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TMH-Sir-Iron-Vomit
Since: Mar, 2024
2nd May, 2024 12:06:45 AM
This post reminded me of a different gag from The Looney Tunes Show: Daffy throwing Porky as a bowling ball.
Do you think it could also be part of the same trope, or is it a case of Fastball Special?
legendaryweredragon
Since: Apr, 2013
2nd May, 2024 05:48:35 AM
If you are using another person as a ball on purpose, then it probably falls under Be the Ball.
Stouca
(Apprentice)
2nd May, 2024 12:01:07 PM
By the looks of it, this may be a good trope for the launch pad.
I think I have seen this gag in several cartoons but it looks like it doesn't have a trope page.
The gag usually goes something like this: A clumsy, unlucky, or just dumb guy, who usually is also fat, tries to play bowling. When he tries to throw the ball, his fingers get stuck in the holes and the momentum carries him into the lane and he ends up sliding all the way down the lane and into the pins. And of course, it is usually treated like he got a legitimate strike even thought this is both dangerous and obviously against the rules of bowling.
I am pretty sure I have seen this gag in several cartoons but most of them I only saw a really long time ago so it would be hard for me to list them. I think I also once owned a toy that was based on this gag, a figure of a cartoon character lying on their belly and clutching a bowling ball in front of them that had wheels on the bottom to make it look like they were sliding.
I was reminded of this gag because it appeared in a Nikiciy video (here
), although in that case the bowler tripped on a Banana Peel and rolled into the lane instead of sliding.
Related to Be the Ball but not quite the same thing.
If this trope doesn't exist, I might try to launch it.
Edited by legendaryweredragon