History Main / HeliumSpeech

* In ''TheSimpsonsGame'' one of Homer's powers is inflating himself in which he'll say random dialogue in helium speech. "I'm slightly lighter then air".

* ''Broadway Danny Rose'': WoodyAllen with a helium voice. Heh heh.

* In one ''FoxTrot'' strip, Jason imagines himself floating to the ceiling after inhaling helium, only to express his disappointment (in [[PaintingTheFourthWall curly letters]]) that it only makes his voice funny.

* On ''{{Cheers}}'', Norm and Cliff sing "Lollipop" this way at Rebecca's bridal shower until Frasier stops t{{hem.

* In an episode of {{The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.}} Brisco and several of his companions board a blimp created by Professor Wickwire. The blimp uses helium, and the trope is invoked.

* The ''CowboyBebop'' episode "Waltz For Venus" features an expedition to the titular planet, whose atmosphere consists largely of helium when the series takes place. Naturally, it has the expected effect on the characters' voices.

* Used to get the voices of the ToyStory Martians, rather than artificially speeding up the voices.

* In the latest StarWarsExpandedUniverse novel (''FateOfTheJedi: Outcast''), Luke Skywalker's teenage son Ben removes his oxygen mask on a planet with a lot of helium in the atmosphere. He then goes on to sing a song to the annoyance of his father.

* ''{{Mythbusters}}'' not only does this during experiments where helium is involved, but they've also used Sulfur Hexafluoride, a gas six times denser than air to get the opposite effect, with a "Don't try this at home!" warning from Adam right before he starts inhaling the stuff. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-XbjFn3aqE here]].

* The most recent season finale of ''{{Eureka}}'', after the teaser, involved Jack, Zane, Fargo, and Tess speaking like this as a result of leaking liquid helium coolant.

* The ''{{Eureka}}'' episode "What Goes Around Comes Around" has a particle accelerator that's cooled by liquid helium. Naturally the cooling line breaks and everyone becomes squeaky for about half a scene until they can shut the line off.

* A ''FamilyGuy'' cutaway shows Stewie doing helium at a birthday party:

* ''RobotChicken'' depicts AlvinAndTheChipmunks as having fairly deep voices until Dave floods the recording studio with helium in an attempt to asphyxiate them.

* Falsetto Jones, the villain of the week on ''KimPossible'', had an extremely high-pitched voice due to a freak accident involving helium (hence his name).

* On ''{{Cheers}}'', Norm and Cliff sing "Lollipop" this way at Rebecca's bridal shower until Frasier stops them.

* In one episode of ''LateNight with DavidLetterman'' where the theme of the night was audience voting, the audience voted to have Dave's and his guest's voices [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Z4dyVANA8 electronically modified to sound as if they had inhaled helium.]] Dave's guest (Jane Pauley) refused to talk after that.

It should be noted that contrary to popular belief, helium actually changes the ''timbre'' (as in the quality) of one's voice, not the pitch. Regardless, those who favor the easy and cheap way of getting things done or just [[DidNotDoTheResearch didn't do the research]] still go for artificially pitch-shifting the characters' voice in spite of this tidbit.

* On ''{{Ellen}}'', Ellen [=DeGeneres=] decided to put deep-voiced ''AmericanIdol'' winner Scotty [=McCreery=] to the test. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY0we-OJS0c results]], or lack thereof, were amusing.

* On ''{{Ellen}}'', Ellen [=DeGeneres=] decided to put deep-voiced ''AmericanIdol'' winner Scotty [=McCreery=] to the test. The [[http://www.theboot.com/2011/10/10/scotty-mccreery-ellen-degeneres-show/ results]], or lack thereof, were amusing.

* Rayman uses this practically in the opening of ''Rayman RavingRabbids 2''. You'll see.

** Well, you can literally die laughing. Inhaling too much helium can displace the oxygen, suffocating you. Also, one elderly man died while watching MontyPythonsFlyingCircus. His heart rate upon death was estimated to be ''500 beats per minute.''

* The ''LooneyTunes'' short "Long Haired Hare". Bugs Bunny replaces an opera singer's throat spray with liquid alum; as he does warm up exercises singing Figaro, each time he says it his head shrinks and his voice becomes higher pitched.

* There's a ''MadMagazine'' gag where two men come across a vending machine labeled "A hit of helium - $1.00." The first man takes a hit and then speaks in a squeaky voice (represented by a lot of whitespace in his speech balloon). The second man, having only a quarter, puts his money in a machine labeled "Helium substitute," and a boot comes out to [[GroinAttack kick him in the 'nads]], having a similar effect on his voice.

* An episode of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' involved Team Rocket using the rather smart plan to disrupt the voices of an Officer Jenny and the other Trainers using helium, so their Pokémon wouldn't recognize their commands. Then they used voice changers to imitate the Trainers' usual voices.

