History Main / FictionalSport

* WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} has Bugball, a game somewhat akin to basketball. Played with a live bug as the ball.

%%* Dinoball in ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur Train}}''.

* The live-action Games from the ''Literature/DreamPark'' series could probably be staged today, if low-tech alternatives to holographic enemies could be adopted: it'd just be insanely expensive. A low-tech version of the Crystal Maze from ''Literature/TheCaliforniaVoodooGame'' could likewise be produced, given a massive budget for construction and design.

* ''[[Literature/LockIn Head On]]'' gives us Hilketa ("murder" in Basque), a fairly violent team sport played using "threeps" (artificial [[RemoteBody remove bodies]]), primarily by [[AndIMustScream Hadens.]] It's the fastest-growing spectator sport in the country and, soon, the world. Players score by beheading a designated player (called a "goat" for some reason) on the opposing team and carrying or throwing the head back to their goal (the rules are described in detail [[https://www.tor.com/2018/04/24/how-to-play-hilketa-john-scalzi/ here]]). NAHL (North American Hilketa League) rules specify that all professional games must be played with the feedback pain settings set to no less than 5% of normal. The rules allow four types of "threeps" to be used: [[MasterOfNone General,]] [[MightyGlacier Tank,]] [[FragileSpeedster Scout,]] and [[GlassCannon Warrior.]] There are designated weapons at certain locations, which range from swords to grenades, although all damage is simulated in order to avoid damaging the very expensive "threeps". The novel starts with the first ever player death during a game of Hilketa, which is investigated by the protagonist of the previous novel (''Lock In'').

* Creator/StevePerry's ''Literature/MatadorSeries'' has the Musashi Flex, a galaxy-wide professional street-fighting circuit. The rules of a fight (e.g. bare hands only versus weapons, fight to wound versus fight to the death) are agreed on by the participants before they start, and fighting an opponent ten or more ranks up or down the ranking ladder from you doesn't count towards your own ranking. The series' main FantasticFightingStyle, sumito, was developed by an aging Flex fighter in the chronologically earliest novel ''The Musashi Flex'', and in the series' present a number of the Matadors are former Flex fighters.

* Smurfball from ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' is this, appearing in both [[ComicBook/TheSmurfs the comic books]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs the cartoon show]]. In "Smurf Versus Smurf", the sport morphs itself into a game of soccer (or European football).

* In the ''Literature/TerraTrilogy'' by Music/MitchBenn, there are two popular sports on Fnrr. In the ProudScholarRaceGuy areas like Mlml and Dskt they play gshkth, which seems to be like field hockey. Terra's friend Fthfth is a keen gshkth player. The ProudWarriorRace of G'grk play Kkh-St'grrss, which Colonel Harrison compares to polo, except more violent and after a polo match, the winners don't eat the losers' horses.

* In the world of ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'', a popular pastime for Inklings (and that makes up most of the gameplay itself) is participating in Turf Wars, which is kind of like paintball, but with the goal of covering as much of the arena with their own color ink as possible.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has Grifball. Originally a joke line from Sarge ("This is the best game since Grifball!" said while trying to snipe Grif), the series creator eventually did actually make a set of rules for Grifball. The rules can be found in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmOzAE-CbLY this PSA]], but for those who don't want to watch a video, here's the basics; It's a ball-in-the-goal game, except the "Ball" is actually a bomb, and the player carrying it becomes Grif (their armor turns orange). So if you take out the carrier, Grif dies, and if you score a goal, the bomb goes off and he dies anyways! So, "Sarge wins either way." Later ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' titles [[ShoutOut added an official Grifball game mode]].

These are sometimes {{defictionalized}} if the source material gives enough information for fans to base it off of (and sometimes even if it doesn't). How difficult this is to do and how accurate of a recreation is even possible varies pretty significantly, of course. A fake card game can be created pretty easily, while a sport requiring advanced technology, magic, or superhuman athleticism just to play will obviously be impossible to accurately recreate. That said, you'll be amazed how creative fans can be.

* In the world of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', a popular pastime for Inklings (and that makes up most of the gameplay itself) is participating in Turf Wars, which is kind of like paintball, but with the goal of covering as much of the arena with their own color ink as possible.

* ''LightNovel/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': "Broomsports" in the series consist variously of obstacle course races on {{Flying Broomstick}}s, one-on-one jousting, and team battles--the latter of which Nanao quickly excels at after a notoriously MoodyMount takes a liking to her. Oliver, who is merely okay at riding brooms, is drafted to be her "catcher"--i.e. running around with a wand below the match to magically catch her should she be unhorsed. She's so good that he doesn't have much to do until she's promoted to the senior-level teams in their second year.

* ''The Galaxy Game'' by Karen Lord heavily features Wallrunning, which is competitive climbing with variable gravity. It turns out [[spoiler: the skills required to be a Wallrunning team (and specifically to be the nexus of a Wallrunning team, telepathically keeping everyone else in position) are very similar to the skills required to run the long-abandoned PortalNetwork, and Wallrunning was originally a training exercise.]]

* ''VideoGame/Wizard101'': The Aero Dwarves in Emperea play WhirlyBurly. Although in the game's lore, it's a sport, when you actually play, it's a board game.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has Grifball. Originally a joke line from Sarge ("This is the best game since Grifball!" said while trying to snipe Grif), the series creator eventually did actually make a set of rules for Grifball. The rules can be found in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmOzAE-CbLY this PSA]], but for those who don't want to watch a video, here's the basics; It's a ball-in-the-goal game, except the "Ball" is actually a bomb, and the player carrying it becomes Grif (their armor turns orange). So if you take out the carrier, Grif dies, and if you score a goal, the bomb goes off and he dies anyways! So, "Sarge wins either way." Sort of "defictionalization" in the sense that later Halo games actually made Grifball maps and queues to play.

* WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse has two shown:

* WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse has Grudgby. Somewhat of a parody of Quidditch, right down to a GoldenSnitch equivalent.

* In the ''Literature/{{Terra}}'' novels by Music/MitchBenn, there are two popular sports on Fnrr. In the ProudScholarRaceGuy areas like Mlml and Dskt they play gshkth, which seems to be like field hockey. Terra's friend Fthfth is a keen gshkth player. The ProudWarriorRace of G'grk play Kkh-St'grrss, which Colonel Harrison compares to polo, except more violent and after a polo match, the winners don't eat the losers' horses.

* ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' is centered completely around its fictional sport. While superficially similar to boxing, the rules allow players to choose gloves with various effects, and power-up sports bottles are dropped during rounds. The presentation also heavily emphasizes its sports atmosphere, with color commentary between matches and throngs of fans wearing the colors and logos of their favorite athletes.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' heavily features Blitzball. It's basically something like handball or soccer, but with full contact (and the use of ones entire body). The only usual element is that the game is played entirely in a sphere of water suspended in the air.