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* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', Ragna's immensely {{narm}}y defeat of [[spoiler:Mu-12]] happens like this.

* At the end of ''Videogame/Borderlands2'', [[spoiler:if you let Lilith kill Handsome Jack. She grabs him by the face and kills him with her Siren powers.]]

** In ''-STRIVE-'', one of Sol Badguy's new moves has him go into his [[OneWingedAngel Dragon Install]] form and charge forward with his hand outstretched. If it connects, he'll grab his hapless opponent by the face and slam them into the ground in a fiery explosion.
* The last scene of the prologue in ''[[VideoGame/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. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSb6ammdAfY]]

** According to the ''Day of Sigma'' OVA included in ''Maverick Hunter X'', [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sigma]] gets his signature scars on his eyes when [[AllLovingHero X]] pulls off one of these on him]]. It should be noted that [[spoiler:X's attack looks a lot like Shining Finger, due to X being voiced by Creator/MarkGatha (who also voiced Domon Kasshu) at the time]].
** Sigma pulls this on your character in the hard mode of ''X8''.

* In ''Videogame/StarCraftII: Heart of the Swarm'' Kerrigan uses one to turn [[spoiler:Mensk's]] face into a psionic bomb, which inevitably explodes, killing him and taking out the entire room and parts of the (outer) walls. Good thing everyone else present either wears PoweredArmour or happens to be a psionic demi-goddess quite capable of ignoring little things like that.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': Darth Sion leads with this and eventually moves on to a NeckLift in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-pEG1JnDsM an unusually visceral beating]] for the Franchise/StarWars universe.

* [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Yoshimitsu]] in all of his ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' appearances, and his [[LegacyCharacter predecessor]] in his ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' appearances too... basically, a life-drain attack that consists of grabbing the opponent by the face and sucking out their life-horse. [[InvertedTrope An alternate version, however, allows you to ''heal'' them by channelling your own life-horse into them]]... nice way to show off. Though, in some games, if the opponent blocks it the effects are instantly reversed. Yes, this means that if the opponent reverses the healing version, he heals ''you''.
* ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' sees Kuze do this to [[spoiler:Yoneda as punishment for killing their only source on Makoto's whereabouts]] - grabbing his face and slamming his head into the floor hard enough to shatter his skull, killing him on the spot. To emphasize just how strong Kuze is to do that, Kiryu fought the victim earlier and slammed the guy's head face-first into a urinal hard enough to shatter the latter, and the guy shrugged it off (plus getting dropkicked out of a building later).

* Bison Smith was known for his Iron Claw Slam, which is similar to a chokeslam (and therefore briefly incorporates the equivalent of a NeckLift).

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': A sign that there's a large imbalance of power is when one combatant grabs their opponent by the head and violently throws them away. Grimmjow does this to both Rukia and Ichigo, while unleashing a Cero at point-blank range. Ichigo's inner Hollow does this to Ichigo during their BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind and the inner Hollow later does this to Ulquiorra, a tit-for-tat response to Ulquiorra having earlier performed the same move on Ichigo. [[spoiler:Ichigo eventually becomes powerful enough to grab Aizen by the face and drag him to a battlefield of Ichigo's choice; the man-handling and violence of being thrown to the ground doesn't hurt Aizen anywhere near as much as the damage Ichigo does to his pride.]]

* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': When Thothogoth happens to call Dabbler a "slave" in front of Maxima, she grabs his demonic face in her super-strong hand. Dabbler then tries to clarify that she is indeed his slave, prompting Maxima to start crushing with her fingers, cracks appearing over Thothogoth's cheek and horns.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

** In story arc Grim Hunt, Peter does something similar to one of the villains that was dogging him through most of the arc. Fittingly, it was to avenge Kaine, who was dead. Again. He got better.

* The T-800 does this to a female guard in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', though since he had been instructed not to kill, it is not as {{Squick}} as it could have been.

