History Main / BubblegumPopping

* In ''VideoGame/Ninjala'' this is one of the attacks.

** In "Devil May Hare", 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 "Rabbit Every Monday", 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.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Wesley gets annoyed when ditzy vampire Harmony keeps popping her gum while he's trying to sort out the Crisis of the Week, and calls loudly for someone to stake her. When she then wraps her gum in a page torn from a 1200-year-old TomeOfEldritchLore, [[BerserkButton he has to be restrained from doing it himself]].
* ''Series/{{Danger 5}}''. Ilysa has to go undercover on a school campus. She's popping gum when an obnoxious student hits on her. She blows her gum up to full size, then it somehow turns into a pink metal ball that [[GroinAttack she throws at the kid's groin]]. Presumably it was secret spy gum.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' had Tommy and Chuckie face-to-face with a gum-chewing brunette bully whose most common form of punishment was getting gum into the other children's hair, forcing them to have to get it cut. Tommy later [[HoistByHisOwnPetard gives this bully a taste of her own medicine]] by popping her bubble as she's blowing it up. When the bully reappears at the end of the episode, she's shown to have had her hair cut, is more soft-spoken and kinder to the other playground kids, and has taken up eating carrots instead of candy and other assorted junk foods.

* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' has Audrey Ramirez do this in front of Milo when first introduced to him when he's making a presentation about Atlantis.

* Neon's [[IdleAnimation idle animation]] in Open Surge is this. HilarityEnsues for sure.

** "WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'':

** WesternAnimation/TotalDrama

** Yes, even WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}}'' had these. Emma did two really big bubbles, bigger than the size of her head in the season 2 episode, Will the Real Broseph Please Stand Up?

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 care free.

* Averted in the American ad campaign for Hubba Bubba bubble gum that ran from 1979 to 1984. These television ads featured the [[MeaningfulName Gumfighter]] in {{the Wild West}}. The Gumfighter would blow a fair-sized bubble which would pop...and then easily peel off from the face. The point of this ad campaign was to pitch to consumers that Hubba Bubba made big bubbles ''and'' would not stick to one's face.

* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' is ''named'' after this trope, referring to the precarious moment when the bubble is at its peak and may either blow up, covering the blower's face in a sticky mess, or deflate limply.

* In the 1976 ''Film/{{Freaky Friday|1976}}'' , Barbara Harris blows quite a few bubbles including a rather big one that pops off-screen as she's doing laundry. When the camera goes back to her, she's got popped gum over one side of her mouth.
* ''Film/{{Grease}}'' has Frenchy (Didi Conn) blowing up an enormous bubble during the "Beauty School Dropout" montage. It promptly gets popped by 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]].

* Played With in the episode "Dennis Has a Fling" from ''Series/DennisTheMenace'' - Dennis loses his bubble gum in Mr. Wilson's bagpipes. Mr. Wilson then plays the bagpipes, blowing a huge bubble out of one of pipes - the bubble bursts all over one side of his face.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Wesley gets annoyed when ditzy vampire Harmony keeps popping her gum while he's trying to sort out the Crisis of the Week, and calls loudly for someone to stake her. When she then wraps her gum in a page torn from a 1200 year-old TomeOfEldritchLore, [[BerserkButton he has to be restrained from doing it himself]].

** Averted in another ''[=FoxTrot=]'' strip, when Paige attempts to pop the gigantic bubble Jason has blown, and is bewildered when the bubble not only fails to pop, but fails to deflate despite the hole made by Paige's finger. Turns out it's because of their mother Andy's setting the thermostat low enough to ''freeze'' the gum (and Paige's hot beverage).

* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny deals with his foes this way in two occasions.
** In "Devil May Hare", Bugs feeds the Tasmanian Devil a chicken made from gum and baking soda. The baking soda gives Taz hiccups, and every time he hics 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.

** Another episode, "The Big Flub", centered around a new gum Gyro invented involving helium so that blown bubbles could float the gum-chewer like a baloon.

