History Main / FloatingInABubble

* The [[AdventureTowns Shabaody Archipelago]] of ''OnePiece'' fame has bubble-transport as its "[[PlanetOfHats Hat]]". Justified in universe by the trees secreting a resin that makes bubbles highly resilient, but only in the immediate area of the islands.
* The Six-Tailed Jinchuuriki of ''{{Naruto}}'' [[{{filler}} obscurity]] used bubbles both for this and as offensive weapons.
* In [[PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo Strikes Back]] Mew and Mewtwo both use this technique to batle each other.

* ''BubbleBobble'', and sequels ''Bubble Symphony'' and ''Bubble Memories'': how the protagonists travel between levels and how enemies are on the way to being defeated.

* The Latheon Gorge segment of TalesOfSymphonia is navigated by use of wind-blowing flowers and a magic ring that (among other things) encases the characters in a bubble.

* [[TheWorldEndsWithYou Draco Cantus]] will often send a Neku-seeking bubble during it's boss fight, and unless [[PlayerCharacter Neku]] doesn't pop it in time, it'll get popped by the boss, taking what [[LowLevelRun can be a]] [[SelfImposedChallenge nasty amount of health off]]. Interestingly, [[spoiler:before the fight, Shiki and Beat are captured this way by a fused Kitaniji/Joshua]].

* Timothy Mouse on ''{{Dumbo}}'' gets caught up in the bubbles Dumbo makes after getting drunk.

* ''{{Touhou}}'' has [[SquishyWizard Patchy's]] spell card, Water Sign "Jellyfish Princess", which creates a protective bubble for Patchy to float around in.

* Bubbles the Dog gets transported into {{Xanth}} this way. (AWizardDidIt, sort of; Piers Anthony decided to immortalize one of his beloved pets into his book series.)

** As well as the AlternateUniverse ''{{Wicked}}''

* This can happen to Wario in the ''WarioLand'' series.

* Used by {{Mario}} in ''Super Mario Land 2'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy''.
* ''SuperMarioWorld 2: VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' has Baby Mario enter a bubble when he's knocked off Yoshi's back. Some transformation powerups are also kept in bubbles.

** In the original ''SuperMarioWorld'', bubbles could contain a floating Goomba, Bob-Omb or mushroom, and tended to pop without being touched.

* Used by Glinda the Good in the film version of ''TheWizardOfOz''

* ''SuperMarioWorld 2: YoshisIsland'' has Baby Mario enter a bubble when he's knocked off Yoshi's back. Some transformation powerups are also kept in bubbles.

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* The [[AdventureTowns Shabaody Archipelago]] of ''OnePiece'' fame has bubble-transport as its "[[PlanetOfHats Hat]]". Justified in universe by the trees secreting a resin that makes bubbles highly resilient, but only in the immediate area of the islands.
* The Six-Tailed Jinchuuriki of ''{{Naruto}}'' [[{{filler}} obscurity]] used bubbles both for this and as offensive weapons.
* In [[PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo Strikes Back]] Mew and Mewtwo both use this technique to batle each other.

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** ''Yoshi's Story'', the sequel, features prizes stuck in super-rubbery bubbles that only projectiles can break.

And let us not forget everyone in Bikini Bottom in "Rodeo Daze."

* ''{{Touhou}} has Patchy's spell card, Water Sign "Jellyfish Princess", which creates a protective bubble for Patchy to float around in.

* The [[AdventureTowns Shabaody Archipelago]] of ''OnePiece'' fame has bubble-transport as its "[[PlanetOfHats Hat]]. Justified in universe by the trees secreting a resin that makes bubbles highly resilient, but only in the immediate area of the islands.

* The [[IslandOfAdventure Shabaody Archipelago]] of ''OnePiece'' fame has bubble-transport as its "[[PlanetOfHats Hat]]. Justified in universe by the trees secreting a resin that makes bubbles highly resilient, but only in the immediate area of the islands.

* The [[IslandOfAdventure Shabaody Archipelago of ''OnePiece'' has bubble-transport as its "[[PlanetOfHats Hat]]. Justified in universe by the trees secreting a resin that makes bubbles highly resilient, but only in the immediate area of the islands.
* The Six-Tailed Jinchuuriki of ''{{Narut}}o'' [[{{filler}} obscurity]] used bubbles both for this and as offensive weapons.

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* In an episode of Disney's ''WinnieThePooh'', Pooh got trapped inside a bubble. He didn't float around inside it, though.
* ''[[{{Futurama}} Bender's Big Score]]'' had an improbably cute version during the dating montage with Lars & Leela.
* Used to a ridiculous extent in ''The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars.'' The baby is in a bubble on Mars for ''hours,'' and neither runs out of oxygen, needs a diaper change, nor milk.
* Happens regularly on ''SpongeBobSquarePants'': the butterfly 'monster' in "Wormy", Squidward at the end of "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost", Squidward's whole ''house'' in "Bubble Stand", and even Spongebob himself in "Fungus Among Us".
And let us not forget everyone in Bikini Bottom in "Rodeo Daze."
* Bubbles are a common mode of transport in ''TheDreamstone''.
* An episode of ''PhineasAndFerb'' had the boys working on a bubble that could be ridden in.

* Used by Glinda the Good in the film version of ''TheWizardOfOz''- and rather marvellously in its musical prequel, ''Wicked''.