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A staple of [[Slapstick]] and other forms of physical comedy, a '''Face Plant''' refers to any instance where someone ends up having their face be the first part of their body to impact the ground after falling. The results to the victim can vary from simple embarrassment to serious injury or even death (though [[Rule of Funny]] -usually- precludes it from going this far), depending on how hard the person hits the ground, what the surface they're falling on is, and how high they're falling from.

* ''[[Smile Pretty Cure]]'': the [[Dojikko]] Yayoi (Cure Peace) does these from time to time even in [[media:rsz_smile_precure_rsz smile precure -_ed3_3288 ed3 3288.jpg|her version of the ending]] she even gets a red nose in her next appearance.

* In ''[[The Blue Lotus]]'', Thompson and Thomson try to catch a train that has [[Tintin (Comic Book)]] on it and fall on their faces. They are next seen in a hospital with their noses in casts.

* Most of the main characters in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' have had this happen to them during the course of the first season alone.

* Some of the games in the ''[[Battlefield (Video Gameseries)|Battlefield]]'' series will automatically put the player into a head-down skydiving pose if they fall from a certain height. If the player doesn't have a parachute handy or doesn't deploy it in time, this can result in an invariably fatal faceplant.

* In ''[[Space Quest (Video Game)|Space Quest]] III'', the [[Have a Nice Death]] screen for falling deaths ("Deceleration Trauma") shows Roger Wilco upside down with his head mashed into the ground.

* Notably employed in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' as a [[Running Gag]].