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
 * [[File:8-icon.png]] 8ball - Becomes a basketball.
 * [[File:Austria-icon.png]] Austriaball - Becomes,   or.
 * [[File:Australia-icon.png]] Australiaball - Adopts Eureka flag and anschluss whole Oceania
 * [[File:Argentina-icon.png]] Argentinaball - Becomes Removes Paraguayball, Uruguayball, Falklandsball and Boliviaball anschlussing.
 * [[File:Brazil-icon.png]] Brazilball - Becomes the Second Brazilian Empireball
 * [[File:Bulgaria-icon.png]] Bulgariaball - tries anschlussing Balkans or at least Thrace and/or Macedonia
 * [[File:Cambodia-icon.png]] Cambodiaball - becomes Khmer Empireball and rides elephant to victory
 * [[File:Canada-icon.png]] Canadaball - Adopts the Duality Flag. Anschluss's Alaskaball, Greenlandball and Icelandball and destroys Quebecball in the process.
 * [[File:Chile-icon.png]] Chileball - Becomes  and takes all the coasts.
 * [[File:China-icon.png]] Chinaball - Anschluss's Taiwanball and becomes the
 * [[File:Cyprus-icon.png]] Cyprusball - anschlusses all of Cypriot island.
 * [[File:EU-icon.png]] EUball - Becomes the
 * [[File:France-icon.png]] Franceball - Becomes the Third Napoleonic French Empireball
 * [[File:Germany-icon.png]] Germanyball - Becomes the [[File:Reich-icon.png]]  anschlussing Austriaball and/or Polandball or else Naziball rises from the Hell
 * [[File:Greece-icon.png]] Greeceball - Becomes
 * [[File:India-icon.png]] Indiaball - Becomes
 * [[File:Indonesia-icon.png]] Indonesiaball - Becomes . Anschluss's Bruneiball, East Timorball, and Philippinesball
 * [[File:Israel-icon.png]] Israelcube - Anschluss's Palestineball. Becomes the Tesseractal  during process.
 * [[File:Italy-icon.png]] Italyball - Becomes.
 * [[File:Japan-icon.png]] Japanball - Becomes the Second
 * [[File:Malaysia-icon.png]] Malaysiaball - Become . Anschluss Philippinesball that stoling my Sabahball.
 * [[File:Mexico-icon.png]] Mexicoball - Anschluss's Californiaball, New Mexicoball, and other originally Mexican territories.
 * [[File:Mongolia-icon.png]] Mongoliaball - Becomes
 * [[File:Morocco-icon.png]] Moroccoball - Uses his Satanic powers
 * [[File:Netherlands-icon.png]] Netherlandsball - Anschluss's Belgiumball and Luxembourgball becoming the
 * [[File:New Zealand-icon.png]] New Zealandball becomes United Islands Of New Zealandprism (using Maori haka and Aotearoa power) and Anschluss Oceania
 * [[File:DickRhino-icon.png]] Nordicballs - Blanda up in Scandinaviaball
 * [[File:North Korea-icon.png]] North Koreaball - Anschluss's South Koreaball becoming a reunified juche Korea
 * [[File:Northern Cyprus-icon.png]] Northern Cyprusball - Anschluss's all of Cypriot island.
 * [[File:Palestine-icon.png]] Palestineball - Tries killing all the jews (but if Hitler already failed...)
 * [[File:Poland-icon.png]] Polandball - Anschluss's up Lithuaniaball becoming
 * [[File:Portugal-icon.png]] Portugalball - Anschluss's all its ex-colonies to form the.
 * [[File:Romania-icon.png]] Romaniaball - Becomes.
 * [[File:Russia-icon.png]] Russiaball - Becomes  or
 * [[File:South Korea-icon.png]] South Koreaball - Anschluss's North Koreaball becoming a reunified capitalist Korea using the power of Gangnam Style (aka capitalism),and
 * [[File:Spain-icon.png]] Spainball - Anschluss's all its ex-colonies to form the  and also anschluss's Portugalball to form the.
 * [[File:Taiwan-icon.png]] Taiwanball - Anschluss's Chinaball and becomes the unified Republic of Chinaball
 * [[File:Thailand-icon.png]] Thailandball - Anschluss Laosball, Cambodiaball become.
 * [[File:Turkey-icon.png]] Turkeyball - Becomes
 * [[File:UK-icon.png]] UKball - Becomes the
 * [[File:USA-icon.png]] USAball - Uses the
 * [[File:USA-icon.png]] USAball - Uses the

Links

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