* In Session #5 of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', "Ballad of Fallen Angels", Vicious does this to Spike after the latter disarms him with a bullet in the shoulder (thus using his still good arm). Then, Vicious uses this grip to throw Spike through a stained glass window.

** ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'' normally averts this since [[TheHero Sekai]] uses an entirely different fighting style (and since he initially isn't familiar with ''Gundam'', he wouldn't consciously try and mimic the attack the way most of the show's {{Otaku}} cast would). However, he does use the attack on two specific occasions: in episode 4 he uses the Musha Godmaru (a SuperDeformed, samurai-styled God Gundam) and performs its version of the God Finger, and in episode 20 [[spoiler:during his showdown with his FallenHero [[SenpaiKohai sempai]], the "Jigen Haoh Innermost Secrets" attack he uses to end the fight ends with an unnamed Shining Finger-like attack.[[note]]because as it turns out, his master is none other than Domon Kasshu himself![[/note]]]]

** During the [[spoiler:siege of the Belladonna residence]], [[PapaWolf Ghira]] grabs one [[Mook schmuck]] by the face and rams his head into the hardwood floor. He doesn't get up again.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Sachiel, the Third Angel and the first Shinji has to fight against in the Eva Unit-01, grabs the mecha's head and inflicts it what can be described as an hydraulic pump-like pounding with energy from the Angel's forearms that comes out of the Angel's palm. It tears a hole in the Eva's head, causing a [[HighPressureBlood geyser of blood]]. Fortunately, the Eva goes berserk by itself and destroys the Angel afterwards.

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', in which the immortals, most notably [[BigBad Szilard]], "consume" one another by placing their right palm on someone's forehead and essentially vacuuming up their entire body in an exceptionally grisly manner...

* Araya Souren from ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' absolutely loves this trope. Even losing his arm afterwards won't stop him from subsequent attempts.
* In ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'', the SpiderTank grabs [[spoiler:the Major]]'s head and attempts to crush it, but it gets blown to hell by [[spoiler:Batou]] just before its victim's cybernetic skull can crack.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'', Momonga pulls one off on Hekkeran Termite during his [[CurbStompBattle "battle"]] with the Worker group Foresight. By the standards of the trope, Hekkeran gets off quite "easily", only getting paralyzed, although Ainz could effortlessly have dealt with him much more gruesomely. Unfortunately, [[FateWorseThanDeath Ainz just happened to have other plans.]]

** ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'' normally averts this since [[TheHero Sekai]] uses an entirely different fighting style (and since he initially isn't familiar with ''Gundam'', he wouldn't consciously try and mimic the attack the way most of the show's {{Otaku}} cast would). However, he does use the attack on two specific occasionsk: in episode 4 he uses the Musha Godmaru (a SuperDeformed, samurai-styled God Gundam) and performs its version of the God Finger, and in episode 20 [[spoiler:during his showdown with his FallenHero [[SempaiKohai sempai]], the "Jigen Haoh Innermost Secrets" attack he uses to end the fight ends with an unnamed Shining Finger-like attack.[[note]]because as it turns out, his master is none other than Domon Kasshu himself![[/note]]]]

* ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' sees Kuze do this to [[spoiler:Yoneda as punishment for killing their only source on Makoto's whereabouts]] - grabbing his face and slamming his head into the floor hard enough to shatter his skull, killing him on the spot.

** In addition, [[MadBomber Kimblee]] does this as well in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]], making his victims [[StuffBlowingUp explode]]. As a matter of fact, [[spoiler: Scar's eponymous injury is the result of Kimblee performing a Face FingerPokeOfDoom on him.]]

