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Crushing a can of beer or soda with your forehead.
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Contrast [[Kids in The Hall|I'm Crushing Your Head]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* In an ad for "Foster's Lager", a girl does this, and she's called a keeper.
* One of Miller Lite's "Man Law" commercials had the Men of the Square Table [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfNZ3vd00yA&feature=related debating whether crushing cans on your forehead was macho or just moronic]. They decided on moronic.
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'''Burt Reynolds:''' Lame. }}
** Head crushing was the subject of a Miller Lite commercial back in the late 80s. Former Bears safety Gary Fencik did the crushing while making comments about being known for "using your head" (Fencik graduated from Yale). Another patron tries to imitate him, and knocks himself cold.
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== Literature ==
* Invoked by Mr. Tulip, in ''[
* [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] in one humorous college survival guide, which shows a step-by-step guide to doing this, the last step being that you will not make a good impression on your girlfriend's parents, with the boy meeting the parents with the marks from crushing the can still on his head.{{context|reason=What work is this from?}}
== Live
* Wilson did this in ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', and wound up giving himself a headache in the process.
* [[The Ditz|Buddy Lembeck]] from ''[[Charles in Charge]]'' bragged about crushing a number of cans in a row, and could have done more if they were empty.
* One episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' had Mankind teaching Topanga how to do this.
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* Similar to the above, ''[[The Rockford Files]]'' had an ex-con try to intimidate Jim by crushing a can on his forehead. Jim pointed out that beer cans had switched from steel to aluminum while he was in prison, and anyone can do that now.
* [[Stargate Atlantis|Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard]] once instructed Ronin in proper beer can crushing technique. It was their day off.
* Taken [[Up to Eleven]] with ''[[X
* An episode of [[My Name Is Earl]] had Earl attempt this... with what appeared to be a full can. Ouch.
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== Video Games ==
* A variant occurs in ''[[Indiana Jones and
* In the first ''[[Ratchet
* [[Punch
* In [[Brutal Legend]], the [[Use Your Head|headbanger]] legions do this with beer bottles repeatedly without detriment, thanks to their extremely [[Hard Head
* In ''[[Monday Night Combat]]'''s Spunky Cola trailer, the rough-and-tumble Tank does this with a can of, well, Spunky Cola. The wimpy Sniper actually knocks himself out trying to do the same.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Krakow]]'', when Kia the [[Horny Devils|Succubus]] tried to demonstrate that she could be "one of the guys" too, but the can is full.
== Web Original ==
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall
** When a character in a later review manages to successfully perform the stunt, Linkara [[Continuity Nod|flashes back to his failed attempt]] and proceeds to call the character a "showoff".
== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[Futurama]]'', Bender once did this [[Exaggerated Trope|with a whole keg]].
** [[Justified Trope|He
* Captain Hero is shown doing this in the series premiere opener of ''[[Drawn Together]]'', also with a keg.
* One episode of ''[[The Raccoons]]'' has the Three Pigs try this. The third one only succeeds in putting a can-shaped indentation in his forehead.
* Mentioned in ''[[Daria]]''.
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* [[The Simpsons (
* ''[[
* [[Lilo and Stitch]] do this a few times.
* Lola in ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]''
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* Done by [[Cloudcuckoolander|Sheen]] in ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' to practice for Jimmy's "college party".
* Robotic villain Atlas does this in ''[[Teen Titans (
== Real Life ==
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