Cress

Template:GymLeaderBox Cress (Japanese: コーン Koon) is one of the famous Striaton City Gym Leader trio, along with his brothers, Cilan and Chili. Out of Grass, Fire, and Water-types, Cress prefers Water. If the player picks Tepig as his/her Starter Pokémon, Cress will battle the player at the Striaton City Gym with his Panpour. He will award the player the Trio Badge if the player defeats him.

In Game

Cress is the first gym leader in Unova, but only if Tepig is chosen as the starter Pokémon. When the Gym Leaders are recruited by Bianca to battle Team Plasma, she could not reach the trio due to being late.

In Black 2 and White 2, he's no longer a Gym Leader. If Memory Link is used, it is shown in a flashback that the trio begin to question their strength after being unable to battle Team Plasma, as general opinion is that it needs the three of them to make a good trainer, and discuss what needs to be done to correct that. Suddenly the Shadow Triad assaults them on a "whim", and both sides engage in a Battle. However the Shadow Triad easily defeats the Gym Leaders, which makes them leave so as to check on the other Gym Leaders that can be a true threat. The humiliating defeat, makes them admit they can only succeed as a trio. They then decide to resign as Gym Leaders and restart their training from scratch, so that eventually one of them can become a recognized trainer, then when their strengths match each other again, they can be a trio of Gym Leaders once more. They then think on who will be the new Gym Leader.

Strategy

All of this is true in the anime but not in the game.

Cress prefers to be cool like a glass of water and his Panpour feels the same. He will try to confuse you with Double Team at the start, following it up with Water Gun and Mud Sport. He is one of the hardest to beat so be careful. Cress seems to enjoy bragging about his Panpour.

Sprites

BW battle sprite		VS. Sprite		B2W2 battle sprite

In the anime

He battled against Ash as well in the anime because Ash wanted to battle all three of the Trio. However, Cress defeated Ash's Pikachu using his powerful and strategetic Panpour. His English Voice Actor is Tom Wayland.

Cress reappeared in BW060, where he 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 in order to study but ran away. Chili had asked him the night why he kept losing. Cress had told him he focused too much on offense with 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 in the anime

Pokémon

In the games

Pokémon Black and White

Lillipup		Panpour
Lv. 12	♂	Lv. 14	♂
Ability: Pickup		Ability: Gluttony
Item: None		Item: None
-		Work Up		-	-	-	-
-		Lick		-	-	-	-
-		Fury Swipes		-	-	-	-
-		Water Gun		-	-	-	-

Pokémon Black and White Versions 2

Gym Battle

File:Basculin BW.gif Basculin		Slowking		Simipour
Lv. 65	♂	Lv. 65	♂	Lv. 67	♂
Ability: Reckless		Ability: Thick Fat		Ability: Gluttony
Item: Muscle Band		Item: Leftovers		Item: Life Orb
-		Scald		Scald		-	-	-
-		Psychic		Ice Beam		-	-	-
-		Flamethrower		Crunch		-	-	-
-		Calm Mind		Work Up		-	-	-

Water-type Tournament

Simipour		Crawdaunt		Samurott		Azumarill		Slowking		Seismitoad
Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂
Ability: Gluttony		Ability: Hyper Cutter		Ability: Torrent		Ability: Thick Fat		Ability: Oblivious		Ability: Swift Swim
Item: Water Gem		Item: Choice Scarf		Item: Leftovers		Item: Choice Band		Item: Expert Belt		Item: Rindo Berry
-		Crunch		Razor Shell		Aqua Jet		Psychic		Hydro Pump
-		Waterfall		Megahorn		Aqua Tail		Blizzard		Poison Jab
-		Brick Break		Aqua Jet		Superpower		Fire Blast		Earth Power
-		Guillotine		Revenge		Giga Impact		Nasty Plot		Rain Dance

Unova Gym Leader Tournament

Simipour		Golduck		Floatzel		Azumarill		Slowking		File:Basculin BW.gif Basculin
Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂
Ability: Gluttony		Ability: Damp		Ability: Swift Swim		Ability: Thick Fat		Ability: Oblivious		Ability: Reckless
Item: Water Gem		Item: Petaya Berry		Item: Liechi Berry		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: Lum Berry		Item: Salac Berry
-		Hydro Pump		Waterfall		Aqua Tail		Scald		Aqua Tail
-		Psychic		Ice Punch		Brick Break		Psychic		Crunch
-		Ice Beam		Brick Break		Bulldoze		Yawn		Double-Edge
-		Calm Mind		Bulk Up		Rollout		Calm Mind		Flail

In the anime

Pokémon	Information
File:Corn Hiyappu.png		Panpour is Cress's Main Pokémon and was used in battle against Ash's Pikachu. It has numerous deception style moves such as Double Team and has a powerful Water Gun and Mud Sport which were used to knock out Ash's favored Pikachu. This was somewhat ironic, because electric types are supposedly super-effective against water types. Panpour knows the moves Double Team, Scratch, Water Gun and Mud Sport.
Panpour

Episode Appearances

• BW005: Triple Leaders, Team Threats
• BW006: Dreams by the Yard Full!
• BW019: A Connoisseur's Revenge! (Cameo, Flashback)
• BW060: A Call for Brotherly Love!

Voice Actors

• English: Tom Wayland
• Japanese: Makoto Ishii
• Spanish: Manuel Diaz
• Iberian Spanish: Sergio Garcia-Marin

Trivia

• At a first glance Cress can be considered Falkner's relative due to appearance similarity.
• His name comes from the aquatic plant Watercress.
• Notably, the hair of Cilan, Chili, and Cress all resembles the hairstyle of the Elemental Monkeys' evolutions.

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