Bubble, Bubbles or The Bubble may refer to:

Common uses

Bubble (physics) A bubble is a :wikt:globule, globule of a gas substance in a liquid. In the opposite case, a globule of a liquid in a gas, is called a drop (liquid), drop. Due to the Marangoni effect, bubbles may remain intact when they reach the surface of th ...

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

Soap bubble A soap bubble (commonly referred to as simply a bubble) is an extremely thin soap film, 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 b ...

Economic bubble An economy is an area of the Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution and trade, as well as Consumption (economics), consumption of Goods (economics), goods and Service (economics), services. In general, it is ...

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

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

* Bubble, a character in ''Absolutely Fabulous'' * Bubble, a character in the animated series ''

Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and co-produced by Frederator Studios for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn the Human, Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...

'' episode "BMO Lost" * Bubble, in the video game ''

Clu Clu Land is a puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo in 1984 in Japan for the Family Computer. It was released in North America in 1985 as a launch title for the Nintendo Entertainment System, with Europe receiving the game in 1987. Ninte ...

'' * Bubbles (''The Wire'') * Bubbles (''Trailer Park Boys'') * Bubbles Utonium, in ''The Powerpuff Girls'' ** Bubbles (Miyako Gotokuji), in ''Powerpuff Girls Z'' * Bubbles (''The Adventures of Little Carp'') * Bubbles the Clown, a doll used in the BBC's Test Card F * Bubbles, an oriole from the ''

Angry Birds ''Angry Birds'' is a Finnish media franchise created by Rovio Entertainment, and owned by Sega. The game series focuses on the titular flock of colorful angry birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs. Inspired by the game ''Cr ...

'' franchise * Bubbles, a yellow tang fish in the ''Finding Nemo'' franchise * Lourdes "Bubbles" Torres, in Philippine action drama series '' FPJ's Ang Probinsyano'' * Samantha "Bubbles" Montenegro, in Philippine action drama series '' FPJ's Batang Quiapo'' * Bubbles, in ''

Jabberjaw ''Jabberjaw'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired 16 original episodes on ABC from September 11 to December 18, 1976. Reruns continued on ABC until September 3, ...

'' * Bubbles, in ''

The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth ''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'' is an American direct-to-video musical film, musical puppet show, puppet series, aimed at children age 2 to 7, produced by Bomp Productions and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, MCA/Universal Home Video. ...

'' * Bubbles, the pet goldfish of Peanut, Baby Butter and Jelly Otter in '' PB&J Otter'' * Bubble, a character from the animated web series '' The Amazing Digital Circus'' * Cobra Bubbles, in ''

Lilo & Stitch ''Lilo & Stitch'' () is a 2002 American animated Science fiction film, science fiction comedy-drama film, comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. It was written and directed by Chris Sanders and De ...

'' *

Bubbles DeVere This is a list of characters for the British television and radio sketch show ''Little Britain (TV series), Little Britain'' (and its American spin-off, ''Little Britain USA''). Overview ;Key : Characters that appear for only one sketch are n ...

, 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-British computer-animated comedy television series produced by One Animation. The series centers on eight characters—Bubbles, Pogo, Newt, Lulu, Jeff, Slick, Fuse and Zee—wea ...

'' * 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 5,000th comic in March 2023. The plot originally centered on Marten R ...

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

Literature

* ''A Bubble'', an 1895 novel by

Lucy Bethia Walford Lucy Bethia (Colquhoun) Walford (17 April 1845 – 11 May 1915) was a List of Scottish novelists, Scottish novelist and artist, who wrote 45 books, the majority of them "light-hearted domestic comedies". Accurate writing was a big consideration ...

* ''The Bubble'', a 1984 novel by

Mulk Raj Anand Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in the English language, recognised for his depiction of the lives of the poorer class in the traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, ...

* ''Bubbles'', a 2000 novel by Peter Prince * ''Bubble'', a 2012 novel by

Anders de la Motte Lars Anders Thomas de la Motte (born 19 June 1971) is a Swedish crime writer. Biography Anders de la Motte grew up in the town of Billesholm in Skåne County in southern Sweden, where his mother was librarian in Bjuv. He then moved to Stockh ...

Gaming

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

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

Music

Artists and labels

Bubbles (band) Bubbles was a Swedish Eurodance group, also known as Bless. The group's original lineup consisted of Caroline Ljungström (born 26 June 1987), twin sisters Patricia and Sandra Joxelius (both born 7 April 1987), Jenny (Yenny) Andersén (born 10 O ...

, 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 Co ...

Songs

* "Bubble" (Band-Maid song), 2019 * "Bubble" (Fluke song), 1994 * "Bubble" (G.E.M. song), 2012 * "Bubble" (STAYC song), 2023 * "Bubble" (Takagi & Ketra song), 2022 * "Bubbles" (song), by Biffy Clyro, 2009 * "Bubble", a song by Imagine Dragons from the super deluxe edition of ''

Night Visions ''Night Visions'' is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. It was released on September 4, 2012, through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records. The album was primarily produced by the band themselves, as well as Engli ...

