Bubble

Bubble or Bubbles may refer to:

Physical bubbles

Bubble (physics), a globule of one substance in another, usually gas in a liquid
- Soap bubble, commonly referred to as a "bubble"

People

Bubbles, a contestant on Real Chance of Love season 1 and Charm School 3
Bubbles Anderson (1904-1943), American baseball player in the Negro leagues
Barney Bubbles (born Colin Fulcher; 1942–1983), English graphic artist and album cover designer
John W. Bubbles, stage name of John William Sublett (1902–1986), American vaudeville performer, dancer, singer and entertainer
Bubbles Hargrave (1892-1969), American Major League Baseball catcher
Pamela Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere (1933–1992), English socialite and actress
William James (Royal Navy officer, born 1881) (1881–1974), British admiral, politician and author
Billy Myers (Canadian football) (born 1923), Canadian football player
Mary Nolan (1902-1948), American stage and film actress, singer and dancer
John O'Dwyer (born 1991), Irish hurler
Beverly Sills (1929–2007), opera singer

Animals

Bubbles (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee who lived with Michael Jackson
Bubbles, a hippopotomus who escaped from Lion Country Safari, in Irvine California

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Bubble, a character in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous
Bubble, the main character in the video game Clu Clu Land
Bubbles (The Wire), a character from the HBO series The Wire
Bubbles (Trailer Park Boys), a character in the Canadian series Trailer Park Boys
Bubbles, in the film Finding Nemo (2003)
Bubbles, a character in the animated TV series Jabberjaw
Bubbles, two iterations of a character in The Powerpuff Girls franchise:
- Bubbles, in The Powerpuff Girls
- Bubbles (Miyako Gotokuji), in Powerpuff Girls Z
Bubbles (The Adventures of Little Carp), an anthropomorphic fish from The Adventures of Little Carp
Bubbles, a Muppet in the films, The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth and The Muppets
Bubbles the Clown, a doll used in the BBC's Test Card F
Bubbles the Dolphin, one of the supporting characters in The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Mr. Bubbles, from Lilo & Stitch
Bubbles DeVere, a character in the TV series Little Britain
Bubbles Yablonsky, the protagonist in a series of mystery novels
Bubbles, pet monkey of King Kai in the Dragon Ball franchise
The Dirty Bubble, one of Mermaid Man's enemies in SpongeBob SquarePants
Bubbles, a character in Oddbods
Bubbles, a character in the webcomic Questionable Content

Films

Bubble (film), a 2005 improvised thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh
Bubbles (film), a 1930 short film featuring a pre-stardom Judy Garland
The Bubble (1966 film), a science fiction film
The Bubble (2006 film), an Israeli drama about a gay romance

Games

Bubbles (video game), a 1982 arcade video game by Williams Electronics
Bubble Bobble a 1986 arcade game by Taito released for NES
Score Bubbles, gameplay items from the video gameLittleBigPlanet

Music

Groups and labels

Bubbles (band), a Swedish girl group
Bubbles, a record label owned by Erlend Øye and Marcin Oz of The Whitest Boy Alive

Songs

"Bubbles" (Biffy Clyro song), from Only Revolutions, 2009
"Bubble" (Fluke song), from Oto, 1994
"Bubble", by Band-Maid from Conqueror, 2019
"Bubbles", a version of the song "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" adapted as the anthem of the West Ham United football club
"Bubbles", by Frankie Laine, written by Bob Merrill, 1955
"Bubbles", by The Free Design from Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love, 1970
"Bubbles", by Herbie Hancock from Man-Child, 1976
"Bubbles", by James from Hey Ma, 2008
"Bubbles", by Norman Connors from You Are My Starship, written by Shunzo Ono, 1976
"Bubbles", by Pop Will Eat Itself, first released as B-side to "Beaver Patrol", 1987
"Bubbles", by Spooky Tooth from It's All About, 1968
"Bubbles", by System of a Down from Steal This Album!, 2002

Television

Series

Bubble Guppies, a preschool children's television series
The Bubble (game show), a British game show hosted by David Mitchell

Episodes

"Bubbles", a 1997 episode of the series Teletubbies

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Bubbles (painting), an 1886 painting by Sir John Everett Millais, also used to market Pears soap
Bubbles: Spheres Volume I: Microspherology, a 2011 translation of the 1998 text by Peter Sloterdijk
Speech balloon or bubble, a graphic convention used primarily in comics and cartoons

Brands and enterprises

Bubble Comics, a Russian comic book publisher
Champagne (wine), sparkling wine or Champagne, colloquially known as bubbles

Computing and technology

Bubble (computing), a delay in pipeline
Bubble (programming language), a visual programming language developed by Bubble Group
Bubble memory, a type of non-volatile computer memory that uses a thin film of a magnetic material

Economics

Economic bubble, a situation where market prices are unsustainable (many historical bubbles are itemized there)
Filter bubble, a phenomenon in advertising and social media known as bubbling of like-minded viewers

Science

Bubble chamber, a particle detector in physics
Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822), an emission nebula in Barnard's Galaxy
NGC 7635 (also known as the Bubble Nebula), an emission nebula in the Milky Way galaxy

Sports

Bubble, a term used in poker tournaments
Bubble, in selecting the field, for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship or NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
Bubbles, the nickname for the helmet logo of the Detroit Lions
An isolation zone such as the 2020 NBA Bubble

Other uses

Bubble, an interpersonal space
Bubble, a symbol used in logic gate diagrams
Bubble, another name for pizzo, a pipe used to free base drugs
Bubble, slang for mephedrone, a synthetic stimulant
Bubble Act, an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain requiring all joint-stock companies to have a Royal Charter
Bubble and squeak, a traditional English vegetable dish; usually based on mashed potatoes and "left over" vegetables
Bubble wrap, a packaging material
Hi-riser (automobile), also called a "donk rider" or "bubble car", a sedan customized by increasing the ground clearance and adding large-diameter wheels

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