Brick Break (move)
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Brick Break (Japanese: かわらわり Tile Break) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation III. It has been TM31 since Generation III.
Effect
Generation III and IV
Brick Break removes Light Screen and Reflect and the effects they cause before inflicting damage. It will remove Light Screen and Reflect even if Brick Break misses or targets a Ghost-type Pokémon.
Generation V
Brick Break no longer removes Light Screen and Reflect if the target is a Ghost-type.
Pokémon Rumble Blast
Brick Break ignores, not removes, Reflect and Light Screen. This move has a damage rating of ☆☆☆.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||
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| III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||
| 106 | 
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Hitmonlee | Fighting | 20 | 17 | 17 | ' | |||||
| 127 | 
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Pinsir | Bug | 31 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 214 | 
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Heracross | Bug | Fighting | 23 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 539 | 
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Sawk | Fighting | 29 | 29 | |||||||
| 559 | 
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Scraggy | Dark | Fighting | 20 | 20 | ||||||
| 560 | 
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Scrafty | Dark | Fighting | 20 | ' | ||||||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | ||||||||||||
By TM
In the anime
 Seismitoad  Hariyama  Garchomp  Electabuzz | |||
| The user's hand turns white and then it punches its opponent. | |||
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Hariyama karate chops the opponent from above. | ||
| Tyson's Hariyama | At the End of the Fray | Debut | |
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Sudowoodo jumps into the air and karate chops the opponent from above with the side of its hand. | ||
| Keenan's Sudowoodo | All That Glitters is Not Golden! | None | |
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Tyrogue jumps into the air and karate chops the opponent from above with the side of its hand. | ||
| A Coordinator's Tyrogue | May, We Harley Drew'd Ya! | None | |
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Elekid jumps up and karate chops the opponent from above with the side of its arm. Sometimes, its arm becomes surrounded in yellow-orange sparks. | ||
| Paul's Elekid | When Pokémon Worlds Collide! | None | |
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Croagunk's hand glows white and it karate-chops the opponent from above. Sometimes its hand doesn't glow white at all. | ||
| Brock's Croagunk | Gymbaliar! | None | |
| Croagunk Festival Trainers' multiple Croagunk | Cream of the Croagunk Crop! | None | |
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The fins on Garchomp's arms glow white or red and it strikes the opponent from above with one of its fins, or Garchomp's claw glows white and it hits the opponent with the claw from above. | ||
| Cynthia's Garchomp | Top-Down Training! | None | |
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Machoke's hand glows white and it karate-chops the opponent from above. | ||
| Maylene's Machoke | A Triple Fighting Chance! | None | |
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Electabuzz's hand becomes surrounded by yellow sparks and it karate-chops the opponent from above. | ||
| Paul's Electabuzz | A Pyramiding Rage! | None | |
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One of Electivire's forearms becomes surrounded in white sparks and it karate-chops the opponent from above. Sometimes, its forearm flashes white before using the attack. | ||
| Paul's Electivire | Battling a Thaw in Relations! | None | |
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Seismitoad's arm glows white and it hits the opponent with it. | ||
| Edmund's Seismitoad | The Clubsplosion Begins! | None | |
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Simipour's hand glows white and it hits the opponent with it. | ||
| Betty's Simipour | A Clubsplosion of Excitement! | None | |
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Gothitelle's hand glows white and it hits the opponent with it. | ||
| Caitlin's Gothitelle | Jostling for the Junior Cup! | None | |
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The black part of Pignite's arm glows white and it hits the opponent with it. | ||
| Ash's Pignite | Cameron's Secret Weapon! | None | |
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Feraligatr's hand glows light blue and it smacks the opponent. | ||
| A wild Feraligatr | Genesect and the Legend Awakened | None | |
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Geodude's hand glows light blue and it smacks the opponent. | ||
| Three wild Geodude | Genesect and the Legend Awakened | None | |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
 Aggron
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| The user repeatedly chops the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Zangoose repeatedly chops the opponent with the side of both of its hands. | ||
| Sidney's Zangoose | VS. Regirock, Regice & Registeel I | Debut | |
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Aggron stabs the opponent with the horns on its head. | ||
| Giovanni's Aggron | Reason to Fight | None | |
In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga
 Drapion
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| The user chops the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Drapion holds up its arm and slams it at the foe. | ||
| An Unknown Trainer's Drapion | The Road to Becoming Battle King!! | Debut | |
In other generations
Breaking
Trivia
- In a Pokémon Contest, because there is no target Pokémon, Brick Break destroys a small glass wall instead.
- Bonsly and Pupitar can learn Brick Break, despite not having any hands. However, their evolutions do have hands.
- Prior to Generation IV, every fire and water starter could learn this move, Generation V ended this with Samurott not being able to learn this, and Generation VI ended fire types being able to learn this move, with Delphox not being able to learn this move.
In other languages
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| Generation III TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
| Generation III HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE | |
| Generation IV TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
| Generation IV HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 | |
| Generation V TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
| Generation V HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 | |
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