Butler
- If you were looking for the one of James's butlers from the anime, see James's butler.
Butler バトラー Butler | |
Butler | |
Gender | Male |
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Hometown | Unknown |
Region | Hoenn |
Trainer class | Ace Trainer |
Generation | IV |
Games | Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
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 a former Team Magma scientist and a magician.
In the anime
Butler was fired from working with Team Magma because an experiment to create a Groudon from a fossilized remnant of it had failed. He realized that he needed a stronger energy source for the regeneration process. The power that he sought was only available once in a millennium. Butler and his girlfriend, Diane, found the crystallized "cocoon" of Jirachi in Forina.
When Ash, Brock, May and Max found Butler at the Millennium Festival, Butler presented Jirachi to Max because Max was supposedly the friend that Jirachi needed to find so it can awaken when the Millennium Comet comes.
When Jirachi awoken from its thousand-year sleep, Butler set up his machine and gave it a test-run a night later. Diane informed Ash and the gang what Butler was up to and decided to take Jirachi back home. Butler had his Mightyena place a tracking device on Diane's van.
When Jirachi was sent home and was about to go back to sleep for another thousand years, Butler showed up out of nowhere and snatched Jirachi. Butler then used Jirachi's power in the hopes to create a Groudon from scratch. However, he wound up with a manifestation of pure evil that resembled Groudon.
When the false Groudon started sucking up every Pokémon in sight, Butler begged Ash and Max (everyone else was sucked up by the false Groudon) to forgive him and help him to set his machine in reverse to get rid of the big, red abomination. The plan was a success and the false Groudon was destroyed and everyone was released. After Jirachi finally went back to sleep, Butler and Diane decided to stay and protect the Pokémon of Forina.
While Butler's only major role was in Jirachi: Wish Maker, he and Diane made a cameo during the ending-credits of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
Pokémon
This listing is of Butler's known Pokémon:
On hand
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's only known move is Flamethrower. | ||
Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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Kirlia was used during Butler's magic show. He also used it to put the caged Absol asleep.
Kirlia's only known move is Hypnosis. | ||
Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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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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Created
Butler created this Groudon-looking creature by using the power of Jirachi. 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. | ||
Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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Temporary
Butler's Jirachi | ||
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 a fake Groudon. When the creature went on a rampage, Jirachi was used to destroy the monster. | ||
Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Tomiko Suzuki | |
English | Kerry Williams |
Status unknown
Butler used these Butterfree as a child in his tricks he did for Diane. | ||
Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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Butler used these Swablu during his magic show. | ||
Debut | Jirachi: Wish Maker |
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Artwork
Ken Sugimori's design of Butler for the anime. |
Voice actors
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In the games
Butler makes a cameo appearance in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum on Route 229 as an Ace Trainer using a level 55 Salamence and Dusclops. However, this Easter egg was not recognized by the translation team, who named him Felix in Diamond and Pearl. 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. Also when approached, Felix states, "Welcome to my Pokémon show!"
Pokémon
This listing is of Butler's Pokémon in the games:
Diamond and Pearl
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Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon. |
Platinum
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Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon. |
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 | Movie Commemoration VS Pack | 009/019 | |||||
ADV-P Promotional cards | 039/ADV-P | ||||||
Butler's Dusclops | Movie Commemoration VS Pack | 010/019 | |||||
Butler's Mightyena | Movie Commemoration VS Pack | 012/019 | |||||
Butler's Salamence | Movie Commemoration VS Pack | 011/019 | |||||
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 | Butler | Same as his Japanese name. |
Korean | 버틀러 Butler | Transliteration of his Japanese name. |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 巴特勒 Bātèlè | Transliteration of his Japanese name. |
Team Magma | |||||
Team Magma HideoutROR • Magma HideoutE | |||||
Leader | Administrators | Grunts | |||
Maxie (Masters) |
Tabitha | Courtney (Masters) |
Team Magma Grunts | Zinnia (Masters) | |
Animation and manga | |||||
Blaise • Brodie • Butler |
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