History Main / TravelingPipeBulge

* ''PizzaTower'' has Oh Shit! level and Slums hub world that have pipes. When Peppino enters then, the pipes expand and show where he is in the pipe.

Mostly found in animated and CG media, the Traveling Pipe Bulge is a phenomenon that occurs when an object moves through a pipe or hard tube, creating a [[ShapedLikeItself bulge]] to [[RuleOfPerception tell you where it is]]. Bonus points if the fittings do not contract after the object passes through them.

* Several ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games have this, starting with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland''. In particular, the first ''VideoGame/MarioParty1'' game does this in the "Pipe Maze" minigame, with a treasure chest dropped into a pipe.
* Happens in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', Chapter 3. Although in this case it's a bile tube, not a pipe.

* Many tubes in ''VideoGame/LocoRoco'' are very flexible, allowing to stretch so a locoroco could traverse pipes and other things in one piece.
* In the DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', there are a few elevators in Tropical Resort which bulge when Sonic enters them.

* When Kirby goes behind the background in ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'', it bulges, as do cannons when he's inside them.
* ''[[Videogame/{{Dizzy}} Spellbound Dizzy]]'' has a few pipes that lead to new areas. One of these is actually a man-eating flower.
* In ''VideoGame/TheBugsBunnyCrazyCastle'', these show up whenever Bugs enters a pipe.

* In ''VideoGame/AbobosBigAdventure'', Abobo enters the ''VideoGame/{{Super Mario Bros|1}}.''-themed level through a pipe, which bulges as he travels through it because he's so big and muscular.
* Many Creator/HumongousEntertainment titles have pipes that do this in the background either to show that processes are happening, or just for [[FunnyBackgroundEvent humorous click spots.]]
* ''VideoGame/CrystalCaves'': One of the hazards in this game is a pipe that periodically lets out a drop of dangerous-looking liquid; this pipe has a bulge in it as part of its animation when it's about to let out a drop.

* ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'': "Felix Doubles for Darwin" short has a whole scene of Felix traveling through the entire transatlantic cable and then back again, pursued by apes.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'' ([[TheFilmOfTheBook the Jim Carrey version]]), this happens when Horton's ''voice'' first travels down the pipe to the mayor's office.

* Several ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games have this, starting with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland''.
** The first ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' game does this in the "Pipe Maze" minigame, with a treasure chest dropped into a pipe.

Sometimes used to depict TubeTravel in video games. SisterTrope to WormSign, DinnerDeformation and BalloonBelly.

* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''.

* In ''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle'', these show up whenever Bugs enters a pipe.
* In Stage 6 of Sparkster (the SNES version),this happens when you go inside the trumpets.

* In Stage 6 of Sparkster(the SNES version),this happens when you go inside the trumpets.

* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse"orks'': Happens in the short "Pluto Gets the Paper: Street Cleaner" when Pluto is sucked into the pipes of the street cleaner which also leaves impact silhouettes.

* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseworks'': Happens in the short "Pluto Gets the Paper: Street Cleaner" when Pluto is sucked into the pipes of the street cleaner which also leaves impact silhouettes.

* ''WesternAnimation/Mickey Mouseworks'': Happens in the short "Pluto Gets the Paper: Street Cleaner" when Pluto is sucked into the pipes of the street cleaner which also leaves impact silhouettes.

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* [[Mickey Mouseworks]]: Happens in the short "Pluto Gets the Paper: Street Cleaner when Pluto is sucked into the pipes of the street cleaner which also leaves impact silhouettes.

* [[Western Animation/Mickey Mouseworks]]: Happens in the short "Pluto Gets the Paper: Street Cleaner when Pluto is sucked into the pipes of the street cleaner which also leaves impact silhouettes.

* [[Western Animation/Mickey Mouse works]]: Happens in the short "Pluto Gets the Paper: Street Cleaner when Pluto is sucked into the pipes of the street cleaner which also leaves impact silhouettes.

* [[Franchise/MickeyMouseworks]]: Happens in the short "Pluto Gets the Paper: Street Cleaner when Pluto is sucked into the pipes of the street cleaner which also leaves impact silhouettes.