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{{quote|''"But I don't wanna use my head!"''|'''Rex''', ''[[
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.''
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Hanamichi Sakuragi from ''[[
** A lot? It's practically his off-basket signature move. One of his first scenes ''ever'' in the series involved him headbutting his [[True Companions]] for teasing him, then other people for unknowingly hitting one of his [[Berserk Button|Berserk buttons]], and more than once he has dealed them to his own teammates (like Miyagi), schoolmates (like Aouta) or people from other teams (like Hikoichi) if they piss him off enough. Akagi and Rukawa are pretty much the only ones who can resist his headbutts without being knocked-out.
* ''[[
** Early on, a flying headbutt was just about Goku's primary [[Finishing Move]], being used to end his fights, for example with Staff Officer Black.
** Goku headbutts Piccolo Jr. to send him out of the ring and win. That's right. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|He saved the world with a]] [[Ring Out]]. He already tried the same strategy against Tenshinhan 3 years ago, where it would have worked if it wasn't for [[Diabolus Ex Machina|that damned truck driver on the way]].
** His Son Gohan performs a rather impressive, armour-splitting headbutt on his uncle Raditz. He also pulls one against Garlic Jr. on [[Filler]].
** 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!
* ''[[
** Kouji -- who is a full-blown [[Combat Pragmatist]] -- has no qualms uisng that tactic when he is fighting with Mazinger-Z. It should be justified, since he is using his [[Humongous Mecha]]'s head to ram the enemy instead of his own -- but it is not, since Mazinger-Z's cockpit is ''on the head of the giant robot.''
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[
** This happens during the title character's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|fight with Gaara.]] There is some injury, causing both characters to bleed, and it also [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|shatter Gaara's control over his jutsu]]. ''You'' try maintaining the form of a hundred-foot tall [[Eldritch Abomination]] through that.
** Also, the filler episode where Hinata opens a door to find Naruto standing upside-down on the ceiling so that his face is, like, three inches from hers. She, [[Shrinking Violet|of]] [[Fan of Underdog|course]], [[Luminescent Blush|blushes beet-red]] with her crush so close to her. When Naruto puts a hand to her forehead (he [[Oblivious to Love|mistakes the blush for a fever-flush]]), she screams and then impulsively headbutts him across the room, knocking both him and herself out.
** At the end of chapter 563 Naruto {{spoiler|does this to Tobi}} immediately upon finding him. That's right, his opening move against {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]]}} was a headbutt. Naruto complained about him having too hard a head afterward.
* Veemon's main attack in ''[[
* [[Big Badass Wolf|Arf]] does a charging headbutt in wolf form [[Punched Across the Room|that sends Zafira flying]] in the second episode of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (
* Luffy's attack, Gum Gum Bell, from ''[[
* Sonic Boomer in ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
** This is what {{spoiler|Nagi does to Arika to stop her from her [[Self-Deprecation]]. TWICE. While running away from a horde of monsters. With no magic. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Definitely one of the funniest scenes]] ever.}}
** In chapter 320, Negi invokes this to object with Fate.
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Isshin Kurosaki has used this on his son Ichigo more than once. Specifically, to break him out of [[Heroic BSOD]]'s, like the one that cam after {{spoiler|losing to Gin Ichimaru.}}
** More recently, [http://www.mangareader.net/bleach/467/18 a truly spectacular headbutt] is the key to {{spoiler|Ikkaku}} finally defeating {{spoiler|Shishigawara}} in the X-Cution arc.
* ''[[Pokémon (
** Ash's Scraggy likes to headbutt as a greeting, though this is natural for its species.
** In addition to the use of the attacks mentioned above throughout the series, a scene in ''[[Pokémon 3
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* Rin does this in ''[[
* In ''[[
* In one of ''[[
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* This is the trademark of the ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' villain [[Meaningful Name|Hammerhead.]]
* [[The Juggernaut]] from ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' uses this mode of attack as well. In the ''[[Capcom vs. Whatever]]'' series, it's his one and only Hyper Combo.