* In ''[[Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy Heart of Ashes]]'', Smaug uses his recently discovered ability to [[PlayingWithFire emit flames]] from his {{Human|ityEnsues}} palm to grab a dwarf merchant in the face and kill the poor fellow by scorching his face.
* Mokou grabs [[spoiler: a mental representation of Eirin Yagokoro]] like this before [[KillItWithFire reducing her to ash]] in ''Fanfic/ImperfectMetamorphosis: Rhapsody Of Subconscious Desire''.
* In the first chapter of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''/''Evangelion'' crossover ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'', Sachiel attacked Unit 01 like this when Rei was piloting it: the monster grabbed the robot's face and slammed an energy spike through it.
* In the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''Time Braid'', during one of the [[GroundhogDayLoop loops]] Sakura kills [[HealingFactor Kabuto]] by creating a [[EnergyBall Rasengan]] [[{{Squick}} inside his brain]].

The Facepalm of Doom, named so because it ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is]]'' a {{Facepalm}}... [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom of Doom]], is basically when you grab someone by the face, or sometimes just by the head, but usually the face, and proceed to unleash the pain by [[PowerPalms releasing some kind of energy]], [[PileBunker activating a weapon contained in the hand]], or in a more [[{{Gorn}} bloody]] series, [[HeadCrushing crushing it]]. As you can imagine, such a move is probably extremely painful and is usually pretty high up there in terms of power. Due to the [[CombatPragmatism nastiness]] inherent in [[NotInTheFace assaulting someone's visage]], as well as the frightening potential for EyeScream, this trope is generally indicative of TheUnfettered, an {{Anti|hero}}- or UnscrupulousHero, the ObviouslyEvil, or someone who has had their BerserkButton mashed ''extremely hard'' or otherwise reached their RageBreakingPoint. It is essentially the bare-handed equivalent of [[CoupDeGrace shooting an opponent executioner-style,]] and carries many of the same connotations.

The Facepalm of Doom, named so because it ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is]]'' a {{Facepalm}}... [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom of Doom]], is basically when you grab someone by the face, or sometimes just by the head, but usually the face, and proceed to unleash the pain by [[PowerPalms releasing some kind of energy]], [[PileBunker activating a weapon contained in the hand]], 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. Due to the [[CombatPragmatism nastiness]] inherent in [[NotInTheFace assaulting someone's visage]], as well as the frightening potential for EyeScream, this trope is generally indicative of TheUnfettered, an {{Anti|hero}}- or UnscrupulousHero, the ObviouslyEvil, or someone who has had their BerserkButton mashed ''extremely hard'' or otherwise reached their RageBreakingPoint. It is essentially the bare-handed equivalent of [[CoupDeGrace shooting an opponent executioner-style,]] and carries many of the same connotations.

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* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' works:
** This is one of the {{Signature Move}}s of the School of Touhou Fuhai (''The Undefeated of The East'') in ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', represented by protagonist Domon's [[FinishingMove Shining and God Finger attacks]] and Master Asia's Darkness Finger. The novelization explains its function and origin a bit, saying that it was made to adhere to Buddhist tenets of ThouShaltNotKill, and works by sending {{Ki|Manipulation}} into an opponent's head via the palm and the three central fingers, shorting out their motor functions and disabling them[[note]]And yes, this means it can be used outside of Gundams[[/note]]. ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration'' even retroactively gave "Finger" attacks to Master Asia's previous Gundams, Kowloon and Shuffle Heart. Similar attacks have appeared elsewhere in the franchise as homages to ''G'':
** The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Destiny Gundam's]] MMI-X340 "Palma Fiocina" palm beam cannon; despite the name, Shinn never used it as a ranged weapon in the series[[note]]The ''G Generation'' spin-off ''Generation of C.E.'' depicts the ranged version as part of the Destiny's [[AlphaStrike Full Weapons Combination]] attack[[/note]].
*** In-universe it's based on the [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Astray Red Frame]], which can channel its battery power through its weapon-powering handplugs, generating a "lightning ball". In his first battle with Gold Frame, Lowe uses a super-charged version that blows up Gold's head, but also takes out Red's right arm.
** The [[Anime/TurnAGundam Turn X's]] weld-off/destruction manipulator, which [[BigBad Gym]] even calls Shining Finger. Naturally, crossover games have him and Domon fight all the time.
** ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'' normally averts this since [[TheHero Sekai]] uses an entirely different fighting style (and since he initially isn't familiar with ''Gundam'', he wouldn't consciously try and mimic the attack the way most of the show's {{Otaku}} cast would). However, he does use the attack on two specific occasionsk: in episode 4 he uses the Musha Godmaru (a SuperDeformed, samurai-styled God Gundam) and performs its version of the God Finger, and in episode 20 [[spoiler:during his showdown with his FallenHero [[SempaiKohai sempai]], the "Jigen Haoh Innermost Secrets" attack he uses to end the fight ends with an unnamed Shining Finger-like attack.[[note]]because as it turns out, his master is none other than Domon Kasshu himself![[/note]]]]

