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Compare and contrast with [[Face Fault]], [[Face Palm]], and [[Wall Slump]]. Also contrast with the more serious [[Punch a Wall]]. An out-of-universe version is [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|Wall Banger]].

 

 

== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

* In the [[Harry Potter]] fic ''Surprise!'', after a buxom St. Mungo's receptionist tried to get Harry to autograph her chest, he flooed back to Grimmauld Place and started banging his head on a table while muttering "I. Am. Going. To. Destroy. Witch. Weekly."

* In the [[Harry Potter]] fic ''When in Doubt, Obliviate'', during an argument with Remus about why Wormtail had been made the Secret Keeper instead of him, Sirius started banging his head against the wall of his room in St. Mungo's, prompting Remus to remark "Oh, that will convince them that you don't have any brain damage..."

{{quote| Both tyrannosaur and megaprimate were treated to the rare sight of a deity in wrath beating her head against the wall.}}

* In the [[Harry Potter]]/[[Sailor Moon]]/[[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]] crossover ''The Girl Who Loved'', one of the Sailor Scouts made a suggestive remark involving Harry and Sailor Pluto, and he tried to beat the resulting images out of his head with the aid of a nearby table, which broke partway through and had to be magically repaired.

* [[Jim Carrey]]'s character does this in ''[[Liar Liar]]''.

* [[Sylvester Stallone]]'s character also does this in ''[[Oscar]]''.

* Miss Piggy does this to her office desk in ''[[The Muppets (Film)|The Muppets]]''. "I can't believe I fell for [[Totem Pole Trench|Muppet Man]]!"

* In ''[[Corpse Bride (Animation)|Corpse Bride]]'', Victor bangs his head on the bar counter.

* ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron (Animation)|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 project -- find the sunken ship ''The Oozing Scab'' and its treasure. After going through heck to find it, they finally retrieve the treasure chest, supposedly full of valuables. {{spoiler|It turns out to be full of saltwater taffy}}. Cue [[Head Desk]].

** 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.

** In "Show Stoppers", Scootaloo bangs her head against the piano when she has difficulty composing the Cutie Mark Crusaders' song for the talent show.

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