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)

    In times past there were rituals of passage that conducted a boy into manhood, where other men passed along the wisdom and responsibilities that needed to be shared. But today we have no rituals. We are not conducted into manhood; we simply find ourselves there.
    Kent Nerburn (20th century)