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11	Jelly is normally a wobbly, delicious food. But sometimes, characters in fiction can bounce on large moulds of jelly-like trampolines. Don't ask us how they avoid getting [[GelatinousEncasement stuck in the jelly itself]].
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13	May well be a common feature when platforming in LevelAte. The MouseWorld is another setting where it is often found, and more justifiable due to the smaller size of the protagonists.
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15	If the jumper ends up being trapped inside jelly, it becomes GelatinousEncasement.
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17	See also BouncyBubbles, RubberyWorld, SolidClouds, WackyWaterbed, SpringsSpringsEverywhere, TrampolineTummy, CobwebTrampoline and SpringySpores.
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20	!!Examples:
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24	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
25	* In ''Anime/JewelpetTheMovieSweetsDancePrincess'', Paku bounces on some gelatin to eat part of the Candy Tower that is falling towards him and the rest of the gang. Eating said part of the tower is what [[spoiler:awakens his true identity as a monster that is to destroy the building]].
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28	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
29	* In ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', Flint takes Sam to a large castle made entirely of jelly, and they have fun bouncing around inside.
30	* In ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'', the ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' segment had Goofy using a giant jelly pudding in that way.
31	* In the third ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' film, Weslie's gang is chased by some of the Bitter Gourd King's soldiers into the Jelly District, consisting of ground made entirely of jelly that the characters bounce on to outrun the soldiers. They reach a cliff in the District that they have to jump extra hard to pass over, but Wilie jumps on everyone else as they're in the air, sending them flying into a wall and falling to the ground below.
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35	* In ''VideoGame/JamesPond 2: Robocod'', one stage is [[LevelAte made entirely of jelly]]. The hero can bounce off the walls and platforms from all directions.
36	* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'' has the Gelanator, which allows Ratchet to shoot out cubes made of a gelatinous substance, which he can use to jump much higher than normal.
37	* ''[[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'' has this show up in several places in the Cloud Cuckooland level. Generally, the form it takes is a round red jelly.
38	* ''VideoGame/{{Croc}}'' plays this completely straight, with rather out of place jelly trampolines.
39	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog:''
40	** In the DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', there are large domes of colorful gelatin in [[LevelAte Sweet Mountain]] that, when landed on, bounce Sonic straight up or, if hit from the side, bounce Sonic in the opposite direction at full speed.
41	** ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' does this with the chemicals in Act 2 of [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Chemical]] [[EternalEngine Plant Zone]]. If the player stands on certain syringes, they will turn the chemicals below them into gelatinous surfaces that the player can bounce on. Blue surfaces create small bounces, and green surfaces create big bounces.
42	* The levels "Jelly Pipe" and "Torrential Maze" from ''VideoGame/YoshisStory'' feature bouncy jelly in a DownTheDrain setting.
43	* There were several of those in social game ''VideoGame/PetSociety''. The player's virtual pet could buy them in the shop and jump on them.
44	* The ground in ''VideoGame/TheFloorIsJelly'' reacts like it's made of jelly, and is appropriately very bouncy.
45	* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' has 5-5, Jelly Jamboree. It is set in a [[JungleJapes jungle]] [[HailfirePeaks containing]] a [[EternalEngine factory]] that processes the jungle's tropical fruits into large cubes of delightfully bouncy jelly.
46	* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'''s Slime Blocks act slippery and bouncy, and completely negate FallingDamage if you drop onto them.
47	* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' has portions of lava in Mole Knight's stage that can be temporarily converted into bouncy slime. There are also giant beetles with gelatinous backs that require Shovel Knight to bounce with them to cross hazardous terrain.
48	* ''VideoGame/ThemeParkWorld'' features the Jelly Bounce Ride in one of the Wonderland levels. It's a giant trampoline shaped like a jelly mould.
49	* ''VideoGame/{{Lunistice}}'' has jelly in stage 4 that bounces the player upon contact.
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52	[[folder:Web Animation]]
53	* Played with in the ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad Email]]'' [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail187.html winter pool]], where Strong Bad fills a pool with gelatin and uses it to simulate surfing. When he wipes out and ends up sinking into the gelatin, Pom Pom tries to play lifeguard... and, true to this trope, he bounces off. [[RuleOfFunny Into orbit]].
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57	* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'' has an example in the paladin Madeline using Cube (a ''D&D'' Gelatinous Cube) as a long-distance trampoline, with the assistance of a rather long-looking drop in building momentum.
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61	* Jelly World in ''Website/{{Neopets}}'' is this trope exactly--very bouncy and very edible. There's even a game which revolves around bouncing.
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64	[[folder:Western Animation]]
65	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' had the gang mistake a giant mound of Wiggly Jiggly that Mungus the giant made earlier for his mother for a giant trampoline called a Bounceamount.
66	* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', the episode "Day of the Living Gelatin" had the duo turn an entire swimming pool into one giant gelatin trampoline.
67	* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', where the Eds make a giant pool of gelatin. Ed dives in...and sinks to the bottom.
68	* This happens often in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' and other cartoons with mice.
69	* In ''WesternAnimation/TrueAndTheRainbowKingdom'' exists a location called Boing-Boing Lagoon where everyone can bounce on a Jelly-like lagoon, this can be seen in the "Wish gone wild" episode for example.
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