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{{trope}}
Crushing a can of beer or soda with your forehead.
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* 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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** 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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* A variant occurs in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure|Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade]]'' in the Castle Brunwald section, where [[Giant Mook|Biff]] will do this after you offer him a ''stein'' (or '''trophy''') of ale.
* In the first ''[[Ratchet & Clank (video game)|Ratchet & Clank]]'' game, Ratchet does this to the second can of [[Heart Container]] juice.
* [[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.
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== 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 (animation)|Marge Simpson]] does this with a wine bottle in one episode.
* ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' had Nick Diamond attempt this with a beer -bottle- once to impress a guest host. It didn't work.
* [[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 (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "Only Human" with an ''oil drum''.
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