History Main / FacePalmOfDoom

* In the ''StreetFighter'' serise, one of T. Hawk's specials is grabbing his opponent by the face, leaping into the air while windmilling them around (still by the face) and slamming them to the ground.

*** While in the first anime, [[spoiler: Mustang does this to Pride's remains (his skull specifically), turning the tide in their fight]]

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* ''[[HarryPotter Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'': [[spoiler: [[TheChosenOne Harry Potter]] + {{The Power of Love}} + Face Palm of Doom = [[TheMole Quirrell's]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel face disintegrating.]]]]

* In ''{{Hellsing}}'', Seras gives one to Zorin Blitz during their fight, intending to crush her face. Zorin retaliates by giving a FacepalmOfDoom of her own, attempting to MindRape Seras. This totally backfires, allowing Seras to move ahead with her previous plan, albeit with the addition of one very unforgiving ''wall.''

* Showing surprising strength in ''MagicalGirllyricalNanoha TheMovie First'', [[BigBad Precia]] grabs one of [[TheFederation the Adminitration Bureau]] mages in this manner and bodily lifts him off the ground [[GrieviousHarmWithABody before throwing him at one of his fellow Bureau mages]] when they [[spoiler:entered the room [[{{Necromantic}} containing Alicia's body]]]]

** The [[TurnAGundam Turn X's]] weld-off/destruction manipulator, which [[BigBad Gym]] even calls the Shining Finger.

* Scar from ''FullmetalAlchemist'' kills his victims in this manner; he grabs them by the head and makes their bodies disintegrate.

* Scar from ''FullmetalAlchemist'' kills his victims in this manner; he grabs them by the head and makes their brains explode.
** In addition, [[MadBomber Kimbley]] sometimes does this as well, making his victims explode.

* ''MegaManX'': [[spoiler: According to the Day of Sigma OVA, [[BigBad Sigma]] gets his signature scars on his eyes when [[TheMessiah X]] pulls off of these off on him]].

* Scar from ''FullmetalAlchemist'' kills his victims in this manner; he grabs them by the head and [[spoiler:alchemically]] deconstructs them. The result is very much like an [[spoiler: alchemically-induced]] exploding brain, in the sense that ''[[ShapedLikeItself it is]]'' an [[spoiler: alchemically-induced]] exploding brain.

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* In Session #5 of ''CowboyBebop'', "Ballad of Fallen Angels", Vicious does this to Spike after the latter disarmed with a bullet in the shoulder (thus using his left arm). And then Vicious use this grip to throw Spike through a stained glass window.

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Sometimes, you need to let the BigBad have it right where it hurts. Sometimes, you just gotta burn that smirk off of [[TheDragon The Dragon's]] face in the most direct and painful manner possible.

Sometimes, you just need to give them the FacePalmOfDoom ForMassiveDamage.

The FacePalmOfDoom, named so because it ''[[ShapedLikeItself is]]'' a FacePalm... [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom of Doom]], is basically when you grab someone in the face, or sometimes just by the head, but usually the face, and proceed to unleash the pain by releasing some kind of energy, or in a more [[{{Gorn}} bloody]] series, crushing it. As you can imagine, such a move is probably extremely painful and is usually pretty high up there in terms of power.

!!Examples:

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* The Shining Finger, Darkness Finger, and God Finger from GGundam. It even got two [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] in its franchise.

* Also, [[ActionGirl Kallen's]] signature move in her Guren II from ''CodeGeass''; there's a reason why people call her the [[MemeticMutation daughter of Domon]].

* ''FistOfTheNorthStar'': [[spoiler: This is how [[WorthyOpponent Falco]] executes [[EvilChancellor Jakoh]]. More exactly, he ''melts his face off'']].
* Scar from ''FullMetalAlchemist'' kills his victims in this manner; he grabs them by the head and [[spoiler: alchemically]] deconstructs them. The result is very much like an [[spoiler: alchemically-induced]] exploding brain, in the sense that ''[[ShapedLikeItself it is]]'' an [[spoiler: alchemically-induced]] exploding brain.

** As a matter of fact, the former's titular injury is the result of the latter performing a Face FingerPokeOfDoom on him.
** [[spoiler: This is how Ed kills Pride: by grabbing his face, physically and metaphysically, and ''ripping his soul out of his body'']].

