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** Also Wee Mad Arthur from ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Feet of Clay|Feet of Clay]]'', as a rather long running gag.
** [[Altum Videtur|"Vis-ne facem capite repletam?"]]
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Danica_Maupoissant:Danica Maupoissant|Danica Maupoissant]], from the ''[[Forgotten Realms (Tabletop Game)|Forgotten Realms]]'' series ''Cleric's Quintet'', who broke a big-ass block of stone with a headbutt. Earlier, under the influence of the evil potion, she repeatedly slams her face into brick blocks trying to figure out the technique. It gets a minor mention in the second book when she uses it to shatter an ogre's chest when he's bear-hugging her.
* Mace Windu does this to a guard twice his size who blocks his way in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] novel ''Shatterpoint''. The guard taunts the "little Jedi" to draw his [[Laser Sword|lightsaber]]. Mace simply says that his head is all he needs and proceeds to show him exactly what he means, then steps away as the guard falls.
{{quote| '''Guard:''' What you gonna do, think me to death? ''(headbutt)''}}
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* Subverted in an episode of ''[[Cheers (TV)|Cheers]]'' where Cliff claims to know karate and smashes a stack of boards with his head. Diane ends up having to sneak him off to the hospital.
* Played with in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. One of Spike's minions asks him how to get into a locked room; Spike scornfully says "Use your head!", grabs him by the scruff of the neck... and smashes his head into the compartment next to the door holding a fire axe.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Lodger", the Doctor is trying to explain to James Corden why he's living in his flat, which is to investigate time disruptions coming from upstairs. Telling James Corden would take too long, so the Doctor headbutts him for a very fast mind meld. Painful to both parties.
* [[Informed Ability]] of the Klingons in all ''[[Star Trek]]'' series save TOS; [[All There in the Manual|the Star Trek Fact Files]] claim that those much-mocked [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|rubber foreheads]] are actually solid bone.
** Interestingly, a Klingon tries to do this to Data after losing their version of arm-wrestling to him only for Data to point out that his skull is made of the same stuff as starship hulls.
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* ''[[Pokémon]]''
** The attack Skull Bash works in exactly this manner, as well as Headbutt, Head Smash, Iron Head and Zen Headbutt. However, Head Smash actually hurts the user.
** In addition to that, Cranidos and Rampardos are Pokémon based around this trope. Like many Pokémon, this was based on [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycephalosaurus |a real animal]], albeit one that was recently determined ''not'' to have used its head quite as much as was originally thought.
** As said before, Scraggy and its evolution Scrafty.
* The trademark attack of [[Turbo Grafx 16|PC Engine]] hero [[Bonk (Video Game)|Bonk]]/[[B/C Kid]]/[[PC Genjin]].
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== Real Life ==
* [[The Beautiful Game|Football/soccer]] player Zinedine Zidane [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAjWi663kXc shows] that the most effective way to punish someone for [[My Sister Is Off -Limits|insulting your family]] is not a conventional kick or punch, but a headbutt square in the chest in the middle of a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup final]]. This has also been [[Memetic Mutation|parodied rather hilariously]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUjFRKWk6gQ to no end].
** He might be the [[Trope Codifier|most infamous]] [[Never Live It Down|example]], [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headbutt#Association_FootballAssociation Football|but he definitely isn't the only one.]] In particular, Luis Figo headbutting Mark van Bommel was one of the "highlights" of the EXTREMELY dirty Netherlands vs. Portugal match in that same World Cup's semifinals. ([[Karma Houdini|He only got a yellow card for it, tho.]])
* The animal kingdom has its share of bad-ass headbashers. Check out pachycephalosaurs, ''Majungasaurus'', bighorn sheep, some chalicotheres, and giraffes. Yes, ''giraffes''. Slightly subverted with the former, as they were originally thought to have engaged on direct-headbutting action, but biomechanical studies suggest that flank-butting (like giraffes) is more likely. Giraffes are basically the living version of [[Epic Flail]]. Don't believe me? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huxDnZs2_OQ Just look at this]. Yeah, you go and say giraffes aren't [[Badass]]. I'll be over here [[Tempting Fate|where it's safe]].
** Don't forget the triceratops (no longer with us, but still). Also rhinos.
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