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| 6 | [[quoteright:350:[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deja_q_hd_046_resized_6484.jpg]]]] |
| 7 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[SurroundedByIdiots I take my eyes off you people for five minutes...]]]] |
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| 9 | ->''"Why's your forehead all red?"'' |
| 10 | -->-- '''Katara''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheCaveOfTwoLovers The Cave of Two Lovers]]" |
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| 12 | So you're the OnlySaneMan, and the lunatics around you are ''once again'' doing something to make you question your faith in humanity. ''*sigh*'' It may not solve anything, but raising your hand to your forehead will have the dual benefit of temporarily obscuring your vision of the idiocy as well as cradling the oncoming headache. Variations occur, from pinching the bridge of one's nose to slapping one's forehead (basically a DopeSlap to oneself for the "idiocy" of putting up with this mess). One may also follow up the slap with sliding the palm of the hand down one's face, possibly with a look of exasperation. If they're wearing a hat, expect them to pull the brim of the hat over their eyes in disgust. If they're wearing a cloak or a hoodie, then they're pulling the cowl before their face. |
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| 14 | Sometimes, there is a distinction between the forehead facepalm (for irritating moments) and the full-face version (humiliation). There's also the Double Face Palm, which is grasping one's head with ''both'' palms, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13eDfrMgFQM as Picard does]] in "The Offspring"; this one is far more commonly associated with embarrassment. Some people even have gone meta, inserting "*picture of French ''Enterprise'' captain*" in their forum posts. |
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| 16 | Of course, it's also [[TruthInTelevision prevalent in]] RealLife. It's [[UniversalTropes universal]]; a wide range of cultures, and even animals capable of reaching their faces with their arms/forelegs, seem to have some variety of this. |
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| 18 | It may be accompanied by the line "That's the StupidestThingIveEverHeard!" It may also be combined with INeedAFreakingDrink. Applying a DopeSlap is often a form of ready relief for the headaches that cause a Face Palm. |
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| 20 | A SisterTrope to HeadDesk (in particularly extreme cases, these actions can also be combined to perform a ''*facepalmheaddesk* '' maneuver), FaceFault, DisapprovingLook (also known as the [[Literature/NoCountryForOldMen "Implied Facepalm"]]). |
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| 22 | Compare SurroundedByIdiots, OnlySaneMan, TheTake. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | See also AsideGlance, StunnedSilence. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Not directly related to FacepalmOfDoom, in which one attacks by placing one's palm on ''someone else's'' face. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[AscendedMeme Now]] in Webster's Dictionary [[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face%20palm here!]] |
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| 30 | !!Examples: |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 35 | * Advertising/{{GEICO}}: |
| 36 | ** The Gecko, when the company briefly considers using a campy cartoon version of him. |
| 37 | --->'''Gecko:''' So you've turned me into a cartoon. Lovely. |
| 38 | ** Also, with the Gecko, Rocky and Bullwinkle. Rocky is the one who does the facepalm first. The Gecko just catches on to it. |
| 39 | --->'''Rocky:''' Aww, come on, Bullwinkle. They're named after--\ |
| 40 | '''Bullwinkle:''' First president George Rockington!\ |
| 41 | ''[Rocky looks at Gecko]''\ |
| 42 | '''Gecko:''' That doesn't even make any sense, Mr. ...uh... Winkle. |
| 43 | ** There's also a print ad that talks about saving money with GEICO being no laughing matter. The ad depicts an iguana stating "I-guana save you money" and the Gecko standing next to him, facepalming. |
| 44 | * ''Jack in the Box''. Jack and others facepalm themselves and/or massage their heads in various commercials. |
| 45 | * The Discover Card Advertising/{{Peggy}} commercial "Transfer" ends with the caller standing bent over a planter, her face buried in her hands in frustration. |
| 46 | * V-8 vegetable juice used a campaign for quite a while that involved people dealing themselves the forehead slap version when they realized "Duh, I could have had a V-8!" The campaign was later revived with other people delivering a forehead variant of the DopeSlap to the person who didn't eat their vegetables and the tagline changed to ''You'' could have had a V-8!. |
| 47 | [[/folder]] |
| 48 | |
| 49 | [[folder:Animation]] |
| 50 | * ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': In "Opera", the docs both do a face palm when Fat Doc spills his chloroform all over the opera's audience, sending them to sleep. [[spoiler:Slim Doc has a tissue in his hand when he face palms, which wouldn't be a problem if not for the fact that the tissue had some of the liquid on it.]] |
| 51 | * ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': |
| 52 | ** Deep puts his palm on his face in disbelief upon realising that it was Amato entering the class and not their teacher Mr. Jamie coming in early. |
| 53 | ** Pian slaps his forehead in disappointment at Deep overdramatising them being hunted by Janitoor off of something he learned from movies. |
| 54 | ---> '''Pian''': ''(facepalms)'' This kid needs some help! |
| 55 | * In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Mighty Little Defenders'' episode 2, General Wolf does one when one of the wolves tries to shoot a cannonball at the barrier protecting Goat Village. |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 59 | * ''Manga/BlackButler'': Ciel in season 2 episode 3, when Sebastian has a moment of adoration over stray kitties and ignores the task at hand to do so. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/CaseClosed'': Heiji does one at the end of Chapter 1118 when he realizes he ''forgot'' to confess his feelings to Kazuha despite Ran setting them up in the perfect romantic environment for him to do so without any interruptions. |
| 61 | * This is Kanade's reaction at the end of Chapter 12/Episode 4A of ''Manga/CastleTownDandelion'', after Akane accidentally flashes her schoolmates. |
| 62 | * ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'': |
| 63 | ** Early on, Shirai Kuroko, a young girl law-enforcer, crouches and buries her face in her hands, appalled at the sight of her good acquaintance (later properly introduced as the series' lead) high-kicking a vending machine to make it cough up a free canned drink right in front of her. No, not because of all the law things and how the two were discussing those right up to that moment. It's just that the resulting upskirt shot provokes a complaint from Kuroko how unrefined, unladylike the other girl's taste in underwear is. |
| 64 | ** Kuroko does the headdesk variation, when the usually-straightforward, no-nonsense titular character ([[OneeSama who is also her crush]]) lures the gangmembers with innocent charm. The charm works though. Kuroko hits her head against hard objects hard enough to shake them, and she does it often enough to become a RunningGag. It's a wonder she doesn't suffer from any injuries. |
| 65 | * ''Anime/CodeGeass'': [[OnlySaneMan Lelouch]] has one when he realizes that [[spoiler:to keep Shirley from knowing about the secret underground base when she came to the library, his maid Sayoko, who was disguising as him at the time, kissed her. Also when she set him up on 108 dates.]] |
| 66 | * ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': |
| 67 | ** In the Cell Games, Mr. Satan opts to fight Cell first and starts showboating in front of him. Then he decides to show off by breaking 14 of the 15 tiles he prepared with a karate chop to intimidate Cell. Krillin faceplams at the sheer idiocy of the man. |
| 68 | ** In the Buu Saga, Gotenks's antics [[RuleOfFunny were enough to make]] ''[[StraightMan Piccolo]]'' facepalm. |
| 69 | ** Goku also does one after Vegeta breaks the punching machine at the 24th Budokai, which the rest of the group had been taking care to hit ''very lightly'' so as not to damage it. |
| 70 | ** In ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Whis's response to [[spoiler:Goku getting shot in the back because he dropped his guard]] is a facepalm, because this is exactly what he warned Goku about earlier in the story. |
| 71 | * ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'': This is Tom Tanaka's default reaction when someone (usually the person he's getting to pay their debt) pisses Shizuo off. |
| 72 | * ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': Yuki does it after Hatsuharu changes back from black Haru and asks why he's so exhausted. |
| 73 | * In ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'', several characters have been shown or described to have done this in reaction to Sōsuke's [[PersonOfMassDestruction actions]] or [[ComicallyMissingThePoint outlandish conclusions]]. Most commonly done by Mao, Kurz, and Kaname. |
| 74 | * In season 2 episode 6 of ''Manga/GirlsBravo'', Koyomi does this upon realization that Fukuyama's about to have an UnsettlingGenderReveal dropped on him and he doesn't even know. |
| 75 | * In ''Literature/{{Haganai}}'', Kodaka does one in episode 3 at the pool, after he defuses a confrontation between 3 guys and Sena. She then stops them from leaving, only to continue insulting them, and forcing Kodaka to save her yet again by utilizing his FaceOfAThug to scare the three guys away. He later berates her for acting that way. |
| 76 | * ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': |
| 77 | ** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/facepalmharuhi.png Kyon]] does this relatively often. It's like the anime-version of Picard. Ironically, while [[GenkiGirl Haruhi]] causes the majority of these, [[spoiler:the particular instance in the hyperlink--along with its non-captioned original--is a mirrored shot of Kyon facepalming at ''himself'' [[CovertPervert for being asleep while Mikuru was changing in the same room]].]] |
| 78 | ** In TheMovie, Itsuki does this in the background after a bit of ShipTease between Kyon and Haruhi ([[spoiler:in the hospital scene near the end of the movie]]). Doesn't happen often. |
| 79 | * Germany of ''Anime/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has done this on more than one occasion, usually because of something Italy has done. |
| 80 | * ''Manga/HoneyHunt'': |
| 81 | ** In chapter 2, [[http://manga.animea.net/honey-hunt-chapter-2-page-18.html this]] is Mizorogi's drivers response when Mizorogi tells Yura that the reason he wants to scout her is because she "smells like honey". |
| 82 | ** In chapter 21, Mozorogi does this again in exasperation for having acted a bit immature to Yura. |
| 83 | %%* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'''s reaction to Kagome's suggestion to break out of Tokajin's kitchen. |
| 84 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 85 | ** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': After Telence T. D'Arby is beaten at his own game by Jotaro, he fearfully asks Jotaro if he's going to unleash RapidFireFisticuffs onto him, with Joseph facepalming as it is quite an obvious answer. |
| 86 | ** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': When in the midst of a PottyEmergency, Jolyne tries to explain the situation to Weather Report, who tells her that it's being caused by the affected gravity of the room they're in, making Jolyne facepalm over the ridiculousness of that detail. |
| 87 | * ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'': Tomoe, Nanami's BeleagueredAssistant, will usually end up doing this at least once an episode, mainly because Nanami tends to act first and ''think'' much later. |
| 88 | * Otani of ''Manga/LovelyComplex'' does this in episode 24 after seeing Koizumi's EpicFail at being a model. |
| 89 | * ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'': [[WhiteMagicianGirl Normally soft-spoken Yuuno]] found himself doing this in [[http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5124/mslna0713fa0.png the last chapter]] [[ComicBookAdaptation supplementary comics]] when he learned that the small task [[LadyOfWar Signum]] needed him for was in [[BarrierWarrior setting up]] [[ContainmentField a Training Barrier]] for her LightheartedRematch with Fate. [[SpiritedCompetitor Again]]. |
| 90 | * ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'' contains a lot of these from various characters: |
| 91 | ** Asahi, being the OnlySaneMan, often does this in response to the antics of the rest of the cast. |
| 92 | ** This is Rin's reaction when she realizes she inadvertently revealed a bunch of classified information about the future. |
| 93 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 94 | ** During Sakura's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous]] [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] to Naruto in [[ShipSinking Chapter 469]], you get reaction shots from the other ninja. ''Every single person present'' is sporting a DisapprovingLook. Except for Rock Lee, who is ''[[http://www.mangareader.net/93-37654-11/naruto/chapter-469.html facepalming]]'' (although he eventually sports that same look as Sakura continues to blatantly lie). |
| 95 | ** Also occurs when Naruto states he doesn't want to turn into a frog [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK9DT4UR-0 here]] during his Sage Mode training. |
| 96 | * Several characters in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' do this, especially [[MetaGuy Chisame]] and Asuna, whenever she has to put up with Ayaka. |
| 97 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': "Those damn kids are embarassing us again." Those damned kids being [[IdiotHero Shinji]] [[BattleCouple and]] [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]] displaying their BelligerentSexualTension publicly. |
| 98 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 99 | ** When [[IdiotHero Luffy]] accepts to escort Vivi to Alabasta in spite of the crew being on Baroque Works' deathlist, Nami facepalms in exasperation. |
| 100 | ** The G-5 Marines keep on badmouthing the Straw Hats because [[spoiler:if they don't, they will start ''admiring'' them. They admit this as they begin to break down in tears while Tashigi laughs and Smoker face-palms.]] |
| 101 | * ''Literature/Overlord2012'': [[LargeHam With much fanfare]], [[SmugSnake Captain Nigun]] of the [[LightIsNotGood Sunlight Scripture]] summons a massive angel, Dominion Authority, against [[OurLichesAreDifferent Ainz]] [[StoryBreakerPower Ooal]] [[VillainProtagonist Gown]]. To put it mildly, Ainz [[http://embed.gyazo.com/03b105fe0cdcead0f3556f1668fd9890.jpg facepalming]] and saying "This is stupid" was '''not''' the reaction he expected. |
| 102 | * Sharon of ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' does this in the second omake when Gil is supposed to be making a soulful declaration to Alice to prepare her for womanhood but he just does it to [[HoYay Oz]] instead. |
| 103 | * ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' has Yosuke doing one in response to Yu's drunken shenanigans in episode 15. |
| 104 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Akane does this in episode 85 when Ranma loses at StripPoker. |
| 105 | * A non-comedic version of this happens when The Staff of The British Library do this in the ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' OVA in response to losing an entire squadron of troops due to a transport chopper crash while trying to kill the I-Jinn. |
| 106 | * In ''Manga/Reborn2004'', Gokudera when he found himself yet again, [[http://www.mangareader.net/284-20464-7/katekyo-hitman-reborn/chapter-243.html doing the "VONGOLA! FIGHT!" circle]]. Also, Squalo does this when [[http://www.mangareader.net/284-20467-2/katekyo-hitman-reborn/chapter-246.html Yamamoto is 'fooling around' with his puppy.]] |
| 107 | * ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' Act 3 features a scene where our heroine is fighting Jadeite while Rei (who hasn't awakened as Sailor Mars yet) is watching. Rei has previously seen Sailor Moon out of costume, and instantly recognizes her: |
| 108 | -->'''Rei:''' Are you... Usagi?\ |
| 109 | '''Moon:''' No, I'm not! [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I'm not Usagi!]]\ |
| 110 | (''Luna, being an advisor in cat form, facepaws'') |
| 111 | * UsefulNotes/SarutobiSasuke shows that even famous mythological ninjas (or at least their exaggerated ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' incarnations) [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ninjafacepalm.jpg find this to be the only proper response]] to their general's stupidity. |
| 112 | * In chapter 5 of ''Manga/SensualPhrase'' one of Sakuya's fellow band mates reacts this way when he states that he wants to use Aine in a music video. In chapter 7, another one of Sakuya's fellow band mates has this reaction at Sakuya's less than subtle remark of taking Aine to his room when she passed out from drinking too much. |
| 113 | * Lawrence does this quite frequently in ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' for any given reason although usually in response to Holo. Holo herself has a half a minute long face palm in the first OVA in response to Lawrence's description of how sheep are used for torture. |
| 114 | %% commented out as Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * Kiyal and Guinble facepalm at different points in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. |
| 115 | * In ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', this is Barnaby's reaction to [[TheKlutz Kotetsu's]] massively botched attempt at performing the simple act of picking up a dropped pen...accidentally kicking it into the path of an oncoming car in episode 5. |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | [[folder:Arts]] |
| 119 | * Across the street from the Oklahoma City National Memorial is a statue of Jesus Christ performing this gesture. The statue, "''And Jesus Wept''", depicts him averting his gaze and crying at the loss of life in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing that killed 168 people in 1995, in addition to severely damaging St. Joseph's Catholic Church, which used to be located where the statue now stands (the congregation of the church financed the statue's construction). |
| 120 | * Plate 10 of [[Art/MarriageALaMode William Hogarth]]'s ''Industry and Idleness'' series of prints shows industrious 'prentice [[MeaningfulName Francis Goodchild]], now Alderman of London, doing this as his idle counterpart [[MeaningfulName Tom Idle]] is brought before him on charges of highway robbery and murder. |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 124 | * Professor Scruples from ''ComicBook/BazookaJules'' does a face palm when he has to explain to Julie and Neil in [[LaymansTerms even simpler terms than he's using]] one of Julie's abilities. |
| 125 | * ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': MODOK's [[{{Cephalothorax}} body is a face]]. When he facepalms, [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6rFxhJAiUD0/UF5gNasVfMI/AAAAAAAAB6A/4TpVwEDpdaM/s1600/Modok+Poster.jpg you know you've failed.]] |
| 126 | * ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': Taskmaster has done this towards Deadpool, such as when Wade pays him via ATM. |
| 127 | * ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': |
| 128 | ** Brother Warth, a typically pacifistic member of the Blue Lantern Corps, facepalms in an issue when people get into a fight despite his efforts. |
| 129 | ** In the first issue of ''Green Lantern Corps: Recharge'', Kyle Rayner does this when Guy Gardner has the audacity to try {{Mooning}} ComicBook/{{Batman}}. |
| 130 | * ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Issue #359 has a {{Dramedy}} plot in which Lorelei and Loki conspire to put Thor under magical mind control. Their scheme is eventually defeated when Lorelei is rendered similarly magically infatuated with Loki. After Loki has been forced to lift the enchantment on Thor, and nearly had his brains smashed in along the way, Lorelei asks if he's angry with her. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/loki_facepalm.jpg Loki's facepalm]] is a minor classic of the trope. |
| 131 | * In the ''Franchise/MonsterVerse'' comic ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'', [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Dr. Brooks]] makes a despairing one when he's listening to Aaron's ApocalypticLog, at the moment when he realizes just why his son went to Skull Island. |
| 132 | * ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'': Nemesis slaps his forehead during Torquemada's trial when the latter brings in Nemesis's great uncle Baal as a witness to "prove" that all aliens are evil and [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide he was right to wage war on them]]. Baal is an enthusiastic TortureTechnician of human beings (Nemesis had banished him for this), so this doesn't paint them in a very good light. |
| 133 | * ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "Micro Managing" (Creator/DCComics issue #68), Blossom seeks Mojo Jojo's help in defeating the Micro-Puffs (three tiny troublemaking avatars of the girls), who have negatively influenced Bubbles and Buttercup. Blossom facepalms when all Mojo can do is whine about why he doesn't have a micro version of himself. |
| 134 | * ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': Sheriff Root frequently does this in reaction to his son Arseface. |
| 135 | * ''ComicBook/PS238'': Miss Kyle, a teacher at the eponymous SuperheroSchool, facepalms frequently. [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2007-01-23 Like when Zodon]] (a {{Jerkass}} super-genius in a hoverchair) is supposed to [[BadBadActing pretend that a school bully's punch hurt]], as part of the {{Masquerade}}. |
| 136 | * The ''ComicBook/SavageDragon'' does this when he realizes why bar patrons fled from terror when he told them that [[MistakenForGay he was looking for Amanda Love]]. |
| 137 | * ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'': Papa Smurf does this a few times in ''[[Recap/TheSmurfsBook26BathingSmurfs Bathing Smurfs]]''. |
| 138 | %% * In ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic Universe]]'', Rouge [[LamePunReaction does this]] after Shadow ([[TheComicallySerious yes, that Shadow]]) cracks a pun. |
| 139 | * ''ComicBook/StarWarsTagAndBink'': Master Yoda on [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Revenge_of_the_Clone_Menace.jpg the cover]] of ''Revenge of the Clone Menace''. |
| 140 | * ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': |
| 141 | ** In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'', Linda does this when [[spoiler:Clark reveals that he's figured out that her "Krypton never existed" story (which she had been coaxed into feeding him; long story) is a lie]]. |
| 142 | ** In ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' #713, Superman tells Supergirl and ComicBook/{{Superboy}} that he has been wondering whether there must be a Superman... and he realized the answer is "No". And then he takes off his costume. [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uwrmQA57mXg/Tt97cTwpEYI/AAAAAAAANxU/0q7aL5YjS8k/s1600/9+-+july+sm+713+3.jpg Supergirl finds the situation so stupid that she facepalms hard]]. |
| 143 | ** In ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' #62, Supergirl's enthusiastic self-guided tour of the Batcave while [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim]] is in the middle of a sentence causes him to irritably drop his face into a hand. Perhaps she's giving him flashbacks to [[ComicBook/YoungJustice trying to corral]] ComicBook/{{Impulse}}: |
| 144 | --->'''Tim:''' In the meantime feel free to give yourself a tour of the cave.\ |
| 145 | '''Kara:''' Okay.\ |
| 146 | '''Tim:''' Just don't touch--\ |
| 147 | ''[Kara zips off and returns at SuperSpeed]''\ |
| 148 | '''Tim:''' --anything.\ |
| 149 | '''Kara:''' That was fun! What's the giant penny for? |
| 150 | * An issue of ''ComicBook/SWORD2009'' features a group of giant rock aliens seeking to avenge the deaths of four noble creatures whom humans had decapitated and put on display... at Mount Rushmore. Once they learn the nature of the error, this trope occurs. |
| 151 | * ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'': |
| 152 | ** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates2002'': Nick Fury cannot believe it when Captain America manipulates Hulk by telling him that the aliens called him a "sissy boy" |
| 153 | ** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen2001'': Ross can not believe that Wraith risked the secrecy of Weapon X by kidnapping the most famous mutants, the X-Men, and killed Charles Xavier, who was in good terms with the president. |
| 154 | * In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' graphic novel ''Winds of Change'', Mudclaw face-paws after seeing Onewhisker fall off a tree stump in front of the entire Gathering. |
| 155 | * The psychiatrist in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' [[http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x250/Fyrmer/watchmen_doctor_facepalm.jpg facepalms]] after a session with Rorschach. |
| 156 | * In ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTheJungle'', Lt. Murphy does this after Dresden tells her something uselessly mystic and vague about the case. In the rulebook for ''TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles'', this panel is used with the [[DirectLineToTheAuthor side comment by Dresden]]: "I make her do this way too much." |
| 157 | [[/folder]] |
| 158 | |
| 159 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 160 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': |
| 161 | ** At the end of a HorribleCampingTrip where it rained all week, Calvin's dad has just packed everything up when the rain stops. Cue ''wap''. |
| 162 | ** Calvin does it himself in another strip. After hurting Susie's feelings by calling her names, he makes a hesitant attempt at apology. Irritated and not understanding his stammering, Susie snaps at him and stalks off. Calvin shouts "I'm trying to apologize, you dumb noodleloaf!" Realizing he just called her a name ''while trying to apologize for calling her names'', he facepalms. |
| 163 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': |