* ''TheBigO'': the eponymous mecha's signature attack (Sudden Impact) can work like this by it grabbing an opponent's head and retracting the pressurized pistons inside the arms and subsequently releasing them ForMassiveDamage.
* In ''GhostInTheShell'', the SpiderTank grabs [[spoiler:the Major]]'s head and crushes it.

* Grimmjow Jaggerjack, of {{Bleach}}, kept trying to use this as a finisher, unleashing his Cero blast at point blank range against Ichigo and Rukia; but a third party kept jumping in and interrupting him. By the time he does catch Ichigo with one of these, he's [[TookALevelInBadass taken enough levels in badass]] to shrug it off without any real harm.
** Ichigo himself does this ''[[spoiler:to Aizen]].'' TookALevelInBadass, ''indeed...''

* [[DragonBall Broly]] absolutely loves this, as well as several villains in the DragonBall series.

* ''[[HarryPotter Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'': [[spoiler: [[TheChosenOne Harry Potter]] + ThePowerOfLove + FacePalmOfDoom = [[TheMole Quirrell's]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel face disintegrating.]]]]

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* ''StarTrek'': In ''The Enterprise Incident'', Spock uses the infamous "Vulcan Death Grip" to kill Kirk. [[spoiler:However, there's no such thing as a Vulcan Death Grip. [[FakeDefector It's a trick.]]]]

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* [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Darth Sion]] leads with this and eventually moves on to a NeckLift in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-pEG1JnDsM an unusually visceral beating for the StarWars universe.]]

* [[KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Master Xehanort]] does a back-of-the-head version of this to Ventus at one point. In the CG version of that scene, he grips Ven's head hard enough to ''crack his whole helmet'' before freezing and dropping him to the ground. Ouch.

* The last scene of the prologue in [[DotHackGUGames .hack//GU//rebirth]] features [[spoiler:not]]-Tri-edge doing this to the main character during their {{curb stomp battle}}, complete with Haseo's first-person view of it. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSb6ammdAfY]]

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* ''FistOfTheNorthStar'': [[spoiler: This is how [[WorthyOpponent Falco]] executes [[EvilChancellor Jakoh]]. More exactly, he ''melts his face off''.]]

** [[spoiler: This is how Ed kills Pride: by grabbing his face, physically and metaphysically, and ''ripping his soul out of his body''.]]

* In ''GhostInTheShell'', the SpiderTank grabs [[spoiler:Major]]'s head and crushes it.
* In ''AliveTheFinalEvolution'', the normally IdiotHero protagonist goes LetsGetDangerous on a powerful enemy and does this using his heat powers. The formerly {{bishounen}} enemy is left with [[ScarsAreForever permenant]] scars on [[TwoFaced half of his face]] and later adopts a rather large EyepatchOfPower.

** Ichigo himself does this ''[[spoiler:to Aizen.]]'' TookALevelInBadass, ''indeed...''

* [[LegendOfZelda Ganondorf's]] side-B special move in ''SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' utilizes this. In addition to the "energy attack" part of this trope, he also literally picks his opponent off the ground by the face before exploding their face with dark fire(if the two of them are on the ground), or grabs their face and them ''slams them back down into the ground.'' (if done in the air) Ouch.

* Happens at the end of ''DevilMayCry 4''. [[spoiler:Except instead of grabbing the face and then releasing the energy, Nero uses the [[RedRightHand Devil Buster]] to project an even ''bigger'' hand which is closer to the Savior's scale. Then he just crushes its face.]]

The FacePalmOfDoom, named so because it ''[[ShapedLikeItself is]]'' a FacePalm... [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom of Doom]], is basically when you grab someone in the face, or sometimes just by the head, but usually the face, and proceed to unleash the pain by releasing some kind of energy. As you can imagine, such a move is probably extremely painful and is usually pretty high up there in terms of power.

* In ''{{Hellsing}}'', Seras gives one to Zorin Blitz during their fight, intending to crush her face. Zorin retaliates by giving a FacepalmOfDoom of her own, attempting to MindRape Seras.

** Ichigo himself does this ''[[Spoiler:to Aizen.]]'' TookALevelInBadass, ''indeed...''

* Grimjow Jaggerjack, of {{Bleach}}, kept trying to use this as a finisher, unleashing his Cero blast at point blank range against Ichigo and Rukia; but a third party kept jumping in and interrupting him. By the time he does catch Ichigo with one of these, he's [[TookALevelInBadass taken enough levels in badass]] to shrug it off without any real harm.