History Main / RebusBubble

* Of course, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has done this. '''[=Homer + Beer = Car crash=]'''. "Wait, I didn't add that right." Redo: '''[=Homer + Beer = President Simpson the basketball star=].'''

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* Used in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-04-30 here]] as part of an ImagineSpot. And a [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-09-03 borderline example]] (no bubble as such, but also in an ImagineSpot). And again [[www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2000 here]].

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* Bart Allen thought in pictures at some points of ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'', but mostly in his own title, ''ComicBook/{{Impulse}}''. Unfortunately, this disappeared when he became ComicBook/KidFlash and lost his FunPersonified status.

* Occasionally done in Franchise/{{Archie|Comics}}. If one character thinks another is a nut, a thought bubble with a nut (of the construction-related variety) will be their only reaction. Once, Archie's and Reggie's antics were observed by a background character for a while, until she finally turned away, with a thought bubble with a screw and a baseball.

** And on several occasions, WesternAnimation/BugsBunny showed his poor opinion of somebody by holding up a sign with a picture of a screw, and a ball.

When you want to show the keen, obsidian-sharp mind of a character at work, or lay out their cunning and complex plans out in a ComicBook, WebComic or [[NewspaperComic similar media]], the best way to do it is with a Rebus Bubble. Simply show '''[=(Person 1) + (Item/Event/Person 2) = Result.=]''' For Result, expect an IdeaBulb, StuffBlowingUp, HilarityEnsues, or a gravestone.

** '''[=Tom + A Second Cat = Jerry laying dead holding a lilly=]'''
** '''[=Jerry + Lettuce + Ham + Cheese + Tomatoes + Onions + Sandwich in a lunchbox = Fat Jerry=]'''

* In the ''Manga/DNAngel'' manga there's a side story about Daisuke's birthday which uses this exclusively.
* A southbird in ''Manga/OnePiece'', to Zoro's chagrin.

* [[http://manga.bleachexile.com/one-piece-chapter-267-page-10.html This]] southbird in OnePiece, to Zoro's chagrin.

->'''Beepin' Tom:''' ''[scatting in the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star] (SpeechBubbles + Images + {{A|ppliedMathematics}}ddition) = Rebus Bubble''

A [[SubTrope type]] of a PictorialSpeechBubble. ExpositionDiagram is often used much the same way. For this concept applied to tropes, see JustForFun/{{Troperithmetic}}.

* From a 2007 episode of Wrestling/{{WWE}} Raw, when Chris Jericho challenged Randy Orton for the WWE Title:
-->Jericho (Me) + Cookie Monster (Want) + WWE Title belt (Title) + Lit match (Match)

A type of a PictorialSpeechBubble. ExpositionDiagram is often used much the same way. For this concept applied to tropes, see JustForFun/{{Troperithmetic}}.

[[caption-width-right:264:Uncle Scrooge gives us all a lesson in Elementary Villain Arithmetic.]]

->'''Beepin' Tom:''' ''(Scatting in the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) (SpeechBubbles + Images + {{A|ppliedMathematics}}ddition) = Rebus Bubble''

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* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' has Potato + Tomato = Pomato, and the rather disturbing results of the possible combinations of Major Armstrong's parents.

* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', [[TheNicknamer Hajime Saitou's]] logical reasoning for making new insulting names is graphically depicted this way:

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* Also used in some ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' comic books for Dino's thoughts on the subject. (For example, a tree, key, pile of cash, and another key - "Okey-dokey")

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* In [[http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Astro947/1538956 this]] project, Astro thinks '''X-Cube + 4000 lemonade cups = rich Astro''' when X-Cube says that he will take all the lemonade Astro has.

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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'', the Dabus are a race of goat-horned municipal custodians who only communicate this way. There's also an Ethereal race that communicates only by creating glowing, floating words, which seems to have been created solely to spawn EpilepticTrees about the relation between the two.

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[[folder:Webcomics]]

* In ''{{Rhapsodies}}'', Paul has a series of these when a night with his girlfriend is interrupted by [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/waking-up/ a need to go to the bathroom,]] and made all the more dificult since she's still [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/escape/ asleep on his arm.]]

[[folder:Web Animation]]
* WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad Issue #6: "Lion's mouth + [[YouMeanXMas Decemberween]] present / peer pressure X height = TRIPLE SALCHOW!"

