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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
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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.

Images (13)

Cress in the anime

Pokémon

In the games

Pokémon Black and White

Lillipup BW
Lillipup
 Type Normal 
Panpour BW
Panpour
 Type Water 
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 Type  
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 Type  
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 Type  
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 Type  
Lv. 12 Lv. 14 Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? -
Ability: Pickup Ability: Gluttony Ability: None Ability: None Ability: None Ability: None
Item: ? Item: None Item: ? Item: ? Item: ? Item: ?
Work Up Work Up - - - -
Helping Hand Lick - - - -
Odor Sleuth Fury Swipes - - - -
Bite Water Gun - - - -

Pokémon Black and White Versions 2

Gym Battle
File:Basculin BW.gif
Basculin
 Type Water 
Slowking BW
Slowking
 Type Water Type Psychic 
Simipour BW
Simipour
 Type Water 
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 Type  
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 Type  
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[[]]
 Type  
Lv. 65 Lv. 65 Lv. 67 Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? -
Ability: Reckless Ability: Thick Fat Ability: Gluttony Ability: None Ability: None Ability: None
Item: ? Item: Leftovers Item: Life Orb Item: ? Item: ? Item: ?
Aqua Tail Scald Scald - - -
Double-Edge Psychic Ice Beam - - -
Ice Beam Flamethrower Crunch - - -
Swagger Calm Mind Work Up - - -
Water-type Tournament
Simipour BW
Simipour
 Type Water 
Crawdaunt BW
Crawdaunt
 Type Water Type Dark 
Samurott BW
Samurott
 Type Water 
Azumarill BW
Azumarill
 Type Water 
Slowking BW
Slowking
 Type Water Type Psychic 
Seismitoad BW
Seismitoad
 Type Water Type Ground 
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: ? Item: Choice Scarf Item: Leftovers Item: Choice Band Item: Expert Belt Item: Rindo Berry
Hydro Pump Crunch Razor Shell Aqua Jet Psychic Hydro Pump
Low Kick Waterfall Megahorn Aqua Tail Blizzard Poison Jab
Acrobatics Brick Break Aqua Jet Superpower Fire Blast Earth Power
Crunch Guillotine Revenge Giga Impact Nasty Plot Rain Dance
Unova Gym Leader Tournament
Simipour BW
Simipour
 Type Water 
Golduck BW
Golduck
 Type Water 
Floatzel BW
Floatzel
 Type Water 
Azumarill BW
Azumarill
 Type Water 
Slowking BW
Slowking
 Type Water Type Psychic 
File:Basculin BW.gif
Basculin
 Type Water 
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: ? Item: Petaya Berry Item: Liechi Berry Item: Sitrus Berry Item: Lum Berry Item: Salac Berry
Hydro Pump Hydro Pump Waterfall Aqua Tail Scald Aqua Tail
Grass Knot Psychic Ice Punch Brick Break Psychic Crunch
Acrobatics Ice Beam Brick Break Bulldoze Yawn Double-Edge
Work Up Calm Mind Bulk Up Rollout Calm Mind Flail

In the anime

Pokémon Information
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

Gallery

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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