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{{Search|female protagonist whose default name is {{j|クリス}} in the Japanese version of {{game|Crystal}}|the male player character in {{game|Crystal}} with the same Japanese name|Ethan (game)}}
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{{CharInfobox|
color={{crystal color}} |
corecolor={{crystal color light}} |
bordercolor={{crystal color dark}} |
name=Kris |
jname=クリス |
tmname=Kris |
slogan=no |
image=Crystal Kris.png |
size=155px |
caption=Art from {{v2|Crystal}} |
gender=Female |
hometown=[[New Bark Town]] |
region=[[Johto]] |
relatives={{jo|Mom}} |
colors=yes |
eyes=Blue |
hair=Teal{{tt|*|Main Sugimori artwork}}, Navy Blue{{tt|*|Other Sugimori artwork}} |
trainer=yes |
trainerclass=[[Pokémon Trainer]], [[player character]] |
game=yes |
generation=[[Generation II|II]] |
games={{v2|Crystal}}, [[Pokémon Stadium 2]] |
leader=no |
anime=counterpart |
animecounterpart={{jo|Marina}} |
epnum=The Legend of Thunder! |
epname=The Legend of Thunder! |
manga=counterpart |
mangacounterpart={{adv|Crystal}}, {{OBP|Chris|Golden Boys}} |
roundnum=PS117 |
roundname=VS. Slugma |
}}

'''Kris''' (Japanese: '''{{j|クリス}}''' ''Kris'') is the female playable character in {{game|Crystal}}. Her male counterpart is {{ga|Ethan}}.

She was the first female player character in the [[core series]] games, a feature that would be carried on in subsequent game releases.

As she only appears in {{game|Crystal}}, she has the fewest appearances by a player character in the core series. In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, she is replaced by {{ga|Lyra}}.

==Storyline in the games==
Kris's journey as a [[Pokémon Trainer]] begins when [[Professor Elm]] asks her to run an errand for [[Mr. Pokémon]], who lives north of [[Cherrygrove City]]. Because she may encounter dangerous [[wild Pokémon]] along the way, Elm gives her a choice between three Pokémon to protect her: {{p|Cyndaquil}}, {{p|Totodile}}, or {{p|Chikorita}}.

Kris meets a boy watching Elm's Lab from outside. When she tries to talk to him, the boy abruptly shoves her away. The boy, {{ga|Silver}}, will become Kris's rival, analogous to {{ga|Blue}} in [[Generation I]].

Kris continues onward and finally meets Mr. Pokémon and completes her errand. While there she meets [[Professor Oak]] who, upon realizing Kris's bond with her new Pokémon, gives her a [[Pokédex]]. On her way back home, Kris again meets Silver, who has stolen one of Elm's remaining Pokémon. After defeating the boy in battle, she learns his name and relays it to the police in New Bark Town. Professor Elm allows Kris to keep the Pokémon she chose earlier, and encourages her to compete in the [[Johto League]].

From there Kris begins on a Pokémon journey in the [[Johto]] [[region]], facing off against its eight [[Gym Leader]]s, defeating and disbanding the newly reformed [[Team Rocket]], and becoming [[Pokémon Champion|Pokémon League Champion]] by defeating the [[Elite Four]] and its previous Champion, [[Lance]] at [[Indigo Plateau]]. Along the way she also teaches Silver to respect Pokémon as living creatures and not just as tools for battle. Kris also uncovered the mystery of the [[Bell Tower|Tin Tower]] and its legendary Pokémon, {{p|Entei}}, {{p|Suicune}}, and {{p|Raikou}}.

After being declared the Pokémon League Champion, Kris then takes a short trip on a ship, the [[S.S. Aqua]], from [[Olivine City]] to [[Vermilion City]] in [[Kanto]]. Journeying across that region, she battles against its own set of eight Gym Leaders, including two new faces, [[Janine]], who replaced her father [[Koga]] on his promotion to the Elite Four, and {{ga|Blue}}, who was formerly Pokémon League Champion himself, and replaced [[Giovanni]] after the latter fled. Upon getting permission from [[Professor Oak]] in [[Pallet Town]], Kris heads for [[Mt. Silver]] via {{rt|28|Kanto}}. Her journey comes to a close when she faces the Champion from Pallet Town Pokémon Trainer {{ga|Red}} deep in Mt. Silver Cave, who had been training there since shortly after he became Pokémon League Champion [[Generation I|three years prior]].

