Butler
- If you were looking for the one of James's butlers from the anime, see James's butler.
- If you were looking for the Trainer class, see Butler (Trainer class).
| Butler バトラー Butler | |
 Butler | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Hoenn |
| Trainer class | Ace Trainer |
| Generation | IV, VIII |
| Games | Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
| Member of | Team Magma (formerly) |
| Rank | Scientist (formerly) |
| Anime debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
| English voice actor | Wayne Grayson |
| Japanese voice actor | Kōichi Yamadera Kenji Nojima (young) |
Butler (Japanese: バトラー Butler) is the main antagonist of Jirachi: Wish Maker. He is a magician and a former Team Magma Scientist. Butler now lives with his girlfriend Diane at Forina in Hoenn.
In the movies
Butler and Diane grew up together, and he would often perform magic tricks for her even when they were children. During this time, he first acquired the stage name "The Great Butler" based on something Diane said to him when he performed the trick of making many Butterfree appear. By the present day, Diane became his girlfriend and performed with him in his traveling magic show.
At some point in the past, Butler became involved with Team Magma as a Scientist. He developed a machine that he intended to use to recreate Groudon using a fossilized remnant he had obtained, but when he activated the device for the first time before the Team Magma Council, it malfunctioned and exploded. This failure earned Butler scorn from the leadership of Team Magma and led to his dismissal from the organization. Enraged, he collected the fossilized Groudon remnant and swore he would get his revenge. He and Diane set out on a search for an energy source powerful enough to sustain the recreation, ultimately leading them to discover Jirachi's crystal cocoon in Forina.
When Ash, Brock, May, and Max arrived at the site of the Millennium Festival, they saw Butler and Diane exit their truck and set up the tent for his show. The next day they obtained a poster promoting his performance and decided to attend. During the show, Diane presented Jirachi's cocoon to the audience as part of her entrance. Max heard Jirachi's voice calling to him and ran up on the stage to investigate, and Ash followed in an attempt to bring Max back to his seat. Improvising, Butler enlisted them as volunteers for a disappearing-act trick using a special box and his Dusclops. After the show, Butler explained Jirachi's mythology and gave Max the cocoon, telling him that Jirachi could only awaken if it had a friend while the Millennium Comet was visible in the sky. Jirachi awoke shortly afterward, but when Diane informed Butler of this, he began preparing to execute his plan for revenge on Team Magma.
Over the next few days, Max and Jirachi bonded while the group took over Team Rocket's role as the clowns assisting Butler during his magic show. An Absol from Forina attacked the tent in search of Jirachi, but Butler captured it in a trapdoor cage and put it to sleep with his Kirlia's Hypnosis. The presence of Absol, a Pokémon who only appears before a terrible disaster, led Diane to fear what would happen if Butler went ahead with his plan, but she could not convince him to stop. After collecting the sleeping Jirachi and placing it in his rebuilt machine, Butler recalled his failure and firing from Team Magma before activating the device. When he forced Jirachi to absorb the Millennium Comet's energy using Dusclops's Psychic, the machine was unable to process it despite being upgraded and exploded once more. Butler, however, considered this failure a step forward as he merely needed to understand how to harness the Millennium Comet's energy, having witnessed its incredible power. Again, Diane begged him to stop, but he rejected her pleas. When Diane subsequently took Ash, his friends and Jirachi and escaped to head back to Forina, Butler sent his Mightyena to place a tracker on their bus. Understanding where they were going, Butler mused that he had thought Diane would understand his motivations as he activated machinery hidden in the back of his truck.
