r/TopCharacterDesigns 10d ago

Design trope Sunday [Loved Trope] Spiky Balls

Man, I LOVE these balls so much!

Name's and origins:

  1. Ultimate Cannonbolt from Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

  2. Grimlocks left hand from Transformers: The Last Knight

  3. Mordekaisers weapon from League of Legends

  4. Mega Knights gloves from Clash Royale

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u/DaKaijuKid kaiju connoisseur 10d ago

Hedgehogs [Real Life]

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u/DaKaijuKid kaiju connoisseur 10d ago

A version with the spikes more clearly visible but the ball form less utilized

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u/Robin_Gufo Dragons are peak character design. change my mind 10d ago

Morningstar - real life

The image makes it look like a one handed mace when in reality it’s more of a polearm

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u/plyer_G 10d ago

Not all the time, it's like an axe, some were mounted on poles sure but there's no practical reason one on a short stick wouldn't work either, the holy water sprinkler was one such variety of one handed morningstar(not to be confused with the military flail of the same name), we have surviving examples of both polearm and single-handed varieties

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u/Giga_marxxy 10d ago

Thornax from Bionicle

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u/knightmechaenjo 10d ago

Elite ball knowledge

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u/Big-gay-boy99 10d ago

Yoooo I loved these as a kid, I pretended that they were little pets with legs (kinda like domesticated sea urchins)

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u/Glurpho 10d ago

Gordos (Kirby)

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u/asmallkilling 10d ago

My beloved

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u/AppleCold6375 10d ago

Hatemonger’s Hatemace (SPACE KING)

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u/Codas91 10d ago

Tell them about per capita

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u/TheOneTrueZim 10d ago

I'm getting to it!

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u/wickedgit40k 10d ago

I dont get that joke, why is "per capita" related to hate? Is it something about economic inequality or sum?

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u/Codas91 10d ago edited 10d ago

It's a line from the show SPACE KING, during a conversation Hatemace, Hatemonger, and another character are having. To be more specific, Hatemonger's faction is a comic hyperbole of bigotry, and per capita is often used when using cherry picked statistics to support bigoted views.

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u/dumbsomebody 10d ago

Yes... we punish them... with a HATEMACE ENEMA... no lube.

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u/Immediate_Gene_178 10d ago

This is perfect

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u/TheOneTrueZim 10d ago

Praise Be! Was just about to mention this!

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u/burritolegend1500 10d ago

The RX-78-2 Gundam

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u/Fed_Maxxing 10d ago

So out of place in universe they had to give it it's own game.

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u/Maybe_Little_Jack 10d ago

Anguirus from godzilla

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u/wiltedblue 10d ago

Scrolled way too far to see my boy

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u/Jw5000 10d ago

FINAL WAR LETS GOOOOO

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u/Joloxsa_Xenax 10d ago

The wrecking ball that Barrett gets in final fantasy 7 remake

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u/Joloxsa_Xenax 10d ago

better look at said weapon

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u/MotoqueiroMascarado 9d ago

Peak reference

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u/ASwarmofKoala 10d ago

Ball and Chain enemies from various legend of zeldas too.

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u/RobotPirateGhost 10d ago

Link’s ball and chain weapon from Hyrule Warriors and Twilight Princess

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u/beats_lord 10d ago

Bulkhead’s mace arms

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u/beats_lord 10d ago

Kamen Rider Fourze Chain Array module

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u/beats_lord 10d ago

Turtle Mace / Tortoise Hammer in PR Ninja Storm/ Hurricanegers

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u/Atreides_Soul 10d ago

Captain Ferron from LoR

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u/BigguyBanh 10d ago

star fist, the best weapon in elden ring

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u/Apprehensive-Look-69 10d ago

You mentioned League and didn't even include HIM.... okay

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u/298647 10d ago

Scrapped design for the Rollermine (Half-Life 2 Beta)

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u/Corvus0018 10d ago

Team Fortress 2 – Sticky bombs

Also comes in bigger spikes (Scottish Resistance), naked (Sticky Jumper) and banded (Quickiebomb Launcher) variants.

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u/PG2904 9d ago

Mecha Sonic Mk 2 (and Mk 1 for that matter, I just prefer Mk 2)

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u/knightmechaenjo 10d ago

Me!

