Cress

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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 . He gives the to s who defeat him.
==In the core series games==
Cress appears in 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 . Cress battles Trainers who choose as their first partner Pokémon. Trainers who defeat him will receive the Trio Badge, along with .
During the two years between and , Cress, along with his brothers, retired from being Gym Leaders to train following a crushing defeat in the hands of the Shadow Triad, as seen in the Memory Link flashback . The three brothers can be found at their restaurant in Striaton City, where the player can, once per day, team up with one of them against the other two in a Multi Battle. Cress also participates in the Pokémon World Tournament in Driftveil City.
===Pokémon===
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=====Multi Battle=====
Cress can either be partnered with the player, or be one of their opponents.
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=====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, .
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===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 . He first appeared in the Curious Tea Party costume event, and later in the Akala Passion Trainer Files event. He forms a sync pair with .
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Official artwork from
===Sprites and models===
====In the core series====
 	 	 	 	
Sprite from	Sprite from	Overworld sprite from	Back sprite from	VS sprite from
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Model from	VS model from
==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====Pokémon the Series: Black & White====
Cress debuted in Triple Leaders, Team Threats! alongside his brothers, and fellow Gym Leaders and Chili. Along with Chili, he first appeared when Cilan brings 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 , despite his Panpour's type disadvantage. At the beginning of Dreams by the Yard Full!, he and his brothers presented the to Ash. Later, he and Chili said goodbye to Cilan, who had decided to travel with Ash and .
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.
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 made a cameo appearance in the ending Let's Join Hands.
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.
====Pokémon movies====
Cress also made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Genesect and the Legend Awakened.
====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 in :
		
====Voice actors====
===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 , Cress appears along with his brothers Cilan and Chili. They are seen in PMBW02, where and his Pokémon visit a restaurant owned by the three brothers. 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 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, 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 s 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.
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Cress debuted in Welcome to Striaton City!!, where the Striaton Gym was visited by a young Trainer named . Although only Black challenged the Gym, his friends and 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 was knocked out. Despite this, the battle ended in the Striaton Gym Leaders' loss when Black's Tep used '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 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, , , and , to step in and rescue it, using their swords to send both the Gym Leaders and Shadow Triad flying.
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In Giant Chasm, Cress and his brothers were seen in Opelucid City helping people trapped in buildings frozen by the Plasma Frigate.
====Pokémon====
==In the TCG==
Cress was introduced as a 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 expansion before debuting in English in the expansion, with an illustration by Yusuke Ohmura. It was also released as a and in both expansions, with an illustration by Sanosuke Sakuma. It allows the player to search for up to three Pokémon and put them into their hand, then shuffle their deck.
==Trivia==
* Cress's Japanese Leader title, shared with Cilan and Chili, is .
* Cress is the only Gym Leader whom has not beaten an official Gym but not needed to rematch in order to earn their Badge, as he earned the by beating Chili and 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==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	コーン Corn 	From , matching to his brothers being named after varieties of maize. May also involve and 湖 ko (lake).
English, BrazilianPortuguese	Cress 	From or
German 	Colin 	From Maiskolben (corncob), matching to his brothers being named Maik (Chili) and Benny (Cilan)
Spanish 	Maíz 	From maíz (corn)
Spanish 	Cress 	From his English name
French 	Noa 	From noix (; )
Italian 	Maisello 	From mais (corn)
Korean 	콘 Kon 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	寇恩 Kòu'ēn 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	寇恩 Kauyān 	Mandarin-based transcription of his Japanese name
Vietnamese 	Kon 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Black and White characters
Category:Black 2 and White 2 characters
Category:Masters EX characters
Category:Animation characters
Category:Water-type Trainers
Category:Multi Battle partners
Category:Gym Leaders
Category:Manga characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Pocket Monsters BW characters
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