* ''Anime/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 for massive damage.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Sachiel, the Third Angel and the first Shinji has to fight against in the Eva Unit-01, grabs the mecha's head and inflicts it what can be described as an hydraulic pump-like pounding with energy from the Angel's forearms that comes out of the Angel's palm. It tears a hole in the Eva's head, causing a [[HighPressureBlood geyser of blood]]. Fortunately, the Eva goes berserk by itself and destroys the Angel afterwards.

* In ''Manga/AliveTheFinalEvolution'', the normally IdiotHero protagonist goes LetsGetDangerous on a powerful enemy and does this using his heat powers. The formerly {{Bishonen}} enemy is left with [[ScarsAreForever permanent]] scars on [[TwoFaced half of his face]] and later adopts a rather large EyepatchOfPower.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': A sign that there's a large imbalance of power is when one combatant grabs their opponent by the head and violently throws them away. Grimmjow does this to both Rukia and Ichigo, while unleashing a Cero at point-blank range. Ichigo's inner Hollow does this to Ichigo during their BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind and the inner Hollow later does this to Ulquiorra, a tit-for-tat response to Ulquiorra having earlier performed the same move on Ichigo. [[spoiler:Ichigo eventually becomes powerful enough to grab Aizen by the face and drag him to a battlefield of Ichigo's choice; the man-handling and violence of being thrown to the ground doesn't hurt Aizen anywhere near as much as the damage Ichigo does to his pride.]]
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** [[SuperStrength Miss Monday]] attempts to punch Zoro's face into the ground at one point. He is completely unfazed, and responds by casually pulling this on her until she passes out.
** During the Water 7 arc, Blueno attempts this on [[{{Cyborg}} Franky]], unfortunately for him he only succeeds in pissing him off and prompting Franky to give a much more effective Facepalm of Doom ''right back at him''.
** Whitebeard did the same thing at several points, but using his Quake Quake powers, resulting in a mini earthquake limited to the victim's head. Needless to say, nobody really got back up from that one.
** The first thing that [[spoiler: Bellamy]] is shown doing post-timeskip is [[spoiler: crushing a man's skull with one hand]].
** [[spoiler:Sabo, after proving himself to be alive after all]], proves his strength by taking out a vice-admiral by crushing his head, complete with the ''iron mask'' he was wearing. He seems to be a fan of the move in general, as he puts it to good use later on Jesus Burgess (Blackbeard's right-hand man), complete with some sickening crunching sounds.
* In ''Manga/{{Reborn|2004}}'' Tsuna does this to Mukuro at the end of their fight.
* In ''[[Anime/{{K}} K: Memory of Red]]'', Mikoto Suoh, the Red King, does this to Eric Surt, a {{Yakuza}} assassin who's tried to kill him and his followers several times. But it's subverted in that, instead of killing Eric (as he and everyone around expected), Mikoto [[SuperEmpowering makes Eric his Clansman]], giving him powers and rescuing him from the yakuza group that's held him captive and forced him to kill for them for almost his whole life. Eric appears in the anime as a member of Mikoto's Clan, HOMRA.
* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', in which the immortals, most notably [[BigBad Szilard]], "consume" one another by placing their right palm on someone's forehead and essentially vacuuming up their entire body in an exceptionally grisly manner...