Several days later, Diane and Ash's group arrived in Forina, guided by Absol to the place where Jirachi would return to its thousand-year sleep. Butler anticipated this and traveled there to wait for them, setting up his machines and traps to ambush his opponents with. Just as Jirachi was about to go back to sleep, Butler struck, trapping Diane and Ash's group in an energy sphere while pulling Jirachi up to the platform where he had prepared the final version of his invention. This time, he was able to harness the energy of the Millennium Comet, and the machine began to draw an outline of Groudon in the earth below. A Flygon living in Forina helped free Butler's opponents from his trap and brought Ash and Max up to his platform, prompting him to send out his Salamence to repel them. The two Dragon Pokémon engaged in an aerial battle, pursuing each other around the hills of Forina. Ash and Max managed to reach Butler's machine and free Jirachi, but it was already too late; the shape of Groudon was complete, and what appeared to be the legendary Pokémon had begun to rise from the earth, much to Butler's pleasure. His moment of victory did not last long, however, as the creature was not an actual Groudon but a manifestation of pure evil that merely resembled Groudon known as Meta Groudon.
The Meta Groudon immediately started absorbing energy from the land around it, killing off all the plant life nearby and then sprouted tentacles to absorb the Pokémon of Forina and steal their energy as well. Horrified by this turn of events, Butler landed near the others and was nearly engulfed by one of Meta Groudon's tentacles after getting off Salamence's back. Diane sacrificed herself to save him, and her apparent demise sent Butler into a fury against the abomination he had created. He, Ash and Max worked to attack Meta Groudon with the respective help of Salamence and Flygon. After a short time, Butler realized what could be done to stop Meta Groudon and asked Ash and Max for help in using his machine and Jirachi to reabsorb the energy forming Meta Groudon's body. Though Ash and Max hesitated to trust him, Jirachi came to Butler's defense, saying that he was now acting out of his love for Diane.
Ash and Max took Flygon to distract Meta Groudon while Butler rode Salamence back to the platform and began reversing the machine's settings. As he tried to reverse the Meta Groudon fossil, however, the platform shifted and he dropped it. Ash and Max recovered the fossil and returned it to him, and Jirachi willingly went back into the mechanism so the plan could be enacted. Just before Butler could throw the switch to start the process, he slipped and nearly fell off the side of the platform due to its shifting downward again. Flygon and Salamence tried one last time to distract Meta Groudon, but they were absorbed as well. This did, however, buy enough time for Ash to make it to the switch and activate the machine. Driven out of control by Jirachi absorbing its energy, Meta Groudon attacked the platform with all of its tentacles, but Butler threw himself in the way to protect Jirachi, resigning himself to his fate as it meant he could once again be with Diane.
Shortly afterwards, Jirachi destroyed Meta Groudon using Doom Desire, reviving all who had been absorbed by it. Butler and Diane reappeared near each other, and he rushed to her and embraced her in joy. The pair watched as Max and his friends bade Jirachi farewell and sang to it as it returned to its slumber. The next day, Butler told the group that he had realized what was truly important and would be staying with Diane in Forina, but offered to bring them back to the town in their bus first.
Butler later appeared in a flashback during the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys. He and Diane also made a cameo appearance during the ending credits of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, where they were living as farmers in Forina when Kidd Summers visited it. He later briefly reappeared in a montage in The Rise of Darkrai, which chronicled the preceding nine movies.
Character
Butler is shown to be both a talented magician and a brilliant Scientist. Despite being a part of Team Magma, he is never clearly associated with their larger agenda of expanding the world's landmass; he instead is driven to recreate Groudon seemingly to simply prove that his invention can do so. He is both flashy and emotional, reveling in the adoration of the crowds at his magic shows but, deep down, truly being motivated by his wish to simply do something he has always enjoyed alongside Diane, who he deeply loves. All of these traits, however, were warped by his anger at Team Magma rejecting him, turning him into a dark, driven man obsessed with proving the villainous team wrong about him. Though he lost sight of himself, he ultimately returned to his senses and worked frantically to undo the catastrophe he unleashed, desperately trying to save Diane and stop Meta Groudon.
Once the disaster was ended, Butler finally realized what was truly important to him and decided to retire from performing to live with Diane. He was last seen living peacefully with her in Forina, the pair having become farmers. This showed that Butler dedicated himself to respecting and living from the land he had once destroyed.
