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Blanche (Japanese: ブランシェ Blanche) is the leader of Team Mystic (Japanese: チームミスティック Team Mystic), one of the three s in . Team Mystic is researching Pokémon Evolution and is represented by . Team Mystic Trainers believe that by staying calm and analyzing every situation, they cannot lose.
Blanche is one of Professor Willow's assistants, along with and Candela. Highly analytical, Blanche often loses track of time when doing research. Blanche tends to get embarrassed when proven wrong and does not take jokes well.Pokémon GO TwitterPokémon GO Twitter
==History==
===Involving Team GO Rocket===
On October 26, 2019, Blanche had an initial encounter with while testing the Rocket Radar with Professor Willow, who warned them that they were "encroaching on Team GO Rocket territory" and asked them to leave. Unprepared for a battle, Blanche and Willow agreed to retreat.Willow Report: Looming in the Shadows - Pokémon GO
On November 7, 2019Pokémon GO Twitter, Blanche sent the following message in response to Team GO Rocket Leader Cliff:
:"Your impression of me is out of date, Cliff. I don’t need to think hard to know that your attempts to take over will fail. I suggest you rethink before you choose to approach me."'
On November 12, 2019, Blanche successfully tracked down Cliff's location using the Rocket Radar and defeated him in a one-sided battle.Team GO Rocket Leaders vs team leaders face-off recap! - Pokémon GO
On July 26, 2020, during Pokémon GO Fest 2020, Cliff battled Blanche. Blanche initiated the battle by sending out a , while Cliff sent a Shadow .Twitter announcement Tyranitar used but Lapras retaliated with .Twitter update In the end, Blanche won the battle when Giovanni recalled Cliff to him along with the other Team GO Rocket Leaders. Professor Willow, Blanche, Candela, Spark and their Pokémon then witnessed the Pokémon GO Fest 2020 fireworks show in the sky.Twitter update
==Pokémon==
===Battle Training===
Blanche uses the following Pokémon in . The Pokémon's moves are randomly chosen from their current move pool.
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===Pokémon GO Tour: Johto Battle Challenge===
==Gallery==
Appearance from Pokémon GO between September 30thLeek Duck on Twitter: The team leaders, Spark, Blanche, and Candela, are now wearing new outfits in-game. The new outfits are visible during Pokémon appraisal and when you train against them on the battle page. and November 30th, 2022PokeMiners on Twitter: Willow and the Team Leaders have been fixed.
==Quotes==
==In the TCG==
Blanche was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese and English expansions, with artwork by Anesaki Dynamic. It was also released as a and in the same Japanese and English expansions, with artwork by the same artist. It allows the player to draw two cards and then flip a coin. If heads, they can attach a Water Energy card from their discard pile to one of their Benched Pokémon.
==Trivia==
* Although the English version of the game and social media accounts avoid using gendered pronouns when referring to Blanche,"Blanche became visibly upset, which tends to happen when things don't go to their carefully curated plans." - Willow Report: Looming in the Shadows — Pokémon GO the Spanish, French, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese translations refer to Blanche as female.
** In the German translations, Blanche was at first referred to as female as well. However, more recently, such as on the German Season of Heritage website,German Website for Season of Heritage the translation uses the deliberately gender-neutral title of "Teamleiter*in" to refer to Blanche's status as a Team Leader. The German social media accounts stopped using gendered pronouns for Blanche after 2020.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ブランシェ Blanche 	From blanche (French for white)
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish,Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Indonesian	Blanche 	Same as Japanese name
Korean 	블랑쉬 Blanche 	Transcription of their Japanese name
Chinese () 	布蘭雪 Bùlánxuě 	Transcription of their Japanese name. Contains 雪 xuě / syut (snow)
Chinese () 	布蘭雪 Boulàahnsyut 	Transcription of their Japanese name. Contains 雪 xuě / syut (snow)
Hindi 	ब्लांच Blanche 	Transcription of English/Japanese name
Russian 	Бланш Blansh 	Transcription of their Japanese name
Thai 	บลองช์ Blanche 	Transcription of their Japanese name
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==Related articles==
Category:Pokémon GO characters
Category:Trainers with Legendary Pokémon
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