* ''[[Judge Dredd (
* ''[[
* ''[[Strontium Dog]]'': For Middenface McNulty, this is practically his signature move. Though, [[Violent Glaswegian|given his reputation]], he would probably like to refer to this as a [[Glasgow Kiss]].
* Once in ''[[Iznogoud]]'', when he tells this to his lackey... he didn't mean it literally, but Wa'at Alaaf did.
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== Films -- Animation ==
* Jubei, the [[Badass Normal]] hero of ''[[
* Played straight in ''[[
** Subverted in the "outtake" of this scene where the grate is on too tight, and all of them just bash against it. Ow indeed.
* In Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'', Hercules lands his first attack on the centaur Nessus in this manner [[Literal Minded|after Phil tells him to "use your head!"]]
{{quote| '''Phil:''' Not bad, kid! Not exactly what I had in mind, but not bad...}}
* Princess Fiona's mother does this to walls twice in ''[[
* Discussed by one of the Viking kids in ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (
{{quote| '''Stoick:''' When I was a boy, my dad told me to bang my head against a rock, and I did it! I thought he was crazy, but I didn't question him. And do you know what happened?<br />
'''Gobber:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|You got a headache.]]<br />
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Neo and Agent Smith both do this to each other in ''[[
* One of the bad guys in the movie ''[[Suburban Commando]]'' had the top of his skull replaced with a metal cap for this particular reason. Not to mention he looked patently ridiculous while doing so.
* ''[[
* Flesh Gordon tries this in the famous [[Parallel Porn Titles|soft-porn]] ''[[Flash Gordon (
* Variation when the head was used to ''[[Percussive Maintenance|fix]]'' something. In ''[[Back to
* ''[[The Three Stooges]]'' occasionally had a [[Hard Head]] stooge (often Curly, but once in a while Shemp) used outright as a battering ram.
* [[Deconstruction|Deconstucted]] in ''[[Paul Blart: Mall Cop]]'', where Blart tries this on a minion, only to hurt himself.
{{quote| '''Blart:''' Nobody wins in a headbutt.}}
** A ''properly'' done headbutt (as in using the top of the forehead and targeting vulnerable areas) is probably one of the safest ways to strike. But doing it improperly (like, say, aiming at the ''other'' guy's forehead instead of, say, face) means damaging your head and likely your brain.
* ''[[
* Felson (played by [[Ron Perlman]]) is fond of this in ''[[
* In the climax of ''Mr. Nanny'' the [[Big Bad]] uses his metal scull-plate to knock [[Hulk Hogan]]'s character around.
== Literature ==
* In ''[[
* Done by Ecthelion in ''[[The History of Middle Earth
* ''[[
** The Nac Mac Feegles. "Faceful o' heid!"
** Also Wee Mad Arthur from ''[[Discworld
** [[Altum Videtur|"Vis-ne facem capite repletam?"]]
* [[wikipedia:Danica Maupoissant|Danica Maupoissant]], from the ''[[
* 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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== Live-Action TV ==
* In the ''[[
{{quote| '''Lister:''' You okay, man?<br />
'''Kryten:''' [[Non Sequitur Thud|I'm fine, thank you, Susan]]... }}
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[
* Played with in ''[[
* In the ''[[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.
* In ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[Dexter]]'', Doakes gets increasingly close to figuring out Dexter's secret. Once again, he confronts Dex in his office, at which point Dexter headbutts the cop and leaves the office into the main detective area, walking like nothing has happened. Two seconds later, Doakes flies out of the office, pissed off, and tackles Dex. The other cops assume he just snapped, as they didn't see the headbutt and he is well known to have a hatred for Dexter before he had a solid reason to. The whole thing [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit|was planned by Dexter]] to give Doakes even less credibility than usual.
