Butler

If you were looking for the James's butler from The Treasure is All Mine, see Sebastian (Sinnoh).

Butler バトラー Butler
Butler
Gender	Male
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.

Butler and Diane as children.

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.

His Japanese voice actor is Kōichi Yamadera and his English voice actor is Wayne Grayson.

Pokémon

This listing is of Butler's known Pokémon:

On hand

		Salamence
		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

		Mightyena
		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

		Dusclops
		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

Created

		Groudon
		Main article: Groudon (movie 6) 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

Temporary

Status unknown

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

Trainer	Pokémon
Ace Trainer Felix Ace Trainer Felix バトラー Butler Reward: $3300	Dusclops♂ Lv.55 No item
	Salamence♂ Lv.55 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
Ace Trainer Felix Ace Trainer Felix バトラー Butler Reward: $3360	Dusclops♂ Lv.55 No item
	Salamence♂ Lv.56 No item
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.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
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 Salamence		-	-	Movie Commemoration VS Pack	011/019
Butler's Mightyena		-	-	Movie Commemoration VS Pack	012/019
Butler's Magic Trick	-	-	-	Movie Commemoration VS Pack	018/019

Trivia

In other languages

Team Magma
Team Magma HideoutROR • Magma HideoutE
Leader	Administrators		Grunts
					Former
Maxie (Masters)	Tabitha	Courtney (Masters)	Team Magma Grunts		Zinnia (Masters)
Animation and manga
Blaise • Brodie • Butler

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