diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/commands/dispatch.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/commands/dispatch.ts
index 7508bc06a..82e1fa5fe 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/commands/dispatch.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/commands/dispatch.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { BtwPanelController } from '../controllers/btw-panel';
 import type { StreamingUIController } from '../controllers/streaming-ui';
 import type { TasksBrowserController } from '../controllers/tasks-browser';
 import { tryHandleDanceCommand } from '../easter-eggs/dance';
+import { tryHandleFootballCommand } from '../easter-eggs/football';
 import type { ResolvedTheme } from '../theme/colors';
 import type { TUIState } from '../tui-state';
 import type {
@@ -220,12 +221,15 @@ async function executeSlashCommand(host: SlashCommandHost, input: string): Promi
       return;
     }
     case 'message':
-      // Unknown slash command: let /dance claim it before it falls through to
-      // the model as a normal message. This runs *after* builtin and skill
-      // resolution, so a real command or a same-named skill always wins.
+      // Unknown slash command: let the easter eggs claim it before it falls
+      // through to the model as a normal message. This runs *after* builtin and
+      // skill resolution, so a real command or a same-named skill always wins.
       if (parsedCommand !== null && tryHandleDanceCommand(host, parsedCommand)) {
         return;
       }
+      if (parsedCommand !== null && tryHandleFootballCommand(host, parsedCommand)) {
+        return;
+      }
       host.sendNormalUserInput(intent.input);
       return;
     case 'builtin':
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.ts
index a9d21452e..f04df1da2 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import type { TUI } from '@moonshot-ai/pi-tui';
 import {
   BRAILLE_SPINNER_FRAMES,
   BRAILLE_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS,
+  FOOTBALL_SPINNER_FRAMES,
+  FOOTBALL_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS,
   MOON_SPINNER_FRAMES,
   MOON_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS,
 } from '#/tui/constant/rendering';
 import { currentTheme } from '#/tui/theme';
 
-export type SpinnerStyle = 'moon' | 'braille';
+export type SpinnerStyle = 'moon' | 'braille' | 'football';
 
 export class MoonLoader extends Text {
   private currentFrame = 0;
@@ -37,8 +39,21 @@ export class MoonLoader extends Text {
   ) {
     super('', 1, 0);
     this.ui = ui;
-    this.frames = style === 'moon' ? [...MOON_SPINNER_FRAMES] : [...BRAILLE_SPINNER_FRAMES];
-    this.interval = style === 'moon' ? MOON_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS : BRAILLE_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS;
+    switch (style) {
+      case 'football':
+        this.frames = [...FOOTBALL_SPINNER_FRAMES];
+        this.interval = FOOTBALL_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS;
+        break;
+      case 'braille':
+        this.frames = [...BRAILLE_SPINNER_FRAMES];
+        this.interval = BRAILLE_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS;
+        break;
+      case 'moon':
+      default:
+        this.frames = [...MOON_SPINNER_FRAMES];
+        this.interval = MOON_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS;
+        break;
+    }
     this.colorFn = colorFn;
     this.label = label;
     this.start();
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/constant/rendering.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/constant/rendering.ts
index baf8de083..b5a97bf69 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/constant/rendering.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/constant/rendering.ts
@@ -18,3 +18,10 @@ export const BRAILLE_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS = 80;
 
 export const MOON_SPINNER_FRAMES = ['🌑', '🌒', '🌓', '🌔', '🌕', '🌖', '🌗', '🌘'];
 export const MOON_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS = 120;
+
+// The `/football` easter egg swaps the moon loader for a spinning football.
+// A single emoji can't rotate in place, so the ball itself rolls back and forth
+// within a fixed-width field — a rolling ball is a spinning ball. Every frame
+// stays the same width so the label never jitters.
+export const FOOTBALL_SPINNER_FRAMES = ['⚽  ', ' ⚽ ', '  ⚽', ' ⚽ '];
+export const FOOTBALL_SPINNER_INTERVAL_MS = 120;
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/easter-eggs/football.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/easter-eggs/football.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..938aa8323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/easter-eggs/football.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/**
+ * `/football` easter egg — everything it needs lives in this one file: the
+ * one-shot kick animation, the "loader is now a football" flag, and the
+ * command handler. Removing the feature is "delete this file + its import
+ * sites".
