[[quoteright:350:[[Franchise/StarWars https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/star-wars-pinball-machines_3309.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''Not pictured:'' the '''[[DigitalPinballTables digital]]''' ''Franchise/StarWars'' pins.[[note]]From left to right: ''Pinball/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (Hankin, 1980); ''[[Pinball/StarWarsDataEast Star Wars]]'' (Creator/DataEast, 1992); ''Pinball/StarWarsTrilogy'' (Creator/SegaPinball, 1997); ''Pinball/StarWarsEpisodeI'' (Creator/WilliamsElectronics, 1999)[[/note]] ]]
->''"At least it's not another movie-themed pin!"''
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''' on ''Pinball/DeadpoolStern''

Licensing properties from other media has a long tradition in {{Pinball}} games. After all, every pinball machine needs a [[ExcusePlot theme]], and established works are a convenient source.

Nowadays, with the rise of home video game consoles and the decline of arcades, almost all new tables are {{licensed game}}s, as they provide significant name recognition for curious new players. Even hobbyists recognize the draw of a good license; many home-made games have been based on popular pop-culture icons like ''Franchise/StarFox'' and ''Film/TheMatrix''.

PinballSpinoff is a related trope for pinball games based on VideoGame properties. LicensedGame is the video game equivalent trope.

Also see PhysicalPinballTables and DigitalPinballTables.
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!!Licensed pinball games (physical and digital) with their own pages:
[[index]]
* ''Pinball/{{ACDC}}''
* ''Pinball/TheAddamsFamily''
* ''Pinball/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkleAndFriends''
* ''Pinball/{{Aerosmith}}''
* ''Pinball/{{Ali}}''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/Alien2017'' (physical)
** ''VideoGame/AlienIsolationZenStudios'' (digital)
** ''VideoGame/AliensZenStudios'' (digital)
* ''Pinball/{{Apollo 13}}''
* ''Pinball/AustinPowers''
* ''Pinball/{{Avatar}}''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/TheAvengers'':
** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'':
[[index]]
*** ''Pinball/TheAvengersStern'' (physical)
*** ''VideoGame/TheAvengersZenStudios'' (digital)
** ''Pinball/AvengersInfinityQuest'' (physical)
* ''Pinball/BackToTheFuture''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/BatmanDataEast''
** ''Pinball/BatmanStern''
** ''Pinball/Batman66''
** ''Pinball/BatmanForever''
* ''Pinball/{{Baywatch}}''
* ''Pinball/TheBeatlesBeatlemania''
* ''Pinball/TheBigLebowski''
* ''Pinball/BramStokersDracula''
* ''Pinball/BugsBunnysBirthdayBall''
* ''[[Pinball/ElDorado Canada Dry]]'' (a retehemed version of of ''El Dorado'')
* ''Pinball/{{Checkpoint}}''
* ''Pinball/{{Congo}}''
* ''Pinball/{{Corvette}}''
* ''Pinball/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon''
* ''VideoGame/CrueBall''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/{{Deadpool}}'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/{{Deadpool|Stern}}'' (physical; Creator/{{Stern}}, 2018)
** ''VideoGame/DeadpoolZenStudios'' (digital; 2014)
* ''Pinball/{{Defender}}''
* ''Pinball/DemolitionMan''
* ''Pinball/DoctorWho''
* ''VideoGame/DoomZenStudios'' (based on the 2016 game)
* ''Pinball/{{Doraemon}}'' miniature pinball
* ''[[VideoGame/BallsOfSteel Duke Nukem]]'' (from the "Balls of Steel" collection)
* ''Pinball/DungeonsAndDragons1987''
* ''Pinball/ElviraAndThePartyMonsters''
** ''Pinball/ScaredStiff''
** ''Pinball/ElvirasHouseOfHorrors''
* ''Pinball/EvelKnievel''
* ''Pinball/FamilyGuy''
[[/index]]
** ''Pinball/{{Shrek}}''
[[index]]
* ''Pinball/FlashGordon''
* ''Pinball/TheFlintstones''
* ''Pinball/FooFighters2023''
* ''Pinball/GameOfThrones''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/{{Ghostbusters}}'' (physical; Creator/{{Stern}}, 2016)
** ''[[Pinball/HauntedHouse Ghostbusters Pinball]]'' (digital; [=FarSight=] Studios, 2014)
* ''Pinball/GilligansIsland''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/GodzillaSega''
** ''Pinball/GodzillaStern''
* ''Pinball/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2017''
[[/index]]
* Music/GunsNRoses:
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/GunsNRosesDataEast''
** ''Pinball/GunsNRosesJerseyJack''
* ''Pinball/HarlemGlobetrottersOnTour''
* ''Pinball/HarleyDavidson''
* ''Pinball/{{Hook}}''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/IndianaJonesStern''
** ''Pinball/IndianaJonesThePinballAdventure''
* ''Pinball/Indianapolis500''
* ''Pinball/IronMaidenLegacyOfTheBeast''
* ''Pinball/IronManStern''
[[/index]]
* ''Film/JamesBond'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/GoldenEye''
** ''Pinball/JamesBond007Gottlieb''
** ''Pinball/JamesBond007Stern''
* ''Pinball/{{Joust}}''
* ''Pinball/JohnnyMnemonic''
* ''Pinball/JudgeDredd''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/JurassicParkDataEast''
** ''Pinball/JurassicParkStern''
** ''Pinball/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''
* ''VideoGame/KirbysPinballLand''
[[/index]]
* Music/{{KISS}}:
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/KissBally''
** ''Pinball/KissStern''
* ''Pinball/{{Krull}}'' (unreleased)
* ''Pinball/LastActionHero''
* ''Pinball/LedZeppelin''
* ''Pinball/LethalWeapon3''
* ''Pinball/TheLordOfTheRings''
* ''Pinball/MaryShelleysFrankenstein''
* ''Pinball/MaverickTheMovie''
