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Chili ポッドPod
Chili's model
No.	239
English voice actor	Unknown
Japanese voice actor	Shintarō Asanuma
Description	ThisFire-type expert from theUnova region works with his fellow triplets,Cilan andCress. He's a hothead who seeks to heat water to the perfect temperature.

Chili (Japanese:ポッドPod) is aPokémon Trainer inPokémon Masters EX, based on thecharacter of the same name in thecore seriesgames. He forms async pair withSimisear. This pair can be obtained through a limited varietysync pair scout beginning on October 23, 2025. This pair can be raised to6★ EX since it first released.

Simisear

			Type			Fire
			Move type			Fire
			Role			Strike (Physical)
			EX Role			Sprint
			Base Potential			★★★★★☆EX
Simisear♂		Weakness			Rock
A flame burns inside its body. It scatters embers from its head and tail to sear its opponents.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		646	356	160	268	160	332
Lv. 140, Max Potential		806	416	200	328	200	412
Mega Simisear
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Availability

Chili is exclusive to variety scouts. His offering rate was increased in the followingsync pair scouts:

He was also available in the following sync pair scouts:

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	BasePower	MaxPower	Accuracy	Target	Description
Dancing FlamesFlare Blitz	Fire	Physical	4	200	240	—	All opponents	Activation Condition: When a circle is applied to the allied field of play. Deactivation Condition: Cannot be deactivated. Removes the frozen condition from the user. Never misses. Lowers the target's Defense by one stat rank. Has a chance (10%) of leaving the target burned. The power and chance of applying additional effects of this move are not lowered even if there are multiple targets.
Unova Passion	None	Status	2 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Allied side	Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank. Applies Unova Circle (Physical) to the allied field of play. Unova Circle (Physical) grants all of the following effects: Powers up the physical attack moves and physical sync moves of all allied sync pairs by 10%. Reduces physical attack move and physical sync move damage taken by all allied sync pairs by 5%. The more sync pairs with the Unova theme that are on the allied field of play, the higher these percentages are. (Each additional sync pair powers up moves and sync moves by 10% and reduces damage by 3%. The maximum power-up is 40%, and the maximum damage reduction is 14%.)
Protect	Normal	Status	2 (1 use)	—	—	—	Self	Applies the Damage Guard Next effect to the user.
Keep It Burning!	None	Status	0 (1 use)	—	—	—	Self	Applies the Supereffective ↑ Next effect to the user. Applies the Free Move Next effect to the user. Increases the user's Sync Move ↑ Next effect by four ranks.
Sync moves
Burning Red Trouble Fire Impact	Fire	Physical	—	250	300	—	An opponent	(6★ EX effect: Sync moves will target all opposing sync pairs.) (EX role effect: The first time the user's sync move is used each battle, the sync move countdown is reduced by three.)

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Burning Up!	Increases the user's Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by two ranks when an ally applies a circle to the allied field of play.
The Perfect Temperature	Grants all of the following effects the first time the user uses Unova Passion each battle: Raises the user's Attack by four stat ranks. Raises the user's critical-hit rate by three stat ranks. Applies the Supereffective ↑ Next effect to the user.
Circle: Team All Stats ↓ Immunity	Stats cannot be lowered for all allied sync pairs when a circle applies to the allied field of play.
Theme Skills
Fire Strike	Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 30 when using Fire-type attacks.
Unova Strike	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 8.
Gym Leader Strike	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 8.
Cook Strike	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 9.
Expedition Skills
Fiery ↑ 1Wistful ↑ 1	Raises the following discovery levels by 1: •Fiery Crystal •Wistful Crystal

Sync grid

Thesync grid for Chili & Simisear is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.

Appearances

Battle appearances

Chili & Simisear can be battled against in:

• Battle Rally (as a side foe; Area 1–9)
• Academy events (since March 31, 2025)
• Costume event:Curious Tea Party (as a side foe; March 31 to May 4, 2022; April 22 to May 8, 2023)
• High score event:Fire-Type Masters (November 8 to 22, 2023)
• Solo event:Triple Hospitality (as a side foe; October 23 to November 10, 2025)
• High score event:Fire and Flying Conqueror (November 2 to 11, 2025)

Story appearances

Chili appears in his normal outfit in the following story areas:

• Costume events:
  • Curious Tea Party
  • Sonia's Party Prep—The Finest Tea (flashback)
• Trainer Files:Akala Passion
• Story event:Mischievous Lacey
• Solo event:Triple Hospitality

Sync pair stories

• A Day with Chili

Quotes

Main article:Chili/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX

In animation

Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Chili briefly appeared in thePokémon Masters Animated Trailer as part of a team with his brothersCilan andCress.

Gallery

VS model (Normal colors)	6★ model (Normal colors)	6★ model (EX colors)	VS model (EX colors)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!	Trainer emote Let's do this!	Trainer emote Thanks!	Chili's sync move mindscape (Striaton Gym)

Trivia

• Chili,Cilan, andCress were the last trainers presented in thePokémon Masters Animated Trailer to become playable in the game, over six years after the game's release.
• Chili, Cilan, and Cress have the longest gap between their debut as anNPC and their release as a playable character of anyone based on acore series character inPokémon Masters EX at1303 days. They first appeared as NPCs in the eventCurious Tea Party on March 31, 2022, and they became playable on October 23, 2025.
• All versions of Chili use special voice-over lines upon entering a team that contains certain Trainers (regardless of their partner Pokémon) and victory with them. Those Trainers includeCilan,Cress, andArven.
• Chili is the only member of the Striaton Triplets to not match his artwork and Sync Pair Scout pose for his 6EX pose.

Origin

Chili's design is based on his appearance inPokémon Black, White,Black 2, and White 2. Simisear is Chili's signature Pokémon in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. Simisear'sDex entry comes from Pokémon White.

In other languages

This game character article is part ofProject CharacterDex, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in thePokémon games.

• Characters with an unknown English voice actor
• Masters EX characters
• Game characters
• Gym Leaders
• Fire-type Trainers