| 164 | ** Garfield apparently does this a lot. [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=525 This strip]] from ''[[Webcomic/{{Mezzacotta}} Square Root of Minus Garfield]]'' demonstrates. |
| 165 | ** There's a strip where Garfield is facepalming for no reason. Jon asks him what he's doing, and Garfield replies, "Practicing being exasperated." Jon notices he's not wearing pants, and Garfield puts his practice to good use. |
| 166 | %%* ComicStrip/MallardFillmore Face-Wings a lot. |
| 167 | %%* ''ComicStrip/TheOptimist'' has an occasional [[http://the-opt.com/?p=30 facepalm]]. |
| 168 | * ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' often has characters doing this, and the strip's creator Stephan Pastis does this on the covers of a couple reprint treasuries. |
| 169 | [[/folder]] |
| 170 | |
| 171 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 172 | * ''Fanfic/MaybeTheLastArchieStory'': Done by Reggie Mantle when, on top of finding out that his ex-schoolmate Sabrina is a witch right after she has been kidnapped, he finds himself talking to a cat. |
| 173 | -->Reggie shook his head. "I don't know what it means, either. Not a good enough detective, I suppose." Then he leaned his head against the wall and covered his eyes with one hand.\ |
| 174 | Salem looked at Reggie, cocking his head. "What's wrong, kid? Need an Excedrin?"\ |
| 175 | From behind his hand, Reggie said, "I'm talking to a cat. I'm having a conversation with a cat. This cannot be real. I'm still dreaming, right?" |
| 176 | * Hiro does this twice in one night in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2780078/chapters/6353660 Different Course of Events]]'', as Baymax was doing an usually good job of saying just the wrong thing to [[BigBrotherInstinct Tadashi]]. |
| 177 | -->'''Baymax:''' The encounter with the masked man only increased Hiro's levels of stress, especially when we were under attack and as we escaped by jumping out of a window.\ |
| 178 | ''Hiro slammed his hand against his forehead for a second time that night.'' |
| 179 | * ''Fanfic/TheSnowHasStoppedTheRain''. Instances include: |
| 180 | ** Ichigo when his friends had decided to "rescue" him and an arrested Rukia, when he had been in the middle of trying to get her out using legal channels. |
| 181 | ** Shirayuki (on herself unusually) when she realizes the ease of which she and Ichigo had been communicating via a PsychicLink should have been impossible and the implications of it are huge. |
| 182 | ** Uryu barely resists this when he realizes Ganju had slipped away from the group when they're in hostile territory. He gives up and does it anyway when Ganju shows up screaming and being pursued by a large number of armed Shinigami. |
| 183 | * ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': |
| 184 | ** Penny hides her face in her hand with mortification on a few occasions. |
| 185 | *** With embarrassment in reaction to her mom's BigEater binge in "The Baseball Game." |
| 186 | *** With embarrassment when Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino are caught by security snitching a pair of skis, tearing up a freshly groomed mountain trail, throwing snowballs, and committing other transgressions in "The Ski Trip." |
| 187 | *** With irritation upon discovering how badly fouled up her computer has become in "The Autobiography." |
| 188 | *** With embarrassment at seeing her three food-covered pets just after they have smashed a shopping cart into the glass front door of the title venue in "The Supermarket." |
| 189 | ** Mittens covers her face with a paw when Bolt starts in on a HurricaneOfPuns in "The Coyote." |
| 190 | ** When James the Director realizes his TV show script has been changed radically and he won't get to use the music he had hoped for in "The Pilot," he puts his face in his hand and sighs dejectedly. |
| 191 | * Happens a good amount of times in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'', almost always from one of the many {{Deadpan Snarker}}s of the fic. |
| 192 | * ''Fanfic/BoldoresAndBoomsticks'': Yang is more than a little exasperated at how Ruby can remain chipper even while stranded in another world. |
| 193 | * ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/237304/chapters/363772 The Big Reveal]]'' has [[Series/Merlin2008 Merlin and Arthur]] switch lives with their actors, Bradley and Colin. |
| 194 | -->'''Colin:''' Well, maybe when we get to Camelot, you should refrain from kissing Gwen. In public. Or ever.\ |
| 195 | '''Bradley:''' Hell. [[LoveInterest Gwen]]. What am I going to do?\ |
| 196 | '''Colin:''' I know. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Usually you have to do three takes before you get the kisses right]].\ |
| 197 | ''[Bradley gave in to the urge to facepalm]'' |
| 198 | * In ''Fanfic/TheBlueBlurOfTermina'', Tatl does this in response to Sonic's hesitation during his first use of the Deku Flower. |
| 199 | * ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'': |
| 200 | ** Green Goblin's drugged antics make Spider-Man facepalm himself. |
| 201 | ** Green Goblin manages to make ''Batman'' do this. And Green Goblin wasn't even drugged at the time! |
| 202 | ** Green Lantern does this while Deadpool was singing to Ryan Reynolds. |
| 203 | * In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Haruhi facepalms after realizing [[spoiler:that Kyon's gotten himself in trouble with the School Council by hanging Yamane Jun out of a window.]] |
| 204 | * ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': In chapter 2, Shinji has just prevented a plane from crashing. He boards the plane, asks if anybody has been hurt... and a guard of Asuka's security detail announces he bit his tongue. Asuka facepalms. |
| 205 | * In ''Fanfic/OpeningDangerousGates'', Laxus does this when [[DirtyOldMan Makarov]] tries to hit on Rangiku, embarrassing everybody. |
| 206 | * In ''Fanfic/ShadowsOfGiants'', Kenji does this so often in response to the Mane Six's antics that his forehead becomes red. |
| 207 | * ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-6#post-6355815 Here]]: "Three arguing warlocks stood around a waist-high pedestal covered in schematics. One kept tapping the blackboard behind him with his index finger, smearing the scrawled runes on it in the process. The other held up an open book like a ward against ignorance, pointing at a certain passage. While the two shouted at each other, the third covered his forehead with one palm while glaring at the wax dripping onto his notes from a toppled candelabra." |
| 208 | * ''WebVideo/ReactionSpandex'': As ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and ComicBook/SpiderMan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI-mzbPTQlU are doing a reaction video]] to the ''WebVideo/SuperPowerBeatDown'' match between Wolverine and Wonder Woman, Spidey is naturally drawn into facepalming several times, especially whenever Deadpool mentions Wonder Woman's "forms". |
| 209 | * In ''Fanfic/MyLittleAnimaniacs'', Scootaloo and the Brain do this when Apple Bloom drags them all the way to Manehattan to visit Babs, only to admit that she doesn't even know where she lives. |
| 210 | * In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1547276/chapters/3279458 Broken Twilight]]'' Snape does it when Dobby refers to him as "Harry's bat." |
| 211 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12590405/6/Per-Volar-Su-Nata Per Volar Su Nata]]'' Raven does it when Fred, George and Beast Boy team up to play a prank on Speedy. |
| 212 | * In ''A Fanfiction Carol'', Petraverd (the first ghost, in the form of a unicorn) face-hoofs whenever Smooge, after showing some sign of progress, acts like TheDitz-of-a-fangirl she still is. |
| 213 | * In ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'', Raven facepalms after hearing Gadjo's "explanation" for how relationships work. |
| 214 | * In ''Fanfic/EchoesOfYesterday'', Battery from ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' covers her face with her hands when Assault of all people decides to lecture ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} on proper hero etiquette. |
| 215 | -->Assault took that moment to rejoin the conversation and promptly put himself between me and Battery, "Hey now, you better not be sneaking any peaks on Puppy with those see-through eyes of yours."\ |
| 216 | I paused, trying to figure out what he meant while Battery covered her face and sighed. |
| 217 | * In crossover fanfic ''Fanfic/DisplacedTheMountainJew'', Rose Wilson almost facepalms when Catwoman tells her to ditch her guns after hiring her services. |
| 218 | -->"Alright! That's enough doom and gloom for today. Put your gear on, grab a bagel, and let's get going. And no guns!"\ |
| 219 | "And what's I am supposed to use then? A shovel?" She asked sarcastically.\ |
| 220 | "Sure, why not? We... just need to get one first."\ |
| 221 | Rose resisted the urge to facepalm. |
| 222 | * In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Ash does this when he learns that "Tri_pod" -- a person online who knows about the train that kidnapped Chloe -- is just the name of his Unova rival "Trip" with a space and 'od' at the end to make a pun. |
| 223 | * In ''Fanfic/HarryAndTheShipgirls'', due to the shenanigans on [[VideoGame/KanColle both]] [[Franchise/HarryPotter sides]] of the crossover, the "forbidden romance between face and palm" is a RunningGag. |
| 224 | * In chapter 16 of ''Fanfic/TheEchoRanger'', Advisory does the nose pinch version when she realizes she just handed Izuku a perfect argument in their verbal debate. And All Might does the more classic version when Melissa references Franchise/{{Pokemon}} to summon her Zord. |
| 225 | * In ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'', Fury covers her face when Queen Hippolyta tells [[Franchise/WonderWoman her mother]] about her lover. |
| 226 | -->"Ohhhhhhh, hell," muttered Lyta, and hid her face in her hands. |
| 227 | * ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'': Clark buries his head in his hands when his mother demands answers about his newly-developed powers, adding she will not put up with bad attitude as he is spilling the beans. |
| 228 | * In ''Fanfic/RagnarokSkeptikitten'' Light does this when [[{{Tsundere}} Sayu]] meets his "new friends" while insulting all of them: |
| 229 | -->''Light sighed again, pressing the heels of his hands to his eyes. That migraine was assured now- damn all little sisters to the blackest pits of hell''. |
| 230 | * In ''Fanfic/MyMasterEd'', Edward and Van get food soon after the former frees the latter from slavery and Van is left dumbfounded at how generous he’s being. |
| 231 | -->'''Ed:''' What, you don’t like it? You could have told me before, you know, then I would have gotten you something else!\ |
| 232 | '''Van:''' No, I...I just...[[MundaneLuxury I never had pomegranate soup before]].\ |
| 233 | '''Ed:''' Why? It wasn’t that expensive.\ |
| 234 | '''Van:''' ''*rubs his temples*'' Slaves don't have their own money. |
| 235 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In Chapter 9, Vivienne Graham pinches the bridge of her nose when Mothra snaps her out of her immediate thoughts about Ghidorah. In Chapter 10, Mark Russell buries his face in his hands when he learns that journalists saw [[TwoBeingsOneBody Vivienne and San]] fighting Rodan. |
| 236 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10365073/14/Dragons-speak-Parseltongue-too-you-know Dragons Speak Parseltongue Too, You Know]]'' Hermione does it when Luna undresses without explaining she has a bathing suit underneath and Harry averts his eyes. |
| 237 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12624763/3/Glory-in-the-Light-of-Hope Glory in the Light of Hope]]'' Hermione does it when a recently-blinded Harry brandishes the cane she made him and pretends to be a swordsman. |
| 238 | * ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'': This is a common response to Harry's antics. |
| 239 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10930827/5/Harry-Potter-The-Warlock-of-Slytherin Harry Potter: The Warlock of Slytherin]]'' Iris does it when Daniel loses 25 points for deliberately insulting Snape. |
| 240 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12511998/3/Wind-Shear Wind Shear]]'' Cygnus does it when Charlus informs him of Voldemort's ancestry and Cygnus realizes that he and his family have been supporting a half-blood. |
| 241 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11651647/5/Across-The-Time Across The Time]]'' Harry does it when Dean comments that someday there may be books and even movies based on his, Ron and Hermione's exploits. |
| 242 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9894129/5/The-Price-is-Right The Price is Right]]'' Justin does it when his fellow first-year Hufflepuffs fangirl after Harry uses the levitation spell to save Neville from injury during flying lessons. |
| 243 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2547336/16/The-Savior-and-the-Scourge The Savior and the Scourge]]'' Harry does it when Minister Fudge and half a dozen Aurors storm into the Great Hall. |
| 244 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12671078/5/A-Dance-All-My-Own A Dance All My Own]]'' Harry does it when he asks Cedric to call the cavalry and Cedric asks why he'd want to summon a bunch of horse-mounted fighters. |
| 245 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11113209/15/Deductive-Thought Deductive Thought]]'' Snape does it when he announces that they're going to brew hand sanitizer and a Muggleborn student takes a bottle from their schoolbag, puts it in their cauldron and states that they're finished. |
| 246 | * It's amazing the characters within ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'' haven't knocked themselves out with how much they face-palm. |
| 247 | * ''Fanfic/MuchAdoAboutShakespeareLovesLaboursWon'': So much shame, so much face-palming! It's all over the fic. |
| 248 | ** Archie Kennedy scrubs his hand over his face when he realizes he and Horatio Hornblower will spend 50 hours together on shore leave and he needs to hide his feelings for his best friend and superior officer. |
| 249 | ** Horatio sighs and runs a hand over his face when Archie yet again quotes Shakespeare and he's most definitely not in the mood because he barely slept and is tired as hell. |
| 250 | ** Archie drops his head into his hands and bites back on the urge to scream. One of his post-panic attack's face-palms. |
| 251 | ** As Archie's still recovering from his panic attack, he sighs and runs a hand over his face. |
| 252 | ** Archie runs his hands through his hair, then rubs them roughly over his face "as though to scrub the last half hour out of existence" -- also still in the streets after his panic attack. |
| 253 | ** Horatio wants to check a quote from ''King John''. He sighs and "runs a hand slowly over his face" when he realizes he unfairly accused Archie of cheating in the bet and not valuing their friendship. |
| 254 | ** Archie flops down upon his bed, lies on his back and his hands cover his face. It happens as Archie is shamed when he remembers he was drunk and flirted with Horatio in public. |
| 255 | ** Archie buries his face in his pillow as he remembers his self-pitying recitation of Sonnet 25. |
| 256 | ** Archie jerks slightly and "rubs at his eyes" when Horatio comes to their room they are sharing at the inn. |
| 257 | * ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'': |
| 258 | ** Valerie has a habit of doing this as she witnesses the Chans failing in their attempts to resolve situations with their poor choice of words. One of these instances is when Jackie attempts to convince Captain Black that Jade is possessed by Shendu. |
| 259 | ** In the sequel, Valerie, Nat and Drago all facepalm when the Chans fail to convince Larry to let them peacefully exorcise Dai Gui's chi out of him. |
| 260 | * ''Fanfic/AStarToSteerHerBy'': The reaction to EDI's logical reasoning that dysfunctional families in dire need of therapy make an acceptable template for behavior as Shepard has referred to Normandy's crew as a dysfunctional family on multiple occasions. |
| 261 | * ''Fanfic/WhenReasonFails'': |
| 262 | ** Katsuki is prone to slapping his face in response to Izuku's antics. He hits himself hard enough that it sounds like a gunshot. |
| 263 | ** ''[[NotSoAboveItAll Shoto]]'' has an ''epic'' one (complete with exasperated sigh) [[spoiler:when the little girl sitting on Izuku's lap, eating his lunch and calling him "onii-chan" reveals she's the [[SemiDivine Outsider of]] [[EldritchAbomination Existence]]]]. |
| 264 | * ''Fanfic/TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds'': Celestia facehoofs hard enough to cause a minor quake when she realizes [[spoiler: she forgot to tell Megan about Cadence.]] |
| 265 | * ''Fanfic/EscapeFromTheMoon'': In the sequel ''The Mare From the Moon'', this is Starlight’s reaction to learning how one of Spliced’s old classmates reacted when he failed a history exam, insisting he was right and the textbook was wrong. |
| 266 | * ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'': |
| 267 | ** Sakura does this when Hinata behaves like a ClingyJealousGirl after Naruto revealed he had been kissed by [[AbhorrentAdmirer Nanami]]. |
| 268 | ** Sasuke does the same thing when he and Sakura realize that Naruto managed to sneak off from his hospital room once again and calls his friend "a glutton for punishment" given how much Sakura hates it when he does that. |
| 269 | ** Naruto facepalms after Sai [[IndignantSlap gets a slap on the face by a girl named Jirian]] when he's [[BrutalHonesty a little too honest]] about his intentions towards her. |
| 270 | ** At the end of Chapter 97, when Team 7 are behaving too much like the VitriolicBestBuds that they are, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Shizune can be seen facepalming in the background of one panel]]. |
| 271 | ** Anko does this [[ItMakesSenseInContext when Kei agrees to let Sai touch her chest]]. |
| 272 | ** This is Tsunade's reaction in Chapter 128 when Naruto reveals that Jiraiya did invite him to do some peeping in Konoha after returning to the village following a few years of training. |
| 273 | * ''Fanfic/TruePotential'': |
| 274 | ** Han facepalms when he realizes that teaching Naruto how to meditate is going to take a lot of work. |
| 275 | ** In the omake from Chapter 13, this is Kurenai's reaction after reading Anko's scroll titled "How to be a badass proctor for the exams" (along with tossing it to the side). |
| 276 | ** Ibiki does this when Anko yells "HEAR THAT WHISKERS? EVEN MORINO FUCKING IBIKI IS PRAISING YOU!" to Naruto during the final part of the Konoha Chūnin Exams. |
| 277 | ** In Chapter 39, [[spoiler:Masakado facepalms when both Naruto and Tayuya fail to make a sealing paper remain stuck on the wall]]. |
| 278 | ** Upon seeing [[spoiler:Naruto giving a peck to Hinata]], Shikamaru has this reaction as [[LateToTheRealization he finally realizes]] that the reason why Anko made him and [[spoiler:Dosu]] come along with her to do some errands was just so [[spoiler:Naruto and Hinata]] [[LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone could spend some time together alone]]. |
| 279 | ** Han has this reaction more than once when [[spoiler:Tayuya]] tries to find him a girlfriend. Similarly, Kurotsuchi, Roto, and Risho all facepalm when [[spoiler:Tayuya]] only has ''one single'' argument over Susumu dating Han (which is that they're both artists). |
| 280 | ** In Shimo, Naruto and Hinata try to find some way to help Fū after the latter lost control of Chōmei. The Hyuga has the idea of asking a jinchūriki to talk to Fū. In response, the Uzumaki comments that he could send a message to Han in Iwa, only for Hinata to point out that the two jinchūriki from Kumo (Killer Bee and Yugito) are both present in Shimo. Naruto facepalms upon realizing his mistake and chuckles over it. |
| 281 | ** Risho facepalms when Roto makes the mistake of asking Kurotsuchi if it's true that she and [[spoiler:Shikamaru]] "are really that kinky in bed". |
| 282 | ** Kido Tsumiki facepalms and says "Zip it, geezer." to Yoshikane when the latter feels the need to insult the former while they're trying to exit Konoha. |
| 283 | * ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': |
| 284 | ** In chapter 35 Rayana is giving Shinji tips to understand women. She face palms during the conversation at least once when he is not getting something. |
| 285 | ** [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-crown-of-stars-nge-ou.11766/page-16#post-2714283 In chapter 69]] [[spoiler:Asuka and Shinji]] reveal to everyone that they are expecting. Touji blankly asks "Waiting what?" His girlfriend Hikari groaned and put her hand over her face. |
| 286 | * ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/advice-and-trust-nge.8768/page-12#post-2203895 In chapter 4]] Shinji did a double facepalm after Asuka all but blew their cover (they were trying to keep their relationship secret and she pretty much shouted at a classmate that they were having sex). |
| 287 | * ''Webcomic/AkiChansLife'': In the sequel to ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'' Asuka facepalms repeatedly [[http://jimmywolk.studenten-froendenberg.de/eng/aki.php?browse.4.117 here]] and [[http://jimmywolk.studenten-froendenberg.de/eng/aki.php?browse.4.118 here]] while [[spoiler:Kaji]] is putting his foot in his mouth in spectacular fashion. |
| 288 | * ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': Asuka facepalms when she finds out that Shinji did not know that pilots get paid. |
| 289 | * ''Manga/Evangelion303'': Misato pulls it several times: |
| 290 | ** In chapter 3, after Asuka has botched a mission because she was too busy inquiring about Shinji's sex life to focus on performing her task. |
| 291 | ** In chapter 11, Asuka has been ordered to test a prototype war plane despite of not being psychologically stable. The test goes awry, and Misato -who had talked against putting Asuka in that plane-, facepalmed as wearing a "I knew it" expression. |
| 292 | ** In chapter 14 Misato had been complaining about missing pilots. And then new pilots arrive and she realizes that they are guaranteed to make trouble. So she facepalms in irritation. |
| 293 | * ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'': Misato does a double face palm when Asuka takes offense at being compared to Ritsuko. |
| 294 | -->Misato covered her head with her hands. "Don't be childish," she mumbled. "I compared you to my best friend, not to the monster she became." |
| 295 | * ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheMinisukas'': The antics of Leader and her minions to keep Mana away from Shinji are silly enough to make Shiki cover her face. |
| 296 | * ''Fanfic/ReadTheFinePrintEvangelion'': Misato slaps her forehead when she realizes that Shinji Ikari is Asuka's pen pal who sold his soul to her in exchange for chocolate as a joke. |
| 297 | * ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'': In chapter 17 Shinji has this reaction when Asuka tells him she has been angry and avoiding him for one week because she was jealous of him and trying to protect him from herself. Shinji slaps his forehead, groans and says it is the most stupid thing he has ever heard. |
| 298 | * ''Fanfic/YouAreNotAtFault'': Ritsuko facepalms while listening to Misato and Asuka bickering during one operation. |
| 299 | -->''Somewhere deep underground, a soft slap was heard in the command centre of NERV, as Ritsuko Akagi's palm met her face for the umpteenth time since she'd first met Misato Katsuragi''. |
| 300 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11664160/1/Zealous Zealous]]'': The Sea Devil (who created all the devil fruits) creates a specific one to stop the Dark Dark Fruit and plants it so Shanks will eat it and stop Blackbeard. Then Luffy eats it instead. Cue facepalm. |
| 301 | * ''Fanfic/TheSeasonsMyReason'': In "[[Recap/TheSeasonsMyReasonChapter7 Tunnels, Bugs, and General Idiocy]]", because of the chaos of [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Manatsu]] getting stuck between the walls, Sango chasing a bug, and [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Nozomi]] bursting in thinking a baby is born born (ItMakesSenseInContext), [[Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure Chiyu]] can't help but facepalm. |
| 302 | * In chapter four of [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6841812/5 Twinite]], this is Sarah's reaction to her Uncle. |
| 303 | -->''Turning away from the 'I know I'm cool' look, I rest my head in my palms. Well, more like nearly gave myself a concussion with both my hands. Facepalm, apply directly to face''. |
| 304 | * ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack, Part II'' has Eleya do this when she finds out that, with everybody who was on the bridge dead courtesy of the Borg, the ClosestThingWeGot to a conn officer is an ops ensign who [[IKnowMortalKombat likes to play a holodeck program of]] [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E06SacrificeOfAngels Operation Return]]. |
| 305 | -->'''Eleya:''' ''(facepalm)'' Fine, we don't have time to be picky. Ahead full. |
| 306 | * ''Fanfic/PeaceForgedInFire, Part II'' has one from General Brokosh after Captain Koren starts complaining about missing the entire BigBadassBattleSequence. |
| 307 | -->'''Koren:''' Tal'Shiar scum! This is Koren, daughter of Grilka, Captain of the glorious IKS ''bortaS'qu''! You will -- what the... What do you MEAN we missed out on a glorious battle? ARGH!!!!!! I haven't seen any action since Qo'noS! Why does it ALWAYS take an impending apocalypse for me to get to kill things???\ |
| 308 | '''Brokosh:''' ''[facepalm]'' Koren, you damn fool, get back in formation. |
| 309 | * In ''Fanfic/DarthVaderHeroOfNaboo'', both Vader and Sidious mentally do this when Padme assumes that "Darth" is the former's actual name, rather than a title. |
| 310 | * In ''Fanfic/KeepersOfTheElements'', there are quite a few moments that cause these for various characters, from bad guys to the protagonists. |
| 311 | * In ''Fanfic/LearningToBeHuman'', there is a RunningGag about Taylor's "palm and forehead's torrid love affair". |
| 312 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14109645/14/Confusion-Is-Mine-Saith-the-Lord Confusion Is Mine, Saith the Lord]]'' Harry, Ron and Hermione do it when after Dumbledore announces that Sirius is the substitute Care of Magical Creatures teacher, someone shouts that "everybody knows" he's a murderer who bought his way out of Azkaban and Sirius replies "Ah, my first victim!" |
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| 315 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 316 | * Done by The Carpet, of all characters, in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''; especially impressive, as it doesn't have a face ''nor'' a palm. Immediately followed by Aladdin himself, as he's trying to explain to Jasmine why he lied to her about the first time they met. Even Genie does it in the same scene. Well he hits his head, but still, it counts. |
