History Main / TrampolineTummy

It makes sense if the one being jumped on is not pleased. But it is also oddly possible they don't mind at all. Maybe they are BigFun and enjoy being bouncy. Maybe [[AccidentalTickleTorture it only tickles]]. Compare HumanJungleGym, a character who doesn't mind others jumping or playing on their body.

A pregnant character FeelingTheBabyKick might feel like it is jumping around the inside of her belly. Compare LivingCrashpad, TummyCushion. Contrast BellyFlopCrushing.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', the Warners [[BeenThereShapedHistory interrupt the Yalta summit]] to bounce on Sir UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill's belly. Then UsefulNotes/JosefStalin joins in.

* ''Hop on Pop'' by Creator/DrSeuss. The book features two anthropomorphic bear cubs jumping on their father's belly, only for him to tell them "STOP You must not hop on Pop."

A person's abdomen is usually somewhat soft and flexible. For some characters, especially if they are [[HighFatIndex big and fat]] and/or [[BalloonBelly gluttoneous]], it is completely springy and elastic. In this trope, one character jumps or bounces on another, using their belly like a trampoline. Maybe this is for a practical reason, like [[GoombaSpringboard launching up to a high place]] they couldn't reach by themselves, or to [[LivingCrashpad cushion a fall]]. Or maybe it's just for fun.

Compare LivingCrashpad, TummyCushion. Contrast BellyFlopCrushing.

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A person's abdomen is usually somewhat soft and flexible. For some characters, especially if they are [[HighFatIndex big and fat]], it is completely springy and elastic. In this trope, one character jumps or bounces on another, using their belly like a trampoline. Maybe this is for a practical reason, like [[GoombaSpringboard launching up to a high place]] they couldn't reach by themselves, or to [[LivingCrashpad cushion a fall]]. Or maybe it's just for fun.

* In ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'', {{Tintin}} jumps on a fat man's belly from a tree to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tintin_jump_smaller_1533.jpg get over a wall]].

* In ''Videogame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'', you can do this with the eponymous enemies in the level "Double Header".

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Buttercrush", Ace and Buttercup have fun this way on Big Billy's stomach.

It makes sense if the one being jumped on is not pleased. But if the character is BigFun, it is also possible they don't mind at all. Maybe [[AccidentalTickleTorture it only tickles]]. Compare HumanJungleGym, a character who doesn't mind others jumping, climbing, or playing on their body.

A person's abdomen is usually somewhat soft and flexible, but but for some characters, especially if they are [[HighFatIndex big and fat]], it is completely springy and elastic. In this trope, one character jumps or bounces on another, using their belly like a trampoline. Maybe this is for a practical reason, like launching up to a high place they couldn't reach by themselves, or to save someone falling. Or maybe it's just for fun.

It makes sense if the person being jumped on isn't pleased. But it's also oddly possible that they don't mind at all. Maybe it only [[AccidentalTickleTorture tickles]].

See also TummyCushion. Compare LivingCrashpad. See ABouncySpringyIndex.

Some characters have enough elasticity in their stomach that it is possible to stomp on them like a trampoline. In this trope, a character uses the belly of a fat human or creature to bounce on it like a trampoline. Some do it for a practical use, like reaching a tall place they couldn't reach by themselves, or to save someone falling. Other just do it because it is fun. Whatever the use is, most likely, the person who is being bounced on will probably not be pleased.

As this can be potentially hazardous when applied to reality, no Real Life Examples please, given that a MoralGuardian cited this trope to launch a complaint towards the UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} Public Library.[[note]]This complaint was later dismissed as frivolous as ''Hop on Pop'' actually condemns such an act.[[/note]]

See also TummyCushion, SpringsSpringsEverywhere, GelatinousTrampoline, WackyWaterbed, CobwebTrampoline and SpringySpores.

* At the beginning of the ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Sumo Momo", Vada uses Dhokla's tummy as a trampoline when he talks to Samosa from out his bedroom window.

* The Creator/DrSeuss book ''Hop on Pop''. The book features two anthropomorphic bear cubs jumping on their father's belly, only for him to tell them "STOP You must not hop on Pop."

* Happens to the exposed belly of an intoxicated legionary when ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' looks for the Gifts of the Gods who was lucky enough to be asleep, and thus not participate in any of the one-sided skirmishes with the Gauls, but unlucky enough to have enough of a protruding belly to make for an excellent jumping point.

* A key part of the gameplay of ''VideoGame/PapoAndYo'' is bouncing off Monster's big belly to reach greater heights.
* Used in the Meat Circus level of ''{{VideoGame/Psychonauts}}'', with a circus fat lady who otherwise just stares off into space...

* [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Snowy Cabins]] in ''VideoGame/SpeedyGonzalesLosGatosBandidos'' has polar bears whose only real purpose is to lie on the snow and provide Speedy with their bellies to bounce on.
* In the mobile game ''Buddy And Me'', the player character occasionally uses Buddy's stomach as a spring board in order to keep from falling in the game's many bottomless pits.

