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{{quote|''"But I don't wanna use my head!"''|'''Rex''', ''[[Toy Story]] 2''}}
It has been shown time and again, in cartoons, movies, and video games, that the best way to break something is by hitting it with your head. ''Really hard.''
We're not talking ordinary, run-of-the-mill headbutts here. Heck, we're not even talking about [[Headbutt of Love|headbutts of love]]. When a character uses his head, they transform from ordinary bloke to full-on [[Battering Ram]]. The character may go into full on raging-bull mode, charging blindly ahead at whatever stands in his path. Or his companions may actually ''pick him up'', using the blunt end of his skull to smash down whatever it is that needs smashin'. This can be an effective means of attack for some. For others, it's simply the easiest road to destruction. When somebody breaks out the cranial cannonball, the walls are going to come tumblin' down.
Strangely enough, no character who ever employs this technique ever seems to [[Hard Head|get a concussion--or even a headache]]. This may be because he's a [[The Big Guy|Big Guy]] or a [[Cloudcuckoolander]]--two character subspecies known for this trope--and for having very thick skulls, or maybe he's wearing [[Weaponized Headgear]]. ([[Genius Bruiser|Genius Bruisers]] are, of course, an exception.)
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* Rin does this in ''[[Blue Exorcist]]'' when told by his brother to start using his head in battle. He literally does when knocking out a demon twice his size with a headbutt and the only damage done to him is a minor nosebleed, which is only seen in the anime.
* In ''[[Code Breaker]]'', this appears to be The Prince's favorite way of getting her point across.
* In one of ''[[Baccano]]''!'s climactic scenes, [[Shrinking Violet|Jacuzzi]] [[Took a Level In Badass|Splot]] uses a ''series'' of relentless headbutts to the face to distract and disorient his opponent.
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* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
** Mario and Luigi are frequently mistaken doing this to hit and break overhead blocks. However, they actually hit overhead blocks with their ''fists'' instead of their heads.
** In the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' series, several fighters use their heads as some form of attack. While most instances of this are only about one or two moves, Yoshi uses almost only headbutt-related moves when on the ground, as his arms are too short to effectively punch.
** For that matter, Luigi's side-B move, Green Missile, is basically a charge-up attack with which he launches himself head-first at an opponent. It's even possible for him to get jammed into walls this way, given enough force.
** In ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', give Bowser the Hurly Gloves and watch him take his frustrations with Mario out on the enemies, even if Mario is at 0 HP!
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** In the third game, Shepard can end up doing this to Khalisah Al-Jilani after she dodges his/her traditional sucker punch.
** Also in the third game, but in multiplayer, this the standard melee attack for krogan characters.
* Double H from ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'' does this frequently, although he prefers to put on a helmet first.
* [[Ristar]] uses this as his ''primary attack''. On ''everything''.
* To state the obvious, so does ''[[Dynamite Headdy]]''.
* ''[[The Lost Vikings]]'': Erik the Swift's power is head-butting enemies and breakable obstacles.
* ''[[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Earthworm Jim]]'' offers an interesting variation of this trope: Since the player is essentially a (freakishly large) earthworm in a humanoid exoskeleton, you can actually use your wormy head to ''[[Whip It Good|whip your enemies]]'' and ''as a propeller'' to slow down a long descent. In the sequel though, Jim gains the Snott Parachute because last game's Helicopter Head made him quite dizzy and left him with some severe lower back pain.
* In ''[[Killer 7]]'', Mask De Smith stops a bullet by headbutting it out of the air.
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[8-Bit Theater
* An interesting version of this trope resides in ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' with the character Rachel, whose favorite pastime is breaking objects (and occasionally people) with her ''face''. This, of course, leads to comedy whenever villains try to punch, or occasionally headbutt, her in the face.
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* In the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'', Stone Boy was used as a head-first battering ram to ram open a door. Justified in that he can turn himself into stone, and so cannot be injured from this.
* On at least one [[Classic Disney Short]] (''Mickey's Fire Brigade''), Goofy has been used as a battering ram.
* [[Donald Duck]] has also tried to break through doors with his head on a number of occasions, and elicits snarky commentary from his uncle Scrooge once he does this in ''[[DuckTales]]''.
{{quote|'''Scrooge:''' That's how he exercises his mind!}}
* In one episode of ''[[Popeye (comic strip)|Popeye]]'', while trapped in a cell Olive Oyl tells him to use his head, and being who he is he obviously thinks this is what she meant.
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