Butch

Butch (Japanese: コサブロウ Kosaburō) is a recurring character in . He is a former member of Team Rocket who occasionally came across and along with his partner Cassidy.
==In animation==
===History===
====Pre-series====
Butch was a recruit in the Team Rocket Academy to become an official member of Team Rocket. He, along with Cassidy and , quickly became the top-performing group of trainees in the Blue Team. During a flashback in Training Daze, Butch and his partners competed against the Red Team in a practice heist to steal the red-colored . Even though neither side managed to do so, they were made into official teams.
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Butch debuted in The 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, including Misty's Psyduck and James's Weepinbell. and returned to the Breeding Center to retrieve Psyduck, only to discover the operation was fake and linked to Team Rocket. Butch overheard 's camera flash and investigated, only to find out that it was 's electricity. The Team 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, and , 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 by Ash's Bulbasaur and arrested by Officer Jenny.
In Pikachu Re-Volts, it was revealed that had bailed him and Cassidy out of jail. Using a acquired from their fake Breeding Center, they the Pokémon on Mandarin 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.
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Butch and Cassidy began operating another fake in The 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 them trade 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 out , which managed to defeat her . 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 alongside Dr. Namba, Butch and Cassidy were assigned to capture a spotted near Ogi Isle. From The Mystery is History to A Promise is a Promise, Butch and Cassidy succeeded, catching both Silver and to help Dr. Namba perfect his "Rage Crown" invention. By A Parent Trapped!, Ash, his friends and Ritchie were also captured for interfering. 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 using 's .
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Butch was a recurring antagonist in Pokémon Chronicles, often capturing certain Pokémon for Dr. Namba's R project. However, such attempts like at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Showdown at the Oak Corral and stealing Caserin and Luverin from the Cerulean Gym in Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing! were thwarted.
In Oaknapped!, the pair kidnapped from 's television station to learn more about Pokérus. DJ Mary, , and Ritchie managed to track them down to an abandoned warehouse and send them blasting off.
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Butch and Cassidy made cameos in The Scheme Team, where they were seen leaving Team Rocket HQ using jet packs.
In The Ole' Berate and Switch!, Butch and Cassidy hosted a fake tournament in Sable 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.
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In Sleight of Sand!, Butch and Cassidy used their Rhyhorn robot in an attempt to capture a . However, he was stopped by the other Hippowdon and a , who were aided by Ash and his friends.
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Butch reappeared in The Good, The Bad, and The Lucky!, running a bakery in a quiet coastal village alongside a . 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 a .
===Character===
Butch's partner is Cassidy, 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 in , 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 calling himself the incorrect name. This, of course, annoys him to no end, so much so in the Pokémon Chronicles episode Training Daze that he said in frustration, "That does it, I am changing my name." In A 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 than Jessie, James, and . However, this did not seem to be the case during Pokémon the Series: Black & White, as Giovanni himself told them they were his highest-ranked agents.
===Pokémon===
This listing is of Butch's known in :
====On hand====
====Status unknown====
====Temporary====
===Voice actors===
==In the games==
===In spin-off games===
====Pokémon Puzzle League====
Butch, along with Cassidy, appears in Pokémon Puzzle League, as the opponents in the Spa Service Bonus Stage. Their Pokémon is .
==Trivia==
* According to Eric Stuart, he modeled Butch's voice after Harvey Fierstein and Sandra Diamond in order to differentiate him from his counterpart James.https://journeyofafrontman.com/2015/10/28/on-the-line-with-eric-stuart/
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	コサブロウ Kosaburō 	From 三郎 saburō (third son), forming a parallel to the 次郎 jirō (second son) in コジロウ Kojirō (James)
English, German, Spanish,French, Italian	Butch 	From , forming a parallel with Cassidy to Jessie and James being named after another American outlaw
Korean 	로젠 Rosen 	Begins with 로 ro in reference to 로켓단 Rocket-dan (Team Rocket) and 로이 Roy (James)
Chinese () 	小三郎 Xiǎosānláng 	From the Japanese name 小三郎 Kosaburō
Chinese () 	小三郎 Síusāamlòhng 	From the Japanese name 小三郎 Kosaburō
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Animation characters
Category:Members of Team Rocket
Category:Characters named after real people
Category:Animated series running gags
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