| 317 | * Towards the end of Disney's adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', during Alice's trial, unbirthdays are brought up, which causes a whole new party, and of course the Mad Hatter and the March Hare have to sing "A Very Merry Unbirthday to You" for the Queen of Hearts. |
| 318 | -->'''Alice:''' [[OhNoNotAgain Oh no, not this again!]] ''[facepalm]'' |
| 319 | * Before they meet Anya, Dimitri and Vlad are holding an audition for girls to play ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''. One prospect is a [[WhiteDwarfStarlet middle-aged woman,]] who says in a sultry voice, "Granmama! It's me, Ana-''STASIA!''" Their reaction is a combination HeadDesk and Facepalm. |
| 320 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': |
| 321 | ** The Beast does one in a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when he scares Belle out of the castle. |
| 322 | ** He's particularly prone to the "depressed" type, doing it in the prologue, (wrapping both arms completely around his head in an effort to hide himself), and a few times in the mid-quel ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas''. |
| 323 | * Hiro adopts this pose at the end of the first trailer for ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' after his attempt to suit up Baymax ends in failure. |
| 324 | * Toa Tahu does this in ''WesternAnimation/BionicleMaskOfLight'' during a Kohlii match after Jaller dives right out of the way rather than blocking the oncoming Kohlii ball. Amusingly, shortly after, Jaller hits himself in the head with his Kohlii stick. It's an incredibly dramatic double-facepalm. |
| 325 | * ''Animation/BoBoiBoyTheMovie'': Bora Ra rolls his eyes and puts his palm to his head in disbelief when Adu Du goes goo-goo eyes for Kiki Ta. |
| 326 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'', one of the {{mooks}} gets zapped when trying to facepalm while wearing an electric glove. |
| 327 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': |
| 328 | ** Merida pulls her wimple over her eyes when Lord Macintosh presents his son as one of her suitors, clearly disgusted by his macho show-off routine and the situation in general. She facepalms directly when the brawl starts for the second time and her father joins the fray. |
| 329 | ** Lord [=MacGuffin=] facepalms after his son's arrow misses the bulls-eye. |
| 330 | * ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'': |
| 331 | ** Kenai facepalms when he realizes he has no choice but to escort [[HeartwarmingOrphan Koda]] to the Salmon Run. But he goes with it so he could become a human again. |
| 332 | ** Tuke does it in the sequel with his ''hoof'', when Rutt goofs up his attempts to flirt with the moosettes. |
| 333 | * ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'': |
| 334 | ** The coach of the baseball team the title character is on does this when Chicken Little swings the bat when he was just told not to. |
| 335 | ** Kirby also does this after trying to explain to Buck Cluck multiple times where his parents are, of course it doesn't help that all he speaks is gibberish. |
| 336 | ** After when She says "Oh, Ace, NOOO!!!". Ace Does That. |
| 337 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Héctor slaps his palm to his face (well, more exactly, his phalanxes to his skull) when Miguel tries to replicate his ululating song, to mediocre results. |
| 338 | * ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'' has Gru pinching the bridge of his nose upon seeing Dr. Nefario's "[[GratuitousDiscoSequence boogie robots]]". Gru holds up his palm when Nefario is about to say something and then quietly tells him that he asked for "''cookie'' robots". He then walks away wondering why Nefario is so old. |
| 339 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': |
| 340 | ** Yzma does this. Pacha also does this and massages his head. |
| 341 | ** Kronk does this also in ''Kronk's New Groove''. |
| 342 | * The matador in ''WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull'' delivers an epic one. |
| 343 | * In ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', Crush does this when Marlin says he needs to get to the East Australian Current. "You're ridin' it, dude!" |
| 344 | * ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'': |
| 345 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': During "Fixer Upper", Kristoff facepalms when the trolls tell him that he should get Anna's "fiancé out of the way" so that he can be together with her. |
| 346 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'': When the group is introducing themselves to the Northuldra people, Elsa facepalms as Olaf starts detailed recap of how they got there. |
| 347 | --->'''Olaf:''' I got this! It began with two sisters... |
| 348 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective''. Basil has a particularly pained one when Dawson gets drunk and makes a fool of himself onstage when they're supposed to be undercover. |
| 349 | * ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'': |
| 350 | ** Done in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' whenever Po makes an idiot of himself. A notable version is Crane who, lacking hands, pulls his hat down over his eyes instead (it's the scene where Po destroys the toy cannon thinking it's the {{BFG}}). |
| 351 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'', when another panda named Li Shan who has arrived in the noodle shop tells Po that he's come looking for his long-lost son. Po sympathizes, telling Shan that he's also looking for his long-lost father. [[LikeFatherLikeSon The two then wish the other luck in looking for their family before wandering off]]. Cue a mass facepalm from the crowd watching the exchange. |
| 352 | * In ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', after Stitch escapes from his confinement and goes to [[SubspaceOrHyperspace hyperdrive]], Captain Gantu does this while saying, "Get me Galactic Control..." |
| 353 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': |
| 354 | ** Scar massages his forehead softly as he utters, "I'm {{surrounded by idiots}}." |
| 355 | ** Rafiki does a depressed one in [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride the sequel]] after he sees Simba exiling Kovu. |
| 356 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': |
| 357 | ** Ariel during Scuttle's "little romantic stimulation". |
| 358 | ** King Triton does [[TearJerker a rather sad one]] during his MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. |
| 359 | ** Sebastian after Flotsam and Jetsam foil his plan to have Ariel and Eric kiss. |
| 360 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMansionsOfTheGods'': |
| 361 | ** Asterix is facepalming on the poster in reaction to the idiocy of his fellow Gauls falling for the appeal of the Mansions of the Gods. |
| 362 | ** The Centurion double-facepalms as Cacofonix is singing and causing a panic among the civilians, and he can't even command his legionaries over the sound. |
| 363 | ** Caesar pinches the bridge of his nose when a beaten-up Squareonthehypotenus welcomes him to a banquet in the middle of the chaos. |
| 364 | * Pete in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'', after putting up with the Beagle Boys' cluelessness. |
| 365 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': Mulan does this along with saying "Oops..." after the matchmaker calls her name and she yells "Present!" leading to the matchmaker saying "Speaking without permission..." |
| 366 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'': |
| 367 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': |
| 368 | *** Sonata Dusk's stupidity inspires this to both her co-villains at different points, Adagio primarily. |
| 369 | *** Applejack reacts this way to Rarity showing up for the pre-selections in a costume worthy of TheSixties, full of metal dangling shingles. |
| 370 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames'': |
| 371 | *** Flash Sentry does a double-facepalm upon meeting with Human Twilight, who naturally doesn't recognize him. |
| 372 | *** Sunset Shimmer closing her welding mask over her face after Rarity "ponies up" conveys the same sentiment. |
| 373 | *** Principal Cinch pinches the bridge of her nose when her students lose the cooking contest. |
| 374 | *** Sunset Shimmer facepalms twice in shame after yelling at Twilight and making her cry, first right after the fact and again when Fluttershy accidentally guilt-trips her about it later. |
| 375 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree'': [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Pinkie]] [[HypocriticalHumor Pie]] facepalms when the [[MilesGloriosus Great and Powerful Trixie]] mockingly "summons" the spirit of Gaea Everfree. |
| 376 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship'': After a collective {{Gasp}}, a facepalm is Pinkie Pie's reaction to Rainbow Dash calling their work "just a yearbook." |
| 377 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRollercoasterOfFriendship'': Rainbow Dash facepalms after Fluttershy insists the first attraction they try should be... the kiddy coaster. |
| 378 | --->'''Fluttershy:''' Oh, these kids are so brave.\ |
| 379 | '''Rainbow Dash:''' Ugh. |
| 380 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSunsetsBackstagePass'': Sunset slaps her brow when she realizes that Pinkie is messing things up with the guard when they're trying to go backstage, and that she'll have to try again "tomorrow" (i.e. the next day of the GroundhogDayLoop). |
| 381 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': Jack facepalms himself after Lock, Shock and Barrel bring back the Easter Bunny instead of Santa (who Jack calls "Sandy Claws") and start fighting over it. |
| 382 | * ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'': |
| 383 | ** In the first film, Beth groans and facepalms herself while in Gordy's police station to confront Shaw. |
| 384 | ** In ''Open Season 3'', Gisela and Giselita do this sometimes (and at the end, they do a two-handed facepalm together as the ladies are starting to dance with Ian, who is their coach). Stanley also does this after Roger says, "It's destiny!" when the pets come to save Boog from the Maslova Family Circus. |
| 385 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'', the Pirate with a Scarf does one during the Pirate Captain's, ''sorry'', [[PaperThinDisguise the Scientist Captain's]] "scientific" presentation. Interestingly it starts off as a forehead facepalm, and steadily progresses into a full double-facepalm as the scene goes on. |
| 386 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls [[TheMovie Movie]]'', Mitch does this before explaining Tag to the girls. |
| 387 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': |
| 388 | ** Mama Odie covers her face with her other hand when Tiana [[ComicallyMissingThePoint misses the entire point]] of the {{Aesop}} song "Dig a Little Deeper". |
| 389 | ** Dr. Faciller pinches his nose after his gang of evil shadows takes a severe beating from a firefly. |
| 390 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': |
| 391 | ** Rémy facepaws a few times, mostly around Émile. |
| 392 | ** Colette while Ego is observing the kitchen in Gusteau's after his meal. |
| 393 | * Maleficent in Walt Disney's ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' facepalms when she realizes her minions have been looking for a baby... for 16 years. |
| 394 | -->'''Maleficent:''' Oh, they're hopeless. A disgrace to the forces of evil. |
| 395 | * In ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'', Don Lino does this and says "Oy vey." in annoyance at his henchman Luca putting the record on the wrong song, which was "Baby Got Back (I Like Big Butts)" by Music/SirMixALot. Frankie also does this. |
| 396 | * ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'': |
| 397 | ** In the [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 first movie]], Lord Farquaad does one when Shrek is easily defeating his knights. |
| 398 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', Fiona does one while Shrek and her father are arguing over each other's parenting skills while messily tearing apart food. |
| 399 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', Prince Charming does one when Pinocchio is taking too long to explain Shrek's whereabouts. |
| 400 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'': |
| 401 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': |
| 402 | *** As Miles Morales attempts to unstick himself from the ceiling by singing "Sunflower", Peter Parker initiates a double facepalm that rivals those of Jean-Luc Picard. |
| 403 | ---->'''Peter:''' Teenagers are just the ''worst''. |
| 404 | *** Gwen Stacy has her palm firmly glued to her face while watching Peter Parker makes a fool of himself before this universe's Mary Jane (who believes he's just a waiter). |
| 405 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'': Jessica Drew orders the Spiders that were in Mumbattan to return to headquarters, including Miles. Hobie Brown tries to claim that neither he nor Miles follow orders, but Miles [[JumpedAtTheCall eagerly agrees]], eliciting a facepalm from Hobie [[spoiler:[[ThisIsGonnaSuck who knows the truth]] of why the Spider-Society wants him there.]] |
| 406 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': The Bog King does this when his bodyguards fall into sleep in front of him. |
| 407 | * A mass one occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess''. Princess Odette and Prince Derek are expected to go through an ArrangedMarriage but because the idea was formed while they were kids they started to hate one another after being forced to spend multiple summers with another. However, upon seeing one another as adults they instantly fall in love and Derek announces to start the wedding. Odette isn't too keen on this and asks Derek why the rush. Derek responds it's because he thinks Odette's beautiful. Odette is flattered by the compliment, but wants to know if that's the ''only'' reason Derek wants to marry her. Derek responds "what else is there?" His mother promptly started crying and everyone else groaned at Derek's sheer lack of tact. |
| 408 | -->'''Lord Rogers:''' You should write a book. ''How to Offend Women in Five Syllables or Less''. |
| 409 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TarzanII'', Kago does this gesture after his brother Uto says that if their bones were hollow and they were able to fly, they'd be the "biggest birds in town". |
| 410 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': |
| 411 | ** A 17-year-old Andy does one of these when he believes his slightly aged mother has thrown out his toys. |
| 412 | ** Woody does one when he finds out Buzz thinks he's a Space Ranger again. |
| 413 | * Disney apparently likes this trope; it happens thrice in ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''. The best one is Silver and Jim doing one simultaneously, then just... looking at each other. |
| 414 | * ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'': |
| 415 | ** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gromittvtropes_3568.gif Gromit]] does this frequently. |
| 416 | ** An example from ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'' (even funnier when everyone else says stuff along the lines of, "THAT'S BRILLIANT!"): |
| 417 | --->'''Lord Victor Quartermaine:''' How on earth would those tiny-minded buffoons ever catch such a big rabbit?\ |
| 418 | '''Lady Tottington:''' Mr. Wallace?\ |
| 419 | '''Wallace:''' Um... with a big trap!\ |
| 420 | '''Gromit:''' ''[facepalm]'' |
| 421 | ** There's also Victor doing this after PC Mackintosh says "the beast [were-rabbit] isn't actually dead yet?!" ''with a megaphone''. It's even funnier while said character is doing the gesture, the said officer said "oops" ''with a megaphone''. |
| 422 | * One is shown in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' when Vanellope learns how to drive. Ralph is trying to keep a safe distance from her so her car doesn't hit him (again). When Vanellope's car hits a stalagmite, Ralph does a facepalm as it falls down on him. |
| 423 | * Paul does this in ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' after Ringo cracks a pun regarding the sub's broken engine: |
| 424 | -->'''John:''' Maybe we should call a road service.\ |
| 425 | '''Paul:''' Can't, no road!\ |
| 426 | '''Ringo:''' And we're not '''sub... scribers'''.\ |
| 427 | '''John, Paul and George:''' "Sub scribers"... [[CollectiveGroan ooh]]. ''[[[LamePunReaction Paul facepalms]]]'' |
| 428 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': |
| 429 | ** Judy's mother does this gesture during the opening talent show when Judy is [[BadBadActing dying melodramatically]] on stage. |
| 430 | ** Bogo also does one after Bellwether texts the Mayor that Judy is taking the Otterton case. |
| 431 | ** Nick facepalms when Judy declares that she's a cop to Mr. Big, despite his best efforts to convince her to keep her mouth shut. |
| 432 | [[/folder]] |
| 433 | |
| 434 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 435 | * Ian Hawke does this in ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' when the Chipmunks start going crazy from drinking coffee. |
| 436 | * ''Film/AnnieHall'': Alvy Singer does this in a flashback to his childhood: |
| 437 | -->'''Alvy Singer:''' ''[voice-over]'' And Ivan Ackerman. Always the wrong answer. Always.\ |
| 438 | '''Ivan Ackerman:''' Seven and three is nine.\ |
| 439 | '''Alvy Singer:''' ''[facepalm]'' |
| 440 | * ''Film/Apollo13'': |
| 441 | ** Flight Director Gene Kranz reacts with a subtle one and some exasperated snarking on learning that the only available spare carbon-dioxide scrubbers on the stricken spacecraft (from the dead Command Module) are ''square'', and the receptacle for the only working scrubber system (in the Lunar Module) is ''round''. |
| 442 | --->'''Gene Kranz:''' ''[facepalm]'' Tell me this isn't a government operation... I suggest you gentlemen invent a way to put a square peg in a round hole. ''Rapidly.'' |
| 443 | ** Another one happens a little later on, when Mission Control [=MacGyvers=] a solution, which includes using their spare urine bag. Which leads to this exchange: |
| 444 | --->'''Fred Haise:''' Shit, I tore it.\ |
| 445 | '''Jack Swigert:''' Shit.\ |
| 446 | '''Fred Haise:''' Houston, what do we do if we rip the bag? Can we tape it?\ |
| 447 | '''Andy (CAPCOM - WHITE):''' They just tore the bag.\ |
| 448 | '''Technician:''' ''[facepalming]'' Oh, no. |
| 449 | * In ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', Doc Brown does this right after Lorraine asks Marty to the dance, suddenly realizing that Lorraine (Marty's mother) has developed romantic feelings for Marty. |
| 450 | * One scene of ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' features a variety where a cop pinches the bridge of his nose and looks down dejectedly as Axel is talking about him to the boss. (This is actually so [[{{Corpsing}} he can disguise how Eddie Murphy is making him laugh]].) |
| 451 | * ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': Willy Wonka in the 1971 film adaptation ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' facepalms while standing and watching Veruca make a mess out of the Golden Goose room. |
| 452 | * In the live action ''WesternAnimation/DisneySingAlongSongs'' video "[[Recap/DisneySingAlongSongsV12 The Twelve Days of Christmas]]", Mickey facepalms during the titular song when Goofy admits that he lost track of it after the "9 pipers piping" verse. |
| 453 | * ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseIshiroSerizawa Serizawa]] facepalms in abject horror when he realizes that Emma is planning to set all the {{Kaiju}} loose on the world as a way of saving the planet, wholly and arrogantly assuming that they'll just do whatever she wants them to. |
| 454 | * ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' shows mr Jaeckel facepalming in the background when he is a helpless witness to a bunch of storm troopers trying to lynch the Barber. |
| 455 | * In ''Film/GroundhogDay'', Phil does a head-pillow variant when he tells a shrink [[GroundhogDayLoop his problem]] and the shrink answers, "Can you come back tomorrow?" |
| 456 | * In ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'', a flashback detailing the backstory of the title golden army has a group of pseudo-stop motion wooden puppets acting it out. Whenever the elf king is described as being upset, he declines into a facepalm. |
| 457 | * In ''Theatre/TheHistoryBoys'', Timms performs an admirable Head-Desk in exasperation with his schoolwork. |
| 458 | * In ''Film/IndependenceDay'', President Whitmore and General Grey both facepalm while Julius is scolding them for doing nothing to prevent the alien invasion, bringing up Roswell and Area 51. This is before they learn that it's all true. |
| 459 | * The 1939 ScrewballComedy ''Film/ItsAWonderfulWorld'' [[note]]Yes, "World", not "Life".[[/note]] features back-to-back scenes with facepalms, first from Jimmy Stewart's wrongly-accused fugitive, then from the [[DaChief police chief]] leading the manhunt for him; both are reacting to disastrous "help" they are getting from other characters. |
| 460 | * ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' -- ''even there'': |
| 461 | ** First, Judas Iscariot does a double one when Jesus insults pretty much everyone in the Sanhedrin (Judas had hoped for dialogue, Jesus spoiled every chance of it). |
| 462 | ** Later, Pontius Pilate is seen rubbing his forehead when encountered by people from said Sanhedrin discussing how to deal with Jesus. He even asks himself how it is possible to govern such people. |
| 463 | * ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': After getting separated from his squadmates and being unable to contact them, leaving him alone in [[IsleOfGiantHorrors Skull Island]]'s forests, [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Chapman]] acknowledges to himself that "life sometimes punches you in the balls", and he pinches the bridge of his nose. He's visibly about to graduate to the Double Facepalm [[spoiler:when the Spore Mantis shows itself]]. |
| 464 | * Beta does one when he sees a Zandozan ship land in the distance in ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. It's a rather unusual example, as his head isn't attached at the time. |
| 465 | * The Museum of Fine Arts Boston is advertising the Turkish film ''Last Stop: Salvation'' with a [[http://www.mfa.org/programs/film/last-stop-salvation screencap]] featuring a facepalm. |
| 466 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 467 | ** Loki has an awesome one near the beginning of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' when Thor decides to journey to Jotunnheim. |
| 468 | ** In ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'', Rocket does a double-facepalm when Groot goes LeeroyJenkins on their prison escape plan. |
| 469 | ** Rocket also facepaws in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' after Baby Groot, being tasked to retrieve Yondu's prototype fin, instead comes back with his underwear. |
| 470 | ** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': |
| 471 | *** When Thor rambles about his experiences with the Aether, everyone aside from Scott ([[NaiveNewcomer who is enthralled by it]]) is just waiting for him to finish, with about half the team facepalming. |
| 472 | *** Bruce claps a hand to his face after witnessing past-Hulk throwing a temper tantrum, jumping up and down on a car and hurling debris. |
| 473 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'': Mantis is holding her head with both hands as Drax is giving Quill a great (i.e. disastrous) demonstration of his "grasp" of analogies. |
| 474 | * In ''Film/{{Max|2002}}'', the titular Jewish art dealer buries his face in his hand when UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler goes into yet another rant about blood purity. |
| 475 | * ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'': King Arthur and Lancelot do this when they realize the EpicFail of Sir Bedevere's "[[TrojanHorse Trojan Rabbit]]" plan -- what with none of the knights having gotten into the contraption before they rolled it up to the French castle. |
| 476 | -->'''Arthur:''' Who leaps out?\ |
| 477 | '''Bedevere:''' Well... Galahad, Lancelot, and I... Leap out of the rabbit.\ |
| 478 | '''Arthur''' and '''Lancelot:''' ''[facepalm]'' |
| 479 | * Used in ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun 33 1/3]]'', which had the audience members of the Academy Awards [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjLgekyOZA0&t=0m57s all doing this]] when [[spoiler:Frank gives the BigBad a bomb]]. |
| 480 | * ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'': Scagnetti does this over his own stupidity when Mickey says, [[spoiler: "I was out of shells."]] Scagnetti combines the Face Palm with [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "D'oh!"]] as much as that [[spoiler: fork in his throat]] will allow. |
| 481 | * Nathan Lane's character Max Bialystock in ''Film/TheProducers'' has a record number of these throughout the movie. |
| 482 | * ''Franchise/RoboCop'': |
| 483 | ** The Old Man, head of OCP, does this at least once in every movie. He does it after ED-209 malfunctions in ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'', and again in ''Film/RoboCop2'' after viewing the suicidal [=RoboCop=] prototypes. |
| 484 | ** ''Film/RoboCop3'' sees Sgt. Reed do this after dealing with a lawyer and his client, a transvestite who was about to shoot a porno, after they attempt to rebut his remark about the video crew being non-union, as opposed to the fact that said porno would've involved [[BestialityIsDepraved a German Sheppard]]. |
| 485 | * In ''Film/{{Sidekicks}}'', Mr. Lee (Creator/{{Mako}}) face-palms when Barry starts training with nunchucks and [[GroinAttack hits himself in the groin]]. |
| 486 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': In 'Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Leia covers her brow with her hand after the ''Falcon''[='=]s hyperdrive fails yet again, for the third time. |
| 487 | * ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'': Bloodsport starts rubbing his brow while Harley is arguing that she'd have noticed if some guy named Milton was with them all along.... |
| 488 | * John does this when his mother, Sarah, goes on a rant about men and creation after Dyson talks about Skynet in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. |
