History Main / InflatingBodyGag

* "WesternAnimation/Teen Titans Go!"- episode "Doom Patrol Thanksgiving" Part 1. The Doom Patrol team wants to take part in the city parade to fulfill Elasti-girl's dream. But their platform is being broken by the villain Brain. Then Beastboy suggests using Elasti-girl as a parade float. Elasti-girl inflates into a huge airship behind the scenes and the rest of the heroes on ropes demonstrate her to the crowd as their new parade platform.

* First reported in 2013, a hedgehog can suffer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_syndrome balloon syndrome]], which causes them to inflate, thanks to trapped gas inside their bodies. It is believed to be usually caused by their lungs getting damaged and leaking air into their body, which collects in the areas of loose skin on their body that let them curl up. Now those ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' fetish fanart were TruthInTelevision [[FridgeHorror after all...]]

** Taken to darker extremes during the Cell Saga where the titular [[BigBad Cell]] in his Semi-Perfect form after losing Android 18, does this via his "Unforgivable" technique in attempt to kill Gohan who had outclassed him via his newly unlocked SSJ2 form. He ends up inflating himself to as big as a mountain, he winds up killing Goku when he teleports the blimp sized Cell to King Kai's planet, as the self-destruct blast would have destroyed the Earth. His successor from ''Anime/DragonballSuperSuperHero'' Cell MAX also has this ability, but it's significantly weaker in comparison.
** Also happens in the Buu Saga as well, thanks to Majin Buu's (aka Good Buu) rubbery capabilities.

* Much like the anime, episode 5 of Netflix's ''One Piece'' opens with the Marines attacking the Straw Hat Crew’s ship during which Luffy uses "Gum-Gum Balloon" to deflect a cannon ball.

* The ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'' short "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtGgasGVc0o Gumball Trouble]]" has [=GoGo=] mistaking one of Honey Lemon's miniature chemballs for a gumball. After eating it, she blows up like a balloon.

** 1964 Hawaiian Aye Aye featuring Tweety and Sylvester. While Granny is gone, Tweety has a pet shark named Sharkey as security. One of Sharkey’s attempts to stop Sylvester gets the deadly fish puffed.

** The episode "Pizza Delivery" has [=SpongeBob=] check the tire pressure in the most inaccurate way possible. First he puts his mouth on the hubcap which inflates his entire body until he is the shape of a giant cube, eyes bulged open with his mouth swelled along with his voice becoming high-pitched. After floating around the boat in front of a frightened Squidward,[=SpongeBob=] deflates back to his normal size.
** "[=MuscleBob BuffPants=]" has [=SpongeBob=] wear inflatable "Anchor Arms" to look muscular, but when he tries to lift an anchor with them on, the air keeps shifting to one of his body parts. He tries to push it back, only for the air to shift back to another body part, and so on until the Anchor Arms simply explode.

** There's a RunningGag involving Mrs. Puff (who, as the name implies, is a pufferfish) rapidly ballooning like an airbag whenever she's startled, usually by [=SpongeBob=] crashing during his driving lessons. In [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E20SpongeBobMeetsTheStranglerPranksALot "Pranks a Lot"]], she gets so scared by [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick pretending to be ghosts that she not only inflates, but also deflates and flies all over the room.

** In "Mouse Trapeze", Herman tricks Katnip into drinking from a hose connected to a fire hydrant, which makes Katnip swell several times larger before he pops off and flies across the room.

** The 1952 short "Just Ducky" has Tom chase Jerry into a pond. Jerry attempts a [[ReedSnorkel reed snorkel]] to sneak away, but the movement's a dead giveaway. Tom blows into the top of the reed and inflates Jerry into a ball. Jerry somehow inhales air while underwater and blows back into Tom's head, inflating it significantly larger than Jerry's body had been. The scene ends when Quacker runs in with a safety pin and pokes a hole in Tom's head, the deflation leaving it extremely shrunken.

** The episode "Pizza Delivery" has [=SpongeBob=] check the tire pressure in the most inaccurate way possible. First he puts his mouth on the hubcap which inflates his entire body until he is the shape of a giant cube, eyes bulged open with his mouth swelled along with his voice becoming high-pitched. After floating around the boat in front of a frightened Squidward, SpongeBob deflates back to his normal size.

** In "Banned in Bikini Bottom", [=SpongeBob=] begins the episode singing an ode to Krabby Patties. He then inhales a large amount of air, comically inflating his body and busting his belt. After fully inflating to the shape of a Krabby Patty, SpongeBob uses the air inside him to yell out the next verse to his song, which causes Squidward and a stack of cups he arranged to fall to the ground.
** In "Fungus Among Us", SpongeBob gets infected with an "ick" of which he refused to let Gary eat. While quarantined in a bubble, his size changes grossly when the ick continues to infect him.

* The guardian shark in ''Lego Atlantis: The Movie'' is defeated by being tricked into consuming a disguised-torpedo, bloating it to the shape of a football & giving it some digestive issues.

** In the episode "Giant Steps" the Black Shark is taken care of when Lancelot accidentally overinflates it with a diving suit pump.

* In the opening scene of ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeTheMeltdown'', Scrat is climbing an ice wall that suddenly springs leaks. He tries to plug one leak with his muzzle but winds up drinking the water and inflating. When he can't take anymore, goes flying through the sky as he spews the water back out.

** "Pizza Delivery" has [=SpongeBob=] check the tire pressure in the most inaccurate way possible. First he puts his mouth on the hubcap which inflates his entire body until he is the shape of a giant cube, eyes bulged open with his mouth swelled along with his voice becoming high-pitched. After floating around the boat in front of a frightened Squidward, SpongeBob deflates back to his normal size.

** In "Banned in Bikini Bottom", [=SpongeBob=] begins the episode singing an ode to Krabby Patties. He then takes in a large amount of air, comically inflating his body and busting his belt. After fully inflating, he uses the air inside him to yell out the next verse to his song, which causes Squidward and a stack of cups he arranged to fall to the ground.