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On {{rt|13|Kalos}}, it is revealed that a problem inside the [[Kalos Power Plant]] is responsible for the blackout in [[Lumiose City]], which is preventing the player from accessing the majority of the city, including the [[Lumiose City Gym]]. A Team Flare Grunt outside the Power Plant drops a {{key|VI|Power Plant Pass}}, which the player uses to enter the building. Inside the building, a {{tc|Team Flare Admin}} and Team Flare Scientist [[Aliana]] are siphoning electricity from the Power Plant, causing the blackout. Once they are defeated, the player can progress to Lumiose City.
On {{rt|13|Kalos}}, it is revealed that a problem inside the [[Kalos Power Plant]] is responsible for the blackout in [[Lumiose City]], which is preventing the player from accessing the majority of the city, including the [[Lumiose City Gym]]. A Team Flare Grunt outside the Power Plant drops a {{key|VI|Power Plant Pass}}, which the player uses to enter the building. Inside the building, a {{tc|Team Flare Admin}} and Team Flare Scientist [[Aliana]] are siphoning electricity from the Power Plant, causing the blackout. Once they are defeated, the player can progress to Lumiose City.


At [[Laverre City]], Team Flare Grunts are blocking the player from entering {{rt|15|Kalos}} and the [[Poké Ball Factory]] until the player has defeated the [[Laverre City Gym]] and received the {{Badge|Fairy}}. At that point {{ga|Shauna}} tricks the Grunt guarding the Poké Ball Factory away so the player and {{ga|Serena}}/{{ga|Calem}} can enter. Although the player defeats them, the Team Flare Scientists are able to steal many of the Poké Balls, with the exception of the [[Master Ball]].  
At [[Laverre City]], Team Flare Grunts are blocking the player from entering {{rt|15|Kalos}} and the [[Poké Ball Factory]] until the player has defeated the [[Laverre City Gym]] and received the {{Badge|Fairy}}. At that point {{ga|Shauna}} tricks the Grunt guarding the Poké Ball Factory away so the player and {{ga|Serena}}/{{ga|Calem}} can enter. Although the player defeats them, the Team Flare Scientists are able to steal many of the Poké Balls, with the exception of the [[Master Ball]].


In [[Frost Cavern]], a trainer's {{p|Mamoswine}}, which the player needs to traverse the snow-blocked {{rt|17|Kalos}}, is upset. Upon reaching the depths of the Cavern, Team Flare, led by [[Mable]], are antagonizing an {{p|Abomasnow}}. Once she has been defeated, the Abomasnow gives the player an {{DL|Mega Stone|Abomasite}}, and the player is now able to traverse Route 17 on the Mamoswine.
In [[Frost Cavern]], a trainer's {{p|Mamoswine}}, which the player needs to traverse the snow-blocked {{rt|17|Kalos}}, is upset. Upon reaching the depths of the Cavern, Team Flare, led by [[Mable]], are antagonizing an {{p|Abomasnow}}. Once she has been defeated, the Abomasnow gives the player an {{DL|Mega Stone|Abomasite}}, and the player is now able to traverse Route 17 on the Mamoswine.


Team Flare does not appear again until the player has received their seventh badge from the [[Anistar City Gym]], where [[Lysandre]] reveals that he is the leader of Team Flare, and sends out a live broadcast to all trainers around Kalos via the Holo Caster. During the broadcast, Lysandre reveals Team Flare's plans of using the "[[ultimate weapon]]", a machine built by the [[AZ|king of Kalos]] 3,000 years ago that can eliminate all life. To achieve this, Lysandre plans to use {{p|Xerneas}}{{sup/6|X}}/{{p|Yveltal}}{{sup/6|Y}} to activate the machine in [[Lysandre Labs]] in [[Lumiose City]].  
Team Flare does not appear again until the player has received their seventh badge from the [[Anistar City Gym]], where [[Lysandre]] reveals that he is the leader of Team Flare, and sends out a live broadcast to all trainers around Kalos via the Holo Caster. During the broadcast, Lysandre reveals Team Flare's plans of using the "[[ultimate weapon]]", a machine built by the [[AZ|king of Kalos]] 3,000 years ago that can eliminate all life. To achieve this, Lysandre plans to use {{p|Xerneas}}{{sup/6|X}}/{{p|Yveltal}}{{sup/6|Y}} to activate the machine in [[Lysandre Labs]] in [[Lumiose City]].


