During the filming the blueberry scene of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", there were plans of using mostly practical effects. however, someone in the team intervenid and suggested a heavier lean on visual effects made by computers, which led to the look of now iconic scene. the one that suggested this change was ____

This gameing mascot had a meme related to inflation, where it was said it's fanart had made an impact on the american economy, prompting the viewer to look "inflation art" related to it
-Sonic The Hedgehog-

A common item you might have usen in your life, usually unflatten or inflate things like tires and balloons.
-air pump-
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This character is quiete possibly the most commonly drawn character, to the point that there are memes that say that drawing her is almost like an initiation task.
-Rouge the bat-

This is the website that has gained the infamy of being the house of not only inflation, but all sort of weird fetishes
-DeviantArt-
Among other classic slapstick cartoons, this one is considered the one that has made artists realice that they are into inflation, specially since with how popular it was, and still is.
-Tom And Jerry-
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In Mortal Kombat 2, this character had the "kiss of death" fatality, where after a Kiss, the victim is inflated before exploding into gory bits.
-Kitana-

This piece of candy from a movie adapted from a book not only bloats the ones who eats it, but also changes their color.
-Wonka's Three Course Dinner Chewing Gum-
In Harry Potters and The Prisoner of Azkaban, during a reunion, Harry takes revenge on someone by inflating them with magic, which causes them to float away to the sky
-Aunt Marge-

One of the many sub genres of the expansion community, where a characters swallows and digest another living character.
-Vore-



A trend that was popular for a while was "slime inflation", where a slimy creature forces themselves inside a character's body, making them expand in the process. what not people is that a popular anime in the 90's already had done something like it.
-Dragon Ball Z-

This really popular game franchise has included multiple power ups related to expansion, most popularly, inflation
-Super Mario (P balloon, Blimp Fruit, and Power Flower)-



A not-so-handy power up that inflates the player, turning them into a balloon, letting them slowly fly freely, but also making them extremely vulnerable
-P Balloon-

In the original Space Jam, a character get flattened, prompting a pair of cartoon dogs to put a bike pump on their mouth and inflate them back to normal. (Either actor or character name)
-Stan Podolack / Wayne Knight-

Around 2023 an image of a large and gassy version of an animated movie superhero became viral, with people adding "lore" to it, and even a "main theme", all of it with the catchphrase "this ____ needs a hero!".
-Mr. Incredible-

In the 1995 animated movie "Catnapped!", the main antagonist Buburina has a special ability which has been the main focus of artists.
-turn anyone into a balloon by the touch-
This metroidvania is known as the most popular expansión game that is on steam, being known even outside the usual inflation enjoyers
-Tribal Hunter-

this machine is a varaint of a household item, but with a more cartonish apperance. it appeared on the very beggining of a classic film that mixed both live action and animation in a great way.
-Suck-O-Lux-

One of the many forgotten Marvel heroines. A woman with the ability to augment her weight, giving her great strength, with the side effect of having to throw up all of it whenever she want to turn back to normal.
-Big Bertha-

While not as popular as regular body inflation, suit inflation is a well known sub genre, where a instead of a character inflating, it is their clothing, usually a bodysuit. one movie has one case of this with a pair of large life-jackets (or a fully version of ones), and it is one of the more popular cases of this genre in pop culture.
-Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams-

On this comedy movie, there is a scene where a large man enters a restaurant, where he eats more than he can hold, leading him to explode, and leaving him with an exposed view of his organs.
-Monty Python's The Meaning of Life-
This in a type of gaming competition, where people try to make a game in a small time, all with two main rules: fitting a given theme by the host, and including some kind of expansión theme.
Sometimes, whenever the artist doesn't know to start inflating a character, there is always the old reliable...
"MAGIC. IT WAS MAGIC, NOW SHUT UP AND ENJOY YOUR INFLATION SLOP."

In a the classic Rescue Rangers cartoon, a main character Dale finds a meteorite fragment, that gives him the power of elasticity, which makes him develop a superhero persona with a new name…
-RubberBando-
08/27/2022
-The Pyrocinical Incident-