'' * "Bubbles", a version of the song "

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" is a popular American song written in 1918, released in late 1919, becoming a number one hit for Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra. It has been revived and adapted over the years, serving as the anthem of Premier Lea ...

" adapted as the anthem of the West Ham United football club * "Bubbles", by Aldous Harding from ''

Warm Chris ''Warm Chris'' is the fourth studio album by the New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter Aldous Harding, released on 25 March 2022 by 4AD. The album peaked at number-one on the New Zealand Albums chart. Its release was preceded by two singles, " ...

'', 2022 * "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 sax ...

'', 1976 * "Bubbles", by James from '' Hey Ma'', 2008 * "Bubbles", by Norman Connors from ''

You Are My Starship ''You Are My Starship '' is an album by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors. Released in 1976 on Buddah Records, it featured bass player/vocalist Michael Henderson and Philadelphia vocalist Phyllis Hyman. The album reach ...

'', written by Shunzo Ono, 1976 * "Bubbles", by Pop Will Eat Itself, first released as B-side to " Beaver Patrol", 1987 * "Bubble", by Red Velvet from '' Cosmic'', 2024 * "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 ''Spooky ...

'', 1968 * "Bubble", by Squarepusher (credited as Tom Jenkinson) from ''

Bubble and Squeak Bubble and squeak is an English dish made from cooked potatoes and cabbage, mixed together and fried. The food writer Howard Hillman classes it as one of the "great peasant dishes of the world".Hillman, pp. 62–63 The dish has been known sinc ...

'', 1996 * "Bubbles", by System of a Down from ''

Steal This Album! ''Steal This Album!'' is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on November 26, 2002, by American Recordings and Columbia Records. Produced by Rick Rubin and Daron Malakian, it peaked at number 1 ...

'', 2002 * "The Bubble", by Status Quo from ''

The Party Ain't Over Yet ''The Party Ain't Over Yet...'' is the twenty-seventh album by English rock band Status Quo (band), Status Quo, released 19 September 2005. A DVD documentary on the making of the album and the band's history to that point, ''The Party Ain't Ove ...

'', 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 Peter Sloterdijk (; ; born 26 June 1947) is a German philosopher and cultural theorist. He was a professor of philosophy and media theory at and Rector from 2001 to 2015 of the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe. He co-hosted the German tel ...

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 * Bubble (podcast), a scripted science fiction podcast

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 In ...

(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 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 in 1926 wh ...

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

Bubbles Paraiso Pilar Angela D. Paraiso, or better known as Bubbles Paraiso (born July 24, 1984), is a Filipino actress and the younger sister of actor Paolo Paraiso. She is currently seen on Kapamilya Channel. In 2025, Paraiso's social media post differentiatin ...

(Pilar Angela D. Paraiso, born 1984), Filipina actress *

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 distin ...

(Colin Fulcher, 1942–1983), English graphic artist * John W. Bubbles (John William Sublett, 1902–1986), American entertainer * Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere (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) (1923–2019) * Mary Nolan (1902–1948), American actress, singer and dancer * John O'Dwyer (born 1991), Irish hurler *

Beverly Sills Beverly Sills (born Belle Miriam Silverman; May 25, 1929July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose career peak was between the 1950s and 1970s. Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet and Verd ...

(1929–2007), opera singer * Bianca Sloof, a contestant on ''Real Chance of Love'' (season 1) and '' Charm School with Ricki Lake''

Science and technology

Bubble chamber A bubble chamber is a vessel filled with a superheated transparent liquid (most often liquid hydrogen) used to detect electrically charged particles moving through it. It was invented in 1952 by Donald A. Glaser, for which he was awarded th ...

, a particle detector in physics * Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635, in space * Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822), 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 Bubble memory is a type of non-volatile memory, non-volatile computer memory that uses a thin film of a magnetic material to hold small magnetized areas, known as ''bubbles'' or ''domains'', each storing one bit of data. The material is arrange ...

, 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 * Bubble, a term used in poker tournaments * Bubble, in the

NCAA basketball tournament selection process The selection process for college basketball's NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments determine which teams (68 men's and 68 women's) will enter the tournaments (the centerpieces of the basketball championship frenzy known as ...

Other uses

* Bubbles (chimpanzee), who lived with Michael Jackson * Bubbles, a hippopotamus who escaped from

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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 belonging to the amphetamine and cathinone classes. It is commonly referred to by slang names such as drone, , white magic, meow meow, and bubble. Chemically, it is similar to ...

product, a synthetic stimulant drug *

Filter bubble A filter bubble or ideological frame is a state of intellectual isolationTechnopediaDefinition – What does Filter Bubble mean?, Retrieved October 10, 2017, "....A filter bubble is the intellectual isolation, that can occur when websites make ...

, a state of intellectual isolation * Bubble, a style of Hi-Riser automobile