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Follow the Bouncing Ball
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It's time for a singalong! Music! Words! And... Follow the Bouncing Ball, everyone! "Follow the bouncing ball" is a technique of directing singalongs in movie theaters (and later on home video) where the lyrics are displayed as onscreen subtitles while a ball bounces along each word or syllable of the lyrics, in sync with the actual beat and rhythm of the song. Sort of the karaoke of its time, but intended for a mass audience. Musical literacy was a much bigger deal in the early 20th Century. According to Wikipedia, the bouncing ball was named and invented by Max Fleischer, the founder of Fleischer Studios, in 1924. Usually the "ball" is a big red dot, but sometimes it'll be a different color, or some manner of icon appropriate to the setting. The ball may also highlight whatever word or syllable it touches, or leave a dotted line as it travels across the words. To this day, kids' singalong tapes and DVDs still use this technique from time to time; modern karaoke videos use a variant without the ball, merely by highlighting the appropriate text with the appropriate rhythm. There's also a dangerous bouncing ball which you probably shouldn't follow. Do not confuse with Happy Fun Ball. |
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Spoofed in one episode of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, when the crystal ball used to talk with Vincent Van Ghoul goes into a stream. As the gang chase after it, Scrappy yells, "Follow the bouncing ball, and everybody SING!" What follows is a bad rendition of 'Row Row Row Your Roat' to which Van Ghoul comments, "This is the worst dinner music I have ever heard!" | |
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Caddicarus uses this in the beginning of his review of the Playstation game Cheesy, singing about how his friend Dazz got him the game. | |
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The intro for Les Kassos has a bouncing ball over the lyrics of the theme song. Although on the last syllable, the ball falls from the words and hits Dark Papy in the helmet. | |
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This happens in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Chinatown", when Zorak sings about Moltar. | |
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SongBird Symphony uses this for the game's lyrical sections. | |
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The Disney Sing-Along Songs tapes; for people who grew up around the time they were released, they are probably the example of this trope. Their theme song even had a line that said, "Follow the bouncing ball." Ironically, they only use an actual ball (usually the famous Mickey-head icon) in some of the songs, seemingly at random, and the very first song to ever appear in the seriesnote According to the official numbering system — "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" was actually the first video released in the series, and its first song (the Mickey Mouse Club March) did have a bouncing Mickey-head. ("Heigh-Ho" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) is not one of them! (Such songs highlight the words one by one in a different color. Later videos would make far more use of this than the bouncing ball. Probably because it's quicker to do.) In fact, later Sing Along Songs releases have a new version of the theme sung by Sebastian the Crab that retains the "follow the bouncing ball" lyric, but the lyrics to the theme (and the songs afterward, by extension) are displayed using the highlighting method. Curiously, this version of the song does remove direct references to Disney. |
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In Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space, a Sex Bot employed as a Sexy Secretary advises the protagonists to "Please follow the bouncing buttocks" when leading them to her boss. | |
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The Simpsons: On episode "22 Short Films About Springfield", a bouncing ball accompanies Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's theme song. On episode "New Kids on the Blecch", the chorus of "Drop Da Bomb" has the phrase, "Yvan eht nioj" appear on the bottom of the screen, with a bouncing Ralph Wiggum head. In the season 2 episode "Brush With Greatness", Krusty the Klown has a segment in his show called "Kroon Along With Krusty" where the kids sing with him. The lyrics are shown on TV with a bouncing Krusty head. |
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Miniature replica soldier! Possibly the best DLC advert ever. | |
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Thomas & Friends's songs use a cloud of smoke produced from Thomas' funnel at the beginning of each song in place of a ball. | |
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The creators of Underdog produced a few short cartoons featuring the Singalong Family. | |
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Horrible Histories uses a bouncing skull during the Pachacuti song. | |
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During a song that played during the intermission in London's version of Avenue Q, "Time", in order to get the people on the bathroom line out, Nicky asks the audience to help him sing along to the final part of the song (well, only "Time, to do the things that you want to do!/Time, it's well spent when it's spent on you!") using this method. He addresses it as "Let's get them out everybody! Ready?" | |
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In the finale of Spamalot, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" gets a bouncing grail. | |
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Drill-X in Skylanders: Giants is a large drill robot ... who sings. Sort of. True to form, his singing is subtitled, with a miniature icon of the robot's face bouncing across to the beat. (video) | |
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Some of the songs on the Animaniacs sing-along videos use the bouncing dot approach, some use the highlight-the-words one, and some just show the current line of the song. | |
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Used in Pippin for the Audience Participation Song "No Time At All." | |
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In fact, later Sing Along Songs releases have a new version of the theme sung by Sebastian the Crab that retains the "follow the bouncing ball" lyric, but the lyrics to the theme (and the songs afterward, by extension) are displayed using the highlighting method. Curiously, this version of the song does remove direct references to Disney. | |
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Guns N' Roses' "Garden of Eden". Not only does the song have the fastest singing possible, but during the guitar solos, the ball keeps bouncing in plain air. | |
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In I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, when Tim is trying to sing "Where Did You Get That Hat" to the tune of The Dambusters theme, Barry calls out, "Follow the bouncing bomb!" | |
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Invention Pioneers of Note: Occurs briefly during the final season. | |
