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** Bullseye from ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' can be seen playing pool from time to time. Since he has [[ImprobableAimingSkills nearly superhuman aim]], he's quite good. Also {{inverted|Trope}} in other comics in the same universe, as heroes who also possess superhuman aim (ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, [[ComicBook/XMen Cyclops]], etc.) are also frequently seen playing pool in their spare time.

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** Bullseye from ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' can be seen playing pool from time to time. Since he has [[ImprobableAimingSkills nearly superhuman aim]], he's quite good. Also {{inverted|Trope}} in other comics in the same universe, as heroes who also possess superhuman aim (ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, [[ComicBook/XMen ([[Characters/MarvelComicsClintBarton Hawkeye]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], etc.) are also frequently seen playing pool in their spare time.



* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''; Genie and Carpet play pool, as part of a RunningGag that no matter what game they play, Carpet will ''always win''.
-->'''Genie''': Pool's a ''man's'' game, so being a rug he'll be at a disadvan...\\
''[Carpet breaks and sinks all the balls at once, finishing with the eight-ball]''\\
'''Genie''': ... eh, pool's a dumb game anyway.
:: Well, the Genie technically isn't a "man" either so that must be the reason...



* Taking a cue from ''Pinocchio'', below, the headquarters for the Foot Clan in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' has a huge game room filled with typical '80s/'90s delinquent kid activities to keep their underage {{Ninja}} {{Mooks}} pacified, including a series of pool tables.

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* Taking a cue from ''Pinocchio'', below, above, the headquarters for the Foot Clan in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' has a huge game room filled with typical '80s/'90s delinquent kid activities to keep their underage {{Ninja}} {{Mooks}} pacified, including a series of pool tables.



* The famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RITE-FiW5Gg bar scene]] from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.

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* The famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RITE-FiW5Gg bar scene]] scene from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.



* In ''Series/BlackLightning'', Tobias Whale has a pool table in his office, and in one scene in Season 2 episode 5, he plays pool while talking to Freeland city councilman Kwame Parker, waxing poetic about his love of the game. Parker just says Tobias has [[YouWatchTooMuchX watched too many gangster movies]]. [[spoiler: Tobias responds by blackmailing Parker to work for him with information he acquired from Martin Proctor's briefcase, and the first thing Tobias makes him do is [[EvilIsPetty rack the pool balls]].]]

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* In ''Series/BlackLightning'', ''Series/BlackLightning2018'', Tobias Whale has a pool table in his office, and in one scene in Season 2 episode 5, he plays pool while talking to Freeland city councilman Kwame Parker, waxing poetic about his love of the game. Parker just says Tobias has [[YouWatchTooMuchX watched too many gangster movies]]. [[spoiler: Tobias responds by blackmailing Parker to work for him with information he acquired from Martin Proctor's briefcase, and the first thing Tobias makes him do is [[EvilIsPetty rack the pool balls]].]]



* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', ComicBook/LexLuthor is either doing this, playing the piano or drinking whiskey. If he does all three within the space of a single episode then he's being particularly evil.

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* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', ComicBook/LexLuthor [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] is either doing this, playing the piano or drinking whiskey. If he does all three within the space of a single episode then he's being particularly evil.



* ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'': The same angry pool player from the ''Smooth Criminal'' music video shows up as an enemy at pool tables in Club 30 who breaks his cue in half over his knee and tries to stab ''Music/MichaelJackson'' with the broken cue.

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* ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'': The same angry pool player from the ''Smooth Criminal'' music video shows up as an enemy at pool tables in Club 30 who breaks his cue in half over his knee and tries to stab ''Music/MichaelJackson'' Michael with the broken cue.



* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''; Genie and Carpet play pool, as part of a RunningGag that no matter what game they play, Carpet will ''always win''.
-->'''Genie''': Pool's a ''man's'' game, so being a rug he'll be at a disadvan...\\
''[Carpet breaks and sinks all the balls at once, finishing with the eight-ball]''\\
'''Genie''': ... eh, pool's a dumb game anyway.
** Well, the Genie technically isn't a "man" either so that must be the reason...

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