Bubble, Bubbles or The Bubble may refer to:

Common uses

Bubble (physics) A bubble is a globule of one substance in another, usually gas in a liquid. Due to the Marangoni effect, bubbles may remain intact when they reach the surface of the immersive substance. Common examples Bubbles are seen in many places in eve ...

, a globule of one substance in another, usually gas in a liquid **

Soap bubble A soap bubble is an extremely thin film of soap or detergent and water enclosing air that forms a hollow sphere with an iridescent surface. Soap bubbles usually last for only a few seconds before bursting, either on their own or on contact wi ...

Economic bubble An economic bubble (also called a speculative bubble or a financial bubble) is a period when current asset prices greatly exceed their intrinsic valuation, being the valuation that the underlying long-term fundamentals justify. Bubbles can be c ...

, a situation where asset prices are much higher than underlying fundamentals

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

* Bubble, a character in ''Absolutely Fabulous'' * Bubbles, an oriole from the '' Angry Birds'' franchise * Bubble, in the video game ''

Clu Clu Land is a puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in 1984 in Japan for the Famicom and was later released in North America in 1985 as a Nintendo Entertainment System launch tit ...

'' * Bubbles (''The Wire'') * Bubbles (''Trailer Park Boys'') * Bubbles, a yellow tang fish in the ''Finding Nemo'' franchise * Bubbles, in '' Jabberjaw'' *

Bubbles Utonium ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an American animated television series franchise that takes place in the fictional city of Townsville and stars the titular Powerpuff Girls, Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, who appear in the 1998 ''Powerpuff Girls'' seri ...

, in ''The Powerpuff Girls'' **

Bubbles (Miyako Gotokuji) The following is a list of characters who appear in ''Powerpuff Girls Z'', an anime version of ''The Powerpuff Girls''. Powerpuff Girls Z Unlike their Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, original counterparts, the heroines of the anime reimagining a ...

, in ''Powerpuff Girls Z'' * Bubbles (''The Adventures of Little Carp'') * Bubbles, in ''

The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth ''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'' is an American direct-to-video musical puppet series produced by Bomp Productions and MCA/Universal Home Video. The episodes were released from 1994 to 1996. Production The series was created by puppeteers ...

'' *

Bubbles the Clown Test Card F is a test card that was created by the BBC and used on television in the United Kingdom and in countries elsewhere in the world for more than four decades. Like other test cards, it was usually shown while no Television program, prog ...

, a doll used in the BBC's Test Card F * Cobra Bubbles, in '' Lilo & Stitch'' *

Bubbles DeVere This is a list of characters for the British television and radio sketch show ''Little Britain'' (and its American spin-off, ''Little Britain USA''). Overview ;Key : Characters that appear for only one sketch are not listed in the table A ...

, in ''Little Britain'' *

Bubbles Yablonsky Sarah Strohmeyer (born December 17, 1962) is an American author of eighteen crime novels and humorous books about relations between men and women. She is best known for her Bubbles Yablonsky series about a Pennsylvania hairdresser who is drawn i ...

, the protagonist in a series of novels by Sarah Strohmeyer * Several ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' characters * Bubbles, in ''

Oddbods ''Oddbods'' (also known as ''The Oddbods Show'') is a Singaporean computer-animated comedy television series produced by One Animation. The series centers on seven characters—Bubbles, Pogo, Newt, Jeff, Slick, Fuse and Zee—wearing furry suit ...

'' * Bubbles, in webcomic ''

Questionable Content ''Questionable Content'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''QC'') is a slice-of-life webcomic written and illustrated by Jeph Jacques. It was launched in August 2003 and reached its 4,500th comic in April 2021. The plot originally centered on Marten Re ...

