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** "Fertilized Megg" begins with the Griffin children at the bowling alley. To Meg's surprise, she finds Peter and his friends bowling in one lane. During his game, Peter insists that he cannot bowl without mimicking [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flinstone's]] twinkle toes move.
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* ''Series/WillAndGrace'': "Alley Cats" sees the titular duo go bowling with their friends Rob and Ellen, who recently complained that Grace is too much of a CompetitionFreak who never lets them win on Game Night. Grace deliberately bowls as badly as possible to force Will to admit he enjoys winning against Rob and Ellen as she does.
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* ''Series/WillAndGrace'': "Alley Cats" sees the titular duo go bowling with their friends Rob and Ellen, who recently complained that Grace is too much of a CompetitionFreak who never lets them win on Game Night. Grace deliberately bowls as badly as possible to force Will to admit he enjoys winning against Rob and Ellen as much as she does.
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** In ''Fuzzball'', the titular character accidentally breaks her father's trophy and goes to the bowling alley in an attempt to win a new one. She is inexperienced and ends up causing a lot of damage to the alley in her attempts to bowl. Eventually, the manager of the bowling alley gives her a trophy just to get her to leave. Unfortunately for Fuzzball, the trophy had a lady on it instead of a man.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' has ''[[PunBasedTitle The Big]] [[Film/TheBigLebowski Lablooski]]''. In this episode, Mac and the imaginary friends join Madame Foster's bowling team to help her beat her rival, Jerkins. Mac ends up getting kicked off the team and learning from a bowling expert, while the rival team promises Bloo a paddle ball if he joins them and helps them win.
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* ''Series/WillAndGrace'': "Alley Cats" sees the titular duo go bowling with their friends Rob and Ellen, who recently complained that Grace is too much of a CompetitionFreak who never lets them win on Game Night. Grace deliberately bowls as badly as possible to force Will to admit he enjoys winning against Rob and Ellen as she does.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam:'' One ''Prometheus and Bob'' short is titled "Bowling", where Prometheus tries to teach Bob how to bowl, with the monkey setting the pins up. First, Bob walks across the lane and hits the pins with the ball while still holding it. Then, the monkey won't get off the lane, so Bob tosses the ball into the air. Then, when Bob tries to roll the ball, the monkey gets it to roll off of a ribcage bone. Finally, Bob gets his tongue caught in one of the ball's finger holes and Prometheus has to get it unstuck.
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** One ''Prometheus and Bob'' short is titled "Bowling", where Prometheus tries to teach Bob how to bowl, with the monkey setting the pins up. First, Bob walks across the lane and hits the pins with the ball while still holding it. Then, the monkey won't get off the lane, so Bob tosses the ball into the air. Then, when Bob tries to roll the ball, the monkey gets it to roll off of a ribcage bone. Finally, Bob gets his tongue caught in one of the ball's finger holes and Prometheus has to get itunstuck.unstuck.
** In the ''Life with Loopy'' short, "Mother Nature Bowl Off", Loopy is awakened by a thunderstorm, and when her mom tells her that thunder is caused by Mother Nature bowling, Loopy takes on Mother Nature in a bowling game. If Loopy wins, then Mother Nature has to lay off bowling for the rest of the summer, and if Mother Nature wins, Loopy has to paint all the leaves brown in Fall. Loopy wins the game when she manages to make a spare from the 7/10 split, but Mother Nature does not take her loss well, and [[OcularGushers cries so hard that it rains for the rest of the summer]].
** One ''Prometheus and Bob'' short is titled "Bowling", where Prometheus tries to teach Bob how to bowl, with the monkey setting the pins up. First, Bob walks across the lane and hits the pins with the ball while still holding it. Then, the monkey won't get off the lane, so Bob tosses the ball into the air. Then, when Bob tries to roll the ball, the monkey gets it to roll off of a ribcage bone. Finally, Bob gets his tongue caught in one of the ball's finger holes and Prometheus has to get it
** In the ''Life with Loopy'' short, "Mother Nature Bowl Off", Loopy is awakened by a thunderstorm, and when her mom tells her that thunder is caused by Mother Nature bowling, Loopy takes on Mother Nature in a bowling game. If Loopy wins, then Mother Nature has to lay off bowling for the rest of the summer, and if Mother Nature wins, Loopy has to paint all the leaves brown in Fall. Loopy wins the game when she manages to make a spare from the 7/10 split, but Mother Nature does not take her loss well, and [[OcularGushers cries so hard that it rains for the rest of the summer]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam:'' One ''Prometheus and Bob'' short is titled "Bowling", where Prometheus tries to teach Bob how to bowl, with the monkey setting the pins up. First, Bob walks across the lane and hits the pins with the ball while still holding it. Then, the monkey won't get off the lane, so Bob tosses the ball into the air. Then, when Bob tries to roll the ball, the monkey gets it to roll off of a ribcage bone. Finally, Bob gets his tongue caught in one of the ball's finger holes and Prometheus has to get it unstuck.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Sideswiped}}'' has the aptly named Bowling minigame in the Arena, which has you doing this with ''cars''. The game is played by launching your vehicle of choice with a set of sedans arranged as the pins. Getting a strike awards you with a point bonus and causes all the sedans to explode violently.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
** One strip, set when Sally was a baby, has Charlie Brown bowl using Sally's empty baby bottles as bowling pins.
** In another strip, Lucy sets up some bowling pins, then takes Linus' SecurityBlanket from him, causing him to spin into the pins and knock them down, except for the tenth one, much to Lucy's dismay.