| 489 | * In ''Film/TintinAndTheBlueOranges'', Captain Haddock is trying to explain to the hard-of-hearing Pr. Calculus that the eponymous orange has been stolen, and has to resort to yelling. Finally, Calculus exclaims that if the orange has been stolen, he needs to be told clearly and without circumlocution. Cue Haddock facepalming in exasperation. |
| 490 | %% Needs Context * In ''Film/WhyDidIGetMarriedToo'', Troy does a sad variant of this after he argues with Sheila. |
| 491 | [[/folder]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | [[folder:Jokes]] |
| 494 | * [[YourMom Yo' mama]] got an ear on her forehead! When you told her you got suspended from school, she went (does a facepalm) "I don't wanna hear it!" |
| 495 | [[/folder]] |
| 496 | |
| 497 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 498 | * At the end of Creator/JulesVerne's ''Around the Moon'', the leader of the rescue team realizes that the crashed spaceship they are looking for [[spoiler:can actually float, so they searched it in vain for many days with bathyspheres on the ocean floor]]. He then performs a facepalm, forgetting about his HookHand, and knocks himself out. |
| 499 | * In ''Literature/BadKitty: Kitten Trouble'', Kitty facepalms at the idea of bringing a group of kittens into the house to temporarily shelter them during a neighborhood conflict. |
| 500 | * Literature/TheBible: Depending on your translation, one that's OlderThanFeudalism: [[Literature/BookOfEzekiel Ezekiel 36:31]]: "Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will ''loathe yourselves'' for your sins and detestable practices." However, the literal Hebrew can be understood to read: "...and you will ''grab your faces'' for your sins...". |
| 501 | * ''Literature/TheCantervilleGhost'': When Virginia hears how sad Sir Simon really is, that he cannot sleep and longs for peace in death, her eyes grow dim with tears and she hides her face in her hands. |
| 502 | * ''Literature/CaptivePrince'': Nikandros, Damen's childhood friend and trusted advisor, usually expresses his frustration with his King's foibles in this manner. For Laurent, whom he doesn't like or trust, Nikandros gives the DisapprovingLook instead. |
| 503 | -->Nikandros held his gaze, then let out a breath and passed his hand over his face, massaging it briefly. |
| 504 | * The eponymous protagonist and OnlySaneMan of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfSteveStollberg'' facepalms whenever someone says something stupid. |
| 505 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Near the end of ''Literature/MenAtArms'', Sam Vimes does this when he is told that Captain Carrot has come to the tradesman's entrance of his house. |
| 506 | %%* The ''Literature/{{Duumvirate}}'' and a few other Illuminati do this in response to abject stupidity.%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample |
| 507 | * ''Literature/EarthTheBook'' has this reaction after the author's answer an FAQ regarding the competing theory for Evolution -- namely, creationism. |
| 508 | -->'''Q: Six days? ''Six days?!?'''''\ |
| 509 | ''A: [Covers eyes, shakes head.]'' |
| 510 | * ''Literature/{{Emma}}'': Emma is ashamed of her meddling and her tricks when Harriet shows her her old treasure, a keepsake from her infatuation with Mr Elton. Emma puts her hand before her face and jumps up from her seat. |
| 511 | * In the ''Literature/ElephantAndPiggie Like Reading!'' book ''Harold & Hog PRETEND FOR REAL!'', Hog double facepalms after Harold says that he is going to be careful while smiling and dancing and flying, pointing out that Gerald would never smile and dance and fly all at the same time. |
| 512 | * ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy'': In ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'', Zaphod Beeblebrox slaps ''both'' of his foreheads when he realizes he's in Milliways. |
| 513 | * In the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' novel ''The Honor of the Queen'', Ambassador Langtry does this when Mr. Houseman reveals his idiocy and upgrades to a double when things go FromBadToWorse. |
| 514 | * In ''The [=LawDog=] Files'' this is described as the Migraine Salute. |
| 515 | * The father of ''Literature/LittleCritter'' is seen doing this on the cover of ''Just Helping My Dad'' as Little Critter stands holding a shovel in a puddle of water created from a hose he left running. |
| 516 | * ''Literature/TheLostFleet'': Captain "Black Jack" Geary is frequently driven to this trope by the modern (i.e. a hundred years after his time) faith that "fighting spirit" makes up for a total lack of tactics. |
| 517 | * In ''Naptastrophe'', a children's picture book by Jarrett J. Krosoczka about a little bunny who wouldn't take her nap, the father facepalms after the bunny has a meltdown at the store because she's tired and the bright lights are bothering her. |
| 518 | * In ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'', Captain Wentworth "passes his hand across his eyes" when he talks to Anne before the concert. They talk about Louisa's fall from the steps and he remembers that he failed to catch her. |
| 519 | * In ''Franchise/StarWars: Jedi Academy: The Phantom Bully'', the Padawan Roan Novachez resorts to this after hundreds of voorpak clones run riot at a talent show where he and his friend Gaiana were supposed to perform an act with a trained voorpak. His notoriously strict Jedi Master Mr. Garfield asks him what's going on and he tells him while facepalming that he doesn't want to know. |
| 520 | * ''Literature/TomcatBlueEyesDiaries'': It has a cat variant -- Face Paw. White Whiskers Rusty runs his paw over his face when Blue Eyes says cat's whiskers are for looking beautiful and being all dolled up. |
| 521 | %%* ''Velan the Reticent'' has it [[http://www.jameslgrant.com/ right on the cover]] (art by [[Webcomic/HeadTrip Shinga]])). |
| 522 | * ''Literature/WutheringHeights'': Heathcliff "struck his forehead with rage" when Mr Lockwood told him about his nightmares. |
| 523 | * Averted in ''Literature/TheNightsDawnTrilogy'' when it's mentioned that one character would have put his head in his hands if it weren't for the fact that he was pulling a high-G maneuver in a spacecraft at the time. |
| 524 | [[/folder]] |
| 525 | |
| 526 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 527 | * USA has a commercial for both ''Series/BurnNotice'' and ''Series/WhiteCollar'' that has Peter Burke noticing Fiona's gun that she has taken out of her purse at lunch to answer her cell phone. When she tries to cover the gun with her purse, a grenade rolls out of the purse. [[https://youtu.be/owL_IOT4GVk Michael's facepalm]] is almost as epic as the trope image. |
| 528 | * ''Series/Accused2023'': In "Morgan's Story" Jason does this after seeing Flaco's testimony fall apart on cross-examination by Morgan's lawyer. In short order, the judge dismisses all the charges. |
| 529 | * René in ''Series/AlloAllo'' facepalms frequently when Michelle of the Resistance introduces another of her brilliant plans, when his wife sings, when Monsieur Leclerc messes up or shows up in his PaperThinDisguise, when {{malaproper}}stastic Officer Crabtree opens his mouth, when CampGay Lieutenant Grubers hits on him. Basically at least once an episode, and other characters might join him as well. |
| 530 | * ''Series/AllyMcBeal'': Many characters many times, usually when they screwed up at court or at the meeting. Very often it was Richard Fish who caused his colleagues to bury their faces in their hands. Sometimes they got to the level of synchronized triple Face Palm. |
| 531 | * ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'': |
| 532 | ** This is Creator/DavidHasselhoff's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGTiz5Djng reaction]] when a guy fails his levitation trick. |
| 533 | ** From a later season of the same show, Piers Morgan throws out a [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard-level]] Double Facepalm in response to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n7ylyAfSqs the Wild-Card return of an act he thoroughly trashed on more than one occasion.]] (Note: the facepalm itself occurs at 2:30) |
| 534 | * One of [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny's]] signature bits was to look at the camera with a hand to his cheek and a pained expression on his face. |
| 535 | * It would be easier to list a ''Series/BarRescue'' episode (particularly in the case of a stress test) where this is an AvertedTrope. |
| 536 | * A sketch from ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' combines this with physical comedy when one character (Creator/BennyHill), upon seeing his friend ([[ActingForTwo also Benny Hill]]) with a huge bloody hole in his forehead, asks him how he came to get it. He answers that he had recently been in the company of a woman but failed to realize her very obvious signals... and, upon doing so much later, put his hand to his forehead -- forgetting he had a sharp piece of equipment in his palm at the time. The funny part is, upon demonstrating what he did to his friend, while holding the pointed bit of metal, he manages to put a second hole on the other side of his brow. |
| 537 | * ''Series/BarneyMiller'': Barney Miller gives one when Inspector Luger incites a riot by telling a group of protesting Orthodox Jews to "go home and shave." |
| 538 | * In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Leonard probably does the longest facepalm ever televised when the science panel they are supposed to be speaking on deteriorates into complete and utter chaos as Howard and Bernadette start comparing Howard's... umm... weaponry to one of her ex's. Once he realizes that nothing will save the situation, [[NotSoAboveItAll he joins the "fun"]]. |
| 539 | * ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': |
| 540 | ** "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS1E10Thanksgiving Thanksgiving]]": Captain Holt covers his face with his hand when he finds out that he and Jake have to continue in the investigation because the guy they caught bet the money on the football game. He starts facepalming as Jake excitedly keeps spinning his story about Captain's Holt undercover persona, telling us that Jimes's father was murdered by a bookie. |
| 541 | ** "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS2E13Payback Payback]]": Jake Peralta facepalms for a really long time when Captain Holt congratulates Terry and Sharon on expecting a child. After all the effort the whole office made to delete an e-mail from Terry's account... because Terry wanted to keep the pregnancy secret for a while. |
| 542 | ** "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS4E09TheOvermining The Overmining]]": Captain Holt covers his face with his palm when he has to deal with an incompetent Captain Jason Stentley. One facepalm comes when Stentley admits being terrified while undercover and says that in the worst case, he will start shooting things. And then another facepalm comes when Stentley's left in the van to keep an eye out and listen as Holt and Jake talk to the suspect, trying to make a deal and gain evidence, but Stentley keeps talking in their earpieces. |
| 543 | ** "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS5E09NineNine 99]]": Amy buries her face in her hand when Jake wants to prove to Terry that he learned how to do the worm and starts showing off his dance moves. |
| 544 | * On ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn and Minkus both facepalm in unison when Mr. Feeny assigns them as partners. |
| 545 | * Giles, mentor for ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', often takes off his glasses and squeezes the bridge of his nose when confronted with the thought patterns of teenagers. He also tends to clean his glasses with a handkerchief a lot. |
| 546 | -->'''Buffy:''' Is that why you're always cleaning your glasses? So you don't have to see what we're doing?\ |
| 547 | '''Giles:''' Tell no one. |
| 548 | * The comedian Creator/JasperCarrott used to do the "forehead slap" a lot. |
| 549 | * ''Series/TheColbertReport'': |
| 550 | ** Creator/StephenColbert, as seen in the [[TropeNamer Trope Naming]] clip for INeedAFreakingDrink. |
| 551 | ** Tops himself with a ''quadruple'' (yes, you read that right) facepalm when [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/428041/july-24-2013/anthony-weiner-s-penis reading Anthony Weiner's sexts]]. |
| 552 | * ''Series/{{Columbo}}'': Lt. Columbo would do it quite a lot when something obvious would suddenly occur to him. |
| 553 | * This was played with in ''Series/CriminalMinds'', where the team leader does a face palm after the team geek makes a particularly dorky statement. However, it turns out that he's experiencing a headache due to an injury sustained in the previous episode (where he was blown up by a car bomb). |
| 554 | * ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' has these from time to time. |
| 555 | ** Danny does it at the end of "Oedipus Rex" when he realizes what he missed out on by turning down a date with one of the Suicide Girls. |
| 556 | ** Mac does the face-wipe version when he's chewing out any of his team, particularly with Flack for going A.W.O.L. in "Cuckoo's Nest," and Adam for deliberately disobeying a direct order in "Unfriendly Chat." |
| 557 | * Sergeant Wilson of ''Series/DadsArmy'' would sometimes pull his uniform cap down over his eyes to avoid seeing [[HilarityEnsues whatever hilarity was ensuing]] that week, as a way of introducing a little variety to the facepalm. |
| 558 | * A favourite of Jon Stewart in ''Series/TheDailyShow'' for when politics gets ''really'' [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Epic_Facepalm_5452.png dumb.]] |
| 559 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor does this on occasion. |
| 560 | ** One (staged) {{Hilarious Outtake|s}} has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3adKRTGzD0I#t=52s CGI werewolf]] face-palming. |
| 561 | ** The Doctor gives one in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians "Doctor Who and the Silurians"]] when Lethbridge-Stewart interrupts his questioning of Ms. Dawson just as she's about to come clean. |
| 562 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel The Age of Steel]]": The Tenth Doctor does this during his conversation with the Cyber-Controller. |
| 563 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution Resolution]]" has the Thirteenth Doctor do a particularly exasperated one upon learning [[spoiler:that UNIT has been suspended due to ''budget cuts''.]] |
| 564 | %%** Clara Oswald does one in "Before the Flood". |
| 565 | * When the financially hopeless Lord Grantham is talking about investing his fortune on ''Series/DowntonAbbey'', he mentions that there are schemes out there that offer a double or triple return on investment -- "There's a chap in America, what's his name, Charles...Charles Ponzi who offers a huge return after ninety days." Matthew can be seen facepalming. |
| 566 | * The father on ''Series/FamilyTies'' is reduced to a face wipe version of this and borderline {{angrish}} when he came home early to find a wild college party going on the house. |
| 567 | -->"There was...a kangaroo...in my house..." |
| 568 | * In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', the mercenary [[PsychoForHire Bekhesh]] performs a faceplatepalm when Stark explains that the plan to attack the Shadow Depository relies on a silent count -- in the middle of a potential shootout with the guards. |
| 569 | * ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': |
| 570 | ** Mal has one of these in "[[Recap/FireflyE07Jaynestown Jaynestown]]", when he realizes the causes behind the "accident" in Jayne's AccidentalHero status. |
| 571 | ** He does a nose bridge version at himself (and/or the inevitable jokes) [[spoiler: after his AccidentalMarriage]] in "[[Recap/FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds Our Mrs. Reynolds]]." |
| 572 | * ''Series/{{Friends}}'': The Friend most likely to be reduced to sinking his face into the palm of his hand at the insanity of the rest of the gang is Chandler, who resorts to it often. It goes along with his DeadpanSnarker role in the group. However, the others get their moments, too, and Chandler's also been the cause of some on top of that. |
| 573 | * On ''Series/GetSmart'', the Chief gets "headaches," grasping the bridge of his nose with his fingers, whenever Maxwell Smart does something particularly stupid. |
| 574 | ** In one post-ChannelHop episode, Max does the palm-in-face version when 99 is shown to have acquired some of his habits. |
| 575 | * In ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Kurt has never gone as far as an overt facepalm, but in moments of intense exasperation will press two fingers hard against his temple. It's the understatedness of the gesture that makes it so effective. |
| 576 | * ''Series/HellsKitchen'': If Chef Ramsay didn't use the ClusterFBomb, he will use this. As well as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4tQbCSBeIE&feature=related headdesk]]. |
| 577 | * In the ''Series/HereComeTheBrides'' episode "The Legend of Bigfoot," Clancey does this after he tries to shoot Bigfoot with a small cannon but hits Lottie's saloon instead. |
| 578 | %%* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/facepalm2.JPG "Mind reading isn't an exact science."]] |
| 579 | * General Burkhalter in one episode of ''Series/HogansHeroes''. Understandable, since he A: is a general for ThoseWackyNazis and B: has [[GeneralFailure Colonel Klink]] as a subordinate. |
| 580 | * ''Series/HoratioHornblower'': Horatio facepalms in "The Duchess and the Devil" when he learns that some men of his crew plan an escape from their imprisonment. He wants to escape as well, but they want to leave Archie behind and it's all too clear to Horatio that their hasty plan cannot succeed. |
| 581 | * Dr. Wilson, from ''Series/{{House}}'', does this a lot, mostly when he's confronted with House's antics. |
| 582 | * ''Series/ICarly'' |
| 583 | ** Spencer balls his fist onto his face when the European swimsuit models dance goofily. |
| 584 | ** Carly slaps her forehead with her palm upon learning [[Creator/JaneLynch Sam's mom]] has no idea what iCarly is. |
| 585 | * ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]", Tom Anderson covers his face with his hand because he's embarrassed by Lestat de Lioncourt's tasteless public display of pretending to eat a toy baby on the Krewe of Raj float, which scandalizes the crowd. |
| 586 | * ''Series/TheITCrowd'': |
| 587 | ** Jen or Roy would often facepalm to express their frustration or humiliation. |
| 588 | ** When Roy and Moss run on a bomb disposal robot, the whole company watches them from a safe place and everyone facepalms epically. |
| 589 | * There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n326mhTfQr0 a sketch]] from ''It's Marty'' in which a terrible elderly couple utterly demolish a travel agent. |
| 590 | -->'''Travel Agent:''' Would you like to travel by plane, train, or coach?\ |
| 591 | '''Couple:''' No.\ |
| 592 | '''Travel Agent:''' ... No, ''what''?\ |
| 593 | '''Couple:''' No, thank you.\ |
| 594 | '''Travel Agent:''' That's bett--''(facepalm)'' |
| 595 | * ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto''. In the Hyper Battle Video, Arata Kagami attempts to perform a Rider Kick using Kabuto's style. Tendou Souji couldn't bear to watch the EpicFail that ensues. |
| 596 | * In "Lazy Scouts" on ''Series/LazyTown'', as a FunnyBackgroundEvent during a good portion of the "Lazy Scouts" song, Stephanie is standing in the background, doing a double facepalm, rolling her eyes, putting her hands on her hips, shaking her head, or otherwise expressing disgust. |
| 597 | * Pop from ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' does a wonderful facepalm when he is told a minor amount of chocolate has been stolen from one of his news stands. |
| 598 | * In the pilot episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', Malcolm double-facepalms in exasperation and humiliation after his teacher stands him in front of his class to patronizingly tell them how he's "very different, in his brain!" from his classmates, after he is revealed to be a genius. He is still facepalming in the next scene when he's in the middle of his new gifted-section classroom, then gingerly peers through his fingers, providing the clip used as the title card of every subsequent episode. |
| 599 | * ''Series/TheMandalorian'': In episode 2, Kuiil actually facepalms with a groan when the Jawas start demanding "the egg" in exchange for the Mandalorian's ships parts. |
| 600 | * Al Bundy sometimes does this on ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' when life was acting particularly cruel to him. He also does the head-desk variation in one episode when he bashes his head against the table in frustration while trying to pay some bills. |
| 601 | * In ''Series/TheMentalist'', Teresa Lisbon, gobsmacked by the antics of her consultant Patrick Jane, teeters on the edge of executing one for seasons 1 and 2, before she finds out in Season 3 that Jane [[spoiler:broke into a suspect's house for the information they used to arrest him -- ''in the middle of the suspect's trial'']] -- resulting in a beautiful example of the trope. |
| 602 | * ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': Facepalming is sometimes the reaction of people who are frustrared at Pipin's stupidity. |
| 603 | ** Everybody's reaction to Pipin thinking that Bambang's scream is caused by a horror movie instead of a massage in episode 26. Pipin doesn't get why they are doing it so joins in too. |
| 604 | ** Melani, Bambang, Prima and Mami Bibir's reaction to Pipin not getting Alan's love confession in episode 57. |
| 605 | * ''The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo''. The title character does this at the end of the TitleSequence when all his deputies crash their squad cars into each other after Sheriff Lobo tells them to "Move 'em out!" |
| 606 | * ''Series/{{Monk}}'': |
| 607 | ** In "Mr. Monk and the Three Julies", we see Monk openly facepalm as he watches Natalie essentially steal Captain Stottlemeyer's new police car to go to what she thinks might be her daughter's murder. |
| 608 | ** In "Mr. Monk and the Bully", Natalie gives one when Monk tries bribing a bartender for information [[ComicallySmallBribe with just a $1 bill and a quarter]]. |
| 609 | * ''Series/MondayMornings'': Viewers get to see characters facepalming all the time, both for their own failures or because others failed spectacularly. It might be expected in a MedicalDrama dealing with professional screw-ups. They are seen especially during their M&M [Mortality and Morbidity] meetings, but there are several during legal meetings or after surgeries. Some Face Palms were related to shame warped by personal relationships. |
| 610 | * ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': |
| 611 | ** In the sketch "How to Buy a Mattress", John Cleese does this after the second time Terry Jones says the word "mattress" around Graham Chapman. |
| 612 | ** The Spanish Inquisition sketch has a double facepalm when "the rack" is produced. |
| 613 | * Bull Shannon from ''Series/NightCourt'' actually adopted the gesture before Captain Picard. Though Bull was usually face-palming his '''own''' idiocy. |
| 614 | * On ''Series/Numb3rs'', Charlie did this once when Larry said that perhaps the suspect could be in two places at the same time. (It was a quantum idea.) |
| 615 | * In ''Series/OddSquad'', this is Olive's defining CharacterTic, often pinching the bridge of her nose whenever someone does something stupid or she becomes exasperated. She also does a double-facepalm in "Moustache Confidential" after Otto gifts Ori a puppy during the former's interrogation of the latter. |
| 616 | ** Otto ends up doing a double-facepalm in "The Potato Ultimato" when watching Oscar play with his figurines. He also does another facepalm in "Captain Fun" and another in "Disorder in the Court", although those are one-handed ones. |
| 617 | ** Ms. O does a facepalm once in "The O Games", and another one in "The Voice". She also does another one at the end of "Who Let the Doug Out?", only instead of using her palms, she curls her hands into fists. |
| 618 | ** Even the GenkiGirl Olympia isn't above facepalming when getting frustrated or anxious, as shown in episodes like "Extreme Cakeover" and "Dr. O: Party Time, Excellent". |
| 619 | ** Otis does one at the end of "Three's Company" when Olympia suggests that she, him, and the rest of the agents can work in Ms. O's office. In "Slow Day", while he is initially so distraught by the slowed-down clients that he actually ''starts to cry'' and lays his head on the desk, he eventually does a proper facepalm. |
| 620 | ** Oona's facepalms are often the result of Olympia's antics, such as in "Drop Gadget Repeat" and "The Cherry-on-Top-inator". |
| 621 | * On ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $100,000 Pyramid]]'', host Dick Clark facepalms after disclosing that the Mystery 7 bonus prize was a 1968 automobile instead of 1986. This was because sometime earlier on the daytime ''$25,000'' show, he misidentified a car as being a 1958 instead of 1985. |
| 622 | * ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''. In the episode "Stolen Apples", after Mrs. Steve tells Pee-wee that Randy has been stealing her crab apples again, Pee-wee facepalms himself. |
| 623 | * ''Series/RadioEnfer'': Jocelyne once manages to make her hand puppet Frisou do this in response to her husband Gilbert ComicallyMissingThePoint regarding going on a movie date with her. |
| 624 | * ''Series/RedDwarf'': Both Lister and Rimmer frequently facepalmed because of each other's insane ideas, general smeg-headedness or extreme and disgusting slobbishness. |
| 625 | * ''Series/RosieAndJim'': In an episode about John wanting to go somewhere quiet, Rosie keeps banging a saucepan lid. Jim says Rosie can only come if she is quiet. Rosie says "OK", and drops her lid on the floor with a loud clatter, causing Jim to facepalm. |
| 626 | * ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': In the season 3 finale, Harvey falls for one of Salem's pranks (he was under a "Doctor Dolittle spell" to let him talk to animals, and at one point, Salem tricks Harvey into looking at his butt, then says "Made you look!"), and does this in response. |
| 627 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': In a 2020 sketch with Creator/BradPitt as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the reaction after a clip of Donald Trump suggesting we should use ultraviolet light inside the body to fight COVID-19 is naturally a facepalm. |
| 628 | -->'''Dr. Fauci:''' I know I shouldn't be touching my face, but... |
| 629 | * ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' |
| 630 | ** Inspector Lestrade has a truly epic one after Sherlock pulls a gun on a group of police officers, pretends to take John hostage, and the pair take off down the street while still handcuffed together. |