Film and television

Film

* ''Bubble'' (2005 film), a drama by Steven Soderbergh * ''Bubble'' (2022 film), a Japanese animated film * ''Bubbles'' (film), a 1930 short film * ''The Bubble'' (1966 film), a science fiction film * ''The Bubble'' (2001 film), a Greek film * ''The Bubble'' (2006 film), an Israeli romantic drama * ''The Bubble'' (2022 film)

Television

* ''The Bubble'' (game show), 2010 * "Bubbles", a 1997 episode of ''Teletubbies'' * "The Bubble" (''30 Rock''), a 2009 TV episode * "The Bubble" (''Parks and Recreation''), a 2011 TV episode

Gaming

* ''Bubbles'' (video game), 1982 * Bubbles, gameplay items in the video game ''

LittleBigPlanet ''LittleBigPlanet'' (stylized as ''LittleBIGPlanet''; abbreviated ''LBP'') is a puzzle platform video game series created and produced by British developer Media Molecule and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Most games in the series ...

Music

Artists and labels

* Bubbles (band), a Swedish girl group *

Bubbles (rapper) Roll Deep (formerly Roll Deep Entourage) are a British grime (music genre), grime crew. They were founded in 2001 by Wiley (musician), Wiley shortly before the disbandment of UK garage crew Pay As U Go, Pay As U Go Cartel. The group have had t ...

, from Roll Deep * Bubbles, a record label owned by Erlend Øye and Marcin Oz of

The Whitest Boy Alive The Whitest Boy Alive is a German-Norwegian musical group based in Berlin. It was originally active from 2003 to 2014; after a five-year hiatus, the group reformed in 2019. The band is composed of singer and guitarist Erlend Øye of Kings of Conv ...

Songs

* "Bubble" (Band-Maid song), 2019 * "Bubble" (Fluke song), 1994 * "Bubble" (G.E.M. song), 2012 * "Bubbles" (song), by Biffy Clyro, 2009 * "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, 1955 * "Bubbles", by The Free Design from '' Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love'', 1970 * "Bubbles", by Herbie Hancock from ''

Man-Child ''Man-Child'' is the fifteenth studio album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. The record was released on August 22, 1975 by Columbia Records. It was the final studio album to feature The Headhunters, and a number of guest musicians including sa ...

'', 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 "Beaver Patrol" is a single released by the band Pop Will Eat Itself in 1987. It appears on the album Box Frenzy in a slightly edited version. The song was originally recorded by the sixties band The Wilde Knights. Beaver Patrol is the point whe ...

", 1987 * "Bubbles", by Spooky Tooth from ''

It's All About ''It's All About'' is the 1968 debut album by British band Spooky Tooth, released in the United Kingdom by Island Records on 26 July 1968. In West Germany the record was released by Fontana. The American version of the album, entitled ''Spoo ...

'', 1968 * "Bubble", by Squarepusher (credited as Tom Jenkinson) from '' Bubble and Squeak'', 1996 * "Bubbles", by System of a Down from '' Steal This Album!'', 2002 * "The Bubble", by Status Quo from '' The Party Ain't Over Yet'', 2005

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

* ''Bubbles'' (painting), by Sir John Everett Millais, 1886, also used to market Pears soap * '' Bubbles: Spheres Volume I: Microspherology'', a work by Peter Sloterdijk *

Bubble Comics BUBBLE Comics (Russian: Издательство BUBBLE) is the largest Russian comic book publisher, founded in 2011. It is the only publishing house in Russia that produces original non-franchised comic books. Its early slate consisted of four ...

, a Russian comic book publisher

People

Bubbles Anderson Theodore M. "Bubbles" Anderson (November 4, 1904 – March 14, 1943) was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played primarily second base for the Kansas City Monarchs, Washington Potomacs, Birmingham Black Barons, and the I ...

(Theodore M. Anderson, 1904-1943), American baseball player in the Negro leagues *

Bubbles Hargrave Eugene Franklin "Bubbles" Hargrave (July 15, 1892 – February 23, 1969) was an Americans, American catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Yankees. He won the National League batting title i ...

(Eugene Franklin Hargrave, 1892-1969), American baseball player *

Barney Bubbles Barney Bubbles (born Colin Fulcher; 30 July 1942 – 14 November 1983) was an English graphic artist whose work encompassed graphic design and music video direction. Bubbles, who also sketched and painted privately, is best known for his distinc ...

