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Also, the trope does not include games to which every single rule has not been given. If the basic structure of the game is laid out it is not an example of '''Calvin Ball'''. After all these are fictional games which appear in some kind of narrative, and we should not expect a full manual of rules to interrupt the flow of the story.
Also see [[Pac-Man Fever]], where writers create Calvinball out of video games (intentionally or not) -- all we know is that most involve levels where you [[Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000|kill everyone]] with lots and lots of [[Button Mashing]] and joystick swinging -- ''far'' more than what a game should have. See [[Screw the Rules I Have Plot]] when the premise is [[Merchandise-Driven|all about a specific game]] but they end up turning it into Calvinball. When a known game or sport is played like Calvinball, then it's not Calvin's ball, but [[Gretzky Has the Ball|Wayne Gretzky's]]. Not related to [[Calvin Coolidge]], but he did observe an example.
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** In order to avoid being penalized of delegates but also get early candidate and press attention, Missouri features an early primary election...but it doesn't count at all, and is often referred to as a "beauty contest" because of its non-binding nature. Instead, it selects its delegates at a caucus meeting about a month later. Furthermore, caucus-goers don't vote for the candidate they want to support, but instead they vote for the delegates (the people) themselves.
* In the 2016 United States Presidential Election [[Donald Trump]] would prove most "rules" about the US elections, such as "a candidate must release his tax returns" and "never put a candidate in a hat if you can avoid it" were mere traditions.
* Calvin Coolidge notes in his autobiography that the Senate rules were this when he was Vice President and President of the Senate.
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