| 631 | ** John also did one when he found a head in the fridge. Later on, he did it again during an incredibly awkward meeting between Molly, Jim and Sherlock himself. Molly is trying to provoke Sherlock into jealousy. Jim is unashamedly fawning over Sherlock. Sherlock is being obnoxiously rude to both. And everyone is ignoring John. Good times. |
| 632 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 633 | ** The very first one in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' happens in the pilot episode with Captain Pike when he tries keeping up a steady stream of hateful, violent thoughts as PsychicStatic. Vina, who'd been living with the Talosians for twenty years and told him she'd tried that more than once, just puts her hand to her face when the Talosians proceeded to give him the mental agony beam. |
| 634 | ** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': |
| 635 | *** Captain Picard often does this, as the Trope Image from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E13DejaQ Deja Q]]" shows. The image of Picard has become [[MemeticMutation the patron saint of facepalming]]. The alternative "Single Head Double Facepalm" was featured in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E16TheOffspring The Offspring]]". |
| 636 | *** Commander Riker had a memorable facepalm in "A Matter of Perspective", the very next episode after "Deja Q", humorously enough, seen [[http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/3x14/a_matter_of_perspective_hd_269.jpg here]]. |
| 637 | *** There's a meme image where, in the Riker image above, they photoshop the Picard facepalm for a "double facepalm". A further "triple facepalm" also adds Worf. |
| 638 | *** Picard had [[http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x22/symbiosis_hd_115.jpg a pretty amusing facepalm]] in "Symbiosis" during the first season. |
| 639 | ** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. Sisko is often fond of the pinching the bridge of one's nose variation of this trope. [[SinisterMinister Kai Winn]] is most often the cause. But he lets out a few outright facepalms here and there. |
| 640 | ** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': |
| 641 | *** "Death Wish": Q performs an elusively rare variation on the double facepalm. That is, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qdoublefacepalm_5364.jpg two faces, one right palm per face]] (this is not a recommended procedure for mere mortals). Oh, whatever was the gesture for? Well, Vulcan logic is no fun, basically. |
| 642 | *** In "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy", the Doctor was posing as captain while aliens threatened attack. When he started improvising his lines, Janeway facepalmed. |
| 643 | *** In "Projections", the Doctor gets frustrated when the tricorders won't pick up anyone else's lifesigns but register him as a human. In an attempt to figure out what's wrong, Captain Janeway orders the computer to deactivate all holograms on the ship, [[MindScrew and she and everyone else on the ship except the Doctor disappears.]] The Doctor puts palm to face. |
| 644 | * ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': Maddie Fitzpatrick did this quite a bit during her brief stint as the producer of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Yay Me! starring London Tipton]]''. |
| 645 | * ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' does one in season 1 episode, "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E16Falling Falling]]", as a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when she laments to Alex about all the bad things she did under the influence of red kryptonite, [[HeroWithBadPublicity knowing fully well that everybody in National City will hate her for it]]. |
| 646 | * Bert Convy did this in embarrassment whenever he blurted out the clue word or solved the password in ''Series/SuperPassword''. |
| 647 | * A scene from ''Series/TooCloseForComfort'' episode "The Remaking of Monroe" has a co-worker say he is surprised that Henry is 52 years old (he thought he was two years older). Henry then asks Monroe (who just arrived at Henry and Muriel's apartment a couple of minutes before [[spoiler: to ask for money to attend an assertiveness training seminar]]) how old he looked. Muriel (who is standing behind Monroe) mimes to him a response by holding up four fingers on her left hand and five on her right. You would think the response he would go with based on Muriel's hand signals would be "45", but instead Monroe goes with the response, "nine". What Muriel does is actually more of a head palm, but still... |
| 648 | * Evelyn does this in ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' at Charlie's funeral when Rose describes how he wasn't in pain at his death (his body merely exploded like a meat sack when that train hit him). |
| 649 | * In the Czechoslovakian sci-fi series for kids ''Series/TheVisitors'' (1983), the forehead slapping variant of Face Palm became a running joke. When the group of scientists from the 25th century first came to the 20th century, they stopped for a group of hitch-hikers. The guys were happy at first, but seeing that the car was completely full, one of them just slapped his forehead in silence. Professor Richard concluded that it was some kind of greeting and he started using it to everyone's utter confusion. [[EternalEnglish Eternal Czech]] was not even an issue and communication was more or less ok, but something as universal as Face Palm is apparently unknown on Earth in this vision of blissful and very much Star-Trek-esque future. |
| 650 | * President Bartlet from ''Series/TheWestWing'' does the head desk variation ''on the frickin' Resolute desk'' while stuck listening an [[strike: OldSoldier]] Old Diplomat's "fascinating" stories about various UsefulNotes/ColdWar-era foreign relations escapades. |
| 651 | * In ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' (2007-2012) Justin uses this a lot. And ''everyone'' has used this at least once when it comes to Max. |
| 652 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'': Over its nine-year-long run, the show had several facepalms of various flavours ("Am I the last sane person here?", "I can't believe ''I'' did something ''this'' stupid", "All right, what now, any other crazy idea?", "Oh no, not this", "Oh no, not this ''again''!", "Could this be any more humiliating?" or "I might as well break down completely."). |
| 653 | ** "Syzygy": Mulder rubs his face with a hand when Detective Angela White comes to his motel room and he's not sure what's going on exactly. |
| 654 | ** "Bad Blood": Scully facepalms when Mulder wants them to compare their accounts of one curious case that involved Mulder sticking a stake into a teen's chest. The {{facepalm}} followed his PrisonRape joke about Scully' hypothetical prison mate nicknamed Large Marge. |
| 655 | ** "Patient X": Mulder is among panelists at a UFO conference. Other speakers take the abductions for granted and they enthusiastically talk about "the ontological shock" that must follow. Mulder is looking down, his hands are tightly joined and his thumbs touch his nose bridge. He's deep in thought, trying to strengthen himself... because he's about to call it all bullshit and blame it on TheGovernment as [[TheConspiracy their conspiracy]]. |
| 656 | ** "The Red and the Black": At the end, when Mulder is arrested by some military men and thrown to a car with Scully, he's tearful and he sadly covers his face. Scully touches his hands and tries to comfort him. |
| 657 | ** "Rain King": Scully facepalms when Mulder suggests that Holman Hardt is manufacturing the weather. The facepalm is complete with her "look." |
| 658 | ** "X-Cops": Scully holds her mouth and turns away from a camera when she finds out it's rolling for TV. |
| 659 | ** "Hollywood AD": Mulder and Scully are in the theatre, watching a film based on one of their cases and their characters. The audience chuckle, the actors look interested and pleased, AD Skinner looks happy. Scully watches the film in horror, but her shock and surprise is smaller than Mulder's, who just drops his head into his hands and hides his face completely. |
| 660 | ** "Hollywood AD": When Skinner tells Mulder that his friend from college, now a writer/producer, will shadow Mulder and Scully on their case, Mulder just rubs his forehead and asks if he pissed off Skinner more than usual. |
| 661 | ** "Je Souhaite": Scully puts her face in both her hands because she invited some scientists from Harvard to see an invisible body which unfortunately disappeared. She's beyond embarrassed. |
| 662 | ** "The Truth": Agent Doggett tells Scully that [[spoiler: Mulder got death by lethal injection]] and understandably, Scully just loses it and heart-breaking sobs escape her uncontrollably. She covers her face with both her hands and continues to cry. |
| 663 | * ''Series/{{Zorro|1957}}'': |
| 664 | ** In the very first episode, Commander Monastario (while stuck inside a prison cell) facepalms as he watches Zorro utterly humiliate Sergeant García and the rest of his soldiers for the first time (but certainly not the last). |
| 665 | ** Zorro also takes a turn after watching Judge Vasca take a huge gulp of drugged ale, then go back for another sip... and yet another before the drug finally kicks in. |
| 666 | [[/folder]] |
| 667 | |
| 668 | [[folder:Magazines]] |
| 669 | * Maclean's magazine columnist Scott Feschuk's author thumbnail has him doing this. Considering the fact that his column focuses on satirizing some of the most facepalm-inducing topics of the month, this is quite appropriate (it's also hilarious to imagine him doing it while typing out his article). |
| 670 | [[/folder]] |
| 671 | |
| 672 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 673 | * ''Podcast/RandomAssault'': Mitch once tried to make one audible on the show. |
| 674 | -->'''Mitch:''' Did you hear that? That was the sound of me face-palming, that was so bad. |
| 675 | [[/folder]] |
| 676 | |
| 677 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 678 | * Wrestling/BookerT once did a variation of this in regards to ''himself'', after accidentally calling Wrestling/HulkHogan a [[NWordPrivileges "nigga"]] on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1o82BVKFp8 live national television.]] |
| 679 | * Wrestling/JohnMorrison's very understandable reaction on NXT Season 2 during his rookie Eli Cottonwood's infamous "moustache" promo. |
| 680 | [[/folder]] |
| 681 | |
| 682 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 683 | * Parker on ''Mr. Meaty'' does this gesture in the episode "Hamish" in annoyance at Josh talking to Goth Girl. |
| 684 | * ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': |
| 685 | ** Sam the Eagle is a frequent practitioner of the facewingtip, but he will often simply utter his signature phrase, "You are all weirdos." |
| 686 | ** Others try them out now and then, such as Rowlf in the Rudolf Nureyev episode facepawing when Fozzie [[ItMakesSenseInContext cuts through a candle with a blowtorch]]. |
| 687 | * In ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'', Gonzo does this when he sees that Rizzo is letting rats aboard and marketing the ''Hispanola'''s voyage to Capt. Flint's treasure as a pleasure cruise. |
| 688 | * Betty Lou does so on the ''Series/SesameStreet'' game show sketch "The Triangle Is Right" after Carl Mericana answers "A Circle". |
| 689 | [[/folder]] |
| 690 | |
| 691 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 692 | * In ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'', Sebastian's preferred method of showing his annoyance at the antics of the people around him is to face palm. |
| 693 | * ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' v4's Aileen Borden seems to do this pretty often. To be fair, it fits her [[DeadpanSnarker normal personality]]. |
| 694 | * Colton in ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'' does this [[RunningGag quite a lot]]. To a [[StuffBlowingUp rather]] [[GaleForceSound explosive]] degree, one might say. |
| 695 | [[/folder]] |
| 696 | |
| 697 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 698 | * Pretty much any GameMaster is expected to end up like this at least once per session, usually caused by one or more players' stupidity (or {{Pun}}). In certain circles, it's even nicknamed the GM's facepalm. |
| 699 | * ''TabletopGame/ChuubosMarvelousWishGrantingEngine'': This is one of the standard XP Emotions, indicating a character who is hapless and goofy and thus can earn XP by inducing amused facepalms among the other players. Of the Glass-Maker's Dragon core characters, this honour goes to the Wishing Boy/Girl, a character whose use of the ability to rewrite the universe with few hard and fast restrictions largely boils down to "I wish seagulls were cooler" and failed attempts to get ice cream. |
| 700 | * ''TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles Role-Playing Game'': A picture in one of the rulebooks has Murphy doing one, with Harry commenting beneath the picture, "I make her do this way too much." |
| 701 | [[/folder]] |
| 702 | |
| 703 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 704 | * In the 2000 production of ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar'', Judas's reaction to Simon and his calls for armed revolution in the song "Simon Zealotes" is a series of continual face-palms, followed by continual glares at Jesus for allowing it to get this bad in the first place. |
| 705 | [[/folder]] |
| 706 | |
| 707 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 708 | * ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': In the epilogue, Ann rushes to the room where Ayane is to check if she's safe, then sees her lounging with gourmet food and asking for more, causing Ann to facepalm upon seeing this. |
| 709 | * In ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'', this is one of the gestures you can learn from Dr. Shrunk, the "Mistaken" gesture. |
| 710 | * The "Look Skyward" [[EmoteAnimation gesture]] from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' is [[NonIndicativeName by no means about gazing upon the sky]], it's actually a facepalm. You can even do a facepalm while carrying a {{BFS}} without the worry of weight. |
| 711 | * Franchise/DonkeyKong does this after losing a minigame in the first ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1''. |
| 712 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 713 | ** Squall Leonhart of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' has a facepalm as one of his [[GoingThroughTheMotions stock gestures]], and he uses it often. The mannerism is iconic enough that it was carried over into the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' games as well. |
| 714 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' |
| 715 | *** The opera Impresario, who's very sensitive about his operas, does this when an act goes wrong or when it may go wrong. It is probable, though, that his "face palm" is more of a corny, theatrical and/or dramatical gesture of distress, (you know, that old cover-your-face-with-your-arm/hand-whilds-wistfully-going-"Oh" thingy,) rather than the common, slightly more humorous usage of the gesture. This would make sense seeing as he is, well, the impresario of an opera. |
| 716 | *** A straight example of this occurs when Gau leads Sabin and Cyan to a cave, to show them a "shiny shiny". Once they arrive... he forgets where it is, cuing a facepalm. |
| 717 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': Tidus applies PercussiveMaintenance to an ancient computer console. Rikku responds in tried and tested fashion. |
| 718 | *** Lulu responds to a ''lot'' of Tidus's and Wakka's shenanigans by burying her face in her hand. |
| 719 | *** When Yuna emerges from an Al Bhed ship, having beaten up its crew - rendering your party's rescue pointless - Lulu, Kimahri and even Tidus are shown doing this at once. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Then the normal victory music plays]]. |
| 720 | *** Wakka does it when the party arrives in Luca and Tidus grabs a megaphone and starts shouting trash at the Luca Goers. |
| 721 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'': Kent, whenever [[ChivalrousPervert Sain]] starts making his moves on a girl. See on the right hand side [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/04.png here]]. |
| 722 | * In ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'', the main character does a facepalm after he [[spoiler:learns that his girlfriend, who he thought was alive, was DeadAllAlong.]] A sad facepalm indeed. |
| 723 | * In the ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' series, both Layton and Luke do this if they get a puzzle wrong. Layton pulls the brim of his tophat over his eyes, while Luke does the classic forehead slap. |
| 724 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'', this is Eruruw's default expression for when Hakuoro does something stupid -- but not stupid enough to get seriously angry over (which he does often). |
| 725 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' added a /facepalm emote in patch 3.0.2, although it only produces a predefined text message and not animated. It's also one of the few emotes the game's statistics page will track on your character; they expect you to use it that much. |
| 726 | ** ''Anarchy Online'' as well added a similar command, and animated it. |
| 727 | ** ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' also has a facepalm emote, though the command for it is /doh. |
| 728 | ** In 2011, players who liked the ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' Facebook page on July 21 or between August 17-31 received the /facepalm emote ingame. |
| 729 | ** And on a related note, [[http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/halolz-dot-com-worldofwarcraft-forums-hotkeyfail.jpg one of the ''[=WoW=]'' forum moderators demonstrates the fitting response for truly epic failure.]] |
| 730 | * ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' gives the second-most-intelligent character in its opening sequence (namely: a monkey) one of these right before everything goes to hell. |
| 731 | %%* It was only logical that the facepalm became an emote in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline''. |
| 732 | * ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' |
| 733 | ** The Spy class on a losing team can be seen face palming if he is still alive during the aptly named "Humiliation" phase. He also does this in one of the official comics: In "A Smissmas Story", he face palms and [[HeadDesk rests his head on the desk]] when Soldier (acting as Spy and Scout's lawyer) encourages Scout to go with a completely ludicrous testimony. |
| 734 | ** The Sniper does the hat version in his "Meet the Sniper" video when he's trying to talk to his father on the phone. |
| 735 | * In ''Franchise/BlazBlue'', Jin and Hakumen facepalm if they lose to Time Up. |
| 736 | %%* In another Arc System Works example, this is Baiken's taunt in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''. |
| 737 | * ''VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga'': Kyle Katarn will do this when he gets [[strike:[[MemeticBadass bored]]]] game-over due to some reason other than his own death. |
| 738 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': |
| 739 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'': If you're romancing Liara, she will do this when Joker [[MomentKiller interrupts]] your AlmostKiss on the mess deck. |
| 740 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' features a few: |
| 741 | *** You met the fanboy from the first game, [[LoonyFan Conrad Verner]], [[EpicFail trying]] to terrorize an [[CoolOldLady asari bartender]]. |
| 742 | --->'''Conrad:''' ... Yeah, my wife was really supportive of this whole thing. She even paid for my shuttle ticket offworld!\ |
| 743 | '''[[FunnyBackgroundEvent Bartender]]:''' ''(facepalm)'' |
| 744 | *** Also seen on the Migrant Fleet when, against Tali's ''earnest'' [[SchmuckBait request not to ask Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib about his name]], you ask Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib about his name. |
| 745 | --->'''Shepard:''' You have a ship named Qwib Qwib?\ |
| 746 | '''Tali:''' ''(facepalm)'' Oh, here we go... |
| 747 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': Shepard has this reaction to seeing Conrad Verner yet again. In the ''Citadel'' DLC, this is Miranda's response to Shepard suggesting that she sleep with Jack, Liara's response to James's attempt to claim that physical conditioning trumps [[GravityMaster biotics]], and EDI's response to Joker replying to [[ICantDance Shepard's offer to dance with her]] when Joker won't by laughing his ass off [[OverlyLongGag for 30 seconds straight]]. |
| 748 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 749 | ** In ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' (Wii version), Sonic does a facepalm in the cutscene where Tails is attempting to figure out what the Wisps are saying. ("He says his name is Talks-a-lot and he's from a far off soda...") Yacker (the Wisp Tails was trying to translate for) also facepalms. At the exact same time as Sonic does. |
| 750 | ** Sonic facepalms up to twice more throughout ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. First time is if Chemical Plant Act 2 is the second act of that level to be completed--after Amy speaks her line, Modern Sonic facepalms. He facepalms once more during the Reveal. |
| 751 | * ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' |
| 752 | ** If you're watching him, Raz pulls this off during the boss fight in Black Velvetopia. It's not the main focus, but not easy to miss, either -- just pay attention to him while [[spoiler:Edgar reverts to El Odio.]] |
| 753 | ** While we're on the topic, Sasha gets the chance at the end of the game, when [[spoiler:Ford's psitanium wears off]] and Chef Cruller returns. |
| 754 | * Also done in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' (which is from the creators of ''Psychonauts''). During the intro, the band Eddie was a roadie for starts their new song with a really badass and edgy guitar riff...only to transition into sissy pop singing. Eddie then facepalms. |
| 755 | --> '''Eddie''': I can fix anything...except ''that''. |
| 756 | --> '''Unnamed roadie''': Metal is dead. |
| 757 | * ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': As of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'', Clank seems to be prone to this -- it's usually aimed at Qwark... or, on one [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments memorable occasion]], the Plumber. |
| 758 | * In the pre-release trailer for ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' showing off the exclusive preorder character, Shockwave, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctkjNF9JSPE Starscream gets one when Shockwave has "The Touch" playing during his scene]]. |
| 759 | -->[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "When your hit percentage exceeds mine, you may choose the soundtrack."]] |
| 760 | * If you play the game ''In the 1st Degree'' right, Tobin will do this shortly after having a meltdown in the courtroom. This is probably due to him realizing that he just effectively hanged himself. |
| 761 | * In ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'', Haseo does this so often it's one of his standard animations. |
| 762 | * One of [[PlayerCharacter Hawke's]] recurring animations in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' |
| 763 | -->'''Jansen the drunken miner:''' My farm supplied eggplant to half of South Reach!\ |
| 764 | '''Other drunken miner:''' Oh yeah? Well, my [[UnusualEuphemism eggplant]] supplied half the bastards in South Reach!\ |
| 765 | ''(drunken laughter)''\ |
| 766 | '''Hawke:''' ''(facepalm)'' |
| 767 | ** Sarcastic Hawke pulls another one during the quest where he/she looks for an escaped prisoner in Act 1. |
| 768 | --->'''Lia the kidnappee:''' He didn't mean to hurt me! There are demons who made him do all these horrible things!\ |
| 769 | '''Hawke:''' ''(facepalm)'' I should remember this one. "A demon made me do it." |
| 770 | * Ken does this in ''Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo'' when his playfield his halfway full of gems. |
| 771 | %% Needs Context * IF frequently facepalms in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2''. |
| 772 | * Seen in the Platform/PlayStation3 UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' in the Lament Mirror dungeon. Frederic Chopin is stuck alone with the eight-year-old Salsa, who is whining about a lack of food, and asks him to use his magic powers to create a steak. He tells her that [[ComesGreatResponsibility magic is not a tool of convenience]] and she throws a full-on tantrum, causing him to facepalm. |
| 773 | * ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'': Before the first performance at the Half-Genie festival, we cut to Bolo, Sky, and Mimic all in the stands, eagerly awaiting the performance. Then Shantae is a few seconds late and doesn't get into position in time. Cue unimpressed looks from all three and a Face Palm from Sky. |
| 774 | * In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', on one of the Sith Warrior missions you have the option of [[spoiler: sleeping with Lord Grathan's wife.]] Later you can brag about it to Darth Baras, prompting a facepalm from Vette. |
| 775 | * ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' |
| 776 | ** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'', Cheria double facepalms after her attempt at seducing Asbel at the [[BeachEpisode Beach Resort]] fails. |
| 777 | ** One of Kratos's stock skit animations in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' is a very dainty facepalm. |
| 778 | ** Jade from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has a several variants in his skit animations as well (unsurprisingly, given [[DeadpanSnarker his personality]]). |
| 779 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' has [[ActionGirl Milla]] place her fingers on her forehead while slowly shaking her head back and forth when [[HeroWorshipper Ivar]] shows up making an ass of himself. |
| 780 | ** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'', this is a fairly common gesture of Eleanor's, generally placing it on her forehead. For example, in a skit... |
| 781 | --->'''Rokurou''': I've got it. You hate spinach, don't you?\ |
| 782 | '''Eleanor''': (''facepalming'') I suppose there's no point in denying it. |
| 783 | * The GameOver screen of ''VideoGame/SilverSurfer1990'' is the Surfer himself kneeling and facepalming. [[NintendoHard You'll be seeing this screen a lot]]. |
