History Main / PopGoesTheHuman

* In the months leading up to the release of Film/AvengersInfinityWar and Film/AvengersEndgame, one of the popular joke theories circulated online was that Ant-Man would kill Thanos by shrinking to microscopic size, going through his anus, then expanding back to regular size.

* A couple of these happened on ''Series/1000WaysToDie'':

** Occurred via explosive decompression to a female scuba diver who was recovering from the bends when a clueless janitor opened the door to the pressurized chamber she was in order to clean it.

* Happened to a car jacker in a segment of ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'' when he tried to steal a truck. The boss of the driver shoved the jacker against the truck, and he accidentally wound up [[AssShove getting an air pump stuck in his ass]]. The pump blew him up like a balloon until he exploded.

'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' [[ExactWords No]]! It'll go right to your thighs!\\

'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ...[[CueCardPause And THEN you'll blow up!]]\\

Can sometimes be NauseaFuel, though in lighter works, the lack of blood and gore may counter this somewhat. Sometimes the body just pops and disappears, though sometimes, the exploding body will shoot the contents it was filled with everywhere, with the actual body parts not showing up. Sometimes the character somehow survives this and appears fully intact, often unconscious in the hypocenter of the explosion, making this fall into AmusingInjuries.

* The inept 2003 horror film spoof ''Scream Bloody Murder'' has a girl killed by being tied to a chair and inflated to bursting with an airhose put down her throat. Her stupid friend, when finding her, can only goggle in horror instead of, you know, [[WhatAnIdiot trying to remove the hose]].

This is when InflatingBodyGag or BalloonBelly is taken to its logical conclusion. Fill a living organism or some random body part with enough food, water, air, etc. and they will eventually burst. Of course, when this is applied to DeathByGluttony, it's usually PlayedForLaughs. There is little actual TruthInTelevision to this, as, while the skin can indeed rupture, it wouldn't do so drastically in most cases. Even barring that, the internal organs you are filling (stomach, lungs, nasal area) would rupture long before the skin itself. Yet in fiction, the rupture is simply measured by the body exploding.

This is when InflatingBodyGag or BalloonBelly is taken to its logical conclusion. Fill a living organism or a random body part with enough food, water, air, etc. and it will eventually burst. Of course, when this is applied to DeathByGluttony, it's usually PlayedForLaughs. There is little actual TruthInTelevision to this, as, while the skin can indeed rupture, it wouldn't do so drastically in most cases. Even barring that, the internal organs you are filling (stomach, lungs, nasal area) would rupture long before the skin itself. Yet in fiction, the rupture is simply measured by the body exploding.

Can sometimes be NauseaFuel, though in lighter works, the lack of blood and gore may counter this somewhat. Sometimes the body just pops and disappears, though sometimes, the exploding body will shoot the contents it was filled with everywhere, with the actual body parts not showing up. If the character somehow survives this and appears fully intact (if not unconscious) in the hypocenter of the explosion, it simply falls into AmusingInjuries.

-->'''Squidward:''' What's wrong? [[SarcasmMode Am I gonna blow up?]]\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No! It'll go right to your thighs!\\

This is when InflatingBodyGag or BalloonBelly is taken to its logical conclusion. Fill a living creature or a random body part with enough food, water, air, etc. and it will eventually burst. Of course, when this is applied to DeathByGluttony, it's usually PlayedForLaughs. There is little actual TruthInTelevision to this, as, while the skin can indeed rupture, it wouldn't do so drastically in most cases. Even barring that, the internal organs you are filling (stomach, lungs, nasal area) would rupture long before the skin itself. Yet in fiction, the rupture is simply measured by the body exploding.

* MatPat actually [[pondered this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsIQF1mEmj8]] on his Food Theory channel - at least as far as stomach goes, because as previously mentioned, you can't make a whole body explode just by filling it with food. He also listed several reasons why it's so uncommon for a stomach to burst even in the biggest gluttons.

This is when InflatingBodyGag or BalloonBelly is taken to its logical conclusion. Fill a living creature or a random body part with enough food, water air, etc. and it will eventually burst. Of course, when this is applied to DeathByGluttony, it's usually PlayedForLaughs. There is little actual TruthInTelevision to this, as, while the skin can indeed rupture, it wouldn't do so drastically in most cases. Even barring that, the internal organs you are filling (stomach, lungs, nasal area) would rupture long before the skin itself. Yet in fiction, the rupture is simply measured by the body exploding.

* One unfortunate {{Mook}} in ''Film/KickAss'' who gets shoved into an industrial microwave.

* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor2'' invokes this with the Firebug's Microwave Gun. Rather than lighting enemies on fire, it instead causes them to inflate and then explode.

** Kabal s Balloon Head fatality in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''.

* Entering a certain code incorrectly in the earlier ''VideoGame/{{TombRaider}}'' games would cause Lara to explode.

This is when InflatingBodyGag or BalloonBelly is taken to its logical conclusion. Fill a living creature or a random body part with enough food, water air, etc. and it will eventually pop like a balloon. Of course, when this is applied to DeathByGluttony, it's usually PlayedForLaughs. There is little actual TruthInTelevision to this, as, while the skin can indeed rupture, it wouldn't do so drastically in most cases. Even barring that, the internal organs you are filling (stomach, lungs, nasal area) would rupture long before the skin itself. Yet in fiction, the rupture is simply measured by the body exploding.

This is when InflatingBodyGag or BalloonBelly is taken to its logical conclusion. Fill a human or some body part with enough food, water, air, etc. and they will eventually burst. Of course, when this is applied to DeathByGluttony, it's usually PlayedForLaughs. There is little actual TruthInTelevision to this, as, while the skin can indeed rupture, it wouldn't do so drastically in most cases. Even barring that, the internal organs you are filling (stomach, lungs, nasal area) would rupture long before the skin itself. Yet in fiction, the rupture is simply measured by the body exploding.

Can sometimes be NauseaFuel, though in lighter works, the lack of blood and gore may counter this somewhat. Sometimes the body just pops and disappears, though sometimes, the exploding body will shoot the contents it was filled with everywhere, with the actual body parts not showing up. If the character appears fully intact (if not unconscious) in the hypocenter of the explosion, it simply falls into AmusingInjuries.

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** At the end of one episode's transmission, Stimpy blows himself up as if he were a balloon, and pops over Ren, partially covering with his ruptured body.

%%* [[spoiler:Marlena]] in ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''.

Can sometimes be NauseaFuel, though in lighter works, the lack of blood and gore may counter this somewhat. Sometimes the body just pops and disappears, though sometimes, the exploding body will shoot the contents it was filled with everywhere, with the actual body parts not showing up. If the character is fully intact (if not unconscious) after this, it often falls into AmusingInjuries.