History Main / InflatingBodyGag

* ''Videogame/{{Kirby}}:'' By inhaling enough air, Kirby puffs up and becomes a balloon, which enables him to fly.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'' applies their over-the-top approach to this trope in "Spherical on 34th Street". Itchy inflates Scratchy with hydrogen gas, then shoots him with a flaming arrow to make him explode in a huge fireball.

Naturally, a trope PlayedForLaughs because of its sheer impossibility in RealLife (unless you happen to be a [[PainfulPointyPufferfish pufferfish]].

Naturally, a trope PlayedForLaughs because of its sheer impossibility in RealLife (unless you happen to be a [[PainfulPointyPufferfish pufferfish]] or a hedgehog).

A character [[HeliumSpeech inhales too much helium]] or some other gas, and their whole body inflates like a balloon. Usually their [[MagicPants clothes stretch with them]]. This is often inflicted on the character as an AmusingInjury, but some characters will do it to themselves deliberately. Because AllBalloonsHaveHelium, inflated characters are liable to float in the air or blow away in the wind, even if they were inflated with normal air. It often ends with the character deflating just like an untied party balloon, flying through the air and sputtering as the gas rushes out of them. Alternately, the character may inflate beyond their limits, resulting in PopGoesTheHuman.

** In another episode, Wakko's being psychoanalyzed by Dr. Scratchnsniff, who follows up one of his statements with, "Can you expand on that?" [[LiteralMinded So Wakko literally expands himself.]]

* 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 [[FridgeBrilliance after all...]]

->''Good thing I found a magic balloon!''

** One of the ThatsAllFolks segments from season one had Ren tell Stimpy "You can blow yourself up, like a balloon!" to pass the time until the next episode.

A character [[HeliumSpeech inhales too much helium]] or other some other gas, and their whole body inflates like a balloon. Usually their [[MagicPants clothes stretch with them]]. This is often inflicted on the character as an AmusingInjury, but some characters will do it to themselves deliberately. Because AllBalloonsHaveHelium, inflated characters are liable to float in the air or blow away in the wind, even if they were inflated with normal air. It often ends with the character deflating just like an untied party balloon, flying through the air and sputtering as the gas rushes out of them. Alternately, the character may inflate beyond their limits, resulting in PopGoesTheHuman.

A character inhales too much helium or other some other gas, and their whole body inflates like a balloon. Usually their [[MagicPants clothes stretch with them]]. This is often inflicted on the character as an AmusingInjury, but some characters will do it to themselves deliberately. Because AllBalloonsHaveHelium, inflated characters are liable to float in the air or blow away in the wind, even if they were inflated with normal air. It often ends with the character deflating just like an untied party balloon, flying through the air and sputtering as the gas rushes out of them. Alternately, the character may inflate beyond their limits, resulting in PopGoesTheHuman.

Naturally, a trope PlayedForLaughs because of its sheer impossibility in RealLife (unless you happen to be a [[PainfulPointyPufferfish pufferfish]] or a hedgehog) .

* In ''Film/SpaceJam'', after Stan gets flattened by the Monstars, some nurses help him by inflating him like a balloon using an air pump, then he deflates and turns back to normal.

* ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'': Thunder inflates himself by massively inhaling. He eventually goes too far and explodes.

* In the opening scene of ''WesternAnimation/IceAge2TheMeltdown'', 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs'': Crash and Eddie shoot exploding berries at a bunch of flying pterodactyls that are chasing them. One during the chase gets inflated like a balloon after a berry is fired in its mouth as it tried to eat the possums, leaving it billowing smoke and floating away complete with balloon deflating sounds.

* ''Film/StrangeBrew:'' The villain sticks Bob [=McKenzie=] in a vat, slowly filling with beer, and leaves him to drown. Bob just drinks ''all'' the beer. After bloating up as big as the vat, Bob shrinks back to normal size by [[ToiletHumor peeing it out]]--and extinguishing a house fire in the process.

Naturally, a trope PlayedForLaughs because of it's sheer impossibility in RealLife (unless you happen to be a [[PainfulPointyPufferfish pufferfish]] or a hedgehog) .

Online, this trope is also known for being a common {{Fetish}}.. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement but let's not get into that here.]]

Online, this trope is also known for being a common fetish... [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement but let's not get into that here.]]

Compare BalloonBelly (when a character gets an extreme potbelly), BreastExpansion (because BuxomIsBetter) and TemporaryBulkChange (when a character gets fat and then inexplicably slims back down between scenes) or AttackOfThe50FootWhatever (grow in size but not inflate). Related to BeTheBall. Contrast with SquashedFlat. As a form of ToonPhysics, this trope tends to run on RuleOfFunny and WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief.