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| 1 | Aeroball | HARLEM HEROES 1977 Comic Strips | Sports | Sports | |
Aeroball | |||||
| 2 | Arena Games  | STAR TREK 1966 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Arena Games Gladiator style sport mentioned during the video news feed that Enterprise intercepts coming from the fourth planet of Star System 892, where they find the wreckage of the S.S. Beagle. | |||||
| 3 | Badger Kicking | THE BOBIVERSE 2016 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Badger Kicking Joke that Bob makes after damaging his Quinlan manny's knee while fighting off what he initially takes for a badger analogue in a cave while hiding out from authorities in Heaven's River, calling it "the international sport of badger kicking". | |||||
| 4 | Ballistoboard | SIMULACRON-3 1964 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Ballistoboard Doug remembers the June 2033 Ballistoboard tournament trophy behind the bar at Limpy's as having been awarded to Morton Lynch, but following Lynch's disappearance, the name becomes Avery Collingsworth. | |||||
| 5 | Base-game | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Base-game While the school's only ball is being repaired after being run over by Groundskeeper Willie, Principal Skinner offers a few alternative sports, including Dodge-rock, Volley-brick and Base-game. | |||||
| 6 | BASEketball | BASEKETBALL 1998 Film | Sports | Sports | |
BASEketball | |||||
| 7 | Bike Ride Trash Toss  | BOB'S BURGERS 2011 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Bike Ride Trash Toss Game the kids play in the alley.  | |||||
| 8 | Biscuit Ball | ALF 1986 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Biscuit Ball ALF invents a new sport, played with biscuits. | |||||
| 9 | Blernsball | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Blernsball Jazzed-up version of baseball in the future.  | |||||
| 10 | Blitzball | A SEPARATE PEACE 1959 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Blitzball "Let's make it have something to do with the war," suggested Bobby Zane. "Like a blitzkrieg or something." "Blitzkrieg," repeated Finny doubtfully. "We could figure out some kind of blitzkrieg baseball," I said. "We'll call it blitzkrieg ball," said Bobby. "Or just blitzball," reflected Finny. "Yes, blitzball." | |||||
| 11 | Bouillabaseball | ALF: THE ANIMATED SERIES 1986 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Bouillabaseball Sport. | |||||
| 12 | Bouillabaseball | ALF 1986 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Bouillabaseball Sport on ALF's home planet Melmac, a game played on ice using fish parts as a ball. | |||||
| 13 | Bouillabaseball | ALF TOPPS TRADING CARDS 1987 Other | Sports | Sports | |
Bouillabaseball Sport on Alf's home planet Melmac, a game played on ice using seafood as a ball. | |||||
| 14 | Breaker Ball | MAX HEADROOM 1987 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Breaker Ball Max Headroom version of racquetball. | |||||
| 15 | Brockian Ultra Cricket | THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY 1978 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Brockian Ultra Cricket Sport played many many millions of years ago a race of hyperintelligent pan-dimensional beings whose physical manifestation in their own pan-dimensional universe is not dissimilar to our own. | |||||
| 16 | Brockian Ultra-Cricket | LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING 1982 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Brockian Ultra-Cricket A peculiar game. "A full set of rules is so massively complicated that the only time they were all bound together in a single volume, they underwent gravitational collapse and became a Black Hole." | |||||
| 17 | Calvinball | CALVIN AND HOBBES 1985 Comic Strips | Sports | Sports | |
Calvinball  | |||||
| 18 | Cat Juggling | STEVE MARTIN 1967 Comedy Acts | Sports | Sports | |
Cat Juggling New sport in Mexico.  | |||||
| 19 | Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy | BRAVE NEW WORLD 1931 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy Obstacle golf, centrifugal bumble-puppy, escalator squash and Riemann-surface tennis are popular activities in Brave New World. | |||||
| 20 | Deathball | THE HERO 2004 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Deathball | |||||
| 21 | Denver Croquet | STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING 1997 Film | Sports | Sports | |
Denver Croquet Version of croquet played with a larger ball, created by Horace Derwent.  | |||||
| 22 | Diaper Tennis | ALF 1986 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Diaper Tennis Sport ALF creates using a diaper for a ball. | |||||
| 23 | Didey Ball | ALF 1986 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Didey Ball Sport ALF creates using a diaper for a ball. | |||||
| 24 | Dodge-rock | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Dodge-rock While the school's only ball is being repaired after being run over by Groundskeeper Willie, Principal Skinner offers a few alternative sports, including Dodge-rock, Volley-brick and Base-game. | |||||