Lysandre Labs' secret entrance is located inside {{DL|Lumiose City|Lysandre Café}}, where Lysandre greets the player with a battle, before moving to the basement. Once the player reaches the basement, he is revealed to have imprisoned AZ, who tells the player the history of the ultimate weapon. The player then encounters [[Xerosic]] in conversation with Lysandre, whereupon Lysandre promises to deactivate the weapon if the player defeats Xerosic. However, despite this promise, Xerosic still activates the weapon by remote control, even if the player manages to switch off the weapon. The weapon, situated in [[Geosenge Town]], activates from the three {{wp|menhir}}s in the center of the town.
Lysandre Labs' secret entrance is located inside {{DL|Lumiose City|Lysandre Café}}, where Lysandre greets the player with a battle, before moving to the basement. Once the player reaches the basement, he is revealed to have imprisoned AZ, who tells the player the history of the ultimate weapon. The player then encounters [[Xerosic]] in conversation with Lysandre, whereupon Lysandre promises to deactivate the weapon if the player defeats Xerosic. However, despite this promise, Xerosic still activates the weapon by remote control, even if the player manages to switch off the weapon. The weapon, situated in [[Geosenge Town]], activates from the three {{wp|menhir}}s in the center of the town.


[[File:Xerneas Encounter.png|thumb|left|220px|Encountering Xerneas]]
[[File:Yveltal Encounter.png|thumb|220px|Encountering Yveltal]]
The player then enters the [[Team Flare Secret HQ]], to the Northwest of the town, which was previously blocked. After battling Lysandre, the player, with the help of Calem/Serena and Shauna, make their way down to the legendary Pokémon. The player encounters the legendary Pokémon, and after catching {{p|Xerneas}}{{sup/6|X}}/{{p|Yveltal}}{{sup/6|Y}}, Lysandre challenges the player to one last battle. After being defeated for the third and final time, Lysandre expresses his disgust towards the fact that his beautiful world will never be a reality. The player and his/her friends attempt to reason with him, saying that if people cooperate together, a better world is possible, and they use the Mega Evolution achieved by him as proof of the bond he has with his Pokémon. He, however, rejects the idea as mere naivety and then attempts to force immortality on the player and their friends{{sup/6|X}}/destroy everyone in the building{{sup/6|Y}} and fires the ultimate weapon using what little power still remains. The blast from the weapon destroys it and buries Lysandre and the HQ under rubble. As a result, Team Flare disbands. It is unknown what becomes of Lysandre afterwards.
The player then enters the [[Team Flare Secret HQ]], to the Northwest of the town, which was previously blocked. After battling Lysandre, the player, with the help of Calem/Serena and Shauna, make their way down to the legendary Pokémon. The player encounters the legendary Pokémon, and after catching {{p|Xerneas}}{{sup/6|X}}/{{p|Yveltal}}{{sup/6|Y}}, Lysandre challenges the player to one last battle. After being defeated for the third and final time, Lysandre expresses his disgust towards the fact that his beautiful world will never be a reality. The player and his/her friends attempt to reason with him, saying that if people cooperate together, a better world is possible, and they use the Mega Evolution achieved by him as proof of the bond he has with his Pokémon. He, however, rejects the idea as mere naivety and then attempts to force immortality on the player and their friends{{sup/6|X}}/destroy everyone in the building{{sup/6|Y}} and fires the ultimate weapon using what little power still remains. The blast from the weapon destroys it and buries Lysandre and the HQ under rubble. As a result, Team Flare disbands. It is unknown what becomes of Lysandre afterwards.


