Bio

In the fictional world of Pokémon, Tracey Sketchit (ケンジ, Kenji) is a Pokémon watcher and artist (his first name derives from 'trace', his last is a combination of the phrase 'sketch it'. (gah. 4kids and puns make me want to ...errgh.) Assisted by Pokémon Marill and Venonat, Tracey searches for Pokémon, makes notes on them, and draws them. Occasionally, he is also caught drawing things other than Pokémon (such as Cissy, the Mikan Island Gym Leader). He runs into Ash and Misty in the Orange Islands after they had to say good-bye to their good friend Brock. He appears only in the anime and Pokémon Puzzle League, the latter of which was not released in Japan.

When he first met Ash and Misty he could tell that a Spearow wasn't getting enough vitamins, a Beedrill's coloring was off, and a Hitmonchan wasn't getting enough exercise, just by taking a quick look at the Pokémon. Later in the anime, on Murcott Island, Tracey saves a Scyther and then captures it. This is "Pops", the only member of his Pokemon team to get a name in the Brig chronicles.

Tracey sees Professor Oak as his idol, a fascination that would be shared with Max in later seasons. He joins Ash because he is in contact with Prof. Oak, and later leaves to become his assistant. He's a bit quiet, but he knows as much about Pokémon as Brock and Max. While assisting Oak with his studies, he rescues a little bedraggled eevee out of the cold and damp - thus forging a friendship and later love affair with L4J ("Elly", the pokemon Eeveelutions anthro Team Rocket experiment. They eventually marry, but Tracey does split his time between home and working with Oak.

Tracey is voiced by Ted Lewis (English) and Tomokazu Seki (Japanese).