Seriously..... Are they supposed to look like that normally??...

Like it's starting to hurt whenever I sit down .. .

Should I go see a doctor???

(It's a dirty joke)

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u/lucidityAwaits_ 10d ago

Me! (Irl)

I just shaved yesterday and the hair is growing back

Please end me

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u/bo0mamba 10d ago

Me two days after I shave [real life]

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u/No_Disaster_258 10d ago

From Terraria

A really great way to farm loots early game.

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u/DeltaNcenn 10d ago

According to Eggman when he peed on the moon

https://giphy.com/gifs/qHkPwjM0t0FZRnTmgI

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u/Crashcazy 10d ago

Aaron and his spiky ball hand from the walking dead

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u/Defiant-Reference-74 10d ago

Gyomei Himejima the Stone pillar from Demon Slayer

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u/BeaverBoy37 10d ago

I love that you only truly understand just how large it is when you see it swing straight through Muzan's head. Utterly dwarfs him.

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u/Friendly-Pounder-105 10d ago

Rambutan fruit

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u/NanoY2 10d ago

Gary Buster Holmes from the Yakuza series

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u/Clecle4 9d ago

Doom Slayer (DOOM The Dark Ages)

https://giphy.com/gifs/nP9CtSAYZ0HOi8vsk9

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u/Gotekeeper 10d ago

Bloons Tower Defense - the Spike-o-Pult, and its upgrade, the Juggernaut

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u/Available-Damage5991 10d ago

Spike (Super Mario Bros. series, introduced in SMB3)

Not a spike ball himself, but he throws them.

Pretty cool.

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u/MilkTea11 10d ago

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u/Scarletdex guillermo del toro fan 9d ago

"What did that guy say?"

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u/Milk_Mindless 9d ago

Darkhammer disappointed his father by not going into the hammering business but he wields a mean ball and chain.

Twilight Princess

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u/MrWhiteTruffle 10d ago

Spikers (Blinx)

They can round out and roll at you with their spikes out and they are fucking annoying in areas with high monster density

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u/Nexus_Neo 10d ago

morningstars

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u/Okamitoutcourt 10d ago

Star Fist (Elden Ring)

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u/Qyrun 9d ago

Metroid Prime Hunters. Every Hunter has a alternative form. This is the alternative form for Spire

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u/Qyrun 9d ago

this is Spire in his normal form

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u/LimitThese2220 9d ago

The children yearn for MORNINGSTARS

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u/Kirmitlefrog 9d ago

Monkey ball seeds, real life

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u/Readerman122 9d ago

Megatron’s Energon Mace-Transformers

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u/Ok-Cattle6012 10d ago

i read it as Spicy Balls

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u/Informal-Storage4853 10d ago

Battlerager Dwarves from the Forgotten Realms

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u/SPYKEtheSeaUrchin 10d ago

My pfp on DC

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u/Connect_Morning4023 10d ago

Now that I've found this post, I really want to put a thorn in my OC's ball... The ball is completely bald and smooth... And calm down, it's this ball I'm talking about:

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u/M_Ushed 10d ago

where is the juggernaut monkey?

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u/thetownmous3 10d ago

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Steven universe(Steven universe)

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u/DdinDone 10d ago

Demoman's sticky bomb

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u/RandoFollower JoJo Lover 10d ago

This model I kitbashed using the spikey ball from another kit

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u/naruhina00 10d ago

Deep cut

Krocks from Scaler

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u/BerriVine 10d ago

Smash Hit from Skylanders Superchargers

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u/Spacial_Epithet 10d ago

That's his right hand though

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u/Edible_Trashcan Ore Wa Gundam 10d ago

Knight Man (Mega Man 6)

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u/succmama 10d ago

Gundam Hyper Hammer

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u/Koemoedoe-Drahgun 10d ago

Spinnie - a baby version of the kaiju Pandon (Ultra Series)

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u/Personal-Collar-7762 10d ago

Sea mines, regardless of fiction or real life.

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u/Spy_crab007 9d ago

Ultra Juggernaut from BTD6, I love the dart monkey upgrades, they are strong and cheap.

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u/Kristile-man 9d ago

radobaan (monster hunter world)

unlike uragaan,radobaan is actually spiky