Cassidy ヤマトYamato
Cassidy inPokémon Journeys: The Series
Gender	Female
Eye color	Purple
Hair color	Gold
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Kanto
Trainer class	Agent
Member of	Team Rocket (formerly)
Rank	Agent
Partner	Butch
Animated debut	The Breeding Center Secret
English voice actor	Megan Hollingshead (EP057-EP222) Andi Whaley (HS04-AG132) Emlyn McFarland (AG176-JN095)
Japanese voice actor	Masako Katsuki

Cassidy (Japanese:ヤマトYamato) is a recurring character inPokémon the Series. She is a former member ofTeam Rocket who occasionally came acrossAsh andhis friends along with her partnerButch.

In animation

History

Pre-series

Cassidy was a recruit in theTeam Rocket Academy to become an official member of Team Rocket. During a test she took, Cassidy along withButch andRaticate as her partners have become the top group of trainees in the Blue Team. She and her partners competed withthe Red Team on catching the red-coloredSnorlax. Even though neither side managed to do so, they were made into official teams for being successful as Villains in-training.

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning

Cassidy debuted inThe Breeding Center Secret. Disguised as a worker in a Five-Star Breeding Center scheme, she andButch managed to get many Pokémon includingMisty's Psyduck andJames's Weepinbell.Ash,his friends returned to the Breeding Center to retrieve Psyduck, only to discover the operation was fake and linked toTeam Rocket.Todd's camera flash gives the group away, while the thievingTeam Rocket trio were also caught by Butch and Cassidy. Butch and Cassidy went on to use Todd's photo's to frame everyone as the villains, andOfficer Jenny placed them under arrest. Misty was the only one left, and went on to prove Cassidy and Butch were operating the Breeding Center. Butch and Cassidy were then defeated byAsh's Bulbasaur and got arrested by Officer Jenny.

Cassidy returns inPikachu Re-Volts where it was revealed thatGiovanni bailed the pair out of jail. Using aDrowzee from their fake Breeding Center, theyhypnotized the Pokémon onMandarin Island North into turning against their Trainers. Ash's group collaborated with Officer Jenny, herGastly who was unaffected by the Hypnosis waves, and the Rocket trio to get the Pokémon back. As the machine was destroyed, all of the possessed Pokémon were free and Butch and Cassidy were arrested again.

Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver

Butch and Cassidy opened 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 drop of one of their Pokémon off, this time with the belief that the day care owners will help themtrade Pokémon. After learning that he was theMoltres type,James felt bold enough to lead the thieving operation. However the Rocket trio were stopped by Butch and Cassidy who revealed themselves and get tied up in the process, only for them to escape. Misty returned to the Day Care to find out about her Pokémon type, but instead discovered the cages full of stolen Pokémon. Cassidy and Butch catch Misty and her friends trying to free the caged Pokémon, and a battle ensues. Butch sends outPrimeape which manages to defeat Misty'sStaryu. Jessie and James's next attempt to steal from their rivals also fails. Butch then notices Ash's group trying to free the Pokémon. Cassidy and Butch battle them but are defeated. Afterwards, Officer Jenny places them under arrest

Now working alongsideDr. Namba, Cassidy and Butch were assigned to capture achild Lugia spotted nearOgi Isle. InThe 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 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 toWobbuffet'sCounter.

Pokémon Chronicles

In Pokémon Chronicles, Cassidy became a recurring antagonist, often capturing 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 manage to trace them down to an abandoned warehouse and send themblasting off.

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Cassidy appeared in a fantasy inZigZag Zangoose! while Jessie sympathized with herSeviper's hatred ofZangoose, feeling similar obsessive hatred towards Cassidy herself.

Cassidy appeared inTrue Blue Swablu during Meowth'sboss fantasy, in which she was shown failing after the trio successfully caught aSwablu.

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

InThe Ole' Berate and Switch!, Cassidy and Butch hosted a fake tournament inSable City in a ploy to steal the competitors Pokémon. After the 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 Rocket teams re-arranged once again, with Jessie returning to James. The rivalry between the two Rocket teams’ spills over, with Jessie and James trapping their rivals in pitfalls traps and sending them blasting off. Though their own theft plot is stopped and the stolen Pokémon recovered thanks to Ash and his friends.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

In another operation under Dr. Namba, Cassidy and Butch appeared inSleight of Sand!, where they used their Rhyhorn robot in an attempt to capture aHippowdon. They first had to contend with Jessie and James's rival Slowbro mecha. However, they were stopped by the other Hippowdon,Hippopotas, Ash, and his friends. Both sides got sentblasting off in the end by Hippowdon'sHyper Beam.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Cassidy reappeared inThe Good, The Bad, and The Lucky!, running a café in a small snowy village with her Raticate. She offered Jessie, James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet somewhere warm to stay after they got lost and fainted during a snowstorm. Cassidy revealed that she had left Team Rocket after getting fed up with the routine, and had taken wood carving as a hobby. The group helped Cassidy run her café as repayment, presumably for a few days; then Jessie, Meowth, and Wobbuffet continued their Team Rocket duties while persuading James to stay, as he appeared to be happier there.