+ *
+ * Like `/dance`, it is deliberately NOT registered in BUILTIN_SLASH_COMMANDS,
+ * so it stays out of `/help` and autocomplete; `executeSlashCommand` calls the
+ * handler as a fallback after builtin/skill resolution, so a real command or a
+ * same-named skill always wins. `footerball` is accepted as a typo-tolerant
+ * alias.
+ */
+
+import type { Container, TUI } from '@moonshot-ai/pi-tui';
+
+import type { SlashCommandHost } from '../commands/dispatch';
+import type { ParsedSlashInput } from '../commands/types';
+import { MoonLoader } from '../components/chrome/moon-loader';
+import { currentTheme } from '../theme';
+
+/** How long the football spins before settling into the tip line. */
+export const FOOTBALL_KICK_MS = 2200;
+
+let footballActive = false;
+let currentKick: FootballKick | undefined;
+
+/** Whether the session's moon loader should render as a spinning football. */
+export function isFootballActive(): boolean {
+  return footballActive;
+}
+
+export function setFootballActive(active: boolean): void {
+  footballActive = active;
+}
+
+/** The easter-egg tip shown once the kick animation settles. */
+export function footballTipLine(): string {
+  const cmd = (text: string): string => currentTheme.boldFg('primary', text);
+  return `⚽  Goooal! Easter egg unlocked — the moon loader is now a spinning football. Use ${cmd('/football off')} to revert.`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A one-shot football animation: a spinning football in the transcript that
+ * settles into the easter-egg tip after `FOOTBALL_KICK_MS`. It reuses the
+ * `MoonLoader` with the `football` style, so the kick previews exactly what the
+ * loader will look like.
+ */
+export class FootballKick {
+  private readonly loader: MoonLoader;
+  private readonly container: Container;
+  private settleTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+  private settled = false;
+
+  constructor(ui: TUI, container: Container) {
+    this.container = container;
+    this.loader = new MoonLoader(ui, 'football');
+    this.container.addChild(this.loader);
+  }
+
+  /** Begin the spin; the loader is already spinning from its constructor. */
+  start(): void {
+    this.settleTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+      this.settle();
+    }, FOOTBALL_KICK_MS);
+  }
+
+  /** Stop the spin and freeze on the easter-egg tip line. */
+  settle(): void {
+    if (this.settled) return;
+    this.settled = true;
+    if (this.settleTimer !== null) {
+      clearTimeout(this.settleTimer);
+      this.settleTimer = null;
+    }
+    this.loader.stop();
+    this.loader.setText(footballTipLine());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Clear timers without rendering the tip — for shutdown or when a newer
+   * `/football` supersedes this one. Removes the still-spinning loader so no
+   * half-finished frame is left behind.
+   */
+  dispose(): void {
+    if (this.settleTimer !== null) {
+      clearTimeout(this.settleTimer);
+      this.settleTimer = null;
+    }
+    this.loader.stop();
+    if (!this.settled) {
+      // pi-tui Container.removeChild (not a DOM node); `child.remove()` does not exist.
+      // oxlint-disable-next-line unicorn/prefer-dom-node-remove
+      this.container.removeChild(this.loader);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/** Drop the in-flight kick, if any. Safe to call when idle. */
+export function disposeFootballKick(): void {
+  currentKick?.dispose();
+  currentKick = undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Handle `/football`:
+ *   /football        play the kick animation and turn the moon loader into a football
+ *   /football off    bring the moon loader back
+ *
+ * (`footerball` is accepted as a typo-tolerant alias.)
+ *
+ * Returns true when it claimed the input.
+ */
+export function tryHandleFootballCommand(
+  host: SlashCommandHost,
+  parsed: ParsedSlashInput,
+): boolean {
+  if (parsed.name !== 'football' && parsed.name !== 'footerball') return false;
+
+  const sub = parsed.args.trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (sub === 'off') {
+    setFootballActive(false);
+    disposeFootballKick();
+    host.showStatus('The moon loader is back.');
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  setFootballActive(true);
+  // Supersede any in-flight kick so repeated `/football` doesn't stack
+  // half-finished animations in the transcript.