** Tigger seems to enjoy this trope - he also does it in "Balloonatics", claiming he's found Christopher Robin's balloon (which the animals think is broken). The 'balloon' turns out to be bubble gum, and Tigger blows an immense bubble which pops all over him, Rabbit and Piglet, leaving them covered in a sticky mess.

* Debbie in WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys blew bubble gum throughout the series. One notable example of this trope was an episode where the family was out in the desert with little water. Debbie gives Donnie some of her bubble gum to chew so his mouth won't go dry. Donnie blows a gigantic bubble which breaks all over the both of them.

** In the episode "Hurricane Neddy" Homer is asked by a psychiatrist to attempt to [[spoiler:irritate Ned Flanders, who has been committed to an insane asylum for repressing his anger.]] During his explanation, Homer blows an increasingly large bubble. As the psychatrist asks, "Homer, do you think you can be that annoying?" the bubble pops all over the doctor's face.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': In "For Your Ed Only", Edd develops a formula for "inordinate bubblegum" that Ed blows on and whisks him into the air (with Eddy, Johnny and Plank in tow) until Kevin pops it with a baseball. Later, when Sarah is chasing the Eds for stealing her diary and has them cornered, Edd tries to use his gum to carry them away, but because he can't chew it fast enough, Ed blows into his mouth and causes his hat to inflate.

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

May result in GumInHair and CoveredInGunge.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' had Tommy and Chuckie face-to-face with a redheaded, gum-chewing bully whose most common form of punishment was getting gum into the other children's hair, forcing them to have to get it cut. Tommy later [[HoistByHisOwnPetard gives this bully a taste of her own medicine]] by popping her bubble as she's blowing it up. When the bully reappears at the end of the episode, she's shown to have had her hair cut, is more soft-spoken and kinder to the other playground kids, and has taken up eating carrots instead of candy and other assorted junk foods.

—->'''Alya:''': You little…

—->'''Chloé:''': Listen, Marinette! If we don't sacrifice a few macarons now Adrien is going to be eating sushi for the rest of his life! ''(Chloé blows a bubble with her gum before spitting the gum into the ladle.)'' You better not screw this up, Dupain-Cheng.

—->>'''Chloé:''': Ugh, so I'm the one who broke Sabrina's dad's arm, am I? Just because your footage of those lame superheroes was shown on TV, doesn't mean you have to get so high and mighty. ''(blows a small white bubble gum at her) ''
—->>'''Alya:''': You little…

—->> '''Chloé:''': Listen, Marinette! If we don't sacrifice a few macarons now Adrien is going to be eating sushi for the rest of his life! ''(Chloé blows a bubble with her gum before spitting the gum into the ladle.)'' You better not screw this up, Dupain-Cheng.

May result in GumInHair.

* A HalloweenEpisode of the 1980s Ruby-Spears cartoon "Marmaduke" (based on the comic strip) has the dog [[MST3KMantra going trick-or-treating]]. Marmaduke gets a small piece of bubble gum among his treats and blows a giant bubble with it, causing him to [[AllBalloonsHaveHelium to lift off the ground]]. His flight is cut short by a [[RuleOfFunny VERY SHARP weather vane]].

* In the opening intro for WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}, Gus blows a gum bubble until it pops, leaving him all covered with gum.

* In the convenience store scene from ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'', Boog chews a piece of bubble gum then blows a bubble until it pops, as he gets covered up in gum while Elliot laughs at his expense.

* Played With in the episode "Dennis Has a Fling" from ''Series/DennisTheMenace'' - Dennis loses his bubble gum in Mr. Wilson's bagpipes. Mr. Wilson then plays the bagpipes, blowing a huge bubble out of one of pipes - [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the bubble bursts all over one side of his face]].

* Mary Elizabeth Monroe had a tendency to pop bubble gum during her ring entrance, which has been interpreted as a sign of contempt.[[/folder]]

* Neon's [[IdleAnimation idle animation]] in Open Surge is this. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensues]] for sure.

* Neon's [[IdleAnimation idle animation]] in Open Surge is this.[[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensues]].

* May result in GumInHair.