History Main / DemonHead

--> ''"I've often heard of people having a conniption, but I'd never seen one. You don't wanna see 'em! My wife's face...split. The skin and hair split and came off of her face so that there was nothing except the skull! And orange light came out of her hair and it lit all around! And fire shot from her eye sockets and began to burn my stomach! And she screamed, in this Banshee's voice; 'WHERE DID THEY GET CHOCOLATE CKAE FROM!?'"''

* Creator/BillCosby has this happen in his ''Chocolate Cake for Breakfast'' sketch; his wife comes downstairs and sees, [[TitleDrop well, her kids having chocolate cake for breakfast]].

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* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'', Kabal has a fatality where he removes his mask, exposing his horrifically scarred face. As per this trope, it appears to us with greatly increased size, glowing eyes, wagging tongue, and a rather chilling scream. This actually manages to scare his victims to death.

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* Sōun Tendō, and occasionally his daughters, from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. It became such a RunningGag, that at one point a nonplussed Akane calmed him down by literally pulling a cork from it and causing it to fly off like a deflated balloon.

* [[BewareTheNiceOnes Pinkie]] [[BewareTheSillyOnes Pie]] is seen doing this in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "The Last Round-Up", while being extremily furious because she thinks the normally-honest Applejack is trying to weasel out of a promise, which is not what she's actually doing.

* An effect common in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime.

* In ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' review of ''GoodBurger'', when the line "Welcome to [[TitleDrop Good Burger]], home of the Good burger. Can I take your order?" is said for the last time, the nostalgia critic replies; "Yes. '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPd_Ktr7FWk DIIIIIIIIIIIIE!!!]]'''" and his face is replaced by that of the Balrog from the ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

* In ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' review of ''GoodBurger'', when the line "Welcome to [[TitleDrop Good Burger]], home of the Good burger. Can I take your order?" is said for the last time, the nostalgia critic replies; "Yes. '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPd_Ktr7FWk DIIIIIIIIIIIIE!!!]]'''" and his face is replaced by that of the Balrog from the ''[[{{Film}}/TheLordOfTheRings Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

* In ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' review of ''GoodBurger'', when the line "Welcome to [[TitleDrop Good Burger]], home of the Good burger. Can I take your order?" is said for the last time, the nostalgia critic replies; "Yes. '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPd_Ktr7FWk DIIIIIIIIIIIIE!!!]]'''" and his face is replaced by that of the Balrog from the ''[[{{Film}}/LordOfTheRings Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

* In ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' review of ''GoodBurger'', when the line "Welcome to [[TitleDrop Good Burger]], home of the Good burger. Can I take your order?" is said for the last time, the nostalgia critic replies; "Yes. '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZC5QeTX_PA DIIIIIIIIIIIIE!!!]]'''" and his face is replaced by that of the Balrog from the ''[[{{Film}}/LordOfTheRings Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

* In ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' review of ''GoodBurger'', when the line "Welcome to [[TitleDrop Good Burger]], home of the Good burger. Can I take your order?" is said for the last time, the nostalgia critic replies; "Yes. '''DIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!'''" and his face is replaced by that of the Balrog from the ''[[{{Film}}/LordOfTheRings Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

* In ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' review of ''GoodBurger'', when the line "Welcome to [[TitleDrop Good Burger]], home of the Good burger. Can I take your order?" is said for the last time, the nostalgia critic replies; "Yes. '''DIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!'''" and his face is replaced by of the Balrog from the ''[[{{Film}}/LordOfTheRings Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

* In ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' review of ''GoodBurger'', when the line "Welcome to [[TitleDrop Good Burger]], home of the Good burger. Can I take your order?" is said for the last time, the nostalgia critic replies; "Yes. '''DIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!'''" and his face is replaced by of the Balrog from the {{Film}}/LordOfTheRings.

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* In ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' review of ''GoodBurger'', when the line "Welcome to [[TitleDrop Good Burger]], home of the Good burger. Can I take your order?" is said for the last time, the nostalgia critic replies; "Yes. '''DIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!''" and his face is replaced by of the Balrog from the {{Filmn}}/LordOfTheRings.

* In the early chapters/episodes of ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'', Iruka does this. A current theory on this is it's a combination genjutsu technique and some kind of technique that amplifies the users voice and vocal pressure (you can see Naruto's hair ruffling in the wind as he's doing this)

* White Mage in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/11/11/episode-481-black-belt-walks-into-a-bar/ this installment]] of ''[[Webcomic/EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater]].'' (Scroll down a bit.) [[spoiler: Chaos later appears as one of these on Sarda's body after Sarda overloaded himself with magic power.]]

* In the early chapters/episodes of ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'', Iruka does this.

* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''
** White Mage in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/11/11/episode-481-black-belt-walks-into-a-bar/ an installment]] (scroll down a bit).
** [[spoiler:Chaos later appears as one of these on Sarda's body after Sarda overloaded himself with magic power.]]
* ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'': Mobster Kingpin transforms into [[OneWingedAngel Demonhead Mobster Kingpin]], who is predictably one of these. What's notable about this, however, is that once he transforms, he ''stays'' looking like that.

* ''Manga/OnePiece''. Nami and Sanji have a tendency to do this a lot. Later on, it is actually ''weaponized'' by [[DragQueen Emporio Ivankov]].

** You wouldn't expect Kagome to get to this point, but she does at least once.
** And Shippo tries to stand in for Sango.

