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)