Bubble Boy

Bubble boy, boy in the bubble or boy in the plastic bubble may refer to:

  • Bubble boy disease, a genetic disorder which results in an extreme vulnerability to infectious diseases
  • Ted DeVita (1962–1980), a victim of severe aplastic anaemia who was forced to live in a sterile hospital room
  • David Vetter (1971–1984), a victim of Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome who was forced to live in a sterile environment
  • The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, a 1976 film starring John Travolta
  • "The Boy in the Bubble", a 1986 song by Paul Simon from the album Graceland
  • "The Bubble Boy" (Seinfeld), a 1992 episode of the Seinfeld TV series
  • Bubble Boy (film), a 2001 film starring Jake Gyllenhaal

Famous quotes containing the words bubble and/or boy:

    While this America settles in the mould of its vulgarity, heavily
    thickening to empire,
    And protest, only a bubble in the molten mass, pops and sighs out,
    and the mass hardens,
    Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)

    “Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy?
    Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?”
    “I’ve been to seek a wife,
    She’s the joy of my life,
    She’s a young thing, and cannot leave her mother.”
    —Unknown. Billy Boy (l. 1–5)