* In episode three of ''WandabaStyle'', TheProfessor's latest experiment involves [[GirlGroup the girls of MixJuice]] and [[RobotGirl Satellite Girl]] Kiku#8 taking a blimp filled with experimental helium into the stratosphere. On the way up, they end up losing most of their air supply, and Kiku replaces it with "extra" air. Unbeknownst to any of them, the air was actually some of the helium, which they find out when [[ItMakesSenseInContext they're giving a concert]].

* ''[=~My Best Friend's Wedding~=]''
* Robin Williams has this in ''[[{{ClubParadise}} Club Paradise]]'' when he went diving.

* ''[[WhoFramedRogerRabbit "When I killed you brother, I talked...]]'' ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis JUST...]][[ExaggeratedTrope LIKE...]][[UpToEleven THIIIIIIIS"]]''

-->'''Darnell''': Randy, those aren't helium balloons.

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* This trope often shows up in works set deep underwater, like the book ''{{Sphere}}'' (not the [[TheMovie godawful movie]]). This is TruthInTelevision to some extent; the nitrogen in normal air becomes toxic at very high pressure, so deep divers breathe a gas mixture which has had some or all of the nitrogen replaced with helium.

* Guybrush in ''MonkeyIsland2'', shown through giving his dialogue lines a tiny font (the remake of the game has voice acting, so you get to hear it). Also used in ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'', which had voice acting as well.

* The Science Vessel in ''{{StarCraft}}'' has this as one of their StopPokingMe sounds:

* In the third installment of ''IceAge'' "deadly gas" turns out to be helium which, as mentioned before, can become deadly after extended periods. The characters' discovery leads to an {{Alvin and the Chipmunks}} impersonation and HilarityEnsues. It is later explained that the deaths were because the victims died laughing.

* ''TheSimpsons'''s Sideshow Bob, while broadcasting his plan to destroy Springfield from inside the Duff blimp; Lisa figured out where he was from the squeaky voice, and when she tells him, he says "Pesky helium! Shoo! Shoo!" and waves his hands, and his voice goes back to normal.

* Noah gets one of these in ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland Total Drama World Tour]]'' after a serious GroinAttack with a golden statue head.

* In the ''Screwy Squirrel'' cartoon "Lonesome Lenny" at one point Screwy sticks Lenny's head into a bucket of alum and he says while his head is shrinking "Why did you put my head in the bucket George?, you shouldn't have put my head in the bucket George, why did you do it?" in a high pitched voice.

* In an episode of ''SeaLab2021'' in which a {{Predator}} was running around the place killing people, Dr. Quinn had the bright idea to mess around with the station's atmosphere in an attempt to hinder the alien aggressor. This ended up pumping a lot of helium into the air vents, which resulted in the crew laughing uproariously over how one of them sounded like [[AlvinAndTheChipmunks a Chipmunk]]... who is then killed by the Predator, [[DeadBabyComedy the crew laughing at his high-pitched screams of agony]].

* ''HomestarRunner'' played with this trope a bit in the [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail38.html appropriately named SBEmail]].

* In one episode of ''LateNight with DavidLetterman'' where the theme of the night was audience voting, the audience voted to have Dave's and his guest's voices electronically modified to sound as if they had inhaled helium. Dave's guest (Jane Pauley) refused to talk after that.

* ''[[WhoFramedRogerRabbit "When I killed you brother, I talked...]]'' ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis JUST...LIKE...THIIIIIIIS"]]''

* The title character of ''Stepsister From the Planet Weird'' is from a shapeshifting alien race that lives off helium. When her Earthling stepsister walks in on her sucking the helium from a party balloon as a snack, the alien tries to explain herself and is surprised that her human form suddenly has a high, squeaky voice.

* On ''Cheers'', Norm and Cliff sing "Lollipop" this way at Rebecca's bridal shower until Frasier stops them.
* On ''Ellen'', Ellen [=DeGeneres=] decided to put deep-voiced ''AmericanIdol'' winner Scotty [=McCreery=] to the test. The [[http://www.theboot.com/2011/10/10/scotty-mccreery-ellen-degeneres-show/ results]], or lack thereof, were amusing.

* Rayman uses this practically in the opening of ''Rayman Raving Rabbids 2''. You'll see.

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->What kinda gas is dis?! Eeeyagh! What happened to my voice?! I sound like one of [[AlvinAndTheChipmunks the Chipmunks]]!
-->-- '''Meowth''', ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}''

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''.
-->''"You fart helium?"''

* An episode of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' involved Team Rocket using the rather smart plan to disrupt the voices of an Officer Jenny and the other trainers using helium, so their Pokémon wouldn't recognize their commands. Then they used voice changers to imitate the trainers' usual voices.
** It fails because the Pokemon are able to tell who their real trainers are in the end.

* Guybrush in ''MonkeyIsland2'', shown through giving his dialogue lines a tiny font (the remake of the game has voice acting, so you get to hear it). Also used in ''CurseOfMonkeyIsland'', which had voice acting as well.