| 784 | * ''VideoGame/PokerNight2'': [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash]] will do a dramatic double facepalm if he's not pleased with the hand he's dealt. He'll then proceed to try to bluff his hand after that. |
| 785 | * ''VideoGame/TheGrayGarden'': During an early scene, [[CuteClumsyGirl Yosafire falls down a hole]]. [[SugarAndIcePersonality Froze responds]] by burying her cheek in her palm and chewing her out. |
| 786 | * It's easy to miss in ''VideoGame/CarriesOrderUp'', but should you lose a life while Calcia is on screen, she'll faceclaw at Carrie's clumsiness. |
| 787 | * In ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'', Edge can't help but do this after a strange conversation between Sarah and the King of Astral in which she gives him the "gist" of an official letter that she's apparently had for more than three years and had forgotten to give him up until then. (She says she was fifteen when she got the letter. The game's dictionary gives her age as 19.) |
| 788 | * In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Link does this when Vilia's [[DisguisedInDrag drag disguise]] is partly uncovered by a gust of wind and the latter tries to brush it off. [[ShrinkingViolet Paya]] also tends to cover her face with both of her hands when getting flustered while talking to Link. |
| 789 | * Marina of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' has a relatively calm version where after facepalming, she'll still give a cute smile over some of Pearl's derpier moments, like confusing [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice "stakes"]] with [[FunWithHomophones "steaks"]]. |
| 790 | %%* ''VideoGame/ClarencesBigChance'': Clarence's girlfriend will do this if he performs badly enough. |
| 791 | * In ''VideoGame/AtelierFirisTheAlchemistAndTheMysteriousJourney'', this is a fairly standard gesture for the elder Bernd whenever he's upset or troubled by something. |
| 792 | * ''VideoGame/NiNoKuniIIRevenantKingdom'': |
| 793 | ** Roland gives one after Evan keeps betting against a guard in a dice game who is using a dice that seems fairly obviously rigged and ends up ''ten million'' guilders in debt. |
| 794 | ** Later, it's Batu's turn when Evan agrees to help out a Grimalkin (cat-guy) named [[PunnyName Tabbias]] in one of the game's many sidequests. |
| 795 | --->'''Batu''': Ye're far too soft, lad! [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Tryin' to help everyone ye meet'll be the death of ye, mark me words!]] Still, ye've promised now. |
| 796 | * ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry7LoveForSail'': A fireman can be seeing facepalming during Larry's jump from the burning building. |
| 797 | * In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'', Jade does one if she messes up on the Electro Light pep power, summoning mechanical monsters instead of the hoped for MetalSlime monsters. |
| 798 | * ''VideoGame/YoshisCookie'': Chef Mario does this when the player gets a game over. |
| 799 | * In ''Cooking Stars'' Freddy buys a pie oven and Nancy asks if he actually knows how to make a pie. |
| 800 | -->'''Freddy:''' I can chop fruit very nicely.\ |
| 801 | '''Nancy:''' Leaving it up to me to do everything else. [facepalm] |
| 802 | * In ''VideoGame/NeoTheWorldEndsWithYou'', Minamimoto facepalms in restaurants if you're about to feed him something he doesn't like or he's already full. |
| 803 | * ''VideoGame/LaCordaDOro'': Hino during an argument between everybody about eavesdropping. Also, Tsuchiura does this when Hihara gets mistaken for being Hino's boyfriend. |
| 804 | * In ''Restaurant Merge'' Mina facepalms when one of the construction workers at Edward's beach restaurant tells her he's trying to get them to build an underwater area. She does it again after she comments that he wouldn't believe how tough building the Japanese restaurant is and he replies that he knew and that's why he left her in charge of it. |
| 805 | * Certain raunchy scenes in ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' were censored in particular regions, with a paragraph describing the scene over an image. In Australia, the image is of a crying koala. But in Europe, the image is of Michaelangelo's David facepalming in front of the EU flag. |
| 806 | * In ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', Morgan reacts with this at some of Amy’s attempts to “mug” people in the school hallways that Amy fails particularly badly at. |
| 807 | * In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Rin Tohsaka can often be found doing this, usually in response to something Shiro said. |
| 808 | * ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' |
| 809 | ** Rin Tezuka has her own [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/facesole.jpg unique variation]]. |
| 810 | ** In Lilly's Act 1 ending, Hisao does this when Lilly responds to his asking about her being depressed over Akira's departure by saying that "Akira's taken." |
| 811 | --->'''Hisao:''' Lilly never sees how fast my palm meets my face at her sly accusation. |
| 812 | * [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/facepalm_tokimemo2aa_1610.jpg Done in a single finger-way]] by Kotoko Minaduki in a concept art of ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial 2]]''; on the other hand, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/facepalm_tokimemo2bb_168.jpg the final art]] scratches this in favor of a "let's ignore those idiots" look. |
| 813 | * In ''Homescapes'' William claims that he's the world's most attentive husband. Austin says if that's the case then he should be able to repeat what Olivia said when she left. William replies "Wait, she left?" and Austin facepalms. |
| 814 | * In ''Manor Cafe'' Emma suggests getting out the gardening tools because the garden needs more flowers, Meg thanks her for being there to help and Emma replies that she's just going to take some pictures. Meg facepalms. |
| 815 | [[/folder]] |
| 816 | |
| 817 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 818 | * The title sequence of AOK's ''WebAnimation/CaillouTheGrownUp'' videos shows Caillou's dad Boris exasperatedly pressing his palm against his face after witnessing his son cry because he broke off his shoelaces while trying to tie his shoes. |
| 819 | * Veronica does this in the first part of ''WebAnimation/{{Flicker}}'' when [[spoiler: she's voted as the killer.]] |
| 820 | * In the "record book" sbemail on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', when Coach Z announces his record attempt, Strong Bad finds it so monumentally stupid that he skips facepalming entirely and ''repeatedly smacks himself upside the head''. |
| 821 | * ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': [[TheHero Epic-Man]] does one when he witnesses his SideKick Epic Fail [[EpicFail blow up his toaster by attempting to warm up his DVD player in it]]. |
| 822 | * Dr. Greg Converse does this in Episode 42 of ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' when he tries to get Trisha to bitch him out... and discovers that she can only PokeThePoodle. |
| 823 | * ''WebAnimation/StrifeToons'': In the second part of "Marine and the Dukeburger Outlet", Duke does a facepalm in response to Doom Marine happily playing in a pile of burger buns on the floor. |
| 824 | * The video announcing the return of the ''WebAnimation/TF2Analysis'' shorts concludes with the line "That is... if we can find enough headache pills for the doc to cope...", and Dr. Wolf is seen facepalming. |
| 825 | [[/folder]] |
| 826 | |
| 827 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 828 | * ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': White Mage [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/08/09/episode-183-look-whos-back/ bashes her head against a tree]] in response to some particularly impressive idiocy from ''[[SurroundedByIdiots everyone else]]''. |
| 829 | * ''Webcomic/The10Doctors'': [[TheNthDoctor The 3rd Doctor]] has one at the sight of what his seventh incarnation calls a "mid-life crisis", namely the rather garish-looking 6th Doctor. |
| 830 | * ''Webcomic/AlienLovesPredator'': The storyline "Ma's visit" gives two in [[http://alienlovespredator.com/2009/01/06/another-way-up/ short]] [[http://alienlovespredator.com/2009/02/10/exit-stage-down/ succession]], including [[BreakingTheFourthWall breakage of the Fourth Wall]] and a {{pun}}. |
| 831 | %%* ''Webcomic/{{Annyseed}}'': Count Tarroviene on page 66. Also, Winston seems to be heading this way on page 119. |
| 832 | * ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'': An annoyed Duke does a facepalm when he notices his siblings, two of whom are wearing silly disguises, spying on his date. |
| 833 | %%* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'': [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} David]] periodically inspires this. |
| 834 | * ''Webcomic/BooksDontWorkHere'': Two girls on their way to the mall, why is this example here? [[http://booksdontworkhere.thecomicseries.com/comics/56/ Link]]"He's (the author) putting us on a bus the week before he's moving and getting a new job. It's gonna be a long bus ride." That would do it. |
| 835 | * ''Webcomic/{{Chiasmata}}'': Daniel reacts this way after Sam [[GenreBlindness expresses the desire to go investigate some mysterious casket they find.]] Especially since they had already seen some evidence that the whole place was an EldritchLocation, and the room and coffin were covered in what essentially translates as "Stay dead forever, please" (though to be fair, they had no way of knowing the last thing). |
| 836 | * ''Webcomic/CoyoteVille'': In [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210508112059/http://www.fatpandakc.com/coyoteville/ the November 28, 2002 strip]] of the original run, Sean performs a facepaw in response to hearing that Ed collects dust as a hobby. |
| 837 | * ''Webcomic/DeepRise'': Four characters, eight hands each, for a whopping 32x facepalm combo when they discover ''someone'' accidentally invented a living dildo from anime toy parts. |
| 838 | %%* ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'': Digger does this [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/digger-facepalm.png often]]. |
| 839 | * ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': |
| 840 | ** Cell when his Cell Junior [[spoiler:risks disqualification after punching his opponent without touching the ring.]] |
| 841 | ** King Piccolo does this in response to Frieza asking who invited Broly to a villains' meeting in a minicomic. |
| 842 | %%* ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'': Tanna pulls off [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/457 twice in three panels]]. This may be some sort of record. |
| 843 | * ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'': Cess, seeing how Laura [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/so_much_for_our_plan accidentally incinerated her clothes]]. Again. |
| 844 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': |
| 845 | %%** [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-01-28 The teacher]] knows Tedd all too well. |
| 846 | ** Susan's facepalm reflex was developed with the [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-19 help of her mom]], and years of her acquaintance [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-03-24 with Tedd]] only [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-03-27 refined]] it. And now "Little Nase" working as semi-autonomous body extension allows her to stare in disbelief and do [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-10-12 fairy-facepalm]] at the same time! |
| 847 | %%** [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-05-05 Sarah and Elliot]] are Tedd's old friends, could you tell? |
| 848 | ** Grace seems to have [[InnocentFanserviceGirl natural]] [[PingPongNaivete talents]] for causing this reaction. Sarah already worked with Tedd, so [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-03-05 this was not a clean experiment]]. Mr. Raven, though, [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-12-01 was facepalmed]] fair and square. |
| 849 | ** Tedd and Susan getting into another slap fight [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-03-16 triggers one for Sarah]]. |
| 850 | * ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'': Sarine's relationship with Jon is largely a single, incredibly extended, highly expressive facepalm, but she does get to turn the tables and [[http://www.errantstory.com/?p=744 induce]] a classic one of her own in Jon's sister Sara. |
| 851 | * ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'': Mr. Mighty does this at his own stupidity. (See Homer Simpson example in western animation.) Apparently, it's hereditary. |
| 852 | %%* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' |
| 853 | %%** Florence has reasons to [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00047.htm facepalm]]. Sometimes [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00050.htm it gets worse]]. Also features the [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01706.htm double-facepalm]]. |
| 854 | %%** Even cheerful robot [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Helix]] is not totally immune [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01097.htm to this]] trope. |
| 855 | %%** Not to mention [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00355.htm Winston]]. |
| 856 | %%* ''Webcomic/GetMedieval'': About every character does a facepalm sooner or later. |
| 857 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Frequent. |
| 858 | ** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050914 The actor playing Punch]] in Master Payne's Heterodyne shows facepalms upon learning from Maxim and Oggie that his portrayal is way off. |
| 859 | ** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041103 In the flashback of Zeetha]] wiping the whole fortress of the pirates who kidnapped her, at the end she smackes her brow upon realizing she left no-one alive to tell her how to get back to Skifander. |
| 860 | ** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070411 Two-handed face-palm for Gil]] on learning from Dr. Sun that it's too late to suppress the stories about his father getting wounded and nearly killed, or the coming of a new Heterodyne heir. |
| 861 | ** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090311 Agatha gets to do this too]] after joking that their will be a big party... but only after all the numerous problems at hand are settled. |
| 862 | --->'''Violetta:''' This party -- can ''I'' have a pretty dress ''too?''\ |
| 863 | '''Agatha:''' ''[facepalming]'' ...Well, ''of course''. ...Assuming you're still ''alive.'' |
| 864 | ** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121126 Mama Gkika slaps a hand to her forehead]] when Agatha clears the way to the observation tower, with a weapon that also destroys the observation tower]]. |
| 865 | ** Agatha's gesture starts as a HandBehindHead, but morphs into a facepalm when talking to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150126 the Heterodyne monster train:]] |
| 866 | --->'''Agatha:''' It hate schedules and it's a ''glutton'' -- and they gave it to the ''monks''. |
| 867 | ** The Master of Paris must have established some sort of record with [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150826 a double-facepalm that lasts a good 15 minutes.]] |
| 868 | ** While being in England's main area of study, Agatha asks what this new "golden age" the sparks were talking about is. The explanation she's given makes the sparks look so delusional (saying that the queen herself, who's shown to be one of the most powerful sparks in existence, will bow to them) [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190327 that she pulls one at the end.]] |
| 869 | ** [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20240126 Jäger General Dimo buries his face into his clawed hand]] as he comes to the realization that being in charge not only means he's SurroundedByIdiots, but that his job also includes preventing the Jägers from fighting among themselves out of boredom when there are no other enemies around. |
| 870 | * ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'': Plenty often, particularly early on. And just as much in the sub-comic ''Tempts Fate''. |
| 871 | ** Most notable is when Forgath facepalms with his [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/10092013 newfound stone fist weapon]] from Minmax being thick. |
| 872 | ** Kin facepalms hard ([[http://goblinscomic.com/comic/page-15-2018 with her prosthetic metal arm]]) after managing to slip a note to Minmax while stuck in a Silence zone, but realizing that she forgot to write her name on it. |
| 873 | * ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': |
| 874 | ** The AltText of one strip is [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-98-triple-facepalm-and-sidebutt/ "Triple facepalm and a sidebutt"]], unsurprisingly thanks to Sidney. |
| 875 | ** Suffice to say, Sydney inspires a ''lot'' of these in her more straight-laced coworkers, with the cake getting taken when [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/720 she manages to send Maxima into]] the TroubledFetalPosition. |
| 876 | ** Dabbler's pervy antics can also inspire this reaction to Maxima. For example, [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-577-the-other-side-of-the-one-way-glass/ during the "interrogation" of Cooter]], upon realizing that yes, he's that stupid. |
| 877 | ** Maxima is not the only one to suffer from embarrassing underlings, though. [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-843-the-run-away-pa/ Deus himself cannot help but facepalm at times from Lorlara's over-eagerness.]] |
| 878 | ** Jabberwocky facepalms when Sydney deduces they're not doing laundry but playing StripPoker... because they're not in a laundry room. |
| 879 | ** Maxima goes for a double-facepalm when she realizes a new villain she's facing is wearing a breakaway business suit just to make a dramatic BattleStrip. |
| 880 | ** [[https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-1048-limitful-cosmic-power/ In a flashback panel,]] Thothogoth is seen holding his claw to his face as Parfait shows him the result of her attempt to wish for a bar of gold: one doubloon... and an audit. |
| 881 | * ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': When a band of "adventurer's-rights enforcers" sets up their own nation on Gastonian soil, Syr'nj and Field Marshal Ardaic [[http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-23-page-5/ react in the only possible way.]] |
| 882 | * ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': Karl Heinrich Ulrichs slaps a hand over his face while he's trying to argue for gay rights, when he compares it to people needing to speak up against witch hunts in the (then) near past only for a lady to say that ''[[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=396 "Ok, except everyone knows witches don't exist."]]'' Ulrichs is a real historical figure, who was advocating for gay rights ''before the word homosexual was coined'' and ended up exiled for his activism. |
| 883 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' |
| 884 | ** Quite a bit of [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/650 FACEPALM x2 COMBO]]. |
| 885 | ** [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/2485 Also FACEPALM x1 COMBO]]. |
| 886 | ** That's nothing. [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3861 Here]] is a FACEPALM x0 COMBO. |
| 887 | ** [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/2629 *H3R TYR4NNY F4C3 P4LMS 1N 4 R34LLY D1GN1F13D 4ND 1NT1M1D4T1NGLY JUD1C14L M4NN3R*]] |
| 888 | ** A (somewhat spoiler-y) [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4353 FACEPALM X2 from Terezi]]. |
| 889 | ** In [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3760 "[S] Flip"]], a scratched game disc results in several glitches, including a FACEPALM x3 COMBO. |
| 890 | ** Dirk smacks his forehead upon seeing his [[spoiler:Trickster Mode]] friends. |
| 891 | ** Another panel has Karkat lay his head on his computer desk and pound it on the back with his fist. |
| 892 | * Jean in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/295 realizes she's fallen so far down the rabbit hole]] that she'll believe almost any preposterous thing Bob tells her. |
| 893 | * In ''Webcomic/LawsAndSausages'', Greg Weiner [[http://lawsandsausagescomic.com/comic/104 explains]] that UsefulNotes/JamesMadison campaigned for the separation of powers so that the legislative, executive and judicial branches would balance out each other's power. However, [[http://lawsandsausagescomic.com/comic/204 party politics weakens this system]] because people in the different branches can be on the same "side". "And who, you ask, is the father of the modern party system? (puts both hands on face) One hint -- his name rhymes with Schmadison." |
| 894 | * Most everybody in ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' has done the "pinching the bridge of the nose" variant at one time or another. Usually it's because of something Rayne just said or did. |
| 895 | %%* It's done in the last panel of [[http://fourthfloorcomics.com/comic/lets-play-articulate/ one page]] of ''Life on the Fourth Floor''. (What game are they playing, anyway?) |
| 896 | * ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'': [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/1238 Kobayashi-kun did this]] after he realized he'd just sent Yuki away alone... when she'd been suggesting she could bring him along if he held on to her "really, really tight." Way to go, kid who's had a crush on Yuki for years.... |
| 897 | * ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': |
| 898 | ** Zii demonstrates [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/mffffffokay a resounding example,]] inspired by ''her own'' carelessness. |
| 899 | ** Gary's tactlessness inspires an even better example from Tracy [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/adult_friends here.]] |
| 900 | ** Gary also manages to inspire the less common nose-pinch version of the gesture from Peggy in [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/performance-anxiety panel 3 of this strip.]] |
| 901 | * Daniel as he berates [[ChivalrousPervert Dwayne]] for his obsession with the female body, in ''Webcomic/Mooncrest24''. |
| 902 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' |
| 903 | ** Belkar and Elan engender many facepalms from other characters, usually Roy. A list of all occurences can be found in the forum: [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159330 "The Great Roy Greenhilt & Everybody Else Facepalm Count"]] |
| 904 | ** Apparently, being a skeleton drawn in stick figure [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0096.html isn't enough]] to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0196.html make Xykon]] immune... though technically it's more of a "skull-phalanx" there. |
| 905 | * ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'': Lucifer tells Hijack that he needs better control of his emotions. |
| 906 | -->'''Hijack:''' I have a sister who can control emotions. She's scary, like a big millipede.\ |
| 907 | '''Lucifer:''' [pinching the bridge of his beak] [=LiSTEN=] |
| 908 | * ''Webcomic/PepsiaPhobia'': |
| 909 | ** When Filby does this, it's with appropriate unsound effect: [[http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-08-06 FACEPALM]] |
| 910 | ** [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2015-07-10 The goddess Athena has an epic one]] from Ares likening his portfolio with hers. |
| 911 | * ''Webcomic/ThePhoenixRequiem'': |
| 912 | ** Anya [[http://requiem.seraph-inn.com/viewcomic.php?page=341 when Jonas tells her parents about shades]]. |
| 913 | ** Anya [[http://requiem.seraph-inn.com/viewcomic.php?page=374 reacts to Jonas being silly]]. |
| 914 | ** Jonas does a double facepalm [[http://requiem.seraph-inn.com/viewcomic.php?page=431 when he realizes that his powers are discovered]]. |
| 915 | %%* ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}'': |
| 916 | %%** [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/09/11 Courtesy of Ms. Monster.]] |
| 917 | %%** [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/07/19 Not her first, either.]] To the EXACT same group. |
| 918 | %%** [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/11/05 An unintentional example]], courtesy of an annoying fly. |
| 919 | %%* The Sheriff in ''Webcomic/RoguesOfClwydRhan'' has [[http://rocr.net/index.php?p=20091207 good reason to facepalm]]. |
| 920 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}''... [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-6-River-62111743 let's]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-13-Flush-66111403 just]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-17-Hospital-68397225 say]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-53-More-Awkward-93659264 that]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-54-Up-and-Down-94397769 it]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-67-Staff-Lounge-104382342 happens]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-102-Boy-Player-156480419 a]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-145-The-M-Word-194726509 lot]]... Even a triple [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-112-Beneficiary-166305258 one]] isn't an impossibility. (One of the characters just told his friends that he agreed to a FriendsWithBenefits relationship without knowing what it is... all his friends facepalm.) |
| 921 | * ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'': |
| 922 | ** Mimic, being a ChestMonster, has neither face nor palm. [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-14/ That doesn't stop him, though.]] Then again, when you're teaming up with a [[TheDitz ditz]] {{paladin}} who can be fooled by a tentacle puppet.... |
| 923 | ** The male hipster vampire also does it [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-48/ while scrying on his sister]] making a fool of herself. |
| 924 | ** And Y.T. after Mimic breaks the bottle holding a fairy. |
| 925 | ** Derek does a two-fingers-and-thumb-around-the-nose gesture after asking Dorilys to stop hurting his patient, and she just drops Mimic to the floor. |
| 926 | ** [[https://rustyandco.com/comic/level-12-6/ Derek takes the same pose in the background]] while the just-returned Princess is busy dislocating Malevolus's arm. |
| 927 | %%* ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'': |
| 928 | %%** The trope is [[http://www.sandraontherocks.com/strips-sotr/certain_headstrong_model demonstrated by Zoé here]]... |
| 929 | %%** ...[[http://www.sandraontherocks.com/strips-sotr/boyyyyyyyyyyyyyy And by Lavali here.]] |
| 930 | * ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' |
