Ballonlea

Ballonlea (Japanese: アラベスクタウン Arabesque Town) is a small, secluded town situated in a dense forest in the northwestern Galar region. The town's sole access route via land is through Glimwood Tangle, which is located to the south. The town is surrounded by towering trees and its paths are lined by many glowing mushrooms. The houses in Ballonlea resemble the design of common cottages in traditional . Due to being nestled within a forest, Ballonlea is quite dark; the glowing mushrooms provide most of the light outside.
Opal serves as Ballonlea's Gym Leader in , specializing in Pokémon. Bede later becomes the town's Gym Leader after being hand-picked and trained by Opal.
==Slogan==
A charming town where the people make their homes among the trunks of the towering trees. (Japanese: A town where the residential area is in the shape of hollowed-out giant trees.)
==Places of interest==
===Ballonlea Stadium===
Ballonlea Stadium is the official Pokémon Gym of Ballonlea, specializing in types. It is initially led by Opal, who inherited the Gym Leader position from her mother 70 years earlier. She eventually chooses Bede as her successor and makes him the new Fairy-type Gym Leader.
===Pokémon Center===
The Pokémon Center is located in the southeastern corner of Ballonlea, and is the first building that the arrives at upon entering the town from Glimwood Tangle to the south.
The man behind the left counter in the Pokémon Center performs the duties of the Name Rater, memory reader, Move Reminder, and Move Deleter. Unlike in previous games, making a Pokémon remember a move does not require the payment of a Heart Scale. The Pokémon Storage System can be accessed from the Rotomi to the left of the Pokémon Center lady's counter. This PC also enables access to the Loto-ID, as well as Poké Jobs and the League Card Maker.
====Poké Mart====
This Poké Mart is located at the right counter in the Pokémon Center.
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Sword and Shield===
Ballonlea comprises a Pokémon Center, two houses, and the Ballonlea Stadium. In total, the town has a permanent population of 26, the majority of which are female.
==Items==
==Trainers==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Ballonlea first appeared in The Tale of You and Glimwood Tangle!, where and Goh wound up there while wandering around Glimwood Tangle. Soon after arriving, they encountered Opal, who challenged them to a series of quizzes and made them and their Pokémon wear pink clothes for each wrong answer they got. They were eventually joined by Chloe, who arrived to the town with a and she had befriended.
In The Sweet Taste of Battle!, Ash, Goh, and Chloe revisited Ballonlea after receiving an invitation from Opal for a competition she was holding at her Gym, with and Raihan attending it as well. While visiting a local before going to the Gym, Goh himself a , which he inadvertently ended up evolving into an almost immediately afterwards.
Opal's competition turned out to be a cake-decorating contest dubbed the All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge. She loaned each of the contestants one of her to provide them cream for the contest. To everyone's surprise, Ash's overly decorated cake ended up winning. Afterwards, Opal challenged Ash to a , using her Gigantamax Alcremie against Ash's Pikachu. The battle ended up being called off when Alcremie's caused Pikachu to grow too fat and full to continue battling.
====Gallery====
	Pâtisserie
	
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Ballonlea first appeared in Chomp!! Defeat Drednaw, where Opal was informed of the new s endorsed by Leon.
In Shocking!! Reunion in the Forest, arrived at Ballonlea for the next leg of his Gym Challenge. In Rising!! Opal of Ballonlea, while waiting for Hop to finish his battle with Opal, Henry trained with Marvin and his newly evolved Drizzile outside the Gym stadium. Once Hop had won his battle, Henry challenged and defeated Opal as well. In Chomp!! It's Dracovish, it was 's turn to challenge Opal, but she lost, ending her run in the Gym Challenge.
In Cracking!! Brilliant Tap-Dancing, Opal invited Bede to visit her at Ballonlea. Taking a liking to his personality, she chose him as a worthy successor for her as the Ballonlea Gym Leader and started training him in order to prepare him for taking on the position.
==Trivia==
===Origin===
====Name origin====
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	アラベスクタウン Arabesque Town 	From (a ballet position)
English, Polish,Brazilian Portuguese	Ballonlea 	From and -lea (British town suffix for woodland clearing)
German 	Fairballey 	From fair, fairy, ballet, and -ley (British town suffix for woodland clearing)
Spanish 	Pueblo Plié 	From (smooth and continuous bending of the knees in ballet)
French 	Corrifey 	From (dancer of a higher rank in corps de ballet), fey, and -ey (British town suffix for enclosure)
Italian 	Piquedilly 	From (ballet movement involving the pricking of the floor before rebounding) and possibly
Korean 	아라베스크마을 Arabesque Town 	From its Japanese name
Chinese () 	舞姿鎮 / 舞姿镇 Wǔzī Zhèn 	From 舞姿 wǔzī / móuhjī (dancer's posture and movement)
Chinese () 	舞姿鎮 Móuhjī Jan 	From 舞姿 wǔzī / móuhjī (dancer's posture and movement)
==Related articles==
Category:Sword and Shield locations
Category:Towns
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