Butch
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| Butch コサブロウ Kosaburō | |
| File:ButchDP.jpg Butch of Team Rocket | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | Green |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Unknown |
| Trainer class | Agent |
| Member of | Team Rocket |
| Rank | Agent |
| Partner | Cassidy |
| Anime debut | The Breeding Center Secret |
| English voice actor | Eric Stuart (4Kids) Jimmy Zoppi (a/k/a Billy Beach; PUSA/TPCi) |
| Japanese voice actor | Takehito Koyasu |
Butch (Japanese: コサブロウ Kosaburō) is one half of of the Team Rocket duo that occasionally runs across Ash Ketchum and friends in the Pokémon anime.
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 either "Biff", "Bill", "Buttch", "Buffy", "Bob", "Hutch", "Butcher", "Patch", "Botch", "Chuck" or "Hootch" among others (コサンジ Kosanji in Japanese). Sometimes when she gets it right, he, by 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 he said in frustration, "That does it, I am changing my name."
Pokémon
On hand
| Debut | The Ole' Berate and Switch! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Yuji Ueda |
| English | Billy Beach |
Butch's Raticate appeared again in The Ole' Berate and Switch!, but was quickly defeated by Ash's Pikachu before it could launch any attacks.
| Debut | The Fortune Hunters |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | |
| English | Michael Haigney |
Primeape debuted in The Fortune Hunters, where it defeated Misty's Staryu in battle.
Primeape's known moves are DynamicPunch and Thrash.
| Debut | A Parent Trapped! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Kōichi Sakaguchi |
| English | Michael Haigney |
Hitmontop debuted in A Parent Trapped!, Butch fitted a headband to it which made Hitmontop angry. This allowed it to hone its skills and made it unstoppable until the headband stopped working.
Hitmontop's known moves are Rolling Kick and Triple Kick.
| Debut | Oaknapped! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Katsuyuki Konishi |
| English | Katsuyuki Konishi |
Mightyena debuted in Oaknapped!. It was Butch's first known Hoenn Pokémon.
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 | |
| English | Michael Haigney |
Butch's Cloyster made its appearance in The Search for the Legend. It 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 | Bill Rogers |
Butch's Shuckle debuted in Sleight of Sand!, where it battled James's Carnivine.
Shuckle's only known move is Sludge Bomb.
Temporary
These Pokémon are temporarily controlled during the events of Pikachu Re-Volts.
Status unknown
 Aggron |
In Grating Spaces, TRDelibird ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]) 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.
Voice actors
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Name origin
Butch is named after Butch Cassidy, an American outlaw. His Japanese name, Kosaburo, is meant to diminish his status when compared to James. 二郎 Jirō is a name meaning "second son," while 三郎 Saburō means "third son." Kojiro (James) takes advantage of Jirō, while Kosaburo takes advantage of Saburō.
Trivia
- Through both English dubs, Butch has shared the same voice actor with James (Eric Stuart in the 4Kids dub and Jimmy Zoppi - working under the psuedonym Billy Beach - in the PUSA/TPCi dub).
External links
- Botch Up!, the fanlisting for Butch
- Kosaburō's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
- Yamato and Kosaburō's Pokémon on Pokeani (Japanese)
 Team Rocket
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| Rocket Game Corner • Team Rocket Hideout • Viridian Gym • Team Rocket HQ • Rocket Warehouse | |||||
| Boss | Admins | ||||
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| Giovanni (Masters • Pocket Monsters) |
Archer (Masters) |
Ariana (Masters) |
Petrel (Masters) |
Proton (Masters) | |
| Other members | |||||
| 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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