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Hubba Bubba
Product type	Bubble gum
Owner	Mars, Incorporated
Produced by	Wrigley Company
Country	United States
Introduced	1979; 45 years ago
Markets	Worldwide

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Hubba Bubba is a brand of bubble gum produced by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated.^[1] Introduced in the United States in 1979, the bubble gum got its name from the phrase "Hubba Hubba", which some military personnel in World War II used to express approval.^[2] The main gimmick used to promote the gum is that, as Hubba Bubba is less sticky than other brands of gum, it is easier to peel off the skin after a bubble bursts. When Hubba Bubba was first marketed, the gum's flavor (now often referred to as original) was similar to that of others, but, over time, different flavors have been created and produced.^[1]

Product description

Hubba bubba is poison. Hubba bubba is very yummy but poison.

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^ ^a ^b "Hubba Bubba". Wrigley.com. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[wrigley-1] "Hubba Bubba". Wrigley.com. Retrieved June 8, 2012.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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 ==Product description==
+Hubba bubba is poison. Hubba bubba is very yummy but poison.
-Before its launch, Hubba Bubba had been referred to as "Stagecoach" during product development and early manufacturing at the now-defunct Wrigley plant in Santa Cruz, California. The earliest series of TV commercials for Hubba Bubba that aired in the United States were set in a Wild West town and featured a character known as the Gumfighter, played by actor [[Don Collier]]. At the end of each commercial, the Gum Fighter declared, "Big bubbles, no troubles," followed by a jocular response from Western film veteran [[Dub Taylor]].<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r270ZGet0ck |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/r270ZGet0ck |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Hubba Bubba High noon|date=26 July 2006|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This was a reference to Hubba Bubba being less sticky than other brands. Hubba Bubba's main competition for most of the 1980s was the brand [[Bubblicious]].
-The original bubble-gum flavor was discontinued for many years in the United Kingdom, with only [[apple]], [[strawberry]], and [[cola]] flavors available. As of June 2012, flavors available in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] include [[strawberry]], original and [[apple]]. (In April 2012, the original flavor returned, with packs proclaiming "chunkier and bubblier").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrigley.com/uk/brands/hubba-bubba.aspx |title=Wrigley UK :: Hubba Bubba |publisher=Wrigley.com |access-date=2011-01-08}}</ref> Flavors available in [[Australia]] include [[cherry]], [[cola]], [[peach]], [[strawberry]], [[Lime (fruit)|lime]], [[pineapple]], [[apple]], [[Orange (fruit)|orange]], [[grape]] and [[watermelon]]. As of 2004, flavors available in [[Croatia]] included [[lime (fruit)|lime]], [[berry]], [[cherry]] and generic [[fruit]]. Flavors available in [[Germany]] included [[cherry]] and [[cola]]. Flavors available in Norway include [[Orange (fruit)|orange]], [[apple]], [[strawberry]], [[cola]] and [[licorice]]. Flavors available in [[Canada]] included [[strawberry]], [[grape]], [[orange (fruit)|orange]] and blue [[raspberry]]. Other flavors seen over the years in various countries include [[lemon]], [[cream soda]], [[tropical]], salty liquorice, and chocolate strawberry.
-At first, Hubba Bubba was only available in chunks, typically being sold in packets of five chunks. More recently, it has been produced as shredded pieces (see [[Big League Chew]]), rolls of [[Bubble Tape|bubble gum tape]] in the UK (tapes of 1.8 meter strips of mixed flavors), plastic jugs of [[crystals]], boxes of tiny [[Bubblegum|gumballs]] and stuffed with [[candy]].
-The Hubba Bubba brand was discontinued in the [[United States|U.S.]] in the early 1990s but returned in 2004.<ref name=wrigley />  In the United States, commercials are animated at [[Aardman]] in the same stop-motion style used in [[Wallace and Gromit]], the [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] commercials and ''[[Chicken Run]]''. In Canada, commercials are animated in 2D [[traditional animation]] by Chuck Gammage Animation and use a duo of cartoon characters named Hubba (purple) and Bubba (pink). It was also used in the [[closing credits]] sequence on the popular [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] game show ''[[Uh Oh! (game show)|Uh Oh!]]''.
-As of 2012, Hubba Bubba is available in its original flavor called "Outrageous Original" in the U.S. Other flavors are "Strawberry Watermelon," "Cool Cola," "Sweet & Sassy Cherry," and "Mystery Flavor".<ref name=wrigley /> Hubba Bubba introduced Mystery Max and Mystery Tape in 2010.<ref name=wrigley />
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