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Team Flare (in Japanese: フレア団 Flare-dan, literally Flare Gang) are the main antagonists of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. Their goals involve making money and aiming for a more "beautiful world" by using the Ultimate Weapon to wipe out all life.
In Pokémon Legends Z-A, a second genearation of Team Flare going by the name Flare Nouveau was formed in an attempt to salvage the organization's reputation after Lysandre's failed attempt to destroy Kalos with the Ultimate Weapon.
Biography[]
Pokémon X/Pokémon Y[]
Team Flare appears in X and Y. Their goal is to produce money, while also aiming for a "beautiful and better" world. They are first encountered in Glittering Cave where they attempt to steal the fossils of the researcher who resides there. They are stopped by the player. Once defeated they are in next scene in Route 10, examining the mysterious rock formation. The player is spotted by one grunt who wants revenge for ruining their plans in Glittering Cave. Once defeated they are next spotted in Geosenge Town, where they are examining the rock formations there. In Route 13, they are found ciphering electricity from the power plant and blocking the entrance to Lumiose City as well as causing a black-out across the city, preventing the player from accessing the fifth gym. They are eventually stopped once more by the player. They do not appear again until the player has received their seventh badge from the Anistar City gym where Team Flare's leader Lysandre sends out a live broadcast to all trainers via the holo caster, telling them that Team Flare plans on wiping out all life on the earth by using the "ultimate weapon". A machine built by the king of Kalos, 3,000 years ago that exterminated all life in Kalos for many years and using the legendary Pokémon of Kalos to activate it by going to Lysandre Labs in Lumiose City, where the player watches as the weapon emerges from the ground of Geosenge Town. Lysandre is eventually forced to cease operation once the player defeats him and is chosen by the legendary Pokémon to save Kalos. Lysandre using what remains of the legendary Pokémon's Power in the machine to destroy it and crush himself as well. After Lysandre is buried under rubbed due to firing the ultimate weapon.
Some time after the incident with the Ultimate Machine, Team Flare's leading scientist Xerosic tried to continue his research on the Expansion Suit, a full body armor that granted the user superhuman abilities. Xerosic tricked a homeless girl named Emma to be his living subject to test the Expansion Suit. Xerosic was arrested after his activities were discovered by Looker from the International Police, but he allowed Emma to keep the Expansion Suit.
Pokémon Legends Z-A[]
Shortly after Lysandre's presumed death, Team Flare collapsed with most of the high ranking members being arrested. One of the top scientists Mable, made a plea with the authorities to instead be allowed to work as acting director of the Lumiose Laboratory under a very strict parole. Once the actions of Lysandre were made public the name Team Flare became widely hated and any remaining grunts becoming ostracized by Kalos' population.
Prior to Team Flare's downfall, attempts had been made to leave behind a legacy by training a second generation of agents, mostly consisting of the children of active members. These children then became pariahs in the eyes of Kalos, many of them becoming disillusioned and resentful at the Kalos region over being rejected and unable to integrate into society for actions that they largely were uninvolved with, many of the children of Team Flare members had not even asked to join the organization before its demise.
Two members of the Team Flare children, Grisham and Griselle, decided to start Team Flare Nouveau (in Japanese: フレア団ヌーヴォ, literally Flare Gang Nouveau) with the intention of repairing Team Flare's reputation. Operating out of food trucks around Lumiose, Team Flare Nouveau continued their activities undercover hoping to find an oportunity to find a redemption. They stationed their coffee truck at Centrico Plaza right next to Prism Tower.
Grisham discovered that the true purpose of the "Z-A Royale" competition that Quasartico inc. was running was to find a Pokémon Trainer powerful enough to stop an ongoing crisis involving a weapon of mass destruction hidden behind Prism Tower. Sensing an opportunity, Grisham joined the Z-A Royale and quickly rose through the ranks but keeping his identity secret from other competitors, hoping that he could become the next hero of Kalos by saving all of Lumiose and in turn have all of Kalos see Team Flare Nouveau as heroes as well.