+  disposeFootballKick();
+  const kick = new FootballKick(host.state.ui, host.state.transcriptContainer);
+  currentKick = kick;
+  kick.start();
+  host.state.ui.requestRender();
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/kimi-tui.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/kimi-tui.ts
index 7a423911f..aa4d1ac72 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/kimi-tui.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/kimi-tui.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ import { SessionReplayRenderer } from './controllers/session-replay';
 import { StreamingUIController } from './controllers/streaming-ui';
 import { TasksBrowserController } from './controllers/tasks-browser';
 import { installRainbowDance } from './easter-eggs/dance';
+import { disposeFootballKick, isFootballActive } from './easter-eggs/football';
 import { adaptPanelResponse } from './reverse-rpc/approval/adapter';
 import { ApprovalController } from './reverse-rpc/approval/controller';
 import { createApprovalRequestHandler } from './reverse-rpc/approval/handler';
@@ -794,6 +795,7 @@ export class KimiTUI {
     } finally {
       this.sessionEventHandler.stopAllMcpServerStatusSpinners();
       this.uninstallRainbowDance();
+      disposeFootballKick();
       try {
         await this.state.terminal.drainInput();
       } catch {
@@ -2238,7 +2240,7 @@ export class KimiTUI {
         this.state.ui.requestRender();
         return;
       case 'waiting': {
-        const spinner = this.ensureActivitySpinner('moon');
+        const spinner = this.ensureActivitySpinner(this.moonStyle());
         this.syncAgentSwarmActivitySpinner(placeSpinnerInAgentSwarm ? spinner : undefined);
         if (placeSpinnerInAgentSwarm) break;
         this.state.activityContainer.addChild(
@@ -2270,7 +2272,7 @@ export class KimiTUI {
         break;
       }
       case 'tool': {
-        const spinner = this.ensureActivitySpinner('moon');
+        const spinner = this.ensureActivitySpinner(this.moonStyle());
         this.syncAgentSwarmActivitySpinner(placeSpinnerInAgentSwarm ? spinner : undefined);
         if (placeSpinnerInAgentSwarm) break;
         this.state.activityContainer.addChild(
@@ -2554,6 +2556,11 @@ export class KimiTUI {
     this.state.terminalState.progressActive = active;
   }
 
+  /** The `/football` easter egg swaps the moon loader for a spinning football. */
+  private moonStyle(): SpinnerStyle {
+    return isFootballActive() ? 'football' : 'moon';
+  }
+
   private ensureActivitySpinner(
     style: SpinnerStyle,
     label = '',
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.test.ts
index ffdc5bcbe..692e4273c 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.test.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 import type { TUI } from '@moonshot-ai/pi-tui';
+import { visibleWidth } from '@moonshot-ai/pi-tui';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
-import { MoonLoader } from '#/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader';
+import { MoonLoader, type SpinnerStyle } from '#/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader';
+import { FOOTBALL_SPINNER_FRAMES } from '#/tui/constant/rendering';
 
 // MoonLoader starts a real setInterval in its constructor, so every loader
 // created in these tests must be stopped to avoid leaving live timers behind.
 const loaders: MoonLoader[] = [];
 
-function createLoader(): MoonLoader {
+function createLoader(style: SpinnerStyle = 'moon'): MoonLoader {
   const ui = { requestRender() {} } as unknown as TUI;
-  const loader = new MoonLoader(ui, 'moon');
+  const loader = new MoonLoader(ui, style);
   loaders.push(loader);
   return loader;
 }
@@ -39,4 +41,15 @@ describe('MoonLoader', () => {
     const row = loader.render(80).join('\n');
     expect(row).toContain('Tip: ctrl+s: steer mid-turn');
   });
+
+  it('renders a football for the football style', () => {
+    const loader = createLoader('football');
+
+    expect(loader.renderInline()).toContain('⚽');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps every football frame the same width so the label never jitters', () => {
+    const widths = FOOTBALL_SPINNER_FRAMES.map((frame) => visibleWidth(frame));
+    expect(new Set(widths).size).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/easter-eggs/football.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/easter-eggs/football.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da7b24ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/easter-eggs/football.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import type { Container, TUI } from '@moonshot-ai/pi-tui';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import type { SlashCommandHost } from '#/tui/commands/dispatch';
+import { MoonLoader } from '#/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader';
+import {
+  disposeFootballKick,
+  FOOTBALL_KICK_MS,
+  FootballKick,
+  isFootballActive,
+  setFootballActive,
+  tryHandleFootballCommand,
+} from '#/tui/easter-eggs/football';
+
+function makeContainer(): { container: Container; children: unknown[] } {
+  const children: unknown[] = [];
+  const container = {
+    addChild: (child: unknown) => children.push(child),
+    removeChild: (child: unknown) => {
+      const index = children.indexOf(child);
+      if (index >= 0) children.splice(index, 1);
+    },
+  } as unknown as Container;
+  return { container, children };
