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The head is where the brain is, and the brain controls all conscious and unconscious functions. So when there's some external, intangible assault on the brain, cranium or ears, it's only natural to seek to protect the head.
▲The head is where the brain is, and the brain controls all conscious and unconscious functions. So when there's some external, intangible assault on the brain, cranium or ears, it's only natural to seek to protect the head. [[Gotta Get Your Head Together]] is the resulting trope, most frequently seen in comics, sci-fi, games, and animation.
If a mind control power is used, the character(s) attempting to resist it will clutch their heads.
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As mind manipuation technology has not yet been perfected, we cannot ascertain whether or not the psychic variant is [[Truth in Television]]. The sonic version is, though.
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== [[Anime]] ==▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Vegeta does this in ''[[
* Same goes for Asuka from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' when she gets [[Mind Rape
* In ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', Joshua often clutches his head and screams when the power of the horns on his head overwhelms him. (The picture above is just one example of many.)
** Also, the manga shows Aion clutching his head {{spoiler|after discovering horrible secrets about his society, including that Pandaemonium was once a human woman, pregnant with him and Chrono, before she was turned into the [[Hive Queen]] of the demons.}}
* Child!Lucy from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' does this whenever her "killer instinct" is talking to her.
* Ryouga from ''[[Ranma
* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', [[Musical Assassin]] Siren Sorento is assaulting God Warrior Siegfried's mind with the melody from his flute. Desperate to ward off the attack, Siegfried first covers his ears, then ruptures his own eardrums... but the sound still reaches directly into his brain, causing him to clutch his head in madness.
* Constantly happening to and around [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|Tetsuo]] in ''[[
* [[The Hero|Dan]] from ''[[Bakugan]]'' grew fond of this trope during the first part of the fourth season due to constant [[Mind Rape|mind raping]] from the [[Big Bad]].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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** And any with psi-based powers hit with psychic backlash. Also happens to anyone attempting to use Cerebro to scan world-wide, from Professor Xavier to the mildest psychic, so often that you wonder why they still trust the thing.
* [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Susan Storm-Richards]] tends to do this when she's pushing her force field power to its upper limit.
* The first villain in ''[[X Wing Series|Requiem for a Rogue]]'' is confronted by a more powerful villain, who uses his blaster to burn off his own hand, telekinetically uses it to choke the first guy, then makes the first guy's head explode. Because [[Complexity Addiction|just shooting, choking, or head-exploding him would be too simple, apparently]], and [[Death Trap
* In ''[[Cry for Justice]]'' when the heroes seek [[You Keep Using That Word|justice]]. ''[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/571164.html?#cutid1 Welcome to pain!]''
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Both Ringo and John in ''[[
** Ringo uses it when he uses his mindsight for the first time, and the power nearly makes his brain explode. He also uses it several times in the Hunter's world when he is caught in a sudden psychic scream.
** John also uses it in the Hunter's world on the occasions when the shrieking [[
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* Galvatron suffers from this trope in ''[[Transformers:
* Various Hogwarts students in ''[[Harry Potter
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Harry Potter]] does this a lot throughout the series because of the scar that connects
== [[Live
* ''[[Star Trek:
* If one has a bad headache, it's a natural response to clutch and rub at the temples - sometimes the more bearable pain of the pressure on the head can override the sharp pain of the headache.▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Around 0:33, in Andrew Dickman's "Rockman Neo" trailer.{{context}}
* "[[A Very Potter Musical|It's just a little makeup! Draco, WAKE UP!]]"
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003
* ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]''
** In "The Fantastic Frump", Doom unleashes a sonic attack that not only causes the clutching of the head and doubling over, but drives Firestar to her knees.
** In "The X-Men Adventure", a sonic attack causes Sprite to clutch her head and huddle in a fetal position.
* In ''[[Justice League:
* Ma-Ti on ''[[Captain Planet and
* In the 1990s Fox animated ''[[X-Men (
* ''[[Invader Zim]]'' had two of these, although both assaults are tangible:
** "NanoZim", in which Zim shrinks himself and attacks Dib's brain to make him forget where he hid a disc containing evidence of Zim's otherworldliness.
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* One episode of ''[[South Park]]'' shows that simply the ''concept of altruism'' causes [[Jerkass|Cartman]] to feel mental anguish.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'': "Ask a Foolish Question" When the supercomputer scans all of the Tri-State area, the laser passing over town gets several reactions, including Norm the robot's. He clutches his head with both hands and cheerfully says, "Get out of my mind!"
▲* If one has a bad headache, it's a natural response to clutch and rub at the temples - sometimes the more bearable pain of the pressure on the head can override the sharp pain of the headache.
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