Editing Balloons (Thing)

{{distinguish|Balloon (Thing)}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:BallonsCard.png|100px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' ([[List of games by date#2016|2016]])
|description=''"Makes things float into the sky, and raises voices by an octave or two."''
}}
The '''Balloons''' are a [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)#Thing Cards|Thing]] in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''. After watching [[Birdo]]'s performance of "[[Soul Rumblings]]" in [[Plum Park]], [[Mario]] is able to collect it. Once the Balloons have been picked up, they are wrung out, refill Mario's paint, and become a colorless card. Once they have been used as a card, they return to their original position. They can also be purchased from the [[Wringer]] for 300 [[coin]]s and sold as an unpainted card for 1 coin.

When they are used in battle, the battle area changes to a stage with cutouts of bushes and a castle. Birdo is lowered on a crescent moon as "Soul Rumblings" begins to play. Birdo then blows a kiss which causes hearts to fly towards any present enemies. After being dazed by the hearts, 3 balloons sprout from the enemies' backs and carry them offscreen. The stage quickly fades back to the regular battle area.

The Balloons are mandatory for [[Ludwig]]'s fight at [[Fort Cobalt]]. After Mario deals enough damage to the [[Super Ludship]], it sinks and reveals the [[Super Ludsub]]. Mario must use the balloons to force the submarine out of the water and into a position where other Battle Cards can attack it. However, using a replica version of the Balloons causes Ludwig to fire a missile at Birdo and prematurely ends the attack.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMCS Balloons card unpainted.png|The Balloons as an unpainted card
PMCS Balloons Replica card.png|The Balloons as a replica card
PMCS Balloons Replica card unpainted.png|The Balloons as an unpainted replica card
PMCS BalloonThing.png|The Balloons as a menu icon
PMCS Plum Park Rescue Squad Toad.png|The Balloons in the background
PMCS Plum Park Balloons.png|Mario squeezes the Balloons
PMCS Balloons battle.png|The Balloons used during the battle against [[Petey Piranha]]
PMCS Fort Cobalt Ludsub Balloons.png|The Balloons lifting the Super Ludsub
</gallery>

==Record==
{{media table
|file1=PMCS Soul Rumblings.oga
|title1=Soul Rumblings
|description1=Plays while using the Balloons
|length1=0:29
}}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=フウセン
|JpnR=Fūsen
|JpnM=Balloon
|FreE=Ballons
|FreEM=Balloons
|Ita=Palloncini
|ItaM=Balloons
|Ger=Ballons
|GerM=Balloons
}}

{{PMCS Battle Cards}}
[[Category:Balloons]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: Color Splash items]]
[[it:Palloncini (oggetto)]]