Break (BW)
- Break is a Maximal from the Beast Era of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Maximal new recruit Break (ブレイク Bureiku) wants to be the best. Absolutely overflowing with infectious enthusiasm, there is no adventure too perilous and no challenge too daunting to quench his hot-blooded burning heart. Being a new recruit, he currently resides at the bottom of the food chain, but his ambitions lay at the very top and he's determined to be Hokage Supreme Commander someday.
Of course, his gung-ho personality and inability to accept anything less than identical pep from his peers makes him more than a little obnoxious. With designs on being a leader, he tends to presumptuously act like a leader, which stifles the sub-commander Longrack and can even irritate the Supreme Commander Big Convoy. While skittish cowards such as Stampy and lazy do-nothings such as Heinrad are resentfully bullied into following him, arrogant rebels such as Colada and free spirits such as Mach Kick are less likely to acknowledge his "authority". So basically, Break gets on everybody's nerves.
Believe it!
Fiction
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
- Voice actor: Junko Takeuchi (Japanese)
Break, along with Star Upper, was one of many beast mode Maximals waiting to receive their mission assignments while Big Convoy was being chewed out by the upper brass. Big Convoy, Move Out Chase the Mysterious Capsule Break and the rest of the Maximals later located an Angolmois Capsule on the planet Solid. NAVI described the planet as warm and tropical, but much to Break's pleasure, it turned out instead to be a cold, frozen wasteland. He was sent out to scout alone and encountered a large creature named Gōmya, who had an Angolmois Capsule stuck to his tail. During a fight between Break and Dead End over possession of the capsule, Gōmya was knocked into the water, and Break had to choose between saving his friend or the capsule. He chose Gōmya, who had not only learned to swim, but had opened up his cold heart. With this change in attitude and Gōmya's separation from the capsule, the planet thawed out, freeing the creature's brother Dōmya. It also freed up the rest of the Maximals, who recaptured the capsule from a fleeing Dead End before sending him flying. Back on the Gung Ho, Longrack berated Break for nearly letting the capsule go, but Vector Sigma, speaking through Big Convoy, assured that Break did the right thing. Burning Heart Below Freezing Hang in There, Stampy Mirage of the Sand Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron Duel in the Labyrinth The Black Hole Crisis Sub-Commander Longrack Waa! They Got Eaten Planet of Time Lonely Hydra Break Is a Predacon? Ship's Log Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!? Planet of the Ultimate Weapon Troubled DNAVI Attack! Randy Bump the Physicist Hardhead Is Hardheaded Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!! The Stolen Gung Ho Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor Assemble! New Warriors Mysterious Beast Warriors!? The Stolen Capsules Pursue the Blentrons! Angry Magmatron Illusion? Lio Convoy Unicron Revived!? Unicron's Ambition Fight! Maximals End of the Maximals!? The Final Battle Graduation Ceremony!!
Beast Wars Neo manga
Break helped fight off the priests of the Byakurēn in order to retrieve the Angolmois Capsule they were worshiping as a holy vessel. Break Through! The Polar Bear Raging Claw Fist!
While investigating the planet Wednesday for another capsule, Break was throttled by a giant jellyfish. He and Colada nearly took out the creature before Stampy stopped them, revealing that the jellyfish was in fact a Transformer under the influence of the capsule. Freeing Rage from the Angolmois Energy's effects, the Maximals continued on their quest. To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade
Break and the rest of Big Convoy's crew were captured by the malfunctioning robot-guards within Graviton Prison on their quest for the final Angolmois Capsule. Thankfully, the group's leader got them out of the predicament intact, with the capsule in hand. The Great Escape! Graviton Prison!
After his adventures serving under Big Convoy came to an end, Break was entrusted to instruct new recruits. However, he does nothing but load around, driving NAVI to tears. What Became of the Five....