** One strip, set when Sally was a baby, has Charlie Brown bowl using Sally's empty baby bottles as bowling pins.
** In another strip, Lucy sets up some bowling pins, then takes Linus' SecurityBlanket from him, causing him to spin into the pins and knock them down, except for the tenth one, much to Lucy's dismay.
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* In Episode 15 of ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'', Love takes her friends to a bowling alley, during which Setsuna tries to make her suspicious of her.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Bob and Lucius's alibi for going out as Mr. Incredible and Frozone is telling their wives that they're on a bowling team. Lucius is happy as a retired superhero and would prefer that they ''actually'' go bowling for once.
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* In ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'', one of the events presented is bowling. The pins all turn into Jikochuus.
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Bowling reached its peak popularity in the 1950s, when professional bowlers earned salaries rivalling those of football or baseball players. Bowling allies often have a snack bar and a liquor license, which helps boost the social aspects of league play. Often produce drama via a 300 scoring 'perfect game'. Other forms include lawn bowling, called Bocce in Italy.
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Bowling reached its peak popularity in the 1950s, when professional bowlers earned salaries rivalling those of football or baseball players. Bowling allies alleys often have a snack bar and a liquor license, which helps boost the social aspects of league play. Often produce drama via a 300 scoring 'perfect game'. Other forms include lawn bowling, called Bocce in Italy.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' episode, "Bowling For Dennis", Dennis goes to the bowling alley with his dad and Mr. Wilson, who get into a competition with a rival bowling team. The rival team tries to sabotage Henry and Mr. Wilson's chances of winning by putting bubble gum on the bottom of their bowling pins, giving them a remote-control bowling ball, and later a magnetic bowling ball, but Dennis inadvertently foils their plan.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace (1986)'' episode, "Bowling For Dennis", Dennis goes to the bowling alley with his dad and Mr. Wilson, who get into a competition with a rival bowling team. The rival team tries to sabotage Henry and Mr. Wilson's chances of winning by putting bubble gum on the bottom of their bowling pins, giving them a remote-control bowling ball, and later a magnetic bowling ball, but Dennis inadvertently foils their plan.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS2E23KingTenPinRunawayAngelica King Ten Pin]]", Grandpa Lou enters a bowling championship and competes against Billy "Strike" Maxwell, who beat him in a game fifteen years before the episode's events. When the babies wander off to look for a "Champion Chip", which they believe is a giant chocolate chip cookie, they inadvertently expose Maxwell as a cheater.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'' episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS2E23KingTenPinRunawayAngelica King Ten Pin]]", Grandpa Lou enters a bowling championship and competes against Billy "Strike" Maxwell, who beat him in a game fifteen years before the episode's events. When the babies wander off to look for a "Champion Chip", which they believe is a giant chocolate chip cookie, they inadvertently expose Maxwell as a cheater.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'': In "Unlucky Strikes", Porky takes his nephew, Cicero, to the bowling alley, to teach him how to bowl, even though Cicero would much rather play his video game. When Porky gets flung into the ball return and comes out looking like a bowling ball, Cicero [[BeTheBall uses him to bowl]] and begins to enjoy it, getting continuous strikes and eventually winning a trophy for getting the perfect score.
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* ''VideoGame/MarioParty1'': One 1-vs.-3 mini-game that debuts in this game is "Bowl Over". One player is armed with a Koopa shell, and the other three players are turned into sentient bowling pins. The goal of the player with the Koopa shell is to knock down the three players-turned-bowling pins, while the goal of the three players-turned-bowling pins is to avoid being knocked down.
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** One 1-vs.-3 mini-game that debuts inthis game [[VideoGame/MarioParty1 the first game]] is "Bowl Over". One player is armed with a Koopa shell, and the other three players are turned into sentient bowling pins. The goal of the player with the Koopa shell is to knock down the three players-turned-bowling pins, while the goal of the three players-turned-bowling pins is to avoid being knocked down.down.
** ''VideoGame/MarioParty9'' features a minigame called Goomba Bowling that plays similar to other bowling video games, with players able to both move and aim left and right before throwing a Koopa shell. Instead of aiming at ten pins, however, the targets are twenty Goombas that waddle back and forth throughout the lane in a straight line. The idea is to angle and time your throw so the shell hits one Goomba after another as it travels throughout the lane.