* The WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE86NoLoafing no loafing]]" ends with leaving a note about having an "appointment" to get to. Clicking that word yields him hopping from foot to foot his rotund brother Strong Sad, looking off and declaring, "I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' episode "Close But No Cigar", Cadpig used Rolly's belly as a trampoline at the end of the episode.
* In the beginning of the episode ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'', "The Gift", a gift (which Wander was in it) bounces on Sylvia's stomach.

* Darun Mister from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' uses this trope as an ''attack''. He has a super called the Super Indra Bash where he curls up backwards and leaps, utilizing his stomach as a springboard to launch his opponents into the air, setting them up for a combo (including a second and third Super Indra Bash if he has enough meter)[[note]]keep in mind that, unlike the other examples on this page who fall more on the overweight side of things, Darun is ''[[HeroicBuild ripped]]''[[/note]]. He also has a normal Indra Bash that's a command throw, and it involves him grabbing his opponent by the arms, falling backwards to pull them on top of him and then bouncing them high into the air with his belly. There's also his [[CombinationAttack Meteor Tag Combo]] with [[DanceBattler Pullum Purna]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gcSlEaLg4w as seen here]]), where both Pullum and your opponent bounce off of Darun's midsection until Pullum kicks them down to the ground, where they're caught by Darun in a backbreaker. In case you’re wondering, this is all based on the back bridge used by pro wrestlers to stretch and strengthen their neck and hips.

* Darun Mister from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' uses this trope as an ''attack''. He has a super called the Super Indra Bash where he curls up backwards and leaps, utilizing his stomach as a springboard to launch his opponents into the air, setting them up for a combo (including a second and third Super Indra Bash if he has enough meter). He also has a normal Indra Bash that's a command throw, and it involves him grabbing his opponent by the arms, falling backwards to pull them on top of him and then bouncing them high into the air with his belly. There's also his [[CombinationAttack Meteor Tag Combo]] with [[DanceBattler Pullum Purna]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gcSlEaLg4w as seen here]]), where both Pullum and your opponent bounce off of Darun's midsection until Pullum kicks them down to the ground, where they're caught by Darun in a backbreaker. In case you’re wondering, this is all based on the back bridge used by pro wrestlers to stretch and strengthen their neck and hips.

** The name and cover illustration of ''Hop on Pop'' has led to a complaint towards the UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} Public Library by a MoralGuardian who thought that the book "encourages children to use violence against their fathers." The head librarian dismissed this complaint as frivolous given that [[CoversAlwaysLie the book actually condemns such an act]].

** The name and cover illustration of ''Hop on Pop'' has led to a complaint towards the UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} Public Library by a MoralGuardian who thought that the book encourages children to commit violence towards their father. The head librarian dismissed this complaint as frivolous given that [[CoversAlwaysLie the book actually condemns such an act]].

As this can be potentially hazardous when applied to reality, no Real Life Examples please, given that a MoralGuardian used this trope to launch a complaint towards the UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} Public Library.[[note]]This complaint was later dismissed as frivolous as ''Hop on Pop'' actually condemns such an act.[[/note]]

** The cover illustration of ''Hop on Pop'' has led to a complaint towards the UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} Public Library by a MoralGuardian who thought that the book condones violence towards their father. The head librarian dismissed this complaint as frivolous given that [[CoversAlwaysLie the book actually condemns such an act]].

As this can be potentially hazardous when applied to reality, no Real Life Examples please, given that a MoralGuardian used this trope to launch a complaint towards the UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} Public Library.[[note]]This complaint was later dismissed as frivolous as ''Hop on Pop'' actually condemns such an act.

As this can be potentially hazardous when applied to reality, no Real Life Examples please.

* In a game based off ''WesternAnimation/IceAge2TheMeltdown'', you do this with the bottom of the abdomen of a GiantSpider, after you defeat it, to reach a high ledge.

* ''VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames'' shows Abu bouncing on a guard's belly in early levels.

* Darun Mister from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' uses this trope as an ''attack''. He has a super called the Super Indra Bash where he curls up backwards and leaps, utilizing his stomach as a springboard to launch his opponents into the air, setting them up for a combo (including a second and third Super Indra Bash if he has enough meter). He also has a normal Indra Bash that's a command throw, and it involves him grabbing his opponent by the arms, falling backwards to pull them on top of him and then bouncing them high into the air with his belly. There's also his [[CombinationAttack Meteor Tag Combo]] with [[DanceBattler Pullum Purna]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gcSlEaLg4w as seen here]]), where both Pullum and your opponent bounce off of Darun's midsection until Pullum kicks them down to the ground, where they're caught by Darun in a backbreaker. The only subversion is that Darun is actually in good shape.

* Happens to the exposed belly of an intoxicated legionary when ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' looks for the Gifts of the Gods who was lucky enough to be asleep, and thus not participate in any of the one-sided skirmishes with the Gauls, but unlucky enough to have enough of a protruding belly to make for an excellent jumping point and also

* The Creator/DrSeuss book ''Hop on Pop''. The book features two anthropomorphic bear cubs jumping on their father's belly, only for him to tell them "STOP! YOU MUST NOT HOP ON POP!"