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* Hanamichi Sakuragi from ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' likes to do this a lot.

** 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.

* 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.

 

* 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.

* Once in ''[[Iznogoud]]'', when he tells this to his lackey... he didn't mean it literally, but Wa'at Alaaf did.

 

* ''[[Shinji and Warhammer40K|Shinji and Warhammer 40 K]]'': It's called the Ikari. It begins with a headbutt and it ends with the opponent on the ground crying for mercy. The best part of this is it was first used in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] where EVA-01 loses the function of both its arms [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|and only has its head]].

* [[Real Person Fic]], ''[[Just Taken]]'': Chapter 1, [[Spice Girls|Melanie]] headbutts one of the criminals who get into a fight with her and her friends. The move results in a black eye, which Melanie [[Major Injury Underreaction| didn't seem fazed]].

 

* Jubei, the [[Badass Normal]] hero of ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'', keeps headbutting an immortal enemy until that enemy's face is ''caved in'' towards the end of the movie.

* Played straight in ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 2''. When breaking through a vent that's been screwed shut, the fake Buzz tells everyone to "use your head". [[Gilligan Cut|Cut to a shot of them running down the hallway]] with Rex as a battering ram as he yells "But I don't wanna use my head!" Justified in that Rex is a toy and technically has no biological brain that can be damaged.

'''Gobber:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|You got a headache.]]

'''Stoick:''' [[The Juggernaut|That rock split in two!]] }}

* Neo and Agent Smith both do this to each other in ''[[The Matrix]]''.

* 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.

* ''[[Night at the Museum]]''. Larry is worried about the misunderstandings between him and his son, and thinks the Neanderthal (long story) is paying attention. He reads the Neanderthal's attempts to mime something for him as "open the door to his head," and so does not see that the Neanderthal meant "open the door with my head" until he hears the glass smash.

 

* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Gandalf (jokingly, perhaps, although he was pretty cranky by that point and might well have done it) threatens to use Pippin's head as a battering ram to try to open the gates of Moria: "But if that does not shatter them, and I am allowed a little peace from foolish questions, I will try to seek the opening words."

* Done by Ecthelion in ''[[The History of Middle Earth|The Book of Lost Tales]]'' to kill [[The Dragon|Gothmog]]. Of course, at that point in time, Ecthelion had ''[[An Arm and a Leg|lost both of his arms]]'' and had a [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|great big spike on his helmet]].

* ''[[Discworld]]''

** The Nac Mac Feegles. "Faceful o' heid!"

** [[Altum Videtur|"Vis-ne facem capite repletam?"]]

* [[wikipedia:Danica Maupoissant|Danica Maupoissant]], from the ''[[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.

{{quote|'''Guard:''' What you gonna do, think me to death? ''(headbutt)''}}

 

* In the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "White Hole", Holly powers down to conserve her remaining runtime, thus shutting off the engines and the powered doors. Solution? Bash down the 53 doors between them and the science room using... Kryten! Of course, he's a mechanoid, so it doesn't cause him ''too'' much damage...

{{quote|'''Lister:''' You okay, man?

'''Justine:''' "It's kind of a trade-off, because without that much to drink (head-butts Holtz) hurts a lot more." }}

 

* The Battering Ram—a finishing move used by several wrestlers, most notably The Bushwhackers. Which was first used by Bobo Brazil (Houston Harris—a former baseball player), and called the Coco Butt, in 1950.

* 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.

 

* From the ''[[Kenny Everett|Captain Kremmen]]'' radio show: "''I shall break out of this cell using the hardest substance known to Mankind! MY HEAD!''"

 

== Toys ==

* From ''[[Bionicle]]'', the Bohrok, and their [[Elite Mook]] cousins, the Bohrok-Kal have a headbutt gimmick. In-story, they used their heads and other powers to demolish the entire island of Mata Nui.

 

* In ''[[Dragon Strike]]'', when the rogue is unable to unlock a magically sealed door, the fighter makes a crack about it. In frustration, the rogue pushes the fighter into the door, causing him to do this.

* ''[[Pokémon]]''

** In ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'', if you have two Mishimas on your team you can perform a ''tag Stonehead throw.''

 

* 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.

 

* V4 of ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' recently has the death of {{spoiler|David Anderson}} via a well-placed headbutt to the face, breaking his nose and sending bits of bone into his brain.

* Faun from ''[[Tasakeru]]'' invented the story's equivalent of the [[Heavy Metal]] Headbutt by giving a Glasgow Kiss to a drunk bar patron. Nicely Lampshaded.

{{quote|"Do you knowhow to do the 'headache?'"}}

 

* ''[[Total Drama Action]]'':

{{quote|'''Justin:''' And then I thought, "WWCD", "What Would Courtney Do"? Use her head that's what!}}

* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'': In an old ''[[Arabian Nights]]''-themed short, [[Porky Pig]] defends a fortress from [[Punny Name| Ali Baba and the Dirty Sleeves]]; four of them tries to ram down the door using a fifth one as the ram, while a sixth throws him something from a jar of "headache pills" after each hit.

 

* [[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]], [[wikipedia:Headbutt#Association 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.]])

** Don't forget the triceratops (no longer with us, but still). Also rhinos.

** Heck, a plain ordinary ol' bull can headbutt your ribs into splinters, even without horns. And a full-grown male plains bison can easily do the same thing to your car's door.

 

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