Cross

Cross クロス Cross
Cross
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Anime debut	I Choose You!
English voice actor	Billy Bob Thompson
Japanese voice actor	Ryōta Ōsaka

Cross (Japanese: クロス Cross) is a character in the twentieth Pokémon movie, I Choose You!. He is the rival of Ash Ketchum and the original Trainer of Ash's Charmander.

History

Cross was first seen walking through a forest where he had previously abandoned a Charmander that he was raising. To Cross's surprise, Charmander had obeyed his orders to wait where he left it despite the risk of staying out during a pouring rainstorm. When Charmander saw its former Trainer, it ran up to Cross and hugged him, only for Cross to kick it off his leg and tell it to leave him alone. Ash and Verity, having seen the whole incident, told Cross off for leaving Charmander out to die. Cross then told them that only the strong were meant to survive before leaving. As he walked away, Cross introduced himself and proclaimed his intent on becoming the strongest Trainer around.

Later, at a library, Cross overheard Ash and his friends reading about the legend of the Rainbow Hero, a Trainer given a Rainbow Wing by Ho-Oh, which signified that they are worthy of battling it. The next day, at a town, Cross used his Incineroar to battle against Ash's Charmeleon, which had evolved from the Charmander Cross released before. While it initially appeared that Charmeleon had the advantage in the battle, it was defeated after Incineroar revealed its ability to get stronger after taking damage. Gloating over his victory, Cross insulted Ash and called him the worst Trainer he had ever seen before taking his leave.

Later, Cross traveled to Mount Tensei, where he challenged Ash for ownership of the Rainbow Wing. In the battle, Cross used Incineroar against Ash's Charmeleon again, but the battle ended in Ash's victory after Charmeleon evolved into a Charizard. Defeated, Cross recalled Incineroar and revealed that, like Ash, he also saw Ho-Oh at one point, but didn't receive a Rainbow Wing. Angered that a Trainer he considered weak was chosen to be the Rainbow Hero instead of him, Cross stole Ash's Rainbow Wing and attempted to summon Ho-Oh himself. Due to the wickedness in his heart, the Rainbow Wing immediately lost its color, causing the skies to turn black once Cross put the wing on Rainbow Rock.

Angered by this, Marshadow, who had been observing the battle between Cross and Ash the entire time, attacked Cross and tried to seal the Rainbow Wing away, only to become corrupted by the evil tainting it. Cross tried to take the Rainbow Wing back by force, but Marshadow used its powers to take control of Cross's Lycanroc and forced it to attack its Trainer. Marshadow then took control of the other Pokémon living in the area and used them to form a small army to attack everyone. While the others battled Marshadow and its army, Cross freed Lycanroc from Marshadow's control by making Lycanroc remember the day they first met. Afterwards, Cross and Lycanroc joined the others in facing Marshadow's army.

After Marshadow was defeated, Cross watched as Ash challenged Ho-Oh to a battle. After Ash's battle concluded, Cross, having had a change of heart, said his goodbyes to Ash and his friends. As he left, Cross promised to challenge Ash to another battle after he got stronger, and told Ash not to lose again until that day comes.

Character

He is a boy that believes strength is everything and aims to become the ultimate Trainer. He abandoned his Charmander when he deemed it too weak and wouldn't listen when Ash told him that Pokémon and trainer have to work together to become strong.

Pokémon

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

On hand

		Lycanroc
		Lycanroc is Cross's first known Pokémon. Lycanroc first appeared when Cross encountered Ash, Verity, and Cross's former Charmander. Later on, Lycanroc found itself under the control of Marshadow, but it managed to break free from its control when Cross reminded it of how they first met. Lycanroc's known moves are Crush Claw,Snarl and Stone Edge.
Debut	I Choose You!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kaito Ishikawa

		Incineroar
		Incineroar is Cross's second known Pokémon. Incineroar was used in a battle against Ash and battled Charmeleon, eventually defeating it. Incineroar was later used in a rematch; Charmeleon evolved into Charizard, which led to Incineroar's defeat. Incineroar's known moves are Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Throat Chop, and Cross Chop.
Debut	I Choose You!
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Dan Green

Abandoned

		Charmander
		Main article: Ash's Charmander In the movie's continuity, which is separate from the main anime, Cross was Charmander's original Trainer, but he abandoned the Pokémon when he believed it to be too weak. Charmander was later found by Ash and it joined his team.
Debut	I Choose You!
Voice actors
Japanese	Shin'ichirō Miki
English	Billy Bob Thompson

Voice actors

In the manga

In the movie adaptations

Cross in I Choose You!

Cross appeared in manga adaptation of the 20th movie. While his role is mostly the same, he actually received his Charmander from Professor Oak in this version.

Pokémon

On hand

		Lycanroc
		Lycanroc is Cross's second known Pokémon. Lycanroc first appears when Cross encounters Ash, Verity and Cross's former Charmander. Later on, Lycanroc found itself under the control of Marshadow but broke free of its control when Cross reminded it of when they first met. None of Lycanroc's moves are known.
Debut	Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!

		Incineroar
		Incineroar is Cross's third known Pokémon. It was first used to battle Ash and his Charmeleon in a town. Later, Incineroar fought against Charmeleon again at Mount Tensei. It was defeated after Charmeleon evolved into a Charizard. Incineroar's known moves are Flamethrower, Throat Chop, and Cross Chop.
Debut	Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!

Abandoned

		Charmander
		Main article: Ash's Charmander Cross received Charmander from Professor Oak, but later abandoned it after deeming it too weak to use. Charmander was later found by Ash and it joined his team.
Debut	Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!

Trivia

• Cross's character and role bear a number of similarities to those of Damian in the original series.
• Cross's necklace bears the image of an Unown X.
• Cross is referred to as Kurosu on the Pokémon official site for Asia.

Names

This movie article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.