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold: A little Plastic Man in ball form provides the bouncing ball as Plas leads a merry sing-along of a lyrically-mangled version of "Yankee Doodle" in "Cry Freedom Fighters!". | |
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In Spitting Image, the chorus of the infamous song I've Never Met A Nice South African is accompanied by the mandatory bouncing ball. | |
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In Star Trek: Insurrection, a berserk Data is brought back to his senses when Picard and Worf sing "A British Tar" from HMS Pinafore, using the bouncing ball technique to recall the lyrics. | |
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The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part: The HD home media releases include the option to watch the movie in an "Everything is Awesome Sing-Along". | |
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Mario Paint has a bouncing Mario in place of the bouncing ball. | |
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Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist does this with the opening theme song. | |
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For the 2016 Week 2 Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears, ESPN ran a commercial implementing this trope with both teams' fight songs, using the teams' logos as the bouncing ball. | |
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This is a staple of I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME's lyric videos, starting with "Bleed Magic" and continuing with most songs from Razzmatazz. This fits in well with the band's Retreaux aesthetic, as it gives the videos the appearance of old singalong VHS tapes. | |
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The Nostalgia Critic's review of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier had a bouncing William Shatner head during a sing-along of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat". | |
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Dragon Ball Z Abridged used this for the song "Super Saiyan" (a parody of "Giant Woman"). And since Goku was the one singing, the 'ball' used here was a muffin. | |
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The Magic Christian opens with a snippet of "Come and Get It" by Badfinger over a shot of a 10-pound banknote, with the lyrics transcribed by a bouncy ball. | |
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Averted in Silent Hill 3's joke ending. The ridiculously goofy lyrics to the "Silent Hill Song" are simply highlighted in red as they are sung, even though a SH-themed bouncy ball likely would have made it even funnier. | |
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The DVD of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) includes a sing-along version of the "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" song with a bouncing dolphin, naturally. | |
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Their theme song even had a line that said, "Follow the bouncing ball." Ironically, they only use an actual ball (usually the famous Mickey-head icon) in some of the songs, seemingly at random, and the very first song to ever appear in the seriesnote According to the official numbering system — "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" was actually the first video released in the series, and its first song (the Mickey Mouse Club March) did have a bouncing Mickey-head. ("Heigh-Ho" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) is not one of them! (Such songs highlight the words one by one in a different color. Later videos would make far more use of this than the bouncing ball. Probably because it's quicker to do.) | |
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Most versions of the Ghostbusters Licensed Game by Activision do this on the title screen with the movie's Theme Tune. | |
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Averted during the sing-along segments of The Beatles. The segments simply ran the text of the song lyrics, usually with a mini-adventure starring the Beatles, or a proto-music video. | |
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Parodied on an episode of The Ren & Stimpy Show, where the two sang the anthem of the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen, which features lyrics like: | |
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WeimTime's Synthesia covers of other songs have little chibified heads of the characters who sing their respective parts bouncing on the words of their lines. For example, a tiny Garnet head is used as the bouncing ball for their cover of "Stronger Than You". | |
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In Black & White, the sailors on the first island do one. A different stanza for everything they need. (Wood, Grain, Meat) | |
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was re-released in the U.K. as "Swear Along with South Park". | |
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A sing-along version of Frozen was released in January 2014, where the audience can follow a bouncing snowflake. A November 2014 DVD/Digital HD re-release includes both the original and sing-along versions. Frozen II also received a sing-along re-release in January 2020, included as an extra on the Blu-ray, UHD, and Digital HD copy. | |
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The teaser trailer for The Flintstones has a bouncing ball bounce on the lyrics to the TV theme song, wrecking several words in the process. it ends with the ball bouncing right into Fred's hand. | |
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Skullmonkeys did this for a part of the ending cinematic for the song "Klogg Is Dead" with a bouncing skull. | |
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Used in the musical segment of ReBoot's third season finale, with Scuzzy as the ball. | |
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Referenced in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode Godzilla vs. Megalon during the "Jet Jaguar Song" host segment: "I'd tell you to follow the bouncing ball, but...uh...we don't have one." | |
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Shows up, and was even played with in Potter Puppet Pals in Neville's Birthday. | |
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Moana had a sing-along theatrical re-release in January 2017, with a bouncing flower. | |
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Season 2 Episode 14 of Wakfu has this for the theme song in the opening credits, with Az as the "bouncing ball". | |
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Gurren Lagann isn't alone with the attack calls. Many shounen series take it; One Piece in particular even had different fonts for each character that matched them; Luffy had a stretchy-green, Usopp's letters were in cross-hairs, Zoro's were like slashes, etc. | |
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Robot Wars Extreme has this during Plunderbird's scrimech song. | |