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[[Malva]] debuted in-person in ''[[SS035|Mega Evolution Special IV]]'', battling Alain and Charizard with her {{me|Houndoom}}. The battle eventually ended in Alain's victory.
[[Malva]] debuted in-person in ''[[SS035|Mega Evolution Special IV]]'', battling Alain and Charizard with her {{me|Houndoom}}. The battle eventually ended in Alain's victory.


Team Flare, as a collective entity, debuted in ''[[XY093|From A to Z!]]'', with the {{tc|Team Flare Grunt}}s and the five Scientists all making appearances.
Team Flare, as a collective entity, debuted in ''[[XY094|From A to Z!]]'', with the {{tc|Team Flare Grunt}}s and the five Scientists all making appearances.


They reappeared in ''[[XY101|Meeting at Terminus Cave!]]''.
They reappeared in ''[[XY102|Meeting at Terminus Cave!]]''.


In [[XY105]], Xerosic and two {{tc|Team Flare Admin}}s conducted a test of a prototype weapon powered using {{p|Zygarde}} and the Mega Evolution energy.
In ''[[XY106|A Meeting of Two Journeys!]]'', Xerosic and two {{tc|Team Flare Admin}}s conducted a test of a prototype weapon powered using {{p|Zygarde}} and the Mega Evolution energy.


Unlike the games, where Team Flare hunts down Xerneas or Yveltal, {{p|Zygarde}} appears to be their main target in the anime. Instead of stealing Poké Balls or electricity to further their plans, they utilize energy collected from Pokémon undergoing Mega Evolution.
They infiltrated Prism Tower in ''[[XY129|Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare!]]'', and executed their scheme after the conclusion of the Lumiose Conference in ''[[XY131|Down to the Fiery Finish!]]'', using Zygarde to slowly destroy the Kalos Region, starting with Lumiose City. Starting from ''[[XY132|A Towering Takeover!]]'', Ash and his friends try to stop Team Flare, with Ash himself getting captured so that Lysandre could closely observe the [[Bond Phenomenon]] between Ash and {{AP|Greninja}}. During [[XY133|the next episode]], Ash broke free, and Alain, shocked by the results of his actions, defected from the team, with the duo facing Lysandre. Meanwhile, Xerosic successfully captured [[Squishy]], while {{an|Clemont}} and [[Clembot]] were able to infiltrate the Lumiose Gym, capturing Aliana and Bryony in the process. During the events of ''[[XY135|Rocking Kalos Defenses!]]'', Lysandre was defeated by Ash, Malva, and Alain and seemingly committed suicide, while Celosia and Mable were defeated and imprisoned by Team Rocket. Lysandre Labs was then destroyed when the [[Megalith]] transformed into a giant copy of Zygarde. During ''[[XY136|Forming a More Perfect Union!]]'', Lysandre was revealed to have survived and used the Megalith Zygarde to battle Ash, Alain, Malva, Steven, Professor Sycamore, Diantha, and all of Kalos' Gym Leaders. Eventually, the Megalith Zygarde was destroyed when Squishy and [[Z2]] transformed into a complete Zygarde and attacked it with {{m|Core Enforcer}}. Lysandre was engulfed by the attack and seemingly died as well. Afterwards, Malva promised to hunt down the other Team Flare members and afterwards turn herself in as well.
 
Unlike the games, where Team Flare hunts down Xerneas or Yveltal, {{p|Zygarde}} is their main target in the anime. Instead of stealing Poké Balls or electricity to further their plans, they utilize energy collected from Pokémon undergoing Mega Evolution.


