Anschluss

Anschluss 🔊 (or Surprise Anschluss, or Anschluß polskan) is a running gag in the Polandball universe used to describe a countryball becoming a rectangle with small eyes (the "Anschluss eyes") before proceeding to invade and/or annex another countryball.

Historically, it refers to the Nazi annexation of Austria duing WWII. The most common example of this is Germanyball becoming Reichtangle. Anschluss can also be used to describe a countryball with dominance in a certain skill.

Countryballs usually say Anschluss in a typewriter font like  (Courier New) The phrase is infrequently followed by zeit.

There are anschluss forms for other countries.

Countryballs' anschluss modes
For others see here
 * 8ball - Becomes a https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Basketball_Clipart.svg/19px-Basketball_Clipart.svg.png basketball.
 * Austriaball - Becomes [[File:Habsburgtangle-icon.png]]  [[File:AustriaHungarytangle-icon.png]]
 * Australiaball - Adopts [[File:Eurekatangle-icon.png]] Eureka flag and anschluss whole Oceania
 * Argentinaball - Becomes [[File:Argentinetangle-icon.png]] Removes [[File:Paraguay-icon.png]] Paraguayball, [[File:Uruguay-icon.png]] Uruguayball, [[File:Falklands-icon.png]] Falklandsball and [[File:Bolivia-icon.png]] Boliviaball by anschlussing.
 * Brazilball - Becomes the [[File:Braziltangle-icon.png]]  and anschluss [[File:Uruguay-icon.png]] Uruguayball and [[File:French Guyana-icon.png]] French Guianaball.
 * Bulgariaball -  [[File:Bulgariatangle-icon.png]] tries anschlussing Balkans
 * Cambodiaball - becomes [[File:Khmertangle-icon.png]]  and rides elephant to victory
 * Canadaball - Adopts the [[File:Canadatangle-icon.png]] Duality Flag. Anschluss's [[File:Alaska-icon.png]] Alaskaball, [[File:Greenland-icon.png]] Greenlandball and [[File:Iceland-icon.png]] Icelandball and destroys [[File:Quebec-icon.png]] Quebecball in the process.
 * Chileball - Becomes [[File:Chile-icon (worm).png]]  and takes all the coasts.
 * Chinaball - Anschluss's [[File:Taiwan-icon.png]] Taiwanball and becomes the [[File:United China-icon (tangle).png]]
 * http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/polandball/images/2/25/Croatia-icon.png/revision/latest?cb=20150404163115 Croatiaball- Anchlusses http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/polandball/images/d/d3/Bosnia-icon.png/revision/latest?cb=20150816180842 Bosniaball and becomes http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/polandball/images/9/9c/Independent_State_of_Croatia-icon.png/revision/latest?cb=20151026143254 Independent State of Croatiaball
 * Cyprusball - anschlusses all of Cypriot island.
 * EUball - Becomes the [[File:Merkelreich-icon.png]]
 * Franceball - Becomes the [[File:France-icon (tangle).png]]
 * Germanyball - Becomes the   anschlussing [[File:Austria-icon.png]] Austriaball, [[File:Lithuania-icon.png]] Lithuaniaball, [[File:France-icon.png]] Franceball, [[File:Denmark-icon.png]] Denmarkball, [[File:Luxembourg-icon.png]] Luxembourgball, [[File:Netherlands-icon.png]] Netherlandsball, [[File:Poland-icon.png]] Polandball, [[File:Czech-icon.png]] Czechiaball and possibly [[File:Slovenia-icon.png]] Sloveniaball or else [[File:Nazi-icon.png]] Naziball rises from the Hell
 * Greeceball - Becomes [[File:Byzantine-icon (tangle).png]]  and anschluss's [[File:Turkey-icon.png]] Turkeyball and [[File:United Republic of Cyprus-icon.png]] all of Cyprusball