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Right Now Kapow uses this trope in a sketch where the characters play Gradeschool Children. They get to recess just as another child takes the last inflated ball leaving them with a flat one. This prompts a musical number that lists all of the inconveniences that result. One of the children encourages the viewer to sing along and "follow the Bouncing Ball" but the ball that appears above the words is flat leaving the children stuck on the first word and unsuccessfully trying to hold the note. One of them passes out from exhaustion. | |
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Averted by the VeggieTales sing along videos. Instead, the letters change colors (green to white in the first one, yellow to white in the second) when the words are sung. Played straight in the 2006/2007 sing-along series. The ball for the songs will be represented by an object or character that is related to the song. |
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Similarly, Double Dragon Neon's ending song features a bouncing Skullmageddon logo. | |
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On The Lion King 1 ½, a ladybug serves as the ball for a sing-along of "Hakuna Matata" - until Pumbaa eats it. He spits it out and the sing-along continues, albeit with a rather dazed ladybug. International versions don't have the words, but retain the ladybug. | |
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Beat Plants vs. Zombies and the reward music video features a bouncing brain. | |
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The episode of Invader Zim "The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever" has a tiny Mini-Moose bouncing on the lyrics of a song about Santa. | |
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Used in the PS2/Xbox remake of The Bard's Tale, whether the song is "Beer, Beer, Beer", "The Tale of the Nuckelavee" or any of the several renditions of "It's Bad Luck to Be You". Also used in several other songs. The bonus joke in "Beer, Beer, Beer" is that the singers are off-tempo to the bouncing ball, since they're drunks in a bar. | |
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Played mostly straight (the ball was grey, not red) in the karaoke episode of Kappa Mikey. Played with in one song, however, in which, rather than bouncing over the lyrics, the ball is bouncing away from the cast while they try to catch it. | |
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Fate Revelation Online: Laughing Coffin performs a demonic Summoning Ritual... and the UI assists by displaying the required chant with a helpful bouncing ball. Xaxa feels like it really kills the mood. | |
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The Great Race stopped in the middle of the movie for one. | |
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Seen in the closing credits of Black Adder Back and Forth, where the "ball" is Edmund's head or, for the requisite lines, Marion’s or Baldrick’s. | |
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Used in Naruto: The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show for the David Bowie segments, with the 'ball' being the head of whichever character is singing that part of the lyrics. | |
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Galavant uses a bouncing bird for the lyrics of “Love Makes the World Brand New” in the second season. No other songs in the show have lyrics on the screen. | |
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Bar Rescue - on a "Back to the Bar" episode, the show revisits the Underground Wonderbar, a music venue run by a Granola Girl who is known to sing terribly and is quite resistant to rescuer Jon Taffer's suggestions. The revisit ends with the owner singing a special Take That! song about Taffer, backed by a full band. The crazed hippie lyrics are shown on the screen with the bouncing ball for the viewing audience. | |
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A rare comic example: Superman (vol. 1) #154 (July 1962) features the Man of Steel's latest effort to trick Mr. Mxyzptlk into saying his name backwards, after Mxy's magically made a crowd of citizens think they're children. Superman uses a giant screen to project the lyrics for the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence," complete with a bouncing ball; of course, one word in the song's altered ("a pocket full of kltpzyxm"). | |
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Parodied in Ed, Edd n Eddy, which has a little bouncing heart following the lyrics to up the cutesy factor of Jimmy's "Friendship Song". | |
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World's Dumbest... used this with a bouncing tire for a sing-along about a clip in which a truck tire came loose, bounced down the road, and hit another vehicle (Song starts at about 48 seconds into the linked clip). They then did something similar for the opening to the "Holidays" episode and for a singing fishmonger. | |
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Wait Till Your Father Gets Home has a variation in its opening: While Irma sings the Title Drop, Harry is seen driving his car over a bumpy road formed by the words. | |
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High Note: Used to show the process of the music through each note as the camera pans over the Blue Danube waltz—until the bouncing ball (actually a spotlight) halts because a note is missing. | |
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Homestar Runner: "Homestar vs. Other Little Girl" includes a sing-along for the song Other Little Girl improvises to help Homestar remember that people can't stay in two places at the same time. Unlike most examples, the ball bounces underneath the lyrics, instead of on top of them. | |
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Family Guy has this in the "Family Guy Karaoke" feature on the Volume 8 DVD. | |
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch used this during part of "Wig in a Box", with the ball being a wig. | |
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The video for "Walk the Dinosaur" by Was (Not Was) puts the chorus lyrics on screen with a bouncing ball, but over a completely different (and instrumental) section of the song. | |
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Quoted verbatim on the final page of Gravity's Rainbow before a sing-along in a cinema that ends with a V-2 rocket falling on the audience. | |
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Every Drawn Together DVD set has a sing-along special feature. Considering what kind of show it is, you can probably guess what kind of things they use in place of a bouncing ball. | |
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The Muppets (2011) displays on-screen lyrics for Tex Richman's Villain Song, with a dollar sign as the bouncing ball. | |
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In the documentary of Woodstock, there are lyrics with a bouncing ball to "Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag": | |
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There was a marathon of Spongebob Squarepants and The Fairly Oddparents episodes that featured at least one song, and they displayed the songs' lyrics, encouraging viewers to sing along. Though not really a straight example (it merely highlighted the words as they were sung), it fits this trope. | |
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Used as a shouting gag in Gears of Awesome. | |
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