>>32292993In aninterviewwith former Pokémon anime director and storyboard artistMasamitsu Hidaka, he stated his own reason why Tracey was created and why he replaced Brock. He (or rather, his translator) revealed that the true reason they replaced Brock is because, once they realized Pokémon was going to go global, there was a chance that Americans, if not anyone else outside of Japan, would view Brock as a racist stereotype because of his eyes (even though there wasn't an actual complaint yet). So they created a "tall, white, Anglo-looking character to replace him, just to be on the safe side". They later replaced him with Brock again once they realized that no one really cared as to what Brock looks like, and actually enjoyed his character. This also may explain why Tracey was never included inThe Electric Tale of Pikachumanga.
I'm not the last anon you were arguing with but here you go you lazy faggots.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Tracey_Sketchit 
