was Pikachu's electricity. The Team Rocket trio infiltrate the Breeding Center to rob the Pokémon there. However, they were caught along with Ash and the others. The group, save for Misty, Pikachu and Togepi, get trapped in a cage set up by Butch and Cassidy. Butch takes the camera to have the seven framed for breaking in. Officer Jenny arrives and has the caged people taken into custody until Misty was able to prove that they were innocent. Butch and Cassidy are then defeated by Ash's Bulbasaur and gets arrested by Officer Jenny.
Orange Archipelago
Butch returns in Pikachu Re-Volts where it was revealed that Giovanni had bailed him and Cassidy out of jail. Using a Drowzee from their fake Breeding Center, they hypnotize the Pokémon on Mandarin Island North into turning against their Trainers. Ash's group collaborate with the Rocket trio to get the Pokémon back. They managed to infiltrate their base, with Ash and the others demanding Butch and Cassidy give back the Pokémon. It was no use as Butch once again orders Drowzee to make the hypnotized Pokémon attack. Ash forces his Pikachu to attack him, in turn destroying the machine and freeing the controlled Pokémon were free. Afterwards, Butch and Cassidy were arrested again.
Johto
Butch and Cassidy operate another fake Day Care in The Fortune Hunters, this time giving away free fortune telling books that will tell each Trainer which Pokémon they represent. Similar to their earlier fake Breeding Centers, Trainers drop of one of their Pokémon off, this time with the belief that the day care owners will help them trade Pokémon. Jessie and James go to the Day Care to steal the Pokémon there. However, they get stopped by Butch and Cassidy who reveal themselves and get tied up in the process, only for them to escape. Misty goes to the Day Care to find out about her Pokémon type, but instead discover the cages full of stolen Pokémon. Butch catches Misty and her friends trying to free the caged Pokémon. Butch sends out Primeape which manages to defeat her Staryu. Jessie and James's next attempt to steal from their rivals also fails. Butch then notices Ash's group trying to free the Pokémon. He and Cassidy battle them but are defeated. Afterwards, Officer Jenny takes them away.
Now working alongside Dr. Namba, Butch and Cassidy were assigned to capture a child Lugia spotted near Ogi Isle. In The Mystery is History to A Promise is a Promise Butch and Cassidy succeeded, catching both Silver and its parent to help Dr. Namba perfect his "Rage Crown" invention. By A Parent Trapped!, Ash, his friends and Ritchie were also captured for interfering. Oliver lead the counter-operation, freeing the captives and helping to rescue the two Lugia from Team Rocket's clutches. Meanwhile Jessie and James also assisted, sinking the submarine operation and blasting Butch and Cassidy off thanks to Wobbuffet's Counter.
Advanced Generation series and Chronicles
Butch was a recurring antagonist in Pokémon Chronicles, often capturing certain Pokémon for Dr. Namba's R project. However, such attempts like at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Showdown at the Oak Corral and stealing Caserin and Luverin from the Cerulean Gym in Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing! were thwarted.
In Oaknapped!, the pair kidnapped Professor Oak from Seafoam Island's Television station to learn more about Pokérus. DJ Mary, Tracey and Ritchie manage to trace them down to an abandoned warehouse and send them blasting off.
Butch and Cassidy made cameos in The Scheme Team where they were seen leaving Team Rocket HQ using jet packs.
In The Ole' Berate and Switch!, Butch and Cassidy hosted a fake tournament in Sable City in a ploy to steal the competitors Pokémon. After the Rocket trio split up, Jessie forces Butch to be her replacement partner in an attempt to make off with all of the Pokémon. Similarly Cassidy made James her new partner. However the two Rocket teams re-arrange once again, with Jessie returning to James. The theft plot is stopped and the stolen Pokémon recovered thanks to Ash and his friends.
Diamond & Pearl series
Butch appeared in Sleight of Sand!, where he and Cassidy used their Rhyhorn robot in an attempt to capture a Hippowdon. However, he was stopped by the other Hippowdon, Hippopotas, Ash, and his friends.
Character
Butch's partner is Cassidy, and she is one of the few that usually manages to get his name right, much to his frustration. In one of the most famous running gags in the anime series, everyone else calls him "Biff," "Bilge," "Buzz," "Bill," "Bob," "Botch," "Buffy," "Butcher," "Chuck," "Clutch," "Footch," "Hooch," "Hutch," "Mitch," or "Patch" (コサンジ Kosanji in Japanese). Sometimes when Cassidy gets it right, he, out of habit, tries to correct her and ends up calling himself the incorrect name. This, of course, annoys him to no end, so much so in the Pokémon Chronicles episode Training Daze that he said in frustration, "That does it, I am changing my name." In A Promise is a Promise, to annoy James, he calls him "John."
It was thought that Giovanni and Dr. Namba recognized Butch and Cassidy as higher-ranked members than Jessie, James and Meowth. However, in the Best Wishes series, this was proven wrong, as Giovanni himself told them they were his highest ranked agents.
Pokémon
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This listing is of Butch's known Pokémon in the anime:
On hand
| Debut | The Fortune Hunters |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | |
| English | Michael Haigney |
Primeape debuted in The Fortune Hunters, and was Butch's first revealed Pokémon. In the episode, it defeated Misty's Staryu in battle, and managed to single-handedly send Jessie and James blasting off. However, it was eventually defeated by the combined efforts of Poliwhirl, Totodile, and Pikachu.
