Bill Nye Died In a Balloon Accident

Bill Nye Died In a Balloon Accident

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Bill Nye Died in a Balloon Accident refers to humorous social media posts which falsely claim that American television host and science communicator Bill Nye died some time ago in a hot air balloon accident. The posts reference a 2024 episode of the American television series Smiling Friends in which a fictional version of Bill Nye dies in such a fashion.

Origin

On June 23rd, 2024, episode eight "Pim Finally Turns Green" of season two of the animated comedy series Smiling Friends premiered[1] on Adult Swim. In the episode, protagonists Pim and Charlie call upon Bill Nye, the host of the Bill Nye the Science Guy science education television program, to gently introduce the concept of death to Rotten, a snowman character who is terrified of it. Bill Nye arrives on a hot air balloon, and, as he sings a song about death being natural for all living beings, accidentally crashes into power lines and dies (clip shown below).



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Following the episode, jokes about the real world Bill Nye having died in a hot air balloon accident gained popularity.

On June 25th, 2024, X[2] / Twitter account @PopCrave reported that Bill Nye was going to received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On that day, X[3][4] / Twitter user @AltHistCody and @nicolas_px both made jokes referencing the Smiling Friends episode, with the posts gaining over 5,800 reposts and 84,000 likes and 1,400 reposts and 26,000 likes in five months, respectively (post by @AltHistCody shown below).


Cody @AltHistCody • 19h Too bad he died horrendously in that balloon accident POP CRAVE Pop Crave ❤ @PopCrave 1d Bill Nye will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 172 1 5.8K 84K Ilil 4.2M

On July 18th, 2024, X[5] user @Reecee_yt referenced fictional Bill Nye's death in episode in a quote of another post about the presenter. The post (shown below) received over 3,300 reposts and 52,000 likes in four months.


Reecee (Inactive) @Reecee_yt Man... it's unfortunate that he passed away in a hot-air balloon accident recently Nostalgia @NostalgiaFolder ⚫ Jul 18 Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993-1998) BILK NYE the Science Guy 5:04 AM ⚫ Jul 18, 2024 1.5M Views m T ...

Referencing Bill Nye's death in the episode became a recurring joke on X / Twitter in the following months, with users quoting posts about Bill Nye with comments about his supposed passing.

Various Examples


bunjee @bunjeekhord I can't believe he's f------ dead Nostalgia @NostalgiaFolder ⚫ Jul 18 Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993-1998) • BILK the Science Guy 2:25 AM Jul 19, 2024 3,301 Views • IT ... Carlos @SomeKirbyFan impossible. i thought he died in that hot air balloon accident months ago ... Kamala's Wins @harris_wins. Sep 22 BREAKING: Bill Nye the Science Guy just announced he is endorsing Kamala Harris. Retweet so all Americans see this incredible news. VOTERS VOTERS VOTERS FOR HARRIS HARRIS WALZ HARRIS KAMALA KAMALA KAMALA HARRIS HARRIS HARRIS For PRESIDENT for NT for PRESIDEN KAMALA KAMALA Our climate is changing. • . 5:17 PM ⚫ Sep 22, 2024 1.4M Views Vela-Nova | machine654.bsky.social @machine654 I'm so sick of Al images of deceased celebrities Pop Base @PopBase Nov 6 Bill Nye voting for Kamala Harris in new photo. OFFICIAL BALLOT DROP BOX 2:29 AM Nov 6, 2024 2M Views IVOTED oronoco PoroROCOBAR to apply LELE Bumoto Ako ww Eminonuun To Da Di Bau
(Spooky) YoutubeKids @RealYouTubeKids Glad to see that he made a fully healthy recovery from f------ dying horrifically in that hot air balloon accident Kamala's Wins @harris_wins. Sep 22 BREAKING: Bill Nye the Science Guy just announced he is endorsing Kamala Harris. Retweet so all Americans see this incredible news. VUILNO HARRIS WILZ VUTERS VUTERS FOR HARRIS HARRIS WALZ KAMALA KAMALA KAMALA HARRIS HARRIS HARRIS or PRESIDENT for PP for PRESIDEN KAMALA K KAMALA because the climate is changing. . 1:10 AM Sep 23, 2024 14K Views tippity @tippitytoptweet How did he survive that hot air balloon accident? POP CRAVE Pop Crave @PopCrave Nov 6 • Bill Nye has voted for Kamala Harris. 2:47 AM Nov 6, 2024 11K Views ⠀ ... Brody | Nautica's #1 Fan @brodynauticafan I thought he died in that hot air balloon accident like 6 months ago Pop Base @PopBase Nov 6 . Bill Nye voting for Kamala Harris in new photo. OFFICIAL BALLOT DROP BOX 3:49 AM • Nov 6, 2024 4,721 Views IVOTED Yo Vote R Bumoto Ako ПРОГОЛОС PoronoCOBAR to Apply to pull on LELE ww હું અમારા વતી આપનો. WL B

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External References

[1] Smiling Friends – Pim Finally Turns Green

[2] X – @PopCrave

[3] X – Rip Bill Nye

[4] X – @nicolas_px

[5] X – @Reecee_yt

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