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* '''Invoked''': [[BigBad EmperorEvulz]] is armed with many air pumps to defeat [[AllLovingHero Bob]]...

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* '''Invoked''': [[BigBad EmperorEvulz]] Emperor Evulz]] is armed with many air pumps to defeat [[AllLovingHero Bob]]...
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*** Better yet, to the size of a ''planet!''

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*** ** Better yet, to the size of a ''planet!''
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** Bob is [[HalfHumanHybrid part]] [[PainfulPointyPufferfish pufferfish]].
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** The gag happening at the behest of a producer or showrunner with an [[FetishFuel inexplicably keen interest]] in the trope who [[DrunkWithPower insisted]] that the writer(s) fit it in somewhere.

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** The gag happening at the behest of a producer or showrunner with an [[FetishFuel [[{{Fetish}} inexplicably keen interest]] in the trope who [[DrunkWithPower insisted]] that the writer(s) fit it in somewhere.

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* '''Enforced''': Everyone lives in a world where ToonPhysics runs rampant.

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* '''Enforced''': Everyone lives '''Enforced''':
** An adaptation or remake of a work that had the trope
in the source material.
** The gag happening at the behest of
a world where ToonPhysics runs rampant.producer or showrunner with an [[FetishFuel inexplicably keen interest]] in the trope who [[DrunkWithPower insisted]] that the writer(s) fit it in somewhere.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Woah, dude! I thought this sort of stuff only happened in cartoons!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Woah, dude! I thought this sort of stuff thing only happened in cartoons!"
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Woah, dude! How did you get that big!?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Woah, dude! How did you get that big!?"I thought this sort of stuff only happened in cartoons!"
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* '''Parodied''': Bob inflates, and a little girl comes out of nowhere and ties a piece of rope around Bob's foot, carrying him around like a helium balloon as he floats about in the air behind her, looking quite grumpy.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob inflates, and a little girl comes out of nowhere and ties a piece of rope around Bob's foot, carrying him until he deflates he's carried around like a helium balloon as with a piece of rope or string. Naturally, he floats about in the air behind her, looking quite grumpy.isn't amused.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': This is the basis of this trope.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': This trope is already the basis PlayedForLaughs of this trope.Downplayed 1.

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'''Basic Trope:''' A character's body inflates like a balloon, usually PlayedForLaughs.

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'''Basic Trope:''' A character's body inflates like a balloon, usually most often PlayedForLaughs.



** Bob inflates to ''planetary'' sizes.
** PopGoesTheHuman

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** Bob inflates to ''planetary'' sizes.
** PopGoesTheHuman
the size of a city.
*** Better yet, to the size of a ''planet!''



** A very inflated Bob ends up deflating back to normal shape or slimmer.

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** A very inflated Bob ends up deflating back to normal shape or slimmer.a skinnier stature.



* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob starts to inflate a bit, but the air suddenly escapes out of his ears. It restarts again, he grows bigger, but the air attempts to escape again, only to leave him bloated, but the expansion resumes, etc.

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* '''Parodied''': ???
Bob inflates, and a little girl comes out of nowhere and ties a piece of rope around Bob's foot, carrying him around like a helium balloon as he floats about in the air behind her, looking quite grumpy.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob starts to inflate a bit, but the air suddenly escapes out of his ears. It restarts again, he grows bigger, but the air attempts to escape again, only to leave him bloated, but the expansion resumes, etc.resumes in a vicious cycle.



* '''Enforced''': ToonPhysics

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* '''Enforced''': ToonPhysicsEveryone lives in a world where ToonPhysics runs rampant.


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** PopGoesTheHuman
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* '''Double Subverted''': [[Troll Alice]] covers Bob's ears and his body starts swelling up.

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* '''Double Subverted''': [[Troll [[TheGadfly Alice]] covers Bob's ears and his body starts swelling up.



* '''Implied''': Bob is hooked up to a pump, and the camera cuts to bystander Alice staring at the scene with a dumbfounded (or [[Troll amused]] expression.)

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* '''Implied''': Bob is hooked up to a pump, and the camera cuts to bystander Alice staring at the scene with a dumbfounded (or [[Troll [[TheGadfly amused]] expression.)
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'''Basic Trope:''' A character's body inflates like a balloon, usually PlayedForLaughs.
* '''Straight''': Bob's entire body swells up like a balloon until he takes on a very rounded shape.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob inflates to ''planetary'' sizes.
** PopGoesTheHuman
* '''Downplayed''':
**BalloonBelly
**Bob's body ends up swelling slightly, but not by much.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob has an extreme case of allergic reaction that causes immense swelling whenever he's put into contact with the allergen.
** Bob ended up hooked up to a pump.
** Bob is a RubberMan, and this is [[FlyingBrick part of his superpowers]].
* '''Inverted''':
** SquashedFlat
** A very inflated Bob ends up deflating back to normal shape or slimmer.
* '''Subverted''': Right as Bob starts to inflate, the air suddenly starts escaping out of his ears.
* '''Double Subverted''': [[Troll Alice]] covers Bob's ears and his body starts swelling up.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob starts to inflate a bit, but the air suddenly escapes out of his ears. It restarts again, he grows bigger, but the air attempts to escape again, only to leave him bloated, but the expansion resumes, etc.
* '''Averted''': Nobody inflates.
* '''Enforced''': ToonPhysics
* '''Lampshaded''': "Woah, dude! How did you get that big!?"
* '''Invoked''': [[BigBad EmperorEvulz]] is armed with many air pumps to defeat [[AllLovingHero Bob]]...
* '''Exploited''': ...Because a heavily inflated hero is a helpless hero, thus allowing Evulz to have the upper hand and deal with him promptly.
* '''Defied''': Bob evades any potential sources of inflation gags.
* '''Discussed''': "I'm just trying to understand how my body can possibly stretch that much..."
* '''Conversed''': "Good old cartoony gag. This was bound to happen to him, with that pump nearby."
* '''Implied''': Bob is hooked up to a pump, and the camera cuts to bystander Alice staring at the scene with a dumbfounded (or [[Troll amused]] expression.)
* '''Deconstructed''': A [[RealityIsUnrealistic human body is definitely not fit to stretch that much]], and everything inside of Bob quickly ruptures as his body swells, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath killing him instantly]].
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': This is the basis of this trope.
* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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