At the same time, Grisham and Griselle continued their research into Team Flare's past work and discovered that AZ was the one responsible for building the machine that was now threatening to destroy the city. This increased their hatred towards AZ, who they already blamed for building the Ultimate Weapon that Lysandre went insane trying to use. The duo became particularly offended that AZ was hosting a group of trainers calling themselves "Team MZ" to stop the Ange crisis, when said crisis was AZ's fault in the first place. Grisham also became aware that Lysandre was spotted in Lumiose City alongside a mysterious Pokémon named Zygarde.
Eventually Paxton/Harmony of Team AZ was selected to be Grisham's opponent for his promotion match to reach Rank A, the highest rank in the Z-A Royale. Grisham refused to accept a battle against Paxton/Harmony unless they surrendered AZ's Floette to Flare Nouveau, and urged them to visit the remains of Lysandre Labs so they could learn of AZ's culpability in the crisis Lumiose was facing. Grisham and Griselle were also approached by Lysandre, who had lost his memories and now went by the name "L". The pair were frustrated that L no longer recognized them, but they learned that Zygarde is a Legendary Pokémon whose purpose is to prevent disasters that would threaten the ecosystem such as Ange, and L was working with Zygarde to find a trainer worthy to fight alongside it when the right time came.
Grisham would be defeated by Paxton/Harmony. He was visibly frustrated but also begrudgingly acknowledge that he wasn't worthy of AZ's Floette and failed to prove himself to Zygarde. L helped Grisham realize that while his intentions were noble, they were also rather self-serving and selfish. Grisham and Griselle instead opted to assist in defending Lumiose from a massive horde of Rogue Mega Evolution Pokémon when Ange reached its critical point and went berserk.
Although Grisham failed to be the one to save Lumiose City, his and Grishelle's contributions that night were nonetheless acknowledged by the citizens, marking a small step in improving Team Flare Nouveau's reputation.
Team Flare Nouveau continues to operate in Lumiose looking for new ways to do good actions for the city and slowly regain the trust of Kalos.
Pokémon Masters[]
Team Flare makes their first appearance in Pokémon Masters within the Kalos-themed chapter, but this time is supporting characters to counter against Team Rocket. First appearing to interrupt a performance Diantha was holding for a peace ceremony, their attempts to gain control over the crowd are quickly stopped by both the champion and Emma, using their Pokémon to thwart the grunt's schemes. Forced into fleeing, Looker proceeds to inform Paulo on the nature of the group after the attack, Sycamore also noting of Lysandre's lack of change in his views. As the heroes head into a marketplace, Looker steps aside to talk to Malva, who was working on both fronts. Here, Malva explains that the sudden outburst was unordered by Lysandre, alongside noting of her hopes for Looker to root out those she sees as troublemakers within the group. While Looker denies the idea of acting Team Flare's actions, Malva also brings up knowledge of these figures attempting to steal weaponry for their own gain (Team Flare keeping this as a form of "insurance" for Lysandre), something that causes the detective to do his own investigation into the matter instead. As this talk is going on, however, more agents of Team Flare appear to cause chaos within the town square, causing the protagonists of the Kalos games to take action. As Tierno and Trevor help civilians escape, Calem, Serena, Shauna, and Paulo stay behind to fend off against the grunts. While the goons were more than ready to take the heroes on, it is the arrival of Diantha and Malva's own Team Flare agents that forces the unruly members to flee. As the more noble agents of the group give pursuit, Malva appears to blackmail Looker into helping, warning of the potential of escalation to their conflict. Malva also reveals to the detective of her spies throughout Pasio, ready to spring when given the command. This second attempt to twist Looker into helping succeeds, albeit not without some grumbling on the gumshoe's end.