==In the manga==
==In the manga==
[[File:Team Flare Scientists Adventures.png|thumb|250px|Team Flare Scientists in Pokémon Adventures]]
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
Team Flare appear as the main antagonists of the {{chap|X & Y}}. The four Scientists first appear seeking to steal {{adv|X}}'s [[Key Stone|Mega Ring]] with various schemes, but are thwarted several times. Lysandre also made an appearance with [[Professor Sycamore]], acquiring a video file of Xerneas and Yveltal for his research.
Team Flare appear as the main antagonists of the {{chap|X & Y}}. The four Scientists first appear seeking to steal {{adv|X}}'s [[Key Stone|Mega Ring]] with various schemes, but were thwarted several times. Lysandre also made an appearance with [[Professor Sycamore]], acquiring a video file of Xerneas and Yveltal for his research.
 
After Xerneas and Yveltal's clash in [[Vaniville Town]], Team Flare took all the people and Pokémon in the city and imprisoned them in [[Team Flare Secret HQ|their HQ]], including {{adv|Y}}'s mother {{kal|Grace}}. Using [[Celosia]]'s {{p|Aegislash}}'s mind controlling powers, the villainous team forced their prisoners to transport Xerneas, which had retreated to its tree form, from {{rt|8|Kalos}} to [[Geosenge Town]] to be used as an energy source for the [[ultimate weapon]].
 
After locating Team Flare's hideout, X and his friends stormed the base, and as a result of their actions, [[Xerxer|Xerneas]] was awakened and later captured by Y, and the ultimate weapon's blast was weakened so that no innocent lives were lost. As a result, Team Flare decided to go hiding in the [[Pokémon Village]] in order to plan their next move.
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== In the TCG ==
== In the TCG ==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* 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 [[Template:Burial ground|burial ground]] ({{rt|10|Kalos}} and [[Pokémon Tower]]), the regional [[Power Plant]] ([[Kalos Power Plant]] and [[Kanto Power Plant]]), and a location where experiments involving in agitating a {{p|Abomasnow|certain}} [[Red Gyarados|Pokémon]] are conducted ([[Frost Cavern]] and [[Lake of Rage]]).
* 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 [[Template:Burial ground|burial ground]] ({{rt|10|Kalos}} and [[Pokémon Tower]]), the regional [[Power Plant]] ([[Kalos Power Plant]] and [[Kanto Power Plant]]), and a location where experiments involving in agitating a {{p|Abomasnow|certain}} [[Red Gyarados|Pokémon]] are conducted ([[Frost Cavern]] and [[Lake of Rage]]).
* The names of Team Flare's scientists are possibly a reference to {{wp|solar flare}}s, which are classified as [[Aliana|A]], [[Bryony|B]], [[Celosia|C]], [[Mable|M]], or [[Xerosic|X]] according to their peak flux range. Those are the scientists' initials in each localization of the games.
*According to a girl in Lysandre Café, it costs {{PDollar}}5,000,000 to join Team Flare.


==Names==
==Names==
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| Japanese
| Japanese
| フレア団 ''Team Flare''
| フレア団 ''Team Flare''
| From ''{{wp|flare}}'' and possibly ''[[wiktionary:flair|flair]]''.
| From ''{{wp|flare}}'' and possibly ''[[wiktionary:flair|flair]]''.
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| English, French, German,<br>Italian, Spanish
| English, French, German, Italian,<br>European Spanish, European Portuguese
| Team Flare
| Team Flare
| Same as Japanese name.
| Same as Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Finnish
| Ryhmä Flare
| From English name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Korean
| Korean
| 플레어단 ''Peulle'eo-dan''
| 플레어단 ''Peulle'eo-dan''
| From Japanese name
| From Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan}})
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan}})
| 閃焰隊 ''Shǎnyàn Duì''
| 閃焰隊 ''Shǎnyàn Duì''
| From 閃焰 ''shǎnyàn'', {{wp|solar flare}}
| From 閃焰 ''shǎnyàn'', {{wp|solar flare}}
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|- style="background:#FFF"
| Brazilian Portuguese
| Brazilian Portuguese
| Equipe Flare
| Equipe Flare
| From Japanese name
| From Japanese name
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|- style="background:#FFF"
|Russian
| Latin American Spanish
|Команды Вспышка ''Komandy Vspyshka''
| Equipo Flare
|From English/Japanese name
| From Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Russian
| Команда Вспышка ''Komanda Vspyshka''
| From English/Japanese name
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* [[a:Category:Team Flare|Images on the Bulbagarden Archives]]
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Team Flare
フレア団 Team Flare 		Flare logo.png
XY Team Flare Grunts.png
Artwork of Team Flare Grunts from X and Y
Leader Lysandre
Region Kalos
Admins Aliana, Bryony, Celosia, Mable, Xerosic, Team Flare Admins
Major targets Glittering Cave, Route 10, Kalos Power Plant, Poké Ball Factory, Frost Cavern, Geosenge Town
Base locations Lumiose City, Geosenge Town
Anime debut From A to Z!
Adventures debut X-actly What They Wanted