(Colin Fulcher, 1942–1983), English graphic artist *

John W. Bubbles John William Sublett (February 19, 1902 – May 18, 1986), known by his stage name John W. Bubbles, was an American tap dancer, vaudevillian, movie actor, and television performer. He performed in the duo "Buck and Bubbles", who were the fi ...

(John William Sublett, 1902–1986), American entertainer *

Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere Patricia Evelyn Beverley Matthews Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere (5 May 1929 – 12 August 1992) was an English socialite and actress. As Beverly Brooks, she appeared in several films, such as '' Reach for the Sky'' (1956). Early life Patri ...

(1933–1992), English socialite and actress * William James (Royal Navy officer, born 1881) (1881–1974), British admiral, politician and author ** ''Bubbles'' (painting) *

Billy Myers (Canadian football) Billy "Bubbles" Myers (September 7, 1923 – April 13, 2019) was a Canadian football player who played for the Toronto Argonauts. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1945 and 1946. He previously played football with the Vaughan Road Academy, Uni ...

(1923–2019) *

Mary Nolan Mary Nolan (born Mariam Imogene Robertson; December 18, 1902 – October 31, 1948) was an American stage and film actress, singer and dancer. She began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in the 1920s performing under the stage name Imogene "Bubbles ...

(1902-1948), American actress, singer and dancer *

John O'Dwyer John O'Dwyer (born 17 September 1991) is an Irish hurling, hurler who plays for Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Tipperary Senior Championship club Killenaule GAA, Killenaule and previously played at inter-county level with the Tipperary s ...

(born 1991), Irish hurler * Beverly Sills (1929–2007), opera singer * Bianca Sloof, a contestant on ''Real Chance of Love'' (season 1) and ''

Charm School with Ricki Lake ''Charm School with Ricki Lake'' is the third and final season of the VH1 reality television series '' Charm School''. Fourteen contestants from '' Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels'' and ''Real Chance of Love'' must change their old ways and ...

Science and technology

* Bubble chamber, a particle detector in physics *

Bubble Nebula NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is an H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a m ...

, NGC 7635, in space *

Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822) The Bubble Nebula in Barnard's Galaxy has the official designation of Hubble 1925 I as it was the first (Roman numeral 1) object recorded in a paper by . It includes areas of bright H II region, H II emission. It is located north-west of th ...

, in space *

Bubble (computing) In the design of pipelined computer processors, a pipeline stall is a delay in execution of an instruction in order to resolve a hazard. Details In a standard five-stage pipeline, during the decoding stage, the control unit will determine whe ...

, a delay in a pipeline * Bubble (programming language), developed by Bubble Group * Bubble memory, a type computer memory * Bubble, a negation logic gate symbol

Sports

Bio-secure bubble A bio-secure bubble, also known as a bubble, or hub city, was a hosting arrangement for sporting events that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, under which events were held at a centralized site, often behind closed doors, with strict quarant ...

, an isolation zone used for hosting sporting events **

2020 NBA Bubble The 2020 NBA Bubble, also referred to as the Disney Bubble or the Orlando Bubble, was the bio-secure bubble at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, that was created by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to protect its play ...

* Bubble, a term used in poker tournaments * Bubble, in the NCAA basketball tournament selection process

Other uses

* Bubbles (chimpanzee), who lived with Michael Jackson * Bubbles, a hippopotamus who escaped from Lion Country Safari in Irvine, California, U.S. * Bubble, or pizzo, a pipe used to freebase drugs * Bubbles, a

mephedrone Mephedrone, also known as , , and , is a synthetic stimulant drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes. Slang names include drone, , White Magic, meow meow, bubble, ''txomin'' and yurrpt. It is chemically similar to the cathinone compounds ...

product, a synthetic stimulant drug * Filter bubble, a state of intellectual isolation * Bubble, a style of Hi-Riser automobile