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* In ''Series/SyndromeE'', [[DefectiveDetective Sharko]] has a [[ImaginaryFriend hallucination of his deceased daughter who keeps following him around.]] At one point he tells her to 'wait' in the corridor while he's in a meeting and she responds by doing this trope, with Sharko shown to be annoyed by the imaginary sound of the ball bouncing off the wall.
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* ''Film/{{Rubikon}}''. One of the characters is shown doing this shortly after mentioning he can't cope with the idea of staying on the eponymous SpaceStation for the rest of his life. As he starts a sexual relationship with the sole female character shortly after this scene, [[YouNeedToGetLaid he clearly found a way to cope.]]
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* ''Film/{{Rubikon}}''. One of the characters is shown doing this shortly after mentioning he can't cope with the idea of staying on the eponymous SpaceStation for the rest of his life. As he starts a sexual relationship with the sole female character shortly after this scene, [[YouNeedToGetLaid he clearly found a way to cope.]]
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* ''Film/{{Rubikon}}''. One of the characters is shown doing this shortly after mentioning he can't cope with the idea of staying on the eponymous SpaceStation for the rest of his life. As he starts a sexual relationship with the sole female character shortly after this scene, [[YouNeedToGetLaid he clearly found a way to cope.]]
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* ''Literature/TheExecutionersSong'': Nicole's ex-husband Barrett was once confined to "the nuthouse" for a week. He balled up his socks and bounced them against the wall of the cell and caught them.
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* ''Literature/TheExecutionersSong'': Nicole's ex-husband Barrett was once confined to "the nuthouse" for a week. He balled up his socks and bounced them against the wall of the cell and caught them.
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* ''Series/SisterBonifaceMysteries'': While stuck in Mrs Clam's boarding house in "My Brother's Keeper", Sister Reggie's brother Alfie does this in his room.
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* ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' is either the TropeMaker or the TropeCodifier, as many of the other works that use it are doing so as a ShoutOut to this movie; the character Captain Hilts frequently ends up in The Cooler, a solitary cell, as punishment for his many escape attempts. While there, he can be seen throwing a baseball against the cooler cell wall to entertain himself. He even has a baseball glove for catching the ball. After the DownerEnding where the Gestapo murder many of the escapees, the others are returned to the prison camp and thrown in the cooler, where we [[HereWeGoAgain hear the sound of Hilts throwing the ball against the wall again]].
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* ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' is either the TropeMaker or the TropeCodifier, as many of the other works that use it are doing so as a ShoutOut to this movie; the character Captain Hilts frequently ends up in The Cooler, a solitary cell, as punishment for his many escape attempts. While there, he can be seen throwing a baseball against the cooler cell wall to entertain himself.himself, though from a narrative standpoint it indicates that he's thinking up a new way to escape. He even has a baseball glove for catching the ball. After the DownerEnding where the Gestapo murder many of the escapees, the others are returned to the prison camp and thrown in the cooler, where we [[HereWeGoAgain hear the sound of Hilts throwing the ball against the wall again]].
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* ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'': Bosley does this while being held captive by the villains with a baseball and glove that [[RuleOfFunny suddenly appear out of nowhere]]. At one point he fails to catch the baseball and hits him in the face. Luckily this activates the microtransmitter attached to one of his teeth, allowing him to contact the Angels and guide them to where he's being held.
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* ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'': Bosley does this while being held captive by the villains with a baseball and glove that [[RuleOfFunny suddenly appear out of nowhere]]. At one point he fails to catch the baseball and which hits him in the face. Luckily this activates the microtransmitter attached to one of his teeth, allowing him to contact the Angels and guide them to where he's being held.
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* ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' opens with Savant in his bare concrete cell in Belle Reve staring emptily at the wall while bouncing a ball off the floor. When he sees a small bird land in the cell, he throws the ball at the wall, where upon it bounces off the other walls before [[KickTheDog killing the bird]]. One can understand his frustration, but let's just say the bird gets the last word.
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* ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' opens with Savant in his bare concrete cell in Belle Reve staring emptily at the wall wall, listening to "[[Music/JohnnyCash Folsom Prison Blues]]" while bouncing a ball off the floor. When he sees a small bird land in the cell, he throws the ball at the wall, where upon it bounces off the other walls before [[KickTheDog killing the bird]]. One can understand his frustration, but let's just say the bird gets the last word.
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* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': Played with; the last time we see [[DirtyCop Captain Putty]], he is sitting in a prison cell, using the clay from his body to form balls that he throws at the wall. But since they're made of clay, they don't bounce back and instead get stuck to the wall.
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A trope popularized by the prison movie ''Film/TheGreatEscape'': a character locked up in a prison cell (or some other place they are unable/not allowed to leave, like being grounded), often in solitary confinement, faced with boredom and little else to do, passes time by sitting down against one of the walls of the room, throwing a ball (usually a baseball, but variations are possible) at the wall opposite of them and catching it when it bounces back, over and over. Most of the time with a bored expression on his/her face and clearly not putting much effort in the throwing/catching.
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A trope popularized by the prison movie ''Film/TheGreatEscape'': a character locked up in a prison cell (or some other place they are unable/not allowed to leave, like being grounded), often in solitary confinement, faced with boredom and little else to do, passes time by sitting down against one of the walls of the room, throwing a ball (usually a baseball, but variations are possible) at the wall opposite of them and catching it when it bounces back, over and over. Most of the time with a bored expression on his/her their face and clearly not putting much effort in the throwing/catching.
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* ''Series/ForeverKnight''. One of the [[{{Padding}} many brooding scenes]] involving the VampireDetective protagonist has him doing this, probably to symbolise his loneliness and how he's trapped in his own home until the sun sets.