| 931 | ** Captain Tagon is doing this (and that says something) at [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-07-03 Schlock's overeager interpretation]] of his commands. |
| 932 | ** [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-07-24 Major Murtaugh over Lt. Para Ventura]]. You aren't deep enough in until your enemy wants to have words with your commander about the training quality. |
| 933 | * ''Webcomic/{{Sergom}}'': Bernard does a facepalm in [[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/11172544/ the 7th strip]], upon realizing that he must put in a code to access the flight panel. |
| 934 | * ''Webcomic/ShotAndChaser'': When Tre realizes that an incoming call is about yet another fraudulent account Emily has made using his address and phone number he pinches his nose with his fingers splayed over his cheek beneath his glasses in frustration and annoyance. |
| 935 | * ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': In [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/150327 15/03/27]], Torg made even the author facepalm in writing with his behaviour. Gwynn had just started liking/tolerating him, but then seen an image on his phone childishly mocking her and got angry. Torg's wondering at the change[[note]]it's not like she's going to tell him, she has to do her own part in making things difficult by being a gender stereotype[[/note]] and then seems on the verge of figuring out the reason -- but what he actually came up with is that it must be her time of the month. |
| 936 | -->'''Author's commentary:''' *facepalm* The top of Torg's resume skill-list should be pushing Gwynn's buttons. |
| 937 | * ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' |
| 938 | ** Sahira goes beyond UnsoundEffect territory by turning "facepalm" into an actual expletive: |
| 939 | --->'''Sahira:''' ''Facepalm!'' I think Mecha Maid is a ''lesbian'' who wants to have ''sexual intercourse'' with you. |
| 940 | ** And then... of course, it was bound to happen, Spinnerette having six arms: [[http://www.spinnyverse.com/comics/2012-03-07.jpg Facepalm ×6!]] |
| 941 | %%* Julia does it often in ''Webcomic/ThinkBeforeYouThink'', notably in [[http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20090822-think-before-you-think this comic]]. |
| 942 | %%* Ian from ''Webcomic/ThisIsTheWorstIdeaYouveEverHad'' pulls off an epic facepalm [[http://worstidea.skyscrapersoup.com/2010/09/23/20-punch-out-all-his-blood/ here]]. |
| 943 | %%* An ''X-Men'' parody from ''Trapped in a Comic'' has Pr. Xavier [[http://mrsynnerster75.comicgenesis.com/d/20080902.html doing a facepalm]]. (This page is safe, but the comic is NSFW.) |
| 944 | * In ''Webcomic/TropeOverdosedTheWebcomic'', [[AliceAndBob Alice]] [[http://tropeoverdosed.pcriot.com/?p=116 does one]] complete with UnsoundEffect when Bob tries TurnUndead. |
| 945 | * ''Webcomic/TwistedTropes'': The last dog in the third panel for comic covering "EvenTheDogIsAshamed" just buries his face in his paws. He's that ashamed that his human master wants to make three movies out of ''Film/TheHobbit''. |
| 946 | %%* Eben face''paw''s in [[http://www.twolumps.net/d/20100623.html this strip]] of ''Webcomic/TwoLumps''. |
| 947 | * ''Webcomic/{{Underdogs}}'': |
| 948 | ** Pretty much the constant state of Jacobson whenever [[http://underdogscomic.com/udcomic/issue-2/underdogs-issue-2-page-18/ Eric/Theo]] are involved. |
| 949 | ** Eric during the first time dealing with [[http://underdogscomic.com/udcomic/issue-2/underdogs-issue-2-page-16/ Theo]] in Issue 2 |
| 950 | %%* One of the monkey people from ''Webcomic/{{Underling}}'' does this on page 51. |
| 951 | %%* In ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'', Monica manages to [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/next-big-thing/ get the dog to facepalm.]] |
| 952 | * When JustForFun/TropeTan facepalms in ''Webcomic/TheWayOfTheMetagamer'', this is quite naturally with a [[http://wayofthemetagamer.thecomicseries.com/comics/147 "Facepalm!"]] UnsoundEffect. |
| 953 | * Alex Rayne of ''Webcomic/WrightAsRayne'' facepalms [[http://wrightasrayne.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/85618 when he sees his "Starchild" costume.]] |
| 954 | * ''Webcomic/{{Xkcd}}'' strip #852 "Local g" offers an example (last panel). |
| 955 | * ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'': Throughout the comic. Captain Fang is the main inspirator. |
| 956 | ** [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0066-wargs-this-all-about/ Gren, thanks to her uncle Vesch]] breeding midget direwolves. |
| 957 | ** [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0206-hostile-takeover/ Strip 206: "Hostile Takeover"]] |
| 958 | --->'''Arachne:''' ''[thinking while facepalming]'' We're not getting out of this port alive. |
| 959 | ** Captain Fang makes Arachne [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0373-the-unfathomable-captain-fang/ a repeat offender]]. |
| 960 | ** Done on an epic, royal level [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0561-the-kings-other-epiphany/ when King Eric realizes who he'd want to marry]]. |
| 961 | ** [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Goldie]] is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} as much as Captain Fang, but talks coherently enough to share her entertaining thoughts. Making a goblin who wants to eat her [[http://yafgc.net/comic/2214-goldie-draws-conclusions/ facepalm]] is the new record. |
| 962 | ** [[https://www.yafgc.net/comic/2669-off-to-more-adventures/ Captain Safana manages]] the impressive feat of combining the facepalm with a DeathGlare. |
| 963 | ** Captain Fang even provokes one from a [[https://www.yafgc.net/comic/3324-an-explosion-of-madness/ Goddess of Chaos]]. |
| 964 | * ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'': During the LotusEaterMachine sequence, Sam does one, after Sandra ignores his warnings and lets her curiosity gets the better of her. |
| 965 | [[/folder]] |
| 966 | |
| 967 | [[folder:Web Originals]] |
| 968 | * There are giant montages available on certain image boards consisting of nothing but anime characters facepalming. |
| 969 | * There are montages of facepalm pictures that, once zoomed out enough, look like ''Picard facepalming''. Such as [[http://ohinternet.com/File:Epic_Ultimate_Facepalm_of_Epicness.jpg this.]] |
| 970 | * [[http://www.memecenter.com/fun/125321/I-told-you-to-slay-the-dragon-not-lay-it "I told you to slay the dragon..."]] |
| 971 | * There's a "special feeling meme", in which two characters will be shown being interviewed for TV, with one saying "Being in the snow with your lover immerses me with a '''special feeling'''. I like it." while the other one blushes and face palms. A ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' example is [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1643107?tags=special_feeling_%28meme%29 here]]. |
| 972 | * The Gord, from the website ''Website/ActsOfGord'', apparently does this a lot. About every chapter of the "Books" has a small image of Gord facepalming while commenting on the worst idiocy on the page. |
| 973 | * The ''Bandwidth Theater'' episode [[http://brunching.com/ninjamassage.html "Ninja Massage Therapist"]] sees the title character do a facepalm after catching ''himself'' in a dumb mistake. |
| 974 | * ''Website/DesuDesBrigade'' member CJ Hitchcock did this ''repeatedly'' during his Vampire Wars review when he found out that Kuki's code name would be Bat instead of Van Helsing. |
| 975 | * The ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] Fan Games Galaxy'' forums contains a "facepalm" smiley, probably better known by its filename of "ugh.gif". It was used and abused so much that it was even temporarily filtered to "Don't worry, I can relate". This was taken from Website/SomethingAwful. Creator/FacepunchStudios also inherited the smiley for a while, then took it out when it was abused in the In The News forum. |
| 976 | * ''Website/NotAlwaysLegal'': In [[https://notalwaysright.com/innocent-until-they-prove-themselves-guilty/129655/ this case]], the defense lawyer put his head in his hands after his client asked the court "Yeah, so, if I'm found innocent, does... does that mean [[NotHelpingYourCase I get to keep the stuff I took]]?" |
| 977 | * ''Website/SFDebris'': SF Debris very often talks about facepalming in his reviews of various sci-fi shows, focusing primarily on ''Franchise/StarTrek''. In the review of "Realm of Fear" from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', he says he literally facepalmed when Deanna Troi counselled Reginald Barkley on his phobia. |
| 978 | * ''Website/{{superdickery}}.com'' found [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=1308%3Abarber-boy this entirely appropriate reaction]]. |
| 979 | * ''Blog/ToplessRobot'' often features the page image in their "Fan Fiction Friday" articles. In one example, they have a combination of this and the image of [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Toht's face melting]] in a "Toht-Palm" image for passages in fan fiction that are disturbing and nonsensical. |
| 980 | * On Website/TVTropes, if a certain show/video game/comic/etc. has its own Wall Banger or DMOS page, odds are an image of one of the characters facepalming will be the page image. |
| 981 | [[/folder]] |
| 982 | |
| 983 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 984 | * ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Linkara ends up performing a facepalm while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet because a normal facepalm wouldn't be sufficient while reviewing ''The Star Wars'' (a comic book based on an early script for ''Film/StarWarsANewHope'') after Leia and Anakin (who in this story are two unrelated teenagers) confess that they're in love with each other [[StrangledByTheRedString after only a handful of scenes actually showing them interacting]]. And most of which have them being openly hostile to each other, with no hint of actual romantic interest. |
| 985 | * ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': |
| 986 | ** In episode 3, Jane is absolutely desperate and touches and covers her face several times. She panics and freaks out because she's lost in the middle of nowhere at night, she lost her phone and can't contact the person who's supposed to give her a ride. |
| 987 | ** Jane facepalms at the beginning of episode 5 when she's exhausted and experiences "it's at the tip of my tongue" as she spent the whole day talking French with Adele, and cannot remember the word for "fatiguée". When she realizes it's "tired", she buries her face in her hands. |
| 988 | ** In episode 9 "Phlegm", Jane is ill and feels very down. She rubs her face and is on the brink of tears. |
| 989 | ** In episode 10, she touches her forehead in an exasperated gesture. It expresses how she's unsatisfied, lonely and restless. Also, it happened after an almost-collision with a car. People have a right to be upset after such experience. |
| 990 | * Website/ChannelAwesome: Everyone of their team employs it every now and then. |
| 991 | ** Happens all the time with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic. In particular, he opened his review of ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' with his head buried in his hands. |
| 992 | ** Variation of {{headdesk}} with ''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows'', after realizing what "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk1mrzuKatw Paparazzi]]" is about. While he has no desk available at the time, he does have a keyboard. And a head. |
| 993 | ** In an episode of ''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Wrestle! Wrestle!]]'' for ''Wrestling/{{TNA}} Impact'', Spoony has apparently gotten to the point where even saying "Dixie" (as in TNA owner Dixie Carter) causes a reflexive facepalm. |
| 994 | ** WebVideo/DiamandaHagan is too important an EvilOverlord to facepalm by herself, so while reviewing ''Film/{{Left Behind|2000}}'' she calls one of her [[FacelessGoons minions]] to present his palm so she can smack it with her forehead. |
| 995 | --->'''Diamanda Hagan:''' Minion! Facepalm, ''now''! |
| 996 | ** From the opening of ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' Part 5: |
| 997 | --->'''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]:''' This is ''ridiculous''! There is ''no'' strategy here! Plus, he's my archnemesis! It's...''annoying''!\ |
| 998 | '''WebVideo/{{Benzaie}}:''' No, they're right. We've got to fight madness with madness. And he's the craziest we got. ''[to Insano]'' Are you ready?\ |
| 999 | '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Dr. Insano]]:''' ''[evil laugh]'' I was BORN ready!!!\ |
| 1000 | ''[Linkara does a double facepalm]'' |
| 1001 | * Often performed (and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]) whenever something particularly stupid happens in any of LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}'s LetsPlay. During LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys's run of ''VideoGame/MarioParty'', LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun coined a new term: [[ArtisticLicenseBiology "Face eyes"]] |
| 1002 | * ''WebVideo/DeckerShado'' does this so often in his reviews that his "Summer of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''" culminated in [[spoiler: getting hunted down by the Jigsaw killer for hurting himself that much]]. |
| 1003 | * Dana performs the two-handed version of this in the "TerribleIntervieweesMontage" episode of ''[[WebVideo/EchoChamber Echo Chamber's Trope of the Week]]''. |
| 1004 | * ''WebVideo/FeministFrequency'' did one in response to LEGO Friends. |
| 1005 | * ''Series/FlandersCompany'': |
| 1006 | ** Hippolyte Kurtzmann sometimes holds the bridge of his nose while [[TerribleIntervieweesMontage interviewing candidates]]. |
| 1007 | ** The most beautiful is certainly Hippolyte and Cindy having a simultaneous one [[spoiler:at the end of season 3 episode 16, when Trueman agrees to a cooperation with the ex-C.C Corp members.]] |
| 1008 | ** The Brotherhood of Shadows' members have several despite their short screen time: |
| 1009 | *** Lex Luthor, when Dr. Claw accidentally shows his true face. |
| 1010 | *** Double-facepalm for Magneto when Dr. Claw and Dr. Doom start arguing. |
| 1011 | *** Then Dr. Claw facepalming (with his gloved hand) at Doom's extremely lame joke. |
| 1012 | * ''WebVideo/FoldingIdeas'': In ''The Art of Storytelling and Film/TheBookOfHenry'', Dan rubs his temples for the same effect when Gregg Hurwitz talks about how tricky it was to [[MoodWhiplash walk the tightrope with the tone]]. |
| 1013 | -->'''Dan:''' Oh Jesus, they think they nailed it. |
| 1014 | * ''WebVideo/FranceFive'', starting with episode 2, has an animated EyeCatch of the team doing a SuperSentaiStance. Although for the second part of it, they screw it up and most of them end up sprawled while [[TheHero Red Fromage]] facepalms. |
| 1015 | * The ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'' is a frequent practitioner of the facepalm. |
| 1016 | ** In fact, the conclusion of every opening sequence, just before the title shows up, is one. |
| 1017 | ** In the Color Dreams video (during the ''Raid 2020'' part), he does a facepalm while wearing a giant Mickey Mouse-style glove. |
| 1018 | ** At the end of the second special (about cartoons), the completely over-the-top scene from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' elicits this. |
| 1019 | * WebVideo/{{Kitboga}} is a scambaiter popular on Platform/{{Twitch}} and Platform/YouTube. In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl-_LBx_tpM animated version]] of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwhzqepj2PM Buying Gift Cards Instead of Hot Dogs (for Scammers)]]," the scammer does this several times in response to Kitboga doing stuff like claiming not to know about Walmart gift cards. As Kitboga starts talking about having typed up an order for hot dogs on the Walmart website, he double facepalms. |
| 1020 | * In the Season 2 premiere of ''Series/{{Noob}}'', an elite player turns out to be the younger brother of Sparadrap, who's so oblivious to his gaming activities that's he's convinced that he doesn't know how to play the fictional MMORPG in which most of the story is set. The scene revealing the family relation between the two ends with Sparadrap kicking his younger brother off the computer so he can play himself, noticing that the new update of the MMORPG got installed without him doing anything and... deciding it somehow happened by itself. His younger brother's reaction inevitably ends up as this trope. |
| 1021 | * ''WebVideo/OutWithDad'': Nathan and his dad both react this way when his mom worries Rose will cut her hair short, since she's a lesbian. |
| 1022 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0n7hqQFFEZnwxrcVh09uVA Guy Collin's]] ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaxBFnIUTrc Rage]]'' has ''God'' facepalm after a butterfly accidentally extinguishing a match triggers a chain reaction that ultimately results in the Earth plummeting into the sun. |
| 1023 | * In ''WebVideo/TheSixCatsParade'', Torresminha (a gray tuxedo cat) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiRCg5kl-C0 did a cat facepalm in this video]]. |
| 1024 | * Creator/StuartAshen's video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HFeNYx1kr0 review]] of ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen''. |
| 1025 | * ''WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou'': Nash often does this on his show in response to the rampant stupidity. Whenever he does this in his ''Series/DoctorWho'' reviews, it usually comes with a sound effect as well. |
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| 1028 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 1029 | * Stanley does this a few times in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'' comics. Surprisingly, his easily-exasperated partner Henry only does this ''once'' (in episode 9 of the cartoon). |
| 1030 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E15TheBrain The Brain]]" reveals that Anais has done this in response to her family's antics so many times, she'll get ''permanent brain damage'' if she does it again. |
| 1031 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS3E14HollywoodHopPop Hollywood Hop Pop]]", one of the FBI agents does this upon realizing what he believes is another hoax that Mr. X found involving frogs. |
| 1032 | * A common reaction to the antics of the Warner siblings in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', especially from Dr Scratchansniff. |
| 1033 | * Carl from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' will find himself many times engaging in this act, especially as a result of the actions of Master Shake. |
| 1034 | * At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Is There a Doctor in the House?", D.W. does this when [[HereWeGoAgain Arthur starts sneezing]]. |
| 1035 | * The ''Franchise/{{Avatar|TheLastAirbender}}'' universe: |
| 1036 | ** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': |
| 1037 | *** In "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheCaveOfTwoLovers The Cave of Two Lovers]]", Sokka finds himself doing this a lot in response to the nomads' antics. So much so that by the end of the episode: |
| 1038 | ---->'''Katara:''' Why is your forehead all red?\ |
| 1039 | '''Chong:''' Nobody react to what I'm about to tell you. [[LateToThePunchline I think that kid]] [[CaptainObvious might be the Avatar]].\ |
| 1040 | ''[[[[SurroundedByIdiots Sokka smacks his forehead]]]'' |
| 1041 | *** In fact, [[OnlySaneMan Sokka does this a lot]], leading many to speculate that doing it so many times resulted in the hardening of his forehead, which was why Ty Lee hurt her hand trying to strike it in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheChase The Chase]]". |
| 1042 | *** Zuko does it when Iroh flirts with an unattractive woman in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheDrill The Drill]]". |
| 1043 | *** Zuko's nose pinch in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheWesternAirTemple The Western Air Temple]]", when he remembers how much of a dork he was when he began his search for the Avatar. |
| 1044 | *** Zuko appears to have a tendency to do this, [[http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20500000/Bumi-vs-Toph-8-avatar-the-last-airbender-20541319-774-1024.jpg especially in the comics.]] |
| 1045 | *** [[http://dvdscreenshots.avatarspiritmedia.net/atla/312/061.jpg Zuko]][[http://dvdscreenshots.avatarspiritmedia.net/atla/312/161.jpg does]] [[http://dvdscreenshots.avatarspiritmedia.net/atla/312/258.jpg variations]] [[http://dvdscreenshots.avatarspiritmedia.net/atla/312/317.jpg on]] [[http://dvdscreenshots.avatarspiritmedia.net/atla/313/129.jpg this]] [[http://dvdscreenshots.avatarspiritmedia.net/atla/314/266.jpg a lot]], especially when he's exasperated with himself. |
| 1046 | *** Suki does it too in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBoilingRockPart1 The Boiling Rock, Part 1]]" when Sokka tries (and fails) to cover-up the fact that they're hatching an escape plan. "The only thing we're hatching is... an egg?" |
| 1047 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': |
| 1048 | *** This is Mako's reaction to Korra messing up in her first pro-bending match. |
| 1049 | *** The writers posted a picture of Toph doing this (with six fingers) after fans informed them that an animation error resulted in Toph having six fingers slipped through and got aired. |
| 1050 | *** Asami also does this when Bolin pays the wrong people to reverse the KangarooCourt Korra's parents are in. |
| 1051 | *** Bolin himself does a forehead smack when Varrick [[spoiler:ruins what is supposed to be a touching reunion between him and Zhu Li when he orders her to do some work.]] |
| 1052 | * At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'' cartoon "Money," John facepalms when he finds out the money he kept in his pocket was StageMoney when he meant to keep the group's concert take in a plot to fool Ringo. |
| 1053 | * On the PBS animated version of ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', this is Mama Bear's reaction in "The Green-Eyed Monster" when she explains the GreenEyedMonster to Sister Bear after she wants to ride Brother's bike and she just whines "But Mama, it's such a beautiful bike." |
| 1054 | * ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': |
| 1055 | ** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgiNbuFwORw Garage Kids]]'', the short pilot for the series, Ulrich is basically mute, but he does a great facepalm when confronted with Odd's antics. |
| 1056 | ** In the series itself, Odd is the resident facepalmer. |
| 1057 | * Numbuh Five and Numbuh One of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' are fond of doing this. Especially Numbuh One -- fitting, as he's essentially a kid version of Picard. |
| 1058 | * Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse: |
| 1059 | ** An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' has Veronica Vreeland attending the opera with Penguin. Imagine her reaction when the Penguin starts singing along. |
| 1060 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', Superman does not need [[http://worldsfinestonline.com/WF/jlu/backstage/funkeepers/27.jpg this crap right now]]. |
| 1061 | ** In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Batman (Terry [=McGinnis=], remember) performs the motion after his geeky schoolmate Howard tells his obsessive robot girlfriend [[LetsJustBeFriends they could be just friends]]. |
| 1062 | --->'''Howard:''' Wrong thing to say?\ |
| 1063 | '''Batman:''' Is it ever the ''right'' thing? |
| 1064 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'': BigBad Zordrak does this fairly often in response to the incompetence of his mooks, the Urpneys. |
| 1065 | * From ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', when they break Jonny's house: |
| 1066 | -->'''Edd:''' ImMelting, It's become a sauna in here!\ |
| 1067 | '''Eddy:''' Sauna?! That's it! A SPA! Why fix THINGS, when we can fix PEOPLE?!\ |
| 1068 | '''Edd:''' ''[facepalms]'' |
| 1069 | ** Edd facepalms again (this time with both of his hands) in the episode "Brother Can You Spare An Ed" when Ed gives into Eddy's badgering to spend Sarah's money on jawbreakers rather than fudge. |
| 1070 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', when Timmy is sleep-deprived and making wishes. |
| 1071 | -->'''Wanda:''' It's only a matter of time before he wishes for something really dangerous.\ |
| 1072 | '''Timmy:''' [[SuddenlyShouting I WISH FOR A GIGANTIC MONSTER THAT WON'T GO AWAY UNTIL I TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT CHOMPY!]]\ |
| 1073 | ''[Fairies facepalm and then raise their wands]'' |
| 1074 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': This is the preferred response to Buzz Killington. |
| 1075 | * Some characters from ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'' tend to do this, such as Larry, Kate, Sierra, Sarmoti, Siegfried, and Roy. It is most commonly seen with Sierra due to her easily annoyed nature. |
| 1076 | * ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': When Mac and Bloo head to test out their wooden car with [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Cheese]] on board, Cheese hysterically screams every time they try to go at full-speed. Mac immediately facepalms, which ends up for him and Bloo to drag the entire car down the hill for the entire duration of their time. |
| 1077 | %% Needs Context * ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'': The eponymous turtle has done this at a least a couple of times. |
| 1078 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'''s "Why Must I be a Crustacean in Love", Bender does this to Amy after she releases a crazed Zoidberg... for the 8th time. |
| 1079 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Mandy often pinches the bridge of her [[TheNoseless non-existant nose]] when the situation calls for it. |
| 1080 | * Helga from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' does this in response to the antics of her alcoholic mother. |
| 1081 | * On ''WesternAnimation/HollyHobbieAndFriends: Christmas Wishes'', this is Carrie's reaction when the Hey Girls are coming up with ideas to help the Deegans have some Christmas cheer[[note]]The father of the family has recently passed away.[[/note]] and Amy suggests that they could organize their sock drawer. |
| 1082 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible|2021}}'': PlayedForDrama in the "Atom Eve" prequel episode. Right after Debbie leaves Nolan to give a bath to Mark Grayson's duct-taped body, Nolan briefly gives off a DeathGlare because of Mark's powers not manifesting. Nolan's expression quickly disappears and his face is filled with a saddened look and then facepalms himself, most likely for his ConflictingLoyalty towards his family and Viltrum. |
