Butch コサブロウKosaburō
Butch inPokémon Journeys: The Series
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown, later maroon
Hair color	Green
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Kanto
Trainer class	Agent
Member of	Team Rocket (formerly)
Rank	Agent
Partner	Cassidy
Animated debut	The Breeding Center Secret
English voice actor	Eric Stuart(EP057-AG132) Carter Cathcart(AG176-JN095)
Japanese voice actor	Takehito Koyasu

Butch (Japanese:コサブロウKosaburō) is a recurring character inPokémon the Series. He is a former member ofTeam Rocket who occasionally came acrossAsh andhis friends along with his partnerCassidy.

In animation

History

Pre-series

Butch was a recruit in theTeam Rocket Academy to become an official member of Team Rocket. He, along withCassidy andRaticate, quickly became the top-performing group of trainees in the Blue Team. During a flashback inTraining Daze, Butch and his partners competed againstthe Red Team in a practice heist to steal the red-coloredSnorlax. Even though neither side managed to do so, they were made into official teams.

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning

Butch debuted inThe Breeding Center Secret. Disguised as a worker in a Five-Star Breeding Center as part of a Pokémon-stealing scheme, he and Cassidy managed to capture many Pokémon, includingMisty's Psyduck andJames's Weepinbell.Ash andhis friends returned to the Breeding Center to retrieve Psyduck, only to discover the operation was fake and linked toTeam Rocket. Butch overheardTodd's camera flash and investigated, only to find out that it wasPikachu's electricity. TheTeam Rocket trio infiltrated the Breeding Center to rob the Pokémon there. However, they were caught, along with Ash and the others. The group, save Misty, Pikachu, andTogepi, were then trapped in a cage set up by Butch and Cassidy. Butch took Todd's camera and used it to frame the seven for breaking in.Officer Jenny arrived and had the prisoners taken into custody until Misty was able to prove that they were innocent. Butch and Cassidy were then defeated byAsh's Bulbasaur and arrested by Officer Jenny.

InPikachu Re-Volts, it was revealed thatGiovanni had bailed him and Cassidy out of jail. Using aDrowzee acquired from their fake Breeding Center, theyhypnotized the Pokémon onMandarin Island North into turning against their Trainers. Ash's group collaborated with the Team Rocket trio to get the Pokémon back. They managed to infiltrate their base, with Ash and the others demanding Butch and Cassidy to give back the Pokémon. However, Butch ordered Drowzee to make the hypnotized Pokémon attack them. Ash forced his Pikachu to attack him, in turn destroying the machine and freeing the controlled Pokémon. Afterwards, Butch and Cassidy were arrested again.

Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver

Butch and Cassidy began operating another fakeDay Care inThe 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 dropped one of their Pokémon off, this time with the belief that the Day Care owners would help themtrade Pokémon. Jessie and James went to the Day Care to steal the Pokémon there, but they encountered Butch and Cassidy, who revealed themselves, and were tied up, only for them to escape. Misty went to the Day Care to find out her Pokémon type, but instead discovered the cages full of stolen Pokémon. Butch caught Misty and her friends trying to free the caged Pokémon. Butch sent outPrimeape, which managed to defeat herStaryu. Jessie and James's next attempt to steal from their rivals also failed. Butch then noticed Ash's group trying to free the Pokémon again, prompting him and Cassidy to battle them, but they were defeated. Afterwards, Officer Jenny arrived to arrest them.

Now working alongsideDr. Namba, Butch and Cassidy were assigned to capture achild Lugia spotted nearOgi Isle. FromThe Mystery is History toA Promise is a Promise, Butch and Cassidy succeeded, catching both Silver andits parent to help Dr. Namba perfect his "Rage Crown" invention. ByA Parent Trapped!, Ash, his friends andRitchie were also captured for interfering.Oliver led the counter-operation, freeing the captives and helping to rescue the two Lugia from Team Rocket's clutches. Jessie and James also assisted them, sinking the submarine and blasting Butch and Cassidy off usingWobbuffet'sCounter.