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
** Broly loves doing this, as do several villains in the ''Manga/DragonBall'' series.
** Goku does the top of the head variation during his fight with Kid Buu. He combines it with a ki attack that goes right through the Planet of the Kais.
** Syn Shenron, in Tenkaichi, grabs people by picking them up by the face and unleashing a volley of ki blasts straight into the face of whichever unlucky schmuck stupid enough to challenge him.
* In Session #5 of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', "Ballad of Fallen Angels", Vicious does this to Spike after the latter disarms him with a bullet in the shoulder (thus using his still good arm). Then, Vicious uses this grip to throw Spike through a stained glass window.
* Araya Souren from ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' absolutely loves this trope. Even losing his arm afterwards won't stop him from subsequent attempts.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
** Showing surprising strength in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha TheMovie First'', [[BigBad Precia]] grabs one of [[TheFederation the Adminitration Bureau]] mages in this manner and bodily lifts him off the ground [[GrievousHarmWithABody before throwing him at one of his fellow Bureau mages]] when they [[spoiler:entered the room [[{{Necromantic}} containing Alicia's body]]]]
** In ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', [[spoiler:Diego]] attempts to crush the head of [[spoiler:Veyron]] in this manner. Keyword being "attempts". Then the latter rips out the former's arm and returns the favor [[YourHeadAsplode much more successfully]].
** Lutecia performs this as well in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'', making [[spoiler:[[WickedWitch Fabia]]]] eat an energy blast to the face at point blank range.

* Simon in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' does this in the crushing variety in a giant robot TO a giant robot. Considering the series, it and everything around it explodes spectacularly.
%%* After a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown vicious beating]], [[BigBad Suitengu Chouji]] of ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'' grabs a scumbag's pulped face and utterly shreds his body with his superpower.
* Happens in a flashback in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' when [[spoiler: a young Yuri Petrov activates his NEXT power and sets his father's hand alight. Rather than screaming in pain, his dad (who arguably deserved it, [[DomesticAbuse incidentally]]) starts to ''laugh'' and puts his hand over his son's face, leaving a massive palm-shaped burn. This is not enough to save him, however]].
* While being attacked by a teacher, Tsukune from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' does this. The look on the dude's face is priceless.
* In the second ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' OVA, Terry has a nightmare of Krauser doing this to him.
* Obito, from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', uses this against the Edo-Tensei Third Hokage after having absorbed the Juubi, by latching his hand onto his face and releasing a black omni-element material through his hand as a spear. It obliterates the Third's entire upper body. He later attempts to use it on Sasuke and Naruto [[spoiler:but is saved by Minato and Naruto's quick thinking]].
* In ''Anime/TigerMaskW'', Red Death Mask uses the Iron Claw (see the Pro Wrestling folder for info) as a finishing move; his large, powerful hands enable him to easily draw sickening amounts of blood with the hold. Failing that, he has the Red Death Drop, a leaping windmill-motion Iron Claw Slam -- he manages to ''kill'' a minor character with a Red Death Drop off a cliff.

* Actually discussed in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' when it's used by All-Might. His narration explains that when you grab someone's face people's natural response is to frantically try to pull your hand off. Being able to predict their next move means the move helps you take control of the fight.
** Shigaraki tries to do this to Tsuyu during the USJ arc. A last second nullification from Aizawa saves Tsu from getting disintegrated.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'', Momonga pulls one off on Hekkeran Termite during his [[CurbStompBattle "battle"]] with the Worker group Foresight. By the standards of the trope, Hekkeran gets off quite "easily", only getting paralyzed, although Ainz could effortlessly have dealt with him much more gruesomely. Unfortunately, [[FateWorseThanDeath Ainz just happened to have other plans.]]
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** During the Nirvana Arc, Cobra grabs Natsu by the face when he tries to launch a [[BreathWeapon Fire Dragon Roar]] before blasting him with poison into his mouth. Natsu complains it felt like he tried to melt his face off.
** During the Grand Magic Games, Natsu grabs Rogue by the face and slams him into Sting before setting his hand ''on fire'' and blasting the two of them. Good thing for Rogue he was tough enough to take it.
** During the Alvarez Empire Arc, Mirajane [[spoiler:using Satan Soul: Algeria]] grabs [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Heine Lunasea and Juliet Sun]] by the faces before slamming them into the ground and unleashing enough magic power that it creates a ''[[FantasticNuke mushroom cloud]]'', decisively defeating them both.

* ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'': Dorian's ultimate technique is a tiny bomb hidden in his palm so he can blow someone's face off with it.
* ''Manga/{{Baoh}}''; The main character is capable of producing corrosive acid from his hands which is quite capable of melting people alive, leading to more than a few instances of this.

* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': After becoming a [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent homunculus]], Papillon kills his {{jerkass}} younger brother by grabbing his face and consuming him through an orifice in his palms -- he just sucks them right in, leaving behind nothing but their empty clothes.
* ''Manga/CodeBreaker'': Rei Ogami uses this to deliver his {{Hellfire}} to bad guys that he seeks to punish.

* In ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] enemy ComicBook/BlackAdam rams his right hand through Psycho-Pirate's face and skull:
-->'''Black Adam:''' [[BondOneLiner No more silly faces.]]
* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk does this to ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} in ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'' to block his eye-beams, which takes Scott out for the rest of the fight.

* Mokou grabs [[spoiler: a mental representation of Eirin Yagokoro]] like this before [[KillItWithFire reducing her to ash]] in ''Fanfic/ImperfectMetamorphosis: Rhapsody Of Subconscious Desire''.
* ''Fanfic/TheGamesWePlayTheGamerRWBY'': In "Expansions" Jaune grabs Gilgamesh by the face and feeds him a Lux Aeterna.
* In ''[[Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy Heart of Ashes]]'', Smaug uses his recently discovered ability to [[PlayingWithFire emit flames]] from his {{Human|ityEnsues}} palm to grab a dwarf merchant in the face and kill the poor fellow by scorching his face.

* In ''Film/{{Taken}} 2'', Bryan spares Murad's life so that he won't have to continue fighting off his vengeful family. How does he respond? By trying to shoot Bryan as he leaves his gun and has his back turned. How does Bryan respond? [[spoiler:He opens his palm to reveal that he popped the last bullet in the gun, then Murad by the face and impales his head into a wall hook, killing him.]]

* You know how Daleks have those plunger-arms in ''Series/DoctorWho''? In the new series, they can ''crush a man's skull'' with them.
** "[[TemptingFate What are you gonna do? Sucker me to death?]]"
** Later on, four of them do it again, the resulting head is '''smoldering'''!
* In ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', Vul Shark's Shark Jaws attack consists of grabbing the enemy's head with both hands several times.
* In ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', the assassin known as "The Golem" puts one of his massive hands over a target's face and crushes the life out of them.

* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', this is The Mountain's way of [[spoiler: killing Oberyn Martell]]
-->'''The Mountain:''' Elia Martell. I killed her children. Then I raped her. ''Then'' I smashed her head, '''''IN LIKE THIS!'''''
* In ''Series/TheMandalorian'' "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E8Chapter8Redemption Chapter 8: Redemption]]", IG-11 grabs one of the Child's scout trooper captors by the faceplate and lifts before brutally slamming said scout trooper's head into one of the speeder bikes to kill him.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': The Goa'uld "kara'kesh" (hand device) can be used in this manner, emitting a shockwave that can knock a group of people across a room, or, as shown when Carter used it against Seth, kill someone up close by slamming their body into the ground or another solid surface.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'':
** According to the ''Day of Sigma'' OVA included in ''Maverick Hunter X'', [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sigma]] gets his signature scars on his eyes when [[AllLovingHero X]] pulls off one of these on him]]. It should be noted that [[spoiler:X's attack looks a lot like Shining Finger, due to X being voiced by Creator/MarkGatha (who also voiced Domon Kasshu) at the time]].
** Sigma pulls this on your character in the hard mode of ''X8''.
* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'', Mao has the Blast Finger attack, which is probably a ShoutOut to the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Shining Finger]], considering [[ReferenceOverdosed the nature of the series]].

