History Main / BattyLipBurbling

* "WesternAnimation/Kappa Mikey": Gonard is seen doing this in season 2 episode 14.

** In "For Want of a Boot," Hawkeye degenerates into burbling after his scheme to get a new pair of boots falls apart.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' guest star Creator/DomDeLuise has to look after three monsters in one skit, one of which is a baby that he burbles at to keep it entertained.

* Done in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGoblinKing.'' Fred, Daphne, and Velma witness the goblin invasion into the human world, only for Velma to be horrified that monsters are real. Her brain short-circuits and she does the lip gesture to demosntrate that she's [[GoMadFromTheRevelation gone nuts from the revelation]].

* Done in WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGoblinKing Fred, Daphne, and Velma witness the goblin invasion into the human world, only for Velma to be horrified that monsters are real. Her brain short-circuits and she does the lip gesture to demosntrate that she's [[GoMadFromTheRevelation gone nuts from the revelation]].

-->'''Gremlin:''' I like him. He's silly.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': The Joker does this in "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E21And22WildCards Wild Cards]]" when he reveals that Ace has been [[spoiler:hypnotizing everyone watching his show]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E10NoFreeRidesImYourBiggestFanatic No Free Rides]]", [=SpongeBob=] does this when he finds out that the person trying to steal his new boatmobile was Mrs. Puff.

* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': The GrandFinale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" opens with Hawkeye in a psychiatric hospital. As he talks to the others over the phone, he jokes that he's getting a blister on his finger from burbling.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' guest star Creator/DomDeLuise, when playing with a baby monster in one skit. Since the monster is very persistent, and has two equally demanding companions, Dom does it a ''lot''.

* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': In the episode Cheaters / Bullies, Ned Bigby goes crazy and turns into Crazy Neddy to try and scare Loomer. In the hallway scene, he jumps out of a locker, laughs like a maniac, jumps at Loomer - telling him that he can't hide from him. Loomer says he's not hiding. Crazy Neddy says "Exactly!!" then grabs Loomer's cheeks, burbles his lips, then jumps down.

-->'''Gremlin''': I like him. He's silly.

* Jon does this in one strip when he thinks ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} is talking to him. It's actually Lyman hiding [[BehindTheBlack out of frame]].

** In "Salsa Imbecilicus", this is instead done by the inhabitants on Bikini Bottom, as well as Plankton, to convey stupidity.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In "Hobby Show" (a SoundToScreenAdaptation of "The Workhorse"), Miss Brooks' friends try to relax her by throwing her a hobby afternoon. Miss Brooks ends up attempting to finger-paint (Harriet Conklin), play with model trains (Walter Denton), knit (Mrs. Davis), play chess (Mr. Boynton), and fix toys to donate to needy children (Mr. and Mrs. Conklin) ''all at the same time''. Miss Brooks ends the episode laughing hysterically and burbling her lips.

* One [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween Episode]] of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' has her aunts end up in an insane asylum (really a theme party). They try their best to escape and find a door that promises them an escape. Behind it is the [[MadScientist Mad Scientist]] doing this.

* ''Series/TheGongShow'' had host Chuck Barris yelling to the audience "Gimme a B!" The audience calls out "B!" Chuck: "Gimme another B!" Audience: "B!" Chuck: "Gimme ''another'' B!" Audience: "B!" Chuck: "Whaddya got?!" (''does batty lip burbling'')
* ''Series/TheGoodies'', particularly Tim, tend to do this as a sign that either they or someone else has flipped.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' guest star Creator/DomDeLuise, when playing with a baby monster in one skit. Since the monster is very persistent, and has two equally demanding companions, Dom does it a ''lot''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E10NoFreeRidesImYourBiggestFanatic No Free Rides]]", [=SpongeBob=] does this when he finds out that the person trying to steal his new boatmobile was Mrs. Puff.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': The Joker does this in "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E21And22WildCards Wild Cards]]" when he reveals that Ace has been [[spoiler:hypnotizing everyone watching his show]].

