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This [[Trope]] is when a character expresses his overwhelming frustration by banging his head (often repeatedly) against something nearby. Desks and walls are the most prevalent targets, but other hard surfaces or
Most often seen in visual comedies, as doing this in [[Real Life]] could prove very painful. On the other hand, it ''can'' appear in more serious works, either to lighten the mood of a moment or to punctuate the gravity of the situation.
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* Dramatic example: In the aftermath of {{spoiler|Smith's death}} in ''[[Event Horizon]]'', Miller does a subdued version of this against the nearest wall.
* ''[[The Graduate]]'' has Ben Braddock doing an "I can't believe I'm doing this" variant against a hotel room wall just before he sleeps with Mrs. Robinson for the first time.
* Before they meet Anya, Dimitri and Vlad are holding an audition for girls to play ''[[Anastasia]]''. One prospect is a [[White Dwarf Starlet|middle-aged woman,]] who says in a sultry voice, "Granmama! It's me, Ana-''STASIA!''" Their reaction is a combination
* ''[[The Whole Nine Yards]]'' and sequel, with more violent head-on-wall banging, ''The Whole Ten Yards''. Dramatic and played for laughs in one go.
* Done a lot in the movie ''[[Cold Turkey]]'' as the townspeople go through the withdrawls from smoking, most notably a pre-''[[All in The Family]]'' Jean Stapleton clonking her head against a tree.
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* At one point in ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', the main character makes her head meet desk a few times, saying "I have my health" every time.
* Gordon Ramsay has only this reaction in an episode of ''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]'' when the cooks of Fiesta Sunrise manage to set flame to a plate of nachos.
** And in ''[[Hell's Kitchen|Hells Kitchen]]'' when a chef kept messing up souffles told Gordon that he was going to try brushing sugar and cocoa powder around the rims of the ramekins to keep them from sticking.<ref>For non-chefs, this is one of the '''first''' things you should do when making a souffle</ref>
* While Rimmer is explaining to Lister that the latter has accidentally signed himself (and, unbeknownest to Rimmer, the other main characters) into a suicide squad in ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', partway through the explanation, Lister starts banging his head on a table.
* This is Peggy Olson's reaction in season 4 of ''[[Mad Men]]'' when she finds out Pete Campbell's wife is pregnant.
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== [[Video Game
* Manfred von Karma does this in ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]''.
** Gumshoe in game 3 pulls a wall bang (off screen) when Phoenix and Maya tell him that Maggey hates him for betraying her.
* [[Played for Drama]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' by {{spoiler|Otacon, who appears to take his step-sister's death well-ish but suddenly [[Tear Jerker|breaks into this]] before Snake tells him to get it together}}.
* In ''[[Spellforce]]'', to get your siege units to use their anti-building attacks against buildings, you have to set them next to the buildings ''without'' ordering them to
* In the vein of his source material, [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]] sometimes does this if he has a bad hand during the course of ''[[Poker Night At the Inventory]]''. Especially hilarious because he doesn't say a thing during it, he just has this ''look'' while he slams his head into his cards and chips.
* Not really done to express annoyance, but the first ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]'' game has Isaac come across a guy randomly doing this in a part of the ''USG Ishimura''. The guy is just standing in the hallway beating his head against a wall, with more blood coming out with every hit. Eventually, he hits his head against it hard enough that ''it kills him.'' And when his corpse is on the ground you can see that there was ''nothing'' left inside him, all of his intestines had apparently been ripped out.
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* ''[[Veggie Tales]]'' had Archibald Asparagus do this in the Silly Songs with Larry segment ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diOtFw9sB34 The Biscuit of Zazzamarandabo]''.
* ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' did this when he couldn't think of a script for a movie.
** And in another episode, Jimmy and Cindy were forced to work together for a science
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'':
** Rarity beats her head against a mannequin in "Suited For Success" after Rainbow Dash tells her that the Gala outfit she's making "needs to be about 20% cooler" without giving any actual details.
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