Cassidy eventually made James leave after hisMorpeko started eating all the food meant for the customers.

Character

Cassidy's partner isButch, and she is one of the few that usually manages to get his name right. However, she has gotten his name wrong on many occasions - much to his frustration, as everyone else also calls him either "Biff", "Bill", "Bob", "Hutch", "Butcher", "Patch", "Botch", or "Buffy", among others (コサンジKosanji in Japanese). While Cassidy is much more domineering than her quieter teammate, the pair equally contribute to fulfiiling their schemes.

Cassidy andJessie have been bitter rivals since their days at theTeam Rocket Academy. The two women are almost equally vain. However, unlike Jessie, Cassidy is better at keeping her cool and is much less prone to violent outbursts. Cassidy annoys Jessie to no end with her arrogance, and it appears that Cassidy likes instigating this frustration by spreading rumors of demotion andGiovanni's dislike for theTeam Rocket trio. After leaving Team Rocket, Cassidy's attitude to Jessie changed, as seen when she offered her and her teammates somewhere warm to stay after they got lost and fainted during a snowstorm.

Pokémon

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

On hand

Raticate

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

Raticate was Cassidy's signature Pokémon during theoriginal series. It cannot talk unlikeMeowth, but it does occasionally say its name at the end ofButch and Cassidy'smotto. Also unlike Meowth, Cassidy keeps Raticate in aPoké Ball.

Raticate first became her Pokémon sometime before becoming a recruit in theTeam Rocket Academy. InTraining Daze, Raticate was with Cassidy and Butch when they tried to steal the redSnorlax, just as they got to it, all three fell down a trap. It was then seen injured when Cassidy and Butch were promoted to "villains in training".

Raticate's first official appearance was inThe Breeding Center Secret, where it said its line at the end of Butch and Cassidy's motto. It was later used to battleAsh and hisPikachu just as they were about to be arrested byOfficer Jenny. Raticate never got a chance to attack in the battle, as oneThunderbolt was enough to faint it.

InThe Fortune Hunters, Raticate was used to battleTotodile, the battle ended in a tie whenJessie,James, and Meowth interupted the match. Cassidy then had Raticate battleJames's Victreebel andJessie's Wobbuffet, with it and Butch'sPrimeape sending the entiretrioblasting off. Raticate then battledMisty and herPoliwhirl, but lost when Ash's Pikachu used Thunderbolt once again.

InThe Ole' Berate and Switch!, it's revealed that Butch has access to use Cassidy's Raticate. It battled Ash's Pikachu and was defeated by another Thunderbolt.

InThe Good, The Bad, and The Lucky!, Raticate was still with Cassidy after she left Team Rocket, helping her in her wood carving hobby.

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

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.

Houndour

Debut	The Mystery is History
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Katsuyuki Konishi

Cassidy'sHoundour debuted inThe Mystery is History and was initially victorious because of its power-amplifying headgear.

Houndour's known moves areBite,Ember,Smog, andFlamethrower.

Sableye

Debut	Oaknapped!
Voice actors
Japanese	Miyako Itō
English	Darren Dunstan

Sableye first appeared inOaknapped!, when Cassidy used it to battleRitchie. It later reappeared inA Date With Delcatty andLuvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing!. In the latter episode, it was shown that Sableye couldn't swim.

Sableye's known moves areScratch,Fury Swipes,Focus Punch, andShadow Ball.

Tentacruel

Debut	The Search for the Legend
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Eric Stuart

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

Tentacruel's only known move isWater Gun.

Granbull

Debut	Sleight of Sand!

Cassidy'sGranbull was used to battle againstJessie's Seviper. In the midst of the battle, it was taken out byDawn's Piplup and a wildHippopotas.

Granbull's known moves areFire Fang andBite.

Temporary

Controlled Pokémon

Debut	Pikachu Re-Volts

These Pokémon were temporarily controlled byButch and Cassidy 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 hypnotised 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.

Their known moves are:Flamethrower (used by Flareon, Growlithe, Ponyta, and Vulpix),Water Gun (used by Seaking, Starmie, Vaporeon, Wartortle, and Poliwag),Thunderbolt (used by Electabuzz, Jolteon, and Magnemite) andSelf-Destruct (used by Voltorb).

Voice actors

In the games

In spin-off games

Pokémon Puzzle League

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

Names

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