History Main / AllBalloonsHaveHelium

* ''VideoGame/FlowerKnightGirl'': Balloon Vine specializes in creating balloons, whether for achieving [[CallOfTheGreatBlueYonder her dream of flight]] via {{Balloonacy}} or [[ImprobableWeaponUser weaponizing them against pests]]. {{Justified|Trope}], as aside from her use of magic [[AppliedPhlebotinum being one way to sidestep the issue]], her handmade efforts are made possible via a special type of medicine that makes one's breath lighter than air, allowing for the buoyant effect when the balloons are inflated by just blowing into it.

* ''Webcomic/StupidFox'' [[http://stupidfox.net/73--bubbly does this.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'' had Beret Guy [[http://www.xkcd.com/1395/ inflate a laptop through its power cord.]]

* Happened in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', where Shrek and Fiona inflated a frog and a snake, respectively, that then floated like helium balloons.

* The ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' series has this happen in the Balloon Burst mini-game, in which the Bowser balloons float up simply from inflating them with hand-operated air pumps.

* The 1947 WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck short ''WesternAnimation/Wide Open Spaces'' ends with a wobbling tree branch pounding onto the pump attached to Donald's air mattress, which floats up in the sky as it expands.

* The 1947 WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck short "Wide Open Spaces" ends with a wobbling tree branch pounding onto the pump attached to Donald's air mattress, which floats up in the sky as it expands.

* In Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', [[RuleOfFunny Sir Hiss inflates a balloon (from the inside!) and is able to zoom around like a helicopter using his tail as a propeller]].

See also {{Balloonacy}} for when the same balloons, inflated with human breath, actually can lift something else up, and BalloonOfDoom if the same balloons are PlayedForHorror. Related to RuleOfFunny and CriticalResearchFailure.

See also {{Balloonacy}} for when the same balloons, inflated with human breath, actually can lift something else up, and BalloonOfHorror if the same balloons are PlayedForHorror. Related to RuleOfFunny and CriticalResearchFailure.

See also {{Balloonacy}} for when the same balloons, inflated with human breath, actually can lift something else up. Related to RuleOfFunny and CriticalResearchFailure.

* The Bubble Monkey in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' has the ability to levitate himself with bubblegum.

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* ''WebComic/StupidFox'' [[http://stupidfox.net/73--bubbly does this.]]

* Taken UpToEleven in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/PippiLongstocking'', as she manages to inflate her father's ''hot air balloon'' with nothing but her breath and have it fly. Then again, we're talking about [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Pippi]], so this isn't too surprising.

* There was a commercial for a Skittles gum where, after refusing to share said gum with someone, a man blows a bubble with it, grabs hold, and floats away.

* The Bubble Monkey in ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' has the ability to levitate himself with bubblegum.

* The 1956 ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short "Muscle Beach Tom" shows one of the most blatant examples of this trope with a balloon tank having "air" written on it, despite the fact that the balloons (and later Tom) float as if they're filled with helium.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "The Sponge Who Could Fly," [=SpongeBob=] accidentally tucks a hairdryer in his pants, which causes them to inflate and thus allows him to float.

A SubTrope of HollywoodDensity, common in cartoons, characters will inflate a balloon (or another person) with their breath and automatically it starts to float. A bubblegum-based variant exists.