->'''Beepin' Tom:''' ''(Scatting in the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) (SpeechBubbles + Images + {{A|ppliedMathematics}}ddition = Rebus Bubble''

* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide''[='s=] "Creationism explained" had a lecturer pointing to a complicated equation on the board with a drawing of the globe on the right-hand side and pseudomathematical rebus expressions on the left, including the product of battery combined with flashlight, the square root of cat and "your age" squared times "mass."

->'''Beepin' Tom:''' ''(Scatting in the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) (SpeechBubbles + Images + [[AppliedMathematics Addition]] = Rebus Bubble''

When you want to show the keen, obsidian-sharp mind of a character at work, or lay out their cunning and complex plans out in a ComicBook, WebComic or [[NewspaperComic similar media]], the best way to do it is with a RebusBubble. Simply show '''[=(Person 1) + (Item/Event/Person 2) = Result.=]''' For Result, expect an IdeaBulb, StuffBlowingUp, HilarityEnsues, or a gravestone.

* Also used in some ''TheFlintstones'' comic books for Dino's thoughts on the subject. (For example, a tree, key, pile of cash, and another key - "Okey-dokey")

* In issue 15 of the ''ComicBook/AdventureTime'' comic book, Finn and Jake are forced to talk like this after [[JerkassGenie Magic Man]] uses his powers to steal their voices.

* In an episode of ''Series/MyWifeAndKids'', Michael tries to help Jay study for her psychology test using what he calls "[[IncrediblyLamePun Psy-Kyle-Ogy]]", using rebus images to teach key terms (example: Lion + Shaquille O'Neill = Rorschach). This causes Jay to fail the test, so she gives him a "Psycolo-Jay" image reading "[[LysistrataGambit Booty on Lockdown]]". After Michael successfully convinces her professor to give her a retest, Jay hands him another image and walks off:

* In an episode of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Sabrina has to figure out her "family secret" before her Witch's License is approved, and is given [[http://sabrinatheteenagewitch.wikia.com/wiki/Family_Secret a rebus puzzle]] as a clue. (She solves it quickly, but the [[SecretTestOfCharacter hard part comes later...]])

* In ''Webcomic/TheStupiders'', Cheche the [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter ridiculously cute]] furry boa, is incapable of saying anything other then "Hi"[[spoiler:and "Darko"]], so he thinks with these[[http://www.stupiders.com/comic.php?pg=26]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Galaxion}}'', page 19: What's a common phrase meaning you [[http://girlamatic.com/galaxion/2007/03/20/019/ just said something embarrassing?]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Fite}}'', most of the dialog is in [[SpeakingSimlish Simlish]], but the parts that the reader is meant to understand use pictures.

* The [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' gave us [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-129-Mashup-181507675 1+1=<><]] (poor [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]] tried to understand the [[TangledFamilyTree family relationships]] of the [[WitchSpecies magical]] [[TheFairFolk people]]), and [[Creator/OrlandoBloom Legolas]] = [[Creator/OrlandoBloom Will Turner]] (Jareth figured out why James can't stand the elf's face) [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-24-Bloom-72785397 here]].

* [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lzazd6XXgZw&NR=1 Here]] is a ''Spy vs. Spy'' cartoon which plays with the idea.

* The ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "My Dear Ed" uses this with '''[=Band-aid + Hand = Pain=]'''.

* In ''Webcomic/TheStupiders'', Cheche the [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter ridiculously cute]] furry boa, is incapable of saying anything other then "Hi"[[spoiler: and "Darko"]], so he thinks with these[[http://www.stupiders.com/comic.php?pg=26]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil'' had Beepin' Tom, a little alien who spoke in word balloons filled with rebuses.

:: '''Beepin' Tom''': ''(Scatting in the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) (SpeechBubbles + Images + [[AppliedMathematics Addition]] = Rebus Bubble''

:: ''SpeechBubbles + Images + [[AppliedMathematics Addition]] = Rebus Bubble''

* In ''{{Planescape}}'', the Dabus are a race of goat-horned municipal custodians who only communicate this way. There's also an Ethereal race that communicates only by creating glowing, floating words, which seems to have been created solely to spawn EpilepticTrees about the relation between the two.