* ''Pinball/{{Metallica}}''
* ''Pinball/{{Meteor}}''
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimePinball''
* ''Pinball/{{Monopoly}}''
* ''Pinball/MonsterBash''
* ''Pinball/TheMunsters''
* ''Pinball/MustangStern''
* ''Pinball/{{NASCAR}}''
[[/index]]
* UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation:
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/{{NBA}}''
** ''Pinball/NBAFastbreak''
* ''[[Pinball/StrikerXtreme NFL]]'' (a rethemed version of of ''Striker Xtreme'')
* ''Pinball/NoFearDangerousSports''
[[/index]]
* ''VideoGame/PacMan'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/BabyPacMan''
** ''Pinball/MrAndMrsPacManPinball''
* ''Pinball/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''
* ''VideoGame/ThePinballOfTheDead''
* ''Pinball/PinkPanther''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanJerseyJack''
** ''Pinball/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanStern''
* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesPinball''
[[/index]]
* ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/PlayboyBally''
** ''Pinball/PlayboyStern''
** ''Pinball/Playboy35thAnniversary''
* ''VideoGame/PokemonPinball''
* ''Pinball/PulpFiction''
* ''Pinball/PopeyeSavesTheEarth''
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersZeoFullTiltBattlePinball''
* ''Pinball/QBertsQuest''
* ''Pinball/{{Rescue 911}}''
* ''Pinball/RickAndMorty''
* ''Pinball/RipleysBelieveItOrNot''
* ''Pinball/RoboCop''
* ''Pinball/{{Rocky}}''
* ''Pinball/RollercoasterTycoon''
* ''Pinball/{{Rollergames}}''
* ''Pinball/Rush2022''
* ''Pinball/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou2023''
* ''Pinball/TheShadow''
* ''Pinball/ShaqAttaq''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/TheSimpsonsDataEast''
** ''Pinball/TheSimpsonsPinballParty''
* ''Pinball/{{Sinbad}}''
* ''Pinball/TheSixMillionDollarMan''
[[index]]
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
[[/index]]
** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogSpinball''
** ''VideoGame/SonicPinballParty''
* ''Pinball/TheSopranos''
* ''Pinball/SouthPark''
* ''Pinball/SpaceInvaders''
* ''Pinball/SpaceJam''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** ''Pinball/TheAmazingSpiderMan''
** ''Pinball/SpiderManStern''
** ''VideoGame/SpiderManZenStudios''
[[index]]
* ''Pinball/SpyHunter''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/StarTrekBally'' (based on [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries the original series]])
** ''Pinball/StarTrekDataEast'' (also based on the original series)
** ''Pinball/StarTrekStern'' (based on ''Film/StarTrek2009'' and ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'')
** ''VideoGame/StarTrekPinball''
** ''Pinball/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/TheEmpireStrikesBack''
** ''Pinball/TheMandalorian''
** ''Pinball/StarWarsDataEast''
** ''Pinball/StarWarsEpisodeI''
** ''Pinball/StarWarsStern''
** ''Pinball/StarWarsTrilogy''
* ''Pinball/{{Stargate}}''
* ''Pinball/StarshipTroopers''
* ''Pinball/StrangerThings''
* ''Pinball/StreetFighterII''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
[[index]]
** ''VideoGame/MarioPinballLand''
** ''Pinball/SuperMarioBros''
** ''Pinball/SuperMarioBrosMushroomWorld''
* ''Pinball/{{Superman}}''
* ''Pinball/TalesFromTheCrypt''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesDataEast''
** ''Pinball/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesStern''
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/Terminator2JudgmentDay''
** ''Pinball/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines''
[[/index]]
* ''Music/{{Tommy}}'':
[[index]]
** ''[[Pinball/CaptainFantastic Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy]]''
** ''Pinball/TheWhosTommy''
** ''Pinball/{{Wizard}}''
* ''Pinball/ToyStory42022''
* ''Pinball/{{Transformers}}''
* ''Pinball/TronLegacy''
* ''Pinball/TwilightZone''
* ''[[VideoGame/LastGladiators Ultra Legend Pinball]]'' (an ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' license, rethemed from the "Gladiators" table of ''Last Gladiators'')
[[/index]]
* ''Franchise/TheWalkingDead'':
[[index]]
** ''Pinball/TheWalkingDead''
** ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadZenStudios'' (based on the Creator/TelltaleGames series)
* ''Pinball/WeirdAlsMuseumOfNaturalHilarity''
* ''Pinball/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''
* ''Pinball/TheWizardOfOz''
* ''Pinball/WorldCupSoccer''
* ''Pinball/WWFRoyalRumble''
* ''Pinball/TheXFiles''
* ''[[Pinball/XMenStern X-Men]]'' (Stern)
[[/index]]
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!!Other notable licensed pinball tables include:
* ''VideoGame/ThreeDUltraPinballThrillRide'' is technically based on the RealLife Hersheypark {{Theme Park|s}} in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
* ''[[http://heighwaypinball.com/?page_id=1231 Alien]]'': Under development by Creator/DennisNordman for Creator/HeighwayPinball, scheduled for release in 2016 in both regular and "35th Anniversary" editions.
* ''Rob Zombie's Spookshow International'': The second game from Creator/SpookyPinball,[[note]]after ''Pinball/AmericasMostHaunted''[[/note]] and their first licensed game. With custom dialog and ten songs from Music/RobZombie himself, and a limited edition set of 300 games with artwork by Alex Horley.
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