Pokémon Chronicles

Butch was a recurring antagonist in Pokémon Chronicles, often capturing certain Pokémon for Dr. Namba's R project. However, such attempts like atProfessor Oak's Laboratory inShowdown at the Oak Corral and stealingCaserin and Luverin from theCerulean Gym inLuvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing! were thwarted.

InOaknapped!, the pair kidnappedProfessor Oak fromSeafoam Island'stelevision station to learn more aboutPokérus.DJ Mary,Tracey, andRitchie managed to track them down to an abandoned warehouse and send themblasting off.

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Butch and Cassidy made cameos inThe Scheme Team, where they were seen leaving Team Rocket HQ using jet packs.

InThe Ole' Berate and Switch!, Butch and Cassidy hosted a fake tournament inSable City in a ploy to steal the competitors' Pokémon. After the Team Rocket trio split up, Jessie forced 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 Team Rocket teams rearranged following several frustrations, with Jessie returning to James. The theft plot was then stopped, and the stolen Pokémon were recovered due to the intervention of Ash and his friends.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

InSleight of Sand!, Butch and Cassidy used their Rhyhorn robot in an attempt to capture aHippowdon. However, he was stopped by the other Hippowdon and aHippopotas, who were aided by Ash and his friends.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Butch reappeared inThe Good, The Bad, and The Lucky!, running a bakery in a quiet coastal village alongside aMeowth. He served Jessie, Meowth, and Wobbuffet after they ran into him, commenting that he had left Team Rocket and Cassidy after getting fed up with the routine. The group helped Butch run his place as repayment for a few days; then Jessie and Wobbuffet continued their Team Rocket duties while persuading Meowth to stay, as he had taken interest in Butch's Meowth and seemed happier there.

A heartbroken Meowth eventually left Butch after realizing Butch's Meowth was in love with aPersian.

Character

Butch's partner isCassidy, and she is one of the few that usually manages to get his name right, unlike—much to his frustration—most others. In one of the most famous running gags inPokémon the 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 callinghimself the incorrect name. This, of course, annoys him to no end, so much so in thePokémon Chronicles episodeTraining Daze that he said in frustration, "That does it, I am changing my name." InA Promise is a Promise, to annoy James, he calls him "John".

It appears that Giovanni and Dr. Namba recognized Butch and Cassidy as higher-ranked members thanJessie,James, andMeowth. However, this did not seem to be the case duringPokémon the Series: Black & White, as Giovanni himself told them they were his highest-ranked agents.

Pokémon

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This listing is of Butch's knownPokémon inPokémon the Series:

On hand

Meowth

Debut	The Good, The Bad, and The Lucky!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Lauren Landa

Butch was shown to have aMeowth when he encounteredJessie,Meowth, andWobbuffet after leavingTeam Rocket. Meowth fell in love with it after it reminded him ofMeowzie, prompting him to leave Team Rocket. A flashback later shows Meowth falling in love with aPersian, leading Meowth to rejoin Team Rocket.

None of Meowth's moves are known.

Status unknown

Drowzee

Debut	Pikachu Re-Volts
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Maddie Blaustein

InPikachu Re-Volts, Butch and Cassidy usedDrowzee to brainwash Pokémon into turning against theirTrainers 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 areHypnosis,Psychic,Teleport,Mega Punch, andMetronome.

Primeape

Debut	The Fortune Hunters
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Michael Haigney

Primeape debuted inThe Fortune Hunters, and was Butch's first revealed Pokémon. In the episode, it defeatedMisty's Staryu in battle, and managed to single-handedly send Jessie and Jamesblasting off. However, it was eventually defeated by the combined efforts ofPoliwhirl,Totodile, andPikachu.

Primeape's known moves areDynamic Punch andThrash.

Hitmontop♂

Debut	The Mystery is History
Voice actors
Japanese	Kōichi Sakaguchi
English	Michael Haigney

Hitmontop debuted inThe 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 inA Parent Trapped! andA 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 capturedLugia.

