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* In ''[[Police Academy]] 6'' at the very end, there is an award ceremony for stopping {{spoiler|the crime wave perpetrated by the mayor to lower real estate price.}} As part of the decorations for the ceremony, a big bunch of balloons spans from one chair to another. When Cmdt. Lassard sees that Capt. Harris sitting in one of the chairs the balloons are tied to, {{spoiler|possibly as revenge for causing a leak in the department for the mastermind}}, he cuts them free, thus causing the chair Harris is sitting on to float away.
* In ''[[Police Academy]] 6'' at the very end, there is an award ceremony for stopping {{spoiler|the crime wave perpetrated by the mayor to lower real estate price.}} As part of the decorations for the ceremony, a big bunch of balloons spans from one chair to another. When Cmdt. Lassard sees that Capt. Harris sitting in one of the chairs the balloons are tied to, {{spoiler|possibly as revenge for causing a leak in the department for the mastermind}}, he cuts them free, thus causing the chair Harris is sitting on to float away.
* ''[[Real Genius (Film)|Real Genius]]'' (or at least the trailer and commercials as it didn't make it into the final cut). Val Kilmer in a balloon-lofted deckchair outside an upper-story classroom: "What are you doing?!" "Floating, sir."
* ''[[Real Genius (Film)|Real Genius]]'' (or at least the trailer and commercials as it didn't make it into the final cut). Val Kilmer in a balloon-lofted deckchair outside an upper-story classroom: "What are you doing?!" "Floating, sir."
* ''[[The Red Balloon]]''. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Balloon here] and [http://the-haunted-closet.blogspot.com/2009/05/red-balloon-1956.html especially, here].
* ''[[The Red Balloon]]''. See [[wikipedia:The Red Balloon|here]] and [http://the-haunted-closet.blogspot.com/2009/05/red-balloon-1956.html especially, here].
* In Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney)|Robin Hood]]'', Sir Hiss the snake not only becomes an airborne spy by sticking his head inside an inflated balloon so that his body hangs down as the string ([[Anachronism Stew|and how does Medieval England have helium-filled rubber balloons to begin with?]]), but gains altitude by ''further inflating the balloon, with his breath, while his head is inside it''. [[Balloonacy]] on so many levels.
* In Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney)|Robin Hood]]'', Sir Hiss the snake not only becomes an airborne spy by sticking his head inside an inflated balloon so that his body hangs down as the string ([[Anachronism Stew|and how does Medieval England have helium-filled rubber balloons to begin with?]]), but gains altitude by ''further inflating the balloon, with his breath, while his head is inside it''. [[Balloonacy]] on so many levels.
* This was done in ''[[The Three Stooges]]'', in an odd variation of this trope, where Moe himself ''became'' a balloon. In ''Dizzy Pilots'', Moe falls into a tub of tar, and to get the tar off of him, Larry and Curly cut a hole in his clothes and begin filling it up with gas. [[Hilarity Ensues]] as Moe begins to float away when Larry and Curly aren't looking, and they spend the next sizable chunk of the episode trying to get Moe down. He eventually floats through an opening in the ceiling and into the sky. Hearing Moe cry during the ordeal makes this a candidate for [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].
* This was done in ''[[The Three Stooges]]'', in an odd variation of this trope, where Moe himself ''became'' a balloon. In ''Dizzy Pilots'', Moe falls into a tub of tar, and to get the tar off of him, Larry and Curly cut a hole in his clothes and begin filling it up with gas. [[Hilarity Ensues]] as Moe begins to float away when Larry and Curly aren't looking, and they spend the next sizable chunk of the episode trying to get Moe down. He eventually floats through an opening in the ceiling and into the sky. Hearing Moe cry during the ordeal makes this a candidate for [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].
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* ''[[Myth Busters]]'' researched how many you'd need. It takes ''a lot'' of balloons to lift a person -- even if it's just a five-year-old!
* ''[[Myth Busters]]'' researched how many you'd need. It takes ''a lot'' of balloons to lift a person -- even if it's just a five-year-old!
** Specifically, it takes 3,500 party-size balloons to lift a 40 pound child.
** Specifically, it takes 3,500 party-size balloons to lift a 40 pound child.
* A guy named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters Larry Walters] did it, and there's a movie based on his story, called ''[[Danny Deckchair]]'' (the real dude was nicknamed Larry Lawnchair) Friends of mine also made a couple gigantic balloons in the backyard of their cafe, and launched customers a few feet up (safely secured by a rope).
* A guy named [[wikipedia:Larry Walters|Larry Walters]] did it, and there's a movie based on his story, called ''[[Danny Deckchair]]'' (the real dude was nicknamed Larry Lawnchair) Friends of mine also made a couple gigantic balloons in the backyard of their cafe, and launched customers a few feet up (safely secured by a rope).
* A Brazilian priest did this for fund-raising reasons. However, he lost control and was found dead weeks later.
* A Brazilian priest did this for fund-raising reasons. However, he lost control and was found dead weeks later.
* A Brazilian couple claimed their kid was inside a baloon that was floating around. However, once it landed, it was revealed the boy wasn't there and his parents were just pulling a scam.
* A Brazilian couple claimed their kid was inside a baloon that was floating around. However, once it landed, it was revealed the boy wasn't there and his parents were just pulling a scam.
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