* Mage!Hawke pulls this in the ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII Destiny'' trailer, despite the fact that [[NeverTrustATrailer you can't actually do that in-game]] and it was definitely not the climactic move of the fight.

* [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Yoshimitsu]] in all of his ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' appearances, and his [[LegacyCharacter predecessor]] in his ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' appearances too... basically, a life-drain attack that consists of grabbing the opponent by the face and sucking out their life-horse. [[InvertedTrope An alternate version, however, allows you to ''heal'' them by channelling your own life-horse into them]]... nice way to show off.
** Though, in some games, if the opponent blocks it the effects are instantly reversed. Yes, this means that if the opponent reverses the healing version, he heals ''you''.
** In some of the Soul series games, Astaroth was able to grab a prone opponent by the face, squeeze their head, then stand them upright. The attack was pretty weak, but it prevented your opponent from getting a wake-up attack.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'': [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf's]] side-B special move 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. It's one of the few things ''Brawl'' did to distinguish him from [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]], of whom Ganondorf is otherwise a MovesetClone and merely delivers an uppercut or overhead punch with the same command.
* One of Testament's throwing moves in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is to grab his opponent's face and impale the victim with spikes extending from his palm.

* ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': Darth Sion leads with this and eventually moves on to a NeckLift in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-pEG1JnDsM an unusually visceral beating]] for the Franchise/StarWars universe.
* In the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series, 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.
** Sagat gets a simpler one starting from his first ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Zero]]'' appearance - no leaping or windmills, just grab and knee as many times as you can buttonmash in.
*** An even earlier example from Sagat comes from his [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/4643726c117413e60b7216df2b665b75/tumblr_n7fbwikftN1ty71ejo1_500.jpg promo art in Street Fighter II]] where it would later be depicted as him killing Gou Hibiki, Dan's father.
** Now, M. Bison/Vega does it as his 2nd Ultra, right before he gives you "The Psycho Abortion".
** Seth's forward throw does this as well, picking the opponent up by the face, and smashing them face first with a heel kick.
* Happens at the end of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4''. [[spoiler:Except instead of grabbing the face of the False Savior and then releasing the energy, Nero uses the [[RedRightHand Devil Bringer]] to project an even ''bigger'' hand which is closer to the Savior's scale. Then he just crushes its face]].
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII: VideoGame/CrisisCore'' has Genesis do this to Angeal and set off a point blank magical explosion. It seems to only knock him out for a minute, as he turns up soon after looking no worse for wear.
* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has a pretty impressive one in Jecht's "Triumphant Grasp" HP attack ([[ShoutOut known as]] [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam "Jecht Finger"]] in Japan). He charges, '''ON FIRE,''' down at you, ''GRABS. YOUR. FACE,'' and then causes an explosion in his hand. This causes him to shake out his hand from the pain, and this is the guy who ''kicks a meteor into your face ''and can plant his huge sword half-way into the ground ''with one hand!''
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': When [[spoiler:Dimitri]] is massacring the Flame Emperor's soldiers, he grabs one by the face. Since [[spoiler:Dimitri has freakish super-strength as a result of his Crest]], it's certain that this happens when you hear an offscreen ''crunch''.
* ''VideoGame/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.
** He'll also rarely try it on you while you're fighting him with Terra, though you can escape with button mashing before you get frozen.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', Ragna's immensely {{narm}}y defeat of [[spoiler:Mu-12]] happens like this.
* Official artwork and the title screen for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' both show the titular monster grasping Brad Vickers' lifeless body this way. It seems to be a ShoutOut to the Sagat example above (both properties are from Creator/{{Capcom}}).
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'''s Separate Ways campaign, one of Saddler's attacks involves grabbing Ada's face and slamming her head into the ground. Fail "PressXToNotDie", and it crushes her skull.

