Seven Grapefruit Islands
| Seven Grapefruit Islands ザボン七島 Seven Zabon Islands | |||
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| Region | Orange Islands | ||
| Series debut | Snack Attack! | ||
 Location of Seven Grapefruit Islands in the Orange Islands | |||
The Seven Grapefruit Islands (Japanese: ザボン七島 Seven Zabon Islands) are a chain of seven tiny isles in the eastern region of the Orange Islands. The islands grow grapefruits, and is the only place where they grow them in the Orange Islands. The people on these islands also make the grapefruit peels into candies.
Although the islands are famous for their large grapefruits, it is actually people who grow them. Each island is covered in grapefruit trees. During the winter, each tree is covered in straw for insulation, sprayed with insect repellent and weeded. Butterfree are imported from surrounding islands to help pollinate the grapefruit trees' white flowers, and the fruit develops during the warmer months for picking and processing.
In animation
In Snack Attack, a hungry Snorlax had devastated the first island and it was later discovered that it could swim to reach the other islands. Ruby immediately put the area on lockdown because she feared for the survival of the grapefruit. Ash eventually caught Snorlax, which saved the Grapefruit Islands' groves from its gluttonous appetite.
Pokémon seen on the Seven Grapefruit Islands
 Butterfree (multiple) |
Caught Pokémon
 Ash's Snorlax |
In the manga
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
The Seven Grapefruit Islands appeared in Attack of the Demon Stomach, where they served the same role as in Pokémon the Series: The Beginning.
Pokémon seen on the Seven Grapefruit Islands
 Snorlax |
 Jigglypuff |
Trivia
- Grapefruit Island No. 3 is the largest of the seven.
Name origin
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ザボン七島 Zabon Nanashima | From 朱欒 / 香欒 zabon, pomelo |
| English | Seven Grapefruit Islands | From grapefruit, a citrus fruit commonly misidentified as pomelo |
| French | Îles Pamplemousse | From pamplemousse (grapefruit) |
| German | Sieben Grapefruit Islands | From its English name |
| Italian | Le sette Isole del Pompelmo | From pompelmo (grapefruit) |
| Spanish | Siete Islas Pomelo* | From pomelo |
| Siete Islas Toronja* | From toronja (grapefruit) | |
| Korean | 칠주란군도 Chiljuran Gundo | From 주란 (朱欒) juran, pomelo |
| Chinese | 果實七島 / 果实七岛 Guǒshí Qīdǎo / Gwósaht Chātdóu* | From 果實 guǒshí / gwósaht (fruit) |
| 胡柚七岛 Húyòu Qīdǎo* | From 胡柚 húyòu, a variety of pomelo | |
| Danish | Seven Grapefruit-øerne | From English name |
| Norwegian | De syv Grapefruktøyene | From English name |
| Polish | Siedem Wysp Grejpfrutowych | From English name |
| Sweden | De sju grapefruktöarna | From English name |
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