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** ''VideoGame/MarioParty9'' features a minigame called Goomba Bowling that plays similar to other bowling video games, with players able to both move and aim left and right before throwing a Koopa shell. Instead of aiming at ten pins, however, the targets are twenty Goombas that waddle back and forth throughout the lane in a straight line. The idea is to angle and time your throw so the shell hits one Goomba after another as it travels throughout the lane.
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->''"Niko, it's Roman! Let's go bowling!"''
-->-- '''Roman Bellic''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''
-->-- '''Roman Bellic''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''
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* In Episode 29 of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'', one of the challenges is bowling against Akaoni, which Cure Peace takes on gleefully. However, the Akanbe pins make it very difficult for her, leading to her using [[ShockAndAwe Peace Thunder]] to score a strike.
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* In Episode 29 of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'', one of the challenges is bowling against Akaoni, which Cure Peace takes on gleefully. However, the Akanbe pins make it very difficult for her, leading to her using [[ShockAndAwe Peace Thunder]] to score a strike.
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* One occurs in the BatmanColdOpen for an episode of WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold. The Sportsmaster crashes it to mock the organisers for thinking that bowling is a sport… [[{{Hypocrite}} before deciding to try and win the cash]] [[FairPlayVillain according to the rules]]. Nought he adds the caveat that the organisers and competitions are the skittles, and the ball he uses is a bomb.
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* ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'': Bill and Ben go bowling in the second half of "[[Recap/TwoPointFourChildrenS1E5DirtyBowling Dirty Bowling]]". Bill proves to be a better bowler than expected and she and Ben make TheBet over go can bowl better, which Bill manages to win.
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* ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'': Bill and Ben go bowling in the second half of "[[Recap/TwoPointFourChildrenS1E5DirtyBowling Dirty Bowling]]". Bill proves to be a better bowler than expected and she and Ben make TheBet over go can bowl better, which Bill manages to win.
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* The music video for "Keep on Moving" by {{Music/Starstylers}} takes place at a bowling alley concert. There are cheerleaders singing and dancing as people bowl.
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* The music video for "Keep on Moving" by {{Music/Starstylers}} takes place at a bowling alley concert. There are cheerleaders singing and dancing as people bowl.
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** In one strip, after knocking down all but one of the pins, Dennis attempts to knock down the last one with his slingshot, which Henry scolds him for.
** In another strip, when Joey bowls, Dennis tells him not to knock down all the pins, as if he does, he doesn't get to roll another ball.
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** In one strip, after knocking down all but one of the pins, Dennis attempts to knock down the last one with his slingshot, which Henry scolds him for.
** In another strip, when Joey bowls, Dennis tells him not to knock down all the pins, as if he does, he doesn't get to roll another ball.
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* In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', you can visit a bowling alley that's been maintained by robots for the two centuries since WorldWarIII, who will ask for [[RidiculousFutureInflation $5000]] of pre-war money if you want to play -- and it's possible to do so if you have a [[WreakingHavok Junk Jet and some bowling balls in your inventory]]. In the ''Far Habor'' DLC, you can visit another ruined bowling alley and read some computer terminals about how the place's employees tried to facilitate a returning soldier's favorite hobby. Since the guy had been paralyzed in combat and was confined to a wheelchair, they modified a Fat Man mini-nuke launcher to instead fire bowling balls (and blew a hole in a wall during the first test-firing because they forgot to reduce the tension springs), resulting in a legendary weapon you can take for your own use.
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* According to legend, UsefulNotes/SirFrancisDrake was bowling when word arrived that the Spanish Armada had been sighted in the Channel. He chose to finish the game before going out to sea (interpreted as either a StiffUpperLip or his knowing that the tides would prevent him from leaving anyway) and soundly defeating the Spanish.
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* ''Film/Alien2OnEarth'': Before embarking on their ill-fated caving expedition, Thelma, her husband Roy, and their friends meet at a bowling alley for a short game. It is at this same bowling alley that the finale takes place.
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS29E07SinginInTheLane Singin' in the Lane]]", Homer reunites his old bowling team, the Pin Pals, in an attempt to cheer up a depressed Moe, only to end up in a fierce competition with a team of arrogant millionaires.
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* A ''Wing Dings'' blackout on ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' had Dastardly protesting at full volume "It's so quiet you can hear a pin drop! Muttley rolls a bowling ball which strikes a pin which then strikes Dastardly, knocking him out cold.
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* A ''Wing Dings'' blackout on ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' had Dastardly protesting at full volume "It's so quiet you can hear a pin drop!7 drop! Muttley rolls a bowling ball which strikes a pin which then strikes Dastardly, knocking him out cold.
