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If you were looking for the Pokémon whose name is sometimes abbreviated as "Cress" in competitive play, see Cresselia (Pokémon).

Cress コーン Corn
"Triple Trouble!"
Artwork from Black and White by Yusuke Ohmura[1]
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Blue
Hometown	Striaton City
Region	Unova
Relatives	Cilan, Chili (brothers)
Trainer class	Gym LeaderBW, Pokémon TrainerB2W2
Generation	V, VII, VIII, IX
Games	Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, Masters EX
English voice actor	Kory Getman[2] (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Sōma Saitō (Masters EX)
Member of	Unova LeagueBW
Rank	Gym Leader
Leader of	Striaton Gym
Badge	Trio Badge
Specializes in	Water-types
Anime series	Pokémon the Series
Debut	Triple Leaders, Team Threats!
English voice actor	Tom Wayland
Japanese voice actor	Makoto Ishii
Manga series	Pocket Monsters BW Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners Pokémon Adventures
Debut	PMBW02 (PMBW) BWGP03 (BWGP) Welcome to Striaton City!! (Adventures)

Cress (Japanese: コーン Corn) is one of the three Gym Leaders of Striaton City's Gym, known officially as the Striaton Gym. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon. He gives the Trio Badge to Trainers who defeat him.

In the core series games

Cress appears in Pokémon Black and White as one of the Gym Leaders of Striaton City's Gym, alongside Cilan and Chili. This Gym is the first to be challenged by the player. Cress battles Trainers who choose Tepig as their first partner Pokémon. Trainers who defeat him will receive the Trio Badge, along with TM83 (Work Up).

During the two years between Pokémon Black and White and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Cress, along with his brothers, retired from being Gym Leaders to train.

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Leader Cress Striaton Gym Black and White Reward: $1680
Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Pickup Held item: None Lillipup♂ Lv.12 Bite Dark Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Panpour♂ Lv.14 Water Gun Water Special   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Multi Battle

Cress can either be partnered with the player, or be one of their opponents.

PKMN Trainer Cress Striaton City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $16080*

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Reckless Held item: Muscle Band Basculin♂ Lv.65 Swagger Normal Status   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Double-Edge Normal Physical   --       Types: Water Psychic Ability: Own Tempo Held item: Leftovers Slowking♂ Lv.65 Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Scald Water Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Life Orb Simipour♂ Lv.67 Scald Water Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --

Pokémon World Tournament

Cress uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. He will always lead with his signature Pokémon, Simipour.

Unova Leaders Tournament

PKMN Trainer Cress Pokémon World Tournament Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 1BP

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Water Gem Simipour♂/♀ Lv.50 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Damp or Cloud Nine Held item: Petaya Berry Golduck♂/♀ Lv.50 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Liechi Berry Floatzel♂/♀ Lv.50 Waterfall Water Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Thick Fat or Huge Power Held item: Sitrus Berry Azumarill♂/♀ Lv.50 Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Types: Water Psychic Ability: Oblivious or Own Tempo Held item: Lum Berry Slowking♂/♀ Lv.50 Scald Water Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Adaptability or Reckless Held item: Salac Berry Basculin♂/♀ Lv.50 Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Double-Edge Normal Physical   --       Flail Normal Physical   --

Type Expert/World Leaders/Mix Master Tournament

PKMN Trainer Cress Pokémon World Tournament Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 1BP

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Water Gem Simipour♂/♀ Lv.50 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Low Kick Fighting Physical   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Water Dark Ability: Hyper Cutter or Shell Armor Held item: Choice Scarf Crawdaunt♂/♀ Lv.50 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Guillotine Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Leftovers Samurott♂/♀ Lv.50 Razor Shell Water Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Thick Fat or Huge Power Held item: Choice Band Azumarill♂/♀ Lv.50 Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Types: Water Psychic Ability: Oblivious or Own Tempo Held item: Expert Belt Slowking♂/♀ Lv.50 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Nasty Plot Dark Status   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Swift Swim or Poison Touch Held item: Rindo Berry Seismitoad♂/♀ Lv.50 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Rain Dance Water Status   --

National Gymquirer

Jingle: "Woo hoo! All right! It's 'The National Gymquirer'!"

