History Main / HyperDestructiveBouncingBall

* There's a nasty use of this in ''Literature/DiamondDogs'' by Creator/AlastairReynolds. The party are in a mysterious alien structure that requires them to solve puzzles to move from room to room. When they take too long over one of the early rooms, a small ball pops out of one wall and starts bouncing around, getting harder and faster and causing bruises, then broken bones, until it finally goes ''clean through someone's arm''. And these guys are wearing spacesuits.

* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', the detachable [[RingsOfDeath blade ring]] of the [[BladeOnAStick Kinjakan]] acts exactly like this when used in an enclosed space. [[OhCrap Like, say, a narrow cavern]].

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' gives us a fake toy called "Happy Fun Ball", which may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}'', Maniwa Pengin uses this as his weapon, since he was BornLucky enough to avoid being hit.

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' has Reimu Hakurei's [[AncestralWeapon Yin Yang Orbs]]. She usually uses it as [[AttackDrone options]] that fires additional bullets when you're playing as her. But when you're ''facing'' her, expect to dodge a swarm of balls bouncing around the screen in a chaotic manner. This leads to inevitable DoubleEntendre and MemeticMutation: "I was killed by Reimu Hakurei's balls."

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', the Omnidroid acts somewhat as one when it retracts its claws. It somehow can turn directions as a smooth metal sphere, and the fact that it is at least five stories tall adds to the "Destructive" bit.

->''"''This'' thing caused [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977 the 1977 New York blackout.]] A practical joke by the Great Attractor. He thought it was funny as hell."''

* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In one episodee, Ed Bighead has a flashback where he was about to win a bowling championship, and, after deliberately getting a gutter to prove he could win with only one ball, ended up botching it by sending the ball flying all over the bowling alley. [[EpicFail The only thing left standing after that were the bowling pins on his own lane]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', Gretchen once made a material that could bounce cartoonishly ridiculous amounts no matter how you drop it, and the kids made a kickball out of it to have Vince kick it when he was in a rut. Gus lost it, and when Ms. Finster found it, she threw it into the sports shed, causing ''all of the balls'' to start bouncing like this.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': Ed Bighead manages to do this with a bowling ball to show how bad he is at bowling. The only thing left standing after that were the bowling pins on his own lane.

* One of the Toyman's weapons in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' was a substance that bounces faster the longer it bounces. The idea is that eventually it'll become fast enough that the impact'll break bones. When he uses it on some of Intergang's goons, the ball is ''denting'' their armored car by the time Superman arrives. No explanation is given as to why it didn't rip right through the thin metal roof, walls or wooden doors of the warehouse, even if it never happened to hit one of the windows.

* Same thing happened to Ed Bighead in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. The only thing left standing after that were the bowling pins on Ed's lane.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', Gretchen once made a material that could bounce cartoonishly ridiculous amounts no matter how you drop it, and the kids made a kickball out of it to have Vince kick it when he was in a rut. Gus lost it, and when Ms. Finster found it, she threw it into the sports shed, causing ''all of the balls'' to start bouncing like this.

* When ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' changes into Cannonbolt, he can ''become'' one of these. Saves the day in [[http://ben10.wikia.com/wiki/The_Big_Tick The Big Tick.]]
* in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Steve Smith learns how to become a lucid dreamer by using a bouncing red ball in his dreams, to remind him he is dreaming and the dream can therefore be whatever he wants it to be. Being a teenage boy, he uses this for sex and revenge dreams often set in the school that derides him for being a nerd. When he refuses to teach the technique to Hayley or Klaus, they take revenge by bouncing a red ball at his feet while he is fully awake. Led to believe that he is dreaming, he drives to school (causing traffic chaos and pile-ups) while wearing only his underpants, punches a teacher, sexually molests a cheerleader, and leaps out of the window with her believing that they can fly...
* In one episode of the French CGI show ''Grabouillon'', the titular dog finds his old bouncy ball in the attic and immediately throws it, knocking himself out. He gets up and throws it again but it is even more chaotic and destructive. He and his friends try to get rid of it but the ball turns into an angry AnimateInanimateObject and attacks them. They manage to lock it up in a chest, but it grows big and bursts out, followed by several other small ones. The balls are about to end the heroes... then it turns out it was AllJustADream that Grabouillon was having after being K.O.-ed.
* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' episode "Bugball". Think of an exaggerated version of the roaches' mischief contained in a bouncing ball.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In "Evillustrator", Ladybug's Lucky Charm ends up summoning a bouncy ball. She uses it to quickly break every light source in Chloé's room to prevent the titular villain from being able to draw.

