John Travolta played Tod Lubitch, a teenage boy born with no immune system, in 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,' which aired on Nov. 12, 1976.

The 5-year-old girl received the one-day suspension “for bringing a clear bubble-type gun” to Southeast Elementary in Brighton, according to Colorado’s School District 27J.

(The Boy in the Plastic Bubble was made in 1976, one year after Travolta’s TV debut in Welcome Back, Kotter and one year before he hit the big time with Saturday Night Fever.

This seemingly cutesy appellation is due not to John Travolta and the 1976 Aaron Spelling-produced, made-for-TV movie “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,” but the case of David Vetter, the real ...

And when I first knew her [from Boy in the Plastic Bubble] there was a possibility it would never happen,” John said. What Happened to Diana Hyland? Inside the Actress' Tragic Story.