Hot air balloons

Hot air balloons are a mode of aerial transportation. They were used long before the invention of the airplane, but were not completely reliable, as they could be brought down by rifts in the balloon itself or windy or bad weather.
Hanna-Barbera featured hot air balloons in many of their animated series.
== Undercover Elephant ==
* "Baron Von Rip 'Em Off": During the episode's climax, Undercover Elephant disguises himself as a hot air balloon.
== Famous Classic Tales ==
* Five Weeks in a Balloon aired in 1977.
== The Ruff and Reddy Show ==
* The show's penultimate story arc began with Ruff and Reddy evading a policeman at the carnival by hiding in a hot air that unexpectedly took off.
== The Peter Potamus Show ==
* Every episode had Peter Potamus and So-So traveling in a hot air balloon that doubled as a time machine.
== The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ==
* The episodes "The Ancient Valley" and "Strange Experiment" had Huck, Becky, and Tom traveling in a hot air balloon.
== Around the World in 79 Days ==
* Every episode had Phineas Fogg Jr., Jenny Trent, and Hoppy traveling around the globe in a hot air balloon.
== It's the Wolf ==
* "High Hopes": This episode begins with Lambsy Divey in a hot air balloon.
== Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines ==
* "Fur Out Furlough" starts with Dick Dastardly and Muttley in a grounded hot air balloon.
== The Perils of Penelope Pitstop ==
* In "Wild West Peril", the Hooded Claw holds Penelope Pitstop captive in his hot air balloon.
== Josie and the Pussycats ==
* "Strangemoon over Miami": This episode began and ended with the Pussycats performing in a hot air balloon at the Miami Expo. Their balloon accidentally takes off, and brings them to Dr. Strangemoon's island.
== The Addams Family (1973) ==
* "The Great Balloon Race": The Addams Family help out a professor who's entered in a hot air balloon race. Each family member joins him for a specific leg of the journey.
== Super Friends (1973) ==
* "The Baffles Puzzle": While searching for Wendy Harris, Marvin White, and Wonder Dog, Superman comes upon a hot air balloon during a severe storm, and is overcome by a chunk of Kryptonite.
* "Gulliver's Gigantic Goof": At the beginning of this episode, Dr. Hiram Gulliver sends a hot air balloon to shrink people at a space launch. He later has it bring a tiny Batman and Robin to his castle.
== These Are the Days ==
* "The Balloon": Jeff Day's use of a hot air balloon for log hauling creates tension between him and Homer.
== Devlin ==
* "Up Up and Away": When Safety Inspector Ralston visits the circus, he immediately regards everything as too dangerous. Among the things he orders shut down is a hot air balloon ride.
== Valley of the Dinosaurs ==
* "What Goes Up": The Butlers decide to build a hot air balloon to fly out of the valley.
== The All-New Superfriends Hour ==
* "City in a Bottle": Superman provides the first part of the Decoder by telling a group of kids that the first half is the price of the hot air balloon rides. Later, he saves them by bringing the balloon down.
== Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo ==
* "Scooby's Trip to Ahz": Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, and Scrappy-Doo take a hot air balloon ride with the Wizard of Ahz.
== Smurfs ==
* In Seasons 7 and 8, Grandpa Smurf often took the Smurflings, and sometimes a few other Smurfs, on trips in a Smurf-sized hot air balloon.
== Pac-Man ==
* "Around the World in 80 Chomps": Pac-Man travels in a hot air balloon while pursuing Mezmaron and the Ghost Monsters.
== Shirt Tales ==
* "T.J.'s Visit": Tyg Tiger's nephew, T.J. Tiger, pays a visit, and gets himself and Kip Kangaroo in trouble when they take a ride in a hot air balloon.
== The Biskitts ==
* The episode title cards and the closing credits show the Biskitts in a hot air balloon.
* "Around the Swamp in a Daze": King Max and Shecky try using a hot air ballon to locate Biskitt Island and steal the treasure.
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