Team Flare (Japanese: フレア団 Flare-dan, literally Flare Gang) is the villainous team in the Kalos region.

In the games

In Pokémon X and Y

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Team Flare appears in X and Y. Their goal is to create a "beautiful and better" world while making money, eliminating everyone who does not follow their standards.

They are first encountered in Glittering Cave, where they attempt to steal fossils off the researcher working there, but are stopped by the player and Serena/Calem. This occurs without the researcher noticing. They next appear in a scene in Route 10, examining the mysterious rock formation. The grunt defeated in Glittering Cave challenges the player to a rematch.

In Geosenge Town, they are seen examining the rock formations there, when a grunt is encountered by the player and tries to flee. Once he is followed, there appears to be an entrance to a cavern which has been blocked off. This is later revealed to be Team Flare Secret HQ.

On Route 13, it is revealed that a problem inside the Kalos Power Plant is responsible for the blackout in Lumiose City, which is preventing the player from accessing the majority of the city, including the Lumiose City Gym. A Team Flare Grunt outside the Power Plant drops a Power Plant Pass, which the player uses to enter the building. Inside the building, a Team Flare Admin and Team Flare Scientist Aliana are siphoning electricity from the Power Plant, causing the blackout. Once they are defeated, the player can progress to Lumiose City.

At Laverre City, Team Flare Grunts are blocking the player from entering Route 15 and the Poké Ball Factory until the player has defeated the Laverre City Gym and received the Fairy Badge. At that point Shauna tricks the Grunt guarding the Poké Ball Factory away so the player and Serena/Calem can enter. Although the player defeats them, the Team Flare Scientists are able to steal many of the Poké Balls, with the exception of the Master Ball.

In Frost Cavern, a trainer's Mamoswine, which the player needs to traverse the snow-blocked Route 17, is upset. Upon reaching the depths of the Cavern, Team Flare, led by Mable, are antagonizing an Abomasnow. Once she has been defeated, the Abomasnow gives the player an Abomasite, and the player is now able to traverse Route 17 on the Mamoswine.

Team Flare does not appear again until the player has received their seventh badge from the Anistar City Gym, where Lysandre reveals that he is the leader of Team Flare, and sends out a live broadcast to all trainers around Kalos via the Holo Caster. During the broadcast, Lysandre reveals Team Flare's plans of using the "ultimate weapon", a machine built by the king of Kalos 3,000 years ago that can eliminate all life. To achieve this, Lysandre plans to use XerneasX/YveltalY to activate the machine in Lysandre Labs in Lumiose City.

Lysandre Labs' secret entrance is located inside Lysandre Café, where Lysandre greets the player with a battle, before moving to the basement. Once the player reaches the basement, he is revealed to have imprisoned AZ, who tells the player the history of the ultimate weapon. The player then encounters Xerosic in conversation with Lysandre, whereupon Lysandre promises to deactivate the weapon if the player defeats Xerosic. However, despite this promise, Xerosic still activates the weapon by remote control, even if the player manages to switch off the weapon. The weapon, situated in Geosenge Town, activates from the three menhirs in the center of the town.