 * Indiaball - Anschlusses Pakistan and Bangladesh and becomes [[File:India-icon (tangle).png]]
 * Indonesiaball - Becomes [[File:Majapahit-icon (tangle).png]] . Anschluss's [[File:Brunei-icon.png]] Bruneiball, [[File:East Timor-icon.png]] East Timorball, and [[File:Philippines-icon.png]] Philippinesball
 * Israelcube - Anschluss's [[File:Palestine-icon.png]] Palestineball. Becomes the [[File:Israel-icon (tangle).png]] Tesseractal  during process.
 * Italyball - Becomes [[File:SPQR-icon (tangle).png]]  and anschuluss [[File:France-icon.png]] Franceball, [[File:Slovenia-icon.png]] Sloveniaball and [[File:Switzerland-icon.png]] Switzerlandball
 *  Iranball - Anschlusses [[File:Kazakhstan-icon.png]] Central Asia, [[File:Afghan-icon.png]] Afghanistanball and [[File:Pakistan-icon.png]] Pakistanball becomes [[File:Achaemenid-icon (tangle).png]]
 * Japanball - Becomes the [[File:Japanese Empire-icon (tangle).png]] Second
 * Malaysiaball - Become [[File:Malaysia-icon (tangle).png]] . Anschluss [[File:Philippines-icon.png]] Philippinesball.
 * Mexicoball - Anschluss's [[File:California-icon.png]] Californiaball, [[File:NewMexico-icon.png]] New Mexicoball, and [[File:Texas-icon.png]] other originally territories [[File:Nevada-icon.png]].
 * Mongoliaball - Becomes [[File:Mongolia-icon (tangle).png]]
 * Moroccoball - Uses his [[File:Satan-icon.png]] Satanic powers to anschluss [[File:Western Sahara-icon.png]] Western Saharaball.
 * Netherlandsball - Anschluss's [[File:Belgium-icon.png]] Belgiumball, Indonesiaball, Surinam and [[File:Luxembourg-icon.png]] Luxembourgball becoming the [[File:Dutch Empire-icon (tangle).png]]
 * New Zealandball - becomes [[File:New Zealand-icon (tangle).png]]
 * Nordicballs - Blanda up in [[File:Kalmardickytangle-icon.png]] Scandinaviaball
 * North Koreaball - Attempts to anschluss's [[File:South Korea-icon.png]] South Koreaball to form a [[File:Juche-icon.png]] reunified juche Korea
 * Northern Cyprusball - Anschluss's all of Cypriot island.
 * Palestineball - Tries killing all the jews (but if Hitler already failed...)
 * Polandball - Anschluss's up [[File:Lithuania-icon.png]] Lithuaniaball becoming [[File:Poland-Lithuania-icon (tangle).png]]
 * Portugalball - Anschluss's all its ex-colonies to form the [[File:Portuguese Empire-icon (tangle).png]].
 * Romaniaball - Becomes [[File:Gypsy-icon (tangle).png]].
 * Russiaball - Becomes [[File:Soviet-icon (tangle).png]]  or [[File:Russian Empire-icon (tangle).png]]
 * South Koreaball - Attempts to Anschluss's [[File:North Korea-icon.png]] North Koreaball becoming a [[File:Unified Korea-icon.png]] reunified capitalist Korea.
 * Spainball - Anschluss's all its ex-colonies to form the [[File:Spanish Empire-icon (tangle).png]]  and/or also anschluss's [[File:Portugal-icon.png]] Portugalball and possibly  Brazilball to form the [[File:Spanish Empire-icon (tangle).png]].
 * Swedenball - Becomes
 * Taiwanball - Anschluss's [[File:China-icon.png]] Chinaball and becomes the unified [[File:Taiwan-icon.png]] Republic of Chinaball
 * Thailandball - Anschluss [[File:Laos-icon.png]] Laosball, [[File:Cambodia-icon.png]] Cambodiaball becaming the [[File:Siam-icon (tangle).png]].
 * Turkeyball - Becomes [[File:Ottoman-icon (tangle).png]]
 * UKball - Becomes the [[File:UK-icon (tangle).png]]
 * USAball - Uses the to get more land.

Links

 * http://www.reddit.com/r/Reichtangle/