History Main / FlyingFace

* ''Website/GoodbyeStrangers'': The lume generates a floating human head when it is born which orbits around it. The lume dies if the head is destroyed or is taken away from it. The lume cannot see though the head's eyes and the head seems to have a mind of its own. Sometimes a lume will collect extra human heads from actual humans, but it is still dependent on the original head.

* ''Webvideo/RetroShock'': Isaac is a floating robot head, {{justified}} in the ''Isaac, a robot'' (''Isaac the robot'') short where he mentions his creator died before (s)he could have finished him.

%%* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'': The Sargassoes, appearing in the first two games as recurring enemies.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'': Skelly, one of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many]] optional party members, starts out as this. You have to find and assemble the rest of him to recruit him.

* ''VideoGame/GreatDungeonInTheSky'' has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters to choose from, including several varieties of floating skull.

* ''VideoGame/StarFox'': Andross, the BigBad of most games, usually appears as a flying [[ManiacMonkeys primate]] head paired with disembodied hands.

* [[DemBones Flying skull]] or {{Robot|Buddy}}: usually some form of AttackDrone but occasionally more powerful than a similar character with a full body.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'': The Flying Pizza monster is somewhere between this and FloatingMask.%%How?

* the [=CIMON=]2 robot on board the international space station floats around in microgravity gently and for extra points is a TVHeadRobot.

* ''Manga/UshioAndTora''" The Gamin-sama are a family of five Youkai (Grandfather, father, mother, son and daughter) taking the form of huge floating heads. According to Tora, they come from China and their clan is Hitoban.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}}'': Has the final boss, Olmec, which is an enormous golden head that tries to crush the spelunker.
** The sequel upgrades Olmec by [[spoiler:Giving him anti-gravity engines and bomb launchers for his second phase.]]

** Several games from the series have flying skulls as enemies called...[[FluffyTheTerrible Bubbles]].
** ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' has its infamous Skull Balls that take seemingly hundreds of hits to kill, but are worth such good experience that people would spend hours grinding on them.

*** ''Oracle of Ages'': The boss Smog resembles a flying head made out of clouds.
*** ''Oracle of Seasons'': The second part of the penultimate dungeon boss fight is against his giant flying skull, which spits fireballs at you.

** Several games from the series have flying skulls as enemies called ... [[FluffyTheTerrible Bubbles]].

*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfAges'': The boss Smog resembles a flying head made out of clouds.
*** VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons'': The second part of the penultimate dungeon boss' fight is against his giant flying skull, which spits fireballs at you.

* Umlaut of ''VideoGame/CarnEvil'' is a floating VillainousHarlequin head that appears between levels and later serves as the penultimate boss.

* ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/LordTim/great-dungeon-in-the-sky Great Dungeon in the Sky]]'' has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters to choose from, including several varieties of floating skull.

* Tong Shau Ping, the BigBad of the game, ''VideoGame/HongKong97'', is a giant disembodied head dripping with blood.

* The titular ''VideoGame/{{Lazerman}}'' is this combined with HyperDestructiveBouncingBall.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', the second part of ''Seasons''' next-to-last's dungeon boss is against his giant flying skull, which spits fireballs at you.

* ''VideoGame/{{Sinistar}}'': The titular Sinistar may be the eariest VideoGame example.