Encountering Xerneas
Encountering Yveltal

The player then enters the Team Flare Secret HQ, to the Northwest of the town, which was previously blocked. After battling Lysandre, the player, with the help of Calem/Serena and Shauna, make their way down to the legendary Pokémon. The player encounters the legendary Pokémon, and after catching XerneasX/YveltalY, Lysandre challenges the player to one last battle. After being defeated for the third and final time, Lysandre expresses his disgust towards the fact that his beautiful world will never be a reality. The player and his/her friends attempt to reason with him, saying that if people cooperate together, a better world is possible, and they use the Mega Evolution achieved by him as proof of the bond he has with his Pokémon. He, however, rejects the idea as mere naivety and then attempts to force immortality on the player and their friendsX/destroy everyone in the buildingY and fires the ultimate weapon using what little power still remains. The blast from the weapon destroys it and buries Lysandre and the HQ under rubble. As a result, Team Flare disbands. It is unknown what becomes of Lysandre afterwards.

Despite the collapse of Team Flare, however, the player encounters them once more. After defeating the Champion, during the main post-game side story, Looker arrives in Lumiose City with the intent of apprehending a criminal he is tracking, enlisting the player and a young homeless girl named Emma to aid him. A crime wave breaks out in the city, and the culprit is ultimately revealed to be one of Team Flare's scientists, Xerosic, conducting an experiment using what little funds he still has following the disbanding of Team Flare. After the player defeats "Essentia," the creation of his project, Xerosic relents and surrenders to Looker, ending Team Flare's reign of terror once and for all.

Elite Four member Malva was also a member of Team Flare; however, she was not revealed to be with them until after Lysandre is defeated. Instead, she is the host of the newscasts occasionally sent through the Holo Caster. Her rank in Team Flare is unknown, although she knows classified information.

In the anime

Lysandre debuted in the anime in Mega Evolution Special I. He was seen monitoring Alain's Charizard's energy levels during its Mega Evolution from his laboratory, and was apparently pleased with the result. He reappeared in Mega Evolution Special II, when he visited the ruins Steven Stone was investigating, leading to Mega Rayquaza attacking. In Mega Evolution Special III, thanks to the efforts of Alain, Steven, and their Pokémon, Lysandre was able to secure a giant Key Stone for his research.

Malva debuted in-person in Mega Evolution Special IV, battling Alain and Charizard with her Mega Houndoom. The battle eventually ended in Alain's victory.

Team Flare, as a collective entity, debuted in From A to Z!, with the Team Flare Grunts and the five Scientists all making appearances.

They reappeared in Meeting at Terminus Cave!.

In A Meeting of Two Journeys!, Xerosic and two Team Flare Admins conducted a test of a prototype weapon powered using Zygarde and the Mega Evolution energy.

They infiltrated Prism Tower in Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare!, and executed their scheme after the conclusion of the Lumiose Conference in Down to the Fiery Finish!, using Zygarde to slowly destroy the Kalos Region, starting with Lumiose City. Starting from A Towering Takeover!, Ash and his friends try to stop Team Flare, with Ash himself getting captured so that Lysandre could closely observe the Bond Phenomenon between Ash and Greninja. During the next episode, Ash broke free, and Alain, shocked by the results of his actions, defected from the team, with the duo facing Lysandre. Meanwhile, Xerosic successfully captured Squishy, while Clemont and Clembot were able to infiltrate the Lumiose Gym, capturing Aliana and Bryony in the process. During the events of Rocking Kalos Defenses!, Lysandre was defeated by Ash, Malva, and Alain and seemingly committed suicide, while Celosia and Mable were defeated and imprisoned by Team Rocket. Lysandre Labs was then destroyed when the Megalith transformed into a giant copy of Zygarde. During Forming a More Perfect Union!, Lysandre was revealed to have survived and used the Megalith Zygarde to battle Ash, Alain, Malva, Steven, Professor Sycamore, Diantha, and all of Kalos' Gym Leaders. Eventually, the Megalith Zygarde was destroyed when Squishy and Z2 transformed into a complete Zygarde and attacked it with Core Enforcer. Lysandre was engulfed by the attack and seemingly died as well. Afterwards, Malva promised to hunt down the other Team Flare members and afterwards turn herself in as well.

