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; TPCi/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, 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. Everyone getting his name wrong has become a running gag in the anime. This, of course, annoys him to no end. He once even said in frustration, "That does it, I am changing my name."
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.
Pokémon
On hand
| Butch's Raticate | ||
| Raticate was Butch and Cassidy's signature Pokémon during the first seasons of the anime. It cannot talk like Meowth, but it does occasionally say its name at the end of Butch and Cassidy's motto. Also unlike Meowth, Cassidy keeps Raticate in a Poké Ball. It first appeared in The Breeding Center Secret. It appeared again in The Ole' Berate and Switch! under Butch's command.
Raticate's known moves are Tackle, Super Fang, and Skull Bash. | ||
| Debut | The Breeding Center Secret | |
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| Voice actors | ||
| Japanese | Yuji Ueda | |
| English | Billy Beach | |
| Butch's Primeape | ||
| Primeape debuted in The Fortune Hunters, where it defeated Misty's Staryu in battle.
Raticate's known moves are Dynamic Punch. | ||
| Debut | The Fortune Hunters | |
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| Butch's Hitmontop | ||
| Hitmontop debuted in A Parent Trapped!, Butch fitted a headband to it which made kept 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 | A Parent Trapped! | |
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| Butch's Mightyena | ||
| Mightyena debuted in Oaknapped. It was Butch's first Hoenn Pokémon. | ||
| Debut | Oaknapped! | |
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| Butch's Cloyster | ||
| 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.
Its only known move is Water Gun. | ||
| Debut | The Search for the Legend | |
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| Butch's Shuckle | ||
| Butch's Shuckle debuted in Sleight of Sand!. Where it battled James's Carnivine.
Its only known move is Sludge Bomb. | ||
| Debut | Sleight of Sand! | |
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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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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 TPCi/TPCi dub).
External links
- Botch Up!, the fanlisting for Butch
- Kosaburō's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
- Yamato and Kosaburō's Pokémon on Pokeani (Japanese)
| Members of Team Rocket | |
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| Bosses: |
Giovanni (anime • Adventures • Pocket Monsters • Masters) |
| Executives: |
Archer (Masters) • Ariana (Masters) • Petrel (Masters) • Proton (Masters) |
| Trios: |
Jessie (Masters), James (Masters), & Meowth (JJM) |
| Duos: |
Anime only: Butch & Cassidy (former) • Attila & Hun • Annie & Oakley (dub only) |
| Scientists: |
Gideon |
| Others: |
Grunts • Rocket BrothersRBYFRLG/Rocket SistersPE |
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