History VideoGame / ElfBowling

* FakeDifficulty: In the first game, on occasion, the frontmost elf in the alley may randomly sidestep the bowling ball [[SuperReflexes as it comes at him]]. This ''can'' deny the player a strike or a spare. This also makes getting a perfect score pretty much impossible as if you're scoring nothing but strikes, it ''will'' inevitably happen sooner or later, turning the strike into a spare.

* SequelGoesForeign: The first game is set at the North Pole; the second game is set on a tropical cruise.

** In the first game, it is possible to run over a frog or rabbit wandering onto the alleyway, if the bowl is timed and aimed right. This has no effect on the score. The player can also knock out the aforementioned visiting reindeer with a gutterball at the extreme end of the range closest to where the deer is standing, sending the ball flying out of the gutter onto the reindeer's head. Needless to say, this ''does'' involve [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment losing part of one's score]].

* BadSanta: The player character, in a way.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: In the third game, you can knock out Dingle for a full round with a thrown elf as he attempts to ice up a landing target.

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: In the second game, a giant ''moai'' head will, on rare occasions, drop in and leave the active player's elf SquashedFlat, before saying "Hi there," and getting lifted away. If the game ends in a tie, it falls on the elf randomly declared the loser, rewarding a tiebreaker point to the elf not squished.

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: In the second game, a giant ''moai'' head will, on rare occasions, drop in and leave the active player's elf SquashedFlat, before saying "Hi there," and getting lifted away.

A DirectToVideo [[TheMovie movie]] based on the games, called ''Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike'' was released in 2007. [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460811/ No, really.]]

!!TheMovie contains examples of:

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: According to this movie, Elf Bowling started when Santa accidentally knocked some elves down with a bowling ball, and they liked it for some reason. In the original game, Santa's bowling over the elves as revenge for them going on strike.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Santa is much more heroic in the film than the games.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Dingle is much more evil here.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: There are [[EenieMeenieMinyMoai moai statues]] in Fiji. Moai are from Easter Island, not Fiji.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: There's a TimePassesMontage claiming that Santa and Dingle came to the North Pole in the 600s. However, the era seems far more similar to UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy.
* BigBad: Dingle, Santa's evil brother who wants to overthrow him.
* CainAndAbel: Santa is the good brother, Dingle is the evil, backstabbing one.
* DastardlyWhiplash: Dingle is a lanky man with a long, black mustache and a sinister cackle who [[CardCarryingVillain is very open about being evil]]. Taken to the extreme in his song "I Love a Mutiny," which is in the style of a vaudeville show, and has Dingle wear a fitting outfit, complete with black top hat.
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: Fiji has full-bodied Moai statues. Dingle brings them to life with the magic orb and uses them as his muscle [[spoiler:to bury Santa in the sand. However, Santa convinces them to join his side after telling them his side of the story.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Dingle gets two penguins to serve as his bumbling henchmen. There is no explanation for why they're at the North Pole in the first place.
* FatAndSkinny: Santa is fat, and Dingle is skinny. Initially they're not that much different in physique, but Santa puts on a few pounds at the North Pole.
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* HarmlessFreezing: Santa and Dingle get frozen in blocks of ice after falling off their ship. After Lex melts the ice, they continue their fight like nothing happened.
* InNameOnly: It has elves and bowling, but aside from that, there's too many differences between the game and the movie for this to be considered a true adaptation.
* MassHypnosis: After relocating to Fiji, Dingle brainwashes all the elves aside from Lex into making toys in a sweatshop.
* TheMovie: ''Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike.''
* PlotHole: At one point, Santa narrates, even though the film starts with narration from a completely different voice.
* RumpRoast: Near the beginning, Lex sets the seat of Santa's pants on fire to stop the fight between him and Dingle.
-->'''Santa:''' FIRE ON THE POOP DECK!
* SurferDude: The sunglasses-and-board-shorts wearing [[EenieMeenieMinyMoai Moai]] talk like surfers.
* TakeThat: While on their plane ride to Fiji, the elves boo when they hear one of the in-flight movies is going to be ''Grizzly Adams''.
* TalkLikeAPirate: Santa, even after he gives up piracy.
* ToiletHumour: Santa asks his pirate crew who pooped in the peanut barrel.
-->'''Santa:''' I have a teensy question for yers... WHO POOPED IN THE PEANUT BARREL?!
* UnusualEuphemism: When Santa meets [[LoveInterest Griselda]], Dingle gives us this line:
--> "Brother, you keep your hot strudel in your pants!"
* VillainSong: Dingle gets two, "I Love a Mutiny" and "Slavery Makes the World Go Round".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Santa's crew disappears entirely from the story after they make him and Dingle WalkThePlank. Initially Santa and Dingle try to get the elves to make them a ship to go after the mutineers, but Santa eventually abandons that plan, and the mutineers are never heard from again.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Dingle looks nothing like his in-game counterpart, which was just a [[ReusedCharacterDesign recolored Santa]], with no beard. Here, he looks much more like [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Waluigi]].

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Dingle looks nothing like his in-game counterpart, which was just a [[ReusedCharacterDesign recolored Santa]], with no beard. Here, he looks much more like Waluigi.

* FatAndSkinny: Santa is fat, and Dingle is skinny.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A pretty disturbing example. After the elves are freed from Dingle's hypnosis, Candle asks why his underwear is on backwards. That's right; a ''{{date rape}} joke'' in a kid's movie.
** Another example is when Santa falls in love with Mrs. Claus, Dingle snaps his fingers and says "Brother, you keep your hot strudel in your pants".

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: Fiji has full-bodied Moai statues. Dingle brings them to life with the magic orb and uses them as his muscle [[spoiler:to bury Santa in the sand.]]