History Main / BowledOver

* In '' [[Anime/TamaAndFriends Tama of Third Street: Do You Know My Tama?]]'', when the characters [[PublicBathhouseScene sneak into a bathouse]], Tora winds up standing on a bar of soap and sliding into a pile of bath pans, producing the necessary bowling sound effect.

* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973 '' : Robin Hood and Little John do that Prince John's rhino guards with barrels of wine during jailbreak.

* There was [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals an Officer Jenny]] in the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' episode "Stealing The Conversation" who carried around a bowling ball and used it on criminals like this.

[[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Penguins]] seem to be a favorite for this.

* During a bar brawl in ''TheGreatMouseDetective'', one strong mouse's punch sends the bar piano flying into the other band members, complete with the sound of bowling pins as the piano knocks the band members away and breaks apart.

-->"How does that ''[[literalPun strike]]'' ya?"

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', we first see Timon and Pumbaa playing "bowling for buzzards".

* WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck does it to his own nephews in "Donald's Snow Fight". Huey, Dewey, and Louie were hit with snowballs so terribly, they [[LiteralPun literally turned into]] "[[LiteralPun duck-pins]]" before Donald had threw a good-sized snowball in their general direction!

* WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck does it to his own nephews in "Donald's Snow Fight". Huey, Dewey, and Louie were hit with snowballs so terribly, they [[LiteralPun literally turned into]] "[[LiteralPun duck-pins]]" before Donald had launched a giant snowball in their general direction!

* WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck does it to his own nephews in "Donald's Snow Fight".

-->"How does that ''strike'' ya?"

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Schnit-Heads", a [[{{Cult}} religious cult based on sausage]] wants to go "bowling for sinners" with our heroes.

'''Cult Leader:''' Yes we can. Says so in the Great Book of Bratwurst. "And if there is one among you who does not follow the ways of the Schnitzel, let that one go, and do not throw bowling balls at them."\\

'''Cult Leader:''' It's a matter of interpretation.

* [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons The Tex Avery Cartoon]] "Batty Baseball" has a pitcher use a bowling ball to knock down the player at bat, catcher and umpire; there was even a pin reset to put them all back in place.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode, "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E13HelterShelterPowerLunch Power Lunch]]", the girls use this attack on the Gangrene Gang, who gain superpowers after gorging themselves on junk food at a mini-mart. Blossom uses her ice powers to freeze the road like a bowling lane, and Buttercup [[BeTheBall rolls Bubbles towards the gang]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresofIchabodAndMrToad'': In ''The Wind in the Willows'', Mole is PinnedToTheWall with daggers thrown by the weasels. As they advance on him, Mole manages to pull himself free and propels himself onto the weasels, bowling them over with the appropriate sound.

* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'', one map during the TournamentArc has Adell and Rozalin receive a challenge from ten of Etna's Prinnies, who challenge them to a game of bowling. As soon as they assume their formation, Adell warns them that they're in for a bad time, as the map also contains a black "12-Pounder" Prinny to serve as the ball.

* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime 3'' has an area where ten enemies are lined up like bowling pins and marching forward. Players who see this for what it is and run into them as a morph ball are rewarded with an achievement.

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': one room in the Chariot Master's tower is set up like this; one of the giant boulders that can be struck with a melee attack to send it flying, sitting at the top of a slope, at the bottom of which are a group of [[{{Mooks}} Monoeyes]]. [[RealityEnsues It's actually not that easy to get a strike]]... [[SubvertedTrope on a single downhill send]], but as the ball can also bounce back ''up'' the slope, Pit's more likely to take them all out with one hit than not.

* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' does this with half of a wooden dumbbell on the second-to-last page of ''Tintin in America'', complete with a bubble showing imaginary bowling pins knocked over.

* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'', we first see Timon and Pumbaa playing "bowling for buzzards".

* ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'': In the ''Cold-Blooded Penguin'' segment, Pablo freezes up and rolls down a snowy hill, turning into [[HumanSnowball a giant snowball]] that knocks over his farewell party.