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* ''Manga/School-Live!'': In A Letter, there is a scene where a pigeon got out and popped the balloons.

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* ''Manga/School-Live!'': ''Manga/{{School-Live!}}'': In A Letter, there is a scene where a pigeon got out and popped the balloons.
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* School-Live!: In A Letter, there is a scene where a pigeon got out popped the balloons.

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* School-Live!: ''Manga/School-Live!'': In A Letter, there is a scene where a pigeon got out and popped the balloons.
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* School-Live!: In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and destroyed some of the balloons.

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* School-Live!: In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the A Letter, there is a scene where a pigeon got out and destroyed some of popped the balloons.
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* {{School-Live!}}: In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and destroyed some of the balloons.

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* {{School-Live!}}: School-Live!: In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and destroyed some of the balloons.
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* ''Anime/{{School-Live!}}'': In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and destroyed some of the balloons.

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* ''Anime/{{School-Live}}!'': In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and destroyed some of the balloons.

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* ''Anime/{{School-Live}}!'': ''Anime/{{School-Live!}}'': In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and destroyed some of the balloons.
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* ''Anime/School-Live!'': In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and destroyed some of the balloons.

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* ''Anime/School-Live!'': ''Anime/{{School-Live}}!'': In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and destroyed some of the balloons.
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* ''School-Live!'': In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and destroyed some of the balloons.

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* ''School-Live!'': ''Anime/School-Live!'': In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and destroyed some of the balloons.
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* ''School-Live'': In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and bursted some of the balloons.

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* ''School-Live'': ''School-Live!'': In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and bursted destroyed some of the balloons.
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* ''School-Live'': In episode 17, the characters deliver letters by using balloons, to find out that the pigeon got out and bursted some of the balloons.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "[[Recap/ReadyJetGoS2E10TryAndTryAgainRacingOnSunshine Try and Try Again]]", the kids experiment to see if Jet 2 can move while holding balloons. Unfortunately, some birds come and pop the balloons.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': In "If a Hamster Could Fly", the balloons on the hot air balloon Honey improvised from a hat get popped by a flock of birds, causing her to fall.
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* Subverted in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''. In one arc where he flies away with a helium balloon, he comes across a flock of ducks. He passes right through them, and the balloon doesn't pop.

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* Subverted in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''. In one arc where he Calvin flies away with a helium balloon, he comes across a flock of ducks. He passes right through them, and the balloon doesn't pop.
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* Subverted in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''. In one arc where he flies away with a helium balloon, he comes across a flock of ducks. He passes right through them, and the balloon doesn't pop.

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Team Rocket's hot air balloon is [[OncePerEpisode prone to bursting]], and if an avian Pokemon is involved, you can bet that's how it's going to pop. Especially if the Pokemon in question belongs to Ash Ketchum.

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Team Rocket's hot air balloon is [[OncePerEpisode prone ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'': In episode 13, although it was off-screen, a bird did just that to bursting]], and if an avian Pokemon is involved, you can bet that's how it's going to pop. Especially if Donpatch after he denied the Pokemon in question belongs to Ash Ketchum.bird of his share of his [[CityPeopleEatSushi sushi roll]].


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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Team Rocket's hot air balloon is [[OncePerEpisode prone to bursting]], and if an avian Pokémon is involved, you can bet that's how it's going to pop. Especially if the Pokémon in question belongs to Ash Ketchum.
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* ''Series/BetweenTheLions'': In the ''Cliff Hanger'' short, "Cliff Hanger and the Balloons", a bunch of balloons float past Cliff. When Cliff grabs them, he floats away. A bunch of pigeons start to pop the balloons, until Cliff is left with only one, at which point he starts falling back down.
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* One entry from ''Disney's Wonderful World of Knowledge'', a series of children's encyclopedias from TheSeventies, features a history and overview of aircraft hosted by WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}. As balloons were covered, one humorous illustration shows an anxious Pete begging a bird not to pop his hot-air balloon.

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* One entry from ''Disney's Wonderful World of Knowledge'', a series of children's encyclopedias from TheSeventies, features a history and overview of aircraft hosted by WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}. As balloons were covered, one humorous illustration shows [[https://imgur.com/a/qPu7Lot an anxious Pete begging a bird not to pop his hot-air balloon.balloon]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' plays with this trope by having flocks of flying ''pencils'' that act like birds. They occasionally cause trouble to Rudy's gang by popping balloons that the latter uses to travel.
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If you have a party balloon or [[AllBalloonsHaveHelium some other inflatable]] (inner tube, hot air balloon, weather balloon, etc), it always seems that [[MurphysLaw there's a bird around to break it]]. Usually PlayedForLaughs, especially in cartoons -- yet if you're floating high up in the air....

