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Some guy is skiing or snowboarding. Suddenly he trips and starts tumbling down the slope, as he tumbles, snow gathers up around him until he's now seen as a giant snowball rolling down the hill.
See also [[Gravity Is a Harsh Seamstress]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Used as an inventive way to [[Disposing of a Body|get rid of a body]] in a ''[[Detective Conan]]'' case.
* Happened to Tubby in an episode of the [[Little Lulu]] anime.
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== Commercials ==
* A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qjfeyl33mg commercial] for the first ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'' takes place in an office of some sort.
* A commercial for Doctors Without Borders used a rolling ball of people as a metaphor for the spread of AIDS
** Some smartass [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtXaRE1Jz2M
* Travelers Insurance did a similar spot caled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhNmjUImygw Snowball]" soon after Citi spun it off, using a ball of people as a metaphor for risk.
** It too got a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1c0KYSheHc ''Katamari'' music version].
== Film -- Animated ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Happens in ''[[
* One of the powers in the ''[[
* In [[Wii Fit]], jumping too late during the ski jump minigame causes your Mii character to miss the jump and turn into a giant snowball.
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'' is this trope applied with everyone. ''We ♥ Katamari'' even has an actual level where a giant snowball was the goal.
* Losing in a ''[[Bionicle]]'' [http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Huai_Snowball_Sling minigame.]
* It's one of the powers in ''[[Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Buzzsaw Louis in ''[[
* Happens with a huge wad of gum in ''[[Chowder]]'', with the sticky gum and music culminating into a huge ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'' [[Shout
* Happens to Bullwinkle in one of the opening segments on ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]''.
* Happens Katamari-style in the ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' episode "May I Have This Ed?", where a bunch of kids get stuck to Rolf's blow-fish costume.
* In one of [[Chuck Jones]]' early "Two Curious Pups" cartoons, one of the dogs falls down a snowy hill, but instead of a ball, the snow accumulates in the shape a giant dog.
* Played with in the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short "Daffy and Tom Turkey". Porky chases Daffy down a series of hills, with Daffy forming a snowball as he runs down the hill, then shrinking back to Daffy as it rolls up the next hill. Eventually, the snowball shrinks down to nothing, confounding Porky. Daffy, of course, is just offscreen, ready to pelt Porky with a snowball.
* Happens to ''[[Betty Boop]]'' in her incomprehensively strange adaptation of [
* Happens to Jerry of ''[[
* Happens to Bart and Homer in one episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
* Happens in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Happens to Amos the mouse in the [[Miscellaneous Disney Shorts|Miscellaneous Disney Short]] ''Ben and Me'' just right after being frightened by a cat (resembling Lucifer from ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'') peeking through a window on his way toward [[Benjamin Franklin]]'s house.
* On ''[[Jimmy Two
* Happens to Socrates and Aristotle in an episode of ''[[Adventures
* ''[[Rudolphs Shiny New Year]]'' does this and makes 3 human and one reindeer snowball.
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