JAPANESE NAME : Kosaburou
AGE AT BEGINNING : About 17 or 18
HAIR COLOUR : Blue
EYE COLOUR : Brown
HOME TOWN/CITY : Unknown
PROFESSION : Team Rocket member
POSITION : Rank A
CHIEF RIVAL : James
POK�MON :
* Raticate
* Drowzee
* Primape
LIKES : Pok�mon, stealing
FAMILY STATUS : Unknown
PRIMARY GOAL : To become rich by stealing Pok�mon
ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR : Matthew Mitler
JAPANESE VOICE ACTOR : Takehitio Koyasu
GERMAN VOICE ACTOR : Muon Lubowski
FIRST SEEN IN : 'The Breeding Centre Secret'
Butch is the male half of the other Team Rocket group we have grown to know. He also seems to be in the background most of the time, taking orders from his team mate, similar to James, but James isn't as quiet and doesn't always do what Jessie says (James is much stronger than Butch in this way). Even with this, he can be as cold and calculating as his partner. He seems quite intelligent, and he and Cassidy seem to come up with better plans than Jessie and James Although he does not know James personally, he seems to be very competitive with him, but maybe this is because Cassidy is very competitive with Jessie, and he wants to stick up for his friend (probably also because James always calls him 'Botch'). Butch, and his partner, Cassidy, have become two of Giovanni favourite Team Rocket members as they have had many more successful missions that Jessie and James. They don't seem to fight as much as Jessie and James, but maybe this is because we have seen very little of them.
This team have had run-ins with Ash & co. four times so far, and all these times they have ended up in jail by the end. In the first episode, he and his partner set up a breeding centre, hoping to steal any Pok�mon of value that came in, but, by accident, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Snap stumbled upon the plan. Then they, apart from Misty, were arrested as Cassidy reported them as burglars. But Misty proved that they were innocent and both Cassidy and Butch were put in jail ('The Breeding Center Secret').
Unfortunately, they were quickly bailed out, in person, by Giovanni, something he would never do for Jessie or James (they always have to dig themselves out, well, Mondo is supposed get them out of those situations ). The second time, they used a parabolic satellite dish to enhance their Drowzee's hypnotic powers, and take over all of the Pok�mon on one of the Orange Islands. Pikachu, Togepi, Meowth, Weezing, Victreebel, Arbok and Lickitung were all caught up in the spell. Team Rocket, Ash, Misty, Tracey, and one of the Officer Jennys teamed up to teach Cassidy and Butch a lesson ('Pikachu Re-volts').
Again, the got out of jail and came up with a new plan; to copy a Pok�mon fortune telling book (badly) and tell trainers that it was lucky to own the Pok�mon that matched their birthday. The trainers then began to leave their Pok�mon with the two, posing as an elderly couple, hoping that another trainer would bring in a Pok�mon that matched their birthday that they could trade for. However, the Pok�mon left with them were to be sent to their boss. When they found out about this, Ash and co. attempted to stop them, and the other Team Rocket tried to steal the Pok�mon they had stolen. Again, Butch and Cassidy are arrested ('The Fortune Hunters').
Recently they were part of the Team Rocket plan to kidnap a Lugia and it's child, but this plan was thwarted by Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu and Richie ('The Mystery Is History', 'A Parent Trapped!' and 'A Promise is a Promise').