So basically, he is this blue-eyed hyperactive blonde guy with a spikey haircut, geometric facial features and wears clothes that say out loud – AMERICA.
And if you still don’t know who we are talking about, then let me bring him to light. You have seen him as Guile from Street Fighter working in the American Air Force.
You have seen him as Lt.Surge in Pokemon as a gym leader of Vermillion Town.
You have also seen him as the ‘Typical American Consumer’ (who somehow resembles and sounds like Brad Pitt) in Yakitate Japan.
So who exactly is this guy? Was he a poor American kid from a trailer park, who got so frustrated of the normal life he was living, that he decided to pack his belongings and get away from the chaos and go to the land of the rising sun, to blend into the culture and become a legend? He became the face of America for the Japanese anime and manga culture! Here we uncover the mystery!
<All this crap was written before I asked the gods. Now you shall witness the power of the internet>
A deeper search over our target lead to the following context on remote section of a distant article on wikipedia. He uses the name Brad Kidd/Kid (ブラッド・キッド Buraddo Kiddo) as he plays a character in Yakitate Japan (obviously pretending to be fooling around when actually undercover)
"A supporting character who was Kuroyanagi's classmate in college and the president of a major detective agency in America. The character is a parody of the do-it-all American Brad Pitt. Kidd is used in many instances in the manga and anime as a sort of deus ex machina in reactions or flashbacks from a masseuse to an attorney or the head of a private investigation firm."
Interestingly, this guy used to work in a detective agency! Further investigation leads deeper into this guy's history. Our special search division found out that he used to work in the military before becoming a gym leader in Vermilion city. Here is another extract that describes his nature as a gym leader -
"Lt. Surge is known as The Lightning American. Apparently, he is or was an American soldier who fought in at least one war, during which Electric-type Pokémon saved his life. As a member of the army, Surge was a strict CO, and was rather cautious. He was a pilot as well, and used Electric-type Pokémon to power his planes, a practice that in at least one occasion saved his life. Also, Surge saved the life of one of the Trainers in his gym who was in the army at the same time."
As Guile from Street Fighter, we managed to find out his past after disowning Raichu and his gym. Now he took up hand-to-hand combat! However, I have a hunch that he still has a pokemon hidden somewhere between fights that uses the move sonicboom for him, as he takes credits as if its his own move. Following is what we found out about him as Guile -
"A Major in the United States Air Force, he leaves his country and family to enter the World Warrior tournament to avenge the death of his friend Charlie, who was killed by M. Bison, the tournament's sponsor, sometime before the events of the game. In his ending, he defeats Bison, but is dissuaded from killing him by his wife Jane and their daughter Amy. Guile spares Bison and returns home to be a family man."
In the US Air Force, it seems, he was promoted from Lieutenant to Major before he had to leave to take revenge on some guy/animal called Mr.Bison. But failed due to domestic issues, as explained above.
At in his forties now, frustrated with his life, wife and dreams, he decided to work upon his childhood dream of working with mangas again. The last we saw of him was in an anime called Gintama. Following is a quote by him working as as a mangaka in Gintama. (be careful, he will try to sell you cheap stuff on TV)
And thus was the life of our 'not-so-popular' celebrity who managed to play unimportant roles in the popular culture of Japan. So why did I write this article on him? Pity. Yes, such characters deserve attention. This character IS important. Can you imagine life without this guy? I mean come on! If it weren't for him, who would have Ash defeated to get his badge? Who would have played all those humiliating roles in Yakitate Japan as an Austrian?
Hats off to you, my American friend. You might have failed in your life in becoming a lead role but you have inspired the likes of me T_T THANK YOU
- Nem >_<"
*still sobbing*
Oh I see!!!!! Hahahahaha
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