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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "Buzzkill," a man attacks attacks a group of models doing a live billboard display with a tennis ball launcher. The balls injure several of the models, and one of them smashes a neon sign and drops a live wire into the oversize glass a model is frolicking in. This would have electrocuted her, except [[spoiler:she had already been poisoned]].
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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "Buzzkill," "[[Recap/CSINYS04E08 Buzzkill]]," a man attacks attacks a group of models doing a live billboard display with a tennis ball launcher. The balls injure several of the models, and one of them smashes a neon sign and drops a live wire into the oversize glass a model is frolicking in. This would have electrocuted her, except [[spoiler:she had already been poisoned]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': In "Badger Pride", the other penguins uses a tennis ball launcher as an artillery piece to blast Private and Marlene out of the zoo and into the park. Later, Private uses it to bombard the badgers, and accidentally hits Marlene again.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Last Man Out," the first VictimOfTheWeek is killed by being tied in the cricket nets in front of a bowling machine, which is then used to bowl twenty cricket balls at him at high speed and batter him to death.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Last "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS19E3 Last Man Out," Out]]," the first VictimOfTheWeek is killed by being tied in the cricket nets in front of a bowling machine, which is then used to bowl twenty cricket balls at him at high speed and batter him to death.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': In "Suicide Squeeze," a well-known Cuban baseball player is found dead of a wound to the head with an automatic pitching machines still throwing balls at him.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'': In "Suicide Squeeze," a well-known Cuban baseball player is found dead of a wound to the head with an automatic pitching machines machine still throwing balls at him.
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Given these machines are essentially miniature cannons designed to launch projectiles. It's not surprising that, in fiction at least, these devices can and have been weaponized then used either with lethal intent or at least cause distractions or subdue people. And sometimes depending on the type of machine, their projectiles can be replaced with something else.
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Given these machines are essentially miniature cannons designed to launch projectiles. It's not surprising that, in fiction at least, these devices can and have been weaponized then used either with lethal intent or at least cause distractions or subdue people. And sometimes depending on the type of machine, their projectiles can be replaced with something else.
else. In certain cases they are even uses a a form of non-lethal (mostly) SentryGun.
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* A variation of this trope appears in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades'', when the Joes are stuck inside of a supermarket being accosted by Major Bludd and his Bio-Vipers, they decide to use some of the market's supplies to fight. With Roadblock weaponzing a tennis ball pitching machine to launch a small butane tank and Duke using a compound bow with a lit arrow to make it explode.