Unlike the games, where Team Flare hunts down Xerneas or Yveltal, Zygarde is their main target in the anime. Instead of stealing Poké Balls or electricity to further their plans, they utilize energy collected from Pokémon undergoing Mega Evolution.

In the manga

Team Flare Scientists in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Team Flare appear as the main antagonists of the X & Y arc. The four Scientists first appear seeking to steal X's Mega Ring with various schemes, but were thwarted several times. Lysandre also made an appearance with Professor Sycamore, acquiring a video file of Xerneas and Yveltal for his research.

After Xerneas and Yveltal's clash in Vaniville Town, Team Flare took all the people and Pokémon in the city and imprisoned them in their HQ, including Y's mother Grace. Using Celosia's Aegislash's mind controlling powers, the villainous team forced their prisoners to transport Xerneas, which had retreated to its tree form, from Route 8 to Geosenge Town to be used as an energy source for the ultimate weapon.

After locating Team Flare's hideout, X and his friends stormed the base, and as a result of their actions, Xerneas was awakened and later captured by Y, and the ultimate weapon's blast was weakened so that no innocent lives were lost. As a result, Team Flare decided to go hiding in the Pokémon Village in order to plan their next move.

In the TCG

Team Flare's Pokémon
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card Type English
Expansion 		Rarity # Japanese
Expansion 		Rarity #
Other related cards
Card Type English
Expansion 		Rarity # Japanese
Expansion 		Rarity #
Team Flare Grunt Su XY Uncommon 129/146 Collection X U 059/060
      Unnumbered Promotional cards    
Lysandre Su Flashfire Uncommon 90/106 Wild Blaze U 077/080
Flashfire SuperRare 104/106 Wild Blaze SR 085/080
      M Charizard-EX Mega Battle Deck   020/021
Battle Compressor I Phantom Forces Uncommon 92/119 Phantom Gate U 079/088
Head Ringer I Phantom Forces Rare Holo 97/119 Phantom Gate R 083/088
Jamming Net I Phantom Forces Rare Holo 98/119 Phantom Gate R 082/088
Robo Substitute I Phantom Forces Uncommon 102/119 Phantom Gate U 080/088
      XY-P Promotional cards    
Target Whistle I Phantom Forces Uncommon 106/119 Phantom Gate U 078/088
Lysandre's Trump Card Su Phantom Forces Uncommon 99/119 Phantom Gate U 086/088
Phantom Forces SuperRare 118/119 Phantom Gate SR 095/088
Xerosic Su Phantom Forces Uncommon 110/119 Phantom Gate U 085/088
Phantom Forces SuperRare 119/119 Phantom Gate SR 094/088
 


Trivia

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese フレア団 Team Flare From flare and possibly flair.
English, French, German, Italian,
European Spanish, European Portuguese 		Team Flare Same as Japanese name
Finnish Ryhmä Flare From English name
Korean 플레어단 Peulle'eo-dan From Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin) 閃焰隊 Shǎnyàn Duì From 閃焰 shǎnyàn, solar flare
Brazilian Portuguese Equipe Flare From Japanese name
Latin American Spanish Equipo Flare From Japanese name
Russian Команда Вспышка Komanda Vspyshka From English/Japanese name


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Team Flare Secret HQ • Lysandre Labs
Boss Administrators Other members
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Lysandre (Masters) Team Flare Admins Malva Chalmers
Scientists Grunts
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Aliana Bryony Celosia Mable Xerosic Team Flare Grunts
Animation and manga
Lumiose Press editor-in-chief • Alain


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