Memorable bubble moments on film

Spoiled Violet blowing up into a big blueberry after chewing magic bubble gum in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" garnered the most picks in an extremely informal Seattle Times survey.

Young Natalie Wood in "Miracle on 34th Street" teaches Santa to blow a bubble, then (to the shock and horror of us all) puts her used into a bedside table drawer!

Radioactive bubble gum: "Silkwood"

Gum as a tease: "Lolita"

Tom Cruise uses gum to save the world: "Mission: Impossible" Ginger Rogers can't stop chompin': "The Major and the Minor"

Quintessential '50s beauty-school bubble blower: Didi Conn in "Grease"

And special small-screen recognition goes to "MacGyver." What couldn't he do with a piece of gum?