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'':
** "Clown of the Jungle", sees WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck doing this after the [[{{Troll}} Aracuan Bird]] has successfully [[DrivenToMadness driven him to madness]].
** Donald also did this at the end of ''Donald's Crime''.
** At the end of ''WesternAnimation/HowToPlayFootball'', the Taxidermy Tech coach is seen doing this after cracking up from stress during [[DownToTheLastPlay the incredibly close last play of the game]].
** One of the "Injuns" in ''WesternAnimation/CalifornyErBust'' is depicted doing this while wearing a horse collar. He is referred to as "Crazy Horse."
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the episode "[[Recap/KimPossibleS3E5ShowdownAtTheCrookedD Showdown at the Crooked D]]", one of the effects of Drakken's Silly Hats is the wearer will frequently bat their lips with their finger.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Yakko burbles his lips after encountering a giant Ralph for the first time in the "Warners and the Beanstalk".
* ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons'': The lion does this after being driven to madness by a mouse in "The Slap Happy Lion".
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Montana Max does this at the end of "Paper Trained".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': In "The Little Stranger", Fred thinks that Wilma is going to have a baby. After the "little visitor" Fred heard about arrives, it turns out to be the Flintstones' paperboy. Fred burbles his lips from the shock of the news.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Meg Griffin does this in the "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS16E1EmmyWinningEpisode Emmy-Winning Episode]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'': In the silly song "I Love My Lips", Larry the cucumber does this after he talks about how he would feel if his lips ever left him. However, he doesn't have hands to burble his lips. So he just motorboats instead. You can hear the voice actor doing this though.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony, Part 2]]", Twilight Sparkle trudges through Ponyville while surrounded by various manifestations of chaos, including a crazy-eyed pony who floats past doing this.
* The king in the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' short "Swamp and Tad: Mission Imfrogable" has lip burbling as part of his name, which is mostly a sequence of sound effects and a dance for unexplained reasons.
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGoblinKing'': Velma faints in Fred's arms after seeing the supernatural maelstrom the Amazing Krudsky conjured up. She comes out of her stupor long enough to burble her lips before collapsing again.
* ''Around the World with Westernanimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' ends with Timon, who just forgot who he is after being hit by lightning, doing this.

* ''WesternAnimation/BoysNightOut'': When Linberg is taken to a strip club by his stepfather, his stepfather tells him not to tell mom, as "she just would not understand". There they meet a priest named Father Jackson, who begs Linberg not to tell his mother because "she just would not understand". After some slapstick shenanigans, Linberg ends up in a room where his mother is working as a stripper instead of being at bible study like she said she would. She tells him not to tell his stepfather or Father Jackson, as "they just would not understand." Hearing this, Linberg materialises [[NapoleonDelusion a straightjacket and a Napoleon hat]] and starts burbling his lips while his eyes spin.

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGoblinKing'': Velma faints in Fred's arms after seeing the supernatural maelstrom the Anazing Krudsky conjured up. She comes out of her stupor long enough to burble her lips before collapsing again.

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Let's be honest for a moment. The first time you ever saw this trope in action was probably in this category.

* ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill'': In the episode "The Snack Helper/Buds", Little Bill and his friends look at some buds on a blooming bush during recess. Andrew starts saying the word "Buds" really fast, then burbles his lips. Little Bill laughs and does the same thing. Then everyone does it. They do this again at the end of the episode when they go off to play in the sandbox.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Meg Griffin does this in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS16E1EmmyWinningEpisode Emmy-Winning Episode]]".

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-->-- '''Spider-Man''', ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' Issue #60

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-->'''Rolf:''' It is the food of the (''burbles lips'')! THE PARTY IS CUUUUURSED! (''runs away'')
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: Bender's Game'': When Titanius (Bender) discovers that the King of Wipe Castle (Roberto) is actually insane, he emulates this when he says, "Moving right along. Since I'm the only one here who is not [burbles lips]..."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "No Free Rides", Spongebob does this when he finds out that the person trying to steal his new boatmobile was Mrs. Puff.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill'': In the episode “The Snack Helper / Buds”, Little Bill and his friends look at some buds on a blooming bush during recess. Andrew starts saying the word “Buds” really fast, then burbles his lips. Little Bill laughs and does the same thing. Then everyone does it. They do this again at the end of the episode when they go off to play in the sandbox.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': The Joker does this when he reveals that Ace has been [[spoiler:hypnotizing everyone watching his show]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'': Popeye does this at the end of "Riot in Rhythm".
* WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Shorts}}:

** In "Stark Raving Dad", Homer does this mockingly after "Michael Jackson" tells him that he wore one white glove covered in rhinestones.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Meg Griffin does this in the "Emmy Winning Episode".
* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'': In the silly song “I Love My Lips”, Larry the cucumber does this after he talks about how he would feel if his lips ever left him. However, he doesn’t have hands to burble his lips. So he just motorboats instead. You can hear the voice actor doing this though.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In part 2 of "The Return of Harmony", Twilight Sparkle trudges through Ponyville while surrounded by various manifestations of chaos, including a crazy-eyed pony who floats past doing this.

* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': In the episode Cheaters/Bullies, Ned Bigby goes crazy and turns into Crazy Neddy to try and scare Loomer. In the hallway scene, he jumps out of a locker, laughs like a maniac, jumps at Loomer - telling him that he can’t hide from him. Loomer says he’s not hiding. Crazy Neddy says “Exactly!!” then grabs Loomer’s cheeks, burbles his lips, then jumps down.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Meg Griffin does this in "Emmy Winning Episode".