History Main / BubblegumPopping

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainFlamingo'': In "Gum Control", this happens to Kirsten after blowing a huge bubble, leaving her face stuck with popped gum.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainFlamingo'': In "Gum Control", this happens to Kirsten after blowing a huge bubble, leaving her face stuck with popped gum.

* In ''ComicBook/ZipiYZape'', both brothers blow two large bubbles. When both bubbles touch, they end up [[FusionDance merging into one much larger]] and when Zipi tries to get his part of the gigantic bubble, it's released [[spoiler: just to blow up in the face of a man who was staring out of a window, and who ends the strip persecuting both brothers with the face full of bubblegum.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon "The Bodyguard", Spike the dog comes to Jerry's rescue every time he whistles. Tom tries to stop him by feeding Jerry bubble gum (covered in paste) so that he can't whistle. Jerry eventually blows a huge bubble while trying, and when it pops, the whistle is so loud and hard it nearly blows Tom away.

* ''Film/{{Grease}}'' has Frenchy (Didi Conn) blowing up an enormous bubble during the "Beauty School Dropout" montage. It promptly gets popped by the finger of singer Frankie Avalon. Didi later said during interviews and documentaries that her bubble blowing was not originally in the script, but [[ThrowItIn done on the spur of the moment]].

* In ''Literature/HildaAndRichie'', both of the titular foxes blow bubble gum bubbles bigger than possible from a single piece of gum. HilarityEnsues when their bubbles break, getting themselves both CoveredInGunge.

* In the first episode of the anime ''Anime/BlueSeed'', Kome Sawaguchi debuts by blowing a fair-sized bubble as she looks over her new work location from outside. While not huge, her bubble breaks with a loud pop and covers the lower half of her face in gum. Kome comments on the bubble gum mess as being a lousy omen.

* In ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' on the episode "All's Fair in Love and Taxis" A snarky taxi driver named Sandra blows and pops bubbles a lot when working with the heroes.

This can also be used to indicate that a character [[TheSnackIsMoreInteresting isn't taking a conversation or issue seriously]]; they will blow and then pop a bubble during a conversation to draw attention to how casually they are taking the issue. It helps that bubblegum has something of a childish flair to it, meaning the chewer comes across as bratty or carefree.

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* The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book "Night of the Living Dummy" opens with Lindy popping her sister Kris' bubble because Kris wanted to prove she could blow a bigger one than Lindy.

* The StaringKid on ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' is in the midst of blowing a bubble when he sees Mr. Incredible lifting his car. The bubble pops in the middle of the awkward pause.

May result in GumInHair and CoveredInGunge. Should ''not'' be confused with ChewBubblegum.

This can also be used to indicate that a character isn't taking a conversation or issue seriously; they will blow and then pop a bubble during a conversation to draw attention to how casually they are taking the issue. It helps that bubblegum has something of a childish flair to it, meaning the chewer comes across as bratty or carefree.

* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny deals with his foes this way on two occasions.
** In "WesternAnimation/DevilMayHare", Bugs feeds the Tasmanian Devil a chicken made from gum and baking soda. The baking soda gives Taz hiccups, and every time he hiccups the bubble gets bigger until Bugs blows it away, dragging Taz away with it. It floats until Bugs hits it with a slingshot, leaving Taz hanging from the trees.
** In "WesternAnimation/RabbitEveryMonday", Bugs plugs Yosemite Sam's rifle with bubble gum. When Sam fires, he is suddenly trapped inside a bubble. Again, Bugs blows it away, and it drops down a cliff. Sam manages to blow into the bubble so that it flies back up, but that is when Bugs pops it.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon "The Bodyguard", Spike the dog comes to Jerry's rescue every time he whistles. Tom tries to stop him by feeding Jerry bubble gum so that he can't whistle. Jerry eventually blows a huge bubble while trying, and when it pops, the whistle is so loud and hard it nearly blows Tom away.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'' has the character Celetine continuously blow and suspend a bubble gum bubble.

* ''VideoGame/{{Desponia}} has a female NPC that will continuously chew and pop gum shown here [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-w6SlTE9ME]].

* ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePast'' has Viola Pemberton, a lab worker that will blow and pop gum on occasion in the lab.

* ''Film/{{Robocop}}'': Alex Murphy's partner in law enforcement Anne Lewis, blows a bubble before trying to apprehend one of Clarence Boddicker's men. She fails and gets knocked out some minutes before Alex Murphy faces something much worse.

* In ''Film/Robocop'' Alex Murphy's partner in law enforcement Anne Lewis, blows a bubble before trying to apprehend one of Clarence Boddicker's men. She fails and gets knocked out some minutes before Alex Murphy faces something much worse.

* The Bubble Monkey in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' has the ability to levitate himself with bubblegum.