| 25 | Dog Baseball | LIQUID TELEVISION 1991 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Dog Baseball Beavis and Butt-Head play baseball with a dog. | |||||
| 26 | Dunderball | THE OFFICE 2005 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Dunderball Game somebody mentions when Jim goes around the office soliciting ideas for the upcoming office olympics competition. | |||||
| 27 | Escalator Squash | BRAVE NEW WORLD 1931 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Escalator Squash Obstacle golf, centrifugal bumble-puppy, escalator squash and Riemann-surface tennis are popular activities in Brave New World. | |||||
| 28 | Fartball | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Fartball Sport from Bart's chalkboard gag: "I'm not here on a fartball scholarship." | |||||
| 29 | Flare-riding | THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE 1980 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Flare-riding Dangerous sport. "Flare-riding is one of the most exotic and exhilarating sports in existence, and those who can dare and afford it are amongst the most lionized men in the Galaxy." | |||||
| 30 | Flonkerton | THE OFFICE 2005 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Flonkerton The national sport of Icelandic Paper companies, also known as Box of Paper Snowshoe Racing. Event included in the office olympics competition. | |||||
| 31 | Frog Baseball | LIQUID TELEVISION 1991 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Frog Baseball Beavis and Butt-Head play baseball with a frog. | |||||
| 32 | Ga-Ga Ball | BOB'S BURGERS 2011 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Ga-Ga Ball New game that Mr. Frond introduces to the Wagstaff playground. Think of it like Dodgeball but gentler.  | |||||
| 33 | Galeo-Manada Wrestling | STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 1993 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Galeo-Manada Wrestling Jadzia suggests Trill host initiate Arjin try Galeo-Manada style wrestling. | |||||
| 34 | The Game | THE BLOOD OF HEROES 1989 Film | Sports | Sports | |
The Game Brutal post-apocalyptic sport. | |||||
| 35 | The Game | SLIDERS 1995 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
The Game The sliders find themselves players in The Game, a televised life or death competition involving android dogs and soldiers. | |||||
| 36 | The Games | THE STATUS CIVILIZATION 1960 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
The Games Violent competition on the prison planet Omega. | |||||
| 37 | Gerbil Hockey | ALF 1986 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Gerbil Hockey One of ALF's strange sports. Willie: "Well, sure, who else is going to teach him About bouillabaseball, and pasta polo, And other sports involving the hurling Of inappropriate objects? Like gerbil hockey?" | |||||
| 38 | Gleep-glop | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Gleep-glop Kudos the Destroyer: Well done, Columbo. That's right, we watch Columbo. It's on during rain-outs of gleep-glop games. | |||||
| 39 | Hallway Soccer | NEWSRADIO 1995 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Hallway Soccer Game Matthew and Joe play at work. Dave: "Hey, guys. What's going on? You playing hallway soccer? Trash can basketball? Hey, does this have anything to do with that coffee cup that's been on top of this light fixture the last few days? What do you call this game?" Matthew and Joe: "Who can get the coffee cup off the top of the light fixture." | |||||
| 40 | Hate Ball | THE OFFICE 2005 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Hate Ball Game somebody mentions when Jim goes around the office soliciting ideas for the upcoming office olympics competition. | |||||
| 41 | Hero Ball | THE TICK 2016 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Hero Ball Sport that the Tick mentions: "Where every setback makes the victory that much sweeter." | |||||
| 42 | High Sun Games | HONOR AMONG THIEVES 2023 Film | Sports | Sports | |
High Sun Games Series of challenging sporting events hosted in Neverwinter. | |||||
| 43 | Hoverball | STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 1993 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Hoverball When the Essentialists sabotage the weather grid on Risa, Dax's friend Arandis attempts to organize an indoor game of Hoverball. | |||||
| 44 | Hoverball | STAR TREK: VOYAGER 1995 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Hoverball Sport from multiple episodes. | |||||
| 45 | Hunt the Wocket | MOSTLY HARMLESS 1992 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Hunt the Wocket Game played at the the annual feast of the Assumption of St. Antwelm, in Saquo-Pilia Hensha. | |||||
| 46 | The Hunt | THE 10TH VICTIM 1966 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
The Hunt The future society has eliminated major warfare by allowing members of society who are inclined to violence to join The Hunt, a human hunting game. | |||||
| 47 | Karo-Net | STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 1993 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Karo-Net Sport that Odo mentions to Quark when discussing his reasons for not coupling. | |||||
