History Main / DemonHead

* A seemingly innocent little girl playing with her dollie in an Eggo Waffles commercial, when her brother tried snatching one of her waffles. "L'EGGO MY EGGO!!!" indeed. Link to a video of that [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud8p8gxqpJ4 here]]. It proved to be [[UncannyValley too scary]], so it was edited to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1XMjQKtoTQ this]].

Compare with ScaryFlashlightFace, GameFace, BurningWithAnger and LoomingSilhouetteOfRage. Close relative of NightmareFace. Also see ComicalAngryFace, where the character's head usually stays at a relatively normal size but still includes fangs or otherwise distorted teeth and bulging eyes. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] [[Comicbook/RasAlGhul "the Demon's Head"]].

* Bes from ''TheKaneChronicles'', whose trademark attack is to scare the shit out of his opponent by distorting his face hideously and screaming "BOO!" Not that he's that handsome when he's not making that face.

*** And of course the second ninja school gave us… uh… [[http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/Razer_2mb/8U/PWSGYIU56LJT6EVKNRKBHQWRQXOGFE7F.gif 8U]].

Compare with ScaryFlashlightFace, GameFace, BurningWithAnger and LoomingSilhouetteOfRage. Close relative of NightmareFace. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] [[Comicbook/RasAlGhul "the Demon's Head"]].

* More than a few {{youkai}} and {{obake}} are capable of doing this. Gaki, a type of life-stealing ghost created from humans who died of starvation (or while feeling avaricious or envious), are shapeshifters in general, but delight in suddenly assuming ghastly visages to startle and terrify. Ran, a CuteMonsterGirl from UruseiYatsura, is loosely based on the Gaki. According to traditional lore, Oni women normally look extremely beautiful, but can become terrifyingly ugly when angry or jealous.

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

-->'''Osomatsu:''' SHUT UP! Rental girlfriends? You guys are nothing but [[YouMonster monsters!]] Look in the mirror, stupid.\\

* ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'': The Sextuplets do this to an exposed Iyami, Dayon, and Chibita in Episode 10.
-->'''Osomatsu:''' Shut up! Rental girlfriends? You guys are nothing but [[YouMonster monsters!]] Look in the mirror, stupid.\\

-->'''Osomatsu:''' Rental girlfriends!? You guys are nothing but monsters! Look in the mirror, idiot.\\
'''Choromatsu:''' My ass hair is on fire, you ugly!\\

'''Jyushimatsu:''' ''(pointing to each one of the three)'' One out! Two outs! Three outs! CHANGE!\\

'''Jyushimatsu:''' ''(pointing to each one of the three)'' One out! Two outs! Three outs! CHANGE!

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': This trope is {{Parodied}} when, in "Hit The Diamond", five Homeworld Rubies fuse into one ''giant'' Ruby Fusion and then demand the Crystal Gems to tell them where [[spoiler: Jasper]] is.

'''Karamatsu:''' I'm gonna barf.\\

* ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'': The Sextuplets do this to an exposed Iyami and Chibita in Episode 10.

* ''Once'', and ''only'' once by the [[http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8016/058uz.jpg title 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' uses this sometimes, such as [=SpongeBob=] yelling at Mr Krabs that he wants to go to bed in Argh!, Plankton yelling "GET OUT!" in New Leaf after Mr. Krabs destroyed his properties, and most recently Squid Plus One, used by Squidward twice.

*** And of course the second ninja school gave us...uh...[[http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/Razer_2mb/8U/PWSGYIU56LJT6EVKNRKBHQWRQXOGFE7F.gif 8U]].

* In ''Fanfic/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!]]

-> ''"[Rosalyn's] eyes had turned red, fangs began to grow out of her teeth, smoke bellowed out of her nose..."''

Compare with ScaryFlashlightFace, GameFace, BurningWithAnger and LoomingSilhouetteOfRage. Close relative of NightmareFace.

** ''La Vérité''

* 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.

--> ''"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 CAKE FROM!?'"''

** [[spoiler: Chaos later appears as one of these on Sarda's body after Sarda overloaded himself with magic power.]]

* Ozu from ''WesternAnimation/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.

* ''WesternAnimation/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.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Numbuh 3 when you make her mad. Complete with [[FireballEyeballs flaming eyes]] and [[ScaryTeeth truckloads of razor sharp teeth]].

* [[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 [[BerserkButton trying to weasel out of a promise]], which is [[ExactWords not what she's actually doing]].

The sudden eruption of an enraged individual's head into that of a demonic monster many times its normal size, with bulging eyes, wagging tongue, pointed ears and teeth, and sometimes jets of steam or flame from its nostrils. Usually expected to cow the viewer into defeat or submission; usually doesn't work.

* Similarly enough, the Librarian Ghost from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' also does 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 ''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 Lord of the Rings]]''.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' uses this sometimes, such as SpongeBob yelling at Mr Krabs that he wants to go to bed in Argh!, Plankton yelling "GET OUT!" in New Leaf after Mr. Krabs destroyed his properties, and most recently Squid Plus One, used by Squidward twice.

[[quoteright:265:[[Manga/RanmaOneHalf http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/demonresize.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:265:Sōun is not happy.]]

* 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]].

* In the 1980s vampire film ''Film/FrightNight'', the third phase of vampiric transformation is just like this.

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