* Subverted in a ''[[
{{quote| '''Potsie:''' Hey, look, there's an outside wall! I wonder what it's made of?<br />
'''Fonzie:''' Concrete. ''(passes out)'' }}
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Holtz:''' "Your punch could have been quicker...[[Drowning My Sorrows|without so much to drink]]."<br />
'''Justine:''' "It's kind of a trade-off, because without that much to drink (head-butts Holtz) hurts a lot more." }}
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[
* ''[[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 [[wikipedia: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 [[
* ''[[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 ''[[
** 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 ''[[
* ''[[
** This is how [[Proud Warrior Race|krogans]] say "shut up" in ''[[Mass Effect
** 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
* [[
* 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 (
* In ''[[Killer 7]]'', Mask De Smith stops a bullet by headbutting it out of the air.
* ''[[Street Fighter]]''
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** E. Honda has this, ever since his debut, as a special manoeuvre. Note that in-game graphics always show him as flying head-first like a kamikaze Superman, but one piece of art tried to pass it off as a shoulder ram. No-one's buying that, Capcom.
** Also Dhalsim, who starts with a normal headbutt attack and then takes it [[Beyond the Impossible]] by using headbutts as a drill-like Ultra move (Yoga Shangri-La).
** Alex's super Stun Gun Headbutt is an example. This chain of headbutts [[Exactly What It Says
* The minotaurs in ''[[
* In ''[[
* The Headbangers from ''[[
* Keine Kamishirasawa of the ''[[Touhou Project]]'' is well known for handing these out to errant students. And woe be to you if she does this when she's in [[Horned Humanoid|Ex-Mode]] -- it's called being CAVED with good reason!
* 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.
* Although not an attack, Firebrand from ''[[Demons Crest]]'' headbutts objects in the background to find money and [[Upgrade Artifact|Upgrade Artifacts]].
* 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:
* A favored tactic of Amaterasu in ''[[
* ''[[The Godfather (
* In ''[[
* Quite the case for a lot of characters in ''[[Tekken]]''. Every Mishima <ref> Yes, Jinpachi, Heihachi, Kazuya, Jin (was the case for the first ''Tag'' title, now specific to Devil Jin), even Lars has this move. Though Lee doesn't.)</ref> has Stonehead as a throw. As you might guess it's a headbutt throw.
** All the animals save for Gon have a headbutt throw.
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== Web Original ==
* V4 of ''[[
* Faun from ''[[
{{quote| "Do you knowhow to do the 'headache?'"}}
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{{quote| '''Justin:''' And then I thought, "WWCD", "What Would Courtney Do"? Use her head that's what!}}
:: [[Comically Missing the Point|He then headbutts]] [[Scary Black Man|Chef.]]
* In ''[[
* Ram-Man of ''[[
* ''[[Mike Lu and Og]]'': Lu actually says "Use your head" before coming up with the idea of ramming her head into a money printing press to put her face on the island's cash.
* Toph uses this in ''[[
{{quote| '''Toph:''' You've got to face it ''head-on''. And when I say "head-on", I mean like this. HUAH! ''(jumping headbutt into nearby rock, pulverising it)''}}
* ''[[Transformers]]''
** 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:
** Slag's ''[[
** Also, the [[Fan Nickname|Conehead]] Decepticon Seeker [[Meaningful Name|Ramjet]] has a reinforced nosecone for doing this in vehicle mode. It counts because his nosecone is indeed part of his head. Ramjet actually did fail at this once -- then again, he was trying to ram ''[[Tank Goodness|Warpath]]''.
** There's [[Beast Wars
* In the ''[[Legion of Super
* 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 ''[[
{{quote| '''Scrooge:''' That's how he exercises his mind!}}
* In one episode of ''[[Popeye (
{{quote| '''Popeye:''' I'd try to, but then it gets rather tender.}}
* ''[[
** Goultard tells his apprentice Sadlygrove that he needs to know how to use his head in battle. Sadlygrove takes this advice literally and defeats {{spoiler|Rubilax}} by headbutting him so hard he sinks into the desert with a real risk of choking to death on sand. Goultard approves.
** Goultard himself also favors this tactic. In his special ''Goultard the Barbarian'', he headbutts Katar so hard that a ''crater'' forms underneath them. He does the same thing to {{spoiler|Rushu}} in the series proper.
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