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* {{Pitfall}} Harry uses a balloon to traverse a large open area in ''Pitfall II: The lost Caverns''
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--> "Well, I've already got some balloons, but...they're not this nice. Deal!"
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* In the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, "Griffon the Brush-Off", [[CloudCuckoolander Pinkie Pie]] strapped herself with several balloons to float up to cloud that Rainbow Dash and her old friend, [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Gilda]], were on. [[ClingyJealousGirl Gilda then proceeded to pop Pinkie's balloons when Rainbow Dash wasn't around]].
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* In the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, "Griffon the Brush-Off", [[CloudCuckoolander Pinkie Pie]] strapped herself with several balloons to float up to the cloud that Rainbow Dash and her old friend, [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Gilda]], were on. [[ClingyJealousGirl Gilda then proceeded to pop Pinkie's balloons when Rainbow Dash wasn't around]].
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* The Balloon weapon in MakaiKingdom - single use, lifts the user out of the stage for the rest of the level. This makes it nearly useless for your own characters, but deadly in the hands of an enemy, as any enemy removed from the stage adds their levels to every other enemy left on the battlefield.
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* The Balloon weapon in MakaiKingdom - single use, lifts the user out of the stage for the rest of the level. This makes it nearly useless for your own characters, but deadly in the hands of an enemy, as any enemy removed from the stage adds their levels to every other enemy left on the battlefield.
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* Drifloon, a {{Pokemon}} that looks like a balloon, is said to carry off children who mistake it for a normal balloon and grab its stringlike tails. This despite being rather small--only about two feet tall.
** There's also the Air Balloon, an item that allows Pokemon to float and avoid Ground-type attacks. A single red balloon is enough to lift even the monsterous, half-ton Snorlax into the air!
* Drifloon, a {{Pokemon}} that looks like a balloon, is said to carry off children who mistake it for a normal balloon and grab its stringlike tails. This despite being rather small--only about two feet tall.
** There's also the Air Balloon, an item that allows Pokemon to float and avoid Ground-type attacks. A single red balloon is enough to lift even the monsterous, half-ton Snorlax into the air!
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* The final episode of ''Green Wing'' ends with Caroline being carried up into the sky by a mass of helium filled balloons at her wedding reception. The DVD boxset extras shows an alternate ending where Guy and Mac grab onto Caroline's ankles and are taken up with her; this alternative ending ends with Mac saying, "Caroline, there's something I've been meaning to tell you."
* The ''Doctor Who'' story ''Planet of the Daleks'' has [[spoiler: the Doctor and a group of Thals escape from the lowest level of the Dalek city by makimg a hot air balloon from plastic sheeting and being carried up an air shaft]].
* The ''Doctor Who'' story ''Planet of the Daleks'' has [[spoiler: the Doctor and a group of Thals escape from the lowest level of the Dalek city by makimg a hot air balloon from plastic sheeting and being carried up an air shaft]].
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* The''Doctor Who'' Doctor Who story ''Planet of the Daleks'' has [[spoiler: the Doctor and a group of Thals escape from the lowest level of the Dalek city by makimg a hot air balloon from plastic sheeting and being carried up an air shaft]].
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* The ''Doctor Who'' story ''Planet of the Daleks'' has [[spoiler: the Doctor and a group of Thals escape from the lowest level of the Dalek city by makimg a hot air balloon from plastic sheeting and being carried up an air shaft]].
* The ''Doctor Who'' story ''Planet of the Daleks'' has [[spoiler: the Doctor and a group of Thals escape from the lowest level of the Dalek city by makimg a hot air balloon from plastic sheeting and being carried up an air shaft]].
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* In ''ThePinkPanther Strikes Again'', Clouseau is floated out of his apartment window by the inflatable hump in his hunchback costume, thereby causing him to miss the bomb Drefus sets off.
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* NationalGeographic Channel's ''Series/HowHardCanItBe'' has [[http://uk.gizmodo.com/5778006/the-house-from-up-has-been-built-in-real-lifeand-it-flies made and floated a house]] inspired by ''Up''.
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* Happened at least a few times in various WinnieThePooh episodes; the word "Balloonatic" was even used.
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* Happened to one of the characters of ''Caroline visite Paris'' from the French youth book series ''Caroline''.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoNaRKEL8N0 This]] Ford Mondeo advert.
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*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoNaRKEL8N0 This]] Ford Mondeo advert.
*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoNaRKEL8N0 This]] Ford Mondeo advert.
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* The Balloon weapon in MakaiKingdom - single use, lifts the user out of the stage for the rest of the level.
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* At the climax of ''TheGreatMouseDetective'', Basil tied the Union Jack flag with balloons underneath to a box of matches in order to chase Ratigan fleeing on his blimp. Helps that they're mice.
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* On FraggleRock, Wembly uses a bunch of balloons tied to a basket to return a bird to the Gorgs' Garden in one episoide.
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** It also seems to apply to normal sized ones. In the prologue, we see Carl selling balloons at the zoo. He lets go of his cart for a moment, and needs to grab ahold of it before it floats away.
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* A cover to an ArchieComics digest features Jughead as a balloon seller. He begs people passing by to buy a couple, because he's having to hold onto the ground to avoid floating away.
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* MacGyver used a big bunch of balloons tied to a police radio and a tape player and set them free to jam the police communications and enable a family of Roma to defect to the west from Hungary.
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** Also in ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' where they use seagulls instead, but James got the idea by [[InvokedTrope thinking of]] the balloon version.
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* ''TheATeam'': Murdock escapes a psychiatric hospital by filling plastic bags with helium.
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-->'''Hannibal:''' Murdock, how'd I ever let you talk me into this?\\
'''Murdock:''' I don't know: I have intermittent memory loss! [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments *floats away cackling*]]
-->'''Hannibal:''' Murdock, how'd I ever let you talk me into this?\\
'''Murdock:''' I don't know: I have intermittent memory loss! [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments *floats away cackling*]]
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* In ''ThePerilsOfPenelopePitsop'' episode "The Boardwalk Booby Trap", the Hooded Claw gets rid of the Ant Hill Mob by giving them helium balloons that cause them to float away.
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* Happened in ''The Lucy Show'' episode "Kiddie Parties Inc.": Lucy tries to bring a batch of helium balloons to a party, which leads to her floating away, flying through a flock of geese and crashing into a church steeple.
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This is a [[TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters Trope Examined by the Mythbusters]]. See under "non-fictional examples" below.
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This is a [[TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters Trope Examined by the Mythbusters]]. See under "non-fictional "Real Life examples" below.
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* AchilleTalon's father once escaped the [[TheLongtarin police]] by blowing into a breathalyzer balloon until it lifted him into the air.
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* AchilleTalon's father once escaped the [[TheLongtarin [[MeddlesomePatrolman police]] by blowing into a breathalyzer balloon until it lifted him into the air.
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* The Penguin uses this tactic to steal a payroll while disguised as a balloon vendor in a classic GoldenAge ComicBook/{{Batman}} story ("Knights of Knavery") in which he teams up with the {{Joker}}.
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* The Penguin uses this tactic to steal a payroll while disguised as a balloon vendor in a classic GoldenAge [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ComicBook/{{Batman}} story ("Knights of Knavery") in which he teams up with the {{Joker}}.
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** Happens to Bugs Bunny in ''Bushy Hare''
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* In the ''{{One Piece}}'' cover story featuring Eneru, four Spaceys fly from their island to the MOON using regular balloons.
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* The plot of the BusterKeaton short ''TheBalloonatic'' is basically "camper stumbles across hot-air balloon; [[HilarityEnsues hilarity ensues]]."
