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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.

 

 

Although the [[Trope Namer|Trope Naming]] phrase doesn't ''always'' precede incidences of this trope, if you utter it in the presence of the Big Guy or a Cloudcuckoolander in battle, you know [[Literal-Minded|exactly what you're likely to get]].

** The second Goku vs. Vegeta fight has on the anime a [[Narm|rather ridiculous]] scene where the two fighters keep headbutting each other. Just like goats!

* ''[[Mazinger Z]]''

** ''[[Great Mazinger]]'': Tetsuya is an even bigger of an offender than Kouji.

** ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'': Duke also uses that tactic sometimes, although he has a good excuse: usually he is trying to ''ram'' the enemy rather than head-butt it, but his [[Humongous Mecha]] head is on the front of his [[Starship]] when [[Combining Mecha|both mechas combine]], so that it is the first thing hits the enemy.

 

== Pro Wrestling ==

* The diving head butt is mostly used by Samoan wrestlers, but to the world a large, Bam Bam Bigelow and [[That Which Must Not Be Named|Perry Saturn]] are probably the most famous users.

* The Junkyard dog would comically get on all fours and repeatedly ram fallen opponents head first.

* In ''[[River City Ransom]]'', Ivan, who attacks outside the high school, can use a fairly powerful headbutt.

* The Headbangers from ''[[Brütal Legend|Brutal Legend]].'' Well, they ''are'' [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].

* The ''[[Defenders of Dynatron City]]'' hero Toolbox attacks with his hammer-shaped head, but it has pitifully short range. Team leader Jet Headstrong does, too, but his is [[Rocket Punch|rocket-powered]], making him a bit more useful.

* One of Ram's loco moves in ''[[Total Overdose]]'' allows him to live up to his name, charging like a bull at double maximum running speed with his head down and fingers pointed forward like horns. Any non-Boss enemy hit by it is thrown in the air, and dies on landing. One battle in particular encourages its use by leaving the appropriate pickups scattered around, and takes place in the middle of a bullfight arena.

* Subverted in ''[[Castlevania II: Simon's Quest|Castlevania II Simons Quest]]''. One of the townspeople tells Simon to "HIT DEBORAH CLIFF WITH YOUR HEAD TO MAKE A HOLE." This is a lie.

* ''[[The Godfather (video game)|The Godfather]] 2'': You can do this to enemies you're grabbing.

* In ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'': Samurai Heroes, Ieyasu has dispensed with his staff and gone for [[Good Old Fisticuffs]] as his new fighting style of choice. One of his Super Arts, however, is an [[Unblockable Attack]] which involves him essentially smashing his face against whatever defense an opponent might want to put up against him. It almost becomes comical when players discover it can also be used as a [[Spam Attack]].

** All the animals save for Gon have a headbutt throw.

** Heihachi takes this [[Up to Eleven]] in two ways. First, in his ''Tekken 5'' interlude in Story Mode, he headbutts the crap out of Jack-5 after defeating him. Second, since ''Tekken 3'', he can perform a "Headbutt Carnival". Instead of a regular Stonehead throw, the recipient can reverse the Stonehead and, well, Stonehead him back!

** The Dinobot Slag of ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' does this on more than one occasion. One of the best instances would be when he rams Devastator in ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]''. Being a giant robot who transforms into a robot Triceratops is very useful for this. For this guy, [[Ramming Always Works]].

** Slag's ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' counterpart Snarl (who would have been called Slag too had Hasbro not chickened out) also turns into a robotic Triceratops.

** There's [[Beast Wars|Rhinox]] too, and [[Transformers Cybertron|Backstop]], both of whom turn into Rhinoceri.

* 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.