2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity
Break was part of the Gung Ho crew under Big Convoy's leadership that defeated Magmatron. Beast Wars Sourcebook #1
Break served as a member of the elite Maximal unit known as the Pack. After Razorbeast had prevented Magmatron from raising an army of Predacons using the protoforms of Earth's past, the Pack were able to pick up his transwarp distress signal and Lio Convoy ordered them to man the ship and find Razorbeast. Break was the navigator of the ship, and also enjoyed trading verbal barbs with fellow Pack member Apache. The Ascending #2
Upon arriving on prehistoric Earth, the rest of the Pack engaged the Predacons while Break apparently landed the ship. He later was seen, along with Stampy, to be heckling the Maximals that were trying to restrain the Angolmois-infected Razorbeast. The Ascending #3
In the battle with Shokaract, Break engaged his gun mode to give Mach Kick some extra firepower. The Ascending #4
Legends comic
A high schooler in the Legends World, Break was among the passengers on a train who were weirded out by Rattrap's new robot body. Bonus Edition Vol. 1 He was part of a crowd excited to see Optimus Prime, unaware that "Prime" was actually Ginrai's truck, Bonus Edition Vol. 35 and listened to Mayor Megatron's speech introducing the Legends World's protector, Broadside. Bonus Edition Vol. 53
Break was uninterested in the arrival of a new teacher, Year 3, Class B Big-sensei and like his classmates was shocked when said teacher, Big, started teaching them about Transformers. First Lesson First During sports day, he showed off excellent skating skills only to be disappointed when Big awarded him with a medal made from a Cyber Key. He and his classmates were then smushed under Big's weight when he joined them for a cavalry battle. Hot-blooded Break To the class's surprise, Big eventually did start teaching them normal subjects. Preparatory Reviewer Longrack
Beast Wars: Uprising
Break was a Maximal technician recruited by Blackarachnia for the Resistance against the Builders of Cybertron, providing Lio Convoy with an Angolmois Blaster. During the start of the 1924th Games, they infiltrated Override's perch and took control of the cameras and broadcasting equipment, making sure Lio Convoy had his audience when he interrupted the Games and announced the revolution. Broken Windshields
As the war drew to a close, Break–now sporting an arcti-avianoid beast mode–once again joined the front lines as the Resistance moved to seize Yuss in preparation for the main assault on Iacon. He, Lio Convoy, and Quillfire attacked Goldbug's fortified command bunker, only to discover that the command codes necessary to direct the Yuss Battery had been thoroughly encrypted. Realizing that his failure could mean the end of the Resistance, Break plugged himself directly into the mainframe and sacrificed himself to gain access to the artillery. Derailment
Break also spoke entirely in hashtags. #topicalreferencesonfuturealienworlds #shrugs Broken Windshields
Toys
Beast Wars
- Break (Basic, January 1999)
- ID number: C-32
- Accessories: "Break Anchor" missile
- Part of the first wave of Beast Wars Neo products in the Japanese Beast Wars toyline, Break transforms into an emperor penguin with articluated head, feet and flippers. In robot mode, he has his spring-loaded "Break Anchor" missile launcher attached to his right arm, which also houses his Maximal spark crystal.
- Break also features a third "Buster Mode"; a hand-held cannon-form made to be wielded by larger figures such as Big Convoy and Longrack—or any other figure equipped with 5 mm ports. As in the cartoon, one can replicate the scene where Break's Buster Mode was utilized, by having Longrack's beast mode forelegs folded down in robot mode to be used as centaur-like supports; while holding onto the two posts on both of Break's flippers, and resting Break on his lap, making this gimmick easier to use without the weight of Break making Longrack's arms droop.
- Break is considered one of the most notorious shellformers, as you can remove every piece of the penguin mode from him (aside from his forearm kibble pieces, as they require a screwdriver) and still have a fully-functional, four-limbed robot.
- This toy was later repurposed as Rockhopper.
- Undersea Showdown: Break VS Dead End (Two-pack, January 1999)
- Takara ID number: VS-32
- Sonokong ID number: DX-04
- Accessories: "Break Anchor" missile
- Break was also available in the "Undersea Showdown" (海中の対決 kaichū no taiketsu) two-pack with Dead End. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.
- Sonokong also released this vs-pack in Korean Beast War Neo markets. The Sonokong Break features no differences with the Takara releases, other than the packaging and Tech Spec cards.
Notes
- Break sounds exactly like Naruto Uzumaki. While some similarity is to be expected since Junko Takeuchi provides the voice for both characters, Break's intonation, accent, and attitude are notably identical to the later character.
- Due to his "mischievous student" characterization in the cartoon, Break is the only character to swear or use harsh language out of both Beast Wars II and Beast wars Neo.
- IDW's Beast Wars comics depict Break's penguin mode as a rockhopper penguin, not an emperor. This is not an error per se, since in-continuity this is Break's second beast mode. His teammate Stampy mentions that his new beast mode is "revamped", having held a vehicle mode between the events of IDW's version of Beast Wars Neo and the IDW comics.
Foreign names
- Korean: Break (브레익 Beureik)