+}
+
+function makeUi(): { ui: TUI; requestRender: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> } {
+  const requestRender = vi.fn();
+  const ui = { requestRender } as unknown as TUI;
+  return { ui, requestRender };
+}
+
+describe('FootballKick', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    disposeFootballKick();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it('adds a spinning football loader to the container on construction', () => {
+    const { ui } = makeUi();
+    const { container, children } = makeContainer();
+
+    const kick = new FootballKick(ui, container);
+
+    expect(children).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(children[0]).toBeInstanceOf(MoonLoader);
+
+    kick.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it('requests renders while spinning', () => {
+    const { ui, requestRender } = makeUi();
+    const { container } = makeContainer();
+
+    const kick = new FootballKick(ui, container);
+    kick.start();
+    requestRender.mockClear();
+
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(80 * 3);
+
+    expect(requestRender).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('settles on the easter-egg tip after the kick duration', () => {
+    const { ui } = makeUi();
+    const { container, children } = makeContainer();
+
+    const kick = new FootballKick(ui, container);
+    kick.start();
+
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(FOOTBALL_KICK_MS);
+
+    const loader = children[0] as MoonLoader;
+    const row = loader.render(200).join('\n');
+    expect(row).toContain('Goooal!');
+    expect(row).toContain('spinning football');
+    expect(row).toContain('/football off');
+  });
+
+  it('dispose before settle removes the loader and skips the tip', () => {
+    const { ui } = makeUi();
+    const { container, children } = makeContainer();
+
+    const kick = new FootballKick(ui, container);
+    kick.start();
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(80 * 2);
+
+    kick.dispose();
+
+    expect(children).toHaveLength(0);
+    // The settle timer must not fire after dispose.
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(FOOTBALL_KICK_MS + 1000);
+    expect(children).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
+
+function makeHost(): {
+  host: SlashCommandHost;
+  children: unknown[];
+  status: string[];
+  requestRender: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+} {
+  const { ui, requestRender } = makeUi();
+  const { container, children } = makeContainer();
+  const status: string[] = [];
+  const host = {
+    state: { ui, transcriptContainer: container },
+    showStatus: (msg: string) => status.push(msg),
+  } as unknown as SlashCommandHost;
+  return { host, children, status, requestRender };
+}
+
+describe('tryHandleFootballCommand', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    setFootballActive(false);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    disposeFootballKick();
+    setFootballActive(false);
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it('claims /football, turns the loader into a football, and plays the animation', () => {
+    const { host, children, status } = makeHost();
+
+    const handled = tryHandleFootballCommand(host, { name: 'football', args: '' });
+
+    expect(handled).toBe(true);
+    expect(isFootballActive()).toBe(true);
+    expect(children).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(children[0]).toBeInstanceOf(MoonLoader);
+    expect(status).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts the typo-tolerant /footerball alias', () => {
+    const { host } = makeHost();
+
+    const handled = tryHandleFootballCommand(host, { name: 'footerball', args: '' });
+
+    expect(handled).toBe(true);
+    expect(isFootballActive()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('/football off restores the moon loader and shows a status', () => {
+    const { host, status } = makeHost();
+    tryHandleFootballCommand(host, { name: 'football', args: '' });
+    expect(isFootballActive()).toBe(true);
+
+    const handled = tryHandleFootballCommand(host, { name: 'football', args: 'off' });
+
+    expect(handled).toBe(true);
+    expect(isFootballActive()).toBe(false);
+    expect(status.join(' ')).toContain('moon loader');
+  });
+
+  it('ignores case and surrounding whitespace in the sub-command', () => {
+    const { host } = makeHost();
+    setFootballActive(true);
+
+    tryHandleFootballCommand(host, { name: 'football', args: '  OFF  ' });
+
+    expect(isFootballActive()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('does not claim other commands', () => {
+    const { host, children } = makeHost();
+
+    const handled = tryHandleFootballCommand(host, { name: 'help', args: '' });
+
+    expect(handled).toBe(false);
+    expect(isFootballActive()).toBe(false);
+    expect(children).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('supersedes a previous in-flight kick so animations do not stack', () => {
+    const { host, children } = makeHost();
+
+    tryHandleFootballCommand(host, { name: 'football', args: '' });
+    expect(children).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    tryHandleFootballCommand(host, { name: 'football', args: '' });
+
+    // The first kick was disposed (removed); only the new loader remains.
+    expect(children).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});