Page: "That's right! We collect the hottest gossip about Gym Leaders seen around town! Here is today's letter. From someone going by the name Cafélover! Thank yooou! 'Recently, I saw Striaton Gym's three Gym Leaders, and they were all out of order! Like, Chili was Cilan, and Cilan was Cress!' Hmmm. Well, I'm not saying you're crazy, but...are you sure they weren't just standing in front of a mirror? 'The National Gymquirer'! We eagerly await your letters!"

In spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Cress appears as an NPC in Pokémon Masters EX and first appears in the Curious Tea Party costume event. He forms a sync pair with Simipour.

Gallery

Artwork

Official artwork from Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Sprites and models

In the core series

Sprite from Black and White	Sprite from Black 2 and White 2	Overworld sprite from Generation V	Back sprite from Black 2 and White 2	VS sprite from Black and White

In other games

Model from Masters EX	VS model from Masters EX

Quotes

Main article: Cress/Quotes

In the anime

Main series

Cress in the anime

Cress debuted in Triple Leaders, Team Threats! alongside his brothers, and fellow Gym Leaders Cilan and Chili. Along with Chili, he first appeared when Cilan brings Ash to the Gym, where he proceeded to take his drink order. Ash declined, saying that he wanted to battle the Gym Leader, and as he got up to leave, Cress and his brothers introduced themselves as the leaders. They led Ash to the battleground, where they introduced their Pokémon.

He was the second to battle Ash and proceeded to defeat Pikachu, despite his Panpour's type disadvantage. At the beginning of Dreams by the Yard Full!, he and his brothers presented the Trio Badge to Ash. Later, he and Chili said goodbye to Cilan, who had decided to travel with Ash and Iris.

He appeared in a flashback in A Connoisseur's Revenge!, where he and Chili informed Burgundy that Cilan had gone on a journey and could not battle her again.

In A Call for Brotherly Love!, Cress informed Cilan over the phone of the reason why Chili was not at the Gym. Contrary to what Chili had said, he had not left to study but had run away. Chili had asked him the night he ran away why he kept losing. Cress told him that he focused too much on offense while giving little consideration to defense. As he feared, Chili took it as an insult and ran away. Cress was pleased when Cilan told him he would help Chili with his battle style and help get his confidence back and thanked him for it.

Young Cress with his brothers

Cress appeared in a fantasy along with Chili in A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team! and in a flashback in Curtain Up, Unova League!. He also made cameo appearances in the ending Let's Join Hands and in the ending credits of Genesect and the Legend Awakened.

In Survival of the Striaton Gym!, it was revealed that Cress, as well as Chili, had lost to Morana, and had Cilan not defeated her, they would have lost the Striaton Gym. After Cilan's victory, he returned to Striaton City alongside Chili.

Character

Cress, like his brothers, tends to speak about Pokémon in relation to their element, in this case, water. Unlike his brothers, Cress tends to speak about himself in third-person in the Japanese version. All the brothers tend to use hand positions like rock, paper, and scissors—in Cress's case, he tends to accentuate words with his fingers.

Pokémon

This listing is of Cress's known Pokémon in the anime:

Panpour

Voice actors

Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Cress (right) in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Cress briefly appeared in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer as part of a team with his brothers Cilan and Chili.

GOTCHA!

Cress briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pocket Monsters BW

In Pocket Monsters BW, Cress appears along with his brothers Cilan and Chili. They are seen in PMBW02, where Red and his Pokémon visit a restaurant owned by the three brothers. Clefairy tries to instigate a fight between the brothers, but fails on many occasions.

Pokémon

This listing is for Cress's Pokémon in the Pocket Monsters BW manga.

Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners

Cress in Pocket Monsters BW Good Partners

Cress first appeared in BWGP03. Aside from being a Gym Leader, he was a teacher in a Trainers' School located in Striaton City. When Takurō and Mashiro went to the school, Cress told them about Bado and explained as to who he was. Professor Juniper had him teach the two about the basics of Pokémon while they were there. He gave them an assignment to do. While Mashiro was able to finish it, Takurō had to stay behind.

