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The elves can also randomly move out of the way of the ball, and one elf can be decapitated by the pinsetter. Both during the game and after a game finishes, the elves do a dance, shouting 'Elf elf, baby!' in reference to Vanilla Ice's song ' Ice Ice Baby'. The elves moon Santa (asking 'who's your daddy' as they do it). A white rabbit also jumps and defecates across the bowling lane. If one hits the frog with the bowling ball, his body is hauled away from the screen by a bird from Frogapult. Other potential distractions for the user are a Reindeer that walks up along the bowling lane that can be 'hit' with the bowling ball if the arrow is positioned to the far left, and a frog wearing a Santa hat hopping back and forth across the player's field of vision (resembling Kalvin Kroaker from Frogapult, also made by NStorm). In Elf Bowling, the elves of Santa's Workshop are on strike due to overwork from the huge demand for Christmas toys, so Santa Claus has decided to whip them into shape by using them as bowling pins.ĭuring the game, the elves say phrases such as 'Is that all the balls you got, Santa?' when the player misses their first spare opportunity or 'Gutter ball!' in a silly-sounding voice when a ball is rolled into the gutter.

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