Bubbly Tropes

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Tropes about bubbles and their variants. Not to be confused with tropes about Speech Bubbles or perkiness.

• All Balloons Have Helium: Anything inflated by the mouth floats, as if filled with helium. While not strictly about bubblegum bubbles, there are a significant amount of examples with them.
• Bouncy Bubbles: Bubbles used as a trampoline-like surface.
• Bubble Blowing of Whimsy: Childlike characters have fun blowing bubbles.
• Bubble Boy: A person who lives within a sealed bubble.
• Bubblegum Popping: A huge bubblegum bubble pops and covers the blower's face.
• Bubble Gun: A weapon that shoots bubbles.
• Bubble Pipe: A toy or novelty smoking pipe that produces bubbles instead of smoke.
• Bubble Shield: Bubbles as a method for defending against an oncoming threat.
• Censor Suds: Suds are used to censor bathing characters' naughty bits.
• Floating in a Bubble: Going inside of a bubble negates gravity and allows you to float around.
• Love Bubbles: A technique, common in anime, of showing numerous bubbles in the background of a love scene.
• Oxygenated Underwater Bubbles: Swimming characters can inhale large bubbles to replenish their air.
• Snot Bubble: Large bubbles of mucus produced by sleeping characters' noses or mouths.
• Underwater Fart Gag: A bathing character's fart is shown by an alarming cluster of rising bubbles.