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{{quote|"''Internal combustion is such old science. Bubble travel is the way of the future!''"|'''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'''}}
Bubbles - the most fragile, light and transitory of objects. They aimlessly flutter through the air at the whim of a merest breeze, and vanish into nothingness at the merest touch. [[Too Dumb to Live|Hey, let's use them as a form of transportation!]]
You seem a little apprehensive, so let me clue you in on something: on the inside of a bubble, ''gravity vanishes''. Things just [[Mid-Air Bobbing|bob around]] in there, having somehow become as weightless as the bubble itself. Don't worry, it's perfectly safe!
The only tricky part is getting out of the bubble once you get in. For some bizarre reason, people put in bubbles tend to find themselves completely unable to get themselves out, no matter how hard they batter the inside of the bubble. It must be a side effect of zero gravity or something.
Oh? How do we get in? Well, we just get a bubble about ten feet in diameter, and... what? What do you mean, [[Square-Cube Law|impossible?]] Well, I suppose we'll just have to [[Incredible Shrinking Man|shrink down to a few inches]] and use a normal-sized one, then.
What? How do we steer it? Why, isn't it enough to just go wherever the wind takes you? Is your spirit really tied down to such weighty stones as "appointments" and "street numbers" and "deadlines" and -
-fine, go take a taxi, then.
See also [[Sphere Factor]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* The [[Adventure Towns|Shabaody Archipelago]] of ''[[
* The Six-Tailed Jinchuuriki of ''[[
* In ''[[Pokémon:
== Film ==
* This happens to the protagonists of ''Honey We Shrunk Ourselves''.
* Used by Glinda the Good in the film version of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
* One of the ways 2013's ''[[Oz the Great and Powerful]]'' pays tribute to the 1939 ''Wizard of Oz'' (for which it was not legally allowed to be a [[Prequel]]) was by having Glinda transport Oz and friends in bubbles.
* ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]'' features bubbles as a form of public transportation in the future.
* On ''[[Pinocchio]]'', Jiminy Cricket gets caught inside a bubble underwater. He punctures it trying to retrieve his hat (which is in a different bubble) and it starts ''filling up with water''. [[MST3K Mantra|best not to dwell too much on it.]]
* Timothy Mouse on ''[[
* The stonefish seen during this part of the song "Under the Sea" from ''[[
{{quote|
'Cause beneath the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain't happy
Because they are in de bowl
But fish in the bowl are lucky
They be in for worser fate
'Cause one day the boss gets hungry
Guess who's gonna be on de plate? }}
== Literature ==
* Bubbles the Dog gets transported into ''[[
* Appears in Patrick O'Leary's ''The Gift''.
== Theatre ==
* Glinda travels in a bubble in ''[[Wicked (
== Video Games ==
* ''[[
** If the [[True Final Boss]] gets you in ''Rainbow Islands'', [[It's a Wonderful Failure]].
** ''Rainbow Islands Revolution'' has Bub as a human floating in a bubble the whole time, relying on the player's stylus to move him around. [[Bad Export for You|Japan is lucky to be able to use the D-pad]].
* In ''The Fairyland Story'' (by the same company who made ''Bubble Bobble''), when you die, you get swept away into a bubble.
* Used by [[Mario]] in ''[[Super Mario Land 2:
** And also in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' as a means of avoiding death and/or re-entering the level in multiplayer. Just don't have everyone go into a bubble at once...
* ''[[Super Mario World (
** ''Yoshi's Story'', the sequel, features prizes stuck in super-rubbery bubbles that <s> only</s> projectiles can break.
*** You can actually break the bubbles using only Yoshi's body if you bump into them or jump on them enough times. It takes a while, but can be done.
** Any baby character in Yoshi's Island DS if knocked off Yoshi's back.
** In the original ''[[Super Mario World (
* This can happen to Wario in the ''[[
* Bubbled objects in ''[[Kirby]] Squeak Squad'' are sent to Kirby's stomach, which functions as an [[Video Game Items and Inventory|inventory]].
* The [[Infocom]] adventure ''Trinity'' had this.
* Mew in ''[[Pokémon Snap]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'' and ''Brawl''.
** And before any of that, [[The Movie]].
* The Latheon Gorge segment of [[
* In [[Banjo-Tooie]] the only way to get in and out of Cloud Cuckooland is via bubble.
* [[The World Ends With You
* ''[[Lost Vikings]]'' has bubbles that vikings can use as a transportation device. The bottom part of the bubble acts as a tiny platform.
* ''[[Touhou]]'' has [[Squishy Wizard|Patchy's]] spell card, Water Sign "Jellyfish Princess", which creates a protective bubble for Patchy to float around in. When it's used by the actual player, the bubble doesn't cause her to float, acting as more of a general barrier for defense.
* The ''Mega Man [[Battle Network]]'' series introduces this as a status effect of sorts in the sixth game, where it paralyzes the victim, and causes them to take doubled damage from electrical attacks. It also had the Bubble Wrap chip which provided a regenerating bubble shield that could absorb a single hit of damage whenever it was up, but wouldn't regenerate if struck with electricity.
** The former effect is carried over into the ''[[
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* ''[[Futurama|Bender's Big Score]]'' had an improbably cute version during the dating montage with Lars & Leela.
* Used to a ridiculous extent in ''The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars.'' The baby is in a bubble on Mars for ''hours,'' and neither runs out of oxygen, needs a diaper change, nor milk.
* Happens regularly on ''[[
** And let us not forget everyone in Bikini Bottom in "Rodeo Daze."
* Bubbles are a common mode of transport in ''[[The Dreamstone]]''.
* An episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' had the boys working on a bubble that could be ridden in.
* Showed up occasionally in ''[[My Little Pony]]''. The Sea Ponies could form breathing bubbles around people to stop them from drowning, and Fizzy could make all sorts of bubbles, including a couple times bubbles for floating through the air.
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