Hitmontop appeared again inShowdown at the Oak Corral, where he battled againstProfessor Oak,Tracey, andDelia.

His last appearance was inPutting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!, where he went up againstGary's Umbreon andCrystal'sIvysaur during a failed attempt to capture a wildAerodactyl.

Hitmontop's known moves areRolling Kick,Triple Kick, andRapid Spin.

Mightyena

Debut	Oaknapped!
Voice actors
Japanese	Koichi Sakaguchi
English	Koichi Sakaguchi

Mightyena debuted inOaknapped!, where it went up againstTracey's Scyther and Ritchie's Taillow alongsideCassidy's Sableye. It appeared again inA Date With Delcatty, where it battledCasey's Meganium. Its last appearance was inLuvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing!, where it battledLuverin and ended up accidentallyblasting off Butch and Cassidy with a Hyper Beam. It was Butch's first known Pokémon fromHoenn.

Mightyena's known moves areBite,Hyper Beam,Tackle, andIron Tail.

Cloyster

Debut	The Search for the Legend
Voice actors
Japanese	Kōichi Sakaguchi
English	Michael Haigney

Butch'sCloyster was used along with Cassidy'sTentacruel in their attempt of capturing and stealingMoltres.

Cloyster's only known move isWater Gun.

Aggron

Debut	Grating Spaces
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Billy Beach

Delibird was delivering the Poké Ball containingAggron to Butch, but it mistakenly gave it to James. Delibird returned later and reclaimed the Poké Ball. It is unknown whetherAggron was delivered to Butch successfully or if he still owns it.

Aggron's known moves areMega Punch,Hyper Beam, andWater Pulse.

Shuckle

Debut	Sleight of Sand!
Voice actors
Japanese	Daisuke Sakaguchi
English	Mike Pollock

Butch'sShuckle battledJames's Carnivine. In the midst of their battle, it was taken out by Ash's Pikachu and a wildHippopotas.

Shuckle's only known move isSludge Bomb.

Temporary

Raticate

Debut	The Breeding Center Secret
Voice actors
Japanese	Yūji Ueda
English	Carter Cathcart

Butch appears to have access to Cassidy'sRaticate, as seen inThe Ole' Berate and Switch.

Raticate's known moves areTackle,Super Fang*, andSkull Bash.

Controlled Pokémon

Debut	Pikachu Re-Volts

These Pokémon were temporarily controlled by Butch andCassidy for another scheme usingDrowzee 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, andFlareon. Pikachu and Togepi were the first to get hypnotized including a whole lot more and suddenly they just disappear. Then next is Meowth whichTeam Rocket follow and discover their base as their Pokémon turn against them too.

WhenAsh,Misty,Tracey, andOfficer 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), andSelf-Destruct (used by Voltorb).

Voice actors

In the games

In spin-off games

Pokémon Puzzle League

Butch, along withCassidy, appears inPokémon Puzzle League, as the opponents in theSpa Service Bonus Stage. Their Pokémon isDrowzee.

Trivia

• According toEric Stuart, he modeled Butch's voice after Harvey Fierstein and Sandra Diamond in order to differentiate him from his counterpartJames.^[1]

Names

References

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Team Rocket inPokémon the Series Boss: Giovanni •Madame Boss (formerly) Secretary: Matori Executives: Iron-Masked Marauder Notable members: Team Rocket trio (Jessie •James •Meowth) Miyamoto •Mondo •Attila •Hun •Domino •Rocket Scout Wendy •Tyson •Jubei •Viper •Pierce •Gozu Scientists: Dr. Fuji •Dr. Namba •Sebastian •Dr. Zager Lower members: Team Rocket Grunts (Matori Matrix) Former members: Butch •Cassidy •Christopher Dub only: Annie •Oakley Locations: Viridian Gym •Team Rocket HQ Team Rocket Academy •Bewear's den Related: Mechas (Rocket Prize Master) •Motto (Variations) •Blasting off •Arsenal Mirror Team Rocket •Alternate World Team Rocket See also:Games •Adventures

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