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3 | ''The Boy in the Plastic Bubble'' is a 1976 MadeForTVMovie directed by Randal Kleiser and produced by Creator/AaronSpelling. It stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/GlynnisOConnor, Diana Hyland, Creator/{{Robert Reed|Actor}}, Creator/RalphBellamy and Creator/PJSoles. |
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5 | Based on the real-life stories of David Vetter and Ted [=DeVita=], the film follows Tod Lubitch, born with an improperly functioning immune system. This means that contact with unfiltered air may kill him, so he must live out his life in [[BubbleBoy incubator-like conditions]]. He lives with his parents, since they decided to move him from Texas Children's Hospital where he was being kept as a boy. He is restricted to staying in his room all his life, where he eats, learns, reads and exercises, while being protected from the outside world by various coverings. |
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7 | The film was well received, and won a posthumous MediaNotes/EmmyAward for Hyland's performance as Mickey Lubitch (Hyland died of breast cancer four months after initial airing). |
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9 | !!The tropes outside the plastic bubble: |
10 | * AlternateDVDCommentary: Podcast/{{RiffTrax}} recorded a [[https://www.rifftrax.com/the-boy-in-the-plastic-bubble comedic commentary]] in 2010. You can view it on their Website/YouTube channel [[https://youtu.be/kdHt_4ui5Q4 here]]. |
11 | * ArtisticLicenseMedicine: One of the real life inspirations pointed out that Tod would have brought several outside contaminants into his bubble by walking back into it wearing his protective suit. |
12 | * BubbleBoy: The title character. |
13 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Gina and her friends pull a mean prank on Tod (she pretends to fall in love with him on a dare and ''[[KidsAreCruel tells him so]]'' immediately after), they feel horrible about it and make sure their next attempts at befriending him are sincere. |
14 | * NoEnding: After we see [[spoiler:Tod kiss Gina, then go off to ride her horse (not a euphemism)]], the credits roll. We don't know if Tod lived for the next hour or next decade. Probably the point. |
15 | ** The most we get is Tod's doctor telling him that he's built up ''some'' immunities, but it's still up in the air if something like a bad cold could easily kill him or not. |
16 | * SituationalSexuality: Tod spends time in the hospital with another boy named Roy, who's his age and shares his condition (albeit for a lot less time). He seems a little ''too'' happy to have a bunkmate and doesn't talk about anything other than masturbation and/or sex. And how he wants to have sex with everything. '''''[[ExtremeOmnisexual EVERYTHING.]]''''' |
17 | -->'''[[Podcast/{{RiffTrax}} Bill]]:''' You're ''[[SoundEffectBleep *bleep*]]'' disgusting. |
18 | * StalkingIsLove: Tod watches Gina through binoculars which is either endearing or weird. |
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