After breaking into their facility through a disguise, Looker reveals himself to two grunts as they attempt to steal some data. With Emma and Paulo aiding the detective, it is revealed that the heroes personally set out with Diantha in hopes of shutting down the splinter group's operations. As the other heroes set out in search of Volcanion, however, they bare witness to the mythical Pokémon locked in battle with Yveltal. After Sycamore's Xerneas and Serena's Zygarde interact to the clash, however, Lysandre makes his formal debut with his new Sygna suit, being revealed to have been training his Pokémon. However, Lysandre does make a point that he isn't responsible for the unruly behavior of Team Flare, and in fact, Lysandre was planning to stop their chaos from continuing. As Looker's group closes in on the Team Flare goons, it is further revealed through Emma's Espurr that the rogue members of Team Flare were merely spies acting on behalf of Team Rocket, attempting to gain information about a superweapon the organization was building and antagonize Lysandre into striking against them. Ultimately, it is the actions of law enforcement and Team Flare that ultimately stop their threat, with the rogue grunts being held in Flare's custody in order to receive punishment.
Other Media[]
Anime[]
In the anime, all of Team Flare believe that their actions are for a good cause just like Lysandre. However, they are much more of a threat than in the games or even any other villain in the anime. Originally, due to the absence of the Ultimate Weapon, their plan was to use Zygarde to cause extinction. When that failed, Lysandre tried to use a special rock, taking the form of Zygarde, and combine it with the sundial at Anistar City to destroy the world. It was only thanks to the invention of Ash and his friends, and as well as Z1 and Z2 making their Complete Forme, that Lysandre was defeated. Afterwards, Xerosic unsuccessfully tried to create Team Neo Flare and finish Lysandre’s work.
Pokémon Adventures[]
In the manga, Team Flare is far greater menace due to committing very despicable acts like mind controlling and threatening to harm others unless they get their way. They also have a great influence on all Kalos, having spies as ordinary citizens everywhere and controlling the media.
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Members[]
- Lysandre (Leader)
- Team Flare Admins
- Countless Team Flare Grunts
- Chalmers
Scientists[]
Former Members[]
Trivia[]
- The Flare scientists share their initials in all languages they appear in. The pattern is based on the classification of solar flares being ABCMX, X being the largest and explaining Xerosic's design.
- The female grunts have a near-similar hairstyle to Gauche from Tales of Vesperia.
- Even though they're called Team "Flare", the grunts and scientists tend to use Fighting, Electric, Poison, or Dark Pokémon. Also, their only Fire-type would be Houndour and its evolution Houndoom, while Lysandre and Malva use a male and female Pyroar respectively.
- Team Flare is very similar to Team Galactic except the former group's plans are smaller by comparison.
- Many of Team Flare's targets share notable similarities with Team Rocket's targets: a cave where a regional Fossil can be obtained (Glittering Cave and Mt. Moon), a Poké Ball-producing facility where the Master Ball can be obtained (Poké Ball Factory and Silph Co.), a Pokémon burial ground (Route 10 and Pokémon Tower), the regional Power Plant (Kalos Power Plant and Kanto Power Plant), and a location where experiments involving in agitating a certain Pokémon are conducted (Frost Cavern and Lake of Rage).
- Team Flare's goal is similar to the Elite Four's in Pokémon Adventures. Both desire a perfect world and plan on using a Legendary Pokémon to eliminate almost every human on the planet.
- According to a girl in Lysandre Cafe, it costs 5,000,000 Pokedollars to join Team Flare. It's likely that each member isextremely wealthy.
- Not counting remakes and Team Rainbow Rocket, Team Flare is, so far, the last evil "Team" to be responsible for the major conflict of a main game's story.
- Team Skull turned out to be secondary antagonists; the bigger human threat in Alola was the Aether Foundation.
- Team Yell was merely a dedicated fanbase, and was not even all that evil.
- Team Star was actually comprised of victims of school bullying attempting to intimidate said bullies, and were wrongly framed as bad guys.
- In Pokémon Legends Z-A, it is revealed that Team Flare Grunts all dyed their hair orange to match Lysandre's shown by how Griselle and Grisham had remains of their orange hair after five years with their natural hair color slowly growing back.
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