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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]].

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== [[Film]] ==

* A rare example of a ~~LIVE~~ person occurs in ''[[Space Jam]]'', with Michael Jordan.

* A rare example of a 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 the climax when Shaq's character uses his genie magic to turn the villain into a ball and slam dunks him into a garbage chute~~, since, you know, he's a basketball player~~.

* Another live action example is in ''Kazaam'' with Shaquille O'Neal during the climax when Shaq's character uses his genie magic to turn the villain into a ball and slam dunks him into a garbage chute.

* 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].

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== [[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~~ 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.

* 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 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]]''.

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* 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]]''.

* 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.