Pokémon
| の | This article is missing information on this character's English voice actor and Japanese voice actor. You can help by adding this information. |
This listing is of Butler's known Pokémon in the anime:
On hand
| Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Kōichi Sakaguchi |
| English | Kōichi Sakaguchi |
Mightyena was used during Butler's magic show. He also used it to place a tracking device on Diane's car.
None of Mightyena's moves are known.
| Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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Dusclops was used during Butler's magic show. He also used it to send Team Rocket blasting off and later to force Jirachi to open its Eye of Truth.
Dusclops's known moves are Hyper Beam, Will-O-Wisp, Night Shade, and Psychic.
| Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Katsuyuki Konishi |
| English | N/A |
Salamence is Butler's main battling Pokémon. He used it to battle against Ash and his friends at Forina. He also uses it for aerial transport.
Salamence later appeared in a flashback in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
Salamence's only known move is Flamethrower.
Created
| Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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- Main article: Meta Groudon
Butler created this Groudon-looking creature by using the power of Jirachi. A manifestation of pure evil, according to him, it instantly started absorbing energy from the ground and capturing other Pokémon inside of its body with its tentacles. It was eventually destroyed by Jirachi's Doom Desire.
Temporary
| Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Tomiko Suzuki |
| English | Kerry Williams |
- Main article: Jirachi (M06)
Jirachi was awakened from a mysterious rock for seven days when the Millennium Comet could be seen in the sky. Butler was attempting to use it to create a Groudon, but Diane took it away along with Ash and his friends, attempting to take it back to its home at Forina. From there, Butler captured Jirachi and used its powers to create Meta Groudon. When the creature went on a rampage, Jirachi was used to destroy the monster.
Status unknown
| Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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Butler used these Butterfree as a child in his tricks he did for Diane.
None of Butterfree's moves are known.
| Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Megumi Hayashibara |
Butler used these Swablu during his magic show.
None of Swablu's moves are known.
Artwork
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| Ken Sugimori's design of Butler in the anime |
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In the games
Butler makes a cameo appearance in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on Route 229 as an Ace Trainer using Dusclops and Salamence. However, this reference was not recognized by the translation team, who named him Felix instead. His girlfriend Diane (named Dana by the translation team) is next to him, and the two can be engaged in a Double Battle or battled alone. Dana uses Butler's other two Pokémon, Mightyena and Kirlia.
Pokémon
This listing is of Butler's Pokémon in the games:
Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
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Quotes
- Before battle
- "Welcome to my Pokémon show!"
- Before rematch
- "Welcome to my new Pokémon show!"
- Being defeated
- "Did you enjoy the show? Super fabulous, wasn't it?"
- After being defeated
- "I'll be happy to battle you again! Let's battle again sometime, yeah?"
In the manga
Jirachi: Wish Maker
Butler appears in the manga adaptation of the movie.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Butler or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Butler's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Butler's Kirlia | 
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Movie Commemoration VS Pack | 009/019 | ||||
| ADV-P Promotional cards | 039/ADV-P | ||||||
| Butler's Dusclops |
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Movie Commemoration VS Pack | 010/019 | ||||
| Butler's Salamence | 
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Movie Commemoration VS Pack | 011/019 | ||||
| Butler's Mightyena | 
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Movie Commemoration VS Pack | 012/019 | ||||
| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Butler's Magic Trick | T [Su] | Movie Commemoration VS Pack | 018/019 | ||||
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | バトラー Butler | Possibly from W. E. Butler |
| English, Italian | Butler | Same as his Japanese name |
| Korean | 버틀러 Butler | Transcription of his Japanese name |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 巴特勒 Bātèlè | Transcription of his Japanese name |
| Thai | บาโตร่า Butler | Transcription of his Japanese name |
Related articles
 Team Magma
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| Team Magma Hideout • Jagged Pass Hideout | ||
| Leader | Administrators | |
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| Maxie (Masters) | Tabitha | Courtney (Masters) |
| Other members | ||
| Team Magma Grunts • Butler (Jirachi: Wish Maker) Brodie (Pokémon the Series) • Blaise (Adventures) | ||
| Former members | ||
| Zinnia (Masters) | ||
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