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Line 1: {{trope}} Most sports need a ball. Maybe there isn't one around. Maybe the old ball got popped. Or it's maybe just more fun to play with a livin', breathin' ball. A character gets squished into the shape of a ball and played with. Often times it's into the size of a basketball, and the person who did the squishing bounces and shoots or slam dunks the victim into a hoop. The trope where a character gets turned into the shape of a ball for whatever reason. Usually the "ball" just gets disposed of, but sometimes the newly-made ball gets used for sports. A frequent choice seems to be basketball, with the victim most often being slam-dunked into a hoop. Not to be confused with [[Rounded Character]]. See also [[Accordion Man]], [[Squashed Flat]], [[Rolling Attack]]. Line 19 ⟶ 21: == [[Film]] == * A rare example of a ~~LIVE~~live person occurs in ''[[Space Jam]]'', with Michael Jordan. * The fat kid in ''[[Hook]]'' can do this. [[Sarcasm Mode\|How clever]]. * Another live action example is in ''Kazaam'' with Shaquille O'Neal: ~~during~~During the climax ~~when~~ Shaq's character uses his genie magic to turn the villain into a ball and slam dunks him straight into a garbage chute~~, since, you know, he's a basketball player~~. * In ''[[Sky High]]'', the kids of Superhero parents are divided into those with the abilities of heroes and those of sidekicks. One girl's power is to turn into a giant rubber beach ball. The [[Bruce Campbell\|unimpressed Coach]] kicks her away shouting "SIDEKICK!" * It was also done in ''[[The Toxic Avenger]] Part II'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWaqfmlTwu4 with a midget]. * Occurs in ''[[Godzilla]] Final Wars'' in which Godzilla and King Seesar have an imprompteau soccer match using Anguirus as the ball. == [[Literature]] == * In the book ''Harry Sue'', the main character was thrown from her family's apartment by her father when she was five, and since her dad played basketball, he ~~squished~~crushed her into a ball first and launched her out hard enough that she landed in a nearby tree instead of falling straight to the ground. * Hedgehogs are famously used as croquet balls on ''[[Alice in Wonderland\|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''. Line 53 ⟶ 54: * Mario Pinball Land. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], [[Super Mario Bros.\|Mario]] gets turned into a ball in a fairground game, and has to save Princess Peach from Bowser by being used as a living pinball. * The Orat monster can do this to the player character in ''[[Space Quest]] I''. This being SQ1, [[Have a Nice Death\|it's lethal]]. * Samus Aran's Morph Ball in ''[[Metroid]]''. One ''Metroid'' yonkoma mercilessly spoofs this by showing that Samus is so addicted to the Morph Ball that she wouldn't mind being a full-time ball at all! ** Its operation is ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s #27 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]. * Lord Raptor from ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' has a special move named Hell Dunk, where he transforms the opponent in a ball and next slam dunks them into a hoop provided by his partner Le Marta.