Cress

Cress コーン Corn
"Trial triangle"
Artwork from Black and White
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Blue
Hometown	Striaton City
Region	Unova
Relatives	Cilan, Chili (brothers)
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	V
Games	Black and White
Leader of	Striaton Gym
Badge	Trio Badge
Specializes in	Template:Type2s
Anime debut	BW005
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	Makoto Ishii

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 Template:Type2 Pokémon. He gives the Trio Badge to Trainers, that chose Tepig as their starter Pokémon, if they defeat him.

In the 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 the player if Tepig is the chosen starter Pokémon. Trainers who defeat him will receive the Trio Badge, along with TM83 (Work Up).

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Gym match

Leader Cress Striaton Gym Black and White Leader and Professor Cress Oak Striaton Gym Black and White Reward: $1680

Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Pickup Held item: None Lillipup♂ Lv.12 Work Up Normal Status   --       Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Odor Sleuth Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Types: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Panpour♂ Lv.14 Work Up Normal Status   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Water Gun Water Special   --

Sprites

Cress's sprite from Generation V	Cress's VS sprite from Generation V

Quotes

• Before battle:

"Thats correct! It shall be I and my esteemed Water types that you must face in battle! What incredible luck for you.. You get to face the best among the three of us."

• During battle:

"I see... That might be a good attack."

• After sending out last Pokemon:

"I'll put all of my hopes on my last Pokemon!"

• After being defeated:

"Lose? Me? I don't believe this."

In the anime

Cress in the anime

Cress appears in BW005 alongside fellow Gym Leaders Cilan and Chili. Along with Chili, he makes his first appearance when serving Ash. Ash declines saying he wants to battle the Gym Leader and the three brothers introduce themselves. They followed Ash to the battleground where they revealed their Pokémon.

He was the second to battle Ash, and won. He appears in BW006 where he says goodbye to Cilan, who decided to travel with Ash and Iris.

He, 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. All the brothers tend to use hand positions like rock, paper, and scissors - in Cress's case, he tends to accentuate words with his palms.

Pokémon

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

Panpour

Debut	BW005
Voice actors
Japanese	Kiyotaka Furushima

Panpour is Cress's only known Pokémon. It first appeared when Cress showed what Pokémon he has and Ash scans it on his Pokédex. It was shown to be an extremely powerful Pokémon. able to defeat Pikachu without suffering any damage. It was the second Pokémon to face Ash in his gym battle, Ash used Pikachu. Panpour's Double Team confused Pikachu, after which Panpour landed a powerful Scratch. Pikachu tried to use Thunderbolt, but Panpour's Water Gun hit Pikachu before he could execute his move. Pikachu then tried a Volt Tackle, but Panpour's Mud Sport stopped Pikachu in his tracks, after which another Water Gun knocked him out.

Panpour's known moves are Double Team, Scratch, Water Gun and Mud Sport.

In the manga

In the Pocket Monsters BW manga

In the Pocket Monsters BW manga, Cress appears along with his brothers Cilan and Chili. They are seen in PMBW03, where Isamu Akai 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.

Panpour

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Cress, along with his brothers, are first seen when Black sets out on his journey to beat the Pokémon League.

Pokémon

This listing is for Cress's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Panpour

Trivia

• His Japanese Leader title, shared with Cilan and Chili, is トライアル　トライアングル.
• Cress's hair resembles the smooth waves of water, much like how Cilan and Chili have hairstyles according to the type they specialize in.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	コーン Corn	From Corn, similar to Dent and Pod. May also refer to tricorn.
English	Cress	From Garden cress and Watercress. Related to Cilan's and Chili's names.

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

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.