Primeape's known moves are Dynamic Punch and Thrash.
| Debut | The Mystery is History |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Kōichi Sakaguchi |
| English | Michael Haigney |
Hitmontop debuted in The Mystery Is History. Butch gave him a headband invented by Professor Namba, which made Hitmontop angry. This allowed him to hone his skills and made him unstoppable until the headband stopped working. Hitmontop used this headband again in A Parent Trapped! and A Promise Is A Promise, where he was used by Butch to battle Ash and Sparky as well as Jessie and James in order to stop them from taking back the captured Lugia.
Hitmontop appeared again in Showdown at the Oak Corral, where he battled against Professor Oak, Tracey, and Delia.
His last appearance was in Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!, where he went up against Gary's Umbreon and Crystal's Ivysaur during a failed attempt to capture a wild Aerodactyl.
Hitmontop's known moves are Rolling Kick, Rapid Spin, and Triple Kick.
| Debut | Oaknapped! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Katsuyuki Konishi |
| English | Katsuyuki Konishi |
Mightyena debuted in Oaknapped!, where it went up against Tracey's Scyther and Ritchie's Taillow alongside Cassidy's Sableye. It appeared again in A Date With Delcatty, where it battled Casey's Meganium. Its last appearance was in Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing!, where it battled Luverin and ended up accidentally blasting off Butch and Cassidy with a Hyper Beam. It was Butch's first known Pokémon from Hoenn.
Mightyena's known moves are Bite, Hyper Beam, Tackle, and Iron Tail.
| Debut | The Search for the Legend |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Kōichi Sakaguchi |
| English | Michael Haigney |
Butch's Cloyster was used along with Cassidy's Tentacruel in their attempt of capturing and stealing Moltres.
Cloyster's only known move is Water Gun.
| Debut | Sleight of Sand! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Daisuke Sakaguchi |
| English | Mike Pollock |
Butch's Shuckle battled James's Carnivine. In the midst of their battle, it was taken out by Ash's Pikachu and a wild Hippopotas.
Shuckle's only known move is Sludge Bomb.
Status unknown
| Debut | Pikachu Re-Volts |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | |
| English | Maddie Blaustein |
In Pikachu Re-Volts, Butch and Cassidy used Drowzee to brainwash Pokémon into turning against their Trainers and obeying Butch and Cassidy. Ash's Pikachu was one of the Pokémon affected. Following their arrest, it is not clear what happened to Drowzee.
Drowzee's known moves are Hypnosis, Psychic, Teleport, Mega Punch, and Metronome.
| Debut | Grating Spaces |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | |
| English | Billy Beach |
Delibird was delivering the Poké Ball containing Aggron to Butch, but it mistakenly gave it to James. Delibird returned later and reclaimed the Poké Ball. It is assumed Aggron was delivered to Butch successfully.
Aggron's known moves are Mega Punch, Hyper Beam, and Water Pulse.
Temporary
| Debut | Pikachu Re-Volts |
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These Pokémon were temporarily controlled by Butch and Cassidy for another scheme using Drowzee to hypnotize them. They include: Pikachu, Togepi, Meowth, Arbok, Lickitung, Weezing, Victreebel, Wartortle, Vulpix, Mankey, Primeape, Growlithe, Poliwag, Ponyta, Magnemite, Grimer, Kingler, Voltorb, Hitmonchan, Seaking, Starmie, Electabuzz, Magikarp, Vaporeon, Jolteon and Flareon. Pikachu and Togepi were the first to get hypnotized including a whole lot more and suddenly they just disappear. Then next is Meowth which Team Rocket follow and discover their base as their Pokémon turn against them too.
When Ash, Misty, Tracey and Officer Jenny find the base the Pokémon attack with numerous moves. Ash has an idea and makes Pikachu uses Electric moves making it angry, Ash then stands near Drowzee and Pikachu shocks him and the machine stopping Drowzee and stopping the trance.
The controlled Pokémon's known moves are: Flamethrower (used by Flareon, Growlithe, Ponyta, and Vulpix), Water Gun (used by Seaking, Starmie, Vaporeon, and Wartortle), Thunderbolt (used by Electabuzz, Jolteon, and Magnemite), and Self-Destruct (used by Voltorb).
| Debut | The Breeding Center Secret |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Yūji Ueda |
| English | Billy Beach |
Butch appears to have access to Cassidy's Raticate, as seen in The Ole' Berate and Switch.
Raticate's known moves are Tackle, Super Fang*, and Skull Bash.
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In the games
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Butch, along with Cassidy, only appears in the spin-off game Pokémon Puzzle League, as the opponents in the Spa Service Bonus Stage.
Trivia
- According to Eric Stuart, he modeled Butch's voice after Harvey Fierstein and Sandra Diamond in order to differentiate him from his counterpart, James.[1]
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | コサブロウ Kosaburō | From 三郎 Saburō, third son. Reflective of Kojirō and 二郎 Jirō, second son, as a means to signify his lower standing. |
| English, French, German, Italian |
Butch | From Butch Cassidy, an American outlaw. |
| Korean | 로젠 Rozen | Similar to James's name. |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 小三郎 Xiǎo Sānláng | From 小三郎 Kosaburō. |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 小三郎 Síu Sāamlòhng | From 小三郎 Kosaburō. |
Related articles
References
 Team Rocket
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| Rocket Game Corner • Team Rocket Hideout • Viridian Gym • Team Rocket HQ • Rocket Warehouse | |||||
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Archer (Masters) |
Ariana (Masters) |
Petrel (Masters) |
Proton (Masters) | |
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| Jessie (Masters) • James (Masters) • Meowth • Team Rocket Grunts (Rocket Siblings) • Scientists (Gideon) Grey (Golden Boys) • Kaede (How I Became a Pokémon Card) | |||||
See also: Pokémon the Series • Adventures • Team GO Rocket • Team Rainbow Rocket
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