Editing Chili

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'''Chili''' is one of the three gym leaders of Striaton City's Pokémon gym who collectively count as the first gym leader who must be battled within the Unova Region, acting as a potential opponent in ''[[Pokémon: Black and White Versions]]''. Chili specializes in fire-type Pokémon.

Chili, along with his brothers [[Cilan]] and [[Cress]], became the gym leaders of the Striaton Gym together. They were also chefs, and the gym doubled as a restaurant. Chili was particularly arrogant and considered himself to be the strongest of the brothers. The three of them each specialized in a type that was part of a triangle which matched the traditional starter Pokémon types. Rather than forcing challengers to battle all three of them, the brothers would see which starter Pokémon the challenger had, and then the challenger would have to face the brother who had the type advantage over them. Victorious challengers would earn the Trio Badge.

The three brothers were presumably present when the gym leaders had a meeting about [[Team Plasma]]. Bianca later went around gathering all of the gym leaders when [[N]]'s Castle arose at the Pokémon league, but she went to Striaton last, and the brothers wound up being the only gym leaders who did not make it in time. If Hilbert/Hilda revisited the gym later, Chili would note that the trainer's fire now burns much more intensely than it used to.

 

 

One year after their resignation, they could be found at the restaurant in ''Black and White 2''. The player could team up with any of the three of them to battle the other two in a Multi Battle on a daily basis. Chili also entered the Pokémon World Tournament, competing in the Unova Leaders, World Leaders and Type Expert Tournaments.

In ''Black'' and ''White'', Chili uses [[Lillipup]] and [[Pansear]] in battle. In ''Black 2'' and ''White 2'', he uses [[Heatmor]], [[Darmanitan]] and [[Simisear]] for Multi Battles.

 

 

 

In ''[[Pokémon Masters EX]]'', Chili and his brothers have made appearances in some of the games' events, with Pansear being shown as Chili's sync partner. Chili initially appeared with his brothers in the "Curious Tea Party" Costume Event, in which they had recently arrived at Pasio and were excited about the tea party being held by [[Sonia (Pokemon)|Sonia]]. They presented a challenge as part of the tea party. The brothers also appeared in "Trainer Files: Akala Passion", in which they worked together to prepare specialty tea for [[Lana (Pokemon)|Lana]], [[Mallow (Pokemon)|Mallow]] and [[Kiawe]], which inspired Mallow to work with her friends on a dish.

 

*In the ''Pokémon'' anime, the brothers first appeared in a two-part episode, where they initially served Ash food until he demanded to meet the gym leader. Ash actually had to fight all three of them, and Chili was the first of the three to be defeated by him. He reappeared in a later episode where he had run away from the gym after being offended by Cress's attempt at constructive criticism of his skill (saying that he focused too much on offense over defense) and claimed he was only advancing his studies. His insecurities about his Pansear caused it to run away after losing again to Ash. Cilan soon learned of Chili's situation and helped him to find Pansear, then to improve by teaching Pansear SolarBeam. The Pokémon improved to the point where it defeated Ash's [[Oshawott]], which restored Chili's confidence. In another episode, Chili and Cress made a bet with a trainer named Morana that she could take over their gym if she beat all three of them in battle. Morana beat the both of them, and they sought out Cilan to save their gym. Cilan was able to succeed by defeating Morana.

*In the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, the Striaton trio appeared and were challenged early in the ''Black''/''White'' arc. The battle was actually a three-on-three battle where Black, [[Bianca]] and [[Cheren]] faced the three gym leaders. Chili's Pansear was the only Pokémon to be defeated (by [[Oshawott]]'s scalchop) which caused the other team to win. The brothers later battled the Shadow Triad and were overwhelmed until [[Keldeo]] suddenly saved them. The Shadow Triad turned their sights on Keldeo, but this attracted the attention of [[Cobalion]], [[Virizion]] and [[Terrakion]], who sent both the brothers and the Shadow Triad flying. The brothers later had a minor appearance in the ''Black 2''/''White 2'' arc helping with damage control.

*He is named after the type of dish called "chili", likely because of its spiciness which corresponds to his affinity with heat. His Japanese name is Pod, in reference to pod corn, with each of the brothers being named after a type of corn.