| 48 | Killball | THE RUNNING MAN 1982 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Killball The inner office looked big enough to play killball in. It was dominated by a huge, one-wall picture window that looked west over the homes of the middle class, the dockside warehouses and oil tanks, and Harding Lake itself. | |||||
| 49 | Klaneball | ALF 1986 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Klaneball Sport on Melmac. Just like ice hockey, except ithere's no skating or puck, just hitting each other with sticks. | |||||
| 50 | Latchkum | THE ORVILLE 2017 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Latchkum Popular Moclan game played with a little round ball. Don't hold onto it for too long, or long sharp spikes will tear through your hands, which is what happened to Captain Mercer. | |||||
| 51 | Mindgame | SLIDERS 1995 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Mindgame On the Egghead world, Quinn's counterpart is a star Mindgame player - some sort of bizarre hybrid of basketball, Family Feud and chess. When Quinn imitates his double, he has to participate in the 27th National Mindgame Finals between the University of California Eggheads and the MIT Beavers. To prepare, he reads the Mindgame Rulebook: How to Play / How to Win by Stephen Hawking.  | |||||
| 52 | Motorball | ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL 2019 Film | Sports | Sports | |
Motorball Popular sport in the future. | |||||
| 53 | Muck Sucking | ALF 1986 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Muck Sucking Melmac's biggest sport, apparently very similar to croquet. | |||||
| 54 | Obstacle Golf | BRAVE NEW WORLD 1931 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Obstacle Golf Electromagnetic sport that Henry and Lenina play. Obstacle golf, centrifugal bumble-puppy, escalator squash and Riemann-surface tennis are popular activities in Brave New World. | |||||
| 55 | Pala | STAR TREK: VOYAGER 1995 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Pala Game Icheb plays when he rejoins his family. | |||||
| 56 | Parrises Squares | STAR TREK: VOYAGER 1995 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Parrises Squares Sport.  | |||||
| 57 | Pasta Polo | ALF 1986 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Pasta Polo One of ALF's strange sports. Willie: "Well, sure, who else is going to teach him About bouillabaseball, and pasta polo, And other sports involving the hurling Of inappropriate objects? Like gerbil hockey?" | |||||
| 58 | Podracing | STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE 1999 Film | Sports | Sports | |
Podracing Dangerous racing sport in the outer rim territories.  | |||||
| 59 | Pokra | THE STATUS CIVILIZATION 1960 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Pokra Sport. | |||||
| 60 | Poopball | THE OFFICE 2005 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Poopball Sport that doesn't exist. Michael: "Okay, what is it? What can't i guess? I hate, hate, hate being left out. Whether it's not being picked for a team Or being picked for a team and then showing up And realizing that the team doesn't exist Or that the sport doesn't exist. I should have known. Poopball? Oh, man, i know how you feel." | |||||
| 61 | Poquito Ball | THE CRITIC 1994 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Poquito Ball The national sport of the island of San Montalbano. | |||||
| 62 | Pyramid | BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 2004 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Pyramid Sport.  | |||||
| 63 | Quidditch | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Quidditch The billionaires play quidditch from Harry Potter at the Billionaire's Retreat. | |||||
| 64 | Quidditch  | HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE 1997 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Quidditch Wizarding sport played on flying broomsticks, now played as a real life sport.  | |||||
| 65 | Quidditch | HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE 2001 Film | Sports | Sports | |
Quidditch Sport played on flying broomsticks. | |||||
| 66 | Quidditch | SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY 2021 Animated Film | Sports | Sports | |
Quidditch During the pitch meeting for the Warner 3000, LeBron is featured as Mr. Freeze going up against Batman, riding Game of Thrones' Drogon the Dragon and dressed in Gryffindor gear playing a game of Quidditch.  | |||||
| 67 | Raking | MAX HEADROOM 1987 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Raking Potential big money sport. | |||||
| 68 | Riemann-surface Tennis | BRAVE NEW WORLD 1931 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Riemann-surface Tennis Obstacle golf, centrifugal bumble-puppy, escalator squash and Riemann-surface tennis are popular activities in Brave New World. | |||||
| 69 | Riot Racing | STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH 2021 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Riot Racing Cid takes Omega, Tech and Wrecker to the Safa Toma Classic riot race at Safa Toma on the planet Serolonis. | |||||
| 70 | Robocon | SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER 2003 Film | Sports | Sports | |
Robocon Mechanical suit fighting match in the video game Game Over. | |||||