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If you have a party balloon or [[AllBalloonsHaveHelium some other inflatable]] (inner tube, hot air balloon, weather balloon, etc), it always seems that [[MurphysLaw [[FinaglesLaw there's a bird around to break it]]. Usually PlayedForLaughs, especially in cartoons -- yet if you're floating high up in the air....
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* ''Series/SquareOneTV'': A bird breaks the ball Music/WeirdAlYankovic was flying with in his video for "Patterns".
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* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'': In "Bedlam In The Big Top," Scooby is caught up in a bunch of helium balloons and is floating up in the air. The ghost clown ("Watch the shiny coin of gold, and you will do what you are told!") throws darts at the balloons, causing Scooby to descend little by little.
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* In the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor remake of ''[[VideoGame/LooneyTunes Looney Tunes (1992)]]'', WesternAnimation/PorkyPig's bonus round involves him descending from his plane on a set of balloons he is tied to. In this bonus round, Porky must collect the gems while avoiding the ravens that fly past him. If one of them pops his balloons, then Porky falls from the sky and his bonus round ends.
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* In an episode of ''WebAnimation/DinosaursTerribleLizards'', a mother ''TyrannosaurusRex'', trying to catch a [[PteroSoarer Pterodactyl]] to feed to her family, ends up being blown up like a balloon by a geyser and floating away. In a gesture of goodwill, the pterosaur pulls her over the pool she was hunting in earlier before popping the ''T. rex'''s belly with her beak. This causes the ''T. rex'' to drop into the pool, sending up some fish for her young to eat in a similar manner to when she fell into the same pool earlier in the short.

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* In an episode of ''WebAnimation/DinosaursTerribleLizards'', a mother ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'', trying to catch a [[PteroSoarer Pterodactyl]] to feed to her family, ends up being blown up like a balloon by a geyser and floating away. In a gesture of goodwill, the pterosaur pulls her over the pool she was hunting in earlier before popping the ''T. rex'''s belly with her beak. This causes the ''T. rex'' to drop into the pool, sending up some fish for her young to eat in a similar manner to when she fell into the same pool earlier in the short.
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Could overlap with BubbleGumPopping, if bubble gum is involved.

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Could overlap with BubbleGumPopping, if bubble gum is involved. See also BirdPoopGag, for which birds use other ways to ruin the characters as gags.
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You've got a big balloon. The balloon is so big that you're actually [[{{Balloonacy}} floating up into the air]]. But what's this? A bird is approaching your balloon and you suddenly realize how sharp the beak is... POP!!!

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You've got a big balloon. The balloon is so big that you're actually [[{{Balloonacy}} floating up into the air]]. But what's this? [[FeatheredFiend A bird bird]] is approaching your balloon and you suddenly realize how sharp the beak is... POP!!!
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'' episode, "Kermit Levels Up", Summer Penguin accidentally pops a balloon with her beak. In the same episode, she later uses her beak to clear some giant balloons from a level of a video game.

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In the ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'' episode, "Kermit Levels Up", Summer Penguin accidentally pops a balloon with her beak. In the same episode, she later uses her beak to clear some giant balloons from a level of a video game.game.
** In "Best Pals Pizza Delivery", a flock of woodpeckers pop the hot air balloon that Kermit and Walter deliver to Wanda for her birthday.
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* In episode 45 of ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'', Labra is sent to Akari's school to inform Yuuma that Akari has something to give him on the school rooftop. Labra floats to her destination with balloons tied around her, but some birds pass by and pop them all.
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* In an episode of ''WebAnimation/DinosaursTerribleLizards'', a mother ''T. rex'', trying to catch a [[PteroSoarer Pterodactyl]], ends up being blown up like a balloon by a geyser and floating away. In a gesture of goodwill, the pterosaur pulls her over the pool she was hunting in earlier before popping the Rex's belly with her beak. This causes the Rex to drop into the pool, sending up some fish for her young to eat in a similar manner to when she fell into the same pool earlier in the short.

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* In an episode of ''WebAnimation/DinosaursTerribleLizards'', a mother ''T. rex'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', trying to catch a [[PteroSoarer Pterodactyl]], Pterodactyl]] to feed to her family, ends up being blown up like a balloon by a geyser and floating away. In a gesture of goodwill, the pterosaur pulls her over the pool she was hunting in earlier before popping the Rex's ''T. rex'''s belly with her beak. This causes the Rex ''T. rex'' to drop into the pool, sending up some fish for her young to eat in a similar manner to when she fell into the same pool earlier in the short.
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* In an episode of ''WebAnimation/DinosaursTerribleLizards'', a mother ''T. rex'', trying to catch a [[PteroSoarer Pterodactyl]], ends up being blown up like a balloon by a geyser and floating away. In a gesture of goodwill, the pterosaur pulls her over the pool she was hunting in earlier before popping the Rex's belly with her beak. This causes the Rex to drop into the pool, sending up some fish for her young to eat in a similar manner to when she fell into the same pool earlier in the short.


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* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon The Brush Off]]" features a variant. Pinkie Pie tries to follow Rainbow Dash and Gilda the Griffon by [[{{Balloonacy}} strapping balloons to herself to float through the air]]. Gilda, unimpressed with Pinkie, tells her to scram before popping several of the balloons with her claws, sending her plummeting away.

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