| 1083 | * Peppermint Patty does this at the end of ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheEasterBeagleCharlieBrown'' when Marcie eats her Easter egg ''[[EpicFail without taking the shell off]]''. This is after Marcie asked for egg-eating instructions and got them. "Tastes terrible, Sir." |
| 1084 | * ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' has [[DumbBlonde the title character]] doing this after Beezy once again [[SpringtimeForHitler fails to fail]]. |
| 1085 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': |
| 1086 | ** [[SurroundedByIdiots Mr. Cat]] does this quite a lot. In Episode 105, he uses the "pinching the bridge of the nose" variant of it several times. |
| 1087 | ** Kaeloo herself does this on occasion when [[TheDitz Stumpy]] does something stupid. |
| 1088 | * Doktor Frogg does this quite a lot in ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperEvil'' when Voltar comes up with ridiculous and childish "evil" schemes. This is actually quite a talent, considering he doesn't actually have hands... |
| 1089 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': |
| 1090 | ** In "Duck, Rabbit, Duck!", Elmer goes gunning for Bugs, and blasts a snowman-rabbit to pieces. Bugs [[ParasolParachute floats down]] in a poor-quality angel costume, and Fudd falls for it. Cue angry, exasperated facepalm from Daffy. |
| 1091 | ** Egghead does this in 1938's "WesternAnimation/DaffyDuckAndEgghead" after Daffy and the ambulance driver duck give him the onceover. |
| 1092 | ** In 1969's "Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!", Quick Brown Fox does this while watching Rapid Rabbit trying to retrieve a carrot from his trap. |
| 1093 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', this is WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's response to Porky Pig always falling for upsells. In fact, he does this three times before realizing his forehead's starting to bruise. After Porky had refused an insurance offer, an upsell that was considered practical, and gets his car wrecked, Bugs is about to facepalm again until he stops halfway... [[DopeSlap and slaps Porky upside the head afterward.]] |
| 1094 | * Kiva's reaction in ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' to a fair number of events, such as Coop and Jamie letting out all the imprisoned aliens in "Breakout". |
| 1095 | * ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In "Wise Raven and Old Crow," Walter facepalms while chiding Molly for not tying the boat's rope correctly. |
| 1096 | * Done several times in ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'': |
| 1097 | ** Ratty does this at the end of the first act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E1MeetMrBogus Meet Mr. Bogus]]", in response to Bogus trimming the hedges in record time. |
| 1098 | ** Tommy does this in the second act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E9HipsterTripster Hipster Tripster]]", after learning that Bogus was responsible for letting the monkeys loose in the zoo. |
| 1099 | ** Bogus does this in the first act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E1ComputerIntruder Computer Intruder]]", after he loses the space game that he was playing on Tommy's computer. |
| 1100 | ** Near the end of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS3E4KungFuCampout Kung Fu Campout]]", Bogus actually does this when Mrs. Anybody takes away the cake before he and Brattus could take the first bite. |
| 1101 | ** Tommy does this with his baseball mitt in the first act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS3E16BaseballBogus Baseball Bogus]]", in response to Mr. Anybody's embarrassing cheer routine. |
| 1102 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 1103 | ** Twilight's typical response to the strange happenings around her, though some other ponies get one in now and then, too. |
| 1104 | ** The other Ponies get in on it too, with Rainbow Dash doing a ''Double'' Facehoof at times. Behold fanart of a ''quadruple'' [[http://bobmortar.deviantart.com/art/Rainbow-Dash-Quadruple-Facehoof-vector-287398077 facehoof]]. |
| 1105 | ** Angel Bunny does a facepaw whenever he finds Fluttershy frustrating. |
| 1106 | ** One of the Diamond Dogs facepaws when Rarity is aggravating him. |
| 1107 | ** Spike faceclaws from time to time. Notably in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E22PPOVPonyPointOfView P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)]]": Spike's reaction to learning that the trio never made it out of the shallow harbor is a faceclaw with snout-pulling. |
| 1108 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", Owlowiscious simulates this with his [[FeatherFingers flight feathers]] when Spike reads the cover page of the book and says "I'm likin' the looks of this one!" Even more impressive in that he uses one of his wings to do it while in mid-flight, and still remains airborne. |
| 1109 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]", Spike's [[CringeComedy cringe-worthy]] attempt at the Cloudsdale anthem naturally induces this to much of the audience (both in and out of universe). |
| 1110 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E4BloomAndGloom Bloom & Gloom]]": This is Octavia's reaction in Sweetie Belle's dream when the latter gets a broom-and-bucket cutie mark. Then Rarity does a double-facehoof when she has to score her sister's performance. |
| 1111 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E7ParentalGlideance Parental Glideance]]", Rainbow Dash is seen doing both a facehoof ''and'' a facewing while watching her AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents' antics. |
| 1112 | ** Now compiled in this handy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIQZ-hfwATQ compilation]]! Begins at 2:45. |
| 1113 | ** For the background ponies, this seems to be Bon-Bon's default reaction to Lyra's antics when portrayed by the fandom. [[ElegantClassicalMusician Octavia]] and [[TheRockStar Vinyl Scratch]] get in on it whenever the other tries to listen to their preferred music genre. In fact, the only real common pairing of ponies that doesn't have a facehoof specializer (regularly, at least) is Derpy and Doctor Whooves. Probably because they both have their antics at the same time. |
| 1114 | * Ned from ''WesternAnimation/NedsNewt'' does this if Newton is acting unintelligible to him. An example is in "Broken Record" where Newton gets the idea to jump off a cow in an attempt to break a world record for Ned, much to the latter's disappointment. |
| 1115 | * ''WesternAnimation/PatAndMat'' alternate as the face-palmer and the [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} one who does something dumb]] several times an episode -- don't count on the face-palmer's idea being actually [[DoomItYourself better]] than that of his friend's, though. |
| 1116 | * Facewing by Connie Crane in "I'll Be Your Best Friend" on ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'' when her husband falls into the lake after craning to get a look at Bucky Spacebeaver's showboat; Flick later on in the same story after Munchy brings Peanut a chocolate-and-tuna flavored cake and he realizes he's just been outclassed. |
| 1117 | * Paul Terry's ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeBears'' had Papa Bear do this a total of five times. One of these five times he does this is when he delivers the quote that became a meme: |
| 1118 | -->'''Papa Bear:''' Somebody toucha my spaghett! |
| 1119 | * ''WesternAnimation/PixarShorts'': In ''WesternAnimation/MikesNewCar'', Mike facepalms himself after the windshield wipers went off when he put his seatbelt on. |
| 1120 | * Frequently used by Nesmith of ''WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen'' in regards to something the title character has said. And [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius if you're familiar with Sheen at all]], you can understand why. |
| 1121 | * The stallholder in ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves''. |
| 1122 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Meet the Beat-alls", Princess facepalms in response to Mojo Jojo's lame pun: |
| 1123 | -->'''Princess:''' So tell us again why we're only stealing toilet paper, light bulbs, milk, flour, and eggs.\ |
| 1124 | '''Mojo:''' Well, Moko's idea is that stealing items that are all white isn't against the law. So it's okay to take them.\ |
| 1125 | '''Princess:''' Huh?\ |
| 1126 | '''Mojo:''' It's alright, 'cause they're all white! |
| 1127 | * This happens in all the time in ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''. For example, in "My Fair Jet", Sean facepalms after Jet [[ItMakesSenseInContext says that he's from Bortron 7, not Earth]]. |
| 1128 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "Devil in the Deep": |
| 1129 | -->'''Alice Johnson:''' This will make for an interesting story. Especially the part where Dr. Venkman forgets the ghost traps.\ |
| 1130 | '''Peter Venkman:''' My mother reads ''Celebrity''! ''[cue facepalm]'' |
| 1131 | * Vince from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' often uses this trope. |
| 1132 | * ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' season 4 teasers contain this wonderful moment: |
| 1133 | -->'''Mermista:''' There is a Horde spy!\ |
| 1134 | '''Frosta:''' Who are the suspects?\ |
| 1135 | '''Mermista:''' EVERYONE! [DramaticThunder]\ |
| 1136 | '''Frosta:''' ...How are you doing that?\ |
| 1137 | '''Mermista:''' [[LargeHam I PRACTICE AT HOME!]] [DramaticThunder]\ |
| 1138 | '''Glimmer:''' (buries face in hand) |
| 1139 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer Simpson sometimes combines this with his [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]] "D'oh!", though it's when ''he'' does something stupid. |
| 1140 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': |
| 1141 | ** Stan is a big fan of the "pinching the bridge of one's nose" type. It makes sense, as, thanks to {{Flanderization}}, he has a [[OnlySaneMan Liz Lemon Job]]. Often accompanied by a muttered "Oh goddamnit..." Apparently this is because series co-creator Trey Parker (on whom Stan is based) does this a lot in RealLife. |
| 1142 | ** In one episode, we see his mother doing it along side with him, implying that he picked it up from her. Given to who she's married to, that may, very well, be the case. |
| 1143 | ** Cartman does this in the third part of the Black Friday trilogy when Princess Kenny breaks up a blockade of ships trying to keep a shipment of [[Platform/PlayStation4 PS4]]s out of America just by being cute. |
| 1144 | %%* Space Ghost does it a lot on his talk show, ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast''. |
| 1145 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': |
| 1146 | ** Squidward does this occasionally, and will add to it by sliding his tentacle slowly off his face, causing his face to sag and then spring back into shape. |
| 1147 | ** Plankton does this after telling [=SpongeBob=] to be more assertive and [=SpongeBob=] misunderstands. |
| 1148 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': |
| 1149 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E5Rookies Rookies]]": This is Commander Cody's reaction to Captain Rex's plan to fool the commando droids who've taken over the Rishi Moon outpost into opening the door (namely, impersonating one of the droids). |
| 1150 | --->'''Cody:''' This is never gonna work. |
| 1151 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E11DookuCaptured Dooku Captured]]": Seeing Anakin smiling at the antics at the celebration, and sensing Hondo trying to walk up discreetly behind them, Obi-Wan shakes his head and briefly tilts his forehead into his palm. |
| 1152 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E10SecretWeapons Secret Weapons]]": Commander Neyo's exasperated reaction to WAC-47's antics upon arriving at the briefing. |
| 1153 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E2ADistantEcho A Distant Echo]]": Keeping a watch outside the barracks while Anakin is inside making a holo-call to Padmé, a clearly impatient Rex does this at one point. |
| 1154 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E5GoneWithATrace Gone With a Trace]]": Trace Martez does one after her sister Rafa makes a shady deal to build three droids, expecting ''her'' to do the actual work. |
| 1155 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': |
| 1156 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E01DroidsInDistress Droids in Distress]]": Minister Tua's reaction when protocol droid C-3PO starts loudly taking offence to being referred to as an "astromech". |
| 1157 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E02FighterFlight Fighter Flight]]": Kanan's reaction to discovering that Ezra and Zeb stole a TIE fighter. |
| 1158 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E06EmpireDay Empire Day]]": Kanan, again, when Tseebo walks into a door and falls down. |
| 1159 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E12LegendsOfTheLasat Legends of the Lasat]]": Zeb's reaction when Chava and Gron [[KneelBeforeFrodo kneel before him]]. |
| 1160 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E18TheMysteryOfChopperBase The Mystery of Chopper Base]]": Sabine, when Kanan doesn't get her hints about Hera's feelings about him going on a dangerous mission without her. |
| 1161 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': |
| 1162 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E1TheRecruit The Recruit]]": [[RetiredBadass Yeager]], and several other people standing in the area, do this when NaiveNewcomer Kaz, unwillingly signed up for a solo race, picks Torra Doza as his opponent, the engine proceeds to blow out. |
| 1163 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E4TheHighTower The High Tower]]": Kaz has his first opportunity to facepalm, when the LiteralMinded Neeku decides to approach some visiting First Order personnel and straight-up ask them what they're doing on the Colossus. Fortunately for Neeku, they just brush him off. |
| 1164 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E11Bibo Bibo]]": Yeager facepalms upon seeing Bibo for the first time. |
| 1165 | --->'''Yeager:''' No pets! |
| 1166 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Amethyst facepalms during "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E22Earthlings Earthlings]]" when Peridot tries to use her magnetic powers to fight Jasper, to no effect. [[spoiler:Until Peridot actually pulls it off.]] |
| 1167 | ** ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': The promo image for "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E2Guidance Guidance]]" has Amethyst doing this about Steven. |
| 1168 | * Mac Mange, the Metallikat of ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'', has a ''metal'' face palm in "A Bright and Shiny Future" when his wife (with whom he co-ruled the city in a BadFuture) kept insisting that their robot servants were hers. Complete with metal clang. |
| 1169 | * In ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', Octus' attempts at freeing Lance and Ilana from the MonsterOfTheWeek's [[TimeStandsStill movement-halting ability]] by trying to form Titan and provoking a reaction by electrocuting them only makes himself give a facepalm of discontent. |
| 1170 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', Donatello facepalms when Michelangelo remarks on ''what a coincidence it is'' that a van has crashed into the Kraang's lair whilst the Turtles are sneaking in. Unfortunately, Donny is wearing spiked climbing-knuckles at the time. Ouch! |
| 1171 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool'', Nora facepalms in "My Family" after realizing that what she thought was butterscotch pudding she brought from home as her lunch at dessert is actually her little brother Jack's baby food. |
| 1172 | * On ''WesternAnimation/ToddWorld'', a facepaw is Benny's reaction in "Benny and Sam" upon discovering that Sam (short for Samantha) is a girl, and not a boy dog like he thought. He gets over it fairly quickly though. |
| 1173 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TootAndPuddle'', Puddle does it in "Desmond's First Snow" when Toot says he can feel for sure in his ears that it's going to snow after already having been wrong once before. |
| 1174 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': There's always enough idiots around for someone to facepalm while dealing with them. |
| 1175 | ** Tyler tries to come up with a one-liner to intimidate the Screaming Gophers in "[[Recap/TotalDramaDodgebrawl Dodgebrawl]]", but what he comes up with is "we're gonna bring the dinner to the table and then we're gonna eat it!" Courtney can only slap her face in embarrassment. |
| 1176 | ** Courtney facepalms a second time in "[[Recap/TotalDramaDodgebrawl Dodgebrawl]]" when she can't conceive of a possibility for the Killer Bass to still win the challenge. |
| 1177 | ** Katie and Sadie are the first to take a shot at getting to represent their team at the talent show that evening in "[[Recap/TotalDramaNotQuiteFamous Not Quite Famous]]". They perform a dance together, which is so awful that Courtney's jaw drops and she slaps her face. |
| 1178 | ** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaPhobiaFactor Phobia Factor]]", Heather puts her hand to her face when Leshawna, who is arachnophobic, goes running and screaming even when the spider she has to deal with is blatantly Chef in a pink spider costume. |
| 1179 | ** Trent slaps his hand to his face when Lindsay steps right into the quicksand to save him and starts sinking too in "[[Recap/TotalDramaUpTheCreek Up the Creek]]". |
| 1180 | ** Justin facepalms in "[[Recap/TotalDramaOceansEightOrNine Ocean's Eight - Or Nine]]" when Lindsay fails to open the vault with her junior high locker combination, thinking the code is standard issue and calling the vault's refusal to open bad school spirit. |
| 1181 | ** Lindsay arrives at the Gemmie Awards in "[[Recap/TotalDramaCelebrityManhuntsTDAReunionShow Celebrity Manhunt's TDA Reunion Show]]" in casual dress thinking it was just a rehearsal. She tries to save her fashion faux-pas by pointing out the cute new earrings she's wearing, prompting Sierra to facepalm. |
| 1182 | ** Sierra and Courtney are doing great fighting Owen and Tyler for the challenge in "[[Recap/TotalDramaGreecesPieces Greece's Pieces]]". However, when Cody returns, Courtney calls him a pipsqueak, which prompts Sierra to let go of Owen and attack her teammate. As the fight goes from an assured victory to an embarrassing loss, Heather smacks her hand against her forehead. |
| 1183 | ** Cameron facepalms over his own stupidity when Scott effortlessly tricks him into revealing that Mike has MPD in "[[Recap/TotalDramaTheTreasureIslandOfDrMcLean The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean]]". |
| 1184 | ** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaTheObstaKillCourse The Obsta-Kill Course]]", Mal tells Scott that Cameron kissing Courtney was Alejandro's idea to drive a wedge between the new couple. When Scott asks if he means a wedge of cheese, Mal's reaction in the confessional is to facepalm. |
| 1185 | ** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaMoMonkeyMoProblems Mo' Monkey, Mo' Problems]]", the Pimâpotew Kinosewak manipulate the monkey that has their coin into giving it back by means of Monkey See, Monkey Do. Once the monkey realizes it's been tricked, it smacks itself against the head. |
| 1186 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'''s Prowl, in the first episode, faceservos to Optimus' speech. |
| 1187 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse'', Megatron's somewhat hyperbolic memorial to Starscream prompts Shadow Striker to bury her face in one hand. |
| 1188 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Undergrads}}'' features a collective facepalm at a mixer in the first episode. |
| 1189 | * In the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nKKbXuilg4#t=3m30s Wacky Races Forever]]'' pilot, Muttley slaps himself as his partner [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat declares his intent to cheat, while they are sitting three feet in front of the finish line]]. |
| 1190 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': |
| 1191 | ** Sadlygrove often inspires this to his friends -- usually along with calling him a "[[PhraseCatcher Iop brain]]". Eva goes for the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Wakfu_Facepalm_9735.jpg two-handed facepalm]] in episode 19 when Grovy gets himself into a duel with Prince Armand. |
| 1192 | ** Jay the Iop also spurs Kriss Krass to facepalm during the Bontarian Gobbowl match. |
| 1193 | ** Rushu facepalms when he thinks Anathar has just crushed his precious Eliatrope prisoner. |
| 1194 | * On ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets'', Ming-Ming does a facewing in "Help the Easter Bunny" after Linny asks what the song and dance routine he just made the group do had to with hiding eggs and he replies with "What eggs?" This episode being late in the show's run and her being the LittleMissSnarker of the group, it's probably not the first time she did it. |
| 1195 | * In ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', Chase Young uses one of the magical Shen Gong Wu objects to talk to animals and tell an army of monkeys to obey the every command of Jack Spicer. He facepalms when Jack tests the monkeys' loyalty by having them all do the robot dance. |
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| 1199 | * In the Music/{{Metallica}} documentary ''Some Kind of Monster'', Kirk Hammett is seen to facepalm as Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield engage in a less-than-adult bitchfight. |
| 1200 | * UsefulNotes/GordonBrown made this gesture when told he got caught on tape insulting a member of the public behind her back, three days before a general election. Unfortunately, [[IsThisThingStillOn nobody told him about the camera in the radio studio, either]]. His spin doctors and assistants also had some pretty hilarious reactions when they realised that he'd just been filmed facepalming, [[OverlyLongGag unaware that they were being filmed too.]] |
| 1201 | * There's a Music/DragonForce interview where Fred facepalms in response to Vadim interrupting to ask him for an autograph. |
| 1202 | * The ever-popular [[http://ronaldsipahutar.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/disappointed-bongo.jpg Bongo]]. Always disappointed... |
| 1203 | * A Pink Floyd photo session has the band making this gesture. It's even been turned into a motivational poster: |
| 1204 | -->"The Pink Floyd Facepalm. [[CueTheFlyingPigs When a flying pig]] isn't enough." |
| 1205 | * [[http://www.locomotion.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jonny-and-Colin.jpeg Jonny and Colin Greenwood]] of the band Radiohead reacted with a [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m58ikejdm81r9llj5.png double facepalm]] at the BUG Radiohead special when faced with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuCY7ldETM8 one]] of the band's older music videos. |
| 1206 | * It seems to be the case here: [[http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/09/24/the_top_10_craziest_things_ever_said_during_a_un_speech?page=0,9&wpisrc=obinsit]] |
| 1207 | * Some mandrills can be seen doing this gesture in the zoo. |
| 1208 | * The FIFA World Cup logo for 2014, as seen [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/2014_FIFA_World_Cup.svg/753px-2014_FIFA_World_Cup.svg.png here]]. Which, due to the CurbStompBattle between Germany and Brazil ('''''7 - 1''''') [[note]]''in the latter's home country'', no less[[/note]], kinda makes it a case of both UnfortunateCharacterDesign and HarsherInHindsight. |
| 1209 | * A human rights organization, in response to anti-LGBTQ legislation in Mississippi in 2016, rented an electronic billboard featuring [[http://on.aol.ca/video/billboard-voicing-objection-to-mississippi-anti-lgbt-law-goes-viral-57055e7fe4b0ba3e89b7645b Jesus doing a facepalm]]. |
| 1210 | * CNN New Day anchor Alisyn Camerota reacted this way to a Trump supporter who insisted that there were 3 million illegal voters and that Obama encouraged them to do, even those the video in question was falsified by Fox Business News. [[http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/12/01/watch-a-cnn-reporter-literally-facepalm-when-interviewing-a-woma/21618821/ When the Trump supporters continued]], [[http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/12/01/24722374/watch-this-cnn-interviewer-face-palm-herself-listening-to-ignorant-trump-supporters to argue that this was true,]] [[http://elitedaily.com/news/politics/cnn-anchor-face-palms-voter-fraud-claim/1707744/ Alisyn reacts with this Trope.]] |
| 1211 | * British actor Creator/JamieBamber, upon being told by a fan that she had watched his movie ''Ghost Rig'', doubled over and buried his face in the crook of his elbow, muttering, "Oh ''God''. [[https://youtu.be/J2rb8szFYOY Not that one]]." (It's an OldShame for him) |
| 1212 | * [[https://i.imgur.com/1ute4aM.jpg John Kelly's reaction]] to Trump calling Kim Jong Un "Rocket Man" in the [=UN=]. |
| 1213 | * Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the leading health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, [[https://tenor.com/view/dr-fauci-anthony-fauci-facepalm-oh-god-oh-no-gif-16649469 did a facepalm]] during one of the briefings on the pandemic when President Trump made a deep state joke at the podium. |
| 1214 | * The facepalm has been added to the standard Unicode emoji list, so even if your friends and coworkers can't see you doing the move you can still deliver one across cyberspace. |
| 1215 | * The joke {{conlang}} [[https://crazyninjageeks.wordpress.com/2015/11/28/introduction-to-kayfdanfsantaptvlirtsangbesputvombngagtvlimpkayfsnafkayfgaf-boptvegpdaffshofbompvlimpgafvlimpgaf/ kay(f)dan(f)san(t)ap(t)vlir(t)sang(b)es(p)u(t)vom(b)ngag(t)vlim(p)kay(f)sna(f)kay(f)ga(f) bop(t)veg(p)daf(f)shof(b)*om(p)vlim(p)ga(f)vlim(p)ga]], more laconically known as kay(f)bop(t), includes the facepalm (represented with @) as part of its phonology. ''WebVideo/ConlangCritic'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhxjI3t6Ht4 review of it]] coined the pseudo-linguistic term "faciomanual click" to refer to the facepalm sound. |
| 1216 | * UK Labour leader Keir Starmer did this during Prime Minister's questions as UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson tried to defend himself over the "Partygate" scandal, after an email emerged confirming there was an evening gathering at Downing Street in 2020, when the country was supposed to be in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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