==Artwork==
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{Crystal color dark}}; background: #{{Crystal color}}; font-size:80%"
|-
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{crystal color dark}}; background: #{{crystal color light}}" | [[File:Cryskris.png|100px]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{crystal color dark}}; background: #{{crystal color light}}" | [[File:Game Freak Kris.jpg|200px]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{crystal color dark}}; background: #{{crystal color light}}" | [[File:Kris Portrait.png|150px]]
|-
| Walking
| Relaxing with {{color2|000|Togepi (Pokémon)|Togepi}}
| Using the {{color2|000|PokéGear}} with {{color2|000|Misdreavus (Pokémon)|Misdreavus}}
| Posing for a portrait
|}

===Sprites===
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{Crystal color dark}}; background: #{{Crystal color}}; font-size:80%"
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{crystal color dark}}; background: #{{crystal color light}}; width:80px; height:80px" | [[File:Spr C Kris.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{crystal color dark}}; background: #{{crystal color light}}; width:80px" | [[File:Kris OD.png]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{crystal color dark}}; background: #{{crystal color light}}; width:80px" | [[File:C Kris Back.png]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{crystal color dark}}; background: #{{crystal color light}}; width:80px" | [[File:S2 Kris.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{crystal color dark}}; background: #{{crystal color light}}; width:80px" | [[File:Unused HGSS PokéGear Icon for Kris.png]]
|-
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Crystal Version|Crystal}}
| Overworld sprite from<br> {{color2|000|Pokémon Crystal Version|Crystal}}
| Back sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Crystal Version|Crystal}}
| Portrait from the credits in<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon Stadium 2|Stadium 2}}
| {{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver beta|Unused}} {{color2|000|PokéGear}} icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
|}

==Optional names==
{| style="float:left; background: #{{crystal color light}}; {{roundy|10px}}; border: 3px solid #{{crystal color}}"
|- style="text-align:center"
! Japanese
! English
! French
! German
! Italian
! Spanish
|- style="background: #FFF"
|クリス ''Kris''<br>チホ ''Chiho''<br>キヨミ ''Kiyomi''<br>サトコ ''Satoko''
|Kris<br>Amanda<br>Juana<br>Jodi
|Christy<br>Sophie<br>Nicole<br>Jeanne
|Krista<br>Sina<br>Mandy<br>Tabitha
|Kristy<br>Gaia<br>Cinzia<br>Luisa
|Cristi<br>María<br>Susana<br>Yolanda
|}{{-}}

==Counterparts==
[[File:Marina Johto.png|thumb|220px|{{jo|Marina}}, Kris's anime counterpart]]
===In the anime===
{{main|Marina (Johto)}}
{{jo|Marina}}, one of the main characters in ''[[The Legend of Thunder!]]'', is the {{pkmn|anime}} counterpart of Kris. In her debut, Marina is presented as a girl who dreams of becoming famous with the help of {{cat|Marina's Pokémon|her Pokémon}}. In her latest appearances, she was shown to be a talented [[Pokémon Coordinator]], having won the [[Grand Festival]] to become a [[Top Coordinator]]. She is friends with {{jo|Jimmy}} and [[Vincent]].

===In the manga===
====In the Pokémon Adventures manga====
{{Main|Crystal (Adventures)}}
{{adv|Crystal}} from the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga is based on Kris's design. She is unique among all [[Pokédex holder]]s in the sense that her primary goal is to fill the [[Pokédex]].

====In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga====
{{Main|Chris (Golden Boys)}}
{{GnB|Chris}} from the [[Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys|Golden Boys]] manga is based on Kris.

==Trivia==
[[File:Crystal prototype FC.png|thumb|Screenshots of an earlier design for a female protagonist]]
* Kris is the first playable female character in [[Pokémon games]], a feature included in all traditional Pokémon RPGs since. Despite this, the female choice in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} is {{ga|Lyra}}, who was designed from scratch by [[Takao Unno]].
** However, an unused PokéGear icon in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, resembling Kris rather than Lyra, suggests that this was decided at a later point of development.
* Several [[Pokémon Crystal beta#Female character|pre-release]] screenshots for {{game|Crystal}} show an earlier design for a female protagonist.
* Kris's alternate Japanese names would later be shared with {{ga|Leaf}}, {{ga|Dawn}}, and {{ga|Lyra}}.
* Kris is the only playable character in the core series to be exclusive to a solitary version.

===Name origin===
Kris does not have an official name due to her lack of name in the internal game data and the fact she does not appear as a non-player character. Instead, the name Kris comes from the back of the American Pokémon Crystal version's boxart. The name Kris is also the first default 
name.

==Names==
{| class="roundy" style="float:left; background: #{{crystal color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{crystal color}}"
|- style="text-align:center"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background: #FFF"
|Japanese
| クリス ''Kris''
| From ''crystal''.
|- style="background: #FFF"
| English
| Kris
| Same as Japanese name.
|-style="background: #FFF"
| French
| Christy 
| Similar to Japanese name.
|- style="background: #FFF"
| German
| Krista
| Similar to Japanese name.
|- style="background: #FFF"
| Italian
| Kristy
| Similar to Japanese name.
|- style="background: #FFF"
| Spanish
| Cristi
| Similar to Japanese name.
|}

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[[ja:クリス (ゲーム)]]
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