Kris (game)

The subject of this article has no official name. The name currently in use is a fan designator; see below for more information.

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Kris クリス Kris
Art from Crystal
Gender	Female
Hometown	New Bark Town
Region	Johto
Relatives	Mom
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer, Player character
Generation	II
Games	Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2
Anime counterpart	Marina
Counterpart debut	The Legend of Thunder!
Manga counterpart(s)	Crystal, Chris

Kris (Japanese: クリス Kris) is the female playable character in Pokémon Crystal. Her male counterpart is Ethan. She is from New Bark Town.

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

As she only appears in Pokémon Crystal, she has the fewest appearances by a player character in the main series. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, she is replaced by 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: Cyndaquil, Totodile or 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, Silver, will become Kris's rival, analogous to 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 Leaders, defeating and disbanding the newly reformed Team Rocket, and becoming 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 Tin Tower and its legendary Pokémon, Entei, Suicune, and 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 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 Route 28. Her journey comes to a close when she faces the Champion from Pallet Town Pokémon Trainer Red deep in Mt. Silver Cave, who had been training there since shortly after he became Pokémon League Champion three years prior.

Artwork

Walking	Relaxing

Sprites

Kris's sprite from Crystal	Kris's back sprite from Crystal	Kris's overworld sprite from Crystal

Optional names

Japanese	English	French	German	Italian	Spanish
クリス Kris チホ Chiho キヨミ Kiyomi サトコ Satoko	Kris Amanda Juana Jodi	Christy Sophie Nicole Jeanne	Krista Sina Mandy Tabitha	Kristy Gaia Cinzia Luisa	Cristi María Susana Yolanda

Counterparts

In the anime

Main article: Marina (Johto)

Marina, Kris's anime counterpart

Kris, like the other in-game characters, has an anime counterpart in Marina. However, the two are not interchangeable and neither name applies to both, much like the case with Ash and Red.

In the manga

Kris, like most player characters, also has several counterparts in the various Pokémon manga series. Even though her male counterpart has a counterpart in Pokémon Pocket Monsters, her counterpart is absent in the series.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Crystal (Adventures)

Crystal from the Pokémon Adventures manga is based on Kris's design. She is unique among all Pokédex holders in the sense that her primary goal is to fill the Pokédex.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Chris (Golden Boys)

Chris from the Golden Boys manga is based on Kris.

Trivia

Screenshots of an earlier design for Kris

• 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 Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver is Lyra, who was designed from scratch by Takao Unno.
• Several pre-release screenshots for Pokémon Crystal show an earlier design for Kris, which slightly resembles an unnamed female character shown in early pre-release materials for Gold and Silver.
• Kris's alternate Japanese names would later be shared with Leaf, Dawn, and Lyra.
• Kris is the only player character to have no official name given to her because of 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

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	クリス Kris	From crystal.
English	Kris	Same as Japanese name.
French	Christy	Similar to Japanese name.
German	Krista	Similar to Japanese name.
Italian	Kristy	Similar to Japanese name.
Spanish	Cristi	Similar to Japanese name.

Player characters
Core series Red • Leaf • Ethan • Kris • Lyra • Brendan • May • Lucas • Dawn Hilbert • Hilda • Nate • Rosa • Calem • Serena • Elio • Selene Chase • Elaine • Victor • Gloria • Rei • Akari • Florian • Juliana Side series Wes • Michael • Nate • Cyndy Spin-off games Mark • Mint • Todd Snap • Lucy Fleetfoot Lunick • Solana • Kellyn • Kate • Ben • Summer Hero • Heroine • Tim Goodman • Scottie • Bettie

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.