* This happens in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' when Jason hurls a superball from a lacrosse racket indoors. He also mentions having once hit a golf ball in the basement.

Unlike the PinballProjectile, the trajectory of the Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball is completely random and always leaves a swath of destruction in its wake. It tends to [[ArtisticLicensePhysics display unbelievable lack of inertia]] and won't stop ricocheting unless someone/thing catches it. It also takes the Law of Conservation of Momentum and throws it out the window, as it's not uncommon for one to inexplicably ''speed up'' when it hits a wall. No wonder it's generally PlayedForLaughs.

** [[http://twhl.info/competitions.php?results=20 "Orb"]], a map made for a ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' mapping competition, is about a deadly sphere-like artifact that utterly devastates a facility while displaying all the characteristics of a Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball (and showcasing the mapper's scripting prowess).

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-018 SCP-018]], a 6cm red ball that, in a standing affront to the laws of thermodynamics, can bounce with 200% efficiency. A normal bouncing ball put through [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-914 SCP-914]] on "Fine" and "Very Fine" settings ''thrice'' also has this property. The former caused 5 civilian injuries and is currently sitting in a tank of goo, while the latter caused 45 casualties upon being dropped and is currently thought to be orbiting Mars.

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', Agent North Dakota traps the Insurrectionist Sniper and his mooks under a BeehiveBarrier dome. The Sniper warns his men not to try to shoot it. [[TooDumbToLive One of his men doesn't listen]]. The bullet bounces all over the place and kills them all.

* Anyone who has owned a toy bouncy ball (also known as a ''Super Ball'') knows why you shouldn't let children play with them in the house. These innocuous little rubber balls are so elastic that they barely slow down at all when they bounce. It's only a matter of time before one of the little geniuses throws it against the floor as hard as he can, and it's going to ricochet off of every surface in the house until it inevitably breaks something.

->''"''This'' thing caused [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977 the 1977 New York blackout]]. A practical joke by the Great Attractor. He thought it was funny as hell."''

* The WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck comic [[http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+2221-1 "Paperino contro i veggenti viola"]]. Donald Duck and Fethry Duck are secret agents with a collection of nifty gadgets, including one such a ball.

* Played for laughs in this well-made ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe3e5kmtduc video]], in which a rock tossed aside by the 5th Doctor bounces around the ''Doctor Who'' universe causing mayhem.

* It is the plot of WebVideo/CorridorDigital's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0DAeQuf_0I Ballin' Out of Control]]'', the originality of it being the fact that it is shot from the [[POVCam point of view]] of the ball.
* In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWyZc250fUg Ponyville's Incident]]", while playing football, Applejack kicks the ball so hard that it bounces around all of Ponyville without losing momentum, completely destroying the town in the process.

* When ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' changes into Cannonbolt, he can ''become'' one of these. Saves the day in [[http://ben10.wikia.com/wiki/The_Big_Tick The Big Tick]].

* In Music/TheBlackEyedPeas' video for "Pump It", Will.I.Am manages to invoke this with a ''[[UpToEleven bowling ball]]'' while fighting a thug. Closer inspection reveals it to be a soccer ball. No less impressive though.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'': The Bouncer weapon fires a large explosive cannonball which you can bounce around knocking enemies over before detonating it. You can turn this Up to Eleven with its charge shot, which causes the ball to release an explosion every time it bounces. You can kick it around to direct the blasts!

* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' episode "Bugball". Think of the roaches' mischief taken {{UpToEleven}} and in a bouncing ball.

->''"''This'' thing caused the 1977 New York blackout. A practical joke by the Great Attractor. He thought it was funny as hell."''

* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', Jeremiah Cross uses a bazooka to turn [[TrapMaster Satori's]] Hell of Balls into a giant three dimensional game of billiards, scattering the cloud balls and their dangerous ammo all over the place. Cross did this to counter Satori's [[CombatClarvoyance observation haki]], since one of the haki's weaknesses is that [[ConfusionFu you can't predict a completely random attack.]]

->''"''This'' caused the 1977 New York blackout. A practical joke by the Great Attractor. He thought it was funny as hell."''

* Happens in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' in the episode Bugball. Think the roaches' mischef taken {{UpToEleven}} and in a bouncing ball.