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{{quote|'''Krillin''': I hope he's got a seat belt in [the Saiyan Space Pod].

'''Yamcha''': Why? To protect the ship from Goku's head? }}

* Ryōga Hibiki of ''[[Ranma ½]]''. Even for someone who uses [[Supernatural Martial Arts]], he's considered insanely tough. His most well-know "technique" is the Bakusai Tenketsu, [[Training ~~From~~ Hell]] in which he slammed himself face-first into boulders so much that he toughened up way into the higher grades of [[Made of Iron]]. There was one gag where he headbutted a concrete pole so hard that he not only dented it (noting that it didn't hurt in the slightest), but it actually cracked in half and fell on his head with enough force to shatter into pieces after he turned around. This resulted in a [[Cranial Eruption]] and him commenting that it hurt a little. In at least the anime version of the "Waterproof Soap" story, after Ryōga's apparent "cure" has been revealed, Ranma [[Cute Bruiser|casually lifts a huge boulder]] and slams him on the head with it, only for Ryōga to pop back up, completely oblivious, causing it to flip over and crush Ranma instead.

* Ryōga Hibiki of ''[[Ranma ½]]''. Even for someone who uses [[Supernatural Martial Arts]], he's considered insanely tough. His most well-know "technique" is the Bakusai Tenketsu, [[Training from Hell]] in which he slammed himself face-first into boulders so much that he toughened up way into the higher grades of [[Made of Iron]]. There was one gag where he headbutted a concrete pole so hard that he not only dented it (noting that it didn't hurt in the slightest), but it actually cracked in half and fell on his head with enough force to shatter into pieces after he turned around. This resulted in a [[Cranial Eruption]] and him commenting that it hurt a little. In at least the anime version of the "Waterproof Soap" story, after Ryōga's apparent "cure" has been revealed, Ranma [[Cute Bruiser|casually lifts a huge boulder]] and slams him on the head with it, only for Ryōga to pop back up, completely oblivious, causing it to flip over and crush Ranma instead.

* In the manga ''Ironfist Chinmi'', one of the first [[Villain of the Week|minor opponents]] that Chinmi fights are a pair of identical twin martial artists called [[Meaningful Name|the Stonehead Brothers]]. They've taken this trope and made a form of [[Martial Arts and Crafts]] based around it.

* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'': Yusuke Urameshi displays this, most notably during the Dark Tournament when an opponent tries to [[Tap on the Head|incapacitate him with a large rock.]] Not only does this only barely stun Yusuke, the rock crumbles to pieces on impact.

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** That and for all we know there isn't anything ''in'' his head that would be damaged by it.

* Averted in a scene in the [[Pixar]] movie ''[[Up]]''. Early in the movie {{spoiler|Carl}} in a moment of anger hits a man over the head with a metal object ({{spoiler|his steel walker cane}}). The injured man makes cries of pain as he stumbles back with blood running from a gash on his head.

* Another Pixar film, ''[[Toy Story]] 2'', has Rex being used as an impromptu battering ram. Over his objections. An "outtake" shows them doing this, and ''failing''.

* Another Pixar film, ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 2'', has Rex being used as an impromptu battering ram. Over his objections. An "outtake" shows them doing this, and ''failing''.

** Justified in that Rex is a toy and can probably take the punishment just fine.

* In ''[[Tangled]]'' Flynn takes a [[Frying Pan of Doom|frying pan]] to the head more than once with out any side effects.

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** Played half straight in ''For the Emperor'', where Jurgen takes a glancing hit to the head. He would have died if not for his thick skull. Other than that, it is played realistically.

*** Uhm, no mention of the Carapace armor helmet he was wearing at the time?

** In William King's ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~]]'' novel ''[[Space Wolf]]'', when Ragnor considers that injuries can be more severe than they look, he remembers stories of men who suffered a light blow to the head, fought through a battle—and dropped dead.

** In William King's ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' novel ''[[Space Wolf]]'', when Ragnor considers that injuries can be more severe than they look, he remembers stories of men who suffered a light blow to the head, fought through a battle—and dropped dead.

* Subverted and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]' ''Murder Must Advertise''; [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] comments on how the hero in an in-universe piece of fiction lightly shrugs off all injuries, while Charles Parker has been incapacitated by one head injury.

* ''[[Discworld]]'', ''[[Discworld/Maskerade|Maskerade]]'': Nanny Ogg is hit over the head with a champagne bottle. It does stun her, but she recovers quite quickly because there is some Dwarf in the Ogg ancestry.

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