| 71 | Roller Skating 2: The New Class | WORKAHOLICS 2011 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Roller Skating 2: The New Class New sport the guys create for the X Games. | |||||
| 72 | Rollerball | ROLLERBALL 1975 Film | Sports | Sports | |
Rollerball | |||||
| 73 | Scumball | MAX HEADROOM 1987 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Scumball Sport from various episodes. | |||||
| 74 | Ski-boxing | THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY 1978 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Ski-boxing Sport that Zaphod plays so much that he had himself fitted with an extra arm. | |||||
| 75 | Skleenball | ALF 1986 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Skleenball Sport ALF used to play back on Melmac that he attempts to recreate with Brian, in which you have to sling your anchovies into your opponent's laundry basket. | |||||
| 76 | Slam ball | BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II 1989 Film | Sports | Sports | |
Slam ball Sport mentioned on the Hill Valley edition of USA Today on October 22, 2015.  | |||||
| 77 | Space-skiing | RICK AND MORTY 2013 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Space-skiing Space version of skiing. Rick's new friend Tony dies crashing into a tree while space-skiing.  | |||||
| 78 | Spaceball | MORONS FROM OUTER SPACE 1985 Film | Sports | Sports | |
Spaceball Sport that the morons from outer space play in the space-ship. | |||||
| 79 | Springball | STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 1993 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Springball Bajoran sport, from various episodes.  | |||||
| 80 | SupeRugby | THE BOYS 2019 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
SupeRugby Sport mentioned on Sports Center TV show. | |||||
| 81 | Tag Team Robot Wrestling | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Tag Team Robot Wrestling Sporting event at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, featuring the mighty robots of Battlestar Galactica versus the gay robots of Star Wars. | |||||
| 82 | Tagball | STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS 2022 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Tagball Popular sport on Kiley 279. One of the residents of Kiley 279 being held on the Enterprise escapes from sickbay and runs into Uhura in the turbo lift. She mentions tagball, and the greatest tagball game, played between teams the Cone rockets and Boom shield.  | |||||
| 83 | Tail Ball | THUNDERCATS 1985 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Tail Ball Sport. Snarf claims that Snarf Oswald still owes him 50 Thunder-dollars from their last tail-ball game. | |||||
| 84 | Taint Ball | PARKS AND RECREATION 2009 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Taint Ball Sport created by radio personality The Douche. | |||||
| 85 | Talequoits | ALF 1986 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Talequoits Bowling. ALF: "Now, the secret to bowling, Or talequoits as it's known in the civilized universe, Is in the wrist action." | |||||
| 86 | Thunderdome | EASTBOUND & DOWN 2009 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Thunderdome Game that Kenny teaches his physical education class, inspired by Mad Max: Two men enter, one man leaves.  | |||||
| 87 | Transcendental Tennis | MORK AND MINDY 1978 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Transcendental Tennis Sport that Mindy's friend Rainbow mentions. They don't believe in actually hitting the ball. | |||||
| 88 | Trash Can Basketball | NEWSRADIO 1995 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Trash Can Basketball Game Matthew and Joe play at work. Dave: "Hey, guys. What's going on? You playing hallway soccer? Trash can basketball? Hey, does this have anything to do with that coffee cup that's been on top of this light fixture the last few days? What do you call this game?" Matthew and Joe: "Who can get the coffee cup off the top of the light fixture." | |||||
| 89 | Tsunkatse | STAR TREK: VOYAGER 1995 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Tsunkatse Sport matches the crew attends during their shore leave to the Norcadian home world. | |||||
| 90 | Ultragolf | MOSTLY HARMLESS 1992 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Ultragolf Club membership card in Harl's wallet. | |||||
| 91 | Ultragolf | THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE 1980 Literature | Sports | Sports | |
Ultragolf Galactic sport. | |||||
| 92 | Velocity | STAR TREK: VOYAGER 1995 TV Series | Sports | Sports | |
Velocity Sport crew members play on the Voyager holodeck in multiple episodes. | |||||
| 93 | Volley-brick | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Sports | Sports | |
Volley-brick While the school's only ball is being repaired after being run over by Groundskeeper Willie, Principal Skinner offers a few alternative sports, including Dodge-rock, Volley-brick and Base-game. | |||||
| 94 | Whack-bat | FANTASTIC MR. FOX 2009 Animated Film | Sports | Sports | |
Whack-bat Baseball-like sport played in the world of Mr. Fox.  | |||||
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