* One of Chuck Greene's special moves in ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' can involve this. Chuck grabs a zombie's head (whether it's a Facepalm of Doom or not depends on whether the zombie is facing Chuck) and viciously slams its head into a nearby surface, usually resulting in YourHeadAsplode.
* If Adam Jensen from ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' grabs your face, he's about to [[NeckSnap break your neck]].
* One of the consumes for the claw power in ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}}'' involves Mercer or Heller grabbing the victim's head, and shoving it into their torso.
* In ''Videogame/StarCraftII:Heart of the Swarm'' Kerrigan uses one to turn [[spoiler:Mensk's]] face into a psionic bomb, which inevitably explodes, killing him and taking out the entire room and parts of the (outer) walls. Good thing everyone else present either wears PoweredArmour or happens to be a psionic demi-goddess quite capable of ignoring little things like that.
* Gwyn, Lord of Cinder has this as a move in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''. He'll grab your character by the face and lift you up before blasting you across the room.
* At the end of ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', [[spoiler:if you let Lilith kill Handsome Jack. She grabs him by the face and kills him with her Siren powers.]]
* Tamaki of ''VisualNovel/ToHeart2'' has a toned down version, the [[WrestlerInAllOfUs classic wrestling move]] the "Iron Claw". It leaves her victim (generally [[BromanticFoil her younger brother]]) unconscious, after an unsettling cracking noise.
* ''Videogame/DwarfFortress'', being ''Dwarf Fortress'', allows your adventure character to pull one off. On top of the usual take-downs or throwing them by the head, it brings the additional joy of allowing you to follow it up with [[FacialHorror gouging and pinching off bits and pieces of their face]], [[EyeScream including eyeballs]]. In fact, if you want a viable wrestling character, it's either this or chokeholds. Regular dwarves occasionally do it as well, but usually just snap limbs, [[RedShirt or die trying]].
* A fairly low-level female [[CombatPragmatist Brawler]] grappling move in ''Videogame/DungeonFighterOnline'' involves using one hand to pull in a target on a (very short ranged) chained hook while loading the other hand with something gunpowder-based and converting the grab to a [[NeckLift face lift]]. Nasty, surprisingly hard for other foes to interrupt and can result in igniting multiple targets when the explosion hits.
* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'' and its [[VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar sequel]], Talion can grab an orc by the face while the Wraith either makes it explode or [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood brainwashes]] it into a loyal mook. Once converted, loyal orcs continue to bear a handprint mark on their faces.

* ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' sees Kuze do this to [[spoiler:Yoneda as punishment for killing their only source on Makoto's whereabouts]] - grabbing his face and slamming his head into the floor hard enough to shatter his skull, killing him on the spot.

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* Franchise/IncredibleHulk does this to ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} in ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'' to block his eye-beams, which takes Scott out for the rest of the fight.

* In ''Manga/{{Baoh}}'', the main character is capable of producing corrosive acid from his hands which is quite capable of melting people alive, leading to more than a few instances of this.

* ''Manga/CodeBreaker'''s Rei Ogami uses this to deliver his {{Hellfire}} to bad guys that he seeks to punish.

* In ''Manga/MobPsycho100'', Dimple tries this against Mob as a last resort to brainwash him into laughing. Mob, being an extreme [[TheStoic Stoic]] and powerful [=ESPer=] himself, is able to resist and use his [[TranquilFury repressed anger]] to lay the smackdown on Dimple.

* In ''Webcomic/BearNuts'' Death Bear does this to Evil [[http://www.bearnutscomic.com/2009/07/10/99-bear-nuts at one point]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'': Forgath casts ''[[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/12192005 inflict light wounds]]'' on Young-and-Beautiful by grabbing her face. The final result ain't pretty.

** Now, M. Bison/Vega/[[FanNickname Dictator]] does it as his 2nd Ultra, right before he gives you [[FanNickname "The Psycho Abortion"]].