Team Break
| ||||||||||||
 Members of Team Break in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer | ||||||||||||
|
Team Break (Japanese:ブレイク団Break-dan, literallyBreak Gang) is thevillainous team onPasio. Their initial goal is to sabotage thePokémon Masters League. After that plan fails, they have no real goals or firm beliefs, simply causing trouble for others on the island. During theVillain Arc,Paulo takes over the remainder of the team and gives them a new goal: to destroy all evil in the world by destroying all the villainous teams on Pasio. However, they soon lose their loyalty to him and instead side withTeam Rocket for the rest of the arc.
Members of Team Break are known asMasked Men andMasked Women.
In the games
Pokémon Masters EX
Team Break appears inPokémon Masters EX. Their goal is to steal strong Pokémon from otherTrainers and sabotage thePokémon Masters League. Its members wear masks that resemble the team's logo turned sideways. In Chapter 9, one of these masks is able to control the body of whoever wears it without affecting their mind; however, there is no evidence of this happening in other masks. Members of Team Break joined the team willingly after being rejected by Lear in some way, such as being denied the opportunity to become PML Leaders.
 | This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Role in rest of the PML arc, the Villain Arc, and various events |
PML Arc
The player first encounters Team Break at the start of Chapter 2 when some of their members try to steal the player's Pokémon. With the help ofBarry andPaulo, they defeat the gang of members at a nearby cave hideout. In Chapter 7, Team Break lures the player's team andNorman into a cave and then blocks off the entrance in an attempt to get rid of Norman from the PML. However, they manage to defeat the thugs and find another way out. Team Break also reappears in Chapters 9 and 10 where they make further attempts to steal Trainer's Pokémon before being intervened by the player.
During the events of Interlude 2, Team Break manages to stealHoopa fromLear's royal manor and then forces Hoopa to teleport strong Pokémon against its will.Calem and the player's team infiltrate Team Break's hideout and defeat the thieves with the help ofCynthia. Lear,Rachel, andSawyer enter the hideout after it had been already cleared by the player and fail to locate the stolen Hoopa.
In Chapter 24, Team Break interrupts the PML battle between the player's team andElesa's team, intending to stop the PML by stealing everyone's Pokémon. Although they initially have the upper hand, Paulo comes with reinforcements and Team Break is ultimately defeated.
In Interlude 5, Team Break challenges Lear to come to them alone if he wants Hoopa back. In Interlude 6, Team Break takes on Lear with the Pokémon they had Hoopa teleport to Pasio. Using them, they're able to defeat Lear's Pokémon and capture him, taking him to their base.
Villain Arc
In other events
Team Break has also appeared in variousstory events andlegendary events. In the story eventShining Star, Team Break interrupts Elesa's fashion show demanding her sygna suit. They are eventually defeated by the player with the help of Elesa,Marley, andSkyla. In the legendary eventPure Hearts and Rainbow Wings, Team Break aims to recruitHo-Oh, but they are ultimately driven away by Ho-Oh.
In animation
Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer
Team Break briefly appeared in thePokémon Masters Animated Trailer in a montage.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブレイク団Team Break | Frombreak |
| English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | Team Break | Same as Japanese name |
| Korean | 브레이크단Break-dan | Same as Japanese name |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 破壞隊Pòhuài Duì | From 破壞pòhuài (to destroy) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 破壞隊Powaaih Déui | From 破壞powaaih (to destroy) |
Related articles
 Team Break | |||||
| Boss | Other members | ||||
 |  |  | |||
| Paulo(former) | Masked Men | Masked Women | |||
| Characters appearing inPokémon Masters EX | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
 | This article is part of bothProject CharacterDex andProject Sidegames,Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on characters in the spin-off games. |  |