* Kiyomaro Takamine of ''KonjikiNoGashBell'' (a.k.a. Kiyo of ''Manga/ZatchBell'') does this fairly often, even to having flames and heat-waves appear behind him. More terror, as well as more memorable instances of him [[http://www.mangareader.net/266-18617-14/zatch-bell/chapter-256.html here]], [[http://www.mangareader.net/266-18617-11/zatch-bell/chapter-256.html here]], and [[http://www.mangareader.net/266-18617-12/zatch-bell/chapter-256.html here]].

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''
** A very creepy example of this in the episode "Courage in the Big Stinkin' City", with a girl playing the violin that Courage walks in on that changes into clay-mation.

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* Soun Tendo, and occasionally his daughters, from ''RanmaOneHalf''. It became such a RunningGag, that at one point a nonplussed Akane calmed him down by literally pulling a cork from it and causing it to fly off like a deflated balloon.
* Fujimura Taiga positively terrifies one of her students this way in the first episode of ''FateStayNight'', reducing the boy to a state of BlueWithShock.
* Kiyomaro Takamine of ''KonjikiNoGashBell'' (aka Kiyo of ''ZatchBell'') does this fairly often, even to having flames and heat-waves appear behind him.
** More terror, as well as more memorable instances of him [[http://www.mangareader.net/266-18617-14/zatch-bell/chapter-256.html here]], [[http://www.mangareader.net/266-18617-11/zatch-bell/chapter-256.html here]], and [[http://www.mangareader.net/266-18617-12/zatch-bell/chapter-256.html here]].
* Yukino from ''KareKano'' had an extended sequence of chasing down someone who angered her while in full DemonHead mode.
* ''Manga/OnePiece''.
** More specifically, Nami and Sanji have a tendency to do this a lot. Later on, it is actually ''weaponized'' by [[DragQueen Emporio Ivankov]].
* The Chief from ''DominionTankPolice'' was in a near-constant state of rage, complete with CrossPoppingVeins and bloodshot eyes; it didn't take a lot to push him over the edge into full-blown DemonHead mode.

* You wouldn't expect [[InuYasha Kagome]] to get to this point, but she does at least once. And Shippo tries to stand in for Sango.
** Inuyasha himself does it at one point, too.
* In ''GegegeNoKitaro'', Kitaro's otherwise nice and quiet CatGirl friend Nekomusume would morph her face into a scary cat-monster when enraged or hungry for fish or mice. The version from ''HakabaKitaro'' is even ''worse'', since it's less cartoony and more horror-like.

** "La Verite''

* ''{{FLCL}}'' episode "Brittle Bullet". Haruko gets one when she's wearing an Elvis Presley costume and talking with Naota in his room.
* In Manga/{{Sekirei}}, Miya is able to project one while maintaining a composed look. It still freaks out everyone that's looking at her at the time however.
* In the early chapters/episodes of ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'', Iruka does this. My current theory on this is it's a combination genjutsu technique and some kind of technique that amplifies the users voice and vocal pressure (you can see Naruto's hair ruffling in the wind as he's doing this)

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* In ''FullmetalLol'', [[spoiler: Winry]] grows a second head that tears out Ed's bowels whenever he [[spoiler: [[BerserkButton breaks her automail]]]]. And [[PlayedForLaughs it is hilarious!]]

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* Similarly enough, the Librarian Ghost from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' also did this. Interestingly enough, an earlier version of this puppet was rejected because it was too scary but then recycled and used in the vampire film ''Fright Night''.
* In the 1980s vampire film ''Fright Night'', the third phase of vampiric transformation is just like this.

* [[SpiritedAway Yubaba's]] head is already huge, and when she gets spitting-fire and tentacle-hair mad it's damn scary.

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* In VideoGame/MortalKombat3, Kabal has a fatality where he removes his mask, exposing his horrifically scarred face. As per this trope, it appears to us with greatly increased size, glowing eyes, wagging tongue, and a rather chilling scream. This actually manages to scare his victims to death.

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* White Mage in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/11/11/episode-481-black-belt-walks-into-a-bar/ this installment]] of ''[[Webcomic/EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater]].'' (Scroll down a bit.) [[spoiler: Chaos later appears as one of these on Sarda's body after Sarda overloaded himself with magic power.]]
* [[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth Mobster Kingpin]] transforms into [[OneWingedAngel Demonhead Mobster Kingpin]], who is predictably one of these. What's notable about this, however, is that once he transforms, he ''stays'' looking like that.

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* Ozu from ''KappaMikey'' tends to do this when angered. However, most of the characers work for him, so this generally ''does'' work, if only because he can fire all of them.

* ''Once'', and ''only'' once by the [[http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8016/058uz.jpg titular character]] on the Asian-influenced ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', complete with waving arms, BlankWhiteEyes, CrossPoppingVeins, and face reddening. Due in part of the show's well-known characteristic of disdaining from over-the-top cartoony anime tropes in favor of utilizing the more cinematic style of anime, the effect overall left a bad taste in the mouths of viewers.
* CourageTheCowardlyDog has a very creepy example of this in the episode "Courage in the Big Stinkin' City", with a girl playing the violin that Courage walks in on that changes into clay-mation.

* [[CodenameKidsNextDoor Numbuh 3]] when you make her mad. Complete with [[FireballEyeballs flaming eyes]] and [[ScaryTeeth truckloads of razor sharp teeth]].
* ''TotallySpies''. Happens to Sam and MartinMystery in the {{crossover}} episode "Totally Mystery Much?"
* The title character on ''RockosModernLife'', usually mild-mannered to a fault, gets really angry at Filburt for making Rocko miss the deadline on a sale at the grocery store, and does this when threatening to do something NOT VERY NICE!!