Later, he appeared in Takurō's flashback where he advised him to go to Wellspring Cave to go to the next town as going to different places is an important part of being a Trainer.

Pokémon Adventures

Cress in Pokémon Adventures

Cress, along with his brothers Cilan and Chili, is one of the Leaders of the Striaton Gym. Despite each brother obtaining their job as Gym Leaders individually, they were all assigned to the same Gym. This decision was due to the types they specialized in being useful in teaching new Trainers about type matchups.

Like his brothers, Cress tends to keep his arms in a certain position. In his case, he keeps them crossed in front of his chest.

Black & White arc

Cress debuted in Welcome to Striaton City!!, where the Striaton Gym was visited by a young Trainer named Black. Although only Black challenged the Gym, his friends Cheren and Bianca were allowed to participate as well. After completing the Gym puzzle, Black, Cheren, and Bianca faced the triplets in a three-on-three "Trio Battle". With their knowledge of type matchups, Cress and his brothers initially held the advantage, even after Chili's Pansear was knocked out. Despite this, the battle ended in the Striaton Gym Leaders' loss when Black's Tep used Pansage's fallen leaves to revive its fallen teammates. With only two active Pokémon on the Striaton Gym Leaders' side when the time limit ended, Black and his friends were declared the winners by default and were each awarded a Trio Badge as proof of their victory.

In The Shadow Triad, Cress, Cilan, and Chili confronted the Shadow Triad at the P2 Laboratory. The brothers were given the task of pursuing Team Plasma if the other Gym Leaders failed to protect the Dark Stone from them. The Shadow Triad proved to be very strong, and even after they evolved their Pokémon, Cress and his brothers were unable to defeat their opponents. The brothers were rescued by Keldeo, who had been watching the battle and determined the Gym Leaders to be the better humans. The Shadow Triad took that opportunity to try and capture Keldeo, forcing its mentors, Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion, to step in and rescue it, using their swords to send both the Gym Leaders and Shadow Triad flying.

Black 2 & White 2 arc

In Giant Chasm, Cress and his brothers were seen in Opelucid City helping people trapped in buildings frozen by the Plasma Frigate.

Pokémon

		Panpour → Simipour ♂
		Main article: Cress's Simipour Simipour is Cress's only known Pokémon. It was first seen helping the triplets serve Black, Bianca, and Cheren some tea, providing the finest water. Later, it engaged the three of them with Pansear and Pansage. It later fought the Shadow Triad at the P2 Laboratory.
Debut	Welcome to Striaton City!!

In the TCG

Full Art print of Chili & Cilan & Cress

Main article: Chili & Cilan & Cress (Fusion Strike 227)

Cress was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game as part of Chili & Cilan & Cress during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese Fusion Arts expansion before debuting in English in the Fusion Strike expansion, with an illustration by Yusuke Ohmura. It was also released as a Full Art card and Secret card in both expansions, with an illustration by Sanosuke Sakuma. It allows the player to search for up to three Fusion Strike style Pokémon and put them into their hand, then shuffle their deck.

Trivia

• Cress's Japanese Leader title, shared with Cilan and Chili, is トライアル　トライアングル.
• Cress is the only Gym Leader whom Ash has not beaten an official Gym battle but not needed to rematch in order to earn their Badge, as he earned the Trio Badge by beating Chili and Cilan despite losing to Cress.
• Cress and his brothers are the last named Trainers featured in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer who have not yet become playable characters in Pokémon Masters EX.

Names

See also

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

References

Gym Leaders of the Unova region
Striaton Gym Cilan Chili Cress	Nacrene Gym Lenora	Castelia Gym Burgh	Nimbasa Gym Elesa
Driftveil Gym Clay	Mistralton Gym Skyla	Icirrus Gym Brycen	Opelucid Gym Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym Cheren	Virbank Gym Roxie	Humilau Gym Marlon