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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. His Japanese voice actor is 子安武人 Takehito Koyasu and his English voice actors are Eric Stuart (Template:4Kids dub) and Billy Beach (TPCi dub).

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", "Bob", "Hutch", "Butcher", "Patch", "Botch" or "Chuck", 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

Primeape

Hitmontop

Mightyena

Cloyster

Raticate

Shuckle

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.

Appearances

• The Breeding Center Secret
• Pikachu Re-Volts
• The Fortune Hunters
• The Mystery is History!
• A Parent Trapped!
• A Promise is a Promise
• Showdown at the Oak Corral
• Oaknapped
• A Date With Delcatty
• Training Daze (flashback only)
• Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl
• Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing
• The Search for the Legend
• The Scheme Team
• The Ole' Berate and Switch
• A Secret Sphere of Influence (flashback only)
• Sleight of Sand!

Trivia

• Through both English dubs, Butch has shared the same voice actor with James (Eric Stuart in the Template:4Kids dub and Billy Beach in the TPCi dub).

See also

• Cassidy's Raticate

External links

• Botch Up!, the fanlisting for Butch
• Kosaburō's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
• Yamato and Kosaburō's Pokémon on Pokeani (Japanese)

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