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** The Big Ball of Violence is inevitable when someone comments on Unhygienix's fish.
* An old issue of Archie's ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comics had Sonic involved in a stationary version of this with <s>Whatsisface</s> Geoffrey St. John the <s>Aussie</s> British skunk. It had the whole cloud of dust, poking out arms-and beneath it, Sonic and Geoffrey's feet, standing firmly on the ground, killing the illusion that anything's actually going on in there.
* Frequently used in the British comic ''[[The Beano]]''. For a long period the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121016151836/http://www.grannymar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/beano.jpg title panel] of ''Dennis the Menace'' was a Big Ball of Violence.
* Though it's an illustrated novel, [[Captain Underpants]] featured something similar to this, lampshading how easy it made the pages to draw.
* This happens at least once in ''Hate''.
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** [[Rule of Funny]], probably. After all, the game certainly [[Darker and Edgier|isn't using this for censorship reasons]]...
** Heck, in ''Persona 4'', if the all-out attack is lethal to an enemy, the cloud of dust will take on the shape of a skull. This is carried over to ''Persona 3 Portable''.
* In the Nintendo DS game ''[[Freshly
* Arresting a suspect in the 1990 ''Where in the World is [[Carmen Sandiego]]?'' is similar, except the violence takes place below the screen, denoted by wacky stock sound effects and props tossed up into the viewing area.
* The opening of ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' has Mario and Goombella escaping a Big Ball of Violence involving Lord Crump and an army of X-Nauts. By the time Crump realizes what happened, they're long gone.
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* A variation appears as Voldo's [[Finishing Move|Critical Finish]] in ''[[Soul Calibur]] IV''. Only instead of dust, it's fire and the sheer speed at which he's spinning that obscures the violence. But, the simple fact that you're in there somewhere with [[Nightmare Fuel|Voldo]] should be enough.
* ''[[Bubsy]]'' becomes one of these for a few seconds whenever he defeats an enemy by jumping on them.
* The skill ''Scuffle'' in ''[[
* The first ''[[Zoo Tycoon]]'' game had a Big Ball of Violence whenever an animal kills another.
* Browser-based MMORPG Travians actually uses this at one point. Rather amazing, especially since animation is very limited—and it works well given the graphical style is already on that level.
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* In ''[[Disgaea]] 2'', this is one of the potential animations for a four-person [[Combination Attack]].
* ''[[Crash Bandicoot|Crash Twinsanity]]'' has this as a gameplay feature, during moments when Cortex just gets too pissed off at Crash and the two end up as this. The player then has to roll them like a hamster ball through the upcoming obstacle course. If the ball is left still, an [[Idle Animation]] will play of one of the two characters getting the upper hand, including one where Cortex... spanks Crash.
* Taokaka, a character from the game ''[[
* This happens in the very old game ''Alley Cat'' if the dog catches you. The ball of violence rolls off the screen and you, being the cat, subsequently lose a life.
* In the SNES game based on the movie ''[[Cool World]]'', there's a Big Ball of Violence that moves slowly back and forth across one part of a nightclub. Get too close and it'll drag you in, resulting in the loss of a life.
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* Mr. Mighty and Matt O'Morph create one of [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=90664 these] during their practice bout in ''[[Everyday Heroes]]''.
* Happens several times in ''[[Le Avventure del Grande Darth Vader]]'', typically when the characters discover a spammer or an idiot among them.
* Happens in [
== Western Animation ==
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* In ''[[CatDog]]'', one of these kicks up whenever the Greaser dogs beat up the titular conjoined duo. Often played with, such as when only Cat is in the Big Ball and Dog is just sticking out, running wherever he is wont to go. Also, in the same episode, the camera actually goes inside the Ball, revealing Shriek's reluctance to punch Dog.
* ''[[Popeye]]'' frequently got into a Big Ball of Violence with Bluto, once seen momentarily sticking out from the melee to relight his pipe before going back in.
* Used frequently in ''[[The Fairly
* Usen on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''. When [[Call a Smeerp a Rabbit|Cerbee]] is mauling something, for instance.
* Occasionally used in [[Tex Avery]]'s MGM cartoons most notably in the cartoon "The Screwball Squirrel" in which at the end Screwy, Meathead, and their twins attack Sammy Squirrel for interrupting the cartoon.
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Zany Cartoon Tropes]]
[[Category:Animation Tropes]]
[[Category:Violence Tropes]]
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